D-Prime Madness : Round One Analysis and Round Two Titles and Bracket (1250 hits)
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Submitted by d_prime <dprime.at.hotmail.com> (View user info) at 2005-07-29 21:42:53 EDT
The first round of D-Prime Madness is over, and as of this moment, Round Two officially begins. It's quite the coincidence that yesterday was my one-year anniversary for Uber, my 500-days for my current Xanga, and the day before the end of Round One of DPM. The quality and seriousness of the competition up to this point has been really impressive. Almost everybody posted and almost every post showed effort and got at least a 1 rating. I'm glad that this is going with the competitiveness and seriousness that I had originally planned. There were a few surprises, odd happenings and results, and the like. Here is an analysis of Round One, along with an updated bracket and the official Round Two match-ups/titles. Also, there were virtually no broken rules or debate about results, and that made every thing go much more smoothly in R1. I'd like to tell every one that I've already planned the system and dates for DPM2, which will take place in the fall and be relatively similar. I've also created the D-Prime Madness Cup to be awarded to the winner of each competition, who will have their name engraved into the image forever, or at least until I die and DPM ends, by which time I'd have bought Ubersite from Bart.
1 BillsBSChamps vs 16 Egadz 'Here we go again'
When DPM was first announced in May, Bill did not take it well, and actually called it 'the fucking gay one' among the different psuedo-writing competitions of the time. Then, when the idea was brought back a week ago, he actually decided to join him self. For that, he deserves congratulations. Unfortunately he was busy with other work, along with the death of a relative, and was only able to make a 'joke post' that would have been disqualified had he not lost. Even though he would have won any way, Egadz released a serious, well-taken post that ended up at 1.18, over Bill's 0.81 (though Bill would have been disqualified for lack of characters.) Egadz pulled off the upset, and the 16th/last seed advanced to Round Two, and Egadz officially takes Bill's first-place seed until (if) he's defeated.
2 Ainkara vs 15 Alex.Lifeson 'I never thought I'd have to say this'
Alex Lifeson came in with a point-rating of 0, having just joined Ubersite as my real-life friend, and as such was the second-lowest seed. Ainkara, one of the competition's favorites, released a serious, moderately-long post with a slightly over-sized image, and gathered a very successful rating of 1.6. AL, just yesterday, did an even shorter post with a small image, and despite a moderately successful 1 rating, was defeated by his extremely successful opponent. Ainkara advanced to Round Two.
3 Darko vs 14 Biznochizzle 'Remember when...'
Darko was sort of my 'right-hand man' for this competition. He was the one who reminded me of it and encouraged me to start it up last week. You'll find that Bizno, by the ranking-system, should actually be reversed with Mike. I changed this because I had moderate evidence that Bizno was an alter, likely Darko's (this was later confirmed.) I figured that if I was wrong, I wouldn't be doing any thing shameful, and this way the new but talented Mike would get a fairer opponent, and if Bizno was Darko's alter, Darko would be forced to have only one spot in the second round. Well 'Bizno,' though the account was banned, released a sexually-based comic that did well, through Darko (who is the same person,) and failed to defeat Darko's real post, 1.87 to 1.67. Again we have two close, highly-rated posts, but Darko officially advanced to Round Two... through his normal account and not his alter.
4 Nitty34 vs 13 Mike00295 'Finally!'
Mike released an extremely successful, hilarious (yet not overly-crude) post about a man with a giant penis who wants to finally share his problem with others and destroy the myth that a huge penis is a great thing. Nitty, seeing the immense awesomocity of this 1.92 post, despite being the higher-seeded member, formally resigned and did not attempt to defeat Mike. One should not consider this a forfeit-victory for Mike, because it was his awesome post that caused Nitty to resign out of good judgement. I personally predict a bright future for this low-seeded prodigy. Mike00295 advanced to Round Two.
5 Brdn_Nkd vs 12 RaineLark 'I hope you find it'
Both of these posts were one of the earliest DPM releases. Brdn_Nkd released a successful drama/detective-story with a red-splat (probably blood) image. This post was taken extremely well and received a perfect 2 rating. RaineLark made her own attempt which received a 1, and continued to endure in an attempt to salvage a win afterwards, even linking to her post on Uberboard. She made the tournament more competitive in doing so, but it was to no avail. Brdn_Nkd won and advanced to Round Two.
6 D_Prime vs 11 Vulva 'Pardon Me?'
I didn't know that this would be my title until minutes before I released them all to start Round One. I wrote mine that night, out of excitement for the tournament, and received a good, though mediocre on DPM standards, rating of 1. Vulva miscalculated the available time, decided that victory was impossible, and decided to formally wish me 'good luck in the next round' in a short psuedo-forfeit post with the name 'Pardon Me?' asking for mustard. No one gave any mustard, and though that is unfortunate, I guess that's what happens when you forfeit like that. Well, thank you for the wished luck, not that I need it; I drank a whole bottle of Felix Felcus before the competition started. Any way, I, D_Prime, officially advanced to Round Two riding a rating of 1.
7 Badassmofo vs 10 Xcuses 'Yields to the last Dawn'
Badassmofo's post was the next one to receive a perfect 2. It was about global war and eventually the forming of violent gender barriers and the psychological/technological problems involved. It was an eerie and fully successful post. Xcuses' attempt was quite successful its self, however, 1.58 is still less than 2. The only hope Xcuses had was the lingering possibility of a double-forfeit between Yermom and Slighty_Obnoxious, which would lead to the highest-ranked loser filling in. Xcuses was almost certain to get that position in this situation, but first we had to see whether or not Yermom and S_O both didn't post. Either way, Badassmofo advanced to Round Two with the 2 to 1.58 victory.
8 Yermom vs 9 Slighty_Obnoxious 'The Fusion'
Despite being on Uber and receiving a few reminders from me and Darko, neither competitor posted, so they formed the only double-forfeit. This means that the highest-rated loser would advance. This happened to be Xcuses, beating out Alex.Lifeson and RaineLark each by .58. Despite barely losing in the First Round, Xcuses' quite successful post ends up letting him advance.
*Que to Queen's 'Another One (or 8) Bites The Dust' (I actually keep on playing it)*
Now, Round Two begins. Through the 'filter' of Round One, the softies are now out, the mediocre-to-goods are out, and the competition is no longer 'whoever wanted to join is in.' This is when the REAL games begin. Round Two competitors have exactly seven days (one more than they did in Round One,) until next Friday night at exactly 9pm, to make a post that corresponds with their assigned title. Note that the messages in the square-brackets below aren't part of the titles, but my comments on each match. Round three officially begins Saturday evening, when the winners will be announced/calculated along with the official Round Three Match-Ups and titles. The simple game rules, which you are all probably already aware of, are on the previous DPM posts. Here are the updated bracket and the Round Two titles, along with an image of the all-sought-after D-Prime Madness Cup, the ultimate symbol of Uber writing ability.
Let the games continue.
Round Two Titles:
1 Egadz vs. 8 Xcuses 'Forgive and Forget' [Contest of the fortunate and lucky.]
4 Mike00295 vs. 5 Brdn_nkd 'Finish Him!' [The talented newb's next, more determined challenger.]
2 Ainkara vs. 7 Badassmofo 'They Rushed' [Match-up of the fair, conventional victors.]
3 Darko vs. 6 D_Prime 'Let's get started!' [Only one DPM official will remain.]
If there are any questions etc, comment here and I will answer them. If you aren't in this, remember to join DPM2 in the fall!
User Reviews
Submitted by d_prime (user info) at 2005-08-05 12:37:43 EDT (#)
Ranking: 0
Hey, if you're a First Round out, so be it. That's why we have a First Round. Shit is inveitable, and instead of badly attempting to get rid of it completely (like with UM's voting,) I just set it up so that it all gets eliminated in the first round.
I'll give you a link when the sign-up post for D-Prime Madness 2. Comes out.
Submitted by DCWoody (user info) at 2005-08-05 12:22:17 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
I wanna be in the next one.
What? I can write.
No I can't.
:`-(
Submitted by d_prime (user info) at 2005-08-05 12:10:40 EDT (#)
Ranking: 0
Okay.
I believe Ainkara is now slightly in the lead, seeing as I just +2d her.
However, in the event of a tie, the tiebreakers are as follows, as was put in the original rules:
1. Most +2s
2. Fewest -2s
3. Most Hits
Submitted by badassmofo (user info) at 2005-08-05 11:59:13 EDT (#)
Ranking: 0
12:00 Pm
Ainkara 1.8 on 5 reviews 78 hits
Badass 1.8 on 36 reviews 379 hits
Submitted by Ainkara (user info) at 2005-08-05 10:05:28 EDT (#)
Ranking: 0
http://www.ubersite.com/m/72545
Mine sucks too. I'm tired.
Submitted by badassmofo (user info) at 2005-08-04 11:53:57 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
http://www.ubersite.com/m/72461 - see I told you I'd do it.
Congrats in advance to Ainkara...I had nothing.
Submitted by Ainkara (user info) at 2005-08-04 02:12:12 EDT (#)
Ranking: 0
Don't worry, I'm not going to forfeit. I didn't post my round one entry till the time limit was almost up. Just be patient :P
Submitted by d_prime (user info) at 2005-08-02 13:48:55 EDT (#)
Ranking: 0
I hear you.
All I want to do is make sure that no one forgets.
Submitted by badassmofo (user info) at 2005-08-02 12:22:44 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
D - I'm on it its just been hell week so far at work.
Submitted by Xcuses (user info) at 2005-07-31 17:57:32 EDT (#)
Ranking: 1
Time to write again
Submitted by d_prime (user info) at 2005-07-31 17:29:21 EDT (#)
Ranking: 0
I'll give you a notice when sign-ups for DPM2 start.
Submitted by c1ndy (user info) at 2005-07-31 13:36:12 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
I wanna be in the next one. I couldn't enter this cos of going on holiday.
Submitted by d_prime (user info) at 2005-07-31 13:19:47 EDT (#)
Ranking: 0
My goal for round two is zero forfeits.
Submitted by d_prime (user info) at 2005-07-30 10:00:30 EDT (#)
Ranking: 0
Thanks C1ndy.
ETS, if you and Rad join, you'll make this contest a lot more notable.
Submitted by electrictoothsyndrome (user info) at 2005-07-30 09:14:06 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
My money is on Mike00295 and Ainkara in the final round. Who knows though...someone might surprise me.
Submitted by electrictoothsyndrome (user info) at 2005-07-30 09:13:03 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
Congrats to winners.
Submitted by c1ndy (user info) at 2005-07-30 08:50:14 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
+2 for the effort!
Submitted by d_prime (user info) at 2005-07-30 08:28:18 EDT (#)
Ranking: 0
Who's been band.
He doesn't exist AND he doesn't have an active ubersite account. How could he possibly participate in any thing?
Submitted by d_prime (user info) at 2005-07-30 08:27:54 EDT (#)
Ranking: 0
Darko: He doesn't count. He's your alter.
Submitted by d_prime (user info) at 2005-07-30 08:17:26 EDT (#)
Ranking: 0
Zoid: That was the joke.
Thorpe: No. I planned it and started it before Round One of UM, though some people joined after. If any one wants to use it as that, I've got no problem.
Shlongy: You should be on a debate team.
Submitted by Shlongy (user info) at 2005-07-30 07:58:10 EDT (#)
Ranking: -2
This is so gay , it makes my heterosexual sphincter hurt.
Submitted by thorpe (user info) at 2005-07-30 06:53:13 EDT (#)
Ranking: 0
Is this where the people from UberMadness come when they've lost?
Submitted by Zoidberg (user info) at 2005-07-30 01:40:54 EDT (#)
Ranking: -2
is it as dumb as critiquing my spelling by misspelling "critiquing"?
Submitted by darko (user info) at 2005-07-30 01:09:43 EDT (#)
Ranking: 0
I still think Biz should have gotten to round two with the highest rated loser.
Submitted by d_prime (user info) at 2005-07-29 23:55:31 EDT (#)
Ranking: 0
You know, especially seeing as we're all enjoying this and it's been relatively successful, knob.
Submitted by d_prime (user info) at 2005-07-29 23:54:56 EDT (#)
Ranking: 0
Perhaps.
But there ISN'T something dumber than critiqing a post, despite not knowing the difference between 'than' and 'then.'
Submitted by Zoidberg (user info) at 2005-07-29 23:52:15 EDT (#)
Ranking: -2
so there are things dorkier then posts about ubersite
Submitted by egadz (user info) at 2005-07-29 23:07:01 EDT (#)
Ranking: 0
Score.
:]
Submitted by d_prime (user info) at 2005-07-29 23:01:26 EDT (#)
Ranking: 0
Ass =P Okay, you win. I'll do it any way.
Submitted by egadz (user info) at 2005-07-29 23:00:39 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
ehhh.
I'll pass.
Stop trying to make me look like a noob.
Submitted by d_prime (user info) at 2005-07-29 22:47:43 EDT (#)
Ranking: 0
I will.
But first you have to go find the classic 'one of those people...english' line I started way-back-when (the same night I started the SP character craze,) copy it here in capitals with exclamation marks, followed by 'D-PRIME MADNESS KICKS ALL UBER WRITING COMPETITION ASS!!!'
Submitted by egadz (user info) at 2005-07-29 22:45:21 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
Count me in for every one of these, for as long as I'm on ubersite.
Submitted by d_prime (user info) at 2005-07-29 22:31:20 EDT (#)
Ranking: 0
They only get to use any thing else if they finish all the Pepsi in it first.
As you can see, it's one big cup.
Submitted by alex.lifeson (user info) at 2005-07-29 22:30:39 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
But..Pepsi! It should be Pepsi only!
Submitted by d_prime (user info) at 2005-07-29 22:28:34 EDT (#)
Ranking: 0
The winner chooses which kind of Pepsi is used. They may also choose coffee, tea, cappucino, kahlua, screwdrivers, good beer, or iced tea. Maybe something else if it's available. NO coke, NO Red Bull, NO light beer.
I'm not going to release any information about DPM2, except what I've already let out, and that I predcit that there will be many more competitors.
Submitted by knucklesnelson (user info) at 2005-07-29 22:25:33 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
i just read somewhere diet pepsi causes brain tumors.
Submitted by rad1101 (user info) at 2005-07-29 22:24:38 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
diet pepsi
Submitted by alex.lifeson (user info) at 2005-07-29 22:22:46 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
Do you think you'll be able to get 32 for the next one? Because that would be best for bracket purposes and such.
Submitted by knucklesnelson (user info) at 2005-07-29 22:22:00 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
Yeah you are probally right, but im down for any contest that doesnt take itself to seriously (or at least the competitors dont).
Submitted by d_prime (user info) at 2005-07-29 22:21:13 EDT (#)
Ranking: 0
Though you're sort of a newb, you have a pretty good avg rating. I predict a narrow R1 loss for you in DPM2.
Submitted by d_prime (user info) at 2005-07-29 22:19:55 EDT (#)
Ranking: 0
...it's for any one =P
If you truely are half-assed, you won't go very far. There are severale competitive members, especially in the next one which will include Rad and ETS. We just ALLOW half-asses in.
Submitted by knucklesnelson (user info) at 2005-07-29 22:18:15 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
I just might do that prime. Finally a contest for half asses like me!
Submitted by d_prime (user info) at 2005-07-29 22:18:11 EDT (#)
Ranking: 0
...I'm going to wet my self out of excitement.
Submitted by d_prime (user info) at 2005-07-29 22:03:19 EDT (#)
Ranking: 0
This contest has redefined sweetness... with the new word sweetocity.
Submitted by egadz (user info) at 2005-07-29 22:02:32 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
Holy shit.
This is is gonna be sweet.
I might have a good idea for the title already.
Submitted by d_prime (user info) at 2005-07-29 21:59:36 EDT (#)
Ranking: 0
Yeah Badass, you should make sure to have perfect English when you're critiquing ANY THING.
Knuckles: Join the next one. This is the ultimate Uber writing competition: All fun, no bullshit, starts again every three months instead of six.
Submitted by badassmofo (user info) at 2005-07-29 21:58:06 EDT (#)
Ranking: 0
shit *you're
Submitted by knucklesnelson (user info) at 2005-07-29 21:57:29 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
this is the first ive heard of this competition.
Submitted by alex.lifeson (user info) at 2005-07-29 21:55:26 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
I'm in no way saying I would've won, it just would've been nice to get some actual feedback.
Submitted by badassmofo (user info) at 2005-07-29 21:54:53 EDT (#)
Ranking: 0
Alex - stop bitchin, your new here...did you expect everyone to fawn over your post?
Submitted by d_prime (user info) at 2005-07-29 21:52:29 EDT (#)
Ranking: 0
You would have needed 4 +2s Scott. Get over it.
Submitted by alex.lifeson (user info) at 2005-07-29 21:51:25 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
Mine was actually longer...and I only got ratings from 3 people, not including myself. I don't know whether it would be better or worse, but the rating would certainly have been different and more definitive if I got a few more comments.
Submitted by d_prime (user info) at 2005-07-29 21:50:36 EDT (#)
Ranking: 0
You're welcome. I love tournaments and brackets; I also love writing. It all goes together so well.
"No crap, no bullshit, just awesome."
I should be more calm and less competitive when it comes to UM and the people who don't like this, though.
Well, maybe not to the people who COMMENT HERE that they don't like this.
Submitted by badassmofo (user info) at 2005-07-29 21:48:36 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
I'll tell you what man, I give you props for your effort.
I've read alot of people give you shit about this, I've seen you act to boisterous and forceful with it. But in the end you have stuck with it, so I promise to do the same. As long as I am in and after I will be rating and participating as bes I can.
Thanks for giving me something to do since I go bounced in Round 1 of UM.
Submitted by d_prime (user info) at 2005-07-29 21:44:31 EDT (#)
Ranking: 0
Sorry that I forgot to put a P-space between Ainkara-AL and Bill-Egadz, but they're both there.