STM 2021: FINALS (COMPLETE)
Jul 17, 2021 19:07:39 GMT -5
Post by Az Paynter on Jul 17, 2021 19:07:39 GMT -5
The great majority of content in the below post has been copy-pasted from the 2020 WTM Thread:
(can **everyone** please read this all the way through, especially if you haven’t participated in one of these tournaments before)
It's summer (somewhere) and we have time (too much of it) so I guess it's time for Summertime Madness again... although we're doing it a little differenly this time. For the first time instead of running a second tournament we'll be running STM as a rankdown series in the same format as Wintertime Madness, with me as your host (Samo, to my immediate knowledge, is retaining host duties for WTM).
In this STM (as per the mechanics established 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 Summertimetime Madness 2021!
Summertime Madness has operated for several years as a tournament, but as previously mentioned for the first time the game will be run as a rankdown series; if you like the tournament format please join us for March Madness next year! If you're new to Madness in general, or haven't experienced the rankdown format before, here are some 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 ought to be songs you’ve been enjoying this year, but they don’t have to have been released in this time period. It’s generally preferred that the songs are from the artist’s most recent era or (in the case of stand-alone releases) fairly recent.
1a) Due to no hard limit on release dates, there was a bit of messiness/confusion over what was eligible in MM2021. To get around that this time, I'm setting January 1st, 2020 as a hard limit. In this STM, songs will be eligible based on their date of first release - ie. if a song was released on its own, then later included on an EP or album project, that song must have been first released in the 2020 calendar year. No 2019 songs will be eligible for this tournament (remixes and/or live versions WILL be eligible however, if they were released in the relevant time frame).
2) When you have your songs, please send them to me (@ azrieldrake / Az Paynter) in a PM, not in this thread. Ensure you do this by the 27th July 2021, 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 (you are ranking the songs, not the individuals submitting them. This should go without saying.)
Now for some general rules that bear repeating from 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 (@ azrieldrake / Az Paynter) 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 summer (somewhere) and we have time (too much of it) so I guess it's time for Summertime Madness again... although we're doing it a little differenly this time. For the first time instead of running a second tournament we'll be running STM as a rankdown series in the same format as Wintertime Madness, with me as your host (Samo, to my immediate knowledge, is retaining host duties for WTM).
In this STM (as per the mechanics established 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 Summertimetime Madness 2021!
Summertime Madness has operated for several years as a tournament, but as previously mentioned for the first time the game will be run as a rankdown series; if you like the tournament format please join us for March Madness next year! If you're new to Madness in general, or haven't experienced the rankdown format before, here are some 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 ought to be songs you’ve been enjoying this year, but they don’t have to have been released in this time period. It’s generally preferred that the songs are from the artist’s most recent era or (in the case of stand-alone releases) fairly recent.
1a) Due to no hard limit on release dates, there was a bit of messiness/confusion over what was eligible in MM2021. To get around that this time, I'm setting January 1st, 2020 as a hard limit. In this STM, songs will be eligible based on their date of first release - ie. if a song was released on its own, then later included on an EP or album project, that song must have been first released in the 2020 calendar year. No 2019 songs will be eligible for this tournament (remixes and/or live versions WILL be eligible however, if they were released in the relevant time frame).
2) When you have your songs, please send them to me (@ azrieldrake / Az Paynter) in a PM, not in this thread. Ensure you do this by the 27th July 2021, 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 (you are ranking the songs, not the individuals submitting them. This should go without saying.)
Now for some general rules that bear repeating from 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 (@ azrieldrake / Az Paynter) 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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aerodynamite
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alexcuse
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anorable
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@antigonerising
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avatar
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yuh yuh
BB🌕
bboat11
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Beno
bigfan101
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boysilver400
Private Dancer
taylor
castleoblivion26
cedric
charmander78
CF15
@chartf**ker72
Cody Wants Out...
maine
HeyHeyHey
g8erboi
tim
LBTrocks
Willow Rinadoobee Breakfast
crazyb
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DJDaveMick69
dm2081
dremolus - solarpunk
eidde
Crimsonio
JOJO SIWA DERANGEMENT SYNDROME
fearlessarrow
Exclusive
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gabe
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Gonza'90
GP
GrinningLikeADevil
hydraflare
Sambalada
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born
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Fire
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peacebone
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Ky
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