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Defago · 2013-06-29T01:51:28-04:00

I already got the 96 nominations intended, so I'll start the next phase of the preparations. Since most people won't have heard most of the albums nominated, I intend to leave a period of at least a month since now until the first round. The idea would be for people to listen to most of the albums during this period, so as to be able of making the rounds themselves in a quicker way. 1) Brackets BRACKETS CAN BE SEEN HERE The rounds will progress from top to bottom as seen in the link above. I still don't know how many rounds to open at a time and how long to leave them open, but the order itself is already defined. Top to bottom, left to right. 32 albums were seeded to start on round 2, not everyone got one of their albums seeded but nobody got both of his/her albums seeded at the same time. Also, each user has one album in the upper half and one in the lower half, so he/she doesn't compete with him/herself until the final (if both his/her albums should win all of their matches). 2) Links DOCUMENT CAN BE SEEN AND EDITED HERE As most albums are rather unknown, links will probably be a chore to find. Especially when there are 96 of them. To make things easier for everyone, I've created a document everyone can edit to compile all the links we have. You can link a bandcamp, dropbox, torrent site, anything really. Everything should be legal but who gives a fuck really. I think most people would rather be able to download the albums instead of streaming them, so a download is preferable. You can always upload your files to a dropbox if you can't find a link. If all else fails you can just put a youtube link there, but only as the last resort, please. Remember, the easier your album is to find, the more people will listen to it! 3) Dates I have winter vacations starting in about a month, so I'll start the tournament itself then, when I'll have some more free time. That's the week starting July 22nd. You guys should really try to get most of your listening done by then, so we can have a round every two days or so and hurry things up so interest doesn't die off. Finally, thanks to everyone for participating. I hope this leads to many great new discoveries and music talk about bands which aren't Radiohead. Hope you all have fun!

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meccalecca wrote:

it's a bit disappointing how little discussion there has been about the albums after everyone was so into this tournament idea. I think the majority of the album picks have been great.

Defago started this thread to aid discussions about the albums we've discovered, it needs a bit more love however.

I've been having extreme problems getting my hands on the albums in the tourney, even the ones with links, due to internet issues. 🙁
Hopefully it'll be sorted soon so I can get more involved.
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Patman360 wrote:

ah. i must've missed that. hopefully more people participate
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I love this tournament, I'm just behind on my listening. I'm lazy. I'll try to catch up and start voting again though.

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Getting the albums has been difficult.

I know Defago said listen to before but I know I have waited til the matchup is posted before I listen. This makes it hard and some users did not post links.

Still loving it though!

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Yah I'm making it slower for now, 4 rounds per week. As soon as we finish the first round it'll go faster cuz we'll all have listened to most albums. Pretty good finds so far, thanks to everyone for participating!

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I don't know if other people share the same sentiment but I think there is a lack of participation because we have 96!! rather obscure albums nominated; some are even a few hours long. Such a huge number of nominations might work for other tournaments like the best debut album one, where people have already listened to most albums, but here I feel it's too much to ask.
I was really motivated to get through the whole list right after it was announced and I only managed to listen to more or less half of it. Not to mention that sometimes a single listen is not enough to form an opinion on a particular album.
I would love if we could hold this tournament every year for example, because ultimately, it's an excellent way to discover some unknown gems, but there really should have been some limitations. (like only 1 album per user maybe?)

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Is this still happening?

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