February 12, 201312 yr :lol:, I think I'll just send an entry everyone will already know and like that isn't quite cheap enough to veto. That's how to be successful around here, isn't it? Behold, Caerfyrddia's next entry: W7AS8dUk2S0 Not a single note in tune, but we all like that in these quarters, don't we? I think I may go back to my pre-Risks FTW strategy. Got an endless supply of Gabriella Cilmi/Sugababes related entries to select from over here! Certainly worked before! My I-XI stats don't lie!
February 12, 201312 yr sad times 12 Singerpurear: Shivaree - Goodnight Moon 10 08 07 06 Ojnoj: - Kara – Step 05 04 03 Usfland: Zola Jesus – Vessel 02 Tinnmark: The Deer Tracks - Lazarus 01 PRoJ: Beach House – Wild though having listened to the semi more Goodnight Moon would only have got my 7 anyway.
February 12, 201312 yr I think I may go back to my pre-Risks FTW strategy. Got an endless supply of Gabriella Cilmi/Sugababes related entries to select from over here! Certainly worked before! My I-XI stats don't lie! Indeed, I'm wondering why I've spent all this time bothering to source interesting entries. Clearly that was completely the wrong way to go about this contest!
February 12, 201312 yr Indeed, I'm wondering why I've spent all this time bothering to source interesting entries. Clearly that was completely the wrong way to go about this contest! I know! I've been here since the beginning and have spend so much time and energy labouring under the impression it was all about introducing people to outstanding new music they wouldn't have heard without the contest. Silly me! Oh we forgot one aspect! We need to form a formal voting bloc to swap 12's regardless of what we send! As soon as we sign up a few more people we'll all be sorted!!!
February 12, 201312 yr Oh thank god I did bad when I at least DNQ, I hate it when I miss the final by a few points/ties :P
February 12, 201312 yr I know! I've been here since the beginning and have spend so much time and energy labouring under the impression it was all about introducing people to outstanding new music they wouldn't have heard without the contest. Silly me! Oh we forgot one aspect! We need to form a formal voting bloc to swap 12's regardless of what we send! As soon as we sign up a few more people we'll all be sorted!!! Sounds like a very good, nay, excellent plan! http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lil1lu1XFX1qct5nwo1_500.gif
February 12, 201312 yr Sounds like a very good, nay, excellent plan! http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lil1lu1XFX1qct5nwo1_500.gif !!! OUTSTANDING Gif usage Martin, OUTSTANDING.
February 13, 201312 yr :lol:, I think I'll just send an entry everyone will already know and like that isn't quite cheap enough to veto. That's how to be successful around here, isn't it? Behold, Caerfyrddia's next entry: W7AS8dUk2S0 Not a single note in tune, but we all like that in these quarters, don't we? 12 from me :wub: What's with all the overreaction in here, guys? :kink:
February 13, 201312 yr At the end of the day, you can't really complain about cheap songs that "everybody will know" as you allowed the songs to be in the contest.
February 13, 201312 yr YESSSSSSSS. Would've been rather devastated if I hadn't made it through, so thanks all! Solid qualifiers overall, although Syndare mourns the following: 06 // Umiiruka // Ebru Polat // Inanamıyorum 05 // Utopia // Ducktails // Letter of Intent 02 // Ingermanlandia // Gold Fields // Dark Again Especially Ebru Polat, become marginally obsessed with the song in the last few days... I see even if I'd given it 12, it would have made no difference. Poor Umi. :(
February 13, 201312 yr guys it sucks to DNQ i'm really sure (especially you ghosty, i gave your entry a listen after the hype and i am actually v shocked! very different move for you, sad it didn't go through because if i was in your semi you would've had my support) but considering you're both in charge of the contest, you've let everything through - i don't know how fair it is to bitch about it!! and please do reveal who these voting blocs are because i can tell you i haven't seen them @ all. sure, some people's voting can be predictable but i can kinda guess what both of YOUR votes are gonna be like before i see them as well? so i don't think it's fair to be so sly because it just looks so sore-loser-ish (and kinda offputting)! basically old argument revisited, but i didn't think it would be on account of two mods tbh!!
February 13, 201312 yr My DNQ points: 12 \\ Qualified 10 \\ Ben's Sanctuary 08 \\ Sandebörg 07 \\ Qualified 06 \\ Qualified 05 \\ Kopečka (Typical the first entry of theirs I've voted for in like 18months fails) 04 \\ Mezidinia 03 \\ Qualified 02 \\ Qualified 01 \\ Qualified 4/10 isn't horrific. Could have been worse given the collective lack of taste this contest suffers from.
February 13, 201312 yr 12. 10. 08. Elëdan: William; Detox; Vicky Vox - Boy Is A Bottom 07. Ojnoj: Kara – Step 06. 05. 04. 03. 02. Caerfyrddia: Rachel Zeffira - The Deserters 01. Most of my faves got through, but devasted about Eledan and Ojnoj not making it :cry: Both are still growing on me too.
February 13, 201312 yr My first DNQ :D Deserved though, as it turned out to be in Unknown Pleasures. Still great semi, hope to discover a lot in the other semi too!
February 13, 201312 yr guys it sucks to DNQ i'm really sure (especially you ghosty, i gave your entry a listen after the hype and i am actually v shocked! very different move for you, sad it didn't go through because if i was in your semi you would've had my support) but considering you're both in charge of the contest, you've let everything through - i don't know how fair it is to bitch about it!! and please do reveal who these voting blocs are because i can tell you i haven't seen them @ all. sure, some people's voting can be predictable but i can kinda guess what both of YOUR votes are gonna be like before i see them as well? so i don't think it's fair to be so sly because it just looks so sore-loser-ish (and kinda offputting)! basically old argument revisited, but i didn't think it would be on account of two mods tbh!! I once saw a drug deal in the car park of Morrisons Dundee in view of the Garden Centre, Cafe windows, Staff area's upstairs including the Management and Personnel office, the ATM's and security camera's that was more discreet than this contests main voting bloc. Nice 'sly' nod there to the many points I've given Rich. It does help that our music taste is near identical... (As a side note, the first serious post since my "4 points? :(" post was the one where I revealed who I voted for that missed out. I'd clearly need more than just Gabriella Climi and the Sugababes to survive. I'd run out of good Gabriella songs long before I ran out of stone cold 2.0 classics.)
February 13, 201312 yr Nice 'sly' nod there to the many points I've given Rich. It does help that our music taste is near identical... and you're the only ones in the world yep
February 13, 201312 yr the smell of BITTER is overwhelming~~~ Indeed. I hasten to think how some of you would react to having my DNQ record...
February 13, 201312 yr We have to draw lines in the veto process somewhere. If it were up to me alone, I'd rather this contest had more focus on the "unknown" side of songs than it does now with tighter rules, but I know the majority of people don't want that to happen so it won't. In all honesty, I just wanted to let off some steam a bit. Sorry it came across a bit rude, but it was meant to be tongue-in-cheek. When one finds a song that's not a million miles away from stuff that qualified (Two Men In Love, Fools), not a million miles away from stuff that's won in the past (Riverside, Video Games), and not a million miles away from previous fairly successful own entries (Wear It Like A Crown, Lady Marlene), yet still manages to majorly flop then one has to wonder why it's happened. Add this to the fact that being a BJSC mod is not the most rewarding job and can be very time consuming, then it can get annoying if your entries keep failing. Especially when you can't figure out why that is. In the end, one has to weigh up whether the work that's put in is worth it. Yes, maybe I am feeling a tad bitter, but I think anyone would if they put so much in and got very little out.
February 13, 201312 yr Indeed. I hasten to think how some of you would react to having my DNQ record...Let's not get into a DNQ pissing contest here. Kylienips have by far the highest number of failed attempts and a pretty impressive ratio of Q:DNQ for a country yet to miss an addition. As Martin mention, we have to draw the lines somewhere. If we'd been fractionally more strict this month we'd have set into place a chain reaction that would have seen vetoes hit double figures for the first time since it was introduced. Seeing 25% of the entries rejected is something we didn't want to do.
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