Nominations for Project #3 Selection Poll

[Ixrec]

*edit* poll is here: http://amaterasu.is.moelicious.be/poll

The ten finalists, in alphabetical order, are:

11eyes
Baldr Sky Dive1 "LostMemory"
Eden* They Were Only Two, On The Planet
France Shoujo ～Une Fille Blanche～
I/O
Kimi ga Nozomu Eien
MuvLuv Alternative
My girlfriend is the PRESIDENT
Rui wa Tomo wo Yobu
Swan Song

More detailed results will not be posted until after the finals, which will start on November 23rd at 6:00 PM US Pacific Time and last for 24 hours.

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Last time the voting process took about a month, so now that I'm estimated to finish Project #2 (Inganock) in exactly a month, it feels like as good a time as any to open up this thread and start making lists (also I finished early tonight).

The rules for the voting process can be found in this blog post. Note that they have changed a lot since last time, and hopefully the issues from last time will be less severe. The biggest changes are:
--1) Blind prelims: you will not see exact vote counts for any candidate in the prelims or finals until the final winner is decided, at which time all results will be posted
--2) The preliminary round of polling will use custom software this time, similar to the final round's system but far simpler
--3) No more downvotes; I just don't want to waste time debating whether that was a good idea or not
--4) Both rounds of polling will be fixed at exactly twenty four hours this time, so I no longer effectively decide the winner simply by saying when to close it *edit: sorry I forgot to mention this one when I first posted*
--5) A rule has been added stating that if I play a game and consider it to be "flawless 10/10" I will skip polls entirely and tl it no matter what. If this happens, the poll will then determine what I do after it (or between chunks of it, if it's a long enough game I have to split up).

Now for a starting list of nominees. As mentioned in the rules, a game is auto-nominated if it either was a previous finalist or has received an "excellent 8/10" or higher ranking from me (all my scores are listed here). Excluding those which have since been disqualified for other reasons, the starting list is as follows:

Baldr Sky Dive1 "LostMemory"
Swan Song
Hoshizora no Memoria -Wish upon a shooting star-
Rui wa Tomo wo Yobu
Saihate no Ima
Extravaganza
Narcissu Side 2nd & Narcissu 3rd Die Dritte Welt
G-Senjou no Maou (the untranslated portion) *edit* the project reactivated

*edit*

To reduce the volume of nominations, a new policy will be implemented as of this post. All nomination posts must now require actual work (maybe even research) to assemble. Concretely speaking, this means providing game name, company, images, external links, pros, cons, and maybe even other stuff like plot summaries or genres, like most posts on page 11 onwards. This requirement will most likely be permanent starting next selection process. Do not ask exactly which or how many of those parts are required, I'm just after holistic effort.

For the time being, "cheerleading" for nominated games is allowed (example).

Also, there is effectively a max of 50. If this is surpassed (ie, 50's safe, 51 isn't), I will prune the list again.

*edit*

This is almost certainly the final list of all 50 candidates:

ABYSS -Satsujin Club-
Atlach-Nacha
Ayakashibito
Baldr Sky Dive1 "LostMemory"
Blue Blaster
Bullet Butlers
Cannon Ball ~Neko Neko Machine Rage Race!~
CARNIVAL
Coμ - Kuroi Ryuu To Yasashii Oukoku
Eden* They Were Only Two, On The Planet
Extravaganza
11eyes
Flyable Heart
FOREST
Fortune Arterial
France Shoujo ～Une Fille Blanche～
Gunjou no Sora wo Koete
Gun Katana
Hikari no Valcia ～What a beautiful hopes～
H2O: Footprints in the Sand
Hoshizora no Memoria -Wish upon a shooting star-
Ikusa Megami Zero
I/O
Itsuka, Todoku, Ano Sora ni
Kara no Shoujo
Katahane
Killer Queen
Kimi ga Aruji de Shitsuji ga Ore de
Kimi ga Nozomu Eien
Kizuato
Kusarihime ~Euthanasia~
Mai-HiME: Unmei no Keitouju - Shura
Moshimo Ashita ga Harenaraba
Mugen Kairou
MuvLuv Alternative
Mushitsukai
My girlfriend is the PRESIDENT
Narcissu Side 2nd & Narcissu 3rd Die Dritte Welt
Omega no Shikai -Shiki no Hajimari / Mikaifuu no Hakoniha-
Parfait ~Second Brew~
Reika Mesuinu Choukyou
12Riven
Rui wa Tomo wo Yobu
Saihate no Ima
Sayonara wo oshiete ~Comment te Dire Adieu~
Shikkoku no Sharnoth ~what a beautiful tomorrow~
Shoujo Mahou Gaku Little Witch Romanesque
Sorairo
Swan Song
Tsuyokiss

[Seventh Holy Scripture]

幼なじみは大統領 My girlfriend is the PRESIDENT

[vumvt]

Damn, Ix - don't you need to take a longer break? I feel like you're going to burn yourself out blazing out VN translations one after another .

[Ixrec]

Damn, Ix - don't you need to take a longer break? I feel like you're going to burn yourself out blazing out VN translations one after another .

Inganock is not Cross Channel, either in length or difficulty. I'll prolly take about a week off anyway just to marathon more of YUNO (since I'll start reading that soon) and deal with the poll and various post-tl issues, but the month long break from before would be rather ridiculous.

Also, if I'm in danger of burning out, I'll just lower my kb quota. The 25 for Inganock will definitely fall back to 20 for project #3 because I expect college to actually be challenging next quarter.

[Gore]

I know you found Muvluv Extra/Unlimited average, but I feel this needs to be stated at least once anyways.

Muv-luv Alternative, that game was just....amazing. 10/10 easily, although I have to admit Takeru enraged me quite a bit.

[Ixrec]

I am going to play Alternative at some point, I expect to love it considering what everyone else has said about it, and I have no reason not to allow its nomination, so state away.

[meisnewbie]

 Parfait ~Second Brew~ to expand your horizons to glorious charagames

[Neko]

Shikkoku no Sharnoth ~what a beautiful tomorrow~ (Although it kind of depends on the status of the wiki)
-and-
Gunjou no Sora wo Koete

[Unyu]

Supreme Candy ~Oudou niwa Oudoutaru Riyuu ga Arun desu~

[izmosmolnar]

Here's my nomination then:
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Reika Mesuinu Choukyou
(Reika's Bitch Training)

Official Site, Erogamescape; Getchu, VNDB, Erogeshop

Pros: Short script, Gorgeous art, Bondage, Group, BESTIALITY (Dog, Pig)
Cons: none
Scriptstats: "Pretty short" (<= quoted from someone who played it)
Story: There is a Western-style house deep in the mountain, in which beautiful girls are being trained to become sex dolls. One day, Shujiro receives a phone call from one of his customers. According to the customer, his sex doll, Reika, has run away from his house. Shujiro decides to retrain her, and hires a new trainer. His name is Suguru, who is famous for severe training. Reika hates him and defies Suguru's orders, but he gives her extremely severe training....
(Synopsis by Erogeshop)

[ultama121]

FOREST
Kusarihime ~Euthanasia~

[SexyTime10]

Kanojo x Kanojo x Kanojo Dokidoki Full Throttle!
Kanojo x Kanojo x Kanojo ~Sanshimaitono Dokidoki Kyoudou Seikatsu~

[LDC]

Baldr Sky Dive1 "LostMemory"

[Nagato]

Baldr Sky Dive1 "LostMemory"

Just want to point out that anything auto nominated doesn't need to be nominated again.

[VDZ]

I/O
12Riven
Killer Queen