Board 8 > [VGMC] Day 51! feat. Water, Water, City, Country, Metal, and Fire

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Welcome to Video Game Music Contest 17, 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=477304
Contest info sheet: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1SAJKYJmYhccLvbf_H-5uSA7-eMwXfW8k1q74Qho1bLU
Contest discussion thread: https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/8-gamefaqs-contests/80433657
Main bracket playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLT3m7iohpL0wlcxj-kHQRU1yHo-kpMxGe
Last years spreadsheet: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1_IU5iCFTM_4WEx8ZWKwznMz5v2tarCKh1Ag0mxIgAes
VGMC total stats sheet: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1K1XdLWiUKB2kX99qYBgnRbLU_sCz4dvZSByKKJHCT6o
Discord: https://discord.gg/WDvMS4a

Rules:
- Listen to both songs in a given match, at least through the loop time provided (to make sure you don't skip before you've heard the whole thing!)
- Please consider the loop point listed when judging the song; if a video loops one minute 5 times, don't treat it as if it's a repetitive 5 minute song
- If it's a match between your favorite song ever and a song you despise, still LISTEN TO BOTH! Votes can and will be disqualified if there is suspicion songs are not being listened to, and you may be discounted for the rest of the contest for repeat offenses.
- No alt accounts, no rallying or begging, etc., etc.... You only get one vote! Swapping votes is alright, just make clear that you've already made a vote and are swapping.
- Make clear what your voting options are! Please keep votes separate from any comments, and use the titles given in the topic post.
- Voting in all matches is not mandatory, feel free to skip matches you do not wish to vote in.
- Vote based on the links provided, and not other sources of audio. Links are specifically chosen for best quality and the like.
- Don't discuss vote tallies in this thread, or in other threads, as they may influence votes. Likewise, please refrain from looking at the running tally before voting.

Voting Period:
- Today's matches will last 24 hours from the time of posting, or 24 hours from 10pm Eastern, whichever is the later time.
- Please note this may mean that two topics will be active at the same time!
- If you anticipate being unable to vote in a given day, please send an absentee vote to @banshiryuu, or post your absentee vote in the discussion thread!

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Match 1

moon: Remix RPG Adventure - warp-wet-woods
Composer: Mami Watanabe, Mas

woods
knight
fire

warp-wet-woods
Tokyo
abstain

The Sunleth Waterscape
Knight of a Foreign Country
Banbard (Chroma Remix)

warp-wet-woods
Knight of a Foreign Country
Banbard (Chroma Remix)

moon: Remix RPG Adventure - warp-wet-woods
Cladun: This is an RPG - Knight of a Foreign Country
ChainBeeT - Banbard (Chroma Remix)

The Sunleth Waterscape
Tokyo
Fire Wire

I'll be very happy if my first two votes win, as I'd have my fantastic four battling for retirement. If they lose, competence is strong, although I still don't get the hype for WWW.
Match 3 on the other hand is brutal. I think I'm feeling more Fire Wire today though, so there goes. May the best win.

The Sunleth Waterscape
Knight of a Foreign Country
Fire Wire

The Sunleth Waterscape
Knight of a Foreign Country
Banbard (Chroma Remix)

Final Fantasy XIII - The Sunleth Waterscape
Cladun: This is an RPG - Knight of a Foreign Country
Soukaigi - Fire Wire

The Sunleth Waterscape
Knight of a Foreign Country
Banbard (Chroma Remix)

while i didn't have too much difficulty deciding today, i'll also say i'd be pretty happy to see anything today advance

Sunleth
Knight
Fire

The Sunleth Waterscape
Tokyo
Banbard (Chroma Remix)

The Sunleth Waterscape
Tokyo
Fire Wire

warp-wet-woods
Tokyo
Banbard (Chroma Remix)

moon: Remix RPG Adventure - warp-wet-woods
Shin Megami Tensei IV - Tokyo
Soukaigi - Fire Wire

And yet, I keep coming back for more

Final Fantasy XIII - The Sunleth Waterscape
Cladun: This is an RPG - Knight of a Foreign Country

warp-wet-woods
Tokyo
Banbard

Wet
Tokyo
Remix

warp-wet-woods
Tokyo
Banbard (Chroma Remix)

warp-wet-woods
Knight of a Foreign Country
Banbard (Chroma Remix)

warp-wet-woods
Tokyo
Fire Wire

The Sunleth Waterscape
Knight of a Foreign Country
Banbard (Chroma Remix)

I like www more on each listen but Sunleth is a refreshing breeze of a song, I love it too much. Knights is so catchy too, another solid day!

The Sunleth Waterscape
Tokyo
Banbard (Chroma Remix)

moon: Remix RPG Adventure - warp-wet-woods
Shin Megami Tensei IV - Tokyo
Soukaigi - Fire Wire

warp-wet-woods
Tokyo
Banbard (Chroma Remix)

The Sunleth Waterscape
Knight of a Foreign Country
....... Fire Wire IM SORRY

WHAT IS MATCH 3 HELLO??

From TunnelScene:

warp-wet-woods (moon)
Tokyo (Shin Megami Tensei IV)
Fire Wire (Soukaigi)

From hbthebattle:

The Sunleth Waterscape
Knight of a Foreign COuntry
Fire Wire

From junglegirl:

sunleth, tokyo, banbard

hi

The Sunleth Waterscape
Knight of a Foreign Country
Banbard (Chroma Remix)

The Sunleth Waterscape
Knight of a Foreign Country
Banbard (Chroma Remix)

The Sunleth Waterscape
Knight of a Foreign Country
Banbard (Chroma Remix)

The Sunleth Waterscape
Tokyo
Fire Wire

The Sunleth Waterscape
Tokyo
Banbard (Chroma Remix)

The Sunleth Waterscape
Tokyo
Banbard (Chroma Remix)

worldwideweb
Tokyo
bard

The Sunleth Waterscape
Knight of a Foreign Country
Banbard (Chroma Remix)

The Sunleth Waterscape
Knight of a Foreign Country
Banbard (Chroma Remix)

caw

The Sunleth Waterscape
Tokyo
Fire Wire

Hard match 2, Knight of a Foreign Country has a powerful melody. I wish the echoey synths at 0:41-0:44 were in it more, theyre used well from 3:05 on.

Voted Millennium Spark. Easy choice, but this is a high-quality bunch. Now that I think about it, fire is probably my favorite kind of the common level settings VGM.

warp-wet-woods
Tokyo
Fire Wire

warp-wet-woods is pretty awesome with the intro and 1:32 is so good. Sunleth is a song I don't quite get. It's a nice song, but nothing about it makes it stand out to me as a highlight from this particular soundtrack. Blinded by Light, Dust to Dust, and Sazh's Theme are all songs I'd much rather see from FFXIII.

Tokyo has a cool chill vibe. Very relaxing and fun to listen to. Knight of a Foreign Country is also a lot of fun. Actually a fairly difficult match to decide on.

The less-good-but-still-good Banbard. Easy vote for it since Fire Wire still has that violin I wish were less shrill. Otherwise it'd be a very close match.

Pretty good day overall.

Votes:
warp-wet-woods
Knight of a Foreign Country
Banbard (Chroma Remix)

FINAL FANTASY XIII - The Sunleth Waterscape
Cladun: This is an RPG - Knight of a Foreign Country
Soukaigi - Fire Wire

Knight of a Foreign Country > The Sunleth Waterscape > Tokyo > Fire Wire > Banbard (Chroma Remix) >> warp-wet-woods

too tired for commentary today

The Sunleth Waterscape
Tokyo
Banbard (Chroma Remix)

Another day where Match 2 is absolutely hellish

The Sunleth Waterscape
Tokyo
Banbard (Chroma Remix)

I'm sorry that I can't vote for the quirkiness that is warp-wet-woods or the fun simplicity that is Fire Wire. =/

I'm NOT sorry for voting Tokyo, it has way too much of a chill vibe for me to give it up that easily.

Final Fantasy XIII - The Sunleth Waterscape
Cladun: This is an RPG - Knight of a Foreign Country
ChainBeeT - Banbard (Chroma Remix)

Fire Wire's grown on me a bit since the contest started, which makes match 3 a lot closer than it was when I filled out my favorites bracket, but I still think Banbard's the pick here. Would be cool with either song winning there. Strong preferences on the other two matches though.

The Sunleth Waterscape
Knight of a Foreign Country
Fire Wire

warp-wet-woods
Knight of a Foreign Country
Banbard (Chroma Remix)

warp-wet-woods
tokyo
fuck bards!!!

warp-wet-woods
Tokyo
Banbard (Chroma Remix)

warp
tokyo
wire

match 1 reasonably difficult, two and three are easier but like all six songs. forgot to vote so i'm not really gonna bother with my simple writeups today lol