Rich, I actually BEG of you as a last chance thing - please stay in the contest. Give up moderation, give up hosting even, stay out of the arguments - just carry on participating, enjoy the contest for what it is! You'll find the fun again almost immediately, but withdrawing will have a far larger effect than you think it will...you HAVE to stay for the sake of the contest Rich! :(

I actually don't want anyone to go out of the contest atm.

 

And if you return for XV (which is unlikely considering your points) I will do it as well :kink: Caroline's waiting for your 12 jumping on the sofas like a loon :(

Rich, I actually BEG of you as a last chance thing - please stay in the contest. Give up moderation, give up hosting even, stay out of the arguments - just carry on participating, enjoy the contest for what it is! You'll find the fun again almost immediately, but withdrawing will have a far larger effect than you think it will...you HAVE to stay for the sake of the contest Rich! :(

 

 

I actually don't want anyone to go out of the contest atm.

 

And if you return for XV (which is unlikely considering your points) I will do it as well :kink: Caroline's waiting for your 12 jumping on the sofas like a loon :(

Please :cry:

 

 

 

you have 3 supporters, which is more than the anti MF brigade have :smoke:

ok - a compromise because I don't want to ruin the contest for people:

 

I will not leave the contest and will participate in XV but

 

-Someone else can host

-I will not take part in any ridiculous arguments or petty debates and will try to remain neutral about things

-I don't want to be the mod anymore

-Pavel comes back too

 

I want to be able to find it fun again, but the only way I can do this is to ignore all of the friendly voting accusations, arguments, caring about how well I do with my song etc...and just enjoy it for discovering new music again like I used to. So I'll say yes, I will participate in XV and will not withdraw, but I will not be as obsessed over it as I used to be, deal!?!

DEAL!!!!!!

 

This was so worth staying up till 6am

 

 

Arron has agreed to host, and i am more than willing to moderate, as you know, even though you have left some massive shoes too fill.

 

And i'll kept Trash honest. I promise.

 

A full NF rule vote should be done after XV imo, get it settled once and for all in a large vote which will be left open for a full week.

ok - a compromise because I don't want to ruin the contest for people:

 

I will not leave the contest and will participate in XV but

 

-Someone else can host

-I will not take part in any ridiculous arguments or petty debates and will try to remain neutral about things

-I don't want to be the mod anymore

-Pavel comes back too

 

I want to be able to find it fun again, but the only way I can do this is to ignore all of the friendly voting accusations, arguments, caring about how well I do with my song etc...and just enjoy it for discovering new music again like I used to. So I'll say yes, I will participate in XV and will not withdraw, but I will not be as obsessed over it as I used to be, deal!?!

:w00t: Right...assuming all those stipulations happen I will probably be able to host. (assuming people don't hate me over this :drama:) I've got an assignment to work on at the beginning of April but I think I'll manage.

god, now it will look like I did all this just to be dramatic :drama: but honestly I was going to leave, I just think that maybe I can still be a part of it as long as I be a bit of an outsider to the whole thing and stop taking it personally and getting so involved

 

relinquishing hosting and modding duties seems like a good way to do this...

i would volounter to help any way possible, but next weekend i'm in Melbourne for the Aussie GP and 2weeks after that i'm in Sydney from mid-day my time on the 12th.

 

I of course offer any help you need as long as you don't mind waiting till a silly hour for a reply.

god, now it will look like I did all this just to be dramatic :drama: but honestly I was going to leave, I just think that maybe I can still be a part of it as long as I be a bit of an outsider to the whole thing and stop taking it personally and getting so involved

 

relinquishing hosting and modding duties seems like a good way to do this...

:D exactly what i have been suggesting for an hour.

 

Glad i had even a tiny part in preventing the biggest BJSC disaster ever

god, now it will look like I did all this just to be dramatic :drama: but honestly I was going to leave, I just think that maybe I can still be a part of it as long as I be a bit of an outsider to the whole thing and stop taking it personally and getting so involved

 

relinquishing hosting and modding duties seems like a good way to do this...

I think we know you would have left but you didn't know how much of a hole it would leave, we'll leave it at that, eh?

I hope Rontvia will be able to vote in both SF's :drama: Otherwise it's 50/50 that i will get through or not :(

I think we know you would have left but you didn't know how much of a hole it would leave, we'll leave it at that, eh?

 

the last thing I wanted to do was cause a ripple effect with everyone leaving so the best thing for me to do is partake in a more subtle way than before, like a lot of the other countries do anyway, just confirming my song, voting and passing the occasional comment...and just completely avoiding arguments

 

that way I should be fine I think ^_^

I hope Rontvia will be able to vote in both SF's :drama: Otherwise it's 50/50 that i will get through or not :(

 

Aaron (or whoever host's) can decide things like whether I autoqualify/vote in both semis...I'm leaving it in someone else's hands now

 

suddenly another DNQ doesn't seem like the end of the world anymore :lol:

:lol:

 

btw Congrats on +3 pages of your national thread in 2 hrs :kink: :kink:

 

Have you made a decision so far only for XV? :o

the last thing I wanted to do was cause a ripple effect with everyone leaving so the best thing for me to do is partake in a more subtle way than before, like a lot of the other countries do anyway, just confirming my song, voting and passing the occasional comment...and just completely avoiding arguments

 

that way I should be fine I think ^_^

Exactly...you're back for the good of the contest. ^_^

 

Aaron (or whoever host's) can decide things like whether I autoqualify/vote in both semis...I'm leaving it in someone else's hands now

 

suddenly another DNQ doesn't seem like the end of the world anymore :lol:

Of course you will be autoqualifying but voting in both semis is random, as always.

Exactly...you're back for the good of the contest. ^_^

Of course you will be autoqualifying but voting in both semis is random, as always.

What do you mean random? :unsure:

i thnk he means optional :kink:

Well, we all know what is the right choice :kink:

Oops I forgot! I thought if there were two pre-qualifiers then one votes in SF1 and the other in SF2 and only vote in both if there are 1 or 3 pre-qualifiers.

 

I guess Rich will be voting in both then?

If you are thinking about what's best for Snalla Snalla Pavel, it might not even be eligible if the rule change goes back :P it's out of my hands now and all the better for it :lol: