/\/\ethos' Ultimate Quake Poll III

Here are the results from Methos' Ultimate Quake Poll 3. Thanks to the 10,100+ people who voted for all their favorites. Some of the categories were VERY close indeed and other were a landslide victory or loss depending on the category. The number beside the winners are the amount of votes received. In most cases, the lower the number, the more people were nominated in that category.

The Voters

LPB or HPB
HPB 49.7%	LPB 50.3%

GL or Non-GL
48.8% GL	51.2% No

In A Clan?
70.8% Yes	29.2% No

Quake or QW
14.2% Quake	85.8% QW

RLjump Bind?
40.5% Yes	59.5% No

Crosshairs?
96.7% Yes	3.3% No

Favorite Type of Quake
Winner	Clan / Team Matches	61%
2nd	1on1 DeathMatch	23%
3rd	Free For All	16%

FOV Used When Playing
Winner	FOV 90 (Default)	35%
2nd	FOV 120	27%
3rd	FOV 110	23%
4th	FOV 130+	8%
5th	FOV 100	7%

The Game

Favorite id Single Player Map
Winner	Castle of the Damned (E1M2)	2308
2nd	Slipgate Central (E1M1)	798
3rd	The Elder God's Shrine (E4M3)	484
Almost	The House of Chthon (E1M7)	308

Worst id Single Player Map
Winner	The Ziggurath Vertigo (E1M8)	621
2nd	Shub-Nigurath's Pit (End)	576
3rd	Slipgate Central (E1M1)	467
Almost	The House of Chthon (E1M7)	370

Favorite id 1on1 Level
Winner	The Bad Place (DM4)	4167
2nd	The Dark Zone (DM6)	2542
3rd	Claustrophobopolis (DM2)	1436
Almost	The Abandoned Base (DM3)	165

Worst id 1on1 Level
Winner	Place of Two Deaths (DM1)	3443
2nd	The Cistern (DM5)	1853
3rd	The Bad Place (DM4)	849
Almost	The Abandoned Base (DM3)	547

Favorite Custom Level
Winner	Aerowalk	1168
2nd	DEATH32	684
3rd	UKCLDM2	416
Almost	Ultra Violence	308

Worst Custom Level
Winner	Aerowalk	148
2nd	Titan2	142
3rd	Ultra Violence & Base32 (tie)	137
Almost	UKCLDM2	86

Favorite id Clan Level
Winner	The Abandoned Base (DM3)	6401
2nd	Claustrophobopolis (DM2)	878
3rd	Castle of the Damned (E1M2)	553
Almost	The Dark Zone (DM6)	336

Worst id Clan Level
Winner	Place of Two Deaths (DM1)	1117
2nd	The Dark Zone (DM6)	673
3rd	The Bad Place (DM4)	610
Almost	Claustrophobopolis (DM2)	428

Favorite Weapon
Winner	Rocket Launcher	5597
2nd	Lightning Gun	2970
3rd	Double Barrel Shotgun	490
Almost	Grenade Launcher	405

Favorite Quake Mod
Winner	Rocket / Clan Arena	1949
2nd	Capture The Flag	1493
3rd	Team Fortress	1197
Almost	Kombat Teams	559

The Players

Best LPB
Winner	Lakerman (SC)	1653
2nd	Thresh (DR)	992
3rd	Kane (SK)	975
Almost	Xenon (9)	428

Best HPB
Winner	Lakerman (SC)	1419
2nd	Gemini (EG)	450
3rd	Jimbob	228
Almost	Reload (AO)	177

Best DM2 Player
Winner	Reload (AO)	2656
2nd	Lakerman (SC)	1596
3rd	Kane (SC)	519
Almost	Thresh (DR)	285

Best DM3 Player
Winner	Thresh (DR)	1511
2nd	Xenon (9)	1436
3rd	Cable (Z)	422
Almost	Lakerman (SC)	291

Best DM4 Player
Winner	Lakerman (SC)	2907
2nd	Kane (SK)	1077
3rd	Timber (SK)	251
Almost	Sectopod (GO)	222

Best DM6 Player
Winner	Thresh (DR)	1191
2nd	Lakerman (SC)	980
3rd	Kane (SK)	855
Almost	Gemini (EG)	410

Best Aim
Winner	Lakerman (SC)	980
2nd	Kane (SK)	912
3rd	Thresh (DR)	747
Almost	Xenon (9)	513

Smartest Player
Winner	Thresh (DR)	2269
2nd	Lakerman (SC)	1277
3rd	Blitzer (Z)	450
Almost	Kane (SK)	314

Best 1 on 1 Player
Winner	Lakerman (SC)	3323
2nd	Thresh (DR)	1106
3rd	Kane (SK)	1055
Almost	Sectopod (GO)	234

Most Overrated Player
Winner	Thresh (DR)	2428
2nd	Reload (AO)	1157
3rd	Timber (SK) & Xenon (9)	542
Almost	Lakerman (SC)	462

Most Hated Player
Winner	Thresh (DR)	1220
2nd	Timber (SK)	559
3rd	Lakerman (SC)	365
Almost	Xenon (9)	154

Best All-Around Player (close)
Winner	Thresh (DR)	1277
2nd	Lakerman (SC)	1191
3rd	Xenon (9)	1157
Almost	Kane (SK)	519

The Clans

Best Normal Quake Clan
Winner	[9] (Sweden)	2518
2nd	DeathRow (USA)	1003
3rd	Unforgiven (USA)	257
Almost	Z (Finland)	199

Best QuakeWorld Clan
Winner	[9] (Sweden)	3015
2nd	Z (Finland)	1568
3rd	Revolution (USA)	325
Almost	Evil Geniuses (USA)	268

Best All Around Clan
Winner	[9] (Sweden)	3215
2nd	Z (Finland)	1163
3rd	DeathRow (USA)	382
Almost	Schroet Kommandos (Germany)	211

Most Hated Clan
Winner	[9] (Sweden)	798
2nd	Deathrow (USA)	792
3rd	Evil Geniuses (USA)	228
Almost	Schroet Kommandos (Germany)	199

Best Team Player
Winner	Xenon (9)	1647
2nd	Cable (Z)	524
3rd	Thresh (DR)	399
Almost	DOOMer (9)	365

The People, Places & Other Stuff

Favorite Quake Personality
Winner	Steve "sCary" Gibson (USA)	1391
2nd	Dennis "Thresh" Fong (USA)	376
3rd	Richard "Hoony" Sandilant (AU)	336
Almost	Oskar "Lakerman" Ljungström (SW)	188

Favorite Quake Site (Methos not counted)
Winner	FragZone (Sweden)	1134
2nd	sCary's ShugaShack (USA)	946
3rd	Dome (Finland)	889
Almost	BluesNews (USA)	758

Favorite Clan Site
Winner	Clan N3D (Wow!)	3420
2nd	Schroet Kommandos	621
3rd	[9]	473
Almost	Z	445

Favorite Demo Site (heh)
Winner	Methos Quake	6916
2nd	Skillz That Kill	188
3rd	Demolition & Truegamers (tie)	182
Almost	Clan Z	160

Coolest Quake Player
Winner	sCary (R3V)	855
2nd	Lakerman (SC)	450
3rd	Reload (AO)	359
Almost	Thresh (DR)	238

Most Annoying Quake Personality
Winner	Thresh (DR)	644
2nd	Blue (Bluesnews)	325
3rd	Lakerman (SC) & Timber (SK)	205
Almost	Paul2 (MOO)	177

Best Game Other Than Quake
Winner	Half-Life	1123
2nd	Quake 2	888
3rd	Starcraft	678
Almost	Tribes	285

Most Anticipated Upcoming Game
Winner	Quake 3 Arena	5580
2nd	Team Fortress 2	274
3rd	Daikatana	103
Almost	Tiberian Sun	91

Best Quake Demo (QDQ Not Counted)
Winner	Lakerman Vs Kane DM2	906
2nd	Various [9] Vs DR Matches	314
3rd	R3V Vs FITH - Burpy (Thresh) POV	234
Almost	Da Gib O' The Year (Nutcase)	194

Quake: The Past and Future

Will You Switch To Quake3Arena?
Winner	Only If It Doesn't Suck	4064
2nd	YES! Q3A Will Rock!	2719
3rd	I Guess I'll Try It	2649
Almost	No Way! Quake Is THE Game	513

Most Important Quake Match Ever
Winner	Thresh Vs Entropy (Ferrari)	3251
2nd	All [9] Vs DR	1108
3rd	Reptile Vs Thresh DM4 (PGL)	427
Almost	Lakerman Vs Kane DM2 (TGI)	224

Hardware/Tech Advancement for Quake
Winner	3dfx/TNT/Voodoo Video	3112
2nd	Faster / Cheaper CPU's	616
3rd	Multiplayer / Internet Speed	530
Almost	USB / Better Mice	353

Best 1on1 DM Player Of All Time
Winner	Thresh (USA)	2850
2nd	Lakerman (SWE)	764
3rd	Sujoy (UK)	357
Almost	Perkele (FIN)	188

Best Quake Clan Of All Time
Winner	[9] (SWE)	2565
2nd	Deathrow (USA)	747
3rd	Z (FIN)	650
Almost	Legends (USA)	165

Person/Player That Changed Quake The Most
Winner	Dennis "Thresh" Fong	2576
2nd	David "Zoid" Kirsch	564
3rd	Sujoy "Sujoy" Roy	376
Almost	Juha "Perkele" Kujala	319