Favorite Songs Tournament Summary - Final Update May 12
Tier 1 1st Round
01 - Skullcrusher Mountain d. Code Monkey, 18-13
02 - I'm Your Moon d. ShopVac, 17-14
03 - I Feel Fantastic d. First of May, 19-11
04 - Better d. Creepy Doll, 18-11
Tier 1 2nd Round
05 - Dance, Soterios Johnson, Dance d. Ikea, 14-12
06 - Big Bad World One d. That Spells DNA, 18-5
07 - Still Alive d. Octopus, 15-13
08 - Space Doggity d. A Talk With George, 17-12
09 - The Future Soon d. Skullcrusher Mountain, 21-14
10 - I Crush Everything d. I'm Your Moon, 21-17
11 - I Feel Fantastic d. Re: Your Brains, 19-18
12 - Better d. Baby Got Back, 32-5
Tier 2 1st Round
13 - First of May d. Octopus, 19-18
14 - Creepy Doll d. A Talk With George, 19-18
15 - Code Monkey d. Ikea, 30-14
16 - ShopVac d. That Spells DNA, 28-15
Tier 2 2nd Round
17 - Skullcrusher Mountain d. First of May, 37-8
18 - I'm Your Moon d. Creepy Doll, 23-17
19 - Re: Your Brains d. Code Monkey, 20-19
20 - ShopVac d. Baby Got Back, 23-1 (mercy rule)
Tier 1 3rd Round
21 - The Future Soon d. Dance, Soterios Johnson, Dance, 29-6 (mercy rule)
22 - I Crush Everything d. Big Bad World One, 25-21
23 - I Feel Fantastic d. Still Alive, 22-21 (overtime!)
24 - Space Doggity d. Better, 23-15
Tier 2 3rd Round
25 - ShopVac d. Dance, Soterios Johnson, Dance, 26-18
26 - Re: Your Brains d. Big Bad World One, 20-16
27 - I'm Your Moon d. Still Alive, 22-13
28 - Skullcrusher Mountain d. Better, 27-6 (mercy rule)
Tier 1 Semi-Final
29 - The Future Soon d. I Crush Everything, 29-9 (mercy rule)
30 - Space Doggity d. I Feel Fantastic, 25-13
Tier 2 4th Round
31 - Skullcrusher Mountain d. I'm Your Moon, 20-15
32 - Re: Your Brains d. ShopVac, 21-15
Tier 2 Semi-Final
33 - Skullcrusher Mountain d. I Feel Fantastic, 29-10
34 - Re: Your Brains d. I Crush Everything, 20-17
Tier 2 Final
35 - Skullcrusher Mountain d. Re: Your Brains, 23-2
Tier 1 Final
36 - The Future Soon d. Space Doggity, 25-18
SEMI
37 - Skullcrusher Mountain d. Space Doggity, 24-14
FINAL
38 - The Future Soon d. Skullcrusher Mountain, 25-14
CHAMPION: THE FUTURE SOON!
(edited by Bry to fix broken links)
01 - Skullcrusher Mountain d. Code Monkey, 18-13
02 - I'm Your Moon d. ShopVac, 17-14
03 - I Feel Fantastic d. First of May, 19-11
04 - Better d. Creepy Doll, 18-11
Tier 1 2nd Round
05 - Dance, Soterios Johnson, Dance d. Ikea, 14-12
06 - Big Bad World One d. That Spells DNA, 18-5
07 - Still Alive d. Octopus, 15-13
08 - Space Doggity d. A Talk With George, 17-12
09 - The Future Soon d. Skullcrusher Mountain, 21-14
10 - I Crush Everything d. I'm Your Moon, 21-17
11 - I Feel Fantastic d. Re: Your Brains, 19-18
12 - Better d. Baby Got Back, 32-5
Tier 2 1st Round
13 - First of May d. Octopus, 19-18
14 - Creepy Doll d. A Talk With George, 19-18
15 - Code Monkey d. Ikea, 30-14
16 - ShopVac d. That Spells DNA, 28-15
Tier 2 2nd Round
17 - Skullcrusher Mountain d. First of May, 37-8
18 - I'm Your Moon d. Creepy Doll, 23-17
19 - Re: Your Brains d. Code Monkey, 20-19
20 - ShopVac d. Baby Got Back, 23-1 (mercy rule)
Tier 1 3rd Round
21 - The Future Soon d. Dance, Soterios Johnson, Dance, 29-6 (mercy rule)
22 - I Crush Everything d. Big Bad World One, 25-21
23 - I Feel Fantastic d. Still Alive, 22-21 (overtime!)
24 - Space Doggity d. Better, 23-15
Tier 2 3rd Round
25 - ShopVac d. Dance, Soterios Johnson, Dance, 26-18
26 - Re: Your Brains d. Big Bad World One, 20-16
27 - I'm Your Moon d. Still Alive, 22-13
28 - Skullcrusher Mountain d. Better, 27-6 (mercy rule)
Tier 1 Semi-Final
29 - The Future Soon d. I Crush Everything, 29-9 (mercy rule)
30 - Space Doggity d. I Feel Fantastic, 25-13
Tier 2 4th Round
31 - Skullcrusher Mountain d. I'm Your Moon, 20-15
32 - Re: Your Brains d. ShopVac, 21-15
Tier 2 Semi-Final
33 - Skullcrusher Mountain d. I Feel Fantastic, 29-10
34 - Re: Your Brains d. I Crush Everything, 20-17
Tier 2 Final
35 - Skullcrusher Mountain d. Re: Your Brains, 23-2
Tier 1 Final
36 - The Future Soon d. Space Doggity, 25-18
SEMI
37 - Skullcrusher Mountain d. Space Doggity, 24-14
FINAL
38 - The Future Soon d. Skullcrusher Mountain, 25-14
CHAMPION: THE FUTURE SOON!
(edited by Bry to fix broken links)
Comments
It'll be much easier to follow when I post the brackets.
Of course now you know you've got to keep updating this.
It occurs to me that this would be much more helpful if sticky'd to the top of the forum. Does anyone with sticky-power agree...?
ETA: By which of course I mean Bry :-)
:P
Also, might I suggest, Rob, if it's not too much trouble, putting the names of the two songs in the title of each thread?
If song 2 loses, it'll have one loss and go to S, where it plays round 37 against the winner of 36 (let's call that song 3).
Let's say 2 wins round 37 -- then it gets to play round 38 against song 1, and if it beats song 1 then they meet again in round 39?
I dunno, options: if we skip round 35 and go to round 36, we'll have 3 songs left: the ones I've called 1, 2, and 3 (winners of 29, 30, and 36, respectively). Could we try, at that point, a three-song round-robin, where we go 1 v 2, 2 v 3, 1 v 3, and if that doesn't establish a clear winner then we do a 3-way poll on 1, 2, and 3?
I realize this doesn't eliminate potential repeat matchups, particularly since the songs at Q and R (losers of 29 and 30) would have a pretty plausible path into that 3-team showdown against songs they'd just lost to, but it might be... eh.
In any case, that would at least be a little more dramatic: as it is now, there's a good shot that (depending on how we work it) the winner of 35 will reach the finals against a song it's already beaten a week ago.
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What are the possible ramifications of, instead of a round robin, a simple 3 way semifinal vote, eliminate one and a final with the remaining two?
I realize this means that a song could be eliminated, without actually losing twice. I think that can be justified though.... this isn't the same as a sports tournament, where each game will be very different. By the time we get to the last two songs, everyone here who is interested in voting will be paying attention, and will have had plenty of time to choose between the final two. The winner of 38 will be a fair champion.
how about a 2 day discussion and a 5 day vote? one week total?
i guess that will take less time though.
I don't think Doggity is just a new song thing; I specifically went to the Top 5 song thread to include it. Depending on the day/mood, it could even supplant Moon as the most emotional one for me.
The summary post is getting close to the point where it's too big for a single post.... Is there any way around that? I'd like to keep the whole thing on a single post and not have to split it somehow. Ideas?
ETA: Pruned the link texts a little; let me know if I've accidentally broken any links.
Just think how many characters you could save just by not spelling out Soterios Johnson's name each time! :-)
I had been planning on the the three way but then last night i was thinking of just playing it straight. Winner of the top tier vs winner of the second tier. There is only one potential rematch there and it's been 4 months since their last matchup so it might be fun to see if a rematch outcome would be the same. I'd rather do that than just arbitrarily say, "you may have come a long way but you're automatically out of the competition because you've already lost once to the top tier champ."
If ICE had beaten RYB then we'd be looking at a different situation though.
Why do you feel that's not right though?
I'd say stick with the original bracket and have the winner of the second tier matchup with the loser of the first tier. Then the winner of that goes against the winner of the first tier. The potential problem is a quick rematch (say, if Space Doggity loses to Future Soon, but then beats Skullcrusher Mountain). But you never know, people change their minds about these matchups from week to week (at least I know I do). And I don't think that'll be a blowout anyway...
Either that format, or Bry's would be fine. Booting Space Doggity (or Future Soon if it loses) after one loss doesn't seem fair... what do you think?
Dang, that had completely escaped me.
Still, my instinct is making me want to play it straight as per the original bracket and see what happens.