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[wowmuchshiba]

Up to the minute standings on Parody Cup - winner 22-9 is #Tacky!

Vote for the next matchup - we switched to Polldaddy for the polls due to popular demand, and it's easy to share on social media.  This time it's Word Crimes vs.  Lame Claim to Fame!

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[icehouseprimitiveman]

Nudes pls doge?

mmm baby  here you go <3 

[wowmuchshiba]

WE ARE LIVE!

Doge memes be damned, the Parody Cup is live.  Today is day 1 of voting - it's "Tacky", the parody of Pharrell's "Happy" which is the #1 video on iTunes vs. "Mission Statement", the Crosby, Stills, and Nash-style exploration of corporate double-speak.

Vote for Tacky with this tweet!

Vote for Mission Statement with this tweet!

See here for voting explanation!  May the best video win!

[wowmuchshiba]

How the voting happens

BIG EDIT 7/23/14

Going forward, we're going to use Polldaddy - it allows me to close the poll, it's easy to get to, easy to share on social media, and I think will create a larger opportunity for us to interact.  Round 1's first matchup was done as described below. Everything else going forward is on Polldaddy. Sorry for the confusion, but we figure that this is fair since it wasn't done mid-matchup, and because Tacky won with such a large percentage of points.  

So now that "Weird Al" Yankovic has released all 8 videos in the #8videos8days release for his album Mandatory Fun, I thought it'd be fun to have a series of faceoffs to determine the best video of the 8.  The videos have been seeded in single-elimination, tournament-style bracket (which you can see right here).  The bracket seeds are determined by release date, so the first video released (Tacky) goes up against the most recent release (Mission Statement) and so on.  Here are the dates of voting:

Round 1

Tuesday, July 22: Tacky vs. Mission Statement

Wednesday, July 23: Word Crimes (my cameo!) vs. Lame Claim to Fame

Thursday, July 24: Foil vs. First World Problems

Friday, July 25: Handy vs. Sports Song

Round 2

Monday, July 28: 7/22 winner vs 7/25 winner

Tuesday, July 29: 7/23 winner vs 7/24 winner

Wednesday, July 30: All eliminated videos in a 6-way grudge match for the #3 position

Thursday, July 31 - Saturday, August 2 - THE FINAL ROUND

How to Vote

At approximately 10am Central time each day, I will post links to the videos on my Twitter feed.  To vote, do one or both of the following:

Favoriting the tweet counts as 1 vote.

Retweeting the tweet counts as 2 votes.

You can vote for both videos if you want, and you can assign up to 3 points per video.  The winner will be determined by 2RT+Fav. 

Example with simple math: if Tacky gets 10 RTs and 30 favs, and if Mission Statement gets 15 RTs and 10 favs, then it's (10x2)+30=50 vs. (15x2)+10 = 40.  If you do your order of operations correctly you don't need the parenthesis but not everyone is great at math so I want to be transparent and obvious.

Due to technical limitations (and to keep people from stuffing the ballot box) quoting the tweets or just using their associated hashtags will not be counted.  The winner will be announced when the next round starts, and the final winner will be announced at 10am on Saturday, August 2.  

And then we'll party like it's 1699. 

[wowmuchshiba]

The brackets are set for the Parody Cup. Voting will be via Twitter.