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Poll Question: Which Symphonic Prog band is your favorite?
Poll Choice Votes Poll Statistics
11 [5.73%]
25 [13.02%]
137 [71.35%]
19 [9.90%]
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Originally posted by Takeshi Kovacs Takeshi Kovacs wrote:

Genesis for me.

I love these kind of things.

One thing I might have done, if I had the patience, would be to build a round by round 'seeding' into the draw. For example, the top two most popular groups in terms of votes would be placed at opposite ends of the draw, so there would be less chance of two 'super' groups meeting one another in the earler stages.

That would be tough in this instance though as you've gone down the 'genre' route.


That's usually what I tried to do in my past tournaments.

Maybe someday I'll do another one again and improve heavily on it.


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Originally posted by Drew Drew wrote:

Flower Kings- although they will get trounced
I wonder how they would be viewed had they some out at the birth of prog.
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Voted for TFK, one of my favorite bands, but I know they'll be crushed by Genesis in this poll.
At least it's great to see that they got more votes than two renowed bands such as Renaissance and Änglagård. Big smile
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I go with the majority and make it 70%.
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Genesis invented a genre. nuff.
Trendsetter win!

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Originally posted by ten years after ten years after wrote:

I can't help thinking the seedings have given Pink Floyd a free run through to the final.
 
Hawkwind will trash Pink Floyd:  And if for some reason (Which will obviously involve dodgy dealings indeed)PF overcome the mighty Hawks Angry then TD or KS will put an end to there hopes of any silverware in this years cup! Clap
 
BTW  Genesis (With apologies to the others who I don't know well).
 
 
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Ahh, the luck of the draw.  My two favorite bands in the first bracket, I'll vote for "The Flower Kings" this time as I'll be able to vote for Genesis in the second round.
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Points: 5400 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 03 2010 at 07:13
It's not fair you have put 3 of my favorites bands in round 1!Ouch
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The obvious choice, Genesis.
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Genesis for me.

I love these kind of things.

One thing I might have done, if I had the patience, would be to build a round by round 'seeding' into the draw. For example, the top two most popular groups in terms of votes would be placed at opposite ends of the draw, so there would be less chance of two 'super' groups meeting one another in the earler stages.

That would be tough in this instance though as you've gone down the 'genre' route.
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Good idea, great effort. It's a pity so many great bands are missing.
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Genesis all the way...
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The amount of effort you put in your poll-system is amazing! I wish there will be some nice results that aren't to logical!
I voted Genesis, but I don't own a lot Renaissance.
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Änglagård's Hybris is my favourite album from this bunch, but Genesis has lots of quality albums, so it would be approppriate to vote for them. At this point it doesn't make much of a difference what I vote, but Änglagård it is out of respect and sympathy.
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Fantastic diagram!Congrats,it's gonna be fun!

by the way,Genesis...
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I see ELP vs Camel coming up
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Yeah you coulda saved a lot of time and energy and just has a KC vs. Floyd vs. Genesis vs. Yes poll......
 
But wheres the fun in that? Wink
 
Seriously though, cool idea, nice bracket, should be fun. I'll beat a dead horse and give Genesis another vote.
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Yeah, back when I voted they only had like 6 votes, so voting in favor of Annie and Renaissance wasn't so absurd of a plan.
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Points: 65760 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 03 2010 at 00:06
Originally posted by SaltyJon SaltyJon wrote:

Originally posted by A Person A Person wrote:

There isn't much point in voting, but yeah, Genesis.


There would be a point if everyone voted for bands other than Genesis. Wink

If it was more even, but Genesis nearly has a 30 point lead. I expected it to happen, if they were more even I would be tempted to vote for different band just to kick Genesis out of the running for once. LOL
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Points: 28772 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 03 2010 at 00:03
Originally posted by A Person A Person wrote:

There isn't much point in voting, but yeah, Genesis.


There would be a point if everyone voted for bands other than Genesis. Wink
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