TL;DR - Just go here if you want to jump straight to the voting. Please give this thread a lookover either before or after you vote, though.
Hello. This is the voting/discussion thread for a "best game music evar" poll that started
here. One thousand songs from over 500 games were nominated, and it is your task to narrow this massive tracklist down to the best of the best. Here's how this is going to work:
- On Monday, I post a link to a voting page that has 50 songs up for voting. The OP will have links to these songs on Youtube (or elsewhere) if you want to listen to them before casting your vote.
- From the list of 50 songs, you can pick up to 20 favorites to vote for (or less than that if you don't feel like being that thorough).
- The following Monday, I'll tally the results for the previous week's set and post a new set of 50 songs for voting.
- The process repeats itself until all 1000 songs have been put up for voting.
- The top-ranked songs from each list advance to a final round of voting.
If this sounds interesting, then donate a few minutes of your time by
casting your vote here.
CURRENT SET LIST: ROUND 1
NEXT SET STARTS ON SEPT 29
[tracklist goes here]
[links to previous set results go here]
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Q: Can I see the entire tracklist, including previous/upcoming sets?
A:
Sure thing. Haven't bothered formatting it, though.
Q: How is the voting conducted, and how are you tallying the results?
A: You pick up to 20 favorites from the provided list of 50 songs. Then you order your list of 20 (or however many you picked) from most favorite to least favorite. Your favorite song on the list receives 20 points, your 2nd pick gets 19 points, and so on. Once voting for the current set is done, I sum all of the votes and then post a link to the next set.
Q: You really expect me to listen to 50 songs all the way through, select 20 of them, and then place them in order week-in, week-out, for several months?
A: Well, no. You don't have to put that much effort into it. If you want, you can just pick out 5 or 10 songs from the current list that you already know and like, then move on. It shouldn't take more than a few minutes. I would appreciate it if you dropped by weekly to vote on each set, even if it's only to pick out stuff you already know. The more people who actually give the tracklist a thorough listening to before voting, though, the better. Who knows, you might find something you like.
Q: Do I have to stick around for the whole thing? Can I still vote if I missed the previous rounds?
A: You can participate in as many or as few individual sets as you want. It doesn't matter if you miss any.
Q: How many songs from each list advance to the next round?
A: Right now, I'm thinking that 10 songs from each set of 50 will advance.
Q: Isn't a week per set overkill? One week X over 20 sets = over 5 months!
A: I want to give enough time for people to listen to the entire set of 50 songs before casting a vote, so right now I'm planning to update this thread on a weekly basis. Consider it a weekly routine thread in the vein of the VC/XBLA/PSN threads if you like. If interest takes a nosedive later in the week and votes start drying up, though, I might put up subsequent sets for only 3 or 4 days at a time.
Q: Will cheating be addressed?
A: Yes. I have the means to check for ballot-stuffing. If you screw up and accidentally vote twice, let me know so I can fix things for you.
Q: How were songs nominated? _____ isn't on the list!
A:
Check the nominations thread. Basically, selections were limited to (a) 3 songs per game, (b) no remixes, and (c) no licensed music. If your favorite song isn't here, then it's probably because either nobody nominated it, 3 other songs from the same game were picked instead, or it broke one of the above rules. (Furthermore, if you spot any songs in the voting list that break one of these rules, let me know. It's possible something slipped through in a list of 1000.)
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645's PICKS FOR ROUND 1
[my comments on the current set goes here]
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Did I miss anything? If you have any questions or comments that you feel should be addressed in the OP, let me know.
Also, feel free to discuss your votes and any of the songs posted in this thread. You must go to the page linked above to actually get your vote counted, though.
A THOUSAND MUZACKS ENTER; ONE MUZACK LEAVES!1