LogFAQs > #929251582

Oh wait, I totally had more thoughts on this that I forgot to write down, and now people are already moving on to other projects! First of all, I'm just surprised it took this many contests for Umineko to win - the game's got 8 VGMC retirees, for crying out loud! As much as the board's tastes shift year after year, I guess some things never change! And I'm definitely starting to appreciate its popularity after being shown some highlight songs this contest. Makes me feel like Chiru deserves a second chance as the spiritual successor - losing twice to Return to Dream Land and Chrono Cross is no way to go out! Overall, my favourite discoveries from the contest were probably The World of Spirit, Discolor, and...all of Drakengard 3.

My general feeling on BOST is that it should fill the role of a "side event" in the empty months between VGMCs. Although I do discover more music through BOST, the concept of having contestants compete against each other just lends itself better to individual songs than it does entire soundtracks. I feel like it could be scaled down and just be a fun bonus thing rather than trying to be as significant as VGMC, given that the setlists are just approximations of soundtracks anyway. Not to mention making it easier on the host - I was pretty surprised at how much work deo had to do to determine which songs would show up based on what point each game had gone from Winners to Losers, and if they had any past tiebreaker matches! Definitely seems like it takes more effort than VGMC, at least in bracket phase. So maybe it could do with a smaller bracket size and/or more straightforward format to make it more of a side event.
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