(full playoff standings can always be found here)
Group 2 Champions:
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| 18 | Chrono Cross | Another Termina |
| 18 | Final Fantasy VII | Opening / Bombing Mission |
| 16 | Kirby Super Star | Meta Knight’s Revenge |
| 15 | Final Fantasy IX | Song Of Memories |
| 15 | The Legend of Zelda: Majora’s Mask | Last End |
| 14 | Panzer Dragoon Saga | Imperial Air Force |
| 14 | Legend of Mana | Wanderer’s Path |
| 14 | Sonic 3D Blast (Saturn) | Special Stage |
| 13 | Persona 2: Innocent Sin | Seven Sisters High School A |
| 13 | Donkey Kong 64 | DK Rap |
| 13 | Final Fantasy Tactics | Ovelia’s Theme |
| 12 | Sonic Adventure | Twinkle Cart…for Twinkle Park |
| 12 | Persona 2: Eternal Punishment | Map 1 |
| 12 | Valkyrie Profile | Mission to the Deep Space |
| 12 | The Neverhood | The Neverhood Theme |
| 12 | Final Fantasy VIII | Balamb Garden |
Stronger group than last time, but our co-champs continue the trend from last time; Chrono and Final Fantasy reign supreme. Glad to see The Neverhood do well; I’m always a sucker for the weirdos.
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Wild Card Standings:
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Our magic number is currently 10, set by Group 1’s “Descent 2 – Are You Descent?”
| 12 | Half Life | Adrenaline Horror |
| 11 | Super Smash Bros. | Kongo Jungle |
| 11 | Guilty Gear | Meet Again (Justice Theme) |
| 11 | The Curse of Monkey Island | LeChuck’s Evil Stories |
| 11 | Koudelka | Dead |
| 11 | Chrono Cross | Fort Dragonia |
| 11 | Diddy Kong Racing | T.T.’s Theme |
| 11 | Phantasy Star Online (JPN) | Pioneer 2 |
| 11 | Skies of Arcadia | Military Facility Dungeon |
| 10 | Marvel vs Capcom | Spider-Man’s Theme |
| 10 | Fallout 2 | Beyond the Canyon |
| 10 | Zill O’ll | Fierce Battle |
| 10 | Interstate ’76 | Vigilante Shuffle |
| 10 | Sonic Adventure | Dilapidated Way…for Casinopolis |
All these songs are from Group 2. Group 2 went deep; ~60% of it are already qualified.
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The rest of the group:
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| 9 | Street Fighter Alpha 2 Gold | Sakura theme |
| 9 | Valkyrie Profile | To the Other Side of the Earth |
| 9 | Interstate ’76 | Mission Code: Brother from Another Mother |
| 9 | Star Fox 64 | Area 6 |
| 9 | Shenmue | A New Departure |
| 8 | The Misadventures of Tron Bonne | The Aurora Stone |
| 8 | Star Ocean: The Second Story | Field of Expel |
| 7 | Resident Evil 3: Nemesis | Save Room Theme |
| 7 | Star Fox 64 | Katina |
| 7 | Crash Bandicoot 2: Cortex Strikes Back | Tiny |
| 6 | SaGa Frontier II | Todfeind (Deadly Enemy) |
| 6 | Star Control 3 | Daktaklakpak |
| 6 | The Curse of Monkey Island | The Undead Lovers |
| 6 | Star Fox 64 | Sector Y and Solar |
| 6 | Sonic Adventure | Red Barrage Area…for Hot Shelter |
| 5 | Rhapsody: A Musical Adventure | True Courage |
| 5 | Sonic Adventure | Lazy Days (Livin’ in Paradise)…Theme of “Big The Cat” |
| 5 | Rocket: Robot on Wheels | Clowny Island |
Man y’all just didn’t vibe with my main man Big The Cat huh? That’s okay, he’d be happy just to be nominated.
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Now we get to the eliminations. We have 1,047 songs in this tournament; they have been broken up into 22 groups of either 48 or 47. For the group stage, vote for as many songs as you like! The top 16 songs of each group will automatically advance to the knockout rounds. For wild cards, the procedure is a little different than last time. Basically, any song that has at least as many votes as a top 16 song will make it. So, if in one group 12 upvotes is only good for 20th place, but in another 12 was enough to make top 16, the 12-vote song in the first group will qualify as a wild card.
Also, for both group stages and seeding all ties will be broken via RNG, not by me.
We’ll be “feathering” groups; voting on group 4 will be active until Friday March 27th at 10:00PM Pacific. Group 3 is still active until 10:00PM tonight; vote here. Group 5 will start Friday and be active until Sunday, and so on. Please listen to every song! Don’t just vote name recognition.
You can listen to all songs in group 4 in this handy YouTube playlist! (Don’t worry, songs will also be linked in the comments, where voting will take place)
You can work ahead if you like:
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Or listen to every nominee here
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Again, voting for group 4 is open until Friday March 27th at 10:00PM Pacific.