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Readers' Choice - Best Heroes
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• Heroes 10-6
• Heroes 5-1
Number 1
Guybrush Threepwood

Your number one pick was among the goofiest hereos of them all. Phrases like "complete dork" and clumsy apply nicely to Guybrush, but he's the big winner here today. Here's what you said:

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"How could you possibly forget Guybrush - he was not just a hero to me, he was me. Well for a few weeks anyway. OK, so not a great warrior or slayer of evil goblins. But that was the point - he is a wimp and no one takes him seriously. I can associate with that." -Cyc

"Leave Guybrush out? You mean he was on your list and you kicked him off? No one else could kill LeChuck. No one else could find Monkey Island or make Eileen love them. No one else could shove a giant Q-tip in his pocket or a giant cube of tofu on his head. I owe my sense of humor to those games. And it's a travesty that Threepwood was omitted from the final cut." -Arhat Mateed

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"All of the heroes chosen were great, but my favorite hero has to be Guybrush Threepwood. He's a complete dork who saves the world and gets the girl of his dreams. He can't pull anything off. He gets where he is merely by chance almost. Nowhere else could you get someone as clumsy and gangly as a hero than in a computer game." -Orrin

"C'mon, you had the pirate as one of the best villains for his witticism - how can you leave off Threepwood as a hero? You think LeChuck has some biting things to say? Guybrush was a character with soul and depth. Can you name another hero with a deathly fear of porcelain?" -Pehr Söderman

"Guybrush from the Monkey Island series is definitely one of the best heroes ever. It's not because he's so damn funny, or lanky and awkward like all of us have been at one point or another, but because of the feeling you get whenever you play a Monkey Island game. You know it will be loads of fun, and leave you feeling better, even after you've played it through several times. He's the teddy bear you still keep from your childhood who makes you feel better, except he's a little less tangible." -Luke Armstrong

"What, no Guybrush? This guy fought the ghost pirate LeChuck not just once but three times. Now just being a wanna-be pirate and facing that type of evil, now that's a hero...." -Michael

"No Guybrush? What in God's name? Guybrush was amazing! He was... like... me! Dorky, clumsy, never gets the girl, and best of all he's a pirate! Screw Kings Quest! Guybrush was funny. Long live Guybrush! Guybrush! Guybrush!" -Mike

"How could you leave Guybrush out to make room for disposable heroes like Garret, the Cyborg, and that Protoss guy? What made the Monkey Island series so great was the straight man writing for Guybrush - a pansy who's afraid of grog, women, and seagulls but wants to become a pirate. Lechuck was great too, to be sure, but coaxing Guybrush around the adventure made those games. If the competition you guys posted up was stiffer, maybe I could understand. But Abe ousted Guybrush?"

"You fools!! You threw out Guybrush Threepwood? None of these other wanna-bes could hold their breath for 10 minutes or have the ingenuity to use tofu as a mask. Among these so-called heroes, only Ben or Duke can compare in wit and humor. How many heroes have the patience to foil the same villain three times in a row? Only one that I know of. How many heroes are just as willing to burst into song as open a can of whup? Not many. Guybrush could take on all of your wimps at once. I'll wager that not a one would know the answer to 'You fight like a dairy farmer.'" Bill Cherniak


 

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