Retro WWWSC #130 [Special Edition]
Aug 22, 2022 13:02:12 GMT 1
Shovkovskyi/Peter, Kenajabam, and 4 more like this
Post by Laurinda on Aug 22, 2022 13:02:12 GMT 1
Welcome to the 130th Special Edition of Retro WWW Song Contest in Italy!
The theme of 130th edition and 13th Special Edition is
THE ALPHABET
1. Everyone will get a letter with which the title of the song must begin. We will be using the English alphabet as it's the language the contest has been using.
2. If your language has a letter that is similar to what you've gotten you can use that too.
Examples:
C > Č
O > Ö
L > Ł
English letters can only turn into the letters that don't exist in English. Y doesn't turn into J or I.
If something is unclear, especially when it comes to Cyrillic and Greek, please discuss it with the manager.
3. A few letters will have to repeat if we get more players than there are letters.
4. The letters with which the least amount of words in English begin are X, Z, Y, and Q.
Some languages and alphabets might have an advantage here and are not as hard as English, yet on the other hand, other alphabets don't even have most of these (although every single participating country has songs with English titles).
These letters will be "auctioned" before the letter allocation is made. Each player is allowed to request one of these letters in their confirmation post. In the end, they will be randomly given to four different players. The players which applied and didn't receive one of these four letters, they will get a letter randomly allocated with the rest of the players. The letters that won't get auctioned will be exempted from usage.
5. If you receive a letter you can't find a song for (because your music industry is small, or because the particular letter you got rarely gets used,...) you may request another one.
6. You may also trade your letter. If someone wants to trade, they make a post saying which letter they have, and interested can reply with their letter. If they both agree, the trade is made. If multiple people want to trade with the same person, this person decides who they want to trade with.
6.1 The trade can be made in personal messages, but only with the inclusion of the manager.
6.2 Don't ask to trade for letters you want. Just offer yours and if someone wants it they will offer theirs. You can accept or not.
If someone is offering a letter you want, ask them to trade with your letter. They may accept or not.
6.3 Players who won the auction are not allowed to trade.
6.4 You can only trade one time.
6.5 After you've traded, you can't request a letter switch from the manager and vice versa.
6.6 Only trade if you have time to keep track and if you're online regularly. Players might not want to wait until the last day to submit an entry because you don't confirm nor deny a trade.
6.7 The trading is open during the submissions. Make sure you have enough time to find and send an adequate entry.
6.8 All the trades will be posted. The manager will make sure everyone will know about the letters available for trade, regardless if they are on the forums, discord or somewhere else.
7. The rest of the rules apply as always.
Player limit is lifted during the Special Editions as well as you can send the same artist(s) you've used in #129.
Confirmation example:
Italy confirms participation in the Special Edition.
I apply for the letter Z auction.
Submissions do not count! You must confirm first, later you will recieve the missing piece to be able to take part in this edition.
Confirmations might close earlier, if everyone who took part in #129 confirms.
Confirmations might close earlier, if everyone who took part in #129 confirms.
The confirmations deadline is on the 26th of August.
Table of events for the 130th edition (dates could change)
Date | Event | Note |
22nd August | Confirmations open | for 5 days |
26th August | Confirmations close | at 23:59 CET |
27th August | Submissions open | for 8 days |
3rd September | Submissions close | at 23:59 CET |
6th September | Voting opens | for 11 days |
11th September | First voting reminder | 6 days left |
14th September | Second voting reminder | 3 days left |
16th September | Last voting reminder & voting closes | at 23:59 CET |
18th September | Results show | at 20:00 CET |
19th September | Voting in the Awards #13 opens |
Countries confirmed: 28
Russia
Slovakia
Armenia
Cyprus
Slovenia
South Africa
Ukraine
Germany
Latvia
Turkey
Switzerland
Spain
Belgium
Taiwan
Indonesia
Finland
Austria
Netherlands
Azerbaijan
Italy
France
Guatemala
Bosnia & Herzegovina
Norway
Mexico
Malta
Malaysia
Canada
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