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This is where all scores for the AIDBCA World Tour VII will be posted, as well as for RP and OOC remarks.

Schedule can be found at http://wikistates.outwardhosting.com/wiki/AIDBCA_World_Tour_VII_Schedule

SCORES FOR: Competition Night 1
VENUE: Schuldt Stadium (Green Flash home show)
High Marching & Maneuvering: Brigadiers
High Auxiliary: Wild Foxen
High Bugles: Tie between The Fadron Gang and Brigadiers
High Battery Percussion: Chips and Beer
High Sideline Percussion: Green Flash

Seventh place: The Fadron Gang (55.46)
Sixth place: Red Star (55.76)
Fifth place: Green Flash (56.55)
Fourth place: Wild Foxen (56.57)
Third place (bronze medal): Live Wires (58.43)
Second place (silver medal): Chips and Beer (58.91)
First place (gold medal): Brigadiers (59.88)

VENUE: Yaton Proving Grounds
High Marching & Maneuvering: Volunteers
High Auxiliary: Legion of the Red Shield
High Bugles: Legion of the Red Shield
High Battery Percussion: Legion of the Red Shield
High Sideline Percussion: Hockey Playin' Nuts

Sixth place: Hallowed Ground (55.40)
Fifth place: Volunteers (55.50)
Fourth place: Paradox (55.98)
Third place (bronze medal): Silver Knights (56.17)
Second place (silver medal): Hockey Playin' Nuts (59.24)
First place (gold medal): Legion of the Red Shield (60.82)

Recaps available here (http://wikistates.outwardhosting.com/wiki/AIDBCA_World_Tour_VII_Score_Recaps#Competition_Night_1).

ooc: so, are we using dci scoring? and is there a way we're supposed to be generating the scores? because it seems these scores are kinda low...

No, the scoring system is basically a variant of the old "tick" system that was in use in the old days of drum corps, especially during the VFW and American Legion days.

ok, can you give me an example, because all i know is dci/boa scoring...

You might want to check out http://wikistates.outwardhosting.com/wiki/AIDBCA_World_Tour and http://wikistates.outwardhosting.com/wiki/AIDBCA_World_Tour_Performance_Rules, both of which explain the scoring system.

Hope these help, and if not let me know!

ok, i get the scoring system now...so, you'll basically be setting up the numbers for competition, then?

Yeah, they're generated randomly by a program I developed. This post (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showpost.php?p=14324887&postcount=1) explains how that works in more detail.

Yeah, they're generated randomly by a program I developed. This post (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showpost.php?p=14324887&postcount=1) explains how that works in more detail.
so...we just sit back and watch...?

We can post roleplays about our corps' progress, like this...

The post-Haydensky era, or blip on the radar? Whatever it is, VII got off to a solidesque start in Schuldt Stadium, where all three of Zwangzug's corps competed. It's only the second time the stadium had seen international action, and it was a chilly night for fans who'd rather have been inside. Nevertheless, the home corps took...home...a caption award and fifth place, plus the sideline percussion caption award. Wild Foxen were only two-hundredths of a point above them, led by the caption-winning auxiliary, but Live Wires medalled by a solid margin despite not winning any captions. "We don't need to," bragged (?) the conductor. "We've got a job to do in every corner of the field, and we'll do it." Perhaps...

SCORES FOR: Competition Night 2
VENUE: Polydome
High Marching & Maneuvering: Brigadiers
High Auxiliary: Brigadiers
High Bugles: Live Wires
High Battery Percussion: Live Wires
High Sideline Percussion: Red Star

Seventh place: Volunteers (57.38)
Sixth place: Hallowed Ground (57.95)
Fifth place: Red Star (58.62)
Fourth place: Paradox (59.69)
Third place (bronze medal): Live Wires (60.76)
Second place (silver medal): Brigadiers (60.82)
First place (gold medal): Legion of the Red Shield (62.44)

VENUE: Tarang County Field
High Marching & Maneuvering: Silver Knights
High Auxiliary: Wild Foxen
High Bugles: The Fadron Gang
High Battery Percussion: Hockey Playin' Nuts
High Sideline Percussion: Chips and Beer

Sixth place: Green Flash (57.58)
Fifth place: Wild Foxen (58.89)
Fourth place: Silver Knights (59.07)
Third place (bronze medal): The Fadron Gang (60.43)
Second place (silver medal): Hockey Playin' Nuts (60.83)
First place (gold medal): Chips and Beer (63.46)

Recaps available here (http://wikistates.outwardhosting.com/wiki/AIDBCA_World_Tour_VII_Score_Recaps#Competition_Night_2).

Outside the Polydome, two figures were working by the large semi-trailer emblazoned boldly with the words, Volunteer Drum&Bugle Corps!

"Geez," said one figure, "We dropped from Fifth to last place..." she lamented.

"Eh, don't sweat it," said the other, securing a quad. "We'll do better next time."

"You think so...?" the girl asked with a disbelieving chuckle.

"Of course; we're named after the Volunteers, who fought insurmountable odds and still drove back the enemy. Their spirit will help us."

The girl sighed, "I wish I was that confident..."


Nearby...

"One place up," said a boy, his head resting in the lap of a similar-aged girl. They were resting in their coach, which was labeled Red Star Drum & Bugle Corps along the side.

"Yeah," she yawned, stretching out her legs. "We'll just keep it up...move on to that first slot."

"Eh, I just hope it's not like last year...." he sighed.

"Don't say that," she giggled, tapping his forehead.


ooc: lemme know if this rp-ing is wrong...

SCORES FOR: Competition Night 3
VENUE: Collegiate Colosseum (Live Wires home show)
High Marching & Maneuvering: Paradox
High Auxiliary: Silver Knights
High Bugles: Live Wires
High Battery Percussion: Live Wires
High Sideline Percussion: Paradox

Seventh place: Red Star (58.78)
Sixth place: Silver Knights (60.51)
Fifth place: Green Flash (62.61)
Fourth place: Hockey Playin' Nuts (64.55)
Third place (bronze medal): Live Wires (65.81)
Second place (silver medal): Chips and Beer (66.46)
First place (gold medal): Paradox (66.71)

VENUE: Fadron College Fieldhouse (The Fadron Gang home show)
High Marching & Maneuvering: Volunteers
High Auxiliary: Legion of the Red Shield
High Bugles: The Fadron Gang
High Battery Percussion: Legion of the Red Shield
High Sideline Percussion: Wild Foxen

Sixth place: Wild Foxen (59.32)
Fifth place: Hallowed Ground (60.62)
Fourth place: Volunteers (61.37)
Third place (bronze medal): Brigadiers (61.39)
Second place (silver medal): The Fadron Gang (62.32)
First place (gold medal): Legion of the Red Shield (67.90)

Recaps available here (http://wikistates.outwardhosting.com/wiki/AIDBCA_World_Tour_VII_Score_Recaps#Competition_Night_3).

SCORES FOR: Competition Night 4
VENUE: Vanguard Memorial Stadium (Brigadiers home show)
High Marching & Maneuvering: Live Wires
High Auxiliary: Legion of the Red Shield
High Bugles: Live Wires
High Battery Percussion: Live Wires
High Sideline Percussion: Chips and Beer

Seventh place: Wild Foxen (61.50)
Sixth place: Green Flash (63.49)
Fifth place: Brigadiers (64.85)
Fourth place: Hallowed Ground (65.63)
Third place (bronze medal): Legion of the Red Shield (69.76)
Second place (silver medal): Chips and Beer (69.85)
First place (gold medal): Live Wires (71.41)

VENUE: North Star Airlines Stadium
High Marching & Maneuvering: Paradox
High Auxiliary: Silver Knights
High Bugles: The Fadron Gang
High Battery Percussion: Red Star
High Sideline Percussion: Paradox

Sixth place: Volunteers (60.57)
Fifth place: Silver Knights (61.77)
Fourth place: Hockey Playin' Nuts (64.25)
Third place (bronze medal): Red Star (64.51)
Second place (silver medal): The Fadron Gang (66.40)
First place (gold medal): Paradox (70.19)

Recaps available here (http://wikistates.outwardhosting.com/wiki/AIDBCA_World_Tour_VII_Score_Recaps#Competition_Night_4).

SCORES FOR: Competition Night 5
VENUE: Cheshire Field (Wild Foxen home show)
High Marching & Maneuvering: Legion of the Red Shield
High Auxiliary: Legion of the Red Shield
High Bugles: The Fadron Gang
High Battery Percussion: Legion of the Red Shield
High Sideline Percussion: Chips and Beer

Seventh place: Silver Knights (63.34)
Sixth place: Wild Foxen (63.89)
Fifth place: Hockey Playin' Nuts (65.77)
Fourth place: Green Flash (67.07)
Third place (bronze medal): Chips and Beer (71.08)
Second place (silver medal): The Fadron Gang (71.10)
First place (gold medal): Legion of the Red Shield (75.00)

VENUE: Lipscomb Bowl
High Marching & Maneuvering: Paradox
High Auxiliary: Hallowed Ground
High Bugles: Live Wires
High Battery Percussion: Live Wires
High Sideline Percussion: Paradox

Sixth place: Volunteers (62.66)
Fifth place: Hallowed Ground (65.94)
Fourth place: Brigadiers (66.43)
Third place (bronze medal): Red Star (68.55)
Second place (silver medal): Paradox (73.23)
First place (gold medal): Live Wires (73.50)

Recaps available here (http://wikistates.outwardhosting.com/wiki/AIDBCA_World_Tour_VII_Score_Recaps#Competition_Night_5).

SCORES FOR: Competition Night 6
VENUE: Solzhenitsyn Field (Hallowed Ground home show)
High Marching & Maneuvering: Brigadiers
High Auxiliary: Wild Foxen
High Bugles: The Fadron Gang
High Battery Percussion: Hockey Playin' Nuts
High Sideline Percussion: Chips and Beer

Seventh place: Wild Foxen (63.28)
Sixth place: Green Flash (67.65)
Fifth place: Hallowed Ground (69.02)
Fourth place: Brigadiers (71.41)
Third place (bronze medal): Hockey Playin' Nuts (71.47)
Second place (silver medal): The Fadron Gang (74.53)
First place (gold medal): Chips and Beer (75.06)

VENUE: Blue Diamond Arena (Paradox home show)
High Marching & Maneuvering: Paradox
High Auxiliary: Legion of the Red Shield
High Bugles: Live Wires
High Battery Percussion: Live Wires
High Sideline Percussion: Paradox

Sixth place: Silver Knights (63.81)
Fifth place: Volunteers (63.89)
Fourth place: Red Star (70.24)
Third place (bronze medal): Live Wires (74.66)
Second place (silver medal): Legion of the Red Shield (77.47)
First place (gold medal): Paradox (77.51)

Recaps available here (http://wikistates.outwardhosting.com/wiki/AIDBCA_World_Tour_VII_Score_Recaps#Competition_Night_6).

SCORES FOR: Competition Night 7
VENUE: X Island Metropark (Chips and Beer home show)
High Marching & Maneuvering: Volunteers
High Auxiliary: Chips and Beer
High Bugles: Live Wires
High Battery Percussion: Live Wires
High Sideline Percussion: Red Star

Seventh place: Wild Foxen (68.02)
Sixth place: Green Flash (68.45)
Fifth place: Hallowed Ground (70.96)
Fourth place: Volunteers (71.06)
Third place (bronze medal): Red Star (73.85)
Second place (silver medal): Live Wires (75.83)
First place (gold medal): Chips and Beer (77.06)

VENUE: Gieron Bank Stadium (Hockey Playin' Nuts home show)
High Marching & Maneuvering: Paradox
High Auxiliary: Legion of the Red Shield
High Bugles: The Fadron Gang
High Battery Percussion: The Fadron Gang
High Sideline Percussion: Paradox

Sixth place: Silver Knights (66.90)
Fifth place: Hockey Playin' Nuts (70.45)
Fourth place: Brigadiers (72.41)
Third place (bronze medal): The Fadron Gang (76.88)
Second place (silver medal): Legion of the Red Shield (76.93)
First place (gold medal): Paradox (77.81)

Recaps available here (http://wikistates.outwardhosting.com/wiki/AIDBCA_World_Tour_VII_Score_Recaps#Competition_Night_7).

It's been a colorful season in the world of drum and bugle corps. No, literally! Green Flash marks Zwangzug's entry into the grand old tradition of including colors in your corps name, though sadly they did not get to join Silver Knights, Red Star, or Legion of the Red Shield at the Blue Diamond Arena.

They did make it out to Tarang County Field. Just like Gridlockers, Green Flash come from a place whose percussionists aren't known for drum and bugle corps, and they haven't won much to speak of. They managed a fourth-place finish at Cheshire Field, whose Wild Foxen haven't medaled either. They do have a couple caption awards to their name though, mostly in auxiliary but with one in sideline percussion as well. "If we take gold, we're going to play "Happy Birthday," jokes a vibraphonist. "Big "if" though."

As for the Live Wires, this might just be the class apart. Or perhaps not. Nevertheless, they've medaled at every show, including two golds on consecutive nights. "It was a great feeling to come in first at Vanguard," smiles the director. "The kids wanted to go to Cheshire, of course-" ("Handlebars" was an early Wild Foxen show, and bad puns would surely be on display) "-but we rode the momentum and I'm incredibly proud."

Aw. How sweet.

Pity Blue Wave are gone though...

SCORES FOR: Competition Night 8
VENUE: Farnsworth Field
High Marching & Maneuvering: Brigadiers
High Auxiliary: The Fadron Gang
High Bugles: Live Wires
High Battery Percussion: Live Wires
High Sideline Percussion: The Fadron Gang

Seventh place: Green Flash (69.82)
Sixth place: Hallowed Ground (71.04)
Fifth place: Hockey Playin' Nuts (71.12)
Fourth place: Brigadiers (75.43)
Third place (bronze medal): Chips and Beer (77.90)
Second place (silver medal): Live Wires (77.92)
First place (gold medal): The Fadron Gang (79.88)

VENUE: Comalander Stadium (Red Star home show)
High Marching & Maneuvering: Volunteers
High Auxiliary: Legion of the Red Shield
High Bugles: Legion of the Red Shield
High Battery Percussion: Legion of the Red Shield
High Sideline Percussion: Paradox

Sixth place: Silver Knights (68.32)
Fifth place: Wild Foxen (73.07)
Fourth place: Red Star (74.83)
Third place (bronze medal): Volunteers (74.96)
Second place (silver medal): Paradox (78.68)
First place (gold medal): Legion of the Red Shield (78.79)

Recaps available here (http://wikistates.outwardhosting.com/wiki/AIDBCA_World_Tour_VII_Score_Recaps#Competition_Night_8).

SCORES FOR: Competition Night 9
VENUE: Virgil T. Blossom Stadium (Volunteers home show)
High Marching & Maneuvering: Volunteers
High Auxiliary: Brigadiers
High Bugles: Live Wires
High Battery Percussion: Live Wires
High Sideline Percussion: Red Star

Seventh place: Silver Knights (68.13)
Sixth place: Green Flash (72.61)
Fifth place: Volunteers (77.27)
Fourth place: Red Star (77.49)
Third place (bronze medal): Brigadiers (79.72)
Second place (silver medal): Live Wires (80.83)
First place (gold medal): The Fadron Gang (80.93)

VENUE: Rocket Arena
High Marching & Maneuvering: Paradox
High Auxiliary: Chips and Beer
High Bugles: Legion of the Red Shield
High Battery Percussion: Chips and Beer
High Sideline Percussion: Paradox

Sixth place: Hockey Playin' Nuts (72.12)
Fifth place: Hallowed Ground (73.73)
Fourth place: Wild Foxen (74.16)
Third place (bronze medal): Paradox (78.91)
Second place (silver medal): Legion of the Red Shield (79.69)
First place (gold medal): Chips and Beer (79.77)

Recaps available here (http://wikistates.outwardhosting.com/wiki/AIDBCA_World_Tour_VII_Score_Recaps#Competition_Night_9).

SCORES FOR: Competition Night 10
VENUE: The Stadium at Khlysty (Legion of the Red Shield home show)
High Marching & Maneuvering: Live Wires
High Auxiliary: Chips and Beer
High Bugles: Live Wires
High Battery Percussion: Live Wires
High Sideline Percussion: Red Star

Seventh place: Hockey Playin' Nuts (74.24)
Sixth place: Hallowed Ground (76.12)
Fifth place: Wild Foxen (76.43)
Fourth place: Red Star (80.97)
Third place (bronze medal): Legion of the Red Shield (81.57)
Second place (silver medal): Live Wires (81.65)
First place (gold medal): Chips and Beer (83.04)

VENUE: Telestar Dome (Silver Knights home show)
High Marching & Maneuvering: Volunteers
High Auxiliary: The Fadron Gang
High Bugles: The Fadron Gang
High Battery Percussion: The Fadron Gang
High Sideline Percussion: Paradox

Sixth place: Silver Knights (71.46)
Fifth place: Green Flash (76.43)
Fourth place: Volunteers (78.65)
Third place (bronze medal): Paradox (79.68)
Second place (silver medal): Brigadiers (81.67)
First place (gold medal): The Fadron Gang (83.46)

ELIMINATED:

Wild Foxen
Green Flash
Hallowed Ground
Silver Knights


FINALISTS:

Volunteers
Red Star
Hockey Playin' Nuts
Brigadiers
Paradox
Live Wires
The Fadron Gang
Legion of the Red Shield
Chips and Beer


Although practically it doesn't matter since none of them advanced to Quarterfinals, even though Wild Foxen, Green Flash, and Hallowed Ground all had higher cumulative scores than Silver Knights, Silver Knights' final ranking is higher by virtue of having earned a solitary bronze medal, whereas the other three corps earned no medals.

Recaps available here (http://wikistates.outwardhosting.com/wiki/AIDBCA_World_Tour_VII_Score_Recaps#Competition_Night_10).

Two more silvers for the Live Wires, with caption awards in Bugles and Battery. Getting right down to the musical part of it, then, and perhaps that's a refreshing change. So it's off to the Vanguard Memorial, shinier than ever. "We're ready for this," grins a trombone. "And I'm proud just to say that."

The other two corps were eliminated. Wild Foxen came last overall and will be ineligible for VIII, though it's likely there will be plenty of new blood from Zwangzug. Green Flash got the same final score, but overachieved by maintaining eligibility on the tiebreaker. The Silver Knights, the only medalists outside the quarterfinalists, are tenth, and that leaves just Hallowed Ground. Newzone Center got out of the hosting circuit at just the right time...

SCORES FOR: Quarterfinals Night
VENUE: Vanguard Memorial Stadium (AIDBCA World Tour Quarterfinals)
Ninth place: Hockey Playin' Nuts (78.72)
Eighth place: Volunteers (79.99)
Seventh place: Paradox (80.19)
Sixth place: Red Star (82.49)
Fifth place: Live Wires (82.80)
Fourth place: Brigadiers (83.31)
Third place: Chips and Beer (83.97)
Second place: Legion of the Red Shield (84.22)
First place: The Fadron Gang (84.72)

ELIMINATED:

Hockey Playin' Nuts
Volunteers


SEMIFINALISTS:

Paradox
Red Star
Live Wires
Brigadiers
Chips and Beer
Legion of the Red Shield
The Fadron Gang


Recaps available here (http://wikistates.outwardhosting.com/wiki/AIDBCA_World_Tour_VII_Score_Recaps#Quarterfinals_Night).

A solid fifth place performance from Live Wires sees them advance in the middle of the quarterfinalist pack. Mostly solid, anyway--the bells were slowly creeping out of tune throughout the night. "We need to play as an ensemble," gripes the percussionist responsible. "To be honest, I'm jealous of the marching drills--at least the quads and everyone can stay in time with each other that way."

A nearby quad states unilaterally that after half a day of marching drills, said percussionist wouldn't be.

Bring on the semifinals.

SCORES FOR: Semifinals Night
VENUE: Vanguard Memorial Stadium (AIDBCA World Tour Semifinals)
Seventh place: Paradox (82.33)
Sixth place: Red Star (84.01)
Fifth place: Live Wires (84.06)
Fourth place: Brigadiers (84.91)
Third place: The Fadron Gang (86.30)
Second place: Chips and Beer (87.42)
First place: Legion of the Red Shield (88.18)

ELIMINATED:

Paradox
Red Star


FINALISTS:

Live Wires
Brigadiers
The Fadron Gang
Chips and Beer
Legion of the Red Shield


Recaps available here (http://wikistates.outwardhosting.com/wiki/AIDBCA_World_Tour_VII_Score_Recaps#Semifinals_Night).

A step up for the sideliners...not literally, of course. Nevertheless, Live Wires advance to the finals a twentieth of a point in front of Red Star though comfortably ahead of Paradox, which sounds depressingly like a Zwangzugian corps name but isn't.

"Each of us has our own responsibilities and that's all we can control," muses an auxiliary performer. The auxiliary is admittedly not at the same level as the other finalists, but they're evidently not deterred. And who knows? If they can keep the rhythm and ring out the bells at the right time, the dream might come true.

That'd be pretty sweet.

SCORES FOR: Finals Night
VENUE: Vanguard Memorial Stadium (AIDBCA World Tour Finals)
Fifth place: Live Wires (85.03)
Fourth place: Brigadiers (86.34)
Third place (World Tour Bronze Medalist): The Fadron Gang (86.89)
Second place (World Tour Runner-Up and Silver Medalist): Chips and Beer (88.86)
First place (World Tour Champion and Gold Medalist): Legion of the Red Shield (89.34)

Recaps available here (http://wikistates.outwardhosting.com/wiki/AIDBCA_World_Tour_VII_Score_Recaps#Finals_Night).