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Clash on the Big Bridge (V)
Weight of the World - Prelude Version (XIV: Shadowbringers)
The Farplane Abyss (X-2)
The Airbuster (VIIR)

Aside from match 3, these matches all feel at least somewhat close with match 4 being the closest. Both of the match 4 songs are really cool and I'd take them over everything else up today.

Rebel Army (FFII Pixel Remaster)
Force Your Way (FFRK Version) (FF Record Keeper)
Chaos Shrine (FFRK Version) (FF Record Keeper)

Battle 3 (FF Mystic Quest)
Insanity (FFXIV: Shadowbringers)
Battle 2 (FFIV Pixel Remaster)
Prismelody: Those Who Fight (World of FF)

The Black Wolf Strikes Again mightve been more tempting to vote for if it was arranged differently.

Endwalker Theme (FFXIV- Endwalker)
Bombing Mission (FFVII Remake)
Servants of the Mountain (FFX)
Ultima (FFXIV)

Fight On!/Still More Fighting (FFVII)

Adding another support that I missed on the first look through the nomination list:

Full Speed Ahead/Run (FFXIII-2)

Time for a surprise last-minute entry from someone who hasn't nominated yet!

Supports:
Fight With Seymour (FFX)
The Sunleth Waterscape (FFXIII)
Eternity ~Memories of Light and Waves~ (FFX-2)
The Extreme (FFVIII)
Eyes on Me (FFVIII)

Idola Phantasy Star Saga - Endeavour
Xenoblade Chronicles: Definitive Edition - Fogbeasts

Time to recap a bit on this year! As always, I enjoyed participating in all this, and hats off to Tox and Deo for another smooth year.

This was an interesting year of results for me. With the increase to 30 nominations, I was able to increase the amount of nominations I got into the contest from 3 in VGMC13 and 14 to 4 this year (if only that Ring Ring Ring blunder didn't happen, I'd have 5 lol). If I take an average of the rounds each of my nominations got to, this year is tied with 13 for best performance. What's also nice is that a lot of my supports/support considerations did really well too, with the champion being one of those supports.

I said this in the Discord server at some point, but this set of retirees feels like the best of the three years I've participated in, on average, but at the same time, it doesn't feel like there are as many retirees this year that I really like (though, there's also fewer retirees that I dislike). This first match has also showed me that while I love resurrectedreplayer, it falls a little short of being my favorite champion of the years I've participated in compared to Endeavour. But what's nice about this year and VGMC14's results is that their respective champions were one of my most desired outcomes after the retirees were set in stone. Endeavour managed to surpass Isoleucine and Deoxyribose, and resurrectedreplayer was able to beat Paradise and Id (Purpose) by extremely slim margins. After round 4, Endeavour was my favorite song remaining last year, and after CIEL_N_PROTECTA lost, resurrectedreplayer was my favorite song remaining this year (and also second favorite remaining after round 4). So I'm really happy that in both years, the results came out the way they did.

Looking forward to next year!

Umineko no Naku Koro ni Chiru - resurrectedreplayer

Idola Phantasy Star Saga - Endeavour
Raiden V - Unknown Pollution

Wow, match 1 is really close. I think for me, Endeavour is consistently awesome, but Exsphere is only mostly awesome, which helps me make my decision. It's clear looking back at these though that both were really great champions.

Xenoblade Chronicles: Definitive Edition - Fogbeasts

Umineko no Naku Koro ni Chiru - resurrectedreplayer

Xenoblade Chronicles: Definitive Edition - Fogbeasts

Umineko no Naku Koro ni Chiru - resurrectedreplayer

Paradise Killer - Paradise (Stay Forever)

The Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Sky the 3rd - Dreamy and Boisterous Holy Land

Ar nosurge: Ode to an Unborn Star - Class::CIEL_N_PROTECTA;

Umineko no Naku Koro ni Chiru - resurrectedreplayer
Sonic R - Living in the City

You can't make me vote in this poll! It's like having to choose my favorite of 8 children!

...My gut feeling is that the answer's probably worldenddominator or lastendconductor, but these songs, for the most part, are so close that it's hard to tell.

Also, match 2 is really close today. More so than it probably was when I did my rankings.