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Elferia beat Autumn worse than Exsphere beat YOATI. Does this mean Elferia will win? Time will tell.

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Yes, that's right. Sorry for not being more clear.

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Nomination stats by user, as of the end of R2. I can't guarantee 100% accuracy here.

Stars
xp1337 (7 out of 8 alive, including 2 EL's)
Toxtricity (6 out of 7 alive)
banshiryuu (5 out of 7 alive)
rwlh (3 out of 4 alive, 2 EL's)
DragonImps (2 out of 2)
Kikoman (2 out of 2)
Mac Arrowny (2 out of 2)
lefty (1 out of 1, EL!)
Tked (1 out of 1)

Non-Stars
NFUN (5 out of 10, 2 EL's)
cako (2 out of 6)
Haste (2 out of 6)
xarlable (2 out of 7, 1 EL)
TRE (2 out of 9)
TsunamiXXVIII (1 out of 7)

Maybe it wouldn't be fair to call everyone here "turds", because two out of six is average at this point.

Edit: Since it's on my mind right now, I'll just note that between xp, Mycro, deo, and NFUN, 23 of the 64 remaining songs (36%) are from those users!

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See my edited post.

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_SecretSquirrel posted...

Remember when it was contest tradition that Knux would draw Snake in Round 2?

Yeah, in 2002, 2003, and 2004! And then in 2005 he got a bad draw AGAIN, but this time in Round 1!.... oh, wait.....

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Cecil

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The wildcard was fun. But it was also... frustrating, because outside of Division A, rarely was the winner even in my top two choices! And I think the majority of them are going to lose their first extra-life match. The only wildcards with a great shot at winning their R3 match are maybe... Imbrium, Megaraph Fleet, Midnight Lady, Zeal Continent, Credits, and Who Am I. And the only two that seem like an actual favorite to retire are Zeal Continent and Maimai Milk Credits.

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I've realized I've been stressing a lot in getting everything ranked just the way I want to. It all has to do with my OCD and does NOT have to do what other users think of my ranking. I've finally developed a scoring method that satisfies me, though! All I do is rate the music three times on three separate days.... weight of 17% on day 1, weight of 33% on day 2, and weight of 50% on day 3. Finally, I don't have to stress out so much anymore!

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banshiryuu posted...

inviting flowers is the despair of my elferia

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Invitation Flower ~ Autumn
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That's a great final four.

There's another thing linking Dark Legacy and Despair of Elferia... both seem a bit obsessed over scale notes 1,2,3,4 in that order.


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Xuxon posted...

oh and i don't want to bump the previous topic, but i just noticed it. thought of Kirby/Dante/Chief/Leon.

Oh, wow, I had completely forgotten we, in fact, HAVE had Kirby and Dante in the same poll.

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Oh no...uhhhhhh.... @barreldragon88 You forgot to apply points to your vote. Okay, azuarc beat me to it.

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Wand of Gameleon, or however it's spelled. Okay, Wand of Gamelon.

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I couldn't stop watching it. It was very well made. I voted in the original Mario/Cloud, but I didn't actually see the final hours of the match, so I had no idea what the actual vote trends were. (Also, I hardly ever visited Board 8 during that time) I thought Cloud had won, but I woke up the next morning to find out that Mario took him out. Interesting to get more details on that.

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I only remember it happening once, but I wasn't bothered by it.

More notable is that, often when I dream, I start thinking "hey, this is real life after all!", but of course it's not.

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Lots of potential point allocations, and thus I have to re-rate everything again! The entrants here are REALLY good, probably the best of all the wildcard sets. It just occurred to be that Neotokyo had really unlucky draws this contest. Both entrants, with decent strength in and of themselves, drew very strong opponents in R1.

+2 Blue Skies (Infinity Remix)
+2 Scrap I/O
+2 Memories Rushing By

Sorry Aliens Go Homerun and Pop 'n Music, but +2 feels so much more impactful than +1.

Epic Epileptic Apocalypse (7.2)
Blue Skies (Infinity Remix) (8.3)
Scrap I/O (8.5)
Adventurous Inventors [Staff Roll] (7.0)
Final Boss Theme (7.9)
Discovery (7.4)
Silence in the Sunlight Filtering Through Trees (6.7)
HYMN (7.8)
Memories Rushing By (8.1)

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NFUN is now Spongebob.

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Sonic vs. Samus (2002)

HM to Mario vs. Ganondorf vs. Vivi!

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Yay for UF8, king of procrastinators!

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+2 Birth of a Wish (Become as Gods)
+2 Ready to Shave
+2 Title

Who Am I? (7.5)
Birth of a Wish (Become as Gods) (8.0)
Ready to Shave (7.9)
Redial (6.9)
Konran shoujo Soflan-chan!! (7.2)
Thrashard in the Cave (Arrange Ver.) (7.2)
Title (7.8)
MARIA (7.3)
Hopes and Dreams (7.5)

I like absolutely everything today! Even Redial is slightly above average among all wildcard contestants this round....

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I can't do pull ups, but I can do diapers

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Actually, the main doozy is not quite yet, though #99 might be considered one? I dunno.

100) Terraria Calamity Mod - 1NF3S+@+!0N (Theme of Crabulon)
Series rank: 2 of 2
https://youtu.be/17IZjvr5c1I
Composer: DM Dokuro
Score: 8.1/10 (Excellent)
VGMC History: VGMC 13 (Lost R6 to New World Order)
Favorite Part: https://youtu.be/17IZjvr5c1I?t=113

Ive gotta say the opening chords are super fun. Those 16th-based syncopated rhythms.these are exactly the sort of thing that I LOVE. And they pump so much adrenaline. Castanets pretending to be clicking crab claws! Then you put on top of that a line thats SO ridiculously energetic that its almost trippy.... In the following contrasting section, I used to be really bothered by the gaps in the sound, but Im fine with it. The piano is soothing in a way reminds me of piano used in DKC. 1:53 we finally get the best part.it is flat out amazing. The electronic melody its so agile and adventurous! And then those seven last chordsyummy harmonies! the timing of those chords is absolutely PERFECT (dotted eight notes). so ridiculously tasteful!

99) Bravely Default - Serpent Eating the Ground
Series rank: 2 of 2
https://youtu.be/vHeuR_bC9GM
Composer: Revo
Score: 8.1/10 (Excellent)
VGMC History: VGMC 8 (Lost R6 to Zero-Two)
Favorite Part: https://youtu.be/OLBTIUzPpEQ?t=213

The name is a reference to the devil, huh? This is clearly inspired by One-Winged Angel in the early parts of the track, so the title makes some sense. Unfortunately, much of the material in the first half is LESS interesting than OWA, but it does have its moments. The inconsistency in quality makes this one difficult to rate. 0:37 is cool how the trumpets do an Fp<<<<, then the rest comes in on the off-beat! The guitars go WILD at 1:09... one, then two, then three, then four combined with the dark chromatic descent its INTENSE. The first half is overall decent. At 2:57 the music changes direction somewhat, no actually, a LOT. 3:33 - OH MAN the false ending there is SICK. The fast syncopation to the final note, and then the organ passes tripletized atonal patterns to the guitars, then everything drops out again SO GOOD. The piano then takes things from there doing more atonal wandering stuff in a calm, dreamy manner, also referring to the theme from the very beginning nice contrast! At 4:10 things start intensifying again, and tonality kind of gets wonky again I especially like the harmonies at 4:37-4:39 along with the two staccato notes at the end of that. We get somewhat of a folky medley next! Gotta love the violin (dorian!) and soprano saxophone (smooth jazz), and accordian (folk rock)! Definitely one of my favorite parts! Finally, we get one of the MAJOR themes of the game at 5:20, with HIGH ENERGY trumpets SCREAM it (Eric Miyashiro group!!!), and pretty much everything else is going wild, too. Even though this theme has an ending, Im guessing in-game it loops back to the beginning again at 5:58.


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time for some real doozies


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red13n posted...

Yoshi

You could have some pretty insane french-kissing there.

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Princess Peach... SSBM version. Looks like I'm the first to mention her, but hey, that's what came to mind first. >_>

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Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars

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102) Umineko no Naku Koro ni 2 - worldenddominator
Series rank: 5 of 15
https://youtu.be/fAKkw71ff3U
Composer: zts
Score: 8.0/10 (Excellent)
VGMC History: VGMC 3 (Lost R5 to Riches in Me)
Favorite Part: https://youtu.be/fAKkw71ff3U?t=175

Only four left, eh? The very beginning is lovely.. The harp starts off a cool 7/4 idea. Very pretty. Then it gets put on top of a 4/4 beat and the harp changes to a synth because, well, this is zts Umineko music, so it has to get loud, obviously! Wind chimes! The melody at 1:07 is okay, I guess I prefer the lengthy violin melodies in lastendconductor and some others. I like it more at 1:36 when it starts to put little tripletized ornaments onto the melody! Nice transition (1:59 - 2:01), and I almost always love Umineko use of harpsichord, such as in the following section! Now, 2:57 THIS is what Im talking about! (the echo effect at the start there is awesome, by the way!) The 7/4 idea comes back, but on top of other material in 4/4. Aw, yeah! Even more impressive is that the harmonies change throughout this section, too! This goes on until about 3:22. At 3:22 we get the final section. The 7/4 idea keeps going but switches to 4/4. Then theres a COOL dissonance at 3:33. Yeah, it ends on a really high note.

101) Mega Man X5 - X vs. Zero
Series rank: 1 of 4
ELIMINATED: Mega Man series
https://youtu.be/C3qYAvmiKRs
Composer: Naoto Tanaka, Naoya Kamisaka, Takuya Miyawaki
Score: 8.1/10 (Excellent)
VGMC History: VGMC 3 (Lost R5 to Diving)
Favorite Part: https://youtu.be/C3qYAvmiKRs?t=33

This is unmistakably Mega Man X, isnt it? This reminds me I need to play MMX5 sometime, as Ive only beaten the first four MMXs. (I have the MMX Collection on PS2) This doesnt sound like your standard rivalry fight its obviously a very climactic battle. But yeah, Zero's one of the coolest characters around, so he deserves music like this! It starts with a grindy bass line going up and down, emphasizing harmonic minor in a COOL way. Im liking the way the bass is presented after the pickup, reiterating the tonic note instead of just holding it. It adds a lot of energy! Then you got these BRIGHT bells doing a similar thing as the bass at 0:18 when the main melody begins. Great way to energize this first section. Also, What a great synth right there for part two! This is also where most of the non-triadic note choices are in this track. Moving between minor v and vi works really nice here! I especially enjoy the sixteenth note stepwise passages at 0:38 and 0:45, as well as the tasteful chromatic up to the leading tone at the end of the phrase! Stylish.


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Desire Below (Flow)
Memories Rushing By
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Geofront looks like the favorite as this point, but FIV still pulled a tripling, as well as a (more than) doubling over a contestant that doubled somebody else!

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The Wyrm's Jewelbox
P-R-O-G-R-A-M
Dark Legacy

Very close third match. Luna is very epic but sounds pretty much the same throughout. Dark Legacy has more variety, with some parts I love, while other parts are okay....

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cb 2007

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Milking FFVII Part 2

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+3 Ar-ciel Ar-manaf
+2 Moonlight Concert
+1 Credits

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105) Solatorobo: Red the Hunter - Re-CODA
https://youtu.be/R46437vIFv0
Composer: Chikayo Fukuda
Score: 8.0/10 (Excellent)
VGMC History: VGMC 6 (Lost R4), VGMC 7 (Lost R7 to EXEC_SPHILIA/.)
Favorite Part: https://youtu.be/R46437vIFv0?t=206

I know Ive heard music like this before. This is very pretty! Somber start. I enjoy slow, leaping melodies like what the piano does! Great chords, too. It lightens up a bit when the vocals start.the voice is impressively pure and floaty. Nice supporting vocal channels when they come in! The harmonic ostinato is a bit too familiar, but it still sounds very nice considering. The melody on top is great, though! Nice cello countermelody at 2:15. It becomes a bit TOO much like Pachelbels Canon in D at 2:39. At 3:26 we got a CHILL-inducing key change mmmm, suddenly theres all these flats, and we hear some less predictable stuff! But then it goes back to the home key too fast, aw. The piano comes back again to conclude kind of like at the beginning, but this time more consistent with the lighter feel of the main material. Overall, its not perfect, but its very emotional!

104) Umineko no Naku Koro ni 4 - dreamenddischarger
Series rank: 7 of 15
https://youtu.be/3vYAXZs8pFU
Composer: zts
Score: 8.0/10 (Excellent)
VGMC History: VGMC 3 (Lost R5 to Theme of the Last Time Travel)
Favorite Part: 1:14 - 2:11

What can I say? This music pretty describes Umineko music as a whole. That loud beat, though I wish it wasnt used for so long. But actually, it doesnt bother me as much as it used to! (the write-up was made like 4 months ago) Oh, well, I can still enjoy it, at least. The opening is fine... kind of a neutral groovy feeling that makes you wonder whats going to happen next. It transitions starting at 0:46 to a, um, transition section. This section is actually really engaging. The harp and piano in the background, the harmonies they make, as well as the crescendo makes it really nice. And then the OTHER main theme comes in at 1:14.That violin melody is really something! One of my favorite uses of violin in any Umineko music. The chord progression here is simply fantastic. The music is constantly evolving here. This section reminds me of how the russian classical composers love to create a melody that keeps going and going and going... 2:40 is the one part where I could do without, but it doesnt last long. I love it when a beat gets added right before moving to a new section such as at 3:20 with that percussive hit! The final section at 3:21 has some really nice instrumentation. The bell-like melody/chords and the strings blend nicely, as well as the light percussion. Nice lengthened dominant at the end of it, too. At 4:00, the material from the intro comes back. I just noticed a meter from the harp there. Cool.

103) Umineko No Naku Koro Ni Chiru 7 - The Executioner
Series rank: 6 of 15
https://youtu.be/eLuSj6tP5nA
Composer: zts
Score: 8.0/10 (Excellent)
VGMC History: VGMC 5 (Lost R1), VGMC 7 (Lost R8 to EXEC_SPHILIA/.)
Favorite Part: The intro

Oh, dear somebody is screwed Heres some typical Umineko music with an extra dosage of Halloween. Phantoms all over the place! This is a lot like goldenslaughterer. First off, I REALLY like that motif (C-F) ostinato thats used a lot in the first minute. Its so distinctly Umineko. Wow @ that those sound effects. If only I could describe them. Cool phantom-like shrieks and things. I dont know what it is about it, but it has this demonic vibe that I really like! The ghost chorus comes across as cheesy to me, though...what a shame, because theyre used too much. That cool motif comes back for a bit at about 1:40, so thats cool! Then we got kind of an organ-esque theme at 2:10, but slowed down. Nice extra beat at 2:40. I love how it winds down shortly after and then we got some funky rhythms, yay lots of dodging the beat by a 16th note. Makes a nice contrast. The rise to the climax starting about 3:10 is. Wow. Chilly winds blowing, and then theres that fast glissando at 3:22. Aw, yeah.


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YO-KAI Disco (Hell's Entrance World)
Distorted Happiness

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Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney

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+3 Seto Kaiba
+3 The Least 333sec

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Haste_2 posted...

Fire Island was looking pretty vulnerable for a bit there, but then it went on a 13-0 run towards the end. Wow, and here I thought Autumn's 12-vote streak against YOATI last year couldn't be beaten.

*that is, among matches that are close a good way through the match. I know we've had 20+ vote streaks in massive blowouts.


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azuarc posted...

Otocad'or lost because it got killed by Snape.

Crazy coincidence: I am currently playing PSMD and my partner (Riolu) is named Snape!

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Fire Island was looking pretty vulnerable for a bit there, but then it went on a 13-0 run towards the end. Wow, and here I thought Autumn's 12-vote streak against YOATI last year couldn't be beaten.

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62% of voters so far think T&T is the best game in the series. That gets me thinking.... Is there a series with a greater consensus on the best game in the series than Ace Attorney?

Resident Evil (4), maybe? I'm not sure what other series could possibly compete.

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A Line In The Sand
Fire Island Volcano

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Oh f**********************, both matches that I didn't want to come down to one vote came down to one vote. I think I made the right choices, though.

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Where's the wild card preview?

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I hope match one and three don't come down to one vote, because those are very difficult choices. Match one coms down to sound quality vs. composition and something that's 100% great throughout vs. something that's amazing in some ways but not so great in other ways.

Variations on a Ra Melody
Dungeon - Geofront 4
Despair of ELFERIA

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Because worrying about how high you're rated as a user is not healthy.

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The Amazing Ninetails!

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My 2DS broke when I put it in a tight suit jacket pocket. By the time I got it back out again, the screen was broken internally.

I lent out my NES at some point, but I don't remember who and so it's lost now.

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