I'd like to point out that Melissa Joan Heart's "Buttercup" is a Lovecraftian nightmare.

SixSider

I bet Totilo voted for Brooke Hogan.

mind in rewind

@Defenestrated:
This doesn't really seem to be a popularity contest as I have no idea who the heck Phil Defranco is

swordfish2eva1

good news for youBrian at least you're beating MC Hammer

swordfish2eva1

I VOTED FOR TMK :)

ViciousViper

Yeah, these things are almost always just a popularity contest, with the winner determined more by their celebrity than their creation. It's a shame, since I really do like your little TMK. It's like a terrestrial angler fish that eats babies.

Defenestrated

Go kotaku! gonna tell everyone here to vote =p

Zaos

Defranco has 103k +. I have not heard of this guy. Perhaps the list was updated in progressive mode?

PsycheE

From what I saw, yours is the only one that was actually creative. I loved the little guy coming out from the big one's back.

I was also incredibly disappointed with Stan Lee and David Lynch.

HungryWolf AKA C of TeamChink.com

I always felt that Mario Lopez had an air of "self-centered douche bag" about him, after he cheated on his wife on their honeymoon. But the fact he named his creature after himself and used his incredible wit to include "Super," seals the deal.

It's funny how many people went with the "-saurus" theme.

DoubleOh187

@Absent Blue: No, we need Crecente: Beard of justice!

pd771

I gotta admit, that thing was awesome. You got my vote, and even if you lose, I think some of us would be willing donate the money to make up for it.

Pezdispenser

@Absent Blue: .....Condemned........

RET_Ghost

I'm surprised Phil Defranco didn't put a picture of an attractive woman with cleavage in place of the picture of him. I mean, he does it in his videos.

"Hmm, how am I going to get people to watch my video...? Oh yeah, boobs."

Murgatron

Crecente was a crime reporter? Cool, it's like the badass of journalism. Why hasn't there been a good detective/mystery game in so long? We need one just to see Crecente review it.

Absent Blue

Don't worry, Brian. You're still the coolest guy there by far. ^_^ TMK is great also. Especially since I noticed the little Elmo on the front...kinda...scary.

Saint Anima

Daaaaamn, Crecente went up by 4-5 spots in the last 15 minutes. Wooo!

BryanGuitarDude

I love Alex Greenwald. but he hasn't even made his creature yet. its gonna be weird

SilkRevolver

Masi Oka's is really cool but I'll stay your corner Brian

RET_Ghost

"Since most of my competitors are absolutely crushing me"

That's what happens when you decide to be Nixon over Kennedy.

justhesh

Oh god....Brain Crecente or Geoff Kieghley....Oh dont make me choose! :( I love both dearly! My shrines indicated that.

Arnold Rimmer's Garden Strimmer

Awesome, just awesome.....I'll get my boys on the street to vote some more.

Skitch01

Well, its the thought that counts :D

Nice creature nevertheless!
Hope you win :D

Reetesh

i had to vote for santana it's a rule. FotC were next in line. TMK was third

Gypse-scum

Alright brian, ive voted 28 times for you now. Ill go back later, lol

skelator316

@antialias02: I didn't think Emeril knows*

Whoops.

antialias02

I Emeril knows how to use a computer, let alone create a Spore creature. Maybe he has a USB garlic press interface or something.

antialias02

I just hope those twins don't win, they annoy me.

Firemane

David Lynch's one is so disappointing. I was hoping for something that'd be pure nightmare fuel, something to crush sanity and devour the soul, and I got a green humanoid. Weak!

They should've slotted David Cronenberg in there instead, but his creation would probably be NSFW.

Twoflower

I know its treachery, but Carlos Santana's creation is by far the coolest, and that's why I voted for it.

KafkaTamura

@Brenneh: That's the way these things work. How many Kotaku readers are going to go and vote for Brian just because of this post? A lot.

I voted for Margartet Cho. I like you Brian, but I LOVE Margaret Cho.

"My puss is the best in history. Your puss need to rinse with Listerine. My puss is the best on the block. Your puss invaded Iraq. My puss is smooth like velvet. Your puss is dead like Elvis."

robinandtami

on my browser if you just click i like it, then back button and go back to crecentes page you can vote as many times as you want.

skelator316

I voted for you but yeah should have stuck with fruitfucker! :)

Melissa Joan Hart? Id like to give her my spores...

ichiban1081

Right when I look at yours Crecente, 666 votes, creepy.

Coors Light is God

Should have stuck with fruitfucker.

Tetelestia

@RET_Ghost: Phil Defranco has quite a bit more than them.

Brine

Surprised that N'gai's isnt up yet. It just links to a video explaining what spore is

skelator316

apparently they've been asking for votes for weeks now and you can vote once a day.

Brian Crecente

So, so disappointed by David Lynch's entry... I had such high hopes.

surrealistgesture

You'll never beat Kyle and Dylan Sprouse.......ridiculous amount of votes........

RET_Ghost

I know how Philip DeFranco asked his viewers to vote for him, so hopefully you can move up the charts with this little announcement.

TickleMeKotaku was genius, by the way.

AJMarra

@ELUNO: Agreed.

Rather silly how the winner (seemingly) will be decided by sheer popularity, rather than skill.

Brenneh

@bangbangblah: Take that back. I'm an idiot. You just blend in so well with all of those glamourous stars!

bangbangblah

kotakuites - we need to merge into VOTRON and vote for TickleMeKotaku. you can do it

superatt

Its sad how they all kinda look pretty similar. For something that is toted as being so creative and deep, looks like you can make a monster from Spongebob Squarepants or.... another monster from Spongebob.

ps: I don't know if there are actually monster in Spongebob world or not

pps: I'll vote for Brian

jasoncourt

I love how you posted a picture of yourself in the middle Brian.

suya123

Dude, that sucks that they gave you the "page two" treatment. Hopefully Kotaku nation can you fight out of that disgrace! I'm on your side.

bangbangblah

I voted for you.

@will: Seriously, check out Masi Oka's. 1500 liked it whe "it" is still in creation.

chuffhoncho

I love how the telly celebs seem to have got votes even though they are currently "in creation".

will

I'm pulling for phillip defranco from youtube.

get2theDeLorean

Voted! I'm in your corner. And I went to grade school with Masi but I figure he will have ENOUGH votes. ;)

Spoony Bard

Anything for our dear beloved leader *votes multiple times*

y2julio

Supermariolopez is the best name. Schilling should have made the Green Monster.

OiScout

Funny that people with "In creation" monsters have such a high amount of votes.

ELUNO

Wow that monster is hideous crecente...lol =-D voted

djricekcn

I did not know who the Sprouse Brothers were until I read their bio on their Spore Page, but I have to say that they are absolutely crushing everyone else by leaps and bounds. It's stunning. Thank goodness, though, that the creature they've made is actually kind of interesting and not just another multi-armed cyclops.

Vote TMK: Reach out and touch someone.

nick.soapdish

Well....does it eat garlic?

my spoon is too big

TMK is awesome. I was surprised that 1) Stan Lee's was so.... plain and 2) that people voted for it. Probably just voting for Stan Lee.

Elderwulf

Tommy Chong is gunna be making a creature? Geez, I wonder if the creature he might make will be a big spore monster made out of weed.

Salen

I've already voted for TMK... The other celebrities only had your regular, bipedal, green things with their eyes and mouths where you'd expect them to be. BORING! TMK seems like it would eat children... that's a plus for me!

PlayerX

It's a lost cause sadly. The leading guy has over 100,000 votes. Ridiculous. Good cause or not, his no where near the best. I am anticipating what Will Wright will create though. And David Lynch, you disappoint me. You made the spawn of Satan possible in Eraserhead but you can't make an even decent Spore creature? Blasphemy!

Itri

Mr. Multi-Limb? C'mon, Stan Lee...you can do better than that....

Voted for Crecente, of course.

Moe Power

It says on there "50 to 70 articles a day" are posted on Kotaku???

is that an acurate count?

Sounds like a lot, but I guess you guys do post about every half hour or more. Is that number quoted from you Brian?

yashichi8bit

I'm surprised Robin Williams doesn't have one.

He demoed the game at E3 a few years back, if I recall...

superberg

Got my vote. From the looks of your vote count, you might be in the running to win.

Good luck.

yashichi8bit

The blond chick gets my vote.
Who is she? I don't care. She got my vote.
Oh, and don't tell my wife.

Manator Is Sorry

The Conchords made a Battlekiwi? Brilliant.

tralu

david lynch was definitely disappointing.

d.doldrums

Come on guys, step it up. Cresente is only beating "Hiro" by 3 votes.

Darkest Daze

Tay Zonday and Greg Grunburg actually have really good ones. The Flight of the Concords' Battle Kiwi is hilarious in its representation of the actual animal. I also like Emeril Lagasse's because its a lobster and he's a chef. I have no idea who Bijou Phillips is but her creature is very well done.

It's funny but it seems the more technology inclined members of this competition have the plainest, worst creatures. I mean come on Croissant you write for a gaming blog, you're giving us a bad name, in a video game! Not saying yours is bad, but I mean come on Chocolate Rain guy's is better than yours! I am also supremely disappointed in Kevin Rose and Alex Albrecht's creatures.

Chewbenator

This is kinda badly set up, because you're just presented with a huge list of celebrity faces. And it's not until you mouse over one that you even catch a tiny glimpse of the creature you're supposedly voting for.

Something tells me the best creature isn't going to win (and the best one is by far the Crecente one, like it's not even a contest). I think the most popular celebrity will win. Which is probably Crecente anyway.

dowingba

If only Elijah Wood made a hobbit.

If only.

Polterg3ist

@yashichi8bit: That's accurate. If you look at the very top of the page, above the Kotaku logo, next to the Denver time stamp you'll see a live count of how many stories we posted in the past 24 hours. Currently it's at 61

Brian Crecente

@yashichi8bit: Just look at the top left corner. "61 posts in the last 24 hours".

mind in rewind

For those who don't know, I'm Brian's brother and am the founder of Jennifer Ann's Group. We're dedicated to stopping Teen Dating Violence and $5,000 will help us a LOT!

Thanks to everybody for your votes.

Vote early, Vote OFTEN!

- Drew

Drew Crecente

Flight of the Conchords FTW!!

Tarutaru_Pantsu

@Spoony Bard: What's an iJustine?

mind in rewind

Just voted for TickleMeKotaku - what I'm wondering is how one of the top vote getters has more "like it" votes than they do "views" - how does that work?

NYLatenite

@Spoony Bard: AND...when did iJustine become a celebrity?!?

Spoony Bard

That competition is just a popularity competition. Brian's not all to well known, so obviously he won't do as good as 1st, 2nd and 3rd place, who all created craptastic creatures. Still, go Crecente!

(I also liked Tay Zonday's creature, along with Greg Grunberg's.)

Gambitmo

@Drew Crecente: Definitely, Drew :)

And for the record, who is Phil Defranco?!/

Spoony Bard

@NYLatenite:

That's what I'm screaming.

Apparently you can vote multiple times, just reload then vote again. But after a bit the site puts the kibosh on that and will only let you vote every so often for the same person. It cut me off with Crecente's and Veronica Belmont's. 100,000, Whatevs'. We can crush that with a concerted effort. Freaks,Geeks,Dorks and Nerds represent.

lionhearts

Voted for you Brian, more power to the underdog, but Defranco is winning by a landslide! More than 100,000 votes for him, just wow.

zerokoolpsx

Voted like ten times, not only because we love you, but because your creature is the most interesting one there.

...also voted for Adam West, and Masi... and voted for Emeril's because it is so appropriate for him, and Bijou's cuz it was different... But no worries! - they're all way behind and I only voted once... Except I voted for Adam West 4 times... because I loved his goofy Batman and the use of Shark Repellent.

That Defranco guy must have a team of mouse clickers working around the clock on his... he's got like 10thou i like its.

drivebyinsult

Tay Zonday made a walking execution center, and AC Slater beat out your tail killing machine. I still voted only for yours out of loyalty though.

kcorbo

@chuffhoncho: Masi Oki's is there, I voted for it... it's amazing.

kanzaki

@swordfish2eva1: MC Hammer probably spent his daughter's "Rock the Cradle" money just to get the creature creator. Cut the guy some slack.

enigma89

Cresente is bound to win simply because he works for a game blog site an only those who visit game blog sites are likely to know about this. Sad but true. Oh well, you'll probably celebrate anyway.

skullkid

I probably would have voted for Brian's creature anyway, but I genuinely think it is one of the best ones there so is extra worthy of the votes!

On a side note, I felt mildly disappointed by Stan Lee's creation. I realise he's not an artist but I sort of expected more. Whilst on the subject of 'feelings' I was pleasantly surprised by Masi Oka's creation!

Draig

As much as I love TMK, did anyone see Adam West's entry!?

There is a man with a sense of humor...

Canuckssleepinthenude

I find it odd how a lot of the "In Creation" are winning, but I liked TMK and voted =D

SimbaMaliki

am I the only one who finds it hilarious that "I_Justine" (top row, 3rd from the left) has named her creature "pwnie?"

Ximba

Is no-one else voting for ZeFrank?

Samlove

@skelator316: Yep.

HenryHSH

Tay Zonday FTW

el.sand.bag

@Ashkihyena: Oh yeah, any reason why the In Creation ones have any votes at all?

Ashkihyena

Former WCW Champion David Arquette ftw, though I did vote for the TicklemeKotaku though.

Ashkihyena

How the hell does Defranco have over 100,000 votes and I've never even heard of him...ever.

Darkest Daze

Voted TMK until it stoped counting them!

Monte2

Brian should go get Tyco & Gabe to pimp the contest, as well as getting their readers to wang the contest site for Brian's creation.

Salen

you're getting slaughtered because the page that you vote on doesn't explain the premise behind your creation.

I think you'd be getting a lot more votes if that page simply said "a creature with a tickle me elmo prehensile tail" somewhere.

phor11