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Tournament: ATRL's Holy Trinity: Resurgence ◬ CONGRATULATE THE WINNERS!
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Lynx just annihilating us. 
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Welcome to the finale of ATRL's Holy Trinity: Resurgence!
Finale Schedule
8:00 PM EST – Contestant Awards & Game Averages for All Contestants Revealed
8:05 PM EST – Contestant Awards & Contestant Voting Revealed
8:10 PM EST – Final Contestant Awards & Judges' Top Five Entries
8:15 PM EST – Finale Judging Posted
8:20 PM EST – First Winner Revealed
8:25 PM EST – Second Winner Revealed
8:35 PM EST – ATRL's Holy Trinity Revealed in Full
Let's find out the winners of some more awards first!
Here we have Best Post! Which contestant had the best post in the thread?
 best post
Next up, Gone Too Soon! Which contestant was eliminated (or quit :eyes:) way too soon in the game?
gone too soon
8thPrince! You only lasted two rounds before you quit and I wanted to see the rest of your entries because they slayed. Baby come back!
Congrats! The following members (and only the following members. rip!) voted for the winners:
Superpower
lovesong
rl231
Pecinta Mariah
Moonchild
lovesong, for whatever ungodly reason, also left comments on your entries.
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Navyofbadgals - the idea behind the groups trinity was original and the actual entry was enjoyable to read! I think it could have been more focused, but your testament trinity and the way you talked about learning from feedback was really inspiring and you chose great examples.
Sam/Lynx - you had my favourite create-a-trinity by far, it was concise and straight-forward but had a good theme going. I don't know about how it would work implemented into the game but I liked that yours was the most unique out of all of them. Two of your testaments were great, and proved why you deserve to win, but I didn't really think picking your create-a-trinity was a wise idea. Still you are definitely a front-runner.
Witch_Privilege - using the decade/sound of music idea was very strong, easy to pull off, and ultimately worked because it was surprisingly different! I liked your approach in that aspect, but I wish you did something really creative and cool for a final entry. Testament wise you did a great job throughout the season, but I don't know if it makes a convincing argument to include your worst 
Staryu - I was underwhelmed by your create-a-trinity because I felt like it just kind of combined ideas from the Sin/Pits trinity? I just think you could have done something more. That being said, your testament was lovely. You were definitely one of the most passionate in the game and I think it shows.
wesleywalrus - Um... this was basically a rehash of what we've done before! I really wish you gave the final trinity your all especially with the concept but also with the write-ups. I do like how you talked about how passionate you were in the testament trinity and talking about what the game means to you was nice. |
Anyhow, here are the average rankings the finalists got from the contestants' votes!
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#Pray4WesleyWalrus
Stay tuned for the next update, in five minutes!
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Wait. What. Not me snatching.
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The ties 
ty for the comments lovesong  I kinda agree about my create-a-trinity, I couldn't decide on an idea I was satisfied with 
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Welcome to the finale of ATRL's Holy Trinity: Resurgence!
Finale Schedule
8:00 PM EST – Contestant Awards & Game Averages for All Contestants Revealed
8:05 PM EST – Contestant Awards & Contestant Voting Revealed
8:10 PM EST – Final Contestant Awards & Judges' Top Five Entries
8:15 PM EST – Finale Judging Posted
8:20 PM EST – First Winner Revealed
8:25 PM EST – Second Winner Revealed
8:35 PM EST – ATRL's Holy Trinity Revealed in Full
Let's find out the winners of some more awards first!
Here we have Most Underrated! Which contestant slayed and was often overlooked?
most underrated
J P O W! Even though you made it far I feel like your entries were often underappreciated, so here's your special recognition!
Congrats!
Lastly we have Best Non-Contestant! Which non-contestant slayed the scene?
best non contestant
ClarksonSlays! I'm so proud of you. Wipe away those tears from your eyes!
Congrats!
And now, for the judges' top five entries of the season! Buddha didn't do this part for the second season in a row so I just did my five favorites to compensate.
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1. Lynx's Backwards Trinity
2. genetic fail's Emoji Trinity
3. Navyofbadgal's Story Trinity
4. MLD's Emoji Trinity
5. 8thPrince's Me Trinity
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Lynx’s Backwards Trinity
genetic fail’s Emoji Trinity
8thPrince’s Art Trinity
Witch_Privilege’s Backwards Trinity
Navyofbadgals’ Story Trinity
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Links to all of these entries are in the OP! I'm sorry for the lack of formatting but shiiiiiit I'm really behind schedule so bear with me!!!!
Stay tuned for the next update, in five minutes!
(A little reminder if you're following along really closely, the breakdown for finale score is: 20% contestant vote, 20% game average, 30% create a trinity and 30% testament/vote for winner.)
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SLAY J P O W
and dammit, why does Clarkson's dominance haunt me wherever I go. Is this how KT felt during the 1989 era?
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welp, ready for my seat at the 4th place table idk how I made the finals anyway  Lynx, Witch, and Navy all slayed 
I loved Lynx and Witch's backwards trinities too  and genetic's emoji trinity
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Kelly Clarkson helping me slay the Backwards Trinity!
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Welcome to the finale of ATRL's Holy Trinity: Resurgence!
Finale Schedule
8:00 PM EST – Contestant Awards & Game Averages for All Contestants Revealed
8:05 PM EST – Contestant Awards & Contestant Voting Revealed
8:10 PM EST – Final Contestant Awards & Judges' Top Five Entries
8:15 PM EST – Finale Judging Posted
8:20 PM EST – First Winner Revealed
8:25 PM EST – Second Winner Revealed
8:35 PM EST – ATRL's Holy Trinity Revealed in Full
Let's find out the winners of some more awards first!
Here's the judging comments for your finale entries! The first winner will be announced in just five minutes!
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Navy- I love this, an amazing last trinity tbh. All three songs are great like truly, and I love the theme and how you broke everything down. It's different from everyone else, and it's definitely something I never would have thought of myself.
Navy- First off, I'd just like to congratulate you on making it this far! I feel like you've really grown throughout this competition, like truly. Of course you included your best trinities and saved the best one for last. Your dedication to this game was something else, and your entries for the most part were always on point in terms of creativity.
Staryu- nnnnnn. Your entries were always a mess and I loved them. Although, they were always revolved around this central theme of messiness. Can't really point my finger on it, though. As for the trinity I think this is cute af. And the Donald lashes are rightfully deserved. Gather that swine.
Staryu- Congrats on making it to the finals sissy! Great job and i'm so happy for you. Yall know I love the comedic gurls and I'm so glad to see you here. Though I think you had a rough beginning (well first half ) I think your entries really spoke for themselves. Like, to me, they screamed staryu, nothing generic. Creativity kinda slacked, but I know you worked hard and it showed off. Especially the past few weeks. Your example trinities are great and your innuendo trinity is probably one of my faves from this season. Get it gorl!
Witch- I guess you combined your testament trinity with your final trinity? Well anyways, you could have picked better trinities tbhhh. Like, the last one is great and like you said, you already knew upon submitting. Like, I get your whole reasoning for picking the the emoji trinity, and it could have gone either way, but I wish you picked something that would better represent your time playing. Congrats making it this far babe! I think you've done great and you should be proud xoxo.
Lynx- Ohh let's see, I think this is very creative and I love how you made it your mission to make this as cohesive as possible. Yall know how much I like that. For a final trinity it's kinda boring, if i'm going to be honest. The songs are good (monster is the best hihi) but nothing exciting. What really helps you is the theme here.
Lynx- Cute ass kissing *inserts eli smiley, but not the ugly wreath one.* You of all people should know how much I like your entries. Henty, most of your entries slay. *most* I'm happy you made it this far. You've been a front runner from the very beginning because of your experience last season tbh. I'm so glad you chose the first two entries for your testament. They're both amazing and clearly by the ranks I agreed hihi. I wish you didn't pick the monster trinity, because you never know. You could be shooting yourself in the foot just by picking this. Goodluck tho hun, and congrats!
Wesley- ddddd; This is a pretty weak trinity if i'm going to be honest. Like, I really don't know what to say about it other than the fact that it's generic, forgettable and has probably been done before (at least similarly) Cute songs though.
Wesley- Yes, I will say this; you have improved vastly compared to last season. I'm glad you know that. Glad you kept your head up the entire time playing ala Niko last season. I'll give you props where it's needed. As for the trinities you picked they're all pretty weak, but that movie trinity round nn I was so confused. Ok but congrats hun! Good luck xoxoxoxoxoxoxo! |
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Navyofbadgals - WHEW your Illuminati trinity  To be honest, I think instead of a "Group" trinity, an "Illuminati" trinity would be a really fun round for next season!  Out of all of the trinities from the Create-a-Trinity round, this one was the most "adventurous", very good thing to be, in my opinion! You also added some humor to it, but it was obvious that you still put a lot of thought and effort into making a logical, cohesive trinity.
As for your testament, you did a really good job at selling yourself, which is what the "Testament" trinity is all about! I especially liked that you included the "Story" trinity. To me, that was the shining example of your potential, and it was a personal favorite of mine in the season! Well done on both fronts!
Staryu - Your Create-Your-Own Trinity entry is a bit too close to the "Pits" trinity. It has nearly the same premise, and it has the same niche of "humor based on negativity". I'm not going to deny Donald Trump is a bit of an ass hat, but I don't think this would work very well as a Trinity challenge.
As for your testament, I do think that they are among your better entries, but I don't think I was 100% sold...mostly because you kept things so short...which I wouldn't mind if you had bullet points or something. 
Witch_Privilege - Your Create-Your-Own Trinity felt a bit safe. Like yeah, it'd work as a challenge, fair enough. It's just...it's so predictable, and similar things have even been done in at least one past season (I know because it's what got me eliminated in Season 1 ) I do know that Tymps. said you could take inspiration from past seasons, and that it just shouldn't be a trinity he created...but I still don't think that it was the best decision.
As for your Testament, it was really bold of you to put the "Emoji" trinity in there; it's good that you recognize your faults, but highlighting them in your testament might not have been the best move. I still think you did a pretty good job on selling yourself regardless!
Lynx - First of all, I do not know what the GT was doing when they had the chance to eliminate you, because you've been an obvious front-runner the whole game. It also helped a bunch that a few of the game's best players all quit, but I always imagined you at the end regardless. But about your Create-Your-Own trinity specifically, it's among the better ideas if we're being honest. I think there'd be some challenge in coming up with 3 similarly-titled songs that all feel cohesive together, so I think a lot of the challenge would be convincing the judges to agree with your reasoning. (It's how I went on during S3 I'll be honest. ) I think that the Mono Trinity would be a good mid-to-late season challenge, based on the difficulty.
As for your Testament Trinity - I'll be honest and say that I'm already sold on you winning the game without reading it, but I read it anyway! I like how you pinpointed very specific atributes that are your selling points. However, although I get you are proud of the Trinity you created, I think it would've been better to use a different Trinity for your 3rd installment of your testament. That did not detract much of anything from my overall opinion, but I figured I'd throw it out there.
(I also appreciated the pandering hihi)
wesleywalrus - We had the innuendo challenge already. You probably blocked it out of your mind as a self-defense mechanism.
As for your Testament Trinity, the collapse tags for the Zodiac and Movie trinity weren't working for me, but I have a feeling that's not what your focus was here. In a way, I think you were clever in how you managed to avoid elimination time and time again, but those who get free rides into the finale do not end up getting received well (Love you though @Niko). Kudos for not dropping out, though! Stronger than a lot of people. |
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navyofbadgals
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Wow ok. So the first time I read this I had thought that the actual challenge theme was 'Illuminati'. With that idea, I was going to say that it was cute and Innuendo Trinity-adjacent. But with my second read, I realized that the challenge was GROUPS and that you had just chosen the Illuminati as your 'group' example. It's really easy to gloss over that. Anyway, I love this direction much more. Although lol, with the amount of freedom — the only rule being to base it around any form of a group — it's pretty much a straight up Create A Trinity round—BUT so is the Emoji one and this is still amazing nonetheless.
Your Gangsta's Paradise Illuminati references 
testimony
Looking at the length of both of your create a trinity and testimony makes me weary. But your entries throughout the season were always so full and fleshed out, regardless, and I believe that was your strong suit and saving grace at many points tbh. With that in mind as well, I'm not surprised at how well you slayed the Story Trinity. The fruit innuendo entry was definitely one of my favorites from that round and I agree that it was as cohesive as cohesive could get! It is notable that your two appearances in the Golden Trinity were at a #1 placement so it was great that you mentioned it. And I always admired your impeccable punctuality. I could learn a thing or twenty.
staryu
create a trinity
Such a solid concept and collection of songs for it. This also reminds me so much of the Pits Trinity challenge. But although I believe this could've made for an amazing entry there, I'm not sure if this concept would even work since Pits only covers "songs that are the pits, or songs you hate for whatever reason." and not basing it around things or people you hate. Maybe the whole round should be renamed to Trash Trinity. Better title. Anyway, I love this and feel that it showcases the essence of your work ethic and fun and charming style throughout the season.
testimony
“It is my first time playing and I made the finals, and I feel I have brought my own unique voice to this competition. I feel I fully represented myself to the best of my ability in all of my entries.”
I agree and continuing where I concluded above, your fun charm and consistence with it is to be valued. (Is Hogwarts ever happening?) And whether your entry wasn't the strongest or standout of the bunch, you stayed consistent with your style and work ethic. Good luck in the finale!
witch
create a trinity
This theme is great and it's similar to one of the ideas I had for my create a trinity last season (style motifs like retro, emo, etc.) Although in theoretical practice, would it be something where everyone gets a different decade or is it one decade for the whole round? Because of it's the former, d good luck anyone who snatches anything before the 60s.
testimony
Love the reasonings for each of the three entries you chose. Each one had a role instead of just presenting what you thought were your three best - one showcasing a turning point in your work, one being your worst and how you learned from it, and one being the one you felt was your best and favorite. Also conveniently in chronological order. There were a few times I felt you were capable of producing a much better effort but I appreciate how you stuck through the game and anytime you gave your entry an edge. Like with your entries for the Art, Backwards, and Pits challenges.
lynx
create a trinity
Theoretically I really love this. It's clean and simple yet compels you to expand on the meaning of the title and the contents of the song. But imagining this in actual practice, there are a couple things that make me question it. If the trinities not only need to have a mono title, but also the same title, I feel like it'd be very limiting. So many great songs out there with mono titles but are too unique a word/name to find matching others to compliment it. People would have to settle for common titles, which then leads to common content themes which then makes your trinity already carved out for you. Although, like you noted in the trinity too, I still like the aspect of making common themed songs/song titles out to be something more but I wonder if most people would actually bother to go any deeper. And unless this was at the beginning of the game, imagine if the banned artist list was still a thing. No "Animal" or "Monster" trinity for you! Back again to the trinity at hand though, you really came through. I can sense the passion behind it and love that I learned several background stories and ideas with the explanations. The fact that all that came from such a simple round is what makes it great.
testimony
The formatting for this bit is genius. I'm slayed. I was struggling so hard figuring out how to organize, incorporate, and present the three entries in a cute way last season. Anyway, I remember when I saw your entries when the season started that I felt like I had to make sure I didn't let your pretty formatting get in the way of my perception of a solid trinity. But thankfully you really came through on more than a few occasions as the game progressed. Quite honestly, I think you've really earned and (hopefully) solidified your spot as a winner here. Even if your trinities weren't the strongest of the bunch, you still stayed consistent and now you have a beautiful portfolio to show for it.
wesley
create a trinity
Bye. You had the freedom to create anything and you do a general sex trinity. Not only is that uninspired af but, and not that it's against the challenge rules, it's also already been done as a challenge before.
testimony
I am proud of you for reaching the finale after last season. But you know you submitted some truly
lazy **** literally half the time including this create a trinity. Just three songs, a sentence, maybe a lyric, and called it a day. I remember a lot of times wanting to do that myself a lot last season because, and basically because we could, I'd just be at such a loss for words and ideas. But I'm glad I didn't and provided something more.
"It sucks repeatedly being in or near the bottom.
But I really, honestly try to do better time after time.
I think where I excel the most is with my strategy.
My strategic skills got me far last season, and this season.
I knew people would keep me around
if I didn't use the Saturn Power."
First off you a lie with those first two lines. And I respect that you played a strategic game and got here. I think that's admirable. But I'm not sure if I feel comfortable putting you and your "strategy" of essentially holding out on your saturn power the entire game, over others who noticeably put a lot more time and effort in their entries. I know you didn't just hold out on the power. But if you at least put more effort into your entries, specifically those I pointed out that were the most obvious lacking and were half of your damn portfolio, it'd be a different story. Cause then you have something going for you on both sides of the game.
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Welp. My risk didn't really pay off, I guess.
And I realized that I probably should have explained my Create-A-Trinity more. I was thinking that everyone should get a different decade, so it would be important to be in the thread when the challenge was posted to get a good decade.
Also, I didn't even look at past seasons challenges, so I had no idea this was similar to one.
I just thought it was a very "doable" challenge.
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Welcome to the finale of ATRL's Holy Trinity: Resurgence!
Finale Schedule
8:00 PM EST – Contestant Awards & Game Averages for All Contestants Revealed
8:05 PM EST – Contestant Awards & Contestant Voting Revealed
8:10 PM EST – Final Contestant Awards & Judges' Top Five Entries
8:15 PM EST – Finale Judging Posted
8:20 PM EST – First Winner Revealed
8:25 PM EST – Second Winner Revealed
8:35 PM EST – ATRL's Holy Trinity Revealed in Full
Here we are. Time to find out the first member of ATRL's Holy Trinity. Navy, Wesley, Lynx, Witch and Staryu... which one of you is it?
Lynx
-Fron tunner
-Formatting queen
-Platinum Hitler
Create Your Own Trinity
Buddha! ▲ #2
Hugamari ▲ #2
Kitt ▲ #3
Testament Trinity / Vote For Winner
Buddha! ▲ #3
Hugamari ▲ #1
Kitt ▲ #1
FINALE SCORE: 1.9675
Lynx!!!!!!!   Sam I'm so happy you won. Last season I felt like your entries were really underrated and I'm so glad that you came back, smashed and finally got the recognition you deserved. You were a front runner the whole game and I'm proud of your creativity and achievement!
In 5 minutes the next Holy Trinity member will be revealed.
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Lynx well deserved winner, I enjoyed reading your entries throughout the season
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Congrats, Lynx!
I think everyone expected this for you, and it's well deserved!
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YAS daddy
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Welcome to the finale of ATRL's Holy Trinity: Resurgence!
Finale Schedule
8:00 PM EST – Contestant Awards & Game Averages for All Contestants Revealed
8:05 PM EST – Contestant Awards & Contestant Voting Revealed
8:10 PM EST – Final Contestant Awards & Judges' Top Five Entries
8:15 PM EST – Finale Judging Posted
8:20 PM EST – First Winner Revealed
8:25 PM EST – Second Winner Revealed
8:35 PM EST – ATRL's Holy Trinity Revealed in Full
Here we are. Time to find out the second member of ATRL's Holy Trinity. Navy, Wesley, Witch and Staryu... which one of you is it?
Navyofbadgals
-Dark horse
-Essay writer
-A literal bagel
Create Your Own Trinity
Buddha! ▲ #1
Hugamari ▲ #1
Kitt ▲ #2
Testament Trinity / Vote For Winner
Buddha! ▲ #1
Hugamari ▲ #2
Kitt ▲ #4
FINALE SCORE: 2.2683
Navy!!!!!!! To be honst going into the finale I wasn't sure if you were going to win the game but you really came through with your finale entries and I'm so proud of you! Everyone loved your ideas and you showed so much growth throughout the competition. You were definitely a key member of this season. Congratulations!!
In 10 minutes the final Holy Trinity member will be revealed, along with the finale scores of all finalists.
@Staryu and @Witch_Privilege you're the only two here so this is awkward.
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