IWPS Qualifying: Standings & Scores

[admin]

Just wanted to let everyone know that the summer season qualifies poets for our Slam-off that will determine the Vancouver rep to the Individual World Poetry Slam (IWPS). IWPS 2009 happens October 8-10 in Berkeley, California.

The winning poets from our summer season of open slams will compete in September to represent Vancouver at IWPS. Basically, you could win a free trip to a rad poetry tournament in California. Pretty darn sweet, right?

Details about format for our slamoff, standings, and all that other good stuff will follow. For now, start writing those jaw-dropping poems and bring them to the next slam!

[admin]

Hey, the summer season has started! This also means that we start qualifying poets from the Slamoff in September to determine which poet will represent Vancouver at the Individual World Poetry Slam in Berkeley, California.

Details about the format of the IWPS slamoff are still being ironed out by the Rules Committee. It looks like they'll make a proposal to the Van Slam family sometime soon. It looks as though the top ten poets from the summer season will qualify for the slamoff, but more on that as details become available.

In the meantime, one thing we do know is that the qualifying system is the same as with the team playoffs.

After the poet's name is the order that they performed in the first round, then their first round score. After that is the position that they performed in the second round, then their second round score, and finally their total score for the evening.

4 May 2009   

Megan (1) 24.0
Daniel Mark Patterson (2) 25.0
Tessa (3) 25.3
Unpolished (4) 24.6
Ms. Spelt (5) 26.7 + (4) 29.3 = 55.0 Second!
Conrad (6) 24.9
Julie Peters (7) 28.6 + (1) 25.7 = 54.3 Fourth!
Cornelius (8 ) 26.1
Samuel (9) 24.4
Relevant (10) 29.0 + (5) 29.0 = 58.0 First!
Ben (11) 26.5 + (2) 24.9 = 51.4 Fifth!
David Kurbis (12) 27.1 + (3) 27.3 = 54.4 Third!

Updated Standings for the 2009 Van Slam Individual Slamoff

Firsts
Relevant 58.0

Seconds
The Svelte Ms. Spelt 55.0

Thirds
David Kurbis 54.4

Chances are that you will need a first place finish, or a very high ranking second to qualify for the Slamoff.

[Lisa]

Lisa here, on behalf of the Rules Committee, to tell you a little bit about qualifying for iWPS playoffs, and what format those will have.

Each regular (1st, 3rd & 5th Monday) slam between now and August 31 is a qualifying slam. Each person who gets first place at one of those slams is guaranteed a berth in the playoff. The IWPS playoff is on September 7. If someone finishes first more than once, the playoff spot will be opened up to the highest-ranking second place finisher.

On September 7, poets will need to be prepared to do 1, 2, 3 and 4 minute poems. In the first round, we will have 10 poets doing 1 minute poems. There will be two sacrificial poets doing 1 minute poems, who will help to warm up the room and mitigate the effect of having to go first. After this round, the poets with the two lowest scores will be dropped from the competition.

In the second round, 8 poets will do 3 minute poems. After this round, the poets with the two lowest cumulative scores will be dropped from the competition.

Then there will be a break.

After the break, there will be a 4-minute sacrifice, and then 6 poets doing four minute poems. After this round, the two poets with the lowest cumulative scores will be dropped.

In the fourth round, 4 poets will be doing 2 minute poems. Whoever finishes the night with the highest score will represent Vancouver at IWPS in Berkeley!

If you have any questions, please let us know, and the Rules Committee would be happy to address them. We are: myself, Sean, Angus, Duncan and Trevor.

[RCW]

Are the scores from each round carried over or is there a clean slate in any or all of the rounds?

[admin]

The second open slam of the summer season was a very high-scoring bout with the reigning Vancouver IWPS rep, Zaccheus Jackson, showing that he is still one of Vancouver's top slammers.

After the poet's name is the order that they performed in the first round, then their first round score. After that is the position that they performed in the second round, then their second round score, and finally their total score for the evening.

19 May 2009   

Eva Waldorf (1) 19.5
River Jones (2) 26.5
Tessa (3) 23.0
Daniel Mark Patterson (4) 25.4
Joe (5) 26.5
Zaccheus Jackson (6) 29.0 + (1) 29.5 = 58.5 First!
Steve Miller (7) 26.5
Rhea Parks (8 ) 27.5 + (4) 28.2 = 55.7 Fifth!
The Svelte Ms. Spelt (9) 26.6 + (5) 29.5 = 56.1 Fourth!
Julie Peters (10) 28.2 + (2) 29.7 = 57.9 Third!
Warren Dean Fulton (11) 26.6 + (3) 27.2 = 53.8 Sixth!
Chris Tse (12) 28.8 + (6) 29.3 = 58.1 Second!
Unpolished (13) 26.0


Updated Standings for the 2009 Van Slam Individual Slamoff

Firsts
Zaccheus Jackson 58.5
Relevant 58.0

Seconds
Chris Tse 58.1
The Svelte Ms. Spelt 55.0

Thirds
Julie Peters 57.9
David Kurbis 54.4

Only a poet's highest ranking performance is shown in the overall standings. So, for instance, if a poet places third one night and first another night, only the first place placing will show in the standings.

Chances are that you will need a first place finish, or a very high ranking second to qualify for the Slamoff.

[rpriske]

Chris Tse? How did he get all the way over to Vancouver?

Don't break him. We want him back.

[Lisa]

Are the scores from each round carried over or is there a clean slate in any or all of the rounds?

The scores are carried over. That's the reference to "cumulative".

[admin]

Joe McDonald won the Youth Slam last week, and then showed up at the regular slam and schooled everyone. Joe also volunteers at the slams. Hoorah for poets who volunteer! (clearly volunteering is the key to poetry slam success *wink-wink* *nudge-nudge*)

After the poet's name is the order that they performed in the first round, then their first round score. After that is the position that they performed in the second round, then their second round score, and finally their total score for the evening.

1 June 2009   

Steve Lock (1) 24.6
Chris Tse (2) 27.7 + (1) 26.3 = 54.0 Fourth!
Kat (3) 23.4
Zaccheus Jackson (4) 24.5
Joe McDonald (5) 27.6 + (5) 28.1 = 55.7 First!
Greg Powder (6) 23.4
Johnny MacRae (7) 27.1 + (2) 27.8 = 54.9 Second!
Steve Miller (8 ) 27.7 + (4) 26.9 = 54.6 Third!
Daniel Mark Patterson (9) 25.9 + (3) 24.2 = 50.1 Fifth!
Caroline (10) 21.5
Duncan Shields (11) 25.5
The Svelte Ms. Spelt (12) 24.2
Sucana (13) 25.1
Loch Ness (14) 24.5


Updated Standings for the 2009 Van Slam Individual Slamoff

Firsts
Zaccheus Jackson 58.5
Relevant 58.0
Joe McDonald 55.7

Seconds
Chris Tse 58.1
The Svelte Ms. Spelt 55.0
Johnny MacRae 54.9

Thirds
Julie Peters 57.9
Steve Miller 54.6
David Kurbis 54.4

Only a poet's highest ranking performance is shown in the overall standings. So, for instance, if a poet places third one night and first another night, only the first place placing will show in the standings.

Chances are that you will need a first place finish, or a very high ranking second to qualify for the Slamoff.

[admin]

Hey, I've been away this week so I haven't had a chance to post last week's scores until now. From the look of things, Zac, our reigning champion, is in fine form and will be the clear favourite to repeat as Vancouver's IWPS rep.

After the poet's name is the order that they performed in the first round, then their first round score. After that is the position that they performed in the second round, then their second round score, and finally their total score for the evening.

NB: These are only preliminary scores. The official scores and standings are kept by our slammaster, after they have checked and double checked all the math and adjusted any scores that may have incurred penalties.


15 June 2009   

The Svelte Ms. Spelt (1) 26.3
Daniel Mark Patterson (2) 21.6
Joe (3) 27.0
Antoinette (4) 27.2 + (4) 27.7 =54.9 Fourth!
Steve Miller (5) 28.5 + (2) 28.3 = 56.8 Second!
Rhea Parks (6) 27.5 + (3) 26.3 = 53.8 Fifth!
Chris Tse (7) 28.4 + (1) 27.8 = 56.2 Third!
Kelsey Savage (8 ) 26.9
Sean McGarragle (9) 26.4
Zaccheus Jackson (10) 29.5 + (5) 27.6 = 57.1 First!*

*edited score. I misread the score sheet initially. But there was a time penalty in the second round.


Updated Standings for the 2009 Van Slam Individual Slamoff
The top 8 poets will qualify for the IWPS Slamoff on September 7th

Firsts
Zaccheus Jackson 58.5
Relevant 58.0
Joe McDonald 55.7

Seconds
Chris Tse 58.1
Steve Miller 56.8
The Svelte Ms. Spelt 55.0
Johnny MacRae 54.9

Thirds
Julie Peters 57.9
David Kurbis 54.4

Only a poet's highest ranking performance is shown in the overall standings. So, for instance, if a poet places third one night and first another night, only the first place placing will show in the standings.

Chances are that you will need a first place finish, or a very high ranking second to qualify for the Slamoff.

[admin]

After many great performances in the last few months, Chris Tse broke through and won his first Vancouver Poetry Slam last night. Another Youth Slam poet kicks butt at the big show! Huzzah for the youth poets!

After the poet's name is the order that they performed in the first round, then their first round score. After that is the position that they performed in the second round, then their second round score, and finally their total score for the evening.

NB: These are only preliminary scores. The official scores and standings are kept by our slammaster, after they have checked and double checked all the math and adjusted any scores that may have incurred penalties.


29 June 2009  

Amnesia Jane Smith (1) 25.3
Unpolished (2) 21.8
Duncan Shields (3) 27.5 + (5) 27.2 = 54.7 Fifth!
Sean McGarragle (4) 27.2
Fernando (5) 28.2 + (2) 28.6 = 56.8 Second!
Sue (6) 26.2
Zaccheus Jackson (7) 27.5 + (4) 27.9 = 55.4 Third!
graham (8 ) 26.1
Tess (9) 25.9
Chris Tse (10) 28.7 + (1) 28.7 = 57.4 First!
Daniel Mark Patterson (11) 28.1 + (3) 27.1 = 55.2 Fourth!
Hero Prince (12) 23.6
Johnny MacRae (13) 27
The Svelte Ms. Spelt (14) 27.2


Updated Standings for the 2009 Van Slam Individual Slamoff
The top 8 poets will qualify for the IWPS Slamoff on September 7th

Firsts
Zaccheus Jackson 58.5
Relevant 58.0
Chris Tse 57.4
Joe McDonald 55.7

Seconds
Fernando Raguero 56.8
Steve Miller 56.8
The Svelte Ms. Spelt 55.0
Johnny MacRae 54.9

Thirds
Julie Peters 57.9
David Kurbis 54.4

Only a poet's highest ranking performance is shown in the overall standings. So, for instance, if a poet places third one night and first another night, only the first place placing will show in the standings.

Chances are that you will need a first place finish, or a very high ranking second to qualify for the Slamoff.

[admin]

For the third time in the summer season, Zaccheus Jackson cleaned up and took top prize. This means at least two second place finishers will qualify for Vancouver's IWPS Slamoff... but who will it be?

After the poet's name is the order that they performed in the first round, then their first round score. After that is the position that they performed in the second round, then their second round score, and finally their total score for the evening.

NB: These are only preliminary scores. The official scores and standings are kept by our slammaster, after they have checked and double checked all the math and adjusted any scores that may have incurred penalties.


6 July 2009

Scruffmouth (1) 26.6
Daniel Mark Patterson (2) 24.4
Zaccheus Jackson (3) 28.0 + (5) 29.8 = 57.8 First!
Sonja Littlejohn (4) 25.6
Antionette (5) 28.0 + (3) 28.1 = 56.1 Third!
Mark (6) 21.5
Julie Peters (7) 27.4 + (2) 27.3 = 54.7 Fifth!
WD40 (8 ) 26.1
Jane Doe (9) 26.0
The Svelte Ms. Spelt  (10) 28.0 + (1) 28.5 = 56.5 Second!
Steve Miller (11) 23.4
Spillious (12) 28.4 + (4) 27.4 = 55.8 Fourth!


Updated Standings for the 2009 Van Slam Individual Slamoff
The top 8 poets will qualify for the IWPS Slamoff on September 7th

Firsts
Zaccheus Jackson 58.5
Relevant 58.0
Chris Tse 57.4
Joe McDonald 55.7

Seconds
Fernando Raguero 56.8
Steve Miller 56.8
The Svelte Ms. Spelt 56.5
Johnny MacRae 54.9

Thirds
Julie Peters 57.9
Antoinette 56.1
David Kurbis 54.4

Only a poet's highest ranking performance is shown in the overall standings. So, for instance, if a poet places third one night and first another night, only the first place placing will show in the standings.

Chances are that you will need a first place finish, or a very high ranking second to qualify for the Slamoff.

[Zaccheus]

I hear Zaccheus Jackson bribes the judges......

[admin]

After several weeks of being in close contention, The Svelte Ms. Spelt claimed his first victory of the summer season.

After the poet's name is the order that they performed in the first round, then their first round score. After that is the position that they performed in the second round, then their second round score, and finally their total score for the evening.

NB: These are only preliminary scores. The official scores and standings are kept by our slammaster, after they have checked and double checked all the math and adjusted any scores that may have incurred penalties.


20 July 2009

Officer Mazaltoff (1) 23.3
Eric Rice (2) 21.8
Jeff Burnett (3) 22.5
Antonette (4) 26.8 + (2) 23.6 = 50.4 Fifth!
Steve Miller (5) 26.1
Spillious (6) 25.7
Chris Tse (7) 26.6 + (3) 28.1 = 54.7 Second!
Sonya (8 ) 24.5
WD40 (9) 24.3
The Svelte Ms. Spelt  (10) 27.7 + (4) 28.0 = 55.7 First!
Zaccheus Jackson (11) 28.4 + (5) 26.2 = 54.6 Third!
Daniel Mark Patterson (12) 27.5 + (1) 26.2 = 53.7 Fourth!


Updated Standings for the 2009 Van Slam Individual Slamoff
The top 10 poets will qualify for the IWPS Slamoff on September 7th

Firsts
Zaccheus Jackson 58.5
Relevant 58.0
Chris Tse 57.4
The Svelte Ms. Spelt 55.7
Joe McDonald 55.7

Seconds
Fernando Raguero 56.8
Steve Miller 56.8
Johnny MacRae 54.9

Thirds
Julie Peters 57.9
Antonette 56.1
David Kurbis 54.4

Only a poet's highest ranking performance is shown in the overall standings. So, for instance, if a poet places third one night and first another night, only the first place placing will show in the standings.

Chances are that you will need a first place finish, or a very high ranking second to qualify for the Slamoff.

[ms_spelt]

point of clarification-wearing my rules hat here for a sec-10 poets are going to be in the 1st round of iwps playoffs-not 8.
having said that...
awesome job Chris at hosting-on par with the high standard set at the NPS level of mcing and bout managing.well done.
and to everyone else-poets,audience,judges and volunteers-thanks for making it a memorable evening.

[admin]

Yes! thank you, Spelt. That was a copy and pasting error from last year's playoffs standings. I will correct the most recent standings update.