the 3rd Smogon music tournament

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after an 8-month hiatus, the tournament is finally back up! for those who missed the first two tournaments, you may search the forums for the other two threads to gze at wonders past!

who will join the two past winning groups, Pink Floyd and Rush? will it be another 70s progressive rock band featuring guys with long hair? or will another group finally ascend and upset the throne? only time will tell.

this tournament features 100 bands, fewer than last year's 125, so the competition is already heated up before it even got started. in addition, twenty-six (26) new groups/artists will be featured, meaning that a shocking FIFTY-ONE or so bands from last tournament are no where to be found. however, I believe that the list I made encompasses a broad scope of all types of music, so that everyone can have a group/artist to cheer for. keep in mind, though, that this is geared toward the Smogon community, so the scale does lean a little in terms of the bands selected.

undoubtedly we have had a flood of new users to the forums since the last tournament, and I am taking no prisoners in this round of voting. READ THE RULES AND READ THEM CAREFULLY. if you mess up more than once I am putting you on the blacklist and your votes for the rest of the tournament will be forever null and void.
 
THE RULES:
1. Each time you vote, you have 2 positive points and 4 negative points which you assign to bands that you like and dislike, respectively. when you vote, you must use all of your points, or your vote will not count.

2. You CANNOT use more than 2 of your negative points in each of your votes on one band. In other words, you cannot assign 3 or all 4 of your negative points on one band in one vote. The worst you can do is vote -2 every time--this is aiming to eliminate one person from decimating a band under the radar in a short period of time.

3. Other than the exception stated by rule number 2, you can assign your positive and negative points in any other distribution you wish.

4. You can only vote ONCE PER 24 HOURS. THIS IS A VERY IMPORTANT RULE. So, for example, if you vote at 5:00 PM on Monday, you CANNOT vote again until AT LEAST 5:00 PM on the following Tuesday. I don't care if your vote comes at 4:59:59 PM on Tuesday, that vote will be disqualified, and you will not be able to vote for ANOTHER 24 hours (meaning at least 5:00 PM on Wednesday in this hypothetical situation). The 24 hour timer, however, is reset upon updated scores posts. I will be VERY strict on this rule, and if you mess up more than once, you're out, period.

5. Each band starts with 20 points. The last band left standing is the winner!

6. And, guys, please do not troll or flame each other because your band is getting voted down or whatever. Believe me, I doubt any of my bands will make it into the top 10 at least, but this is all just for fun. Don't make it personal.
 
the list

65daysofstatic 20
a perfect circle 20
apocalyptica 20
avenged sevenfold 20
beach boys 20
beatles 20
beck 20
ben folds/ben folds five 20
black sabbath 20
bloc party 20
blur 20
bob dylan 20
bob marley & the wailers 20
boston 20
broken social scene 20
built to spill 20
cake 20
clash (the) 20
cream 20
creedence clearwater revival 20
cure 20
cursive 20
dave matthews band 20
david bowie 20
deep purple 20
dismemberment plan 20
doors 20
dream theater 20
dredg 20
duran duran 20
eagles 20
electric light orchestra 20
eric clapton 20
explosions in the sky 20
faith no more 20
flaming lips 20
fleetwood mac 20
frank zappa 20
funkadelic 20
garbage 20
genesis 20
godspeed you! black emperor 20
grateful dead 20
guns n' roses 20
hum 20
incubus 20
iron maiden 20
james taylor 20
jethro tull 20
jimi hendrix experience 20
kansas 20
king crimson 20
led zeppelin 20
marillion 20
megadeth 20
metallica 20
minus the bear 20
modest mouse 20
my bloody valentine 20
neil young 20
oasis 20
nirvana 20
opeth 20
outkast 20
pavement 20
pink floyd 20
pixies 20
the police 20
porcupine tree 20
portishead 20
prince 20
queen 20
queensryche 20
radiohead 20
rammstein 20
ramones 20
red hot chili peppers 20
r.e.m. 20
rolling stones 20
the roots 20
rush 20
sigur rós 20
simon and garfunkel 20
smashing pumpkins 20
sonata arctica 20
sonic youth 20
squarepusher 20
steve miller band 20
stevie ray vaughan 20
sufjan stevens 20
talking heads 20
tom petty and the heartbreakers 20
tom waits 20
velvet underground 20
the verve 20
weezer 20
wilco 20
who 20
wu-tang clan 20
yes 20
 
and I'll start the voting!

+1 Portishead
+1 The Roots
-1 Garbage
-1 Nirvana
-1 Eagles
-1 Avenged Sevenfold
 
+1 Duran Duran
+1 Wu-Tang Clan
-2 Avenged Sevenfold
-2 Rammstein
 
+1 REM
+1 queen
-2 wu tang clan
-2 blur

edit: woah mine and BK's votes are similar

edit 2: and voodoo is not better than me

edit 3: im fucking stupid
 
2. You CANNOT use more than 2 of your negative points in each of your votes on one band. In other words, you cannot assign 3 or all 4 of your negative points on one band in one vote. The worst you can do is vote -2 every time--this is aiming to eliminate one person from decimating a band under the radar in a short period of time.
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This rule contradicts rule #1 at the point that there's only two bands left. Also, the way it's worded now, I could give one band +2 and then -4 for whatever reason and get the same results as if I just did -2 for that band and nothing else.

That's just me trying to avoid people exploiting those loopholes later.

Anyway most of the bands I know on this list (very few) I don't know except Rammstein which is ass so:

+1 pink floyd
+1 incubus
-2 rammstein
-2 beach boys
 
this list sucks. i love your "broad range" of music

+2 smashing pumpkins
-2 a perfect circle
-2 avenged sevenfold
 
+1 Minus The Bear
+1 Bloc Party
-1 Dream Theater
-1 Faith No More
-2 Guns n Roses

So much for electronic music being on the list. >:
 
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