Anybody can join at any time. Just because you missed a round does not mean you can never join. The more the merrier.
The rules are simple:
Each week or so mod (IPD) will submit a theme (examples: songs with no lyrics, songs under 80bpm, etc) You will need to:
::: Submit one song (including the artist) to me via PM to me that fits into the theme ::: You may never:
::: Submit a song by an artist that has already been used in this game. At any point. Ever. (Artists cannot be reused. Songs can if covered by a different artist):::
Once I collect the entries after a few days (no strict time on that but probably like a week or less I dunno we’ll see how the game goes) I will post a poll in ABC order with all the songs that were submitted that week. I won’t say who submitted them.
At that point, vote for a song that is not the one you submitted. It can be for any reason. It can be your favorite. It can be because it elicited nostalgia. Maybe you are happy you were introduced to it, I dunno you do you. Your vote will count as long as you have ever submitted a song in this game at any point, any season, or have posted in the thread at some point before the poll is released
Scoring:
After a few days I will award points to posters who get the most votes for their songs. The number of songs (n) will determine the number of winners I give points to equal to n/4 rounded up. The amount of points will equal 2x+1 to first place (where x = number of winners), and then 2 fewer points to each subsequent winner. So for instance with 9 participants I will give the winner 7 points, 2nd place 5 points, and 3rd place 3 points. Ties will split the points evenly. You cannot earn any points if you got 0 votes.
Exceptions/Special Rules:
If two participants submit a song by the same artist in the week I will allow it, as long as it’s not the same song. If it’s the same song then I will reject the 2nd submittal.
You can submit the same song from previous rounds if it’s a cover with a different artist.
If a song has multiple artists, the “main” artist will count at the mod’s discretion.
If you have multiple accounts please only use one alt to play.
There’s no ultimate winner, but I will keep a tally of cumulative points. Submitting youtube videos of the song is appreciated. Discussion of music and the songs submitted is also encouraged!
Round 1 - Submit a song that makes you happy - Poll in post #15
Round 2 - Submit a song where the lyrics do not match the beat - Poll in post #47
Round 3 - Submit a song without a 4/4 time signature - Poll in post #75
Round 4 - Submit a song with at least 6 consectuive "Na"s - Poll in post #131
Round 5 - Submit a pump up song - Poll in post #157
Round 6 - Submit a song by a British artist - Poll in post #183
Artists no longer allowed to be picked (weekly winners will have a link to the song here, otherwise you can find the songs used throughout the thread in the polls):
Artists brought back into the season 2 pool from season 1:
Billy Joel
The Corrs
Daughtry
Eminem
Guns N Roses
Johnny Cash
Michael Jackson
Nirvana
Snow Tha Product
Sublime
Weird Al Yankovic
Interesting - I searched a few lists and a number of common ones came up but I gotta say one list I found of “Happy Upbeat Songs” had a few umm interesting choices.
I mean Lightning Crashes by Live, Luca by Suzanne Vega and Semi-charmed Life by Third Eye Blind are all good songs but I’d hardly consider the themes of a mother dying in child birth, a song about child abuse and a song about meth addition to be “happy upbeat songs” but OK.