neux on 27/1/2018 at 14:05

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I play a very uninvolved minimum risk ghost style, sticking to supreme rules mostly but prioritizing immersion.

Iceblade on 9/4/2018 at 15:34

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I'm getting somewhat different numbers for 1999 and 2000 Thief 1 FMs.

1999: 51 releases with 44 missions and 7 demo missions (including Guardhouse 1 and Down We Go - Dromed only FMs)

2000: 46 releases with 37 single mission releases, 3 campaign releases, 4 demos, and 2 missions upgraded with Thief Gold (Pre-TTGM 1 and 2)

Do you have a list of the missions being counted by year?

Edit: Oh I see the issue, some of the missions are missing on KOMAG's list (especially those re-released in a campaign)

Edit 2:
Thief 1
1999: 52 releases
Single Mission Releases: 45 46
Demo Mission Releases: 7 6 (including Guardhouse 1 and Down We Go - Dromed only FMs, and Bloodflowers)

2000: 52 releases
Single Mission Releases: 41
Campaign Releases: 3
Demo Mission Releases: 5 (including the Dark Lord dromed-only mission by Dark_Lord)
One Mission Upgraded: Tears of Blood (originally included as the Escape from Guilesatpeak mission in the Journey campaign - would count as its own release according to the accepted release count rules)
Two Missions Re-Released for Thief Gold: Pre-TTGM 1 and 2 (Garrett's Revenge and Dockland)
Total New Missions: 45 (41 singles, 3 missions from The Order of the Vine campaign, and Escape from Guilesatpeak in the Journey campaign).
Total Releases per Accepted Release Rules: 45 (47 if you count the Thief Gold versions of Garrett's Revenge and Dockland)

fortuni on 10/4/2018 at 09:26

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Bloodflowers is not a demo, the author never described it as such, nor does it demonstrate anything new for other FM authors to use in their missions, but for some unknown reason it is consistently referred to as a demo.

Does anyone know where this misinformation stems from? or is it simply because it is however a ridiculously small mission that you can finish in under 1 minute.

fortuni on 10/4/2018 at 14:20

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Thanks Iceblade, my copy, which I got off Thiefmissions doesn't have the word demo in the title, but the copy on TaffersP does.

Strictly speaking it still is not a demo, as are a number of the early contest missions that also have the word demo in their file tiles.

Iceblade on 10/4/2018 at 23:07

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I seem to recall a discussion about Bloodflowers and not including the release totals, but my searches through ttlg have turned up nil. Did the author mention that the mission was not a demo?

The file title was what I used to make a final decision when counting.

On another note, the campaigns did not make much of an impact on the number of new missions, which only went to the low 20s. Only 2017 saw a large impact from campaigns and these were rare, super-large campaigns that took many years to be completed. Pretty sure we won't have even one such 5+ mission campaign this year or next.