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Mac Arrowny posted...

No link to last year's bracket @azuarc ?

http://www.bracketmaker.com/tmenu.cfm?tid=466312

edit: wow, to be honest, I couldn't even remember who had won last year until I looked at that bracket. Emil/Karma is such a ho-hum champion imho. Like, not even bad. Just, kinda there.
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Janus5k posted...

I would definitely favor full versions because that makes the field stronger overall

having to nominate the short version of To Make the End of Battle last time was slightly painful

Mac Arrowny posted...

I'd go for being more permissive if possible.

I usually have no argument against this. It's just really uncomfortable for me when someone nominates a song from a rhythm game that's plays for under 2 minutes, but the nominated track is this 6 minute version that isn't even on the OST. Outside of rhythm games, I really don't care, but I would really like the version nominated to in some way be associated with the game, (other than vicariously through the in-game version.)

I certainly don't like saying no to long versions, because then we end up with the Mystic Pendulum fiasco. It turns out the long version was in the game, but when I initially ruled in ineligible, it went from being the most nominated track at that stage of the vote-ins to being dropped from the contest because people didn't like the short version.
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th3l3fty posted...

Mac Arrowny posted...

Tag

I think songs from 3rd have gotten in before...

Dreamy and Boisterous Holy Land made round 3 in VMGC9

I believe that's it

Past TitS participants, according to the spreadsheet in the OP.
Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Sky - Fading Light
Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Sky - Go in Good Cheer
Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Sky - Sophisticated Fight
Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Sky - Whereabouts of Lights
Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Sky SC - Fateful Confrontation
Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Sky SC - Great Awe
Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Sky SC - Merciless Savior
Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Sky SC - Silver Will
Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Sky the 3rd - Dreamy and Boisterous Holy Land

xp1337 posted...

!!!

Are we still running with the "full versions of songs are out unless they play in-game" rule?

Well, now would be the time to talk about that. I tried to take a stance on that last year and it proved to be a headache.
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Mega Mana posted...

Oh god, yes. Assuming you want to shoot yourself afterwards, of course.

I feel like the correct answer should be from something like Blazblue. For instance,



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NFUN posted...

wow no guessing game shoutout

Do we have the next one planned? Is it going to be Saturday?
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He's purple, surrounded by other grape nerds.
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For the new or unfamiliar:

Video Games Music Contest (VGMC) is an annual contest where we vote on songs to appear in a tournament bracket, and then vote the winners. For many people, the nomination period is the most exciting.

If you would like to nominate, or support other nominations, you will be able to give a vote to 20 songs. Additionally, 5 of those songs that are especially important to you can be double-voted. The 128 top vote-getters will appear in the bracket.

Any song from a video game is eligible, provided that:
1) It's original to a video game.
2) It hasn't done exceptionally well in a past contest and been "retired".

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Hey folks, this message is to inform you to be aware that VGMC is lurking on the horizon. I am planning to open the topic on or about MARCH FIRST, plus or minus 24 hours. That is two weeks from today. Nominations will remain open for roughly two weeks, as well.

The good news is that I checked the parser today, and the script still works. I had feared when we switched domain names, or simply at some point in the last year, the code running the forums might have changed formats, but my test page seems to work fine. That was the main reason I looked into VGMC now rather than later -- in case I needed to scramble for help, since the creator has stepped back from supporting it.

Nominations will be the standard process of 20 nominations with 5 doubles. While I liked the two-phase method I used in my first year, it was also more work and more confusion, and there were no definitive results that it was actually any better than our classic method, provided that we have the script.

I am still toying with ideas for a side bracket, supposing I run one. One thought was to do a sort of Best OST lite, since I haven't run that tournament in like 3 1/2 years now. (Nominations for that would be done strictly by direct input to a spreadsheet, because I am sure AF not handling data entry for that while VGMC noms are open.) Another thought was to siphon off all the songs that had made repeat appearances in the last, say, 3 years and funnel them into their own bracket...except there are actually only 14 such songs. So that doesn't work so well. Therefore, I dunno. I might just skip the side bracket.

But now would be the time if you had any intention to discuss policy changes, such as readmitting retired tracks or lobbying to include a wider variety of tracks (though I have been fairly lenient on this.) I'm not saying I'm going to listen, but I will listen, if you know what I mean.

More importantly, though, this is simply the time to start thinking about what you'd like to nominate. Old favorites, new games, fresh discoveries, etc...and, of course, not to be caught off-guard by being unaware the thread was even here. Oh, and feel free to try to find people who would be interested in participating. New blood to freshen up the song selection is almost always a good thing. Plus, we want our regulars who may have taken a break from B8 to know.

Link to past results and a list of retired tracks:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1K1XdLWiUKB2kX99qYBgnRbLU_sCz4dvZSByKKJHCT6o/edit#gid=362808128 -- please let me know if there are any errors.

My final caveat is that my personal life has the potential to flare up on short notice and force that to take over. Months ago, my landlord said he wanted to sell the house I'm in, and he hasn't said much about that since, but if I suddenly have to move, I'll be a bit busy. Hopefully that won't interfere with nominations, but I would certainly like to know who's on-board to help out if I get busy.
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SantaRPidgey posted...

The worst problem with the original was the awful color scheme that made it impossible to see. Fixing that alone makes me want it

I don't remember any awful color schemes. I remember some things about the game being dubious, but not that. The art was the second-best part of the game, after the music.
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ninkendo posted...

my review: It's not Seiken Densetsu 3/10

i c wut u did thar
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What does it say that my brain allowed stripping to be a euphemism, but when I saw "nailing" I was like, nah, he's doing some kind of hardware stuff.
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BlueCrystalTear posted...

how long was it?

Fourteen, five of which have posted in here.

Guess we know who they were, since there were only five people above that post...other than yourself. I'm assuming you didn't put yourself on ignore.
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it's possible I may be around on Saturday. I won't be working, but I could have plans.
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Hmm, yeah, okay, she also looks like she gained some weight. To be fair, I used to think she looked like a really hot high school girl, so I'm not entirely surprised by this.
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Okay, I don't watch Survivor and I've never followed one of these topics before. I had no idea how "All-Stars" works.
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Vlado posted...

WTF happened to her, I wonder.

Change in make-up style, perhaps some procedures. Her lips and cheeks maybe look a little different?
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Isn't Seung-mina supposed to be on that list?
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12 to 5

Oksana might have held a very long streak, but I don't expect this to be a contest.
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Johnbobb posted...

In his final breaths, Haggar mutters, "It was a good fight."

I suppose you might say that was the...final fight.
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Isn't it 11 am there?
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Double Antonidas. Damn, son.
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Weird hearing people say Dynasty Warriors has to be multiplayer or bust, that it isn't DW without MP, or whatever...I've never played DW with another human being. I tried it once with a friend and it was pretty awful, mostly due to hardware limitations, but I didn't have any great desire to try again.
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PrinceKaro posted...

these seem really shitty games so far

To be fair, there are 80 of them. Not being quite the board gamer some of you are, I always see these topics and go "man, where do people find these games?"
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trdl23 posted...

Is "SH's parent game" referring to Werewolf/Mafia?

I'm not especially a fan of W/M, so it's no surprise (to me) to find that at the bottom of the list.
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MrGreenonion posted...

Why does everyone hate Blanka so much? He was always my favorite in SF2.

I've always wondered this myself.
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So it's just Haggar and Seung Mina?
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So, uh, just to recoup, what are the availabilities of interested parties on Saturday?
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Grand Kirby posted...

paperwarior posted...

Rodents of unusual size? I don't think they exist.

Godammit, I hate when people steal the comments I want to use.

As if anyone was thinking of anything else when they clicked this topic. I actually looked back at that scene to see if there was anything I could piggyback with. (There isn't; as soon as he says it, he gets jumped.)
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"Once you have become a flip side explorer, you will be able to complete those quests that require you to visit both sides of the world. The main quest in each of the two sides can be completed without a visit to the other, but there is a third major quest and ending that will require multiple trips between the two sides to finish. <COMPANY NAME> invites anyone who completes any of the three major quests to send us your score. All who complete a quest will receive a certificate of congratulations for their accomplishment."
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Anagram posted...

Paratroopa1 posted...

"He is the greatest of all the space hunters and has successfully completed numerous missions that everybody thought were absolutely impossible. He is a cyborg: his entire body has been surgically strengthened with robotics, giving him superpowers."

Metroid

Does it really say "he" in the Metroid manual? Or was that just Para trying to throw us off?
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NFUN posted...

No Renne

Allll I can say is that my life is pretty plainnn...
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Johnbobb posted...

Lancaster is decent if you don't mind the cold and sharing the roads with horses and buggies

It's always entertaining driving through Lancaster on a Saturday around noon and all the tourists are getting the experience of a buggy ride. I think I counted 13 the last time I passed through.

And yeah, pretty much what I was going to say. Winter is cold in this area for someone used to Florida, but hey, recent super bowl champions!
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The group of us who were there and guessing got almost nothing after the FTL track. I only knew one from #16 on, and I ended up winning (mostly because I was quick on the draw in the early going when the songs were well-known).
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So after checking the stores and not being satisfied, I remembered today that emulators exist. Man, some of those stars on the second floor suck. Not looking forward to getting to top.
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skullbone posted...

Okay for real why do people insist on playing murlock Paladin and tier 1 decks in casual?

I'll sometimes play something in casual if I netdecked it for purposes of completing a quest and don't feel comfortable playing it, or if I've been on a win streak with another deck but need to "Win 3 games with Warrior or Paladin".
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Are you sure that's not a woodchuck?
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Well, that was a lot of excitement for nothing.
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CoolCly posted...

Sonya and Kingsbane can potentially be good and can do crazy awesome things but aren't necessarily cornerstones to Rogue going into the next year.

I bet you Sonya shows up in at least a tier 2 deck in the next year. The card sometimes requires finessing the playstate, but when she works, she can sometimes be spectacular. Nothing quite like popping Aya, playing it for 1, backstabbing the baby Aya, playing another one for 1...instant jade army for 5 mana.
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Zyxyz0 posted...

Also kinda disappointed at the idea of waiting another full week to get this going, but I guess that's just me being too impatient

This is why we're talking about availability and interest. I work Mon, Thu, Fri evenings, and Sat until mid-afternoon (eastern).
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Run it myself, eh? Guess you'll have to show me how to work the bot.

Anyway, I'm toying with the notion of making a second list that's a smidge easier so that we don't get past the early questions and then just all stare at each other waiting for me to reveal the answer. Assuming I do, which list we'll use will depend on how many people show up. (If we get at least 5, I may just YOLO the original.)
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was the bottom card of the last game I played today. /shrug
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cannot do battle with magus.
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Shadow Dino posted...

I keep running into Secret Mages that have god draws while my draws as Secret Mage is awful.

Yeah, must be nice to always get a secret with lackey or Kirin Tor Mage

This is me when I play spiteful priest. 4 spells in the deck, and I always draw them all before getting a spiteful or an archivist. Or I draw nothing playable before turn 5.
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Nier isn't complicated. It's just part of a series that is.
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Raka_Putra posted...

Also, reminds me of this charming little comic.

https://m.imgur.com/r/funny/BkBwv

beat me to it
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We need to reach for the moon, rather than immortal smoke.
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LeonhartFour posted...

Someday the dream will continue

The best is yet to come, after all.
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5-1 this afternoon. 1-7 this evening.

Sigh.
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Hey, people who would be in the know...

I've been watching a bunch of speedruns this week, and now I really want to play Mario 64 again. I'm resisting the urge to just impulse buy at the nearest store. What's a reasonable price, assuming I'm not bargain hunting on e-bay? I figure at the least I'll want the console, SM64, and a controller. If I'm going in for that much, I'd probably also want a second controller and MK64.

GameStop looks to have the console for 80, controllers for 20, and SM64 for 40. (MK64 is 60, yikes.) There's a small chain that I'd probably check out first that I know has had the items in stock in the past, and I probably could just snap buy, but they don't have prices online. Am I likely to do much better than GameStop, though? (With reasonable expectation that the equipment works.)
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Gimmick! (Nes)
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Sorry, the Olympics took second stage to the Eagles parade yesterday. (Maybe it wouldn't for someone outside of Philadelphia, but it was on all the big networks for like 3 hours straight.)
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