Board 8 > [VGMC] Semi 2: 13 Sentinels - Isoleucine v Swort Ard Online - Dungeon Geofront 4

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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=1760189992
Bracket - (RIP bracketmaker)
Discussion and results thread - https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/8-gamefaqs-contests/78865287
Bracket playlist - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLW9O9mntH1REnVI_W6yELaDP6Zac8b0Wq
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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Semifinal 1

13 Sentinels: Aegis Rim - -(Isoleucine)-
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p-MUwawZrfw

Sword Art Online: Fatal Bullet - Dungeon - Geofront 4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tOsekzHN5m0

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Easy vote form:
-(Isoleucine)- / Dungeon - Geofront 4

If you have voted fewer than ten times in the contest, please copy-paste the following into your post:
I certify that I have read the rules, listened to both songs, and believe I am voting for the genuinely better track.

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Fuck

Isoleucine???

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-(Isoleucine)-

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I certify that I have read the rules, listened to both songs, and believe I am voting for neither because this is the one possible matchup that I knew could break my ratings. I know I like isoleucine more than geofront, but geofront, and I knew it was coming, does stand out more in this match. It's pretty much to. So, no vote from me, and I really hope whatever track makes it through crushes the finals.

-(Isoleucine)-

Sword Art Online: Fatal Bullet - Dungeon - Geofront 4

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-(Isoleucine)-

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Dungeon ~ Geofront 4

Two of my noms against each other. This late in the contest. WOW! guaranteed one of the finalists is one of my noms! I may have made it clear by now that Dungeon ~ Geofront 4 is my favorite song of all time, and originally ranked isoleucine 5th out of 192,,,,,,,... but after rethinking some of my favorites recently...I think Isoleucine might be my 2nd favorite out of all 192 in the contest! Meaning this is my favorite possible match this contest could have produced at this point!!!!!!! So happy this contest has been this abnormally kind to me!! Even if Endeavour wins, I will still be happy, i dont know what ranking position I give that now (i gave it 38th/192 originall) but at this point it's not far off from these two either. Great contest. Thank you.
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Sword Art Online: Fatal Bullet - Dungeon - Geofront 4
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Dungeon - Geofront 4

...I dunno why, but today felt like a day for bold support of the song.
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-(Isoleucine)-
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-(Isoleucine)-

Dungeon
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-(Isoleucine)-

two great songs! But Isoleucine manages to edge ahead for me

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-(Isoleucine)-

Had this song getting not especially far in my bracket (RIP) but it's definitely one of my favorites now.

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Isoleucine
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13 Sentinels: Aegis Rim - -(Isoleucine)-

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Geofront

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-(Isoleucine)-

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-(Isoleucine)-

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13 Sentinels: Aegis Rim - -(Isoleucine)-

Dungeon - Geofront 4

-(Isoleucine)-

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-(lSOLEUCINE)-

-(Isoleucine)-

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-(Isoleucine)-
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Dungeon - Geofront 4

I love both of these. Will likely vote for whatever wins here in tomorrow's finals.

Dungeon - Geofront 4

I may have been too optimistic yesterday. Come on, Geofront!

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13 Sentinels: Aegis Rim - -(Isoleucine)-
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-(Isoleucine)-

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Dungeon - Geofront 4

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Dungeon - Geofront 4

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Isoleucine

I've voted against Isoleucine a lot over the course of the contest, but that's because it keeps going up against things I love. It's still a really, really good track. As is Geofront 4! What is this universe.
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-(Isoleucine)-

6.5 7.0 7.5 8.0 8.5 -(Isoleucine)-
6.5 7.0 7.5 8.0 8.5 Dungeon - Geofront 4

Vote:
Dungeon - Geofront 4

Ouch, another adjacent-in-retiree-rankings match! If you list out the 20 amino acids alphabetically, Isoleucine is 10 and Leucine is 11. I don't know how that's relevant, but it sounds cool...maybe we should nominate -(LEUCINE)- next year? -(Isoleucine)- has been the song to watch since its *quintupling* of Snowman in round 1, tearing through the bracket and leaving only scraps in its wake. But serving blowouts doesn't make you a villain - as EXSPHERE demonstrated a year ago, you get that many votes by successfully appealing to multiple different audiences at once. In its dominant run, we should see a song with the ability to bring people together whose tastes don't always align. In terms of making everyone at least somewhat happy, I can't imagine a more worthy champion!

Dungeon - Geofront 4 may be the ultimate underdog of VGMC 14! It's a low-energy track that doesn't really make you go "HELL YEAH GEOFRONT WON!!!" in the discussions. The game is obscure, the video thumbnail indistinct, and "Dungeon - Geofront 4" isn't as catchy a name as Endeavour or Isoleucine. Yet it holds a decisive 26-18 victory over Fire Island Volcano and is the only song to have doubled a fellow retiree thanks to its round 2 match...other than, of course, its current opponent! Mycro/Tox was understandably skeptical of Geofront's strength in the early rounds, but it's proven itself time and time again and who knows when it'll stop - the most surprising upsets come from the least talked-about songs!

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-(Isoleucine)-

Sword Art Online: Fatal Bullet - Dungeon - Geofront 4

At least this is the one and only time I'll have to betray Isoleucine, but it still hurts

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-(Isoleucine)-

Well this one sucks. I said in a previous match that it was my 2 favorite songs left, but I think now this is my 2 favorites. Isoleucine has grown on me a lot in the past 1 or 2 matches (I don't know what round number we're in anymore) and I think I like it more than the Credits song at this point. But do I like it more than Geofront, my previous #1 from last round? ...Maybe, actually. It gets me pumped up listening to it, especially when all that buildup finally releases at 3:15 and it goes all out. Geofront has a really unique and interesting sound, it's "weird" sounding without sounding weird. Lots of layers and different things going on but they all fit together. It kind of reminds me of that Kaiba song from round 1 which I said a similar thing about, but Geofront is like an even better version of that. Really all that I can do is vote based on my current feeling on this day (I've listened to both songs multiple times since this topic went up last night). So, against my expectations, I never would have seen this coming, but I am voting for:

-(Isoleucine)-

Of course even if Geofront wins I'm still 100% supporting it through the finals.

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-(Isoleucine)-

Isoleucine

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isoleucine

evil match
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