Lurker > DEM1995

- Super Smash Bros. Brawl | Meta Knight's Revenge | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NdeIqtdlGGU
+ Only Cans | Vending Machine of Love | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gX5XcLr18K0

- Tower of Heaven | Indignant Divinity | https://youtu.be/J_mFvJ6y_3I
+ The 9th Annual VLDC | Worst Map (After) | https://youtu.be/JFmEZg5ow1o
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- Castlevania: Aria of Sorrow | Clock Tower | https://youtu.be/96ZHaEpInO8
+ Deus Ex | Wan Chai | https://youtu.be/SA19x8bzTC8

Bringing this back per request. If anyone was a Clock Tower supporter, lmk and I'll figure it out.

+ Tower of Heaven | Indignant Divinity | https://youtu.be/J_mFvJ6y_3I
- The 9th Annual VLDC | Worst Map (After) | https://youtu.be/JFmEZg5ow1o
+ Shadow Hearts: Covenant | The 3 Karma | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iPmRVBa0NF4

Nom adjustment (don't think it's happening this year. Next year, though)
- Tower of Heaven | Indignant Divinity | https://youtu.be/J_mFvJ6y_3I

Day 4 (for me) nom adjustments:
- Braid | Tell It by Heart | https://youtu.be/gLEqRitrPCg
- Last Bible 3 | Devil Forest | https://youtu.be/4LUGMScZJgc
- Deus Ex | Wan Chai | https://youtu.be/SA19x8bzTC8
+ Xenosaga Episode III: Also sprach Zarathustra | Hepatica | https://youtu.be/ySocGVRhAMY
+ Castlevania Chronicles | Thrashard in the Cave (Arrange Version) | https://youtu.be/UMMIdnJnQ5Q
+ Castlevania: Aria of Sorrow | Clock Tower | https://youtu.be/96ZHaEpInO8

Day 4 Supports:
+ Legaia 2 | Lost Forest | https://youtu.be/5sI1Yuwf-qk
+ Shadow Hearts: Covenant | The 3 Karma | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iPmRVBa0NF4

Day 3 noms fix:
+ Napple Tale | Snowball | https://youtu.be/2P-AkPYrJTg
+ Braid | Tell It by Heart | https://youtu.be/gLEqRitrPCg
+ The 9th Annual VLDC | Worst Map (After) | https://youtu.be/JFmEZg5ow1o

Day 3 nominations:
Napple Tale | Snowball | https://youtu.be/2P-AkPYrJTg
Braid | Tell It by Heart | https://youtu.be/gLEqRitrPCg
The 9th Annual VLDC | Worst Map (After) | https://youtu.be/JFmEZg5ow1o

Day 3 supports:
+ Magical Chase | Waltz of Meditation Part2 | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FKbnBB0Qiy0
+ Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door | X-Naut Fortress | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1_zXhNjNFmg
+ Shin Megami Tensei IV | Tokyo | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qDsDYCI3fyc
+ Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Time/Darkness/Sky | Temporal Tower | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9hSrrXJkHjQ

Day 1 supports (my first day of supports, that is, not only day 1 necessarily):
++ The Smurfs' Nightmare | Another World | https://youtu.be/UnzHTkRLcE4
+ Galactic Pinball | MOONMAN'S Fandango | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y5_ab7dX7_s
+ Moon: Remix RPG Adventure | warp-wet-woods | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_xnTwjZzWMU
+ Super Smash Bros. Brawl | Meta Knight's Revenge | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NdeIqtdlGGU

Day 1 nominations boosting:
+ Elebits | Me and My Little War | https://youtu.be/6KKtDzRV6w0
+ Nier | The Wretched Automatons | https://youtu.be/NwlPsvXaLy8
+ Breath of Fire V: Dragon Quarter | Electric Power Building/PowerOne | https://youtu.be/w_nBjGph_UY

Day 2 nominations:
+ Deus Ex | Wan Chai | https://youtu.be/SA19x8bzTC8
+ Beyond Good and Evil | Home Sweet Home | https://youtu.be/jTdcJWDNsao
+ Plok | Creepy Crag | https://youtu.be/mk4vlZv4j2U

cakophon posted...

this is fixed btw, thanks for the heads up

Think you need to do +/- with your old entry. IDK if the bot notices edits
(I would just DM you but this is free publicity for the track)

cakophon posted...

GENRE: FAIRYTALE DREAM
+ DEEMO II | Un Deux Trois | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qNxbCr0DmDw

GENRE: FAIRYTALE FLIGHT
+ REFLEC BEAT colette -Spring- | Windy Fairy | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Njjz74LkkwY

GENRE: MELANCHOLIC DREAM
+ Ciconia no Naku Koro ni | Sunya no sora ~Emptiness's Sky~ | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Xj9g0UtHj4

GENRE: MELANCHOLIC FLIGHT
+ Border Down | Purple Town | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aqCVfVUhCFY

GENRE: FAIRYTALE MELANCHOLY
+ Magical Chase | Waltz of Meditation Part2 | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FqwbxNC_lyw

Cako I think your magical chase nom is a little messed up (I'm not referring to the spacing)

DanKirby posted...

gah, figures

Would've been one of my noms too. Looks like it should have the support it needs

Nominations:
+ Elebits | Me and My Little War | https://youtu.be/6KKtDzRV6w0
+ Last Bible 3 | Devil Forest | https://youtu.be/4LUGMScZJgc
+ Tower of Heaven | Indignant Divinity | https://youtu.be/J_mFvJ6y_3I
+ Nier | The Wretched Automatons | https://youtu.be/NwlPsvXaLy8
+ Breath of Fire V: Dragon Quarter | Electric Power Building/PowerOne | https://youtu.be/w_nBjGph_UY

Bramble Blast
Gaur Plains (Night)

Chrono Trigger - Corridors of Time
Chrono Trigger - Secret of the Forest
Etrian Odyssey III: The Drowned City - Their Own Brand of Justice

Match 1 and 2 feel clear-cut to me. Yuzo Koshiro is one of the GOATs though - 37 years of VGM, and bangers all around! Will be happy with whomever wins this.

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Meta Knight's Revenge

Pyrrhic win either way in M2 today

Actually change my second vote to Prayer.

A Muzzle Dancing in Hatred (Fire Tower)
Atrocious Raid

Bramble Blast
Kimigatame - For You

Easy top 3 VGM tracks for me. Don't know if I'd put it above or below Dire Dire Docks, but it's not competing against DDD.

It takes a strong vocal track to unseat a pretty good battle theme for me, but I think Kimigatame's doing it for me right now. I like the repeated lines of "Reflected in your eyes, what color am I?
If you wish for x, I will give you y planetary feature (subverted slightly at the end)".

Abstain
GEMISCH WARD (Stage K: SANVEIN) BOSS
Wolves on Horseback

Departure
Buoy Base Galaxy
San-San

Ack idk third match tie too I guess. Don't feel like voting against either of them although leaning towards moonstruck blossom

Tie
Tie
Ah I'm going to run out of time give me like an extra minute

Tie
Lift & Lodge
Our Homeland

Rapid as Wildfires
Corneria
Mechanism

Lightning Pandemonium
Golden Nocturne
didn't get to it in time, so no vote for #3

Terrible Monster Attacking Crew
Roll Me In (Katamaritano)
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Hard matches all around

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Wind Ahead
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Wings
Soul Sanctum
Kaine/Salvation

Possibly-unpopular opinion that the best part of Soul Sanctum is the subdued part. The track's a banger regardless.

Anyone want to corroborate that Nakano's the one that did Radical River? I'm fairly confident it is (thought it was Hamauzu at first + the rest) but I don't know Yuji Takenouchi particularly well.

Dance of the Iron Ox
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Inside a Game

An Underlying Problem (The Lost City)
ElectriCITY
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Can't decide today. I like both tracks decently. "The arrangement of Blue Skies is obviously better" is all I can really say offhand.

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Mad Last World
Where Angels Fear to Tread

Mute City
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A Light Illuminating the Depths

Final Answer
-(Leucine)-
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BT Dutch
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No Vote (didn't get to it)

Mute City
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Streetwize

Etrian Odyssey III: The Drowned City - Labyrinth VI - The Vengeful God in the Dark Ocean Abyss
Sonic Colors - Area: Planet Wisp
Casio Mario World - Child Soldier

rip not voting for Sakimoto, but TVGitDOA is pretty good

SILENT HEAVEN
Gusty Garden Galaxy
Musouka (2016)

SILENT HEAVEN is a much better atmospheric track than SEE THE SHREWS is a melodic track. Canned anxiety.

Suna Gin is a bit rough to vote against, but Gusty Garden Galaxy's a rough opponent (as are many tracks from Galaxy).

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Forest del Chivo
For Foliage Furnace Act 3

Underground LRT :(

La Danse Macabre
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Tough decisions on matches 2 and 3. I'd take any of the tracks from matches 1/2 over either of the tracks in match 3, though, so so far, so good on how the support system's shaken things out.

CA 13, AZ 1, and AZ 3 are all potential D keeps (Cali) and holds (AZ), especially with mail-in ballot demographics. CO 3 (Boebert's district) is also nail-bitingly close. R+8(-2) seems pretty plausible to me.

I want to say the Dems could have focused more on the US's standing to comparable countries inflation-wise (easy Covid money policies + war in Ukraine mean it's bad /everywhere/) but nuance isn't particularly good for elections. The monetary policies under President Trump don't exactly inspire confidence the Republicans would handle inflation any better, though, and it's bemusing hearing what's essentially the same effects here in Canada being called Bidenflation (very catchy, though). Curious how much the possible recession early next year gets tied to Dems in the mind of voters as a result.

This year was a lucky Senate map for Democrats. The 2024 Senate map is /really/ good for Republicans. It would take a lot to change that, Georgia results included.

Previous Supports
13 Sentinels: Aegis Rim
Airport CEO
Aka
Akumajou Densetsu
Casio Mario World
Chrono Trigger
Cuphead
Enthusia Professional Racing
Etrian Odyssey III: The Drowned City
Final Fantasy IX
G-Darius
Genghis Khan II
Halo: Combat Evolved
Heartland
Hole Chaser
Jazz Jackrabbit 2
Katamari Damacy
Kaze no Notam
LaTale
Minecraft
Nier
No Straight Roads
Nobunaga's Ambition: Tenshouki
Opoona
Parasite Eve
Radiant Historia
Rama
Ragnarok Online 2
Senko no Ronde 2/Duo
Shovel Knight
Silent Hill 2
SimCity 4
Super Mario Galaxy
Super Smash Bros. Ultimate
Thunder Force IV
Umineko no Naku Koro ni Chiru
Uncharted Waters II
VA-11 Hall-A: Cyberpunk Bartender Action
Xenogears
Zwei 2

Previous Noms
Guacamelee
Shin Megami Tensei IV
Super Smash Bros. Brawl
Super Smash Bros. Melee
Wild Arms 5

New Supports
Ecco the Dolphin
Legaia 2: Duel Saga
Tobal No. 1

Previous Supports
13 Sentinels: Aegis Rim
Airport CEO
Akumajou Densetsu
Casio Mario World
Chrono Trigger
Cuphead
Enthusia Professional Racing
Etrian Odyssey III: The Drowned City
Final Fantasy IX
G-Darius
Genghis Khan II
Halo: Combat Evolved
Heartland

Hole Chaser
Jazz Jackrabbit 2
Katamari Damacy
Kaze no Notam
LaTale
Minecraft
Nier
No Straight Roads
Nobunaga's Ambition: Tenshouki
Opoona
Parasite Eve
Radiant Historia
Rama
Senko no Ronde 2/Duo
Shovel Knight
Silent Hill 2
SimCity 4
Super Mario Galaxy
Super Smash Bros. Ultimate
Thunder Force IV
Umineko no Naku Koro ni Chiru
Uncharted Waters II
VA-11 Hall-A: Cyberpunk Bartender Action
Xenogears
Zwei 2

New Supports
Aka
Ragnarok Online 2

Previous Supports
13 Sentinels: Aegis Rim
Akumajou Densetsu
Casio Mario World
Chrono Trigger
Enthusia Professional Racing
G-Darius
Genghis Khan II
Halo: Combat Evolved
Hole Chaser
Jazz Jackrabbit 2
Katamari Damacy
Kaze no Notam
LaTale
Minecraft
Nier
Nobunaga's Ambition: Tenshouki
Opoona
Parasite Eve
Radiant Historia
Rama
Shovel Knight
Silent Hill 2
Super Mario Galaxy
Super Smash Bros. Ultimate
Thunder Force IV
Uncharted Waters II
VA-11 Hall-A: Cyberpunk Bartender Action
Xenogears
Zwei 2

New Supports
Airport CEO
Cuphead
Etrian Odyssey III: The Drowned City
Final Fantasy IX
Heartland
No Straight Roads
Senko no Ronde 2/Duo
SimCity 4
Umineko no Naku Koro ni Chiru

Previous Supports:
13 Sentinels: Aegis Rim
Akumajou Densetsu
Casio Mario World
Chrono Trigger
Halo: Combat Evolved
Hole Chaser
LaTale
Minecraft
Nier
Nobunaga's Ambition: Tenshouki
Opoona
Radiant Historia
Rama
Shovel Knight
Silent Hill 2
Super Mario Galaxy
Super Smash Bros. Ultimate
VA-11 Hall-A: Cyberpunk Bartender Action
Xenogears

New Supports:
Enthusia Professional Racing
G-Darius
Genghis Khan II
Jazz Jackrabbit 2
Katamari Damacy
Kaze no Notam
Parasite Eve
Thunder Force IV
Uncharted Waters II
Zwei 2

Previous Supports:
Radiant Historia

New Supports:
13 Sentinels: Aegis Rim
Akumajou Densetsu
Casio Mario World
Chrono Trigger
Halo: Combat Evolved
Hole Chaser
LaTale
Minecraft
Nier
Nobunaga's Ambition: Tenshouki
Opoona
Rama
Shovel Knight
Silent Hill 2
Super Mario Galaxy
Super Smash Bros. Ultimate
VA-11 Hall-A: Cyberpunk Bartender Action
Xenogears

If the goal were Chemistry or Chem E they'd need the degree.

Speaking as someone who did Math/ECE/CS, so take the following with a grain of salt.

First thing I want to say is there's /loads/ more online resources than there were ten years ago. I think pre-Calc and Calc I are useful to know (up to a point- you'll probably shave stuff off the top re sequences and series and not care too much). If you're concerned about not knowing what you need to, there're Coursera courses and online courses through other colleges. Also, just working your way through a textbook (some are much friendlier than others! Legit look at a variety, including ones aimed at high schoolers. There are, uh, ways that this process can be, shall we say, cheap) would put you ahead of virtually everyone else.

If your concern's Calc II, I would say the concepts are a lot more important than the actual calculation (i.e. designing the integral, not carrying it out). In the real world, automatic integration and approximation can take you pretty far so long as you know what you want to happen (enter: TI-Nspire CX CAS or what have you). FWIW I've got a math degree and I have a strong dislike for Calc II (stronger dislike than pretty much every other math class I've ever taken other then maybe Intro Analysis I), so you're not alone on this.

I knew people in their 30s who switched careers for a second major in ECE in undergrad who did great. I would have a couple of clear job goals in mind before diving into this, however. It's hard to know ahead of time what you'll appreciate doing necessarily, but having some specific kinds of job postings you're targeting make it a lot easier when you reach the end (if you're not already doing this).

Last piece of advice is that talking to people in those jobs is always helpful, if you can arrange that.

Whatever happened to (parliamentary) constitutional monarchies :)

(and prolly over "Unending Clear-Blue Sky", but I do think that's a neat pick with the type of tone I haven't heard a ton of from this contest. My list also doesn't have "-HISTORIA-" but that's largely a personal-preference thing and I think it's a great contest candidate)