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 30th July 2013, 07:23 PM
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 just because it's on the news doesn't make it true
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QUOTE(Luke_ @ Jul 30 2013, 08:22 PM)  there is speculation that Varakë might withdraw from the contest, oops  Why?
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30th July 2013, 08:05 PM
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This doesn't really relate to the upcoming contest but I was wondering how people give marks out of 10 to each entry. This has sparked from seeing SevenSeize's rankings in his thread and memories of Bre's rankings (which are much less generous than mine). Below is how I ranked the songs in the previous contest which I feel is a bit OTT and I'm finding it increasingly hard to separate the entries to the point where it's becoming a problem. A rough guide for my rankings right now would be:
10 = superb 09 = great 08 = good 07 = average 06 = poor 05 = don't want to listen again and then anything less than five is absolutely awful haha. 10 Korallreven 9.5 Stafford Brothers 9 Team Rockit 9 Braendt Barn 9 Cheesa feat. Charice 9 Lauren Aquilina 9 Lolo 9 SOPHIE 8.5 Lucas Nord feat. Tove Lo 8.5 Bonnie McKee -------------------------------------- 8.5 Paul & Fritz 8.5 Until The Ribbon Breaks 8.5 Anise K 8 Cahill feat. Kimberley Locke 8 Crystal Fighters 8 Style of Eye feat. Tom Staar 8 Kat Graham 7.5 Caitlin Rose 7.5 2NE1 7.5 Cosmo's Midnight 7.5 Kill J 7.5 Envy 7 Yehesi 7 Namie Amuro 7 Cady Groves 6.5 Thomas Azier 6.5 Ghost Loft 6.5 NO CEREMONY// 5 Tonight Alive 3 SLAVA (Kill J & Ghost Loft have grown on me massively since!) |
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30th July 2013, 08:10 PM
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Brown cow, stunning!
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^ Same here, a 7 is like 'listenable but not out of choice' for me and a 5 is like I don't like it
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30th July 2013, 08:16 PM
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Buzzjack's Finest Alcoholic.
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I think the highest I've ranked anyone is 8.7 and that was Aquafina with 'Glowing'.
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30th July 2013, 08:18 PM
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just because it's on the news doesn't make it true
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I thought you'd made a mistake there saying I'm LESS generous than you - I'm extremely generous with my rankings I think! 10 is reserved for really fantastic songs (nothing quite got it last contest but Azier and Korallreven were very close and may have got there with one more listen) but I hand out 8s, 8.5s and 9s fairly liberally and I will often give a 7 to a song I just thought was quite good. Everything below 5.5 is reserved for awful/very dull songs and the actual number I give to those is kind of arbitrary.
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30th July 2013, 08:25 PM
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 i can only do one normal thing a day
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10 - Life changing
9 - Amazing 8 - Really good 7 - Good 6 - Decent enough 5 - Meh. 4 - Pretty bad 3 - Shit etc. |
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30th July 2013, 08:25 PM
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I'm obviously a lot harsher with marks, I rate them like this:
10 - There can't be one because that implies perfection, I need to listen to a song a few times before it can even come close to a 10 9 - Excellent, but again restricted to the best of the best. 8 - Very good. 7 - Pretty good. 6 - Decent 5 - Average 4 - Weak 3 - Significantly weak (usually reserved for inoffensive generic/boring tracks) 2 - Awful 1 - Insufferable. 0 - Very rare that I see nothing redeeming in a song, but it has happened before. This post has been edited by Chez Wombat: 30th July 2013, 08:26 PM |
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30th July 2013, 08:28 PM
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Brown cow, stunning!
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And as for this contest, I have turned my plans around and have my first proper 'indie' entry, male vocals and all - reminds me of The Weeknd.
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30th July 2013, 08:39 PM
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 Schlagerdrottningen
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10 - basically amazing/perfect
09 - brilliant, potential to grow to amazing 08 - very good 07 - really quite good, but lacking that special something 06 - better than listenable 05 - just about listenable 04 - not something I would choose to listen to but not atrocious 03 - pretty awful 02 - eek 01 - almost unlistenable 00 - Persephonian entries/aural rape In BJSC I usually range from the 3-8 range with the odd 9 popping up. I've only experienced about 5 10's in my entire time in the contest (excluding my own entries of course) |
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30th July 2013, 08:41 PM
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Oh, I leave quite an impression...
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Altyr Muunilinst // 9.6/10
Ramrynia // 9.5/10 Aquafina // 9.5/10 Yehesi // 9.5/10 (go back to this) Cadelicia // 9/10 Daehun // 9/10 Unovia // 8.5/10 Ojnoj // 8.5/10 Danaelanda // 8.5/10 Kluminican // 8.5/10 Mdice // 8.5/10 Sandeborg // 8/10 Caerfyrddia // 8/10 Fljotavik // 8/10 Kylienips // 8/10 Batidas // 7.5/10 Terra Avium // 7.5/10 Bellamia // 7.5/10 Isconia // 7.5/10 Nickodonia // 7/10 Seyetana // 7/10 D'yermak'er // 7/10 Espen // 7/10 Botanikka // 7/10 Aeroche // 6.5/10 Utopia // 6.5/10 Trifoski // 5/10 N DNTN // 4/10 Syndare // 3/10 Skall // 3/10 IDK if this is the place to start doing this though... but I think I kinda rate entries in BJSC a lot more generous than I would do if they were just random songs to rate in the chart. It's all comparative - your way of rating is pretty much accurate though. |
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30th July 2013, 08:42 PM
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just because it's on the news doesn't make it true
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QUOTE(J▼hnkm @ Jul 30 2013, 09:39 PM) 00 - Persephonian entries/aural rape jealousy |
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30th July 2013, 08:55 PM
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QUOTE(Bré @ Jul 30 2013, 09:23 PM) Why?a) flops b) might go on holiday in August I rank the songs this way: 1-100 - the best song usually has 16 or less. Then I rank other songs and give them various numbers (50 doesn't mean average though). |
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30th July 2013, 08:56 PM
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QUOTE(J▼hnkm @ Jul 30 2013, 09:39 PM) 10 - basically amazing/perfect 09 - brilliant, potential to grow to amazing 08 - very good 07 - really quite good, but lacking that special something 06 - better than listenable 05 - just about listenable 04 - not something I would choose to listen to but not atrocious 03 - pretty awful 02 - eek 01 - almost unlistenable 00 - Persephonian entries/aural rape In BJSC I usually range from the 3-8 range with the odd 9 popping up. I've only experienced about 5 10's in my entire time in the contest (excluding my own entries of course) I run on this scale too and I've given a fair few 0s out in my time. |
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30th July 2013, 09:00 PM
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Brown cow, stunning!
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Mine is kind of:
10 - Really amazing (I give out lots of 10s in wider music but it's rarer in BJSC) 9 - Brilliant 8 - Great 7 - Pretty good 6 - average 5 - meh 4 - bleh 3 - ew 2 - wut. 1 - dear god. 0 -  KILL ME RATHER THAN LISTEN TO THIS SHIT
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30th July 2013, 09:03 PM
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Schlagerdrottningen
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QUOTE(Bré @ Jul 30 2013, 09:42 PM) jealousy and it feee-heeels like JEALOUSY I never had you pegged as a Will Young fan, you've gone up in estimations. |
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30th July 2013, 09:19 PM
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Am I the only one who doesn't rate BJSC entries out of 10?
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30th July 2013, 09:21 PM
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Brown cow, stunning!
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QUOTE(Wake #Thermo Up @ Jul 30 2013, 10:19 PM) Am I the only one who doesn't rate BJSC entries out of 10? I don't usually, I used to but now I just kind of vote in a quite straightforward way My scale was more general, but yeah.
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30th July 2013, 09:22 PM
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I give them star ratings on iTunes, and when making my final decision, listen to all five star songs and rank them. That doesn't mean I think all songs are top mark-worthy, it's just an easy shorthand.
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30th July 2013, 09:24 PM
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Buzzjack's Finest Alcoholic.
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I have an entry!
 Now I just need to wait till what I assume will be Sunday for confirmations to open. |
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30th July 2013, 09:30 PM
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Yeah I think a star rating is better than marks out of 10 for this kind of thing. I guess in my head I give a song one of the following categories:
***** Amazing **** Good *** Average ** Awful * I couldn't make myself listen to the whole song The only songs that I would give one star to in the final of the last contest are 'The Ocean', 'Menagerie', '2025' and 'Weapon For Saturday' which proves that the general standard is very high! |
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