March Madness 2023: Do the Evolution wins!

[stip]

With the end of the survivor tournament we now have our top 32 songs, and a rough seeding:

Top 8 - last 8 MM winners
11-21: Survivor of each album (in rough chronological order though after Binaural we go Lost Dogs, Misc, Riot Act, S/T, Gigaton, Backspacer, Lightning Bolt)
22-32: Runner up for 11 primary studio albums, seeded in same order as 11-21

the bracket can be found here

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And our 32 contestants

Release
Go
Last Exit
Tremor Christ
Corduroy
Hail Hail
Do the Evolution
Insignificance
Black
Rearviewmirror
Immortality
In My Tree
Brain of J
Grievance
I Got Shit
Sad
All or None
Dance of the Clairvoyants
Severed Hand
Got Some
Pendulum
Porch
Animal
Nothingman
Red Mosquito
Faithfull
Nothing As It Seems
Can’t Keep
Quick Escape
Marker in the Sand
Johnny Guitar
Getaway

[elliseamos]

This field is sorta the giga-greatest hits.

Good job, us.

[Coach]

This field is sorta the giga-greatest hits.

Good job, us.

I would encourage everyone to think outside the box here. Ellis is correct.

[wease]

And our 32 contestants

Release
Go
Last Exit
Tremor Christ
Corduroy
Hail Hail
Do the Evolution
Insignificance
Black
Rearviewmirror
Immortality
In My Tree
Brain of J
Grievance
I Got Shit
Sad
All or None
Dance of the Clairvoyants
Severed Hand
Got Some
Pendulum
Porch
Animal
Nothingman
Red Mosquito
Faithfull
Nothing As It Seems
Can’t Keep
Quick Escape
Marker in the Sand
Johnny Guitar
Getaway

I’d take that as a set list. Even with NaiS on there.

[stip]

1. Release over Getaway (after a shocking late rally from Getaway)
2. Sad over All or None
3. Insignificance over Red Mosquito
4. Black over Nothingman

[stip]

matches 5-8 are up

5. Tremor Christ vs. Quick Escape
6. Brain of J vs. Got Some
7. Corduroy vs. Can't Keep
8. In My Tree vs. Pendulum

[elliseamos]

This field is sorta the giga-greatest hits.

Good job, us.

I would encourage everyone to think outside the box here. Ellis is correct.

[stip]

Round 5: Tremor Christ over Quick Escape
Round 6: Brain of J over Got Some
Round 7: Corduroy over Can't Keep
Round 8: In My Tree over Pendulum

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Matches 9-12 are up

9. Go vs. Johnny Guitar
10. I Got Shit vs. Dance of the Clairvoyants
11. Do the Evolution vs. Faithfull
12. Rearviewmirror vs. Animal

[liebzz]

Matches 9-12 are up

9. Go vs. Johnny Guitar
10. I Got Shit vs. Dance of the Clairvoyants
11. Do the Evolution vs. Faithfull
12. Rearviewmirror vs. Animal

Is a rematch in the same tournament a first for RM?

[stip]

quite possibly but Abnorman is our historian

[stip]

9. Go over Johnny Guitar
10. I Got Shit over Dance of the Clairvoyants
11. DTE over Faithfull
12. Rearviewmirror over Animal

[stip]

Next matches

13. Last Exit vs. Marker in the Sand
14. Grievance vs. Severed Hand
15. Hail Hail vs. Nothing as it Seems
16. Immortality vs. Porch

[ABNorman]

quite possibly but Abnorman is our historian

Don't think my current set up is quite geared towards finding this question out easily. Instinctively I feel like the answer is "maybe".

[Coach]

quite possibly but Abnorman is our historian

Don't think my current set up is quite geared towards finding this question out easily. Instinctively I feel like the answer is "maybe".

Good enough

[elliseamos]

quite possibly but Abnorman is our historian

Don't think my current set up is quite geared towards finding this question out easily. Instinctively I feel like the answer is "maybe".

Good enough

We did it!

[stip]

13. Last Exit over Marker
14. Grievance over Severed Hand
15. Hail Hail over Nothing as it Seems
16. Immortality over Porch

[stip]

Our 2023 Sweet 16

Black
Release
Go
Rearviewmirror
Last Exit
Tremor Christ
Corduroy
Immortality
I Got Shit
Hail Hail
In My Tree
Brain of J
Do the Evolution
Insignificance
Grievance
Sad



Not sure if Grievance or Sad have ever made it this far. Or RVM?

[stip]

17. Release vs. Sad
18. Insignificance vs. Black
19. Tremor Christ vs. Brain of J
20. Corduroy vs. In My Tree