User:ElementFortyThree

Current  /vg/ manager and former  /vp/ manager, part of a bunch of nerds who broke /vp/'s eternal yo-yo curse once upon a time, and another bunch of nerds who won /vg/ a star once. I run polls, occasionally also tipping, and mostly pretend not to be a hack. Also the manager of  /ffg/ in the VGL; like all /vg/ managers these days seem to do, I won FF once.

Flipfag and therefore part of the most powerful race in the world. OR/AS were good remakes, fuck you.

A fan of  /f/,  /int/,  /cm/,  /tg/, and vidya teams, in no particular order.

If you need to reach me:

Technetium !!rb+zz19X9Cq

• Skype: element.forty.three
• E-mail: elementfortythree@gmail.com
• Discord: Technetium #6741

I browse the thread during 4cc and VGL seasons, so I'll usually see anything directed at me or mentioning /vp/ or /vg/.

Use Discord for longer communication. I check my e-mail once every two weeks on average.

Music Bowl ideas

Going to organize this one of these days.

About

Team music is important. It makes otherwise undecided fans of other teams become your bandwagoners once their team is out, it makes /yourboard/'s team memorable, and if you're a huge fag with an internet ego, it lets people know you have good taste (provided it's actually good). But most importantly, team music is important to keeping up the hype. Which leads us to this -- which team can provide the best beats for any situation? The Music Bowl aims to answer that question.

Rules

• Tactical + aesthetics exports: Same as the settings for the most recent cup.
• 90 minutes. No ET. Penalties.
• Single elimination bracket. 16 or 8 teams.
• The Music Bowl is meant to be played over two weekends. To give managers time in advance to prepare music, only one matchday will occur per weekend.

Mechanics

• Teams must submit a unique music export for every matchday. Tactical nightlies are also allowed for the second weekend. No livemanagement; simple pastebins allowed. Complex flowcharts and 4D chess please go and stay go.
• Exports must contain an anthem, goalhorn, and victory anthem.
  • These tracks MUST be thematic to both the team in question, AND the opposing team.
  • You are permitted one striker althorn if you so choose, but again, thematic.
    • Why limit striker althorns? So to speak, they can spoil the broth. Motivating example is  /mu/: Brother Sport is a vastly underrated goalhorn, because it's never heard -- owing simply to the fact that /mu/ is inundated with striker alt-horns. On average, Brother Sport plays once per cup. Sometimes fewer.

Matches

• At the start of each matchday and throughout the day, a viewer poll will be held and linked for each matchup.
• The teams will be scored in the following categories:
  • Thematic relevance. Which team chose music that was most relevant to the matchup or to the topic of their respective boards?
  • Energy and hype. Which team's music was more energetic, hype-building, and appropriate in their respective role (i.e., as a goalhorn, anthem)?
  • Would you bandwagon this team to go ahead? This category is based solely on the team's goalhorn. Would you want this team to score more goals and possibly take the cup purely to hear the goalhorn over and over?
    • This third category highlights a tactical consideration. Obviously your team will forfeit this category if it fails to score, giving the other side an immediate polling advantage. So -- make a team that scores once and then parks the bus like an asshole, or mutually agree to just play heavy-handed +2 murderball?
• The winner of the match will be decided not based on the score result, but on the outcome of these three categories. The result will be announced on-stream at the conclusion of the game, after which the victory anthem will play.
• The victory anthem will not be scored, but it would be in good taste to prepare one anyway.
• As mentioned above, teams are allowed ONE striker althorn, but as far as the category is concerned it'll be lumped in with the general goalhorn. It may help score or lose brownie points with the audience based on your selection for each and depending on who scores or doesn't. Up to you.
• In the event that neither team scores, penalties occur, during which the teams' regular goalhorn will play during penalty set-up and kicks.
  • In the event of a tie, a run-off will occur using the stream poll for a minute, and if that ties, a coin will be flipped.

Further considerations

• Quarter- and semi-finals: If you're having trouble coming up with music for each possible matchup (although a week should probably be enough to find music for up to 6 other teams), you can take risks and bet on your next possible opponent, but if you guess wrong you'd be pretty fucked.
• Scoring goals on headers results in shorter replays; if your music has a long wind-up you may be gimped. Replays will be as long as they can be dragged out, of course.
• If this ends up being successful with just 4cc teams we can definitely try making signups free-for-all in later installments. Fake teams, VGL, whatever you want.

Current record for official games I've managed below if anyone cares.

Management record

/vg/

Date	Opponent	Competition	Result	Scorers
August 5, 2017	/f/	2017 4chan Summer Cup	1–2 L	Smug Redman  21'
November 5, 2017	/k/	2017 4chan Autumn Babby Cup	1–2 L	Git Gud  39'
May 26, 2018	/r9k/	2018 4chan Spring Babby Cup	1–0 W	WIIIIIIIIINDS!  6'
May 27, 2018	/ck/	2018 4chan Spring Babby Cup	3–2 W	Git Gud  19', Wilhelm II  56', Cute Anime Girls  74'
May 27, 2018	/e/	2018 4chan Spring Babby Cup	0–2 L
August 5, 2018	/toy/	2018 4chan Summer Cup	2–1 W	I Love Junko!  5', Git Gud  27'
August 11, 2018	/n/	2018 4chan Summer Cup	1–0 W	Unity-chan  66'
August 12, 2018	/jp/	2018 4chan Summer Cup	6–3 W	Unity-chan  9', 36', 42', 67' Best Melty Player in Italy  30' Git Gud  90+0'
August 12, 2018	/int/	2018 4chan Summer Cup	2–0 W	Unity-chan  14', 50'
August 12, 2018	/sp/	2018 4chan Summer Cup	3–1 W	Unity-chan  3' Git Gud  13' Best Melty Player in Italy  25'

/vp/

Date	Opponent	Competition	Result	Scorers
August 7, 2015	/tv/	2015 4chan Summer Cup	0-4 L
October 24, 2015	/lgbt/	2015 4chan Autumn Babby Cup	4-1 W	Miror B.  7', 70' Fug  23' Bravest Bird  90+'
October 31, 2015	/lit/	2015 4chan Autumn Babby Cup	0-6 L
November 6, 2015	/pol/	2015 4chan Autumn Babby Cup	3-2 W	Bravest Bird  22', 35', 86'
November 8, 2015	/c/	2015 4chan Autumn Babby Cup	1-0 W	Miror B.  80'
November 14, 2015	/out/	2015 4chan Autumn Babby Cup	0-3 L
February 19, 2016	/o/	2016 4chan Winter Cup	3-0 W	Fug  18', 51' Miror B.  59'
August 5, 2016	/d/	2016 4chan Summer Cup	3-3 D	Miror B.  31', 86' Bravest Bird  39'
August 20, 2016	/e/	2016 4chan Summer Cup	1-2 L	Citizen Snips  11'