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Congrats to John for being the original submitter, but I'm still the winner!

Freddino18 wrote: ↑Sat Sep 07, 2024 1:59 pm Here's the results, sorry for being late across the finish line!

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					total	fred	rat	somi	suza	john	ling
Freddino18	Up the Junction		11:	---	4	3	1	2	1
commodorejohn	Journey of the Sorcerer	19:	4	5	2	4	---	4
somitomi	Tenuousness		12:	1	2	---	3	1	5
ratammer	Teo Torriatte		20:	5	---	5	5	3	2
Suzaku		Books from Boxes	15:	3	3	1	---	5	3
LingEarth	Vintersaga		13:	2	1	4	2	4	---

Congratulations to John for the win!

Seems to me like ratammer has one more point compared to john, but congrats to the winner anyhow

Edit:

ratammer wrote: ↑Sat Sep 07, 2024 3:07 pm Congrats to John for being the original submitter, but I'm still the winner!

Ah, so that's what happened

(Actually, there was some mix-up in aeons past; my song in that round was "Round Goes the Gossip" by Focus, but somehow the submissions got muddled. I don't know who had "Teo Torriatte" originally.)

But congrats to the rat in any case! Lotta good choices this round :)

commodorejohn wrote: ↑Sat Sep 07, 2024 4:36 pm (Actually, there was some mix-up in aeons past; my song in that round was "Round Goes the Gossip" by Focus, but somehow the submissions got muddled. I don't know who had "Teo Torriatte" originally.)

Oh damn, it was me back then too! I wasn't paying enough attention when going back through the thread to realise that "my" entry from that round was clearly not mine...

look, that document is 7 different colors, kinda lost my mind on that one.

Well, if I am still the winner despite everything, the next round will be historical events. Any song on the subject of any historical event(s), by 16th September!

Reminder to get your submissions in for tomorrow!

Thanks for the entries! Longer deadline than usual because I have a holiday coming up - please get your votes to me by 28th September!

• Boothby Graffoe - Hartlepool - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DJ-nekvkyvY
• Colonel Bagshot - Six Day War - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mlq0opSBb_Y
• Genesis - Can-Utility and the Coastliners - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nfBKr73_xPE
• Headstones - The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y8LBkYjniTU
• Pig With The Face Of A Boy - Complete History Of The Soviet Union, Arranged To The Melody Of Tetris - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hWTFG3J1CP8
• Sabaton - Shiroyama - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oKW6gLLmxDQ

Here's your reminder that tomorrow is the deadline!

Thanks for the votes, everyone! Congrats to Suzaku for absolutely running away with this one!

1. Suzaku - Headstones - The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald - 23 points
2=. LingEarth - Pig With The Face Of A Boy - Complete History Of The Soviet Union, Arranged To The Melody Of Tetris - 15 points
2=. Freddino18 - Sabaton - Shiroyama - 15 points
4. somitomi - Colonel Bagshot - Six Day War - 13 points
5=. ratammer - Boothby Graffoe - Hartlepool - 12 points
5=. commodorejohn - Genesis - Can-Utility and the Coastliners - 12 points

I don't believe I've seen an eight-point lead since nineteen-ought-seven

What the actual...!!!???
Inconceivable!

Glad you liked the pick. The Gordon Lightfoot original is also really good.

It's Sunday night here and I'm wiped out. Next theme will be incoming in 24~36 hours.

Man every entry in this round was pretty great - but yeah, this victory was well-earned ;) Congrats!

Dunno about every entry, I ended up giving Shiroyama zero points

So I've gone back over the thread, and I can't believe we haven't had a round for drinking songs yet!. So let's rectify that.
Songs to sing while drinking, songs about getting drunk, about making or consuming alcohol in general.

Deadline will be 2024-10-7 22:00 JST (which is 13:00 UTC)

As an aside, is there agreement as to what happens in the unlikely event two competitors send in the same song?

Suzaku wrote: ↑Mon Sep 30, 2024 9:23 amAs an aside, is there agreement as to what happens in the unlikely event two competitors send in the same song?

I dunno that we've ever established a rule for that (which probably says something about how often it comes up.) Seems like first-dibs would be a logical tack to take, but it's probably between the members and whoever's running the round...?

Just over 24 hours to go and I have one entry (other than my own).
Do I need to extend the deadline to give you some more time?

I'd suggest extending by a week. It's what we've done in the past.

Will see where we stand tomorrow morning my time.

Have I submitted yet?

Well I have, so you haven't.

I now have two entries (Not yours, Fred), which is still not really enough for a competition.
Deadline is extended by 1 week to 2024-10-14 22:00 JST.

Deadline is in ten minutes, but I’m out of the country and on an aeroplane all tomorrow, so you can have an additional 24 hours until I get back to my home PC.

And that's it, folks.
List incoming this evening if I can keep my eyes open long enough, tomorrow morning otherwise.