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Title: The 2006 Tournament Of Tunes Seedings, Brackets, and Predictions Thread
Post by: davepeck on June 12, 2006, 01:13:53 pm
Here\'s what the seeds/regoins look like for this year\'s Tournament Of Tunes. Big thanks to ChrisPitch for putting it together!

This post will be updated each round.

10,000 Lakes Region:

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       

01 Rufus

16 No Glove No Love		      
  (01) Rufus def. (16) No Glove No Love 56-2		       

08 Garcian Fishbowl
      
09 Attraction To Shade Ditty		      
    (09) Attraction To Shade Ditty def. (08) Garcian Fishbowl 32-25

05 Great Big Fiery Ball In The Sky
      
12 Good Things 		      
    (05) Great Big Fiery Ball In The Sky def. (12) Good Things 38-30		       

04 Merge
      
13 Phaddy Boom Baddy 		      
    (04) Merge def. (13) Phaddy Boom Baddy 32-24
      
06 Inner Glimpse
      
11 Vera Street 		      
    (06) Inner Glimpse def. (11) Vera Street 34-22		       

03 Puppetry
      
14 Cut Me Some Slack 		      
    (03) Puppetry def. (14) Cut Me Some Slack 40-15
      
07 Superfly Phaddy Fat
      
10 Intension 		      
    (10) Intension def. (07) Superfly Phaddy Fat 33-22		       

02 Tribal Funk Affliction
      
15 Language Of The Gods 		      
    (02) Tribal Funk Affliction def. (15) Language Of The Gods 49-16

Dancing Wu-Li Region:

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
      
01 Buquebus
      
16 Food For Thought 		      
  (01) Buquebus def. (16) Food For Thought 52-7		       
      
08 Honey Butter
      
09 Frankly Po Zest 		      
    (08) Honey Butter def. (09) Frankly Po Zest 39-18
      
05 Taboo Or Not Taboot
      
12 Tricky Ways 		      
    (05) Taboo Or Not Taboot def. (12) Tricky Ways 34-16		       
      
04 Sleeping Beauty
      
13 Lit 		      
    (04) Sleeping Beauty def. (13) Lit 30-24
      
06 The Chase
      
11 Question Mark And The Mind 		      
    (06) The Chase def. (11) Question Mark And The Mind 29-25		       
      
03 Gladys Pimp & Kangaroos With Me
      
14 Cosmic Spaceway Rhyme 		      
    (03) Gladys Pimp & Kangaroos With Me def. (14) Cosmic Spaceway Rhyme 43-9
      
07 Wild Pack Of Asscracks
      
10 What The Funk 		      
    (07) Wild Pack Of Asscracks def. (10) What The Funk 31-20		       
      
02 Hard Luck Harry
      
15 Funky Bill\'s Circus Cliché		      
    (02) Hard Luck Harry vs. (15) Funky Bill\'s Circus Cliché 50-2

moe.down Region:

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   
      
01 The Grand Scheme Of Things
      
16 Uncle Freddy 		      
  (01) The Grand Scheme Of Things def. (16) Uncle Freddy 49-2		       
      
08 Over Exposure
      
09 Wake Up In A Coma		      
    (08) Over Exposure def. (09) Wake Up In A Coma 31-28
      
05 Beef Barley
      
12 Future Peek 		      
    (12) Future Peek def. (05) Beef Barley 28-27		       
      
04 Doughboy
      
13 Son Of Simpleton 		      
    (04) Doughboy def. (13) Son Of Simpleton 29-26
      
06 Spunk
      
11 No Regret		      
    (06) Spunk def. (11) No Regret 33-18		       
      
03 Sundance
      
14 The Vermont Song 		      
    (03) Sundance def. (14) The Vermont Song 45-7
      
07 Drunk Monk Bar
      
10 Surreal Radio 		      
    (07) Drunk Monk Bar tied (10) Surreal Radio 27-27		       
      
02 Escher\'s Etchings 
      
15 Heather		      
    (02) Escher\'s Etchings def. (15) Heather 50-5

Wormtown Region:

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
      
01 Mooboo\'s Voodoo (Episode 2)
      
16 Bugs		      
  (01) Mooboo\'s Voodoo (Episode 2) def. (16) Bugs 50-3		       
      
08 Episode 1 (Happy)
      
09 Episode 3 (Awakening) 		      
    (08) Episode 1 (Happy) def. (09) Episode 3 (Awakening) 30-23
      
05 May Fly Disarry
      
12 LDZ 		      
    (05) May Fly Disarry def. (12) LDZ 43-7		       
      
04 Score
      
13 Fresh Cut 		      
    (04) Score def. (13) Fresh Cut 39-12
      
06 Psygn
      
11 Dimension 5 		      
    (06) Psygn def. (11) Dimension 5 40-15		       
      
03 See The Light
      
14 Love Lake 		      
    (03) See The Light def. (14) Love Lake 45-10
      
07 Fairy
      
10 The Late And The Great 		      
    (10) The Late And The Great def. (07) Fairy 29-25		       
      
02 Gravity
      
15 Dig		      
    (02) Gravity def. (15) Dig 42-5
Title: The 2006 Tournament Of Tunes Seedings, Brackets, and Predictions Thread
Post by: ChrisPitch on June 12, 2006, 01:58:35 pm
The committee worked tirelessly through the night to formulate a bracket that was to the liking of the masses. There was plenty of blood, sweat, tears, coffee, and other refreshments along the way. Let the madness begin!
Title: The 2006 Tournament Of Tunes Seedings, Brackets, and Predictions Thread
Post by: Me! on June 12, 2006, 02:02:11 pm
bring it bitches!!  I like that you can preview each tune.  :thumbsup: Good job guys, should be fun....
Title: The 2006 Tournament Of Tunes Seedings, Brackets, and Predictions Thread
Post by: wildcoyote on June 12, 2006, 02:16:03 pm
The "new" songs will make a strong showing.  This should be alot of fun.  Thanks for doing this guys.
Title: The 2006 Tournament Of Tunes Seedings, Brackets, and Predictions Thread
Post by: Spacey on June 12, 2006, 02:34:30 pm
always a fun time.
Title: The 2006 Tournament Of Tunes Seedings, Brackets, and Predictions Thread
Post by: skalnbyc on June 12, 2006, 03:31:29 pm
Quote from: ChrisPitch
and other refreshments along the way.


Russian Redheaded sluts?

With so many new tunes, and the forcing out of the weakest tunes from last year\'s bracket, this year should be much more exciting.
Title: The 2006 Tournament Of Tunes Seedings, Brackets, and Predictions Thread
Post by: Rujah on June 12, 2006, 04:46:03 pm
Go Team Queeb!!
Title: The 2006 Tournament Of Tunes Seedings, Brackets, and Predictions Thread
Post by: antbach on June 12, 2006, 04:50:40 pm
I predict a few upsets this year.

And a question for the administrator, I am not even sure if this will work or if I am just a complete moron and can\'t keep track, but if you were to temporarily \'sticky\' the poll threads would they still keep moving for new posts? I only ask cos I get confused on which I\'ve voted for when there is a new post.
Title: The 2006 Tournament Of Tunes Seedings, Brackets, and Predictions Thread
Post by: davepeck on June 12, 2006, 05:35:54 pm
Quote from: antbach
And a question for the administrator, I am not even sure if this will work or if I am just a complete moron and can\'t keep track, but if you were to temporarily \'sticky\' the poll threads would they still keep moving for new posts? I only ask cos I get confused on which I\'ve voted for when there is a new post.


won\'t work for what you want it to do..

my suggestion (and what i\'ll be doing) - don\'t vote as the threads get posted in. just go to the TOT forums when you have time and go region by region and cast all your votes at once..
Title: The 2006 Tournament Of Tunes Seedings, Brackets, and Predictions Thread
Post by: Whathefunk on June 12, 2006, 05:49:55 pm
wow! i forgot how tough it is to choose between songs!!! some favs are def pitted against each other.... and how do you vote on ones that are clearly the better \'song\' but don\'t have the jam capability of the other....this will take some real thought.
Title: The 2006 Tournament Of Tunes Seedings, Brackets, and Predictions Thread
Post by: Wolfman on June 13, 2006, 08:51:12 am
Wolfman your Breakfast Statistician here with another round of BET ON THE BREAKFAST!  Here are odds to win the region and entire tourney for selected songs.  Due to last year\'s general lack of upsets (all 4 #1 seeds made the Final Four) there will only be early lines for seeds 1-4.  Spreads will be available starting in round 2 based on how many people voted in round 1.
 
                     Odds to win Region / Odds to win Championship                      
Rufus                     1:4                  /                     5:2
Buquebus                1:8                   /                    1:2
Scheme                  2:1                    /                   6:1
Eppy II                   1:4                     /                  1:1

Tribal                     4:1                      /                 10:1
Hardluck                 8:1                       /                15:1
Escher\'s                 6:1                         /              20:1
Gravity                  5:1                           /            20:1  

Puppetry               15:1                           /           30:1
Gladys                  24:1                            /          40:1
Sundance              20:1                             /          35:1
See The Light         25:1                              /        50:1

Merge                   25:1                                /       75:1    
Sleeping Beauty      50:1                                 /      150:1
Doughboy              20:1                               /        80:1  
Score                   30:1                                 /      100:1

Buquebus is the favorite to win it all, with Rufus and Eppy II just behind.  Despite Eppy II\'s thrashing of Buquebus in last year\'s semifinals, we believe that Buquebus has had the better year and that the large influx of new fans over that time can swing the vote.  We\'re low on Scheme this year due to lack of playing time and have it installed as the only #1 seed paying plus-money to win its region.  Look for Escher\'s or Sundance to flip Scheme and put up a nice payday coming out of the moe.down region.  Queeb has feeble opposition coming out of the Dancing Wu-Li region.  Rufus will get a scare from Tribal but should prevail without a problem.  Look for Gravity to make a surge against Eppy II in the Wormtown regional final and possibly bring on a changing of the guard at a tasty 5:1.  Due to last year\'s #1 seed dominance, any #2 seed (Tribal, Escher\'s, Hardluck, Gravity) taking the title will pay handsomely.
Title: The 2006 Tournament Of Tunes Seedings, Brackets, and Predictions Thread
Post by: antbach on June 13, 2006, 02:18:56 pm
gimme a buck on HLH to win its region and overall, same with Score.
Title: The 2006 Tournament Of Tunes Seedings, Brackets, and Predictions Thread
Post by: Me! on June 14, 2006, 12:36:54 pm
this first round was fairly easy

but from the 2nd round on there\'s gonna be some HARD choices...
Title: The 2006 Tournament Of Tunes Seedings, Brackets, and Predictions Thread
Post by: Todd on June 14, 2006, 01:12:10 pm
No doubt!!!
Title: The 2006 Tournament Of Tunes Seedings, Brackets, and Predictions Thread
Post by: Whineberg on June 14, 2006, 02:39:12 pm
Bugs as a 16 seed in a Worm region doesn\'t seem right. I love bugs (the song people, the song).
Title: The 2006 Tournament Of Tunes Seedings, Brackets, and Predictions Thread
Post by: davepeck on June 15, 2006, 11:27:00 am
Quote from: Me!
this first round was fairly easy


maybe for you, but there are some damn close match-ups going on right now..
Title: The 2006 Tournament Of Tunes Seedings, Brackets, and Predictions Thread
Post by: Wolfman on June 15, 2006, 11:31:51 am
Quote from: Whineberg
Bugs as a 16 seed in a Worm region doesn\'t seem right.


I totally agree.  No way Bugs should be in the tourney over Beer Jubilee.
Title: The 2006 Tournament Of Tunes Seedings, Brackets, and Predictions Thread
Post by: Todd on June 15, 2006, 11:34:03 am
Quote from: davepeck
Quote from: Me!
this first round was fairly easy


maybe for you, but there are some damn close match-ups going on right now..

:that: Some a lot closer than I thought they\'d be!!!
Title: The 2006 Tournament Of Tunes Seedings, Brackets, and Predictions Thread
Post by: Jim Cobb on June 15, 2006, 11:39:47 am
yeah so many are neck and neck, i\'m hangin off the edge of my seat!
Title: The 2006 Tournament Of Tunes Seedings, Brackets, and Predictions Thread
Post by: weekapaug19 on June 15, 2006, 12:28:26 pm
don\'t know if it\'s possible or takes too much time, but can we see all the battles on one page instead of going into each one of them individually?
Title: The 2006 Tournament Of Tunes Seedings, Brackets, and Predictions Thread
Post by: davepeck on June 15, 2006, 12:37:58 pm
Quote from: weekapaug19
don\'t know if it\'s possible or takes too much time, but can we see all the battles on one page instead of going into each one of them individually?


i MAY be able to do a scoreboard hack, of sorts, but you\'ll still have to go into each thread to vote.. i\'ll work on this tonight.
Title: The 2006 Tournament Of Tunes Seedings, Brackets, and Predictions Thread
Post by: Me! on June 15, 2006, 03:17:30 pm
Quote from: weekapaug19
don\'t know if it\'s possible or takes too much time, but can we see all the battles on one page instead of going into each one of them individually?

^was thinking the same thing myself.....

Quote from: davepeck
Quote from: Me!
this first round was fairly easy


maybe for you, but there are some damn close match-ups going on right now..

don\'t get me wrong, there werer some really tough choices here (I still haven\'t voted on Drunk Monk Bar vs. Sureal Radio), but I think those will be nothing compared to what\'s to come.....
Title: The 2006 Tournament Of Tunes Seedings, Brackets, and Predictions Thread
Post by: Me! on June 19, 2006, 08:49:30 am
L A S T     D A Y     T O     V O T E ! ! ! !
Title: The 2006 Tournament Of Tunes Seedings, Brackets, and Predictions Thread
Post by: ChrisPitch on June 19, 2006, 02:57:46 pm
Well, I wanted to do a quick synopsis of each region


10,000 Lakes Region

Interesting to see the success of the new songs and Intension is a prime example, coasting past Superfly. I thought this was a solid matchup and am surprised it was such a cakewalk for Intension, but that speaks volumes about how impressed people are after only hearing it a handful of times. I did vote Superfly though. I\'m curious to see how Intension holds up against Tribal and whether it can pull another upset.

I was also glad to see Good Things give GBFBITS a run for its money and to have two old-schoolers stay close to each other for the duration in Garcian and Attraction before the latter pulled away.

I wouldn\'t say this bracket is shaping up to have the best bouts in the coming rounds, but the possibility of a Tribal-Puppetry duel in the regional semi is intriguing as is the matchup in the next round between GBFBITS vs. Merge (which was tad sloppy in a fairly close one with Phaddy Boom Baddy). And actually, Puppetry vs. Inner Glimpse is pretty decent with two songs on opposite ends of the musical spectrum.

Oh and to all the No Glove apologists: it only got the 16th seed because I couldn\'t give it the 254th seed. You won\'t have luck when the chorus sucks, you won\'t have luck when the chorus sucks.


Dancing Wu-Li Region

A lot of great things have already happened in this bracket and it\'s obvious that potential is there for more.

I figured Chase vs. Question Mark would be a classic and I guess I was right. Question Mark was leading by 8-10 votes in the middle of last week before Chase staged an all-time rally, squashing chatter that this was a matchup of "losers." The only loser is Question Mark, which never should have relinquished a lead to a song that was at one time vastly overplayed and is now sort of in the back of a middle shelf. But you\'d figure Chase is mince meat for Gladys, which might set up an outstanding regional semi between Hard Luck and the Pimp.

Lit gave a valiant effort in attempting to knock off Sleeping Beauty, but fell shy, setting up a great matchup between the latter and Taboo in the next round.

Honey Butter made a statement with its walkover versus Frankly Po Zest. It now gets an increased and almost impossible test versus Buquebus in the next round. But these new songs have to go up and maybe take their lumps against the big boys if they expect to earn classic status.

And speaking of Buquebus, if you\'re one of the few loons who voted for Food for Thought, I just want to say: CHEW ON THIS!!!


moe.down Region

I have to admit that I was slightly concerned about this one going in, but that just shows what the bracket-meister knows: it\'s turned out to be the best in the first round, hands-down.

Future Peek vs. Beef Barley came down to the home stretch. I did a lot of tossing and turning before voting Beef Barley last night and it lost by just one vote, the sign of a tremendous matchup. I just love two different songs from two different eras getting a similar number of votes. It\'s what the tourney be all about. Future Peek should engage in a close one with Doughboy, which got everything it could handle from Simpleton before distancing itself.

And you gotta love the first tie in tourney history with Drunk Monk vs. Surreal Radio. Semi-similar tunes, different eras, still tight. Great, great stuff and I\'d expect the ménage à tune with Escher’s to have pretty equal votes all the way around.

Over Exposure vs. Coma turned out to be an all-timer. I\'m not sure what\'s more impressive: that a new song beat a classic that goes back to the band\'s larva days or that a few-minute instrumental nearly knocked off a tune which offers bucketloads more from a compostional standpoint. Either way, Over Exposure vs. Scheme is a marquee second-round matchup. I just got a funny feeling about that one. I\'ll gladly expose my vote.


Wormtown Region

This bracket clearly has the best second-round matchups with Score vs. May Fly, See the Light vs. Psygn, and even Gravity vs. Late and the Great, which made a quality showing in downing Fairy.

I was glad to see Episode 1 and 3 stage a back-and-forth battle before Ep. 1 pulled away in the final days. Tough to go against the defending champ in the next round.

I will say that I thought Psygn vs. D5 would be closer and am disappointed and stunned that it was such a rout. But that simply illustrates the strength of the fans\' new favorite song that it could defeat a song which is also a favorite.

As far as D5\'s "low" seed goes, believe me, it\'s not because of my personal preference. I love the song. But when you\'re a 7 seed in 2005, lose in the first round, and the band significantly diminishes your spot in the rotation, you get dropped. Vera Street was in the same scenario: 7 down to 11 after a first-round loss last year. Consistency, consistency, consistency. There was some randomness in these brackets, but I also had a formula for a lot of the matchups. It worked for a lot of them and in this case it didn\'t. Well, it didn\'t work for D5. It worked fine for Psygn, which now either gets to see the light of the quarterfinals or the dark side of the bracket.


This whole experience has been shit tons of fun!
Title: The 2006 Tournament Of Tunes Seedings, Brackets, and Predictions Thread
Post by: davepeck on June 19, 2006, 03:47:35 pm
first round voter turnout: 54.97 voters per matchup.

not bad, but let\'s try to get that number up for round 2. vote for everything, people! hell, there\'s less to vote on this time!
Title: The 2006 Tournament Of Tunes Seedings, Brackets, and Predictions Thread
Post by: Wolfman on June 20, 2006, 09:00:42 am
BET ON THE BREAKFAST[/SIZE]

Here are the official spreads for round two matchups that you can use for betting with your buddies, or you can paypal up to $2 per matchup to me at terrapinwolf@hotmail.com and I\'ll take the action with 10% parlay.


Favorite____________Line______________Underdog

10KLF Region:
Tribal Funk Affliction___21______________Intension
Puppetry____________15_______________Inner Glimpse
Rufus_______________30_______________Attraction to Shade Ditty
Merge_______________5________________GBFBITS

Moe.Down Region
Sundance____________28_______________Spunk
Grand Scheme________3________________Overexposure
Doughboy____________12_______________Future Peek
Eschers v. Drunk Monk v. Surreal Radio no line

Dancing Wu-Li Wegion
Taboo Or Not Taboot___6_______________Sleeping Beauty
Gladys Pimp___________14______________The Chase
Hardluck Harry_________15______________Wild Pack of Asscracks
Buquebus_____________31______________Honey Butter

Wormtown Region
Gravity_______________21______________The Late and Great
See The Light__________1_______________Psygn
Score________________Pick \'Em__________Mayfly Disarray
Episode II_____________22______________Epsiode I
Title: The 2006 Tournament Of Tunes Seedings, Brackets, and Predictions Thread
Post by: Wolfman on June 27, 2006, 05:16:09 pm
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Round 3 Spreads

Favorite__________________Line____________Underdog
10KLF Region:
Tribal Funk Affliction_________9_____________Puppetry
Rufus_____________________30____________Merge

Moe.Down Region:
Escher\'s Etchings____________7_____________Sundance
The Grand Scheme of Things__21_____________Doughboy

Dancing Wu-Li Region:
Hard Luck Harry____________ 10______Gladys Pimp And Kangaroos With Me
Buquebus__________________18______Taboo Or Not Taboot

Wormtown Region:
Psygn_____________________11______Gravity
Mooboo\'s Voodoo (Epsiode II)_33_______Mayfly Disarray
Title: The 2006 Tournament Of Tunes Seedings, Brackets, and Predictions Thread
Post by: Rujah on July 10, 2006, 09:17:47 pm
just wondering which regions face off in the final four seeing how we are almost there. it may have been posted but I can\'t find it anywhere. thanks.
Title: The 2006 Tournament Of Tunes Seedings, Brackets, and Predictions Thread
Post by: davepeck on July 11, 2006, 07:09:49 am
the final 4 will start at some point today. 10klf/wu-li & moe/worm.
Title: The 2006 Tournament Of Tunes Seedings, Brackets, and Predictions Thread
Post by: ChrisPitch on July 11, 2006, 11:54:36 am
I\'d just like to say how happy I am with the way the tourney has gone down so far. On the one hand, last year\'s two finalists are bounced--Mooboo\'s by the upstart Psygn and Scheme by the dark horse Sundance--while on the other hand we have the Buquebus vs. Rufus matchup that we\'ve been waiting for after much discussion and rivalry on this board. Should be a great finish.
Title: The 2006 Tournament Of Tunes Seedings, Brackets, and Predictions Thread
Post by: Jim Cobb on July 11, 2006, 12:05:01 pm
i\'m calling a queeb vs. psygn final.
Title: The 2006 Tournament Of Tunes Seedings, Brackets, and Predictions Thread
Post by: Rujah on July 11, 2006, 12:13:02 pm
Queeb vs. Sundance
Title: The 2006 Tournament Of Tunes Seedings, Brackets, and Predictions Thread
Post by: derickw on July 11, 2006, 12:14:55 pm
PSYGN all the freak\'n way
Title: The 2006 Tournament Of Tunes Seedings, Brackets, and Predictions Thread
Post by: Me! on July 11, 2006, 12:23:22 pm
Quote from: Jim Cobb
i\'m calling a queeb vs. psygn final.

:that: