March 9, 201213 yr Why would u be banned for taking a song contest idea though? It doesn't break any of this forum rules as far as I recall. Hey Jack u took the forum down, I want to see what it looks like so at least let me pass the administration!
March 9, 201213 yr Not the first time BJSC has been half-inched. BJSC itself was a rip off from the NSC. In fact the rules are still more or less a direct copy.
March 9, 201213 yr The VESC on the Vanity Edge forum stole my stats thread layout and Silas' 'songs of' layout completely shamelessly!
March 9, 201213 yr NSC? I'm guessing National Song Contest? Is it from another forum..? Something like that. Its on ESCToday or something like that. The VESC on the Vanity Edge forum stole my stats thread layout and Silas' 'songs of' layout completely shamelessly! I remember that! Has not that imploded yet?
March 9, 201213 yr Is NSC the one I've heard about with no veto'ing, so you can enter anything at all? I'd hate that, I mean imagine a great song that's a geniune discovery like Video Games, All My Life or Riverside being beaten by a new single by The Saturdays (which is surely what would happen on here if we did the same!)? Much as I love The Saturdays, that would take the whole point out for me!
March 9, 201213 yr I remember that! Has not that imploded yet? Nope, it's still going strong! Might as well steal from the best, why bother otherwise :D I was more amused than offended that our threads had not just 'inspired' some on another forum, but wholesale copied over with only the country/entry details changed :lol:
March 9, 201213 yr Is NSC the one I've heard about with no veto'ing, so you can enter anything at all? I'd hate that, I mean imagine a great song that's a geniune discovery like Video Games, All My Life or Riverside being beaten by a new single by The Saturdays (which is surely what would happen on here if we did the same!)? Much as I love The Saturdays, that would take the whole point out for me! It has no Anti-Cheap measures at all. It's entry exclusions are more on the Eurovision related side. They see that as their equivalent of cheap.
March 9, 201213 yr Well, that's pretty much how BJSC was before like 2011 or something. Love The Way You Lie came 2nd :lol: Edited March 9, 201213 yr by ROBOT
March 9, 201213 yr Exactly. Or worse, I can't imagine a song like Video Games being between by LMFAO's Party Rock Anthem :drama: On another note, I'm going to check out all these rip-offs and secretly amuse myself how badly they're copied :D Edited March 9, 201213 yr by Oricon
March 9, 201213 yr Is NSC the one I've heard about with no veto'ing, so you can enter anything at all? I'd hate that, I mean imagine a great song that's a geniune discovery like Video Games, All My Life or Riverside being beaten by a new single by The Saturdays (which is surely what would happen on here if we did the same!)? Much as I love The Saturdays, that would take the whole point out for me! Welcome to BJSC pre summer 2010! The majority of the 2nd placers between 2007 and early 2010 were better than the often highly uninspired winners imo, I'd have not hesitated to walk out if the mods hadn't put the new vetting procedure in place (or something at least!). I guess Hollywood inevitably landsliding it amongst a blaze of hype was the last straw. That's when the first steps were taken to ban cheapness, although they weren't strict enough and sadly the mod veto HAD to come into place or the contest would have died.
March 9, 201213 yr I tried over the years to get stronger anti-cheap measures but we were fought back at every stage by the loons. When we brought in the veto there was more of an appetite for change which made it easier to bring in. Plus we took a no nonsense this is what's happening and that is final approach to it.
March 9, 201213 yr Oh... I just peaked at the Vanity Edge forum's Song Contest and saw Freeze and Jerick there. They aren't the same ones on this forum right? Or are they? :o EDIT: Nevermind I see familar country names there :lol: Edited March 9, 201213 yr by Oricon
March 9, 201213 yr Oh... I just peaked at the Vanity Edge forum's Song Contest and saw Freeze and Jerick there. They aren't the same ones on this forum right? Or are they? :o Yes they are. A few of us took part in some contests there a couple of years ago, and I managed to win one of them (with Elsiane's Vaporous incidentally, which later became a BJSC entry of mine!). It's quite fun but the contests are much smaller scale, there seems to be more diversity in what's likely to do well there though, likewise with NSC where you literally feel that anything could happen. I wouldn't know where to start with a set of odds over there :lol:
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