8th Touhou Series Popularity Contest!
or something
That's right! It's been just over a year since the
last one, and now it's time for you to once again, cast votes like the addicts you all are. For reference,
Here's the thread for the 7th TPP, and
here are the results of said poll.
Do not post in these linked threads. They are inactive.You're more than welcome to share what you voted for, or what you intend to vote for. You're also welcome to compare, contrast and identify trends of the fluctuations in the popularity (or lack thereof) various characters and pieces of music. Do keep in mind that there will be people in Japan looking at this thread, and comments may leak over to the other side (often to hilarious extents). Just something to take note of, is all.
Voting will most likely be the same as last year's poll, with the exception of the addition of various games (Double Spoiler and Fairy Wars come to mind). Of course, you'll also be going
here instead. Refer to the OP of the
7th TPP thread for general instructions (or until I get a look at the site when the voting commences).
Voting starts at 00:00 (Midnight) Saturday going into Sunday (13th) and ends at 24:00 Saturday (19th)
Alternatively, read the above as starting at
00:01 Sunday 13th Feb. and ending at
11:59 Saturday 19th Feb.Please refer to this site for the amount of time you have left, or when voting starts, or whateverAs usual, the voting is separated into three categories (and they will be in this order on the site):
- Character Class - Where you vote on your (maximum of) 5 most favorite characters. 2 points for the "first", and one for the other four.
- Music Class - Where you vote on your (maximum of) 7 most favorite songs.
- Voter Questionnaire - Where you well, answer questions. This one deals with the games (what you 1cc'd - 1 credit cleared), written works and things of that sort. How you got introduced, what do you like and yeah the list goes on.
Here is a list of the characters and songs that you can vote for. Anything marked "
New" are items that have been added on since the previous poll. The list at the bottom is a list of the arrangement tracks.
(I'mma be lazy and copy-paste things from the previous thread, [again] credits to the Nameless Poosh Fairy. Of course, I'm not that lazy and will double-check it for consistency and make a few slight corrections [where appropriate]). Corrections would be most appreciated!GeneralQ. Why 'Touhou Series' and not 'Touhou Project'?
A. The 1st is the convention. [so "they" (being the hosts of this) basically stuck with the name 'Touhou Series' after the first voting]
Q. Can I vote from my cell phone?
A. Voting from your phone is not recommended, as the voting screen may cause a low memory error or other errors to occur on your phone.
Please vote from a different location, such as a net cafe or a friend's PC, instead.
Q. Do I need to fill out the comment field?
A. Filling out the comment field isn't necessary.
Q. I don't have 5 characters (or 7 songs) that I want to vote for.
A. Vote for as many characters (or songs) as you would like, then leave the others unselected.
Q. Can I use pictures I've drawn on Pixiv, etc. as publicity images as well?
A. Publicity is welcome.
Q. Can people outside Japan vote?
A. Yes.
Q. Regarding the voter survey questions on game clear status, aren't frame drop rates going to be included?
A. There are no plans to gather data that strictly.
Q. Will it be okay if I vote from the same computer as my siblings, etc.?
A. While it's impossible to say with 100% certainty that your votes won't be mistakenly judged to be duplicate votes, if you include the voting reason in the comment, it should be fine.
Q. I have no choice but to vote using a free e-mail address; will it be all right if I fill out the comment field properly?
A. As long as it's not a duplicate vote, there won't be any problem.
Q. Will the "highly favored vote" mechanism be introduced in the music section?
A. It will not be introduced.
Q. What is the maximum number of characters allowed for comments at voting time?
A. 200 full-width characters.
Character ClassQ. Can I vote for Lily Black?
A. She is included in the "Lily White" option. (NB: Confirmed by ZUN that Lily White and Lily Black are the same via comment)
Q. Will Rin Satsuki be included in the list of votable characters?
A. As a character which does not officially exist, she will not be included.
Q. Can I vote for Seihou characters/Uwabami Breakers characters/ZUN?
A. As they are not characters that have appeared in Touhou [works], they will not be included.
Q. The Story of Eastern Wonderland Stage 1 and 3 midbosses are inanimate objects, so I can understand why they're not included,
but can't I vote for other PC-98 midbosses?
A. Considering that they have no proper names and are very poorly known, we have decided not to include them.
Q.雑魚妖精について、メイド妖精等に個別枠を設けてもらえませんでしょうか?(1/12追加)
A.固有名詞の無いキャラに関しては、種族毎に同一枠とさせて頂きます。
(以下1/31追記)
A.固有名詞の無いキャラに個別枠を作ることができない理由は、もし個体識別が出来ないキャラに個別枠を認めてしまった場合、
その定義が公式のものでないため、際限なく項目を増やすことが可能となり、収拾がつかなくなってしまうためです。
(looks like they're still discussing this, for the record, it seems to be discussing fairy maids and the other... lesser known characters)
Q. Why not add Nameless Tengu (a.k.a. Lord Tengu by a lot of people >___>;) and Ibara Kasen? (2nd Feb. added)
A. They have been added to the poll.
Music ClassQ. How will votes for arrangements of original songs appearing on the music CDs be handled?
A. Arrangements will be displayed as separate items on the voting screen, but votes for the arrangements and their original songs will be counted together during vote totaling. Please vote for the arrangement you like the most.
(You cannot vote for both the original song and the arrangement.)
Q. How will "Love-Colored Magic" and "Love-Colored Master Spark" be handled?
A. Please refer to the table of arrangements with different names which will be counted together with their original songs.
Q. Aren't "Bloom Nobly, Ink-Black Cherry Blossoms ~ Border of Life" and "Border of Life" different arrangements of the same song?
A. In this poll, they are treated as different songs.
Q. Why isn't the Double Spoiler All Clear song able to be voted?
A. It has been added to the table of arrangements with different names which will be counted together with their original songs.
OtherQ. Are there any plans to include the spell card poll?
A. It will not be implemented this time.
Questions asked previously but not on the page(these questions may or may not apply to the current poll, but better safe than sorry)
Q. Can I vote for the sunflower fairy?
A. It is included in the "Fairy" option.
Q. What about yin-yang orbs, point items, power items, or the ice on stage 2?
A. Inanimate objects which gained popularity through secondary works will not be included, with the exception of Alice's dolls.
Q. Can't I vote for yukkuris?
A. Get out.
Q. Even if he is a male character, Unzan appears in the actual games, so shouldn't he be in the UFO category?
A. This has been corrected. (Based on his appearances, he will be treated as a primary character.)Q. Will it be possible to vote for "Init" (the ZunSoft logo song) from Lotus Land Story and Mystic Square?
A. This will not be included.
Q. Will "A Huge Shadow and a Tiny Conclusion" from the CD release of the Hisoutensoku OST be added as a voting option?
A. This has been updated.Q. "Illusionary Sputnik Night" was left off of the list of arrangements which will be counted together.
Q. Will votes for the Mountain of Faith "Faith is for the Transient People" and its Hisoutensoku arrangement be counted together?
A. All songs with the same name will be counted together during vote totaling. The table below is only for arrangements with a different name from the original song.