Miyamoto nominated for Time 100

You have my vote Miyamoto! Thanks for the games you created...

I was gonna vote for Miyamoto but then i saw Colbert was on the list and as much as i like miyamoto and all his fabulous games...i had to go with Colbert

Wow George W. Bush is on the list! Lol, the only thing he influenced was stupidity.

@Jack

It is why USA love him, cos USA have quite low IQ
Want to proof - see the "Idiocracy" movie cos it is what my view of USA :P

Anyway I got your vote Miya (85 out of 100)! but Bono has my high vote cos I'm Irish that he refused to be a knighthood.

Miyamoto is a good designer/producer. In my opinion I think Hirokazu Yasuhara & Naoto Ōshima had better idea's.

Come on Jack, you know full well that influence in these terms is an absolute value. Negative influence = influence nevertheless.

TIME completely screwed the pooch with that "You" MOTY last year, it should have been Ahmadinejad.

That's weird. I looked at the all stats page and it says Miyamoto is at #11 average 94 rating and 2,442 votes.

"4. @Jack

It is why USA love him, cos USA have quite low IQ
Want to proof - see the "Idiocracy" movie cos it is what my view of USA :P

Anyway I got your vote Miya (85 out of 100)! but Bono has my high vote cos I'm Irish that he refused to be a knighthood."

We aren't stupid. We are just lazy. Put that in your pipe and smoke it.

"It is why USA love him, cos USA have quite low IQ
Want to proof - see the "Idiocracy" movie cos it is what my view of USA :P

Anyway I got your vote Miya (85 out of 100)! but Bono has my high vote cos I'm Irish that he refused to be a knighthood."

I'm sorry, you say citizens of the United States have a low IQ (generalize much?) and then go and vote for Bono of U2 fame "cos [you're] Irish that he refused to be a knighthood."

Shiggy FTW!

Woo hoo!

@5

And just like every day, Jack bashing everything about Nintendo

Miyamoto. I think this guy's just a hood ornament now. Where he lost his touch a long time ago but is kept in a high position for morale purposes. Reminds me of a Black Sabbath reunion tour where they sound like garbage and the baby boomers are the only ones holding up their lighters.

Holy crap i want that shirt... a katmari with a joystiq label and controllers from everything of importance (samba di amigo too!!)... let me guess, i am a few years too late on the boat for this one?

I'm with you Yaktastic! I really want that shirt. But i'm sure that boat has sailed a long time ago. Anyone know if it's still available?

@wackychan
IQ is nothing to do with stupid. It is about intelligence.

@JodyAnthony
And?....

Miyamoto got my vote.
WTF is up with this "Rain" person being #1?
And cheater, as far as supporting a poseur from an 80's band with a mullet, it's no wonder England pwns you.

whoops! joystiq ate the punchline of my comment.

it doesnt matter, i was just lamely making fun of bono.

Sure np

It was a joke for people who voted Bush.

Hit refresh and vote again! :)

Screw this Bono guy and Rain guy... and the guy who I can't even pronounce his name!

Cheater, I hope you are being sarcastic because if you're not you are a total moron.
"IQ is nothing to do with stupid. It is about intelligence."
First of all, the first sentence has horrible grammar. I assume you were trying to say,"IQ has nothing to do with stupidity." If you were, you should know that stupidity is the lack of intelligence. So intelligence does have to do with stupidity.If you don't believe me here is a definition:
Stupidity is the quality or condition of being stupid, or lacking intelligence. This quality can be attributed to both an individual himself (John Smith is stupid) or his actions, words or beliefs (John Smith's policies are stupid). The determination of who is stupid is difficult, despite attempts to measure intelligence (and thus stupidity) such as IQ tests.
"JodyAnthony: I'm sorry, you say citizens of the United States have a low IQ (generalize much?) and then go and vote for Bono of U2 fame "cos [you're] Irish that he refused to be a knighthood."
cheater: And?...."
Your original sentence again, just for amusement: "but Bono has my high vote cos I'm Irish that he refused to be a knighthood."
First of all, it is incorrect to begins a sentence with "but." Second, the first word of a sentence should always begin with a capital letter. Third, "cos" should be all caps. Fourth, "COS" is not being used properly in that sentence. None of the following meanings of the word fit into your context:
Cosmic Origins Spectrograph - Fourth Generation Spectrometer. COS is an ultraviolet spectrograph optimized for observing faint point sources with moderate spectral resolution
Change of Status without leaving the United States. Application submitted to INS on form I-539. If request approved, new visa status is granted.
Chiefs of Staff
(1) Telephone service distinctions which include: rate differences between individual and party lines, flat rate and message rate, and restricted and extended area service. (2) A subgrouping of telephone customers or users for the sake of rate distinction or limitation of service.
class of shares
COS is a web-based comprehensive database of federal and private foundation funding sources. The search engine allows investigators to search for specific funding opportunities. For more information, interested parties can either contact the Office of the Vice President for Research (OVPR) or access the web site at http://www.cos.com
Chief of Security Sec-1 Security "red-shirt"
A telemetry alarm that is clearly labeled as reporting a change in status from clear to alarm or from alarm to clear.
The direct (variable) costs of products and/or services provided to customers. In manufacturing this is called COGS
cosine: ratio of the adjacent side to the hypotenuse of a right-angled triangle
lettuce with long dark-green leaves in a loosely packed elongated head
Crypto Operating System (COS) was the development name of a Mac compatible operating system supposedly developed by the German company Omega GmbH in the late 1990s. Omega caught the attention of technology media with impressive specifications and seemingly serious investor- and consumer information, but the operating system was never demoed publicly. The company repeatedly pushed the release date forward, gaining a reputation as vaporware or hoax. ...
Cos was an American sketch comedy/variety TV series that debuted on the ABC Network in September 1976. It was hosted by comedian Bill Cosby amd featured an ensemble cast who would perform sketches each week. The show was unsuccessful in the Neilsen ratings and was cancelled by November 1976. Cosby appeared on this series concurrently with his starring role in Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids and the film Mother, Jugs and Speed. ...
Fifth, that sentence makes no sense whatsoever.

Askzander

Thank god for a dictionary.

Thanks Askzander for boring comment eve.

Of course, It was sarcastic for Bush on the poll.

Seems like not many people here play Second Life, and neither do I, but I was voting on other candidates and found that Philip Rosedale, the creator of Second Life, is also in the running.

Guys might want to edit that in.

His average is 93 now! He's tied for 2nd place average-wise, but total votes-wise puts him at 5th place.

Damn BHUMIBOL ADULYADEJ fanboys must be voting "1s" on the 2-5th place contestants.

Perhaps the fact that a lot of other countries underestimate the US or assume we're all fat, lazy and stupid is part of the reason we've been successful as a country.

It's a serious disadvantage to assume stupid shit like that.

I wonder if our low IQ is a result of success or a contributing factor? If it's a result then I guess it's safe to say we're not alone :P If it's a contributing factor then how come countries with superior IQ haven't caught on yet?

Miyamoto is right behind Colbert. This could turn out epic.

askzander: nice.

-"superfan" tactics.

Shigeru is #2 now! It seems like they list them by average score, and then the total number of points is the tiebreaker. Now he's only behind Bhumibol (Shiggy's 93, Bhumibol's 96). Warren Buffet's right behind him at 93, and Rain, Bono, and Colbert all moved down to 92.

Hahaha, Al Gore is beating George W. Bush, AGAIN.

*calls his friends to vote*

C'monnn :)

Haha, just kidding... but since I'm bored at work, I'm refreshing and voting multiple times.

Oh crap, the Colbert fans must've found out about this! He's passed Miyamoto! But Bhumibol has lost a point! It's a 2 point game now!

Bhumibol - 95
Colbert - 94
Miyamoto - 93

It's not the average who wins but the most Influence points. Take the average rating times votes to get the points. But this late into the game it is reflective of the high ranks.

okay, i did my part. i must have voted like 30 times for shiggy. (100, of course)

but then, i saw Gore almost getting beat by Bush. Bush! He should be like in the bottom 100. Well, it is influential, not greatest. Still, I had to start voting for Gore. The environment is really getting messed up, and he's like the only person trying to get the message out.

@ Mike

I'd ALMOST agree with you, as Miyamato seems to be branching off into the mundane a lot lately, but remember, it was he who caused all the delays in Twilight Princess by coming in and vastly restructuring the game sometime in 2005, thus proving he can still hash out the epic (as does his new work, Super Mario Galaxy), while still blathering on about things like his "wife-o-meter"

(goes away to vote many times)

Screw this Miyamoto crap, and Iwata and Yamauchi and Yokoi crap. They were all purveyors of an kiddy-held industry!!! It was Sony that made gaming mainstream, and if Playstation wasn't so successful Miyamoto wouldn't know what to do for Wii. So vote Kutaragi!!!!

Besides what's Miyamoto done recently?

[/spewing sheer stupidity]

FOR THE LOVE OF GOD DON'T VOTE YET!!!!!!

STEPHEN COLBERT WILL CALL HIS ARMY TO CRUSH THOSE WHO APPEAR THREATENING! ONE SENTENCE ON HIS SHOW AND ALL WILL BE FOR NOUGHT! Wait until after tomorrow's Colbert Report!

@37 Too late I have already told the people at colbertnation.com about it and also emailed them. We will crush you all, Viva la Colbert.

I hope this comes down to Miyamoto and Colbert. When Colbert mentions it on his show BOTH of them will get infinite votes. Quick let's vote Bhumibol and Rain out of the picture!

@ Mike

You are describing John Romero, not Miyamoto.

Miyamoto is the only person from the old industry that still has his touch. Let me guess, you are one of those 12 year old Halo fans or a old gen jaded gamer fucktard.

The whole list is screwed, why the hell is a Perez Hilton in a higher listing than Nelson Mandela for example?

I have posted all over the interwebs.... The Miyamotosan Faction will crush colbert like Mario does Kuppos!