AO Rap Battle Tournament 2012

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AO Rap Battle Tournament 2012


Introduction:

This is the competition none of you have been waiting for and half of you prefer would never happen. Nevertheless you are all thoroughly happy it is taking place. This is the official Actuarial Outpost Rap Battle Tournament 2012. Do you have what it takes to be the ultimate winner of an internet text rap battle amongst actuaries and those who electronically dwell amongst actuaries? You just might. But probably not.


Format:

The tournament will follow a single-elimination bracket structure (similar to the NCAA tournament).

Depending on the level of interested participants, there will be 32 or 64 slots in the bracket. Upon reaching the maximum number of participants, seeding will take place. If people sign up past reaching the maximum, whomever is in will be determined on a first-come first-in basis. The list of participants will be maintained in this thread in the order in which people declare their intent to participate within this thread. Do so by posting in this thread "In" or "I am participating" or something else clear, please.


Seeding:

I will be seeking an honest volunteer who can be trusted to provide me (publicly, in this thread) with a list of as many distinct random numbers as there are participants (MPC, I'm looking at you perhaps.) The list of participants will be placed alongside the list of random numbers and sorted (increasing) to determine seeding.

For example, if the four participants are, in the order in which they declared their participation, HotChocolate, Alpo, Canker Store, and MadDingo, and the random numbers are 0.3, 0.5, 0.1, and 0.9, then the seeding array will look like:
HotChocolate 0.3
Alpo 0.5
CankerStore 0.1
MadDingo 0.9
and the pairings will be:
#1 CankerStore vs #2 HotChocolate
#3 Alpo vs #4 MadDingo
In round 2, winner of 1 vs 2 will battle winner of 3 vs 4, etc.


Matchups:

When the pairings for a round are set, I will create the threads for those pairings. Each matchup will take place in a separate thread in the Tournament Style Surveys section. In each matchup, two participants will be paired against each other with the goal of defeating their opponent in a text rap battle.

The matchup threads will be named in the following format:
AO RBT 2012, Rd N, #X {name} vs #Y {name}

Each opponent in that pairing will tag in by posting in the thread, and use that post to notify their opponent of any timing issues (such as travelling to some hellhole for 12 days without AO access).

The person with the lowest seed # will post a verse first, and they will alternate. So if Alpo and MadDingo are opponents as in the example above, #3 Alpo posts first, then MadDingo, then Alpo again, then MadDingo to finish it.

Verses in all rounds must be between 8 and 12 lines.

In the interest of keeping things moving in a timely fashion, each person will have 7 days to complete their verse. That time starts from the time either: a) both people have tagged into their matchup thread, or b) their opponent has posted a verse and the matchup hasn't yet concluded with the fourth verse. Faster progress is encouraged. The 7 day limit is more a guideline than a hard rule. Do your best to abide by it. If time drags on with no action from a person, they can be considered to have forfeited if their opponent wishes, and the matchup will be decided accordingly. Let's try not to have that ever happen.

Once the fourth verse has been posted, I will create a poll in the thread in which AOers will vote on who won the battle. Polls will be public to deter alt-bombing the results. There will be three options in each poll: A should win, B should win, and tie/can't decide. The poll will be set to expire after 10 days.

Voters may decide who won based on their own subjective factors, such as:
-best insulting of opponent
-best boasting
-rhyming
-flow
-alliteration
-assonance
-wordplay
-etc
DO NOT alt-bomb the voting please.


Rules to Join:
-Must have 1000+ posts (this way there is a developed persona to attack)
-Must post in this thread declaring you are "in" or "participating" or something else clear.
-If the limit of # of participants is crossed, will be determined on a first-come, first-served basis.


Let me know if there are any clarifications that need to be made.

[FormLetter]

The boss of random numbers has supplied us with the random number array:
http://www.actuarialoutpost.com/actu...9&postcount=81

Originally Posted by campbell

I have been called down from Mt. Olympus to supply 16 random numbers

Spoiler:

No, I didn't use =RAND()

Here y'all go:
0.47632
0.04041
0.23265
0.24521
0.88870
0.75171
0.71430
0.35010
0.30435
0.97464
0.13735
0.98320
0.42412
0.31693
0.12725
0.50193

List of participants thus far:

Aw Yeah
3rookie
FourKicks
SmartActuary
Mog
sooner82
Loner
Standtall
FormLetter
Linus
ditkaworshipper
thing
LifeIsAPoissonProcess
Inconceivable
Travis
figure 8


List of contingent participants if there isn't enough interest with posters at 1000+ posts:
sjb554
ThatGuy


Results of the sorting of the people based on the random numbers:

1 0.04041 3rookie
2 0.12725 Travis
3 0.13735 ditkaworshipper
4 0.23265 FourKicks
5 0.24521 SmartActuary
6 0.30435 FormLetter
7 0.31693 Inconceivable
8 0.3501 Standtall
9 0.42412 LifeIsAPoissonProcess
10 0.47632 Aw Yeah
11 0.50193 figure 8
12 0.7143 Loner
13 0.75171 sooner82
14 0.8887 Mog
15 0.97464 Linus
16 0.9832 thing

[FormLetter]

[held for pairings and results]

Pairings and Results


The bracket (created by Super Silver Haze):





Round 1:
AO RBT 2012, Rd 1 - #1 3rookie vs #2 Travis
http://www.actuarialoutpost.com/actu...d.php?t=245900

AO RBT 2012, Rd 1 - #3 ditkaworshipper vs #4 FourKicks
http://www.actuarialoutpost.com/actu...d.php?t=245901

AO RBT 2012, Rd 1 - #5 SmartActuary vs #6 FormLetter
http://www.actuarialoutpost.com/actu...d.php?t=245902

AO RBT 2012, Rd 1 - #7 Inconceivable vs #8 Standtall
http://www.actuarialoutpost.com/actu...d.php?t=245903

AO RBT 2012, Rd 1 - #9 LifeIsAPoissonProcess vs #10 Aw Yeah
http://www.actuarialoutpost.com/actu...d.php?t=245904

AO RBT 2012, Rd 1 - #11 figure 8 vs #12 Loner
http://www.actuarialoutpost.com/actu...d.php?t=245905

AO RBT 2012, Rd 1 - #13 sooner82 vs #14 Mog
http://www.actuarialoutpost.com/actu...d.php?t=245906

AO RBT 2012, Rd 1 - #15 Linus vs #16 thing
http://www.actuarialoutpost.com/actu...d.php?t=245907





Round 2:
AO RBT 2012, Rd 2 - #2 Travis vs #3 ditkaworshipper
http://www.actuarialoutpost.com/actu...d.php?t=247236

AO RBT 2012, Rd 2 - #6 FormLetter vs #8 Standtall
http://www.actuarialoutpost.com/actu...d.php?t=247237

AO RBT 2012, Rd 2 - #10 Aw Yeah vs #12 Loner
http://www.actuarialoutpost.com/actu...d.php?t=247238

AO RBT 2012, Rd 2 - #13 sooner82 vs #16 thing
http://www.actuarialoutpost.com/actu...d.php?t=247239


Round 3 - semifinals:
AO RBT 2012, Rd 3 (Semifinals), #2 Travis vs #6 FormLetter
http://www.actuarialoutpost.com/actu...d.php?t=249327

AO RBT 2012, Rd 3 (Semifinals), #12 Loner vs #16 thing
http://www.actuarialoutpost.com/actu...d.php?t=249330


ETC

[erosewater]

any particular reason this is in the Valpo section?

[FormLetter]

[held for rules to be included in all match specific threads in the Tournament Style Surveys section]

Thread title format:
AO RBT 2012, Rd N, #X {name} vs #Y {name}


Holds rules for post 1 in each matchup thread.

AO Rap Battle Tournament 2012
Round N Matchup
#X {name} vs #Y {name}
Link to main tournament thread.

The matchup rules:
Both opponents must tag in in this thread by posting "tag in" or something like that. Also if you have any special time considerations bring them up at that time.

Lowest seed number posts a verse first, within 7 days of both opponents having tagged in to this thread. From there they alternate posting verses within 7 days of the prior verse until both have posted 2 verses. Matches may begin after both have tagged in, no need to wait.

Verses must be between 8 and 12 lines.

After the fourth verse I will post a poll to determine the winner.

[FormLetter]

Originally Posted by erosewater

any particular reason this is in the Valpo section?

For full disclosure - the thread was created there so I could hopefully get the first few posts in without someone supremely awesome jumping in and posting.

[Aw Yeah]

youre gonna do this without travis?

thats messed up

[Aw Yeah]

Also, I'm in or participating or something else clear

[3rookie]

In

I think 48 hours is a reasonable period of time for a response. And send your opponent a PM after you've carved them up.

Maybe a bonus for responding in 15 minutes?

[FormLetter]

Originally Posted by Aw Yeah

youre gonna do this without travis?

thats messed up

What gave you that idea? If he signs up, he signs up. Does he have less than 1000 posts or something?