Lest you doubt the validity of the list, it's topped by 4chan founder "moot," so, yeah. This is serious business. Oh well, at least Shiggy still beat the Pope on this completely useful list.
[Via GI.biz]
Shigeru Miyamoto slips down Time's most influential poll
by Justin McElroy 
on Apr 28th 2009 11:15AM
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Lest you doubt the validity of the list, it's topped by 4chan founder "moot," so, yeah. This is serious business. Oh well, at least Shiggy still beat the Pope on this completely useful list.
[Via GI.biz]
Reader Comments (45)
Posted: Apr 28th 2009 11:22AM Vegeta has a ps3 said
"You can now find him snuggled between Miley Cyrus"
If I was Shiggy, I'd be pissed.
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If I was Shiggy, I'd be pissed.
Posted: Apr 28th 2009 11:36AM (Unverified) said
I wish I was snuggled between a minor and a grown man.
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Posted: Apr 28th 2009 11:24AM (Unverified) said
It would be awesome if they actually feature moot in the magazine.
Something tells me they may not though..
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Something tells me they may not though..
Posted: Apr 28th 2009 11:24AM (Unverified) said
While normally I would laugh at him sliding (he's a goddamn video game designer for christ's sake, he shouldn't even be close), it was rigged by 4chan so yeah...thanks for stealing my moment 4chan.
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Posted: Apr 28th 2009 11:28AM Courtney said
Because we totally didn't rig it last year for Shiggy
http://nintendo.joystiq.com/2008/04/11/miyamoto-nominated-again-for-time-100/
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http://nintendo.joystiq.com/2008/04/11/miyamoto-nominated-again-for-time-100/
Posted: Apr 28th 2009 12:54PM Haggard said
More than a dozen million people voted for the 4chan guy. It's not exactly rigging if he wins it by having more votes than the other guy.
You could argue that giving the 'most influential' title to the winner of an online popularity contest is a bit silly, though.
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You could argue that giving the 'most influential' title to the winner of an online popularity contest is a bit silly, though.
Posted: Apr 28th 2009 2:17PM Bananarama said
Except when the majority of those votes are done by bots rather than real people, then yes, it is rigging.
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Posted: Apr 28th 2009 11:24AM RobS the 3rd said
Thank you Internet for creating another reason you're full of morons. I mean Moot, god damn!
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Posted: Apr 28th 2009 11:27AM RobS the 3rd said
Yet somehow, I saw this coming a mile away. Didn't Time try to stop this, or was that a rumor?
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Posted: Apr 28th 2009 11:29AM RobS the 3rd said
Lastly, this is what you get when you let the people on the internet vote for something like this. I mean NASA did this for the new living quarters on the International Space Station. They wanted it named Serenity, but due to Steven Colbert and an internet campaign, it's going to be called Colbert.
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Posted: Apr 28th 2009 12:47PM PixelHustler said
Actually, they're naming it Tranquility, according to The Colbert Report. And no, the treadmill doesn't power the station. That was a joke (as your response might have been as well).
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Posted: Apr 28th 2009 11:25AM ThornedVenom said
http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/04/27/time-magazine-throws-up-its-hands-as-it-gets-pwned-by-4chan/
MARBLECAKE, ALSO THE GAME.
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MARBLECAKE, ALSO THE GAME.
Posted: Apr 28th 2009 12:13PM (Unverified) said
More like obese mouth breathers who have nothing better to do with their time.
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Posted: Apr 28th 2009 10:29PM Tye El Czar said
Damn right they're superheroes.................................
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Posted: Apr 28th 2009 11:33AM darkinchworm said
Funny. 4chan, Tucker Max, and Miley Cyrus are all crap.
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Posted: Apr 28th 2009 11:48AM iamnotafish said
Does anyone pay attention to this anymore? Time became a joke once they did the "YOU'RE THE MOST INFLUENTIAL PERSON" issue.
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Posted: Apr 28th 2009 12:41PM WiredKnight said
The worst thing about that was the fact that they did it because of the new generation of "user-created content," i.e. youtube and the ease of blogging, etc. Unfortunately, the rest of the internet knows they were like a year late.
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Posted: Apr 28th 2009 3:51PM Scratchcard said
Time became a joke by not choosing Hitler as most influential person of the century.
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Posted: Apr 28th 2009 12:49PM (Unverified) said
How did Tucker Max seriously make 43rd?'
I love Tucker, but I never felt of him as influential.
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I love Tucker, but I never felt of him as influential.
Posted: Apr 28th 2009 12:53PM (Unverified) said
Are you kidding me? Fuck 4chan. Most people that read Time will be like "moot? Who the fuck?"
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Posted: Apr 28th 2009 1:55PM 343 Guilty Fart said
I've never heard of moot, marblecake, or this 'Rain' person, unless they just mean precipitation.
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Posted: Apr 28th 2009 8:03PM wolfblitzer said
The first like 20 or so people were picked by 4chan in some massive attempt to look cool. They got Moot as number one, and all the people on the list first letter spell: marble cake also the game
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