March Madness 2021: Finals! Voting ends 8PM 4/13

[B]

There is a lot of bias from the tournament organizer, yo!

[stip]

with 3-4 more years of data I think I can finally rig this thing so The Fixer wins

[B]

Worst Miscarriage of Justice?

2005: I Got Id
2006: Black
2007: Corduroy
2008: Immortality
2009: Black


2012: Tremor Christ

2014: Insignificance
2015: Do The Evolution
2016: Hail, Hail
2017: Last Exit
2018: Go
2019: Go

[stip]

19 was the live tournament, right? I don't suppose you have access to who they were up against?

[B]

19 was the live tournament, right? I don't suppose you have access to who they were up against?

You can search RM same as me.

[ABNorman]

At one point before I met my wife I had a spreadsheet of these things.

Found it - complete data up to MM 2016.

And MM 2016, for example:

Total votes: 7116
Largest vote difference: Not For You 48 vs Hold On 0
Most votes: Hail, Hail (336)
Top 16 by album: Vs (2), Vitalogy (2), No Code (5), Yield (4), Binaural (1), Lost Dogs (2)
Best non-LP performance: I got Id (Quarter-finals)
Zero votes: Falling Down, Devil Doll, Santa Cruz, Better Things, Open Door, Of the Earth, Bee Girl, Santa God, I've Got a Feeling, Hold On, Sweet Lew, 2x4

[ABNorman]

I've also got data for a 2004 tournament (Immortality won) and the 2010 tournament, which had separate 90s and 00s tournaments, then a Championship tournament with the winners from each. In My Tree won that.

[ABNorman]

My wife is very understanding.

[ABNorman]

Man of the Hour will appear in match 134. Making a note of it here

Round 2A

128. Go vs. Alive
129. Wishing Well vs. You Are
130. Jeremy vs. 1/2 Full
131. Speed of Sound vs. Around the Bend
132. Help Help vs. All Night
133. Thin Air vs. Black Red Yellow
134. Garden vs. Undone
135. Thunderclap vs. Black

[stip]

God damn it. 134 really snuck up on me. I can't believe we've had that many matches.

Okay, new number is 163

[ABNorman]

MotH would've been the obvious choice there too.

[B]

Has any song gotten zero votes in this tournament?

[stip]

Round 2A is closed

128. Go vs. Alive
129. Wishing Well vs. You Are
130. Jeremy vs. 1/2 Full
131. Speed of Sound vs. Around the Bend
132. Help Help vs. All Night
133. Thin Air vs. Black Red Yellow
134. Garden vs. Undone
135. Thunderclap vs. Black

[stip]

Round 2B

136. Not For You vs. Quick Escape
137. You vs. Rearviewmirror
138. Force of Nature vs. Spin the Black Circle
139. Habit vs. In Hiding
140. Without You vs Grievance
141. Immortality vs. Nothing As It Seems
142. Oceans vs. Never Destination
143. Sad vs. My Father' Son

[stip]

My Sweet 16 Predictions

1. Go vs. Black (though I'd like to see Jeremy vs. Black)
2. Rearviewmirror vs. Immortality
3. Dance of the Clairvoyants (which will get a surprise upset win over In My Tree) vs. Animal
4. Tremor Christ vs. Last Exit (though I'd like to see Release get here)
5. Hail Hail vs. Brain of J
6. Sleight of Hand vs. Who Ever Said (after a surprise win over I Got Shit)
7. Porch vs. Insignificance
8. Corduroy vs. No Way (though I'd rather see Small Town)

[epilogue]

Dance over In My Tree would not be an upset.

[knee tunes]

I don't think people should say a song sucks or that they hate it.

It's not cool for those people who do like it, wease & trag.

[Anders]

Most votes: Hail, Hail (336)
Top 16 by album: Vs (2), Vitalogy (2), No Code (5), Yield (4), Binaural (1), Lost Dogs (2)

That is perfect.

If Stip is right, there has been a big swing towards the older albums in the past five years.

[B]

I don't think people should say a song sucks or that they hate it.

It's not cool for those people who do like it, wease & trag.

Don't be a snowflake, knee.

[stip]

Round 2B is closed

136. Not For You vs. Quick Escape
137. You vs. Rearviewmirror
138. Force of Nature vs. Spin the Black Circle
139. Habit vs. In Hiding
140. Without You vs Grievance
141. Immortality vs. Nothing As It Seems
142. Oceans vs. Never Destination
143. Sad vs. My Father' Son


The NFY vs QE, Habit vs In Hiding, and Immortality v NAIS matches were all prettty close