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@redrocket

Kinda awkward request, I know, but could I maybe convince you to replace Rainbow Connection with another song? Or at least pick any other version of it (be it the Moopets parody, one of the group performances with all the Muppets, or a cover version) where I can plausibly just talk about how different the alternate version is from the original song? There's some personal stories tied to that song that I really can't be talking about in public and I don't think I can dance around the issues enough to give the song a write-up without talking about "things" that shall have to remain vague and nebulous due to the previously stated "can't be talking about [them]" part of things. I'm sorry for being difficult and being unable to say more at this point in time. And also for not saying something earlier, but... *gestures vaguely at nebulous things that cannot be discussed*.

Sky of Twilight
An Alchemist's Dialectic

Dr. Robotnik's Mean Bean

Yay! Thank you very much! Songs should be added to both blocks on the spreadsheet. 14 Users cleared.

Maneuver
And Then There Were None

Mojojojo2000 posted...

This is incredible, is the rest of the music from this rom hack as good? If it is I want to listen to the whole ost

There aren't too many songs available as there's only been a few demos released. I think I enjoyed everything from the Speedrun & C3 demos (though I have a bias towards Speedrun as they were the first versions I heard)? Haven't gotten to the February 2025 demo OST yet.

I actually came really close to nominating the Speedrun version of Beach Vacation Bouba before deciding on the space theme. So I'm happy to see someone else nominate a version of it and for it to be getting a positive reception like this.

Yay! Thank you both. I've added a Bonus Blocks tab to the spreadsheets to keep track of things & added those songs.

Also, up to 13 users now. We were only one Block from finishing theirs last night so it's not quite as much of an update as it may seem, but it's still a noteworthy amount of progress.

Autumn Collapse
Marion is Scary

Punch-Out!!

Music: 12 users complete.

Fighting: 61 Primary, 44 Noms, 10 Extras = 115 total.

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Some good progress. Still primarily the music topic, but Rae gets a little fighting progress done when she has a chance. Though while we still have an awful lot of music to get through, I'm wondering if I could trouble a few people to play along with us and add some songs to two special themed Blocks? I know it's silly to add more (especially after noms are closed) and to ask people to play along with fantasy dream sequences, but... if you're willing to play along as though we were all different people, this may help us work through some things.

If you can think of any song that you'd like Ranked that could plausibly fit these categories, please post a song to either or both Blocks; ideally, they'd each be gimmick Blocks with five songs from five nominators... though if getting five people to play along with this is impossible, I'll open it to anyone to fill all five slots if they want.

Bonus Block 1: Vin Celebration!

So... we kinda just Ranked the songs in redrocket's Block that had two celebration themed songs in it (Star Wars Holiday's Life Song & a Pinkie Pie Party song) and Vin felt that no one ever really celebrated her. And we're coming up on six months since she changed her name to Vin and has been herself, so I was thinking it would be nice to have some celebration music. Not a birthday party theme necessarily (though that's also fine), just anything that you think might fit a general party of celebration atmosphere for a young fox who was feeling a bit neglected.

...I know we literally just had celebration songs, but there's a difference between such music just coincidentally being nominated and them being nominated specifically for someone.

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Bonus Block 2: Kate

This one is probably a bit more abstract, for better or worse. The short version is that a fifth alter who hasn't been around in years is actually here & getting involved in the Ranking! At least for one day. And while there are definitely some songs that (intentionally or not) seem to be aimed at myself, Rae, Luce, and Vin... well... Kate wasn't exactly *here* for the nomination period. So, I think it would be very nice if there were a few songs that were at least hypothetically meant for her to listen to.

...But... well, even she's not entirely sure what she wants. So you could consider this a chance to get one purely wildcard song in. But if you want some information, I can ramble for a bit. Can't promise that any of this will be relevant though.

1: The last time she was active was back at the fourth Ranking. She was especially fond of Gustav Holst's "First Suite in E-flat for Military Band, III. March"; apparently, she really liked the feeling of a marching parade? Though she was younger at the time and she might not be as into the same things now.

2: She likes Ramblin' Man by The Allman Brothers Band. She thinks there's a good driving beat that conveys the sense of traveling and that it's easy to sing along with.

3: She's technically a child alter, though older and more mature than Rae & Vin. We're still... working out exactly how she feels and what she needs, but she seems to be at an age where she can help keep an eye on the more childlike alters & wants to be more independent... but also young enough to still run around and play sometimes.

4: Her fursona is a lioness with black fur and bright pink hair. Sort-of like a punk rock female version of Sora's lion form in Kingdom Hearts II.

...I know it's silly, but I'm *hoping* that if there's something specifically for her, it might help her feel a bit more stable and might let her stick around without vanishing for years at a time. I know that we don't really choose when we're awake and active, but... well, it's just a theory and something I hope for.

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Thank you to anyone willing to go along with this. I know it's... a lot. And nominating songs that fit into specific categories isn't what anyone was here for. And if no one is willing to do so, I can just quietly delete this and we'll pretend the silly request never happened. It just felt important, so I decided to post it anyway.

Me

The Blondie song. Followed immediately by "Call Me" the Go West song & "Call Me Call Me" the Steve Conte song from Cowboy Bebop.

ecksgem posted...

Someone had Kai Leng in top 15?

there are some real sickos out there

In my defense, I only ranked around 34 characters. I just did a quick trip through the list and only ranked anyone I clearly remembered & I very clearly remembering laughing at the ludicrous cereal stealing ninja. Enjoying making fun of a character is still enjoyment and it was enough to get him towards the middle of the list.

...Not disagreeing with the sicko comment, it's just not as high of a placement as you might have thought it was.

take a seat right over there?

not understand?

You Will

(Foreigner song)

Pushed a bit too hard on music today, but we did get through three more Blocks: 103 with write-ups.

Also, we're okay with this purging now. We can transfer data from the spreadsheet and post it on a private board; it's easy enough to say "these are the next Blocks we'll work on" and place them over there so we still have them in an easily accessible format.

Mash

Havoc

Okay, sent mine in from the Raetsel account.

I can take 7.

rwlh posted...

What do you think of the X68000 version posted above?

I'm sure it's a fine version of the song, but much like I can't place exactly why I'm drawn to the Master System version, I can't quite figure out what's bothering me about it. The best theory I have is that it's in this odd place where it's incredibly faithful to the original version, but just different enough in instrumentation to feel off and make me all twitchy. Which would explain why really different versions like the PS2 rendition of the song don't bother me, but the X version does.

PS2 Battle Field (Not because I really want to show it off, but for the benefit of anyone who hypothetically feels the need to listen to any song even vaguely referenced): https://downloads.khinsider.com/game-soundtracks/album/space-harrier-ps2/08.%2520Battle%2520Field.mp3

...But that doesn't explain why other songs from the X68000 soundtrack don't bother me. Actually, I rather like how some of the lighter songs turned out and think it has the best version of Syura. (Again, linked purely for the sake of linking it): https://downloads.khinsider.com/game-soundtracks/album/space-harrier-x68000/09%2520Syura.mp3

So, not really sure. I'm not a fan of that particular version of Battle Field, but I think it's probably just because I haven't heard it enough times for it to become familiar.

rwlh posted...

Space Harrier (SMS) - Battle Field

Mostly a token nostalgia pick... I think. This port of Space Harrier was my first favorite game, so I still have a lot of bias towards SH in general these days. Since I used a track from the arcade version at NFUN's 1000 song ranking, I wanted to go with one of the ports here & after listening to all the soundtracks I could find, this is the track that most grabbed my attention. (IIRC, two other songs were in the running, but I don't recall which ones.)

As for why *this* song, I really can't be sure. It could be some ancient nostalgia, though the fact that none of the other songs from the soundtrack hit quite the same way feels odd for that explanation. Perhaps the lower sound quality leads to this song having a bit of a static-like quality that I remain drawn to? Don't know. Either way, it also did much better than I expected; I kinda love it, but I'm aware the sound is unlikely to appeal to most.

Wicked

Mountain

...I don't know, but there's probably something called Skull Mountain somewhere.

1: Drone Bomb Me
2: I Don't Love You Anymore
3: Watch Me
4: 4 Degrees
5: Marrow
6: Execution
7: Why Did You Separate Me From the Earth?
8: Crisis
9: Hopelessness
10: Violent Men
11: Obama

A bit of a hard listen at times due to its subject matter, but I still really enjoy the album.

The Amityville

...Never read or watched anything with that title, so I have no idea how that came to mind.

ARKANOID Step is an odd song to me... I don't think I like it, but when I was making my space themed list (even if it isn't quite all space themed) it was one of the tracks I kept coming back to. It's just different enough to make my ears perk up in confusion, so I added it at the last minute as a bit of a wild card to see what reaction it would get. I'd say I'm quite happy it made it as far as it did.

of Bilstein

Still have (relatively) obscure fighting games on the brain.

If we can count Sega CD games, Burg (Lunar).

...Limiting to actual Genesis titles is rough, as I don't think I recall the names of any towns. First thought is the starting town in Phantasy Star 3, but I can't name it. (Apparently, it's Landen? I would never have guessed that.)

FL81 posted...

The original uploader's YouTube account was deleted, leaving me in a bit of a predicament on this nomination. I could have either based my rating off of the clean OST upload still up (see https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S39XAaX_5Qo ), or go as it has been initially chosen for this topic, with all of the sound effects from the intro kept intact. As it was the latter that was chosen, it is the version I will review.

Oops. I somehow never considered that a version without the sounds and voice samples would even exist... well, thank you for the consideration of the way I wanted it to be listened to & apologies for accidentally making things a bit more difficult that way. Glad you liked it!

91 Blocks, I think. Yay for progress.

End of the World

Somehow the end of the U2 song "Until the End of the World" (You, you said you'd wait 'til the end of the world), if for some reason you want to be hyper specific.

+5 Quantum Break

Pretty sure that's the only title of that generation I played on an Xbox One.