9th Annual Touhou Popularity Contest(http://i1013.photobucket.com/albums/af255/AHugeBattleship/thvote9b.png) (http://thwiki.info/th/vote9/)
http://thwiki.info/th/vote9/
ResultsThe contest is now over and the results are in! Use the links below to find whatever you're looking for.
All Results (http://www.shrinemaiden.org/forum/index.php/topic,12072.msg792622.html#msg792622)
Character Poll (http://www.shrinemaiden.org/forum/index.php/topic,12072.msg795447.html#msg795447)
Music Poll (http://www.shrinemaiden.org/forum/index.php/topic,12072.msg795780.html#msg795780)
Player Statistics (http://www.shrinemaiden.org/forum/index.php/topic,12072.msg795588.html#msg795588)
Previous Threads7th ATPC - Voting (includes voting guide) (http://www.shrinemaiden.org/forum/index.php/topic,4966.0.html)
7th ATPC - Results (http://www.shrinemaiden.org/forum/index.php/topic,5052.0.html)
8th ATPC - Voting & Results (http://www.shrinemaiden.org/forum/index.php/topic,8445.0.html)
That's right ladies and gentlemen, it's time for another thrilling instalment of the
Annual Touhou Popularity Contest. For the unaware, the
ATPC is a yearly event held by the Japanese Touhou wiki (http://thwiki.info/), where fans from across the globe join together in their appreciation of everything that is Touhou by voting in polls
and then complaining about the results.Feel free to fill this thread with your votes, your reasoning and any thoughts you have on the contest. If you're lucky, someone from Japan will take one of your comments and stick it in a results video so that everyone can wwwwwwwww at you.
VotingThe basic voting format is the same as the previous two years, so this voting guide (http://www.shrinemaiden.org/forum/index.php/topic,4966.0.html) is therefore still applicable (although obviously you'll be going to http://thwiki.info/th/vote9/ to vote instead). The only noticeable change at present is that the way in which you select the options is slightly different.
Voting starts at 00:00 (Midnight) Saturday going into Sunday (19th February) and ends at 00:00 (Midnight) Saturday going into Sunday (26th February)
Please refer to this site for the clock / time by which the contest is operating. (http://wwp.greenwichmeantime.com/time-zone/asia/japan/time/)There are three available "polls" for fans to vote in (and they're in this order on the site):
Character Poll (http://v.thwiki.info/vote9/vote_char.html) - Vote for your (maximum of)
5 favourite characters. 2 points for the "first", and 1 for the other four.
Music Poll (http://v.thwiki.info/vote9/vote_music.html) - Vote for your (maximum of)
7 favourite songs. 1 point for each of the seven.
Voter Questionnaire (http://v.thwiki.info/vote9/anq.html) - Miscellaneous questions about the games, e.g. which ones have you played / 1cc'ed, which characters do you use, how did you get into Touhou, etc.
Here (http://thwiki.info/th/vote9/list.html) is a list of the characters and songs that you can vote for. Anything marked "New" are choices that have been added on since the previous poll. The list at the bottom is a list of the arrangement tracks.
FAQ (http://thwiki.info/th/vote9/qa.html)(Copied from previous threads / years, so it may not fully correlate with this year's FAQ. If the FAQ has changed and the changes get translated then I'll add them)
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. 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.
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. Special ThanksBaity - For doing last year's thread and for the post template.
Furienify - For translating the 7th ATPC Music results.
Funen1 - For translating the 8th ATPC Music results.
Drake - For translating the 7th, 8th
and 9th ATPC Voter Questionnaire results.
Nameless Fairy - For the FAQ translations