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📝Glenn Overby II wrote on Fri, Sep 6, 2002 07:23 PM UTC:

Vincent's comment represents a larger body of opinion.  The only games that
have been suggested multiple times in the suggestion blank on the ballot
are Gothic and Omega.

All the larger variants save one are polling strongly enough (well into
the upper half) that it is obvious that my concerns about size were
worrying about a non-existent problem.  Live and learn.

It should perhaps be clarified that 100 squares was not a magic threshold
which Grand met and Omega did not.  Anything over 64 squares was classed
as large, anything under 64 as small, and the final list reflected 2 small
to 4 standard to 1 large.  The three games larger than 9X9 (Xiangqi,
Glinski Hexagonal, Grand) were all among the last games to be added
because of their size.

I won't make any comments about the relative merits of the games Vincent
has elected to praise and dis, except to say that the case for relative
superiority and inferiority is not nearly as clear as presented.  And I
thank him for making a most pertinent observation.