The Air Guitar World Championships have their own Dark Horse competition, just like US Air Guitar's Dark Horse. Well, not just like it. For one thing, there's no second round! It's just scores from the first round, and that's that. Also, just like in the actual world championship judging, there are 5 judges rather than 3, and the high and low scores are discarded. This Dark Horse is not an invitational, like the US one is, but rather a walk-on convention.
As of Saturday night, the road to the US Air Guitar National Finals is clear: the last semi-final, the Western one, took place in San Francisco. The roster for Finals competitors is now set, other than Dark Horse competitors who will be decided a couple days before the final... but I'm getting ahead of myself. Let's talk about what went down in San Francisco on Saturday.
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As of Saturday night, the road to the US Air Guitar National Finals is clear: the last semi-final, the Western one, took place in San Francisco. The roster for Finals competitors is now set, other than Dark Horse competitors who will be decided a couple days before the final... but I'm getting ahead of myself. Let's talk about what went down in San Francisco on Saturday.
Can we just get this out on the table? I am so jealous of everyone who was in Chicago for the Midwest US Air Guitar Semi-Finals on Saturday. I was out with friends, having what any reasonable person would think was a good time, and I was all discombobulated and cranky, and I'm going to chalk that up to wishing I was in Chicago, rather than the fact that I was forced to play pool.
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Can we just get this out on the table? I am so jealous of everyone who was in Chicago for the Midwest US Air Guitar Semi-Finals on Saturday. I was out with friends, having what any reasonable person would think was a good time, and I was all discombobulated and cranky, and I'm going to chalk that up to wishing I was in Chicago, rather than the fact that I was forced to play pool.
Tags: chicago, semi-finals, second-hand recaps
Well, that's it - the last US Air Guitar Qualifier of 2013 is in the books. Santa Cruz wrapped up that portion of the season for us last night at The Blue Lagoon. Hosted by veteran Dirty Airy, this qualifier was closer to a classic regional than some of this year's qualifiers (no hat-o-doom, no battle royales) but did shake things up a bit by adding an automatic simultaneous air-off round to pick the second-place winner. The judging panel was also a bit of a new thing in that opposite to the DC US Air Guitar Semi-Final that just took place, with its all-competitor judging panel, Santa Cruz had a non-competitor judging panel! From the sound of things, though, that was not a handicap for them, and the contestants had a solid, consistent set of scores to contend with.
Tags: qualifiers, second-hand recaps, santa cruz
Well, that's it - the last US Air Guitar Qualifier of 2013 is in the books. Santa Cruz wrapped up that portion of the season for us last night at The Blue Lagoon. Hosted by veteran Dirty Airy, this qualifier was closer to a classic regional than some of this year's qualifiers (no hat-o-doom, no battle royales) but did shake things up a bit by adding an automatic simultaneous air-off round to pick the second-place winner. The judging panel was also a bit of a new thing in that opposite to the DC US Air Guitar Semi-Final that just took place, with its all-competitor judging panel, Santa Cruz had a non-competitor judging panel! From the sound of things, though, that was not a handicap for them, and the contestants had a solid, consistent set of scores to contend with.
Tags: second-hand recaps, 2013 season,, santa cruz
The second US Air Guitar Semi-Final of 2013 is in the books, ladies and gentlemen, and boy do I wish I had been there. DC isn't that far from Boston, right?
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The second US Air Guitar Semi-Final of 2013 is in the books, ladies and gentlemen, and boy do I wish I had been there. DC isn't that far from Boston, right?
Tags: semi-finals, second-hand recaps, 2013 season,, dc
Los Angeles had a lot to live up to with their qualifier, which took place on Saturday. Not only are they the entertainment capital in the first place, but that is also where the US Air Guitar National Finals will be taking place on August 17th (get your tickets now!). So they can't half-ass their qualifier.
Tags: qualifiers, second-hand recaps, los angeles