Survival Of The Fittest

people braving the stormy waves tonight:
blizz
chad
irene
LoA
mara
MeS
ohm
ricky
rugga
shiola, shiola
toben
yugi



you got three days - round ends at 2 AM EST, 2/12/20. bottom four songs will be eliminated, votes via board pm or discord, lets walk along the coast and wade into the ocean

[+] came here for glory but now rest beneath the unforgiving sea

12th - Pacific Ocean - Young Dolph, submitted by Chad. It got 35.5 points, including a 12 and an 8.

11th - Sea Song - Robert Wyatt, submitted by MeS. It got 40 points, including a 12 and an 8.

10th - Go Into the Water - Dethklok, submitted by Ricky. It got 46 points, including a 10, two 8's, and a public 8.

9th - The Seabirds - The Triffids, submitted by Toben. It got 52 points, including a 10 and an 8.

finals up soon

here we are, salty dogs. you know the shanty, so song along and sail away for our final voyage

our crew:
blizz
irene
jace
jilly
LoA
mara
me
ohm
paige
pancap
pip
polybius
rugga
shiola, shiola
skraal
yugi


deadline for final votes is 3AM EST, 2/17/20. since this is a pretty short final round, I'll end things early if we get all the votes in.

well, crew, we made it back. we had to brave whirlpools and the kraken and the navy and sunburn, but we're back in safe harbors, anchors down, let's divvy up the loot

[+] 16th

The Lighthouse - Interpol, submitted by Ohm. It got 38 points, including two 10's and an 8.

[+] 15th

The Mermaid - Great Big Sea, submitted by Irene. It got 38.5 points.

[+] 14th

This Sea - Voltaire, submitted by Skraal. It got 39 points.

[+] 13th

Full Fathom Five - Méav, submitted by Blizzard. It got 45 points, including a 10 and two 8's.

the pub carousing is in full swing now, if you need to duck away from the tavern brawl for a while maybe go and say hi to the forlorn woman waiting by the cliffs for her love, maybe bring her a nice warm stew or something

[+] 12th

The Devils Son - Jolly Rogers, submitted by Yugi. It got 45.5 points, including an 8.

[+] 11th

The Bay - Metronomy, submitted by Rugga. It got 52 points, including a 12 and two 10's.

[+] 10th

(oceans) - The Yawhg soundtrack, submitted by Mara. It got 53 points, including a 12 and an 8.

[+] 9th

Aquarium - Haken, submitted by Paige. It got 58 points, including a 12 and a 10.

the lighthouse illuminates the horizon, but only briefly, only in patches. sometimes you think you can catch a glimpse of a strangely tattered ship in the distance, but it's gone by the next revolution of the light. probably nothing you should be worried about.

[+] 8th

High Barbary - Storm Weather Shanty Choir, submitted by Polybius. It got 61.5 points, including a 10, an 8, and a public 10.

[+] 7th

Open Water - King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard, submitted by Pancapples. It got 71 points, including a 12, a 10, and a public 12.

[+] 6th

On Melancholy Hill - Gorillaz, submitted by LoA. It got 72 points, including two 12's, an 8, and a public 8.

[+] 5th

The Wake of Magellan - Savatage, submitted by me. It got 73 points, including a 12, two 10's, an 8, and a public 12.

It's been a long night. The sun crests over the waves, coloring the sky beautifully. A single salty tear runs down your cheek. This................... this, is the ocean.

[+] 4th

Seven Deadly Sins - Flogging Molly, submitted by jace. It got 79 points, including two 12's, a 10, an 8, and a public 8.

[+] 3rd

Land Ho! - Lovebugs, submitted by Pip!! It got 80 points, including three 10's and two 8's.

the salty dog in the corner is yelling that he'll keelhaul me if i don't get on with it so here's your winner


YOUR WINNER

IS............................................

[+] INSIDE THIS CHEST OF LOOT

THE OCEAN, BY AGAINST ME! - SUBMITTED BY SHIOLA

It got 97 points, including three 12's, a 10, two 8's, and a public 5.

your second place was

Watching the Boats with my Dad - Buckethead, submitted by Jilly! It got 83.5 points, including three 12's and two 8's.

thanks for setting sail with me, everyone, i enjoyed all your submissions! on to the next adventure

Thank you for the votes everyone! Ocean's one of my favorite songs period, though admittedly I mostly picked it because it was the first thing I thought of. I'll be glad to host the next songtest, the theme of which shall be:

Travelling

Basically this means to walk, drive, fly, take a train, go on an epic journey to, taking a vacation, whatever. The only caveat is that when you submit a song, you must specify the type of travel. It can be vague or specific. So you could submit

[Song] - "Driving"

or

[Song] - "Driving Back Home Right After A Breakup at 3:00AM"

whatever tickles your fancy. Feel free to submit your suggestions to me via discord or board PM, I'll have the thread up in the morning as I have to sleep now.