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Thought about nominating this myself

- Xenoblade Chronicles 2 | Kingdom of Uraya (Night) | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xzcG4ADSY-Y
+ Hollow Knight | Daughter of Hallownest | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o5_nMrARi-k

Singles to doubles

+ Xenoblade Chronicles 3: Future Redeemed | Redeem the Future | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jJ93P4NuMtc
+ Utawarerumono: Mask of Deception | Nuedori | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8TYzGVG2pAw

On phone sorry if I broke something

True Tears that is a show I completely forgot about, but I thought it was solid.

Also curious what you think of Tari Tari which has always been near the top of my list of undeservedly overlooked anime

What comes first? Yanqing scoring a gameplay W, Yanqing scoring a story W, or the heat death of the universe?

We already have Yanqing though

Mostly a good set I think.

Pretty sure you will hate Familiar of Zero and would recommend Welcome to the NHK from that season instead. Probably not really worth worrying over one choice in a project like this either though.

Some supports to fill out my nominations

+ Paper Mario: The Origami King | Origami Castle | https://youtu.be/ahVleqoQGfg
+ Ar tonelico 3 | EXEC_ViiBaCi_MjiiRa/. | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dvUMQqZgiqI

Google Sheets seems to be trying its best to format some song titles as calendar dates rather than as strings which seems like it has the potential to cause a problem.

I'm assuming this has an easy fix but maybe I'm wrong.

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SockoressKnight posted...

I remember seeing a passionate scene between Kumiko and Reina on YouTube and having my interest piqued. Then I found out Kumiko ends up with her childhood friend and Reina has a crush on their teacher and now I have no desire to watch it.

I did watch at least season 1 and this is also why I think the show is bad, and I think it's a bit reductive to say it's just shipping or whatever.

I mean it's possible the later seasons do something to correct this but it's also the show's job to get me to care to continue.

There's a good chance I like at least Liz and the Blue Bird if I ever watch it.

Putt-Putt Travels Through Time need not apply to VGMC 19.

whatever dreams of a shore bordering another world is better anyway

something something this sign can't stop me

For me there's nothing to ignore because I didn't watch season 2 >.>

I did a ranking topic recently-ish and just looking at that my top tv series from the last 10 years were

1. A Place Further Than the Universe
2. Made in Abyss
3. Kaguya-sama
4. The Promised Neverland Season 1
5. Bloom Into You
6. Haikyuu
7. Girls' Last Tour
8. Devilman: Crybaby
9. Sakura Quest
10. Ping Pong the Animation

Frieren hadn't released at the time I made that topic but probably makes this top 10 list somewhere in the middle now.

SNAFU would make the list (between Bloom Into You and Haikyuu) but at least how I'm defining this it isn't eligible--the first season aired in 2013.

Edit: Oh I see LtM did 2013-2022 and I did 2014-2023. At a glance I don't think any other 2013 series would have made mine anyway

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Sunday hasn't been announced right? He seems pretty likely to be playable at some point.

I don't remember if this was here or in the discord, but I saw a comment about the version of Weight of the World I nominated when I wasn't able to really respond.

No it isn't actual French. It's supposed to be a fictional futuristic language that in this case--I believe--uses sounds common to modern French as a base. You can look up something like "Nier 'chaos' language" for a probably better explanation

https://blog.playstation.com/2020/12/18/nier-replicant-singer-emi-evans-talks-music-chaos-language-and-more/

This link is about Nier (not Automata) but the version of WotW I nominated is also done by Emi Evans.

Farewell my stellar jades. You leave in service of a good cause.

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New nominations

+ Outer Wilds | 14.3 Billion Years | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XOrygf_iLhw
+ Blue Dragon | Release the Seal | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=otT5xlbjpjo
+ Ever17: The Out of Infinity | Karma | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GgEmIuoIqts

Another support:

+ Limbus Company | Canto VI Distortion BGM | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WiuYxvTv4aE

Supports

+ Xenoblade Chronicles 3: Future Redeemed | Redeem the Future | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jJ93P4NuMtc
+ Final Fantasy VII Remake | Main Theme | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sgM0i9I6Sd0
+ Sakura Wars (1996) | Declaration! Imperial Floral Assault Group | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eQkD9Q1QDR4

Honestly surprised I don't think I've ever nominated the Sakura Wars song myself. Probably more new noms later today or maybe not idk.

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Gotta get the newest model every year after all

FL81 posted...

nom freeze, but we can only nominate ice-themed vgm during the freeze

I accept your conditions and also propose this new freeze be extended to the entirety of the nomination period

I think this was discussed last year and I was in the minority, but I'm still not really a fan of the nom freeze. I'd like it more if it was only a freeze on adding totally new nominations

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Ok managed to get 3 stars on MoC 12. Think it was more a matter of figuring out the right team for my account and understanding the Aventurine boss mechanics a bit better, because on the run where I beat it I actually did the first half one cycle slower than the team was capable of.

Used Fu Xuan/Sparkle/Silver Wolf/Acheron for side 1 and Ruan Mei/Aventurine/Clara/Jingliu for side 2. (For reference the team that could 1-cycle the first half swapped Fu Xuan for Aventurine with Trend of the Universal Market which gives (E2) Acheron all the ultimates, but I really think I needed Aventurine on side 2)

Initial reactions are Aventurine is very strong. Not really even done building him, but he was able to solo sustain side 2 of this fight relatively comfortably while Fu Xuan wasn't at all, in addition to providing actually reasonable damage of his own. Also provides the team with a CRIT DMG buff and tons of Effect RES, but Fu Xuan does have comparable abilities there at least.

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Yeah I'm having a lot of trouble with this MoC 12 also even though I have a team that can 1-cycle the first half >.>

Clara/Aventurine and others seems to work well for the second half which is probably my best bet, but neither character is built well enough yet since Aventurine is new and I don't use Clara too often

Some supports. These will probably turn to doubles at some point, but I'll hold off on that for now.

+ NieR | Kaine / Salvation | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XnOc_AD79cM
+ Utawarerumono: Mask of Deception | Nuedori | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8TYzGVG2pAw

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Oh that's right last year I said I was going to nominate this, and under no circumstances am I switching to any other version of this song.

+ NieR: Automata | Weight of the World/Nouveau-FR Version | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cRSHvbu1UK4

+ Ar tonelico Qoga: Knell of Ar Ciel | EXEC_FLIP_ARPHAGE/. | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e6XJ_GAlRHI
+ Umineko When They Cry ~ Question Arcs | Fishy Aroma | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ENL0nPskSao
+ Arknights | Tower Fierce | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8_8rlp9ut04

More to come later probably

I pull for characters I like but then play the ones that are good

It is basically instantaneous in the previously-referred-to boss rush mode, and even when you do the fight in the actual story it only pauses for like maybe 5 seconds for 1-2 lines of dialogue.

Going to assume okay then.

Yeah, the video is the one I meant to link. Phantylia is the name of the boss fight the song plays in, and I think what I grabbed was an unofficial upload before the OST with official titles was released. The songs that appear on the official OST ( https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_kQ7WKSGU9ftg8vHOtSVmatWy23a9Xb9ts ) are just the tracks for the 3 individual phases (roughly 0:00-2:00, 2:00-4:00, and 4:00-6:15 in what I linked), which are titled:

Pedujara: Ephemeral Cycle
Pedujara: Even Immortality Ends
Pedujara: Demiseless Existence

I'm realizing I did misread the rule in the Google doc for multi-phase boss music, but I think there's precedent where we have been allowed to nominate combined versions of multi-phase boss themes even if the combined version does not appear as a single track on the OST--which is the scenario here. @banshiryuu if this is wrong tell me and I'll change the nomination.

Edit: Fun fact did you know GameFAQ's doesn't let you put words (or links...) with longer than 80 characters in a message? What a good and helpful feature.

The Discord forum mode is very bad imo, but I'd probably use it resentfully if the actual forum went down. I like it fine as a chat service and already use the B8 Discord for that though. (Although I only really visit some of the sub channels)

- Honkai Star Rail | Pedujara (All Phase Mix) | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zma7bOGA1oM
- Honkai Star Rail | Death Approaches | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AgfW1E_YtrE

+ Honkai: Star Rail | Pedujara (All Phase Mix) | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zma7bOGA1oM
+ Honkai: Star Rail | Death Approaches | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AgfW1E_YtrE

Praying this fix worked right doing it on my phone

As I think I said in the other topic I am traveling the entirety of the nom period and can't really participate in any typical sense. I'll try to at least nominate some new songs today and tomorrow but and support some stuff I already know at the end, but I doubt I'll have time to listen to much new. Anyways:

++ Honkai Impact 3rd | Rubia | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cIv5lFkBey0
+ Honkai Star Rail | Pedujara (All Phase Mix) | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zma7bOGA1oM
+ Honkai Star Rail | Death Approaches | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AgfW1E_YtrE
+ Old World | War Elephant | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XQ5KlAki41k
+ Xenoblade Chronicles 2 | Kingdom of Uraya (Night) | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xzcG4ADSY-Y

In anticipation over objection to Pedujara's eligibility I will note that this version plays in the Echo of War (boss rush) mode with no delay between phases (Yes, including the transition part at 4:01 that does not appear on any OST track). If it's a huge deal to someone I will probably switch to just the phase 2 version from the OST but I think this should be eligible.

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Got Aventurine and I finally have a second 5-star sustain character.

I think I've only lost like 1 or 2 50/50's since starting the game, so I just hope this luck keeps continuing...

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Honestly I felt the board was on borrowed time even before Fandom took over

Oh good lord the second feedback topic filled up since I went to bed yeah I ain't reading all that.