6th Annual Top 25 Shmups of All Time! - Discussion thread

Michaelm · Post by **Michaelm** » Tue Apr 29, 2008 5:15 pm

spadgy wrote:I really want to get involved in all this...

Then do !!
All this elitist crap is just there to be read over

MX7 · Post by **MX7** » Tue Apr 29, 2008 10:15 pm

Go on, just do it! You strike me as being more than qualified to vote. And you reguarly frequent an arcade to play shooters. That's commitment.

Also, whoa, 1000 posts already! Someone's a bit keen

Fenrir · Post by **Fenrir** » Tue Apr 29, 2008 10:43 pm

Sorry if I go back IT (I'd never thought I'd write such a line

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jp wrote:Tecno Soft is certainly making a solid show this go round. Part of me wants to change my Thunder Force AC vote to Thunder Force III just to help it get in the top 10 of something, but dammit, Thunder Force AC is so much better.

By the way, if someone votes for Thunder Spirits (*whistle*) and someone else for TFAC, how can it be that they are counted as two different votes.
It's vote dispersion

This "specify platform" thing still doesn't sound too right.

Herr Schatten · Post by **Herr Schatten** » Wed Apr 30, 2008 5:30 am

MX7 wrote:Go on, just do it!

Yeah, do it. You seem more than qualified.

Post by **spadgy** » Wed Apr 30, 2008 7:58 am

MX7 wrote:Go on, just do it! You strike me as being more than qualified to vote. And you reguarly frequent an arcade to play shooters. That's commitment.

Also, whoa, 1000 posts already! Someone's a bit keen

Cool - I will!

And yeah - 1000 posts. I feel weird about that! Every few days I swear I'm going to keep my daily post count down, and then something happens on the hi-score, trading station, etc etc, and I've done five in a day again! Awful! In my defense I never touch Facebook, Myspace, and very rarely any other forums... I think my post count across every other forum I've signed up to added together is 3!

Ed Oscuro · Post by **Ed Oscuro** » Thu May 01, 2008 7:07 pm

I finally dropped the other shoe and kicked in my top 25 list.

I ranked the games in order of my personal enjoyment (well, mostly - Major Stryker is a guilty pleasure so I put it near the very bottom of the list), but when it came time to hand out points I gave most everything a nearly identical score. There are some games in the list that I might end up playing a whole lot more in the future and that would elevate their status to "homg bets gaem evr" whereas right now it's "I played this game a lot earlier and liked it quite a bit."

ONE OTHER THING THOUGH:

What's up with all the lists that go like this:

[25]
[24]
[23]
[22]
[21]
[20]
[19]
[18]
[17]
[16]
[15]
[1justcreamspants

Hey folks, if you're going to vote like that, it means you think that the top game is one point better than the game below it, two points better than the game another spot below, etc.
That's pretty bloody unlikely because it means you think that your least favorite game on the list is 1/25 as good as the #1 ranked game - yet you just moved evenly from one game to another. If you really want to promote your top 25, give them more even scores!

doctorx0079 · Post by **doctorx0079** » Thu May 01, 2008 11:06 pm

Okay, I'm taking it upon myself.

Acid King
lowemark
Zaarock
oxtsu
cigsthecat
bkk
GaijinPunch
Turrican

need to get their butts in gear.

And captain ahar needs some numbers.

Looks like DoDonpachi could win again! Only 4 days left to stop it!

professor ganson · Post by **professor ganson** » Fri May 02, 2008 4:04 am

Not a lot of votes this year.

MX7 · Post by **MX7** » Fri May 02, 2008 10:59 am

professor ganson wrote:Not a lot of votes this year.

Yeah, I was thinking that. Maybe there'll be a last minute vote rush?

doctorx0079 · Post by **doctorx0079** » Fri May 02, 2008 3:43 pm

Where's Icarus?

Dang, I was starting to think j^aws was going to abstain this year.

Cromarty · Post by **Cromarty** » Fri May 02, 2008 9:20 pm

^
Icarus had his account deactivated.

I spread my interests too thinly to play enough shmups to vote on.

j^aws · Post by **j^aws** » Sat May 03, 2008 3:31 pm

doctorx0079 wrote: ...
Dang, I was starting to think j^aws was going to abstain this year.

I was mulling over my list before posting the final one; couldn't decide between Thunder Force AC and Dragon Saber... And I still can't, 'coz I've changed it back to Dragon Saber...

nimitz · Post by **nimitz** » Sat May 03, 2008 3:51 pm

Dragon Saber

Vincere · Post by **Vincere** » Sat May 03, 2008 4:29 pm

MX7 wrote:
professor ganson wrote:Not a lot of votes this year.
Yeah, I was thinking that. Maybe there'll be a last minute vote rush?

Guess this poll got rusted and currently represents zero interest.

nimitz · Post by **nimitz** » Sat May 03, 2008 5:15 pm

Vincere wrote:Guess this poll got rusted and currently represents zero interest.

Guess you just said out loud what many people think

and since the people in "charge" of the poll seem very reluctant to any change in the system. I don't think the overall interest will go up anytime soon.

doctorx0079 · Post by **doctorx0079** » Sat May 03, 2008 5:33 pm

I think there's still enough votes for it to serve its purpose. Namely, advice on what I should buy next.

Zebra Airforce · Post by **Zebra Airforce** » Sat May 03, 2008 6:55 pm

nimitz wrote:and since the people in "charge" of the poll seem very reluctant to any change in the system. I don't think the overall interest will go up anytime soon.

What are you talking about? This year is completely different from the others.

Turrican · Post by **Turrican** » Sat May 03, 2008 8:32 pm

Vincere wrote:
MX7 wrote:
professor ganson wrote:Not a lot of votes this year.
Yeah, I was thinking that. Maybe there'll be a last minute vote rush?
Guess this poll got rusted and currently represents zero interest.

load of crap. we already have more votes than last year.

Ed Oscuro · Post by **Ed Oscuro** » Sat May 03, 2008 9:44 pm

nimitz wrote:and since the people in "charge" of the poll seem very reluctant to any change in the system. I don't think the overall interest will go up anytime soon.

Is this about that thing you tried to do but everybody hated?

The new poll and interest are good, shame so many people are just ranking 25-24-23-et cetera, but that's how it goes sometimes. Looking forward to the results soon!

doctorx0079 · Post by **doctorx0079** » Sun May 04, 2008 4:23 pm

Update:

Gaijin Punch got his butt in gear and entered some votes!

Acid King
lowemark
Zaarock
oxtsu
cigsthecat
bkk
Turrican

STILL need to get their butts in gear! (unfinished votes)

And captain ahar filled in his numbers, although I'm not sure what "that'll do pig." means.

incognoscente · Post by **incognoscente** » Sun May 04, 2008 4:39 pm

That'll do pig. That'll do.

Michaelm · Post by **Michaelm** » Sun May 04, 2008 4:59 pm

For the record:
I reluctantly removed Outzone and put Fire Shark in.

Turrican · Post by **Turrican** » Sun May 04, 2008 5:29 pm

for the record:

while Enhasa removed Senko no Ronde from his list, -bridget- still has it.

I'm not sure what happens this year if one lists by mistake only 24 games, or if he lists 25 but there are a couple of non-shmups there.

Previous years it would have meant zero, as you could have listed as many games as you wanted. Now that each list must be EXACTLY 25, what's going to happen? a complete invalidation of the whole user's chart?

Also people who have Power Strike II (SMS or GG?) and Xevious Fardraut Densetsu (MSX2 or PCE?) in their lists: write the system in brackets please.

Enhasa · Post by **Enhasa** » Mon May 05, 2008 1:19 am

Clearly Twinkle Star Sprites should directly replace Senko no Ronde in Bridget's list.

Ed Oscuro · Post by **Ed Oscuro** » Mon May 05, 2008 1:55 am

Turrican wrote:while Enhasa removed Senko no Ronde from his list, -bridget- still has it.

This is bad?

doctorx0079 · Post by **doctorx0079** » Mon May 05, 2008 3:42 am

Everybody who voted for Exed Exes/Savage Bees! Please post in my high score thread!

Herr Schatten · Post by **Herr Schatten** » Mon May 05, 2008 6:47 am

Turrican wrote:Also people who have Power Strike II (SMS or GG?) and Xevious Fardraut Densetsu (MSX2 or PCE?) in their lists: write the system in brackets please.

Yes, please.

Turrican · Post by **Turrican** » Mon May 05, 2008 6:49 am

Ed Oscuro wrote:
Turrican wrote:while Enhasa removed Senko no Ronde from his list, -bridget- still has it.
This is bad?

I think Schatten ruled out SnR, so if -bridget- doesn't replace it, he'll end up with a 24 list and I'm not sure how they'll cope with that. Maybe they could be nice and pm him asking for another entry...

Post by **spadgy** » Mon May 05, 2008 12:30 pm

List done. Took me all bloody morning changing and rearranging. Feeling slightly meek about the dominance of Cave in the top half of my list, but I like what I like I guess.

Ed Oscuro · Post by **Ed Oscuro** » Mon May 05, 2008 12:32 pm

I yam what I yam.

:spinach: