liamcool
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I'm also really afraid we're getting too close to taking this far too seriously. The idea is just to have fun. Let's have fun. I like fun, do you?
Man screw you, fun sucks
I'm also really afraid we're getting too close to taking this far too seriously. The idea is just to have fun. Let's have fun. I like fun, do you?
Because we have an odd number of people right now and I'm honestly not sure how to structure this as originally planned. I'm not doing byes because there aren't going to be enough matches to justify them.
Can I ask why you say this? I don't understand the problem with just giving Phanan(because he won the last DI) a bye. It seems like a relatively simple thing that could allow us to go with polls.
Not sure we should go begging for someone to finish their list a week later. If you can't make the deadline, haven't sent any updates to anyone about your progress, and aren't responding to any messages, then you can fuck off as far as I'm concerned.
He hasn't done anything to earn that bye in the context of this tournament. Byes are used in accordance with regular season performance. This is a what-have-you-done-for-me-lately kind of tournament. In fact, even the seeding was going to be totally randomized, where I could have easily set it along prior performance. And again, there was only going to be a handful of matches per contestant. Giving one participant a match off would have made it, let's say, 25% easier for them to repeat, which I don't believe is fair. Agree to disagree, I suppose.
In case anyone was wondering, DI groups in a ranking system are set on a first-sent-first-serve basis. I think LMP and I will be the first two discussed.
That's a fair point. I just really want polls instead of rankings this time. In case you hadn't noticed.
Just brainstorming, but what if we just did it survivor-style? Like, first post two(or however many you decide on) lists a week for people to listen to and discuss, and then at the end, after all the lists of have been listened to and discussed, instead of rankings, just do a survivor. That would work regardless of whether it's an even or odd number of contestants. If it's 19 people, it's an 18 day survivor.
There are no fairness issues there that I can see, and it would be pretty simple to run for you. Obviously there's not really a need if Bonnie gets her list in, but if we're left with 19, it's an alternative.
Just an idea.
Have spoken with Bonnie via FB, she has been very busy with work, study and life, "fuck off" is a little strong, man. She hasn't been able to check back in. She's uploading her list to Grooveshark and will let me know tomorrow if it's going to get up.
What's the hurry? Why is it such a big deal if we have to wait a couple more days?
This is an interesting idea, but an extra month of polls after the main listening portion is going to wear people out.
In fact, while we're on the topic, would you guys prefer 2 or 3 lists per listening thread? If we do 3 per, it'll take 6 weeks. That seems like a lot, but it's actually about the same as always.
I think we should go with a FIFA style system where Travis creates the groups based on who bribes him.
I get the merits of this conversation, but that doesn't stop it from being overblown. It's a fucking mixtape exchange and friendly competition. Bonnie's done it before and knows what's up. Do a slow roll-out of the lists and put hers toward the end of the listening pack. Or put out a master list then add hers when it's ready.
We all just wanna listen to music, talk a little shit, and goof off. It's one of the few semi-annual events that gets the gang back together. Please don't take this as me bad-mouthing the back-end work in putting this altogether; there's gotta be some order to make it work. But come on now.
Let go of the polls already. It's done. It's not happening. There's no way there would be enough participation to warrant them, at this point, and you can ask anyone here: I'm the staunchest supporter of going back to polls. Let's just do three playlists at a time, spread out the jams, have fun, and submit rankings at the end. It's not like this is for cash. There's not even a cute little trophy that we send through the mail. It's good enough the way it's been, and we should just keep it status quo.
Let go of the polls already. It's done. It's not happening. There's no way there would be enough participation to warrant them, at this point, and you can ask anyone here: I'm the staunchest supporter of going back to polls. Let's just do three playlists at a time, spread out the jams, have fun, and submit rankings at the end. It's not like this is for cash. There's not even a cute little trophy that we send through the mail. It's good enough the way it's been, and we should just keep it status quo.
I don't think anyone's really arguing against you, except a person or two.
It's not like this is for cash. There's not even a cute little trophy that we send through the mail.