WaveWarZ is where music battles are traded live. Two songs go head to head, listeners buy and sell on either side while the tracks play, and the charts on wavewarz.com decide one of the three factors in every round. Sunday's finals were the first live traded AI music tournament, and this is how it ended.
Sunday's finals came down to three factors, fifteen-minute chart clocks, and a one-second candle that flipped the entire room. Geek Myth took the championship two rounds to one over Stormi. If you were not in the Space or on the stream, this is the play-by-play of how it played out across the voting polls, the judge sheets, and the on-chain pools.
Each round runs on a fifteen-minute chart clock and is decided by the best of three factors:
1. A pinned seven-minute X poll.
2. The live charts on wavewarz.com, where anyone can buy or sell on either artist's song while it plays. Whichever artist holds more SOL when the clock hits zero wins the chart factor.
3. A three-judge panel, where each judge DMs the host a score from 1 to 10 per song. Best two of three judges takes the judge factor.
Best two of three factors takes the round. Best two of three rounds takes the tournament.
Round one (battle page) opened with 68 listeners in the Space after both artists chose their order through a number guessing game with Hurricane. Geek Myth went first with "Brain on Shuffle," a psychedelic synth-led track. Stormi answered second with "Into the Maelstrom," a loud rock record built around a storm metaphor with screamed vocal passages.
Trading opened with Geek Myth in front at 1.2828 SOL to Stormi's 0.98. The lead swung inside the final two minutes: with 1:37 left Geek held 1.16 to Stormi's 1.08, a buy on Stormi took the lead, a buy on Geek took it back at 1:10 left, and a sell on Geek had Hurricane announcing that "Stormy is now in the lead by a fraction." At 46 seconds left Stormi held 1.28 to Geek's 1.24. Through the final 30 seconds no side moved. Right at the bell, a sell hit Stormi and a last-second buy came in on Geek. Geek Myth took the chart factor.
The community poll went to Stormi with 34 votes.
The judges delivered a clean sweep for Stormi. Money Miller gave it to Stormi by a quarter point; he liked Geek's dynamics and felt the vocals sat above the mix, and while the screamed parts on Stormi's track were not his personal taste, she took the pick. Mansa scored it six to three for Stormi, noting he heard a reference track behind one song, called Stormi's the more produced record, praised the stutter effect, and asked "how the hell do you prompt that." Retrospect scored it eight to seven for Stormi, explaining that "one was a story and one was a moment," and he judges on lyrics and story.
Round one went to Stormi, prompting Hurricane to say, "Shout out to Stormy for winning round one."
Round two (battle page) saw Stormi lead off with "I Can Speak for Myself," a message song featuring spoken passages and the line, "I'm done being someone else's idea, it's time to be mine." Geek Myth followed with "I Know a Guy," a comic hustler track carrying the line, "every order sounds perfect when you're talking to the plug." An ad played on the stream right before Geek's song, and Hurricane apologised for the interruption.
On the charts, a massive sell hit Stormi at the end of her song, leaving Geek at 1.5515 SOL and Stormi at 0.9747 SOL. Stormi fought back, but the closing minutes broke Geek's way: with one minute left Stormi was at 1.6069 to Geek's 1.67, a buy on Geek at 48 seconds widened the gap to 1.91 against 1.55, a sell on Stormi hit at 13 seconds, and another massive sell hit Stormi right at the final bell. Geek Myth took the chart factor. Reviewing the board after the round, Hurricane noted that "somebody is rugging Stormy's chart."
Geek Myth took the X poll with 44 votes.
The judges broke for Geek Myth. Retrospect initially called it six and six before picking Stormi; he found the lyrics repetitive on both records and noted Stormi's story lost him when it "turns to a sentence." Mansa sat at a three-three tie and broke it for Geek Myth, saying "I pick the content, the drug song"; he called both tracks "poor production, poor execution," and Geek agreed on air that his production could have been a lot better. Money Miller gave round two to Geek Myth by a quarter point, explaining that he wanted more low end and hi-hat on Geek's mix, while finding Stormi's tail vocals a little screamy.
Round two went to Geek Myth, tying the match at one round each.
Round three (battle page) brought attendance to 70 in the Space. Geek Myth opened with "Fall Through Me," a psychedelic track that Retrospect compared to the WipEout soundtrack, The Prodigy, and Future Sound of London, while Money Miller said it took him back to raves in D.C. Stormi countered with "Persephone," writing from the goddess's perspective with the lyric "I am the queen of the underworld," though the AI mispronounced the title name in the vocal mix.
Early trading sat close at 0.59 SOL for Geek to 0.50 SOL for Stormi, before Stormi took the lead for most of the battle. Geek reached 1.48 with 34 seconds left after a buy, while Stormi held 1.16. A sell on Geek at 14 seconds handed Stormi the lead, followed immediately by a massive sell on Stormi. Then, in the final second of the round, a single buy landed on Geek Myth's side. On chain, his pool jumped from 1.4812 to 9.1213 SOL. Hurricane called it live on air: "the god candle arrived," adding "you can't go a battle without a god candle" and "whoever's on Geekman's side just ate." Geek Myth took the chart factor.
The poll closed at 54 votes in favor of Geek Myth, setting the highest turnout seen on a battle. As Geek remarked afterwards, the vote was 50-50 at around 44 votes.
The judges settled the contest for Geek Myth. Mansa picked Geek, deducting from Stormi for letting the AI vocal mispronounce the title: "make sure you prompt your lyrics right." Retrospect picked Geek Myth for the video game soundtrack feel, advising Stormi to check the rhymes a bit and noting her first song felt similar to others. Money Miller's ballot was not needed to decide the outcome, but he stated both records were the best tracks of the night from each artist.
Hurricane announced the final result: the winner of the first ever live traded AI music tournament, brought to you by @wavewarz, @igniteradio_xyz, No Sleep Gang, and BetterCallZaal, is Geek Myth, two rounds to one. Geek Myth thanked everyone for listening, noted that Stormi brought a lot of people into the room, and said both did fantastic.
Mansa is an artist and programmer who hosts hackathons, has twenty-plus years making music, and reminded the room: "don't be lazy just because it's easy, be great."
Money Miller carries two decades in music production alongside two decades as a software engineer, having shipped the rights and provenance platform Prism.
Retrospect holds a PhD as an environmental engineer, creates story songs with AI, and wrote an original track during the battle about judging the human in AI.
The event was hosted by Hurricane, with sound and stream managed by Candy, streamed live to X, Twitch, Kick, and the battle pages on wavewarz.com.
GG of Lit Studio suggested holding side comments until battles conclude, keeping the floor between rounds strictly to judges, the host, and co-hosts, which Hurricane agreed to adopt.
Geek Myth wrapped up the broadcast by playing "Toast to WWZ" ("here's to the wars, the memes, the candles and the plays") while his cat Butters sat on his lap.
Every pool figure Hurricane read out on air was checked against the Solana program during the broadcast and matched to four decimal places. His countdown calls landed within three seconds of the on-chain bells. Rounds open on chain about 45 seconds before they are announced in the room, so the mic lags the market. The play-by-play above is a record of the market, not a paraphrase of it.
Here is what Hurricane outlined for upcoming programming across the platform:
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday at 9 PM EST: song versus song quick battles, low risk, designed to teach trading mechanics alongside an AI judge called DJ Wavy.
- Monday through Friday at 11 AM EST: morning spaces featuring drop parties for tracks released on WaveStation.
- Tuesday and Thursday at 9 PM EST: "Mythic Gods" with Geek Myth and God Cloud.
- The gauntlet round: Replicant vs Stilo, date to be confirmed (the 27th was floated). Geek Myth noted he will accept the gauntlet challenger after taking a break.
- WaveWarZ Africa vs WaveWarZ America: a community vs community battle scheduled for October.
- WaveStation platform: pay what you want over one dollar per download, with 45% going to the artist and 45% routed to a fan pool. Top releases have cleared 145 and 118 dollars.
Ignite Radio (@igniteradio_xyz), the official radio partner, sponsors every WaveWarZ Space.
Sunday's broadcast was sponsored by BetterCallZaal, Ignite Radio (@igniteradio_xyz), the official radio partner, and No Sleep Gang.
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