Board 8 > [VGMC] d57: Battle Against a True Hero (Undertale) vs Laguerra del Mundo (GE)

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azuarc
05/15/18 9:58:12 PM
#1:


Most deserving to retire in bracket A? - Results (0 votes)
Battle Against a True Hero
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Laguerra del Mundo
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Rivers in the Desert
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Cosmic Hero
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Sunshine Coastline
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Flash Frost
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Phantom R's Theme
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Last Surprise
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0
crazybusisgood
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2 minutes early, but don't care. WELCOME TO ROUND 4 -- RETIREMENT BEGINS!

Links:
Bracket - http://www.bracketmaker.com/tlist.cfm?tid=469506
Contest info - https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1lzzbpDP2whgvOTN2XHETfWg79IyPs01jdwIQu_L2C7k/
Discussion and results thread - https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/8-gamefaqs-contests/76584033
Main bracket playlist - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLW9O9mntH1RFBXCwz0vAKZg8V0rnrKHsE
Side bracket playlist - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLW9O9mntH1RFI-vkdyFa8-bXzbFLMLl1X

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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Main Match:

Undertale - Battle Against a True Hero
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xX_imE4zKD4" data-time="


Granado Espada - Laguerra del Mundo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2_--z5kyU1w" data-time="


If you are a new or infrequent voter, and you are coming in to vote for Undertale (or GE), please tell me that you have listened to its competition and still prefer it.

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Side Bracket:

Fatal Frame: Maiden of Black Water - In This Cage
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OIk8ulY8GA0" data-time="


Sonic Mania - Studiopolis Zone Act 1
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NIWyZmFSep0" data-time="


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Easy vote form:
Battle Against a True Hero / Laguerra del Mundo
In This Cage / Studiopolis Zone Act 1
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NFUN
05/15/18 10:00:55 PM
#2:


Granado Espada
In This Cage
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Thus is our treaty written, thus is our agreement made. Thought is the arrow of time; memory never fades. What was asked is given; the price is paid.
ARF
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Shonen_Bat
05/15/18 10:06:15 PM
#3:


I vote that both of those retire. No? Ah well.

Battle Against a True Hero
In This Cage
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Glaze on the layers of the atmosphere, white stardust sprinkles on a fine parfait.
I'll take your hand and you can take me here, up to the Satellite Cafe.
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Janus5k
05/15/18 10:06:19 PM
#4:


Battle Against a True Hero

side later
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Sceptilesolar
05/15/18 10:07:05 PM
#5:


Battle Against a True Hero
In This Cage

Was gonna vote for Laguerra del Mundo but I'm just kinda tired of it. On the plus side, if it wins it won't be in any more contests.
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Mac Arrowny
05/15/18 10:23:43 PM
#6:


Laguerra del Mundo
In This Cage
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MC_XD
05/15/18 10:24:01 PM
#7:


Granado Espada - Laguerra del Mundo
Sonic Mania - Studiopolis Zone Act 1
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Ytterbicide
05/15/18 10:24:34 PM
#8:


Laguerra del Mundo
will vote in the side match later

I might take Hopes and Dreams over LdM but not True Hero
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Team Rocket Elite
05/15/18 10:27:53 PM
#9:


Fatal Frame: Maiden of Black Water - In This Cage
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Popcorn_Fairy
05/15/18 10:33:36 PM
#10:


Laguerra del Mundo
In This Cage
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DragonImps
05/15/18 10:42:51 PM
#11:


Battle Against a True Hero
Studiopolis Zone Act 1
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UF8
05/15/18 11:18:26 PM
#12:


my god, it actually happened

Laguerra del Mundo
In This Cage

Three years ago, Laguerra del Mundo made VGMC for the first time. It didn't leave much of a mark on me at the time (or indeed the contest in general), at least not compared to the very solid and surprisingly catchy Rapal, but I considered it decent for what it was. On that occasion, it had the misfortune of facing Smiles and Tears, which I am definitely quite fond of. I'd already taken Laguerra there regardless in my favourites bracket but come match day, I couldn't go against Smiles and Tears.

The following year, in VGMCX, it had similar misfortune, being placed in a surprisingly solid B1 containing the likes of TBIYTC, KoaFC, eventual winner Despair of ELFERIA and others that I found to be surprisingly good as well (including its first round opponent, #X). It made it to round 3 that year, and I narrowly ended up picking its opponents over it in each of those rounds. Admittedly #X was a bit of a pity vote in retrospect, but hey. A vote's a vote.

Last year, it was cruelly placed against my own pet nom, Sai-Hate Galaxy, in R1, so naturally I couldn't vote for it there. Then it ran into Rising Up, a song from Tales of Zestiria. Not my favourite song from Zestiria that's been in the contests to date, but far from a pushover either. It was quite a close call. Then in round 3 it ended up facing off against Into the Light, which I'd taken to the bracket finals in my favourites bracket (despite also facing one of my noms in R1). It's appeal has worn off on me a bit since then, but I liked it quite a lot at that time. Finally, in the retirement round, it ended up against Whereabouts of Light. That one was especially tough to decide, but ultimately I wanted to see Whereabouts of Light retire more, being not only a solid song, but also the lone vocal song remaining.

So coming into this contest, I had voted against Laguerra no less than eight times. Slap on a few more for its matches against Besaid, Neo Kobe City and Deadman Falling (all three pretty high up there as some of my favourites in this contest) and here we are.

Mystic Pendulum is my second favourite song in the bracket after Sayonara, so had it been here, this would've just been yet another match where Laguerra had the misfortune of drawing yet another (rare!) song I like more than it despite the rest of the bracket being a bit of a travesty. Instead... we get this. A farce where I actually find myself taking it easily. How about that.

Oh yeah also the side bracket match is really good today.
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TheArkOfTurus
05/15/18 11:19:32 PM
#13:


Laguerra del Mundo
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For our own safety
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azuarc
05/15/18 11:24:47 PM
#14:


UF8 posted...
my god, it actually happened

Interesting story. And yeah, that Smiles and Tears match really got me. That's one of those cases where you can't give up on a song just because it loses R1. Of course, for every validated story, there's 31 others that it wasn't worth the fight.

So are you saying this is the first time you voted for it?
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UF8
05/15/18 11:27:19 PM
#15:


azuarc posted...
UF8 posted...
my god, it actually happened

Interesting story. And yeah, that Smiles and Tears match really got me. That's one of those cases where you can't give up on a song just because it loses R1. Of course, for every validated story, there's 31 others that it wasn't worth the fight.

So are you saying this is the first time you voted for it?

yes. circumstances have constantly worked against it as far as getting my vote has been concerned, despite it being roughly around my top 30ish in the contest overall, probably. Of the 16 other songs left in the main bracket, I'd only vote for four over it.
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pyresword
05/15/18 11:32:27 PM
#16:


Battle Against a True Hero
In This Cage

If this match happened at the beginning of the contest I probably vote the other way, but for whatever reason I'm really getting tired of Laguerra del Mundo, and I never liked it much in the first place.
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azuarc
05/15/18 11:34:11 PM
#17:


In This Cage

will vote on main match tomorrow
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KCF0107
05/15/18 11:42:15 PM
#18:


Hero
Cage
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Ytterbicide
05/15/18 11:46:36 PM
#19:


In This Cage is most impressive, so I'll be voting for it
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Xuxon
05/15/18 11:47:15 PM
#20:


Laguerra del Mundo
In This Cage
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Grats to BKSheikah, a guru ahead of his time.
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banshiryuu
05/15/18 11:52:59 PM
#21:


Laguerra del Mundo
Studiopolis Zone Act 1
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Arti
05/16/18 12:13:30 AM
#22:


Granado Espada - Laguerra del Mundo
Sonic Mania - Studiopolis Zone Act 1
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trdl23
05/16/18 12:15:48 AM
#23:


Battle Against a True Hero
In This Cage

Of course the best two songs in the bracket get put into the retirement match together. Damn it.
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xp1337
05/16/18 1:00:01 AM
#24:


Undertale - Battle Against a True Hero
Fatal Frame: Maiden of Black Water - In This Cage

promote in this cage to the main match and have it retire instead
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Janus5k
05/16/18 2:08:59 AM
#25:


Studiopolis Zone Act 1

I don't know why In This Cage reminds me of Simple and Clean but that's not a good thing
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FL81
05/16/18 3:05:43 AM
#26:


Battle Against a True Hero
Studiopolis Zone Act 1

Both of these retirement match songs deserve it tbh

Tough side bracket match too, wow

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malyg
05/16/18 5:38:05 AM
#27:


Laguerra del Mundo
Studiopolis Zone Act 1
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Prody Parrot
05/16/18 6:00:16 AM
#28:


Laguerra del Mundo
In This Cage
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pyresword
05/16/18 7:54:44 AM
#30:


xp1337 posted...
promote in this cage to the main match and have it retire instead

A true visionary.
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azuarc
05/16/18 8:35:01 AM
#31:


xp1337 posted...
promote in this cage to the main match and have it retire instead

Just to spite all the people so far who have said that both should retire, or are the two best songs left in the bracket, etc? This some kind of King Solomon strategy?
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xx521xx
05/16/18 9:03:59 AM
#32:


Laguerra del Mundo
In This Cage
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th3l3fty
05/16/18 9:23:14 AM
#33:


trdl23 posted...
Of course the best two songs in the bracket get put into the retirement match together. Damn it.

I mean

that should have been the case, but Fateful Confrontation didn't make it far enough
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tennisboy213
05/16/18 12:40:46 PM
#34:


Battle Against a True Hero
In This Cage
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barreldragon88
05/16/18 2:27:13 PM
#35:


Undertale - Battle Against a True Hero
Fatal Frame: Maiden of Black Water - In This Cage
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Raetsel_Lapin
05/16/18 4:08:33 PM
#36:


Battle Against a True Hero
In This Cage
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dowolf
05/16/18 4:17:07 PM
#37:


War of the World
Studiopolis

Let In This Cage burn.
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MargaretAnnMid
05/16/18 4:22:22 PM
#38:


Laguerra del Mundo
In This Cage
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PrinceKaro
05/16/18 4:25:57 PM
#39:


Battle Against a True Hero
Studiopolis Zone Act 1
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all going according to the plan of BKSheikah this time...
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PSI_NESS
05/16/18 5:06:54 PM
#40:


Laguerra del Mundo
Studiopolis Zone Act 1
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azuarc
05/16/18 5:45:24 PM
#41:


Ed Votes:
Battle Against a True Hero
Studiopolis Zone Act 1

In an ideal world:
Battle Against a True Hero > City Streets 2 (Mango Tango)
Studiopolis Zone Act 1 > Soaring Through the Sad Blue Skies
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azuarc
05/16/18 5:57:11 PM
#42:


After further consideration...
Laguerra del Mundo
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greengravy294
05/16/18 6:00:37 PM
#43:


Battle Against a True Hero
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HBJDubs
05/16/18 7:30:27 PM
#44:


Laguerra del Mundo
In This Cage
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Save in the name of true love
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JONALEON1
05/16/18 7:35:17 PM
#45:


Laguerra del Mundo
Studiopolis Zone Act 1
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Advokaiser
05/16/18 8:13:03 PM
#46:


Laguerra del Mundo
Studiopolis Zone Act 1


-This may be my favorite match of all the possible ones in Round 4, and my favorite so far in the main bracket. (I thought this day would contain two main bracket matches, so if Cosmic Hero had appeared in here, I would've considered this the greatest day of the contest [so far]).

-I feel bad for voting against In This Cage (so much emotion put into it), but Studiopolis is objectively catchier. Neither of them holds a candle against any of the two main songs today, though.

Laguerra del Mundo >>> BAaTH >>>>> Studiopolis > In This Cage
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OrangeCrush980
05/16/18 9:05:55 PM
#47:


Laguerra del Mundo
In This Cage
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Courage is the magic that turns dreams into reality.
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Mr Lasastryke
05/16/18 9:06:18 PM
#48:


Battle Against a True Hero
Studiopolis Zone Act 1


i guess i'm an infrequent voter (given that i've missed plenty of the matches), so i'll note that yes, i did listen to all of the songs.
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th3l3fty
05/16/18 9:31:08 PM
#49:


Granado Espada - Laguerra del Mundo

Fatal Frame: Maiden of Black Water - In This Cage
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