Lurker > azuarc

Haste_2 posted...

Let me know if there are any errors in the names of the games or the tracks here.

Haste_2 posted...

Umineko no Naku Koro ni Chiru 8 - Ricordando il Passato

I'm pretty sure you have the wrong Umineko track here. This is the top quartile, so you must have copy-pasted the wrong line in your sheet.

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Haste_2 posted...

I bet you werent expecting Rapal to be so much higher than Laguerra del Mundo!!

Why? There's a reason I pushed Rapal first.

xp1337 posted...

it was vgmc3 so are you really surprised?

now vgmc6 is inexcusable given that godsibb is like top 5

Mac Arrowny posted...

It's the contest with the two best Umineko songs!

I'm not sure what my personal rankings would be, but I would think I'd have at least 2, maybe 3 songs from VGMC3 in the top 50. Statistically, the average is closer to 4 than 3 and some of those years only have 12 or 8.

Also, Battlefield Flower >>>>> godsibb.

Thanks for making me look at brackets again, btw. I got to see this, and now I'm sad.

Three songs I really like and one that has no business being there. And it won, because of course it did. Can we just retroactively change that match to 12-11 instead? I was the host. I can still do that, right?

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I hope you've got these write-ups preserved somewhere for when the topic hits 500 and inevitably purges.

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I'm actually surprised there are entire contests being eliminated with over a quarter of the ranking to go.

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Corrik7 posted...

Nah sounds like Biden won if arizona is called.

Only if he wins both of the 1-point districts or another state. And holds Michigan and Wisconsin. (Or wins anything else that isn't guaranteed, notably PA.)


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Or he's just looking to speak to people before they all decide they have to go to bed.

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I wouldn't assume Trump has PA. There's roughly +235k remaining from Philadelphia, +373k remaining from Allegheny if the numbers on NYT remain consistent. That's still a 56k lead afterward. I don't know Montgomery and Delaware can both make up the difference and hold off all the lesser gains in all the other pro-Trump counties, but it's certainly not over. These numbers are assuming that the numbers remain where they were, when the existing rates I'm extrapolating over include election-day results. The remaining votes will be more pro-Democrat than that.

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xp1337 posted...

I'm still low-key irritated that of all Ao Evo songs that won a VGMC it was Seize the Truth.

should have been azure wish or concentrate all firepower or like a couple of other songs

The correct choice was made. I'd allow for Silence in the Sunlight Filtering Through the Trees.

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Leonhart4 posted...

Reset worst winner

Well it's possible something has dethroned it since then

I'm going to assume you'd prefer Emil/Karma to Reset, so probably not. You're welcome to check them all out for yourself, though.

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLW9O9mntH1RElFQnUIoUjxk4_bi-uLbVQ

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Guess we'll have to retire more then. Predestined Fate for VGMC15.

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Jesse_Custer posted...

I confess I havent made much progress on this the last few days. I had a sudden motivation to finally get to work on sending out query letters for a novel I finished earlier in the year, which Id been putting off all this time.

First I'm seeing this topic.

Query letters suck. I wish you luck with your novel-writing ambitions. I never had any luck querying mine.

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rip V6

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Do the VGMC14 songs get a number, or are they just going to mentioned in the middle?

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83) Shatter - Neon Mines

=p

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Just missed the top 10. Considering I only had 2 songs, I ought to be happy with that. When MotN didn't go out sooner, I thought maybe it just clicked for Johnbobb, but as I predicted, the villainy was ultimately the weak point. Am I correct in assuming this probably fared better in your score system than the title track would have?

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Haste_2 posted...

Oh, yeah, and I just finished a write-up for a certain VGMC XIV retiree... I took me way too long to fully appreciate it, but I am absolutely FLABBERGASTED by how good it is now! :) :) :)

Janus5k posted...

Will Haste ever find forever?

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Brush feels right, even if it isn't.

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Johnbobb posted...

19. Shiny
Favorite lyric: Maui man, you could try, try, try / But you can't expect a demi-god / To beat a decapod

Johnbobb posted...

18. Be More Chill (Pt. 1)
Favorite lyric: Maui man, you could try, try, try / But you can't expect a demi-god / To beat a decapod

:thinking:

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Psycho Killer. Cous-cous, yay. Om nom nom nom, om nom nom nom nom nom.

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Johnbobb posted...

gee who wants to bet on which top 20er drops first

I'm going to go with...anyone but Pirateking2000.

Also, wow the balance in Devourer is terrible. Did they really intend for the vocals to completely drown out the backing?

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Johnbobb posted...

And you did! Though azuarc also deserves some special mention for only nominating 2 and still being in

Looks like there were 4 people with one and 4 people with two?

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lol, is that really a hint? Teaser, maybe.

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Johnbobb posted...

38. You're a Mean One, Mr. Grinch
Source: How the Grinch Stole Christmas
Villain: The Grinch

I wanted to nominate this and only got to actually contribute two, so I'll consider this an honorary addition to my list. (It's already out, so it's not like that keeps me in the running any longer.)

We're getting to the point where you can't really be deficient in any category. My one song, Music of the Night, is going to be very dependent on how villainous JB perceives the phantom to be. (While he doesn't directly characterize himself, I think there's enough implication and subtlety to carry that category, and Webber can certainly write a good tune.) But given how Mr. Grinch is scored, I'm thinking 20/30 (5-7-8) is a very real possibility.

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Judas's motives have nothing to do with personal wealth. It's said that he was originally the most devoted of Jesus's disciples but had a falling out over some matters that led to his actions. We often quote the forty pieces of silver, but he didn't care about that, except insofar as he was the treasurer for the group.

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Did a bunch of sets of chin-ups five days ago, and then wide-grip pull-ups four days ago. The delay on my muscle soreness was pretty ridiculous, as my biceps certainly felt it immediately, but yesterday my rear delts didn't want to cooperate and today it's my back. I've literally done nothing else since (except run). To be fair, I also didn't do anything special for protein intake on those days, either.

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I'm excited for them...kinda? But in an individual way. Like, they're each part of their own puzzle rather than providing a cohesive play experience. It's kind of like going back to the early days when you just threw a bunch of cards together in a heap and called them a deck if they kinda worked together.

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Is it just me or does the card pool in this set so far seem to be incredibly low on synergy and incredibly high on raw card power?

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I hate warmongering. It's so much to micromanage and the game drags so much longer. It's also not the sort of progress I like.

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I dropped a game to murlocs today that I could have won. Playing Maiev, had a decent dragon build come together at just the right moment. Scaling with Malygos, but we're down to 3 players. The other dude knocks me down to 1 and then gets killed by the murloc dude while I have the ghost. I'm thinking, okay, there's no way I don't win without Nadina. So I hard roll for Nadina and get her.

Only problem: the murloc guy has 35 health still.

So I go into the fight with 90% chance according to Deck Tracker, and I win. Deal with 16. Turns out he doesn't have divine shield except on one amalgadon, which is taunted, and only 3 of his murlocs have poison. Second fight, I have 77% chance, but my stats are still barely overwhelming enough that he needs good trades on his poison to win. He doesn't get them. I deal him another 13. So this next one's for the game, for sure.

I feel a little better than I had initially, so I grab a bunch of battlecries, scale my guys, and then notice that I could have bought Maexxna as my last minion instead of a random battlecry that does nothing. He attacks first with the amalgadon, kills one of my guys before Nadina attacks, and then proceeds to snowball from there. I look at the final results and think that Maexxna second in the line-up probably would have swung that final fight. Still had 60% to win, but you can only roll the dice so many times before you lose. (I'm also not convinced that deck tracker's prediction percentages are accurate right now.)

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Damn. Turn 6, post Hooktusk nerf?

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Tom Bombadil posted...

"Having to duck out of my wife's Phoenix Wright playthrough topic to avoid spoilers" was not on my 2020 bingo card but here we are

Not my wife, but yeah, end of the line for me here. GLHF.

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SeabassDebeste posted...

didn't you win the guru contest <_<

I was more wondering why you had chosen that particular quote.

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Wow, Glide. Lol. Draw 4 for 4, and oh yeah, wreck the hand of any control player while you're at it. The way to beat a demon hunter is obviously to play another aggro deck. Although now they can have their minions attack yours while immune, too.

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After getting to 7700 in battlegrounds, I went on the biggest slide, getting bottom 2 for like 10 games straight. (I stopped counting, but I was down to 68xx.) Finally won a game today, coming in first, with some thicc murlocs thanks to Pyramad. Ground out the poor second place player over four rounds. I guess that makes up for one of my bazillion losses.

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-hotdogturtle-- posted...

There's nothing in there that I'm super invested in.

That was me after like round 2~

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Top choice tier
Endeavour
Dungeon - Geofront 4

Decent tier
-(Isoleucine)-
YO-KAI Disco
GUERRANT-OFENZA-SUPRONT-UNNE
-[Deoxyribose]-

Chill music tier
Burning Force Medley
Partizans
Moonstruck Blossom

I'm okay with this tier
The Filthy Mind (Theme of the Hive Mind)
TIGAR (All Phase Mix)
Classroom
Rude Buster
Second Dark Matter Battle

Could have done better tier
Credits
Desire Below (Flow)

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Results, day 114:
YO-KAI Disco (Hell's Entrance World) > The Wyrm's Jewelbox, 23-20
Desire Below (Flow) > Rave On, 28-16

Maiden & Spell lost because she wasn't ready for a dance battle.
Killer7 lost because the cops broke it up.

And that means, ladies and gentleman, your VGMC14 retirees are...

13 Sentinels: Aegis Rim - -[Deoxyribose]-
13 Sentinels: Aegis Rim - -(Isoleucine)-
Aurora Memoria - Classroom
Blue Reflection - TIGAR (All Phase Mix)
Deltarune - Rude Buster
Fire Emblem Fates - Desire Below (Flow)
Idola Phantasy Star Saga - Endeavour
Kirby Triple Deluxe - Moonstruck Blossom
maimai MiLK - Credits
Mamorukun Curse! - YO-KAI Disco (Hell's Entrance World)
Opoona - Partizans
Phantasy Star Online 2 - GUERRANT-OFENZA-SUPRONT-UNNE
Pokemon Super Mystery Dungeon - Second Dark Matter Battle
Sword Art Online: Fatal Bullet - Dungeon - Geofront 4
Taiko no Tatsujin 7 - Burning Force Medley
Terraria Calamity - The Filthy Mind (Theme of the Hive Mind)

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Please give these tracks a round of applause, and prepare to cheer them on in the final division of 16, where one of them will prevail as champion. As has become tradition, a lot of the users will now (respectfully, please) rank the retirees.

However, I'd like to take this time to interject with an announcement that I will be running a special guessing game list next Saturday, starting at 6 EDT, to commemorate all the users in VGMC (and BOST) over the years. Consider it my send-off to all of you after five years of hosting. This will be an extended standard list, spanning roughly six hours, so please drop in for the party as you're able. All users welcome and encouraged.

For more information on this list, go here: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1M3Ao5k69BXUyIg3av6hv (remove space) _GKXZVsyg07XJTsWWaZsvBM/edit#gid=696426483

I do have a second list that is a compilation of one-off appearances from past VGMCs. It is an EXTREMELY LONG survival list, and I'll be using a timed format rather than an extra life format. I don't have a date set for that one, but if people want to do it this Saturday, that's currently open on the schedule.

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Buy Swabbie and sell was a mere afterthought to them. =/

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Results, day 113:
Akeldama < Credits, 20-23
Dungeon - Geofront 4 > Fire Island Volcano, 26-18

Atelier Rorona lost because its votes got MiLKed.
Pokemon Super Mystery Dungeon lost because it cooled off.

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Out of curiosity, why did you put me in a Moby Dick quote?

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SeabassDebeste posted...

90lb adjustable dumbbells cost $700 WHAT THE FUCK

How often do adjustable dumbbells go as high as 90 pounds? I mean, yeah, that's ridiculous, but it could be an engineering thing.

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NFUN posted...

Massive X? More like Massive L!

More like Massive X_X!

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7-7-8-8 last two days. I had climbed to my highest rating before that, somewhere north of 7700.

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Results, day 112:
Burning Force Medley > Massive X, 23-19
Second Dark Matter Battle > Pressure Cooker, 24-19

Eschatos lost because it was past the point of no return.
VVVVVV lost because Captain Viridian collects his crew members, but Pokemon are far stronger.

The drought is over. Congrats, pokefans!

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ROLF (caps)

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Results, day 111:
Classroom > The Merciless Savior, 23-22
-(Isoleucine)- > DNF FW15C (ALL PHASE MIX), 30-15

Just when we thought Isoleucine was going to be challenged, it goes on a 12-0 run to close the match.

Trails in the Sky SC lost because it got schooled.
Blue Reflection lost because when you try to F w/ 15C, you get DNF'ed by 13S.

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Not gonna disagree with that. I've often wondered how a new person breaks into Hearthstone. There's certainly room for creativity, but netdecking has become not so much a beast of Hearthstone itself as it is the community.

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Camden posted...

Unless I'm forgetting some other way to do this, he got some ridiculous Shifter luck.

A Kalecgos AND a Nadina is some tremendous patience. My guess is he got the Kalecgos first. Lots of rerolling for battlecries when your tavern's only 4 minions, and he just grabbed an additional shifter when the opportunity presented, sat on it hoping for Razorgore, and landed Nadina instead. Obviously everything else can be had on 3 stars.

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Johnbobb posted...

61. I Can Change
Nominator: azuarc (1 left)

1 down, 1 to go. At least neither went bottom 50.

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yuck, how hot was it?

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