Board 8 > [VGMC] d52: Wildcard A1!

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azuarc
05/20/20 9:56:32 PM
#1:


What, you need a poll, too? 9 songs isn't enough to choose from?










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=320804650
Bracket - http://www.bracketmaker.com/tlist.cfm?tid=473292
Discussion and results thread - https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/8-gamefaqs-contests/78524521
Bracket playlist - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLW9O9mntH1REnVI_W6yELaDP6Zac8b0Wq
ToC playlist - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLW9O9mntH1RE-TQMj19D0k5nm-0zeH12J
VGMC compability sheet - https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1lpX4faqnn_geI0y4i6MrZ2AXpV6SWXoWrIA6_eyx-yM/edit

Rules:
- Listen to ALL of the songs. Links have conveniently been provided. 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!

Special rules for the wildcard matches:
- Yes, there are 9 songs.
- You may vote 6 times.
- You may vote a maximum of 3 times for the same song
- The intent is that you will select a +3, a +2, and a +1. This is not mandatory
- DO NOT read the other votes before making (or adjusting) your selection.
- Please try not to change your vote. If you do, be completely clear.
- Request: vote in the order the songs are listed (not descending order) to make counting easier

THE COMBATANTS:

Final Fantasy XIV - Ink Long Dry
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ExXhr8ch8Mk

The Legend of Zelda - Title
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xp1337
05/20/20 9:59:16 PM
#2:


+3 Neotokyo - Imbrium

Question, I suppose. Is it required to use all 6 points? Because honestly I'm not that big of a fan of A1's group here and while if necessary I could hand out the remaining points I don't feel particularly compelled to here.

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Hbthebattle
05/20/20 10:02:28 PM
#3:


+3 Id (Purpose)
+2 One Final Effort
+1 Brain Power

O-oooooooooo AAAAE-A-A-I-A-U- JO-oooooooooooo AAE-O-A-A-U-U-A- E-eee-ee-eee AAAAE-A-E-I-E-A-JO-ooo-oo-oo-oo EEEEO-A-AAA-AAAA
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rwlh
05/20/20 10:08:23 PM
#4:


+3 Silver Star Crysta Kaleido
+3 Imbrium

Rankings:
10. Silver Star Crysta Kaleido
19. Imbrium
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67. Ink Long Dry
51. Brain Power
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99. Title
96. One Final Effort
125. Love You Love You Love
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161. Id ~ Purpose
167. Fax Factory
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Toxtricity
05/20/20 10:11:58 PM
#5:


+1 Ink Long Dry
+3 Imbrium
+2 Id ~ Purpose

I may change this vote later (not with intent to game the system, I will not take into consideration how others are voting. More just considering changing because I'm indecisive about "criteria on how I want to vote". like if i'm more going for just my ranked top 3 favorites or similar (what i did here), or "what I'd most like to see return", where i would vote differently (I'm not entirely sure I want to see Id or Ink return, even though they're my 2nd/3rd favorites pretty clearly out of this set). So I will think on this for a while but this is what I'm deciding for now, how I've solidly felt since thinking about it anyways.)
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TheArkOfTurus
05/20/20 10:12:52 PM
#6:


+3 Ink Long Dry
+3 One Final Effort

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Raetsel_Lapin
05/20/20 10:19:09 PM
#7:


+3 Title
+2 Brain Power
+1 One Final Effort
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Sceptilesolar
05/20/20 10:22:39 PM
#8:


+3 Ink Long Dry
+2 Id ~ Purpose
+1 Brain Power

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GameBopAdv
05/20/20 10:23:50 PM
#9:


+2 Fax Factory
+2 Imbrium
+2 Love You Love You Love

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NFUN
05/20/20 10:34:21 PM
#10:


+3 Ink Long Dry
+2 Silver Star
+1 Imbrium

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azuarc
05/20/20 10:37:35 PM
#11:


+1 Imbrium
+1 Title
+3 One Final Effort

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Congratulations to all the gurus, past and present, participating in the contest.
Video Game Music Contest 14: Now in progress. Come join us!
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Team Rocket Elite
05/20/20 10:41:44 PM
#12:


+3 Halo 3 - One Final Effort
+3 Fire Emblem: Awakening - Id ~ Purpose
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My bracket looked like random picks compared to his.
Congrats to azuarc for winning the GotD 2020 Guru Contest!
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banshiryuu
05/20/20 10:44:13 PM
#13:


+1 Ink Long Dry
+1 Brain Power
+2 Love You Love You Love
+2 Id ~ Purpose
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FL81
05/20/20 10:47:36 PM
#14:


+2 Ink Long Dry
+1 Title
+3 Silver Star Crysta Kaleido

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Haste_2
05/20/20 11:02:56 PM
#15:


Man, things have changed in terms of how I'd order music now as compared to last round. Id ~ Purpose is still my clear favorite out of the group, but it appears weaker than some of the others that I really like. Imbrium is the only loser that looks "strong" in the entire group come to think of it, but it's not clearly in my top three in terms of raw preferences, though it MIGHT be. Hmmmmm... whatever. I'm just gonna vote based on preferences for my top two. And Imbrium wins the tie for third because it has apparent strength! Edit: Erm, actually, I rated Imbrium higher than Id ~ Purpose last round, so Id ~ Purpose is my NEW favorite of this group, then. >_>

+1 Imbrium
+2 One Final Effort
+3 Id ~ Purpose

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DireKrow
05/20/20 11:21:06 PM
#16:


+3 Imbrium
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loweffortmemes
05/20/20 11:35:01 PM
#17:


+3 Id ~ Purpose
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dowolf
05/20/20 11:39:13 PM
#18:


+3 Silver Star Crysta Kaleido
+1 Imbrium
+2 One Final Effort

I'd love a title
New power crystallized, yet
Final dream's run dry

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KCF0107
05/20/20 11:44:28 PM
#19:


+3 One
+2 Imbrium
+1 Love

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cakophon
05/20/20 11:50:35 PM
#20:


+3 Ink Long Dry
+2 Imbrium
+1 Id ~ Purpose

though one final effort is super close to being in the group. also these three are all pretty close for me...!
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Place
05/20/20 11:52:52 PM
#21:


+1 Silver Star Crysta Kaleido
+1 Fax Factory
+2 Imbrium
+2 One Final Effort

Varied bunch, this is! Goes to show how colorful the bracket was this year.

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HBJDubs
05/21/20 12:12:18 AM
#22:


+2 Brain Power
+1 One Final Effort
+3 Id ~ Purpose

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Mac Arrowny
05/21/20 12:15:05 AM
#23:


+3 Brain Power
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-hotdogturtle--
05/21/20 12:20:15 AM
#24:


+3 Ink Long Dry

+3 Fax Factory

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UF8
05/21/20 12:43:43 AM
#25:


9.2 Ink Long Dry
9.0 One Final Effort
8.8 Imbrium
8.2 Silver Star Crysta Kaleido
7.9 Id ~ Purpose
6.5 Fax Factory
6.1 Love You Love You Love
4.8 Brain Power
4.6 Intro

I have a pointless little anecdote here. I hadn't thought about it until now, but it's all thanks to Neotokyo in these contests that I got into checking out Steam Greenlight stuff back when that was a thing. And without that... Honestly, the games I was exposed to because of greenlight specifically define so much of what I play these days. 100%OJ, a lot of just minor retro indie stuff, various VNs and other anime-related games, all because I took an interest in it starting with Neotokyo. So yeah, even though I haven't even had a computer good enough to even run it in the last like decade, it's indirectly affected a lot for me.

Anyway.

+2 Ink Long Dry
+2 Imbrium
+2 One Final Effort
i regret not really having the room to compromise on these and give at least silver star a +1 but that's just how it goes

[extra note: i didn't expect i'd be able to settle on scores here but i guess i did. maybe i'll keep doing them from here on, then maybe my views will have an element of legitimacy to them for once. also it's a good thing songs like the zelda theme existed in this part to denote where to really place an "average vgm" marker at because without it it probably would make all my 8s and higher not seem that significant when they kind of are. and yes, that does mean that even songs like love you love you love are ones I consider good as far as vgm goes in general, that's how my scoring works...]
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quantumB
05/21/20 1:07:04 AM
#26:


+1 Title
+1 Brain Power
+1 Silver Star Crysta Kaleido
+1 One Final Effort
+2 Love You Love You Love
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DoctorJimmy133
05/21/20 2:01:50 AM
#27:


+1 Fax
+2 Imbrium
+3 Id

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Janus5k
05/21/20 2:04:50 AM
#28:


+3 Brain Power
+1 Silver Star Crysta Kaleido
+2 One Final Effort

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Flamander
05/21/20 5:25:38 AM
#29:


+3 Silver Star Crysta Kaleido
+2 Love You Love You Love
+1 Fax Factory

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xx521xx
05/21/20 6:56:53 AM
#30:


+1 Brain Power
+1 Silver Star Crysta Kaleido
+1 Imbrium
+3 Love You Love You Love
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tennisboy213
05/21/20 7:53:31 AM
#31:


+3 Title
+3 Id ~ Purpose

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Congratulations to Game of the Decade 2 Guru winner, AND sitewide contest winner, azuarc!
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Collen
05/21/20 8:15:23 AM
#32:


+1 Ink Long Dry
+3 Fax Factory
+2 Love You Love You Love

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Snowva
05/21/20 8:53:55 AM
#33:


+1 Brain Power
+3 Fax Factory
+1 One Final Effort
+1 Love You Love You Love
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sergiocornaga
05/21/20 1:23:12 PM
#34:


+1 Silver Star Crysta Kaleido
+2 Imbrium
+3 Id ~ Purpose
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PIayer_0
05/21/20 2:40:57 PM
#35:


+3 Brain Power
+3 Id ~ Purpose

Honorable mention to Imbrium

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Haste_2
05/21/20 4:03:39 PM
#36:


Yeah, I've been thinking about things. I changed my mind about OFE because a version of the Halo theme is already retired. Id ~ Purpose I'm very hesitant on, because it didn't do so hot in R2 and it's already been in so many contests, but it's so good....! I'm a bit torn here. My +3 and +2 are obvious at this point, but should I give the +1 to Id or to LYLYL or Fax Factory....? I'm torn, ARGH. Okay, I've decided.

CHANGE:

-1 Imbrium
-2 One Final Effort
-3 Id ~ Purpose

+2 Ink Long Dry
+3 Imbrium
+1 Id ~ Purpose


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JONALEON1
05/21/20 5:57:10 PM
#37:


+3 Imbrium
+2 Love You Love You Love
+1 Id ~ Purpose

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ZelRaat
05/21/20 6:32:01 PM
#38:


+3 Ink Long Dry
+3 Imbrium
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TsunamiXXVIII
05/21/20 7:07:40 PM
#39:


+3 One Final Effort
+2 Love You Love You Love
+1 Id ~ Purpose

*checks bracket* Oh, of course. Seeing them all bunched up at the bottom, I was worried that the bracket had been horribly unbalanced and that was 3/4 of a fourpack--but in fact it's the three R2 losers! Good work, then.

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FBike1
05/21/20 7:11:10 PM
#40:


+3 Brain Power
+3 Id ~ Purpose
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barreldragon88
05/21/20 7:46:22 PM
#41:


+2 Silver Star Crysta Kaleido
+1 One Final Effort
+3 Id ~ Purpose

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Long live Saint Seiya!!
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pyresword
05/21/20 7:50:32 PM
#42:


+3 Silver Star Crysta Kaleido
+1 One Final Effort
+2 Id ~ Purpose
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barreldragon88
05/21/20 7:56:32 PM
#43:


-1 One Final Effort

+1 Fax Factory

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Long live Saint Seiya!!
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kaonashi1
05/21/20 8:11:51 PM
#44:


+1 Ink Long Dry
+3 Imbrium
+1 Id ~ Purpose
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Arti
05/21/20 8:48:29 PM
#45:


+3 Final Fantasy XIV - Ink Long Dry
+3 Mighty Switch Force! - Love You Love You Love

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PabloSmith
05/21/20 8:50:10 PM
#46:


+3 Ink Long Dry
+3 One Final Effort

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Bluenugget64
05/21/20 9:49:44 PM
#47:


+1 Ink Long Dry
+3 Silver Star Crysta Kaleido
+2 Love You Love You Love
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th3l3fty
05/21/20 9:59:53 PM
#48:


+1 Sound Voltex II - Brain Power
+2 LSD Dream Emulator - Fax Factory
+3 Neotokyo - Imbrium
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SuperNiceDog
05/25/20 2:23:32 AM
#49:


+3 Halo 3 - One Final Effort
+2 Mighty Switch Force! - Love You Love You Love
+1 Fire Emblem: Awakening - Id ~ Purpose

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UF8
05/25/20 2:41:16 AM
#50:


imbrium sweats in the corner
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