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Vyse and Proto Man seem to be getting quite the distance as well - not as much as Skull Kid and Pikachu, and DEFINITELY not as much as Amaterasu whom seems to be dominating the whole thing, but could be more than enough to secure their places as mascots. The other 5 however doesn't seem to be concrete - it's as if one or two votes could change things just drastically down there. Looking pretty exciting!

It's kind of bizarre, because through social links I got involved with one of the TSSMA albums and I didn't get hated on just because I have a few tracks on OCR (in fact the response behind was rather substantial). I saw it as a way to be able to create great arrangements while not worrying about OCR's standards too much, but I was still myself through and through.So if they don't attack the artist if they've done something for them, what ARE they attacking? That to me is the one that will be raising more questions than the mere "lol generic ocr hate" statements we often pass around o.O

Or if you're in the UK, conventions have happened in the past at Alcon (happens at Leicester every December) and the London Gaming Con (supposed to be at London every two years, but this year's event was cancelled). If anything new happens in the UK, we are sure to keep you posted

You hit 8 nail on the head for me. I just couldn't get into it at all I personally haven't played any of the recent FFs, but all I can think of is that the charm left when Uematsu left. Come to think of it, if a game cuts corners regarding any aspect of the game's presentation, then of course it doesn't compare to previous games in the series that strived to improve on it. The only question that would be raised though, is thus: why is FF9, a game that to game reviewers seemed to have also cut corners, is generally better received by fans than even FF8? The key I see with this is mostly due to its return to a more nostalgic style with hints of FF1's assets, which seemed to help its long-term likeability. From what I saw of FF13 though, it doesn't seem to be falling back in quite the same way. You can call my thoughts completely wrong, but it's all I can think of in regards to why these recent FFs aren't living up to expectations :\

Yes, but you need a third place vote before it can be counted. There's plenty of characters out there to fill that spot In unrelated news, it appears that Skull Kid is joining Amaterasu and Pikachu in regards to being definite runners, though this is quite the survey being filled out. I'm somehow intrigued over the sudden boost of interest the former received since last weekend

That's a cool idea actually! I actually tried seeing if the same was done for "The Root of All Things" in spite of the one on my YT page being the WCRG version, but nevertheless I'm all in for giving props to the visual side of OCR too. (Now if only if I can end up at a point where I don't have to revise things so much... xD)

I got your instant message, Dafydd. Will still be working on the bio, though fell sick (again) over the past couple of days, so it didn't get a key priority. Nevertheless I will still do my best to refine it

Got it. There's also some good image support too just in case, so vote added in

PaRappa is already a mascot; try someone else for #2!

No, it's more than just that. Since I'm going into the hospital for a minor operation next week, a competition will just add too much to the strain. There's a time and place for these things, but it's just not now. But like I said, I will still take a look at how it turns out and give my support when needed

It doesn't matter - Sonic Adventure / '06 / Unleashed / Colors had the same irk, and yet their levels are perfectly acceptable. As for looking into this, I don't think it's wise for me to take part, but I can still pimp the hell out of this one on RadioSEGA if this surfaces. Still, why did no one come up with this idea before xD

Doesn't matter if you haven't played some of these; familiarity may be key. Like, I still need to sit down and play through any of the Professor Layton games, but my dad really enjoys the series himself - enough to spark curiosity down the line

*coughSonicChroniclescough* I definitely acknowledged the score pretty well when I got round to checking it out in full. Even went on to remix it on , but that's beside the point.Course, like all people, you all have opinions at the end of the day. Yet, don't feel so worried; the common consensus is that Sonic '06 is one of those games that can be seen as "crappy game with a hot OST". Now, I eventually got to play it myself and it wasn't as stressful as I thought it would be, but still, wild experience was just wild. o_O

I appreciate your pimping for Yume Nikki, but I doubt Larry would take in the image due to it being essentially a stretched sprite. Either way, adding Brush's vote in!

Now that we're here Larry, what should be done about Brushfire's earlier vote? The reason why I didn't initially file this was because: 1) Team Fortress 2 / Borderlands aren't represented on OCR so I didn't think they'd be valid write-ins, though then again I could be completely wrong. 2) There's no images picked for either. But either way, it's your call - what would you do with it?

1) *facepalm* I thought that was an example vote xD I'll get it in! 2) Sure, it's one thing to support something, but if you can't convince people that the McRib is better than Sonic vocal tracks...

Funny you mention this, because Time's Anxiety was pretty much written when things were going bad for myself. Also seems to fit the sombre-before-becoming-more-uplifting approach as well if that's how you're feeling. But yeah, guess there's a lot of us doing the self-pimp wagon here. Perhaps we appear to relate in a way o_o*

Got it. Nope, no one died xD Well, Aku Aku is kind of a weird case - he's pretty much a witchdoctor spirit possessing a tribal mask. I don't really know how else to describe him with fewer words xD Either way, taking your advice to account, I'll go over it either later tonight or in the morning, and see how it goes.

Considering the franchise had been without a game for nearly 5 years, I have no idea if it will happen again especially under Activision's wing. But sure, change to "have" just in case. A paragraph in regards to his personality? I can whip that up too: I hope this will help o_O

And fixed! Same link as before. Was concerned about how much space listing individual voters would do, but thank goodness for the ability to freeze rows/columns to your liking

That's cool - I'll bring what I've written in. Hopefully this would turn out fine o_O()

Following up from my prior post, I've got an ongoing spreadsheet tabulating the scores as they come. Is this okay?

I've attempted a bio for Crash; do I just PM it your way, Dafydd?

Okay, I'll be as follows: 1 - Amaterasu 2 - Joe Musashi (seriously, no Shinobi yet? o_O) 3 - Bayonetta I'd also like to offer to tally up the final scores. I've got 2 years of PRC score-keeping experience to support this, so hopefully I'd be of use

The more I know O.o I thought it's quick to assume that they only feel connected with OCR when they're more open about it. Perhaps this web is smaller than we think.