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Welcome to today's topic for Video Game Music Contest 14, a tournament of the best tracks from games, as decided upon by you, the voters.

Links:
Contest info - https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1VNrPnFRI7nJ4PqFiURBW0NWqxvXiuasoq8Sn_O169ss/edit#gid=320804650
Bracket - http://www.bracketmaker.com/tlist.cfm?tid=473292
Discussion and results thread - https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/8-gamefaqs-contests/78714595
Bracket playlist - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLW9O9mntH1REnVI_W6yELaDP6Zac8b0Wq
ToC playlist - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLW9O9mntH1RE-TQMj19D0k5nm-0zeH12J
VGMC compability sheet - https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1lpX4faqnn_geI0y4i6MrZ2AXpV6SWXoWrIA6_eyx-yM/edit

Rules:
- Listen to ALL of the songs. Links have conveniently been provided. Even if Song A is your favorite of all-time and Song B is from a series you hate... Listen. To. Both. (If I have suspicions your vote is not based on a fair and impartial preference, it will be disqualified.)
- Obvious contest rules apply (no alts, one vote per person, no rallying, etc.).
- Please make your voting options clear, rather than burying them in text.
- Each set of matches lasts 24 hours, even if the new one isnt up by then. (Matches do not begin until at least 10:00 EDT.)
- Always vote on the versions of the song provided, not versions from different sources.
- If you know ahead of time that you're not going to be around and you want to vote in advance, post your choices in the discussion/bracket topic.
- Please do NOT post tallies/score updates in the middle of the match, as this has a tendency to directly influence matches.
- You don't have to vote in all the matches, but it'd be cool if you did!

Special rules for the wildcard matches:
- Yes, there are 9 songs.
- You may vote 6 times.
- You may vote a maximum of 3 times for the same song
- The intent is that you will select a +3, a +2, and a +1. This is not mandatory
- DO NOT read the other votes before making (or adjusting) your selection.
- I reserve the right to not count vote changes if I deem them suspicious. If you do change your vote, please be 100% clear in your choice.
- Request: vote in the order the songs are listed (not descending order) to make counting easier

THE COMBATANTS:

Shin Megami Tensei IV - B2 Battle
https://youtu.be/A6cSbof7Pik

Last Ninja 2 - Central Park

You shine, and make others shine just by being near them.

Central Park +1
Desire Blue Sky +1
Sound of the Wind +1
Heading Back to Town +3

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+3 Heading Back to Town
+1 B2 Battle
+1 Zadok
+1 Thermal Base 1
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+2 Central Park
+2 Desire Blue Sky
+2 To the Distant Sky
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Oh whoops, can I edit/delete that vote so that the numbers are on the correct side (and so it isn't early.)

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+2 B2 Battle
+2 Thermal Base 1
+2 Zadok

I feel like I've got like no read on today unlike previous wildcards. 4 songs I want to support but I also don't really want to give any of them less than 2 points. Ultimately I guess Ninja Central Park drew the short straw here -- Looking at the votal stuff it just feels like the weakest one of the 4.

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+1 Thermal Base 1
+3 To the Distant Sky
+1 Heading Back to Town
+1 Zadok

+3 Sound of the Wind
+3 Thermal Base 1

I do like B2 Battle close to the level of these two, but unlike these two, I would not be happy with it winning, so my choice here is pretty obvious.
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Wasted opportunity to do a "best Sky song in the tournament?" question
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+3 FEEL the POWER in YOUR SOUL

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9. FEEL the POWER in YOUR SOUL
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17. Desire Blue Sky
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163. B2 Battle (uh)
138. Thermal Base 1
76. To the Distant Sky
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101. Zadok
71. Central Park
81. Heading Back to Town
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115. Sound of the Wind

rankings, what are they

+1 Central Park
+2 Thermal Base 1
+3 Zadok

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+3 Thermal Base 1
+2 Heading Back to Town
+1 B4 Battle

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9.3 Thermal Base 1
8.8 Desire Blue Sky
8.4 FEEL the POWER in YOUR SOUL
8.3 Zadok
8.1 B2 Battle
8.0 Sound of the Wind
7.8 To the Distant Sky
7.6 Heading Back to Town
7.4 Central Park

i'm not sure if any other wildcard match will be higher (or harder) than this one for me.

incidentally, RftM would place in a spot somewhere between B2 and TtDS, whereas I'd probably only give Endeavour and Confronting Myself high 6es at best. I like every song here a lot and I wish this set didn't exist. On the other hand, it's nice Endeavour and Confronting Myself (and even rftm) aren't here because even though it makes my decision here very frustrating, if they were, I feel safe saying none of these would have any realistic chance at winning here.

oh right, i filled out the rest of this post the other day but i didn't decide on scores

well uh, hm.

+1 Desire Blue Sky
+3 Thermal Base 1
+1 FEEL the POWER in YOUR SOUL
+1 Zadok

not usually a fan of the 3111 split but thermal base was my favourites bracket b winner so it feels kind of right to have it that well over dbs and the rest

+3 To the Distant Sky

Nothing really sticks out initially, so I'm going to have to re-rate everything.

B2 Battle - 6.5
Central Park - 4.5
Desire Blue Sky - 6.5
Sound of the Wind - 7.0
Thermal Base 1 - 6.0
To the Distant Sky - 7.5
War of Brains - FEEL the POWER in YOUR SOUL - 3.5
Heading Back to Town - 7.0
Zadok - 7.0

This conveniently creates a good pattern to follow for allocating points! Actually.... I really want To the Distant Sky to win, so I'll just do three points for it, and that's all. Yeah, this will likely end up as my least favorite wildcard match.

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I'm really feeling it in my soul tonight. It's sounding better and better as time goes by.

+3 FEEL the POWER in YOUR SOUL
+1 Central Park
+1 Heading Back to Town
+1 To the Distant Sky

Apparently Zodak was ineligible or something so I'm pretending it's only 8 songs. The voting became pretty straight forward after that.

+3 Chaos;Head - Desire Blue Sky
+3 Skygunner - To the Distant Sky
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tgs2 posted...

Apparently Zodak was ineligible or something so I'm pretending it's only 8 songs. The voting became pretty straight forward after that.

it's technically not something that by rules of the contest should've been allowed in. but because it's already gotten in, we're treating it as if it's just as eligible as any other song.
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Hbthebattle posted...

Wasted opportunity to do a "best Sky song in the tournament?" question

Because the poll on the day with Sky Tower and Sky of Twilight wasn't enough?

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Toxtricity posted...

it's technically not something that by rules of the contest should've been allowed in. but because it's already gotten in, we're treating it as if it's just as eligible as any other song.

Good luck, sburban jungle.

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+3 Heading Back to Town
+3 Desire Blue Sky
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+2 Central Park
+2 Heading Back to Town
+2 Zadok

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+2 B2 Battle
+1 Heading Back to Town
+3 Zadok

Eligibility aside, Zadok is great >_>

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+1 To the Distant Sky
+2 Heading Back to Town
+3 Zadok

wow this division is actually really stacked

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+3 War of Brains - FEEL the POWER in YOUR SOUL
+3 Chaos;Head - Desire Blue Sky

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+3 Desire Blue Sky
+3 To the Distant Sky

Honorable Mentions: Zadok and B2 Battle

+3 Central
+2 Thermal
+1 Town
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+3 Chaos;Head - Desire Blue Sky

With deep apologies to Thermal Base 1, To the Distant Sky, and B2 Battle but I will sacrifice you all at the altar of Desire Blue Sky.

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+3 Desire Blue Sky
+3 FEEL the POWER in YOUR SOUL

+3 FEEL the POWER in YOUR SOUL
+3 To the Distant Sky

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+1 Central Park
+1 FEEL the POWER in YOUR SOUL
+3 Heading Back to Town
+1 Zadok

I wish I could give more than +1 to the other tracks, (and anything at all to Sound of the Wind,) but I know which horse to back.

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+3 Skygunner - To the Distant Sky
+3 Chaos;Head - Desire Blue Sky

sky

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+2 Desire Blue Sky
+1 Thermal Base 1
+1 To the Distant Sky
+2 Zadok
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+3 Desire Blue Sky
+1 To the Distant Sky
+2 Heading Back to Town
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+2 Thermal Base 1
+2 FEEL the POWER in YOUR SOUL
+2 Heading Back to Town

+3 Desire Blue Sky
+3 Zadok

In a repeat of round 1, it came down to a close decision between Distant Sky and Zadok

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+3 B2 Battle
+2 Desire Blue Sky
+1 Zadok

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+3 Sound of the Wind
+3 To the Distant Sky

Two pieces of absolutely top tier VGM here. With apologies to Desire Blue Sky and Heading Back to Town.
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+3 To the Distant Sky
+3 Heading Back to Town

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+2 B2 Battle
+2 Desire Blue Sky
+2 Thermal Base 1

+3 B2 Battle
+2 To the Distant Sky
+1 Heading Back to Town

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+1 Central Park
+1 Thermal Base 1
+1 FEEL the POWER in YOUR SOUL
+3 Zadok

I saw Zadok here and assumed that this would be an easy day, but nope. I do like it more than the rest so it gets the big vote, but I want to spread a lot of the pity points around. I would have given a point to Mr. Driller too if I had more to spare.

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+2 Sound of the Wind
+1 Thermal Base 1
+3 Heading Back to Town

weirdly varied set
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+3 B2 Battle
+1 Thermal Base 1
+2 Zadok

+3 Sound of the Wind
+1 To the Distant Sky

+2 Shin Megami Tensei IV - B2 Battle
+3 Chaos;Head - Desire Blue Sky
+1 Skygunner - To the Distant Sky
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Its me official representative of Late Gang, here to crush all your hopes and dreams

+1 Desire Blue Sky
+3 Thermal Base 1
+2 Heading Back to Town

Plasman posted...

Its me official representative of Late Gang, here to crush all your hopes and dreams

+1 Desire Blue Sky
+3 Thermal Base 1
+2 Heading Back to Town

Well, it was net positive. Just need 5 more of you in the next 30 seconds.

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