Fourth Place:[/size] DidoThird Place:[/size] Avril LavigneSecond Place:[/size] The Amy Lee Band... and your winner of the
2007 NESSAholics.com Forums 64: The Best Band/Artist NOT Vanessa Carlton IS:
First Place:[/size] Shannon Thomas[/size]
Thank you to everyone who played! Hopefully we can do this again next year, and I won't skip a year. :lol:
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IT'S BACK! This was fairly successful the
last time we did it, so I figured we'd do it again!
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Here's the deal...
There will be 4 brackets of 16 bands/artists each...64 in all. This will basically be run like the NCAA Tournament, except I don't care about RPI, stregnth of schedule, or any other random statistic, and YOU get to decide who wins :wink:.
The bands in the tournament were seperated into a top 32 (1-8 seeds) and bottom 32 (9-16 seeds). The top 32 bands/artists were ranked by number of posts in threads, popularity, and randomness. The bottom 32 were chosen by overall thread popularity, notoriety, and general relation to the board. Seeding for 9-16's were assigned by a random drawing.
For the first round you will vote on two brackets this week (All Is Well Bracket & Best Behavior Bracket) and two next week (Heroes & Thieves, Hands On Me Bracket). Each voting session will last one week begining on Sunday at 12:00am and ending the following Saturday at 11:59pm (central time, since I'm running this :razz:). This will continue each week until we get all the way down to the final two (Survivor from the AIW/BB Bracket side against Winner from the H&T/HOM Bracket side) and crown a NESSAholics.com Forums Champion.
Your job is to vote in this thread for each artist battle. This is your chance to decide which band/artist is second banana to Vanessa Carlton on this board, so choose wisely. :wink:
There are only
six rules:
1. You must have at least 100 posts to vote. This will keep out the ringers. Last time we had a few too many ringers, so we just want to make sure the vote is valid in that people who actually post here regularly get to choose the winner.
2. In the event of a tie, there will be an online dice roll to specify a winner.
2a. In the event of a tie in the finals, the round will be extended in 24 hour intervals until the tie is broken and a winner can be declared. If that process goes on too long, we reserve the right to change this rule and make a better one. We will burn that bridge when we get there.
3. You can change your vote at any time before voting closes, but not after voting closes.
4. If you would like to pass on a battle because you are torn or don't know who to pick, just say PASS. It's ok
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5. Have fun, damnit!
... oh, and yes, I do realize I screwed up the organization on the brackets. It doesn't matter. The seedings were random and arbitrary anyway, so it isn't a big deal. Plus we already started.
The Brackets[/size] |
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VOTING OCCURRED THE WEEK OF: April 29-May 5NH.com 64 Championship Final #1 Evanescence (4) vs.
#2 Shannon Thomas (7)NH.com 64 Consolation Final#2 Avril Lavigne (7) vs. #5 Dido (4)
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Past Results[/size]
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VOTING OCCURRED THE WEEK OF: April 22-April 28All Is Well/Best Behavior Bracket Final #1 Evanescence (7) vs. #2 Avril Lavigne (5), one PASS
Heroes & Thieves/Hands On Me Bracket Final#2 Shannon Thomas (7) vs. #5 Dido (5), one PASS
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VOTING OCCURRED THE WEEK OF: April 15-April 21All Is Well Bracket #1 Evanescence ( 8 ) vs. #3 Christina Aguilera (4)
Best Behavior Bracket #2 Avril Lavigne (9) vs. #3 Norah Jones (2), one PASS
Heroes & Thieves Bracket#2 Shannon Thomas (7) vs. #5 Regina Spektor (4), one PASS
Hands On Me Bracket#7 Nelly Furtado (6) vs.
#5 Dido (6), dice roll: 10-11.
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VOTING OCCURRED THE WEEK OF: April 8-April 14All Is Well Bracket #1 Evanescence (9) vs. #2 The Wreckers (4)
#3 Christina Aguilera (9) vs. #4 Tori Amos (4)
Best Behavior Bracket #1 Delta Goodrem (1) vs.
#2 Avril Lavigne ( 8 ), 4 PASS
#3 Norah Jones (7) vs. #5 Sarah McLachlan (5), 1 PASS
Heroes & Thieves Bracket#1 Anna Nalick (6) vs.
#2 Shannon Thomas (7)#3 Kelly Clarkson (4) vs.
#5 Regina Spektor ( 8 ), 1 PASS
Hands On Me Bracket#1 Jag Star (4) vs.
#7 Nelly Furtado ( 8 ), 1 PASS
#14 The Killers (3) vs.
#5 Dido ( 8 ), two PASS
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VOTING OCCURRED THE WEEK OF: April 1-April 7All Is Well Bracket #1 Evanescence (13) vs. #8 Charlotte Martin (3)
#2 The Wreckers (12) vs. #10 Natasha Bedingfield (3), one PASS
#3 Christina Aguilera (15) vs. #11 Alexa Ray Joel (0), one PASS
#4 Tori Amos (12) vs. #12 Kellie Pickler (2), two PASS
Best Behavior Bracket#1 Delta Goodrem (7) vs. #9 Jewel (7), two PASS, dice roll: 10-9.
#2 Avril Lavigne (11) vs. #10 U2 (4), one PASS
#3 Norah Jones (9) vs. #11 Rob Thomas (6), one PASS
#4 Mandy Moore (4) vs. #5
Sarah McLachlan (9), three PASS
Heroes & Thieves Bracket#1 Anna Nalick (14) vs. #8 Matthew Jordan (0), two PASS
#2 Shannon Thomas (10) vs. #7 The Fray (6)
#3 Kelly Clarkson (10) vs. #11 KT Tunstall (6)
#4 Trading Yesterday (6) vs.
#5 Regina Spektor ( 8 ), two PASS
Hands On Me Bracket#1 Jag Star (6) vs. #8 The Dixie Chicks (6), four PASS, dice roll: 6-4.
#2 Kristin Hoffmann (3) vs.
#7 Nelly Furtado (11), two PASS
#14 The Killers (9) vs. #6 Carrie Underwood (6), one PASS
#4 John Mayer (4) vs.
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VOTING OCCURRED THE WEEK OF: March 25-31Heroes & Thieves Bracket#1 Anna Nalick (11) vs. #16 Chris Daughtry (2)
#8 Matthew Jordan (4) vs. #9 Matt Wertz (2), 7 PASS
#2 Shannon Thomas ( 8 ) vs. #15 Mary J. Blige (2), 3 PASS
#7 The Fray (10) vs. #10 Taylor Hicks (1), 2 PASS
#3 Kelly Clarkson (6) vs. #14 James Blunt (2), 5 PASS
#6 Stephanie Pressman (3) vs.
#11 KT Tunstall (7), 3 PASS
#4 Trading Yesterday (6) vs. #13 Corinne Bailey Rae (4), 3 PASS
#5 Regina Spektor (6) vs. #12 Dave Matthews Band (4), 3 PASS
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VOTING OCCURRED THE WEEK OF: March 25-31Hands On Me Bracket#1 Jag Star ( 8 ) vs. #16 Pussycat Dolls (2), 3 PASS
#8 The Dixie Chicks (11) vs. #9 Beyoncé Knowles (1), 1 PASS
#2 Kristin Hoffmann (6) vs. #15 Jamelia (1), 6 PASS
#7 Nelly Furtado (10) vs. #10 Ani DiFranco (2), 1 PASS
#3 Third Eye Blind (2) vs.
#14 The Killers ( 8 ), 3 PASS
#6 Carrie Underwood (10) vs. #11 Scissor Sisters (2), 1 PASS
#4 John Mayer (7) vs. #13 Esmée (2), 4 PASS
#5 Dido (10) vs. #12 Damien Rice (1), 2 PASS
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VOTING OCCURRED THE WEEK OF: March 18-24All Is Well Bracket #1 Evanescence (9) vs. #16 Tegan and Sara (1), one PASS
#8 Charlotte Martin ( 8 ) vs. #9 Sufjan Stevens (1), two PASS
#2 The Wreckers ( 8 ) vs. #15 Rachael Yamagata (2), one PASS
#7 Bjork (4) vs.
#10 Natasha Bedingfield (5), two PASS
#3 Christina Aguilera (7) vs. #14 Nick Lachey (3), one PASS
#6 Paris Hilton (1) vs.
#11 Alexa Ray Joel (6), four PASS
#4 Tori Amos (9) vs. #13 Mat Kearney (0), two PASS
#5 National Product (1) vs.
#12 Kellie Pickler (6), four PASS
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VOTING OCCURRED THE WEEK OF: March 18-24Best Behavior Bracket#1 Delta Goodrem (7) vs. #16 Bright Eyes (1), three PASS
#8 Katharine McPhee (5) vs.
#9 Jewel (6)#2 Avril Lavigne (6) vs. #15 Justin Timberlake (5)
#7 Gwen Stefani (5) vs.
#10 U2 (5), one PASS, dice roll: 3-10.
#3 Norah Jones (7) vs. #14 Straylight Run (2), two PASS
#6 Elizaveta (3) vs.
#11 Rob Thomas (6), two PASS
#4 Mandy Moore ( 8 ) vs. #13 AFI (3)
#5 Sarah McLachlan (5) vs. #12 Imogen Heap (5), one PASS, dice roll: 7-3.
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