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    Posted: February 16 2012 at 17:35
Hey guys.

Over on DreamTheaterForums, there is a very popular tournament known as a Survivor. What happens is we take one band, and go through all of their albums one by one. Each round, each person will vote for their least favourite track. The song with the most votes at the end of the time limit (typically 1-2 days) is eliminated, and the next round is posted. 

The last song remaining off each album progresses to the finals. While the 2nd and 3rd place (sometimes just 2nd) songs go to the consellation, where the top 2 will make it to the finals. The finals work the same way as an album, with voting the least favourite song and such. The finals decide the final ranking. The last song remaining is the winner.

A survivor for just one band may take several months, and B-Sides/Non-album tracks usually are all compiled into one series. If their are too many, often multiple songs will be eliminated in a round to compensate for this.

So I was thinking of introducing this thing to PA. I plan on beginning with Porcupine Tree. However, if you guys aren't interested, I'll let the idea rest. So whaddya say, guys? Smile

(P.S. Mods move from the poll section if you wish, but I feel I'll get the best results here)
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I think to reduce the time to get through all of a band's outcome, if we include B-Sides and such, you should create around 3 polls at a time. Every round could be 36-48 hours?
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Points: 4395 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: February 16 2012 at 17:53
Originally posted by Horizons Horizons wrote:

I think to reduce the time to get through all of a band's outcome, if we include B-Sides and such, you should create around 3 polls at a time. Every round could be 36-48 hours?

Like I said, in the B-Sides survivor often multiple songs will be eliminated at once. So basically the same.
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I'd like to see the Senmuth Survivor tournament happen. LOL
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Originally posted by DisgruntledPorcupine DisgruntledPorcupine wrote:

Originally posted by Horizons Horizons wrote:

I think to reduce the time to get through all of a band's outcome, if we include B-Sides and such, you should create around 3 polls at a time. Every round could be 36-48 hours?

Like I said, in the B-Sides survivor often multiple songs will be eliminated at once. So basically the same.

I think there should be multiple polls on studio albums as well. I worded that strangely, i know. 
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Sounds like an extended version of the Weakest Link games over at the Steve Hoffman Music Forums. Why not? You'll soon find out if people here don't care for it, but it seems like many will.





P.S. I apparently haven't got enough posts to even vote in a poll... Unhappy



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You need about 40 posts. 
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That may take me a while...
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...unless I cheat. Like this. Wink

(I won't. I promise.)
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Originally posted by Capt Fongsby Capt Fongsby wrote:

...unless I cheat. Like this. Wink

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Originally posted by Horizons Horizons wrote:

Originally posted by DisgruntledPorcupine DisgruntledPorcupine wrote:

Originally posted by Horizons Horizons wrote:

I think to reduce the time to get through all of a band's outcome, if we include B-Sides and such, you should create around 3 polls at a time. Every round could be 36-48 hours?

Like I said, in the B-Sides survivor often multiple songs will be eliminated at once. So basically the same.

I think there should be multiple polls on studio albums as well. I worded that strangely, i know. 

Ehh. I find it more fun 1-by-1. Most do. LOL But for albums with many tracks, such as On the Sunday of Life, I will probably go multiple tracks at once.

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Originally posted by Capt Fongsby Capt Fongsby wrote:

That may take me a while...

Nahh. Just partake in every conversation you have even the slightest interest in. LOL
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I don't mind. Might get quite exciting? Ok, maybe not.
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If you poll it, they will vote.Wink
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I say, just do it and see what happens. It might just as well be fun.
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I'm down for this. Maybe do 2 albums at a time, just to speed it up a little, and not have too many polls going on at once, and possibly confuse people.
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Yeah, doing two at once sounds good.
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Points: 15026 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: February 16 2012 at 23:22
Originally posted by SaltyJon SaltyJon wrote:

I'd like to see the Senmuth Survivor tournament happen. LOL
He has released 6 albums and announced 3 since this January. A poll shouldn't take more than 10 minutes Wink
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