The first round of MTV's Musical March Madness
is in the books, and, after a hotly contested, oft-controversial first
week, we've whittled the field of 64 bands in half ... as 32 acts
continue on their quest to dethrone Tokio Hotel and claim the big gold
trophy for their very own.
Our opening round saw shocking upsets, statement blowouts, and, of course, no shortage of cheating (sadly, it's become a bit of an MMM tradition). And though the competition has been fierce, and the combatants bloodied, there's no rest for the weary: voting is now open in all second-round matchups, and polls will close on Monday, April 1 at noon ET, when we move on to the Sweet 16.
But before we recap all the first-round action, a quick word about voting going forward: As you will probably notice, we've added CAPTCHA software to all polls, meaning, that if you want to vote more than once (and of course you do), you're going to have to enter a unique security code each time. Is that annoying? Probably. Is it about the only way to ensure that MMM remains fair? Absolutely. Like we mentioned, bending the rules has always been a part of the tournament, and, in previous years, the answer we'd give to one fanbase accusing another of cheating was simple: "Cheat harder." The problem is, as we've learned so far in MMM 2013, it's probably impossible for anyone to cheat harder than they already have. So, in order to keep things fair, and eliminate the scripts that threaten to sully the good name of the tournament, we've added an extra level of security to the voting. And, hey, MMM is supposed to show which fanbase is the most dedicated (instead of, y'know, who can design the best iMacros).
Good? Good. Now, let's take a look at everything that went down in the opening round of Musical March Madness 2013!
[...]
East Region
[...] Shoot, the only higher-seeded bands to advance were #5 the Stokes, #7 Florence and the Machine and, of course, #8 Tokio Hotel, who slipped by #9 My Bloody Valentine in a battle that will long be remembered in MMM lore ... mostly because it's the reason we've installed CAPTCHA. This is why we can't have nice things, people. [...]
Our opening round saw shocking upsets, statement blowouts, and, of course, no shortage of cheating (sadly, it's become a bit of an MMM tradition). And though the competition has been fierce, and the combatants bloodied, there's no rest for the weary: voting is now open in all second-round matchups, and polls will close on Monday, April 1 at noon ET, when we move on to the Sweet 16.
But before we recap all the first-round action, a quick word about voting going forward: As you will probably notice, we've added CAPTCHA software to all polls, meaning, that if you want to vote more than once (and of course you do), you're going to have to enter a unique security code each time. Is that annoying? Probably. Is it about the only way to ensure that MMM remains fair? Absolutely. Like we mentioned, bending the rules has always been a part of the tournament, and, in previous years, the answer we'd give to one fanbase accusing another of cheating was simple: "Cheat harder." The problem is, as we've learned so far in MMM 2013, it's probably impossible for anyone to cheat harder than they already have. So, in order to keep things fair, and eliminate the scripts that threaten to sully the good name of the tournament, we've added an extra level of security to the voting. And, hey, MMM is supposed to show which fanbase is the most dedicated (instead of, y'know, who can design the best iMacros).
Good? Good. Now, let's take a look at everything that went down in the opening round of Musical March Madness 2013!
[...]
East Region
[...] Shoot, the only higher-seeded bands to advance were #5 the Stokes, #7 Florence and the Machine and, of course, #8 Tokio Hotel, who slipped by #9 My Bloody Valentine in a battle that will long be remembered in MMM lore ... mostly because it's the reason we've installed CAPTCHA. This is why we can't have nice things, people. [...]
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