[SotW] Song of the Week - WEEK 108 Voting/WEEK 109 Nominating

Should've bugged Dragon God for a nom last week. He says:

• Artist: T's Music
• Album/Game Title: Ginga Fukei Densetsu: Sapphire (Red Book Audio)
• Track Title: Stage 2 (AD1163)
• Disc Number: 1 (of 1)
• Track Number: 4
• Year: 1995
• Sources: HonestGamers: (Turbografx-CD) Video Game Review

Jam it back in, in the dark.

Posting my support of this track. I've talked with Crash a couple of times about it. There is something vitally important I must point out:

Originally Posted by Uniburner

Additional Notes: This track is an exclusive arrangement of the title music from Mega Man 5 and was exclusively available on the Anniversary Collection. Players could opt to play through some of the games with alternate versions of the music in areas. "Title Screen" is one such arrangement.

It's not an arrangement. It's actually an original piece written specifically for the PlayStation version of the game (Rockman Complete Works: Rockman 5 initially; all six RCW games were later collected into the MM Anniversary Collection). MM5's title theme is actually arranged as the theme of the first two stages of Proto Man's castle. The fact that this song is completely original and independent of the NES MM5 tracks we all know puts this well into the range of acceptability for me.

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I'd also exclude 1-8.5 and at least X1-3 (never played nor listened to X4-8, so those are fine to me, but it's no big deal if any of those are cut).

And while we're at it, hell, let's just run the gamut here:

• GB MM 1-5: all tracks that aren't arrangements of NES tracks are good
• Classic series spin-offs (Battle & Chase, Power Fighters, etc.): same as above (excluding any SNES arrangements there might be)
• Xtreme 1-2: all tracks that aren't arrangements of ineligible X tracks are good (if there are even any)
• X Command Mission: we've had a nomination from this already, and it's still fine in my opinion
• Legends 1-2 & Misadventures: go for it
• Battle Network series: sure why not
• Zero series: the RTRZ albums are popular enough that I think nominations from them should be looked at least a little, but ultimately they're fine to me
• ZX/ZXA: same as above
• Star Force: is there even a rip of this yet

Side note: I am hereby reserving all future rights to nominate Museum from R&F if it at some point in time becomes explicitly eligible.

This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it.

Voting extensions are always okay, providing they're for a reasonable time period. Couple of hours? Sure, go for it. Just let me know beforehand.

And with that, voting is closed and nominations are restricted!

1). [30] Waterworld (SNES Game Rip) - Diving
2). [22] Napple Tale Vol. 2 Illustrated Guide to the Monsters - Wild Wind
3). [18] Ys III Wanderers from Ys (PC-Engine Red Book Audio) - Be Careful
4-t). [16/10.5] Immortal 3 - Obsession 'Desert Run'
4-t). [16/10.5] The Wanderer - G-Comp
6). [14] The Terminator (Sega CD Red Book Audio) - Destinationz Unknown
7). [7] Shining Force III Premium Disc (Game Rip) - A Life of Harmony
8). [4] Lemmings 2 The Tribes (Amiga Game Rip) - Sports

Diving and Wild Wind were pretty much locks wire to wire, but the battle for third place was pretty tight. Be Careful got a big last day boost to finally take the last spot. Close one that came down to the finish.

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Originally Posted by Draconis

Btw, I usually don't do so, but I double-checked the points on the voting archive and this caught my eye; there's a small discrepancy between Liontamer's points here and the ones on the table. It won't alter the first 3 placings, but a point needs to be taken off Wild Wind and given to G-Comp, which should give it 4th place instead of Obsession 'Desert Run', if I'm not mistaken. (While we're at it, someone mind confirming how this weighting system works?)

Yeah, I misread Liontamer's point allocation. I always try to double check what's on the table, but sometimes mistakes still get through (thankfully rarely, as far as I know). It's been corrected; thanks for noticing the error.

The bonus point system is pretty simple: a track gets 1 bonus point for each voter who votes for it and an additional .5 bonus points for each 3 awarded to it. In this case, since both Obsession and G-Comp were awarded five 1's, four 2's, and one 3, they both tie at 10.5 bonus points, so we have a tie for fourth place.

Originally Posted by Epsilon

I don't care about that particular nom. It's the same with all my noms; some seem at first like they might win, but they never do.

You've gotten several placing tracks, so don't be too discouraged (heck, placing is better than I hope for with some of my noms ). Drakken and GoldfishX went like 80 weeks without getting gold, so they know your pain quite well.

As long as people keep liking your nominations (as was certainly the case this week), just keep them coming. And I'm not just saying this because we're low on nominations.

I was speaking idiomatically.