Board 8 > [VGMC] Day 19! feat. Skeletons, Samurai, Senseis, Dinosaurs, and some Robots

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banshiryuu
05/28/24 11:01:01 PM
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Welcome to Video Game Music Contest 18, 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=478494
Contest info sheet: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1HBxgL9woiCMFKNOPuN_qdxmzjStJXSpC3Ocalfsavdk
Contest discussion thread: https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/8-gamefaqs-contests/80763291
Main bracket playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLT3m7iohpL0y-5OyCrkgprWtXARkEJzh_
Compatibility sheet: ?!?!?!
Last years spreadsheet: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1SAJKYJmYhccLvbf_H-5uSA7-eMwXfW8k1q74Qho1bLU
VGMC total stats sheet: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1K1XdLWiUKB2kX99qYBgnRbLU_sCz4dvZSByKKJHCT6o
Discord: https://discord.gg/7FVXqWj

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 11pm 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

Shadowgate 64: Trials of the Four Towers - Sewers
Composer: Saori Kobayashi, Kennosuke Suemura
Loop Point: 1:32
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d3962Lh51Fk

Advance Wars 1+2: Re-Boot Camp - Sensei's Theme (CO Power)
Composer: Yoshito Hirano arr. Maddie Lim, Michaela Nachtigall, Tommy Pedrini
Loop Point: 1:02
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MaJAbIl-_ys

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Match 2

Lost Eden - The Magnificents
Composer: Stphane Picq
Loop Point: 3:15
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eFlviirSuUY

Xenosaga Freaks - [ai]
Composer: Satoru Kosaki
Loop Point: 4:54
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x1KlvmPH5W8?si=Vo8_6OcUZay_Gtej

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Match 3

Musashi: Samurai Legend - Jungle Journey
Composer: Junya Nakano
Loop Point: 2:56
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=57hfI9-TWu8

Astros Playroom - I'm Your GPU
Composer: Kenneth C M Young
Loop Point: 4:29
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C9_ooljYl60

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Easy vote form:
Sewers / Sensei's Theme (CO Power)
The Magnificents / [ai]
Jungle Journey / I'm Your GPU
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DeadTaffer
05/28/24 11:07:50 PM
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Sewers
The Magnificents
I'm Your GPU
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UF8
05/28/24 11:24:27 PM
#3:


Sewers
[ai]
Jungle Journey

unfortunate 2nd match
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DanKirby
05/28/24 11:29:28 PM
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Sensei's Theme (CO Power)
[ai]
Jungle Journey

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(>'.')>
"The problem with the future is that it keeps turning into the present." -Hobbes
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kamakazikila
05/28/24 11:30:04 PM
#5:


Sensei's Theme (CO Power)
[ai]
I'm Your GPU

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Puff Stuff
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Eggert
05/28/24 11:38:40 PM
#6:


Sensei's Theme (CO Power)
[ai]
Jungle Journey
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HBJDubs
05/29/24 12:02:51 AM
#7:


Sewers
[ai]
I'm Your GPU

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Save in the name of true love
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Hbthebattle
05/29/24 12:03:29 AM
#8:


Sensei's Theme (CO Power)
[ai]
Jungle Journey

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:)
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DireKrow
05/29/24 12:03:46 AM
#9:


Sensei's Theme (CO Power)
[ai]
Jungle Journey
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TeamRocketElite
05/29/24 12:08:54 AM
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Advance Wars 1+2: Re-Boot Camp - Sensei's Theme (CO Power)
Xenosaga Freaks - [ai]
Musashi: Samurai Legend - Jungle Journey

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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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Isquen
05/29/24 12:16:10 AM
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Sewers
[ai]
Jungle Journey

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[Rock and Stone] <o/
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Prince46
05/29/24 12:20:44 AM
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Sensei's Theme (CO Power)
The Magnificents
Jungle Journey

So you telling me I should have heard about this? This song feels like an alternate universe Majora's Mask. Well, I can't pretend it's a super exciting song, but it's strengths lie in its varied rhythms. The strings are used in interesting ways and all of it evocates SNES dungeon themes. I think it's pretty respectable, but it also doesn't have a lot going on. AIRBORNE ASSAULT! Onto Sensei now, and wow, I'm very happy someone thought of getting The Consouls for this game, it was an amazing choice. This electro-swing take onto the already good jazz-ish theme of Sensei has got to be one of my favorite themes of the remake; hell, I'm happy CO Powers gets its own score to begin with! The sax is enchanting and the backing instruments function like clockwork, I enjoy that little GBA drum roll thrown in there too. It's just very good, I gotta vote it, but I must Sewers can still put up a fight with what it has.

More Picq music... oh, this beat is nice. This song just feels extremely PC game coded for everywhere it sounds, what with the instruments choices and all. The vocal pads seem to enhance the mysterious tone the song is plotting. This has been a nice combo, magnificient job indeed. Hmm... Xenosaga vocals... the music is catchy and the vocals are charming, I think the thematic is well encapsulated too. The more calm approach is a nice change of pace, although it means it doesn't do much too. It's definitely beyond the many vocal songs I've heard this far, for sure. I think I'll pick... Picq. Great showing for both, though!

Musashi... again! This more ethereal layer to the strings-accordion is such a nice design to a jungle theme that I don't see normally. This drum break towards the end rocks too. I think it has not dissapointed me, a very unique contender here. Anyways, this is the fabled PS5 game? One of the ten! And I see it's got some nice music... the cuica added onto the techno instrumental is comical and somewhat on point for Astro, and the strings are a great intro. The vocoders are appropiate, as well. This ain't throwing me off the roof, but it's very cool. Fair match to the two, but Musashi has took my vote again and I hope it capitalizes.
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HidekuniHorita
05/29/24 12:28:46 AM
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Sewers
The Magnificents
Jungle Journey

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Omniscience lies beyond the void, beyond decay!
I am one with the Akashic Records!
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PIayer_0
05/29/24 12:40:24 AM
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Sensei's Theme (CO Power)
The Magnificents
Jungle Journey

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-Abraham Lincoln
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Haste_2
05/29/24 12:44:00 AM
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Sewers
[ai]
Jungle Journey


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"Ah, a party! We haven't had one of those. It could be fun! So... what is a party?"
"You drink punch and eat CAKE! ...I think."
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th3l3fty
05/29/24 12:47:30 AM
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Advance Wars 1+2: Re-Boot Camp - Sensei's Theme (CO Power)
Lost Eden - The Magnificents
Astros Playroom - I'm Your GPU

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thelefty for analysis crew 2008 imo -transience
I have a third degree burn in flame-o-nomics -Sir Chris
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tgs2
05/29/24 1:17:07 AM
#17:


Sensei
[ai]
GPU

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KCF0107
05/29/24 1:20:49 AM
#18:


Sensei's
Magnificent
Journey

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KCF can't actually be a real person but he is - greengravy
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Janus5k
05/29/24 1:58:12 AM
#19:


Sensei's Theme (CO Power)
[ai]
I'm Your GPU

jazz
old anime
computer (this one was kinda close)

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A hero cannot be defeated simply by making him die.
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FL81
05/29/24 3:39:17 AM
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Sensei's Theme (CO Power)
The Magnificents
I'm Your GPU

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https://i.imgur.com/TGkNCva.gif https://i.imgur.com/8mWCvA4.gif
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Collen
05/29/24 7:17:44 AM
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Sensei's Theme (CO Power)
The Magnificents
Jungle Journey

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Sunshine. Lunchbox. Playground. Raincoat. Hot Dog. Oatmeal. Railroad. Ice Cream. Bathtub. Pancake. Eardrum.
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andylt
05/29/24 7:34:56 AM
#22:


Sensei's Theme (CO Power)
[ai]
I'm Your GPU

some close matches
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sergiocornaga
05/29/24 8:55:25 AM
#23:


Sewers
The Magnificents
Jungle Journey
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JONA
05/29/24 9:27:14 AM
#24:


Sensei's Theme (CO Power)
The Magnificents
Jungle Journey

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Congrats to azuarc who beat me by 1 point!
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Tked
05/29/24 9:39:04 AM
#25:


Sewers
Magnificents
Jungle
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MaxGalactica
05/29/24 9:50:35 AM
#26:


Sensei's Theme
The Magnificents
Jungle Journey

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Don't trust everything that you read on the Internet.
-Abraham Lincoln
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Fluttershy_Pony
05/29/24 10:04:29 AM
#27:


Sensei's Theme (CO Power)
[ai]
Jungle Journey

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OrangeCrush980
05/29/24 10:07:29 AM
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Sensei's Theme (CO Power)
[ai]
I'm Your GPU

GPU is just the right amount of corny for me. I assume it's going to get slaughtered though.

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"Foolishness, Dante. Foolishness... Might controls everything. And without strength, you cannot protect anything. Let alone yourself."
- Vergil, DMC3
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-Chaos-Zero-
05/29/24 10:13:29 AM
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Sensei's Theme (CO Power)
The Magnificents
I'm Your GPU

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The Pizza Formerly Known as CalzoneB
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Prody_Parrot
05/29/24 10:15:54 AM
#30:


Sensei's Theme (CO Power)
Jungle Journey
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xx521xx
05/29/24 10:48:46 AM
#31:


Sewers
[ai]
Jungle Journey

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Optimism is the first step to disappointment.
xx521xx
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skulltrumpets
05/29/24 11:22:28 AM
#32:


Sensei's Theme (CO Power)
[ai]
I'm Your GPU

I hate that I first heard Sewers in a shitty Zelda OoT romhack, and I hate this association. It is so weirdly off-putting (complimentary). Sensei can GET IT. Damn, boy knows how to party!!!!

Tough match. I love the weird alien soundscape of Lost Eden, but [ai] is such a bop.

This match is the meanest. I really want to vote for both.

Pretty good day today overall.
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W1ndzs
05/29/24 11:52:26 AM
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Sensei's Theme (CO Power)
The Magnificents
I'm Your GPU
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TheArkOfTurus
05/29/24 12:11:36 PM
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Sewers
The Magnificents
Jungle Journey

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Our eyes were removed
For our own safety
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tazzyboyishere
05/29/24 12:24:33 PM
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Sewers
[ai]
I'm Your GPU

I'm Your GPU desperately needs context, ai is the only thing in into today, alas

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azuarc
05/29/24 12:29:44 PM
#36:


Sensei's Theme (CO Power)
The Magnificents
Jungle Journey

expected to vote for [ai], but here we are

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Only the exceptions can be exceptional.
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rwlh
05/29/24 12:30:28 PM
#37:


Sewers
The Magnificents
abstain

The Magnificents is my favorite song in Bracket B! It's so hypnotic, evocative of a dreamlike state. The vocal samples only add to its air of mystery. Few songs, in this year's bracket or otherwise, can teleport me somewhere else so effectively. (It's also the only song I like today, so I'm hoping it wins for that reason too.)
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bebr117
05/29/24 1:03:07 PM
#38:


Sewers
abstain
Junya Journey

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gau gau
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MacArrowny
05/29/24 1:35:39 PM
#39:


Sensei's Theme (CO Power)
[ai]
I'm Your GPU

Sewers sucks. One of those picks that mystifies me. Sensei's Theme is a lot of fun, starting out as ordinary jazz before adding some more novel elements.

I don't like match 2 or 3.

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Gall
05/29/24 1:37:54 PM
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Sewers
The Magnificents
I'm Your GPU

Heres a philosophical question Ive been chewing on for a while: what are the differences between a forest theme and a jungle theme? Theyre pretty similar as level settings go, but Jungle Journey makes a case for the distinction. Its peaceful, but not inviting, you still need to be on your guard. It feels dense, like its covered with vines that obscure your path. The beat at 2:14 adds to the feeling like you dont belong here, and you're in for a perilous adventure.

Devil Forest, Kitsch, and Necrofantasia are all close and my favorite would depend on what Im in the mood for. Now Im in a kitschy mood.

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DanShux
05/29/24 2:05:24 PM
#41:


Sewers
[ai]
Jungle Journey
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dowolf
05/29/24 3:27:09 PM
#42:


Sue Her
Mag Niff a Cent
Gee Pee You

Ooh boy. Going to be negative here: I try to remember that someone loved these tracks enough to nom and support them, but I hate the Boot Camp OST. The saxophone's intonation is crap. The only word that comes to mind is slobbering -- it's just a wet noodle of sound. Don't put little crescendos on every note! Please, just don't! Yes you're always going to have some of that with a live instrument relative to samples, but it doesn't have to sound like this! And while the percussion matches it in the opening, when we get to the chorus suddenly the instruments are so weak that the percussion overwhelms them. I don't know if I've heard anything like that before. It feels beyond amateurish. I do not like it. If nothing else just compare it to the original, which is much better mixed, has such better attacks on the saxophone, has an interesting variety of instruments working together rather than basically just one -- it just blows this arrangement out of the water.


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DoctorJimmy133
05/29/24 5:28:40 PM
#43:


Sensei's Theme (CO Power)
[ai]
Jungle Journey

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Huntmaster95
05/29/24 5:52:14 PM
#44:


Sensei's Theme (CO Power)
[ai]
I'm Your GPU
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Paratroopa1
05/29/24 6:00:56 PM
#45:


dowolf posted...
I try to remember that someone loved these tracks enough to nom and support them
It's my nom and I call like half of these songs slop, I wouldn't dish it out if I couldn't take it
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Paratroopa1
05/29/24 6:11:19 PM
#46:


Sensei's Theme (CO Power)
The Magnificents
Jungle Journey

Sewers is a fun little tune and not the sort of thing I normally expect to be nominated in vgmc which I deeply appreciate. Variety! This is really making the best of the N64's limited sound capabilities, at least in terms of providing pretty decent sounding instrumentation, and the composition is interesting and clever. It got a bad draw. 7.5/10

Sensei's Theme is my nom so yeah obviously I like it. Re-Boot Camp's OST is kind of like two-thirds great, one-third not so great - I wasn't that fond of a handful of arrangements. Not this one! This one's great, but the CO power variant's electroswing is especially great. When that electric guitar comes in, oh man, that's one of the best drops I've ever heard. 9.5/10

The Magnificients is pretty cool. Meow meow meow memmm. Meow meow meow memmm. A. B. A. B. (meow meow memmmm) A. B. A. B. 7.5/10

Xenosaga Freaks indeed, which one of you Xenosaga freaks nominated this 2.5/10

Jungle Journey's pretty nice, I'm going to say this like a dozen times but anytime something even faintly gives me PSO vibes I'm probably going to like it. 6.5/10

Thank god I installed a normal GPU in my computer instead of whatever this is. 2/10
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slykirby
05/29/24 7:04:37 PM
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Sensei's Theme (CO Power)
The Magnificents
I'm Your GPU

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NFUN
05/29/24 7:18:53 PM
#48:


Sewing
Magazine
Jingle

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failgirlema
05/29/24 7:20:28 PM
#49:


Sewers
[ai]
I'm Your GPU

i love ai too much. but the magnificents is good enough that i wouldnt even be sad if ai lost

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pyresword
05/29/24 7:51:50 PM
#50:


Sewers
[ai]
I'm Your GPU

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I didn't do guru this year but azuarc can be in my sig anyways.
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