Board 8 > [VGMC] d53: Servants of the Scourge vs Id (Purpose), Silver Surfer vs A-to-Z

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azuarc
05/18/19 9:59:59 PM
#1:


Will/Want: - Results (10 votes)
Will: Servants, Want: Servants
40% (4 votes)
4
Will: Servants, Want: Silver Surfer
20% (2 votes)
2
Will: Servants, Want: A-to-Z
20% (2 votes)
2
Will: Silver Surfer, Want: Servants
0% (0 votes)
0
Will: Silver Surfer, Want: Silver Surfer
0% (0 votes)
0
Will: Silver Surfer, Want: A-to-Z
0% (0 votes)
0
Will: A-to-Z, Want: Servants
0% (0 votes)
0
Will: A-to-Z, Want: Silver Surfer
0% (0 votes)
0
Will: A-to-Z, Want: A-to-Z
10% (1 vote)
1
Want: Id Purpose, Will: anything else
10% (1 vote)
1
Don't be silly. Id Purpose never retires!

Links:
Bracket - http://www.bracketmaker.com/tlist.cfm?tid=471679
Contest info - https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/17rEeB1_oYWgryWzIxOaZXw2a381gKGnMegjHCG_2OTQ
Discussion and results thread - https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/8-gamefaqs-contests/77672812
Bracket playlist - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLW9O9mntH1RF28glW72G6s_5M1e4kcSxR

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Rules:
- Listen to both of the songs. Links have conveniently been provided for both songs. Even if Song A is your favorite of all-time and Song B is from a series you hate... Listen. To. Both. (If I have suspicions your vote is not based on a fair and impartial preference, it will be disqualified.)
- Obvious contest rules apply (no alts, one vote per person, no rallying, etc.).
- Please make your voting options clear, rather than burying them in text.
- Each set of matches lasts 24 hours, even if the new one isnt up by then.
- Always vote on the versions of the song provided, not versions from different sources.
- If you know ahead of time that you're not going to be around and you want to vote in advance, post your choices in the discussion/bracket topic.
- Please do NOT post tallies/score updates in the middle of the match, as this has a tendency to directly influence matches.
- You don't have to vote in all the matches, but it'd be cool if you did!


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Match 1:

Terraria Calamity - Servants of the Scourge (Theme of the Sentinels of the Devourer)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dt30jWRMjLk

Fire Emblem: Awakening - Id (Purpose)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bio99hoZVYI

Match 2:

Silver Surfer - Level 1
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-J0H5ah1G7A

Ys VIII: Lacrimosa of Dana - A-to-Z
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kz9yQ-qzWiM

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Easy vote form:
Servants of the Scourge / Id (Purpose)
Level 1 / A-to-Z

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Song lyric trivia: ...You will not go astray. Though shadows fall, still the stars find their way. And yooouuuu can always be strooooong. Lift your voice with the first light of dawn. Dawn's just a heartbeat away. Hope's just a sunrise away.
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NFUN
05/18/19 10:06:01 PM
#2:


Servants
Level 1
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Video Game Music Contest 13 winner: Terraria Calamity - Servants of the Scourge
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Bluenugget64
05/18/19 10:06:03 PM
#3:


Servants of the Scourge
A-to-Z
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MoonRunes
05/18/19 10:13:16 PM
#4:


Id (Purpose)
Level 1
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banshiryuu
05/18/19 10:19:46 PM
#5:


"Servants of The Scourge" - Theme of The Sentinels of The Devourer
Level 1
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Haste_2
05/18/19 10:21:46 PM
#6:


Id
A-Z

WOW, that first match.
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Arti
05/18/19 10:25:38 PM
#7:


Fire Emblem: Awakening - Id (Purpose)
Ys VIII: Lacrimosa of Dana - A-to-Z
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Team Rocket Elite
05/18/19 10:30:52 PM
#9:


Fire Emblem: Awakening - Id (Purpose)
Ys VIII: Lacrimosa of Dana - A-to-Z
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Congrats to Advokaiser for winning the CBX Guru Contest!
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Sceptilesolar
05/18/19 10:48:51 PM
#10:


Servants of the Scourge
A-to-Z
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Just killing time until the world ends.
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UF8
05/18/19 10:53:58 PM
#11:


Surfers of the Scourge
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loweffortmemes
05/18/19 10:56:51 PM
#12:


Terraria Calamity - Servants of the Scourge (Theme of the Sentinels of the Devourer)
Ys VIII: Lacrimosa of Dana - A-to-Z


MATCH 1

And we're back to very close matches again! I seem to be in the mood for Servants of the Scourge today, so this makes the match a little easier to decide, but it's still pretty close between the two songs. There are times that I've listened to this song and thought that it kinda dragged a bit, which would've made the match really difficult to decide and possibly a situation where I might have had the opposite vote, but that's not the case today. I think I'm enjoying Servants of the Scourge just a little bit more, so it gets my vote here.

MATCH 2

This match is much easier to decide compared to this first one. Follin bangers are great and all, but A-to-Z is just so good, so I have to vote for A-to-Z here.

A-to-Z > Servants of the Scourge > Level 1 > Id (Purpose)

I feel bad for putting Id (Purpose) last for today, but that's just what I'm feeling right now. I like all the songs today and the bottom 3 for today, I'd say, are very close. If you lose today, Id (Purpose), then I'm sorry and I hope you get to retire eventually.
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Xuxon
05/18/19 11:00:32 PM
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Mac Arrowny
05/18/19 11:00:33 PM
#14:


Servants of the Scourge
A-to-Z
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All the stars in the sky are waiting for you.
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Place
05/18/19 11:08:20 PM
#15:


Terraria Calamity - Servants of the Scourge (Theme of the Sentinels of the Devourer)

Silver Surfer - Level 1 / BGM 1
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Hi. I wanna play you something.
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KCF0107
05/18/19 11:17:09 PM
#16:


Purpose
Level
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GameBopAdv
05/19/19 1:33:06 AM
#17:


Servants of the Scourge
Level 1

Probably two of my top 10 songs remaining going into Round 3. That sounds pretty exclusive but that is also like just 1/6 of all the songs in this round.
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MC_XD
05/19/19 1:37:23 AM
#18:


Servants of the Scourge
A-to-Z
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xp1337
05/19/19 1:49:44 AM
#19:


Terraria Calamity - Servants of the Scourge (Theme of the Sentinels of the Devourer)
Ys VIII: Lacrimosa of Dana - A-to-Z

man if devil trigger were here this would be an all-timer retirement four-pack. it'll just have to settle for a really good one.

The first half of Servants of the Scourge makes me think "I'd be okay with this song winning the contest" but then the back half brings it down a bit and made this a close match again.
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Collen
05/19/19 3:42:51 AM
#20:


Servants of the Scourge
Level 1
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Tunes of heart to sing, waves of life making music.
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FL81
05/19/19 3:46:17 AM
#21:


Fire Emblem: Awakening - Id (Purpose)
Ys VIII: Lacrimosa of Dana - A-to-Z

more good stuff
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SuperNiceDog
05/19/19 3:47:00 AM
#22:


Id(Purpose)
A to Z
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Advokaiser
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Prody Parrot
05/19/19 4:08:40 AM
#23:


Servants of the Scourge
Level 1
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TheArkOfTurus
05/19/19 4:47:34 AM
#24:


Servants of the Scourge
Level 1
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Our eyes were removed
For our own safety
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UF8
05/19/19 6:11:06 AM
#25:


On second thought, switch to Id on the first match much as i want to commit to my joke post

Still sticking with Level 1 on the second. That one's fairly easy, and honestly just a rough match for any Ys track.
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JONALEON1
05/19/19 6:56:51 AM
#26:


Id (Purpose)
Level 1
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Flamander
05/19/19 7:04:18 AM
#27:


Servants of the Scourge
Level 1

Level 1 > Servants of the Scourge > Id (Purpose) > A-To-Z

picking what goes closest to my tastes in this match.
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tennisboy213
05/19/19 8:22:42 AM
#28:


Id (Purpose)
Level 1
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xx521xx
05/19/19 8:23:56 AM
#29:


Servants of the Scourge (Theme of the Sentinels of the Devourer)
Level 1
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Optimism is the first step to disappointment.
R.I.P. signature ASCII
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PSI_NESS
05/19/19 9:42:31 AM
#30:


Id (Purpose)
Level 1
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dowolf
05/19/19 10:15:55 AM
#31:


id porpoise
SS L1
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malyg
05/19/19 10:19:09 AM
#32:


Id (Purpose)
A-to-Z
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Raetsel_Lapin
05/19/19 11:18:21 AM
#33:


Servants of the Scourge
Level 1
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"Surely you're not cogitating triumph. Don't question doubt, and no donuts. "
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HBJDubs
05/19/19 11:18:58 AM
#34:


Id (Purpose)
Level 1
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Save in the name of true love
~Project 1000~
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LOLIAmAnAlt
05/19/19 11:21:57 AM
#35:


Servants of the Scourge
Level 1
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rwlh
05/19/19 12:01:30 PM
#36:


22. Terraria Calamity - Servants of the Scourge (Theme of the Sentinels of the Devourer) (7) (over Challenge to the Vertex)

vs.

27. Fire Emblem: Awakening - Id (Purpose) (7) (over Dornward ~Junge~)

Closest match of round 3 so far! Servants of the Scourge is a song I always think I'm going to like more than I actually do. The intro is so promising and then it just lasts for so long without doing much else. I think I like the second movement the best, with its frenetic deep-bass assertiveness. Honestly though if I rerated the song, I'd likely give it around 6 or so. It really depends on my mood.

Id (Purpose) is a song that likewise has a strong opening before eventually deviating and doing something else. Unlike Servants, I stay with Id (Purpose) the whole time. It's quite a ride - very uplifting and heroic and destiny, but not cliched. It's always doing something interesting.

This is the first time I'm deviating from my round 3 rankings.

and

30. Silver Surfer - Level 1 (6.5) (for Devil Trigger)

vs.

24. Ys VIII: Lacrimosa of Dana - A-to-Z (7) (over Downtown Jazz, In the Flame)

Another close match! I'm a big chiptune guy but Level 1 is one of those "objective appreciation" songs that never moves me emotionally. Lots of impressive technical stuff here, but I come away feeling exactly the same as I did before the song started.

A-to-Z is prototypical Falcom, so you'd think I wouldn't like it, but the melody is very strong and the energy is HIGH OCTANE. The violins aren't overpowering, which is key for me to like a Falcom track. This one was a real sleeper hit for throughout the contest - I've voted for it every round (though its competition hasn't been, well, competitive), and I'm voting for it here!

Votes:
Id (Purpose)
A-to-Z
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PIayer_0
05/19/19 2:15:01 PM
#38:


Id (Purpose)
A-to-Z

Oh my god, what an incredibly strong four-pack! From the VGMC 13 field, it's got my favourite Calamity song, favourite FE song, favourite Follin song, favourite Falcom song...you get the point. I'd be fine with any and/or all of these songs retiring...who let this happen.

Long Calamity song vs. even longer FE song, it's basically the sequel to day 51. Not to mention the two winners may meet in the bracket B final!

Short song vs. short song. Easy to remember names.
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DragonImps
05/19/19 2:24:04 PM
#39:


Id (Purpose)
Level 1
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TsunamiXXVIII
05/19/19 3:30:29 PM
#40:


Dang, I miss a day and there's a tie.

Oh, ha, I noticed people wondering if Infestation and Scourge would meet each other after seeing how badly the former whupped Don't Speak Her Name. I didn't expect another battle of the same pair of games, though! Servants of the Scourge is pretty amazing in the first half, but it kind of goes sideways in the middle. But then it returns to what it was doing before for a bit.

Id ~ Purpose has a bit more of that epic feel, though. This definitely isn't as easy a choice as the last Terraia-FE:A match.

Well, at least the second match isn't tough.

Votes:
Servants of the Scourge
A-to-Z


Rankings:

A-to-Z > Servants of the Scourge > Id (Purpose) > Level 1

Really wanted to vote for Id (Purpose), because it's still not the retirement round yet and because it's a game I've actually played. But I just couldn't pull the trigger. The more I listened to them, trying to confirm my vote for Id (Purpose), the less I liked the song, to the point that it was closer to falling below Level 1 than actually getting my vote.
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pyresword
05/19/19 3:50:34 PM
#41:


Id (Purpose)
Level 1

Fear not this Night. I like this song too much...

I like all the songs today pretty well so i wouldn't be upset with any results.
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th3l3fty
05/19/19 4:59:29 PM
#42:


Terraria Calamity - Servants of the Scourge (Theme of the Sentinels of the Devourer)
Ys VIII: Lacrimosa of Dana - A-to-Z
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Advokaiser
05/19/19 6:06:36 PM
#43:


Servants of the Scourge
A-to-Z


Strong day. Scaling up!
(Edit: Darn it, I always forget to erase my non-picks!)

Match 1:

So this is what I was talking about yesterday regarding FE: Awakening. This song is not bad per se, but listening to at least 4 minutes of an orchestrated piece with a rather classical approach is what kind of bores me from the beginning.

As for Servants of the Scourge... I haven't seen its placement on the bracket yet, but a Scourge vs. Infestation match later on is not only quite possible, but also something I would be really be looking forward too.

Match 2:

This match-up surprised me. At the time of writing, I came into the topic, saw this match and said: "Eh, Silver Surfer's got this in the bag", since I was actually kind of underwhelmed by how A-to-Z sounded in the previous rounds. But hey, it's Falcom being friggin' Falcom, and that's not something to take lightly. Like, at all.

This is probably the best match of Round 3, and of the contest so far as well.

Rankings time. Let's see. *listens*... Wow, interesting. I thought Scourge was going to be first:

A-to-the-ZUARC > World's Most Fragile Villain > SotSTotSotD >>> Identification (Not Accident)
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Mac Arrowny
05/19/19 6:07:10 PM
#44:


@Advokaiser you forgot to vote
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Advokaiser
05/19/19 6:09:08 PM
#45:


Thanks. It always happens.
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kaonashi1
05/19/19 7:21:44 PM
#46:


Id (Purpose)
Level 1
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Akkrillic
05/19/19 7:39:36 PM
#47:


Servants of the Scourge (Theme of the Sentinels of the Devourer)
A-to-Z
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Ok
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cakophon
05/19/19 7:51:55 PM
#48:


S
A


but maybe id will win for whatever reason. hope not
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Baconus_Yum
05/19/19 8:45:17 PM
#49:


Scourge
Level 1
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slykirby
05/19/19 9:16:18 PM
#50:


Servants of the Scourge
Level 1
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