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Post by Matilda on Jul 27, 2016 15:38:07 GMT 1
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Post by Deleted on Jul 27, 2016 15:56:05 GMT 1
So cool! Thanks a lot This goes to show how much it means to stay in a contest for a long period of time. You get 140 points for your deliberate flops!
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Post by Deleted on Jul 27, 2016 15:56:38 GMT 1
Maybe Belgian Canary can help it go up to 141
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Post by alexeh on Jul 27, 2016 16:05:26 GMT 1
316 points in total (That's Edition 1 (58) Edition 2 (49) Editions 3 & 4 (59 both times) Edition 5 (91)) I really need to decide on a country
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Post by Deleted on Jul 27, 2016 16:22:55 GMT 1
316 points in total (That's Edition 1 (58) Edition 2 (49) Editions 3 & 4 (59 both times) Edition 5 (91)) I really need to decide on a country So why don't we make an eternal user scoreboard?
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Post by π±π π£π€π°π° on Jul 27, 2016 18:05:56 GMT 1
Matilda - Poland had 36 points in May 2016
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Post by Matilda on Jul 27, 2016 18:17:19 GMT 1
316 points in total (That's Edition 1 (58) Edition 2 (49) Editions 3 & 4 (59 both times) Edition 5 (91)) I really need to decide on a country So why don't we make an eternal user scoreboard? I planned to make that too, and will include that in one of the next updates of the scoreboard. Matilda - Poland had 36 points in May 2016 I'll correct that soon.
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Post by MaRtIn on Jul 27, 2016 19:24:50 GMT 1
This was not worth 4 pages of unnecessary discussion.
EDIT: I don't post all the rules in the Rules thread because the other rules are just common sense. EDIT #2: What language is the bird singing anyway? 1) I know! The title of the video is: "Belgian Canary singing 2016", implying that the artist, Belgian Canary, is obviously singing a song that's titled "2016". 2) I know that... I have read all rules and have not seen any rule that makes this song unlegit. 3) Correct me if I'm wrong, but this song's inspirational lyrics are: And, um, The song is obvs in Birdish. May I please see a full discography of that one bird for proof of the title? "Belgian Canary" is a generic name for that bird's species, not an actual artist's name. It's NOT legit. I went to Google Translate. I didn't see "Birdish" listed among the languages.
There is no rule that stops this entry from being allowed. Jokes aside, I'm convinced that Birds have their own language which they understand, and we don't. The bird is obviously over 5 years old in bird years btw so she's supposed to be accepted tbh. EDIT: It is rather realistic for Belgium to send a troll bird singing in Gibberish, as Gibberish is a tradition for them. I expected human language (as does everyone else). Sending me a bird as your artist crosses the line. Your past two entries had human singers, so I let it through. I thought you had enough common sense for that.
I didn't make an elaborate set of rules for nothing. Take the HMSC rules for example: (As of July 27th, 2016)
1) All UN countries are allowed to participate.
2) You must stay with your country for at least two editions 2.1) You may withdraw whenever you'd like
3) Before you send an entry, you must make sure that your entry has not been used in more than 5 contests.
3.1) It must be longer than one and a half minutes.
3.2) It must not an ESC, Turkvision or NVSC entry.
3.3) It was released no more than 14 years ago.
4) Covers are allowed, as long as they are official and more known than the original version/the original version isn't well known.
5) The artist that you send must be born in your country, live in your country or have at least one parent from your country. 5.1) Otherwise, it will be considered borrowing.
6) If you sending a duo or group, at least 25% of it should be from your country.
7)The artist also should not be younger than 14, and you may not send a dead artist.
8) You may create a national selection for your country if you wish so. 8.1) It has to be done by making a thread in the national selections sub-category.
8.1.1) You also must inform us before making one.
9) There are no strict rules for borrowing, however if you want to borrow from another country, that country should be strongly related to yours. For example, Liechtenstein and Switzerland/Austria.
10) If the country that you're borrowing from participates in the contest, you must ask the HoD of that country for permission.
11) All borrowing must be discussed with us.
12) If your country has a big music industry, we wonβt allow you to borrow.
13) Your timeslot for the recap must be between 20-25 seconds. 13.1) If you donβt choose a timeslot, we will choose one thatβs 20 seconds long.
14) The singer you send must not be a Belgian canary.
15) You can receive a strike for failing to send entry before the deadline 15.1) You can receive a strike for failing to vote on time without informing us, by spamming or disrespecting the contest in any way.
16) In case you have recieved 1 strike you will be warned
16.1) 2 strikes will cause a forced withdrawal from next edition
16.2) 3 strikes will cause Country & HoD 2-edition ban
16.3) If you have recieved 4 strikes or more you will be banned for life from the contest.
NOTE RULE NUMBER 14 (?!?!!!??!)Irrelevant. Those are your rules for your contest. I'll still participate in HMSC though.
if you're not being serious, then your entry shouldn't be treated seriously and Martin has the full right to not accept it. Full right? THIS IS OBVIOUSLY A JOKE ENTRY. I wasn't serious at any point. But there should be some rule, at least, in contrast to this, implying that this entry is not legitimate. As far as I'm concerned, the rules were created to avoid that need to be disqualified, or bad behaviors. No rule says I cannot send this entry. If Martin would create just ONE rule to unallow this, I would let go. My last two entries alone broke a few rules, while this entry did not. For the sake of common sense, only humans are allowed to participate.
The point is he was being nice two editions with you but at some point it's just enough and you faced that point just now with this entry... IS THIS CONTEST DISCRIMINATING AGAINST BIRDS If you put it that way, yeah. This contest was just going to be like any other contest, you know... with actual human musical artists. You're welcome to create an animal song contest.
Is a men's football championship discriminating against women? Is a swimming championship discriminating against people who can't swim? Is JESC discriminating against old people? you get my point
Is this contest discriminating against old songs? nope. But this contest is called NOW NEW music contest. Not " BirdAreNotAllowedInThis Music Contest" NNMC is catchy. BANAITMC isn't. Are you sure that the audio wasn't a past recording that was re-uploaded on YouTube? The upload date isn't necessarily reliable because it's not from an official channel.
I think that if the discussion about Belgian Canary would continue, Belgium should be disqualified from the NNMC#6. The organizer said that the entry hasn't been accepted. In this situation, you need to find a new song and don't argue about that old song wasn't qualified to the competition. I don't want to set new rules (because it isn't my contest), but in this situation better shut up and look for a new entry. I think a reason should be given. If there is an appropriate reason, or if the entry will be accepted, then there wouldn't be a problem and I'll send something else. I'm sorry for all this spam caused but come on. It's a Belgian fucking canary. It should rly take part tbh. I have some backup entries in case this is proven to be a bad entry. It's not just a bad entry, it's also a rejected entry. As I mentioned above, I'll only accept human musical artists, which is expected by everyone. Please do send something someone else.
So cool! Thanks a lot This goes to show how much it means to stay in a contest for a long period of time. You get 140 points for your deliberate flops! The only reason you got that much points is because you've participated in every edition. I appreciate your dedication to this contest, but with the bird, this is looking like abuse.
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Post by MaRtIn on Jul 27, 2016 19:27:48 GMT 1
Philippines on top! Something to be proud of for once.
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Post by Francisco on Jul 27, 2016 19:28:26 GMT 1
Oh My God IΒ΄m scared of you MaRtIn
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