/akg/ VGL18 Poll Results

* Reminder that any instances of asterisks are in here because of needing to get past Pastebin's incredible SMART filters and words/names won't be censored elsewhere.

After cutting 8 responses (one of which was the sch*zo spamming "N*GGER", "FAGGOT", and "TR*NNY" over and over and another was someone politely saying they didn't play Arknights but did coom to futa Aurora and wished /akg/ good luck), there were 194 responses to the poll that passed verification.

The following players have been CUT due to receiving a number of Remove votes more than or equal to their number of Keep votes:
 - Nick c*ck bro (off to find newcuties on the sidelines)
 - Chenfromarknights (rabi HATE)
 - Coomcat (Arknights is a coomer game no longer)
 - Zoomer Maria (Maria has given up on becoming a knight...)
 - Archetto MANIA! (yes you did it congratulations she's gone)

The following players will be ADDED due to receiving more Add votes than Don't Add votes:
 - WageGOD (Młynar)
 - ALL x2 (Lowlight)
 - Cap'n Speccy (Specter the Unchained)
 - hehe pinus (Flametail)
 - Pillar Correction (Mandragora)

In terms of potential changes to names and models that were up for a vote, Horse P*ssy (Platinum) will be renamed to Platato, while Suzuran is our Light! and doko will retain their names. The other three are no longer relevant since they were all voted off the roster, but Nice c*ck bro would've changed to Newcuties while Zoomer Maria and Coomcat would've stayed as is.

There's been quite a shake-up in terms of line-up and positioning. Not only did Amiya surpass SilverAsh to regain her Gold position under Doctor, but two other (non-BLOCK CERO) players received more Keep votes than him, demoting WA CHING WA CHING down to the last silver medal. Surprisingly, Red has regained her silver medal status and brought Kal'tsit with her, meaning the other two silver medals will be doko and Operation Barrenwomb. This also sadly means Lappland has finally lost her medal status and will become a starting non-medal.

Thus, /akg/'s new roster, ordered first by medals and then by most popular to least popular, will be:
 - ZERO SANITY (Gold)
 - Donkey (Gold)
 - doko (Silver)
 - Operation Barrenwomb (Silver)
 - WA CHING WA CHING (Silver)
 - BLOCK CERO (Goalkeeper)
 - LappGOD
 - C E O B E
 - Suzuran is our Light!
 - WageGOD
 - La Cucaracha
 - Auto Deploy Has Made a Mistake
 - Platato
 - Los Montis
 - ALL x2
 - You Seethe. You Project.
 - Cutest Cripple
 - Skadoo
 - Cap'n Speccy
 - hehe pinus
 - Pillar Correction
 - This ___ Belongs to Ursus
 - HellaCHAD

Interesting notes about the poll and poll results:
 > ZERO SANITY actually got some Remove votes this time, 3 of them. Second place was Donkey with 28 Remove votes.
 > BLOCK CERO got 153 Keep votes, meaning she was the third most popular player. As per usual, she stays on as permanent Goalkeeper.
 > WA CHING WA CHING and LappGOD received the exact same amount of Keep votes (147), meaning there was a tie for the last silver medal spot. The spot was handed over to our most trusted ally, so we'll have to see if he can redeem himself or if Lappy or someone else can possibly overthrow him next time.
 > Everybody who made the roster had more Keep/Add votes than Remove/Don't Add votes. That includes HellaCHAD, who, for the third time in a row, was somehow just barely able to hang onto his roster spot at 23rd. Really showing off that strength and survivability when his health is low.
 > Nice c*ck bro received perfectly even votes (97 Keep, 97 Remove). She's the only player that didn't make the roster that also didn't receive more Remove/Don't Add votes than Keep/Add votes.
 > The most popular new addition to the roster was WageGOD, who received 140 Add votes. Second place was ALL x2 with 131 Add votes.
 > The least popular potential player was Blurry Ch*nk with only 36 Add votes. Second place was B*tch King of Lasagna with 39 Add votes.
 > I'm sure you want to know: Archetto's final vote count was 52 Keep and 142 Remove. There were still five less popular options than her.
 > General other things that happened during the poll's duration:
  - Some people are probably distraught, but unfortunately, besides a minor positive lead at the very start, Blitz and Matoimaru maintained a fairly consistent amount of negative votes over positive votes throughout the poll. ONIgiri!'s final vote count was 88 Add to 106 Don't Add, and BlitzKrieg!'s was 83 Add to 111 Don't Add.
  - WageGOD at points during the poll was actually receiving enough votes to contend for a silver medal position, as were La Cucaracha and C E O B E. doko and Operation Barrenwomb's sudden snatching of the medals was a little last-minute, even if they had fairly high Keep votes throughout the poll.
  - A few of the pre-existing roster players flip-flopped a few times between staying and being cut, including the Emperor's Blade, Blemishine, Hellagur, Ch'en, Schwarz, and Blaze. Everything else in the poll was fairly consistent besides Goldenglow losing an early lead and Lowlight gaining traction more and more as time went on.

Music Updates:
After a mildly close vote, the regular anthem will be changed from Infected to Desdevr, more commonly known as Golden Age Will Return Again: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=coRmWyMsH2w&t=30s
With almost half the vote, the victory anthem for the first time will be changed from Speed of Light to Radiant (Full Speed Ahead): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QhUjD--UUV4

Finally, the verification questions had the following answers:
 - 172 people correctly identified the smile as belonging to Elias Kötz, aka Blitz. 3 people said it was Theresis or Theresis's human puppet, while 5 people said it was "Mine". Shout-out to the person who used this space to threaten to find me if Suzuran's player name got changed to suzupoint.jpg.
 - 79 people filled in the blank to say "Good morning I love Amiya!". 19 people said a variation of either "everyone but Amiya" or "not Amiya", and 13 people said "/akg/". Shout-out to the guy that really, REALLY likes Whisperain.
 - With 36 responses out of a variety of different answers, the God of Wagies Młynar has been determined to be the one holding back the most now. Second place was "Me", and third place was a bunch of people that didn't know or couldn't remember what the second poll's result was. The second poll's answer was Shining (who got fourth place in this latest poll), but the question wasn't meant to be asking you who won a poll that you might not have even been around for, it was just asking you who you thought was holding back the most NOW so the results could be compared to what /akg/ said back then for fun. Worded weird I suppose, sorry. Shout-out to the person that ranted about being really, REALLY upset about Archetto and getting spooked by her.

Thank you to everyone that responded to the poll, once again beating the previous poll's record amount of responses (188 for VGL17 and now 194 for VGL18). Thank you for sticking with the team and supporting its endeavors and efforts through its tumultuous rollercoaster of a history so far. The first day of VGL18 will be June 17th, and updates on who and when /akg/ will be playing will come later. See you then, and remember when the days were young, /akg/'s futture's bright as the sun.