Board 8 > [VGMC] Day 100! THE END!!

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Endeavor
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Thanks again for VGMC15.

Idola Phantasy Star Saga - Endeavour
Xenoblade Chronicles: Definitive Edition - Fogbeasts

Time to recap a bit on this year! As always, I enjoyed participating in all this, and hats off to Tox and Deo for another smooth year.

This was an interesting year of results for me. With the increase to 30 nominations, I was able to increase the amount of nominations I got into the contest from 3 in VGMC13 and 14 to 4 this year (if only that Ring Ring Ring blunder didn't happen, I'd have 5 lol). If I take an average of the rounds each of my nominations got to, this year is tied with 13 for best performance. What's also nice is that a lot of my supports/support considerations did really well too, with the champion being one of those supports.

I said this in the Discord server at some point, but this set of retirees feels like the best of the three years I've participated in, on average, but at the same time, it doesn't feel like there are as many retirees this year that I really like (though, there's also fewer retirees that I dislike). This first match has also showed me that while I love resurrectedreplayer, it falls a little short of being my favorite champion of the years I've participated in compared to Endeavour. But what's nice about this year and VGMC14's results is that their respective champions were one of my most desired outcomes after the retirees were set in stone. Endeavour managed to surpass Isoleucine and Deoxyribose, and resurrectedreplayer was able to beat Paradise and Id (Purpose) by extremely slim margins. After round 4, Endeavour was my favorite song remaining last year, and after CIEL_N_PROTECTA lost, resurrectedreplayer was my favorite song remaining this year (and also second favorite remaining after round 4). So I'm really happy that in both years, the results came out the way they did.

Looking forward to next year!

oops i forgot to vote lmao oh well it wont matter much both matches are pretty clear so lets cap it there!!

resurrectedreplayer
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Endeavour 23 v 17 resurrectedreplayer
Unknown Pollution 17 v 24 Pogbeasts

thank you for the kind words ! !

but i also want to give a shout out to others aside from me and deo who helped make this year what it was

shout out to @Haste_2 for handling that amazing compatibility sheet this year, and to @DireKrow for formulating its existence in the first place

and to @th3l3fty for helping tally results!!! (and for hosting the contest for a few years way back)

to @NFUN for doing a lot of work with the total stats sheet!! and handling the noms phase playlist!!

and to @azuarc for passing the torch and giving us the foundation we've built this all on, and for lots of personal support

and @MasaomiHouzuki for helping deo with the noms phase script!!!

and of course Ed Bellis for catalyzing these contests' existence on this board!

thank you!!!

and there are probably others i am neglecting to mention and could shout out and thank but i want it to be known that without this list of people this contest would have been less good so thank you all of you
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oops wrong haste account i meant to @ @HasteDeux
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Thanks for running to the new hosts! What a year this has been!

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Thanks for running everything! Also, sorry for my mess up extending the tiebreaker drama.
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