Weekly Alt/Rock Countdown - Spring Chart (Posted)

[Devin]

I have composed a list using votes from the Weekly Alternative/Rock Countdown, dating from the week of March 23 to the week of June 22, which is the Spring. So it's basically spring's most liked songs by you, the voters.

So, I've got a contest; a game; a competitive competition. You guys will predict the Top 10 on this list with what knowledge you have of past Countdown charts, what you voted for this past spring, what songs you remember being big on the chart, points the songs had when I used to make the Notes, longevity songs had, etc. Please don't be a dick or a nerd and go back and research every chart during the spring to win, it's not fun then.

The person who gets the most points with their Top 10 gets bragging rights until I compile a summer chart later the year.

Voting will be open for one week, then I'll post the chart next Monday and announce the winner. Have fun.

Any questions?

[(Artie Ziff)]

I'm too confused to try, and I've never seen a published chart. But the glaring contradiction is calling it a Prediction Game based on past results. I bet I can predict who won the 2004 and 2007 World Series! As well as the '97, '98, '02, and '08 Stanley Cups.

[Devin]

It's not confusing, just guess the Top 10 most liked rock singles among Pulse posters that voted for them in the Weekly Alt/Rock Countdown. Not that hard.

[jvandyck87]

I'll agree with Artie here and say it's a bit confusing. So basically what you're saying is DON'T LOOK at the countdowns right? You say don't go back in research, but to put it more bluntly, just don't look at the thread at all, right? I mean that seems like it'd make the most sense to me anyway.

[Devin]

Well you can if you want, but it'd be piss poor if you sat there and did calculations using the point system to determine the most popular songs on all the chart weeks in the duration of spring.

[Devin]

Here's how the points break down:

• +20 Points for getting the correct #1 song.
  
• +10 Points for a getting song at the correct rank.
  
• +5 Points for guessing a song that is in the Top 10, regardless of what ranking it is.
  

[(Artie Ziff)]

So it's more like a test than a prediction? But we can cheat off of each other's polls depending on who posts first??

If I recall the 10 I picked a lot it would go: Walk, Will Do, Tighten Up, Back Down South, Pyro, Saints And Sinners, What Ya Gonna Do, Howlin' For You, Isolation, Undefeated

[jvandyck87]

So far I'm the winner by default. :) But I don't want people copying me so I'm deleting my post and PMing it to you Dev.

[(Artie Ziff)]

So it's private voting now? So confused.

[jvandyck87]

First of all it's guessing, not voting. Second, I'm just competitive so I decided to message him privately with my guesses so my picks wouldn't inspire people to improve upon what I had. As you pointed out, my posting first gave me a disadvantage.

[Devin]

Okay, so... it's your choice if you want to PM your guesses to me or post them.

[Devin]

Bump. I really want people to participate. Just pick a random 10 popular songs, you could get it right for all you know.

[Devin]

Vote! I'm releasing the list tomorrow! Please people!

[jvandyck87]

Haha isn't the point of this something that ppl either want to participate in or don't? While this is the type of thing I personally find fun in the same way that you do, Dev...couldn't you see why something like this might be too nerdy even for many Pulse music posters? I mean, I know that's saying a lot, but guessing games of this type aren't everyone's cup of tea. I enjoyed my own participation though.

[Devin]

Yes, I'm a nerd.
Why can't posters be nerds with me!?

[jvandyck87]

I'm with you, I'm just explaining why this will be a tough sell to the community as a whole.

[Devin]

Yeah I understood that probably 2 days after I made this thread.

Hope people won't be like this for next years' 2012 Pulse Rock Awards.

[jvandyck87]

I think the Pulse Rock Awards have a slightly more mass appeal to them.

Out of curiosity, how many opponents do I have thus far in the Spring prediction contest?

[Devin]

Artie.

[jvandyck87]

I better have kicked his ass then.

It's on, Artie...what you got!?

[Devin]

Actually I'll release the results now since nobody else is gonna participate:

Artie du Ziff
01. Foo Fighters - Walk
02. TV On the Radio - Will Do 5 PTS
03. The Black Keys - Tighten Up
04. Kings of Leon - Back Down South
05. Kings of Leon - Pyro
06. Godsmack - Saints And Sinners
07. Hinder - What Ya Gonna Do
08. The Black Keys - Howlin' For You
09. Alter Bridge - Isolation
10. Def Leppard - Undefeated

5 POINTS

Jamie van Dyck
01. Avenged Sevenfold - So Far Away 5 PTS
02. TV On The Radio - Will Do 5 PTS
03. The Naked & Famous - Young Blood 5 PTS
04. Linkin Park - Iridescent
05. The National - Conversation 16 5 PTS
06. Fair To Midland - Musical Chairs
07. Mumford & Sons - The Cave 5 PTS
08. Crossfade - Killing Me Inside
09. Three Days Grace - Lost In You 5 PTS
10. Alter Bridge - Ghost Of Days Gone By 5 PTS

35 POINTS

Jamie Wins.

[Devin]

Weekly Alt/Rock Countdown Spring Chart

Position/Artist/Points/Song
01. The Naked and Famous 453 Young Blood
02. Avenged Sevenfold 344 So Far Away
03. The National 334 Conversation 16
04. Mumford & Sons 318 The Cave
05. TV on the Radio 290 Will Do
06. Three Days Grace 277 Lost In You
07. Foo Fighters 277 Rope
08. Rise Against 251 Help Is On the Way
09. Alter Bridge 229 Ghosts of Days Gone By
10. RED 206 Feed the Machine
11. 10 Years 202 Fix Me
12. Sick Puppies 194 Riptide
13. Fair to Midland 189 Musical Chairs
14. Disturbed 188 Warrior
15. The Black Keys 186 Howlin' For You
16. Seether 180 Country Song
17. Sixx:AM 176 Lies of the Beautiful People
18. AWOLNATION 175 Sail
19. The National 171 Terrible Love
20. Adele 149 Rolling In the Deep
21. My Chemical Romance 137 Bulletproof Heart
22. Crossfade 136 Killing Me Inside
23. Linkin Park 131 Iridescent
24. Avenged Sevenfold 128 Welcome to the Family
25. Linkin Park 125 Waiting For the End
26. Augustana 120 Steal Your Heart
27. Stone Sour 112 Hesitate
28. Fitz & the Tantrums 102 MoneyGrabber
29. White Lies 98 Bigger Than Us
30. Stone Sour 94 Digital (Did You Tell)
31. Godsmack 94 Saints and Sinners
32. My Chemical Romance 89 Sing
33. Beastie Boys 88 Make Some Noise
34. Sum forty 81 Screaming Bloody Murder
35. Middle Class Rut 79 New Low
36. Black Stone Cherry 75 White Trash Millionaire
37. Steel Train 75 Bullet
38. Saving Abel 73 Miss America
39. Biffy Clyro 70 Many of Horror
40. Foo Fighters 70 Walk
41. Incubus 69 Adolescents
42. 3 Doors Down 68 When You're Young
43. Young the Giant 65 My Body
44. Decemberists 65 This Is Why We Fight
45. Scars on 45 62 Give Me Something
46. Foster the People 60 Pumped Up Kicks
47. Alter Bridge 55 Isolation
48. Korn f/ Skrillex 55 Get Up
49. Volbeat 54 Fallen
50. Apocalyptica 53 Not Strong Enough
51. Kings of Leon 53 Back Down South
52. Social Distortion 53 Machine Gun Blues
53. Hinder 53 What Ya Gonna Do
54. Look Right Penny 51 Errors
55. Adelitas Way 51 Sick
56. Minus the Bear 51 Hold Me Down
57. Def Leppard 47 Undefeated
58. Two Door Cinema Club 47 What You Know
59. Bayside 46 Sick Sick Sick
60. Art of Dying 44 Die Trying
61. Rise Against 42 Make It Stop (September's Children)
62. Not In Love 39 Crystal Castles f/ Robert Smith
63. Kings of Leon 38 Pyro
64. The Strokes 36 Under Cover of Darkness
65. Egypt Central 34 White Rabbit
66. Panic! at the Disco 33 The Ballad of Mona Lisa
67. Middle Class Rut 31 Busy Bein' Born
68. Hollywood Undead 31 Hear Me Now
69. Red Line Chemistry 31 You Don't Get It
70. Cold 30 Wicked World
71. All That Remains 30 The Last Time
72. Bullet For My Valentine 30 Fever
73. Sevendust 29 Last Breath
74. Arctic Monkeys 27 Brick By Brick
75. Duran Duran 26 All You Need Is Now
76. the Cars 26 Sad Song
77. Sleigh Bells 26 Rill Rill
78. Arctic Monkeys 23 Don't Sit Down 'Cause I've Moved Your Chair
79. SafetySuit 22 Get Around This
80. Mumford & Sons 22 Roll Away Your Stone
81. Lissie 21 When I'm Alone
82. The Black Keys 21 Tighten Up
83. Redlight King 19 Old Man
84. Robbie Robertson 19 He Don't Live Here No More
85. Gomez 17 Options
86. Cage the Elephant 17 Shake Me Down
87. Finger Eleven 17 Whatever Doesn't Kill Me
88. Paramore 17 Monster
89. Manchester Orchestra 17 April Fool
90. Breaking Benjamin f/ Valora 16 Blow Me Away
91. Neon Trees 16 Your Surrender
92. A Day to Remember 16 All I Want
93. Ozzy Osbourne 16 Let it Die
94. Skindred f/ Jacob Shaddix 15 Warning
95. Rush 15 BU2B
96. Airbourne Toxic Event 15 Changing
97. Fitz & the Tantrums 15 Don't Gotta Work It Out
98. Death Cab For Cutie 15 You Are a Tourist
99. the Red Jumpsuit Apparatus 15 Reap
100. Rev Theory 15 Justice
101. Theory of a Deadman 14 Lowlife
102. The Joy Formidable 14 Whirring
103. Lykke Li 13 Get Some
104. Drug 12 White Denim
105. 30 Seconds to Mars 12 Night of the Hunter
106. Radiohead 12 Lotus Flower
107. Cee 12 F**k You!
108. Hollywood Undead 12 Been to Hell
109. The Civil Wars 12 Barton Hollow
110. Whitesnake 12 Love Will Set You Free
111. 3 Doors Down 11 Every Time You Go
112. Coldplay 10 Every Teardrop Is a Waterfall
113. A Day to Remember 9 Better Off This Way
114. Arcade Fire 9 Modern Man
115. A Silent Film 8 Driven By Their Beating Hearts
116. Poison 8 Life's a Song
117. Pop Evil 8 Monster You Made
118. The Decemberists 7 Down By the Water
119. Beastie Boys f/ Santigold 7 Don't Play No Game That I Can't Win
120. Seether 7 Tonight
121. The Damned Things 7 We've Got a Situation Here
122. Kenny Shephard Band 6 Never Lookin' Back
123. Emphatic 6 Bounce
124. Skillet 6 Awake & Alive
125. She Wants Revenge 6 Must Be the One
126. Steven Tyler 5 (It) Feels So Good
127. Saliva 5 Badass
128. Arcade Fire 4 We Used to Wait
129. My Darkest Days 4 Move Your Body
130. City & Colour 3 Fragile Bird
131. MGMT 3 Electric Feel
132. Eye Empire 3 I Pray
133. Danko Jones 2 I Think Bad Thoughts
134. Friendly Fires 2 Blue Cassette
135. Blue October 2 The Chills
136. Shinedown 2 Diamond Eyes…
137. Seven Day Sonnet 2 Hapless
138. Escape the Fire 1 Gorgeous Nightmare
139. Destrophy 1 Closer
140. Social Distortion 1 Gimme the Sweet and the Lowdown
141. 311 1 Sunset In July

[jvandyck87]

Are you waiting until tomorrow to release the actual top 10 still? Based on your point system, I would have thought that I'd do better than that. Maybe I got the #1 song wrong and just guessed 6 of the 10 songs correctly, and none in the right position?