Board 8 > [VGMC] Video Game Music Contest 15 - Bracket Discussion and Results Thread!!

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DoctorJimmy133
07/29/21 9:15:42 AM
#453:


Man, losing linkage-alter sucks. That's a track that just sounds like it was meant to retire.

PROTECTA is my favorite song left though so I'm glad that one pulled through!

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pyresword
07/29/21 9:43:40 AM
#454:


Honestly am surprised it took Soaring Through Azure Sadness this long to retire.

Looking it at the sheet I suppose it has only been in 1 contest before this, but it feels like it's been a known strong quantity for a couple of years now. (I do know it was in a side bracket one year which is probably what's confusing me, but I still could have swore it was in 2 main contests before this one)
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rwlh
07/29/21 3:50:51 PM
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I made some basic images in GIMP to celebrate the new crop of retirees. It's the same template I used in my most recent guessing game, if you played that.





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dowolf
07/29/21 10:54:35 PM
#456:


pyresword posted...
Honestly am surprised it took Soaring Through Azure Sadness this long to retire.

Looking it at the sheet I suppose it has only been in 1 contest before this, but it feels like it's been a known strong quantity for a couple of years now. (I do know it was in a side bracket one year which is probably what's confusing me, but I still could have swore it was in 2 main contests before this one)

I started championing it about 3 years ago now, and I've championed it loudly, but I don't think the track was really ever talked about before then.
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banshiryuu
07/29/21 11:25:09 PM
#457:


Day 80 Results!

One Night in Neo Kobe City 25 v 32 Fogbeasts
The Explosion 31 v 28 Pressure Cooker

Day 81: https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/8-gamefaqs-contests/79589632

too much pressure built in the fog and went BOOM at night

Xenoblade Chronicles: Definitive Edition - Fogbeasts
>R1: 45-21 Silent Hill 2 - Love Psalm
>>R2: 35-22 Panzer Dragoon Orta - Altered Genos
>>>R3: 40-18 Ys IX: Monstrum Nox - Glessing Way!
>>>>R4: 32-25 Snatcher (PC Engine CD) - One Night in Neo Kobe City

Cladun: This is an RPG - The Explosion
>R1: 52-15 Grand Theft Auto Online - Planet X
>>R2: 36-24 Senko no Ronde - Lucky Charm (Cuilan phase 1)
>>>R3: 35-21 God Eater 2 - The Butterfly's Temptation
>>>>R4: 31-28 VVVVVV - Pressure Cooker
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barreldragon88
07/30/21 3:22:53 PM
#458:


Well then, thought Pressure Cooker had it, but I didn't feel strongly about either track

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UF8
07/30/21 7:16:45 PM
#459:


congrats to explosion for proving me wrong that it wasn't just set for a guaranteed round 4 loss this time

i guess neo kobe still was though, very impressive showing from it though
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rwlh
07/30/21 7:34:09 PM
#460:


Congratulation to two new retirees!




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banshiryuu
07/30/21 11:36:27 PM
#461:


Day 81 Results!

Beyond the Bounds 27 v 30 Dreamy and Boisterous Holy Land
Sight of Silence 26 v 30 Octopunch
Genesis Beyond the Beginning 30 v 26 Mahoujin -Summon Delta-

Day 82: https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/8-gamefaqs-contests/79591285

FINALLY Round 3 is over!!! almost halfway into Round 4!!

The Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Sky the 3rd - Dreamy and Boisterous Holy Land
>R1: 40-26 The Sims - Now What?
>>R2: 38-21 Mad Rat Dead - Neuchatel
>>>R3: 37-16 Pokkn Tournament - Tellur Town (Autumn)
>>>>R4: 30-27 Zone of the Enders: The 2nd Runner - Beyond the Bounds

Atelier Shallie: Alchemists of the Dusk Sea - Octopunch
>R1: 49-11 OMORI - BREADY STEADY GO
>>R2: 37-23 Ico - You Were There
>>>R3: 30-26 Fire Emblem: Three Houses - Apex of the World (Rain)
>>>>R4: 30-26 Gurumin: A Monstrous Adventure - Sight of Silence
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azuarc
07/31/21 12:22:46 AM
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banshiryuu posted...
>>R2: 38-21 Mad Rat Dead - Neuchatel
>>>R3: 37-16 Pokkn Tournament - Tellur Town (Autumn)
>>>>R4: 30-27 Zone of the Enders: The 2nd Runner - Beyond the Bounds

But at what cost?

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UF8
07/31/21 12:51:17 AM
#463:


on the one hand i don't really care about octopunch but on the other it means ikou came out looking not that weak (at least for now) despite the r2 loss which is nice

i kinda expected dbhl to smoke its division so for beyond the bounds to prove a worthy challenger is a bit of a surprise. also now what looking respectable in its swift defeat too, which is another nice surprise
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Mr Lasastryke
07/31/21 5:16:19 AM
#464:


interesting how a former tied match was decided with a 4 vote difference now.

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azuarc
07/31/21 10:00:55 AM
#465:


Mr Lasastryke posted...
interesting how a former tied match was decided with a 4 vote difference now.

Hardly the first time. Not everyone votes daily.

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Mr Lasastryke
07/31/21 10:07:08 AM
#466:


i didn't say it was the first time or that everyone votes daily so i'm not sure why you made that post.

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azuarc
07/31/21 10:10:31 AM
#467:


The way I read it, the connotation was "gee it's really strange that this happened..."

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Mr Lasastryke
07/31/21 10:21:16 AM
#468:


that wasn't my intention. if i thought there was something fishy going on, i would be a lot more blunt about it >_>

like, last year, i flat out stated that you shouldn't have counted moonroof's vote in the final match. he's a troll who had literally never voted in a VGMC match before and appeared out of nowhere to vote for endeavour in a very close match (though without his vote, it still would have won). i can see the argument for counting his vote too, though, so it's not that big a deal.

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HasteDeux
07/31/21 5:12:53 PM
#469:


In VGMC 13 there was a match that tied initially, but the tiebreaker resulted in a 31-21 result: Chaos King vs. Scene Shifts There. Now that was strange... (though not necessarily fishy)

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azuarc
07/31/21 7:58:09 PM
#470:


lol at the names of the songs in that match

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banshiryuu
07/31/21 10:22:27 PM
#471:


Day 82 Results!

Id (Purpose) 31 v 27 Immanence
POINT OF NO RETURN 31 v 29 La Mer

Day 83: https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/8-gamefaqs-contests/79592757

Id has happened.... Round 3 wanted it destroyed but it refused to die...

Fire Emblem Awakening - Id (Purpose)
>R1: 35-26 Contra: Hard Corps - GTR Attack!
>>R2: 33-26 Namco X Capcom - Brave New World
>>>R3: 28-28, 27-27, 27-27, 29-28 Raiden V - Unknown Pollution
>>>>R4: 31-27 War of Brains - Immanence

Eschatos - POINT OF NO RETURN
>R1: 42-22 World of Warcraft: Mists of Pandaria - Way of the Monk
>>R2: 38-23 The Legend of Zelda: Spirit Tracks - Full Steam Ahead
>>>R3: 28-27 Atelier Shallie: Alchemists of the Dusk Sea - Stella -Part 2-
>>>>R4: 31-29 Suikoden IV - La Mer
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Janus5k
07/31/21 10:23:15 PM
#472:


wow

it really happened

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Team Rocket Elite
07/31/21 10:23:47 PM
#473:


RIP Id (Purpose)... wait what?
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xp1337
07/31/21 10:25:35 PM
#474:


Id (Purpose) has retired. Long Live Id (Hope).

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DoctorJimmy133
07/31/21 11:06:32 PM
#475:


Well, I think Id just won the contest in spirit

Congrats also to PoNR for being the first retiree not from a Japanese RPG.

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HidekuniHorita
08/01/21 12:01:26 AM
#476:


xp1337 posted...
Id (Purpose) has retired.

You're all welcome

xp1337 posted...
Long Live Id (Hope).

Unironically yes let's do it

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Hbthebattle
08/01/21 12:10:46 AM
#477:


I mean, we can always do SSBU Id Purpose

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PIayer_0
08/01/21 12:19:39 AM
#478:


Id retires with a career to rival Someday the Dream Will End! Or even Zero-Two depending on how things go...

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azuarc
08/01/21 12:20:41 AM
#479:


DoctorJimmy133 posted...
Well, I think Id just won the contest in spirit

Seriously. Whoever wins this contest isn't going to be what people remember, so much as Id Purpose finally broke through. Unless, of course, Id wins the whole contest, which is hypothetically possible.

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HasteDeux
08/01/21 12:24:06 AM
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more like theoretically hypothetically possible

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azuarc
08/01/21 12:29:45 AM
#481:


If Id loses next round, will we joke that it's lost its purpose?

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Mr Lasastryke
08/01/21 5:36:26 PM
#482:


i was rereading old mycro writeups and it's funny how, in his chrono trigger writeup, he mentions that he would like a jazz guitarist to do a cover of chrono trigger because makeyourchance is a guitarist who posted a bunch of covers of VGM songs she did with her jazz fusion band on board 8 a very long time ago and i THINK one of the songs was a chrono trigger song?? i don't think it was the main theme, though.

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barreldragon88
08/01/21 6:04:51 PM
#483:


We did it, team!! I didn't think Id would actually retire this year. I always wanted to give it a shot as long as it mustered enough support, but I was afraid it might really be a meme of this contest and eventually, the support would just die out. Those R3 tiebreakers were definitely very symbolic and were a sign of what's to come

Id teaches us to not give up on songs that have the potential to retire, and its supporters should be proud of this accomplishment. That said, I don't plan on renominating Besaid Island unless others want to take the initiative. Losing in R1 two years in a row is not what I consider having "the potential to retire"

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Zigzagoon
08/01/21 6:10:39 PM
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NFUN
08/01/21 7:25:03 PM
#485:


barreldragon88 posted...
Id teaches us to not give up on songs that have the potential to retire
delete your account

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Hbthebattle
08/01/21 7:33:57 PM
#486:


RFTM will retire one day

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Mr Lasastryke
08/01/21 7:35:02 PM
#487:


i now have newfound hope RFTM will retire someday

edit: ninja'd

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FL81
08/01/21 7:41:35 PM
#488:


Mr Lasastryke posted...
i now have newfound hope RFTM will retire someday

edit: ninja'd
#truebelievers

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cakophon
08/01/21 8:45:29 PM
#489:


barreldragon88 posted...
I don't plan on renominating Besaid Island unless others want to take the initiative. Losing in R1 two years in a row is not what I consider having "the potential to retire"


realizing i never said this on a board post proper and only in several discord messages but i do plan to nom besaid island (FFX/X-2 HD Remaster version) next year,...?? unsure why i'm posting this actually though i guess it can be a heads up
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barreldragon88
08/01/21 9:07:00 PM
#490:


NFUN posted...
delete your account
Nah

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banshiryuu
08/02/21 1:38:28 AM
#491:


Day 83 Results!

Chrono Trigger 28 v 28 Pioneer's Horizon
DigiFamily 30 v 28 Breath of Forest

Day 84: https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/8-gamefaqs-contests/79594234

oh no tie hell continues!!!

Aurora Memoria - Philosophical Data Session: 2093 - DigiFamily
>R1: 42-25 Warframe - We All Lift Together
>>R2: 36-21 Teen Titans Go!: Stellar Showdown - Space Mode
>>>R3: 27-27, 29-26 DoDonPachi Daifukkatsu - The Battle Was Just "To Continue That Future"
>>>>R4: 30-28 Mad Rat Dead - Breath of Forest
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PIayer_0
08/02/21 2:40:00 AM
#492:


Id has tried to bear the full weight of our tiebreaker quota, but the future refused to change

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azuarc
08/02/21 3:15:35 AM
#493:


This is what happens when you have a battle with two time travel games. All causality gets rekt.

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Janus5k
08/02/21 3:33:25 AM
#494:


:(

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DoctorJimmy133
08/02/21 9:34:33 AM
#495:


DigiFamily being so much stronger than Optical Mode is wild to me. Especially seeing how each one did against Mad Rat Dead.

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FL81
08/02/21 1:25:01 PM
#496:


DigiFamily is the best Aurora Memoria song, and PONR is the best Eschatos song

B8 getting things right

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Mr Lasastryke
08/02/21 1:31:21 PM
#497:


i like classroom better than digifamily.

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Arti
08/02/21 1:33:34 PM
#498:


I don't like either of them, but at least I don't have to hear either of them again

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