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Post by hewhowaits on Feb 21, 2020 5:53:42 GMT -6
With 63% of the vote, I’m calling this one for Coppell! Less than 25 hours? If the Homestead-TWHS vote had been stopped this quickly there would've been a different winner than we had at 2.5 days. I am in favor of some consistency in how long each poll runs.
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Post by verysaxy on Feb 21, 2020 7:05:41 GMT -6
I try to make it around 24 hours after. Sorry if there have been some slight inconsistencies. The first poll was a one time thing, just to kick things off. I posted that yesterday afternoon (EST) and the next poll will start sometime between 4-6pm EST tonight. Yet again, sorry for the inconvenience. My bad I understand why it can be annoying. Thanks for the feedback making this a better game!
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Post by Allohak on Feb 21, 2020 7:48:54 GMT -6
With 63% of the vote, I’m calling this one for Coppell! Less than 25 hours? If the Homestead-TWHS vote had been stopped this quickly there would've been a different winner than we had at 2.5 days. I am in favor of some consistency in how long each poll runs. TWHS should appeal for a recount 😎
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Post by LeanderMomma on Feb 21, 2020 10:51:41 GMT -6
I'm all for starting the entire game over with an established set of rules. Like 24 or 48 hours to vote on each ballad (with clips included or they can't be counted). This is a FUN game though, and thank you so much verysaxy for starting it. Let's just tweak it a bit.
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Post by LeanderMomma on Feb 21, 2020 11:43:44 GMT -6
I try to make it around 24 hours after. Sorry if there have been some slight inconsistencies. The first poll was a one time thing, just to kick things off. I posted that yesterday afternoon (EST) and the next poll will start sometime between 4-6pm EST tonight. Yet again, sorry for the inconvenience. My bad I understand why it can be annoying. Thanks for the feedback making this a better game! You're good and I really do think it's a great concept for a new kind of game. I know we play it this way a lot on Instagram where you vote your favorite based on the video clips, but I never thought about incorporating it into the forum somehow.
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Post by verysaxy on Feb 21, 2020 15:40:57 GMT -6
I don’t want to go through the trouble of restarting, but I will try to make it to where each poll is around 24 hours.
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Post by verysaxy on Feb 21, 2020 15:44:05 GMT -6
And by the way, the first round was a little over a day and a half, so it was only longer by a few hours.
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Post by lostchoirguy on Feb 21, 2020 17:19:34 GMT -6
This is fine- I'm having fun and it doesn't have to be perfect.
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Post by verysaxy on Feb 21, 2020 20:07:31 GMT -6
Last round goes to WILLIAM MASON! (personally I am shocked) Round 4 - Avon, IN vs. Leander, TX Here’s the link: www.strawpoll.me/19425032Here’s the videos: EDIT: Guys, I’m SO sorry! I typed this up around 5:30 and well, forgot to hit post! I’ll give this one to about normal time (4:00-6:00 EST) sorry for the inconvenience, vote quickly! (We all know this ones gonna be TIGHT)
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Post by TXHillCountryBands on Feb 21, 2020 20:22:46 GMT -6
That GUARD work tho!!!
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Post by lostchoirguy on Feb 21, 2020 23:03:15 GMT -6
Oh my goodness! This should be like a round 3 matchup!
*sweats in marching band*
Avon's show is just phenomenal from start to finish. I love it so much. Leander has one of the coolest ensemble moments in their ballad with those sustained notes over the growing chords. They could write a master class on that haha
Is there an option to vote for both?
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Post by verysaxy on Feb 22, 2020 10:05:34 GMT -6
Oh my goodness! This should be like a round 3 matchup! *sweats in marching band* Avon's show is just phenomenal from start to finish. I love it so much. Leander has one of the coolest ensemble moments in their ballad with those sustained notes over the growing chords. They could write a master class on that haha Is there an option to vote for both? No, I took that off for the temptation of voting for both (because I most definitely would!)
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Post by verysaxy on Feb 23, 2020 8:12:29 GMT -6
I’m posting this late on the clock simply because I wanted to test something... William Mason has been winning this entire time!!!! Next round is Vandegrift vs. Lincoln www.strawpoll.me/19430423 vote here! Since I waited late to post I will give this around 23 hours!
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Post by bassoooon on Feb 23, 2020 8:24:44 GMT -6
I’m posting this late on the clock simply because I wanted to test something... William Mason has been winning this entire time!!!! Next round is Vandegrift vs. Lincoln www.strawpoll.me/19430423 vote here! Since I waited late to post I will give this around 23 hours! The poll says Blue Springs vs Lincoln
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Post by LeanderMomma on Feb 24, 2020 6:16:55 GMT -6
Friends of band: It saddens me to tell you that I will no longer be able to be active on these marching band forums. For personal reasons and dealing with family illness, I simply don’t need to be on here and can not keep up. I figured since I am running this game, I would tell you all instead of just ghosting you all so someone would be able to take over and run the game themselves! I appreciate the person that decides to. I don’t know if I will be able to keep up with BOA in general, but I sure hope to try. As always, go best small bands in the land! Good luck to everyone next year (good luck Vista Ridge pleaseeee win). Sincerely, verysaxy:) I’m sorry to hear that. You will be missed.
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Post by drumcorpsgeek on Feb 24, 2020 13:54:30 GMT -6
Friends of band: It saddens me to tell you that I will no longer be able to be active on these marching band forums. For personal reasons and dealing with family illness, I simply don’t need to be on here and can not keep up. I figured since I am running this game, I would tell you all instead of just ghosting you all so someone would be able to take over and run the game themselves! I appreciate the person that decides to. I don’t know if I will be able to keep up with BOA in general, but I sure hope to try. As always, go best small bands in the land! Good luck to everyone next year (good luck Vista Ridge pleaseeee win). Sincerely, verysaxy:) I’m sorry to hear that. You will be missed. It’s very sad. I’m not sure we want to continue this tournament given the circumstances, but if we want to I’ll be happy to post each day with this. Let’s just discuss if we want to continue first.
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Post by QuadSquad03 on Feb 24, 2020 14:03:31 GMT -6
I for one would like to continue. I it very sad that verysaxy is leaving us, but I found this game very fun and I feel like we should continue.
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Post by drumcorpsgeek on Feb 25, 2020 4:50:07 GMT -6
I for one would like to continue. I it very sad that verysaxy is leaving us, but I found this game very fun and I feel like we should continue. So what should we do? Start it over or just pick up where verysaxy left off? If we do that, do we know if there was an established bracket for this that we can follow?
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Post by LeanderMomma on Feb 26, 2020 6:36:01 GMT -6
I for one would like to continue. I it very sad that verysaxy is leaving us, but I found this game very fun and I feel like we should continue. So what should we do? Start it over or just pick up where verysaxy left off? If we do that, do we know if there was an established bracket for this that we can follow? I think we start over. With established rules and a bracket before beginning the game so we all know what we’re doing (meaning me, of course, since I’m old 😁)
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Post by Allohak on Feb 26, 2020 8:57:35 GMT -6
On it
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Post by Allohak on Feb 26, 2020 9:19:47 GMT -6
Had to add a couple more to round out a bracket at 24 bands.
The bracket is below, the top 8 at GN were all included, so that was easy for "seeds" to determine who got byes to the second round.
-LD Bell, TX -Lincoln, SD Winner faces (1) Vandegrift, TX
-Vista Ridge, TX -Bixby, OK Winner faces (8) The Woodlands, TX
-Broken Arrow, OK -Tarpon Springs, FL Winner faces (6) Claudia Taylor Johnson, TX
-Fishers, IN -Ronald Reagan, TX Winner faces (3) Hebron, TX
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-Coppell, TX -Round Rock, TX Winner faces (4) Carmel, IN
-Castle, IN -Rouse, TX Winner faces (5) Leander, TX
-Blue Springs, MO -Union, OK Winner faces (7) William Mason, OH
-Homestead, IN -Marian Catholic, IL Winner faces (2) Avon, IN
First round will be posted Thursday afternoon and run through Sunday night. We'll vote for all first round matchups together. Second round will be posted Monday.
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Post by LeanderMomma on Feb 26, 2020 20:04:46 GMT -6
I like it!!!
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Post by drummerboy on Feb 26, 2020 22:55:30 GMT -6
You're killing me! If Castle wins in round 1 we have to face you/Leander!
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Post by LeanderMomma on Feb 27, 2020 5:41:56 GMT -6
You're killing me! If Castle wins in round 1 we have to face you/Leander! Get your people here so they can vote!
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Post by Allohak on Feb 27, 2020 12:41:53 GMT -6
Ok everyone, here is the link for round one matchups. I'm working on downloading relevant shows, though most many have been posted in here already. I'll post show videos as they finish. You have until Sunday evening: www.surveymonkey.com/r/R86J8XK
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Post by Allohak on Feb 28, 2020 10:54:48 GMT -6
18 votes cast already! Pretty great participation. Here are some relevant Round 1 videos (can't promise quality videos because the files were too big , so here are links to the tube. I tried to get the latest BOA performance where possible or state/local circuit finals): LD Bell - (BOA SA Finals) Lincoln - (BOA StL Prelims) Vista Ridge - (BOA SA Finals) Bixby - (OBA Finals) Broken Arrow - (OBA Prelims) Tarpon Springs - (seems to be a home exhibition performance of some sort?) Fishers - (ISSMA Finals) Ronald Reagan - (BOA SA Finals) Coppell - (BOA SA Prelims) Round Rock - (GN Finals) Castle - (ISSMA Finals) Rouse - (UIL Finals) Blue Springs - (BOA Indy Finals) Union - (GN Finals) Homestead - (ISSMA Finals - a much better version than GN) Marian Catholic - (just kidding, that's 2000!) (Lincoln-Way Invitational...very few videos available )
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Post by Allohak on Feb 28, 2020 10:55:43 GMT -6
Holy formatting, Batman!
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Post by ilikeguard on Feb 28, 2020 12:53:53 GMT -6
My favorite part of marching band is the youtube titles on flomarching rips
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Post by hewhowaits on Feb 29, 2020 6:23:06 GMT -6
My favorite part of marching band is the youtube titles on flomarching rips If so, you're approaching the activity all wrong.
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Post by ilikeguard on Feb 29, 2020 13:33:20 GMT -6
My favorite part of marching band is the youtube titles on flomarching rips If so, you're approaching the activity all wrong. It’s a joke 😆 but I do think the titles are funny
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