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Tournament: Choose The Album, Then a Song 7: THE END [WINNER INSIDE]
Member Since: 3/15/2013
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Looks like I was the judge wearing the unmatching clothes this round.
The closest any of us were to each other's rates were probably me and Element because the other two were on opposite sides of the spectrum on this one.
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Member Since: 3/15/2013
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Originally posted by igor
This round was more about the song for me tbh, last round was more about the essay and the lyrics.
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Thank you, which is what I was basing certain songs on. Your essay could lack just for the sole reason that it's hard to explain why a song makes you dance since it's subjective.
But, when it comes down to it, especially with Elements and Kavish's scores (which no offense to either of you) I just found them lacking fairness. And It was just lame reasonings for the scores that were given. Honestly.
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Member Since: 8/19/2013
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Too harsh. I would like to react and have a meltdown but let me not and stay classy.
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Member Since: 9/6/2012
Posts: 46,465
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Originally posted by Pedro
I tried to balance the essay with the song. I can talk about two different cases I still have in mind: while Capital's essay slayed, the song itself, didn't make me wanna move at all and even with contemporary dance in mind, I just couldn't imagine it. On the contrary, we have SailorMoon. The song slayed, eventhough I wasnt expecting Stronger, but the essay lacked substance.
You'll always have people who prefer the essay and others who prefer the song. The trick is to slay in both areas. I didn't save Starships this round because it'd be unfair to others but I did mention I liked his audacity.
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Originally posted by igor
This round was more about the song for me tbh, last round was more about the essay and the lyrics.
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The last time I weighed both song and essay the same amount was in Round 1 where it was a general round. I think this is the beauty of the judging panel. Each judge perceives the round differently which balances all things out. I saw the round as subjective because it was about the contestants, therefore I looked at it from their point of view (their essay). But yes, as Pedro said, the key to success is to slay in both so as to be on the safe side.
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Member Since: 8/19/2013
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No disrespect but a 1? IT'S INSULTING.
Thanks.
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Member Since: 9/6/2012
Posts: 46,465
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Originally posted by Inner Insanity
Looks like I was the judge wearing the unmatching clothes this round.
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Element and I would have been twins had I picked the outfit I originally had in mind. It had that exact fabric and somewhat similar design.
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Member Since: 6/3/2006
Posts: 51,724
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Originally posted by Capital B
See, this is where you lose me a bit. You know I admire you and respect you (and this game!) but I didn't choose the song because it would make other people want to dance, I chose it because it makes ME want to dance - which I thought was the point of the round and I think I explained pretty well.
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Believe me it broke my heart to vote you off. You know how I work I always give 50% to the essay and 50% to the song. While you had a REALLY strong number in the essay, you had a mediocre one in the song. What I am trying to say is that I did understand how it made you move but me, personally, I couldn't find any motivation to do so! I tried, believe me because you are one of the last persons I want to vote off. I had to keep it fair to myself and everyone else. I hope you're not mad at me . Nonetheless, I understand why you feel frustrated by my points.
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Member Since: 4/21/2011
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Originally posted by Pedro
Believe me it broke my heart to vote you off. You know how I work I always give 50% to the essay and 50% to the song. While you had a REALLY strong number in the essay, you had a mediocre one in the song. What I am trying to say is that I did understand how it made you move but me, personally, I couldn't find any motivation to do so! I tried, believe me because you are one of the last persons I want to vote off. I had to keep it fair to myself and everyone else. I hope you're not mad at me . Nonetheless, I understand why you feel frustrated by my points.
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Not mad at all! I never would take any off votes in a game like this personally. We're all entitled to our own opinions, and as I said, I honestly respect yours! I just disagree, that's all - but no hard feelings whatsoever.
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Member Since: 6/3/2006
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Originally posted by Yvess
No disrespect but a 1? IT'S INSULTING.
Thanks.
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Hun, it was a 0/10 before.
I still am laughing at Kavish's scores. But yeah, 1/10 in this game isn't allowed.
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Originally posted by Capital B
Not mad at all! I never would take any off votes in a game like this personally. We're all entitled to our own opinions, and as I said, I honestly respect yours! I just disagree, that's all - but no hard feelings whatsoever.
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I am happy to read that!
Guys, new round will be up really soon! Give me some minutes!
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Member Since: 9/6/2012
Posts: 46,465
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I think we can all agree upon the fact that we are having a clash of General approach versus Subjective approach - which explains the Essay versus Song issue. Let's all be glad that each judge considered at least one approach and based his views upon that - therefore all contestant had their share of fairness.
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Member Since: 1/1/2014
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Originally posted by Pedro
Hun, it was a 0/10 before.
I still am laughing at Kavish's scores. But yeah, 1/10 in this game isn't allowed.
I am happy to read that!
Guys, new round will be up really soon! Give me some minutes!
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Noooooooo
So is 1/10 the minimum score we can give?
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Member Since: 8/19/2013
Posts: 18,161
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Originally posted by Pedro
Hun, it was a 0/10 before.
I still am laughing at Kavish's scores. But yeah, 1/10 in this game isn't allowed.
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So should I still be thankful that he gave me a 1?
It's like I only submitted a Title of the track and typed satanic rituals on my essay.
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Member Since: 9/6/2012
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Originally posted by Element
Noooooooo
So is 1/10 the minimum score we can give?
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I think he meant '0/10 is not allowed'. Yes, 1.0 is the minimum score.
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Originally posted by Yvess
So should I still be thankful that he gave me a 1?
It's like I only submitted a Title of the track and typed satanic rituals on my essay.
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I still don't think you had the worst entry this round, and I already explained my score. You've been good in my overall ranking so far and I'm sure you'll rise again.
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Member Since: 7/15/2005
Posts: 27,703
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Originally posted by Inner Insanity
Looks like I was the judge wearing the unmatching clothes this round.
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You came like a virgin and I came ready to get down on the floor and dance all night I see Element came with the same purpose with this see-through dress
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Member Since: 7/15/2005
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Originally posted by Kavish
The last time I weighed both song and essay the same amount was in Round 1 where it was a general round. I think this is the beauty of the judging panel. Each judge perceives the round differently which balances all things out. I saw the round as subjective because it was about the contestants, therefore I looked at it from their point of view (their essay). But yes, as Pedro said, the key to success is to slay in both so as to be on the safe side.
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Originally posted by Kavish
I think we can all agree upon the fact that we are having a clash of General approach versus Subjective approach - which explains the Essay versus Song issue. Let's all be glad that each judge considered at least one approach and based his views upon that - therefore all contestant had their share of fairness.
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I agree, everyone is entitled of their own opinion, it will be hard to have all 4 judges thinking the same about every round. And that's what makes the game interesting, unpredictable and exciting.
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Member Since: 6/3/2006
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Choose The Album, Then a Song 7: The Final Results
Welcome to the seventh season of ATRL original game
Choose The Album, Then a Song
Season 7 is officially on track!
Not a hour has passed since two contestants left us and made us reduced to 15 but a new round is knocking on the door. Subjective is still the motto and you better slay that essay. You'll understand why in a few seconds.
As you know the participation cards will only be available once I get the last comments from the judges so let's get to round 4!
I know not everyone is familiar with this tournament so, for the newbies, here it goes a little explanation!
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Choose The Album, Then A Song is a wide game. As the title says, all you have to do is pick an album and make sure you know it quite well because, round after round, you're going to pick a song from your album that best fits into the challenge... That's right, each week you're going to have a themed-round and you'll have to, not only, pick a song from your album but you're going to have to talk about it. You should pay attention to the writting part, especially if your album isn't that known.
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T H E R U L E S
For six seasons this game had its ups and downs and to make sure the 'downs' part won't happen again, I had to create a set of rules. So if you're signing up, this means you agree to:
1. DURING THE VOTING PERIOD, YOU'LL HAVE TO CAST YOUR VOTE (OTHERWISE YOU'RE PENALIZED);
2. YOU CAN NOT ASK FANS/FRIENDS TO SAVE YOUR ALBUM;
3. YOU MUST DELIVER YOUR ENTRY IN TIME, OTHERWISE YOU'RE ELIMINATED.[/SIZE]
4. YOU CAN NOT USE THE SAME SONG MORE THAN TWICE;
5. IF YOU USE A SONG IN A ROUND, YOU'LL ONLY BE ABLE TO USE IT AGAIN THREE ROUNDS AFTER.
T H E J U D G E S
1. igor
2. Inner Insanity
3. Element
4. Kavish
T H E C A S T
1. VDK - Little Mix - Salute
2. Penk - Kimbra - The Golden Echo
3. Dollas n Diamonds - Taylor Swift - 1989
4. Yvess - Avril Lavigne - Under My Skin
5. holyground - Lorde - Pure Heroine
6. SailorMoon - Britney Spears - Oops!... I Did It Again
7. Luigi - Janet Jackson - The Velvet Rope
8. Starships - Miley Cyrus - Hannah Montana 2: Meet Miley Cyrus
9. Prismatic - Katy Perry - PRISM
10. MusicLoverDude - Carly Rae Jepsen - Kiss
11. Bloomers - Baroness - Yellow & Green
12. e437 - Sia - 1000 Forms of Fear
13. theREALslimSHADY - Coldplay - X&Y
14. Capital B - Alanis Morissette - Jagged Little Pill
15. Pedro - Shakira - Shakira.
*Italic and Indigo means the entry in IN.
R O U N D
*Send the entries to ME (Pedro) via PM with the essay and the YOUTUBE link.
DEADLINE: December, 13th
COUNTDOWN
*Thanks to Element for creating the beautiful layout.
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Member Since: 8/19/2013
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Originally posted by Kavish
I still don't think you had the worst entry this round, and I already explained my score. You've been good in my overall ranking so far and I'm sure you'll rise again.
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K.
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Member Since: 7/15/2005
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I knew we aren't allowed to give 0/10, I wanted to give it to someone last season, but Pedro didn't let me
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Member Since: 6/3/2006
Posts: 51,724
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Originally posted by Element
Noooooooo
So is 1/10 the minimum score we can give?
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Yes. I think 0/10 is disrespectful to a person's performance and dedication.
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Member Since: 9/6/2012
Posts: 46,465
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I'm really proud of VDK. He started at the bottom, and now he is 3rd on the Leaderboard. He was actually in the bottom 2 of my ranks in Round 1 and made it to my Top 4 and Top 3 respectively in the last two rounds. Anything can happen in this game, and it's really impressive how he bounced back.
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