2020 Wintertime Madness RD | finals due 17th February
Nov 20, 2020 18:02:48 GMT -5
Post by samo🦕 on Nov 20, 2020 18:02:48 GMT -5
*copies last year’s opening post nearly word-for-word*
(can **everyone** please read this all the way through, especially if you haven’t participated in one of these tournaments before)
It's time for the return of Wintertime Madness! With the approval of [some more people who liked that one post in the general RD thread + Trilogy], I’ll be hosting Wintertime Madness this year.
In WTM, each person sends a list of songs they’ve recently been enjoying, and people will be picked in a random order to have their top 4 songs picked for the tournament (this prevents people who submit early from having an advantage over those who barely make the deadline). Once the songs have all been revealed, each seed (list of songs) will be put up for ranking by anyone who wants to participate (you can still send a list, even if you didn’t submit any songs - the more the merrier!). Once each seed has finished, the top songs will be used in a final rankdown to determine the winner of Wintertime Madness 2020!
This is the fourth year we’re doing this tournament, but since some of you will be joining WTM for the first time, here are the instructions: (if you’re not totally familiar with the format, please read through all of the instructions before sending)
1) Pick at least 4 songs (but ideally 8); these must be songs you’ve been enjoying between August and now, but they don’t have to have been released in that time period. However, it’s generally preferred that the songs are from the artist’s most recent era if they weren’t released in the last year or so, and most songs released prior to 2019 won’t be counted.
2) When you have your songs, please send them to me (@ samosaurus1/samo🦕) in a PM, not in this thread. Ensure you do this by the 4th December 2020, as there’s a lot to get through in this tournament. If you absolutely can’t get your songs in by then, I’ll need to know when you can before the deadline (keep in mind that you don’t have to send songs to join in when ranking them).
3) When you send your songs to me, place your songs in order from favourite to least favourite, as each person will only have four songs in the tournament, with the last four being alternates if someone else has the same song as you. If more than those initial songs are needed, I’ll PM you, and you’ll need to reply ASAP to ensure you have four songs when the tournament starts.
4) As with previous years, DO NOT tell people what your songs are; this prevents tanking due to personal biases against certain people (not as much of an issue now a certain [redacted] isn’t around (2020 edit: make that two), but this is still going to make the game fairer).
Now for some general rules that bear repeating each time WTM happens because some people never learn:
1) There’s no limit on the number of participants.
2) During the ranking portion, you rank each song from #1 to #[however many people send songs], with #1 being your favourite.
3) Do not use songs that have previously been submitted; a complete list will be included in the spoilers at the bottom of the post below this, so please check them before sending anything.
4) I already mentioned eligibility guidelines, but songs are preferred to have been released in the last year, and from the artist’s most recent era. If you have any questions about specific songs, please PM me and I’ll tell you if they’re eligible.
5) When submitting, please mention the artist, any featured artists and the song title (for example, Ariana Grande/Justin Bieber - Stuck With U).
6) Again, PM me (@ samosaurus1/samo🦕) your songs. Do NOT post them in this thread.
7) Some songs aren’t going to do as well; that’s just fact. Don’t have a meltdown over someone not liking your song(s).
8) Have fun!
(can **everyone** please read this all the way through, especially if you haven’t participated in one of these tournaments before)
It's time for the return of Wintertime Madness! With the approval of [some more people who liked that one post in the general RD thread + Trilogy], I’ll be hosting Wintertime Madness this year.
In WTM, each person sends a list of songs they’ve recently been enjoying, and people will be picked in a random order to have their top 4 songs picked for the tournament (this prevents people who submit early from having an advantage over those who barely make the deadline). Once the songs have all been revealed, each seed (list of songs) will be put up for ranking by anyone who wants to participate (you can still send a list, even if you didn’t submit any songs - the more the merrier!). Once each seed has finished, the top songs will be used in a final rankdown to determine the winner of Wintertime Madness 2020!
This is the fourth year we’re doing this tournament, but since some of you will be joining WTM for the first time, here are the instructions: (if you’re not totally familiar with the format, please read through all of the instructions before sending)
1) Pick at least 4 songs (but ideally 8); these must be songs you’ve been enjoying between August and now, but they don’t have to have been released in that time period. However, it’s generally preferred that the songs are from the artist’s most recent era if they weren’t released in the last year or so, and most songs released prior to 2019 won’t be counted.
2) When you have your songs, please send them to me (@ samosaurus1/samo🦕) in a PM, not in this thread. Ensure you do this by the 4th December 2020, as there’s a lot to get through in this tournament. If you absolutely can’t get your songs in by then, I’ll need to know when you can before the deadline (keep in mind that you don’t have to send songs to join in when ranking them).
3) When you send your songs to me, place your songs in order from favourite to least favourite, as each person will only have four songs in the tournament, with the last four being alternates if someone else has the same song as you. If more than those initial songs are needed, I’ll PM you, and you’ll need to reply ASAP to ensure you have four songs when the tournament starts.
4) As with previous years, DO NOT tell people what your songs are; this prevents tanking due to personal biases against certain people (not as much of an issue now a certain [redacted] isn’t around (2020 edit: make that two), but this is still going to make the game fairer).
Now for some general rules that bear repeating each time WTM happens because some people never learn:
1) There’s no limit on the number of participants.
2) During the ranking portion, you rank each song from #1 to #[however many people send songs], with #1 being your favourite.
3) Do not use songs that have previously been submitted; a complete list will be included in the spoilers at the bottom of the post below this, so please check them before sending anything.
4) I already mentioned eligibility guidelines, but songs are preferred to have been released in the last year, and from the artist’s most recent era. If you have any questions about specific songs, please PM me and I’ll tell you if they’re eligible.
5) When submitting, please mention the artist, any featured artists and the song title (for example, Ariana Grande/Justin Bieber - Stuck With U).
6) Again, PM me (@ samosaurus1/samo🦕) your songs. Do NOT post them in this thread.
7) Some songs aren’t going to do as well; that’s just fact. Don’t have a meltdown over someone not liking your song(s).
8) Have fun!
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yuh yuh
BB🌕
bboat11
Daryl the Beryl
Beno
boysilver400
Private Dancer
taylor
castleoblivion26
cedric
charmander78
CF15
@chroniclea
Cody Wants Out...
maine
g8erboi
tim
Willow Rinadoobee Breakfast
crazyb
d3vin44
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dm2081
eidde
Crimsonio
JOJO SIWA DERANGEMENT SYNDROME
fearlessarrow
Exclusive
filthy
gabe
singingrulebritannia
Geometrical
GP
@greento
GrinningLikeADevil
@humanshazam
hydraflare
Sambalada
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Leo ✔
born
matteeeb
Kanenrá:ke
Juanca
Mr. Thonk Eyes
jtd Thee Stallion
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Fire
kimberly
peacebone
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narp
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lyhom
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