[VGMC] Day 82! feat. the Snow Bowl and the Time Bowl

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banshiryuu
08/01/2023
10:00 PM
#1
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
Compatibility sheet: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/13kPe5EpCZVgIi6TNYHY7EVxc8XMPbzSJaKFjLcVBgD8
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 posting, or 24 hours from 10pm Eastern, whichever is the later time.
- Please note this may mean that two topics will be active at the same time!
- If you anticipate being unable to vote in a given day, please send an absentee vote to @banshiryuu, or post your absentee vote in the discussion thread!

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Match 1

Etrian Mystery Dungeon 2 - Frozen Grounds
Composer: Yuzo Koshiro arr. Nijuhachi Haneda
Loop Point: 3:49
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5WvlBIEUGgc

beatmania IIDX 20 tricoro / jubeat saucer - Rainbow after snow
Composer: Naoyuki Sato (Master)
Loop Point: 2:06
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o00xxnscVIw

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Match 2

Sonic R - Back in Time
Composer: Richard Jacques
Loop Point: 4:31
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GYzJZkLi7A8

Blue Reflection - Sayonara (ALL PHASE MIX)
Composer: Hayato Asano
Loop Point: 7:42
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SMD5XJ1GrTU

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Easy vote form:
Frozen Grounds / Rainbow after snow
Back in Time / Sayonara (ALL PHASE MIX)
th3l3fty
08/01/2023
10:02 PM
#2
Etrian Mystery Dungeon 2 - Frozen Grounds
Blue Reflection - Sayonara (ALL PHASE MIX)
thelefty for analysis crew 2008 imo -transience
I have a third degree burn in flame-o-nomics -Sir Chris
Paratroopa1
08/01/2023
10:05 PM
#3
Frozen Grounds
Back in Time
tgs2
08/01/2023
10:05 PM
#4
Rainbow after snow
Back in time
crestfooted
08/01/2023
10:09 PM
#5
Frozen Grounds
Back in Time
ZelRaat
08/01/2023
10:09 PM
#6
Frozen Grounds
Sayonara (ALL PHASE MIX)
DeviDoesNothing
08/01/2023
10:21 PM
#7
Etrian Mystery Dungeon 2 - Frozen Grounds
Sonic R - Regal Ruin : Back In Time

Regal Ruin : Back In Time > Frozen Grounds >> Rainbow after snow >> Sayonara (ALL PHASE MIX)

Did I mention that I didn't know Mystery Dungeon was its own series for the longest time and that I thought Pokemon Mystery Dungeon was just its own thing? Unrelated to the contest but yeah. Still don't get Rainbow after snow. Back In Time is good, but come on we just had Sonic R retire yesterday (and Aria Math was better). Reeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeally don't get Sayonara.
Erica, she/they. Subscribe to GaMetal
Sceptilesolar
08/01/2023
10:22 PM
#8
Rainbow after snow
Sayonara (ALL PHASE MIX)
Just killing time until the world ends.
kamakazikila
08/01/2023
10:24 PM
#9
Rainbow after snow
Back in Time
Puff Stuff
HBJDubs
08/01/2023
10:30 PM
#10
Rainbow after snow
Back in Time
Save in the name of true love
~Project 1000~
PIayer_0
08/01/2023
10:31 PM
#11
Frozen Grounds
Sayonara (ALL PHASE MIX)

It is MY day...wait this is not the Etrian Odyssey or Blue Reflection song that I nominated what did you guys do
-Abraham Lincoln
banshiryuu
08/01/2023
10:31 PM
#12
Rainbow after snow
Sayonara (ALL PHASE MIX)

uhhhhhhh might flip match 2 lol

From TunnelScene:
Rainbow after snow (IIDX 20/jubeat saucer)
Sayonara ALL PHASE MIX (Blue Reflection)
Isquen
08/01/2023
10:45 PM
#13
Frozen Grounds
Back in Time
[Rock and Stone] <o/
dowolf
08/01/2023
11:18 PM
#14
Rainbow After Snow
SAYONARA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Nonsense. "Testing" is for when you're still guessing--and now, I have no need to guess. -- Agatha, Girl Genius
Hbthebattle
08/01/2023
11:25 PM
#15
Frozen Grounds
Back in Time
:)
Janus5k
08/01/2023
11:32 PM
#16
Rainbow after snow
Sayonara (ALL PHASE MIX)

atelier nekomata
second match is goated. insane that I didn't have either retiring in my favorites bracket. who made this division I HATE them
A hero cannot be defeated simply by making him die.
azuarc
08/02/2023
12:02 AM
#17
Rainbow after snow
Sayonara (ALL PHASE MIX)

I guess.
Only the exceptions can be exceptional.
DanKirby
08/02/2023
12:11 AM
#18
Frozen Grounds
Back in Time
(>'.')>
"The problem with the future is that it keeps turning into the present." -Hobbes
Prince46
08/02/2023
12:15 AM
#19
Rainbow after snow
Back in Time

I still feel bittersweet about the songs Rainbow and Grounds overcame (Portugal, F. Temple, Catastrophe, Tama) and feel kind of underwhelmed about this being C1's final. Still, credit where it's due; Ground is a solid Koshiro composition, and Rainbow is still a very happy beat. I'll live with whatever wins, it's very respectable music!
Sorry Sayonara, but Back in Time is amazing and a solid winner. Very happy with any of them retiring though! Not feeling so bad about R's double dip when it's Back in Time we talking about.
Collen
08/02/2023
12:23 AM
#20
Frozen Grounds
Back in Time
Give me a cue
I can see clues all around me
DoctorJimmy133
08/02/2023
12:29 AM
#21
Rainbow after snow
Sayonara (ALL PHASE MIX)
azuarc is quite good at predicting GameFAQs bracket battles.
KCF0107
08/02/2023
12:38 AM
#22
Rainbow
Time
KCF can't actually be a real person but he is - greengravy
HidekuniHorita
08/02/2023
12:50 AM
#23
Rainbow after snow
Sayonara (ALL PHASE MIX)
Omniscience lies beyond the void, beyond decay!
I am one with the Akashic Records!
UF8
08/02/2023
12:51 AM
#24
Rainbow after snow
Sayonara (ALL PHASE MIX)
TeamRocketElite
08/02/2023
01:22 AM
#25
beatmania IIDX 20 tricoro / jubeat saucer - Rainbow after snow
Blue Reflection - Sayonara (ALL PHASE MIX)
My bracket looked like random picks compared to his.
Congrats to azuarc for winning the GotD 2020 Guru Contest!
Place
08/02/2023
02:24 AM
#26
Etrian Mystery Dungeon 2 - Frozen Grounds
Sonic R - Regal Ruin : Back in Time
Hi. I wanna play you something.
Waveshine_2001
08/02/2023
02:45 AM
#27
Frozen Grounds
Back in Time
Fox Only, Final Destination.
MaxGalactica
08/02/2023
03:02 AM
#28
Very nice match. Frozen Grounds is very pleasant, and Rainbow after snow has great production and vocals. Neither I'd call super strong, but I think I like Rainbow after snow more.

Match 2 is extremely strong. Another excellent Sonic R song against one of the best BR1 songs. Sad that I'm voting against Sonic R again, but it's been in ridiculous matches recently.

Match 1 is good, Match 2 is great.

Votes:
Rainbow after snow
Sayonara (ALL PHASE MIX)
Don't trust everything that you read on the Internet.
-Abraham Lincoln
FL81
08/02/2023
03:09 AM
#29
Etrian Mystery Dungeon 2 - Frozen Grounds
Sonic R - Back in Time
https://i.imgur.com/TGkNCva.gif
Fluttershy_Pony
08/02/2023
07:18 AM
#30
Frozen Grounds
Sayonara (ALL PHASE MIX)

Second match is tougher than expected, but the first part of Sayonara is my favorite of the day & the other two sections are good enough that I feel reasonably confident in this vote.
Formerly known as Raetsel.
Currently out of knives.
sergiocornaga
08/02/2023
07:47 AM
#31
~ abstain ~
Regal Ruin : Back In Time
Mihark
08/02/2023
09:09 AM
#32
Rainbow after snow
abstain
Fivda
08/02/2023
09:31 AM
#33
Etrian Mystery Dungeon 2 - Frozen Grounds
Blue Reflection - Sayonara (ALL PHASE MIX)

mean round 1
Prody_Parrot
08/02/2023
09:32 AM
#34
Rainbow after snow
Sayonara (ALL PHASE MIX)
xx521xx
08/02/2023
10:43 AM
#35
Rainbow after snow
Back in Time
Optimism is the first step to disappointment.
xx521xx
andylt
08/02/2023
11:30 AM
#36
Frozen Grounds
Back in Time
No longer becoming a Final Fantasy aficionado.
GhostyMega
08/02/2023
11:53 AM
#37
Frozen Grounds
Back in Time
The art of quirky SNES games no one cares about
Haste_2
08/02/2023
11:54 AM
#38
Vast Ice Mountain Peak / The Frism
Back in Time / Sayonara (ALL PHASE MIX)

That's a vote for Frozen Grounds. I sure wish it was a match between VIMP and Frism (frozen+prism, get it?), though!

Man, I love Sayonara to death now. It's probably top 50 in the contest if I re-rated everything. I originally was a bit averse to it because the first section (as well as other parts) relies solely on that new age epic chord progression, but it does so many proggy things that more than make up for that.
"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."
rwlh
08/02/2023
12:06 PM
#39
Rainbow after snow
nope
MacArrowny
08/02/2023
01:02 PM
#40
Rainbow after snow
Sayonara (ALL PHASE MIX)
All the stars in the sky are waiting for you.
TheArkOfTurus
08/02/2023
01:17 PM
#41
Frozen Grounds
Sayonara (ALL PHASE MIX)
Our eyes were removed
For our own safety
Korji
08/02/2023
05:02 PM
#42
Frozen Grounds
Back in Time
OrangeCrush980
08/02/2023
05:15 PM
#43
Rainbow after snow
Back in Time

Strong day. Match 2 was a little tricky, but in the end Back in Time is more consistently good.
"You can learn to believe in others... ...even in the final moments of your life!"
- ????, Yakuza 3
failgirlema
08/02/2023
05:22 PM
#44
Rainbow after snow
Sayonara (ALL PHASE MIX)
she/her
woaaa
loweffortmemes
08/02/2023
05:34 PM
#45
beatmania IIDX 20 tricoro / jubeat saucer - Rainbow after snow
Blue Reflection - Sayonara (ALL PHASE MIX)

Lots of strong songs up today! I'm very pleased with the choices for C1 retirees and will be happy no matter what wins (though I do very much want Rainbow after snow). Although my preferred song for C1 retiree, Until, got knocked out round 1, Frozen Grounds was in my round 4 spot in my favorites bracket, and Rainbow after snow would've taken the retiree spot for me if Until wasn't there, so this is a great outcome nonetheless. In addition, Sayonara reaching round 4 is now the farthest a nomination of mine has ever gone and the first time one of them has made it to the retirement round! I feel like it being a Blue Reflection song that did fairly well the previous time it was in kind of cheapens that a little, but who cares, I'm still excited about that! Really crossing my fingers on match 2.

Sayonara (ALL PHASE MIX) (3/64)
Rainbow after snow (4/64)
Frozen Grounds (15/64)
Back in Time (38/64)

World Ender (35/64)
Alabaster Icelands 1 (51/64)
Festival of Dionysus (52/64)
Portugal (60/64)
Gall
08/02/2023
05:59 PM
#46
Rainbow after snow
Back in Time

Its fun vocals day. The back half of Rainbow after snow especially gets so fast and echoey with the faint background vocals at 1:41 being the perfect conclusion.

Easy vote for Suna Gin > Epicentre as thats the match with the greatest differential between songs I like and dislike. These results have been pretty good overall so far.
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PabloSmith
08/02/2023
07:16 PM
#47
Rainbow after snow
Back in Time
We schlitty
LkProd
08/02/2023
07:17 PM
#48
Rainbow after snow
Back in Time
Huntmaster95
08/02/2023
07:22 PM
#49
Frozen Grounds
Sayonara (ALL PHASE MIX)
skulltrumpets
08/02/2023
07:28 PM
#50
frozen
sayonara

the results from yesterday still sting, thank you for the poll that wounds my heart im being dramatic, ik cyfts is great ik ik let me be dramatic first.
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