Board 8 > [VGMC] R4D4: Moonstruck Blossom vs Thermosphere, Filthy Mind vs Midnight Lady

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azuarc
07/17/20 9:57:29 PM
#1:


So now that round 3 (and some of round 4) is over, how do you feel about the wildcards this year?







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/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

Kirby Triple Deluxe - Moonstruck Blossom
https://youtu.be/iGGVWGJ0ZiM

Einhander - Thermosphere
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WN5jGNNUFAk

Match 2

Terraria Calamity - The Filthy Mind (Theme of the Hive Mind)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1NbQFGnQaCE

Beatmania IIDX 25 Cannon Ballers - Midnight Lady
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VHVJrubwwsQ

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Easy vote form:
Moonstruck Blossom / Thermosphere
The Filthy Mind (Theme of the Hive Mind) / Midnight Lady

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UF8
07/17/20 10:00:26 PM
#2:


Thermosphere
Midnight Lady
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Hbthebattle
07/17/20 10:00:48 PM
#3:


Moonstruck Blossom
Filthy Mind
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NFUN
07/17/20 10:01:34 PM
#4:


Thermosphere
Filthy Mind

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Raetsel_Lapin
07/17/20 10:06:23 PM
#5:


Moonstruck Blossom
Midnight Lady
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Place
07/17/20 10:11:29 PM
#6:


Einhnder - Thermosphere
Terraria Calamity - The Filthy Mind (Theme of the Hive Mind)

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Team Rocket Elite
07/17/20 10:16:48 PM
#7:


Kirby Triple Deluxe - Moonstruck Blossom
Terraria Calamity - The Filthy Mind (Theme of the Hive Mind)
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PabloSmith
07/17/20 10:17:54 PM
#8:


Moonstruck Blossom
Midnight Lady

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azuarc
07/17/20 10:31:35 PM
#9:


Just so it doesn't have to be added in at the end as an afterthought again...

HBJDubs votes:
Thermosphere
The Filthy Mind

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tgs2
07/17/20 10:57:19 PM
#10:


Moonstruck Blossom (Low 8, 70th) / Thermosphere (Mid 9, 14th)
The Filthy Mind (Theme of the Hive Mind) (High 8, 40th) / Midnight Lady (Mid 9, 16th)

My love for midnight Lady can mostly be expressed in emojis.

Yes I know its the wrong emoji. Idc
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Haste_2
07/17/20 11:09:32 PM
#11:


The wildcards allowed us to test the accuracy of x-stats to some extent! And transitity, too, I suppose, if we look at inidividual voters rather than vote count. I've yet to really test much of it, though.

First match I'm pretty confident in my vote decision, but it's a weird day so I guess I'll listen to them both again tomorrow. Thermosphere has continued to grow on me, and it's honestly probably top five in the whole bracket at this point, with some chance (maybe >5%) at ending up as my #1. (Yeah, I still haven't bothered ranking my top music from this contest) Either result I'm happy with because it's an actual nom vs. a planned nom of which deo beat me to the punch!

Thermosphere
The Filthy Mind (Theme of the Hive Mind)

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PIayer_0
07/18/20 12:31:16 AM
#12:


I voted assuming it's to be read as "It was fun, but not terribly productive"

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GameBopAdv
07/18/20 12:32:59 AM
#13:


Thermosphere
Midnight Lady

still feel very strongly about match 1 today to probably an irrational degree because of how that 4pack had 3 of my top songs of the whole tournament and Thermosphere is one of them!! so! I hope it wins! like Moonstruck isn't even "bad" but I really want one of my top ones to come out on top from that

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banshiryuu
07/18/20 12:52:56 AM
#14:


Moonstruck Blossom (19th) vs Thermosphere (2nd)
"The Filthy Mind" - Theme of the Hive Mind (32nd) vs Midnight Lady (25th)
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DoctorJimmy133
07/18/20 1:06:16 AM
#15:


Thermosphere
Filthy Mind


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Toxtricity
07/18/20 1:19:47 AM
#16:


Thermosphere
The Filthy Mind (Theme of the Hive Mind)
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KCF0107
07/18/20 1:22:21 AM
#17:


Moonstruck
Lady
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xp1337
07/18/20 1:28:32 AM
#18:


Kirby Triple Deluxe - Moonstruck Blossom
Terraria Calamity - The Filthy Mind (Theme of the Hive Mind)

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loweffortmemes
07/18/20 1:43:19 AM
#19:


Kirby Triple Deluxe - Moonstruck Blossom
Terraria Calamity - The Filthy Mind (Theme of the Hive Mind)

#5 The Filthy Mind (Theme of the Hive Mind)
#13 Midnight Lady
#21 Moonstruck Blossom
#29 Thermosphere
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Janus5k
07/18/20 2:45:14 AM
#20:


Moonstruck Blossom (45/64) < Thermosphere (4/64)
The Filthy Mind (Theme of the Hive Mind) (23/64) > Midnight Lady (21/64)

Second match is pretty close as you can see, but Filthy Mind does a better job at sticking with me and that's my decider right now. First match is probably closer than the rankings suggest but still not too hard. Those synth runs at the start of Thermosphere are not fair.

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FL81
07/18/20 2:57:33 AM
#21:


Kirby Triple Deluxe - Moonstruck Blossom
Terraria Calamity - The Filthy Mind (Theme of the Hive Mind)

more good stuff

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Prody Parrot
07/18/20 3:41:50 AM
#22:


Moonstruck Blossom
Midnight Lady
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Arti
07/18/20 3:53:21 AM
#23:


Kirby Triple Deluxe - Moonstruck Blossom
Beatmania IIDX 25 Cannon Ballers - Midnight Lady

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DireKrow
07/18/20 6:14:31 AM
#24:


Moonstruck Blossom
The Filthy Mind (Theme of the Hive Mind)
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Collen
07/18/20 7:05:13 AM
#25:


Thermosphere
Midnight Lady

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Flamander
07/18/20 7:30:54 AM
#26:


Moonstruck Blossom
Midnight Lady

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dowolf
07/18/20 8:12:58 AM
#27:


Moonstruck Blossom
Filthy Mind
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tennisboy213
07/18/20 9:30:58 AM
#28:


Moonstruck Blossom
Midnight Lady

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xx521xx
07/18/20 11:24:55 AM
#29:


Moonstruck Blossom
The Filthy Mind (Theme of the Hive Mind)
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PIayer_0
07/18/20 12:51:37 PM
#30:


Moonstruck Blossom
Midnight Lady

Moonstruck better win after killing three good songs, this is my first time voting for it!

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TheArkOfTurus
07/18/20 1:10:14 PM
#31:


Moonstruck Blossom
The Filthy Mind

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Our eyes were removed
For our own safety
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Mac Arrowny
07/18/20 2:14:01 PM
#32:


Moonstruck Blossom
The Filthy Mind
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All the stars in the sky are waiting for you.
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azuarc
07/18/20 2:26:02 PM
#33:


Thermosphere
Filthy Mind

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th3l3fty
07/18/20 3:10:29 PM
#34:


Einhnder - Thermosphere
Beatmania IIDX 25 Cannon Ballers - Midnight Lady
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rwlh
07/18/20 4:15:18 PM
#35:


25. Kirby Triple Deluxe - Moonstruck Blossom [8]
vs.
46. Einhander - Thermosphere [6]

What I probably had:
Moonstruck Blossom > Midnight Lady? Maybe?

Moonstruck Blossom still somewhat overrated by the rankings, which I should probably fix. I still prefer it over Thermosphere though.

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59. Terraria Calamity - The Filthy Mind (Theme of the Hive Mind) [4]
vs.
29. Beatmania IIDX 25 Cannon Ballers - Midnight Lady [7.5]

What I probably had:
Battle YAS 2 > Bitbop

Midnight Lady is definitely my favorite Cinderella run of this year's contest. My opinion of it has only grown over the contest. Will it be the first wildcard to retire? I hope so!

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Votes:
Moonstruck Blossom
Midnight Lady
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Haste_2
07/18/20 4:31:36 PM
#36:


Sneaky pun you put in there, rwlh.


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rwlh
07/18/20 4:37:44 PM
#37:


I did?
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Hbthebattle
07/18/20 4:59:14 PM
#38:


Midnight Lady -> Cinderella
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rwlh
07/18/20 5:14:59 PM
#39:


Oh. I thought it was just a song about nightlife in a city or something.
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Snowva
07/18/20 6:59:00 PM
#40:


Thermosphere
Midnight Lady
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WavedFan
07/18/20 7:07:42 PM
#41:


Thermosphere
Midnight Lady
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cakophon
07/18/20 7:26:41 PM
#42:


Moonstruck Blossom < Thermosphere
The Filthy Mind (Theme of the Hive Mind) > Midnight Lady
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sergiocornaga
07/18/20 8:03:01 PM
#43:


Moonstruck Blossom
The Filthy Mind (Theme of the Hive Mind)
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JONALEON1
07/18/20 8:05:01 PM
#44:


Thermosphere
Midnight Lady

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TsunamiXXVIII
07/18/20 8:10:48 PM
#45:


Moonstruck Blossom
Midnight Lady

Holy crap, there are still songs in the bracket that I'm hearing for the first time? You'd think by Round 4 I'd have heard them at least once. (First match) Anyway this day is relative crap, with a game that rarely disappointed (Terraria Calamity) doing so and a game that had done nothing but disappoint (Kirby Triple Deluxe) winning the day. None of these songs really deserves retirement although Moonstruck Blossom is at least acceptable.

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pyresword
07/18/20 8:11:19 PM
#46:


Moonstruck Blossom
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Hbthebattle
07/18/20 8:16:00 PM
#47:


TsunamiXXVIII posted...

Holy crap, there are still songs in the bracket that I'm hearing for the first time? You'd think by Round 4 I'd have heard them at least once.

why didnt you listen to them in round 1
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azuarc
07/18/20 8:31:19 PM
#48:


TsunamiXXVIII posted...
Holy crap, there are still songs in the bracket that I'm hearing for the first time? You'd think by Round 4 I'd have heard them at least once.

@TsunamiXXVIII
You've voted for them all at least once. Either you lied in the past about listening, or you've got a terrible memory.

Midnight Lady:
For, over Thermosphere, R1
For, against Rustling Throb, R3

Filthy Mind:
Against, vs Bad End Syndrome, R1
For, against Sand Canyon, R2

Moonstruck Blossom:
Against, vs Frey's Philosophy, R2
For, against Giratina, R3

Themosphere:
Against, vs Midnight Lady, R1
For, against Mirror Temple, R2
For, against Bitbop, R3

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Mr Lasastryke
07/18/20 8:49:27 PM
#49:


Thermosphere
The Filthy Mind (Theme of the Hive Mind)

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MoonRunes
07/18/20 9:06:29 PM
#50:


Thermosphere
Midnight Lady
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