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Post by Red on Apr 13, 2020 19:39:55 GMT -5
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Post by Red on Apr 13, 2020 19:43:03 GMT -5
#7 Echo and the Bunnymen - The Killing Moon
Chosen By: @bobpatience Genre: Post-Punk Year: 1984 Seed: #1 Placement: #1
Points: 521 SD: 10.81166524
{Songs Remaining}Banquet Heroes Marquee Moon I Want You (She's So Heavy) A Forest Disintegration
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Post by singingrulebritannia on Apr 13, 2020 19:43:27 GMT -5
Sweet now I'll love the winner no matter which
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Post by Red on Apr 13, 2020 19:46:04 GMT -5
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Post by Red on Apr 13, 2020 19:49:38 GMT -5
#6 Television - Marquee Moon
Chosen By: jamesflame Genre: Art Punk Year: 1977 Seed: #3 Placement: #2
Points: 527 SD: 11.72615161 (9TH HIGHEST)
{Songs Remaining}Banquet Heroes I Want You (She's So Heavy) A Forest Disintegration
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Post by Red on Apr 13, 2020 19:51:42 GMT -5
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Post by Red on Apr 13, 2020 19:55:49 GMT -5
#5 The Beatles - I Want You (She's So Heavy)
Chosen By: Doc Indie Party Rock Genre: Classic Rock Year: 1969 Seed: #1 Placement: #3
Points: 529 SD: 11.49588027
{Songs Remaining}Banquet Heroes A Forest Disintegration
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Post by Red on Apr 13, 2020 19:57:46 GMT -5
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Post by Red on Apr 13, 2020 20:01:02 GMT -5
#4 The Cure - Disintegration
Chosen By: @humanshazam Genre: Post-Punk Year: 1989 Seed: #2 Placement: #1
Points: 563 SD: 7.922486319 (3RD LOWEST)
{Songs Remaining}Banquet Heroes A Forest
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Post by Red on Apr 13, 2020 20:02:31 GMT -5
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Post by Red on Apr 13, 2020 20:06:44 GMT -5
#3 The Cure - A Forest
Chosen By: @bobpatience Genre: Post-Punk Year: 1980 Seed: #1 Placement: #2
Points: 572 SD: 9.399888017 (7TH LOWEST)
{Songs Remaining}Banquet Heroes
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Post by Red on Apr 13, 2020 20:09:32 GMT -5
THE TOP TWO Bloc Party - Banquet vs. David Bowie - Heroes
wait, I feel like we've been here before
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Post by maine on Apr 13, 2020 20:17:13 GMT -5
Boring top 4. I love both songs, but I don't care for either winner. Yawn.
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Post by Red on Apr 13, 2020 20:18:50 GMT -5
#2 David Bowie - Heroes
Chosen By: @humanshazam Genre: Art Rock Year: 1977 Seed: #4 Placement: #2
Points: 576 SD: 9.311000851 (6TH LOWEST)
#1 Bloc Party - Banquet
Chosen By: Daryl the Beryl Genre: Indie Rock Year: 2004 Seed: #4 Placement: #1
Points: 642 SD: 7.649561391 (2ND LOWEST)
And that is THAT. Whew. Now, normally, I would put all of this in one separate post, but the next post deserves its own space, so I'll just do the final post as part of the top two, for once. As always, a big thank you to all of you who participated, posted, and took part in this wild ride. I have to give a special thank you to @humanshazam, who I would not have been able to complete this without. He was the best co-host any rankdown host could ask for. I'm not particularly looking forward to the next series, because shazam will not be co-hosting this time, but I will try to do my best without him. It will not be an easy task.
As for what's coming up next...stay tuned.
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Post by willapted33 on Apr 13, 2020 20:21:27 GMT -5
thank you Red & shazam, this series was good fun
seeing Banquet beat Heroes twice was kinda painful though !
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Post by Deleted on Apr 13, 2020 20:23:59 GMT -5
Congratulations Bloc Party - Banquet
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Post by Daryl the Beryl on Apr 13, 2020 20:24:44 GMT -5
I know I submitted Banquet, but couldn't Heroes win for once at least? Even I put it over my song.
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Post by Daryl the Beryl on Apr 13, 2020 20:25:05 GMT -5
Congratulations Bloc Party - Helicopter
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Post by Deleted on Apr 13, 2020 20:33:45 GMT -5
truthfully speaking though banquet is probably god tier for me, happy to see it win!
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Post by Deleted on Apr 13, 2020 20:38:27 GMT -5
hey guys, wanted to step in and say thanks so much for participating! even if my #1 lost to one of my bottom half rankings, Banquet's still a great song. it was a blast hosting this tournament (even with its ups and downs along the way), and i was a bit scared going into this without such a big hosting experience under my belt. i survived in one piece from what i can tell though, and i definitely couldn't have gotten through it without veteran host Red. i'd love to stick around for the next tournament, but unfortunately things are getting pretty hectic and complicated in my life right now, so as Red discussed i'll be stepping down as co-host for this next series. maybe when things get back in shape for my life, i'll hop back in the hosting ring. again, thanks so much to the 20+ of you who managed to turn this random idea into a successful tournament.
love you all ~shazam
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Post by Red on Apr 13, 2020 20:55:09 GMT -5
First, an update: Back when I first came up with the planned schedule for Rock Madness, I thought that I would be doing five series, and that The 4-Ball would be the first one. Well, I was half-right, as I discovered over the course of the 4-Ball series that five rankdown series was just one too many. So, here's the updated schedule:
January-mid-April: The 4-Ball mid-April-mid-July, maybe?: This one mid-July-mid-October, maybe?: Themed series (still haven't decided what I'm going to do here, though I still like the idea of doing our own version of a pop series) mid-October-(likely) 2021: either Best of 2020 or The Worst of the Worst
Now, with that out of the way...normally, I'd have to worry about doing a big explanation post for the next rankdown series, but this next series will not be too difficult to explain at all. If you read through that behemoth of a first post, then you know what's coming. If you didn't, though (and, though I'd urge you to read the first half of that post, because there is some pertinent info there still, I won't blame you if you don't), we're going to keep things simple with the next series. It's time to go current.
The rules are simple:
- What is "current"? I would consider it to be songs released within the last twelve months (and the upcoming month). I will accept "current era" songs, as long as we're not going back too far. All rock genres and subgenres are fair game for submissions.
- The amount of songs submitted will be different this time, given how things worked in the 4-Ball. Eight is the minimum that you must send, but if you want to ensure that you get enough picks in and don't have to be asked to give me new songs to submit, you should submit at least 12, if not more. The format for the songs will be changing slightly, since we're not in need of "alternates" for this series. It will be more like this:
Pick #1, Seed #1 Pick #2, Seed #1 Pick #1, Seed #2 Pick #2, Seed #2 Pick #1, Seed #3 Pick #2, Seed #3 Pick #1, Seed #4 Pick #2, Seed #4
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- When you feel comfortable with your choices, you are to send your picks to me (Red) via PM. Unlike with the 4-Ball, I'm going to be giving you guys more time to submit songs. In fact, I'm giving everyone about a month to submit songs, specifically until May 8th, 2020. Let's keep the deadline time the same as the 4-Ball: 7pm US Eastern.
- Once the songs are finalized, we will rank each of the four seeds separately, and we will rank the songs in each seeds. The final 10 or 15 of each seed will compete in a final round RD, where we will decide one ultimate winner.
If you have any further questions, feel free to ask.
Now, with all of that said...it's time to listen to some Blue Man Group. wait, what
ROCK MADNESS Current Songs/Spring Madness
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Post by Doc Indie Party Rock on Apr 13, 2020 23:14:06 GMT -5
Sounds like fun. I wanna know how many initial lists will have Kenny Hoopla on it?
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Post by Red on Apr 24, 2020 8:29:50 GMT -5
After too long, give me some of that tag action.
Oh, and something that I forgot to action*: The song selection will occur like WTM/Summertime Madness in the games forum, with the participant order being randomized. This way, if you submit late, you'll still have a chance to get the songs that you want. It would have worked like this in the 4-Ball, too, but we were lucky enough to not have any duplicates there.
*action, really
TWO WEEKS UNTIL SUBMISSIONS CLOSE.
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Post by Red on May 5, 2020 8:30:58 GMT -5
Well, it's been a while. I've been taking a much, MUCH needed extended break from Pulse, and, because of that, I've been missing out on a couple of very important Pulse-related things. Chief on my mind is Rock Madness. It's time to take care of some business.
We're extending the deadline for submissions. I want to make sure that a) I remind people that this is still a thing, while b) making sure that people also still have time to be able to submit songs. With that in mind, the new deadline for submissions is a week past the original deadline, May 15th.
I cannot guarantee that I'm going to be reliably tagging people for this over the next ten days, but I'm going to try and do my best. I want to make sure this gets off the ground.
TEN DAYS UNTIL SUBMISSIONS CLOSE.
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Post by Butterflies & Hurricanes on May 5, 2020 11:15:03 GMT -5
who has submitted so far?
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Post by Red on May 8, 2020 15:17:11 GMT -5
who has submitted so far? Sorry about the late response!
Me Bob Patience Kyle wheat violet janinho Doc lyhom shazam gates you Rowell Geo AI Lord
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Post by Red on May 10, 2020 17:31:40 GMT -5
It's time for another big announcement. I have already mentioned this to some of you, but I'm going to make it public on Pulse now: I'm thinking about stepping away from Pulse on a full-time basis. Note that I specifically mentioned "full-time". I will still be around, mainly to help out with RMD and to finish the 2002 Hot 100 RD in the Games forum.
You may have noticed that I said "help out with RMD"...well, I actually have another big announcement. Thankfully, I am not running this show by myself. He's back.
@humanshazam
(If you have already submitted, don't worry, shazam has your songs. If you haven't submitted, or need to make changes to your current submission, then you do need to PM both me and shazam.)
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Post by Deleted on May 10, 2020 17:50:41 GMT -5
i'm back dudes
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Post by Deleted on May 12, 2020 10:31:12 GMT -5
i'll hop in to give you guys a reminder
THREE DAYS REMAINING! don't forget to send to both me and Red if you have not already sent your picks!
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Post by Deleted on May 13, 2020 13:15:05 GMT -5
TWO DAYS REMAINING! if you have not yet sent a list of your picks, please send it to both Red and myself!
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