If you have not been following this thread so far, it began here with a nomination process. I have moved the thread to The Kitchen Sink in the hopes that it will appeal to those who do not normally visit the Music Forum.
This thread will pit all of your very favorite music videos against each other in a totally pointless, but hopefully entertaining battle royale.
32 videos have already been entered into a tournament-style bracket because they received the highest number of nominations (3 or more). Eventually there will be 128 videos in this field. The current bracket is in the second post.
Please remember that this process involves a lot of arbitrary decisions. Mostly, I have tried to arrange for compelling potential match-ups and make sure two videos by the same artist don't meet up too early. Ultimately, your votes will be the factor that matters most.
This leaves a large group of videos that received fewer than 3 nominations fighting to get the final 96 slots. To decide which videos get those slots, we are going to have a series of three-way play-in match-ups. I will also be adding various wild card entries in an attempt to cover notable videos that did not get nominated for whatever reason. If you have a wild card suggestion (a video you think was unfairly ignored) you can PM me and I will add it at my discretion.
Before voting, it is strongly recommended that you watch all the nominated videos all the way through. Although it will naturally be difficult to vote for music you find disagreeable or against personal favorites, please remember that the primary question should be "Is this the most effective and/or artistic video?" not "Is this the best song?" Basically, just keep an open mind and allow yourself the opportunity to be pleasantly surprised.
The rest should be self-explanatory. We'll begin soon.
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