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TimovieMan - 27 July 2018 09:44 PM

walas74 - 27 July 2018 06:21 PM

playing Freddy Pharkas to test a translation from a friend. I am not a Sierra games fan, but it’s really funny (after all, Al Lowe is behind).

Not to mention Josh Mandel. If you’ve played Callahan’s Crosstime Saloon, then you’ll know Mandel is probably an even better and funnier comedy writer than Al Lowe. :-P

Unfortunately I haven’t played Callahan’s Crosstime Saloon yet. I’d really like to translate it but we still don’t know how.

I’m hoping someone (chrissie???) will take over the voting process. But I’ll get things started.

Standard rules apply. Starting today you have three weeks to nominate and/or vote for games. So the voting will end on August 16, 2018. In the event of a tie everyone, including those who did not vote for any game, can cast one vote for one of the tied games. That tie-breaking process will last one week. In the event there is still a tie, the person who is moderating the voting process, currently me, will have the deciding vote.

Current votes/nominations as of July 28, 2018

Shivers (4)  Doom, rtrooney, CelesteGB, Lady Kestrel
Lighthouse (2)  rtrooney (leader) Doom
Freddy Pharkas Frontier Pharmacist (1) rtrooney
Shardlight (1) Mikekelly (leader)
Gooka: The Mystery of Janatris (1) cyfoyjvx

I’ll take it over, RT.

Lady Kestrel - 28 July 2018 12:43 PM

I’ll take it over, RT.

Thanks much. I’m hoping Intense Degree will step forward to lead Shivers again. I also wasn’t sure about Gooka. It is, apparently loaded with RPG elements, so I wasn’t sure whether it actually qualified as an “Adventure.”

Re: the “rules.” I know that the CCPT voting/nomination process had a rule that if we went three consecutive days without any activity the vote was over. Don’t remember whether the AGCPT ever adopted something similar. Edit: The last two playthroughs I participated in were Al Emmo and Sinking Island and neither of those needed to invoke the three-day clause.

Again, thanks Lady K.

Tim

I nominate Thimbleweed Park, I will lead.

Yep, I will vote for and offer to lead Shivers - with the usual caveat that it is not massively linear so the break into sections won’t be 100% organic - but still hopefully not too irritating.

I will also nominate and offer to lead Broken Sword.

The database calls it a “Hybrid - RPG”. I don’t know how that differs from a “Hybrid - Adventure” other than, I guess, the former is more RPG than Adventure, and the latter is more Adventure than RPG. As such, I would probably think it ineligible for an “Adventure” Game Community Playthrough. Fortunately, that is no longer my decision. I have no problem if Lady Kestrel decides to keep on the list. Nor do I have a problem if it wins the vote. I just won’t be playing it.

Question not directed at Oscar: Didn’t Thimbleweed Park just have an “un-official” playthrough? Similar to the Apocalipsis playthrough I helped organize?

Shivers (5)  Intense Degree (leader), Doom, rtrooney, CelesteGB, Lady Kestrel
Lighthouse (2)  rtrooney (leader), Doom
Shardlight (2) Mikekelly (leader), Dumbeur
Thimbleweed Park (2) Mikekelly (leader), Dumbeur
Broken Sword (2) Intense Degree (leader), Dumbeur
Freddy Pharkas Frontier Pharmacist (1) rtrooney
Gooka: The Mystery of Janatris (1) cyfoyjvx

This will be my first time participating in a CPT! I will nominate Catyph: The Kunci Experiment Light Edition. Is anyone interested in leading it? Simon is once again more than happy to be the featured guest as he was for the ASA: A Space Adventure CPT! (Unfortunately I did not know about that one at the time, but after browsing through it, I realize I missed out on an amazing CPT )

Also, I will vote Shivers, one of my all time favorite Sierra games

Hey Sir Beardalot, thanks a lot for your vote! Yes of course, as I said in another thread I’d be happy to get involved in another CPT and comment my choices.
But any time is fine with me, you can play Catyph later if another game is chosen for the moment. It is easier for me if it’s a CPT during Summer, thus I have a little more free time to come and comment, but nevermind, I can also do it by the end of the year, or next year, whenever.

Catyph exists in its original edition (a bit more complete but less accessible) or the new Light Edition (some improvements but other features removed). Both of them show slight differences, but they are the same game and it wouldn’t matter if you chose one or another version.
Please note also that Catyph officially exists only for Windows, because I am not equiped with a Mac and not familiar with this OS (the Mac version of ASA was a bit of a disaster on the side of the technical support). However I can easily provide an unofficial Mac or Linux export of Catyph for the CPT (only) if some of you are interested. It may contain some issues and even crash, but that’s the only thing I can think of.

Please continue the votes as usual, you can consider playing Catyph another time maybe.

Shivers (6)  Intense Degree (leader), Doom, rtrooney, CelesteGB, Lady Kestrel, Sir Beardalot
Lighthouse (2)  rtrooney (leader), Doom
Shardlight (2) Mikekelly (leader), Dumbeur
Thimbleweed Park (2) Mikekelly (leader), Dumbeur
Broken Sword (2) Intense Degree (leader), Dumbeur
Freddy Pharkas Frontier Pharmacist (1) rtrooney
Gooka: The Mystery of Janatris (1) cyfoyjvx
Catyph (1) Sir Beardalot