Now to the Issue at Hand regarding the Guitar Duel Scoring,
before we move on to the next capter.
Here are the The Chapter 8 Guitar Duel Challenge rules as stated in
POST 4725 which I might add, has remained UNEDITED
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The All-Cheeze Guitar Tricks Challenge has very specific rules of engagement.
1. It can be no longer than ONE FULL MINUTE
2. Inside that minute the duelist must land as many different cheap (or super cool) lead tricks as he/she can! Some suggestions we might expect to hear are: a pick slide, harmonics, dive bombs, tapping, double stops, unison bends, etc... whatever you can think of, and jam it all into one minute to the backing track of your choice.
3. Your submission must come with a list of all the techniques listed in order of use in the recording... and the total number of unique tricks you treated us to.
For the official duel only: Any specific unique technique tricks you get in over a dozen in number,
and list for us are each worth a bonus point as well!
Either of you may go first, inside ten days. The other has max ten days to respond.
Your performance will be judged by community vote for the win/loss, bonus points will be added later.
This does NOT have to be shown live, so you are free to DAW it up however you see fit. Consider how many stunts you can land, and still remain somewhat musical, or go for frickin' broke. Your gamble! How will your peers react in the judging? I have NO idea!
This Guitar duel is also open to the general TTR membership and all RiffMaster competitors for an automatic single point and I do hope everyone gives it a go and has some fun with it.
SUMMER SPECIAL GUITAR OLYMPICS RULE:
The RiffMaster who manages to land the longest list of unique tricks/techniques in their submission, will also earn a bonus FIVE points from an international panel of extremely corrupt judges, and will also attain TTR IMMORTALITY as round 8 ends. I suggest the rest of us also throw much virtual fruit and vegetable produce at this showboat/virtuoso.
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So, now to address the scoring of the recent Guitar Duel.
"Official" Duelists included: Mouse and Oldiemurphy Both those can be heard in
POST 4774
Oldie claimed to drop 12, and the judges concur. Mouse listed ten specific tricks in his submission.
In the Community vote, Mouse edged out Oldie for 20 points, Oldie for ten.
General RiffMaster competitors playing along in this Guitar Duel challenge were:
Jethro Rocker -
POST 4746 who claimed to lay down 12 separate tricks, which upon re-listening seems plausable.
Aynirar27 posted his in
POST 4793 claiming 21 separate tricks, but judges say they cannot include "guitar face" no matter how handsome,
as a guitar trick, so 20 is the number they agree is right.
Ibmorjamn posted his in
POST 4773 claiming only 8 tricks
Randy Van Malmsteen posted his in
POST 4979 claimed to be a copy of a blueprint I laid down in text, claiming 12 separate tricks.
Ku2 dropped his submission in
POST 4984 claiming a whopping 43 separate tricks.
Now, controversy. The Omnipotent and rather corrupt RiffMasters Adjudication Panel convened for many hours last night holding
heated discussions on what to do about with Ku's flagrant violation of the rules (as shown clearly above) regarding time length.
The submission was amazing, the first duel submission to my recollection which also included a snappy and fun video.
It is obvious KU put much work into that submission, and was aiming to destroy the field with a superhuman number of guitar
tricks, some which I've never heard of, and could be brand new invented just for this challenge.
Nevertheless, the judges in the end all agreed Ku's entry broke the
VERY CLEARLY STATED first rule of engagement,
" 1. It can be no longer than
ONE FULL MINUTE" - his post being too long, at 1:04 in length.
Being as this challenge was listed as a Special Guitar Olympics event, sporting rules analogies apply.
A sudden-death overtime hockey goal scored after an intentional off-side, cannot be counted.
A hail Mary one-handed touchdown catch with the receivers' foot landing out of bounds, cannot be counted.
A miraculous 3 pt. buzzer-beater from mid-court, thrown just after the buzzer ends, cannot be counted.
A Grand Slam home run, landing outside the third base line marker, cannot be counted.
The possibility of this being a simple error in judgement, or honest mistake was brought up by Ku supporters.
However other judges pointed out in post
4992 Ku confirmed
he knew in advance the running time of his submission
was too long, probably before rendering the track, then editing the video, uploading it to Rumble, certainly when posting it here.
This sequence of events offered him
several chances to go back, reset and correct his error, but still... he choose not to.
These actions were viewed as particularly egregious and offensive to many judges, and against the spirit of fair play.
The Assembly maintains if member
@Ku² had been up against another RiffMaster competitor in
the
Official Guitar Duel, his overtime post would likely have disqualified him. Therefore, even as a casual joiner in just
for the fun and going for generous bonus points, his action remains a serious matter.
There was talk of disqualifying him from all further duels, or a whole round of RiffMasters. Many agreed he should
be forced to play a Ukelele or Pan Flute for all future submissions. However, his past contributions to the RiffMaster Adventure,
(both amazing and not so amazing) have somehow propelled him to near the top of the scoreboard and into "Superstar" status.
There is no arguing member Ku has had great impact in the adventure, and to hobble him moving forward would be unfair.
The Basically Corrupt but still EVER-Omnipotent Judges have come to a binding Non-Appealable Decision.
They have leveled a FIVE trick penalty for each second of time ( :04 ) KU went over with his "Trick Bag" submission.
Plus, a THREE trick penalty for attempting to influence Judges with a bargaining plea after being caught out, which "Really
twisted my nips," one judge was heard to say. Therefore, his claim of 43 unique tricks performed, are reduced to an even 20.
This sets him into a tie with
@Aynirar27 for the "Trick Bag - All Cheeze Guitar Tricks" Guitar Duel challenge.
Judges have decreed those two spirited competitors shall split the 5 bonus points for winning the trick bag contest.
However, they do understand it's cumbersome to split five, so instead, they award both players THREE bonus points each.
Sadly, as a result neither will attain the biggest prize available, which was the possibility of attaining TTR immortality.
@Jethro Rocker @ibmorjamn and
@Randy Van Malmsteen will each enjoy the addition of a SINGLE point for taking part.
The Judges remind all RiffMasters that Challenge Rules are set in place in order to raise the quality of the gameplay
and keep it fair for all involved. Overstepping, evading or contravening the given rules is absolutely impermissible.
Thusly, the Omnipotent RiffMaster Panel of Adjudicators has spoken.
