Board 8 > [VGMC] d86: Desire Below vs. HYMN; Memories Rushing By vs. Rave On

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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/78714595
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 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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Match 1

Fire Emblem Fates - Desire Below (Flow)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-4_cx74mypE

pop'n Music Usagi to neko to shounen no yume - HYMN
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6nkSUn1aU34

Match 2

Sole - Memories Rushing By
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yV0y3aAhggI

Killer7 - Rave On
https://youtu.be/AJO8uo3UMko

Tournament of Champions bonus match

Ar Nosurge - Class::EXSPHERE_NOSURGE;
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HYMN
Memories
fucking stupid broken division jfc

exsphere?

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Desire Below (Flow)
Memories Rushing By
Class::EXSPHERE_NOSURGE;

evil first match
i keep sleeping on memories rushing by damn it's good

HYMN
Memories Rushing By
Yesterdays Opponents are Todays Ingredients

Desire Below (Flow)
Rave On
Yesterdays Opponents are Todays Ingredients

I feel like I'm enjoying Rave On a lot more positively this match than I did last match. Same case kind of for Yoati but to a smaller extent. I feel like Desire Below Flow is a lucky song for me and I will not clarify this any further. On an unrelated note the background notes at 1:08 of it remind me of the pit of 100 trials song from super paper mario

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HYMN
Rave On
Yesterday's Opponents are Today's Ingredients
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Fire Emblem Fates - Desire Below (Flow)
Killer7 - Rave On
Atelier Ayesha - Yesterdays Opponents are Todays Ingredients

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Desire Below (Flow)
Memories Rushing By
Class::EXSPHERE_NOSURGE;

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Fire Emblem Fates - Desire Below (Flow)
Killer7 - Rave On
Ar Nosurge - Class::EXSPHERE_NOSURGE;

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HYMN
Memories Rushing By
Class::EXSPHERE_NOSURGE;
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Desire Below (Flow) (31st//43rd) vs HYMN (40th//57th)
Memories Rushing By (82nd//146th) vs Rave On (30th//42nd)
Class::EXSPHERE_NOSURGE; [1st//2nd] vs Yesterdays Opponents are Todays Ingredients [4th//12th]
(96th//192nd) [8th//56th]

match 1 busted, basically whoever loses here needs to win WC lmfao

pop'n Music Usagi to neko to shounen no yume - HYMN
Killer7 - Rave On
Atelier Ayesha - Yesterdays Opponents are Todays Ingredients
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Desire Below (Flow)
Memories Rushing By
Class::EXSPHERE_NOSURGE;

That first match has to be the hardest one of the contest so far.

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Fire Emblem Fates - Desire Below (Flow)
Killer7 - Rave On
Ar Nosurge - Class::EXSPHERE_NOSURGE;

first match is close

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Hymn
Rave
Today

But I'm not going
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HYMN
Rave On
Yesterdays Opponents are Todays Ingredients

god I almost flipped on the ToC match how is EXSPHERE so good now wtf

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Desire Below (Flow)
Memories Rushing By
Class::EXSPHERE_NOSURGE;

matches 1 and 3 are close enough that i'm almost as happy with their opponents winning though, but i'm still confident in picking the songs i'd like to see advance in them.
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HYMN
Rave On
Class::EXSPHERE_NOSURGE;
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Desire Below (Flow)
Rave On
Yesterday's Opponents Are Today's Ingredients

I hadn't even looked at what was on tap for today's matches when I read the poll up top. I picked Awakening on volume, though I was already conceding that Fates had a few gems, like this one. And then I was like "oh wow this actually did make Round 2!" But seriously, Awakening gets the obvious nod because it also has remixes of some of the best of older games. If someone would just upload the version of "Vs. Arvis" (from Genealogy) that plays in the Legendary Weapon DLC, I'd nominate that in a heartbeat. HYMN is certainly a fine song, too, but I think Desire Below narrowly edges it out for me. Still, I saw one of my own noms and immediately put it down, and I had to at least consider changing it! Good song.

This second match doesn't quite measure up to the first, but both songs are certainly at least serviceable. I could've sworn Rave On wasn't a song I was a fan of, but I like this. Actually, I was about to put it above HYMN on my full ranking, then I remembered that I'd outright said that the first match was close for me. So would I put it above Desire Below (Flow)? Not sure. Probably not. But dang, this is a good region. ...Oh, that ending though.

*grins maniacally*...Wait, wasn't...didn't we just have a YOATI match? I could've sworn it was the opponent for Undertale Megalovania during the MegaMega day. If we've really gotten that close to the end of ToC, then I still have a serious problem with this match, even though the decision is laughably easy. I guess maybe HYMN wasn't as close to Desire Below as I thought? Either that or it was just a really cramped top end, because...

Desire Below (Flow) > Yesterday's Opponents Are Today's Ingredients > Rave On > HYMN >>> Memories Rushing By >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Class::EXSPHERE_NOSURGE;

The excessive greater-thans are back! And they're here to mark a ToC song as the lone piece of trash.

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Desire Below (Flow) (88th)/ HYMN (101st*)

Memories Rushing By (23rd) / Rave On (75th)

Class::EXSPHERE_NOSURGE; / Yesterdays Opponents are Todays Ingredients

Hymn was technically 99th before I forgot about Yokai Disco and Title so it'll keep its rank instead of getting a big fat NR.

Both songs are similar in that there was great stuff in there being smothered by not good stuff. For Hymn, it was the vocals while for Desire Below, it was the first ~1:02 being mediocre before all of a sudden turning fantastic for the latter half of the loop. I am a little peeved about the loop reminding me about why I have this song on the low end of my top 100 instead of closer to the 50s/40s the back half sounded like lol.

Exsphere is still a total masterclass song, but it can get overcrowded with noises at times. I only noticed that when comparing Exsphere to my current top crop of songs from my bracket rankings, whats left of the Toc, and that one Song I rated a 10 from the 50-ish songs I went through so far in the VGM compatability thread as YOATI was a waste of a comparison and I really wanted to test how much I really loved Exsphere.

Desire Below (Flow)
Rave On
Yesterdays Opponents are Todays Ingredients

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Desire Below (Flow)
Rave On
Class::EXSPHERE_NOSURGE;

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HYMN
Memories Rushing By
Class::EXSPHERE_NOSURGE;

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HYMN
Memories Rushing By
Class::EXSPHERE_NOSURGE;

Desire Below (Flow)
Rave On
Yesterdays Opponents are Todays Ingredients
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Desire Below (Flow)
Rave On
Yesterdays Opponents are Todays Ingredients

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Desire Below (Flow)
Memories Rushing By
Class::EXSPHERE_NOSURGE;
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Fire Emblem Fates - Desire Below (Flow)
Killer7 - Rave On

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Desire Below (Flow)
Rave On
:thinking:

Two songs that have grown on me since last round!

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also wow apparently I went 1/6 in D4 round 1 (Silence in the Sunlight saved me)

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Desire Below (Flow)
Rave On
Class::EXSPHERE_NOSURGE;

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Yesterdays Opponents are Todays Ingredients

Previous VGMC winners are this year's ToC fodder

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Desire Below (Flow)
Rave On
Class::EXSPHERE_NOSURGE;

Class::EXSPHERE_NOSURGE; > Desire Below (Flow) > Yesterdays Opponents are Todays Ingredients > Rave On > Memories Rushing By > HYMN

HYMN
Memories Rushing By
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HYMN
Memories Rushing By
Class::EXSPHERE_NOSURGE;

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HYMN
Rave On
Class::EXSPHERE_NOSURGE;

I guess.

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Tomorrow's wildcard playlist begins here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nh2kSs89Xxw&list=PLW9O9mntH1RHpOYKBrjlkEsO1nMT0JTx7&index=128&t=0s

As a PSA, we will be doing back-to-back wildcard matches to conclude round 2. The songs for D4 succeed the songs in D3.

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Fire Emblem Fates - Desire Below (Flow)
Sole - Memories Rushing By

Ar Nosurge - Class::EXSPHERE_NOSURGE;
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Desire Below (Flow)
Rave On
Yesterdays Opponents are Todays Ingredients

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Desire Below (Flow) > HYMN
Memories Rushing By > Rave On
Class::EXSPHERE_NOSURGE; > Yesterdays Opponents are Todays Ingredients

disturbingly difficult first match ... others are easy
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HYMN
Memories Rushing By
Class::EXSPHERE_NOSURGE;

Desire Below (Flow)
Memories Rushing By
Class::EXSPHERE_NOSURGE;

HYMN
Rave On
Yesterdays Opponents are Todays Ingredients

HYMN
Rave On
Class::EXSPHERE_NOSURGE;

Fire Emblem Fates - Desire Below (Flow)
Sole - Memories Rushing By
Ar nosurge - Class::EXSPHERE_NOSURGE;

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Desire Below (Flow)
Memories Rushing By
Yesterday's Opponents are Today's Ingredients

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Rave On

pop'n Music Usagi to neko to shounen no yume - HYMN
Sole - Memories Rushing By
Ar Nosurge - Class::EXSPHERE_NOSURGE;

Class::EXSPHERE_NOSURGE > Yesterday's Opponents are Today's Ingredients > HYMN > Memories Rushing By > Desire Below (Flow) > Rave On

Desire Below (Flow)
Rave On
Class::EXSPHERE_NOSURGE;

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