TacoVision IV
Apr 28, 2021 17:33:25 GMT -5
Witchcraft and Sorcery, The Soylent Green Party, and 6 more like this
Post by Hakketomat on Apr 28, 2021 17:33:25 GMT -5
1st Place: Wischland
2nd Place: Xoriet
3rd Place: Sulenia
2nd Place: Xoriet
3rd Place: Sulenia
Hello everyone!
After a long and harrowing wait, TacoVision is back for a fourth time!
The name itself is inspired by the real life event called Eurovision which is a contest in which participating nations send their own artists to compete in a song contest. In that contest, the songs have to be newly written and so, this contest departs from that format.
In this contest, I ask each willing participant to submit a song that they like (or think will win) that is already out and about. Thus the song does not have to be new or anything. Though I will allow for politically motivated songs (unlike in Eurovision), standard rules of conduct apply. So nothing offensive will be permitted. Occasional swearing in the song is permitted as long as it isn't the "focal point" of the song.
When the deadline for song submission ends, we will enter a period in which each participant (and non-participants) will listen to each song. Participating nations will vote on the songs they like best. Failure to send votes before deadline will result in disqualification.
Songs must be submitted as follows:
Your main nation's name:
Artist:
Song title:
YouTube link:
You will have till Tuesday, May 3rd, 11.59pm BST to submit a song. Only one song per nation and no changing after song has first been submitted. I will make a list of entrants and their submissions and will not make any changes to that list except for adding to it.
Voting
Following the first deadline, the listening and voting part takes place. Votes are sent to me in private. Either Discord Message or Forum Message. No other means will be permitted.
You are not allowed to vote for yourself!
You will allocate points to each song you like best using the following template if there are less than 24 entries:
12 points - Top Choice
10 points
8 points
7 points
6 points
5 points
4 points
3 points
2 points
1 point
1st reserve
2nd reserve
3rd reserve
4th reserve
5th reserve
!Use name of contestant instead of song!
Here is an example of a vote sheet:
12 points Tacodude
10 points Bacon
8 points Fajitadude
7 points VeganTaco
6 points Tortilladude
5 points Enchiladadude
4 points Piñatadude
3 points Guacamoledude
2 points Salsadude
1 point Nachodude
1st alternative Inspector Gadget
2nd alternative Colgate
3rd alternative Jarritos
4th alternative Tex-Mex
5th alternative Jalapeñodude
All names need to be unique and that includes the alternatives. If Bacon and VeganTaco are disqualified, those listed below move up to replace. The list would look as follows:
12 points Tacodude
10 points Fajitadude
8 points Tortilladude
7 points Enchiladadude
6 points Piñatadude
5 points Guacamoledude
4 points Salsadude
3 points Nachodude
2 points Inspector Gadget
1 point Colgate
1st alternative Jarritos
2nd alternative Tex-Mex
3rd alternative Jalapeñodude
The five reserves give me room to work in case contestants are disqualified. Fajitadude gains 10 points instead of 8 as originally intended. This was due to Bacon being disqualified. Same with Tortilladude who gains 8 instead of 6 because VeganTaco was disqualified. And so the contestants below also moved up to first available point allocation. This left the two bottom points (2 points and 1 point) empty but they were filled by the first and second reserves.
So the alternatives are contestants whose songs you thought were nearly good enough for points.
At the end of the listening and voting period, the points will be counted and the contestant with most points will be declared winner. This will again be presented on Discord first through VC the first weekend after the deadline for vote submission.
The deadline for vote submission will be Friday, 14th May at 11.59pm BSTT
There will be a listening session on Discord somewhere during the weekend of Friday 7th, May - Sunday, 8th.
A new addition to this edition!
If there are 24 or more entries, the whole event will be divided up into a semi-final and a final. In the semi-final rounds, there will be two groups consisting of roughly 50% of the entries.
Entrants will be divided into the semi-final groups using a randomiser.
The listening session will be for the final event and will take place after the results of the semi-finals are made public.
The voting deadline for the semi-finals is on Monday, 10th May at 11.59pm BST
The vote template for the semi-finals and the final will be announced after song submission deadline has passed and when precise amount of entries is determined.
The listening session for the finals will be in the weekend of Friday 14th May - Sunday 16th May and voting deadline for finals will be on Friday 21st May at 23.59pm BST
1st place will receive 75,000 Tacos
2nd place will receive 50,000 Tacos
3rd place will receive 25,000 Tacos
I hope to see a lot of contestants! At least enough so that the point allocation list can be filled up in full!
A recap on deadlines
All times are in British Summer Time (otherwise known as UTC+1)
Song submission: Monday 3rd May at 11.59pm
If less than 24 entries
Voting submission: Friday 14th May at 11.59pm
If 24 or more entries
Voting submission (semi-finals): Monday 10th May at 11.59pm
Voting submission (finals): Friday 21st May at 11.59pm
The final event during which the votes and winner will be presented will take place in the same weekend of final vote submission.
Submitted Entries
1. Hakketomat - One of These Days - Pink Floyd
2. Sorya - Funky Galileo - Sure Sure
3. Sulenia - Get Lucky - Daft Punk
4. Flying Eagles - Cannon in D Minor - Two Steps From Hell
5. Dokansia - Give you up - Rudimental
6. Valentian Elysium - What Lies At The End - Takeru Kanazaki et al.
7. Free Las Pinas - Choke - I DONT KNOW HOW BUT THEY FOUND ME
8. xoriet - Shed Some Light - Shinedown (ft Lizzy Hale)
9. Eastern New England - Poem to a Horse - Shakira
10. Witchcraft and Sorcery - Heavy Is The Head - Zac Brown and Chris Cornell
11. Kanta Hame - Down - Clay ft. One Last Autograph
12. Louisistan - Ghost of Marley - Majestica
13. Shy Guy - Skipper Klements Morgensang - Søren Sidevind
14. Wischland - Crash - Neovaii
15. HN67 - Glitter and Gold - Barns Courtney
16. Control - Mukaagafero - Nihiloxica
17. hussier1 - In the End - Linkin Park
18. Sauron - Undercover Lover - Kids in Glass Houses
19. Cataryn - This Must Be The Place - Kishi Bashi
20. Malandrin - Tu me Dejaste de Querer - Tangana/Niño de Elche/La Húngara
21. Almonaster - Jambone - Snarky Puppy
22. Refuge Isle - On Our Way Home - Empire Of The Sun
23. The Soylent Green Party - That Bastard Son - The Dead South
Previous winners
1st Place: HN67, Ananke, Wischland
2nd Place: Wille-Harlia, Free Las Pinas, Dokansia
3rd Place: Wischland, Control, Xoriet