No Top 25 Best Shooters vote for this year?!

ST Dragon · Post by **ST Dragon** » Fri Apr 10, 2009 6:51 am

Every year the annual vote for the best shooters commences on April 1st.
I did a quick search but found nothing related.

So, isn't there going to be one this year?

Herr Schatten · Post by **Herr Schatten** » Fri Apr 10, 2009 8:21 am

Sure, there's going to be one this year. We are preparing it at this very moment. We're a little late, because we need to organize things first. Unfortunately, I won't be able to run the voting this year, because my new employer doesn't allow me to access the internet during work hours, and running the yearly voting is pretty time consuming.

It's definitely on the way, though. Just have a little more patience.

gennss · Post by **gennss** » Fri Apr 10, 2009 1:50 pm

meanwhile can we get a link to last years results?

Herr Schatten · Post by **Herr Schatten** » Fri Apr 10, 2009 2:06 pm

Is something wrong with the search function?

EDIT: Apparently not.
There you go: http://shmups.system11.org/viewtopic.php?t=20406

kengou · Post by **kengou** » Fri Apr 10, 2009 3:40 pm

I think the most recent year's results of the top 25 should be stickied. There's all these posts about 'whats the best shmups?' and the top 25 list gets referenced an awful lot. Seems like it's a good thing to sticky.

doctorx0079 · Post by **doctorx0079** » Fri Apr 10, 2009 4:29 pm

kengou wrote:I think the most recent year's results of the top 25 should be stickied. There's all these posts about 'whats the best shmups?' and the top 25 list gets referenced an awful lot. Seems like it's a good thing to sticky.

I CONCUR

8 1/2 · Post by **8 1/2** » Fri Apr 10, 2009 5:09 pm

Gradius V was #1 last year?

Guwange at #10? Who even owns Guwange?

Absurdity.

Fenrir · Post by **Fenrir** » Fri Apr 10, 2009 5:15 pm

8 1/2 wrote:Gradius V was #1 last year?

Guwange at #10? Who even owns Guwange?

Absurdity.

Gradius V deserves it. Not FOREVER, but hey, it's once. Or did you want to see some more dodonpachi (yawn?).
Also, Guwange is pretty popular among MAME maniacs

kengou · Post by **kengou** » Fri Apr 10, 2009 5:27 pm

8 1/2 wrote:Guwange at #10? Who even owns Guwange?

Because you need to own an arcade game to play it...

PC Engine Fan X! · Post by **PC Engine Fan X!** » Fri Apr 10, 2009 6:28 pm

kengou wrote:
8 1/2 wrote:Guwange at #10? Who even owns Guwange?
Because you need to own an arcade game to play it...

Because you need to own an candy cab to play it properly as it was meant to be. Can't get any better than that. ^_~

8 1/2 · Post by **8 1/2** » Fri Apr 10, 2009 7:01 pm

Pirates the lot of ya! Emulation is for the weak.

neist · Post by **neist** » Fri Apr 10, 2009 8:56 pm

8 1/2 wrote:Pirates the lot of ya! Emulation is for the weak.

Or the poor.

Ed Oscuro · Post by **Ed Oscuro** » Fri Apr 10, 2009 9:09 pm

Or the smart.

Alec · Post by **Alec** » Fri Apr 10, 2009 9:14 pm

sounds like its for everybody

jpj · Post by **jpj** » Fri Apr 10, 2009 9:42 pm

as long as the top 10 remains all cave, treasure, and raizing, that's all that matters

PC Engine Fan X! · Post by **PC Engine Fan X!** » Fri Apr 10, 2009 9:49 pm

jpj wrote:as long as the top 10 remains all cave, treasure, and raizing, that's all that matters

And no love for classic Seibu Kaihatsu made shmups, Toaplan, Psikyo & others? Without Toaplan, there would be no Cave if you stop and mull a bit about that issue. ^_~

PC Engine Fan X! ^_~

jpj · Post by **jpj** » Fri Apr 10, 2009 10:03 pm

they can occupy the other 15 places... ^_~

Twiddle · Post by **Twiddle** » Fri Apr 10, 2009 10:06 pm

top 25 lists are invalidated when the following games make an appearance on them:

-radiant silvergun
-gun frontier
-dimahoo

null1024 · Post by **null1024** » Fri Apr 10, 2009 11:46 pm

Twiddle wrote:top 25 lists are invalidated when the following game makes an appearance on them above #15:

-Radiant Silvergun

Fixed. It's fun, but overrated. Never heard of those other games .

Herr Schatten · Post by **Herr Schatten** » Sat Apr 11, 2009 6:30 am

Twiddle wrote:top 25 lists are invalidated when the following games make an appearance on them:

-radiant silvergun
-gun frontier
-dimahoo

We should incorporate that into the voting process. Maybe add Under Defeat to the blacklist above. The lists of the remaining voters should make a really interesting top 25.

EDIT: spelling

The Coop · Post by **The Coop** » Sat Apr 11, 2009 6:53 am

Herr Schatten wrote:
Twiddle wrote:top 25 lists are invalidated when the following games make an appearance on them:

-radiant silvergun
-gun frontier
-dimahoo
We should incorporate that into the voting process. Maybe add Under Deafeat tp the blacklist above. The lists of the remaining voters should make a really interesting top 25.

Why Under Defeat? You could add DoDonpachi though.

ZacharyB · Post by **ZacharyB** » Sat Apr 11, 2009 8:11 am

Maybe a "Veterans of the Top 25" section that shows previous winners. Voted back three times and they get on this list, which is excluded from the voting.

Would also keep new shmups in rotation, freeware and the like. Get them and some more obscure shmups some exposure.

Erinu · Post by **Erinu** » Sat Apr 11, 2009 8:28 am

Dodonpachi is the most fucking overrated game on this universe.

I can't believe a horizontal shmup won.....

jpj · Post by **jpj** » Sat Apr 11, 2009 9:32 am

democracy is bullshit*

*when it doesn't go my way

The Coop · Post by **The Coop** » Sat Apr 11, 2009 4:29 pm

All joking aside, I hope this "ban" idea isn't actually being considered. It would leave the point of the list completely fubar.

Ed Oscuro · Post by **Ed Oscuro** » Sat Apr 11, 2009 6:09 pm

2009 is the year of the Out Zone

incognoscente · Post by **incognoscente** » Sat Apr 11, 2009 6:19 pm

I will be hosting the poll this year. The ban is a farce.

I cannot, however, make any firm promises against Ed Oscuro's recent suggestion.

Ed Oscuro · Post by **Ed Oscuro** » Sat Apr 11, 2009 6:43 pm

ST Dragon · Post by **ST Dragon** » Sat Apr 11, 2009 6:59 pm

Gradius V in 1st place? Interesting…
Obviously I didn’t keep track of the final scores. I was under the impression that DoDonPachi had won 1st place again for the 6th consecutive year!

It surprises me that Ibara even made it to the Top 25. The game felt like a short and lacking imitation of Shienryu.

Enhasa · Post by **Enhasa** » Sat Apr 11, 2009 9:11 pm

Herr Schatten wrote:
Twiddle wrote:top 25 lists are invalidated when the following games make an appearance on them:

-radiant silvergun
-gun frontier
-dimahoo
We should incorporate that into the voting process. Maybe add Under Deafeat tp the blacklist above. The lists of the remaining voters should make a really interesting top 25.

Nah, it'd be way less interesting because it takes some kind of insane dude I'd respect for including those games (other than bandwagon RSG). You'd be screening out people like Ben Shinobi, CIT, and Ruldra, leaving more "me too" boring lists. To make it more interesting, better SNR of games to screen on would be Esprade and Imperishable Night and Blue Wish Resurrection.

Note: this post has nothing to do with "good" lists, just "interesting."