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Subject: ABC-2005 Round T Voting Thread--Results Posted!

Written By: jreuben on 12/13/05 at 7:46 am

Voting Ends Monday December 26th...
~~Vote by replying to this thread with your five favorites in order:
1st choice- 5 points
2nd place- 4 points
3rd place- 3 points
4th place- 2 points
5th place- 1 point.
Or in other terms, p = (6p - rank)
~~You're not allowed to vote for your own song.
~~Once you've posted a vote, you're not allowed to change it.
~~Anyone who's participated in an ABC contest may vote.
~~Anyone who enters but does not vote by the end of the voting period is disqualified and may not participate in the next letter.
~~Comments are STRONGLY encouraged.

1.  Red Ant They Are The Stupid Models Of Stupid Individuals

2.  Super Arwen Tell Her About It

3.  Scathe Take Me Out To The Brawl Game

4.  Josh2 Time To Eat Some Pie

5.  Johnny D Tights I'm Quite Fat In

6.  Agrimorfee The Top Ten Parodists
(Original lyrics and MIDI here--yeah, I mistitled it in my submission: http://math.boisestate.edu/gas/mikado/webopera/mk105a.html)

7.  Kristof Robertson Tell Him About It (Kristof's Reply)

8.  Rick Cormier Talking Bird
OS lyrics are at this link:  http://www.lyricscrawler.com/song/36325.html

9.  Dee Range That's My Story

10.  Matthias Televised Preacher

11.  Stu McArthur Take It Back

12.  Adagio Theef
          MIDI

13.  Mikey Squirrel Taco Bell

14.  2nz The Twelve Days of Finals

15.  Larry Turn Off Your Outside Light

16.  Jeff Reuben Tailgater!

Subject: Re: ABC-2005 Round T Voting Thread

Written By: agrimorfee on 12/13/05 at 5:46 pm

Ok

5pts=Johnny D's Spandex sputter
4pts=Rick C's evil bird
3pts=Arwen's plea
2pts=Kristof's plea (a lady should always go first! ;))
1pt=Stu's return policy

Subject: Re: ABC-2005 Round T Voting Thread

Written By: Stuart McArthur on 12/14/05 at 7:43 am


Crikey, T stands for TOUGH

All eight of the following five could have taken the 5 votes, so I decided to give them to Arwen, because she was actually responsible for 2 of the parodies, but then I had to get Dee's brilliant piece up, and Rick's, so Kristof's equalising reply to Arwen got shunted down to 4th - then it was between Agri and JD, but I am personally fond of Agri's (sorry JD) and sorry also to number 7, and number 8.....(and I sense Luke is about to tell me to shut up again...)


5 points.........2.  Super Arwen        Tell Her About It
4 points.........9.  Dee Range          That's My Story
3 points.........8.  Rick Cormier        Talking Bird
2 points.........7.  Kristof Robertson  Tell Him About It (Kristof's Reply)
1 point..........6.  Agrimorfee          The Top Ten Parodists

Subject: Re: ABC-2005 Round T Voting Thread

Written By: Josh2 on 12/14/05 at 1:28 pm

What od I do when I only know 2 of the OS's, cant play the mp3w/midis and am still confused even after being shown the lyrics?

Subject: Re: ABC-2005 Round T Voting Thread

Written By: Arwen on 12/14/05 at 2:50 pm


What od I do when I only know 2 of the OS's, cant play the mp3w/midis and am still confused even after being shown the lyrics?


Oh...I remember reading about this in the guide book I ordered off of amazon.com.

Yep, here it is..."When you only know 2 of the OS's, can't play the mp3w/midis and are still confused even after being shown the lyrics, ALWAYS vote for Arwen."

Subject: Re: ABC-2005 Round T Voting Thread

Written By: adagio on 12/14/05 at 3:48 pm

No....vote for me!  ;D

Subject: Re: ABC-2005 Round T Voting Thread

Written By: Red Ant on 12/14/05 at 3:54 pm


What od I do when I only know 2 of the OS's, cant play the mp3w/midis and am still confused even after being shown the lyrics?


Josh, if you mean voting on the parodies themselves, you can look at what other people voted to help you out. If a parody has 7 or 10 or 15 5s on pacing, it's a pretty safe bet to put a 5 there as well and fill in your own funny/overall.

Someone mentioned this a long time ago: Sometimes a DKTOS can actually make a parody funnier.

As for the ABC voting, since it's unlikely you wll know enough of TOSs by the deadline to see how the parodies actually compare just do the best you can. Going by total votes, the 5 funniest or even drawing names from a hat have all been used in competitions before as a means of picking the top 5.

Nearly every competiton I've been in a DKTOS has made my top 5 list. Don't feel too bad though, in the Q round I think I only knew 2 of the 7 entries by heart (mine and one other).

Oh, learning some classics wouldn't hurt either.

Subject: Re: ABC-2005 Round T Voting Thread

Written By: Red Ant on 12/14/05 at 4:16 pm

Oh, some votes:  ;)

5 points to 9.  Dee Range That's My Story
4 points to 13.  Mikey Squirrel Taco Bell
3 points to 2.  Super Arwen Tell Her About It
2 points to 7 Kristof Robertson Tell Him About It (Kristof's Reply)
1 point to  5.  Johnny D Tights I'm Quite Fat In

Subject: Re: ABC-2005 Round T Voting Thread

Written By: adagio on 12/14/05 at 4:59 pm



Ok, then  :)

5 points to Johnny #5

4 points to Dee #9

3 points to 2nz #14

2 points to Agrimorfee  #6

1 point to Stu  #11

Subject: Re: ABC-2005 Round T Voting Thread

Written By: Matthias on 12/14/05 at 5:03 pm

5 Points To: Dee Range
4 Points To: Arwen
3 Points To: Agirmorfee
2 Points To: Kristof
1 Point To: Johnny D

Subject: Re: ABC-2005 Round T Voting Thread

Written By: Josh2 on 12/21/05 at 10:44 am

1st - 2nz
2nd - Rick Cormier
3rd - Dee Range
4th - Stu
5th - Agri

Subject: Re: ABC-2005 Round T Voting Thread

Written By: Johnny_D on 12/21/05 at 10:50 pm

5 points for #8.  Rick Cormier Talking Bird

4 points for #2.  Super Arwen Tell Her About It

3 points for #7.  Kristof Robertson Tell Him About It (Kristof's Reply)

2 points for #12.  Adagio Theef

1 point for #11.  Stu McArthur Take It Back

Subject: Re: ABC-2005 Round T Voting Thread

Written By: Rick Cormier on 12/23/05 at 12:33 pm

Some great work here:

5 points...Dee Range's slapstick saga
4 points...Johnny D's tight predicament
3 points...Super Arwen's fess-up fun
2 points...Kristof's riotous answer to Super Arwen's fess-up fun
1 point....Adagio's "X-Files" episode

Thanks for the votes and fun reads this trip!

Merry Christmas to all!  (if that's not what you say at this time of year, sorry....it's what I say and, what I'm wishing to you, sue me).

Subject: Re: ABC-2005 Round T Voting Thread

Written By: Kristof Robertson on 12/23/05 at 6:12 pm

Here's my tuppence worth:

5 pts: Rick: stupendous!!
4 pts: Arwen: heelarious!!
3 pts: Dee: Magnifico!!
2 pts: Stu: Chuckle Mucho Grande!!
1 pt: Red Ant: Fuh-uh-nnee!!

Subject: Re: ABC-2005 Round T Voting Thread

Written By: Dee Range on 12/25/05 at 6:16 pm



          5 pts.....Rick C.
          4 pts.....Stu
          3 pts.....Kristof
          2 pts.....Arwen
          1 pt ......Johnny D.

          Merry Christmas everyone, and Happy New Year....keep those parodies rollin' in!

Subject: Re: ABC-2005 Round T Voting Thread

Written By: larry on 12/27/05 at 1:18 am

Merry Christmas everyone!  Here's my votes;

5 points Taco Bell by Mikey Squirrel 
4 points Tights I'm Quite Fat In by Johnny D
3 points Talking Bird by Rick Cormier
2 points The Top 10 Parodists by Agrimorfee
1 point  Tailgater by Jeff Reuben

Subject: Re: ABC-2005 Round T Voting Thread

Written By: 2nz on 12/27/05 at 1:34 am

Uh, I suck at making the deadline and there are a bunch of others who are running late too. Can we/I get an small extension on the deadline, say later on on Tuesday, 12/27?

Subject: Re: ABC-2005 Round T Voting Thread

Written By: Arwen on 12/27/05 at 2:07 am

I was all set to agree with 2nz and beg for an extention, but then I remembered that I'm off work all week, and I won't have any excuse to waste time on the internet tomorrow... ;)

Here we go...

5 points for #8 Rick C.
4 points for #9 Dee Range
3 points for #7 Kristof
2 points for #11 Stuart
1 point for #16 Jeff

Subject: Re: ABC-2005 Round T Voting Thread

Written By: jreuben on 12/27/05 at 10:05 am

No problem on the extension.  I know of at least one other author who is a bit behind  :-[

Subject: Re: ABC-2005 Round T Voting Thread

Written By: 2nz on 12/27/05 at 11:46 am

5 points: #8.  Rick Cormier with "Talking Bird"

4 points: #5.  Johnny D with "Tights I'm Quite Fat In"

3 points: #1.

Subject: Re: ABC-2005 Round T Voting Thread

Written By: jreuben on 12/27/05 at 2:08 pm

5 pts:  #2 Arwen
4 pts:  #7 Kristof
3 pts: #5 Johnny D
2 pts:  #11 Stu
1 pt: #13 Mikey Squirrel

Subject: Re: ABC-2005 Round T Voting Thread

Written By: jreuben on 12/28/05 at 7:53 am

1st Place:  8.  Rick Cormier Talking Bird 43 pts

2nd Place:  9.  Dee Range That's My Story 33 pts

3rd Place:  2.  Super Arwen Tell Her About It 29 pts

And the rest: 
5 Johnny D 27
7 Kristof Robertson 21
11 Stu McArthur 17
14 2nz 13
6 Agrimorfee 7
1 Red Ant 4
12 Adagio 3
16 Jeff Reuben 2

Mikey Squirrel and Scathe did not vote so they're excluded from the V round (if they entered) and lose any votes from this round.

Subject: Re: ABC-2005 Round T Voting Thread--Results Posted!

Written By: adagio on 12/28/05 at 8:10 am

Congratulations Rick, Dee and Arwen.  :)

Subject: Re: ABC-2005 Round T Voting Thread--Results Posted!

Written By: agrimorfee on 12/28/05 at 10:28 am


Congratulations Rick, Dee and Arwen.

Subject: Re: ABC-2005 Round T Voting Thread--Results Posted!

Written By: Rick Cormier on 12/28/05 at 12:04 pm

Thank you all. Congratulations to Dee and Arwen. Happy New Year! :)

Subject: Re: ABC-2005 Round T Voting Thread--Results Posted!

Written By: Red Ant on 12/28/05 at 12:22 pm


Congratulations to Rick, Dee and Arwen.

Subject: Re: ABC-2005 Round T Voting Thread--Results Posted!

Written By: Dee Range on 12/29/05 at 9:55 am

Major congrats to Rick C. and Arwen, and to all for the votes and comments. Here's hoping everyone had a great Christmas and that the New Year is a truly happy one for all. :)

Subject: Re: ABC-2005 Round T Voting Thread--Results Posted!

Written By: Josh2 on 01/02/06 at 10:26 am

Why am I not included with my all of 0 votes

Subject: Re: ABC-2005 Round T Voting Thread--Results Posted!

Written By: 2nz on 01/02/06 at 10:36 am

A very big congrats to Rick C, Dee Range, and Super Arwen.


Why am I not included with my all of 0 votes


I think it has become a trend to not mention zero votes in the final tally. This would draw more attention to the fact that the author got zero in the tournament, and there are alot of authors who don't want that kind of attention... I guess. The last time I got zero in a tourney, I didn't mind not being mentioned for this reason.

Subject: Re: ABC-2005 Round T Voting Thread--Results Posted!

Written By: Josh2 on 01/02/06 at 10:39 am

Actually I never get votes for some reason, and it's starting to annoy me as no offence to other gus but being a totally biased kind of person towards myself ;D i thought some of mine were better

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