Survival Of The Fittest

Sounds like fun.

I'm in!

added a countdown to signups ending on the main post, i'll ping anyone who hasn't submitted a song 24 hours out.

Kermit wrote: ↑Sat Oct 20, 2018 5:10 am i said i wasnt gonna do this songtest BUT IM GONNA DO THIS SONGTEST NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

Ditto, coming back a cycle earlier than I thought I would and looking forward to it.

Hello there fellow revolutionaries, I - who is not a spy for the state - would like to involve myself in your sedition themed song contest in order to not draw attention to myself. Comrade.

hey hello hi welcome to the first semifinal of the 17th sotf song contest!!!!!!!!!! wow exclamation marks

we've got 26 contestants this time which means 13 per round, with the bottom four being eliminated, leading to an 18-song final.

without further ado, our contestants for this round are:

Ares
Brackie
Cactus
Deamon
Dr. Freud
Emprexx Plush
Jilly
Kermit
Maraoone
Ruggahissy
Sh4de
Slam
TheLordOfAwesome

and the songs for this round (in random order duh) are:

1. Revolution - Helly Luv (song starts at 2:25)
2. Libera Me From Hell - Tarantula, Kasahara Yuri & Iwasaki Yuku
3. For What It's Worth (Stop, Hey What's That Sound) - Buffalo Springfield
4. Fortunate Son - Creedence Clearwater Revival
5. Ohio - Crosby, Stills and Nash
6. When Will We Be Paid - The Staple Singers
7. Revolting Children - Matilda: The Musical
8. America - Laibach
9. Good Cop Bad Cop - Ice Cube (song starts at 0:42)
10. The Blacker The Berry - Kendrick Lamar (backup link here if you can't use spotify, spotify link is preferred since it's uncensored)
11. 16 Military Wives - The Decemberists
12. Gimme Shelter - The Rolling Stones

for y'alls convenience theres also a spotify playlist. it's missing Libera Me From Hell so make sure you listen to that too before you vote

i know this will be a shock to yall but if you're in this round u have to vote or face execution be disqualified. send your vote via discord or board PM, whichever is easier for you. no voting for your own song. public votes (votes from people not in this round or not participating in this contest) are worth half as much and are Greatly Appreciated.

time's up when this countdown ends:



reminder even tho it's already in the rules that no extensions will be permitted outside of super extenuating circumstances. i'll be pinging everyone who hasn't voted at the 48 and 24 hour marks so no saying you forgot!

it feels weird explaining the voting rules again but hey, just in case, voting is by Eurovision rules. you'll be sending your top 10 songs in as follows:

12- Song Name
10- Song Name
8- ...
7- ...
6- ...
5- ...
4- ...
3- ...
2- ...
1- ...

with 12 as your favorite song, 10 as your second favorite, and so on down to your 1-point song. top 9 will move on to the finale!

good luck yall i Believe in you

psa: Fuck Tha Police has been removed from the contest at the request of the submitter. if you've already voted, please resubmit your votes accordingly. three songs will be eliminated instead of four this round, so nine songs will still go through to the finale.

let's wave a sad goodbye to the eliminated songs:

[+] noooooo

DQ: Revolution - Helly Luv, submitted by Brackie, which received 56 points, including two 12s, as well as one 10 in the public vote.
12th: Revolting Children - Matilda: The Musical, submitted by Sh4de, which received 16 points.
11th: Libera Me From Hell - Tarantula, Kasahara Yuri & Iwasaki Yuku, submitted by Slam, which received 46.5 points, including one 12, as well as one 12 and one 8 in the public vote. (you monsters)

and applaud for the songs making it through to the final round!

[+] yaaaaaay

America - Laibach
Ohio - Crosby, Stills and Nash
The Blacker The Berry - Kendrick Lamar
Fortunate Son - Creedence Clearwater Revival
When Will We Be Paid - The Staple Singers
Gimme Shelter - The Rolling Stones
16 Military Wives - The Decemberists
For What It's Worth (Stop, Hey What's That Sound) - Buffalo Springfield
Good Cop Bad Cop - Ice Cube

wow now its the SECOND round of the 17th sotf song contest!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! even more exclamation marks

13 contestants again this round, four to be eliminated. please vote you guys i dont wanna dq anyone else :(

here's our list of contestants:

CrossbowPig
dmboogie
Fenris
Frozen Smoke
Kotorikun
Laurels
MK Kilmarnock
MurderWeasel
Pippin
Riki
Shiola
Skraal
Zee

and here's our list of songs:

1. The War Is Over - Phil Ochs
2. Years of War - Porter Robinson ft. Breanne Duren, Sean Caskey
3. Sheep - Pink Floyd
4. Pieces - Rick Astley
5. Schüsse in die Luft - Kraftklub
6. Killing in the Name - Rage Against The Machine
7. The Hand That Feeds - Nine Inch Nails
8. STFD - TeZATalks
9. Soldier Side - System of a Down
10. I Was Only 19 - Redgum
11. Q.U.E.E.N. - Janelle Monáe ft. Erykah Badu
12. Dividing By Zero/Slim Pickens Does The Right Thing And Rides The Bomb To Hell - The Offspring
13. Alice's Restaurant Massacree - Arlo Guthrie

there's a spotify playlist for this round too. couple of notes: I Was Only 19 and Schüsse in die Luft are only available on spotify in live versions for some reason so i left them off the playlist. also, Dividing By Zero and Slim Pickens Does The Right Thing And Rides The Bomb To Hell are separate songs, so keep that in mind if you're listening on shuffle or whatever.

y'all know the drill. vote in this round or be erased die. i mean, be eliminated. send vote via PM or discord, whatever floats your boat. you cannot vote for your own song. votes from our loving public, aka anyone not in this round or in the songtest at all, are highly encouraged and are worth half as many points as the votes from people in the round.

here's your shiny, shiny countdown:



reminder once again that no extensions will be allowed for late votes. i'll be pinging yall at 48 and 24 hours with reminders (and then probably a few times on the last day until you vote lmao). re: precedent from last round, if you're 100% sure you won't have time to vote at any point in the next 4 days, it's more convenient if you drop out earlier rather than later, since people can recast their votes and such.

... and i'm gonna break with tradition and not post voting rules this time, because we all know them, and you can just check the last post if you have to.

rest in peace to the dead:

[+] they shall haunt us all

13th: Q.U.E.E.N. - Janelle Monáe ft. Erykah Badu, submitted by Laurels, which received 21 points, including one 10 in the public vote.
12th: Alice's Restaurant Massacree - Arlo Guthrie, submitted by CrossbowPig, which received 22.5 points, including one 10.
11th: The War Is Over - Phil Ochs, submitted by MurderWeasel, which received 41 points, including three 8s.
10th: Killing in the Name - Rage Against The Machine, submitted by MK Kilmarnock, which received 54 points, including one 12 and one 10.

and claps to the living:

[+] blessed

I Was Only 19
Dividing By Zero/Slim Pickens
Sheep
Schüsse in die Luft
Pieces
Soldier Side
STFD
The Hand That Feeds
Years of War

holy shit how'd we get here welcome to......... the FINAL ROUND of the 17th sotf songtest: guillotines out edition

18 contestants remain, only one can survive to inspire the revolutions of the future

here are our Fighters:

Cactus
Deamon
dmboogie
Dr. Freud
Fenris
Frozen Smoke
Emprexx Plush
Jilly
Kermit
Kotorikun
Maraoone
Pippin
Riki
Ruggahissy
Shiola
Skraal
TheLordOfAwesome
Zee

and here are their Weapons:

1. I Was Only 19 - Redgum
2. 16 Military Wives - The Decemberists
3. For What It's Worth - Buffalo Springfield
4. Ohio - Crosby, Stills and Nash
5. Years of War - Porter Robinson ft. Breanne Duren, Sean Caskey
6. Sheep - Pink Floyd
7. STFD - TeZATalks
8. Fortunate Son - Creedence Clearwater Revival
9. Schüsse in die Luft - KRAFTKLUB
10. When Will We Be Paid - The Staple Singers
11. The Blacker The Berry - Kendrick Lamar (alternate Youtube link here, Spotify link preferred as it is uncensored)
12. The Hand That Feeds - Nine Inch Nails
13. Soldier Side - System of a Down
14. Good Cop Bad Cop - Ice Cube
15. Dividing By Zero/Slim Pickens - The Offspring
16. Pieces - Rick Astley
17. Gimme Shelter - The Rolling Stones
18. America - Laibach

there's once again a spotify playlist for your convenience! same exact reminders as last round apply here actually: I Was Only 19 and Schüsse in die Luft are only available as live versions on Spotify, so they were not included in the playlist (i dont want yall judging the songs based on the live versions). also, Dividing By Zero and Slim Pickens Does The Right Thing And Rides The Bomb To Hell are separate songs on spotify, so keep that in mind if you're listening on shuffle.

usual spiel: vote or Die. no strikethroughs this time. i am very serious. votes can come in via PM or discord, i don't care which. no voting for your own song. public votes are worth half as much and are good and recommended by ur local songtest board

the countdown to End Of Songtest can be found here

reminder for the last time that no extensions will be permitted unless there are like, Really extenuating circumstances. ill bother yall at 48 and 24 hours remaining if you have yet to vote and then like every seven seconds after that

im not gonna explain voting rules again but ive been Told that some people like copypasting the vote format so here it is if you dont feel like scrolling back:

12- Song Name
10- Song Name
8- ...
7- ...
6- ...
5- ...
4- ...
3- ...
2- ...
1- ...

see y'all in four days to welcome our winner. good luck !

hey nerds. dorks. absolute motherfuckers. guess what goddamn time it is. that's right. it is That time. the time for

THE 17TH SOTF SONG CONTEST RESULTS

hell yeah.

[+] 18th Place

STFD - TeZATalks, submitted by Kotorikun, which received 36 points, including one 10 and one 8.

[+] 17th Place

When Will We Be Paid - The Staple Singers, submitted by Jilly, which received 37 points, including one 12.

[+] 16th Place

Sheep - Pink Floyd, submitted by Skraal, which received 39.5 points, including one 12.

[+] 15th Place

Years of War - Porter Robinson ft. Breanne Duren, Sean Caskey, submitted by Pippin, which received 42 points, including one 12, one 10 and one 8.

[+] 14th Place

I Was Only 19 - Redgum, submitted by Frozen Smoke, which received 45.5 points, including one 12 and two 8s, as well as one 12 in the public vote.

[+] 13th Place

The Blacker The Berry - Kendrick Lamar, submitted by Ruggahissy, which received 48 points, including one 8, as well as one 12 in the public vote.

[+] 12th Place

Ohio - Crosby, Stills and Nash, submitted by Deamon, which received 50 points, including one 12 and one 10, as well as one 8 from the public vote.

[+] 11th Place

Pieces - Rick Astley, submitted by Zee, which received 52 points, including two 10s.

[+] which gives us our TOP TEN

Dividing By Zero/Slim Pickens Does The Right Thing And Rides The Bomb To Hell
Soldier Side
America
Schüsse in die Luft
The Hand That Feeds
Good Cop Bad Cop
16 Military Wives
Gimme Shelter
For What It's Worth (Stop, Children, What's That Sound)
Fortunate Son

top 10 hype

[+] 10th Place

Soldier Side - System of a Down, submitted by dmboogie, which received 54 points, including one 8.
This song received the same amount of points as the song in 9th place, but that song was placed ahead because it received a 10 and this song did not.

[+] 9th Place

16 Military Wives - The Decemberists, submitted by Kermit, which received 54 points, including one 10.
This song received the same amount of points as the song in 10th place, but this song was placed ahead because it received a 10 and that song did not.

[+] 8th Place

For What It's Worth (Stop, Children, What's That Sound) - Buffalo Springfield, submitted by Dodd, which received 55.5 points, including three 8s, as well as one 8 from the public vote.

[+] 7th Place

The Hand That Feeds - Nine Inch Nails, submitted by Shiola, which received 65.5 points, including one 10 and one 8.

[+] 6th Place

America - Laibach, submitted by Dr. Freud, which received 69.5 points, including two 12s, one 10 and one 8.

[+] T O P F I V E

Dividing By Zero/Slim Pickens Does The Right Thing And Rides The Bomb To Hell
Fortunate Son
Schüsse in die Luft
Gimme Shelter
Good Cop Bad Cop

we're almost done here i swear

[+] 5th Place

Schüsse in die Luft - Kraftklub, submitted by Riki, which received 79 points, including two 12s, two 10s and one 8, as well as one 10 in the public vote.

[+] 4th Place

Gimme Shelter - The Rolling Stones, submitted by Maraoone, which received 83 points, including one 12, one 10 and four 8s, as well as one 10 in the public vote.
This song received the same amount of points as the song in 3rd place, but that song was placed ahead because it received more 12s.

[+] 3rd Place

Fortunate Son - Creedence Clearwater Revival, submitted by TheLordOfAwesome, which received 83 points, including three 12s and one 10.
This song received the same amount of points as the song in 4th place, but this song was placed ahead because it received more 12s.

[+] our FINAL COMPETITORS

Good Cop Bad Cop - Ice Cube, submitted by Emprexx Plush!


vs.


Dividing By Zero/Slim Pickens Does The Right Thing And Rides The Bomb To Hell - The Offspring, submitted by Fenris!


... who allowed this to happen. this is so clearly collusion. i am calling my lawyer

the winner.......
















of the 17th SotF Song Contest..................





















with 106.5 points, including three 12s, three 10s and an 8..........


























is......


























































it beat out Good Cop Bad Cop - Ice Cube, submitted by Emprexx Plush, which received 103 points, including two 12s, three 10s and an 8.

jfc yall. i was not expecting this but i appreciate the love. as much as i love hosting (YOU WILL SEE ME BACK HERE AGAIN SOON ENOUGH, THIS I SWEAR) im gonna relinquish the throne and pass hosting duties onto Paige, who officially has the right to do whatever the hell they want.

thanks for the contest, everyone! it was fun as always. data will be up in the near future aka when i have the energy to post it

see you space cowboy