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The boost from increased recognition was bigger than their losses due to anti-voting. This effect was bigger for registered users than non-registered users since registered users or more likely to know the history of the characters.
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Risk of Rain 2 - The Rain Formerly Known As Purple
Sonic Colors - Planet Wisp (Act 1)
Mad Rat Dead - Heartless Being
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Vincent and Squall have both seen better days. There's also Magus depending on what one thinks of 2k3 Magus.
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Advokaiser posted...

Well, there's still a slim chance GameFreak does a decent remake of Pokmon Diamond/Pearl.

GameFreak isn't the ones working on the DP remakes.
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Rose Gun Days - linkage-alter
Gurumin: A Monstrous Adventure - Soaring Through Azure Sadness
Tales of Vesperia - Fury Sparks
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LeonhartFour posted...

1-1 - Cinder Block

The person in question was a victim of murder, not ill-conceived naming, Mr. Four.
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IIRC the penalty for running out of time is small anyways.
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Don't forget DL-6!
*squawk*
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I wonder when the last time I read a fanfic was. I know I had to read a Naruto fanfic for a board contest here one time. But, even that was a long time ago now.
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Atelier Meruru: The Apprentice of Arland - Nefertiti (Ver.MMXI)
Touhou 14.5: Urban Legend in Limbo - Reach for the Moon, Immortal Smoke
Fire Emblem Echoes: Shadows of Valentia - The Heritors of Arcadia
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Back in the day we used to debate whether 1-4 or 1-5 was better. Opinions on 1-5 have declined a lot over the years but there's still a lot to like.
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April 2007. I don't really remember why since I didn't upload any videos until 2008.
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I only watched a few clips of the dub so maybe my impression is off, but I remember liking Phoenix's dub voice.
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I think 1-2's victim has the X-2 victim poll on lockdown.
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Xiahou Shake posted...

Down with the lid closed

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Just wondering, did you decide that adding in cartoon openings would be a step too far even for you? =D

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ufVQIUEiYc
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What counts as beating a Smash Bros game?
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You guys are going to scare him. >_>
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Just a reminder that the first nomination topic is going to purge soon. I'm not sure if it is still needed to deal with any outstanding disputes.
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ExThaNemesis posted...

I don't even get angry at them anymore dude it's like the life has been sucked out of me entirely. I can't even feel strong negative emotions and even the positive ones are just like pleasant surprise lmao

You can always just fake it. >_>
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I am the hope of the universe.
I am the answer to all living things that cry out for peace.
I am protector of the innocent.
I am the light in the darkness.
I am truth.
Ally to good! Nightmare to you!

I absolutely loved that scene the first time I watched DBZ. I had the episode recorded on VHS and would watch it over and over again.
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Dragon Ball Z Episode 95 spoilers

RIP Krillin. ;_;
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I didn't follow the exact details on what went on with the DQ'd song but from what it sounded like it did cross too far into being clearly rallying. I'm not saying the posts made in the nomination topic went that far. But a lot of them did feel like barely disguised nomination begging posts.

With that said, if people like how things are right now, I don't think it's a big deal to leave things as they are. It's not like I have any concrete recommendations for changes nor do I feel all the strongly that there should be changes.
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I sort of wonder what the future is for the anti-rallying rule. People, myself included, walking the line is nothing new. But, this year it felt like people were more brazen than ever before with posting lists of songs they wanted more support for (but avoiding ever explicitly saying "please vote for"). I guess it's also possible that this is all just in my head since I haven't actually gone back to check what last year's nomination topic looked like.
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Mac Arrowny posted...

Seriously though just about a quarter of the tracks in this contest are returners and we have people like barrel/tennis/TRE/lefty who mostly push returners, along with new people who nominate songs they have no idea are returners. What proportion of the field do you think should be returners, ideally?

If my counting is correct, I was an even split this year. I tried to support 19 new songs and 19 returners but my final split was 11 new songs and 19 returners. The returners were more successful in attracting support so all 8 cuts I made were to new songs that failed to gain any traction.
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Toxtricity posted...

OK SO THE SONG THAT IS GETTING CUT:
-the song that is NOT new to the contest
-the song that is NOT something that recently lost on the bubble
-the song that was determined by "calculating how many supports each person had that did not get into the contest, and then added those numbers up among those who supported those songs (doublers had their value doubled because they cared twice as much!!!)"

Ar tonelico II - EXEC_over.METHOD_SUBLIMATION/. ~omness chs ciel sos infel

goodbye ar tonelico ii song; maybe it will have its luck another time.

RIP. That makes three years in a row where one of the songs I nominate bubbles out. I guess I can't complain too much since I'm probably still doing better than most in terms of number of songs that made the contest.
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We need to send Goku our energy! \o/

I forgot to ask you this before, but was watching the anime the first time you saw Frieza's final form? IIRC you said the anime was the first time you saw Frieza's first form.
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A lot of songs nominated this year. In the end, I was only able to make it to 986 songs listened to. I get to find out over the next little while if I missed anything I would have liked to have supported.
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Doubles:
+ Chaos Code | Eleganza | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GiirWzIEvqg
+ Utawarerumono: Mask of Truth | Starlight | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g4redOPFkv0
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Promote to Double:
+ Ar tonelico II | EXEC_over.METHOD_SUBLIMATION/. ~omness chs ciel sos infel | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zya_sQOQoY0
+ Ciel nosurge | QuelI->EX[cez]->{kranz}; | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=it4ayQsp_HA
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xp1337 posted...

literally evil

you know what this post is doing to me >_>

I think you said this to me last year as well. <_<
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New songs to listen to during the final 45 mins:
+ Ar tonelico III | Into the Light | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=esNDcsiJXPA
+ Ar tonelico II | EXEC_over.METHOD_SUBLIMATION/. ~omness chs ciel sos infel | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zya_sQOQoY0
+ Ar tonelico II | METHOD_IMPLANTA/. | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F0HZoGeVLPQ
+ Ar Tonelico II | METHOD_METAFALICA/. | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Thrl3fFGgdE
+ Ciel nosurge | QuelI->EX[cez]->{kranz}; | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=it4ayQsp_HA
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Removing:
- The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel II | I'll Remember You | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qg_i3Ra-j-0
- Super Mario Bros. 35 | Main Theme | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=elo-GxbVFjg
- Pokemon Red/Blue | Game Corner | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XqGEL64BiXU
- Xenoblade Chronicles DE | Zanza The Divine | https://youtu.be/MnVemwebkiY
- Xenoblade Chronicles X | Your Voice | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1dEViwZfyfQ
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I just checked and the original Pokemon Snap had higher reviews than I remembered. But even so, I feel like acceptance of the on rail style of gameplay fell off a lot over the last 22 years (RIP Star Fox). So I didn't expect even a polished implementation of the original Pokemon Snap gameplay to be well received.
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It would be funny if that caused the spreadsheet to break heading into the final hours. >_>
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Removing:
- Trials of Mana | Delicate Affection | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zGIZ0kXHLwA
- Trials of Mana | Farewell Song | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0E2dClfhMYc

Supporting:
+ Metal Gear Solid | The Best is Yet to Come | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t1bzqjoZyeQ
+ Tales of the Abyss | Karma | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mTdcxQZcQAE
+ Deemo | Suspenseful Third Day | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LgUYY7Mqgbw
+ God Eater 2 | The Butterfly's Temptation | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ih2KNvuE-fs
+ Beatmania IIDX 26 Rootage | Dystopia | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AcRLY7BUGlA
+ Koumajou Densetsu II: Stranger's Requiem | Rose-Killing Carmilla | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T7qRp0oGmYQ
+ Custom Robo | Identity -prologue- | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OJMyargwiYU
+ 428: Shibuya Scramble | Sekai wa Sore demo Kawari wa Shinai | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6X_qh1hWUu8
+ Atelier Meruru | Nefertiti (Ver.MMXI) | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vxKQW-Wd5Zk
+ Chaos Code | Eleganza | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GiirWzIEvqg
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I am still absolutely stunned that the game is apparently supposed to be good.
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It took me 23 hours to beat Pokemon Shield my first time plus a few more hours to do the extra story quest after beating the game.
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Perhaps it wasn't a formal long term agreement, but there was a lengthy span of time where Marvel kept going back to Capcom for their fighting games. But I guess there was some time between MvC3 and MvCI where Disney tried to make their own Marvel fighting games. So it's not like this is the first time they didn't use Capcom.
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Mewtwo59 posted...

Why is Trucy an option when she's the defendant?

To kick Ema off the poll.
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Melee gaining a ton of rally power over the last 10 years is absolutely relevant. CT and FF7 both crush 2010 SSBM.

GotY:
https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/poll/7473-best-of-2018-game-of-the-year-final-final-vote

Contests:
https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/poll/7931-division-3-round-1-super-smash-bros-ultimate-vs-tekken-7
https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/poll/7987-division-3-round-2-super-smash-bros-ultimate-vs-zelda-link
https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/poll/8015-division-3-semifinal-super-smash-bros-ultimate-vs-marvels
https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/poll/8029-division-3-final-super-smash-bros-ultimate-vs-super-mario
https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/poll/8036-quarterfinals-super-smash-bros-ultimate-vs-xenoblade
https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/poll/8039-semifinals-zelda-breath-of-the-wild-vs-super-smash-bros

Not exactly a great read but nothing that makes it look like a worldbeater at the very least.
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SSBM beating FF7 feels like a match that just came and went. Not exactly a good look for a match that's technically a major upset.
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No, like when SSBM crushed Chrono Trigger.
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Firefox since 2003 and it wasn't called Firefox yet. I have no idea what the name of the browser I was using before that is.
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Promote to double:
+ Girls' Frontline | Connexion | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uWABHIwl4Gk
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Xuxon posted...

FFX has been #1. This was 7 weeks after release, so it probably was #1 that whole time, too. I wonder why it says now that it hasn't ever been.

https://web.archive.org/web/20020205085536/http://gamefaqs.com/features/topgames/

I seem to recall the peak rankings getting reset many years ago. I'm not really sure why, though.
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Nominations Topic Part 3 is here:

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/8-gamefaqs-contests/79420096
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IhatethisCPU posted...

..so I'm a tad confused about my nomination sitch after all of that o---o'''

You have 2 nominations left. 1 of them is a Double. The spreadsheet listed in the first post can tell you what songs it thinks you nominated.
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I get motion sickness from trying to play video games in a car. This was a problem when I was younger and had more opportunities to do that. Sometimes I would do it anyways. >_>
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It's not just an American thing. The part of Canada I used to live in liked to celebrate Halloween with fireworks. Although, I guess I just found out that it was banned a few months ago.
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