Board 8 > [VGMC] d63: Break the Limit vs steelchambers2, Chocolate Missile vs Sad Blue Sky

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Welcome to today's topic for Video Game Music Contest 13, a tournament of the best tracks from games, as decided upon by you, the voters.

Links:
Bracket - http://www.bracketmaker.com/tlist.cfm?tid=471679
Contest info - https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/17rEeB1_oYWgryWzIxOaZXw2a381gKGnMegjHCG_2OTQ
Discussion and results thread - https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/8-gamefaqs-contests/77672812
Bracket playlist - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLW9O9mntH1RF28glW72G6s_5M1e4kcSxR

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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.
- 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:

Final Fantasy: Brave Exvius - Break the Limit
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jUnexXZxOOo

Pinball Fantasies - steelchambers2
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Za0GHrE4WIM

Match 2:

Cytus II - Chocolate Missile
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j2FRjbvb60Y

Gurumin - Soaring Through the Sad Blue Sky
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9cdrtnPNero

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Easy vote form:
Break the Limit / steelchambers2
Chocolate Missile / Soaring Through the Sad Blue Sky

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Song lyric trivia: HEEEYYYYYAAAHHHH!!!! Fear and awe, in your eyes, showing you what you can't see. Reaching hands, you are blind, staring down eternity. Fear and awe in your eyes. Without us you can't see now. Searching hands, you are blind, staring down eternity.
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Break the Limit
Chocolate Missile

Bracket c is busted

23. Final Fantasy: Brave Exvius - Break the Limit (5) (for icicle, Mining Melancholy, over It Has to Be This Way)

vs.

1. Pinball Fantasies - steelchambers2 (10) (over Romun Empire, With their fingers entwined, blackstarlight)

and

25. Cytus II - Chocolate Missile (4.5) (for Precious Heart, over Murderswarm, An Ill Omen)

vs.

2. Gurumin - Soaring Through the Sad Blue Sky (10) (over SUBLIMATION, Reach for the Moon)

There's a lot on the line for me today - my two favorite songs remaining, two 10/10 songs. They're against songs I really don't care about and I would be very sad to see them lose. I'm flat out amazed steelchambers is still in - Sad Blue Sky I expected to do well, but steelchambers doing this well has been a wonderful surprise. I'll be pulling for these two!

Votes:
steelchambers2
Soaring Through the Sad Blue Sky

Pinball Fantasies - steelchambers2
Cytus II - Chocolate Missile
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steelchambers2
Soaring Through the Sad Blue Sky

wish chocomissile and soaring could both retire, alas
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steelchambers2
Chocolate Missile

Both matches close, but the second is way better.
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Break the Limit
Chocolate Missile
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Final Fantasy: Brave Exvius - Break the Limit, by a LOT. I just wish the music was longer than a minute...though it does cram a lot in for something so short.
Cytus II - Chocolate Missile, but much closer here.
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Final Fantasy: Brave Exvius - Break the Limit
Cytus II - Chocolate Missile
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steelchambers2
Soaring Through the Sad Blue Sky

Break the Limit
Chocolate Missile
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Break the Limit
Soaring Through the Sad Blue Sky
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steelchambers2 (#05 vs. #29)
Chocolate Missile (#16 vs. #24)
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Break the Limit
Chocolate Missile
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steel
Missile
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will vote later but hell yeah Eternity
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Break the Limit
Soaring Through the Sad Blue Sky

This is actually day 66, btw.
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Break the Limit
Chocolate Missile
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Pinball Fantasies - steelchambers2
Gurumin - Soaring Through the Sad Blue Sky

Easily the best day of Round 4, hot damn

My 3rd, 4th, and 5th favorite remaining songs are all in today
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Break the Limit
Soaring Through the Sad Blue Sky

Pinball Fantasies - steelchambers2
Gurumin - Soaring Through the Sad Blue Sky
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steelchambers2
Chocolate Missile

steelchambers2
Soaring Through the Sad Blue Sky
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steelchambers2
Chocolate Missile

steelchambers2
Soaring

I guess.
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Break The Limit
Soaring Through the Sad Blue Sky

Sad Blue Sky > Break The Limit > Chocolate Missile > steelchambers2
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deo votes:
steelchambers2
Soaring Through the Sad Blue Skies

nfun votes:
abstain
Soaring Through the Sad Blue Sky
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Final Fantasy: Brave Exvius - Break the Limit
Cytus II - Chocolate Missile
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Break the Limit
Chocolate Missile
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steelchambers2
Chocolate Missile
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Break the Limit
Soaring Through the Sad Blue Sky

Pinball Fantasies - steelchambers2
Cytus II - Chocolate Missile
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Break the Limit
Chocolate Missile

Very strong songs today!

Song trivia is Confronting Mys-wait, no...
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Wow. How is steelchambers2 still in this? Old-school type stuff like this usually bombs hard in VGMC. This is a tough decision, though.

This second match is just full of sadness. Either of Chocolate Missile's last two opponents would be an infinitely better retiree than either of these two songs. That said, this match is at least marginally easier to decide than the other one.

Votes:
steelchambers2
Chocolate Missile

Rankings:
steelchambers2 > Break the Limit > Chocolate Missile > Soaring Through the Sad Blue Sky
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steelchambers2
Chocolate Missile
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s
C

these are the strongest matches of this round yet
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Break the Limit
Soaring Through the Sad Blue Sky

steelchambers2
Soaring Through the Sad Blue Sky
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steelchambers2
Soaring Through the Sad Blue Sky
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steelchambers2
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Break the Limit
Soaring Through the Sad Blue Skies
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Break the Limit
Chocolate Missile

steelchambers2
Chocolate Missile

Final Fantasy: Brave Exvius - Break the Limit
Cytus II - Chocolate Missile

MATCH 1

Break the Limit wasn't what I was hoping to end up in round 4, but it's still a good song. steelchambers2 is my least favorite song remaining and I very strongly don't want to see it retire. Still, for my least favorite song left, it's not that bad. Parts of it I do like somewhat. It gets better as the song progresses, but yeah, overall I'm still not really a fan of steelchambers2. Very easy decision.

MATCH 2

In contrast, this match is very close. Both songs are pretty good here. I had this initially as Soaring #19 vs. Chocolate Missile #20, but I'm feeling Chocolate Missile more today. I'd probably still rank them right next to each other, just swapped from what I initially came up with. I guess my preference isn't super strong, so I'm okay with either song retiring here. Definitely like both songs here more than the ones in the first match, so I'll be pushing for whichever song wins this match to go to the finals.

Chocolate Missile > Soaring Through the Sad Blue Sky > Break the Limit >> steelchambers2

steelchambers2
Soaring Through the Sad Blue Sky

Limit
Missile

Whew! What a rush!
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