Best Year for Music Tournament

Josef K · 01-25-2015, 07:05 PM

I'm shamelessly taking this idea from another forum I'm on (which many of you are on also?), because it's a fun thing that we can do. Mods please move if this should be in the subforum that has "games" in the title - I figured that, like all the survivor threads, it belonged in the music forums because it deals with music.

Anyway, the game is pretty simple. Each person claims a year - by doing so, you gain access to all the releases from that year (if there's a question about what year something came out, we'll default to what RYM says). We have a tournament of head-to-head year-vs-year matchups (if the mods don't want me clogging the forum with poll threads we can do it through an external poll site and I can post links in one core thread), but the thing that actually makes it about the person whose year it is and not just the year itself is that for each match, you have to pick a team of four albums/EPs and four singles (I'd consider counting EPs with singles if people want that, but if nobody cares I'll keep it as is). For the first few rounds, there can be no overlap between these teams - i.e. if you have 1965 and you pick Otis Blue for your match against the guy who has 1997, you can't pick it again for your next match against the guy who has 1988. In later rounds, you'll get bigger teams and you'll be allowed to reuse some releases; in the final, you'll be able to pick whatever releases you want and your teams will be (tentatively) 10 albums and 10 singles.

I would go into more detail about how the bracket will be structured and the specific rules for each round, but that will depend on how much interest there is, so I'm just going to open the thread to claims and questions. Pick any year from 1956 through 2014 - you can go earlier if you feel really strongly about it, but I'd rather you not; similarly, you can pick 2015, I guess, but there's no way the bench is going to be deep enough to carry you through the whole tournament. If not enough people are interested, I'll let you each have two years instead of one, so when you claim, put down a second choice for year as well. Year assignments are going to be entirely first-come-first-serve, with the caveat that a later poster's first choice takes precedence over an earlier poster's second choice if I do allow two years per person.

I hope you people think this is a good idea!

Years Claimed (to be edited as years are claimed)
1966 - DriveYourCarDownToTheSea
1967 - Pet_Sounds
1971 - Neapolitan
1973 - Rexx Shredd
1977 - YorkeDaddy
1979 - Janszoon
1981 - Frownland
1993 - Goofle
1994 - Mondo Bungle
1997 - Josef K
2002 - Norg
2006 - Charlemagne
2007 - JennyOndioline
2010 - James
2012 - Ki
2013 - Machine

Machine · 01-25-2015, 07:15 PM

This is a great idea, but I'm going to have to have a while to think about what year I want.

Edit: Imma go for a newer year 2013

Pet_Sounds · 01-25-2015, 08:18 PM

1967. Awesome idea.

Mondo Bungle · 01-25-2015, 08:29 PM

I would if I had any idea what you just said

edit: 1994 plz

**Janszoon** · 01-25-2015, 09:02 PM

I'll take 1979 please.

YorkeDaddy · 01-25-2015, 09:07 PM

I think I'd go with 1977

Josef K · 01-25-2015, 09:11 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mondo Bungle

I would if I had any idea what you just said

edit: 1994 plz

Sorry, it wasn't the clearest post. It's all the parentheses. Glad you figured it out.

I'll add everyone to the list when I'm on my computer again.

**Frownland** · 01-25-2015, 09:34 PM

I'll take 1981.

Neapolitan · 01-26-2015, 12:30 AM

I have no idea what you are doing or how you are going about it but I pick 1970 or 1971. Tough call.
edit: I think I'll go with 1971

Ninetales · 01-26-2015, 01:10 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Josef K

I'm shamelessly taking this idea from another forum I'm on (which many of you are on also?)

hmmmm..which one would that be

ill join this tho. not sure on the year yet ill get back to ya

01-25-2015, 07:05 PM	#1 (permalink)
Josef K A Jew on a motorbike! Join Date: Mar 2014 Location: Ann Arbor, MI Posts: 800	Best Year for Music Tournament I'm shamelessly taking this idea from another forum I'm on (which many of you are on also?), because it's a fun thing that we can do. Mods please move if this should be in the subforum that has "games" in the title - I figured that, like all the survivor threads, it belonged in the music forums because it deals with music. Anyway, the game is pretty simple. Each person claims a year - by doing so, you gain access to all the releases from that year (if there's a question about what year something came out, we'll default to what RYM says). We have a tournament of head-to-head year-vs-year matchups (if the mods don't want me clogging the forum with poll threads we can do it through an external poll site and I can post links in one core thread), but the thing that actually makes it about the person whose year it is and not just the year itself is that for each match, you have to pick a team of four albums/EPs and four singles (I'd consider counting EPs with singles if people want that, but if nobody cares I'll keep it as is). For the first few rounds, there can be no overlap between these teams - i.e. if you have 1965 and you pick Otis Blue for your match against the guy who has 1997, you can't pick it again for your next match against the guy who has 1988. In later rounds, you'll get bigger teams and you'll be allowed to reuse some releases; in the final, you'll be able to pick whatever releases you want and your teams will be (tentatively) 10 albums and 10 singles. I would go into more detail about how the bracket will be structured and the specific rules for each round, but that will depend on how much interest there is, so I'm just going to open the thread to claims and questions. Pick any year from 1956 through 2014 - you can go earlier if you feel really strongly about it, but I'd rather you not; similarly, you can pick 2015, I guess, but there's no way the bench is going to be deep enough to carry you through the whole tournament. If not enough people are interested, I'll let you each have two years instead of one, so when you claim, put down a second choice for year as well. Year assignments are going to be entirely first-come-first-serve, with the caveat that a later poster's first choice takes precedence over an earlier poster's second choice if I do allow two years per person. I hope you people think this is a good idea! Years Claimed (to be edited as years are claimed) 1966 - DriveYourCarDownToTheSea 1967 - Pet_Sounds 1971 - Neapolitan 1973 - Rexx Shredd 1977 - YorkeDaddy 1979 - Janszoon 1981 - Frownland 1993 - Goofle 1994 - Mondo Bungle 1997 - Josef K 2002 - Norg 2006 - Charlemagne 2007 - JennyOndioline 2010 - James 2012 - Ki 2013 - Machine Last edited by Josef K; 01-29-2015 at 05:45 AM.

01-25-2015, 07:15 PM	#2 (permalink)
Machine moon lake inc. Join Date: Oct 2014 Location: Detroit Posts: 2,125	This is a great idea, but I'm going to have to have a while to think about what year I want. Edit: Imma go for a newer year 2013 __________________ boost my ego listen to me stroke my delay pedal ever wanted to hear death grips songs... but they're acoustic? me neither. Last edited by Machine; 01-25-2015 at 09:10 PM.

01-25-2015, 08:18 PM	#3 (permalink)
Pet_Sounds Remember the underscore Join Date: Feb 2014 Location: The other side Posts: 2,488	1967. Awesome idea. __________________ Everybody's dying just to get the disease

01-25-2015, 09:02 PM	#5 (permalink)
Janszoon Mate, Spawn & Die Join Date: May 2007 Location: The Rapping Community Posts: 24,593	I'll take 1979 please. __________________ A Night in the Life of the Invisible Man Time & Place 25 Albums You Should Hear Before the Moon Crashes into the Earth and We All Die last.fm

01-25-2015, 09:34 PM	#8 (permalink)
Frownland SOPHIE FOREVER Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: East of the Southern North American West Posts: 35,541	I'll take 1981. __________________ Studies show that when a given norm is changed in the face of the unchanging, the remaining contradictions will parallel the truth. d e a f b o x Last edited by Frownland; 01-25-2015 at 10:00 PM.