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Kirby Triple Deluxe - Moonstruck Blossom
Terraria Calamity - The Filthy Mind (Theme of the Hive Mind)

#5 The Filthy Mind (Theme of the Hive Mind)
#13 Midnight Lady
#21 Moonstruck Blossom
#29 Thermosphere

DoDonPachi DaiFukkatsu Black Label - Flotage (Stage3-B)
Idola Phantasy Star Saga - Endeavour

#3 Endeavour
#4 Sky Tower
#7 Flotage (Stage3-B)
#24 Partizans

As you can tell from the ranks, match 2 is definitely my favorite retirement match that we'll have this whole round! Both very good songs that I would be very happy to see retire. It's a shame we can't have both though.

Phantasy Star Online 2 - GUERRANT-OFENZA-SUPRONT-UNNE
Ar tonelico III - EXEC_Z/.

#2 EXEC_Z/.
#19 G-O-S-U
#26 -[Deoxyribose]-
#31 An Endless Desert

Could probably use a neater format for this, but my round 4 rankings are done! All rankings that I post for the round 4 matches will be out of the remaining 32 songs at the beginning of the round. Also bonus rankings for yesterday's songs

#6 TIGAR (All Phase Mix)
#8 Apostle's Maraud
#17 Scars of FAUNA
#18 Rude Buster

jubeat saucer fulfill - Scars of FAUNA
Blue Reflection - TIGAR (All Phase Mix)

Very close match 1. Happy with either song retiring there.

TIGAR (All Phase Mix) > Apostle's Maraud > Scars of FAUNA > Rude Buster

Good set of potential retirees here. I'd be okay with any of these songs retiring even though my match 2 preference is pretty clear. Should've finished my rankings earlier but they're currently in progress and will likely be done in time for me to post individual ranks for tomorrow's matches and onward.

Fire Emblem Fates - Desire Below (Flow)
Alone in the Dark - Who Am I?

Who Am I? > Desire Below (Flow) > Rave On = P-R-O-G-R-A-M

Pretty meh day compared to many of the other round 3 matches to be honest. I like Who Am I, but I'm not too big on the other songs.

The Caligula Effect - Distorted Happiness
pop'n Music Usagi to neko to shounen no yume - HYMN

Very close match 2.

Distorted Happiness > HYMN > The Wyrm's Jewelbox = YO-KAI Disco (Hell's Entrance World)

Strong day today :)

Plok! - A Line In The Sand
Pokemon Super Mystery Dungeon - Fire Island Volcano

Atelier Rorona Plus: The Alchemist of Arland - Akeldama
Magical Chase - Variations on a Ra Melody

Easy votes yay.

Akeldama > Variations on a Ra Melody > The Ruined City Kishgal > Credits

Pokemon Super Mystery Dungeon - Second Dark Matter Battle
Ragnarok Tactics - Zeal Continent

Zeal Continent > Pressure Cooker > Second Dark Matter Battle >> Shinjugamori Rebel Army

Very strong top 3.

Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Gates to Infinity - Infinite Dungeon 2
Scott Pilgrim vs. The World - Another Winter

Another Winter > Infinite Dungeon 2 > Burning Force Medley > Massive X

Ridge Racer Type 4 - Move Me
The Caligula Effect: Overdose - Love Scope

Love Scope > Move Me = DNF FW15C (ALL PHASE MIX) > -(Isoleucine)-

Strong day today! Definitely safe to say that whatever retirees we get out of C2 will be good ones.

Aurora Memoria - Classroom
Trails in the Sky SC - The Merciless Savior

Kinda close match 1. The Merciless Savior easily blows every other song today out of the water for me.

The Merciless Savior >> Classroom > B.T. Dutch > EXEC_PAJA/.#Orica extracting.

Terraria Calamity - The Filthy Mind (Theme of the Hive Mind)
Ar tonelico II: Melody of Metafalica - Rustling Throb ~ Cloche

Rustling Throb ~ Cloche > The Filthy Mind (Theme of the Hive Mind) > Midnight Lady > Bad End Syndrome

Kirby Triple Deluxe - Moonstruck Blossom
Blade Ballet - Bitbop

Moonstruck Blossom > Bitbop > Thermosphere > Battle! Giratina

Idola Phantasy Star Saga - Endeavour
Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Rescue Team DX - Sky Tower

Easy day.

Endeavour > Sky Tower > Reach for the Moon, Immortal Smoke >> Confronting Myself

Phantasy Star Online Episode III - IDOLA The Strange Fruits
Chaos;Head - Desire Blue Sky

I think my opinion of Partizans has gone up a bit, but not high enough for it to beat IDOLA in my mind.

Desire Blue Sky > Flotage (Stage3-B) > IDOLA The Strange Fruits > Partizans

Project Cerberus - L L ~Infinite Beating ver~
Ar tonelico III - EXEC_Z/.

I'm sad that because the wildcard put EXEC_Z in L.L's side of the bracket, one of L.L and EXEC_Z has to lose next round if they both win their matches today. I had both songs retiring in my favorites bracket.

L L ~Infinite Beating ver~ > EXEC_Z/. > Class::EXPAJA > -[Deoxyribose]-

REFLEC BEAT The Reflesia of Eternity - Kanata no Rafflesia
Spark the Electric Jester - Megaraph Fleet

Kanata no Rafflesia > Megaraph Fleet > GOSU > An Endless Desert

Raiden V - Apostle's Maraud
Blue Reflection - TIGAR (All Phase Mix)

First match would've been closer if it was Servants instead of Scourge of the Universe.

TIGAR (All Phase Mix) > Apostle's Maraud > Scourge of the Universe > Imbrium

Ciel nosurge - LastPandemic
jubeat saucer fulfill - Scars of FAUNA

LastPandemic > Rude Buster = Scars of FAUNA >> Battle! (Colress)

I've considered making a ranking of the remaining 64 songs, but I might do what I did last year and only start at round 4 with the remaining 32 songs.

Ar Nosurge - Class::EXSPHERE_NOSURGE;

As I said in the previous day's thread, this wasn't my ideal ToC finals match, but this is still an incredibly good finals with two 9+/10 songs against each other. Great winner no matter what. This ToC bracket in general had so many great songs. Hopefully the main bracket will give us even more great retirees!

Assuming these success posts are the amount of songs put at round 3 or beyond in your favorites bracket that are still alive, here's mine:

Bracket A: LastPandemic, Rude Buster, Scars of FAUNA, Apostle's Maraud*, TIGAR, EXEC_Z**, Kanata no Rafflesia, L.L., Class::EXPAJA

Bracket B: Sky Tower**, Endeavor, Reach for the Moon*, Desire Blue Sky**, Midnight Lady**, The Filthy Mind, Rustling Throb ~ Cloche

Bracket C: Love Scope**, The Merciless Savior, Move Me, DNF FW13C, Infinity Dungeon 2*, Zeal Continent**, Another Winter**, Second Dark Matter Battle, Pressure Cooker*

Bracket D: Akeldama, Beach (note: I voted opposite of my favorites bracket for the round 2 match), Fire Island Volcano, YO-KAI Disco, Distorted Happiness, HYMN

No asterisk = Favorites bracket pick went exactly as the real bracket did
One asterisk = Wildcard winner in the favorites bracket but advanced to round 3 naturally in the real bracket
Two asterisks = Advanced to round 3 naturally in the favorites bracket but was a wildcard winner in the real bracket

Bracket A Total = 9
Bracket B Total = 7
Bracket C Total = 9
Bracket D Total = 6

Overall Total = 31

Not bad at all! Nearly half of the remaining field. Nice to know that I'm doing better than the expected number of wins since it feels like I'm doing worse this year than last year lol. Looks like the wildcard format has been good for some of the songs I like since quite a few of the songs I had naturally going to round 3 and beyond lost but won their respective wildcards.

Beatmania IIDX 22 PENDUAL - Despair of ELFERIA
Ar Nosurge - Class::EXSPHERE_NOSURGE;

Very good selection of semifinalists. They weren't my ideal choices, but I'm still pretty pleased with this.

Class::EXSPHERE_NOSURGE; > Despair of ELFERIA > Invitation Flower ~ Autumn > Dark Legacy

+3 Scrap I/O
+1 Silence in the Sunlight Filtering Through Trees
+2 HYMN

Way too many good songs here that I want to give points to. I'd be willing to give points to everything but Epic Epileptic Apocalypse and Discovery. I think part of what makes the point distribution here difficult is that a lot of the D4 songs are pretty close in terms of how much I like them. Even if this part of the bracket went exactly as I wanted it to, I think I'd still have a tough time with point spreads.

+2 Title
+2 MARIA
+2 Hopes and Dreams

Don't really have any strong preferences for this wildcard so I feel comfortable not going 3/3 for once.

pop'n Music Usagi to neko to shounen no yume - HYMN
Sole - Memories Rushing By
Ar Nosurge - Class::EXSPHERE_NOSURGE;

Class::EXSPHERE_NOSURGE > Yesterday's Opponents are Today's Ingredients > HYMN > Memories Rushing By > Desire Below (Flow) > Rave On

Undertale - Hopes and Dreams
Ao no Kiseki Evolution - Silence in the Sunlight Filtering Through Trees
Beatmania IIDX 21 Spada - Dark Legacy

Close match 1.

Dark Legacy > Hopes and Dreams = Silence in the Sunlight Filtering Through Trees > The Wyrm's Jewelbox > Luna Ascension EX >> P-R-O-G-R-A-M

Really close between the middle 4 songs.

+3 Ar-ciel Ar-manaf
+3 Moonlight Concert

Mamorukun Curse! - YO-KAI Disco (Hell's Entrance World)
The Caligula Effect - Distorted Happiness

Distorted Happiness > YO-KAI Disco (Hell's Entrance World) > Title > MARIA

Pretty good day.

+3 Onboro

Touhou 5: Mystic Square - The Grimoire of Alice
Pokemon Super Mystery Dungeon - Fire Island Volcano

Came into this match expecting to vote Beach here, but this first match is super close where I like the two songs just as much. I honestly think I'm feeling Grimoire of Alice more today, so I'm going against my favorites bracket here. I think this also signals how my enjoyment of Beach has decreased over the years. I don't think I would've voted against Beach in this match if it was ran about 3 or so years ago. Even now, like I said, it's really close and I thought I was going to vote for Beach anyway. Very easy second match, though.

Fire Emblem: Three Houses - The Apex of the World (Rain)
Sword Art Online: Fatal Bullet - Dungeon - Geofront 4
Beatmania IIDX 22 PENDUAL - Despair of ELFERIA

I miss Moonlight Concert and Ar-ciel Ar-manaf :(

Despair of ELFERIA > Battle!! > The Apex of the World (Rain) > Variations on a Ra Melody > Dungeon - Geofront 4 > Credits

+3 Stargazer
+3 Another Winter

There are a few good potential options for a third song to give points to (my next choice probably would've been The Venerable Ancient Battlefield), but as usual, I'm sticking with my top 2 songs. Really hoping it doesn't end up being neck and neck with those two songs because Stargazer's definitely my top preference but I'd still want to push Another Winter further if Stargazer doesn't make it.

Atelier Rorona Plus: The Alchemist of Arland - Akeldama
GUITARFREAKS 5thMIX & drummania 4thMIX - The Least 333sec

I think I've grown on The Least 333sec a little since the previous match it was in, but part of me still feels like the match is a little close.

Akeldama >> The Least 333sec > The Ruined City Kishgal > Celestial Resort (Good Karma Mix)

+3 ChRoNiClESeVeN
+3 Infant Queen Bee

Mushihimesama Futari - Shinjugamori Rebel Army
Scott Pilgrim vs. The World - Another Winter

Really close matches for both of them.

Another Winter > Pressure Cooker >> Shinjugamori Rebel Army > Roll Me In

I want to participate in this, but I couldn't think of a soundtrack that you and I would like the majority of, so I decided to go for a soundtrack I like a lot tailored to your tastes (or so I think). With that said, here's a very unrepresentative list of songs from this soundtrack:

Little Busters!

Born Into This World
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cikD4AvGuH4

Nothing Happened In This World
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ST3MdFDV-4

Parhelion
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=trT2hnnMyTw

Thin Chronicle
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G6xvttRivjQ

Regret
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3j9h0brgn4k

Note: If you want my list of songs to be songs that are representative of the soundtrack as a whole (unlike this selection), then let me know! If this is fine, then I'm curious to see how a soundtrack like this does when I pick some outliers! I say this because I feel like you wouldn't like the more representative songs a whole lot. Could be wrong, though.

Ragnarok Tactics - Zeal Continent
Pokemon Super Mystery Dungeon - Second Dark Matter Battle
Atelier Shallie - Flying Clouds, Drifting Haze

Flying Clouds, Drifting Haze > Zeal Continent = Invitation Flower ~ Autumn > Second Dark Matter Battle > Mechalullaby >> Massive X

Really good top 5.

+3 Looking Up at the Sky

Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Gates to Infinity - Infinite Dungeon 2
Burning Rangers - We Are Burning Rangers (English Version)

Close match 2.

Infinite Dungeon 2 > Dark Man Stage > We Are Burning Rangers (English Version) > Burning Force Medley

+3 Love Scope
+3 Weight of the World (Japanese)

Sorry Lake :(
I wish I could give you a +3, but unfortunately, 2 more important songs had to go down.

Evenicle - Toccatina
Ridge Racer Type 4 - Move Me
Blue Reflection - DNF FW15C (ALL PHASE MIX)

Tough match 1. I think Toccatina's more consistently good, but at their peaks, the two songs are quite close in terms of how much I like them.

Move Me > DNF FW15C (ALL PHASE MIX) > Toccatina > -(Isoleucine)- > Butterfly Girl > B.T. Dutch

Pretty good day of songs.

Trails in the Sky SC - The Merciless Savior
Atelier Ayesha - Yesterdays Opponents are Todays Ingredients
Homestuck - MeGaLoVania

The Merciless Savior > Yesterday's Opponents are Today's Ingredients > Undertale Megalovania > SSBU Megalovania > Homestuck Megalovania > Earthbound Halloween Hack Megalovania

+3 Shadowbringers
+3 Jazzy NNYC

I take a similar position to Mac in saying that all but 1 of my preferred songs for round 3 made it there. I do, however, like some of the songs in this list. Slightly tempted to go 2/2/2 or 3/2/1 with Disco Necropolis included, but I'm fine with this.

Ar Tonelico: Melody of Elemia - EXEC_PAJA/.#Orica extracting.
NieR: Automata - Weight of the World (Japanese)

Weight of the World (Japanese) > Classroom > EXEC_PAJA/.#Orica extracting. >> Mysterious Trap

Pretty close between PAJA and Classroom. Mainly because I'm getting more used to PAJA.

+3 Ar Nosurge - CLASS::CIEL_NOSURGE;
+3 Nier - Kaine ~ Salvation

Honorable Mentions: Freys Philosophy and Jena Anderson

Terraria Calamity - The Filthy Mind (Theme of the Hive Mind)
Ar tonelico II: Melody of Metafalica - Rustling Throb ~ Cloche

Good day of songs.

Rustling Throb ~ Cloche > The Filthy Mind (Theme of the Hive Mind) > Disco Necropolis > Battle YAS 2

Lanota - Frey's Philosophy
Nier - Kaine ~ Salvation
Ar Nosurge - Class::EXSPHERE_NOSURGE;

Why do I have to pick between these two songs for the ToC match :(

Kaine ~ Salvation > Class::EXSPHERE_NOSURGE; > Skyclad Observer > Frey's Philosophy > Moonstruck Blossom > Battle! Giratina

Very strong top 4.

+3 Desire Blue Sky
+3 To the Distant Sky

Honorable Mentions: Zadok and B2 Battle

Celeste - Mirror Temple (Mirror Magic Mix)
Nostalgia Op.2 - Bad End Syndrome

Close matches all around.