Rankings for March 11/12/13/14/15th are now up! Lots of changes to see.

Due to The Knight Guard scoring a perfect score in the Ensemble and General Effect Color Guard Circuit Captions, they are the defacto "High Ensemble" and "High General Effect" caption winners. If another ensemble also scores a perfect score in these captions, both groups will be awarded the high caption award. Same applies if three/more groups score a perfect score in the same caption.

(note that this applies to all captions across all circuits)

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1ZzAEsHzX7WBQnsy2uqLb2WP-pSMU2f5ykeeEiYY4SzM/edit?usp=sharing

You can't declare a defacto champion at the start of the third week lol

Just to clarify, they aren't defacto champions, only defacto caption winners (for now at least)

Regarding actually championships, a tie breaking system will be used if 2 or more groups score a perfect score. Groups won't be given any actual championship or caption winning recognition officially until the last day of the season.

Knowing how broken the Color Guard system is, I knew I needed to put a system in place for that, I just didn't expect a group to score a perfect caption only 2 weeks in

Rankings for March 16th should be up now. Sorry I haven't been updating as much as I should. Usually I work on these rankings from school, not home, so I haven't gotten into the habit of working on them, and my co-ranker couldn't do them for a while. We'll try to get back up to date as soon as we can, hope y'all are keeping safe.

Just saw that Guard of Unspecified Identity has been hit with the Backwards High Score glitch. The FMA unofficial rankings take the most recent score, not overall highest score a group has received. With that being said, should Unspecified be allowed to keep its high score or should they have to deal with the unfortunate glitch. I have a possible decision but I want feedback on it before I do. Remember that Guard of Unspecified Identity cannot be immediately declared champions by getting a score of 100 first. If another group scores 100 as well, a tiebreaker will be used to determine the winner.

I think it should be the highest score since technically every groups most recent score is their highest score anyways (unless they stopped rehearsing).

Yeah thats what will happen most likely. I'd rather not screw Unspecified out of a possible clean sweep based on a technicality/glitch

After reaching out to Alex, this bug has been fixed. Confirmed by tonights scores.

Ah sweet

Hey everyone! Rankings for March 17th through March 28th have been updated. We apologize for all of the delays. As we enter into finals week, hopefully the spreadsheet can help ensembles make final adjustments and allocate rehearsal points into lower captions. March 29th's rankings will be updated as soon as the scores are released.

Here is the link:

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1ZzAEsHzX7WBQnsy2uqLb2WP-pSMU2f5ykeeEiYY4SzM/edit?usp=sharing

Link to rankings:

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1ZzAEsHzX7WBQnsy2uqLb2WP-pSMU2f5ykeeEiYY4SzM/edit?usp=sharing

Rankings for Sunday, March 29th, 2020

Current leaders:

Drum Corps:
1st: Corps of Unspecified Identity - 99.510
2nd: Continuum - 96.225
3rd: Nemesis - 94.765

Drumline:
1st: Drums of Unspecified Identity - 99.650
2nd: Knights Drumline - 95.740
3rd: Wonderment Rainbow Rhythm - 90.540

Color Guard:
1st: Guard of Unspecified Identity - 100.00
2nd: The Knight Guard - 99.580
3rd: CloudScape - 98.805

Marching Band:
1st: Band of Unspecified Identity - 99.520
2nd: Marching Knights - 94.710
3rd: Wondermint Rainbow Performance Ensemble - 94.250

These are some good looking rankings.

Link to rankings:

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1ZzAEsHzX7WBQnsy2uqLb2WP-pSMU2f5ykeeEiYY4SzM/edit?usp=sharing

Rankings for Monday, March 30th 2020

Current leaders:

Drum Corps:
1st: Corps of Unspecified Identity - 99.675
2nd: Continuum - 96.690
3rd: Nemesis - 94.935

Drumline:
1st: Drums of Unspecified Identity - 99.795
2nd: Knights Drumline - 95.890
3rd: Wonderment Rainbow Rhythm - 90.920

Color Guard:
1st: Guard of Unspecified Identity - 100.00
2nd: The Knight Guard - 99.795
3rd: CloudScape - 98.805

Marching Band:
1st: Band of Unspecified Identity - 99.690
2nd: Marching Knights - 94.895
3rd: Wondermint Rainbow Performance Ensemble - 94.760

Link to rankings:

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1ZzAEsHzX7WBQnsy2uqLb2WP-pSMU2f5ykeeEiYY4SzM/edit?usp=sharing

Rankings for Tuesday, March 31st 2020

Current leaders:

Drum Corps (peep that 12th place tie tho):
1st: Corps of Unspecified Identity - 99.840
2nd: Continuum - 97.120
3rd: Nemesis - 95.520

Drumline:
1st: Drums of Unspecified Identity - 99.900
2nd: Knights Drumline - 96.280
3rd: Wonderment Rainbow Rhythm - 91.320

Color Guard:
1st: Guard of Unspecified Identity - 100.00
2nd: The Knight Guard - 99.795
3rd: CloudScape - 99.415

- Emerald Swift has received a perfect score in both Equipment and Movement captions. They are the second group so far to do so

Marching Band:
1st: Band of Unspecified Identity - 99.865
2nd: Marching Knights - 95.405
3rd: Wondermint Rainbow Performance Ensemble - 95.245
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http://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1ZzAEsHzX7WBQnsy2uqLb2WP-pSMU2f5ykeeEiYY4SzM/edit?usp=sharing

Fun fact: If you take the 's' out of the URL, it will link it.

So the Wonderment Rainbow Rhythm is 5th in Visual Ensemble and 15th for Visual Performance. How would that work in real life? Would that mean they look (comparatively) bad, but they are really locked in together in looking bad?

It would mean they look good from the box but not so great on the field.

Link to rankings:

http://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1ZzAEsHzX7WBQnsy2uqLb2WP-pSMU2f5ykeeEiYY4SzM/edit?usp=sharing

Rankings for Wednesday, April 1st 2020

Current leaders:

Drum Corps:
1st: Corps of Unspecified Identity - 99.985
2nd: Continuum - 97.475
3rd: Nemesis - 95.935

- Corps of Unspecified Identity has received a perfect score in Percussion, Music Ensemble, Visual Ensemble, Visual Performance, and Visual General Effect captions

Drumline:
1st: Drums of Unspecified Identity - 99.985
2nd: Knights Drumline - 96.560
3rd: Maple Leaf Percussion Ensemble - 91.855

- Drums of Unspecified Identity has received a perfect score in all three music captions; Music Performance, Music Ensemble, and Music General Effect

Color Guard:
1st: Guard of Unspecified Identity - 100.00
2nd: The Knight Guard - 99.975
3rd: CloudScape - 99.670

- The Knight Guard has received a perfect score in Equipment. They are the third group so far to do so

Marching Band:
1st: Band of Unspecified Identity - 99.985
2nd: Marching Knights - 95.815
3rd: Wondermint Rainbow Performance Ensemble - 95.725

- Band of Unspecified Identity has received a perfect score in Winds, Music Ensemble, Visual Performance, Color Guard, and Visual Ensemble captions
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That wraps up the regular season for rankings! Oumondragon and I are planning a special version of rankings for prelims, semifinals, and finals that include a complete ranking of all divisions and possibly some write ups for some top performing groups. I'll be doing a recap roundup of each day for drum corps as well. Once scores for finals are released we'll be updating the rankings sheet one last time and archive it on this thread as we transition to a new sheet for season 86.

FMA S85 Drum Corps Prelims

Total Groups: 125
Semifinal Places: 63

1st: Corps of Unspecified Identity - UNSP-C
2nd: Continuum - CLASS
3rd: Nemesis - CLASS
4th: Wondermint Rainbow Cavaliers - CLASS
5th: Canada Corps - CLASS
6th: Atlantic Volt Drum & Bugle Corps - DTG
7th: 10th Regiment - DTG
8th: Sigma Regiment - DTG
9th: Starlights Drum & Bugle Corps - CLASS
10th: Aftershock NZ - FAME
11th: Galactic Sound - DTG
12th: Kanpeki-sa - DTG

And just like that Season 85 comes to a close. Congrats to all finalists! Here is the top 12 from each category as we archive this thread and move on to Season 86.

Link to final Season 85 rankings:

http://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1ZzAEsHzX7WBQnsy2uqLb2WP-pSMU2f5ykeeEiYY4SzM/edit?usp=sharing

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Drum Corps:

1st: Corps of Unspecified Identity - UNSP-C
2nd: Continuum - CLASS
3rd: Nemesis - CLASS
4th: Wondermint Rainbow Cavaliers - CLASS
5th: Canada Corps - CLASS
6th: Atlantic Volt Drum & Bugle Corps - DTG
7th: 10th Regiment - DTG
8th: Sigma Regiment - DTG
9th: Starlights Drum & Bugle Corps - CLASS
10th: Kanpeki-sa - DTG
11th: Galactic Sound - DTG
12th: Aftershock NZ - FAME

Drumline:

1st: Drums of Unspecified Identity - UNSP-D
2nd: Knights Drumline - TEMPO
3rd: Maple Leaf Percussion Ensemble - DLTG
4th: Wonderment Rainbow Rhythm - TEMPO
5th: X Percussion - EPI
6th: 37 Liberators - DLTG
7th: Starlight Percussion - DLTG
8th: Aftershock NZ Indoor Percussion - PERC
9th: Mercury - DRUMS
10th: Samurai PX - DLTG
11th: Bulldog Drumline - DLTG
12th: Florida Dragon Percussion Ensemble - SMACDL

Color Guard:

1st: Guard of Unspecified Identity - UNSP-G, The Knight Guard - UNSP-G, CloudScape - USGA
4th: Starlight Independent - CGTG
5th: Alberta X Winterguard - LEGS
6th: Wonderment Rainbow Silks and Spinners - #GICG
7th: Emerald Swift - NSBACL
8th: 10th Regiment Winter Guard - LEGS
9th: Pandemonium NZ - LEGS
10th: LOONA 1/3 - STAGE
11th: Florida Dragon Winterguard - SMACWG
12th: Colors of Osaka Bay - CGTG

Marching Band:

1st: Band of Unspecified Identity - UNSP-B
2nd: Marching Knights - ENCORE
3rd: Wondermint Rainbow Performance Ensemble - MMF
4th: Nutmeg Rangers Marching Band - IHBE
5th: Calgary Stetson Showband - ENCORE
6th: Manor High School Band - TMEA
7th: Sand Lake High School Marching Band - IHBE
8th: Osaka Bay Outdoor Performance Ensemble - MBTG
9th: Florida Dragon Battalion - SMACMB
10th: Samurai Regiment - ENCORE
11th: EHS Marching Band - MBTG
12th: Shotsmen - NEC

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