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rwlh 09/09/22 6:43:44 PM #1: |
For the past 16 years, Board 8 has held its annual Video Game Music Contest, or VGMC for short. Thousands of songs have been nominated over the years, and every year theres been a different winner thats taken home the crown. (It helps that the rules prevent repeat winners.) The sixteenth VGMC just ended, with, yep, a new champ. So what better way to celebrate than by looking back at every champion so far and because this community is obsessed with ranking things, why not rank all 16 champs? This ranking is open to anyone. Even if youve never clicked on a VGMC topic. Even if you never listen to video game music outside of whatever game youre currently playing. If you like music and you like ranking things, you are welcome in this topic. You dont even need a GameFAQs account VGMC has a lot of voters from other VGM communities, so if youre one of those folks and you want to participate in this ranking but dont have an account, thats totally fine. Ive got you covered. The rules of the road are:
I hope this trip through the history of this massive celebration of video game music will provide you with some great tunes to listen to. Have fun! - Champions playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL9FyX-bNcVjO9fxILUtLlbiIPYhplGLAD VGMC1: Chrono Cross | Chrono Cross -Scars of Time- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=40BZyMdDG4s VGMC2: Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty | "Metal Gear Solid" Main Theme https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6kZ5TiSl2d8 VGMC3: Okami | Reset ~ ("Thank You" Version) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PybO_yUoQX4 VGMC4: Umineko: When They Cry - Question Arcs | hope https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=83AKXyvMSHA VGMC5: Final Fantasy VIII | The Extreme https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4DqPVakFkOw (loop point: 4:09) VGMC6: Ace Combat Zero: The Belkan War | ZERO https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FlSLCnbXMIE (loop point: 4:04) VGMC7: Ar tonelico II: Melody of Metafalica | EXEC_SPHILIA/. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=shu99QPnfcA VGMC8: Boku no Te no Naka no Rakuen | Papiliones https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M56BpH3lCDU VGMC9: The Legend of Heroes: Trails to Azure Evolution | Seize the Truth! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oxXfJR-6ry0 VGMC10: beatmania IIDX 22 PENDUAL | Despair of Elferia (Long ver.) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RNmTgi43zuo VGMC11: NieR | Emil / Karma https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ui-0igeqwJU (loop point: 1:38) VGMC12: Ys VIII: Lacrimosa of DANA | SUNSHINE COASTLINE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QxVvGYuOiJc (loop point: 2:54) VGMC13: Ar nosurge: Ode to an Unborn Star | Class::EXSPHERE_NOSURGE; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0E6Ljowl_vk (loop point: 5:57) VGMC14: Idola Phantasy Star Saga | Endeavour https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=74TocPKiNCs VGMC15: Umineko: When They Cry - Answer Arcs | resurrectedreplayer https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OpHcE-Oxzg0 (loop point: 4:16) VGMC16: Threads of Fate | Forest of Journeys Begun (Passing Through the Forest) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xX4WQouaL7k (loop point: 1:47) Again: have fun! ... Copied to Clipboard!
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Hbthebattle 09/09/22 6:59:25 PM #2: |
In --- :) ... Copied to Clipboard!
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moons 09/09/22 7:06:12 PM #3: |
Ar nosurge: Ode to an Unborn Star | Class::EXSPHERE_NOSURGE; actual breakcore ... Copied to Clipboard!
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pyresword 09/09/22 7:09:23 PM #4: |
Tag Let's just say that I am hope-ful the results pan out in my favor --- I didn't do guru this year but azuarc can be in my sig anyways. ... Copied to Clipboard!
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azuarc 09/09/22 7:46:09 PM #5: |
pyresword posted... Let's just say that I am hope-ful the results pan out in my favor You just need to seize the truth. --- Only the exceptions can be exceptional. ... Copied to Clipboard!
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HasteDeux 09/09/22 7:50:33 PM #6: |
This should be fun. It'll be interesting to see how the rankings go now as opposed to when I ranked all the retirees between early 2020 and early 2021. Fun fact: three champions are in my top 100 vgm. --- "Ah, a party! We haven't had one of those. It could be fun! So... what is a party?" "Well, you drink punch and eat CAKE! ...I think." ... Copied to Clipboard!
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rwlh 09/09/22 7:57:56 PM #7: |
I have been informed that VGMC13's winner, Class::EXSPHERE_NOSURGE;, does not in fact loop. Sorry for the confusion! There's not much left to the song after that anyway, so you can just listen to the whole thing. ... Copied to Clipboard!
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rwlh 09/09/22 9:22:34 PM #8: |
Keeping this up! ... Copied to Clipboard!
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ZaziGuado 09/09/22 10:04:26 PM #9: |
Tag I might do this --- snowpork azuarc is OP. ... Copied to Clipboard!
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Fluttershy_Pony 09/09/22 10:32:19 PM #10: |
Tag, I'll try to get this done by the deadline. --- A not very secret alt account for when Raetsel wants to be a pony ... Copied to Clipboard!
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banshiryuu 09/09/22 10:32:29 PM #11: |
literally all bangers ... Copied to Clipboard!
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tazzyboyishere 09/09/22 11:42:46 PM #12: |
okay sure but you'll regret it. --- http://i.imgur.com/l7xxLh1.jpg PSN/Steam - RoboQuote ; NNID - TazzyMan ... Copied to Clipboard!
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Chaeix 09/10/22 12:48:54 AM #13: |
TIL emil/karma won a contest --- we're all buds~jc~ <DeathChicken> you are my hero for being the first person to cite National Geographic in Mercs ... Copied to Clipboard!
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azuarc 09/10/22 12:57:17 AM #14: |
banshiryuu posted... literally all bangers For every --- Only the exceptions can be exceptional. ... Copied to Clipboard!
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Robazoid 09/10/22 1:12:44 AM #15: |
I resented having to finish anything below Extreme. And of all the awesome Ar nosurge songs, that's the one that's won a contest? I don't remember disliking it when I actually played the game but listening to it here was no good. Give me ra ciel reincarnation any day. 1- Ar tonelico II: Melody of Metafalica | EXEC_SPHILIA/. 2- Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty | "Metal Gear Solid" Main Theme 3- Ace Combat Zero: The Belkan War | ZERO 4- Chrono Cross | Chrono Cross -Scars of Time- 5- Okami | Reset ~ ("Thank You" Version) 6- The Legend of Heroes: Trails to Azure Evolution | Seize the Truth! 7- Ys VIII: Lacrimosa of DANA | SUNSHINE COASTLINE 8- Boku no Te no Naka no Rakuen | Papiliones 9- beatmania IIDX 22 PENDUAL | Despair of Elferia (Long ver.) 10- NieR | Emil / Karma 11- Umineko: When They Cry - Question Arcs | hope 12- Final Fantasy VIII | The Extreme 13- Idola Phantasy Star Saga | Endeavour 14- Threads of Fate | Forest of Journeys Begun (Passing Through the Forest) 15- Umineko: When They Cry - Answer Arcs | resurrectedreplayer 16- Ar nosurge: Ode to an Unborn Star | Class::EXSPHERE_NOSURGE; --- **R.O.B.A.Z.O.I.D** ... Copied to Clipboard!
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Janus5k 09/10/22 2:00:54 AM #16: |
banshiryuu posted... literally all bangers --- A hero cannot be defeated simply by making him die. ... Copied to Clipboard!
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FL81 09/10/22 3:14:59 AM #17: |
tag for later --- Thanks to Proofpyros for the sig images https://i.imgur.com/Nv4Pi1v.jpg https://i.imgur.com/N43HJYv.jpg ... Copied to Clipboard!
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PIayer_0 09/10/22 4:00:40 AM #18: |
Tag --- -Abraham Lincoln ... Copied to Clipboard!
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SeabassDebeste 09/10/22 7:03:00 AM #19: |
tag --- yet all azuarc of all sorts are more or less capricious and unreliable - they live in the varying outer weather, and they inhale its fickleness ... Copied to Clipboard!
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Cavedweller2000 09/10/22 10:31:28 AM #20: |
Only ones I'm familiar with is MGS2 and FF8. This should be fun. --- Well done to azuarc for finishing 67 places above me in the 2020 GOTD Guru Contest! ... Copied to Clipboard!
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MargaretAnnMid 09/10/22 10:31:42 AM #21: |
\o/ ... Copied to Clipboard!
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Isquen 09/10/22 10:36:55 AM #22: |
Already done about a third. Tagging for later. --- [Rock and Stone] ... Copied to Clipboard!
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skulltrumpets 09/10/22 12:22:19 PM #23: |
This one will be interesting! I don't recall outright hating any of these songs (even though I know I prefer others in many of their respective fields) so how I rank these is as much of a surprise to me as it is to everyone else Even EXSPHERE, which would have easily been my least favourite has grown on me. ... Copied to Clipboard!
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rwlh 09/10/22 7:45:01 PM #24: |
Daily bump! ... Copied to Clipboard!
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TheManaSword 09/10/22 8:07:15 PM #25: |
there have been 16 of these??? --- http://card.psnprofiles.com/1/Gylgamesh501.png ... Copied to Clipboard!
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rwlh 09/11/22 11:09:50 AM #26: |
I know, right? ... Copied to Clipboard!
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rwlh 09/11/22 4:18:40 PM #27: |
hi ... Copied to Clipboard!
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TeamRocketElite 09/11/22 11:46:11 PM #28: |
Chrono Cross | Chrono Cross -Scars of Time- Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty | "Metal Gear Solid" Main Theme Umineko: When They Cry - Answer Arcs | resurrectedreplayer Umineko: When They Cry - Question Arcs | hope Boku no Te no Naka no Rakuen | Papiliones Idola Phantasy Star Saga | Endeavour Ar tonelico II: Melody of Metafalica | EXEC_SPHILIA/. Okami | Reset ~ ("Thank You" Version) The Legend of Heroes: Trails to Azure Evolution | Seize the Truth! NieR | Emil / Karma beatmania IIDX 22 PENDUAL | Despair of Elferia (Long ver.) Ar nosurge: Ode to an Unborn Star | Class::EXSPHERE_NOSURGE; Ys VIII: Lacrimosa of DANA | SUNSHINE COASTLINE Final Fantasy VIII | The Extreme Ace Combat Zero: The Belkan War | ZERO Threads of Fate | Forest of Journeys Begun (Passing Through the Forest) This is hard to rank. Probably a lot would be different if I ranked it again tomorrow. --- My bracket looked like random picks compared to his. Congrats to azuarc for winning the GotD 2020 Guru Contest! ... Copied to Clipboard!
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tgs2 09/12/22 8:19:33 AM #29: |
Trying to sort out Zero/Elferia and Pappiliones/StT/Endeavour hurts my head. Rather just go with my gut instead of spending the month flip flopping spots. 1st: Final Fantasy VIII | The Extreme 2nd: Ar nosurge: Ode to an Unborn Star | Class::EXSPHERE_NOSURGE; 3rd: Ace Combat Zero: The Belkan War | ZERO 4th: beatmania IIDX 22 PENDUAL | Despair of Elferia (Long Version) 5th: Chrono Cross | Scars of Time 6th: Boku no Te no Naka no Rakuen | Papiliones 7th: Idola Phantasy Star Saga | Endeavour 8th: The Legend of Heroes: Trails to Azure Evolution | Seize the Truth! 9th: Umineko: When They Cry - Answer Arcs | resurrectedreplayer 10th: Ar tonelico II: Melody of Metafalica | EXEC_SPHILIA/. 11th: Ys VIII: Lacrimosa of DANA | SUNSHINE COASTLINE 12th: Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty | "Metal Gear Solid" Main Theme 13th: Threads of Fate | Forest of Journeys Begun (Passing Through the Forest) 14th: NieR | Emil / Karma 15th: Umineko: When They Cry - Question Arcs | hope 16th: Okami | Reset ~ ("Thank You" Version) ... Copied to Clipboard!
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rwlh 09/12/22 1:34:07 PM #30: |
Thank you for ranking! ... Copied to Clipboard!
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rwlh 09/12/22 6:09:05 PM #31: |
And thank you, who's currently reading the topic, for eventually ranking! ... Copied to Clipboard!
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Raetsel_Lapin 09/12/22 6:12:52 PM #32: |
1: Forest of Journeys Begun (Passing Through...) 2: Class::EXSPHERE_NOSURGE; 3: Endeavour 4: hope 5: Reset ~ ("Thank You" Version) 6: Sunshine Coastline 7: Chrono Cross -Scars of Time- 8: EXEC_SPHILIA/. 9: Papiliones 10: "Metal Gear Solid" Main Theme 11: Seize the Truth! 12: Emil / Karma 13: The Extreme 14: resurrectedreplayer 15: ZERO 16: Despair of Elferia (Long ver.) --- I'm not who you think I am And even if I thought you'd known, I never would have told you so ... Copied to Clipboard!
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NFUN 09/12/22 7:00:10 PM #33: |
rwlh posted... And thank you, who's currently reading the topic, for eventually ranking!incorrect --- Kneel... or you will be knelt ... Copied to Clipboard!
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rwlh 09/13/22 11:21:27 AM #34: |
Raetsel_Lapin posted... 1: Forest of Journeys Begun (Passing Through...) Thank you! ... Copied to Clipboard!
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rwlh 09/13/22 9:05:10 PM #35: |
and up ... Copied to Clipboard!
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rwlh 09/14/22 10:50:27 AM #36: |
and up again ... Copied to Clipboard!
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Snake5555555555 09/14/22 12:27:27 PM #37: |
--- I've decided to put my fears behind me. I'm not going back. https://www.instagram.com/horror_obscurities/ ... Copied to Clipboard!
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junk_funk 09/14/22 1:55:37 PM #38: |
Has there never been a repeat winner or are winners not allowed in the bracket the following year? --- Give 'em hell Ukraine. ... Copied to Clipboard!
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pyresword 09/14/22 2:00:11 PM #39: |
The top 8-16 finishers (depending on bracket size) in a given year get retired and aren't allowed in any future contests. --- I didn't do guru this year but azuarc can be in my sig anyways. ... Copied to Clipboard!
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rwlh 09/14/22 4:00:39 PM #40: |
Snake5555555555 posted... 1. Idola Phantasy Star Saga | Endeavour Thank you! We currently have ten rankings, and my goal is significantly more than that, so if you know someone you think might be interested - even if they're from a different online community - please forward them to this topic! ... Copied to Clipboard!
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Hbthebattle 09/14/22 4:11:23 PM #41: |
sent in my ranking --- :) ... Copied to Clipboard!
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pyresword 09/14/22 4:13:10 PM #42: |
I will be ranking but my plan is to forget about this until September 29 and then listen to all the songs at once in a panic. --- I didn't do guru this year but azuarc can be in my sig anyways. ... Copied to Clipboard!
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PIayer_0 09/14/22 4:21:37 PM #43: |
Initial ranking done, just need to double-check the really close songs --- -Abraham Lincoln ... Copied to Clipboard!
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rwlh 09/15/22 2:57:17 PM #44: |
Daily bump! ... Copied to Clipboard!
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rwlh 09/15/22 9:20:20 PM #45: |
Nightly bump! ... Copied to Clipboard!
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rwlh 09/16/22 3:06:13 PM #46: |
Daily bump! ... Copied to Clipboard!
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rwlh 09/17/22 7:59:06 PM #48: |
DragonGargoyle posted... 1- Ar nosurge: Ode to an Unborn Star | Class::EXSPHERE_NOSURGE; Thank you for your ranking! Feel free to send me writeups if you want, though no pressure if you don't. A sentence or two for each would honestly be sufficient. ... Copied to Clipboard!
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rwlh 09/17/22 9:32:54 PM #50: |
UltimaterializerX posted... 1 - Scars of Time Thank you for your ranking! ... Copied to Clipboard!
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