Kickstarter has become a firm favourite among game makers keen to get backing for their projects.

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So much so that Skye is now a firm favourite with location scouts.

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Birmingham's He Died with a Felafel in his Hand, which shamefully I have not read yet, is obviously a firm favourite.

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Heinze has become a firm favourite with the fans at Old Trafford but told Ferguson earlier this month that he wanted a move.

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In 1995 Richards joined Wolves where he became a firm favourite.

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It was his match-winning exploits and size of personality that made him a firm favourite and he won universal acclaim for his efforts against Australia in 1981 in a series remembered as "Botham's Ashes".

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The first, Mr Sarkozy's favourite, is to force Areva, a profitable firm, to take over Alstom.

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