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A song for August

Same as was done in previous tournaments of this type.....

Join in and drop out as you please
No set number of nominations, nominate on the fly
Max song duration: 10 minutes
No individual matches means no random or host 'fixing' the matches
Only one nomination per person per 'round'
Only those with songs nominated in any 'round' are eligible to vote; except the 'Final' where all those that have previously nominated a song in the month may vote should they wish

Every couple of days will be a new 'round' where any and all newly nominated songs are up against each other. As soon as voting starts for one 'round' nominations will be accepted for the next 'round'.

Players vote by ranking all the songs in that 'round' from 1 (their favourite) to n (their least favourite). Songs will be awarded points based on their positional ranking in each vote (number of points will depend on the number of songs contesting the 'round' - if 10 songs #1 song would get 10 points, #10 song would get 1 point).

The winning song from each 'round' (or songs in the case of a tie) goes through to the 'Final' at the end of the month.

Songs that made it to previous 'finals' are ineligible -

list here

Simples but if any relevant questions just ask.

Re: A song for August

ROUND 1 will open for voting at 9 a.m. BST on August 3rd, nominations accepted up to that point.

Re: A song for August

No idea what's going on. But I can't see "song" + "August" without thinking of Nikos Papazoglou's devastating ode to his dead sister.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=COxn2bH-RY8

Originally Posted by Flicker (Post 2225316)

No idea what's going on. But I can't see "song" + "August" without thinking of Nikos Papazoglou's devastating ode to his dead sister.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=COxn2bH-RY8

Join the gang - I never have any idea what's going on and I'm usually the one that starts these things :D

Seriously though it's just a little fun tournament where people nominate songs and then vote on which ones they like more or less and at the end of the month we somehow end up with a winning song. Welcome to join in if you fancy.

Nice song btw.

Re: A song for August

So just nominate a song to "fight" against the others?

Originally Posted by Thief (Post 2225321)

So just nominate a song to "fight" against the others?

Pretty much that yeah.
Here's a link to the previous one - easier than me half-arsedly explaining what happens ;)

Ok, what the heck...

Round 1

The Tea Party - Heaven Coming Down

I don't listen to music that much anymore, but I might as well join cuz' why not?

Round 1

We've Only Just Begun - The Carpenters

For those new to these tourneys - song links need to be in external format (otherwise the post for each round is just far too large/cumbersome). To make a song link external:

1. Copy the url of the link you want (note this should be from the address bar as it has to contain the full format address of 'youtube.com' and not 'youtu.be')
2. Type the text of the artist and song in a response ... i.e. Clive Dunn - Grandad
3. Highlight that text
4. In the list of optional actions at the top of the response box (where italics, bold, underline etc. is) click the picture of a globe with 2 links of a chain underneath it
5. In the box that comes up paste the url you copied earlier
6. Edit the "www" in the box to "m"
7. Click ok and it will wrap the HTML for the link around the text and that's it

You can verify it looks ok and that it works by previewing the post in the 'Go Advanced' editing option.

Please note that it is very much preferred that nobody actually nominates Clive Dunn - Grandad at any point. Thank you ;)

Actually, can I change my nomination to Clive Dunn - Grandad?

Originally Posted by SpelingError (Post 2225341)

Actually, can I change my nomination to Clive Dunn - Grandad?

Sure you can - enjoy your last place on my ballot :D

Re: A song for August

Originally Posted by Chypmunk (Post 2225293)

ROUND 1 will open for voting at 9 a.m. BST on August 3rd, nominations accepted up to that point.

Btw, what date do we have to submit our votes by?

Originally Posted by SpelingError (Post 2225526)

Btw, what date do we have to submit our votes by?

Each round is two days in duration, players can vote and nominate for the next round (if they want to) whenever they want within that period. I tend to try to manage things around 9am my time as I'm generally quite free then.

Anyone can skip a round (or more) whenever they wish (or need to 'cos ya know .... life) by not nominating for the next round and simply rejoin by nominating another song whenever convenient to themselves.

Re: A song for August

Around 25 hours left for nominations to Round 1.....