Board 8 > [VGMC] Day 45, Round 2!! Nefertiti v NatPark, ColExp v linkage, STAS v Discovery

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Welcome to Video Game Music Contest 15, 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=474630
Contest info sheet: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/16XAaBMDuUnQ4c5AxQNL9ZhvD7VG5kQyrXWWZxnkrn-o
Contest discussion thread: https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/8-gamefaqs-contests/79443554
Main bracket playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLT3m7iohpL0xt7lOF1eB-H4NpAaF1yAnU
Compatibility sheet (courtesy of Haste!!): https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1iGYWo_ifr_p2uYpD_I6TwBQS2tm7zJtPCxYZfRJcG8I
Last years spreadsheet: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1VNrPnFRI7nJ4PqFiURBW0NWqxvXiuasoq8Sn_O169ss
VGMC total stats sheet: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1K1XdLWiUKB2kX99qYBgnRbLU_sCz4dvZSByKKJHCT6o
Discord: https://discord.gg/WDvMS4a

Rules:
- Listen to both songs in a give

National Parking
Linkara's Alter
Searing

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National Park
Collapsed Expressway
Soaring Through Azure Sadness

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Nefertiti (Ver.MMXI)
linkage-alter
Soaring Through Azure Sadness

Nefertiti
Linkage-Alter
Soaring Through Azure Sadness

Nefertiti (Ver.MMXI)
Collapsed Expressway
Soaring Through Azure Sadness

National Park
linkage-alter
Soaring Through Azure Sadness

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Atelier Meruru: The Apprentice of Arland - Nefertiti (Ver.MMXI)
Final Fantasy VII Remake - Collapsed Expressway
Gurumin: A Monstrous Adventure - Soaring Through Azure Sadness

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National Park
linkage-alter
Discovery

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National Park
Collapsed Expressway
Discovery
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National Park
Collapsed Expressway
Discovery

National Park
linkage-alter
Discovery

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Nefertiti (Ver.MMXI) (54th) vs National Park (48th)
Collapsed Expressway (56th) vs linkage-alter (107th)
Soaring Through Azure Sadness (14th) vs Discovery (108th)

new ranks out of the round of 128 woooooo

National Park
Collapsed Expressway
Soaring Through Azure Sadness

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National Park
linkage-alter
Discovery

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Atelier Meruru: The Apprentice of Arland - Nefertiti (Ver.MMXI)
Rose Gun Days - linkage-alter
Gurumin: A Monstrous Adventure - Soaring Through Azure Sadness
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National Park
Collapsed Expressway
Discovery

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National Park
linkage-alter
Discovery

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National Park
linkage-alter
Soaring Through Azure Sadness


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Nefertiti (Ver.MMXI)
linkage-alter
Discovery

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Nefertiti (Ver.MMXI)
Collapsed Expressway
Soaring Through Azure Sadness
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Nefertiti (Ver.MMXI)
linkage-alter
Soaring Through Azure Sadness

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National Park
linkage-alter
Discovery

no write ups anymore ;but i am re doing the ranking all over again from scratch without looking back at my first one, to see what happens!!!!!!!!!!!! will there be contradictions?! (I'm pretty sure there's at least one today. don't spoil me!! I want to wait to find out how much my r1 ranking/vote contradicts how i rank/vote r2 until the end of r2!)

linkage-alter (1st/6)
Discovery (2nd/6)
Collapsed Expressway (3rd/6)
Soaring Through Azure Sadness (4th/6)
National Park (5th/6)
Nefertiti (6th/6)

both match 2-3 are quite close!! (very high probability i flip my vote if i re-evaluate on either)
very good day of songs!
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Nefertiti (Ver.MMXI)
linkage-alter
Discovery

Hmm, I wonder if the topic title will have enough room for exclamation marks in later rounds...

Nefertiti (Ver.MMXI)
linkage-alter
Soaring Through Azure Sadness

Hell yeah, if there was any exhaustionexhaustionexhaustion remaining from round 1, Nefertiti is the perfect banger (shredder?) to bring me right back into contest hype! Weirdly, I always prefer the main melody on piano because it sounds too sad on electric guitar! Ranking of guitar solos: 4:56 > 1:42 > 3:34 > 3:06

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Nefertiti (Ver.MMXI)
linkage-alter
Soaring Through Azure Sadness

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Atelier Meruru: The Apprentice of Arland - Nefertiti (Ver.MMXI)
Final Fantasy VII Remake - Collapsed Expressway
Gurumin: A Monstrous Adventure - Soaring Through Azure Sadness

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abstain
Collapsed Expressway
Discovery

Nefertiti (Ver.MMXI)
Collapsed Expressway
Soaring Through Azure Sadness

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Nefertiti (Ver.MMXI)
linkage-alter
Soaring Through Azure Sadness

I feel so bad for National Park here lol

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Park
Linkage
Soaring
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National Park
Collapsed Expressway
Soaring Through Azure Sadness

National Park
linkage-alter
Discovery

i'm sad this is probably the only match i'll vote national park even if it somehow goes on for another few rounds (surely not happening). (actually i take that back though, i'd easily take national park or nefertiti over purple)

i hate this match

i also hate this match

definitely need to fix up how much i'm underranking songs in A like these before going back to finish the rest of my ranking...

National Park
linkage-alter
Discovery

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National Park
Collapsed Expressway
Soaring Through Azure Sadness

National Park
linkage-alter
Discovery

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National Park
Collapsed Expressway
Soaring Through Azure Sadness

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Nefertiti (Ver.MMXI)
Collapsed Expressway
Soaring Through Azure Sadness
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Nefertiti (Ver.MMXI)
Collapsed Expressway
Discovery

Nefertiti (Ver.MMXI)
Collapsed Expressway
Discovery

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National Park
Collapsed Expressway
Discovery

I honestly don't remember which songs I did write ups for and which ones I didn't (if you can call my incoherent ramblings write ups) so I think I'll just continue on this relaxed pace and say whatever comes to mind if I feel strongly about a certain song. And if I repeat myself accidentally, then haha whoops. (just watch me say the same comment I've made about Flightless for the fourth time - )

Kaze no Notam was perhaps one of my favourite discoveries (pun intended) of the contest. I immediately fell in love with both Phantom and Discovery from the first listen, even going so far as to support the former. (I'd probably support Discovery too if it wasn't already locked by the time I listened to it) I've listened to this soundtrack multiple times since I first learned about it, sometimes multiple times in a day. I love this song so much!!! And even though it will likely not go far, I am still very happy I heard it!!!!

So, I may or may not decide on doing rankings??? Starting from Round 2??? I kind of regret not doing that from the beginning (same as cataloguing all the songs I've supported!!! wow well there's always next year)) So, idk how long I'll be holding up with this but in the meantime:

Discovery (1/6)
Soaring Through Azure Sadness (2/6)
Collapsed Expressway (3/6)
National Park (4/6)
linkage-alter (5/6)
Nefertiti (Ver.MMXI) (6/6)

Nefertiti (Ver.MMXI)
Collapsed Expressway
Discovery

Sorry Pokemon...

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Atelier Meruru: The Apprentice of Arland - Nefertiti (Ver.MMXI)
Rose Gun Days - linkage-alter
Kaze no Notam - Discovery

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National Park
linkage-alter
Soaring Through Azure Sadness

National Park
linkage-alter
Soaring Through Azure Sadness

Really terrific day, 5/6 songs 7 or higher for me.

Collapsed Expressway
Soaring Through Azure Sadness

National Park
linkage-alter
Soaring Through Azure Sadness

Atelier Meruru: The Apprentice of Arland - Nefertiti (Ver.MMXI)
Rose Gun Days - linkage-alter
Gurumin: A Monstrous Adventure - Soaring Through Azure Sadness
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Nefertiti
linkage-alter
Discovery
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National Park
Collapsed Expressway
Soaring Through Azure Sadness

National Park's growing a little more on me at this point.
Also I'm sorry Discovery, you're cool-sounding but I've made a new friend at this point.