The IQ Cup - Groups C & D - Round 5

[RoeDent]

Here are the standings going into this round:

GROUP C TABLE AFTER ROUND 4
1. THE WAKE (12pts / +16 / 20-4 / 4-0-0)
2. CLOSER (12pts / +12 / 18-6 / 4-0-0)
3. THE SEVENTH HOUSE (10pts / +18 / 21-3 / 3-1-0)
4. FURTHER AWAY (10pts / +10 / 17-7 / 3-1-0)
5. AWAKE AND NERVOUS (6pts / +6 / 15-9 / 2-0-2)
6. FAILSAFE (6pts / 0 / 12-12 / 2-0-2)
7. INFERNAL CHORUS (6pts / 0 / 12-12 / 2-0-2)
8. THE SENSE IN SANITY (3pts / -8 / 8-16 / 1-0-3)
9. NO LOVE LOST (3pts / -8 / 8-16 / 1-0-3)
10. THROUGH THE CORRIDORS (3pts / -12 / 6-18 / 1-0-3)
11. THROUGH MY FINGERS (0pts / -12 / 6-18 / 0-0-4)
12. DRIVE ON (0pts / -22 / 1-23 / 0-0-4)

GROUP D TABLE AFTER ROUND 4
1. OCEAN (12pts / +16 / 20-4 / 4-0-0)
2. GUIDING LIGHT (12pts / +10 / 17-7 / 4-0-0)
3. EROSION (9pts / +10 / 17-7 / 3-0-1)
4= FIRE AND SECURITY (9pts / +8 / 16-8 / 3-0-1)
4= HUMAN NATURE (9pts / +8 / 16-8 / 3-0-1)
6. WAR HEROES (9pts / +2 / 13-11 / 3-0-1)
7. THE THOUSAND DAYS (3pts / 0 / 12-12 / 1-0-3)
8. PASSING STRANGERS (3pts / -10 / 7-17 / 1-0-3)
9. 1312 OVERTURE (3pts / -12 / 6-18 / 1-0-3)
10, WURENSH (1pt / -8 / 8-16 / 0-1-3)
11. LAID LOW (1pt / -10 / 7-17 / 0-1-3)
12. CORNERS (0pts / -14 / 5-19 / 0-0-4)

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And here are your matchups for Round 5:

GROUP C
Drive On vs Through the Corridors
The Seventh House vs Through My Fingers
No Love Lost vs Further Away
The Sense in Sanity vs The Wake
Failsafe vs Awake and Nervous
Closer vs Infernal Chorus

GROUP D
Guiding Light vs Passing Strangers
Wurensh vs Ocean
Human Nature vs War Heroes
Laid Low vs Erosion
The Thousand Days vs Fire and Security
1312 Overture vs Corners

Voting is open for 24 hours. Please check your ballot carefully before submitting your votes.

[Eldomm]

Very easy round for me this time...

[jammindude]

This one was extremely difficult for me.   And some of the 5-0's deserve better recognition than they are getting. 

Drive On over Through the Corridors - easy.  TtC is an OK song from the debut, and Drive On might be the best of their pop songs. 

The Seventh House over Through My Fingers - slam dunk

Further Away over No Love Lost - NLL really deserves more respect, it's a fantastic song.  But come on.  Anything that goes up against Further Away is most likely going to lose.  (with maybe one or two exceptions)

The Wake over The Sense in Sanity - easy

Failsafe over Awake and Nervous - this one was nearly impossible.   But I went back and listened to both and gave the edge to Failsafe by a hair.

Closer over Infernal Chorus - another tough one for me.   IC is better than the score would have anyone believe.

Guiding Light over Passing Strangers - OK this deserves the landslide it's getting

Ocean over Wurensh - I absolutely AGONIZED over this one.  Wurensh is SOOOOOOO SOOOO AWESOME.   But I have very personal reasons that just squeak Ocean over the top.   

Human Nature over War Heroes - Another matchup that was almost impossible for me.  War Heroes is such an amazing song and I absolutely love it.   But I had to give the nod to the epic. 

Erosion over Laid Low - easy

Fire and Security over The Thousand Days - a bit tougher, but fairly obvious

1312 Overture over Corners - Two mid-tier songs that I consider to be at about the same level...and that made it a bit tougher.   Practically flipped a coin over this one.   Could have gone the other way on any given day.

[RoeDent]

GROUP C, ROUND 5 RESULTS
Drive On 1-4 Through the Corridors
The Seventh House 5-0 Through My Fingers
No Love Lost 0-5 Further Away
The Sense in Sanity 1-4 The Wake
Failsafe 3-2 Awake and Nervous
Closer 5-0 Infernal Chorus

GROUP C TABLE AFTER ROUND 5
1. THE WAKE (15pts / +19 / 24-5 / 5-0-0)
2. CLOSER (15pts / +17 / 23-6 / 5-0-0)
3. THE SEVENTH HOUSE (13pts / +23 / 26-3 / 4-1-0)
4. FURTHER AWAY (13pts / +15 / 22-7 / 4-1-0)
5. FAILSAFE (9pts / +1 / 15-14 / 3-0-2)
6. AWAKE AND NERVOUS (6pts / +5 / 17-12 / 2-0-3)
7. INFERNAL CHORUS (6pts / -5 / 12-17 / 2-0-3)
8. THROUGH THE CORRIDORS (6pts / -9 / 10-19 / 2-0-3)
9. THE SENSE IN SANITY (3pts / -11 / 9-20 / 1-0-4)
10. NO LOVE LOST (3pts / -13 / 8-21 / 1-0-4)
11. THROUGH MY FINGERS (0pts / -17 / 6-23 / 0-0-5)
12. DRIVE ON (0pts / -25 / 2-27 / 0-0-5)

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GROUP D, ROUND 5 RESULTS
Guiding Light 5-0 Passing Strangers
Wurensh 0-5 Ocean
Human Nature 5-0 War Heroes
Laid Low 1-4 Erosion
The Thousand Days 0-5 Fire and Security
1312 Overture 3-2 Corners

GROUP D TABLE AFTER ROUND 5
1. OCEAN (15pts / +21 / 25-4 / 5-0-0)
2. GUIDING LIGHT (15pts / +15 / 22-7 / 5-0-0)
3. FIRE AND SECURITY (12pts / +13 / 21-8 / 4-0-1) *
4= EROSION (12pts / +13 / 21-8 / 4-0-1)
4= HUMAN NATURE (12pts / +13 / 21-8 / 4-0-1)
6. WAR HEROES (9pts / -3 / 13-16 / 3-0-2)
7. 1312 OVERTURE (6pts / -11 / 9-20 / 2-0-3)
8. THE THOUSAND DAYS (3pts / -5 / 12-17 / 1-0-4)
9. PASSING STRANGERS (3pts / -15 / 7-22 / 1-0-4)
10= LAID LOW (1pt / -13 / 8-21 / 0-1-4)
10= WURENSH (1pt / -13 / 8-21 / 0-1-4)
12. CORNERS (0pts / -15 / 7-22 / 0-0-5)

* Fire and Security has the head-to-head victory over Erosion (R4). Erosion has yet to face Human Nature, and Human Nature has yet to face either song.

[Evermind]

Missed this one but the results are pretty much spot on.