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Post by Dylan on Jun 2, 2014 23:35:37 GMT 1
The rules of the contest are pretty simple: - You can only take part with the country you come from or have respectable roots to. If roots, explain these roots.
- One account per person.
- You must vote in the semi final that you are in, and also the final, even if you don't qualify. If you don't vote in the semi final, you will be disqualified. If you're in the final, the same rule applies. However, for not voting in the final (if non-qualifier) you won't be able to take part in the edition after.
- Singers must be from the country they are representing. If you have a duo, at least one of them singing has to be from the country you want to send them from.
- For bands, 1 member is required to represent a country. Take for example the Saturdays. They are a
 British group, with one  Irish member. This means that The Saturdays could represent Ireland or United Kingdom. The first country which sends gets it. - Songs can be from any year, any length and in any language (unless for special edition)!
- Not all countries can take part in WVSC. You can see on the wiki explained, but countries which can't take part:
 Kosovo (did from #1 - #5, but with complaints was forced to withdraw),  Palestine.  Hong Kong and  Taiwan were allowed to compete after no complaints from a  Chinese player or host. - To prevent chaos, these countries will never take part:
 Somaliland,  Nagorno-Karabakh,  Transnistria,  Abkhazia, flagnorthcyprus Northern Cyprus,  South Ossetia. This is because they are not internationally recognized as countries. - The United Kingdom will not be broken up into
 England,  Northern Ireland,  Scotland,  Wales. That being said, the United Kingdom can send singers from all of those countries and in any language. - Ireland can take a singer from Northern Ireland with the permission of the British player. However this is a rare occasion.
- Overseas/crown dependencies territories cannot take part. Some of these include:
 Aland Islands,  Faroe Islands,  Gibraltar,  Greenland and  Isle of Man.
BorrowingBefore 2016, microstates could borrow anywhere from their bigger neighbours. However, it will be now limited to surrounding regions/counties. While it's unlikely that we will get any of the microstates, it's not impossible. |
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Post by fabbi on Jun 3, 2014 19:56:01 GMT 1
 Liechtenstein could borrow from  me?  |
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Post by Dylan on Jun 3, 2014 20:01:04 GMT 1
 Liechtenstein could borrow from  me? Or  in the future  But it's only if we ever get Liechtenstein. We don't allow from  Germany. But if we ever do get a Liechtensteinese player, if you send the song first that he wanted to borrow from Switzerland, you get it.  Bigger countries get first dibs. |
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Post by fabbi on Jun 3, 2014 21:26:21 GMT 1
Liechtenstein could borrow from me? Or  in the future But it's only if we ever get Liechtenstein. We don't allow from  Germany. But if we ever do get a Liechtensteinese player, if you send the song first that he wanted to borrow from Switzerland, you get it. Bigger countries get first dibs. I don't mind it at the moment. |
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Post by Tom on Jun 4, 2014 20:06:56 GMT 1
I think it would be better if  Luxembourg would borrow from Germany instead of  Belgium. I've travelled once to Luxembourg and there are much more German influences then Belgian ones. But that's of course your own decision to decide.  And about  Cyprus borrowing from  Greece... I think Cyprus should have enough native artists to be represented. But that's as well your own decision. |
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Post by Dylan on Jun 4, 2014 21:18:30 GMT 1
I think it would be better if  Luxembourg would borrow from Germany instead of  Belgium. I've travelled once to Luxembourg and there are much more German influences then Belgian ones. But that's of course your own decision to decide. And about  Cyprus borrowing from  Greece... I think Cyprus should have enough native artists to be represented. But that's as well your own decision. About Luxembourg I am not so sure. It is a confusing situation. I know that the language Luxembourgish has German influences But we'll see if we ever get a Luxembourger. Cyprus-Greece.. I can't stop it now because both of Cypriot acts were Greek (since #8) But the two acts are kind-of Greek-Cypriot, if you know what I mean. But I don't encourage borrowing. I'd like to see some native acts.. there are Luxembourgish singers and I'm pretty sure Liechtensteinese too. |
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Post by Tom on Jun 4, 2014 21:51:47 GMT 1
I think it would be better if Luxembourg would borrow from Germany instead of Belgium. I've travelled once to Luxembourg and there are much more German influences then Belgian ones. But that's of course your own decision to decide. And about Cyprus borrowing from Greece... I think Cyprus should have enough native artists to be represented. But that's as well your own decision. About Luxembourg I am not so sure. It is a confusing situation. I know that the language Luxembourgish has German influences But we'll see if we ever get a Luxembourger. Cyprus-Greece.. I can't stop it now because both of Cypriot acts were Greek (since #8) But the two acts are kind-of Greek-Cypriot, if you know what I mean. But I don't encourage borrowing. I'd like to see some native acts.. there are Luxembourgish singers and I'm pretty sure Liechtensteinese too. Although I've never seen a participant in online song contests from microstates like Liechtenstein, Luxembourg,  Monaco, etc. I don't expect one to join quick as well to be honest so yeah  |
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Post by chris on Jun 19, 2014 17:59:23 GMT 1
I have a few questions, first of all, why do the players have to be FROM the country they represent? I can totally understand the artist has to be but I don't really understand why the player themselves has to be, with YouTube etc available its not particularly difficult for a person from a totally different nation to find entries for a particular country. For example, I live in the UK but would have no problems finding Italian artists or even Arabian artists if I wanted. I guess I'm asking this question because I would like to know if this is to avoid cheaters sending songs from countries that aren't sung by an artist from the country they are representing? Not that I am questioning how you run the contest its just a little bit confusing coming from somebody who has actually played other contests using countries I don't come from (But every artist I enter DOES come from the country I had represented.) Also, not a question but I have actually seen micro-states playing in online contests but this was only when there wasn't a restriction to which country you could represent (So those players could have been from Italy/Germany etc, but since those were taken they used San Marino/Liechtenstein). With the rules as they are it would be unlikely that anyone from such small countries would join but to be honest it doesn't look like you are struggling for countries right now anyway. By the way, please do not take any of this as criticism, I am merely asking questions. I would like to consider joining your contest at some point but since there is highly unlikely going to be a shortage of players wanting to play as the UK (and they are the only country I'd be eligible to compete as) I doubt I'll be able to. Anyway, I shall enjoy the future contests from the sidelines. |
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Post by Dylan on Jun 19, 2014 22:22:33 GMT 1
I have a few questions, first of all, why do the players have to be FROM the country they represent? I can totally understand the artist has to be but I don't really understand why the player themselves has to be, with YouTube etc available its not particularly difficult for a person from a totally different nation to find entries for a particular country. For example, I live in the UK but would have no problems finding Italian artists or even Arabian artists if I wanted. I guess I'm asking this question because I would like to know if this is to avoid cheaters sending songs from countries that aren't sung by an artist from the country they are representing? Not that I am questioning how you run the contest its just a little bit confusing coming from somebody who has actually played other contests using countries I don't come from (But every artist I enter DOES come from the country I had represented.) Also, not a question but I have actually seen micro-states playing in online contests but this was only when there wasn't a restriction to which country you could represent (So those players could have been from Italy/Germany etc, but since those were taken they used San Marino/Liechtenstein). With the rules as they are it would be unlikely that anyone from such small countries would join but to be honest it doesn't look like you are struggling for countries right now anyway. By the way, please do not take any of this as criticism, I am merely asking questions. I would like to consider joining your contest at some point but since there is highly unlikely going to be a shortage of players wanting to play as the UK (and they are the only country I'd be eligible to compete as) I doubt I'll be able to. Anyway, I shall enjoy the future contests from the sidelines. Hi, I shall answer everything you asked. Why players must be from their own/roots country, is because it makes the contest special. And, when it was created, it was going for a similar concept to ANOTHER song contest, WWWSongContest, because the admin that created it, was taking part there, and enjoyed that concept. Allowing random users to take countries was not an option, as it doesn't make it interesting and ruins the concept, that I will not allow anytime soon. This contest was meant to be for players who were from/has roots to a certain country. (BTW; I love song contests like where you can choose randomly, but this concept I love much more) The only microstates that took part were  Cape Verde, but the player was DSQ for not voting in time,  San Marino, where the player was from there, and Monaco, where the player had roots to the country. And, there was proof that for example the Sanmarinese player was not an  Italian. I don't expect anyone to debut from these small countries, but I'm not having a huge problem  I didn't take it as criticism, but I just think that I should explain this way. The UK is a popular country yes, but by the looks of it, our new player wouldn't want to leave soon. It's great that you find interest, and sorry that the country is taken. |
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Post by Matt on Jun 19, 2014 22:26:28 GMT 1
I have a few questions, first of all, why do the players have to be FROM the country they represent? I can totally understand the artist has to be but I don't really understand why the player themselves has to be, with YouTube etc available its not particularly difficult for a person from a totally different nation to find entries for a particular country. For example, I live in the UK but would have no problems finding Italian artists or even Arabian artists if I wanted. I guess I'm asking this question because I would like to know if this is to avoid cheaters sending songs from countries that aren't sung by an artist from the country they are representing? Not that I am questioning how you run the contest its just a little bit confusing coming from somebody who has actually played other contests using countries I don't come from (But every artist I enter DOES come from the country I had represented.) Also, not a question but I have actually seen micro-states playing in online contests but this was only when there wasn't a restriction to which country you could represent (So those players could have been from Italy/Germany etc, but since those were taken they used San Marino/Liechtenstein). With the rules as they are it would be unlikely that anyone from such small countries would join but to be honest it doesn't look like you are struggling for countries right now anyway. By the way, please do not take any of this as criticism, I am merely asking questions. I would like to consider joining your contest at some point but since there is highly unlikely going to be a shortage of players wanting to play as the UK (and they are the only country I'd be eligible to compete as) I doubt I'll be able to. Anyway, I shall enjoy the future contests from the sidelines. Hi, I shall answer everything you asked. Why players must be from their own/roots country, is because it makes the contest special. And, when it was created, it was going for a similar concept to ANOTHER song contest, WWWSongContest, because the admin that created it, was taking part there, and enjoyed that concept. Allowing random users to take countries was not an option, as it doesn't make it interesting and ruins the concept, that I will not allow anytime soon. This contest was meant to be for players who were from/has roots to a certain country. (BTW; I love song contests like where you can choose randomly, but this concept I love much more) The only microstates that took part were Cape Verde, but the player was DSQ for not voting in time, San Marino, where the player was from there, and Monaco, where the player had roots to the country. And, there was proof that for example the Sanmarinese player was not an Italian. I don't expect anyone to debut from these small countries, but I'm not having a huge problem I didn't take it as criticism, but I just think that I should explain this way. The UK is a popular country yes, but by the looks of it, our new player wouldn't want to leave soon. It's great that you find interest, and sorry that the country is taken. MUAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA |
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