Notice: NO Tournament Semifinals begin Friday 27 April IN THE POLLS FORUM (State of the Nation)!

The quarterfinals are over. All four #1 seeds made it into the semis, but Reget had a very tough time dispaching Your Silent Face, winning 20-19.

The semifinals matches are currently going on in the State of the Nation Forum.
The semifinals voting will end Friday, 4 May at 9:00AM EST (2:00 PM BST).

Here are the semifinal matches:

#1 Temptation vs. #1 Regret #1 Ceremony vs. #1 The Perfect Kiss

Here is a link to an online bracket for this tournament(click on the "Championship Bracket" hyperlink once there): Link to New Order Tounrament brackets

Here are the quarterfinal final results:

Regret (seeded #1) = 20 votes Your Silent Face (seeded #2) = 19 votes

Temptation (seeded #1) = 24 votes Age of Consent (seeded #2) = 14 votes

The Perfect Kiss (seeded #1) = 26 votes Bizarre Love Triangle (seeded #3) = 12 votes

Ceremony (seeded #1) = 24 votes Dream Attack (seeded #2) = 15 votes

Now, get out there and vote!!!

Here is a link to an online bracket for this tournament(click on the "Championship Bracket" hyperlink once there): Link to New Order Tounrament brackets

Here are the third round final results:

Regret (seeded #1) = 18 votes Leave Me Alone (seeded #4) = 13 votes

Your Silent Face (seeded #2) = 21 votes Vanishing Point (seeded #3) = 11 votes

Temptation (seeded #1) = 22 votes Love Vigilantes (seeded #5) = 6 votes

Age of Consent (seeded #2) = 21 votes Sunrise (seeded #3) = 10 vites

The Perfect Kiss (seeded #1) = 26 votes Procession (seeded #5) = 8 votes

True Faith (seeded #2) = 17 votes Bizarre Love Triangle (seeded #3) = 20 votes

Ceremony (seeded #1) = 25 votes Everything's Gone Green (seeded #4) = 11 votes

Dream Attack (seeded #2) = 20 votes Thieves Like Us (seeded #6) = 16 votes

Below are updated second round results, with winners in bold. FINAL SECOND ROUND RESULTS :

First group results: Regret (seeded #1) = 24 votes Face Up (seeded #8) = 12 votes

Leave Me Alone (seeded #4) = 18 votes Crystal (seeded #5) = 17 votes

Vanishing Point (seeded #3) = 20 votes Turn (seeded #6) = 17 votes

Your Silent Face (seeded #2) = 28 votes Run (seeded #7) = 8 votes

Second group results: Temptation (seeded #1) = 20 votes Hurt (seeded #2) = 9

Lonesome Tonight (seeded #4) = 13 votes Love Vigilantes (seeded #5) = 17 votes

Sunrise (seeded #3) = 19 votes Here To Stay (seeded #6) = 10 votes

Age of Consent (seeded #2) = 23 votes Subculture (seeded #7) = 7 votes

Third Group Results:

The Perfect Kiss (seeded #1) = 31 votes Cries and Whispers (seeded #9) = 4 votes

Dreams Never End (seeded #4) = 15 votes Procession (seeded #5) = 21 votes

Bizarre Love Triangle (seeded #3) = 26 votes 1963 (seeded #6) = 9 votes

True Faith (seeded #2) = 28 votes As it is when it was (seeded #7) = 8 votes

Fourth Group Results:

Ceremony (seeded #1): 18 votes In a Lonely Place (seeded #8): 11 votes

Everything's Gone Green (seeded #4): 19 votes Blue Monday (seeded #5): 8 votes

Waiting for the Siren's Call (seeded #3): 12 votes Thieves Like Us (seeded #6): 16 votes

Dream Attack (seeded #2): 20 votes Ruined in a Day (seeded #7): 7 votes

Third Round Group 1 Results

Regret (seeded #1) = 17 votes Leave Me Alone (seeded #4) = 13 votes

Your Silent Face (seeded #2) = 21 votes Vanishing Point (seeded #3) = 11 votes

Temptation (seeded #1) = 22 votes Love Vigilantes (seeded #5) = 6 votes

Age of Consent (seeded #2) = 20 votes Sunrise (seeded #3) = 10 votes

The seedings have held up pretty well so far. Only one lower seed won in 32 first round matches, and that was only a #9 over a #9, not much of an upset there. Three lower seeds won in 16 second round matches. Two of those were only a #5 over a #4, not very big surprises there, either. However, in the last second round group, we finally had a significant upset, as #6 Thieves Like us beat #3 Waiting for the Siren's Call! Maybe WFTSC is not standing the test of time as well as some others? The other surprise is not that #4 Everythings Gone Green beat #5 Blue Monday, but rather the huge margin-19 to 8!

EDIT: The seedings continue to hold up very well. Only one lower seed won in the third round, and that was only a #3 over a #2, by just 3 votes. Overall, the higher seed has 51 wins and just 5 losses, and in only one of those lower seed wins was the seeding difference more than one spot, and that was a #6 beating a #3.

Shellshocker wrote: we finally had a significant upset, as #6 Thieves Like us beat #3 Waiting for the Siren's Call! Maybe WFTSC is not standing the test of time as well as some others?

Give it time, it definitely is a classic just like Thieves like Us

i'm so disappointed for:

Crystal blue monday WFASC

I can´t believe Crystal is out !!:\ohwell:

Just wanted to give Shellshocker a for work he has done so far. Keep up the good work.

Psy

Psylocke Smythe wrote: Just wanted to give Shellshocker a for work he has done so far. Keep up the good work.

Psy

Cool. Thanks!

I just wish there was more participation, but maybe now that we're into the later rounds...

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El Jarvo wrote: Whilst I commend you on your sterling effort, are we actually proving anything with this?

These four tracks were the top four track as voted by you, the viewers, this time last year.

http://www.neworderonline.com/Forums/MessageList.aspx?ThreadID=30871

And three of the four were also in the semis when Timbo did his New Order Cup before(Ceremony had been pitted against Temptation in an earlier round, and got knocked out).

Doesn't matter how often we do these things, or with which personnel, these four are always gonna be the top choons. .

Maybe so, but the NO Cup held last year did have a different semifinal than this tournament (last year's NO Cup) and Regret only beat YSF by one vote (in fact lost to them by one vote in the NO Cup last year) so we've probably got 5 teams that between them will always make the semis, and 3 teams with a shot to win the whole thing. Maybe this time the champ will be different? Besides, someone else had suggested this and as someone with no life to speak of, I took it upon myself to go ahead and organize it.

Your Silent face is out......:angry2:

El Jarvo wrote: I'm guessing Perfect Kiss will do Regret here, then Temptation will just pip Ceremony? And the winner of the latter will beat the former in the final?!

Temptation will crush Regret in spite of my vote for the contrary. I think Ceremony will beat TPK, but I do think that one will be very close, wouldn't be surprised of TKP wins. Then I think Temptation will edge out Ceremony in the final, though, again, I wouldn't be surprised to see Ceremony win. I will always come down to the Big 3: Temptation, Ceremony, and TPK, I think. At least on this site.

Regret? One of the best?

El Jarvo wrote: Eh? I got the semis wrong here! I thought Regret was 'playing' Perfect Kiss.

Temptation will win overall. Again.

"At least on this site"? I think this is fairly representative of the New Order world as a whole, no? In fact, I'm surprised to see something like Regret even rubbing shoulders with the big boys, but I put that down to the diversity of this site that it's sneaked in under the radar.

Nope, it's Temptation vs. Regret. This was the finals matchup in the NO Cup last year, even though Regret is at best the fourth most popular song here.

"On this site". Yes. If you were to take a poll of American music fans at large, who were not specifically New Order fans, I suspect Regret would win this competition, probably quite easily. But,as you say, it really can't run with the big dogs on this site.

Also, if you held a NO tournament on a website of American dance music fans, or somesuch, probably either BLT or Blue Monday would win. Obviously, that's not a fair poll cuz it targets a specific genre of listeners, though.

Personally I would have Regret 1st out of these four, and Temptation last, but each to their own!

oldmonkey wrote: Personally I would have Regret 1st out of these four, and Temptation last, but each to their own!

I'm with you on Regret first, then I'd go TKP, Tempation, and Ceremony last.

Anybody stupid enough to bet against Temptation coming first?

Why is that technique songs never seem to do well in these sort of Polls? and most consider technique the best album.

octant wrote: Why is that technique songs never seem to do well in these sort of Polls? and most consider technique the best album.

well, dream attack got to quarters...i think it was right, instead of technique is best album....there are songs with more historic value!!

octant wrote: Why is that technique songs never seem to do well in these sort of Polls? and most consider technique the best album.

I don't completelty know-it's not cuz of me, though. However, I guess it may be because people think that Technique is a great album overall, because all of the songs are very good, but that there isn't any one song on there that blows people away. In other words, Technique has great depth, but no realy powerhouses on it. Also, maybe people like the overall mox of the songs, the way it (for some people) captures the essence of NO. Well, that's my guess, anyway.