Bowie Album Survivor: Final Round

Pet_Sounds · 01-15-2016, 03:44 PM

I've heard every single album listed here at least three times, so I'm ready whenever you guys are.

Trollheart · 01-17-2016, 12:06 PM

OK Batty here I need your help. On your survivor threads it's always the full list, and usually select 4 to vote off. Now, if we don't do that for this one, and have say the first round of 4 albums, is it vote one off each time, or how do we do it? I'm not familiar with running/organising these, so your expertise will be appreciated.

The Batlord · 01-17-2016, 12:52 PM

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Originally Posted by Trollheart

OK Batty here I need your help. On your survivor threads it's always the full list, and usually select 4 to vote off. Now, if we don't do that for this one, and have say the first round of 4 albums, is it vote one off each time, or how do we do it? I'm not familiar with running/organising these, so your expertise will be appreciated.

I've actually stayed true to a PM that William sent me way back when my thread was first starting, as he was the originator of the survivor thread.

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1. Keep your vote count high to at least three in the beginning because it prevents you from having to many ties if you have a low voter turnout. (say 4 bands with two votes each)

I usually go 4 till 8, three to 6, 2 to four, and than down to 1 for the final three.

It also keeps it more interesting for the voter (it gets boring if your voting the same two bands off for ten rounds.)

Obviously with the smaller number of albums per battle this won't be that useful, but I'm just throwing it out there for reference. I'd say that with battles ranging from around 3-5 albums it would just make sense to vote off one album per round across the board. There should be enough people participating that having higher vote counts shouldn't be needed to counteract low turnout.

Trollheart · 01-17-2016, 01:59 PM

Thanks. Yeah, I thought one per round would probably be best, till we're left with just one in say the first round, then begin the second. And then the winner from each round faces off against the winners of the other rounds later, yeah, till one album comes out on top?

The Batlord · 01-17-2016, 02:14 PM

Pretty much.

Trollheart · 01-18-2016, 02:08 PM

Alright, let's get this thing going. Thanks to grindy for the great list, and Batty for his sage comments. Having been the ones to run the Metal Survivor thread and the Rock Album Survivor thread, which has not yet got underway yet, I'll defer to him and TLP if there are any issues as to how this is run.

So, the first round then:

Round 1:
David Bowie (1967)
David Bowie (Space Oddity) (1969)
The Man Who Sold the World (1970)
Hunky Dory (1971)

Vote 1 album off. Voting ends January 22

grindy · 01-18-2016, 02:31 PM

David Bowie (1967)

That was easy.

Could you add the full list to the OP?

GD · 01-18-2016, 03:41 PM

Yeah, the obvious choice here is David Bowie (1967).

Pet_Sounds · 01-18-2016, 04:07 PM

1967. Still a good album, but not up to the others' standards.

Stephen · 01-18-2016, 04:59 PM

Yep. David Bowie (1967) never did much for me.

01-15-2016, 03:44 PM	#51 (permalink)
Pet_Sounds Remember the underscore Join Date: Feb 2014 Location: The other side Posts: 2,488	I've heard every single album listed here at least three times, so I'm ready whenever you guys are. __________________ Everybody's dying just to get the disease

01-17-2016, 12:06 PM	#52 (permalink)
Trollheart Born to be mild Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: 404 Not Found Posts: 26,994	OK Batty here I need your help. On your survivor threads it's always the full list, and usually select 4 to vote off. Now, if we don't do that for this one, and have say the first round of 4 albums, is it vote one off each time, or how do we do it? I'm not familiar with running/organising these, so your expertise will be appreciated. __________________ Trollheart: Signature-free since April 2018

01-17-2016, 01:59 PM	#54 (permalink)
Trollheart Born to be mild Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: 404 Not Found Posts: 26,994	Thanks. Yeah, I thought one per round would probably be best, till we're left with just one in say the first round, then begin the second. And then the winner from each round faces off against the winners of the other rounds later, yeah, till one album comes out on top? __________________ Trollheart: Signature-free since April 2018

01-18-2016, 02:08 PM	#56 (permalink)
Trollheart Born to be mild Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: 404 Not Found Posts: 26,994	Alright, let's get this thing going. Thanks to grindy for the great list, and Batty for his sage comments. Having been the ones to run the Metal Survivor thread and the Rock Album Survivor thread, which has not yet got underway yet, I'll defer to him and TLP if there are any issues as to how this is run. So, the first round then: Round 1: David Bowie (1967) David Bowie (Space Oddity) (1969) The Man Who Sold the World (1970) Hunky Dory (1971) Vote 1 album off. Voting ends January 22 __________________ Trollheart: Signature-free since April 2018

01-18-2016, 02:31 PM	#57 (permalink)
grindy . Join Date: Oct 2014 Location: . Posts: 7,201	David Bowie (1967) That was easy. Could you add the full list to the OP? __________________ *A smell of petroleum prevails throughout.*

01-18-2016, 03:41 PM	#58 (permalink)
GD ???pp? ??snW Join Date: Nov 2013 Location: NO Posts: 686	Yeah, the obvious choice here is David Bowie (1967).

01-18-2016, 04:07 PM	#59 (permalink)
Pet_Sounds Remember the underscore Join Date: Feb 2014 Location: The other side Posts: 2,488	1967. Still a good album, but not up to the others' standards. __________________ Everybody's dying just to get the disease

01-18-2016, 04:59 PM	#60 (permalink)
Stephen I sleep in your hat Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Melbourne, Vic. Aus. Posts: 1,847	Yep. David Bowie (1967) never did much for me.