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Post by MaRtIn on Jul 2, 2018 9:30:26 GMT 1
SUPPORT BANNERS
YOU CAN FIND YOUR SUPPORT BANNER BY CLICKING THE URL BELOW: imgur.com/a/DKVbyM4
Let me know if there's any mistakes so that I can try to fix that ASAP. Enjoy!
IDEALLY, THE RUNNING ORDER SHOULD BE POSTED TOMORROW. WE'LL LET YOU KNOW WHEN IT'S POSTED.
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Post by Mark K. on Jul 2, 2018 11:18:44 GMT 1
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Post by Josh's Tattoo (Inactive) on Jul 2, 2018 12:26:14 GMT 1
Banners look really cool Probably the best that i've seen since joining so far Good job!
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Post by Gilberto on Jul 2, 2018 18:21:21 GMT 1
I really don't want to start a drama, and that's not my intention at all.
But I can't deny how frustrating it is to read that I'm out just because I didn't post my entry. During all yesterday's night I had no way to access the internet, thus I had no way to post my entry. I usually post it during the last hour when the voting poll of my NS closes, but due to circumstances which were out of my control I just couldn't get in the forums when the deadline passed.
I'd understand you leave participants out when they don't post their entry at all, not even mentioning what it'd be. But in my case, I organized a whole NS, I even made a reminder 12 hours before the deadline, the voting poll clearly closed before the deadline, therefore you could know what my entry was.
I went out of my way to spend at least a couple hours getting the songs for my NS, trying to select which ones would participate, and again at least another hour to get the selection itself ready. So if I'm left out this edition, all that time would feel completely wasted which I find the most frustrating considering how limited my ''free time'' is at the moment.
So I question, what even is the purpose of posting an entry once it's already known what the winner of my selection was? I don't find not posting it a valid reason to take someone out of the competition at all. Then what'd have been the whole purpose of spending hours organizing a NS? or what about the time some participants took to vote in it?
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Post by Lᴇꜰ on Jul 2, 2018 18:27:15 GMT 1
I really don't want to start a drama, and that's not my intention at all. But I can't deny how frustrating it is to read that I'm out just because I didn't post my entry. During all yesterday's night I had no way to access the internet, thus I had no way to post my entry. I usually post it during the last hour when the voting poll of my NS closes, but due to circumstances which were out of my control I just couldn't get in the forums when the deadline passed. I'd understand you leave participants out when they don't post their entry at all, not even mentioning what it'd be. But in my case, I organized a whole NS, I even made a reminder 12 hours before the deadline, the voting poll clearly closed before the deadline, therefore you could know what my entry was. I went out of my way to spend at least a couple hours getting the songs for my NS, trying to select which ones would participate, and again at least another hour to get the selection itself ready. So if I'm left out this edition, all that time would feel completely wasted which I find the most frustrating considering how limited my ''free time'' is at the moment. So I question, what even is the purpose of posting an entry once it's already known what the winner of my selection was? I don't find not posting it a valid reason to take someone out of the competition at all. Then what'd have been the whole purpose of spending hours organizing a NS? or what about the time some participants took to vote in it? Exactly my thought. I'm very disappointed since I organized my very first NNMC NS and I was left out because of a misconception...
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Post by Jakub on Jul 2, 2018 18:56:08 GMT 1
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Post by MaRtIn on Jul 2, 2018 19:21:27 GMT 1
So I question, what even is the purpose of posting an entry once it's already known what the winner of my selection was? I don't find not posting it a valid reason to take someone out of the competition at all. Then what'd have been the whole purpose of spending hours organizing a NS? or what about the time some participants took to vote in it? I've mentioned in every reminder that posting your entry is a must. It's established at this point that just because you're one of the first 60 to confirm doesn't mean you're automatically in the contest. You're still at risk of losing a spot unless you post your entry. How you select it is up to you of course. The users on Standby should still have a fair chance at joining, so posting your entry is a way to "seal the deal." If I let you and Lef join and made the first 60 users guarantee their place, the Standby List has no shot at all. Frankly, they submitted something before the deadline. You snooze, you lose. The purpose of selection is to, well, select. Other countries also did the same method and they made it in fine. No excuses. And as for not having enough time... It pains me to say it, but if you have limited "free time" these days, maybe it's for the better that you shouldn't join this edition since you may not be able to give votes either, since that's also an expectation I have for every participant.
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Post by Gilberto on Jul 2, 2018 19:59:17 GMT 1
So I question, what even is the purpose of posting an entry once it's already known what the winner of my selection was? I don't find not posting it a valid reason to take someone out of the competition at all. Then what'd have been the whole purpose of spending hours organizing a NS? or what about the time some participants took to vote in it? I've mentioned in every reminder that posting your entry is a must. It's established at this point that just because you're one of the first 60 to confirm doesn't mean you're automatically in the contest. You're still at risk of losing a spot unless you post your entry. How you select it is up to you of course. The users on Standby should still have a fair chance at joining, so posting your entry is a way to "seal the deal." If I let you and Lef join and made the first 60 users guarantee their place, the Standby List has no shot at all. Frankly, they submitted something before the deadline. You snooze, you lose. The purpose of selection is to, well, select. Other countries also did the same method and they made it in fine. No excuses. And as for not having enough time... It pains me to say it, but if you have limited "free time" these days, maybe it's for the better that you shouldn't join this edition since you may not be able to give votes either, since that's also an expectation I have for every participant. First of all, it surprises me, and I have no idea where it came from, that you're assuming I'm not going to vote if I participate. If I confirm participation anywhere, not only in this contest, it's because I'm going to vote, period. I've been in this forum for 3 years, I have never failed to vote anywhere except for the time in March, where I specifically told every contest host about this, it's 1 time against other 3 years where I have been very active in the forums. So the last two lines of your message are pointless. You had mentioned it, yes, but you're still giving the spots of those who took the time to organize a whole national selection to contribute to your contest to those who didn't submit an entry early enough.Last edition I was on standby list and I completely admit it was my fault for being late. 2 got to participate because others didn't post an entry. It's alright then. But after that, for ''special circumstances'' you accepted 3 more countries from the standby list, making the participant number rise to 63. And I was still left out. I didn't have problem with it because I understood I was the one who was late. But now, how do you think I feel that I organized a National Selection and that I'm left out for just not posting the one that was obviously going to be my entry after last edition FIVE countries from standby list were accepted just because you decided to be generous. And I quote: ''...as you may know, several users had to miss out this edition for unfortunate reasons. With so much tension which had happened in the past few days that left me stressed out, I needed to relieve that stress by doing some generous acts. What acts? Well, there's three of them!'' Lef and I also would have to miss out for ''unfortunte reasons'' then. In that case, what happened to the ''no excuses'' part? If this rule was as strict as you say, why were 3 extra countries accepted last edition? How can we know when you'll make an exception to your own rules and be ''generous''? So next edition instead of adding more content to this contest I'll just wait until exactly 60 players confirm and be the first one on standby list, then my chances to get to participate would be way higher somehow. My point is, you're being very strict out of nowhere to those that heavily support your contest, after last edition you allowed 3 extra countries from participants who were late. And now, you're accepting participants who also were late to confirm replacing those who took the time to host a NS.
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Post by Lᴇꜰ on Jul 2, 2018 20:11:06 GMT 1
So I question, what even is the purpose of posting an entry once it's already known what the winner of my selection was? I don't find not posting it a valid reason to take someone out of the competition at all. Then what'd have been the whole purpose of spending hours organizing a NS? or what about the time some participants took to vote in it? I've mentioned in every reminder that posting your entry is a must. It's established at this point that just because you're one of the first 60 to confirm doesn't mean you're automatically in the contest. You're still at risk of losing a spot unless you post your entry. How you select it is up to you of course. The users on Standby should still have a fair chance at joining, so posting your entry is a way to "seal the deal." If I let you and Lef join and made the first 60 users guarantee their place, the Standby List has no shot at all. Frankly, they submitted something before the deadline. You snooze, you lose. The purpose of selection is to, well, select. Other countries also did the same method and they made it in fine. No excuses. And as for not having enough time... It pains me to say it, but if you have limited "free time" these days, maybe it's for the better that you shouldn't join this edition since you may not be able to give votes either, since that's also an expectation I have for every participant. I personally find it quite disrespectful to just cancel a NS like that in which we have put effort to organise. No one said to allow people to participate after the deadline has passed but in our case, I think the fact that we hosted a NS, shows that we care enough for the contest and we don't deserve to be disqualified for such a petty reason. Besides, I wouldn't even complain if I missed the deadline without a NS, but now this situation just makes me angry.
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Post by MaRtIn on Jul 3, 2018 10:19:22 GMT 1
THE SEMIFINALS
Lᴇꜰ , Bas , Gilberto , I have a surprise for you.
(Bas , since you were next down the Standby List, you made it. You're only in this edition so that every semi has the same number of countries.)
It's Christmas in July. The semifinals are here earlier. You can find the running order in each video. NOTE: Each semifinal now has its own playlist, so listen away!
SEMIFINAL 1 FRANCE must also vote in this semifinal.
ALTERNATE LINK: dai.ly/x6ngsn2 PLAYLIST: www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL2y1c6-rrmujW42Wu-UeBYyeY5xt31ti5
SEMIFINAL 2 JAPAN must also vote in this semifinal.
ALTERNATE LINK: dai.ly/x6ngsn1 PLAYLIST: www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL2y1c6-rrmui6HERjbMflCBon25lrjRsr
SEMIFINAL 3 UNITED KINGDOM must also vote (via FB) in this semifinal.
ALTERNATE LINK: dai.ly/x6ngsn3 PLAYLIST: www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL2y1c6-rrmuiu_z_sVkHiyxMrjOqH2-FN
DEADLINE: July 11, 2018
Of course, submit your votes to Gregory (inactive).
You are allowed to vote in every semifinal, but you must absolutely vote in the semifinal you are in. If you don't, then you get a strike. If you give me a valid reason that you can't vote during the voting period (it's literally 9 days), you won't get a strike, but I will be very disappointed. My expectation for every single participant is to be able to vote, and it continues to be frustrating that we can never get that turnout more often.
Good luck to all 63 participants.
I'm not in the best mood right now, so let's get this over with.
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