AlphaSHEEP SURLAW X-travaganza: When Games Collide

[RSOAPS]

No votes yet from @ari101 @Kol @E.N. @Irish Aris for the Semis. If you get a chance the deadline for that is 7pm.

[RSOAPS]

No votes yet from @ari101 @Kol @E.N. @Irish Aris for the Semis. If you get a chance the deadline for that is 7pm.

My bad, just checked again and I already have a PM from ari. @jp liz v1 was the other person I haven't received a PM from.

[E.N.]

I'm in

[ari101]

No votes yet from @ari101 @Kol @E.N. @Irish Aris for the Semis. If you get a chance the deadline for that is 7pm.

My bad, just checked again and I already have a PM from ari. @jp liz v1 was the other person I haven't received a PM from.

Phew, I had a momentary panic wondering who I sent my sheep to... There are good and bad vets people 

[jp liz v1]

Sorry I had thought I had done, will do now

[RSOAPS]

Now we're down at the business end of things and with fewer songs to choose from surely the Semi-Finals will give us some bigger SHEEP...

Right?

Well let's waste no time in finding out...

The Result of Semi-Final 1 is...

[RSOAPS]

If you weren't on board the SHEEP here, it won't be a Happy Ending for you...

Question 7: Semi-Final 1

Avril Lavigne - My Happy Ending - 8
cee_jay
E.N.
jp liz v1
Kol
Necro
Neowise
ShaneU
Spears

Mike + The Mechanics - Over My Shoulder - 3
ari101
nothing
Wichita Lineman

ACES - 1:

Good Charlotte - The Anthem - Sawduck

INVALIDS - 0:

no answer given - Irish Aris

[RSOAPS]

Avril Lavigne - My Happy Ending advances to the Final and there won't be long to wait to find out who she'll be facing, but before we get to that, let's have a quick look at the leader board...

ShaneU still leads the pack, and while Sawduck had been neck and neck with Neowise and Necro in joined 2nd for the past few days, an ace in Semi-Final 1 sees him drop back from the podium.

Scores after question 7:

43 - ShaneU
42 - Neowise
42 - Necro
39 - jp liz v1
35 - Sawduck
35 - Kol
31 - nothing
31 - Spears
28 - ari101
23 - Irish Aris
21 - cee_jay
21 - Wichita Lineman
20 - E.N.

[RSOAPS]

Lets not waste any time finding out who will be facing Avril Lavigne in the Final...

Here come the results for Semi-Final 2...

[RSOAPS]

Houston, we have a problem! It's a triple SHEEP and we have a tie...

All points will be awarded as below, but as per the OP it falls to the host (that's me) to break any ties... I'm going to need a moment to mull this one over though...

Question 8: Semi-Final 2

Travis - Sing - 4
Kol
nothing
ShaneU
Wichita Lineman

YUNGBLUD - fleabag - 4
ari101
cee_jay
E.N.
Spears

X-Ecutioners ft. Mike Shinoda & Mr. Hahn - It's Goin' Down - 4
jp liz v1
Necro
Neowise
Sawduck


INVALIDS - 0:

no answer given - Irish Aris

[RSOAPS]

I'm just going to go for the song that I would have voted for myself in that one, so...

YUNGBLUD - fleabag will be heading to the Final up against Avril Lavigne, which I'll post in a minute along with details on how to potentially win some bonus points...

Not much change to the leaderboard after that tie though, except that Aris who is away enjoying his holidays and had let me know that he probably wouldn't get online to vote on these ones now falls back to wooden spoon position after back to back null points...

Scores after question 8:

47 - ShaneU
46 - Neowise
46 - Necro
43 - jp liz v1
39 - Sawduck
39 - Kol
35 - nothing
35 - Spears
32 - ari101
25 - cee_jay
25 - Wichita Lineman
24 - E.N.
23 - Irish Aris

[RSOAPS]

Voting shall now commence for the Final and Bonus Point Bonanza TWIST... Send me a PM with your choices by 7pm tomorrow (Wednesday)...

Final

Avril Lavigne - My Happy Ending



YUNGBLUD - fleabag

Bonus Point Bonanza TWIST

I'm a big fan of BIG TWISTS, so of course I was always going to incorporate a twist into this game, and I'm putting a 30 Point Bonus on the table, which in essence opens up the door for any player to still walk away with the SHEEP title... 

Quite simply, anyone who can get inside my brain and figure out which of the 30 songs I would have liked to see win the whole thing shall receive an additional 30 points to their Final score. This won't be a SHEEP question, only those who give the correct answer can get points...

Here's a list of all the songs, and to be in with a chance for the 30 point bonus put your own opinions aside and just tell me in your PM which one of these songs I personally, Rachel Stevens On A Pogo Stick, would have liked to see being crowned the winning song...

• Avril Lavigne - My Happy Ending
  
• Barenaked Ladies - Shoebox
  
• Carrie Underwood - Before He Cheats
  
• Device - Hanging On A Heart Attack
  
• Everything Everything - Desire
  
• Fionn - Dirty Dancing
  
• Good Charlotte - The Anthem
  
• HAIM - Don't Save Me
  
• Incubus - Anna Molly
  
• James Blunt - Wisemen
  
• Klaxons - It's Not Over Yet
  
• Little Big Town - Pontoon
  
• Mike + The Mechanics - Over My Shoulder
  
• New Radicals - Someday We'll Know
  
• One Direction - Live While You're Young
  
• Prefab Sprout - King of Rock 'N' Roll
  
• Queens Of The Stone Age - First It Giveth
  
• Radiohead - Jigsaw Falling Into Place
  
• Staind - Fade
  
• Travis - Sing
  
• Underworld - Underneath The Radar
  
• Vampire Weekend - Cousins
  
• Weezer - Say It Ain't So
  
• YUNGBLUD - fleabag
  
• Zac Brown Band - Colder Weather
  
• X - Burning House Of Love
  
• X Ambassadors - Hey Child
  
• Xavier Rudd - Stoney Creek
  
• X-Ecutioners ft. Mike Shinoda & Mr. Hahn - It's Goin' Down
  
• XYLØ - Get Closer
  

[Spears]

two great songs in the final 

[E.N.]

I'm just going to go for the song that I would have voted for myself in that one, so...

YUNGBLUD - fleabag will be heading to the Final

Good decision

Should be a bonus point for anyone who agreed with you

[RSOAPS]

I'm just going to go for the song that I would have voted for myself in that one, so...

YUNGBLUD - fleabag will be heading to the Final

Good decision

Should be a bonus point for anyone who agreed with you

[RSOAPS]

@ari101 @E.N. @Irish Aris @jp liz v1 your usual lunchtime reminder that deadline for the Final and Bonus Points is 7pm

[ari101]

Got my ass in there... Pretty sure I wrote that message up last night and then got distracted and never sent it

[jp liz v1]

@ari101 @E.N. @Irish Aris @jp liz v1 your usual lunchtime reminder that deadline for the Final and Bonus Points is 7pm

Both gone in

[RSOAPS]

Got my ass in there... Pretty sure I wrote that message up last night and then got distracted and never sent it

Well I dunno who you sent it to, but I still don't have it.

[ari101]

Got my ass in there... Pretty sure I wrote that message up last night and then got distracted and never sent it

Well I dunno who you sent it to, but I still don't have it.

Haha, no I have a vague memory of my Dad talking to me about something and me closing out of the browser on my phone while in the middle of it

[RSOAPS]

Well I dunno who you sent it to, but I still don't have it.

Haha, no I have a vague memory of my Dad talking to me about something and me closing out of the browser on my phone while in the middle of it

Well there's still time to get it in to me before 7. All I need is the name of both songs, you don't have to worry about pleasantries or any of those formalities...

[RSOAPS]

Haha, no I have a vague memory of my Dad talking to me about something and me closing out of the browser on my phone while in the middle of it

Well there's still time to get it in to me before 7. All I need is the name of both songs, you don't have to worry about pleasantries or any of those formalities...

Well, too late now unfortunately, voting lines are closed. 

It's unfortunate, but can't extend the deadline as wouldn't be fair to those who missed out along the way or to me who needs to be physically on my laptop to do the reveals.

[RSOAPS]

The Time Is Here...

We're about to find out The Winning Song...

Let's Waste No More Time...

[RSOAPS]

An undisputed SHEEP in the final as Avril Lavigne bags almost all the votes...

Question 9: Final

Avril Lavigne - My Happy Ending - 10
E.N.
jp liz v1
Kol
Necro
Neowise
nothing
Sawduck
ShaneU
Spears
Wichita Lineman

ACES - 1:

YUNGBLUD - fleabag - cee_jay

INVALIDS - 0:

no answer given - ari101
no answer given - Irish Aris


So the Winning Song is without a shadow of a doubt...

Avril Lavigne - My Happy Ending

[RSOAPS]

Well we've gotten our Winning Song, but there's still the matter of the SHEEP winner to deal with, and with the Bonus Point Bonanza where people could be upping their scores by 30 points, it's too early for anyone to be feeling victorious, but before we get into that lets look at how the scoreboard stands...

Scores after question 9:

57 - ShaneU
56 - Neowise
56 - Necro
53 - jp liz v1
49 - Sawduck
49 - Kol
45 - nothing
45 - Spears
35 - Wichita Lineman
34 - E.N.
32 - ari101
26 - cee_jay
23 - Irish Aris

[RSOAPS]

Now time to find out how the Bonus Points Bonanza affects things...

To drag it out and build the tension just a bit, I'm going to count down my Top 5 songs...

Remember only choosing the song I've ranked #1 will lead to Bonus Points...

Before we do that though, we should probably find out who you lot thought my #1 would be...

Question 10: BONUS

HAIM - Don't Save Me
E.N.
Necro
nothing
Sawduck

New Radicals - Someday We'll Know
Kol
Neowise
ShaneU

Little Big Town - Pontoon
cee_jay
jp liz v1

YUNGBLUD - fleabag 
Spears

Radiohead - Jigsaw Falling Into Place 
Wichita Lineman

All good answers, some good insights, but who landed on the right answer?

[RSOAPS]

My #5 Song Is:

New Radicals - Someday We'll Know



So that's Kol, Neowise, and our current leader ShaneU out of the race for Bonus Points...

[RSOAPS]

My #4 Song Is:

Radiohead - Jigsaw Falling Into Place



Leaving Wichita Lineman out of the running for Bonus Points now too...

[RSOAPS]

My #3 Song Is:

Fionn - Dirty Dancing



Which seemingly was not on anyone's radar as my potential favourite...

[RSOAPS]

My #2 Song Is:

HAIM - Don't Save Me



Was a great shout as HAIM are one of my favourite bands but it's a case of close but no cigar for E.N., Necro, nothing, and Sawduck

Which begs the question who's my number #1?

If it's YUNGBLUD there'll be 30 points coming to Spears making her the overall winner, and if it's Little Big Town both cee_jay and jp liz v1 will receive 30 points meaning Liz would take the overall victory, or could it be something else entirely meaning ShaneU can breathe a sigh or relief as he'd still be in the top spot and all of this was a futile and unnecessary waste of time and served only to prolong the drama...

'Tis the moment of truth...

[RSOAPS]

My #1 Song worth 30 Bonus Points:

Avril Lavigne - My Happy Ending



Nobody thought to go for the song that had been staring you all right in the face the entire game, the people's champion... 

Thought at least one of you would've gone for Avril as both the winner and my favourite, but it wasn't the case so the bonus round amounted to absolutely nothing...

Which means a big Congrats to your SHEEP Winner...

ShaneU

Thank you all for playing. Hope you enjoyed this experimental game. Wasn't sure if it'd work at all or not, but for me anyway just in terms of hosting it was an interesting spin on some existing games.

[nothing]

Well done @ShaneU! Thanks @Rachel Stevens on a Pogo Stick, this have been a full on epic of a game!

So so close to those bonus points... But snatched away!

[Kol]

Congrats @ShaneU

Thanks for running @Rachel Stevens on a Pogo Stick
As I mentioned in my pm, a great concept and I think we will see more of these, maybe themed and tweaked a little as they go along.

Really enjoyed this game, and as an Avril fan, delighted with the winning song.

[ari101]

Haha if the PM I wrote and sent earlier had actually sent I'd have been with cee_jay on Yungblud, no idea why that did not send, mobile browser for games likes to make me hit post/send twice before doing things, and the internet here is so glitchy today so maybe it didn't go! oh well

Here's to not quite last

It was a fun week and a bit thank you for the new music I really like! Congrats to my sheepier friends

[jp liz v1]

Thank you @Rachel Stevens on a Pogo Stick and Well done @ShaneU

[E.N.]

My #1 Song worth 30 Bonus Points:
Avril Lavigne - My Happy Ending

Nobody thought to go for the song that had been staring you all right in the face the entire game, the people's champion...

Cheers Soapy - great idea. I was in and out very intermittently but it was a great little comp

Congrats Shane... if congrats is the right word

[Spears]

Which begs the question who's my number #1?

If it's YUNGBLUD there'll be 30 points coming to Spears making her the overall winner, and if it's Little Big Town both cee_jay and jp liz v1 will receive 30 points meaning Liz would take the overall victory, or could it be something else entirely meaning ShaneU can breathe a sigh or relief as he'd still be in the top spot and all of this was a futile and unnecessary waste of time and served only to prolong the drama...

'Tis the moment of truth...

God I got so excited there for a minute!    


Thanks for running Soapy! enjoyed the game and the daily voting.

I was confused with how the game was to be played from the OP, but it end up being straight forward. I don't know why I thought it was so complicated.

Congrats Shane on the win 

[cee_jay]

Congrats Shane, and thanks Soapy for running.
I'm disgusted I was beaten to the wooden spoon though!

[Wichita Lineman]

@Rachel Stevens on a Pogo Stick - As a newbie to these things I really enjoyed that. Thanks for all the hard work you put into it.

[RSOAPS]

Congrats Shane, and thanks Soapy for running.
I'm disgusted I was beaten to the wooden spoon though!

I think we can definitely award you the Wooden Spoon cee_jay since Aris wasn't actually around to enter answers for the Semis or the Final so racked up a lot of 0 points in the endgame, whereas you earned your score having sent in answers each day...

I hereby formally award you the Wooden Spooner of this game...