#metal gear solid poll

[mgs-vocal-song-tourney]

Announcing: the Metal Gear Solid Vocal Song Tournament!

Do you like Tumblr poll tournaments? Do you like the Metal Gear Solid series? Do you like the music of the Metal Gear Solid series? In particular, the songs with actual words to them? Well, have I got a tourney for you!

The Metal Gear Solid Vocal Song Tournament is a poll tournament designed to determine which out of 32 vocal songs from the MGS series is The Best(TM) according to popular vote. Will an iconic crowd-pleaser like "Snake Eater" or "Koi no Yokushiryoku" take home the title, or will victory go to an obscure deep-cut like "A Phantom Pain" or "Inori no Uta"? That all depends on your vote!

Unlike other Tumblr tournaments, this one will use a double elimination bracket up to the semi-final round. That means if your fave loses, don't despair! It'll have a shot at redemption alongside another song that lost, and may even creep its way up the losers' bracket for a shot at the finals!

Also keep an eye out for mini-tournaments in between rounds to keep things interesting!

Preliminary seeding polls will begin November 4, 2023 at 6:00 PM ET. The bracket will be seeded based on results from these polls, and will be revealed December 3, 2023 at 12:00 PM ET. Until then, the askbox will be open for any questions!

Tagging for visibility:

@tournamentdirectory, @tournament-announcer

[bisclavaret]

thank you for your service, MGS warriors we did it 💕 love CAN bloom on a battlefield

[2024 yaoi poll winners!]

[wouldyourfavepaychildsupport]

would big boss from metal gear solid pay child support???

[sailorsenshishitposter]

"I don't believe in God, Otacon, so you're the only one to whom I can pray."

Something, something, Hal and mecha animes

[shadow-moses]

[zeeckz]

[charactersmashorpass]

"Pass because he’s too pathetic and pees himself"

[armed-saphire]

RAIDEN FIGHT (rematch!!)

[avaitor]

aight millerheads I'm curious who's your favorite version of the depressed blonde 🤨

Peace Walker

Scruffy (MGSV)

Milf era (MGS)

[mgs-vocal-song-tourney]

Good timezone, all! Just wanted to say a few things before the second wave of preliminaries comes out tomorrow:

First off, thank you to everyone who's voted! Been seeing some pretty decent numbers on the polls, so that's good. Don't hesitate to reblog the prelims so they can get a bigger sample size (and maybe get more people to follow this tourney)!

Next, as we get into the deeper cuts, I'd like to recommend that people listen to all of the songs all of the way through before voting. I really want to shine a light on some of these hidden gems, even if they might not stand as much of a chance against the heavy-hitters.

Finally, the propaganda box (aka. asks and subs) is still open! (and probably will be for the rest of the tourney unless someone sends something really heinous.) Send some support for your favourite songs, and as long as it sticks to the rules, I'll showcase it!

That's all. I hope y'all have a good one, and I can't wait to see you in the second wave of prelims!

[doyouknowthisdisabledcharacter]

Do You Know This Disabled Character?

Kazuhira Miller is visually impaired and an amputee.

[vgtrackbracket]

Video Game Track Bracket Round 2

Bio-engineering from Rain World

vs.

The Only Thing I Know for Real (Maniac Agenda Mix) from Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance

Propaganda under the cut. If you want your propaganda reblogged and added to future polls, please tag it as propaganda or otherwise indicate this!

Note: The propaganda contains spoilers for Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance.

The Only Thing I Know for Real (Maniac Agenda Mix):

This song is about Jetstream Sam and how disillusioned he has become to fighting, especially after losing to Senator Armstrong. Sam only knows how to kill and has no reason why he's killing. It mirrors Raiden (the main character) who fights people for justice and to protect the weak, Sam fights just because.

Every single boss fight in Metal Gear Rising is all instrumental until you hit "critical" points in the fight, when the vocals come in. Not only does it make the scene feel even more epic, the lyrics apply to both the boss being fought AND the game's protagonist, Raiden. In this case, it's about their loss of identity, feeling that they have to fight all the time and sometimes that's all there is to them, and yet when the thrill of the battle is over their doubts and inner conflict still remains. Sam (the boss you fight) actually showed up and fought you at the beginning of the game, a battle you are scripted to lose. There are no lyrics during this fight, because Raiden isn't at a point where he can face up to him yet; they don't understand each other, and Sam even tells Raiden that he denies his weapon its purpose, because the sword Sam uses is a family heirloom destined to bring justice until he was misguided/strayed off the path he thought he'd be on. Their conflict starts at this point and it rises until you finally fight Sam as the second to last boss. There is also a moment where Raiden disarms Sam, but the fight goes on. The lyrics cut off abruptly in this moment, and they only continue when Sam picks his sword up again. People theorize this is because without his sword, this whole conflict of whether he's using his weapon for what it was meant to or what he thought he would disappears (since he's no longer using it), and maybe if he would stop fighting or if he tried to follow his ideals again and not just fight for the sake of fighting, he'd resolve those doubts. We'll never know because he does die 😔 but as every other boss in MGR, he parallels Raiden, maybe the most aside from the final boss (in my opinion lol) & the way the soundtrack reflects this, as well as characterizes him greatly, AND generally goes hard as hell is honestly amazing. Play MGR yall

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