8:49 PM me: Hello!
8:50 PM Randall: what's up buddy
me: Are you ready?
Randall: yep
me: ok - before we start - so I sent you an e-mail today - to ask if you wanted to seed the tournament tonight - the e-mail was just this:
Do you want to do the seeding tonight?
8:51 PM Only I sent it to the wrong person - a woman on my contact list that I don't know very well.
named Randi
Randall: awesome
did she say yes?
me: i had to link to our Web site to prove that it had to do with tournaments.
Randall: and what did she interpret "seeding" to mean?
8:52 PM me: I immediately sent a follow-up; I can't imagine.
Ok - so did you get my e-mail? We have four songs for three spots. Before we can even get to seeding.
A Reminder (Karma Police) 5% (5 votes)Pearly* Paranoid Android 5% (5 votes)Fog Knives Out 5% (5 votes)Gagging Order Go to Sleep [US] 5% (5 votes)
8:53 PM I have my three picks easily; let me know when you have yours.
Randall: yeah, i'm waiting for my ipod to start up so i can listen to them
this computer is rediculously slow
me: ok
8:56 PM Randall: perly gets one of the spots
me: I concur
Randall: it only because it's the only one i've got
8:57 PM well then, let's get to it!
#1s?
me: Well, if you'll defer to me, I go with A Reminder and Fog
Randall: sounds good
8:58 PM me: do you want me to send the final list?
Randall: please, to gmail, of course
9:00 PM me: sent - so given that we're seeding for a contest that only happens in our hearts and minds - what should we use as qualifiers? It probably has to be a little more complicated than just our four favorite songs.
9:01 PM And I don't know if you saw, but we got threatened with a boycott if Creep wins, I think
9:02 PM Randall: seeding = (popularity + how good it is + how much we like it + video + variable_
9:03 PM me: sounds good - should we submit 8 in order of importance - and have the top four be our seeds?
me: I'm open to any tabulation format
9:04 PM Randall: well, let's hear your top eight then
9:06 PM me: Ok - I think I'm there - one last check
9:07 PM Paranoid AndroidCreepPlanet TelexEverything In Its Right PlaceKarma PoliceHigh And Dry2+2=5 (The Lukewarm)Let Down
9:08 PM Randall: Android, Creep, Ideotech, Just, Karma, Plastic Trees, Surprises, There There
1 = Creep, Android, Karma
9:09 PM me: definties
let's go back to the drawing board for the fourth
I take one of mine and one of yours to suggest
you likewise
if either show up twice, they're in
9:10 PM Randall: ok: ideotech, right place
me: No Surprises and Everything
We have our fourth
Randall: are you keeping track of this, by the way?
me: I know you posted that - and there was a gap, but I couldn't see
9:11 PM yes.
so - would doing a S curve - to make sure albums didn't face each other be too complicated?
9:13 PM Randall: yes
9:14 PM me: I guess I'll keep track of ranking of seeds - and we'll see how complicated it becomes.
Randall: my guess: very
me: so onto 2 seed - how do you want to determine these?
9:15 PM Randall: same way, your four, my four
me: ok
Randall: or, let's use the left over 1s and work from there
2 and 2
me: Why don't you re-paste your leftovers and I'll do mine
we pick from each others
Randall: ok
9:16 PM me: Planet TelexHigh And Dry2+2=5 (The Lukewarm)Let Down
you should have five, i think
Randall: surprises, there there, just, ideotech, plastic trees
9:17 PM me: Idioteque and Fake Plastic
Randall: the other two?
high/dry and 2+2
me: k
9:18 PM so we have 3 OK C; 2 Kid A; 1 Bends; 1 Pablo; 1 Hail; 0 Amnesiac
9:19 PM Randall: we're like the real commitee: we claim that we don't pay attention to conferences
me: Ok - let's keep it fresh - you pick one third seed and a brief reason why; then me; then you; then me
Randall: 3: telex, let down, just, there there
me: no - just one and why
9:20 PM Randall: what?
those are our leftovers from our top eights
me: oh - right ok
nevermind
Randall: nevermind, too?!?!
9:21 PM me: yes - switch the game up
now - for the fourth seed - start by just picking one
Randall: ok
9:22 PM me: wait - is there still one at large
?
Of our first sixteen
Randall: which one?
me: because after first seeds - we were left with 9
9:23 PM Randall: what's the left over?
me: no surprises?
9:24 PM yeah
Randall: sounds good
me: you want that to be your first?
Randall: first #4? yes
9:26 PM me: sorry - rearranging my excel file
ok
9:27 PM man, there's going to be some difficult 7-10 matchups
Randall: always are!
me: (Nice Dream)
Randall: ok, my next #4: optimistic
9:28 PM me: Knives Out
Randall: good call