Ok folks, this could rival Nem for biggest OP, so buckle up for safety.
Participants.
This is an international affair, with the entire globe being represented (sans Asia ... not sure if we have any members here at DTF from Africa or Antarctica!) I'm also splitting you into two "teams". Stay tuned as to why.
Representing America:
Nekov (South America)
kingshmegland (USA)
lonestar (USA)
DTVT (USA)
Cozmo (USA)
Representing ROW (Rest of World):
zydar (Europe)
obscure (Europe)
wolfking (Australia)
ytsebitsyspider (Canada)
jjrock88 (Canada)
Since nicknames seem to be the chic thing to do for Roulette's, here are yours. Some are kinda obvious, some more obscure (pun totally intended). See if you can figure out who you are.
The Viking
The Koala
The Tarantula
The Quack
The Skipper
The DJ
The Mara (not Prima) donna
The Monarch
The Guitar Hero
The Blue Bomber
Format:I'm trying to keep it as much to your own discretion as possible. All due respect to the organizers of some of the Roulette's I participated in, I sometimes found it too constraining... I didn't feel there were enough open rounds, and sometimes the themes and time limits were too restrictive. Far too many situations where I wanted to send a particular song or band, but couldn't fit it into the "theme", or the time limit. As well, I would submit a band or song in an early round that would've fit perfectly into a theme of a later round, but was hosed because I couldn't re-use the band. So, with that in mind, I'm keeping 1/2 of the rounds totally open, and will at times allow bands to be re-used, but specifically comment which ones. Also, so you can kinda plan, and I'm gonna let you know what the theme's will be and when:
Round 1 - Open
Round 2 - Ballad
Round 3 - Open
Round 4 - Guilty Pleasure
Round 5 - Emotional Rescue
Round 6 - Second Chances (do-over)
Round 7 - Last Chance (open)
More details will be provided as I launch each round.
Now, just for shits and giggles, there's a wrinkle for the three open rounds. I'm gonna take the first song from the current broadcast of WPaPU that I don't know, along with a random recommendation from my last.fm and everyone will be competing against those two songs as well. Anyone who scores less than both those in all three open rounds will receive a 3 point "nick/last.fm-fail" penalty.
And ... side contests. Given the international flavour, I'm also going to pit American's vs Rest of World (Nekov .. sorry, you get lumped in with the American's so it's 5 on 5). Everyone will go a one-on-one matchup against another in the first 5 rounds, and we'll see who's the best them - Team America (FUCK YEAH!), or The Internationalists.
After the opening 7 rounds, there will be 2 playoff rounds to determine the Jingle.Champ. The top 2 will instantly advance to the Semi-finals, while seeds 3-6 will duke it out in the quarter finals. 7-10, you're with all of the lost souls that Mason and Senem torched. No soup for you!
Quarter finals (3 vs 6; 4 vs 5) - Riffer Madness
Semi Finals (1 vs 4; 2 vs 3) - Adrenaline Rush
Finals - Open; 2 songs
No time limits, as I don't want anyone to have the frustration of feeling they have the perfect song, but can't send it because of a time constraint. Just bear in mind that with with 10 of you here, the longer the songs, the less time I'll have for multiple listens. The point of the theme's is to mix things up. Don't sacrifice song quality for the theme. If I think the song sucks, then it doesn't matter if it fits the theme perfectly. I still want music I will like, first and foremost.
What I likeMost of you know my musical likes already, but here are some guide posts:
My Top 50 -
https://www.dreamtheaterforums.org/boards/index.php?topic=29431.msg1164513#msg1164513Last.fm -
https://www.last.fm/user/jingle-boyBut, don't go off my last fm as gospel. I've got 25 years of music listening experience that can't be scrobbled off of any record player, CD or Maxell XLII cassette (RJ and Joe know what I'm talkin about I'm sure), and I only just started scrobbling last fall.
Purpose:I'm not doing this to explore new genre's of music, so don't expect to get much love from death metal, electronica or any genre requiring "post" or "core" in its name. I know what I like, and you'll see from my Top 50 and last.fm that I'm a Classic/Glam/Melodic/Progressive Rock kinda guy. Splash a little metal and symphonic rock along with it, and those are my tastes. I'm doing this mainly to just listen to some great songs (so don't feel you have to submit something from a band with a great discography - send me a one-hit wonder if you want). This *may* lead to exploring new bands, but it is as much just for shits and giggles. I doubt we'll get up to 42 pages like Nem's, but let the trash talking fly.
Scoring:
5 point reverse, double/must scoring system. What the fuck does that mean? Reverse ... I'm gonna assign a ranking (not a score), so a low number (like in golf) is good. Double/must .. I have to use all 5 scores, twice each. There will be two scores of 5, two of 4 and so on. That might mean great songs get ranked 5th, it doesn't mean it is 5x worse than the #1 ranked songs, just that there were 9 songs better than it. I'll probably regret this kind of scoring, but I'm going to force myself to stack rank your submissions. So, as in golf, it isn't just about how well you're doing, but how well your competition is faring. You may shoot 15 under at Augusta, but if someone shoots 16 under, you're still first loser.
As a reminder, preferred submission format is an .mp3 in an email (hopefully you kept my invitation) so I can take the songs on the go when I'm traveling, or walking the dogs. Second option is YT, which I should be able to get on my iPhone to take on the go. Only send me another format (Grooveshark or
Spotify ... found a workaround for that as a Canadian) if your song isn't in either of those.
First round side-bet matchups:
Nekov vs Zydar
Lonestar vs obscure
King vs wolf
Dr. DTVT vs YBS
Cozmo vs jjrock88
And with that, let's set our course and begin this mission.
EngageRound 1 judgment will come Monday evening. I'm traveling Tuesday.
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