April 24, 201114 yr Don't think i'll be here for it tonight, oh well. Hoping my top 5 all do well, all 5 were real stand outs for me in the contest.
April 24, 201114 yr I've got no problem with spin-off's as long as I'm still able to discover new music in whatever the theme is. Even in the xmas spin-off I discovered a couple of great xmas tracks I didn't know before, likewise the foreign language one. Naturally I prefer the regular contests but the haters don't have to take part in the spin-off's, it's just something to fill the gap between contests. I'm not even saying I'll definitely take part - if it was 'UK #2's' for example, then I wouldn't. I'm surprised nobody's cried for a poll to see if people actually want a spin-off though, we usually can't get anywhere without one! Of course it would be 50/50 and completely inconclusive but that's the way BJSC works :D
April 24, 201114 yr They are editions of the contest that are seperate - they don't count towards the main stats and they normally have different rules - for example everyone has to send a Christmas song, or a song in a foreign language... I've got no problem with spin-off's as long as I'm still able to discover new music in whatever the theme is. Even in the xmas spin-off I discovered a couple of great xmas tracks I didn't know before, likewise the foreign language one. Naturally I prefer the regular contests but the haters don't have to take part in the spin-off's, it's just something to fill the gap between contests. I'm not even saying I'll definitely take part - if it was 'UK #2's' for example, then I wouldn't. I'm surprised nobody's cried for a poll to see if people actually want a spin-off though, we usually can't get anywhere without one! Of course it would be 50/50 and completely inconclusive but that's the way BJSC works :D DEATH TO POLLS :arrr: :lol: Seriously though, we don't need a poll, and they are lot of fun for newbies, the foreign language spinof came after my second contest, and I came second :w00t: Anyway I don't think there will be a problem discovering new music in the spinoff we're planning...
April 24, 201114 yr What are the 'spin-offs'? Mini contests with a theme which aren't proper contests - so you have to choose your entry to fit a particular theme. In the past we've had 'foreign language', 'UK #10's', 'Xmas' and then the Best Of's and Rejects contests once a year. I've always found the idea of them more appealing than the actual participating, only in the foreign language one did I discover a significant amount of new music for example - in the others it's really always just been ordering a load of songs you already know, a few songs aside.
April 24, 201114 yr Anyway I don't think there will be a problem discovering new music in the spinoff we're planning... I'm intrigued, as long as it's something new and not just 'foreign language 2.0' then I'm all for it!
April 24, 201114 yr Yeah, polls really did ruin the contest. I can't tell if you're being sarcastic or not, but as someone once said BJSC is not a democracy :kink:
April 24, 201114 yr Oh they sound quite fun :D Hopefully there will be an interesting theme to it! Is the spin-off going to be in place of the normal contest for next month? (While Eurovision is on)
April 24, 201114 yr Yeah, polls really did ruin the contest. Yep, completely sucked the fun out of everything and caused unnecessary trivial arguments at every turn. All because people thought that the mods were on a power trip or whatever :/ It's not the main reason I stepped down as mod but it was definitely a major factor.
April 24, 201114 yr Too bad you have no say in the matter innit. ^_^ It's good to see the BJSC mods are still thinking it only matters what the mods think even without Tirren at the helm.
April 24, 201114 yr It's good to see the BJSC mods are still thinking it only matters what the mods think even without Tirren at the helm. You're just a negative nancy who has nothing positive to say anywhere. Therefore we are ignoring you.
April 24, 201114 yr To be fair, whenever this spin-off is, it'll either involve a week and a half or so of a gap between contests without a spin-off, or a week and a half or so of a gap between contests WITH a spin-off. I figured the latter is more fun, and I'm sure most would agree.
April 24, 201114 yr Yeah, if it were to be between 33 and 34 then we'd only push 34 to begin May 9th-11th ish, so only 5 days later than it would be normally.
Create an account or sign in to comment