Board 8 > [BOST 2022] Day 6 - Sophonie

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DEM1995
11/02/23 4:35:17 PM
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BOST 2022 Snubs - Group 5 R1 (Top 4 advance) - Results (15 votes)
Stray | https://youtu.be/yVYOLRw3oQo (Communication)
6.67% (1 vote)
1
Spark 3 | https://youtu.be/jTLG9LNp1hs (Shopalo's Goods)
13.33% (2 votes)
2
Neon White | https://youtu.be/SpkWA2r7TDU (Hand of God)
26.67% (4 votes)
4
Super Lone Survivor | https://youtu.be/osMxg8d-1Vc (Life Force)
6.67% (1 vote)
1
NOSTALGIA Op.3 | https://youtu.be/9yYC2MERNDI (Kohaku no Yume)
13.33% (2 votes)
2
Turbo Overkill | https://youtu.be/e_KVRl2YfJ0 (Sunset Synthetica)
6.67% (1 vote)
1
Stranger of Paradise: FF Origin | https://youtu.be/DnFi4YD4N2Y (Stranger)
13.33% (2 votes)
2
Eiyuden Chronicles: Rising | https://youtu.be/ti2Qtal6gq4 (Great Forest)
13.33% (2 votes)
2
This poll is now closed.
Hee-ho! Welcome to Day 6. A couple of days have passed, but hope you all had a spooky Hallowe'en :)

As a reminder, you can vote twice on the snubs polls: once here, and once in the Discord thread at https://discord.com/channels/87835278454050816/1168155142978293780

LINKS
Results & Discussion Topic - https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/8-gamefaqs-contests/80605858
Main Bracket - https://www.bracketmaker.com/tmenu.cfm?tid=477779
Contest Sheet & Snubs Bracket - https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1Tl-tja7pij8XiZKquTXVqdgD7C9NYBfq_IJfczJuHSg
Discord Server - https://discord.com/channels/87835278454050816/1031588897345511454
Snubs Bracket Voting - https://discord.com/channels/87835278454050816/1168155142978293780
Main Bracket Playlist - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WILLyGhFWXM&list=PLKMrAE0RW9lEvK5KbNvPvPfrwj1cGkpXQ&index=31
Snubs Bracket Playlist - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yVYOLRw3oQo&list=PLKMrAE0RW9lFWm9a40xlCmrycp-KIBuk_&index=33

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VOTING RULES
* Main-bracket matches are held via thread posts below and are between individual tracks from each game (not the games as a whole). Listening to both tracks in a given matchup is required before voting on it.
* Snubs matches are held in the above poll between the games' soundtracks holistically. For the snubs matches, the tracks are optional sample reps to help influence your decision for voting.
* No alts, no rallying.
* All votes must be sent within 24 hours of this post. If you would like to vote in advance, please check the match threads on the Board 8 Discord (check pins on #vgmusic or directly under #bost-vgm). Please note that advance voting is not available until both entrants have submitted songs.
* Please use the format provided in the vote form at the bottom of this post.

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Day 6
Atelier Sophie 2: The Alchemist of the Mysterious Dream | 24 February 2022 (Kazuki Yanagawa, Daisuke Achiwa, Tatsuya Yano & Ryudai Abe)
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Sephonie | 12 April 2022 (Melos Han-Tani)

Match 1
Sudden Rain | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WILLyGhFWXM
Linking with curious creature | https://youtu.be/fu8FK8heqMk

Match 2
Scooping Up Dreams | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kBBDdCOtNQ0
Solitary wanderer | https://youtu.be/vQQrgJtIVqg

Match 3
Piercing the Blue Sky | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vDRU3JAHz7c
Visiting man | https://youtu.be/6PF9GsUo9y8

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Vote Form:

VOTES
Sudden Rain / Linking with curious creature
Scooping Up Dreams / Solitary wanderer
Piercing the Blue Sky / Visiting man
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TeamRocketElite
11/02/23 5:18:34 PM
#2:


VOTES
Sudden Rain
Scooping Up Dreams
Piercing the Blue Sky

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Congrats to azuarc for winning the GotD 2020 Guru Contest!
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PrinceKaro
11/02/23 5:30:36 PM
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VOTES
Sudden Rain
Scooping Up Dreams
Visiting man


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UF8
11/02/23 5:49:50 PM
#4:


Linking with curious creature
Solitary wanderer
Visiting man

with sincere condolences to sophie if it loses because of these votes, sophie 2 songs here are really hecking good and i would've voted them (esp the latter two) over a LOT of the sets so far, which have been very consistently great, but these sephonie selections either hit me like a truck or totally absorbed me into their worldview, or both. it's unfair
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andylt
11/02/23 5:52:21 PM
#5:


Linking with curious creature
Solitary wanderer
Piercing the Blue Sky
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MacArrowny
11/02/23 6:33:46 PM
#6:


VOTES
Sudden Rain
Scooping Up Dreams
Piercing the Blue Sky

Sophie 2's pretty middling for an Atelier soundtrack, but that's not much of an insult, since I enjoy Atelier soundtracks a good amount. None of the Sephonie songs have anything going for them, though they're not painful to listen to at least.

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dowolf
11/02/23 7:11:10 PM
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VOTES
Linking with curious creature
Scooping Up Dreams
Piercing the Blue Sky

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Hayasame is -- first off, shout outs to bizarre readings of kanji. Okay I guess it's not that weird but "same" instead of "ame" keeps messing with my head. Especially because just showed up in a new HBR event and that's pronounced "shigure" which is just not a normal pronunciation of those kanji at all but i didn't know the phrase (sodeshigure) before and it's talking about when you wipe off your eyes and wind up with teardrops on your sleeve and it's such a pretty metaphor. Well that was a digression and a half. The song is a slightly-above-average Gust battle theme, but I like Gust battle themes so that still translates to happy Wolf. But Linking is super pretty. Wow. I love the foowahs (technical term [almost sounds like a pan flute but not quite, whatever that whistle-esque sound is]) in the background. It's just a gorgeous piece.

Scooping up dreams sounds like fun. This song sounds like fun. Ooh but it's actually a spooky dungeon? Love the horn countermelody, love the crescendo into the chorus, love the gust flute, what a "me" piece. The trumpet can gtfo though you do NOT belong. The ending of the chorus feels almost rushing? Strange. I wish it were at a slightly slower tempo. Solo Wanda is super nice too, but doesn't have a magic that makes me squee.

Drilling Through the Sad Blue Sky -- no i don't think the reference is intended but they do both use so you know what i'm rolling with this. I love this. Easily my favorite Sophie 2 battle theme. The chorus here is so good. It feels like regret, like heartbreak. And then you have the guitar and piano doing their call-and-response over a sick bass line and you get that tinge of hope and :) I like sad battle themes. That seems kinda weird now that I put it in text. I have decided the visiting man's name is Jackson. no this song is not cool enough to be Jackson. It's just way too minimalist for me.

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FL81
11/02/23 8:16:02 PM
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VOTES
Sudden Rain
Scooping Up Dreams
Piercing the Blue Sky

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Sceptilesolar
11/02/23 8:41:32 PM
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Sudden Rain
Scooping Up Dreams
Piercing the Blue Sky

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azuarc
11/02/23 9:05:46 PM
#10:


VOTES
Sudden Rain
Scooping Up Dreams
Piercing the Blue Sky

Sorry, Sephonie. Just didn't click.

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DanKirby
11/02/23 9:26:38 PM
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Linking with curious creature
Solitary wanderer
Visiting man

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"The problem with the future is that it keeps turning into the present." -Hobbes
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UF8
11/03/23 12:38:06 AM
#12:


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sergiocornaga
11/03/23 6:12:33 AM
#13:


VOTES
Linking with curious creature
Scooping Up Dreams
Visiting man
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Fluttershy_Pony
11/03/23 8:16:53 AM
#14:


VOTES
Sudden Rain
Solitary wanderer
Piercing the Blue Sky

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An unfortunate matchup for Sephonie. I do like what the soundtrack is doing, but Piercing the Blue Sky is my favorite discovery thus far & I also fairly definitively prefer Rain over creature.

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MaxGalactica
11/03/23 9:13:10 AM
#15:


Linking with curious creature
Solitary wanderer
Visiting man

Sophie 2 is definitely a weaker Atelier soundtrack, but there are some songs from it that I do like, none of which were selected for this match. Sephonie is lovely. Love its soundscape.

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Arti
11/03/23 9:24:16 AM
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VOTES
Sudden Rain
Scooping Up Dreams
Piercing the Blue Sky

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skulltrumpets
11/03/23 12:24:12 PM
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I enjoy it when Atelier music gets all bright like this. It isn't my preferred kind of style for the franchise, and I think with Gust battle themes (presuming this is one), I will prefer the crisp glitchy synths of Blue Reflection, but it was very sweet.

Huge fan of this OST. This song feels like a mix of the familiar and new, the wobbly sounds at odds with the calming mysticism of the main melody. Wrapped in a cosy blanket except I am on an alien planet.

Oh wow this intro reminds me of Asano's work. Big fan. And this is a final dungeon theme? I knew these games were sweet as candy and all but ... Well, anyway, this song is good too, but if I were to nitpick I will say that it gets too busy as it goes along.

This might be my second favourite track in an OST that's straight fire. Another very sweet song. Today is a very sweet day! It feels like starlight to me. Unfortunately it is a bit on the short side.

I was worried this would be all guitar, but that brief moment of heavy percussion was a saving grace and set this up to be something special.

Another great pull from this game. Feels like I'm underwater. But a bit too short. Alas!

Really insanely good day today. My criticisms are genuinely just nitpicks I promise.

VOTES
Linking with curious creature
Solitary wanderer
Piercing the Blue Sky
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Hbthebattle
11/03/23 1:22:12 PM
#18:


Sudden Rain
Solitary wanderer
Piercing the Blue Sky

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Isquen
11/03/23 5:19:01 PM
#19:


VOTES:
Linking with Curious Creature
Abstain
Abstain

Unsure if I'm late D: Timing is weird.

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[Rock and Stone] <o/
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UF8
11/03/23 5:23:39 PM
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sorry it was too late, my bad for not leaving a notice that day 7 start was delayed but scores here have been counted

final results were 3-0 in favour of sophie (9-7 | 9-7 | 11-5)
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Isquen
11/03/23 5:35:47 PM
#21:


Ah well.

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[Rock and Stone] <o/
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UF8
11/06/23 9:32:01 AM
#22:


less than 6 hours left till the snubs r1 polls close (the main match already ended ofc)

get your votes in the topic polls here and on the discord

https://discord.com/channels/87835278454050816/1168155142978293780/1168155142978293780

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLKMrAE0RW9lFWm9a40xlCmrycp-KIBuk_
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NFUN
11/06/23 10:49:02 AM
#23:


don't forget to vote!

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