Group play is over, and it’s almost time for the top 256! But, before we start that, we have one final, desperate plea for expanded horizons: it’s the Diversity Runoff!

Our initial top 256 featured 16 songs from Final Fantasy X and 15 from Super Smash Bros. Melee. The bottom 6 for FFX and 5 for SSBM will face off against the top 11 songs to bubble out1One song each from Final Fantasy X, Super Smash Bros. Melee, and Trails in the Sky FC were skipped, since those games were already at or over the limit in a single playoff round. Winning songs advance, and are seeded based on their group play percentage ranking.

Since it’s the playoffs, groups will be active until 9:00AM Pacific the day after they post 2Or for Friday groups, until 9 the next Monday, or for roughly 24 hours. You can listen to a playlist of today’s matchups here.

PLEASE LISTEN TO BOTH SONGS IN A MATCH BEFORE VOTING

Voting will be live until Tuesday, September 29th at 9:00AM Pacific