[VGMC] Day 58! feat. Nail, Stake, Propeller, and Locomotive (plus a tiebreaker!)

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Which of these ties from this or last year would you want the result flipped the most??










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Welcome to Video Game Music Contest 17, an annual celebration of the best of the best video game music according to the voters!

Important Links:
Bracket: https://www.bracketmaker.com/tlist.cfm?tid=477304
Contest info sheet: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1SAJKYJmYhccLvbf_H-5uSA7-eMwXfW8k1q74Qho1bLU
Contest discussion thread: https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/8-gamefaqs-contests/80433657
Main bracket playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLT3m7iohpL0wlcxj-kHQRU1yHo-kpMxGe
Last years spreadsheet: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1_IU5iCFTM_4WEx8ZWKwznMz5v2tarCKh1Ag0mxIgAes
VGMC total stats sheet: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1K1XdLWiUKB2kX99qYBgnRbLU_sCz4dvZSByKKJHCT6o
Discord: https://discord.gg/WDvMS4a

Rules:
- Listen to both songs in a given match, at least through the loop time provided (to make sure you don't skip before you've heard the whole thing!)
- Please consider the loop point listed when judging the song; if a video loops one minute 5 times, don't treat it as if it's a repetitive 5 minute song
- If it's a match between your favorite song ever and a song you despise, still LISTEN TO BOTH! Votes can and will be disqualified if there is suspicion songs are not being listened to, and you may be discounted for the rest of the contest for repeat offenses.
- No alt accounts, no rallying or begging, etc., etc.... You only get one vote! Swapping votes is alright, just make clear that you've already made a vote and are swapping.
- Make clear what your voting options are! Please keep votes separate from any comments, and use the titles given in the topic post.
- Voting in all matches is not mandatory, feel free to skip matches you do not wish to vote in.
- Vote based on the links provided, and not other sources of audio. Links are specifically chosen for best quality and the like.
- Don't discuss vote tallies in this thread, or in other threads, as they may influence votes. Likewise, please refrain from looking at the running tally before voting.

Voting Period:
- Today's matches will last 24 hours from the time of
Celeste - Reach for the Summit
The Caligula Effect 2 - Miss Conductor (Regret ver.)

FutureGrind - noisemaker
thelefty for analysis crew 2008 imo -transience
I have a third degree burn in flame-o-nomics -Sir Chris
World Ender
Miss Conductor
Noise Maker
World Ender
Kuraki Koutetsu no Verga (Full ver.)
World Ender
abstain
noisemaker
(>'.')>
"The problem with the future is that it keeps turning into the present." -Hobbes
Celeste - Reach for the Summit
REFLEC BEAT The Reflesia of Eternity - Kuraki Koutetsu no Verga (Full ver.)
Uncharted Waters - Portugal
My bracket looked like random picks compared to his.
Congrats to azuarc for winning the GotD 2020 Guru Contest!
Reach for the Summit
Miss Conductor (Regret ver.)
Portugal
Puff Stuff
Reach for the Summit
Miss Conductor (Regret ver.)
Portugal
Sound Test Unlocked! My YouTube VGM channel -
https://www.youtube.com/user/KidDivinegon
Got more raves? -Full Ver.- > EXEC_CHRONICLE_KEY/.


This one particularly hurts because I missed the match due to being sick all day and in urgent care
I didn't do guru this year but azuarc can be in my sig anyways.
Reach for the Summit
Miss Conductor (Regret ver.)
noisemaker
-Abraham Lincoln
World Ender
Kuraki Koutetsu no Verga (Full ver.)
noisemaker
Save in the name of true love
~Project 1000~
Reach for the Summit
Miss Conductor (Regret ver.)
Portugal

Choo choo, all aboard the Miss Conductor sweep!!
Reach for the Summit
Kuraki Koutetsu no Verga (Full ver.)
Portugal

Rankings:
90) Final Fantasy IV (DS) - The Dreadful Fight

I love Uematsu.

"Ah, a party! We haven't had one of those. It could be fun! So... what is a party?"
"You drink punch and eat CAKE! ...I think."
World Ender
Kuraki Koutetsu no Verga (Full ver.)
Portugal
Omniscience lies beyond the void, beyond decay!
I am one with the Akashic Records!
Reach
no
noisemaker
KCF can't actually be a real person but he is - greengravy
Reach for the Summit
Miss Conductor (Regret ver.)
Portugal
Reach for the Summit
Miss Conductor (Regret ver.)
Portugal

it's good to be back.
:)
World Ender
Kuraki Koutetsu no Verga (Full ver.)
Portugal
Reach for the Summit
Portugal
Reach for the Summit
Kuraki Koutetsu no Verga (Full ver.)
Portugal

Closer matches than I expected.
No longer becoming a Final Fantasy aficionado.
World Ender
Miss Conductor (Regret ver.)
noisemaker
Just killing time until the world ends.
World Ender
Miss Conductor (Regret ver.)
noisemaker
A not very secret alt account for when Raetsel wants to be a pony
World Ender
Miss Conductor (Regret ver.)
noisemaker

evil match 2 btw
A hero cannot be defeated simply by making him die.
World Ender
Miss Conductor (Regret ver.)
Portugal
Our eyes were removed
For our own safety
Arcaea - World Ender
REFLEC BEAT The Reflesia of Eternity - Kuraki Koutetsu no Verga (Full ver.)
Uncharted Waters - Portugal
Reach for the Summit
Miss Conductor (Regret ver.)
Portugal
[Rock and Stone] <o/
World Ender has very cool synths and production. Reach for the Summit is too short of a loop with not enough variation to justify its length on its own. Easy vote for me.

Kuraki Koutetsu is awesome. Great vocals paired with a great instrumental. Miss Conductor is also pretty good, although I don't like the vocalist nor the instrumental nearly as much as its competition.

Both tiebreaker songs are awesome, but my vote is still obvious.

Pretty strong day.

Votes:
World Ender
Kuraki Koutetsu no Verga (Full ver.)
Portugal
Don't trust everything that you read on the Internet.
-Abraham Lincoln
World Ender
Miss Conductor (Regret ver.)
noisemaker
Reach for the Summit
Kuraki Koutetsu no Verga (Full ver.)
noisemaker
Optimism is the first step to disappointment.
xx521xx
world
miss
portugal

outside of the tiebreaker, today is pretty average. didn't hate any of the songs, but world ender is the only one with that serious WOW factor. and reach for the summit just bums me out because there's like ten other lena raine songs i'd rather see retire lol

voted for NARWHAL in the poll. theme of d4 is a solid song, but damn, i would take NARWHAL over it as a retiree in a heartbeat. what an incredible piece of trance music for sure. i would also have preferred dance with the shadow as a retiree too, albeit not quite as much ... theme of d4 really is a song that ive appreciated more outside of a competitive perspective, huh

World Ender
Miss Conductor (Regret ver.)
Portugal
We schlitty
World Ender
Kuraki Koutetsu no Verga (Full ver.)
Portugal
Give me a cue
I can see clues all around me
Celeste - Reach for the Summit
The Caligula Effect 2 - Miss Conductor (Regret ver.)
Uncharted Waters - Portugal
https://i.imgur.com/TGkNCva.gif
Summit
Miss Congeniality
noisy

There's a part of me that wants Summit to lose because it's too. damn. long.

I missed lyrics here before? Don't really need to do caligula, those have official TL's, but the other... Maybe later.
Nonsense. "Testing" is for when you're still guessing--and now, I have no need to guess. -- Agatha, Girl Genius
Reach for the Summit
Miss Conductor (Regret ver.)
noisemaker
https://i.imgur.com/c3jEuPS.jpg
Reach for the Summit
Miss Conductor (Regret ver.)
noisemaker / Portugal

wow close matches
All the stars in the sky are waiting for you.
Reach for the Summit
Kuraki Koutetsu no Verga (Full ver.) I guess?
noisemaker

Best parts of 'Summit' are good, but it goes on so damn long, and not all of it is that quality.
Only the exceptions can be exceptional.
World Ender
Kuraki Koutetsu no Verga (Full ver.)
noisemaker

I think I actually normally slightly prefer Miss Conductor, but re-listening to the Match 2 songs, I'm feeling Reflec Beat song way more today.
Normally I abstain the tiebreaks, but I care enough about this one to insist.
World
Verga
Portugal
What can the harvest hope for if not for the care of the Reaper Man?
World Ender
Miss Conductor (Regret ver.)
noisemaker

The contrast in match 2 is funny. Kuraki Koutetsu is on the chill side, its strong point is the breathy vocals backed up by the high synths like at 1:09.

Noisemaker appeals to me with its crunchy sound that becomes more layered over time. The calm melody that comes in at 2:08 balances the harsh beat well.

Voted Chronicle Key, with runners-up Different World and Egg Reverie. The rest are either results I wouldnt change or, for Tree of Life/Beyond the Bounds and Dance with the Shadow/Flow, ones where I would want both songs to win.
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World Ender
Kuraki Koutetsu no Verga (Full ver.)
Portugal
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YdnOym-kbh4
World Ender
Kuraki Koutetsu no Verga (Full ver.)
noisemaker
Celeste - Reach for the Summit
The Caligula Effect 2 - Miss Conductor (Regret ver.)
FutureGrind - noisemaker
http://backloggery.com/articuno2001/sig.gif
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Kuraki Koutetsu no Verga (Full ver.)
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I didn't do guru this year but azuarc can be in my sig anyways.
noisemaker for the tiebreaker
All the stars in the sky are waiting for you.
Reach for the Summit
Miss Conductor (Regret ver.)
noisemaker
World Ender
Miss Conductor (Regret ver.)
noisemaker
Hey man, LlamaGuy did encrypt the passwords.
With what? ROT-13? -CJayC
World Ender
Kuraki Koutetsu no Verga (Full ver.)
Portugal
World Ender
Kuraki Koutetsu no Verga (Full ver.)
Portugal

Still a really good day overall, but I definitely have stronger preferences for my picks.
World Ender
Miss Conductor (Regret ver.)
noisemaker

i absolutely love like 30% of miss conductor, the other 70% is also good
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