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Tournament: Choose the album, then a song [WINNER REVEALED]
Member Since: 8/26/2012
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Stronger
Speak Now
Funhouse
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Member Since: 6/3/2006
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Ok, our judges are a bit late. I'm gonna give the deadline until tomorrow, if not gonna go with the ones that are in
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This is taking a while. Emyro only needs to rate the texts the contestants wrote and I'm still waiting on sumthintoxic's rates, he is a bit busy, try to understand plase, meanwhile you can still cast your vote
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Member Since: 3/18/2008
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im sorry guys, im trying right now...give me a moment
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Member Since: 6/3/2006
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Yay! our judge is back!
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Member Since: 3/18/2008
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Quote:
Originally posted by Pedro
Yay! our judge is back!
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well im still stuck out of town, but I finished the rates...just sent
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Member Since: 6/3/2006
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Thanks! By the way, the public votes are going to be like this
The one you placed #1 is getting 300 Points; #2 150 Points; #3 50 Points
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Member Since: 6/3/2006
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The update starts RIGHT NOW.
No more votings.
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Member Since: 5/18/2012
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Member Since: 9/16/2011
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I guess I won't see the results till I get out of class tonight
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Choose the album, then a song [The Judges Rates]
Hello ATRL!
Welcome to the FINAL round of...
"Choose the album, then a song", the name says it all. You'll have to pick an album and stick with it during the entire game, until you get kicked out. Each round there will be a different challenge and in that challenge you'll ONLY be allowed to use ONE song of the album you picked.
All the players will choose a song from the album for each round and hope he doesn't get eliminated. After that the public (50%) and the judges (50%) will rate the entries.
THE JUDGES
1. Pedro
2. Regina George
3. [Ėmyro]
4. sumthintoxic82
We finally reached the final round and this will be very different from all the others.
The Final Battle
Rules for the final round
Here we are in the final round. In this round you'll have to prove you deserve to be here in order to win. The round is divided into five challenges:
1. Send ONE SINGLE from the album (Note that this single CAN'T BE the one used in the singles round). Here the judges and the public will rate based on the video and how the song is worth to be a single. This part one is worth 80 points.
2. It's a free choice, you can send any song you want, it just needs to be on the album. Don't forget to explain why did you use this song. This part is worth 20 points.
3. Never used song. You'll have to send in a song you never used before, in case you already did use all the songs, then send a song you used only once. Don't forget to explain why did you use this song. This third part worth 60 Points.
4. Send a remix of a song taken from the album, can be fanmade. This one is supposed to test how the song can still sound good with changes. This part is worth 40 points.
5. Create a text where you explain, exemplifying, why should your album win. This part is worth 100 points.
Total: 300 Points
THE JUDGES RATES
Quote:
Originally posted by Pedro
1. Mean (10/10)
I think this is a perfect choice for a single, not only because it’s my favorite from Taylor, because it is a very smart single choice, it’s catchy and can be controversial due to the Kanye incident. The sound is very Taylor-ish too, so I think it’s great! And I didn’t know she had won two Grammy with this, how cool!
2. Enchanted (10/10)
I remember the first time I heard this. Windows Media Player was in shuffle and it came out and I was like “wow this is so pretty”, and my opinion remains, it surely is one of Taylor’s best and it kind of goes away from the pure country she usually brings.
3. Last Kiss (8/10)
In fact the “sad ballad” didn’t come, but you could’ve eventually sent it in a lyric or even slower round. Nevertheless it’s great that you use your favorite song. I actually heard better songs from her, but I like the honesty of the song and what you said, that definitely helps. It’s a very sweet song.
4. Haunted (10/10)
This is also one of her best songs, it’s more of a slow version, less rockish, and since this acoustic version is more into her style, I think it works perfectly, you really did great and I’m glad you chose this, you were very smart.
5. Text (10/10)
You did an amazing job while exploring every part of the album and those two lines don’t slay careers but they are great, you really are a fan and really know this album, that’s what I needed. I really found you a consistent contestant during the game and I think you surely deserve to be here and you need to thank your Swift fellas, they did a lot for you.
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Originally posted by Regina George
1. The Single
Taylor Swift - Mean 3
2. Free Choice
Enchanted - 10
3. Never Used Song
Last Kiss 10
4. The Remix
Haunted 3
5. Why should I win?
Taylor 10
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Quote:
Originally posted by Ėmyro
Mean: 9
Enchanted: 10
Last Kiss: 8
Haunted (Remix): 10
Text: 10
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Quote:
Originally posted by sumthintoxic82
The Single: 8/10: It really fuels the album
Free Choice: 9/10: Was really a beautiful song, probably the best from this game from Taylor
Never Used Song: 5/10: Meh, didnt really care for the song
The Remix: 6/10: It was ok, original was better...
Why Shoud I Win: 8/10: Great explaination
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Quote:
Originally posted by Pedro
1. Stronger (10/10)
This really had to be it, it’s the signature song of the album and it became a huge hit. It’s very catchy and very Kelly which helps. It totally brought her to the game and I need to give you a perfect 10 because you really chose the best one to come with, I wouldn’t give a 10 to the song though.
2. Let Me Down (10/10)
What a flawless song, I still hope she releases it as a single, it has too much potential, it’s very Kelly and I love when she does this rockish songs, they fit her voice so well, this is my favorite from her, not only the album but from her career. I’m glad you decided to use this one here, it’s an advantage for you!
3. I Forgive You (9/10)
She couldn’t write it because of the title? She must be a mean bitch to forgive people, aha! I find this song very catchy, but I think the entire album is very catchy, I actually don’t know why you never used it, I think it would do better than some of your choices throughout the game. But I actually find it typical Kelly.
4. Dark Side (8/10)
I’m not a huge fan of remixes but you are all pulling it out, the beat fits her voice, whoever produced it, did a great job, eventhough the beat/instrumental could be a little slower, or less noisy in the chorus, but I like it!
5. Text (8/10)
I agree with some things you say and I definitely think there’s a song for everyone in this album eventhough I don’t find as different as you. I also think this is not her best album, I think My December owns most of the albums, actually. And yeah she had such an amazing career, the original idol! I think, as well, you were a nice contestant and always delivering in time and dedicated to the game, good job and good luck!
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Quote:
Originally posted by Regina George
1. The Single
Kelly Clarkson - Stronger 9
2. Free Choice
Let me Down 4
3. Never Used Song
I Forgive you 8
4. The Remix
Dark Side 7
5. Why should I win?
Kelly 9
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Quote:
Originally posted by Ėmyro
Stronger: 9
Let Me Down: 7
I Forgive You: 7
Dark Side (Remix): 9
Text: 9
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Quote:
Originally posted by sumthintoxic82
The Single: 7/10: Obvious choice, would have liked Dark Side or MKIA over this, Love the song, but was way too safe
Free Choice: 9/10: Classic Kelly and i LOVE it
Never Used Song: 7/10: The song has grown on me a lot, Kinda Basic, but i like its a bit different for Kelly...
The Remix: 8/10: Really good remix
Why Shoud I Win: 8/10: Another explaination, I agree it is her best album (Yes, even better than Breakaway or My December)
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Quote:
Originally posted by Pedro
1. Please Don’t Leave Me (8/10)
Eventhough this became a big hit, I think “So What” HAD to be your entry. Please Don’t Leave Me is very catchy and different from P!nk uses us to, but it hadn’t that much of an impact as “So What”, but it surely is great.
2. Sober (10/10)
Well this is a free choice so you could’ve picked anything, this is a choice, and it’s an amazing song, good job, eventhough it’s not my favorite.
3. Crystal Ball (10/10)
I get why you never used it, but it is such a worthy entry, not like you needed, you slayed most of the rounds, but this has somewhat that deserves to be in, you know? It’s a great track, as you said, very deep.
4. Sober (10/10)
You surely are not taking much risks, here, using Sober again, smart move. I actually, love this “fast” remixes on slower songs, I think it sounds completely fresh and cool, it’s making a ballad an uptempo, but I must say a lot of remixes fail to do it, this one made it, obviously! I actually like Bimbo Jones remixes).
5. Text (9/10)
I really like what you wrote and your honesty and yes I do think not being a fan gives you some advantage, we could see that, though, you slayed the competition for a big time. I like that you made me understand that this album is like a love story after all and that’s very pretty. As I said you were an amazing constant and I think you do deserve to be here.
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Quote:
Originally posted by Regina George
1. The Single
P!nk - Please don't leave me 10
2. Free Choice
Sober 7
3. Never Used Song
Crystal Ball 3
4. The Remix
Sober 4
5. Why should I win?
P!nk 7
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Quote:
Originally posted by Ėmyro
Please Don't Leave Me: 8
Sober: 10
Crystal Ball: 9
Sober (Remix): 9
Text: 6
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Quote:
Originally posted by sumthintoxic82
The Single: 8/10: The song is good, but the video is what really brings it to life
Free Choice: 10/10: Probably my favorite P!nk single every, great song and vocals and video
Never Used Song: 6/10: it was ok...not my cup of tea...
The Remix: 8/10: Cant really go bad with a Sober remix...
Why Shoud I Win: 9/10: I love your explaination the best
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Now that all the numbers are in, I'm going to convert the judges rates into points and then back to percentage, if you don't remeber how it's gonna work, read the rules again. After I have the percentages, I'll be ready to say who wins!
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Choose the album, then a song [And the Winner is...]
Hello ATRL!
Welcome to the FINAL round of...
"Choose the album, then a song", the name says it all. You'll have to pick an album and stick with it during the entire game, until you get kicked out. Each round there will be a different challenge and in that challenge you'll ONLY be allowed to use ONE song of the album you picked.
THE JUDGES
1. Pedro
2. Regina George
3. [Ėmyro]
4. sumthintoxic82
We finally reached the final round and we are ready to know who won!
The Final Battle
Rules for the final round
Here we are in the final round. In this round you'll have to prove you deserve to be here in order to win. The round is divided into five challenges:
1. Send ONE SINGLE from the album (Note that this single CAN'T BE the one used in the singles round). Here the judges and the public will rate based on the video and how the song is worth to be a single. This part one is worth 80 points.
2. It's a free choice, you can send any song you want, it just needs to be on the album. Don't forget to explain why did you use this song. This part is worth 20 points.
3. Never used song. You'll have to send in a song you never used before, in case you already did use all the songs, then send a song you used only once. Don't forget to explain why did you use this song. This third part worth 60 Points.
4. Send a remix of a song taken from the album, can be fanmade. This one is supposed to test how the song can still sound good with changes. This part is worth 40 points.
5. Create a text where you explain, exemplifying, why should your album win. This part is worth 100 points.
Total: 300 Points
HOW DID I COUNT VOTES
Counting the votes was not easy and finding a method to make it fair wasn't either. I had created a poll for other people to vote but it flopped, so I decided to not count with it and make 65% of the judges vote + 35% of the public votes and I also CHANGED points, first I said the text would be worth 80 points, and the single 100, I decided that the text would be more important so 100 points to it.
Public Votes:
I counted all the votes, there were 25 votes which would mean the highest amount of points someone could get would be 7500 Points, no one reached that obviously.
The first album placed by you would get 300 points, the second 150 and the third 50.
Let's imagine Britney was still in the game and she had got 5000 points overall (that would require a lot of #1s), this was the process used:
5000 (points made) x 35%(amount of the public) : 7500 (total) = 23,3% (out of 35%)
That's how I found out the public votes.
Judges Votes:
The judges had to rate all the entries from one to ten, after they did that, I added all the points for each category and found the result, example:
The Single, since it counted 80 points, this is what I did: 30 (example) x 80 (total points) : 40 (Maximum of the judges rates - 10+10+10+10) = 60.
After I did that with all the categories I'd add all the points, let's imagine the final number was 200, so I would do: 200 (example) x 65% (amount of the judges) : 300 (Total points, maximum of the judges) = 43,3%.
That's how I counted the judges rates/votes.
After that, it was easy:
JUDGES % + PUBLIC % = FINAL %.
I will add every real point to the final board, eventhough by that you will already know who won.
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Choose the album, then a song [The Winner]
Hello ATRL!
Welcome to the FINAL round of...
"Choose the album, then a song", the name says it all. You'll have to pick an album and stick with it during the entire game, until you get kicked out. Each round there will be a different challenge and in that challenge you'll ONLY be allowed to use ONE song of the album you picked.
THE JUDGES
1. Pedro
2. Regina George
3. [Ėmyro]
4. sumthintoxic82
We finally reached the final round and we are ready to know who won!
The Final Battle
Rules for the final round
Here we are in the final round. In this round you'll have to prove you deserve to be here in order to win. The round is divided into five challenges:
1. Send ONE SINGLE from the album (Note that this single CAN'T BE the one used in the singles round). Here the judges and the public will rate based on the video and how the song is worth to be a single. This part one is worth 80 points.
2. It's a free choice, you can send any song you want, it just needs to be on the album. Don't forget to explain why did you use this song. This part is worth 20 points.
3. Never used song. You'll have to send in a song you never used before, in case you already did use all the songs, then send a song you used only once. Don't forget to explain why did you use this song. This third part worth 60 Points.
4. Send a remix of a song taken from the album, can be fanmade. This one is supposed to test how the song can still sound good with changes. This part is worth 40 points.
5. Create a text where you explain, exemplifying, why should your album win. This part is worth 100 points.
Total: 300 Points
RESULTS
Here's the thing we all are waiting for, who did win this competition? Was it Taylor Swift? Was it P!nk? Or was it Kelly Clarkson?
A big thanks to all the contestants that decided to join the game, all the voters and of course our hard working judges!
Let's find it out:
Let's start off with our third place.
It's a woman... (ahahah) and surely did great on this competition. After all she grabbed 3 300 points from the public.
That means 15,4% in percentage, out of 35%, a little difference, but still something...
As for the judges, she did good, her worst total points was 28/40, the judges didn't really like the entry for "Never used Song"...
She got 237 points from the judges, overall, which means 51,35%...
WITH A TOTAL OF 3 949 POINTS...
66,75%...
OUR THIRD PLACE GOES TO...
He was a great contestant but this time grabbed last places with the judges and with the public...
Jqnetto was actually first before this final round came, but the public was more divided between castle and joe, sorry dude, you did a great job and you were first throughout the biggest part of the competition, this final was so deserved!
Let's move on to the winner, shall we? It's between two adorable girls, Kelly Clarkson and Taylor Swift.
Only one conquered your heart, but I must say, they were SO close...
As for the public one of them grabbed 4700 of the votes and the other 4500 of the votes, which means, if anyone had placed the second place #1 only once, she would had won... (at least by the public)
The winner of this competition grabbed 21,9% of the public votes and the second place got 21%, so close as you can see...
As for the judges, they were very tied too! One of them got 250 points and the other 248,5 points, even closer, to be honest...
Which means, the winner got 54,2% and the runner up 53,8%, this was fought until the last, but we reached the final decision.
THE WINNER OF THE FIRST SEASON OF "CHOOSE THE ALBUM, THEN A SONG" IS...
WITH 76,1% AGAINST 74,8%...
TAYLOR SWIFT AND CASTLE13, "SPEAK NOW"!!!
CONGRATULATIONS!
As for the second place we find the amazing and talented, Kelly Clarkson and joelovesmusic, who was CAME SO CLOSE!
THE FINAL CHART THE WINNER: castle13 - Taylor Swift - Speak Now (Deluxe Edition): 5 305 Points
2ND PLACE: Joelovesmusic - Kelly Clarkson - Stronger: 5 127,5 Points
3RD PLACE: jqnetto - P!nk - Funhouse: 3 949 Points
4th Place: Mitchie - Christina Aguilera - Back to Basics: 319 Points
5th Place: Porygon2z - Britney Spears - Circus (Deluxe Edition): 371 Points
6th Place: Luigi - Avril Lavigne - The Best Damn Thing: 333 Points
7th Place: SIMon1120 - Gwen Stefani - Love, Angel, Music, Baby: 303 Points
8th Place: Mickey - Lily Allen - It's Not Me, It's You: 271 Points
9th Place: iputrecordson - Katy Perry - Teenage Dream: The Complete Confection: 235 Points
10th Place: TheGeoKing - Madonna - Ray of Light: 187 Points
11. EdgeOfAddiction - Rihanna - Loud: 163 Points
12. Mr. Loco - Lady Gaga - The Fame Monster: 138 Points
13. MusicLoverDude - Miley Cyrus - Can't Be Tamed: 107 Points
14. Tylerbv - Carrie Underwood - Some Hearts: 81 Points
15. Strangergab - Hilary Duff - Dignity: 67 Points
16. Mr. Duff - Demi Lovato - Unbroken: 46 Points
17. Kool_Aid_King - Kanye West - My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy: 19 Points
18. fiercE - Jason Mraz - Waiting For My Rocket To Come: 7 Points
Once again, guys, thank you for joining the game, for making it possible, thanks to everyone who voted and thank you judges for taking some time out for the game! You're the best!
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Member Since: 6/5/2012
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I wanted Kelly but oh well
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Member Since: 10/28/2011
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Congrats to Castle.
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Member Since: 9/16/2011
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Very well played game, castle!!
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Member Since: 10/17/2011
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Congrats to Castle "Speak Now" A worthy winner with such a flawless album Jqnetto great job in the entire contest, you really gave a hell of a run Thanks Pedro for an awesome contest! I'm happy with my second place, I thought I was gonna be eliminated rounds ago lol
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Member Since: 5/1/2012
Posts: 10,570
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Congratulations to castle and joe, really slayed this last round.
Thanks for the game Pedro, it was really fun.
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Member Since: 8/5/2006
Posts: 63,266
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Speak Now is an awesome album, but Taylor is an overrated winner ......
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Member Since: 4/26/2007
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Congrats to the winner
I'm ready for the second edition
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