Culture Cup 2.0 Final Round Extravaganza

First topic message reminder :

Round 6 is all over and this takes us to the end of the regular season.  We now enter the realms of the ‘Double Point Extravaganza Final Round’.  Excited?  Me too.

So how did round 6 end up?  The big winner was a small man.  You dancing?  You asking?  Yes we are, dancingweeman, yes we are.  A maximum points haul for the weeman with Moneyball by Michael Lewis.  I’ve never read it but if it’s half as good as Liar’s Poker then it’s probably a worthy winner.  Fat Head Adam scooped up a solid 8 points for Fever Pitch which caused some angst amongst many posters, particularly SerialDAVE who wrote a poetically angry post besmirching the book and anyone who voted for it.  I’ve never read it but at least 8 people picked it either as a top choice or one of their reserves.  Elton John Seany picked up 6 points for Tyler Hamilton’s effort which, by most accounts, is a decent book.  Our reigning champ Hero kept up his consistency with 5 points for The Damned Utd.  Jeff and John Gordon Sinclair superfly both picked up 4 points apiece which means ‘Fly keeps his slender 1 point lead over his great rival.  A role reversal of when they play sword fights in the showers as Jeff normally edges that battle.  A whole host of posters picked up a big fat zero: Harrier, Shah Abu-bakr, Stella (justice for Definitely Maybe performing so well last time out), Nakatomi, SerialDAVE, Jules, Union, Dagless and (again) G-Unit.  Don’t worry chaps, I’m sure that’s more a reflection on the uncultured people of 606v2 than anything else. Better luck next time.  The league table is updated but with double points on offer for the last round, it could all change.

Here is the updated league table:

1) Hero 35 pts
2) Paul 33 pts
3) Trebs 32 pts
4) Fat Head Adam 29 pts
5) C&R 28 pts
6) The Boss 28 pts
7) Ziggler 26 pts
8) weeman 26 pts
9) GrumpyG*lfer 25 pts
10) Michaels 22 pts
11) Harrier 19 pts
12) Beadle 19 pts
13) Azzy 18 pts
14) superfly 13 pts
15) Stella 12 pts
16) Shah Abu-bakr 12 pts
17) Jeff 12 pts
18) Nakatomi 11 pts
19) SerialDAVE 9 pts
20) Jules 8 pts
21) Union Cane 7 pts
22) Dagless 7 pts
23) Ray Mears big fat zero pts

Round 7 is the final round so please vote for the BEST COMBINATION OF FILM, ALBUM & AUTHOR?  Don’t get carried away by one part of a choice.  Go for the combination of the three.

Remember, IT’S OPEN FOR ALL OF 606v2 TO VOTE.

Thanks.

Nah, like i said never seen the Godfather. Nirvana were good though. Probably top 3 on that list.

DAVE667 wrote:

superflyweight wrote:

The Godfather/Sgt Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band – The Beatles/JRR Tolkien 17% [ 6 ]

Jesus Anal Fisting Christ

Probably one of those Black Metal bands hated by me and Hammersmith

A Black Metal Supergroup consisting of members from Anal c*nt, Five Finger Death Punch and Jesus & Mary Chain.

When's the results Tino?
Just hoping my nomination got enough to pip my rivals!

Sh1t on here today.

Did the results go out in secret?

Tino is away. He is in Hong Kong, gardening.

Phooey.

When is the number one super guy returning?

Stella wrote:When is the number one super guy returning?

I'm here, don't panic

He is in China Stella, think he is back next week

Could we all just reveal who picked what and then divvy out the points ourselves?

First it's Hong Kong, now China. Thailand next for the lady boy hat-trick?

Azzy wrote:First it's Hong Kong, now China. Thailand next for the lady boy hat-trick?

Don't knock it till you've tried it, Azzy. Actually, you probably already have.

Aplogies all, I haven't got access to the stuff I need over here so it will have to wait till Monday morning.

Then we can all look forward to the Culture Cup III coming at some point in the next 5 years.

Mind the windows Tino. wrote:Then we can all look forward to the Culture Cup III coming at some point in the next 5 years.

Oh, so you're letting someone else do that one?

Who picked the one with 7 points?

JuliusHMarx wrote:

Mind the windows Tino. wrote:Then we can all look forward to the Culture Cup III coming at some point in the next 5 years.

Oh, so you're letting someone else do that one?

I bloody well am Jules. Then I can have a go myself.

There was going to be a Music World Cup quiz that Hero was supposed to running but that never even got started. That's the only reason I re-started the Culture Cup, to fill that particular void. It's a bit bloody rich him complaining about the length of time this takes.

Shine a light I forgot all about that!

It wasn't a quiz though, more just a World Cup of artists.

Hero wrote:It wasn't a quiz though, more just a World Cup of artists.

Whatever you call it, it never arrived.

Mine would require daily polls running for several months. Feck that when you struggle with one a fortnight.

Mind the windows Tino. wrote:Then we can all look forward to the Culture Cup III coming at some point in the next 5 years.

So results in 10 then?

You lot are a relentless pack of b*stards.

Welcome back

Dont worry Hero, I know who picked the one with 7 votes

Windows?

Dolphin Ziggler wrote:Dont worry Hero, I know who picked the one with 7 votes

You then I presume?

As longs as it wasn't Paul or Trebs then I should still have won.

I smell a 6CW conspiracy on the sudden influx of votes the winner got in one night then

That's it.  It's all over and we are left with an unsatisfactory conclusion as Hero and Paul both share top spot.  The people have spoken and these two are the choices for the most cultural posters on 606v2.  Hero retains his title (sort of) from last year.  Congratulations to him and well played Paul.  Trebs and C&R make up the Champions League places, with Fat Head Adam in the Europa League with the rest of the goons.  Cane, Dagless and Galted are all relegated but have the consolation prize of being 3 of my favourite posters.  Cane being my favourite.  By a considerable distance actually (apart from Jules who occupies a league of his own).  In other news, Superfly crossed the wall, painted his face, bent Jeff over and shoved the Culture Cup 2.0 right up his over sized backside.  FREEDOM.

I can't be bothered to write a proper synopsis of the results but here is the final standings.

Final league table:

1) Hero 53 pts
2) Paul 53 pts
3) Trebs 40 pts
4) C&R 40 pts
5) Fat Head Adam 39 pts
6) The Boss 38 pts
7) GrumpyG*lfer 37 pts
8) Ziggler 32 pts
9) BummerMichaels 28 pts
10) weeman 26 pts
11) Harrier 19 pts
12) Beadle 19 pts
13) superfly 19 pts
14) Nakatomi 19 pts
15) Azzy 18 pts
16) Shah Abu-bakr 18 pts
17) Stella 18 pts
18) Jeff 18 pts
19) SerialDAVE 15 pts
20) Jules 8 pts
21) Ray Mears 8 pts
22) Union Cane 7 pts
23) Dagless 7 pts

That's it for the Culture Cup 2.0.  Tune in for the Culture Cup III coming some time in the future.

KING IN THE NORTH!

Joint bottom, deary me.

Shows what a bunch of palestines you all are.

Thanks Tino for ruining running the competition, and thanks for your kind words. Brings a tear to the third eye.

Boom, in your face chumparoonies.

Hero wrote:Boom, in your face chumparoonies.

You should hang your head in shame given the standard of what people have generally been voting for.  This may seem arbitrary but I can assure you that I've done the necessary sums and anyone with more or less than 19 points is a tasteless d1ckhead.

super wrote:You should hang your head in shame given the standard of what people have generally been voting for. This may seem arbitrary but I can assure you that I've done the necessary sums and anyone with more or less than 19 points is a tasteless d1ckhead.

I agree super, if you look at the sums, it basically shows that if aliens landed and used this as a barometer of culture, then we would be wiped out and replaced with lemur's

rick_dagless wrote:I agree super, if you look at the sums, it basically shows that if aliens landed and used this as a barometer of culture, then we would be wiped out and replaced with lemur's

O lemur's?

Well played Cane...

superflyweight wrote:KING IN THE NORTH!

Well done superfly. I am nothing if not graceful  in defeat.

It's interesting to note that the final table is an almost exact reversal of how cultured posters actually are.

Rowley wrote:

superflyweight wrote:KING IN THE NORTH!

Well done superfly. I am nothing if not graceful  in defeat.

Thank you jeff. We both know I'm the better man and over the course of a culture cup (about 7 and a half years) the table simply doesn't lie.

I knew it all along. Beginning to regret my choice of The Flying Burritto Brothers in the debut album round if I'm honest.

I would just like to thank Tino for a fantastically run long Culture Cup.

Adam D wrote:I would just like to thank Tino for a fantastically run long Culture Cup.

Indeed, his efforts are very much unappreciated. A thankless task well deserving of that description.

I think the top four should have a final round to decide the winner once and for all

I was disappointed at the lack of Rod Stewart in this competition. Surely no man or woman can be considered cultured without having proffered The Rod.

Haha.  Two votes and no longer last.  Galtova's better half certainly does rock.

Cheers Tino and, because I'm too timid to post on the tennis board, well done on your Wimbledon headline punnery, Julius.