Miyamoto Tops Time 100 Influential Poll

By Jorge Ba-oh 25.04.2008 23

Legendary Nintendo designer Shigeru Miyamoto has topped the current leaderboard for user-voted most influential person.

The poll, conducted by Time magazine sees users voting for who they feel is the world's most influential person, and the 55-year old designer currently stands in #1 position with a nifty 70/100 average user rating.

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If you haven't voted, or want to view the current rankings, be sure to check out the Official Time poll.

Thanks to C3 reader Demoni Rakkausenkeli.

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Echoes221 is offline. Echoes221 25.04.2008#1

go go shigsy!

 
Demoni Rakkausenkeli is offline. Demoni Rakkausenkeli 25.04.2008#2

I voted for him like 50 times, then I forgot about it, then I hear news about Shiggy and finally I see hes in first place. Thats great.

 
jb is offline. jb 25.04.2008#3

Go go Mario's dad!

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JoshSL is offline. JoshSL 25.04.2008#4

You're allowed to vote more than once?

This isn't exactly a fair poll is it? In any case, go Shigsy!

Has Mudkip ever been featured on a TIME cover?

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Mandown is offline. Mandown 25.04.2008#5

Go go Olimar's dad!.

The Shigs rules and deserves recognition regardless to whether this place on the list is justified or not.

 
JoshSL is offline. JoshSL 25.04.2008#6

Link AND Zelda's dad...?

Ew incest! Smilie

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Canyarion is offline. Canyarion 25.04.2008#7

Actually I always thought some other guy created the Zelda world and characters. I think his name was Tanabe? Miyamoto used that to create the first Zelda game.

But I can't find any info on the internet about it, so it might have been an untrue story.

And uh yeah, Nintendo fans massively voting for Miyamoto isn't cool.

 
Martin_ is offline. Martin_ 25.04.2008#8

That list is a load of shit. George Clooney? He's just an actor. Shigeru? He makes games, for fuck sake. How on earth are these people 'influential' in any way other than within their own little fields of expertise. They're not important people on a global scale.

 
Birdo Is A Tranny is offline. Birdo Is A Tranny 25.04.2008#9

Demoni Rakkausenkeli said:
I voted for him like 50 timesplace.

how as far as i know it only lets one vote per ip (cause it's only letting me vote once)

 
Martin_ is offline. Martin_ 25.04.2008#10

The guy who Time Magazine think's is the second "Most influential person to shape our world" I haven't even heard of. This list is rubbish.

 
Erotic_Spider is offline. Erotic_Spider 25.04.2008#11

This list is just a pile of wank. Surely polilticians are the influential people.

-Have you any idea what it's like to be a Fembot living in a Manbot's Manputer's world?
-What?
 
JoshSL is offline. JoshSL 25.04.2008#12

I find most famous politicians the scum of the earth TBH...

In any case, this poll is very broken.

EDIT: Miyamoto does deserve a place on the front cover sometime though.

( Edited 25.04.2008 18:42 by SuperLink )

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KingDom is offline. KingDom 25.04.2008#13

No Heidi Klum is the most influential person on the planet.

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Demoni Rakkausenkeli is offline. Demoni Rakkausenkeli 25.04.2008#14

iangennery said:

Demoni Rakkausenkeli said:
I voted for him like 50 timesplace.

how as far as i know it only lets one vote per ip (cause it's only letting me vote once)

Or I guess I thought I was voting more than once, but It didn't send the rest. Cause then he'd be way ahead, I think.

 
Cheesing It Up is offline. Cheesing It Up 26.04.2008#15

Erotic_Spider said:
This list is just a pile of wank. Surely polilticians are the influential people.

Indeed, George Bush was the first person to pop into my head.

I find most famous politicians the scum of the earth TBH...

Yes, but that has nothing to do with how influential a person is.

 
JoshSL is offline. JoshSL 26.04.2008#16

Smells like cheese said:

Yes, but that has nothing to do with how influential a person is.

True, never before have I wanted to hurt someone so. What an influence. Smilie

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Ikana is offline. Ikana 26.04.2008#17

Oni-Ninja said:
That list is a load of shit. George Clooney? He\'s just an actor. Shigeru? He makes games, for fuck sake. How on earth are these people \'influential\' in any way other than within their own little fields of expertise. They\'re not important people on a global scale.

Oh come on, how can you say that? Tiger Woods is obviously the most influential...golfer...ever...yeah. Like the time he ended poverty in third world countries with his awesome...golfing skills...maybe.

But yeah, the whole poll is stupid. There are probably less than 10 people who have ever majorly influenced the world...and most of them are probably dead. To be honest, I can\'t really even see how it\'s possible to have influence on a global scale...one can make an impact on a global scale...like Hitler...but that\'s not really influential...is it?

Also, what\'s with the stupid 1-100 scale? Why not just tally votes?
And what\'s with being able to vote more than once?

And also, at the end of the day, it\'s a magazine article, who cares? Smilie

Who the hell is \'Rain\'? Smilie

( Edited 26.04.2008 00:15 by Ikana )

 
JoshSL is offline. JoshSL 26.04.2008#18

Maybe it's Tay Zonday! I found him pretty damn influential.

If you ask me, William Shakespeare should win this thing all the time. Well he's the most influential person I can think of atm.

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TAG is offline. TAG 26.04.2008#19

Oni-Ninja said:
The guy who Time Magazine think's is the second "Most influential person to shape our world" I haven't even heard of. This list is rubbish.

This is the only reason I vaguely know who he is:

Go Colbert!

My impression of Rain is that he thinks is he is a cross between God and Michael Jackson. How's that for a mental image?
*Rain video I found on youtube*

The videos's kind of funny.

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ohm is offline. ohm 26.04.2008#20

How is Tiger Woods influential? He's just good at golf.... he doesn't influence people even in his own field.

 
Cheesing It Up is offline. Cheesing It Up 26.04.2008#21

There are probably less than 10 people who have ever majorly influenced the world...and most of them are probably dead.

If we're talking about influences at any point in history then surely there's loads.

Newton is the first person that springs to mind, but that's probably because I'm studying physics at Uni. (Einstein, Maxwell, Galileo etc would also be right up there.)

 
JoshSL is offline. JoshSL 26.04.2008#22

If we\'re talking modern times, I think I\'d have to say Richard Dawkins. He\'s a role model for arguers everywhere.

I voted for Shigsy anyway, go figure.

( Edited 26.04.2008 10:54 by SuperLink )

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TAG is offline. TAG 27.04.2008#23

Shigeru Miyamoto would easily be one of the most influential people in the game industry, and games are quite popular these days. Who doesn't know who Mario is?

Going down another road...Shigsy is the biggest influence video games. Now games apparently influences people to do dangerous stunts and kill other people. Shigsy is a bad influence!

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