Re: Tournament of Legends discussion thread

[rabid squirrel]

In light of our Cosmic Underworld discussion, here's a poll from ToC2 that is difficult to believe:

[SPL4SHZ0N3]

Yeah I do find that hard to believe, 56 votes is so many

[Chuggers]

wow, I actually dont believe that cosmic underworld beat transcendental

crazy how the perception of tracks change

[Conundrumer]

woops ok i guess ill start voting now

[Fauxfyre]

Well since nobody wanted to play Fantasy Football with ToL with me, I'll just say what my record is currently for 1st place guesses.

How wrong was I?

Poll 1: 100% correct
Poll 2: 2/3, Sahasrara went Round 2
Poll 3: 1/3, Fritz & Majesty went Round 2
Poll 4: 1/3, Remix Sessions 2 went Round 2 and Frobidden went to Round 4 at least
Poll 5: 2/3, Retrograde went to Round 4 at least
Poll 6: 2/3, KING went to round 3
Poll 7: 100%, since only two eliminated. Rek & Mountain Tech went to round 2 both eliminated
Poll 8: 1/3, Serein went to Round 3 & Cosmic Underworld went to Round 4 at least
Poll 9: 100% since only two eliminated, Blue Squirk went to round 2
Poll 10: 100% since only two eliminated,  Dark Matter went Round 2
Poll 11: 2/3 (only two eliminated, so I count High Pitch Round 2 elimination in), Trace went round 3. Abandon 2 made it to round 4 at least, but doesn't count to me as I said either Abandon 2 or Trace.

[rabid squirrel]

Another big upset: Abandon 2 (ranked at 61) made it to round 3 over Party's Over (ranked at 14)

[Sheldon]

Abandon 2 is beautiful

[Z_N-Freak]

wow, I actually dont believe that cosmic underworld beat transcendental

crazy how the perception of tracks change

I think I'd vote for CU over Transcendental still. I like Transcendental, but it's too spread out and the track itself is far less enjoyable imo, but it's a tough choice, as the scenery in Transcendental makes the track and is better than CU. Song choice in both tracks is very good, so ultimately it comes down to preference (which it basically always does, I know :p)

[Opal Rider]

Another big upset: Abandon 2 (ranked at 61) made it to round 3 over Party's Over (ranked at 14)

I'm just as surprised as you, although I'm very happy about it, sooooooo....

Also, you're one of the people who voted for it, and you're upset.

[rabid squirrel]

I'm not upset about it rofl

up·set
...
noun
ˈəpsət/
...
2.
an unexpected result or situation, especially in a sports competition.
"they caused one of last season's biggest upsets by winning 27–15"
synonyms: surprise win, shocker
"the Oilers' victory was a remarkable upset"

[Opal Rider]

I'm not upset about it rofl

up·set
...
noun
ˈəpsət/
...
2.
an unexpected result or situation, especially in a sports competition.
"they caused one of last season's biggest upsets by winning 27–15"
synonyms: surprise win, shocker
"the Oilers' victory was a remarkable upset"

Oh whoops, english is evil.

[Rafael]

Rabid can you send out a special newsletter/email for round 6?

[rabid squirrel]

Rabid can you send out a special newsletter/email for round 6?

The special newsletter did very little to bring people to vote in ToL, and every monthly newsletter has had ToL right at the top. Seeing as I sent one out barely a week ago... no.

[Chuggers]

each round brings a new level of anger

[efrazable]

each round brings a new level of anger

Not sure if it's anger, but these kinds of contests are interesting for the community, because we don't traditionally judge a track objectively, but we basically need to for this contest to work.

^I was originally going to say "*grabs popcorn*", but then decided to actually contribute to the discussion lol

[ScrungleBlumpkus]

I've sat and thought for extensive time periods because of ToL. I've had to make comparisons between tracks and aspects of LR on a broader level and look from perspectives that I've never had to consider before. I never thought I'd ever try to compare EoLR with V3 and judge the emotional merit of Eden 2 versus the technical mastery WTM or the experimental pioneering of Assault.
I feel like as we've all been through this together, we can look back at this afterwards and even in the midst of it and come away from it with a lot more maturity and insight into trackmaking. I'm excited to see what comes next in LR because of this contest.

This isn't as frustrating to me when I try not to attach my ego to the tracks I love most. If people like a track more than the ones I like most, maybe I should consider my perspective and try to balance quality trackmaking with the extent of the validity of my opinion. I've realized that my opinion will hold me back if I don't look past it. I can have favorites, but I shouldn't let those stop me from growing and learning from the tracks which are coming to light as objectively better.

What a philosophical/psychological jackpot/landmine this is.

[Rafael]

I've sat and thought for extensive time periods because of ToL. I've had to make comparisons between tracks and aspects of LR on a broader level and look from perspectives that I've never had to consider before. I never thought I'd ever try to compare EoLR with V3 and judge the emotional merit of Eden 2 versus the technical mastery WTM or the experimental pioneering of Assault.
I feel like as we've all been through this together, we can look back at this afterwards and even in the midst of it and come away from it with a lot more maturity and insight into trackmaking. I'm excited to see what comes next in LR because of this contest.

This isn't as frustrating to me when I try not to attach my ego to the tracks I love most. If people like a track more than the ones I like most, maybe I should consider my perspective and try to balance quality trackmaking with the extent of the validity of my opinion. I've realized that my opinion will hold me back if I don't look past it. I can have favorites, but I shouldn't let those stop me from growing and learning from the tracks which are coming to light as objectively better.

What a philosophical/psychological jackpot/landmine this is.

This is one of the main reasons I started ToL! The discussions may be tense every now and then but in the end we all benefit

[ScrungleBlumpkus]

Well, Raf, thank you so much for this.

[rabid squirrel]

Looks like there will be pretty much no scenery in the final four

[rabid squirrel]

welp. my top 2 scenery tracks are out of the tournament (HEA, Transcendental) and my top 3 naked tracks are out of the tournament (Handlebars, Retrograde, this is love). The ones that are left are probably all in my top 15 though so I guess that's something.

Anyone else in this boat with me where your favorite tracks of the tournament aren't in the final four?

EDIT: just realized I am the only person who took part in more than one of the remaining 4 tracks. Sweet, lol. How did I not notice that.

[Z_N-Freak]

welp. my top 2 scenery tracks are out of the tournament (HEA, Transcendental) and my top 3 naked tracks are out of the tournament (Handlebars, Retrograde, this is love). The ones that are left are probably all in my top 15 though so I guess that's something.

Anyone else in this boat with me where your favorite tracks of the tournament aren't in the final four?

EDIT: just realized I am the only person who took part in more than one of the remaining 4 tracks. Sweet, lol. How did I not notice that.

Yep, This Is Love was the track I was rooting for. I'm happy to see WTM still in the race though. I expect some exciting final polls!

[Rafael]

2 week poll for final poll?

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