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lec winning was more a highly justified reward for Umineko getting robbed unbelievably hard in one of the earlier VGMCs (the one where dreamenddischarget got antivoted into a loss to Riches In Me, IIRC). Sort of like how Martin Scorsese got an honorary Oscar for never winning any even when he'd made so many ridiculously good movies that it became patently clear he deserved one.
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But maybe if somebody else knew... somebody to continue my ideals in my stead... I could find peace.

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A very good moment, it really needs no further description.
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Totally called that was gonna show up

There's a lot of places where Rucks' narration makes a scene, and very few that are better than that time the Kid and Weeping Nellie trying to get through a blockade where it feels like the whole world's trying to down them. Didn't even have to think twice about putting that in my list.

Also man

I just realized I couldn't actually put in another section where Logan Cunningham killed it and I'm super sad about it now. "Know how Caelondia became the richest city in the world? Two words."

"Point Lemaign."
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Also, in case anybody missed it, topically relevant: NMH3 on the Switch, baby. I can't be the only one who's jonesin' for another fight with Henry, am I?
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We are finally cowboys.
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The only tragic results are Slag Dance making it that far and Megalovania not winning the finals IMO

Everyone else had a good, solid run.
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And now our reigning champion is such a song. Hmm...maybe I should rule it ineligible and crown Megalovania. Because, y'know, our finals last year didn't have enough controversy.

Yessssssssssssssssssssssssss

Call it SAVE-scumming to victory IMO
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Yeah as I recall Silver Will got outed in the ToC, kicked out and its opponent advanced, and Homestuck did not get kicked midway BUT got banned at the end of a certain contest (the exact contest Sburban Jungle retired in too, to add insult to injury).

Not sure if Silver Will ever got vindicated admittedly - that's a VGMCChatz affair and I sadly don't hang out there as much as I should (has it moved to Discord? If so I should keep tabs on it more). And we should nominate some better Trails IMO. Whereabouts of Light full version, lessgo
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Why is it always trails that is a pain in the ass about this kinda stuff

I remember Silver Will causing a clusterf*** too

(the one song ever to get kicked out of a bracket, IIRC - years and years before any of us had played t***!)

I'm not Azuarc, but assuming the ruling issued on White Light/Over The Clouds holds, gotta make do with the short version. If it's not in the game in full, there's no sale on the complete Super Arrange (and that's if elligible, obv).
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azuarc posted...

I'm not going to lie. I have some misgivings about this ruling, since I feel like it's setting me up for other songs to be argued, but that's how I'm going to play it for now.

But yes, of course we want the in-game version.

So for example in White Light's case the short versions used for the game OPs would be employed? I can live with that. Means we lose a couple b****in' solos but it's better than no song at all!
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#FreeWhiteLight

I feel like we can afford some latitude in elligibility so long as a song is clearly meant for a game. Like...the quintessential example I'd go to for inelligibility is Way to Fall from MGS3. Nobody remembers it for any reason other than being featured in that game, but since it came out wayyyyy before Snake Eater did, it's not elligible. Something that was made FOR a game and basically joint-released with it should count though.
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azuarc posted...

Fun fact I realized today: Death Magnetic, the Metallica album, was released for DLC on Guitar Hero 3 on the same day the album was available to the public.

If you're wondering, no, you will not be able to nominate tracks from it. Those tracks were not composed for the game, unlike, say, Buckethead's Jordan.

This reminds me, does anybody know if Tales of Zestiria's White Light OP is elligible for nomination? Cause if so that has my vote
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I'm trying so hard not to cause a derail about that dumb character

I could write pages and pages on why she's not good but out of respect for Trdl I won't. Let's just say her characterization is inconsistent, silly and unfitting to what the games show and leave it at that.
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trdl23 posted...

#46: Transistor -- "Who gets to go first? How about... me."

NOPE

NOT READING

NOT SPOILING MYSELF

SRY TRDL
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Wait youre a ric flair fan and youve never seen this? How?

I watch, read and play basically everything so I'm almost always missing something important from my entertainment lists :(

It's one of the downsides of trying everything at least once, you don't get to do that many deep dives on things you love
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Oh s*** a Ric Flair RRRRRRRRRRRRRRUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUMBLEEEEEEEEE

definitely gonna watch, it's from the year I was born too! Hypehypehype
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So far so good, pretty fun writeups. I wonder what-

Anyway... after watching these first 4 and finding 3/4 being bad, I can only determine that I watched these to make me hate myself more again so I could effectively do scathing leader reviews. My childhood!!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nmp09mAXgKc
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TURBO brought me here

Tag!
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Right, he got Konami'd. Man, rip MGS5, coulda been such a good game with a longer development time.
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I missed MGS5, what was so bad about its Ocelot characterization?
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Tagged as well. Hype!
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I see no reason why Purple Heart's arm wouldn't be broken - mercs magic is mercs magic, unless you have an instance of injury not carrying over at all in mind.

(And Bonebreak is not half hearted. All SoBs resolve simultaneously, so they all go off at full power, it's what happens after that changes.)
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whoops I forgot to vote

I blame the main mercs
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Yeah this match is not half as clearcut as it seems. Sorey can spam teleport moves or homing projectiles, depending on whether a wind or water armatization is what he's rocking, or hole his team up in an earthen fortress with the Earth armatus. He can't win solo, but he doesn't have to - when Sigma arrives you get two very strong units vs a very nerfed Nep (broken arm and taking a 570% power hit from Ryu might flat out kill, ouch) and Bass, plus Wily (who is pretty much lol vs Sigma and Sorey) and Cutman (who literally is not doing anything at all). Leaning Team Sorey here, gotta think about it a bit.
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Sigma.

Basically the equal of Zero or MMX with that writeup. Bass is good but not that good. Doomguy >> Wily as well. Close match, but I feel like they take it.
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Team Sorey.

Spammy archer sniper, Doomguy for suppression and massive buffstacks on top too from Sorey and Nep. This is basically Exdeath vs the world and he can't carry this hard.
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Corrik posted...

That poor child. I cannot believe a father could do that to his own child. To have him watch his mother die then to murder him also. Death penalty and nothing less. Disgusting.

For once I totally agree. This is monstrous.
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What they said

Biased and all, but it's really really bad and suplex city can actually do something valuable elsewhere. No point burning stuff uselessly.
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D:

I'm so sorry Wang. My condolences. Be strong, man. You gotta keep going!
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