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SOMB MADNESS 2006


Much thanks go to geoneb, who seems to have conceived this little wonder, and who was able to take the time to set up this year's brackets. Here they are again:


Arctic Monkeys Region

1. Gareth Keenan Investigates
16. Casual Sunday

8. pinkerton
9. Biggie McSmalls

5. Some Girl
12. amotin

4. NumberTenOx
13. Tony

6. stella del vinile
11. simakos

3. agrimorfee
14. LBJ

7. undo
10. BennyHillsBalls

2. Sausage to the Extreme
15. kalmia


Sufjan Stevens Region

1. Ballbag Hitter
16. Mo Money Mo Problems

8. abpos
9. Jigga

5. avatar_ackbar
12. terremoto!

4. beansimpson
13. kat

6. velocity
11. izzy

3. Ryan
14. mouthbreather

7. AlkalineDrown
10. Nick

2. Slackmo
15. EastBayJ


Franz Ferdinand Region

1. solace
16. Smells Like Douche

8. ghost town of my brain
9. sin city

5. deej
12. Paul

4. Ben
13. tweed

6. gimmick
11. Undercooked Sausagé

3. Saskadelphia
14. rudayo

7. birdistheword
10. without_opinion

2. yancy
15. MCF


Pink Floyd Region

1. The Good Dr Bill
16. norton/crease

8. aneg
9. TerryKath's Brain

5. DrJimmy
12. Mr. Sinistro

4. Montana
13. Freddie Freelance

6. Little Jess
11. Howard Rock

3. Hewletts Daughter
14. no magnets

7. Complain
10. The Priest

2. skinnyhipsrivers
15. Phil


The results will be posted randomly (yet in a timely fashion, wiseasses) over the next three weeks, with two rounds being done each week. The judges' decisions, while often of dubious quality, are final. (An impartial 3rd party will be enlisted to post results in the matchup(s) in which I am a participant.)

Post well. Post wisely. Post away.
Best of luck to all.

What is this? I want to play. How would one go about such a thing?

Are we doing a play-in for Norton v. Crease?

The Pink Floyd Region Play-In Game: norton vs. crease




norton flirts with elimination, flaunting a casual disregard for giving a song a chance--just 20 seconds? However, crease's lack of defense gets exposed with a lone smiley, offered for a dubious doppelganger stovich lesson on elevator etiquette.

norton plays his way into the matchup with The Goliath Dr Bill, defeating crease in a laugher.

norton 65, crease 50

Be in the top 64 in post count.

Quality not Quantity I was always told, maybe next year then (P.S. I tried real hard with my last post too :-(

BertBertetc.:

We'll be having a supplemental NIT tourney for folks not in the top 65. Consider yourself invited. I'll get the thread going this week.

OK, call me 8Bert if you're into the brevity thing dude.

I really don't know what's going on, but I'll still laugh my ass off...

You just made the NIT as well. You'll pick it up as we go.

I didn't get in this year!

Oh well, I was out in the first round last year. It's better this way

It's more fun to watch anyways

Well, last year I went pretty far, but I have some competition this year.

obviously, this is going to be the best round by far.

After reading the 3 or so threads on the tourney, i think I get... And I'll gladly take the NIT, seeing as I'll bow out first round either way...



It seems like it would, but then again...

What the fuck is going on in here. i don't remember entering this, why is everyone always trying to nibble on my balls.

"There can be only one?" I established myself as the one when I watched all four highlander movies back to back and felt the motherfucking quickening while i sat there in my underpants, this tourney is useless, game over man, game over.


I still cry when The Kurgan kills Sean Connery though, asshole.

1) Is this like a trivia elimination game?

2) Why am I not in it.

Sufjan Stevens Region Round 1: 6. velocity vs. 11. izzy





velocity opens strong, combining some George Clinton love with some venue name-dropping. The Fillmore, eh? izzy also looks tourney-ready, and manages to chime in on the raging YSI debates with a decent smattering of optimism that hardly ever informs the debate.

velocity trips up at the end, however, with an attempt at hyperbole that backfires. George Clinton and the P-Funk All-stars blown out of the water by Funkadelic? I'll admit Clinton is a bit conflicted, but still...

And then, to seal the deal, izzy does the near-impossible: actually contributes a new thought to the YSI thang, with some wry sarcasm. Izzy hangs on for the win.


izzy 77, velocity 73

bumbaclaat!

truly.

rofl

Some of those are nasty. The Moroder one is aite.

1) No, it's post judging at a random time.

2) You're not in the 64 posters (in terms of post count)

Oh Some Girl, you horny wench, you

this is exciting...

Franz Ferdinand Region Round 1: 1. solace vs. 16. SmellsLikeDouche





Sometimes a powerhouse works in mysterious ways. A cursory glance at the two teams' performances doesn't indicate much of a difference; but cursory glances can be deceiving. (They are recommended, however, for the Smells Like Douche cheerleaders, who are homely in the extreme.) SLD's iPod troubles are extremely similar to many other iPod troubles we've heard around here (and quite frankly, everywhere else) before. SLD shows a lack of offensive tenacity, seemingly afraid to go to the hole, or at least the Apple Store.

solace, however, pulls off an unlikely triple-double. In one post, he manages to laugh at himself for his Pearl Jam mania, while poking fun at a few others who share it, while also making fun of Pearl Jam for one of their typical Pearl Jam-ian affectations. A strong showing from a strong team.


solace 82, Smells Like Douche 75

Arctic Monkeys Region Round 1: 7. undo vs. 10. BennyHillsBalls







undo, having backed into the tournament with a relatively low #7 seed, mans up for a tough first-round matchup and comes out firing. BennyHillsBalls respond (I'm not sure if that means they descend) with a little support for a friend's bonehead statement. (In this case, Hewlett's Daughter's assertion that Patton Oswalt cribs material from David Cross.) Like Guido The Killer Pimp, Patton wouldn't be a SOMB-household name if he didn't respect the "don't fuck with another man's livelihood" rule that governs comedians. BHB's defense is strong, but it's against a team that's not on the floor.

undo, in the meantime, puts on a display, basically raining 3's with a YSI of an unexpected title for the ambient faithful.


undo 93, BennyHillsBalls 88

Pink Floyd Region Round 1: 2. skinnyhipsrivers vs. 15. Phil





Look, we all heard Vitale say it on Sunday: there's no way skinnyhipsrivers should have been given a #2 seed. Usually when a team gets disrespected like that, they take it out on their first round opponent. Usually.

Phil, however, didn't get that memo. While their fellow students are off doing beer bongs, Phil's team is here in the tourney during Spring Break, showing the kind of dedication that wins ball games. In a crowd-pleasing flourish, he drops a lower-case "god" in the same sentence with the f-bomb. Nicely.

skinnyhipsrivers, in the end, promises fireworks but fails to deliver any, leading to a massive first-round upset.


Phil 84, skinnyhipsrivers 69

Slack, I bowed out. Tony wins by default. Next please.

Sufjan Stevens Region Round 1: 3. Ryan vs. 14. mouthbreather






In the tournament, it can be a dangerous thing to play to the level of your opponent. But Ryan safely phones it in when it becomes clear that mouthbreather was spent after winning the Patriot league and completely fails to show up.

Ryan 71, mouthbreather 49

Arctic Monkeys Region Round 1: 4. NumberTenOx vs. 13. Tony





NumberTenOx, flummoxed that none of its fans showed up because they failed to realize that chairsmissing U. was still competitive, attempts to throw the game. But Tony's strategy backfires when all five starters receive double technical fouls in the first minute of play. NumberTenOx successfully bricks nine free throws, but accidentally makes the last one.

Asked about the technicals after the game, the refs would only reply, "there's gallows humor, and then there's really, really bad gallows humor."

NumberTenOx 1, Tony 0

Shit. I should know better than to drink before shooting freethrows. Tony, this one is for you, man!

Franz Ferdinand Region Round 1: 5. deej vs. 12. Paul





In the tourney, decision-making is everything. All the effort in the world won't save you if you keep turning the ball over.

deej is efficient with the ball, showing some suspect street skills (and engendering some unfortunate alliteration.) Despite the atrocious (even for his characters) spelling of "aite", he's on the money with the assessement of SomeGirl's sneaky link.

Paul, on the other hand, just can't seem to get the handle on the rock. It all goes to hell in a handbasket in a hurry: an inadvertent bit of yancy-baiting, air quotes on alternative and indie, the misspelling of Yosemite, and fully three attempts at a joke to support the claim that Chicago hated rock. Point guards win games, and Paul fielded five swing men. Vaya con Hitler.


deej 67, Paul 62

Pink Floyd Region Round 1: 8. aneg vs. 9. TerryKath'sBrain





Both teams come out running the triangle movie-reference offense. However, TKB's squad have clearly had more practice, because everyone knows that any Nora Ephron reference, perhaps even a sarcastic one, will lead to a first-round exit.


TerryKath'sBrain 74, aneg 62

slackmo's been after me ever since i slighted that ridiculous ben folds song. i'll get you!

If I had remembered, you would've lost by a much wider margin.

Oh, and bring it on, Sally.

Yo dawg, my man, Undo, I hope he makes it to the finals.

thanks Randy.
Paula? Simon? any comments?

I'm just going to take this game by game. I can't worry too much about the David/Goliath comparisons. The Good Dr. Bill is a tough opponant -- he sure does post-up a lot -- but I think I can stay with him. I just thank Jesus Christ, my Lord and Savior, for putting me in this situation and giving me the opportunity to show my God given talents.

Ass kisser.

Bonehead statement..... I'll show you a bonehead statement.......

And why does this thread get a thumbs down next to it on the et cetera page....?

I'm reading an exclamation point, not a thumbs down. It could be a hiccup because I'm not using the new SOMB skin. Maybe the old school exclamation point translates to a thumbs down. I'll check it out and check with rufus if that's the case.

"bonehead statement" was on the harsh side, but you're no Faberge egg. Suck it up, Nancy.

Yeah it's definitely a thumbs down on the two different computers I've looked at it.

And I am as fragile as a baby bird, dickface.

It's true, I've had to embrace Derek a few times when we've been at the same concert because he's just too delicate for raucous indie music.

It's sad but true.

Art Brut were just too much for me, and I lost it. My dad would have been so disappointed in me if she knew about it.

I've (sorta) fixed it. Now on the IPB skin it's a laughing smiley. Whatever.



Look, there's a reason I don't post my picture around here. Please, if you've seen me, lay off the descriptions. thanks.

It's coming up as a triangular caution sign or something like that. Whatever, it makes more sense now than it did before.


This made me hold in what would have been really loud, embarassing laughter during class just now. I wouldn't have been able to explain it if I just burst out giggling during a lecture.

"Oh, I'm sorry professor, but the music message board guy who I think is Steve Zissou just made a comment about having a cock for a face."

It just wouldn't have come off right.

That's also why I don't have plastic surgery to have it removed. Because it wouldn't come off right.

I assume you just breathe through your nutz.


Oh dear, what if you had a runny nose.

oh my thats the lols