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Posted: June 14 2015 at 06:37
The Bearded Bard wrote:
micky wrote:
hisss..
NOOOOOO!!!!!
f**king Camel...
nice predictions btw. Giving Ommadawn some serious love I see.
Thanks. Not necessarily my favorite that one, but I think it'll go far. We'll see how it goes.
yeah... we could have gone a step further than we did and gone with 2nd or 3rd best from some of the 2nd tier bands to level the field even more but as I noted above. Really.. it isn't like I could remove ALL the hugely popular albums Doing the big heavies as I call them did enough to keep the emphasis on the two main points I wanted to stress..a) have fun damnit and b) giving great but lesser acclaimed albums some light and perhaps expose to those that haven't heard them.
As I noted in the collab zone, I really had zero interest to spend the months these contests will take, of my time, just to end up with yet another CTTE v. Foxtrot v. Red v. TAAB series of polls at the end. Yawn.
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Posted: June 14 2015 at 06:49
Raff wrote:
Unfortunately some people seem to be unable to have fun, or to express their point of view without being derogatory in some way. If someone is not interested in playing this game, I don't think anyone will force them to do so. Ignore it, and let others have their fun.
Some people "have fun" pouring gasoline on vagrants and then setting them ablaze; your definition of "fun" is not universal.
But yes, I will ignore the poll.
...a vigorous circular motion hitherto unknown to the people of this area, but destined to take the place of the mud shark in your mythology...
Unfortunately some people seem to be unable to have fun, or to express their point of view without being derogatory in some way. If someone is not interested in playing this game, I don't think anyone will force them to do so. Ignore it, and let others have their fun.
Some people "have fun" pouring gasoline on vagrants and then setting them ablaze; your definition of "fun" is not universal.
But yes, I will ignore the poll.
I am unable to have fun, it has plagued me my entire life. It was suggested maybe a nice music competition would do the trick but alas it was not to be.
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Posted: June 14 2015 at 08:47
The Dark Elf wrote:
Raff wrote:
Unfortunately some people seem to be unable to have fun, or to express their point of view without being derogatory in some way. If someone is not interested in playing this game, I don't think anyone will force them to do so. Ignore it, and let others have their fun.
Some people "have fun" pouring gasoline on vagrants and then setting them ablaze;
Was wondering what I should do for fun after these polls. Thanks for the suggestion.
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Posted: June 14 2015 at 17:02
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BREAKING NEWS!! - We take you straight to the Piazza di Prog and Stu Nahan who is sitting around the pool with the Big Mick. Stu.. Stu.. are you there?
Stu: Yes I am here and with Mick who has an announcement regarding the ongoing contests!
Mick: Yeah, just in case people missed it, though it would be hard to miss. We did get a great suggestion from one of the Fipa executive board members during a liquid lunch session and we decided to immediately implement it. A fundemental flaw in the way the brackets were set up would have made 2nd round matches, in many cases, merely repeats of 1st round matches. The need to change it was immediately recognized and approved by the executive committee. However we were unsure whether it was best to implement the changes to contests ongoing on to start them next weekend when the modern brackets get started. However a comment made in one of the threads about choosing between the two leading vote getters sort of made it clear that in many cases 2nd matches would merely be repeats of 1st round encounters so we decided to implement a different system seeding the brackets for the 2nd round. Simply the winner of odd round matches face the 2nd place finishers of the adjoining polls (winner poll #1 v. 2nd place poll #2 and 2nd place poll #1 v. winner poll 2). We think it will make for more interesting and fun 2nd round matches.
Stu: sound good. So what do you think of the result so far.
Mick: well lets see. Doing some analysis here. The interesting aspect when looking at the results fsor far is looking at how many are potentially holding their votes given the intersting 1st round poll structure where early voting can be punished. Most band polls had around 50 to 70 votes. So how many votes may still be out there. Let's see where our results are at this point.
poll #1 - 46 votes Eros - Dun -> 18 Aja - Steey Dan -> 16
poll #2 - 42 votes Si On Avait Besoin D'Une Cinquième Saison - Harmonium -> 17 votes Bitches Brew (1969) - Miles Davis -> 13 votes
poll #3 - 48 votes Ommadawn (1975) - Mike Oldfield -> 21 votes ...And Then There Were Three (1978) - Genesis -> 14 votes
Mick: well it should be no surprise but the Italians are doing well and look to have some potential favorable matchups in the 2nd. The funny thing was we noticed the real strength of the Italians was in the bottom of the bracket. Could be a great tournament for them. Likely only one of the nearly 15 albums will not make the 2nd round, and many well go further.
PS: anything else.
Mick: Oh yeah. Look at those vote totals. You can see where people are laying low. Disregarding the polls with Italians the ones with well known anglo groups are up there in vote totals. I think there are fair number hanging back in several. Should be a interesting final couple of days. Well Stu.. time to get going. Thanks to Progspin, M@X..
PS: who is M@X btw.
Micky: some Dream Theater fan.. 'nuff said.. anyhow.. thanks to everyone for making this a hit and helluva lot of fun. We've already drawn out some long time friends that hadn't been around the forums in some time, let's hope to get more of them back, if only for a few months.
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Posted: June 20 2015 at 07:00
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Good morning progfans. The first batch of polls in the PA's Battle of the Albums tournament are due to close in the next hour. A friendly reminder. In these first round contests the top 2 advance to the 2nd round. Ties for first place will be broken using a secret (until needed haha) formula, ties for 2nd place will be settled using a vote off. A quick draw contest at high noon on main street. A new poll will be started. First album to 5 votes wins...
We talked to the Big Mick earlier this morning and he said he'd drop by the studio and give his thoughts as the polls close and announce final results here on Progspin. Stay tuned!!!
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Posted: June 20 2015 at 07:22
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BREAKING
NEWS!! - We take you straight to the Piazza di Prog and Stu Nahan who is with the Big Mick. Stu.. Stu.. are you
there?
Stu: Yes Mort, I am here at the breakfast bar with Tournament Director Mad Micky. Good Mick, so what do you think about these first round polls?
Mick: WOW man. I just checked the latest returns. A lot of close ones. Here are the ones tied or within 1 vote
Aja and Eros are tied for first Elegant Gypsy and J.C. Superstart are within 1 vote for elimination (2nd Place) Arbeit Macht Frei and Illusions on a Double Dimple are tied for first Farewell to Kings leads The Rotters Club by one vote for first Ocean and Valentyne Suite are tied for 2nd Place (elimination) and wow! What a late surge.. Hosianna Mantra now leads Blow by Blow by one vote for 2nd place (elimination)
plus many more within 2 or 3 votes
Stu: so when do they close?
Mick: I'd say.. 25 minutes. Gives me some time to wolf down some eggs and bacon and have a cigarette.
Stu: great so we'll see you in a little bit
Mick: yep..
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Posted: June 20 2015 at 07:48
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BREAKING
NEWS!! - We take you straight to the Piazza di Prog and Stu Nahan who is with the Big Mick. Stu.. Stu.. are you
there?
Stu: Yes Mort, I'm here with Mick and we have now migrated from the breakfast bar to the bar. A little early Mick?
Mick: nah.. so it is nearly time to close these suckas. In fact now is the right time. 5.......4.......3...2...1... closed. All polls are now closed. And tabulating votes.
PS: while the votes are being tabulated we'll go to commerical and come back with the results of the top half of the brackets in the classic album tournament.
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Posted: June 20 2015 at 08:09
Poll #1 - Aja and Eros advance... the albums tied. The tiebeaker.. highest percentage of 4 and 5 star reviews. Aja nips Eros 78% to 76%
Poll #2 - Si On Avait Besoin D'Une Cinquième Saison and Bitches Brew advance
round 2 will have Aja v. Bitches Brew and Eros v. Si On Avait Besoin D'Une Cinquième Saison
poll #3 Ommadawn and ...And there there were Three advance poll #4 Leftoverture and Romanatic Warrior advance
round 2 will have Ommadawn v. Romantic Warrior and ...And Then There were Three v. Leftoverture
poll #5 Palepoli and A Salty Dog advance poll #6 Red Queen to Gryphon Three and Elegant Gypsy advance
round 2 will have Palepoli v. Elegant Gypsy and Red Queen to Gryphon Three v. A Salty Dog
poll #7 Pawn Hearts and Discipline advance poll #8 Mirage and Death Walks Behind You advance
round 2 will have Pawn Hearts v. Death Walks Behind You and Mirage v. Discipline.
poll #9 Arbeit Macht Frei and Illusions on a Double Dimple advance... the albums tied. Illusion takes the 1 seed 79% to 77%
poll #10 Birds of Fire and Waterloo Lily advance
round 2 will have Illusions on a Double Dimple v. Waterloo Lily and Birds of Fire v. Arbeit Macht Frei (whoa.. serious firepower there haha)
poll #11 Farewell to Kings and The Rotters Club advance poll #12 Hamburger Concerto and .... a TIE for 2nd place. Colosseum's Valentyne Suite and Eloy's Ocean will duel it out in a tiebreaker poll.
round 2 will have Farewelll to Kings v. winner of Valentyne Suite/Ocean and Hamburger Concerto v. The Rotters Club
poll #13 YS and Script for a Jester's Tear advance poll #14 Caravanseri and Autobahn advance
round 2 will have YS v. Autobahn (haha) and Caravanseri v. Script for a Jester's Tear
poll #15 Hot Rats and Phaedra advance poll #16 Peter Gabriel 3 and .. Hosianna Mantra advance
round 2 will have Hot Rats v. Hosianna Mantra and PG3 v. Phaedra
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