Hey, everyone! I finally had the motivation to complete everything I needed for this project to start.

KEEP YOUR EARS OPEN is a spiritual sequel to EYES ON THE PRIZE, a minitourney I ran in Coded Collisions and other such servers. However, I had more ideas that I wanted to work with, and wanted to flex my creative muscles even more... so, with sixteen new competitors, and an aesthetic LOOSELY based on the MILGRAM series on YouTube, here we are.

I'm excited to show off what I have in store, more than you could EVER imagine, so here's a sneak peak at ROUND 1 of the tournament. Enjoy!

Oh, and for those of you already following the tournament, I've made a few alterations and buffs to the characters:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Lpx-_zFi5IYK7oQm-SiKlBWaReU6AJLs3grnJrYBxPg/edit?usp=sharing

Future minitourney tracks will be uploaded here: @spring-souls-alt

KEEP YOUR EARS OPEN - R1 Teaser

MORTEN: Livin' on a prayer to a false god isn't exactly living... honestly, I don't know WHAT to say.
DALLON?: The eighties called, they want to make a gritty reboot off of your very existence.

ROUND ONE MATCH TWO - THE VIKING vs YOU ENJOY OUR CONTENT
https://forms.gle/6nbzdLt5MmoFqnZr8

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SOURCES:
- I DONT KNOW HOW BUT THEY FOUND ME - SIXFT [010 - iDKHOW]
- Trivia Murder Party - Jacked Up [010 - YDKJ]
- a-ha - The Blue Sky [002 - a-ha]
- The Who - Who Are You [002 - The Masked Singer]
- Panic! At The Disco - High Hopes [Both - The Masked Singer / PATD]
- Devo - Whip It [002 - New Wave, The Masked Singer]
- Bo Burnham - Repeat Stuff [010 - The Occult]
- a-ha - Take on Me [002 - duh]

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PRISONER 002 - THE VIKING [The Masked Singer]
- a-ha/its members and other one-hit wonder artists.
(ex: Take on Me, Hunting High and Low, Summer Moved On, Scatman John, Buggles, Vanilla Ice)
- New Wave, ska (emphasizing third-wave), and any 80s hits.
(ex: Talking Heads, Devo, Reel Big Fish, The Aquabats, Blue Monday, Like a Prayer)
- Reality/competitive TV, and any song featured in The Masked Singer.
(ex: Survivor, Total Drama Island, ONE, Who Are You, The Greatest Show, Dynamite)
- History, war, and hidden identities.
(ex: History of Nintendo, ERB, Seven Nation Army, Thousand March, Undercover, Wario: Master of Disguise)

PRISONER 010 - YOU ENJOY OUR CONTENT [I DONT KNOW HOW BUT THEY FOUND ME, You Don’t Know Jack]
- iDKHOW, Panic! At The Disco, and their collaborators.
(ex: Do It All The Time, Sugar Pills, Absinthe, Don’t Threaten Me With a Good Time, This is Gospel, Victorious)
- Party games/game shows, absurdist media and streaming service originals.
(ex: You Don’t Know Jack, Mario Party, Cyriak, Regular Show, Stranger Things, Hazbin Hotel)
- Pop Rock, Synth Pop and Indietronica artists.
(ex: Paramore, The Fray, Eurythmics, M83, LCD Soundsystem, MGMT)
- Religion and cultism/the occult.
(ex: God of War, The Binding of Isaac, Charlie’s Inferno, Cult of the Lamb, Lifetime Achievement Award, Repeat Stuff)

Six Feet Underground

A jury of twenty-seven voters. A higher turnout, and one that was much closer than anticipated. Was a tired niche the reason why The Viking was sent to losers? Or maybe YOU ENJOY OUR CONTENT's connections were too much for some of you to handle?

...Ha ha. I only tease. One stands, one falls to losers with their first guilty verdict. Only one can remain in winners, and that honour falls to...

SONGS USED:
- CHANCE Tournament - Buildup [Offsource]
- SFX: Nick Cannon ROASTED by Masked Singer Judges for Having 11 Kids [002 - The Masked Singer]
- SFX: You Don’t Know Jack: Full Stream [010 - duh]
- Talking Heads - Once in a Lifetime [002 - New Wave]
- I DONT KNOW HOW BUT THEY FOUND ME - Sugar Pills [010 - iDKHOW]
- Shadowmaster MC - Mad Verse City Credits Rap [010 - Party Games]
- Epic Rap Battles of History - Donald Trump vs Hilary Clinton [002 - History]

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DALLON?: I guess after all that, you really were just Fakin' It.

With a ONE-VOTE lead, YOU ENJOY OUR CONTENT is your winner.
THE VIKING - 13 VOTES (48.1%)
YOU ENJOY OUR CONTENT - 14 VOTES (51.9%)

RESULTS - R1M2

VICTORIES: The Viking, Holo-Hip-Hop
LOSSES: N/A
NEXT MATCH: The New Normal
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SOURCES:
- SIAMES - Used to Be [Synthpop]
- You Don’t Know Jack: Full Stream - Main Theme [duh]
- Panic! At The Disco - High Hopes [P!ATD]
- I DONT KNOW HOW BUT THEY FOUND ME ft. Tessa Violet - New Invention [iDKHOW, iDKHOW Collabs]
- Trivia Murder Party 2 - Credits Theme [Jackbox Party Rock]
- I DONT KNOW HOW BUT THEY FOUND ME - Do It All The Time [iDKHOW]

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PRISONER 010 - YOU ENJOY OUR CONTENT [I DONT KNOW HOW BUT THEY FOUND ME, You Don’t Know Jack]
“It’s time for the show where high culture and pop culture collide! Your host for the evening is Dallon Weekes… we think. Brainwashed by the Binjpipe corporation, this industry plant seeks only content. As a representative of the company, one could easily blame Binjpipe for his actions, especially since he doesn’t seem to know what he’s doing… or does he?”

Binjpipe recommends...
- iDKHOW, [REDACTED], and pop rock/synthpop.
(ex: Do It All The Time, Sugar Pills, [REDACTED], Paramore, Eurythmics)
- Jackbox games, party games/game shows, and absurdism.
(ex: You Don’t Know Jack, Mario Party, Cyriak, Regular Show, Stranger Things, Hazbin Hotel)
- [REDACTED]
(ex: [REDACTED])
- Religion/cultism/the occult, [REDACTED], and [REDACTED].
(ex: Charlie’s Inferno, Cult of the Lamb, [REDACTED])

VICTORY! - YOU ENJOY OUR CONTENT

ANDRE: I receive what you want to believe, but soon you're goin' to sew those bad seeds.
DALLON?: Some dumb dog and his dodo of a friend want to cross me? Please.

ROUND TWO MATCH ONE - HOLO-HIP-HOP vs YOU ENJOY OUR CONTENT
https://forms.gle/D3cK61fDc4V6aBqY6

SOURCES:
- underscores - Old money bitch [010 - Indietronica]
- I DONT KNOW HOW BUT THEY FOUND ME - Sugar Pills [010 - iDKHOW]
- Kendrick Lamar - i [001 - Kevin Lamar]
- Lemon Demon - Goosebumps [001 - Birds]
- RedVox - In the Garden [001 - Streamers (Vinesauce)]
- Mario Party Superstars - This Way That [Both - Birds (Duck Shoes) / Party Games]
- Calliope Mori - Go-Getters [001 - VTubers]
- Eurythmics - Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This) [010 - Synthpop]
- “Weird Al” Yankovic - I Lost On Jeopardy [010 - Game Shows]
- Carly Rae Jepsen - Call Me Maybe [010 - Synthpop]
- That Handsome Devil - Charlie’s Inferno [010 - Religion]
- B.o.B. ft. Bruno Mars - Nothing On You [001 - Kevin Lamar Collabs (B.o.B)]
- Kendrick Lamar - euphoria [001 - Kevin Lamar]
- Panic! At The Disco - This is Gospel [010 - PATD, Religion]
- OutKast - Hey Ya! [001 - duh]
- The Lonely Island ft. Adam Levine & Kendrick Lamar - YOLO [001 - Kevin Lamar]
- I DONT KNOW HOW BUT THEY FOUND ME - Do It All The Time [010 - duh]

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PRISONER 001 - HOLO-HIP-HOP [Hololive, OutKast, Kevin Lamar]
- FuwaMoco/Oozora Subaru, other VTubers, and streamers/streaming culture.
(ex: Let Me Be With You, Starlight, Doggy god’s street, Ababa, Jerma985, Red Vox)
- Kevin Lamar, OutKast/its members, and either’s collaborations.
(ex: All the Stars, King Kunta, HUMBLE, Hey Ya, Ms. Jackson, Class of 3000)
- Southern, West Coast, or Conscious Hip-Hop/Rap.
(ex: DJ Khaled, Three 6 Mafia, Ice Cube, N.W.A, A Tribe Called Quest, De La Soul)
- Canines and birds.
(ex: Snoop Dogg, Paw Patrol, Who Let The Dogs Out, Surfin’ Bird, Free Bird, Duck Game)

PRISONER 010 - YOU ENJOY OUR CONTENT [I DONT KNOW HOW BUT THEY FOUND ME, You Don’t Know Jack]
- iDKHOW, Panic! At The Disco, and their collaborators.
(ex: Do It All The Time, Sugar Pills, Absinthe, Don’t Threaten Me With a Good Time, This is Gospel, Victorious)
- Party games/game shows, absurdist media and streaming service originals.
(ex: You Don’t Know Jack, Mario Party, Cyriak, Regular Show, Stranger Things, Hazbin Hotel)
- Pop Rock, Synth Pop and Indietronica artists.
(ex: Paramore, The Fray, Eurythmics, M83, LCD Soundsystem, MGMT)
- Religion and cultism/the occult.
(ex: God of War, The Binding of Isaac, Charlie’s Inferno, Cult of the Lamb, Lifetime Achievement Award, Repeat Stuff)

The 1% Control Us All

We return to winners. And with twenty-five voters, too. It would seem that these two prisoners served very divisive... Has Holo-Hip-Hop's connection to the virtual world proven detestable, or has YOU ENJOY OUR CONTENT's disjointed collective proven pointless?

One stands, one falls to losers with their first guilty verdict. Only one can remain in winners, and that honour falls to...

SONGS USED:
- CHANCE Tournament - Buildup [Offsource]
- Kevin Lamar - Not Like Us [001 - Kevin Lamar]
- SFX: Head Rush [010 - YDKJ]
- Snoop Dogg - Gin & Juice [001 - West-Coast Hip-Hop, Canines]
- R.E.M. - It’s the End of the World As We Know It [010 - Pop Rock]
- Calliope Mori - Excuse Me, But Could You Please R.I.P.? [001 - VTubers]
- Eurythmics - Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This) [010 - Synthpop]

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DALLON?: Get back to work! The sooner you stream our games, the sooner I can get back to scooping up Content.

With ANOTHER ONE-VOTE lead, YOU ENJOY OUR CONTENT is your winner.
HOLO-HIP-HOP - 12 VOTES (48.0%)
YOU ENJOY OUR CONTENT - 13 VOTES (52.0%)

RESULTS - R2M1

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