As stated prior to this thread, VOTING is worth points.  If you vote and did not enter this contest, you will get 3 points towards the overall 5 year standings in the Artistry contest.  When you vote as an entrant in this round, you receive 5 points for voting. . .that means no one who votes ends with no points. . . .

Anyway, the rules are pretty similar to other contests.  This is round 25 so please know that ALL rounds will count EQUALLY toward the final standings, and NO rounds will be omitted from the final total.

1. All participants must comment on all entrants and vote by the deadline, which for this rounds is April  24th  2008.  Failure to vote will forfeit all points from this round, and if that is less than 20 points, the difference will be forfeited in the following round (No Disqualifications)

2. Voting will take place by replying to this thread

3. If a person withdraws from an Artistry Round prior to the end of a round, all entrants who voted for that person's entry will be permitted to pick one new song to earn a bonus point, all other songs will be realigned accordingly.  There will be no penalty on those who don't change their vote.

4. Once a vote is posted, it cannot be changed UNLESS rule 3 applies OR there was a double-vote by accident.

5. Late entries will be accepted until the 1st vote has been posted.

6. The deadline is a strict deadline, the moment the date has reached the day after the deadline, no votes will count, this is to reduce last minute voting, or sympathy/favoritism towards different entrants.

7. We ask that any entrant who posts a link to his/her original song (source of parody) not be DKTOS for the contest.

8. All other basic competition rules as applied in other competitions are generally followed.  The rules may not be changed or altered unless two/thirds of those voting in a round where a rule change is requested agrees.  Rules may be added by host (Below Average Dave) if it was a rule in the ABC or SOTM contest that was thought to be common knowledge, but not known by a particular entrant.

Deadline:
EST (New York) May 8th at midnight
Central (St. Louis): May 8th at 11pm
Mountain (Denver): May 8th at 10pm
Pacific (Los Angeles): May 8th  at 9pm
Sydney, AUS: May 9th at 2pm
The UK: May 9th at 5am

1. Pps Dpndncy (Pepsi Dependency) by Below Average Dave
    Actual Recording on badave.com

2. Vertically Challenged by Matthias
    This Ain't A Scene, It's An Arms Race*

3. This Place Ain't Great, It's A First-Class Sh!t Hole by The Conqueror of Parodies
    This Ain't A Scene, It's An Arms Race*

4. Buffet Table of Love by Agrimorfee
    Carpal Tunnel of Love

5. Mom's Basement, We're Going Down by Invisible Boy
    Sugar, We're Going Down

6. Mom Is In the Dorm by Rex Ungericht
    Calm Before the Storm

*Please note that the actual version of the song states "This Ain't A Scene, It's A God D**n Arms Race", which is censored in the videos I've found, in case you have the censored version which states "This Ain't A Scene, It's An ___  ___ Arms Race" which replaced the words with deep piano notes. . .that's for pacing purposes.

I will try to get a submission in today. :o

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Nope, not gonna happen. Carry on without me for this round.

I will try to get a submission in today. :o

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Nope, not gonna happen. Carry on without me for this round.


No votes posted yet...I know I won't be able to vote until Monday...if you still have a shot, go for it Rex!

I will try to get a submission in today. :o

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Nope, not gonna happen. Carry on without me for this round.


I'm sure you can squeeze something out (I won't rag on you for using "chorus" this time, I swear!)

Wow, I appreciate the encouragement. I will try.

I can wait.

Thank you everyone for holding out, This contest is becoming like a second family to me, I had to hold out for you!  ;)

Karma to everyone

Ok, it's submitted. Thanks to everyone for waiting.  http://www.inthe00s.com/smile/14/notworthy.gif

http://www.amiright.com/parody/2000s/falloutboy61.shtml

Although Agrimorfee didn't like Fall Out Boy (He also didn't like Reel Big Fish  8-P) I love this band, and it was great to be introduced to new songs that I've never heard before (I never knew I would actually like Screamo... Agrimorfee's parody was my first witness of that genre), and this round is going to be a lot easier to listen to than the next round... Dolly Parton? Yuck!

Everybody did great this round, so this was VERY had to line up....

5 Points To: Below Average Pepsi (Everybody knows Coke is better)
4 Points To: Agrimorfee's Screaming Buffet Table (Nailed all of the internal rhyming, and the screaming, and did a song that "Happy Tree Friends" did a video to, which just makes it even better)
3 Points To: Invisible Boy's Emo Kid (A great parody of the original Artist)
2 Points To: Rex's Mom (I've been there FAR too many times!)
1 Point To: Conquerer_of_Parodies (If you changed up the chorus it would have been even better, but it was still pretty kick-ass!)

5pts - Aggie trying to cut Jared Lorenzen at the buffet line (though it's legal)

4pts - Invisible emo

3pts - Rex's MILF

2pts - Below Average Pepsi Addict

1 pts - Conqueror of Sh!t Hole

HM: Mafia's challenge

5pts - Aggie trying to cut Jared Lorenzen at the buffet line (though it's legal)

:) Thanks!

5pts=Invisible Boy--your overall talent is clear... ;)
4pts=Rex
3pts=BAD
2pts=Conqueror Of Homeland Security
1pt=Matthias (sorry, this one came up a little short... ;) )

1 point to Edible Agri
2 points to Rex's Dorm (hmm, a parody with an OS involving 'storm', changed into 'dorm'...sounds kinda familiar ;D)
3 points to Matthias the Midget
4 points to Emo-visible Boy
5 points to BAD Pepsi

Man, we sure are going through the secret artists pretty quickly...

1 point to Conqueror
2 points to Matthias
3 points to Invisible Boy
4 points to BAD
5 points to Agrimorfee

5 points to Agrimorfee

4 points to BAD

3 points to Rex

2 points to Matthias

1 point to C of P

8)

I am not used to voting last, but here goes. . .

1 Point to Conqueror (Not bad, but I have faith that you can do better than this one)

2 Points to Matthias (See Conq, it was a good idea, perhaps a bit rushed, but alright)

3 Points to Agrimorfee (Well paced, well rhymed, lacks that killer comedy I know you can do, but still good all and all)

4 Points to Invisible Boy (Great job overall)

5 Points to Rex (I can't believe you were able to turn THAT song into a story with THAT topic)

Wow, what a finish, a three way tie on top results in a tie break that resulted in . . .


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1st Agrimorfee (28 Points) (3 First Place Votes)

2nd Below Average Dave (28 Points) (2 First Place Votes)

3rd Invisible Boy (28 Points) (1 First Place Vote)
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4th Rex Ungericht (24 Points)

5th Matthias (15 Points)

6th The Conqueror of Parodies (12 Points)

Special Thanks to Max Power, who gets 3 Points for voting

Congrats to...

http://www.cerlim.ac.uk/conf/lww4/images/conference-dinner-buffet-table.jpg

+

http://icanhascheezburger.files.wordpress.com/2007/02/hund-pepsi.jpg

+

http://i164.photobucket.com/albums/u12/darkside709/emo-kids-oh-god-why.jpg

WOWSERS!!  8)

This is indeed the coolest way to share the podium with my fellow competitors Dave and IB. Congrats, guys.

Talk about a photo finish...

Congratulations to Agrimorfee and BAD

Thanks to all who voted

8)

Yes and likewise, congrats to Agri and IB, I haven't seen a finish quite like that before:)