Survival Of The Fittest

So, I had a variation of this idea kicking around my head for a while, but thought it'd be a little niche. But then Slam went and proved me wrong about the wolftest, so... Fuck it.


Pretty straightforward theme this time around: Dragons! Maybe literal, maybe metaphorical, could even be as simple as having the word dragon in the band's name or a dragon on the album cover. Long as the connection is reasonably obvious I'm not too fussed with what folk submit for this one.

[+] Copypasted rules

- submit your song via PM or discord, whichever's easier for you

- songs will be randomly divided into 1, 2 or 3 semifinals depending on turnout. if there are less than 20 submissions within 5 days, then there will only be one final round. if you're going to be away at some point in the next couple of weeks, let me know and I can try to put your song in a round when you'll be here.

- listen to every song and give points to your top 10 favorites: 12 to your favorite, 10 to your second, 8 to your third, 7 to your fourth, and so on down to 1 point for your tenth favorite. if there are less than 10 songs to vote for in a round, then simply cut off the bottom portion of the ballot (i.e. no 1 point songs, no 2 point songs, and so on)

- if your song is in a given round, you must vote that round or you'll be eliminated. if your song isn't in that round (or you aren't in the contest at all), your vote will be counted as a public vote, which counts for half points.
- the top [x] songs will move on to the final. that number depends on the number of contestants.
- repeat the process for the finals and we get a winner.

- winner gets to hold the next contest, or they can pass the job along to 2nd place if they don't want to. 2nd place can pass down to third, etc, until someone wants to host.

general song rules:
- no eurovision songs
- no reality show/competition covers
- no songs already submitted in a songtest - thank you to Dancake for the list here
- there is no penalty for length in this contest. however, if a song goes over 7 minutes, listeners aren't obligated to listen to more than the first 7 minutes of the song. so choose a long song at your own risk!

each semifinal and the final will last for three days. some rules about activity:
- if you know at the start of your semifinal that you wont be available to vote for those three days, let me know asap and I can move you to another semi, if we aren't on the final one already.
- I'll be pinging everyone who hasn't voted on discord 48 and 24 hours before the round ends.

Signups will run until Tuesday January 16th, 16:00 PM EST

Dragontest Participants

1: Fiori
2: DerArknight
3: Carlisle
4: Zetsu
5: Laurels
6: TheLordOfAwesome
7: Grand Moff Hissa
8: Ahab
9: Rugga
10: Pancapples
11: Dr Adjective
12: Jilly
13: dmboogie
14: Pippin

Officially extending the deadline to Friday January 19th, 16:00 PM EST

Extending the deadline to Saturday 27th, 16:00 est

[+] Disqualified

Thundercat - 'Dragonball Durag'- 62 points (Including a 12, a 10 and two 8s)

Submitted by Rugga

[+] Disqualified

Dream Evil - The Chosen Ones - 78 points (Including two 12s and a 10)

Submitted by Pancapples

[+] 12th

Corpus Delicti - Dragon Song - 18 points

Submitted by Grand Moff Hissa

[+] 11th

ProZD - full king dragon rap - 20 points (Including an 8)

Submitted by DeArknight

[+] 10th

Jason Willey - Aurelion Sol, the Star Forger - 22 points

Submitted by Pippin

[+] 9th

Machine Girl - Drakecore - 30.5 points (Including a 10)

Submitted by Ahab

[+] 8th

Two Steps From Hell - Dragon Rider (Archangel) - 38 points (Including a 10)

Submitted by TheLordOfAwesome

[+] 7th

Dream Evil - Chasing the Dragon - 38.5 points

Submitted by Fiori

[+] 6th

Yuka Kitamura - Oceiros, the Consumed King - 40 points (Including a 10)

Submitted by Slamexo

[+] 5th

Miriam Bryant - Dragon - 47 points (Including a 12, a 10 and an 8)

Submitted by Carlisle

[+] 4th

B'z - Into Free ~Dangan~ - 73 points (Including three 12s and an 8)

Submitted by dmboogie

AND

Jake Kaufman - Mango Tango Neon Jungle - 73 points (Including two 10s and two 8s)

Submitted by Jilly

[+] 3rd

Jenny Owen Youngs - Dungeons and Dragons - 73.5 points (Including two 12s, two 10s and two 8s)

Submitted by Dr Adjective

Drum roll, please...

[+] Runner Up

Joe Hisaishi - The Dragon Boy (Ryuu no Shounen) - 78.5 points (Including two 12s, two 10s and an 8!)

Submitted by Laurels

[+] WINNER

Nini Music - LongMa - 91 points (Including two 12s, one 10 and three 8s!)

Submitted by Zetsu

Congratulations to the winner of the 133th SOTF Song Contest!

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