Board 8 > Final Fantasy Music Tournament "128 songs enter, only 1 can win."

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ancara
12/26/19 10:55:24 PM
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With so much good music from the Final Fantasy series, even just with FF1 to FF15 with these 15 main games, it always seems like it's difficult to truly gauge what the cream of the crop is with the music here. So with way too much time on my hands, I decided it was time to finally at long last put that question to bed forever more. 128 songs from FF1 to FF15, only using music from these 15 games, were selected to be put into this single elim tournament. And to keep it fair, almost all games have an equal amount of music from each title. And with even randomly seeding all 128 songs into tourney form, all is as fair as humanly possible.

With that said, the rules are simple: Once a day (or when I can be able to do so), I will post a google form/poll link to vote on match-ups for music. And in said voting form will even be youtube videos for each match-up's music, so you can be able to decide for yourself which is better or more to your liking on more than just recognizing name alone. Then, simply vote on each match-up before submitting, and you've done your part for that day of voting. After 24 hours of the poll opening, the poll will close and whichever song wins each match-up moves onto the next round. Continuing after with batches of 16 match-ups per day until each round ends, and then continuing until only one song remains. So let the best song win when all is said and done.

So with hopefully basic rules explained, have a link to the voting poll for this round, for the first fourth of round one: https://forms.gle/EN2GxfpoCwQSV3tr6

And have link to complete bracket as well, to keep up with round 1 (and will be updated each round til done): https://i.imgur.com/gePTmWr.png

Poll is open until 10PM Central time on 12/27, so vote while you can and have fun!

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ancara
12/27/19 2:57:52 PM
#2:


Halfway and more through the first voting batch, and all is going better than expected. But there's still about 7 hours left to vote. So do so while you can, and then soon a new batch will happen for round 1 the next day. So get in and vote.

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LeonhartFour
12/27/19 3:35:58 PM
#3:


wow Liberi Fatal vs. FFVII Main Theme and Man with the Machine Gun vs. You're Not Alone should not be round 1 matches

those are all top tier songs

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pyresword
12/27/19 4:58:09 PM
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Oh I missed this somehow. No time to listen to the songs but I will vote in the matches where I know my choice already
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pyresword
12/27/19 5:00:26 PM
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Answers/Rebel Army is a very cruel match
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Haste_2
12/27/19 5:23:00 PM
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Fun. Luckily I'm familiar with most of the music so it doesn't take long to vote. But yeah, I agree there should have been seeding for at least the top tier music to prevent overly strong R1 matches.

The match I care most about is FFIV Main Theme vs. OWA. PLEASE win, Main Theme!


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FFDragon
12/27/19 5:42:34 PM
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Bad bracket placements all over imo

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ancara
12/27/19 7:47:53 PM
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To address the elephant in the room since people are now posting here, the entire bracket was decided 100% by rng and dice rolling, and thus every single bracket placement was out of my control when it was set in stone to keep it as unbiased as possible. So everything you see with the bracket was done offhandedly to play fair, and thus every song is stuck where it is now whether with an easy match-up or something much harder. If you wanna blame anything, blame rngsus.

But with that said, there's about 2 hours left soon before voting ends. So if you want to vote before first batch of match-ups come to a close, now is the time.

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azuarc
12/27/19 8:24:24 PM
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This is the first I've seen of this contest. Was there a nomination period, or was the bracket decided by the creators?

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UF8
12/27/19 8:38:23 PM
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Final battle vs clash of sword surprise highlight
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ancara
12/28/19 12:51:05 AM
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Posting later than intended. But voting is closed now for this first batch of match ups. And after some helpful advice by others, from tomorrow onward it'll be 8 match ups per day. So keep an eye out in the morning for when the second batch of match-ups appear to vote on along-side results for first batch.

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ancara
12/28/19 9:28:00 AM
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Now rested up, the results for the first batch of match ups are in, and you can see who has advanced to the next round so far with this picture. https://i.imgur.com/4TrcmUL.png

With that said, it's time for the next batch of match-ups to vote on. And unlike before, it's reduced to 8 matches per day. So you can take your time voting, and be able to listen to the music without feeling any rush with voting. So have fun voting, and have the link to the new batch: https://forms.gle/P3iCmh5oEQBQWeuP6

Voting will last until about midnight in central time, or about 16 hours from now. So vote while you can.

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azuarc
12/28/19 12:41:52 PM
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RIP You're Not Alone and FF1 battle.

No votals?

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ancara
12/28/19 12:55:15 PM
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azuarc posted...
RIP You're Not Alone and FF1 battle.

No votals?
Since you asked, have them. For those who tied, winner was decided by best 2 out of 3 coin flip to keep it as offhand as possible.

Match 1 - Liberi Fatali (12 votes) vs. FF7 Main Theme (2 votes)
Match 2 - Crossing Those Hills (12 votes) vs. FF4 Town Theme (2 votes)
Match 3 - The Fierce Battle FF6 (9 votes) vs. The Dragon Spreads its Wings (5 votes)
Match 4 - The Final Battle (8 votes) vs. Clash of Swords (6 votes)
Match 5 - Balamb Garden (9 votes) vs. Eternal Wind (5 votes)
Match 6 - Fight to the Death (8 votes) vs. Imperial Army Theme (6 votes)
Match 7 - The Kingdom of San d'Oria (4 votes) vs. Hunt or Be Hunted (10 votes)
Match 8 - Still More Fighting (14 votes) vs. Enemy Attack (0 votes)
Match 9 - To the Sun (9 votes) vs. Battle 1 FF3 (5 votes)
Match 10 - The Man With the Machine Gun (8 votes) vs. You're Not Alone (6 votes)
Match 11 - Battle Scene FF1 (3 votes) vs. Seymour Battle (11 votes)
Match 12 - Start Your Engines (7 votes) vs. The Battle FF5 (7 votes) - tiebreaker, Start Your Engines wins
Match 13 - Vamo' Alla Flamenco (8 votes) vs. OMNIS LACRIMA (6 votes)
Match 14 - The Landing (13 votes) vs. Cornelia Castle (1 vote)
Match 15 - Rebel Army Theme (7 votes) vs. Answers (7 votes) - tiebreaker, Answers wins
Match 16 - Main Theme FF4 (7 votes) vs. One Winger Angel (7 votes) - tiebreaker, One Winged Angel wins

So there you go.

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barreldragon88
12/28/19 1:29:58 PM
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Damn, I could have broken some tiebreakers and advanced Rebel Army and FF4 Main Theme. 16 matches are too many for one day. Poor Cornelia Castle ;(

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ancara
12/28/19 5:42:42 PM
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About 7 hours to go til this batch of matches ends. So vote whilst you can before next batch begins.

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Lucavi000
12/28/19 6:08:42 PM
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Did I miss it or is there really no Fisherman's Horizon?

What is this list?

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barreldragon88
12/28/19 7:56:34 PM
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TC, do you mind not using extended links? It's easier to listen to a short track in its entirety than to stop a long track from looping

I'm very saddened by how badly Enemy Attack got slaughtered

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LeonhartFour
12/28/19 8:15:07 PM
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barreldragon88 posted...
I'm very saddened by how badly Enemy Attack got slaughtered

well it was clearly outmatched so it couldn't be helped

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banshiryuu
12/28/19 10:58:29 PM
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wow all of the tiebreakers went the wrong way :(
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ancara
12/29/19 9:38:52 AM
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Well, it's time for the next batch of matches to vote on, and this one should be especially good. So enjoy voting here: https://forms.gle/EnPjNXQ46wKcPegi6

Also pic of bracket as of end of batch 2 voting: https://i.imgur.com/ApGrrKC.png

And since I know someone will ask for it again, have votes overall this round deciding who won:

Wanderlust (7 votes) vs. Border Village Dali (4 votes)
The Dalmasca Eastersand (6 votes) vs. Aerith's Theme (5 votes)
The Decisive Battle (5 votes) vs. Don't Be Afraid (6 votes)
Home Sweet Home (5 votes) vs. The Boundless Ocean (6 votes)
The Skycity of Bhujerba (5 votes) vs. Normal Battle FFX (6 votes)
Ancient Castle (3 votes) vs.Ultima (8 votes)
Terra's Theme (8 votes) vs. Magna Insomnia (3 votes)
Theme of Love (5 votes) vs. The Fierce Battle FF5 (6 votes)

And this is a good reason why to vote, so your favorite tracks aren't left beaten in one vote or via tiebreaker. With that said, happy voting, and voting ends like before on midnight central time.

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azuarc
12/29/19 2:58:38 PM
#22:


Wow, Don't Be Afraid beat The Decisive Battle.

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banshiryuu
12/29/19 3:11:41 PM
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At least the one good FF3 DS track is the one to knock out Home Sweet Home, but considering I'd even vote it over the NES one... still a sad one to lose by 1.

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FFDragon
12/29/19 5:10:15 PM
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azuarc posted...
Wow, Don't Be Afraid beat The Decisive Battle.

As it should.

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LeonhartFour
12/29/19 5:11:36 PM
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banshiryuu posted...
Dalmasca Estersand over Aerith is a nice surprise though!

bad result

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UF8
12/29/19 5:28:25 PM
#26:


dalmasca eastersand and and boundless ocean are the only ones I'm that happy about this time

okay sure i also voted ultima but i also don't like ultima

worst part is the wrong ff15 song won though honestly i wouldn't have minded if they both lost

Anyway my phone's touch screen is dying so i will check out the third set of matches when i am on my laptop soon tm
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tennisboy213
12/30/19 1:51:00 AM
#27:


up
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Haste_2
12/30/19 5:38:11 PM
#28:


RIP Theme of Love and Aeriths. I don't get how such a mediocre boss theme won.

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guffguy89
12/30/19 5:45:29 PM
#29:


Kind of sad the Hymn of the Fayth isn't in this as thats my fav ff song of all time (unless I missed it somewhere), but this contest looks fun.

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tennisboy213
12/31/19 7:32:52 AM
#30:


bump
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Haste_2
12/31/19 10:17:09 PM
#31:


This hasn't died already, has it?

Oh, wait. It's New Year's.

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