Survival Of The Fittest

GREETINGS, CITIZENS. You all foolishly awarded me the most points in the last songtest, so I present to you:


For this songtest, you must submit songs from one of the artists that is set to appear at the When We Were Young Fest, a celebration of emo/metal/rock/punk/alternative/put whatever label you want on it here from the 2000s-2010s. A comprehensive and more readable list of eligible artists can be found below because the poster is hard to make out.

[+] Eligible artists

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A Day To Remember
Acceptance
AFI
Alkaline Trio
The All-American Rejects
Anberlin
Armor For Sleep
Atreyu
Avril Lavigne
Bayside
Black Veil Brides
Boys Like Girls
Bright Eyes
Bring Me The Horizon
Car Seat Headrest
Dance Gavin Dance
Dashboard Confessional
Four Year Strong
glassjaw
Hawthorne Heights
Horrorpops
I Prevail
Ice Nine Kills
Jimmy Eat World
jxdn
Kittie
Knocked Loose
LA Dispute
Lil Huddy
The Linda Lindas
The Maine
Manchester Orchestra
Mayday Parade
Meet Me @ The Altar
Mom Jeans
Motionless In White
My Chemical Romance
Neck Deep
Nessa Barrett
Palaye Royale
Paramore
Pierce The Veil
Poppy
Prentiss
PVRIS
The Ready Set
The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus
Royal & The Serpent
Saosin
Senses Fail
Silverstein
Sleeping With Sirens
The Starting Line
State Champs
Story Of The Year
The Story So Far
Taking Back Sunday
Thursday
TV Girl
The Used
We The Kings
Wolf Alice
The Wonder Years

If you see someone on the poster that I forgot on the list, let me know.

[+] Other Rules

• Send your song submissions and votes to me via Discord or board PM.
• Any song from any year can be submitted as long as it is by one of the listed artists, it doesn't have to fall into the decade range I gave above.
• Listen to every song and rate them on a scale of 12-0, using this list:
  
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  Those who do not vote will have their entry disqualified.
• There will be 1-3 rounds depending on how many entries there are. If we have more than say, 15, we'll have semi-finals and then a final round to determine the winner.
• If we have multiple rounds and you are not in one, or you are not participating in this songtest, you may still send in votes to me. Public votes will count for half their given points.
• Songs that have been submitted to previous songtests are ineligible.
• If you submit a song that is over 10 minutes long, people are only required to listen to the first 10 minutes.
• Sharing your opinions on submissions is welcome and encouraged. Remember to be courteous even if you hate someone's submission, or if you hate me for doing this to you.
• I reserve the right to amend in any other rules I forgot.
• Have fun. I demand it.

You have until 10 PM central on Saturday, January 22nd to send me songs. Italic names still need to submit.

Participants:
1. Me
2. boogie
3. Laurels
4. Jilly
5. Kermit
6. Cicada
7. Buko
8. AnimeNerd
9. Mara
10. Rugga
11. Ohm
12. Slam
13. DN
14. Deamon
15. Skraal

*smudges his eyeliner*

I made you a cookie but I eated it

ill do it but only because im playing a mallgoth in supers

these were my middle school years out of here with that high school sophomore nonsense

I've got exactly one (1) artist I can work with and I will be doing so.

LETS GO

A bit over 24 hours left for sign-ups/submissions.

Here we are. Your beautiful, smudgy eyeliner'd, fishnetted contestants:

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dmboogie
Laurels
Jilly
Kermit
Cicada
Buko
AnimeNerd
Maraoone
Ruggahissy
Ohm
Slam
DN
Deamon
Skraal

And this evening's lineup:

1. What The Hell - Avril Lavigne
2. Crystal Ball - State Champs
3. Your Sword Versus My Dagger - Silverstein
4. Chucky vs. The Giant Tortoise - Dance Gavin Dance
5. Bite Your Teeth - Poppy
6. We Stitch These Wounds (2020 Re-recorded Version) - Black Veil Brides
7. First Reactions After Falling Through The Ice - La Dispute
8. Road To Joy - Bright Eyes
9. Helena - My Chemical Romance
10. Calling All Skeletons - Alkaline Trio
11. Hard Times - Paramore
12. Garden - Meet Me @ The Altar
13. Don't Delete The Kisses - Wolf Alice
14. Ape Dos Mil - Glassjaw
15. Virgin - Manchester Orchestra


Send in your votes via Discord or board PM by Wednesday, January 26 at 10 PM central.

36 hours for votes!

Had a bit of an extension due to circumstances, but voting is now closed and votes will be tallied.

Nobody was disqualified for missing out on voting! Good job.

[+] 15th place

First Reactions After Falling Through The Ice submitted by dmboogie. It got a total of 31 points, including a 10!

[+] 14th place

Your Sword Versus My Dagger submitted by Ohm. It got a total of 41 points, including a 10 and an 8!

[+] 13th place

Ape Dos Mil submitted by Buko. It got a total of 44 points, including a 12 and an 8!

[+] 12th place

What The Hell submitted by AnimeNerd. It got a total of 45 points, including a 12, a 10, and an 8!

[+] 11th place

Crystal Ball submitted by Jilly. It got a total of 46 points, including a 12 and an 8!

[+] 10th place

Chucky vs. The Giant Tortoise submitted by Deamon. It got a total of 51 points, including a 12, a 10, and two 8's!

[+] 9th place

Garden submitted by Cicada. It got a total of 53 points, including two 10's and an 8!

[+] 8th place

Don't Delete The Kisses submitted by Maraoone. It received a total of 58 points, including two 10's!

[+] 7th place

Road To Joy submitted by Skraal. It received a total of 60 points, including two 12's and a 10!

[+] 6th place

Bite Your Teeth submitted by Laurels. It received a total of 65 points, including a 10 and three 8's!

[+] 5th place

We Stitch These Wounds (2020 Rerecorded Version) submitted by backslash. It received a total of 67 points, including a 12 and three 8's!

[+] 4th place

Calling All Skeletons submitted by DN. It also received 67 points, including a 12 and a 10!

[+] 3rd place

Helena submitted by Slam. It received a total of 71 points, including a two 12's and a 10!