Level of the Year: 2015 (Voting, Round 1)

[namida]

Well... let the voting begin! (Soon, anyway. Voting will be opening in just over an hour from when I've posted this.)

The nominated levels have been divided into four sets. Each set will be open for voting on for 3 days; you may vote for up to 5 levels. Please note that votes are final and cannot be changed once entered.

The top 5 levels in each set will advance to Round 2. In the case of ties for last qualifying place, a small amount of extra levels may be allowed through, but if allowing all tied levels through will cause more than 24 levels to qualify for Round 2, then some kind of tiebreaker round will be held.

May the best level win!

[namida]

If you need help with how to get any of these levels, please see the list in the Playing Phase topic.

Set 1
bsmith's NeoLemmix Pack, Neopolitan 5 "Top and Bottom"
Lemmings Plus II (namida), Genius 18 "An Unexpected Journey"
Lemmings Plus IV (namida), Twisted 3 "Minesweeper!"
Lemmings Plus Omega (namida), Perplexing 5 "When They Need It Most"
Lemmings Plus Omega (namida), Mental 13 "A Different Kind Of Hero"
Lemmings Reunion (IchoTolot), Hurt Me Plenty 13 "The Glacier Station"
Lemmings Reunion (IchoTolot), Ultra-Violence 22 "The Face Of Evil"
Lemmings Reunion (IchoTolot), Nightmare! 13 "Face Down And Pushing Through"
Resident GigaLems, A Horrible Night To Have A Curse 6 "Bashilvania"
"Parking Garage" by Geoffster
"The Adventures Of Lemdiana Jones" by IchoTolot

Set 2
Doomsday Lemmings II (namida), Spooky 2 "Guardian Angels"
GigaLems, Scalding 12 "Havoc and Anarchy"
Lemmings Plus IV (namida), Twisted 18 "Clockwork Maze"
Lemmings Plus Omega (namida), Puzzling 30 "Drop Them Lems"
Lemmings Reunion (IchoTolot), Hurt Me Plenty 14 "Go West!"
Lemmings Reunion (IchoTolot), Ultra-Violence 6 "Tryhardlon"
Lemmings Reunion (IchoTolot), Ultra-Violence 16 "The Three Seals Of Memphis"
Lemmings Reunion (IchoTolot), Nightmare! 6 "Brick Confusion"
NepsterLems Demo, Level 4 "Jump In The Ring"
"The bURns of DrEAD" by GigaLem

Set 3
GigaLems, Scalding 24 "Bye Bye Baby Balloon"
Lemmings Plus Omega (namida), Perplexing 12 "That's Just How It Is"
Lemmings Plus Omega (namida), Perplexing 30 "Lemming Treety"
Lemmings Reunion (IchoTolot), Hey, Not Too Rough! 9 "Drunk Lemmings On Their Way Home"
Lemmings Reunion (IchoTolot), Hurt Me Plenty 9 "The Royal Halls"
Lemmings Reunion (IchoTolot), Hurt Me Plenty 29 "Controlled Release"
Lemmings Reunion (IchoTolot), Ultra-Violence 4 "Knights of the Round Table"
Lemmings Reunion (IchoTolot), Ultra-Violence 24 "Heroes of Lemkind"
"Criteria Fulfilled" by Nepster
"True Grid" by IchoTolot

Set 4
DynaLems Demo, Level 5 "Under The Boardwalk"
DynaLems Demo, Level 9 "No More Mr. Nice Lemming"
GigaLems, Scorching 13 "It's Not Time For Flying Toast"
Lemmings Plus IV (namida), Twisted 15 "Central Heating"
Lemmings Plus IV (namida), Insane 20 "Goodbye Galaxy"
Lemmings Reunion (IchoTolot), Nightmare! 16 "Another Brick In The Wall"
Resident GigaLems, A Horrible Night To Have A Curse 10 "Heated Delay"
"Precarious Construction (Part 2)" by Crane
"Tough Call" by Crane
"Unstoppable" by mobius

[namida]

Guaranteed Qualifying Levels
These levels were voted for strongly enough to guarantee their progression to the next round no matter what. For a level to reach this list, it must be in the top 5 of its set outright. For example, if a set has two levels tied for 1st/2nd, one level each (not tied) in 3rd and 4th, and two levels tied for 5th/6th, the 1st to 4th positions would get on this list. If instead it was one level that outright had 5th place without any tie, that level would also make this list.

bsmith's NeoLemmix Pack, Neopolitan 5 "Top and Bottom"
GigaLems, Scorching 13 "It's Not Time For Flying Toast"
Lemmings Plus IV (namida), Twisted 15 "Central Heating"
Lemmings Plus Omega (namida), Puzzling 30 "Drop Them Lems"
Lemmings Plus Omega (namida), Perplexing 30 "Lemming Treety"
Lemmings Reunion (IchoTolot), Hurt Me Plenty 9 "The Royal Halls"
Lemmings Reunion (IchoTolot), Hurt Me Plenty 13 "The Glacier Station"
Lemmings Reunion (IchoTolot), Hurt Me Plenty 29 "Controlled Release"
Lemmings Reunion (IchoTolot), Ultra-Violence 4 "Knights of the Round Table"
Lemmings Reunion (IchoTolot), Ultra-Violence 6 "Tryhardlon"
Lemmings Reunion (IchoTolot), Ultra-Violence 24 "Heroes of Lemkind"
Lemmings Reunion (IchoTolot), Nightmare! 16 "Another Brick In The Wall"
"Tough Call" by Crane
"Parking Garage" by Geoffster
"Unstoppable" by mobius

Potentially Qualifying Levels
These levels did well, but not well enough to guarantee their qualifying. For a level to reach this list, it must be tied for the lowest qualifying place. Using the same examples as the above list, in the first example, the two levels tied for 5th/6th would go onto this list; while in the second example, no levels would. Levels on this list automatically qualify if the two lists combined have no more than 24 levels; otherwise, a tiebreaker round will be held to determine which levels from this list qualify.

Doomsday Lemmings II (namida), Spooky 2 "Guardian Angels"
Lemmings Plus IV (namida), Twisted 3 "Minesweeper!"
Lemmings Reunion (IchoTolot), Ultra-Violence 16 "The Three Seals Of Memphis"
Lemmings Reunion (IchoTolot), Ultra-Violence 22 "The Face Of Evil"
Lemmings Reunion (IchoTolot), Nightmare! 6 "Brick Confusion"
NepsterLems Demo, Level 4 "Jump In The Ring"
"The Adventures Of Lemdiana Jones" by IchoTolot

[Minim]

I wish I was able to post this in the playing phase topic before you locked it. I tried to download LPIV, a .nxp file but after downloading it I discovered that there's no .exe player file, therefore I can't play it. I'm not sure what to do. Can anyone please work out what it is I'm doing wrong?

EDIT: I also discovered that you can download NeoLemmix Engine on the website. I get it now. I understand that it's able to play any .nxp file.

[namida]

Congratulations to the following levels; the first three of which are guaranteed to get through to Round 2, the last three may end up in a tiebreaker depending on how many potential qualifiers there are:

bsmith's NeoLemmix Pack, Neopolitan 5 "Top and Bottom"
Lemmings Reunion (IchoTolot), Hurt Me Plenty 13 "The Glacier Station"
"Parking Garage" by Geoffster
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Lemmings Plus IV (namida), Twisted 3 "Minesweeper!"
Lemmings Reunion (IchoTolot), Ultra-Violence 22 "The Face Of Evil"
"The Adventures Of Lemdiana Jones" by IchoTolot

The second set is now up for voting.

[namida]

Congratulations to the following levels! First two have guaranteed qualifying, the last four may be subject to a tiebreaker.

Lemmings Plus Omega (namida), Puzzling 30 "Drop Them Lems"
Lemmings Reunion (IchoTolot), Ultra-Violence 6 "Tryhardlon"
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Doomsday Lemmings II (namida), Spooky 2 "Guardian Angels"
Lemmings Reunion (IchoTolot), Ultra-Violence 16 "The Three Seals Of Memphis"
Lemmings Reunion (IchoTolot), Nightmare! 6 "Brick Confusion"
NepsterLems Demo, Level 4 "Jump In The Ring"

The third set is now up for voting.

[namida]

Congratulations to the following levels! Since there's no tie for 5th place, all the levels this round are guaranteed entry to Round 2.

Lemmings Plus Omega (namida), Perplexing 30 "Lemming Treety"
Lemmings Reunion (IchoTolot), Hurt Me Plenty 9 "The Royal Halls"
Lemmings Reunion (IchoTolot), Hurt Me Plenty 29 "Controlled Release"
Lemmings Reunion (IchoTolot), Ultra-Violence 4 "Knights of the Round Table"
Lemmings Reunion (IchoTolot), Ultra-Violence 24 "Heroes of Lemkind"

The final set for Round 1 (excluding tiebreaker if it's needed) is now up.

[namida]

Congratulations to the following levels, again all of which are guaranteed a spot (well, they would be anyway, since there's less than 24 total levels here):

GigaLems, Scorching 13 "It's Not Time For Flying Toast"
Lemmings Plus IV (namida), Twisted 15 "Central Heating"
Lemmings Reunion (IchoTolot), Nightmare! 16 "Another Brick In The Wall"
"Tough Call" by Crane
"Unstoppable" by mobius

Since it's only 22 levels total, all levels listed in this post have qualified for Round 2; no tiebreaker needed. Congratulations to all these authors!

I'll put Round 2 up a bit later today.