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Welcome to Video Game Music Contest 16, 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=475935
Contest info sheet: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1_IU5iCFTM_4WEx8ZWKwznMz5v2tarCKh1Ag0mxIgAes
Contest discussion thread: https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/8-gamefaqs-contests/80027411
Main bracket playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLT3m7iohpL0xxfgkmGKvEyWfHvNZ53Kbn
Last years spreadsheet: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/16XAaBMDuUnQ4c5AxQNL9ZhvD7VG5kQyrXWWZxnkrn-o
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

Mr. Driller: Drill Land - The Dragon's Feed is the People
Composer: Go Shiina
Loop Point: 5:35
Genre: HORROR NIGHT HOUSE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G8EhgyJbces

WORLD OF HORROR - Forest Investigation
Composer: Joseph Bailey (Qwesta)
Loop Point: 3:25
Genre: FM WOODS
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pahaFRK7Ct0

Match 2

Hollow Knight - Sealed Vessel
Composer: Christopher Larkin
Loop Point: 5:45
Genre: TRAGEDY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ze0Rk-m0w2A

Hatsune Miku -Project DIVA- Arcade version B - IroniA
Composer: Lemm
Loop Point: 5:24
Genre: ARTCORE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NhxjF6mlP4g

Match 3

Kirby's Block Ball - Stage 5
Composer: Sukezo Ouyama, Ryoue Takagi
Loop Point: 1:17
Genre: SHINE BRIGHT
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zz1jjTbVoew

The Legend of Heroes: Trails in the S

From Hunt_Master_95:

The Great Sea
Dodo's Lair
Hello 31337

The Great Sea
Dodo's Lair
Hello 31337

me yesterday: kobayashi will be my favorite song in contest for a long time
wind waker: enters chat

great sea is a long long long time favorite and probably has the highest combined "Normie Core" + "Deo Core" value possible....... except maybe targets.... and rude buster lmao. everything today is pretty damn good, match 3 especially HURTS me a lot but 31337 is g(oa)t(ed)

(1st) The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker - The Great Sea
(3rd) Dariusburst - Hello 31337
(7th) Atelier Meruru: The Apprentice of Arland - The Wind's Blooming Mountain
(11th) Chaos Field - human's figure
(12th) Donut Dodo - Dodo's Lair
(15th) Death's Door - Avarice

From Toxtricity:

Great Sea (TLoZ: Wind Waker)
Avarice (Deaths Door)
Winds Blooming Mountain (Atelier Meruru)

Wind waker is a contender for my favorite game that is not in the cluster of mostly obscure myst-clones only kopaz has played (which is a genre that dominates the vast majority of my favorites list, especially toward the top). But wind waker is possibly the first thing that isnt that. . . . the other contenders are botw and twilight princess and super mario sunshine; anyways i like this game so much and anything that helps take me to the world it conveys is good in my books, the music is definitely an example of something that can do that for you.. Its what conveyed the world i loved to me in the first place! I definitely feel like i am in the big ocean that has nothing in it and i like that so much

I swear ive heard those epiano sequences in some other songs before

This donut dodo song seems like it would be so famous

I always remember this song as being in 5/4, but the same chord changes and bounciness and stuff, but my memory fails me, because it is actually 7! What a spooky bible. That seems like something to make a siiva rip out of

Speaking of 7..kazuki yanagawa is a treasure..wait, thats the wrong company, this is GUST, not treasure! I wonder what norio hanzawa music would sound like if he joined gust for some reason. Anyway this is absurdly recognizable as yanagawa and only yanagawa, no one sounds exactly like this, and i like when i can feel that way about a composer i like

Hello

Day 2 Results!

Club Leader Duel 28 v 45 Imaginary Shopping District
Moon without the stars 25 v 50 Mechonis Field
The Battle of Blizzard Bridge 34 v 41 Kaze no Ne

With 75 votes in Match 2 and 3, those two are now officially the third highest votals in VGMC. Can we go higher?!?! #2 is VGMC1 Finals at 80, which is a bit far away, but maybe we can hit it??? (#1 is Zanarkand vs Dreams Bordering Shore's 97 which is ridiculous so yeah lol)

Day 3: https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/8-gamefaqs-contests/80040404

Welcome to Video Game Music Contest 16, 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=475935
Contest info sheet: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1_IU5iCFTM_4WEx8ZWKwznMz5v2tarCKh1Ag0mxIgAes
Contest discussion thread: https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/8-gamefaqs-contests/80027411
Main bracket playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLT3m7iohpL0xxfgkmGKvEyWfHvNZ53Kbn
Last years spreadsheet: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/16XAaBMDuUnQ4c5AxQNL9ZhvD7VG5kQyrXWWZxnkrn-o
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

The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker - The Great Sea
Composer: Kenta Nagata
Loop Point: 2:32
Genre: GRAND BLUE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pgFM0Ib0i4E

Chaos Field - human's figure
Composer: Kou Hayashi
Loop Point: 3:48
Genre: CHILL FACTORY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7xnQ7TFn5zA

Match 2

Donut Dodo - Dodo's Lair
Composer: Sean Bialo (CosmicGem)
Loop Point: 1:16
Genre: EXTINCT CHIP
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iz7DHXdMBjw

Death's Door - Avarice
Composer: David Fenn
Loop Point: 2:50
Genre: GREED REAPER
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QOYgn46rvEY

Match 3

Atelier Meruru: The Apprentice of Arland - The Wind's Blooming Mountain
Composer: Kazuki Yanagawa
Loop Poin

From Hunt_Master_95:

Imaginary Shopping District
couldn't listen to other matches in time

From Aakadarrr:

Club Leader Duel
Moon without the stars
Kaze no Ne

Tony

From Toxtricity:

Imaginary Shopping District (Miss Kobayashi)
Mechonis Field (Xenoblade: Definitive Edition)
Kaze no Ne (FF Crystal Chronicles)

Its still so surreal to me that this is the same ichiro shimakura that did one of my long time fav game osts (froggers adventures: the rescue). I never pllayed this game despite how into pokemon stuff i am; but i did listen to the music ever since i found out how to listen to vgm on the internet. The second game particularly really gives a bridge in my head to how this composer translates their style between something i think of as super fully produced and nintendo bee[p

Hi yoshimi kudo, i know its you, you cant hide from me. I like that. Its almost creepy how almost exactly like isoleucine this track is

I remember vgmc9. . . . . .

Mechonis field always reminds me of 80s-00s tangerine dream but there is no indication that that was an inspiration; instead there is indication that it was inspired by metroid. Definitely one of my fav xenoblade tracks im aware of. Maybe especially with my current inclinations toward slow moody electronic stuff. Wooooa, there is polymeter in this, i never noticed that before until just now (may 20th, 2022)

Hey an electric piano? Thats the same instrument that Labyrinth V - Forgotten Capital (EO4) by Yuzo Koshiro has in it!

The amount kaze no ne rises in my vgm favorites every time i listen, astounds me. FF Crystal Chronicles is like the anime version of mannheim steamroller and im all for it!

Murdock

Imaginary Shopping District
Mechonis Field
Kaze no Ne

god i lkasfhdsjfklfaskjlove imaginary shopping district literally the first time i heard it i was like "oh hello song that is instantly a favorite of mine" and yep sure enough here we are, this is probably gonna sit at 1st place for a loooooong while (i think ((watch one of my pet songs is like tomorrow and i forgot about it))

everything here is actually pretty good!! i even like moon without the stars a bit more than i remembered but mechonis is just too cool to pass up. really sad i have to go against club leader and blizzard bridge :(

(1st) Miss Kobayashi's Dragon Maid: Burst Forth!! Choro-gon Breath - Imaginary Shopping District
(3rd) Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles - Kaze no Ne
(4th) Pokmon Trading Card Game - Club Leader Duel
(5th) Kirby and the Forgotten Land - The Battle of Blizzard Bridge
(8th) Xenoblade Chronicles: Definitive Edition - Mechonis Field
(11th) Deemo - Moon without the stars

EDIT: just checked and yup new 1st place tomorrow LMFAO i'm so silly

And thus, the first day of voting closes once again... and we have our first victims!!! :( Shockingly we ended up with 74 vote matches just like last year's Day 1, so today ties it for third most amount of votes in a given day!! (For those who weren't around last year, the top two are both endgame matches in the very first VGMC way back when!)

Dreams in a Pie 44 v 29 Ghost Ship Painting
Labyrinth V - Forgotten Capital 43 v 31 Heavens Divide
"Don't speak her name!" 26 v 48 Secret of the Forest

Day 2: https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/8-gamefaqs-contests/80039210

Welcome to Video Game Music Contest 16, 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=475935
Contest info sheet: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1_IU5iCFTM_4WEx8ZWKwznMz5v2tarCKh1Ag0mxIgAes
Contest discussion thread: https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/8-gamefaqs-contests/80027411
Main bracket playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLT3m7iohpL0xxfgkmGKvEyWfHvNZ53Kbn
Last years spreadsheet: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/16XAaBMDuUnQ4c5AxQNL9ZhvD7VG5kQyrXWWZxnkrn-o
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

Pokmon Trading Card Game - Club Leader Duel
Composer: Ichiro Shimakura
Loop Point: 1:48
Genre: RAIN DANCE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ddfd5bBv4-4

Miss Kobayashi's Dragon Maid: Burst Forth!! Choro-gon Breath - Imaginary Shopping District

dowolf posted...

I Ate My Dreams in a Pie
Heaven's Tiny Soul
Arboreal Easter Egg

missed this one as well but like isquen i have no idea what match 3 is voting for

JUST KIDDING i figured it out its secret of forest but please you guys these stretches are killing me lmao

From Toxtricity:

Ghost Ship Painting (CV: Rondo of Blood)
Heavens Divide (MGS: Peace Walker)
Secret of the Forest (Chrono Trigger)

Hi! Im basically gone already and will only be more extremely gone soon BUT i still wanted to make comments, so hopefully deo can relay what i have to say throughout the contest! I hope you all enjoy the bracket i have helped make, and can have fun reading the dumb things that i have to say! ANYWAY Napple tale? Is that a game about a gigantic tourmaline column? I cant fathom that. This song feels almost as fluffy as klonoas ears

I am a long time fan of ghost ship painting. . . i am just a sucker for these plastic sounds (though to me, they are more like expensive gems with expensive as the key word)

YuzoKoshiro modern full-prod is interesting to me to think about as someone who comes from a background of originally getting into koshiro from streets of rage 3 and ys1-2 as arranged by ryo yonemitsu and fm sound module maniax - 4operators, because in those things, you can see what he was going for in terms of composition but under limitations(or arranged by someone else), but when he has no limitations? What does he sound like then? It sounds like i am at the most tense military meeting being held in very cushiony lounge chairs in a bowling alley built in 1989

Heavens divide always gets me because of the big epic key change being a manifestation of such that feels mildly weird but still big epic and i like dramatic vocal stuff because of disney. I never find stuff like this cheesy; it is just profound to my brain somehow pretty much always

Dont say that name!

I love chrono trigger music so much; yasunori mitsuda is one of the most famous musicians period to have the kinda composition style i am most attracted to in terms of like melody/chord interactions and stuffbesides maybe like pat mi mean, uh. Lyle mays. yeah.

From Aakadarrr:

Dreams in a Pie
Forgotten Capital
Secret of the Forest

Isquen posted...

Ghost in the Ship
Maze in the Metropolis
Exalt's Gravitational Experiment

okay the first two are skirting it but i straight up have no idea what the third one is supposed to be so i can't score match 3 for you with this lol (unless that's the point idk)

Ghost Ship Painting
Heavens Divide
Secret of the Forest

soooooo i didnt do a ranking or rate things this year OOPS!! so insteeeeead i'm going to rank as we go let's see how this goes

also i get to vote for the best three songs today on day 1 blessed

(1st) Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker - Heavens Divide
(2nd) Castlevania: Rondo of Blood - Ghost Ship Painting
(3rd) Chrono Trigger - Secret of the Forest
(4th) Fire Emblem Awakening - "Don't speak her name!"
(5th) Etrian Odyssey IV: Legends of the Titan - Labyrinth V - Forgotten Capital
(6th) Napple Tale: Arsia in Daydream - Dreams in a Pie

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/8-gamefaqs-contests/80038115

and we're off!!!

Welcome to Video Game Music Contest 16, 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=475935
Contest info sheet: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1_IU5iCFTM_4WEx8ZWKwznMz5v2tarCKh1Ag0mxIgAes
Contest discussion thread: https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/8-gamefaqs-contests/80027411
Main bracket playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLT3m7iohpL0xxfgkmGKvEyWfHvNZ53Kbn
Last years spreadsheet: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/16XAaBMDuUnQ4c5AxQNL9ZhvD7VG5kQyrXWWZxnkrn-o
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

Napple Tale: Arsia in Daydream - Dreams in a Pie
Composer: Yoko Kanno
Loop Point: 4:23
Genre: SUPPER TIME
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_fFgIDLfbCk

Castlevania: Rondo of Blood - Ghost Ship Painting
Composer: Keizo Nakamura
Loop Point: 2:22
Genre: ANACHRONISTIC IMAGE
https://youtu.be/60hZ58TZj9A

Match 2

Etrian Odyssey IV: Legends of the Titan - Labyrinth V - Forgotten Capital
Composer: Yuzo Koshiro
Loop Point: 3:01
Genre: RADIANT RUIN
https://www.youtube.com/watc

For anyone that was waiting for the bracket playlist to finally be complete, it is now!!

A: Stage 5 < The Great Sea < Atolm Dragon > Vertex
B: Mighty Magma Red < Shudder < Proof of the existence > SaGa Frontier 2 Medley
C: City Trial ~ City < Ethnic Cave & Flame > Indignant Divinity > Chani's Eyes
D: Limitless Cinderella < Intuition & empty brass > Gambit > Suite Photoconductivity

oh my god what have we done

-hotdogturtle-- posted...

So you're finally ending that old "if the topic is posted early, voting stays open until the top of the hour" rule?

oh nope, that was something i think we edited in after i posted last year and didn't change on my txt file version but yes we are still doing that lol

Important Links
Bracket: https://www.bracketmaker.com/tlist.cfm?tid=475935
Contest info sheet: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1_IU5iCFTM_4WEx8ZWKwznMz5v2tarCKh1Ag0mxIgAes
Main bracket playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLT3m7iohpL0xxfgkmGKvEyWfHvNZ53Kbn
Discord: https://discord.gg/WDvMS4a
Last years spreadsheet: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/16XAaBMDuUnQ4c5AxQNL9ZhvD7VG5kQyrXWWZxnkrn-o
VGMC total stats sheet: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1K1XdLWiUKB2kX99qYBgnRbLU_sCz4dvZSByKKJHCT6o

How do I vote??
Every day we'll be posting three head-to-head matches for a total of six songs. It's as simple as listening completely through both songs in a given match, then posting your vote for your favorite! So long as you complete the very important "listen completely through" you can even just vote in a few matches. We'll be posting the loop points on all the songs in the topic so you know exactly how long you have to listen for to hear all of them. Voting will be up for a full 24 hours from the second the day's topic is posted, and closes after 24 hours on the dot. Be careful!! If the topic is posted early by some amount for some reason, then voting will end the next top of the hour after 24 hours have passed.

If you anticipate being away for a few days, feel free to post advance votes either here in this thread, or send them via DM to @banshiryuu !!

When're we starting!?
Good question! Day 1 will go live at 10pm Eastern on Sunday, May 29th!! We've still got some song data to put together, so it'll be a bit over a week from the time this topic goes up. If you'd like to do predictions in the bracketmaker, those will be open for quite a bit yet and will likely close a couple days into the contest.

IMPORTANT NOTE: prime #4507 and You
This year we have a very unique case in the bracket; prime #4507 in Bracket D, which is known for being the longest piece of VGM at just over an hour of music to listen to. As you all probably know, we have a rule to listen to both songs in a given match to vote in that match, and this one isn't going to be an exception. HOWEVER, we won't require you to listen to it the day of the match.... or if it gets through Round 1, listen to it multiple times. As long as you have listened through it previously or listen to it by the time its match comes up, that's totally cool with your hosts. We recommend putting it on in the background while you're doing something for an hour some time over the next few weeks, and it'll be well and done before you know it!

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iiiiiit's tiiiiime!! we have an absolutely stacked crowd this year thanks to the Great Lockening and I am beyond excited to get this show on the road and see some crazy matches!! Just like last year we had it so no one has two supports fighting each other in Round 1, and no one's original nominations are in the same quadrant of a bracket. Despite the announced absence, Tox worked some serious magic on the bracket in record time and we're both super happy with how it looks and we hope everyone else will be too~

LET'S VGMC !!

@Raetsel_Lapin Some discussion was being brought up on Discord over Secret of the Forest link getting replaced with the SNES version instead of the current link thats the DS version?

(Also apologies for not weighing in on the discussion in here much while Im bust with bracket stuff lol but I am reading and will definitely have things to say eventually!!!)

In case you missed it, we did indeed have 256 hit the lock requirement before locks ended... so thus nominations have concluded earlier than expected. The one thing to especially note from this is that the limit was hit in the middle of a post, specifically loweffortmeme's post at Thread 3 Post 459. This post locked Ys III PCECD - Valestein Castle and Sonic Runners - End of the Summer. In the rules I stated that priority would be taken top-down as the post was posted, but shortly after noticing the post was the lock limit and was in the middle of the post, me and Tox talked about it and decided to let lem pick which of the two to keep and which to drop.

Thus, End of the Summer is the 256th lock and Valestein Castle is the "257th lock" that just missed the cutoff.

Stay tuned for the list of the VGMC 16 field, and potentially something else...?!?!

loweffortmemes posted...

+ Ys III: Wanderers From Ys (PC Engine CD) | Valestein Castle | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ntJ0hzJ4wP4
+ GuitarFreaks V4 & DrumMania V4 RockRock | REVOLUTION | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oc7vniE6Bt8
+ TRianThology | gram-encounter | https://youtu.be/1W5cIhFONC4
+ Sonic Runners | End of the Summer | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aSltAPHODlU
+ Atelier Ryza | Crocus | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dqi1MYDMsHs
+ Phantasy Star Online 2 | Borderless ~ Attack | https://youtu.be/r2xipKvT8hs

I have no idea what's happening anymore lmao.

256 LOCKS WAS HIT AT END OF THE SUMMER Thus, nominations has now concluded....... good god

give me a few minutes to do a last update as of this lol...

tgs2 posted...

I apologize in advance, Xarnax

-- Dragon Nest SEA | Song of the Goddess: The Eternal Path | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q4GlvOHk0Y4

++ Alto's Odyssey | An Endless Desert | https://youtu.be/Ia4CTx-Zi7o

only a single used, you tried to double a 5

- beatmania IIDX 29 CastHour | Nocturnal 2097 | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3B6AVWF3csw
+ Blue Reflection: Second Light | E.SYNAPSE | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NTfs8GbjZNc

double swap to lock sorry @dowolf i owe you 5 billion now
- Zakuzaku Actors | Glass | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H-IPxeSXB5s
+ Lord of Vermilion Arena | SaGa Frontier 2 Medley A -LoV Edit- | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mLzQ8ZVUAbc

HasteDeux posted...

+ Americana Dawn | Deep Within the Woods | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PGnfvL1GOVE
+ Splatoon 2: Octo Expansion | #4 dunno | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tBxUjZ3JasU
+ Neotokyo | Tachi | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YnfqeB71jJU
+ GITADORA OverDrive | Jupiter Guns Novel | LINK MISSING

Jupiter discarded you only had 3 slots open

- Chaos Code | Mystagia | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d-vXws6WaJQ
- Phantasy Star Online 2 | Zero-G (All Phase Mix) | https://youtu.be/VWgFK3VqNgg
- The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel | The Decisive Collision | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hB-APrkmSdw
- The Wonderful 101 | EV22: Intertwined | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nba2mZBqZdU
+ At Least There Is Ceda Cedovic | The Elephant's Foot of Obnoxious Music | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mHM65qXZFyI
+ Castlevania: Order of Ecclesia | An Empty Tome | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vj3T7cVy5eA
+ Mushihimesama Futari | Sea of Frozen Crystals | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ABdJw_vndM
+ Mega Man X Legacy Collection | Give It a Shot | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ypos_SdPhU8

++ beatmania IIDX 29 CastHour | Nocturnal 2097 | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3B6AVWF3csw

beat mania (single to double)

Disillusion posted...

No need for the double I guess!
- Wild Arms | To a New Journey | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1cotL9-IXog

uhhhh yeah this can't be taken back cause it was locked in

DEM1995 posted...

+ Wild Arms | To a New Journey | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1cotL9-IXog
+ Xenosaga Episode II: Jenseits von Gut und Bose | The Durandal | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0C6j6WnrQTo

which means this slot is opened up again

- DanceDanceRevolution A20 | Saishou Sanbai Kanzensuu | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3LK3i7nHUFE
- Final Fantasy VII Remake | The Valkyrie | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3w8LG4IlPlg
+ Cleopatra's Fortune | DESIRE | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qDX59dtZ8GM
+ Wild Arms XF | Intrude Upon Happiness, Plunder the Future | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gt43GYYlyRg

goodbye again TAG

- GuitarFreaks V6 and DrumMania V6 BLAZING!!!! | Chronos | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jlqEi5l_D8s
+ Make A Good 48 Hour Mega Man Level | The Sea Roars, Her Grudge Eternal (VS. Pirate Man) | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ERCDYq4G3fY

singles to doubles
++ beatmania IIDX 20 tricoro | Proof of the existence | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aTHahyDnihk
++ Crackle Cradle | Intuition & empty brass | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W8kkME3wgAE
++ Panzer Dragoon Saga | Atolm Dragon | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qia3_eyLNpk

this sucks super hard but two of my coworkers called in with covid today and I have to stay way longer than I expected so there will not be a spreadsheet update until about 6pm after the one I'm doing now :(

Team Rocket Elite posted...

Maybe I'm tired and missed it but I think the rules this year are missing the anti-rallying rule...

omg i 100% remembered they were missing last year after the whole debacle that happened and added them back into this year's topic and yet yeah they're missing again aaaaaaaaaa well

still please dont do it lol i will be very sad.......

cakophon posted...

pop'n music 10 | Atlantic Spotted Dolphin | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qW6YO4wyAGk

just wanna get some eyes on this song if anyone is #interested, because me and sergio are #sad about it

Hbthebattle posted...

Triangle Strategy | Combat -Destiny- | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mj22DIzfMlc

apparently we're just doing this now, but this song is really cool so you should listen to it again

okay i've been quiet on stuff like this but now that we're doing it like this, please don't do this anymore we are getting too far into rallying territory lol

+ Spider-Man and the X-Men in Arcade's Revenge | Gambit | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=we6Hg-fFc5A

double lock DOWOLF IM CMRYING

- Marvel vs Capcom | Theme of Gambit | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SK2Eus-oaBE
- The Scheme | I'll Save You All My Justice | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A1L1VRq3Hog
+ Chaos Code | Mystagia | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d-vXws6WaJQ
+ Zakuzaku Actors | Battle of Marion | https://youtu.be/sBwjPWfuQig

THREAD 3: https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/8-gamefaqs-contests/80015351

https://i.imgur.com/UH5DXNW.png

Please don't post here until the second thread fills! Anything posted here before we reach post 500 in the second thread will not be counted at all, so be warned!

Important links
Spreadsheet: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1_IU5iCFTM_4WEx8ZWKwznMz5v2tarCKh1Ag0mxIgAes
Nomination playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLeKaE-gusMmZ4I2Jzln1QUDenhnj0zGZb
Discord: https://discord.gg/WDvMS4a
Last years spreadsheet: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/16XAaBMDuUnQ4c5AxQNL9ZhvD7VG5kQyrXWWZxnkrn-o
VGMC total stats sheet: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1K1XdLWiUKB2kX99qYBgnRbLU_sCz4dvZSByKKJHCT6o

Timeline (all times are at 10pm Eastern US time on the day specified):
May 1: Nominations open! (that's right now)
May 6: Unique nominations limit lifted.
May 9: mario pause sound effect
May 10: Locking period ends.
May 11: Nominations closed, field finalized about an hour or so afterwards.

First thread, including rules:
https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/8-gamefaqs-contests/80006092

Second thread:
https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/8-gamefaqs-contests/80009413

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o0LVtfGvFUE

Nominations have resumed! Reminder that songs will no longer lock 24 hours from now, and nominations close 48 hours from now!

@Prody_Parrot again just in case since you posted your noms in the pause

Janus5k posted...

Using my last three doubles

++ Crazy Bus | Title Screen | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sC0cvwnG0Ik
++ Blue Dragon | Eternity | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WWtpAzbEnc8
++ Fire Emblem: Awakening | Id (Purpose) | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8XY5WxernwY

oops bot broke and this post actually is counted now??? well nothing i can do about that one!!

GAME PAUSED

From this message until I press the start button again and unpause the game in 24 hours, no nomination changes will be logged!! Go listen to songs and come back for the pre-lock end rush!!!

- beatmania IIDX 20 tricoro | Proof of the existence | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aTHahyDnihk
- Marvel vs Capcom | Theme of Gambit | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SK2Eus-oaBE

not dropping these, just undoubling them atm

Noms and supports from Huntmaster95:

+ Heart and Slash | I Heart You | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fxA1XPFKLIk
+ ZeroRanger | The Sea Has Returned | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GlHKKdtLuqo
+ Ollie King | Teknopathetic | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g0E02f0P0X8
+ Bravely Second: End Layer | Battle of Oblivion | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=auAIYM_Zpco

+ beatmania IIDX 23 copula | Routing | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AKcGhp-RyLw
+ Mighty Switch Force 2 | Soak Patrol Alpha | https://youtu.be/5SSo-ddZm90
++ 30XX | Hollows (Echocave) | https://youtu.be/qeMmUwZmzwQ
+ Omori | Worlds End Valentine | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rlQd9qWKjLM
+ Xenoblade Chronicles: DE | Mechanical Rhythm | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a_YyP_zQQJs
+ Xenoblade 2 | Incoming! | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tdpy1LWYr1M
++ Xenoblade 2 | You Will Recall Our Names | https://youtu.be/NzZ2rUM9DEg
+ Deltarune: Chapter 2 | A CYBERS WORLD? | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=In3y0C7mQvA
++ Deltarune | Attack of the Killer Queen | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vBjscyFC3jo
++ Hotline Miami 2 | Roller Mobster | https://youtu.be/qyfJlcrN09w
+ Danganronpa 2: Goodbye Despair | Kill Command | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Rr4qHfKR08
++ The Messenger | Bamboo Boogaloo | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=We4N8-GC57E
+ Under Night In Birth | Beat Eat Nest | https://youtu.be/aq9V_BKbVp0
+ Sonic Colors | Terminal Velocity (Act 1) | https://youtu.be/IyFKFdTkzPg

A bit of a change in schedule: starting at 10pm Eastern tomorrow, we're inserting a 24 hour pause into the schedule, where no nominations or supports will be accepted. We've had a lot of requests for extra time to listen through more nominations, and we think this will be the best course of action to allow people this without prolonging nominations too much. This means the lock deadline date and the close of nominations are pushed back by 24 hours as well. Thus, lock period ends at 10pm on May 10th instead of the 9th, and nominations end at 10pm on May 11th instead of the 10th.

Odd Taxi 2

Odd Taxi 1

two of my absolute favorite anime from the last 5 years, very good finals

- Megido 72 | Gambit on a Chance of Success | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=edJUu4IRk7c
+ Mirror's Edge | Shard | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sQeupYRYPck

yeah thinking its about time to do this at least SORRY MEGIDO but you were mainly for the gambit joke anyway lol

++ beatmania IIDX 20 tricoro | Proof of the existence | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aTHahyDnihk
++ Marvel vs Capcom | Theme of Gambit | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SK2Eus-oaBE
++ Zakuzaku Actors | Glass | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H-IPxeSXB5s

what if we

doubled to signal boost