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Post by fw91 on Oct 5, 2013 13:23:19 GMT -5
you sure we want to start without last season's finalist?
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Post by Deleted on Oct 5, 2013 13:26:00 GMT -5
you sure we want to start without last season's finalist? Roxie is in, and Anon is busy with school, plus she said after last years win she has retired from playing However if she wants to guest judge down the road I will not object
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Post by Deleted on Oct 5, 2013 13:26:43 GMT -5
Well, ANONYMOUS said that she thought last Season was going to be her last one as a player. Not sure if she still thinks that; we have a lot of contestants already but it's up to our esteemed Host. Link for the Past Season Song List on the Third Page, about halfway down: officialfan.proboards.com/thread/482682/fan-idol-ix-round?page=3And with the Round announcement, we begin! Tagging people now, if there are any issues, let me know. Big Bad BradGus Richlen: RuffianJJazzman@joshsparkless2485 @irontyger Knailsic From Now Onlodirulz@lynch MrBRulzOKOrangepegasuswarriorKing BooSpider2024Oak: Certified Jade HaterSquareTOO SWEETsuave@wadefan22 Waffel113Widow's PeakHow do you play FAN Idol? This is the rules post I had for last Season. I'll edit it to suit Cageking's needs; the basic rules will likely transfer over to this Season but the scoring system, Round system, etc may change, so I've deleted things specifically about last Season. {Spoiler}{Spoiler} Time Limit:
Before I go into detail about how the game operates, I want to discuss how time in real life works for this game. Contestants will have a maximum of 3 Days from the moment a round's theme is announced to send in their pick(s). Picks are expected to be in by midnight of the final Day (you will have 3 full days). Since we may all run on different times due to where we live, allowances will be made. Assume that time will be GMT, with this board serving as a clock. If you do not send the pick in time, you will not be credited with a choice for that round. In the first three rounds, that means that you will receive a zero for that round which will go towards the overall total; the first three rounds are added up to determine who faces who in the Sing-Off at the end of the Third Round. In the following rounds, not sending a pick will either deny you the chance to gain an advantage or will send you into the Elimination Round automatically. Please, send picks in if you can. If you come to me and say that you have computer problems or are otherwise unable to send a pick, I will try my best to deal with it in a fair and timely manner. I will likely extend you time but I will move on with the game if people don't get in contact with me.
Basic Structure:
For each round, the Host will post that round's theme in the thread, accompanied with instructions, a deadline to get your choice in, and some picture of sorts to keep things looking pretty. Contestants are to send the Host a PM of their pick via a youtube link. Other links like dailymotion may be accepted but youtube is preferred. In the past, we've had problems with Vevo links so, if it's at all possible, use a youtube link. If the link is approved for that round, the Host will accept the link and place it with the other approved links, pm'ing the judges the links when all are collected. If the link is not approved, the Host will pm the contestant sending it in a timely manner, telling them that they have to choose another song and the reasons for that change.
The links will be sent to the judges anonymously and in alphabetical order. When the judges receive the picks, the Host will post the links in the thread for the edification of the contestants and other thread followers. We can all talk about the picks, what we think is cool, what we think was a great choice, etc. but we cannot talk about who picked what or claim what we picked. Once the judges make their rankings, they will send those rankings to the host, who will then add them up, determine the placement of the songs, and post the results in the thread.
Themes:
Each round will have a theme that your pick(s) must address. At times, the theme will deal with something straightforward like song genre, time period when the song was recorded, or the performer's nationality. At other times, the theme is a bit more abstract, such as themes dealing with a particular emotion, an unusual type of performance such as an acoustic song, the medium where the song appeared in such as a movie or a musical, or concepts like the Captain Planet Challenge, where picks had to address one of the five elements used to create Captain Planet in the television show: Earth, Heart, Fire, Water, and Wind. Judges reserve the right to judge you, at least to some degree, according to how well your song fits the round's theme.
Scoring:
Rounds are scored by the judges from favorite to least favorite pick. If there are three judges, there are three sets of scores, four would have four sets, etc. A judge's first place pick will earn a score based on the total of songs sent in for a round. So, for example, in a round where 12 songs were sent, a judge's first place song would earn 12 points, while a judge's last place song would earn 1 point. All song picks will earn at least 1 point from each judge. The judge's scores are combined to determine the total points a pick earned for each round.
Number of picks per round:
Your standard round will ask for one pick for one category. As the game progresses, you will see rounds asking you for two, three, or four picks. You may have several categories per round or a round that asks you to make multiple picks for a given category. Typically, the categories will be judged separately. So, for example, a round that contains four different categories will have four different groups.
There may be rounds that call for multiple picks that are judged as one category, however.
What Songs can you pick? Ok, this has evolved throughout Idol history and, at this point, we are going to approach this much the same way we did in Idol Season VII. There are two restrictions placed upon contestants in terms of possible song selections:
1. An artist can only be used once a Season unless otherwise stated. As the game progresses, I will maintain a list of all the artists used so far in the competition to be found in the OP. Players cannot use the same artist twice a game, either artists that they have used themselves or artists used by other players. So, if a competitor used a song by Beyonce in Round 3, no one can use a song by Beyonce for the rest of the competition unless otherwise noted in a round.
It's a little fuzzy when it comes to people who perform in different bands or have gone solo. For instance, Eric Clapton has played in bands like Cream, the Yardbirds, Blind Faith, and Derrick and the Dominoes, as well as performing as a solo artist. So, technically, all those different bands can be used in a single competition. However, judges reserve the right to score lower if they choose so if they feel an artist, in this manner, has been used too often,
2. You cannot use a song already used in a past FAN Idol Season. We are looking for a diverse pool of songs. It doesn't serve the competition well if contestants can go through the past Idol seasons and pick songs that did well. So, consult the list provided to see if a song is viable. I will flat out refuse to allow you to use a past pick and will pm you in a timely manner that you must choose again. I do not do this to be mean, only to help make the game play out to the best of my ability. To clarify, you can use any other single song from an artist, just make sure it hasn't been used yet. You can also use cover songs from a different artist (there may be cases if the case is that the original hasn't been used yet but only the cover so the original is fair game, as is other covers) if the song has already been used. For example, my buddy Cageking cites using Pink's cover of "Bohemian Rhapsody" as being perfectly legal even if the Queen version was already used in a prior season.
The competitors are urged to check if an artist has been used before sending picks for a round. To do this, simply highlight the list of songs complied by me under the spoiler's tag and press the F3 button on your keyboard. A bar saying "Find" will come up on the bottom of your screen; type in the name of artist and song and you should see those words highlighted on your screen. If the bar is red, than it isn't in that set of text. Push enter to scroll through all the highlighted text that contains the words you are looking for.
Sing-Offs- At the end of each Elimination Round, the two lowest scoring contestants from that round will face off in a head to head Sing-off. Instead of points, the winner will be determined by judge's votes, a song winning if they gain the majority. Like all picks, these will be sent to the judges anonymously.
Judge's Save- The Judges have 1 Save that they can employ during any Elimination Face-Off. When I send them the Elimination Round picks, I'll end the pm with Use the Save? Yes or No? at the bottom. If they feel that the pick that they selected to have lost the round is strong enough or that the player was strong enough to keep playing or if it was just too close to call, etc. they have the option of saying that they want the save to be used.
There is only one save. Traditionally, it's used in later rounds but there is no reason that it cannot be used during any Elimination Round. Once it's used, though, it's gone. It cannot be used in the last Round or, most likely, the rounds that decide who's going to the finals (will have to talk about that with the others).
There must be a majority decision to use the save; in this case, since we have 4 judges, there must be a 3-1 vote in favor of the save.
So, after all that is said, please keep in my mind that anything can happen in this game.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 5, 2013 13:30:44 GMT -5
Tyger. If you can, please post the rules for the rookies
I forgot to mention....deadline for Round One is This Tuesday Afternoon
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Post by Deleted on Oct 5, 2013 13:35:31 GMT -5
WADEFAN! Just want to say I was very disappointed you got eliminated so early because I really dug your choices and even added "Wings" onto my ipod. Thanks! I'll probably get eliminated first this time too lol.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 5, 2013 13:45:49 GMT -5
WADEFAN! Just want to say I was very disappointed you got eliminated so early because I really dug your choices and even added "Wings" onto my ipod. Thanks! I'll probably get eliminated first this time too lol. You never know. I hope you kept with last Season's write-ups, as I made you into a pop idol in that one . Too many contestants to know what will happen at this point.
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Waffel113
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Post by Waffel113 on Oct 5, 2013 14:40:18 GMT -5
So I send a song to each of the judges? Right on.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 5, 2013 14:43:41 GMT -5
So I send a song to each of the judges? Right on. No, send the song to Cageking, who, once he gets all the songs and checks if they are legal, will organize them and send them to the judges, posting them in the thread afterwords.
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Big Bad Brad
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Post by Big Bad Brad on Oct 5, 2013 15:24:48 GMT -5
I'm explaining the game to my friend @joshsparkless2485 so he hopefully he can get his song in I already submitted mine.
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Post by suave on Oct 5, 2013 19:20:21 GMT -5
What is the song supposed to be?
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Post by Demented on Oct 5, 2013 19:24:03 GMT -5
What is the song supposed to be? THE INTRODUCTION CHALLENGE For this first round, it's simple, it is OPEN CHOICE. This round and the next two rounds will all add up and see who goes into the first singoff And don't worry....the introductions are going to get harder.... Open choice... so whatever you want.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 5, 2013 19:47:27 GMT -5
It also can't be from the Past Season Song list if Cageking is using it. All the artists on that list are viable, just none of the songs listed. You could also have covers of those songs as well.
This Round is Free Choice; other Rounds will have varying stipulations in regards to types of artists, time periods, song themes, song length, genres, etc.
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Post by pegasuswarrior on Oct 5, 2013 22:59:51 GMT -5
A good rule of thumb is to always submit an extra song with a spoiler tag so that Cageking doesn't have to go back and forth PMing people who duplicate artists or songs for a particular round. 21 people in this round ... if more than one person goes after the same artist, it will take a while to sort out re-picks and such. Just a reminder to everyone that can save some time.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 6, 2013 1:49:02 GMT -5
End of Night One, 10/20 songs (21 if Jazzman accepts a contestant spot)
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Waffel113
Bill S. Preston, Esq.
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Post by Waffel113 on Oct 6, 2013 10:43:45 GMT -5
GET UR SONGS IN M8.
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TOO SWEET
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Post by TOO SWEET on Oct 6, 2013 10:53:07 GMT -5
Is the format the same as Tyger's, where this is a bonus round and the next one is the elimination one?
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Waffel113
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Post by Waffel113 on Oct 6, 2013 10:55:03 GMT -5
I don't know, but hopefully we'll still get those swanky write-ups before and after the results where we each have a gimmick. Like how Roxxie was the big heel of last year's season.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 6, 2013 11:27:38 GMT -5
Is the format the same as Tyger's, where this is a bonus round and the next one is the elimination one? Cage hasn't said. Every Season's different, so let's give our Host the opportunity to run his Season Cageking-style .
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Post by King Boo on Oct 6, 2013 11:40:33 GMT -5
I don't know, but hopefully we'll still get those swanky write-ups before and after the results where we each have a gimmick. Like how Roxxie was the big heel of last year's season. A badge I wear with pride.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 6, 2013 15:26:46 GMT -5
This is not a bonus round. Since this along with the next two rounds are introductions, the will all add up to one score
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