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Post by King Boo on Oct 6, 2014 17:16:34 GMT -5
I have to say, Tyger, that it warms the cockles that you loved the Arcade Fire song I chose. I think it's beautifully sad.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 7, 2014 19:24:12 GMT -5
Reminder sent to the last contestant. Hard deadline of tomorrow set for the songs; that passes without any activity, then it's an auto-elimination. The other contestant has notified me and we're working on it, so that person is fine but I need the other contestant to respond soon.
I really don't want to do the auto-elimination but we can't hold the game at this time. I've been pretty busy at my work too, so I don't have the opportunities to duck in here and check on stuff during the day at this time, so the sooner we get back on track, the better.
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Post by Waffel113 on Oct 7, 2014 19:41:49 GMT -5
If it's who I got a bad feeling it is, then my sense of irony are working overtime today. I sincerely hope it isn't who I think it is, though, because they've provided some of the best songs Round in and Round out. And yes, I realize that this is vague. Don't wanna give it away, now do I?
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Post by fw91 on Oct 7, 2014 20:56:12 GMT -5
As a judge, I'm willing to wait it out a little while longer. Too far into the game for a default elimination.
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Post by J on Oct 8, 2014 11:35:27 GMT -5
I have to say, Tyger, that it warms the cockles that you loved the Arcade Fire song I chose. I think it's beautifully sad. I'm on to you. You just wanted to type out the word cockles didn't you?
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Post by King Boo on Oct 8, 2014 11:50:22 GMT -5
I have to say, Tyger, that it warms the cockles that you loved the Arcade Fire song I chose. I think it's beautifully sad. I'm on to you. You just wanted to type out the word cockles didn't you? I am unashamed of my use of that phrase.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 8, 2014 11:57:26 GMT -5
Cockles. Giggle.
As I said, my mornings/afternoons are pretty busy, so I can wait until evening. I don't want an auto-elimination but I don't want it to come to a point where we struggle to do a Round a week when we only have five Rounds left.
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Post by pegasuswarrior on Oct 8, 2014 16:53:40 GMT -5
Cockles. Giggle. As I said, my mornings/afternoons are pretty busy, so I can wait until evening. I don't want an auto-elimination but I don't want it to come to a point where we struggle to do a Round a week when we only have five Rounds left. Plus it's selfish (any player who regularly, willingly holds up multiple people unabashedly and unapologetically). Comes across as a "world revolves around me" syndrome. (Again, I stress the word "consistently." It happens from time to time. But every round? Um, yeah.)
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Post by Orange on Oct 8, 2014 20:55:47 GMT -5
Cockles. Giggle. As I said, my mornings/afternoons are pretty busy, so I can wait until evening. I don't want an auto-elimination but I don't want it to come to a point where we struggle to do a Round a week when we only have five Rounds left. Plus it's selfish (any player who regularly, willingly holds up multiple people unabashedly and unapologetically). Comes across as a "world revolves around me" syndrome. (Again, I stress the word "consistently." It happens from time to time. But every round? Um, yeah.) I'm the holdout. I've got a lot on my mind lately with school starting again, and coupling that with just general family stuff and finally learning to drive on my own, I've been spending a lot of time away from the forum in general. It's never been my intention to make anybody wait on me like I'm something special, it's just that time has really gotten away from me lately; so, I do apologize to anybody that I've kept waiting.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 8, 2014 22:31:53 GMT -5
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Post by Deleted on Oct 9, 2014 0:01:44 GMT -5
I think that, with the weekend coming up, it's best to reveal Round 43 now in order to give people time to make their musical choices. The Sing-Off will occur before Round 43 is underway and we will arrive out our Final Three contestants. The Final Three contestants will play through another set of three Rounds before the final two contestants are decided. To start out this set, Round 43 is... (Hey look! Judge Reinhold! Wonder what he's been up to?) Judges' Round, pt IIChoose 4 songs that fulfill the following 4 Judges' Categories: InstrumentalsChosen by: Judge Mr. B NaturalChoose one Instrumental song from any genre, time period, etc. The song cannot feature vocals.FAN: The MusicalChosen by: Judge Waffel Choose one song featured in a musical. The musical can be from a broadway play, a film musical, or a musical sequence done in a "broadway musical" style from a non-musical movie or television show. This song can be from a professional or amateur musical production or it can be a cover version of that song from a solo artist or band in any other format (performance on a reality music show, youtube amateur performance, cover by a recording artist in concert or on an album, etc.) The World of Misfit GenresChosen by Judge Radradsley Choose one song from one of the following eight musical genres that are rarely, if ever, chosen in FAN Idol (genre definitions will be provided if asked. Allmusic.com is a good resource for concise definitions): Chiptune
K Pop and J Pop
No Wave
Electroswing
Trip Hop
Dream Pop
Progressive Rock/Progressive Metal
Garage Rockand finally... You think you know me? Chosen by the HostChoose 1 song that in some way references a contestant, judge, or the Host of FAN Idol Season IXYou can do this by Double Dipping an artist used by an eliminated contestant, choosing a song that references the Host's/Judge's/Eliminated Contestants in some way (ex. let's say you pick popular FAN member Banjo (you can't technically do that because he didn't play or judge this Season): you pick a song that contains the word Banjo in the title or features Banjo music; You could also reference, say, mod Radio Clash by choosing a song that references the Radio, and so on), choosing a song inspired by the playing style of an eliminated contestant (so, if there was an eliminated contestant that used, let's say jazzy piano music from the '50s, you can pick a song inspired by that); and other possible references that the contestants can come up with.
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Post by J on Oct 9, 2014 0:47:11 GMT -5
Let's see that's 1,2,3...yep that's 4 markouts for me.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 9, 2014 1:00:19 GMT -5
One Judge's rankings are in.
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Post by RadcapRadsley on Oct 9, 2014 15:23:34 GMT -5
Outside of 1 song nothing I really disliked this round but aside from my 2 favorites not much I was really into. Probably my least fave round in a long while.
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Post by pegasuswarrior on Oct 9, 2014 18:35:59 GMT -5
Let's see that's 1,2,3...yep that's 4 markouts for me. [/PubertyChestHairReaction]
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Post by Deleted on Oct 9, 2014 18:36:01 GMT -5
Quick note on the musical category: the performance can come from a film or television show as well, just as long as it is a musical number or the cover of one. So the Frozen song earlier would count for the round, for example.
Also, for the FAN member category, I meant double dipping the artist, not the song. Typo.
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Post by fw91 on Oct 9, 2014 21:03:55 GMT -5
this was a decent round. only 1 pair that I didn't really like
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Post by Deleted on Oct 10, 2014 10:58:53 GMT -5
Three sets of Judge's Rankings are in.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 11, 2014 22:26:35 GMT -5
Waiting on the judges. Please give them time. The remaining contestants can send in their Round 43 songs. I have one contestant's songs in at the moment and others can send in if they have them.
Outside of that, any comments about the Season so far or what lies ahead? Anyone want to talk about next Season, when and if that happens?
Not sure what to say to pass the time but any comments are welcome.
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Post by Jazzman on Oct 11, 2014 22:31:14 GMT -5
So, haven't posted in here for a while... BUT THIS HAS BEEN GOING ON FOR A YEAR
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