#Brony Music Bracket Round 4

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Brony Song Tournament

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Anthropology (Lyra's Song)

Rainbow Factory. Content Warning: violence

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Brony Song Tournament

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Nightmare Night

Flutterwonder

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Brony Music Bracket Round 4!

Link to Round 4 polls

A larger bracket showing the results of all previous rounds

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Brony Song Tournament

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The Moon Rises

Pegasus Device. Content Warning: violence

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Brony Song Tournament

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Discord (remix)

Magic

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Brony Song Tournament

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Enemy Undefined. Content Warning: violence

Discord

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Brony Song Tournament

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Lullaby for a Princess

Brony Polka. Content Warning: violence, incest, g-slur

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Brony Song Tournament

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G**** Bard. Content Warning: death

Lost On The Moon

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Brony Song Tournament: Results of Round 4

(Warning: long post. Many stats)

The two biggest landslides were both Discords, winning by 87.8% and 77.3%.

Discord (remix) actually had a bigger landslide than any match in Round 3 (including itself), though the average winning margin this round (66.6%) was still a bit less than Rounds 1 2 and 3 (68.4%, 67.13% and 67.07% respectively)

The two closest matches were Mad This Time vs Fluttershy's Lament (52.3% or 103 to 113 votes) . The last of many close matches involving Mad This Time.

and Rainbow Factory vs Anthropology (50.2% or 477 to 481 votes)

Rainbow Factory vs Anthropology was the second most voted-in poll, behind only Discord (Remix) vs Entropy. I guess when Awkward Marina goes up against the most iconic brony songs, everyone turns up.

3/8 matches were upsets, the first of which was Fluttershy's Lament

Below is how many songs by (or featuring) each artist were in the bracket in round 4, followed by how many of those have made it to the quarterfinals.

Wooden Toaster | 3 | 2 The Living Tombstone | 3 | 1 Odyssey Eurobeat | 2 | 2 Ponyphonic | 2 | 2 All Levels at Once | 1 | 1 Friendship is Witchcraft | 1 | 1 Mic the Microphone | 1 | 1 PrinceWhateverer | 1 | 0 Awkward Marina | 1 | 0 Vylet Pony | 1 | 0

Ponyphonic is the clear winner among the artists. He started the bracket with 2 songs, but none have been eliminated. I guess that makes sense since they were the top two.

And now how many songs focus on each character, in Round 3 and how many go into Round 4

Luna | 4 | 3 Discord | 2 | 2 Fluttershy | 2 | 1 Trixie | 2 | 0 Celestia | 1 | 1 Pinkie Pie | 1 | 1 Sweetie Bot | 1 | 0 Lyra | 1 | 0

Unlike the artist ranking, the character ranking has been very consistent. Luna has been number one pretty much the whole time, except for the very beginning, when she was at a close second behind Rainbow Dash.

Pony Polka pieces performed perfectly. 4 of the 8 matches were between two Brony Polka songs, and of the 2 matches between a BP song and a non-BP song, the BP song won. 75% of the remaining songs were in Brony Polka.

I had added 27 songs to Shunks' original list. 2 (Enemy Undefined and Brony Polka) made it to Round 4. Both were eliminated. Every remaining song was ranked by Shunks, the lowest-ranked being G**** Bard at #31/100.

Of the 2 songs in Round 4 made up of clips from the show, only Fluttershy's Lament remains

Quarterfinals today!

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Brony Song Tournament: Results of Round 3

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The three biggest landslides were The Moon Rises, Lullaby for a Princess, and Discord (remix). Winning by 84.3%, 83.7%, and 81.1% respectively (not counting votes for Show Results)

These are the top 3 seeded songs in the bracket, in that exact order, so this is the expected result. This round's biggest landslide would have been number 2 in Round 2, which was already closer than round 1

Speaking of close matches, the three closest matches were:

Mad This Time vs Picture Perfect Pony (52.1% or 6 votes)

Magic vs How AJ Won the War (51.3% or 4 votes)

and G**** Bard vs Beyond Her Garden (50.6% or 2 votes)

These three were about as close as the top three in Round 2

8/16 matches were upsets, the first of which was G**** Bard

Below is how many songs by (or featuring) each artist were in the bracket in round 3, followed by how many of those made it into round 4.

Friendship is Witchcraft | 7 | 1 Wooden Toaster | 4 | 3 The Living Tombstone | 3 | 3 Odyssey Eurobeat | 3 | 2 Vylet Pony | 3 | 1 Ponyphonic | 2 | 2 All Levels at Once | 2 | 1 4everfreebrony | 2 | 0 PrinceWhateverer | 1 | 1 Mic the Microphone | 1 | 1 Awkward Marina | 1 | 1 EileMonty | 1 | 0 Mandopony | 1 | 0

Kind of crazy that FiW entered this round with the most songs, and left it barely hanging on to one.

And now how many songs focus on each character, in Round 3 and how many go into Round 4

Luna | 6 | 4 Pinkie Pie | 3 | 1 Twilight | 3 | 0 Discord | 2 | 2 Fluttershy | 2 | 2 Trixie | 2 | 2 Sweetie Bot | 2 | 1 Celestia | 2 | 1 Octavia | 1 | 0 Applejack | 1 | 0 Derpy/Muffins | 1 | 0

Brony Polka songs once again did well. 16 BP songs entered round 3. 4 went against other Brony Polka songs and lost, and two (Picture Perfect Pony and Great to be Different) lost to non BP songs in very close races. Brony Polka songs now make up nearly 2/3 of the bracket, 10 out of 16

I had added 27 songs to Shunks' list. 6 made it to round 3. Of these 6, 2 (Enemy Undefined and Brony Polka) made it to round 4.

Of the 3 songs made up of clips from the show in round 3, 2 made it to round 3

Round 4 starts tomorrow!

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Brony Song Tournament: Results of Round 1

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The three biggest landslides were Discord (remix), The Moon Rises, and Rainbow Factory. Winning by 95.8%, 94.7% and 92.5% respectively (not counting votes for Show Results)

This is expected. These are the songs representing this blog in its header, and the number 1 song of the video the tournament is based on.

Swing! Tavi Swing! is an honorable mention, being the upset that won by the biggest margin (88.5%) and number 6 overall

The three closest matches were L_ST _N D_TA vs Open Your Eyes (51.8% or 6 votes)

Chug Jug vs I'll Fly Higher (50.3% or one vote!!)

And finally Earnest vs Wings of Moonlight, which was an exact tie!!

Even the poll to determine what we do in the event of a tie, almost tied (one vote difference)

(and for the record: my vote was for On Wings of Moonlight, so given the tiebreaker, Earnest wins)

An honorable mention goes to Mad This Time vs Let's Go and Meet the Bronies, which was the eighth closest match (53.9% or 23 votes) despite being between the fourth highest and lowest seeds.

Meet the Bronies was actually winning for the first few days of the poll, so if it had only lasted a day, Mad This Time would have been Upset this time.

Speaking of upsets, 20/64 of the matches were upsets, the first of which was Pony Waifu vs Double Rainboom.

Some artists were involved in a number of songs in the bracket. Below is how many songs by (or featuring) each artist were in the bracket, followed by how many of those made it into round two.

4everfreebrony |14 | 3 Friendship is Witchcraft | 9 | 8 The Living Tombstone | 9 | 7 Vylet Pony | 8 | 6 Wooden Toaster | 7 | 6* PrinceWhateverer | 7 | 5 Mandopony | 7 | 4 Aviators | 6 | 3 Acoustic Brony | 4 | 3 Mic the Microphone | 4 | 3 Awkward Marina | 4 | 2 Rainbow Dash Presents | 4 | 2 EileMonty | 4 | 2 Black Gryph0n | 4 | 2

*The one WoodenToaster song that lost was actually a remix of another of his songs, which did win

This is the same as above, but with the characters the song focuses on

Rainbow Dash |12 | 4 Luna |11 | 7 Pinkie Pie |10 | 5 Fluttershy | 9 | 4 Discord | 8 | 4 Sweetie Belle* | 7 | 6 Celestia | 7 | 2 Twilight | 6 | 4 Rarity | 6 | 3 Trixie | 5 | 2 Applejack | 5 | 1 Derpy/Muffins | 5 | 1 Octavia | 4 | 2

*4|3 of these are Sweetie Bot specifically

Songs that were a part of Brony Polka generally did well. How well? Well, at the start all 25 Brony Polka songs (including BP itself) were in the bracket. All but 3 of them made it into round 2. And the reason those 3 lost, was because they went against another Brony Polka Song.

17 songs took the melody of another song and just added new lyrics, like a Minecraft parody song (which one of them literally was). Of these, only 3 made it to round 2.

In order to adjust Shunks' top 100 list (technically 101, as she also placed Discord (remix) at #3 as a bonus) to a power of 2, I had to add 27 songs. Of these 27 new songs, only 9 made it to Round 2 (though three matchups were between two new songs, so the possible range of new songs making it to round 2 is 3-24)

9 songs were primarily made up of clips from the show. 5 of these made it to round 2

As for how my taste conforms to the Tumblr collective: I have 53 of the songs from the bracket saved to my Music folder. 34 of those songs made it to round 2 (though in some matchups, I had both songs saved, so the possible range is 10-43)

Also, here is the poll that wound up looking most like a penis poll.

Round 2 starts tomorrow!

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Brony Song Tournament: Results of Round 2

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The three biggest landslides were Lullaby for a Princess, Fluttershy's Lament, and Discord (remix). Winning by 92.8%, 85.5%, and 83.5% respectively (not counting votes for Show Results)

Fluttershy's Lament being a landslide seems to be less about FL being super popular, and more about its competition being unpopular. Chug Jug only won Round 1 by a single vote

This is closer than in Round 1. This round's biggest landslide would have been number 3 in Round 1, while this round's number 2 would be number 10 (Between Lost on the Moon and G**** Bard)

Speaking of close matches, the three closest matches were:

Lesbian Ponies with Weapons vs Swing Tavi Swing (51.9% or 12 votes)

Princess of the Night vs Pony Waifu (51.6% or 20 votes)

and Enemy Undefined vs L_ST _N D_TA (50.56% or one vote!)

In addition to being the closest match, this one also had the highest percentage of Show Results votes. These people either thought it was too close to decide, or they aren't fans of Horse Metal.

Ultimately the closest matches this round weren't as close as in Round 1, though it is hard to beat a tie AND a win by one vote

9/32 matches were upsets, the first of which was Great to be Different vs I Can't Wait. 6 of these upsets were also upsets in Round 1, these being Great to be Different, Flutterwonder, The Orphanage Song, Changeling, Princess of the Night, and Chant of Immortality.

Below is how many songs by (or featuring) each artist were in the bracket in Round 2, followed by how many of those made it into Round 3.

Friendship is Witchcraft | 8 | 7 The Living Tombstone | 7 | 3 Wooden Toaster | 6 | 4 Vylet Pony | 6 | 3 Mandopony | 4 | 1 Odyssey Eurobeat | 3 | 3 4everfreebrony | 3 | 2 PrinceWhateverer* | 3 | 1 Mic the Microphone | 3 | 1 Aviators | 3 | 0 Acoustic Brony | 3 | 0 Rainbow Dash Presents** | 3 | 0 Ponyphonic | 2 | 2 All Levels at Once | 2 | 2 Awkward Marina | 2 | 1 EileMonty | 2 | 1 Black Gryph0n | 2 | 0

*last round I had accidentally overestimated how many PrinceWhateverer songs made it. I had Ctrl+F'd "Prince", which counted all his songs, but also counted Lullaby for a Princess & Princess of the Night **one RDP song (Sinking Ships) made it to round 2 retroactively, after Don't Mine at Night was disqualified

And now how many songs focus on each character, in Round 2 and how many go into Round 3

Luna | 7 | 6 Pinkie Pie | 5 | 3 Rainbow Dash* | 5 | 0 Twilight | 4 | 3 Sweetie Belle**| 4 | 2 Discord | 4 | 2 Fluttershy | 4 | 2 Rarity | 3 | 0 Trixie | 2 | 2 Celestia | 2 | 2 Octavia | 2 | 1 Applejack | 1 | 1 Derpy/Muffins | 1 | 1

*one Rainbow Dash song (Sinking Ships) retroactively made it to round 2, after Don't Mine at Night was disqualified **one Sweetie Belle song (Don't Mine at Night) was disqualified. Both of the remaining SB songs are Sweetie Bot

Brony Polka songs once again did well. 23 BP songs entered round 1. 4 went up against another BP song and lost, two lost to non Polka songs in incredibly close races (Pony Waifu and Swing Tavi Swing), and one was disqualified (Don't Mine at Night). The remaining 16 made it to round 3. BP songs now make up exactly half of the songs

Of the 3 parody songs that made it to Round 2, 2 of them lost and the third was disqualified (I'm sure you know which one by now).

I had added 27 songs to Shunks' list. 9 made it to round 2. Of these 9, only 6 made it to round 3.

Of the 5 songs made up of clips from the show in round 2, 3 made it to round 3

As for how my taste conforms: I have 39 of the round 2 songs saved to my Music folder (this is higher than last announcement because I downloaded a few more songs after listening to them again). 24 of these made it to round 3, out of a possible 11-28.

Round 3 starts tomorrow!

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MLP Song Tournament: Results of Round 2

Warning: Long post. Many stats

The three biggest landslides were Smile (93.77%, 256 to 17 votes), This Day Aria (92.54%, 670 to 54), and Raise This Barn (82.47%, 334 to 71)

The three closest matches were The Seeds of the Past vs Say Goodbye to the Holiday (50.90%, 163 to 169)

The Pony I Wanna Be vs The Magic of Friendship Grows (50.52%, 190 to 194)

And, surprisingly, This Day Aria Reprise vs Celestia's Ballad (50.28, 178 to 180)

It's surprising how This Day Aria (Reprise) went from one of the biggest sweeps last round to the closest match this round, just barely winning by two votes.

This round as a whole was very close, with the average win margin being 62.85%, which is even closer than the Quarterfinals of the Brony Bracket (and this is Round 2 !). This is because many of the top tiers that swept last round (A Kirin Tale, Better Way to be Bad, etc.) went against popular songs (Flim-Flam Brothers, The Perfect Stallion). I'm guessing that next round won't be as close.

There were 11 upsets this round, all of which were a Tier 3 song beating a Tier 2 song (despite the tough competition, all the Tier 1s hung on). The biggest landslide of an upset was Luna's Future beating Rainbow (79.01%, 51 to 192)

Below is how many songs from each season entered round 2 and how many move on to round 3

Season 1: 7 | 4 (57%) Season 2: 9 | 6 (67%) Season 3: 8 | 6 (75%) Season 4:13 | 7 (54%) Season 5: 8 | 2 (25%) Season 6: 5 | 3 (60%) Season 7: 3 | 1 (33%) Movie   : 6 | 3 (50%) Season 8: 2 | 2 (100%) Season 9: 3 | 1 (33%) Promos  : 1 | 0 (0%) Other  : 2 | 0 (0%)

Here is the above but for specific episodes

Magical Mystery Cure      : 5 | 3 (60%) A Canterlot Wedding       : 4 | 3 (75%) Pinkie Pride              : 4 | 2 (50%) A Hearth's Warming Tail   : 4 | 2 (50%) Crusaders of the Lost Mark: 3 | 1 (33%) The Mane Attraction       : 3 | 0 (0%) Filli Vanilli             : 2 | 0 (0%) The Crystal Empire        : 1 | 1 (100%)

And for what character sings each song

The Mane Six   :12 | 7 (58%) Pinkie Pie     :10 | 4 (40%) Rarity         : 6 | 3 (50%) The CMC        : 6 | 2 (33%) Twilight       : 5 | 2 (40%) Applejack      : 4 | 4 (100%) Fluttershy     : 4 | 2 (50%) Rainbow Dash   : 3 | 2 (67%) Starlight      : 3 | 2 (67%) Cheese Sandwich: 3 | 1 (33%) Queen Chrysalis: 3 | 3 (100%) Coluratura     : 3 | 0 (0%) Celestia       : 2 | 1 (50%) Flim and Flam  : 1 | 0 (0%)

Not much too surprising, for the most part these are pretty close to how many songs in total moved on (just over half). Notable exceptions are Season 5 7 and 9, The CMC, and Cheese Sandwich losing disproportionately, Coluratura/The Mane Attraction and Filli Vanilli being completely eliminated, and Applejack and Queen Chrysalis never losing.

As for how my taste conforms to Tumblr's, 34 of the songs that made it to Round 2 are saved to my Music folder*, and of these, 20 made it to Round 3

*this is higher than I said in the last announcement because I downloaded a few more songs

As for my 11-year-old self, 3 of their saved songs made it to Round 2, and all 3 moved on*

*like I said last time though, 2 of those 3 were given byes and haven't even entered the tournament yet

Round 3 starts tomorrow!