Board 8 > [VGMC] Day 88! Secret Forest/Endless Desert, Passing Forest/Different World

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banshiryuu
08/24/22 10:21:59 PM
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So now that we have all 16 retirees, which bracket did the best up till now?










Welcome to Video Game Music Contest 16, an annual celebration of the best of the best video game music according to the voters!

Important Links:
Bracket: https://www.bracketmaker.com/tlist.cfm?tid=475935
Contest info sheet: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1_IU5iCFTM_4WEx8ZWKwznMz5v2tarCKh1Ag0mxIgAes
Contest discussion thread: https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/8-gamefaqs-contests/80027411
Main bracket playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLT3m7iohpL0xxfgkmGKvEyWfHvNZ53Kbn
Last years spreadsheet: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/16XAaBMDuUnQ4c5AxQNL9ZhvD7VG5kQyrXWWZxnkrn-o
VGMC total stats sheet: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1K1XdLWiUKB2kX99qYBgnRbLU_sCz4dvZSByKKJHCT6o
Discord: https://discord.gg/WDvMS4a

Rules:
- Listen to both songs in a given match, at least through the loop time provided (to make sure you don't skip before you've heard the whole thing!)
- Please consider the loop point listed when judging the song; if a video loops one minute 5 times, don't treat it as if it's a repetitive 5 minute song
- If it's a match between your favorite song ever and a song you despise, still LISTEN TO BOTH! Votes can and will be disqualified if there is suspicion songs are not being listened to, and you may be discounted for the rest of the contest for repeat offenses.
- No alt accounts, no rallying or begging, etc., etc.... You only get one vote! Swapping votes is alright, just make clear that you've already made a vote and are swapping.
- Make clear what your voting options are! Please keep votes separate from any comments, and use the titles given in the topic post.
- Voting in all matches is not mandatory, feel free to skip matches you do not wish to vote in.
- Vote based on the links provided, and not other sources of audio. Links are specifically chosen for best quality and the like.
- Don't discuss vote tallies in this thread, or in other threads, as they may influence votes. Likewise, please refrain from looking at the running tally before voting.

Voting Period:
- Today's matches will last 24 hours from the time of posting, or 24 hours from 10pm Eastern, whichever is the later time.
- Please note this may mean that two topics will be active at the same time!
- If you anticipate being unable to vote in a given day, please send an absentee vote to @banshiryuu, or post your absentee vote in the discussion thread!

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Match 1

Chrono Trigger - Secret of the Forest
Composer: Yasunori Mitsuda
Loop Point: 2:14
Genre: TANGLED MYSTIQUE
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Korji
08/24/22 10:26:46 PM
#2:


Secret of the Forest
Passing through the Forest
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Place
08/24/22 10:29:31 PM
#3:


Alto's Odyssey - An Endless Desert
Threads of Fate - Passing through the Forest

Today's ecosphere:

[9.0] An Endless Desert
[9.0] Passing Through the Forest
[9.0] Secret of the Forest
[9.0] Different World 1

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Hi. I wanna play you something.
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Hbthebattle
08/24/22 10:30:31 PM
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An Endless Desert
Passing Through the Forest

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banshiryuu
08/24/22 10:42:49 PM
#5:


Secret of the Forest
Different World 1
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Aakadarrr
08/24/22 10:49:57 PM
#6:


Secret of the Forest
Passing through the Forest
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tgs2
08/24/22 10:53:04 PM
#7:


An Endless Desert
Different World 1
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TeamRocketElite
08/24/22 10:54:58 PM
#8:


Chrono Trigger - Secret of the Forest
Threads of Fate - Passing through the Forest

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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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MargaretAnnMid
08/24/22 11:02:17 PM
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Secret of the Forest
Passing through the Forest
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PIayer_0
08/24/22 11:17:42 PM
#10:


An Endless Desert
Passing through the Forest

Voted for Bracket A, I'm especially happy for these two retirees!

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MarkS2222222222
08/24/22 11:44:40 PM
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banshiryuu posted...
Secret of the Forest
Different World 1

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I guess that's why they call it window pane.
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Prince46
08/25/22 12:00:27 AM
#12:


An Endless Desert
Passing through the Forest

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kamakazikila
08/25/22 12:01:10 AM
#13:


Secret of the Forest
Passing through the Forest

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Puff Stuff
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kaonashi1
08/25/22 12:06:32 AM
#14:


An Endless Desert
Passing through the Forest
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Janus5k
08/25/22 12:06:47 AM
#15:


Secret of the Forest
Different World 1

First time I've voted for the first forest and also first time I've voted against the second one, conservation efforts hard at work here

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TheArkOfTurus
08/25/22 12:24:32 AM
#16:


An Endless Desert
Different World 1

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Our eyes were removed
For our own safety
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DeadTaffer
08/25/22 12:55:18 AM
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Secret of the Forest
Different World 1
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HidekuniHorita
08/25/22 12:55:33 AM
#18:


An Endless Desert
Different World 1

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Omniscience lies beyond the void, beyond decay!
I am one with the Akashic Records!
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Pokewars
08/25/22 1:05:46 AM
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Secret of the Forest
Different World 1

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"To be underestimated is an incredible gift." - Jack Rackham, Black Sails
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Chaeix
08/25/22 1:10:15 AM
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An Endless Desert
Different World 1

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we're all buds~jc~
<DeathChicken> you are my hero for being the first person to cite National Geographic in Mercs
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UF8
08/25/22 1:14:49 AM
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Secret of the Forest
Different World 1

sure it's round 5 but that 2nd match should still be considered illegal this early

also it's still funnily appropriate given endless desert's presence here and i know this is an objectively inferior link, but it would've been fun if this link for yu-no had been used instead, since it plays here rather than in that desert scene and it kills me it is not being acknowledged as a forest theme https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6yRNQVH413o
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HasteDeux
08/25/22 1:19:15 AM
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An Endless Desert
Passing through the Forest

First match made me pause because I love the ideas that Mitsuda had in it, and if it wasn't held back by the SNES's limitations, I probably would have voted for it... Oh, and I am super happy that two excellent Forest themes retired in Bracket A!

My goodness, Place has a 9.0 rating for all four retirees in A? Crazy. Granted, my ratings for them are like 8.5/9.1/8.7/8.0 and my ratings tend to curve a bii lower than that of Place, so my own ratings aren't too wildly different. But yeah, I consider Bracket A and Bracket D to have the most consistently good retirees, while B is very poliarized, having two tracks in my top 200 vgm. And Bracket C is a complete disaster for me, relatively speaking!


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KCF0107
08/25/22 1:24:34 AM
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Desert
Passing

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HBJDubs
08/25/22 1:28:06 AM
#24:


Secret of the Forest
Different World 1

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Save in the name of true love
~Project 1000~
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Isquen
08/25/22 2:03:20 AM
#25:


Secret of the Forest
Different World 1

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[Rock and Stone]
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Fivda
08/25/22 4:18:11 AM
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Chrono Trigger - Secret of the Forest
YU-NO: A Girl Who Chants Love at the Bound of this World - Different World 1
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Pixelisak
08/25/22 4:52:29 AM
#27:


Secret of the Forest
Different World 1
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Mihark
08/25/22 5:15:43 AM
#28:


Secret of the Forest
Passing through the Forest
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Raetsel_Lapin
08/25/22 7:22:40 AM
#29:


Secret of the Forest
Passing through the Forest

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I'm not who you think I am
And even if I thought you'd known, I never would have told you so
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sergiocornaga
08/25/22 7:57:06 AM
#30:


An Endless Desert
Passing through the Forest
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andylt
08/25/22 8:17:20 AM
#31:


An Endless Desert
Passing through the Forest

I've probs been a bit harsh on Secret, it is decent. But Desert is much more interesting to me overall and the CT soundfont can be very abrasive on some tracks.

B>C>D>A for retirees. None of them are bad sets though!

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Arti
08/25/22 9:15:28 AM
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Chrono Trigger - Secret of the Forest
Threads of Fate - Passing through the Forest

FORESTS

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DoctorJimmy133
08/25/22 9:28:05 AM
#33:


An Endless Desert
Different World 1

Let's get some deforestation up in here

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Prody_Parrot
08/25/22 9:37:08 AM
#34:


Passing through the Forest
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xx521xx
08/25/22 10:36:56 AM
#35:


An Endless Desert
Different World 1

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MaxGalactica
08/25/22 12:00:17 PM
#36:


Match 1 isn't super strong, but they're both pretty good songs. Secret of the Forest has the clear edge though.

Passing through the Forest is super cool, as is Different World 1, but Passing through the Forest wins on the coolness scale.

I liked all four songs today, even though I have clear favorites in each match.

Votes:
Secret of the Forest
Passing through the Forest

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azuarc
08/25/22 12:01:01 PM
#37:


Secret of the Forest
Passing through the Forest

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Only the exceptions can be exceptional.
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DanKirby
08/25/22 12:36:49 PM
#38:


Secret of the Forest
Different World 1

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"The problem with the future is that it keeps turning into the present." -Hobbes
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MacArrowny
08/25/22 1:11:22 PM
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An Endless Desert
Passing through the Forest

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All the stars in the sky are waiting for you.
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Collen
08/25/22 1:12:52 PM
#40:


Secret of the Forest
Different World 1

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But there's a hole in my head and that's where I see and hear and dream through
Seems like that leaks out and I forget all the wonderful things escape me now
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FL81
08/25/22 1:44:16 PM
#41:


Chrono Trigger - Secret of the Forest
YU-NO: A Girl Who Chants Love at the Bound of this World - Different World 1

both of these matches are Forest vs. Desert

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PabloSmith
08/25/22 2:09:42 PM
#42:


Secret of the Forest
Different World 1

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We schlitty
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moons
08/25/22 2:27:52 PM
#43:


Secret of the Forest
Passing through the Forest
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OrangeCrush980
08/25/22 3:12:00 PM
#44:


An Endless Desert
Passing through the Forest

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"I came back from space, and as I returned, I had one vision... the world set ablaze!" - Yuri Gagarin, Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater
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rwlh
08/25/22 3:44:56 PM
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An Endless Desert
Passing through the Forest
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DEM1995
08/25/22 5:15:15 PM
#46:


Secret of the Forest
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tennisboy213
08/25/22 5:25:27 PM
#47:


Forest
Forest

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A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.
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cakophon
08/25/22 5:33:06 PM
#48:


An Endless / World

Different >= Endless = Passing >= Secret

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th3l3fty
08/25/22 5:48:33 PM
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Chrono Trigger - Secret of the Forest
YU-NO: A Girl Who Chants Love at the Bound of this World - Different World 1

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