Looking at the recap, they were higher than Pulse in nearly every category except for one visual score that was significantly lower than the rest… ultimately leading to a .100 difference. Insane!
Yea he hosed them out the gold medal! A music judge did that to them last year also! But this one cost them the Gold!! But it actually costed alot more. Most don't know but Pulse was going for a 3peat, for the first time ever in PIW. Rhythm X almost did it in 2010 but got jumped at Finals by who....Pulse!! For their first Gold Medal Ever!! So X was literally supposed to return the favor last night and one judged messed it all up!! What a shame
Yep. They were not a 6th place group in any category. Seems like the judge must have had a personal issue and unfortunately dumped them by such a margin that cost them a gold medal. Outrageous.
All of this production value and not a single STAR WIPE transition?!?! Get it together. 🤣 Joking aside - great stuff, as always. Glad you guys are able to be at finals. Can't wait for your post-finals discussion vid. 😎✊
I don’t really follow DCI but I happened to be watching some Cavs 2023 videos and, by chance, clicked over to this one. Man…those moves look familiar…the composition sounds familiar…hey a lot of those faces look familiar, too! 😂
After seeing them in semis and finals, I fully repeal my statement about their battery. Prelims must have just been an off day for a few of them cause god did they own the floor the other two nights.
I wonder what my high school drum instructor Steve Campbell-BD 84-86 Center snare 86 would have thought about this snare 🥁 tuning? As for me: Hats 🎩 off! Outstanding!
And im a Hardin fan but what was he thinking? Like the design is already there so did u give them 6th based on their marching? Cuz that would be a lie also! Plus their drill and awesome as usual so I just dont see it. They was supposed to stop Pulse 3peat like Pulse stopped theirs in 2010..and Hardin blew that
I’ll be completely honest that I usually don’t buy into what X puts out as an entire package. Aside from A few years here and there, they are usually clean, but just not for me. This year not only we’re they crazy clean, but they executed very well with a unique and fresh show design. For them to get “6th” in that category would have meant a crazy meltdown performance at finals. I just didn’t see that…. Nor did anyone else.
@@GREX87 FACTS!!! What’s even more crazy is they got 98 98 98 100 in Visual effect! Yea not the same caption but they do in a sense connect together so for them to get 6th in performance but a 93.5 just doesn’t add up! He literally is saying they didn’t perform their show at a top 5 level, but gave them a comp score of 96 aka 3rd. So it’s the 3rd best show in his eyes,they went on 2nd to last, but didn’t perform their 3rd place show better than the 4 groups behind them and then Pulse. I just don’t see how he saw that. But if you’re going to give 6th, u don’t make a big spread like that. He had plenty of room to score (again X went on 2nd to last) so he left room to possibly score the 2best groups left. So to give them a 93.5 is truly crazy to me and just a 94.5 but still 6th, wins them the gold. That’s why that spread just doesn’t make sense
Great lot stuff! Would love to see you guys collaborate with -edit- Marching Arts Network TV -edit- this season to provide percussion commentary. I did name drop you guys to them.
i think fairbanks left this year, that might be why, not saying whoever took over did a bad job, just might take a sec for the rest of the staff to get used to their style
That definitely did something different this year but X usually comes with super different shoes every year. They have the “WGI” visual moments every year. Especially in their ballads. I thought last year was totally different too but in such a good way. I like what they’re doing as always. Been so close to a gold medal so many times the last 10 years. They were due and it looks like they had the performance of their life last night based on the scores. Expect 1 judge tanked them for some reason when the other 7 judges, or at least the other vis judge and 2 vis effective judges didn’t see what he saw.
@@buckdacious Ron hardin was visual caption head at crown and won multiple brazales, tbh him making that call is the judging system working. The visual program at X had some issues this year clearly, they will be back even stronger next year.
@@rifle2563 I know who Ron Hardin is lol. I’m a fan of his, just don’t know how he got to finishing number last night. I wouldn’t necessarily say the system is working because the other vis judge had them way higher then Hardin. So again it’s opinion based but judges are taught to not try and slot groups or make your number a deciding number. I just don’t see how they was 2nd to last on but he gave them 6th but more importantly a 93.5. Cuz 6th would’ve been cool if it was 94.5 or 95. That’s a very low number to have when there was only 2 groups left to score. It sucks for X cuz the other 3 vis judges gave loved the show, 98s with an 100 burger in there! So you have to ask yourself, did they really perform their 3best show (he gave them 96, 3rd in comp) 6th!?? That bad uh?? Just when u look at numbers, u usually can tell when a judge just doesn’t like a show as much and giving them a score based on their preference rather then performance. But I would love to ask him one day lol
Looking at the recap, they were higher than Pulse in nearly every category except for one visual score that was significantly lower than the rest… ultimately leading to a .100 difference. Insane!
I wonder how that judge feels knowing they single-handedly hosed X last night
Yea he hosed them out the gold medal! A music judge did that to them last year also! But this one cost them the Gold!! But it actually costed alot more. Most don't know but Pulse was going for a 3peat, for the first time ever in PIW. Rhythm X almost did it in 2010 but got jumped at Finals by who....Pulse!! For their first Gold Medal Ever!! So X was literally supposed to return the favor last night and one judged messed it all up!! What a shame
Yep. They were not a 6th place group in any category. Seems like the judge must have had a personal issue and unfortunately dumped them by such a margin that cost them a gold medal. Outrageous.
Man they be pushing the limit every year! Can only respect everyone associated with this group. Hard work and dedication for reals
All of this production value and not a single STAR WIPE transition?!?! Get it together. 🤣
Joking aside - great stuff, as always. Glad you guys are able to be at finals. Can't wait for your post-finals discussion vid. 😎✊
These moves remind me of Cavaliers last year 2023!
Those drummers remind me of the cavaliers last year and this upcoming year lol
their staff looks kinda familiar too idk why tho
I don’t really follow DCI but I happened to be watching some Cavs 2023 videos and, by chance, clicked over to this one. Man…those moves look familiar…the composition sounds familiar…hey a lot of those faces look familiar, too! 😂
god the snare tuning.. 🥰🥰
Damn Pearl's sing baby 😂😂
Those silent notes are dope.
After seeing them in semis and finals, I fully repeal my statement about their battery. Prelims must have just been an off day for a few of them cause god did they own the floor the other two nights.
Too bad these dudes were not able to sit down with you guys and talk design. Would have like to know the details of this interesting show!
they won in hands.and that's what matters :). Josh is a clean freak.
I wonder what my high school drum instructor Steve Campbell-BD 84-86 Center snare 86 would have thought about this snare 🥁 tuning? As for me: Hats 🎩 off! Outstanding!
These guys got RCC’d tonight, hate to see it
Now I want some wild berry pop tarts 🎉
For the algorithm. ✊
3:03 I like how the quad head popped in time
Damn son they almost made the upset....soooo close.
Hardin really slapped these folks. 6th…. Cost them the win.
And im a Hardin fan but what was he thinking? Like the design is already there so did u give them 6th based on their marching? Cuz that would be a lie also! Plus their drill and awesome as usual so I just dont see it. They was supposed to stop Pulse 3peat like Pulse stopped theirs in 2010..and Hardin blew that
I’ll be completely honest that I usually don’t buy into what X puts out as an entire package. Aside from
A few years here and there, they are usually clean, but just not for me.
This year not only we’re they crazy clean, but they executed very well with a unique and fresh show design. For them to get “6th” in that category would have meant a crazy meltdown performance at finals. I just didn’t see that…. Nor did anyone else.
@@GREX87 FACTS!!! What’s even more crazy is they got 98 98 98 100 in Visual effect! Yea not the same caption but they do in a sense connect together so for them to get 6th in performance but a 93.5 just doesn’t add up! He literally is saying they didn’t perform their show at a top 5 level, but gave them a comp score of 96 aka 3rd. So it’s the 3rd best show in his eyes,they went on 2nd to last, but didn’t perform their 3rd place show better than the 4 groups behind them and then Pulse. I just don’t see how he saw that. But if you’re going to give 6th, u don’t make a big spread like that. He had plenty of room to score (again X went on 2nd to last) so he left room to possibly score the 2best groups left. So to give them a 93.5 is truly crazy to me and just a 94.5 but still 6th, wins them the gold. That’s why that spread just doesn’t make sense
^ this guys on to something
I've lost faith in judging. Rhythm X was robbed just as RCC was robbed last year.
Great lot stuff! Would love to see you guys collaborate with -edit- Marching Arts Network TV -edit- this season to provide percussion commentary. I did name drop you guys to them.
There's a marching arts TV network??
@@rifle2563 right?? I don’t think I’ve heard of them. I guess I need to check it out
@@rifle2563it’s a RUclips channel. Used to be called March or Die TV but did a recent rebranding. They focus heavily on dci/dca.
youtube.com/@MarchingArtsNetworkTV?si=xg2fssYIUSP9W-oq
First. Let’s go X!
yay rx content
Keegan W
This show felt like a real departure from usual X design. Only thing the same was the musical clarity.
i think fairbanks left this year, that might be why, not saying whoever took over did a bad job, just might take a sec for the rest of the staff to get used to their style
That definitely did something different this year but X usually comes with super different shoes every year. They have the “WGI” visual moments every year. Especially in their ballads. I thought last year was totally different too but in such a good way. I like what they’re doing as always. Been so close to a gold medal so many times the last 10 years. They were due and it looks like they had the performance of their life last night based on the scores. Expect 1 judge tanked them for some reason when the other 7 judges, or at least the other vis judge and 2 vis effective judges didn’t see what he saw.
@@Gqwad definitely seems like the design team is finding their stride
@@buckdacious Ron hardin was visual caption head at crown and won multiple brazales, tbh him making that call is the judging system working. The visual program at X had some issues this year clearly, they will be back even stronger next year.
@@rifle2563 I know who Ron Hardin is lol. I’m a fan of his, just don’t know how he got to finishing number last night. I wouldn’t necessarily say the system is working because the other vis judge had them way higher then Hardin. So again it’s opinion based but judges are taught to not try and slot groups or make your number a deciding number. I just don’t see how they was 2nd to last on but he gave them 6th but more importantly a 93.5. Cuz 6th would’ve been cool if it was 94.5 or 95. That’s a very low number to have when there was only 2 groups left to score. It sucks for X cuz the other 3 vis judges gave loved the show, 98s with an 100 burger in there! So you have to ask yourself, did they really perform their 3best show (he gave them 96, 3rd in comp) 6th!?? That bad uh?? Just when u look at numbers, u usually can tell when a judge just doesn’t like a show as much and giving them a score based on their preference rather then performance. But I would love to ask him one day lol