Board 8 > [VGMC] R4D2: GUERRANT-OFENZA vs An Endless Desert, Deoxyribose vs EXEC_Z/.

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azuarc
07/15/20 9:55:19 PM
#1:


Which remaining bracket D song is most deserving to win?









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 both of the songs. Links have conveniently been provided for both songs. 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!

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Match 1

Phantasy Star Online 2 - GUERRANT-OFENZA-SUPRONT-UNNE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GTBCuuojyos

Alto's Odyssey - An Endless Desert
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ia4CTx-Zi7o

Match 2

13 Sentinels: Aegis Rim - -[Deoxyribose]-
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mlmYYyzek48

Ar tonelico III - EXEC_Z/.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W1p18O6ac1c

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Easy vote form:
GUERRANT-OFENZA-SUPRONT-UNNE / An Endless Desert
-[Deoxyribose]- / EXEC_Z/.

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azuarc
07/15/20 9:56:35 PM
#2:


Note: yesterday's topic is open for an extra 5 minutes due to lateness.

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Arti
07/15/20 10:05:20 PM
#3:


Phantasy Star Online 2 - GUERRANT-OFENZA-SUPRONT-UNNE
Ar tonelico III - EXEC_Z/.

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banshiryuu
07/15/20 10:07:41 PM
#4:


GUERRANT-OFENZA-SUPRONT-UNNE (15th) vs An Endless Desert (31st)
-[DEOXYRIBOSE]- (9th) vs EXEC_Z/. (4th)

FUCK MATCH 2 FUCKK YOOOOOOU NOOOOOoooo i hate it please god let these both go through i won't tell anyone i swear!!! i'm betraying my own nom!!!!! and basiscape!!!!!! rrha ki gagis exec gyen hymmnos RETIRE.
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TsunamiXXVIII
07/15/20 10:10:43 PM
#5:


GUERRANT-OFENZA-SUPRONT-UNNE
-[Deoxyribose]-

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GameBopAdv
07/15/20 10:12:48 PM
#6:


An Endless Desert
-[Deoxyribose]- /

I loved the matches in r4d1 but much less so today oh noo. A lot of this may simply have to do with bracket placement because I already expressed this sort of sentiment in r3 and 3/4 of these songs were the ones I ultimately voted for. Part of me wishes all the songs from yesterday could retire over all the songs from today but that just ain't how it goes. Deoxyribose is pretty good though but I notably prefer the other of the 13 sentinels.

Actually though I'm sort of surprised at how much Endless Desert is resonating with me today. I guess I'm more in a mood for the calmer peaceful type stuff, which is a -Very- hit or miss sort of field for me, and it manages to stay within the "hit" side. (I feel like it's super easy for common tropes of the calmer peaceful type stuff to fall into my "miss" side) (Also in retrospect maybe "hit or miss" isn't the best term but who cares maybe it is what are words) this is easily the most I've enjoyed listening to Endless Desert within this contest. Cool because I wasn't entirely sure how I would vote going into this match.

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azuarc
07/15/20 10:14:27 PM
#7:


HBJDUBS VoTeS:
GUERRANT-OFENZA-SUPRONT-UNNE
-[DEOXYRIBOSE]-

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Toxtricity
07/15/20 10:20:41 PM
#8:


GUERRANT-OFENZA-SUPRONT-UNNE
-[Deoxyribose]-

ok I have decided I am NOT going to post a revised ranking or any other personal stats for the remaining 32 even though I MADE one; maybe i will reveal that information in round 5 instead > : )

Most of the round 4 matches are super easy for me, unlike round 3, so that's Useful anyways. (even if I like the majority of songs remaining and will be happy with most possible advances, very few round 4 matches will feel "close"). The only hard matches are Rude Buster vs. Fauna which happened yesterday, and Classroom vs. Merciless. but otherwise i'm pretty confident in every decision and not imagining i'll flip on anything
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tgs2
07/15/20 10:21:37 PM
#9:


GUERRANT-OFENZA-SUPRONT-UNNE (High 8, 32nd) / An Endless Desert (Almost 10, 4th)
-[Deoxyribose]- (10, 3rd) / EXEC_Z/. (High 8, 33rd)

Not even 4 days ago I said GOSU ezpz, then I redid my list and An Endless Desert decided that it was the greatest song ever. I live for that kind of super chill shit now.

The rare day I don't care who wins. I'm happy with all four retiring
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Team Rocket Elite
07/15/20 10:21:52 PM
#10:


Phantasy Star Online 2 - GUERRANT-OFENZA-SUPRONT-UNNE
Ar tonelico III - EXEC_Z/.
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Congrats to azuarc for winning the GotD 2020 Guru Contest!
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PabloSmith
07/15/20 10:29:16 PM
#11:


GUERRANT-OFENZA-SUPRONT-UNNE
EXEC_z/.

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Mac Arrowny
07/15/20 10:31:19 PM
#12:


GUERRANT-OFENZA-SUPRONT-UNNE
EXEC_Z/.

prefer both match 2 songs ;_;
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Raetsel_Lapin
07/15/20 10:45:38 PM
#13:


GUERRANT-OFENZA-SUPRONT-UNNE
EXEC_Z/.

Lower case sentence, kupo.
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DireKrow
07/15/20 10:45:54 PM
#14:


-
-[Deoxyribose]-
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TheArkOfTurus
07/15/20 10:46:29 PM
#15:


An Endless Desert
-[Deoxyribose]-

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Our eyes were removed
For our own safety
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NFUN
07/15/20 10:49:30 PM
#16:


GOSU
DNA

a

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Hbthebattle
07/15/20 10:52:26 PM
#17:


GUERRANT-OFENZA-SUPRONT-UNNE
-[Deoxyribose]-
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Haste_2
07/15/20 11:17:08 PM
#18:


EXEC_Z sounds really good today! Its opponent is way too good, though. Match 1 is way too good, too.

GUERRANT-OFENZA-SUPRONT-UNNE
-[Deoxyribose]-

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Place
07/15/20 11:34:34 PM
#19:


Alto's Odyssey - An Endless Desert
13 Sentinels: Aegis Rim - -[Deoxyribose]-

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cakophon
07/15/20 11:45:07 PM
#20:


GUERRANT-OFENZA-SUPRONT-UNNE < An Endless Desert
-[Deoxyribose]- > EXEC_Z/.

curse you video game music contest!!!!!
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Janus5k
07/16/20 12:17:32 AM
#21:


GUERRANT-OFENZA-SUPRONT-UNNE (27/64) > An Endless Desert (57/64)
-[Deoxyribose]- (12/64) < EXEC_Z/. (28/64)

man that second match is a ride. I feel like Deoxys has higher highs but is a bit too inconsistent for me right now, while EXEC_Z/. is solid all the way through. god how do people do accurate rankings

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KCF0107
07/16/20 12:27:16 AM
#22:


Endless
Oxy
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If you smell what the rock is cooking he's cooking crap - ertyu
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DireKrow
07/16/20 12:46:37 AM
#23:


Voting in the first match after all:

GUERRANT-OFENZA-SUPRONT-UNNE
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xp1337
07/16/20 1:09:48 AM
#24:


Phantasy Star Online 2 - GUERRANT-OFENZA-SUPRONT-UNNE
Ar tonelico III - EXEC_Z/.

there are like 6 songs remaining in the field that i have a high opinion of and two of them are in the second match i am seething at this bracket placement

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FL81
07/16/20 2:45:07 AM
#25:


Phantasy Star Online 2 - GUERRANT-OFENZA-SUPRONT-UNNE
Ar tonelico III - EXEC_Z/.

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UF8
07/16/20 3:31:23 AM
#26:


An Endless Desert
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not feeling either in match 2 right now. first match is kind of a hard act to follow I suppose
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Collen
07/16/20 6:01:14 AM
#27:


An Endless Desert
EXEC_Z/.

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shane15
07/16/20 6:15:42 AM
#28:


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Prody Parrot
07/16/20 6:51:03 AM
#29:


An Endless Desert
-[Deoxyribose]-
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Flamander
07/16/20 7:12:53 AM
#30:


GUERRANT-OFENZA-SUPRONT-UNNE
EXEC_Z/.

lower case! what

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DoctorJimmy133
07/16/20 10:01:06 AM
#31:


An Endless Desert
-[Deoxyribose]-

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dowolf
07/16/20 10:08:46 AM
#32:


An Endless Desert
-[Deoxyribose]- /
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xx521xx
07/16/20 10:15:10 AM
#33:


GUERRANT-OFENZA-SUPRONT-UNNE
EXEC_Z/.

caps
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-hotdogturtle--
07/16/20 10:52:00 AM
#34:


An Endless Desert
-[Deoxyribose]-

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With what? ROT-13? -CJayC
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PIayer_0
07/16/20 12:28:33 PM
#35:


An Endless Desert
EXEC_Z/.

what janus said

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tennisboy213
07/16/20 1:14:09 PM
#36:


An Endless Desert
EXEC_Z/.

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rwlh
07/16/20 5:51:28 PM
#37:


Going to attempt some fancy guesswork with "What I had."

22. Phantasy Star Online 2 - GUERRANT-OFENZA-SUPRONT-UNNE [8]
vs.
30. Alto's Odyssey - An Endless Desert [7.5]

What I (probably) had:
Battle Tower > Kanata no Rafflesia

Good match. I'd be fine with either song winning here. An Endless Desert I loved during nominations, was lukewarm on in rounds 1 and 2, voted for in round 3, and am now voting for it for retirement. I'd say it grew on me but then it grew off me and now it's back on again. I said this last round (and if I didn't I'm saying it now) but I'm happy something as..."not super accessible" as An Endless Desert got this far.

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53. 13 Sentinels: Aegis Rim - -[Deoxyribose]- [6]
vs.
33. Ar tonelico III - EXEC_Z/. [7.5]

What I had:
Miracle Matter > ...Megaraph Fleet? Would probably take Miracle Matter > Deoxyribose now

Whoa what the actual crap Deoxyribose clicked for me for the first time today. If I'm basing the rankings on today's match, it probably goes sup like 20 places or so. I like EXEC_Z/. but I've been lukewarm on it all contest (granted, it's still a 7.5).

Voting against my ratings in both matches, and this one is a huge departure!

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Votes:
An Endless Desert
-[Deoxyribose]-
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kaonashi1
07/16/20 8:04:04 PM
#38:


An Endless Desert
-[Deoxyribose]-
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sergiocornaga
07/16/20 8:34:22 PM
#39:


An Endless Desert
EXEC_Z/.

Was not expecting to vote this way, and given that I'm only the fourth person to do so, it seems I'm not voting for two winners. That said, these songs are all incredible so I'll be satisfied with any outcome.
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JONALEON1
07/16/20 8:39:05 PM
#40:


GUERRANT-OFENZA-SUPRONT-UNNE
-[Deoxyribose]-

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Mr Lasastryke
07/16/20 8:42:56 PM
#41:


GUERRANT-OFENZA-SUPRONT-UNNE
-[Deoxyribose]-

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Geothermal terpsichorean ejectamenta
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Snowva
07/16/20 8:45:44 PM
#42:


An Endless Desert
-[Deoxyribose]-
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pyresword
07/16/20 8:53:48 PM
#43:


An Endless Desert
-[Deoxyribose]-
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th3l3fty
07/16/20 8:55:16 PM
#44:


Phantasy Star Online 2 - GUERRANT-OFENZA-SUPRONT-UNNE
13 Sentinels: Aegis Rim - -[Deoxyribose]-
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azuarc
07/16/20 9:35:07 PM
#45:


An Endless Desert
EXEC_Z/.

Had a hard time voting in the first match. I've got too much pent-up energy right now, and that doesn't lend itself well to a song like 'Desert.'

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MoonRunes
07/16/20 9:35:07 PM
#46:


GUERRANT-OFENZA-SUPRONT-UNNE
-[Deoxyribose]-
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Haste_2
07/16/20 9:51:00 PM
#47:


Should I switch my vote...?

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Plasman
07/16/20 9:55:32 PM
#48:


GUERRANT-OFENZA-SUPRONT-UNNE
EXEC_Z/.

I literally have to include this because it gave me a "this message cannot be in all uppercase" error that is amazing
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loweffortmemes
07/16/20 9:59:06 PM
#49:


Phantasy Star Online 2 - GUERRANT-OFENZA-SUPRONT-UNNE
Ar tonelico III - EXEC_Z/.

#2 EXEC_Z/.
#19 G-O-S-U
#26 -[Deoxyribose]-
#31 An Endless Desert

Could probably use a neater format for this, but my round 4 rankings are done! All rankings that I post for the round 4 matches will be out of the remaining 32 songs at the beginning of the round. Also bonus rankings for yesterday's songs

#6 TIGAR (All Phase Mix)
#8 Apostle's Maraud
#17 Scars of FAUNA
#18 Rude Buster
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Haste_2
07/16/20 9:59:20 PM
#50:


....Nah.

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