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DL Forum Music Quiz
« on: June 04, 2017, 10:52:22 PM »
Hey everyone,

I'm reviving the forum music quiz. It's been some years. It's my first time. Forgive me.

Either way, here's the tracklist breakdown by estimated seconds. I hope the samples are not too esoteric - I did not want to inflame the first come around. Some tracks are probably too long, too, but the music is great.

Anyway, I'm just one person submitting a quiz. Everyone can do the same but let's keep it in the same thread. The silences between each sample vary from 3 to 5 seconds.

Scoring - 1 point per song
Bonus - .15 points per correct/okayish title

File here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B3PLnd7DmseLRER6WU9aU0w5VTQ/view?usp=sharing
(let me know if there are issues accessing it)

Answers Sunday, June 11.

:01-:09 - Growlanser Generations III:  An Ordinary Quiet Day
:13-:23 - Xenosaga Ep 1 Albedo’s Theme
:27-:37 - Legend of Legacy: Height of the Gods
:41-:49 - Secret of Mana Flight Into the Unknown
:52-:58.5 - Final Fantasy IX Gargan Roo
1:01.5-1:05.5 - Meg Man Command Mission Final Battle
1:09-1:14.5  - Dark Cloud 2 Menu
1:17.5-1:23 Legaia Duel Saga Warrior’s Ordeal
1:26-1:31.5 Legend of Dragoon Death Frontier
1:35.5-1:41 Final Fantasy Tactics Invasion
1:45-1:52 2. Super Mario RPG OST - Fight Against a Somewhat Stronger Monster
1:54.5-2:01.5 4. Suikoden 3 - Little Duck (Duck Village Theme)
2:04.5-2:10 Legend of Mana - Moonlit City Road
2:13-2:18 Secret of Evermore Merchant in the Cave
2:21-2:26 Final Fantasy XIII - Dust to Dust
2:29-2:33 Persona 3 - This Mysterious Feeling
2:37.5-2:42 Bravely Default - World of Scattering Flowers
2:45.5-2:52 Vagrant Story - Opening Movie
2:54.5-3:00 Wild Arms 3 - Flying in the Midst of the Storm
3:03.5-3:08.5 Final Fantasy XV - Wonderful View
3:11-3:19 Magna Carta Tears of Blood - To Become One
3:22-3:28 Disgaea - One With The Stars
3:31-3:37 Digital Devil Saga - Sahasrara
3:41-3:48 Shadow Hearts - Imbroglio
« Last Edit: June 12, 2017, 11:37:02 AM by dunie »

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Re: DL Forum Music Quiz
« Reply #1 on: June 05, 2017, 10:49:51 PM »
:)

Also the proportion of "I've heard that at some point no idea where" is very, very high for me.  Need to revisit some old soundtracks, clearly.
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Re: DL Forum Music Quiz
« Reply #2 on: June 06, 2017, 02:55:31 AM »
I knew almost none of those tracks. Whoof.
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Re: DL Forum Music Quiz
« Reply #3 on: June 08, 2017, 11:59:43 AM »
D:

Maybe I made the quiz too old. Apologies! But I like that all things music have returned to the DL.

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Re: DL Forum Music Quiz
« Reply #4 on: June 08, 2017, 09:18:41 PM »
It's hard! But I think I know a few. Answers weekendish.

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Re: DL Forum Music Quiz
« Reply #5 on: June 10, 2017, 02:42:32 AM »
Each segment is too short, making this quiz harder than it is....

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Re: DL Forum Music Quiz
« Reply #6 on: June 12, 2017, 12:53:04 AM »
Feedback taken. Longer tracks next time, as well as playing with different themes so that the issue of not having played X game isn't too much of a hindrance. Tracks listings are in the original post. I meant to troll Meeple with MCToB, but I realize that is probably trolling everyone! Everyone's tallies below in no particular order:



Ciddy - 7.3
NotMiki/Nick - 15.95
Niu - 8.9
SnowFire - 13.4
CmdrKing - 11.75
Super - 2
Twilkitri - 7
Ranhat - 3.15

Overall atmosphere: almost everyone recognized Super Mario RPG and Shadow Hearts. Then it was a total freefall: Snowfire's the only one to get the Growlanser track at the beginning. That was definitely troll bait. The Magna Carta was a troll bait track too. Legend of Mana met the median mark in answers, I believe. Twilk caught the Legend of Dragoon. Almost all of the guesses were very smart - but then I realized that perhaps having a Vagrant Story track on the same quiz as a FFT track was probably pretty unfair. My bad. Some guesses like Metroid for 2:13-2:18 or 2:37-2:42 for CT or 2:04 for Bof IV bc bells I TOTALLY KINDA GET, so yeah - longer samples from my future quizzes at least.

Notable quotes from titles/tracks:
"Growlanser Generations?!  Wow, how evil.  At first I thought it was Seiken Densetsu 3 but couldn't place it."
"Suikoden III- Stupid Ducks."

all of these made me :)   Thanks guys, thanks for the feedback to and here-here to more quizzes. I think Jim has one in the making? I'm gonna move with Ranmilia's suggestion to do a quiz in the form of an OST, and given that I'll put full tracks down unless file size is an issue.




« Last Edit: June 12, 2017, 12:55:19 AM by dunie »

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« Reply #7 on: June 12, 2017, 01:53:04 AM »
Thanks for the quiz!

As you said, I'm working on a quiz.  It will feature almost all "contemporary" (that is, post-PS2) music.  I have a busy week ahead of me and so the earliest I will have it up is next weekend.

also: fffffffffffLegend of Mana!!
« Last Edit: June 12, 2017, 04:53:39 AM by NotMiki »
Rocky: you do know what an A-bomb is, right?
Bullwinkle: A-bomb is what some people call our show!
Rocky: I don't think that's very funny...
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« Reply #8 on: June 12, 2017, 05:49:20 AM »
Slight nitpick: Pretty sure you meant Secret of *Mana* not Evermore for the flying theme.

Growlanser Generations has a pretty solid soundtrack for those who haven't heard it.

Also, I'll get you next time, NotMiki.  Next time!

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« Reply #9 on: June 12, 2017, 05:52:54 AM »
You mean you'll get Nick.  As I explained in my submission, he's responsible for the answers we knew, and I'm responsible for the wild guesses. (This time around, to my eternal shame, that means I contributed 0 answers over and above what he would have gotten alone.  By myself I'd have gotten 8 to 10 or so.)
« Last Edit: June 12, 2017, 05:56:44 AM by NotMiki »
Rocky: you do know what an A-bomb is, right?
Bullwinkle: A-bomb is what some people call our show!
Rocky: I don't think that's very funny...
Bullwinkle: Neither do they, apparently!

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Re: DL Forum Music Quiz
« Reply #10 on: June 12, 2017, 06:07:11 AM »
I'll get you next time, Aziraphale.  Next time!

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Re: DL Forum Music Quiz
« Reply #11 on: June 12, 2017, 06:20:58 AM »
Stupid Ducks is in fact one of the localized names for that track!

Anyway totally forgot about this, sorry I forgot to participate. I took the contest "unofficially" once people in chat started talking about it (so I knew that e.g. SMRPG and SH1 were there, but I'd have gotten 'em anyway surely) and I got XS1, FF9, MMXCM, LoD, FFT, SMRPG, S3, LoM, FF13, WA3, DDS, and SH1. I missed Legend of Legacy, Legaia 2, Bravely Default, and Disgaea despite playing those games, so yeah the short track segments do make things harder! Nothing wrong with that though.

Fun times, I approve. Thanks for doing this.

*shakes fist at both Snowfire AND Nick, as is the fashion at the current time*

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Re: DL Forum Music Quiz
« Reply #12 on: June 12, 2017, 07:32:21 AM »
I am a fool unable to recognize the Growlanser and LoM track....


But....
"Bravely Default - World of Scattering Flowers"
This, this is one ridiculous and terrible troll.

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« Reply #13 on: June 12, 2017, 11:40:44 AM »
SnowFire- typo edited. FTR everyone was scored for SoM or SD3 equivalent. Nitpick in released answers taken.

CK still got full 1.15 for Stupid Ducks. Huh! Good to know about the title, we had just briefly talked about arranged albums or different titles. I'll keep that kinda stuff on my radar.

Niu, Bravely Default yes D:

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Re: DL Forum Music Quiz
« Reply #14 on: June 23, 2017, 02:45:31 AM »
https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B-_4sM5UFUOaTF9ocWtJbU5nckU

One track, 24 entries! This is a pretty soup to nuts quiz, not all RPGs.  Since it's all over the place, and since it was a comment from Idun's quiz, I've kept the segment lengths nice and long (with a few exceptions).  There are a few places where for the sake of art and beauty two tracks will overlap for a few milliseconds, so keep that in mind.  Or don't.

The breakdown by genre (more or less. feel free to pm me to ask what I would classify X game as if you like)
RPGs, broadly speaking: 10
VN/Adventure/Etc: 4
Platformer/Metroidvania/Action: 4
Shooter: 1
Rhythm Game: 2 (but not, like, obscure ones)
Roguelike: 1
Fightans: 2

Games I've beaten: 13
Games I haven't BUT I WILL SOON I SWEAR: 6
*cough*: 5

As for platforms...most games are multi-platform.  I've focused on PS3/4/vita, DS(but only the late ones!)/3DS, there's 1 game originally for Wii, 1 for PSP (that one's also on other platforms)  you'll find exactly 1 SNES track, and 5 games are PC exclusive (but one of those is getting a console release I WONDER WHICH ONE).  Additionally, 2 games are NOT PC exclusive, but if you played them and you're not Niu, you prolly played them on PC.  No PS1 games, and no PS2 games that were ever localized.

I am very curious whether y'all get/miss the ones I think are easy/hard.  I believe the toughest will be tracks 6, 19, and 21.

I'm not a stickler for track names, but feel free to include them.

At least 1 track appears in multiple games - any of them will get full credit.  If you guess the right series but wrong game for a track, I'll give half credit.

Anyway, Have fun!

0:00 1
0:12 2
0:27 3
0:41 4
0:58 5
1:09 6
1:16 7
1:28 8
1:40 9
1:54 10
2:01 11
2:18 12
2:27 13
2:31 14
2:42 15
2:56 16
3:06 17
3:12 18
3:23 19
3:42 20
3:54 21
4:17 22
4:24 23
4:37 24

I intend to keep the quiz open until Sunday next week.
« Last Edit: June 24, 2017, 06:19:07 PM by NotMiki »
Rocky: you do know what an A-bomb is, right?
Bullwinkle: A-bomb is what some people call our show!
Rocky: I don't think that's very funny...
Bullwinkle: Neither do they, apparently!

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« Reply #15 on: July 02, 2017, 03:04:14 AM »
Yo, posting answers tomorrow night, 9pm EST or so, so if you've been waiting, now's the time.
Rocky: you do know what an A-bomb is, right?
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Rocky: I don't think that's very funny...
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« Reply #16 on: July 03, 2017, 02:53:48 AM »
Quiz is closed, answers below.  Thanks for participating, everyone!  Congrats to Tal, who won with a convincing 12.5 points!

7/11 0:00 1 Ys: The Oath in Felghana - Valestin Castle
8.5/11 0:12 2 Nier - Song of the Ancients - Fate
6/11 0:27 3 Final Fantasy XIII - Saber's Edge
2.5/11 0:41 4 Ace Attorney Investigations 2 - Pursuit ~ Wanting to Find the Truth - Variation
5/11 0:58 5 Radiant Historia - Earnest Desire of Grey
0/11 1:09 6 Castle in the Darkness - Nevermore (Torture Chamber Theme)
1.5/11 1:16 7 Touhou 14: Double Dealing Character - Reverse Ideology
2/11 1:28 8 Xenoblade Chronicles - One Who Gets in Our Way
3/11 1:40 9 Final Fantasy XIV - Locus (Alexander Boss Theme)
8/11 1:54 10 Persona 4: Dancing All Night - Dance!
6/11 2:01 11 Danganronpa - Danganronpa
0/11 2:18 12 Tales of Maj'Eyal - Dreaming of Flying
0/11 2:27 13 Long Live the Queen - God Save the Queen
1/11 2:31 14 Hyper Light Drifter - Stasis Awakening
5/11 2:42 15 Atelier Ayesha - MARIA
8/11 2:56 16 Bravely Default - Serpent Eating the Ground
8/11 3:06 17 Street Fighter II (SNES) - Guile
2.5/11 3:12 18 Blazblue: Calamity Trigger - MOTOR HEAD
2/11 3:23 19 Fate: Stay/Night - Sword of Promised Victory
3/11 3:42 20 Dark Souls - Gwyn, Lord of Cinder
2/11 3:54 21 Momodora: Reverie Under the Moonlight - Overture
4/11 4:17 22 Literally Every Project Diva Game - Ievaan Polka
6/11 4:24 23 Trails in the Sky - Silver Will
4/11 4:37 24 Undertale - Good Night

Tonfa 11
CK: 9.5
Elfboy: 8, the only person to guess Ace Attorney Investigations 2 (3 other people had it as Ace Attorney but couldn't place the game)
Twilk: 4.5 but you also got my favorite completely wrong answer guessing Little Inferno for 15 (I can totally see it)
Cid: 9.5
Niu: 6
Talaysen: 12.5
SnowFire: 11.5 also wins the "listened to soundtracks of games I had intended to include then decided they were too mean/not well-played enough" award.  My original plan included both Risk of Rain AND Hollow Knight, and in retrospect maybe that would have been easier than Momodora 4 and Castle in the Darkness?
Dunie: 4
Soppy: 9.5 also, giving half credit for guessing Guilty Gear for BlazBlue.  Same composer, works for me.  The only person to guess Hyper Light Drifter.
Alex: 10, only person to guess Double Dealing Character.  Sorry for the trauma.

Spare thoughts:

My restraint in not including Hollow Knight, which literally no one but me has played, was misplaced, it seems.  Plenty of guesses of it!

The 2 games "not PC exclusive but if you played them it was on PC" were Fate: Stay/Night and Ace Attorney Investigations 2, both of which have been fan-translated but otherwise not available in English

Castle in the Darkness was too obscure a choice, I guess.  I thought it might be a good outside choice because of the distinctive music style, but apparently it's not distinctive enough.

Pretty surprised Undertale was recognized so little given its high profile the last year and a half

2 people guessed BlazBlue for Ys Oath.  Can see it!

No Tales of Maj'Eyal players?  Or do y'all just play with the music off?

Totally my fault no one guessed Long Live the Queen.  That was one you were supposed to be able to figure out because you'd recognize the melody as God Save the Queen, which as song title and game pairings go is not too much of a stretch. Ok for us parochial Americans it's My Country 'Tis of Thee.  Anyway it was supposed to be recognizable, but the clip I used was too short for that.  C'est la vie.

I was planning on passing on including Momodora 4, but the transition from the Dark Souls track to that was just too good to give up.  Ironically, if I hadn't used that I'd have used Bloodborne, which a few folks guessed for that...

Anyway, thanks for playing!  It was a lot of fun going through your answers!
« Last Edit: July 03, 2017, 03:26:20 AM by NotMiki »
Rocky: you do know what an A-bomb is, right?
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Rocky: I don't think that's very funny...
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« Reply #17 on: July 03, 2017, 08:59:05 AM »
I feel so ashamed in nor recognizing Locus and Maria.

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« Reply #18 on: July 03, 2017, 11:27:39 AM »
Dag. Confused Xenoblade for Last Remnant. OH WELLS. Yeah I haven't played most those games. *adds to list*

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« Reply #19 on: July 03, 2017, 04:59:19 PM »
One other thought: even some folks who didn't instantly recognize Guile's theme still figured it was Street Fighter 2.  Guess it really does go with everything.
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« Reply #20 on: July 03, 2017, 07:11:05 PM »
Was my half a point from #18 or #22?

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« Reply #21 on: July 03, 2017, 08:21:09 PM »
You got full credit for both, but half for 10, which you guessed Persona 5 for.
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Rocky: I don't think that's very funny...
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« Reply #22 on: July 04, 2017, 12:30:25 AM »
I feel so ashamed in nor recognizing Locus and Maria.

Niu didn't get Maria? This is indeed a disturbing universe...

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« Reply #23 on: July 04, 2017, 05:19:34 PM »
I knew I was going to have a bad time as soon as Jim said "mainly PS3/PS4/Vita", fortunately it went a little better than I thought. Missed Long Live the Queen, Dark Souls, and Trails. Dark Souls and Trails make sense because they're two games that made very little musical impact on me (I at least knew I'd heard the Trails track somewhere but couldn't place it), LLtQ was already covered. Lots of games I haven't played here in general.

Both the Bravely Default track and Xenoblade track took me a very long time to place; I had to listen to them several times and rack my memory to figure them out.

I'm also surprised at Undertale's low response record, I figured that was one of the contest freebies for those who've played it and it has a decent playrate. I'm in no position to look down my nose at anyone with this quiz, still surprised though.

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« Reply #24 on: July 05, 2017, 02:06:59 PM »
Dag gummit. I missed this twice!
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