Level of the Year 2017: Voting, Phase 1 (36 levels qualified for Phase 2)

[IchoTolot]

Welcome to the Level of the Year 2017 voteoff!

So, most of you will know how this works, but just in case - and so that specifics are covered - here's a quick rundown.

The nominated levels have been divided into 9 groups of 10 or 9 levels, semi-randomly. To be specific, the division was done in such a way that a single author wouldn't have too many levels in a single group.

Each group will be voted on one at a time, with four levels from each group advancing to Phase 2 (which will run in a similar fashion). First we bring them down from 10/9 to 7 and then to 4.

Voting for each group will be open for three days. Remember, you're voting for the levels you think should win, not the ones you want to see eliminated.

If we get ties, there may be some tiebreakers to ensure only 4 levels out of each group advance to Phase 2. That says: 10/9 to 8 or 6 levels instead of 7 will be acceptable in the first rounds, but afterwards the 4 will be ensured by tiebreakers.

If you want to see the full list of nominated levels in non-randomized order, check the nominations list topic
If you want to play these levels without having to dig up all the various level packs, check the playing phase topic which has an NXP available for download that contains all the nominated levels.

Please remember that discussing the nominated levels is not allowed in the LOTY2017 topics now that voting has begun. This does not apply to levels that have already been eliminated at the time. Discussing them elsewhere in the site is okay, as long as it's not in the context of LOTY2017.

[IchoTolot]

Total number of levels: 88

Group 1:

Flopsy's "Thought Of Jigsaw And Made This" (SEBLems - Stormy 10)
namida's "The Space Bar" (Lemmings Plus Omega II - Spiky 2)
Nessy's "Breaking The Fourth Wall" (Nessy's Lix Levels)
Nessy's "Waste Of A Skill" (Nessy's Lix Levels)
bulletride's "Wild Canyon" (Lemmings Stampede - Havoc 10)
Raymanni's "They came from outer space!" (Halloween 2017, Trick-or-Treat 18)
SQron188's "Uneven Distribution" (Palatable 18, Snack Pack)
Simon's "Overhead" (miniatures/Simon)
Nepster's "Greetings from the Mad Architect" (Contest #12 Entry)
Colorful Arty's "Crystal Enclosure" (Contest #13 Rule 1 level)

Group 2:

Flopsy's "Band of Merry Lemmings" (SEB Lems Stormy 1)
Flopsy's "The Mobius Space Race" (LD Contest #13 Entry)
namida's "The Lem Goldberg Contraption" (Lemmings Plus Omega II Sharp 20)
Nessy's "The Abandoned Sanctuary" (Migraine 2, Lemmings Migration)
bulletride's "Tunnel Trouble" (Autumn 2016 LD contest)
Raymanni's "Pocket Hell" (Trick or Treat 12, Lemmings Halloween 2017)
SQron188's "Don't Be Afraid" (Palatable 15, Snack Pack)
geoo's "Solitary Confinement" (miniatures/geoo)
zanzindorf's "It's All Downhill From here" (Zemmings Vol. 2 - Level 6)
Colorful Arty's "Expedition to the Moon Sanctuary" (Contest #13 Rule 3 level)

Group 3:

Flopsy's "Star Light Rollercoaster" (SEB Lems - Stormy 2)
namida's "The Longest Minute" (Contest #12 Entry)
namida's "The Troublesome Trio Strikes Back" (LP Omega II, Coarse 15)
Nessy's "The Depths" (Headache 7, Lemmings Migration)
bulletride's "When Life Gives You Lemmings" (Lemmings Stampede - Havoc 07)
Raymanni's "The great old one" (Halloween Pack Trick-or-treat 7)
SQron188's "Ten Story Stories and Tall Tales" (Palatable 7, Snack Pack)
Simon's "Jerboa Garden" (miniatures/Simon)
zanzindorf's "Melon Dungeon" (Zemmings Vol. 2 - Level 3)
Colorful Arty's "Just a Minute... You wish!" (Contest #12 Winner, NeoLemmix)

Group 4:

Flopsy's "The Legend of Ray Beeston" (Revolution 7, SEB Lems)
Flopsy's "The Jagged Staircase" (SEBLems Rapture 11)
namida's "Insanity Plea" (Lemmings Plus Omega II Sharp 18)
Nessy's "Never getting back together" (Lemmings Migration Irritation 4)
bulletride's "Lemmings Nature" (Lemmings Stampede - Havoc 01)
Raymanni's "Mount Hot Dog" (Raylems - Spicy 7)
IchoTolot's "The Next Evolution of Lem" (Autumn 2016 LD Contest)
nin10doadict's "This should be pointless!" (Lemmings Squared, Scary 12)
Strato Incendus's "Controlled overload" (OMG 5, Pit Lems)
Crane's "Christmas Spirit" (Holiday Lemmings '16 - Level 29)

Group 5:

Flopsy's "Alice In Wonderland" (Revolution 16, SEB Lems)
Flopsy's "What A Bonnie Wee Level" (Autumn 2016 LD Contest Winner, NeoLemmix)
namida's "Odyssey" (LPOII - Sharp 7)
Nessy's "Path to the Underground" (Lemmings Migration, Irritation 6)
bulletride's "Meet Me In The Middle" (Lemmings Stampede, Wild 2)
Raymanni's "Piperamba" (Raylems, Spicy 9)
IchoTolot's "Victory is Inevitable!" (Autumn 2016 LD Contest Winner, NeoLemmix)
nin10doadict's "To those who wait" (Casualemmings - Perky 7)
Strato Incendus's "Get a foothold" (FML 9, Pit Lems)
GigaLem's "Sash Flopsy vs Lord Namida" (Millas demo v2.8 - Super Dog 6)

Group 6:

Flopsy's "When the Storm has blown over" (SEB Lems Revolution 20)
Flopsy's "Gravity Coaster" (SEBLems Murder 15)
namida's "Take A Bite" (LPOII - Spiky 19)
Nessy's "Six Days Without An Accident" (Lemmings Migration - Migraine 4)
bulletride's "Pipe Cleaner" (Lemmings Stampede: Wicked 7)
Raymanni's "Attack of the Pumpkin Men" (Halloween 2017 - Trick-or-Treat 9)
SQron188's "At One Fell Swoop" (Palatable 12, Snack Pack)
geoo's "Parrot Cage" (miniatures/geoo)
zanzindorf's "Fish" (Contest #12 entry Rule 3)
rtw's "I get around" (mobius LD contest Rule 2 level)

Group 7:

Flopsy's "The Friday Feel Good Lounge" (Bittersweet 19, SEB Lems)
Flopsy's "Medieval Mystery Zone" (SEB Lems Murder 17)
namida's "Drawing Dead" (Lemmings Plus Omega II Sharp 12)
Nessy's "Excavation Site" (Contest #13 Winner, NeoLemmix)
bulletride's "Dante's Inferno" (Lemmings Stampede: Wicked 8)
mobius's "Now Use Builders and Blockers" (mobius' Lix Levels 2017/non-tutorials)
IchoTolot's "Mount Lemmerest" (Contest #13 Entry)
nin10doadict's "Faithful Guards" (Tough 17, Lemmings Squared)
Calamity's "Cosmic Junk" (GrentLems, Savage 4)
GigaLem's "Sugar Honey Ice Tea" (Autumn 2016 LD Contest Winner, NeoLemmix)

Group 8:

Flopsy's "Get On The Revolution" (Bittersweet 20, SEB Lems)
Flopsy's "Supersonic" (Rapture 10, SEB Lems)
namida's "Flooded Shaft" (LPOII - Spiky 4)
Nessy's "Firework Chamber" (Migraine 9, Lemmings Migration)
bulletride's "Deep Six" (Lemmings Stampede - Crazy 10)
mobius's "A Task for Batters" (mobius' Lix Levels 2017/non-tutorials)
IchoTolot's "Soilworker's Song of the Damned" (Contest #12 Entry)
nin10doadict's "Palace Of Winds" (Casualemmings - Hyper 14)
Strato Incendus's "The stock market" (ROFL 4, Pit Lems)


Group 9:

Flopsy's "The Ocean World" (Bittersweet 18, SEB Lems)
Flopsy's "Gold Run" (SEBLems - Murder 10)
namida's "Ain't Over Til The Fat Man Sings" (Lemmings Plus Omega II - Spiky 1)
Nessy's "Crawl Space" (Lemmings Migration - Headache 1)
bulletride's "A Trap Well Sprung!" (Lemmings Stampede, Havoc 6)
mobius's "Temple Of Doom" (Contest #13 entry)
IchoTolot's "Awakening of Aggressions" (Contest #13 Entry)
nin10doadict's "Do you feel a draft?" (Casualemmings, Twitchy 11)
Calamity's "Lem Waz' Here" (GrentLems Demo - Breezy 4)

[IchoTolot]

The voting has started!

Group 1 Round 1 will run for 3 days where we try to bring this group down from 10 levels to 7.

[IchoTolot]

Group 1 Round 2 has started! 6 levels go in, only 4 will come out!

[IchoTolot]

Moving on to Group 2!

[IchoTolot]

Remember to get your votes in!

[IchoTolot]

The next round is up.    We will go from 8 levels down to 4 here.

[IchoTolot]

Regarding "GigaLem's "Sash Flopsy vs Lord Namida" (Millas demo v2.8 - Super Dog 6)": The level works as intended!

Old format NL seems to have a display bug in the true physics mode here. Teleporter D does not teleport to teleporter C's receiver as it is displayed there, but transports correctly to the top level. Tested it myself with the help of a replay by GigaLem.

[IchoTolot]

The first Round of Group 3 is up!

[IchoTolot]

Group 3 Round 2 is up!

[IchoTolot]

Seems like a little Tiebreaker is nessesary here. Let's make 3 out of these 4 levels.

[Proxima]

The first post says we're trying to bring each group down to 4. "Star Light Rollercoaster" is not crossed out on the list and is not in the poll. Did you mean to include it and ask for 4 out of 5?

[IchoTolot]

"Star Light Rollercoaster" had 4 votes, while the 4 levels that are now in the tiebreaker had only 3. The ones with 2 and 1 votes got eliminated.

---> "Star Light Rollercoaster" will be in the next phase. While the other 4 levels that tied will be trimmed down to 3.

That makes 4 levels that advance:  "Star Light Rollercoaster"  and 3 out of the 4 levels currently in the voting.

[IchoTolot]

Well, we have another 3 way tie here for only 2 possible places in the next phase.

"Star Light Rollercoaster" and "Ten Story Stories and Tall Tales" already made it, but the remaining 3 levels need to fight once again for the last 2 spots.

[namida]

To be honest, I'd suggest just letting all 5 slip through at this point, rather than continually drawing out an early round with tiebreakers.