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Results from day 34:

Scrap I/O > Hidra Heteromycin, 12-10
Hitomi no LAZhWARD < Hopes and Dreams, 10-12
Terra > Mortal Stampede, 12-9

Apparently I'm a trendsetter -- http://tinypic.com/r/mr7dk/9

Oh woah all 3 of my choices won somehow. Ok then
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azuarc posted...

Scrap I/O > Hidra Heteromycin, 12-10
Hitomi no LAZhWARD < Hopes and Dreams, 10-12

Nice. You could say my hopes and dreams for this contest have been somewhat restored

*runs away*
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ok look guys

when I said Gust was winning too much

I didn't mean to kill the best one
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NioraptH posted...

Drats the miracle never happened

It looked like it was going to, until a run at the end for H&D. Same goes for the first match.

azuarc posted...

Results from day 34:

Scrap I/O > Hidra Heteromycin, 12-10
Hitomi no LAZhWARD < Hopes and Dreams, 10-12
Terra > Mortal Stampede, 12-9

Fuck I've missed a lot of days, I didn't even realize r1 was over.

These results suck and lol at being told to hold up and think before posting because the post I quoted had a tinypic in it.
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First match was going to feel bad either way because, again, Scrap I/O and Hidra Heteromycin are Top 3-5 songs left, so them facing in R2 was cruel.

other matches though no excuses just unfortunate
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awful results
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Fantastic results.
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Mediocre results.
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For the forthcoming matches, Ed Bellis votes for:
lixAxil
EXEC_LINCA/.
Life ~Faraway Promise~

awesome results. i, too, am surprised to see all 3 of my picks win.

also am i understanding that image link correctly? is it just that most were voting for lazhward, then you voted Hopes & Dreams, and most after you voted the same?
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pretty much. Same is generally true for the first match, as well. The columns were for the four songs in those matches, respectively.

The same client who wanted me at 9 last night decided they needed to meet again tonight. I just found this out. So I'm not going to be home at 10, but if nobody beats me to posting the topic, I'll make sure it's the first thing I do when I get home.

imo if anything Mycro was the trend-setter. he was the first to vote for all 3 of the winners, which ended up being pretty common.
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if someone other than @azuarc posts the topic, please use this link for Make Up Time

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZB5Z5kMjRIg

the only high quality version I've ever seen on youtube was the one that died with VGMOTD
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I got the topic, dw


Taking suggestions on the poll tho
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It's so awesome when a client doesn't show up. I could have had the 9:00 guy at 8:00 if I knew this was going to happen.

Thank you, kanz. I was going to do will/want on the four songs that have already advanced to round 3. It's weird to do that with 16 potential options and only 10 poll slots, though. Basically you have to do the combinations for 3 of the songs, and then the 10th slot is "anything involving song #4 (post)". If you go with something else, I'll probably do that tomorrow.

Thank you, kanz. I was going to do will/want on the four songs that have already advanced to round 3. It's weird to do that with 16 potential options and only 10 poll slots, though. Basically you have to do the combinations for 3 of the songs, and then the 10th slot is "anything involving song #4 (post)". If you go with something else, I'll probably do that tomorrow.

As in, favorite songs? Couldn't you do that in pairs (picking two to advance and then one you take when they meet)? I think you can hit every possible pairing that way and then include 'won't vote' and 'crazybusisgood' on top.
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I'm home. Last guy managed to come early because of the cancellation.

*waiting a minute to make sure we don't end up with 2 topics*

Topic is up. Thank you for being willing to help, kanz.

Results, day 35:

lixAxil = Eleganza (Cthylla Stage), 13-13
Birth of a God < EXEC_LINCA/, 9-17
Make Up Time < Life ~Faraway Promise~, 11-15

come from behind to stave off elimination from the Umineko track, and then a desperate after-10:00 vote for Eleganza to not let that rally win it.

When i actually vote for BoaG, it loses
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Results, day 36:

Six Feet Thunder > The Red Locus, 14-11
Brickworks > Reach for the Moon, Immortal Smoke, 13-12
Zoo > Heavy Arms, 13-10

One of Radiant Historia's big two goes down in maybe the earliest round ever, while RFTM is edged out in a match where literally the last 14 votes alternated.

So close, RFTM.
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It reached for the moon, but it found what it always did...

RFTM would've never stood a chance against 6FT next round, but I am surprised it nearly managed to pull in a tie tonight.
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I suspect RFTM would have done better than you think. There's a few people who explicitly dislike 6FT and have been pretty vocal about it. Yes, there are people like that for RFTM, too, but it might be enough to balance out.

results, day 37:
Monolith > Flower, 15-7
Dungeon of Dreams < Yesterday's Opponents are Today's Ingredients, 9-13
lixAxil < Eleganza (Cthylla Stage), 10-11

lixAxil fails to secure the tying vote.

I hate all of you even more than I hate lixAxil but way way less than I hate Eleganza.
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save_us.LINCA
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Amongst all my nominations, Eleganza is simultaneously the one that receives the most support and the most hate

it's kind of ironic in a way
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Results, day 38:

Spike in a Rail < Id ~ Purpose, 9-16
In the Final > Ar-ciel Ar-manaf, 15-11
The True Mirror (Guitar Version) > Professor Layton's Theme, 14-12

In the Final spotted the Gust track a 7-2 lead before roaring back to stomp it. Id advanced with a purpose.

Wasn't expecting In the Final to win at all, considering it beat one of the better (imo) Umineko tracks last round
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Man, how can so many people have such bad taste
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liking id purpose? Yeah, I dunno. But it makes R4 every year. In the Final will be the only thing standing in its way from repeating.

Then again a lot of people like the game it comes from, too, so idk.
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trdl23 posted...

Then again a lot of people like the game it comes from, too, so idk.

Only natural, since Awakening is the greatest SRPG of all time.
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a what? I know JRPG and WRPG and ARPG...I've never played a Fire Emblem game, though.

Awakening is okay. Id Purpose is very good though
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azuarc posted...

a what? I know JRPG and WRPG and ARPG...I've never played a Fire Emblem game, though.

Strategy RPG. Like Final Fantasy Tactics or Disgaea.
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Mac Arrowny posted...

trdl23 posted...

Then again a lot of people like the game it comes from, too, so idk.

Only natural, since Awakening is the greatest SRPG of all time.

Sounds like this was babby's first FE game.

FE7... now there's a SRPG.

Also FFT m8.
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Yes, those are two games I liked less than Awakening.
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FE Path of radiance and Radiant Dawn are the two best SRPGs I've ever played. Shame that playing them is impossible though.
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Awakening isn't even close to being the best FE, let alone being the best SRPG.

KamikazePotato posted...

FE Path of radiance and Radiant Dawn are the two best SRPGs I've ever played. Shame that playing them is impossible though.

give me these two over Awakening any day
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Awakening is probably the worst of the series.

Too easy, Pokémon breeding sucked, story was super meh.
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I didn't even remember when Id ~ Purpose played in Awakening

then I looked it up and understood why - said map is a joke

End of All is way better anyway.
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The only Fire Emblem game I've played was Path of Radiance, but a lot of FE songs (including Id: Purpose) in these contests are solidly tier 2 for me.

Don't Speak Her Name! > the others, however.
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Radiant Dawn is also amazing. It and Awakening blow away any of the GBA Fire Emblems. I actually thought Awakening was too easy too my first time so I restarted it on hard after a few stages, which gave me sufficient challenge. Supports were one of my favorite things and I'm a huge sucker for anything involving time travel. The Future Past DLC was some of the most powerful content in the series imo.
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