The Joy Division Cup - The Draw

Wasn't easy that, some very tough decisions to be made, and I managed to pick 4 losers out of 5!

Fac33 wrote: 45-19=26

26/2=13

13+19=32

32 is a factor of 2

QED

hey, i'm no math man. i have no idea why it needs to be 32... if there are 45 joy division songs, have 44 in the first round with one bye. oh, but then the third round is fucked... hrm. i think i may see. 32 is the closest number to 45 that is divisible by two all the way down, eh? is that right? i dunno... fuck it. do it however you please, ain't gonna change my world.

still, 19 byes... were they random? because autosuggestion sucks. har.

and don't flip me off, you old monkey... i'm just confused. fuck math.

I skipped the At A Later Date poll, I don't think I've heard that song.

jesse steichen wrote: i have no idea why it needs to be 32

It has to be a factor of 2 so that as the competition progresses you end up with 2 finalists

2 finalist = 4 semi-finalists = 8 quarter finalists etc.

(apologies for being a maths {math if you're American} geek)

as expected it was a bit tougher this time round. there were a couple where i did not side with the majority vote.

The second set of matches is proving to be much more interesting than the first - proper cup drama this time... Can't believe At A Later Date has so many votes, or that I Remember Nothing is doing so badly... The tension... Are we going to have extra time in the event of a draw? Or a penalty shoot-out with randomly chosen NOOLers having to vote one way of the other?

Snorri xxx

The third round is even tougher - how do you split Candidate and Novelty or The Only Mistake and Walked in Line? Good to see some votes for Atrocity Exhibition - even if it does have no hope of winning.

Komakino is out?!

And Isolation! Only one that I have voted for has gone out so far - I Remember Nothing... and that wasn't a big disappointment... Looking forward to the second round draw - could be some big clashes there - and Atmosphere vs Atrocity Exhibition will be an interesting one - I reckon against most other tracks AE would get through...

Snorri xxx

Second Round draw will be posted at about 8.05pm tonight. As you say, some potential big clashes!

Atmosphere vs. New Dawn Fades made my heart weep! Both have such succulent performance on them, but deep in my gut I knew who had to get my vote.

Good pairing! Great match for a duel.

Small mistake:

It should be These Days instead of Komakino in round 2.

Why do we have to make choices in life? Atmosphere vs New Dawn Dades Voted for New Dawn Fades; balanced it at 50/50 now.

I voted for New Dawn fades but its still 50-50. Someone must have nipped in for Atmosphere in the meantime.

Disorder V. Shadowplay's an even tougher call.

ARgh, Disorder vs. Shadowplay. That's hard... chose Disorder because it's got a little more power. Play that song ever when I have to get up on my feet again. In whatever condition I am.

some difficult ones coming up now!

Warsaw going out to A means to an end was a surprise to me

Just cast a vote to put Transmission in the lead over LWTUA 2-1....God knows that won't last, I can't dismiss the first JD song I ever heard though.

Atmosphere scraped through even if both songs are ace. Didn't expect Disorder to beat Shadowplay. The No Love Lost match is a toughy.

24 all between Transmission and LWTUA as I type this.

What tension!

LWTUA goes at only the second round! Al Jarvis cast the winning vote for Transmission in sudden death extra time. Four more matches later, after I've finished watching You Are What You Eat on the telly.

Quite odd to see LWTUA out already but I did vote for Transmission too. Didn't expect These Days to win, and I wanted Colony to beat NLL.

The Sound of Music vs Twenty Four Hours! Two of my favorite songs! Took me ten minutes switching between the tracks to really fully make my mind up. Twenty Four won it, though... the music is just so tight on that song.

i voted LWTUA (my favourite song), but i knew it would be a close one. sorry to see it go, but the people have spoken.

I'm sorry to say good bye to my fav JD song, that's to say my favorite song above all : 24 Hours

Captain Nemo wrote: I'm sorry to say good bye to my fav JD song, that's to say my favorite song above all : 24 Hours

Any why would you be saying goodbye to it? It won its 2nd round match, and is through to the next round!

is there an overview table of the matches and the results?

andy

As soon as this started I knew it would come down to 2 songs. As they've already gone head to head lets just accept it Transmission has won

The New Order one will be more interesting though.

Ruined in a day wrote: is there an overview table of the matches and the results?

andy

*cough* just found it on page 1 of this thread...

Third round draw soon.....

Who the fuck voted for As You Said? And why?!