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7 eastern, iirc

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Anagram posted...

Mikan

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

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If Homa ever comes back, maybe I'd pull. That, Amos Bow, and Jade Cutter. Pass on the rest. My Hu Tao has a PJWS though, so I'm not angling too hard for it.

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Me neither, except once under very special circumstances, and I got an early 5 (that wasn't what I was aiming for) and peaced out.

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Err, did you confuse Himiko with Hiyoko? One of them has to be below the other.

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Don't want Xinyan and have Diona C6. Might take a couple pre-pity tries at Sayu and get out. Or maybe I'll grab firework girl. But the rest of the two banners looks pretty bad. Skyward Blade is not even remotely enticing and you don't go near the weapon banner unless the second weapon is something you'd also be happy with.

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I'm not going to discuss that situation on the forums.

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I didn't respond to that post earlier because I figured it might be better to just let it pass and slip under the radar, but since it's being remarked upon now...

With the exception of the final in year 10, and one person who seldom followed the rules and to whom I gave at least a dozen chances anyway, I almost never disqualified any votes despite it being my discretion and the awareness that my predecessor was less forgiving. After year 10, I also had protection against new voters in the late rounds dropping in without reading the rules and swaying the match.

And as the host for five years, I can tell you that moonroof's lifetime vote count is greater than one. I don't know what he's done outside of VGMC that merits labeling him a troll, but it has no bearing here.

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Might be neat to watch as an e-sport, but I think I would find playing this game infuriating. I like to know where I'm being shot from when I die. Even if it's a snipe, there's usually some understanding or expectation. This looks like you can literally just die at any time from any angle. That doesn't sound fun.

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Contenders for best retiree set:
11: +goldenslaughterer, +Monolith, +Six Feet Thunder, -Emil/Karma
10: +Megalovania, +Black Song, +Slag Dance, -Ricordando il passato
9: +Seize the Truth, +Dark Legacy, +system-0, +Rapal, +Flaming Bonds are Being Tested, -Memories of You
7: +EXEC_SPHILIA, +Shop Music, +Tin Soldiers, +Oil & Sweat, +Paper Dolls, +When the End, +Desert of Despair, +Pushing Onwards, -Potential For Anything
6: +Zero, +Winterbliss, +Piercing the Sky, +Battlefield Flower, +Ruins of Silence, +Seymour Battle

Voted 7, but I could make cases for these other line-ups, remembering that 10&11 were smaller brackets.

Pioneer's Horizon
Paradise (Stay Forever)

I'm sure this vote surprises nobody.

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Aww, Witness For the End is posing.

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That's the main reason I want to pull for her. Just to make artifact runs go faster, basically.

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If Id didn't lose this time in round 4, it'll choke in round 4*2.

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Finally did some running around the third island. I'm at 39~

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Dreamy and Boisterous Holy Land
Id (Purpose)

This is exactly opposite how I imagined I would vote.

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I can't vote for the leader of the Iroquois Nation?

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PIayer_0 posted...

I'm gonna do this now. I don't know how well it'll go, but let's try to represent this year's retirees using songs from the VGMC Hall of Champions. Maybe it'll hint at what kind of "champion's legacy" each of them would leave if they won the whole thing?

I tried doing this purely based on sound and with no repeats. (I used the two ToC winners to get to 16.) What I discovered is that there are a lot more uptempo, bouncy, and/or happy songs in this year's crop than on the champions list. I was left with Reset, Papiliones and DOTSBAW, and nothing to really assign them to. (Which one of those three is Living in the City? lol)

PIayer_0 posted...

Also I listened to The Extreme for the first time ever for this.

lolwut

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Strife2 posted...

Zelda's never been a story based game though.

There's way too much dialogue in OoT to say it isn't a story-based game. Maybe it's not core to the gameplay, but the game's whole concept -- playing young Link and then an older version -- is derived from the story.

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I tried a few games last night before bed, except I had to replace Illucia. Out of four tries, I had one game I lost because I couldn't draw the shard and one I lost because I couldn't get a 4. Some of the cards weren't too helpful for me in the games I played, either, even though I get why they're there.

One of the games I lost was to a mage who had zero trouble running over me. Only win came in a mirror where I drew better. Small sample size, and interesting take, but I wish the answer to all the solitaire decks in the meta wasn't just to play another solitaire deck.

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4

If Ocarina of Time were any other game, people would shit all over its story. It has a few good set pieces, like the moment when you leave Saria behind in the woods, but for every one of those there's some serious 90's jank and stupid gimmickry, and there's absolutely nothing remarkable about the story or the writing. High School Me was taken with what passed for worldbuilding at the time, but I've seen some runs of the game in more recent times and smirk at how much our standards have changed since. Sorry, but no, for a story-based game, it gets below average at best.

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Soaring Through Azure Sadness
The Explosion

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Now you can reboot the Danganronpa topic that purged when you get back to your fanfic.

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That is such an Ulti deck, lol. Void Shard is enough at 4?

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Maiden's Beloved with +DEF, obv.

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You realize it probably isn't people who are spelling it that way, right?

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Man, didn't you just hit 57 a couple weeks ago? =p

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Into Free -Dangan-
Living in the City

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I wasn't going to, but see post 111.

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Haven't been participating in these because I don't know all the games, but these seem like a pretty decent set of choices.

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banshiryuu posted...

guess which one of these was the 15 seed oops

How teknopathetic. Dare I ask how your seeding has gone overall?

wait, were all the winners from A and B either 1 or 3 seeds??

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resurrectedreplayer
Bahram Attack -Nekomata Master Remix-
Pioneer's Horizon

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I've gotten food at restaurants, but I haven't eaten there.

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Maou5uDSLPM

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It's kinda surprising we're just hitting a discussion topic 2, and that speaks to how quickly 3 matches a day marches through the bracket.

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This was the only "game" my dad would ever play. Not avidly, mind you, because he was so absurdly practical about everything and video games were an abject waste of time to him, but the idea of seeing places from above fascinated him, so he would buy the new edition each time and then not get his money worth...or pretty much ever successfully land.

I never understood the point. I was a kid and all I saw was a bunch of instruments that meant nothing to me and some blocky scenery that was supposed to resemble real places I'd never been to. Slightly curious how I would react now, but not enough to actually try it. What I miss, TBH, was space dogfighting games like X-Wing.

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I rate it "Dammit, Raiden"/10.

It's amazing for a fighting game, but universally that makes it more like a 7. I might have gone lower, but after seeing where it's landed with everyone else, I have to admit that I did enjoy playing the story mode...in fact, I basically only played the story mode.

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This is what happens when you have a battle with two time travel games. All causality gets rekt.

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Words that fit. No poll.

Besides sight, hearing, smell, taste, and touch.

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Vast Ice Mountain Peak
Calling

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Where's the poll option for Eharge Eycles - Nobody Cares About the Letter E?

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I played Yoimiya's quest today. I was thinking of skipping her since I have eight billion archers and not enough bows to go around, and I'd just gotten done watching a video from Tenten about how she was probably not going to be especially good thanks to her ICD...and I couldn't help but think the entire time of how much her attitude toward life and her handling of every moment in her quest reminded me so much of my late sister. I almost feel like I have to pull for her now.

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I figured, but I didn't want to assume.

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Occasionally, but it seems like every time I turn on the TV, they're airing the news or some other non-Olympic coverage instead. And when they do, it's the same 3 sports.

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Okay, let's keep going. I've looked at basically no coverage. This is just off-the-cuff.

Prismatic Jewel Kit - that's a really weird hand-buff tool. 1 mana to eventually, maybe, circumstantially buff your hand by 3/3?
Rise to the Occasion - strange quest. Are there enough 1-costs to justify, outside of bouncing Pen Flinger? Basically turns your deck into odd paladin, but is that enough? Also, I read the final reward as "Lightborn Cartel" and that image is just amusing to me.
City Tax - just seems bad unless 1-health aggro is a thing. Most token druid minions have at least 2, though.
Noble Mount - might be ridiculous...but what's the warhorse? It's not listed on-site.
Alliance Bannerman - more handbuff? Blizz, that just doesn't work unless it's extreme, like Conditioning.
Catacomb Guard - and a handbuff payoff card. Really bad without boosts.
Lightbringer's Hammer - Fiery War Axe with lifesteal, no face.
First Blade of Wrynn - 4 mana 3/5 DS. Without the rush, it's really slow. With it, this is really good.
Highlord Fordragon - Shades of Don Honcho. Not very powerful in general, but someone's going to make a really stupid combo with this guy. Book it.

Call of the Grave - Confused. You don't have to play the minion? Just if you *could* play it?
Seek Guidance - I am ***NOT*** a fan of alternate win conditions. Especially not in frustrating control classes like priest, warrior and warlock. (Mecha'thun says hi.) Once in a while this deck will go off deck 9, and for the rest, it will just piss you off with stupid control until it inevitably wins. No thank you. Get this shit out of here.
Shard of the Naaru - easy, low-cost silence. Seems good.
Voidtouched Attendant - If priest aggro were ever a thing, I'd be all about this. Or maybe if priest had a card that dealt 1 damage a bunch of times that could hit face.
Shadowcloth Needle - probably meh. Might combo well.
Twilight Deceptor - crocolisk that draws a spell. Probably okay as long as you're either ahead or have Raise Dead.
Psyfiend - Not the first mutual death shadow priest card we've ever seen, but the repeatability of this seems concerning.
Voidshard - So deal 4, heal 4. Overcosted.
Darkbishop Benedictus - Now THIS is cool. I have no idea if it's good. But it's at least fun. The idea of starting off with a hero power that is very proactive rather than super weak and reactive is interesting. I just need to see how restrictive the deckbuilding options are. But this could maybe push a priest zoo deck. So far this is the most exciting card I've seen.
Elekk Mount - oh good lawd. I know I joked about the Lightforged Steed earlier, but seriously? 8/14 taunt across two targets? This card's gonna single-handedly push silence back into the meta.

Find the Impostor - not sure if this is good or not. SI cards are maybe okay maybe terrible. But at least I have an excuse to run one of the hottest card-arts in the game. (Y'all probably forgot about SI:7 Infiltrator.)
SI Extortion - 1 mana backstab. Okay, I guess.
Garrote - pay 2 deal 8 over time. Seems good, maybe.
Maestra of the Masquerade - this card is absolutely hilarious. I heard it's already been banned from tournament play. Just the idea of maybe starting with a different hero power, let alone the possibility of fooling your opponent, is fantastic, though.
Loan Shark - bad unless you're setting up a combo.
SI Operative - I think this card is deceptively good. 2/4 is a mediocre statline for 3, but rush with stealth to protect it for a second attack is much better than I suspect people will give it credit for.
Sketchy Information - I'd need to look at the deathrattle pool. Is there anything particularly good at 4 or less worth triggering?
Counterfeit Blade - more deathrattle. Only card with deathrattle in this set is Loan Shark, though. Hmm...
SI Informant - bad unless you draw it late game.
SI Assassin - good with discounts, but it still requires combo. I guess that's not a problem with the quest, though.

Command the Elements - Are there even that many Overload cards right now? After Bloom and Bolt, what else are you eager to run? Glancing ahead, this set only has one. Like, Bru'kan looks devastating if you can get there, but I feel like the quest does very little along the way for NINE overload cards.
Investment Opportunity - Okay, I wasn't counting this one.
Overdraft - Interesting take on overload.
Auctionhouse Gavel - It "pays for itself," but unless the breakpoints work out well, I don't think this will be good.
Bolner Hammerbeak - Does it count for the first battlecry, too? Otherwise this just seems bad. If it does, it's a really weird Brann. Need to find the battlecry that's best to copy.
Charged Call - Also an interesting take on overload, helping to justify the quest. If you're halfway through the quest, this is 3 mana summon a random 6. So they're clearly pushing this angle...without making overload cards.
Canal Slogger - 6/4 rush lifesteal is obviously really good for stabilizing. Often takes two trades.
Granite Forgeborn - Elemental support card. I think people are going to forget about this until halfway through the expansion, and then start testing elemental decks...which were already seeing some success.
Spirit Alpha - More overload support...BUT WHERE IS THE OVERLOAD?
Tiny Toys - A hilarious card that I honestly don't understand. Just reads as "summon 4 2/2 tokens" to me unless the 5-cost pool has some interesting effects.

The Demon Seed - This seems REALLY cool...and also really hard to pull off. You have to deal 21 damage to yourself. How much self-deal and self-heal does a control lock deck go through now? And did they need this fatigue-based win condition?
Touch of the Nathrezim - Here's some of that healing. I'm sure this sees play.
Bloodbound Imp - Self-damage support. 2 mana 2/5 is overstatted while still being pretty freaking bad, TBH.
Dreaded Mount - looks like Dreadsteed is back. And cheaper, too.
Runed Mithril Rod - Warlock's never really been about price discounts, but this seems easy to satisfy and probably very effective.
Dark Alley Pact - Yay for 4 mana 9/9's?
Demonic Assault - Very bundled card. Will definitely represent mid-game swing against aggressive decks.
Shady Bartender - Being tradeable makes this card much better.
Anetheron - 1 mana 8/6, lol. But it can't be used to follow Twisting Nether, so I'm curious to see how this gets played.
Entitled Customer - freaking Karens. But seriously this is super expensive for a "2-drop." Is that worth also getting...uhh...that spell that zaps minions based on cards in hand? That cost 3, right?

Provoke - This card is absurdly good.
Raid the Docks - Looks stupidly good on paper. It can't really be that great, can it?
Shiver Their Timbers - Pay 1 deals . Seems balanced.
Harbor Scamp - Pirates that beget more pirates. Quest fodder.
Cargo Guard - For if you want your pirate game to go a bit longer. Is trying to head toward mid-range/control the way to go, though?
Heavy Plate - Shield Block was good because it drew a card. This is just...self-healing. It probably still gets run, but it's significantly less good.
Stormwind Freebooter - Battlecry seems mediocre.
Remote-Controlled Golem - talk about a card you'd prefer not to have to attack a bunch. Also one of the few warrior cards that isn't pirate-themed.
Cowardly Grunt - Silly card, but also potentially really powerful if this is the bottom end of your curve.
Lothar - Lothar gonna feed on some weenies, dayum. More likely he just gets removed since the effect only triggers on the EOT attack and not all damage.

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If Id loses next round, will we joke that it's lost its purpose?

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banshiryuu posted...

- Don't discuss vote tallies in this thread, or in other threads, as they may influence votes.

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Pioneer's Horizon
Breath of Forest

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Holy eyebrows

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DoctorJimmy133 posted...

Well, I think Id just won the contest in spirit

Seriously. Whoever wins this contest isn't going to be what people remember, so much as Id Purpose finally broke through. Unless, of course, Id wins the whole contest, which is hypothetically possible.

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9

The very beginning was a downer and lacking in gameplay, but once you get to the park I enjoyed the game immensely. The way the ending plays out is hilarious to me and while I get why there are people who can't stand it, I think it's awesome that they chose to write that ending.

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