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Best VGM Tracks - The Discussioning Sept 30, 2011 16:46:04 GMT -5

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Sept 30, 2011 16:28:53 GMT -5 superangelo128 said:

I'll be honest I was expecting almost all Nintendo/Square when I found out about this list.

Good thing they proved me wrong.

Also how long do you think it'll take to tally everything and how/where will you post the results?

Gonna start tonight, I'm assuming it'll be at least a few days into sometime mid-week. Getting everything properly sorted in the spreadsheet - fixing up names and matching up entries with their Youtube links is what's going to take the longest.

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Best VGM Tracks - The Discussioning Sept 30, 2011 20:36:49 GMT -5

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Ah ok. So you said you were going to do a playlist with all the songs right? Is there somewhere else/ a differnet method you'll post the results?

Also what do you think the minimum amount of points you'll use to make it on the list?

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Best VGM Tracks - The Discussioning Sept 30, 2011 20:53:21 GMT -5

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Playlist, yup. Once I figure how to make torrents I'd like to bundle them all together with a playlist, too.

3 points I think with be the minimum threshold - should make a sizeable number, if even half the entries are likely to have that number.

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Best VGM Tracks - The Discussioning Sept 30, 2011 21:00:37 GMT -5

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Well considering the Top 5 are all 3 points each....

Though that brings another interesting question.

If a song only got 3 points through someone's top 5 would you still put it on the list? Or are you going by unique mentions?

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Best VGM Tracks - The Discussioning Sept 30, 2011 21:49:49 GMT -5

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I gave the Top 5 three points for two reasons:

(1) So more "loved" songs would more easily climb to the top of the list

(2) To reduce the issue of awesome but obscure songs getting tossed by the way side because almost no one else has played them. By giving five separate opportunities, the individual voices matter a little bit more than a purely populist poll, but not enough to completely overshadow other things. That way even tracks like that rank, albeit at a low spot. It was also done to ensure that there were enough songs to rank if there weren't enough votes. The turn out has been pretty good though, so I may reduce it to 2 points the next time I do something like this.

That being said, if I do end up needing to cut tracks, the ones that get three votes over a single Top 5 vote will get priority.

Malev Senior Member Posts: 444	Best VGM Tracks - The Discussioning Sept 30, 2011 22:21:42 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Malev on Sept 30, 2011 22:21:42 GMT -5 Will there be anymore standout song blog posts, or will you save that for individual blurbs for the postee? This is mostly for some tracks that only get 1 or 2 votes that you feel warrant a mention.

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Best VGM Tracks - The Discussioning Sept 30, 2011 22:49:38 GMT -5

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Sept 30, 2011 22:21:42 GMT -5 Malev said:

Will there be anymore standout song blog posts, or will you save that for individual blurbs for the postee? This is mostly for some tracks that only get 1 or 2 votes that you feel warrant a mention.

Well, the poll closes in 10 mins so probably not.

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Best VGM Tracks - The Discussioning Sept 30, 2011 23:03:45 GMT -5

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Oh yeah the poll is OVER

question though. Someone I know posted a list really close to the end of the deadline (since said person was informed abuot the contest literally 1-3 days ago)

is it ok if that person can edit her post to put in links?

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Best VGM Tracks - The Discussioning Sept 30, 2011 23:06:56 GMT -5

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Links are OK to be edited in.

I'll count an extra posts up until noon tomorrow EST, but no one can actually modify their votes at this point. I mean, you can if you want, but I'm compiling them now so I'll miss them.

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Best VGM Tracks - The Discussioning Oct 1, 2011 3:49:51 GMT -5

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Best VGM Tracks - The Discussioning Oct 1, 2011 7:11:22 GMT -5

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Post by scooterfox on Oct 1, 2011 7:11:22 GMT -5

I don't know if it was suggested before (and now it's way too late anyway), but giving 5 songs 3 points and the rest 1 point will lead to quite a lot of unique 3 points entries on the final list, then almost nothing, then hundres of 1 point entries. It would be cool if we could chose another 15 or so to give them 2 points, it would probably make a bit of difference. Well, too bad I noticed this voting on its final day.

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Best VGM Tracks - The Discussioning Oct 1, 2011 10:09:59 GMT -5

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Oct 1, 2011 7:11:22 GMT -5 scooterfox said:

I don't know if it was suggested before (and now it's way too late anyway), but giving 5 songs 3 points and the rest 1 point will lead to quite a lot of unique 3 points entries on the final list, then almost nothing, then hundres of 1 point entries. It would be cool if we could chose another 15 or so to give them 2 points, it would probably make a bit of difference. Well, too bad I noticed this voting on its final day.

That was the intention, actually. I'd initially thought about dividing the votes up into tiers - i.e. 1-5 would get 3 points, 5-20 would get 2, and everything else would get 1 - but I realized trying to rank songs like that was difficult enough for me. I could pick a top 5 but trying to decide my top 15 below that required more narrowing down than I'd like. I didn't want to put too many people else off from voting either, so I eliminated that.

I'd thought about doing a second round to vote up some of the lower scoring entries, but it looks like we have enough votes so I don't think that'll be necessary.

superangelo128 New Member I DONT THINK SO Posts: 22	Best VGM Tracks - The Discussioning Oct 1, 2011 11:02:02 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by superangelo128 on Oct 1, 2011 11:02:02 GMT -5 so I see a bunch of people are voting past the deadline what are you gonna do with those votes
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Deleted Deleted Member Posts: 0	Best VGM Tracks - The Discussioning Oct 2, 2011 12:02:49 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Deleted on Oct 2, 2011 12:02:49 GMT -5 I propose another month-long poll to determine what to do with the late entries.

superangelo128 New Member I DONT THINK SO Posts: 22	Best VGM Tracks - The Discussioning Oct 2, 2011 12:53:41 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by superangelo128 on Oct 2, 2011 12:53:41 GMT -5 Oct 2, 2011 12:02:49 GMT -5 @jasonx said: month-long poll . www.youtube.com/watch?v=HoLuO4De0fc#t=0m41s
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Post by Discoalucard on Sept 30, 2011 16:46:04 GMT -5

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Post by superangelo128 on Sept 30, 2011 21:00:37 GMT -5

Post by Discoalucard on Sept 30, 2011 21:49:49 GMT -5

Post by Malev on Sept 30, 2011 22:21:42 GMT -5

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Post by superangelo128 on Sept 30, 2011 23:03:45 GMT -5

Post by Discoalucard on Sept 30, 2011 23:06:56 GMT -5

Post by refathegreat on Oct 1, 2011 3:49:51 GMT -5

Post by scooterfox on Oct 1, 2011 7:11:22 GMT -5

Post by Discoalucard on Oct 1, 2011 10:09:59 GMT -5

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