The game we are playing for Hidden Gem Week is Air Gallet
Shoot stuff, then die. You'll get a score. Take your score here.
http://shmups.system11.org/viewtopic.ph ... 296#181296
And then post it. And then open a beer. Then another. Then another...
The official voting concluded as follows:
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Air Gallet - 20 votes
Vasara - 12 votes
Cyvern - 3 votes
Xexex - 3 votes
Omega Fighter - 3 votes
Air Gallet - 20 Votes
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Rob, oxtsu, zinger, Zigfried the Trizealot, Twiddle, aventus, Edge, namagomi, DarkWolf7, Fighter17, Herr Schatten, Vincere, Tychom, Leeram, freddiebamboo, Icarus, elbarto, Ghegs, mulletgeezer, Smraedis
Vasara - 12 Votes
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PlasmaBlooD, Tvspelsfreak, BulletMagnet, Sword, Xargon, NRS, Limbrooke, javel, sven666, howmuchkeefe, ill6, Galdur
Cyvern - 3 Votes
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msm, malcolm, DEL
Xexex - 3 Votes
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CIT, DJ Incompetent, The Coop
Omega Fighter - 3 Votes
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bVork, Davey, Randorama
How to vote in THE OFFICIAL POLL:As Rob wrote:DJI makes this thread, people post their vote in this thread, DJI tallies the votes.
Follow only these directions exactly and you will have voted correctly. No need to pay attention to anything else.As Rob would have wrote:1. post vote in thread
2. post before Sunday 23:59 (11:59pm) GMT (switch board clock in profile)
If you feel like learning more about the unneeded unused unofficial poll or other voting safeguards in-place, the details are in the fine print at the bottom of this post.
If you don't feel like switching your board clock, use this GMT timepiece:
http://wwp.greenwichmeantime.com/
I will be using this clock to determine when it becomes GMT Monday morning to end the poll.
Your selections for Hidden Gem Week are the following:
Air Gallet
Looks kinda like Raiden with a barrel roll ability. This one relies on the medal chaining, requiring getting all the medals to capitalize on end of stage bonuses. One of the two games with a strat section.
Cyvern
They're like dragons...but out of that one kiddy anime D.I.C.E. or something. 3 to pick from. You have this thing called a Banish attack. Doing it to ground bad guys gets you medals. The medaling system is supposedly like Raiden Fighters but "simpler"..or it's just Batrider's no-miss style again. There's secrets to take note of that also remind me of the Batrider, but don't lead to hidden bosses...well, 'cept palette swaps. Don't forget managing rank and your Banish meter. This is the other game in the running with a strat section. Since I haven't said the word "Batrider" enough, yes, killing certain things with your Banish attack may yield more points than the regular ways; like that old aura attack in the other game.
"Taking inspiration from Raiden fighters, various cave games, and a chunk of later Raizing titles" -Malc
Omega Fighter
Two-weapon continuous "destroy the giant battleship" shmup. The distance you are from your enemies when you kill them determines the multiplier for that kill. So take your risks and move on close to your kills for the scoring system. Like the Shigami no Shiro deal.
Vasara
'Like an uber-cultured Gunbird or something. Ya have the tapping regular shooting, but also the melee attack which is your charge shot. Spelling the game title with collectable red gems turns the melee deal into more like a bomb....but...a "melee bomb," because you have the regular bomb button also. There's a claim in my research that you should be playing almost exclusively with your charging melee attack. Three characters to run with, medals that demand collection when they blink, bullet-grazing for extra scoring to risk with, encouraging multiple kills with the single melee attack, and "prestige kills" (bloodstained symbols in the pic) which I gathered as "kill unique enemies"...sorta like when you rescue the POWs in Metal Slug..only...you kill everything to jack an end-of-stage bonus.
Ah yes, this game is bloody....and you can find strategy on this game in the hi score forum for some reason.
Xexex (Japan Version)
* (For CIT)Aaaand an obligatory hori pick. You can take multiple hits before crashing down. You have a ripoff of the R-Type pod thing called a Flint. It can't be scrapped and you fire it off and call it back with the extra button. Survive. That is all.
*We were workin' for speed. Could ya tell?
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As long as these instructions below do not confuse you with the instructions left for you to follow above, here are all the fine print additional voting rules in place to serve more as "future week-long controversy insurance" or more accurately, "In-Case Shit"
-A vote is a singular item from which you may cast once and only once via posting your choice in this thread. If you fail to cast your vote properly by breaking the rules below, it becomes a disqualified vote, forbidding you to cast again for this week. Therefore you may not disqualify your vote in the name of creating a second fresh vote.
-Only people assigned to a team on the first page of STGT 2k6 will have their votes counted.
-Even if you didn't play in a previous week, if your name is assigned to a team, you can still vote.
-If you post your vote and then edit your post, your vote is disqualified.
-If you post ANYTHING in this thread (vote or no vote) and edit that post; if you posted a vote in a later post it will still be disqualified. (an exception will be made if the person who voted claims in his voting post that he did not in-fact post his vote in his earlier edited post. Another forum member must defend this claim, which will be accepted as proof [if it passes my judgement])
-If you post your vote and then post another vote again later on, I will only use your first vote.
-If you post your vote, post another vote later, then edit or remove your first vote post and I/we catch it, your vote is disqualified and other people should point and laugh at you.
-If you post your vote, but forget to specify any required additional detail where needed (course selections, etc), make another post with the rest of your information from which you still needed to vote on. Just don't edit either post or you'll break the rules above.
-..so basically, be careful and certain when posting here
-To stop any chances of confusion for team voting, I ask that only Individual posted votes will be counted. Nobody can 'delegate' their vote to another team member or post their vote in the name of another team member. Obviously you may pm within your team as much as you want so you all can agree which choice to go for, but all 5-7 votes from a team will not count unless I see an individual post from every team member.
THE UNOFFICIAL VOTE with the typical polling above is just for fun. I threw it there to "keep things exciting" and to keep people in-the-know what game they are going to have to acquire and get running ahead of time. The unofficial vote up-top will have no bearing on which game wins the vote.
I will advise during the poll on where the unofficial poll is terribly inaccurate, however, official results will never be released until the end of the vote.
The Tiebreaker Clause:
The poll is scheduled to end at 23:59pm Sunday GMT. It officially ends when I or Edge post saying the poll is over. In the event at the time of the deadline that I detect a tie between the two leading candidates OR a candidate is leading by a single vote, I will extend the voting period by two hours to leave enough time to use votes to widen the gap between the two leading game picks.
After this second voting deadline has been reached, if there is still a tie or a single vote difference between our two leading game picks, another two-hour extension on the voting deadline will occur. However, this time members in teams with players that still haven't voted may cast the vote(s) on behalf of the players who didn't vote. Players who utilize this must specify the absent player he is casting the vote for in the same post as what he decided his additional vote will be.
After the third and final voting deadline has been met, if there is still a voting lead of a single vote, the chosen game still wins. If there is still a tie, Edge gets to pick the winner between the two games in question.
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DEL posts funny pictures :lawl:
Thanks for pics, Edge
