Hey, here is a new game that I stole from another forum :P

Welcome to the first edition of the Eblah Video song contest! (EVSC) :D



What is it? The EVSC is a game where we can all share videos with songs that we love, find thought provoking, anything we like! Participants vote for their favorites and at the end we crown a winner, who can choose the category of the next round.

How to play:
Simply select the video you want to enter, and PM it to me, "dara", with the Artist/song name and the url for the video. This time the topic is.. Anything!
When we have enough entries, the edition will begin, I'll post them all here, and people need to PM me their votes before the deadline is up.
The voting will be eurovision style, 12 points (best), 10, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1.
You can promote your entry once we begin if you like. Um, have fun.. :D

Rules:
-The video must contain music of some sort
-It must be from youtube
-You may not tell anyone your votes, nor collaborate with another person to win (unless a team event is specified)
-If you do not vote within the deadline, 25% of your total score will be deducted
-Do not reveal your entry before it is announced
-You may not enter a video that has been entered before (I will make a history thread if this goes well)
-Anyone not playing CAN vote, they will be counted as a jury vote :)

I'm in! :D :P

This is such a good idea, I made it sticky, so it's always visible. :)

I think Western Australia might be a bit iffy with the Eastern States voting for each other. LOL!

LOL :P
Ooh thanks paula :)
We have 2 entries so far,

S2matts2 (woot)
Dara(woot)

(woot) = info sent
(shrug) = joined but hasn't sent info

Question? Why must it be from YouTube?  I have one I'd like to enter, but YouTube don't have it any more.

Well because we can put them on here, but if it's in video format etc like youtube then I can just post a link so you can enter that if you like  ;)

Entries:

S2matts2(woot)
Dara(woot)
Paula? (shrug)

(woot)= info sent
(shrug)= joined but hasn't sent info

S2matts2(woot)
Dara(woot)
Paula?(shrug)
Candy(woot)

(woot)= info sent
(shrug)= joined but hasn't sent info

S2matts2(woot)
Dara(woot)
Paula?(shrug)
Candy(woot)
nannyfan7(woot)

(woot)= info sent
(shrug)= joined but hasn't sent info

This sounds like fun Dara! I hope more people enter!  :)

Love it! Well done Dara. Although I still don't think I get it - so do I just message you with my favorite song from Youtube, right?

Yeah, there is no set topic this time so any song you want to enter you can. Then message me it in a PM :)
When we have at least 10 people we can start, so I announce all the songs, you guys have a while to vote, etc etc.

S2matts2(woot)
Dara(woot)
Paula?(shrug)
Candy(woot)
nannyfan7(woot)
Glentheadmin(shrug)
shawty(woot)

(woot)= info sent
(shrug)= joined but hasn't sent info

3 more at least, tell your friends! :P

I'm in!!!

and me!

Yay :D

S2matts2(woot)
Dara(woot)
Paula(woot)
Candy(woot)
nannyfan7(woot)
Glentheadmin(shrug)
shawty(woot)

(woot)= info sent
(shrug)= joined but hasn't sent info

3 more at least, very exciting, hopefully we can start in the next couple of days ^^

can we have more than one entry?
If not then don't count the one I'm sending, I'll come up with another one.

Edit: Nevermind, if we only can do one then it will be this one I'm sending, so I guess I don't need to know, and now that I think of it, we should probably limit it to one video per contest, but that's just my opinion.

Lol :P
Yeah 1 per contest, unless we have like no entries ;)
I want to do a country theme one day =D


S2matts2(woot)
Dara(woot)
Paula(woot)
Candy(woot)
nannyfan7(woot)
Glentheadmin(shrug)
shawty(woot)
Meandean(woot)

(woot)= info sent
(shrug)= joined but hasn't sent info

I like the use of the smileys, btw.  I still smile when I click here.

Quoted from 80

I like the use of the smileys, btw.  I still smile when I click here.

(smitten)

S2matts2(woot)
Dara(woot)
Paula(woot)
Candy(woot)
nannyfan7(woot)
Glentheadmin(woot)
shawty(woot)
Meandean(woot)

(woot)= info sent
(shrug)= joined but hasn't sent info

hi dara
i hope you received my entry
can't wait to play the game^^

Yay yeah I have :D Thanks!

S2matts2(woot)
Dara(woot)
Paula(woot)
Candy(woot)
nannyfan7(woot)
Glentheadmin(woot)
shawty(woot)
Meandean(woot)
juugoolart(woot)

(woot)= info sent
(shrug)= joined but hasn't sent info

only need 1 more to start, hopefully we get more though. I think, start on Thursday!

S2matts2(woot)
Dara(woot)
Paula(woot)
Candy(woot)
nannyfan7(woot)
Glentheadmin(woot)
shawty(woot)
Meandean(woot)
juugoolart(woot)
suzih(woot)

(woot)= info sent
(shrug)= joined but hasn't sent info

Ok! We have 10 people! We will be starting tomorrow, Wednesday! So people, the deadline to enter is tomorrow afternoon! Then I shall make the draw, put up the videos, and we can start the contest! ^^
And I just ditched my maths assignment to make a banner  ;D

Everyone

Welcome to the first ever edition of the Eblah Video song contest! This is a good opportunity to listen to other peoples musical tastes. (woot)

This is the first ever edition, and thus we have no previous winner to honor. So.. on with the show!

The draw has been done, and in order, the 11 entries are:

by Candy
Adam Hills - Australian National Anthem
http://youtube.com/watch?v=6TNCf0cwJsY&feature=related

by S2Matts2
Buffalax - Indian thriller
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q6BN0NA5lB8

by Paula
A-ha - Take on Me
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=379399441132904905

by Suzih
Gunter - teeny Weeny string bikini
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B_8PsRtCtmE&feature=related

by Glentheadmin
Gwen Verdon - Walk it Out
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KU3N5c2Kxnw

by Shawty
Weird Al Yankovic - fat
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p9Zt8mn14hY&feature=related

by Meandean
Sneaky Sound System - UFO
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oXDJN9sqgP4

by Juugoolart
George - Breathe In Now
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2OeLejP5Xk0

by Union Jack
Andy Pipkin, Brian Potter - 500 Miles
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4AaOJZo6y2Y

by nannyfan7
Melanie C - Carolyna
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h8y1qL_HLQE

by Dara
Anne Gadegaard - Arabiens Drøm
http://youtube.com/watch?v=kmh6VeFYfyQ

Opening the show will be.. Candy!

The deadline for sending your votes to me is Wednesday, 12th of March 2008.

The voting system will be in ESC-style. (12, 10, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1)

25% of your points will be deducted from your final points if you fail to vote in time.

Do not tell anyone your votes, but you can comment on videos of course ^^

Good luck to all participants in the game and enjoy the videos!! (woot)

LMAO @ "Fat".  I'd forgotten that was so silly.   :P ;D

well, of course I voted for myself  :P

BUT, Dara..how did you compile that banner?...it is so clever

R u allowed to vote for yourself?

Quoted from Candy

well, of course I voted for myself  :P

BUT, Dara..how did you compile that banner?...it is so clever

Thanks, I just did it in paint :D

Guys, you can't vote for yourself!

:)

okay...and do you want our votes for each video, at same time?

well my votes are in...now time for bed, nighty night

Quoted from Dara

The voting system will be in ESC-style. (12, 10, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1)

Can someone explain what ESC-style is and how I do it?

ESC = eurovision song contest

you award points on a scale of 1-8, 10, 12 to the people you want 1 point being the lowest and 12 points being the highest. A country (or in this case a person) cannot vote for the country they reside in. When all the results have been tabulated we will find out the scores. If there is a tie for first place ESC rules, a count is made of the total number of countries who awarded any points at all to each of the tied countries; and the one who received points from the most other countries is declared the winner. If the numbers are still tied, it is counted how many sets of maximum marks ("12 points") each country received. If there is still a tie, the numbers of 10-point scores awarded are compared—and then the numbers of 8-points, all the way down the list. In the extremely unlikely event of there then still being a tie for first place, the tied countries are jointly declared the winners. thats the esc version, i dont know how dara will co-ordinate it

Quoted from 80

Can someone explain what ESC-style is and how I do it?

There are only 11 videos and numbers are missing in the cycle you posted, Dara.  It's not logical!

Thanks Matts.
I think he's saying, Paula, that we ignore the missing numbers, because Europeans are weird, and don't use them, and that we can vote two or more people as having the same score.  So just score normally, but ignore the fact that there's missing numbers, or interpret the discrepancy in the sums however you want if it effects your scoring.

BTW guys, I did not send my entry in because it is my taste in music,  :o :B, god forbid, I think Gunther is hilarious because he is so..... ummmm....... what's the word....... different?
My 7 year old friend, Abby was here the other day and watched the video with me and started dancing like the girls. I laughed and said.... just don't dance like that in public!  ;)

you don't have to defend your entery SuziH...it is a catchy tune, anyway yours didn't get my lowest vote  ;)
Maybe our entries should have been anonymous until the votes were cast......

Lol sorry i might have misconstrued my explaination. Ill give an example of scoring.

S2matts2 (cannot vote for as it is my entry)
Dara - 1 point
Paula - 2 points
Candy - 3 points
nannyfan7 - 4 points
Glentheadmin - 5 points
shawty - 6 points
Meandean - 7 points
juugoolart - 8 points
suzih - 10 points
Union Jack - 12 points

as there is 11 entries every person will recieve at least one point except yourself (because if you voted for yourself thats just lame). i have given each song a score from 1-8, 10, or 12 and thats how you will send your entry in. You can't given two or more people the same score.

note: these scores are an example only and is not necessarily how i scored. in addition my entry (as SuziH) does not represent my music taste, i just laugh every time i see it

crap, i have to redo it

Thanks so much for explaining that Matt!! <3

Yeah, I have had about everyone but candy and matt do it wrong, and candy took 2 attempts :P

Paula, it is so that the favorite songs and the highest point scores are worth more, are more desired, because they are special and much more than normal, hence why we skip 9 and 11 :)

Watch this 1 minute video for how to vote. :)

So I really like the video for Take on Me. I've heard that riff before, somewhere :S
Some cool songs ^^

Wow what a great idea!!

I've watched all the videos ...and yes some do remind me of Eurovision ...well actually ...pretty much all of them do  :P

My votes are off to the Jury vote. Good luck all  ;)

Dara will the winner get to choose the next theme?

Yip they will :D
If everyone likes it and wants to do another that is lol  ;)
I just realised I forgot to promote my video :(

Lol tasman, mine IS a (junior) eurovision video :P

Matt cool avatar!!

lol thanks, did have it as my sig but it looked too big and bulky. made it coz i was bored saturday night

WOOO YAY RESULTS DAY!

who won who won who won

OHH, I was too slow for this game, great idea. I'll join in on the next one.

Quoted from GlenTheAdmin

who won who won who won

Waiting on votes from SuziH and glentheadmin, as well as unionjacks corrections to his. They have til this evening :P
I'll send reminders out ;)

*is excited*

I can't wait till the results are released!!!

Yip, Just waiting on union jack and glentheadmin, i have 3 of unionjacks scores but he did it wrong.
glen is online :S
I'll give like 1 more hour maybe.. hmm

drum roll please   :X

The first person to vote is.. Candy!

Candy, may I have your votes?



The next person to vote is.. smatts2!!

Matt may I have your votes?

Good evening DARA!!! *hears crowd screams* s2Matts2 calling. Congratulations on a wonderful show tonight! Here are the first results of the S2Matts2 vote:

The next person to vote is.. Paula!!

Paula may I have your votes?




The next person to vote is.. suzih!!

Suzi may I have your votes?



So it seems like Unionjack and shawty are so far winning!

Next we shall have the jury vote!

jury, who consists of tasman,  may I please have your votes?

The next person to vote is.. glentheadmin!!

Glen may I have your votes?



The next person to vote is.. shawty!!

shawty may I have your votes?


It looks like meandean is getting a lot of 7 points!

Next up to vote, we have... meandean!!

Your votes please!




Next up to vote, we have... Juugoolart!!

Your votes please!



So the voting is going well! It is a VERY close race! 3 more voters.. anyone could win, the leaders seem to be shawty and meandean at the moment, shawty is hanging in there!

The jury has just been in touch. There has been a slight mistake in their vote tally. Thus, 5 points is taken from 'Walk it it' since they actually scored 0 from the jury. Much apologies.

Next up to vote, we have...Union jack!!

Your votes please!

Quoted Text

1-8 points for  Shawty
Weird Al Yankovic - fat

10 for  Glentheadmin
Gwen Verdon - Walk it Out

12 points for  S2Matts2
Buffalax - Indian thriller

Unfortunatly, since union jack failed to vote properly in time, his votes do not count. "bit unfortunate for glen" :P

... and for me  :( i wanted those 12 points

And here are our FINAL 2 VOTES!

Nannyfan7 calling...

"Your votes please!"



And now.. the final vote!

"Dara calling, wonderful show tonight, some interesting entries. Here are the results of my vote"



Now for the winner announcement!!!!!!!!!!!

The winner is...




Here are the final results:




Well that was a good game! Well done to juugulert, great song! Union jack actually had the lead, but didn't vote! Travesty! ;D

Good game guys!


and omg, that took an hour!

Quoted from Matt

... and for me  :( i wanted those 12 points

true lol, but at least you're up there :P
that would have made you 4th :O
:)

Wait... so because he didn't vote he couldn't win even though he got the highest score.

Plus in your votes Dara you have 10 written twice

...and also 4 twice in nannyfan7's votes

Oh woops, well I just forgot to black it out, the points are correct, sorry lol.
On the 1st page it says, if you don't vote, you lose 25% of the score ;)

Well i would like to say congratulations to Jugoolart!!!!

Bad luck to Union Jack...if only he voted correctly....so as usual with these types of comps...there's always a little bit of controversy....

Well done Jugoolart! And it's nice to see an Aussie band win.

Quoted from Matt

Well done Jugoolart! And it's nice to see an Aussie band win.

Yes...GO AUSSIE MUSIC!!!!

Quoted from Dara

and omg, that took an hour!

Thanks Dara, for all your hard work...
and yes congratulations JUUGOOLART, on a good win
wonder what topic you will pick for next round (woot)

Speaking of the next round, how long will there be between drinks?

OMGOSH!! YAY!!!! (woot)
i love katie noonan, she has the sweetest voice EVER!!

wow.. my turn to choose the next theme.. hmmm...

I
choose
.
.
.
ROCK!!! (clown)

ps: oo btw, GREAT JOB DARA!! you sure put a lot of effort into it, it was very exciting finding out the results XD!!

Congratulations to Juugolart on taking the coveted prize amongst the usual controversy  :)  Didn't see too many political alliances happening though  ;)

Thanks for hosting a great spectacular Dara and look forward to attending the next one held by Juugolart.

Well done juugs.

None of you have taste though - Gwen Verdon hates you too!

Well done, Dara!     :) ;D


Congratulations, Juug!  What's first prize?  A week of dinner dates with Glen?  :P

A week?! OMG heheheh. Congratulations juugoolart! Congratulations Dara on doing such a great job and bringing heaps of enjoyment to the members. ;)

How does next round work...do we send entries to Dara or juugoolart?

Quoted from Candy

Thanks Dara, for all your hard work...
and yes congratulations JUUGOOLART, on a good win
wonder what topic you will pick for next round (woot)

S'ok :D
My 10 pointer won so I'm happy :D

Quoted from Matt

Speaking of the next round, how long will there be between drinks?

Hmm I'm not sure, what do you guys think?

Quoted from juugoolart

OMGOSH!! YAY!!!! (woot)
i love katie noonan, she has the sweetest voice EVER!!

wow.. my turn to choose the next theme.. hmmm...

I
choose
.
.
.
ROCK!!! (clown)

ps: oo btw, GREAT JOB DARA!! you sure put a lot of effort into it, it was very exciting finding out the results XD!!

Congrats :D And thanks hehe!
Ooh rock, o gosh! lol

Quoted from 122

Congratulations to Juugolart on taking the coveted prize amongst the usual controversy  :)  Didn't see too many political alliances happening though  ;)

Thanks for hosting a great spectacular Dara and look forward to attending the next one held by Juugolart.

:D:D
Except for meandean gaining pretty much all 7 and 8 points lol

Quoted from GlenTheAdmin

Well done juugs.

None of you have taste though - Gwen Verdon hates you too!

LOL

Quoted from SuziH

A week?! OMG heheheh. Congratulations juugoolart! Congratulations Dara on doing such a great job and bringing heaps of enjoyment to the members. ;)

:):)

Quoted from Candy

How does next round work...do we send entries to Dara or juugoolart?

Well I can but, if juugoolart wants to then she can hehe, I'm easy :D


btw, thanks matt for the 8, tasman for the 12 :D, meandean for the 12 :D, and union jack for the 10 points in his redone votes which I just got then ;)

yer...well done dara!!

Thanks for all the effort you put in!!!

Can't wait til the next edition I have something planned in regards to my votes, lol. Personally Dara/juugoolart (whoever is hosting/tallying) the next edition should open for entries on Sunday. Just so people can get organised and details worked out.

The Tasman team are currently going through the elimination process to pick an entry ;)

Rock is such a loose term, hasn't anyone ever watched Aussie Idol Rock night ...gawd, it could be anything...lol

Do the videos have to have music in them like last time?

Omg aussie idol rock night was like, pop!
yes definitely music, the aus anthem one was pushing it last time ;)
If we want a different type of comp someone could make that but this is judged on music and the video ;)

Cool tasman same :D
sunday could be good hey.
my party then :D
(i turn 17 tomorrow :D)

Ive already chosen mine I think, it doesnt have an official music video but there are dodgy live shows on youtube of it. Happy Birthday for tomorrow Dara!

I'm ready woot!

Tasman also has now, after a very tight internal battle, chosen a representative (drummer)


Happy Birthday DARA!!!! (cake!!)

Wow Hottie,
That really was a lot of work.  Thanks for doing it!  and Well Done!

So is Hottie still the person we send entries or do we send them to juugoolart?

it's up to juugoolart :)
It could be cool, the winner gets to host, and if they decline, someone else gets it (aka the UK lol)

Omigosh Tasman it is so difficult hey!! =D

So who do I send my selection to?

Lowie you can always add the audio to some other video or to a static image.  The one I want to use someone used a cartoon from the TV for video since the band never made one.  I don't know how to do this in Windows but I'm guessing someone else would if you really wanted to bother.

I take it we can enter any video of our chosen entry, anything that may be available freely on YouTube and the like, and not necessarily an 'official' release by the artist/s?

If so, when do you want them juugoolart? (tick-tock)

Oh yeah it doesn't need to be official!!
I don't just judge on the song though, but also the video, hence the name ;P

Ok, who's hosting/taking entries? Juugoolart or Dara?

I dunno, I'll PM Juugoolurt =D
I think the title needs to be changed because it says game 1 in it

hmmmm its racking my brains but what does the f in your display picture stand for dara?

Candy's team is ready to 'Rock N Roll'

Quoted from Matt

hmmmm its racking my brains but what does the f in your display picture stand for dara?

Cool, its not just me then ....I was wondering the same  :-/

Yeah it kind of makes me think like E fcn Blah when I see it.  Probably it's just me since I'm a very mature person  :B

I think the 'f' is for favorite  :P

Umm seeing as juugoolart hasn't said anything about hosting I'm sending my entry to Dara

LOL

Eblah forum video song contest :P

Ive chosen my video for the next comp...but who do i send it to? Any word from Jugoolart?

I've sent mine to Dara

I'm ready to send mine too as soon as the go-ahead is given.  :-/

OMGOSH... i'm so SORRY!!
i hadn't the time to visit eblah as i was busy studying   ;D
um.. i don't think i'm reliable enough to host the next contest :P, i'm sorry!!
everything is happening this week.. before the easter break. i've got lots of assignments to hand in and tests to do.. so sorry for not responding earlier!!

i think it's all up to dara again :P.. THANKS!!

Good luck with all those assignments Juugoolart!! Hope you can still get an entry in here as well.

Looks like another big show in Daraland coming up....the Tasman entry is on its way... :o

Some people may not realize this about me, but I'm not actually the type of girl that my avatar makes me out to be.


Edit:  Oh right... I sent my entry in as well.  I'm very confident this time because it involves the colour blue.

Haha

Ok I'll host then?
But, this week I have very important exams so, won't start this week!
But mail them in!

exams... but its like wk 8 of first term!  ??)

Quoted from 80

I'm very confident this time because it involves the colour blue.

mmm....Blue ....Monday, Moon, Song Sang, Suede Shoes, Jeans, Mammy, Midnight, Baby, Bayou.... you've got me thinking damn you!! (stars)


Mine is quite physical  ;)

Quoted from Matt

exams... but its like wk 8 of first term!  ??)

In QLD we have exams every term :P And I'm doing year 12, so every single thing counts. We have no end of year exams except for QCS which is stupid. So every term we have to take exams :O
And I have physics and maths this week.
And we don't get time off to study. And we have assignments as well. *sigh*


Hmmmm.. should I enter a fun song like last time or something more, normal, lol.

... jeez would hate to be living in qld, all we did was a mid-year exam which was worth a test, and then the final at the end of the year worth 40-50% of our grade...

my song will flatten cities!

Thanks Dara...mine is on its way (no hurry though, I'll be around a while longer)
I'm sure glad my school days are over....

Quoted from 122

mmm....Blue ....Monday, Moon, Song Sang, Suede Shoes, Jeans, Mammy, Midnight, Baby, Bayou.... you've got me thinking damn you!! (stars)


Mine is quite physical  ;)

Olivia?

No mine just has the colour blue in the video.  It probably has all the colours, I was just being silly when I said it.  I'm curious what matt thinks moves cities now that you mention the thinking.


Dara... hottie... is one.

6 entries so far ;)

... I'm so excited I can't wait for the next one that I've already setup a little suprise  ;D

o dear hope we won't have to hose down the stage  :o

Only 6 entries so far.  Come on folks, get involved.  That way we have enough entries so that I can win and Matt can do his surprise thing.

  

Hehe!
Still 6 entries, maybe 7, can't remember if I counted myself. ;)

Hottie, you're supposed to say something about the banner in my signature to gratify me.
Anyone else that wants to compliment me on my artistic genius is welcome as well.
Matt, yours is genius by the way.
Tasman, It took a while but I think the dancing alien kicks arse.  We're all looking forward to seeing you as a debutante too.

Anyway, I rely upon these compliments to gratify me and get me through the day.

Dara can you put the little smilies up for the people that entered again?  Then we can see who we're up against...

MeanDean, you sig is fantastic!!! This will surely pull many more competitors to the competition.  ;)

(woot) I love you  :)

Quoted from 80

(woot) I love you  :)

I am open to vote rigging ...I mean political alliances ...oops i mean bribery ...no no stop that typing finger ...I'm happy watch your video with favourable thoughts  ;)

Quoted from 80

Hottie, you're supposed to say something about the banner in my signature to gratify me.


Anyway, I rely upon these compliments to gratify me and get me through the day.

Dara can you put the little smilies up for the people that entered again?  Then we can see who we're up against...

Haha well I did notice it before, but it was in the missing persons thread and I didn't think I should mention it amongst all that serious talk, but I was going to say, it's so cool!!!!!!!! :D lol ;)

Ok I will :P

s2Matts2(smitten)
Dara(smitten)
Tasman(smitten)
Meandean(smitten)
shawty(smitten)
candy(smitten)

(naughty) entered but hasn't sent in song
(smitten) entered and sent in all details :D

Quoted from 122

I am open to vote rigging ...I mean political alliances ...oops i mean bribery ...no no stop that typing finger ...I'm happy watch your video with favourable thoughts  ;)

Bahaha, and *woops*, I announced the votes wrong, 12 for me, me, again, oh wow :P

Well done Meandean on your killer sig!... and thanks for the compliment

hmmm only 6 people sent in videos! COME ON PEOPLE GET A MOVE ON WE NEED A MINIMUM OF 11!

*looks around shiftily* pssst tasman... if i give you 12 will you give me 12

... i mean what, jokes peoples lol :P

I have a huge smile now after all that praise  :)


Paula, Suzi, Glen, Juugolart, nanyfan... I'm forgetting people, but ---> (naughty)

Juug has exams on or something I think so maybe she's sitting out this edition??
Yeah cmon people haaha! When I wanted members for the last one I mailed random people like union jack to join :P So spam people bahahaha.

Ooh btw, here is our trophy cabinet.

Hey great sig Dara. Quite a competition for sigs going on here lol  :P

I don't know anyone here to spam. What about Suzi, Paula, Glen and nanyfan from last time???  :o

Yeah there is quite some sig competition.  That is a good sig too.  It's clearly better than any other ones so since I can't win all I can really do is insult it:
Great sig Hottie, but is that woman farting multicoloured bubbles lol  :P

Yip spam them :P

Hehe yes, yes she is  8)

I spammed one person so far.  I reckon we should, at some point, set a go date so that we at least finish the competition if we don't have enough people.  It would kind of stink to still be here in 2 months waiting for that one more person.

I'll spam more people after I decide who might respond well to it from me.  I know that there's some that wouldn't.

I noticed that you didn't spam me last time Hottie, and that I was a late entry.  I feel... yeah I don't care to be honest.  No formal invite like everyone else.  Had to stumble on the thread like... a hobbit in a boat, in a thick forresty swamp but with lots of fog, unable to see my hand in front of my face and just by chance stumbling upon a hobbit party with lots of food like the one at the beginning of the first Lord of the Rings, and everyone welcomes me, but then I see someone there that I know who didn't invite me.  There were aligators in that swamp  :'(

Nice sig there Dara... although I think I've seen it before *cough*JESC*cough*  :P

Oh HOTTIE! You STOLE it! I feel better about myself again, but all the same, I still think she's farting bubbles  :P

We used to have a desktop wallpaper making contest at another forum I post at, but the thread died a couple years ago.  Too bad there aren't enough people here to do something like that, I miss it.

I sent in a real oldy LOL.

Good on ya Paula!
There's enough people here who've been around long enough that even if we weren't there for the music, we've heard stuff up to 20 years before our birth and a lot of it is good music, so I'm betting that this genre is anyone's game.
The best rock was recorded before 19___....   I'm afraid to fill that in because I don't want to isolate anyone.  There's some good stuff today, but I think most people of my generation would agree with me that the best rock was before our time.  I find some stuff today really good as well, but it's often just really really hard to hear a new song and say "There's a band that's doing something I haven't heard before."

Ok, I've spammed some people. Apologies to everyone that recieved a message from me and it annoyed them, just trying to get word out about this thread!

Quoted from 80

I noticed that you didn't spam me last time Hottie, and that I was a late entry.  I feel... yeah I don't care to be honest.  No formal invite like everyone else.  Had to stumble on the thread like... a hobbit in a boat, in a thick forresty swamp but with lots of fog, unable to see my hand in front of my face and just by chance stumbling upon a hobbit party with lots of food like the one at the beginning of the first Lord of the Rings, and everyone welcomes me, but then I see someone there that I know who didn't invite me.  There were aligators in that swamp  :'(

o dear that is awful. I really feel for you MeanDean, I had no realisations that the current competition organisers were so not wanting you in their little competition. It would have been their loss, although it would have bumped their entry up one spot without you. We can go on strike if you like??  ;)

...or are you just wrangling for the sympathy vote??  >:(

It was a scary swamp.

Quoted from 80

We used to have a desktop wallpaper making contest at another forum I post at, but the thread died a couple years ago.  Too bad there aren't enough people here to do something like that, I miss it.

I would like to have a go at something like that...can you give lessons MeanDean?

Quoted from 80

I spammed one person so far.  

I noticed that you didn't spam me last time Hottie, and that I was a late entry.   :'(

Oh good who?? Paula joined hehe.
Haha, you joined before I spammed :P

Quoted from Matt

Nice sig there Dara... although I think I've seen it before *cough*JESC*cough*  :P

Shhhhhhhh ;) I did change it.. a bit ;P

Quoted from Matt

Ok, I've spammed some people. Apologies to everyone that recieved a message from me and it annoyed them, just trying to get word out about this thread!

Woo <3!

The wallpaper thing would be cool!

Nannyfan I'm assuming you mean like a tutorial on manipulating images?  Is this right?  I can give you pointers for sure.
For starters, if you don't have photoshop you can download GIMP, or some other project.  I used to to use it on Windows but it's been a really long time and I don't use Windows anymore.  The interface would be the same though, so if you installed it I'm sure I could try to answer questions about it as well as I could, or if you happened to have a program like photoshop then likely someone else would have it as well.

Here's the GIMP for Windows page http://gimp-win.sourceforge.net/  It's difficult to understand at first, but it gets easier and easier to use.  Let me know if you download it and want help on something specifically, like "How do you make the text there and how do you make it sort of transparent, etc.."
Or right, off, how do I get both those main windows of the program into one window?



Yeah I spammed um... Suzi and Aquamonkey so far, so everybody else spam... at least Suzi, I have no idea how Aquamonkey would respond to a bombardment.

I think other people are waiting for to see if Paula gets one of these --> (smitten)
before they join because they don't want to feel ripped off.

Lawnbowler, are you up to being spamed yet?  I hope you can smile with gratitude when you think "At least I didn't wake up out of an induced coma to see MeanDean standing over me."

LOL  
I don't think aquamonkey would want to play but, maybe??
Do you mean candy btw? you said nannyfan :S

Oh btw, someone stop  me eating chocolate :O

I told him that we were a differant breed of dork, and that we're recruiting.  I thought it was a good sales pitch.

We still have a bunch of chocolate too.  Crap! Now that you made me look I'm going to start eating it.

Sorry for the confusing there  :B
Candy, I'm assuming you mean like a tutorial on manipulating images?  Is this right?  I can give you pointers for sure.
For starters, if you don't have photoshop you can download GIMP, or some other project.  I used to to use it on Windows but it's been a really long time and I don't use Windows anymore.  The interface would be the same though, so if you installed it I'm sure I could try to answer questions about it as well as I could, or if you happened to have a program like photoshop then likely someone else would have it as well.

Here's the GIMP for Windows page http://gimp-win.sourceforge.net/  It's difficult to understand at first, but it gets easier and easier to use.  Let me know if you download it and want help on something specifically, like "How do you make the text there and how do you make it sort of transparent, etc.."
Or right, off, how do I get both those main windows of the program into one window?

Quoted from Meandean

Lawnbowler, are you up to being spamed yet?  I hope you can smile with gratitude when you think "At least I didn't wake up out of an induced coma to see MeanDean standing over me."

Too funny!   :D :D :D :D


Spam him anyhow, so he knows what he missed.   :P

Quoted from Dara

... Oh btw, someone stop  me eating chocolate :O

*steals Dara's chocolate and chucks it MD's way.   :P

Oh yes that's fine I have too much and it's in front of me and like, when it's there.. you just can't help eating it.. and eating it...... :P

Quoted from Paula

Too funny!   :D :D :D :D


Spam him anyhow, so he knows what he missed.   :P

And just say Paula told you to :P

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO I WANT THE CHOCOLATE!!!

I've spammed: lurveit, aquamonkey, fajo, chris, nannyfan7, glentheadmin, suzih, and lowie_1010

Hmmm... anybody wanna spam SillyGostly?

I'll spam him when I get a chance later.  I wish it could be an organized attack when he's online but that would be too hard.

Quoted from Paula

*steals Dara's chocolate and chucks it MD's way.   :P

:D

I'll spam him!
ok, lets all!

Quoted from 80

Sorry for the confusing there  :B
Candy, I'm assuming you mean like a tutorial on manipulating images?  Is this right?  

Yes and thanks...have just downloaded GIMP and help file now, so will study it first and get back to you....I am a novice at those (photo) things  ::)

Quoted from 80

I wish it could be an organized attack when he's online but that would be too hard.

lmao

Fire away. :D

I already did :P
HE'S ONLINEEEEEEEEEEEE

s2Matts2(smitten)
Dara(smitten)
Tasman(smitten)
Meandean(smitten)
shawty(smitten)
candy(smitten)
paula(smitten)
SILLYGHOSTLY(naughty)

(naughty) entered but hasn't sent in song
(smitten) entered and sent in all details :D


28 Active Users (8 members; 3 bots; 17 guests)Data taken from the past 15 minutes.
Ask.com, Candy, Dara, Googlebot, Jess, MeanDean, s2Matts2, Sillygostly, Tasman, Wurtzel, Yahoo! Bot

I wonder if the bots want to play XD

Quoted from Dara

s2Matts2(smitten)
Dara(smitten)
Tasman(smitten)
Meandean(smitten)
shawty(smitten)
candy(smitten)
paula(smitten)
SILLYGHOSTLY(naughty)

Blasphemy! I haven't entered yet! ;) (As Silly's still in the process of releasing his new music v-... errr... I'm still searching for a suitable song to submit for the competition. :P)

Hmmm Dara I think you should change it to "registered interest"

Who says I'm interested? :P

I did :P, *uses hypnotherapy on Silly like the hypnotist did to the check-out chick* you will register interest then enter EVSC

:P
SG entered ;)

Candy if the help file is a pain I just typed gimp into youtube and got all kinds of results for tutorials.
http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=gimp&search_type=
I'll be looking at a lot of them myself.

Also, if you find yourself looking at a tutorial on another OS like Linux or FreeBSD it will still apply to Windows.  It's the same program with the source code compiled on a differant OS is all, and if the interface looks just a little differant it's because the versions of the program might be differant, and also the buttons and other widgets will have some differances in how they look. Don't be deterred by any of this, just ignore it.

Quoted from Matt

I did :P, *uses hypnotherapy on Silly like the hypnotist did to the check-out chick* you will register interest then enter EVSC

*gawks apathetically* Yes, master. ??)

Silly didn't get a (smitten) thing like the rest of us  :(

Quoted from 80

Candy if the help file is a pain I just typed gimp into youtube and got all kinds of results for tutorials.
Don't be deterred by any of this......

Thanks heaps
I was going through tutorials for several hours last night, and still not getting very far. Had to stop and go to bed. Had a 0600 hr start today and ended up working 12.5 hours. Will check it out again over weekend. Thanks again.

Yeah I looked at a couple.  I learned all sorts of stuff in both of them, and one of them was for complete beginners, but if I didn't already know some basic stuff I wouldn't have understood it.
The best thing to do to start is to open an image file and just start doing stuff to it, messing it up, then you get a little familiar with some of what the little buttons and controlly thngys do on the main window.  After that you'lle probably need questions answered.  Soon you'lle be giving me tips  :)

OMGGGGGGGGGGG

I found a good song but it isn't rock!!
Guys, shall I enter a weird one like last time, or something in English? LOL

mine is non english, but not weird. It has a catchy tune.....

Please go for something really weird and something we all will hate. We don't want competition ....Glenn had the right idea in the first round  ;)

Awww Tasman thats mean... i think dean may be rubbing off on you lol (we want Glen to come back you know)

Bahahahaha poor glen :P 1 pt.. 1pt... 1 pt.. ;p
my last one was weird but i liked it ;)

How are we going for entrants Dara? Do we have close to the 11 needed?

7 or 8 I think

Although it's a little late now, would it be okay for contestants to submit their own content for the contest?

Yeah :) It's not too late

When will too late be??  :-/

People have until wednesday to enter.

Hmmm so if we dont have 11 people... that means we need to change the points system slightly...

Yes well, well just get rid of 1, 2 etc

s2Matts2(smitten)
Dara(smitten)
Tasman(smitten)
Meandean(smitten)
shawty(smitten)
candy(smitten)
paula(smitten)
SILLYGHOSTLY(smitten)

(naughty) entered but hasn't sent in song
(smitten) entered and sent in all details :D

I'm going to go spam people because we need 3 more ;)
Sorry I haven't been too active in here, year 12 kind of takes up everything, including my brain, because I can't seem to spell 'haven't' anymore  :-/

I have a song but I'm not sure if it's rock. :S
Maybe it isn't :P
Hmm

??)

LOL!
Do you guys like my new sig?
I made it all by myself :P

Oh yes, we do...although I didn't know who you were at first. Maybe your name should have read,   Greenie formally known as.....

ok

Ooo the name of the thread has been changed lol

Oh wow it has too!

Thanks Dara for the clarification of your new and old name coz I was very confused last friday wondering why this new person 'greenie' was acting so familiar ;)

Quoted from Matt

Ooo the name of the thread has been changed lol

It read Video Song Contest Game One and as we are on game 2, I thought it didn't look right.  :)

Hey Greenie,

anyone new who has sent in a video? I hope it does reach 11 people!!

Nope still 8 :(
I asked admin to join lol.
Suzi you should join!!!!!!!!!!!!
Btw I have to say, <3 to the people who voted this thread 5*****

Greenie has LB joined/knows of the thread?

Nope, is he back on eblah yet??
Entries close tomorrow!!

Oh btw you don't have to call me greenie you can call me Dara lol.

Yes he is back...edited his name to LB (see games)

Lol I'm gonna spam him

Did I win?

*crosses fingers* please let us have 11 people...

;)
entries close today
they will all be announced tomorrow (since I'd feel too guilty making a banner now when I'm meant to be studying for analysing some world war one poem  :-/) ;)

Gees I think I missed out as I only got the invite to join yesterday and today it's closed... Oh well, maybe next time...

Wurtzel put your entry in now... I'm sure we won't mind

Quoted from Matt

Wurtzel put your entry in now... I'm sure we won't mind

I agree, plenty of time, the more the merryer

Welcome everyone..
          To the second edition of.......

The theme is.. ROCK!

Before we begin, let us honor the winner of the previous edition:
by Juugoolart
George - Breathe In Now


Congrats again Juugoolart.

Now.. on with the show!!

The draw has been done, and the contestants will appear in the following order, with Meandean opening the show and maf-you closing it.

Now....... the entries!

by meandean
Metallica - Am I Evil


by shawty
'Tribute' by Tenacious D
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hh1uqa2keFQ

by candy
Koyote - I Love Rock n Roll
[youtube]j-JPvBrrIrk[/youtube]
http://youtube.com/watch?v=j-JPvBrrIrk

by tasman
Evermore - Running


by sillyghostly
The Carpal Tunnel of Love - Fallout Boy
[youtube]k3O5uy-MBBk[/youtube]
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k3O5uy-MBBk

by Dara
Queen - We will Rock you


by Paula
The Masters Apprentices - Turn Up Your Radio


by wurtzel
Carmen Monarcha - Ave Maria


by maf-you
The Scorpions - Rock You Like A Hurricane



The deadline for sending your votes to me is Saturday, 12th of April 2008.

The voting system will be in ESC-style. (12, 10, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2) (12 is the best)

25% of your points will be deducted from your final points if you fail to vote in time.

Do not tell anyone your votes, but you can comment on videos of course ^^

Good luck to all participants in the game and enjoy the videos!! (drummer)

Dara shouldn't the votes be 12, 10, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3 otherwise it leaves room to vote for yourself as there are 8 other entries + our own.

Oh... was there a theme we had to follow? LOL I had no idea when I made my submission. :P

And I believe it's spelled victorious. ;)

Hey all you guys...don't forget to view my entry
Guess it didn't load with 'you tube' tag   :'(

shawty's
'Tribute' by Tenacious D
is having trouble too  ::)

I went to site to view it

Emg SG yes it was rock :P Winner picks theme haha.
Lol how did I spell it as, the banner isn't loading, pfft.
Victorious?

Shawty's is working but I linked Sg's and yours :)


Is my banner gone?? :O

SG yours fits into the theme so theres no problems here lol, whereas wurtzel...

I can't even get my own video to work...When i press play it says the video is no longer playing. Is that what is happening to u guys when you try to watch my video? If that is the case....do u want me to send a different link of the same video?

Yeah, I resorted to finding a different link of the same video.

Is this yours shawty?
http://www.youtube.com/swf/l.swf?video_id=pcJwz7wu8_s&rel=1&eurl=&iurl=http%3A//s1.ytimg.com/vi/pcJwz7wu8_s/default.jpg&t=OEgsToPDskKydBG2FtT0IvWriz_tGJlI

I'm also wondering about the scoring, don't have enough numbers to fill in the gaps.
I have the scores saved in a file and just need to slide them for whatever the system is.  I have to say that it was pretty hard this time as they were overall very good.  Good luck everyone.

Yes the competion if tough,,,they are all good.
Rock rules

Well let me think so it's 8 people we can vote for. so..
12
10
8
7
6
5
3
1

Ooh shawty they must have removed your video! If a mod could edit it and put in a new link? paula? ;D

Yeah I wondered bout wurtzel, he was a late entry and I was starting and I didn't want to disqualify him lol. Maybe just let it pass since he's new to the game ;)

OMG NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO... please dont tell me thats how the voting goes... or ill have to edit my results! *sigh*

Why can't it just be 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1? :-/

Ok...

I have messaged Greenie with 2 links of the video....just in case one of them doesnt work. So if you could change the link for my video, that would be great.

If someone else is supposed to change it let me kno...

Quoted from Matt

OMG NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO... please dont tell me thats how the voting goes... or ill have to edit my results! *sigh*

Lol sorry :P

Well, I'm not a moderator (most unfortunatly ;)) so I can't edit it, only admin, Paula, suzi or LB can.

Quoted from sillygostly

Why can't it just be 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1? :-/

Because that sucks

*sigh* so its 1,3,5,6,7,8,10,12 then? thats just like stealing from the poor and making them poorer

Quoted from sillygostly

Why can't it just be 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1? :-/

Amen to that!  :P

Quoted from Dara

Because that sucks

LOL Love the way you're keeping the Euro voting system Greenie  ;)

Hehe :D

You guys can just send them in order of best to worst if you like and I can just put the points on. whatever haha

I need to promote my song!!







Buddy you're a boy make a big noise
Playin in the street gonna be a big man some day
You got mud on yo face
You big disgrace
Kickin your can all over the place

We will we will rock you
We will we will rock you

Buddy youre a young man hard man
Shoutin in the street gonna take on the world some day
You got blood on yo face
You big disgrace
Wavin your banner all over the place

We will we will rock you
We will we will rock you

Buddy youre an old man poor man
Pleadin with your eyes gonna make you some peace some day

You got mud on your face
You big disgrace
Somebody better put you back in your place

We will we will rock you
We will we will rock you

10
8
6
5
4
3
2
1

Seems normal to me.  Everything increments by one except for the last two which increment by two, just like in the the real thingamabob.  Otherwise you have an increment of 2 at the beginning, then by one, then 2s at the end, unless you start it out above one which is fine but it confuses people.

One possibility for a more correct but kind of less straitforward looking scenario would be this:
12.0
9.6
7.2
6.0
4.8
3.6
2.4
1.2
I was bored

Oh gosh evidently :P
Well, that would be very annoying when adding up the scores at the end so maybe we'll stick with whole numbers :P

Quoted from 80

10
8
6
5
4
3
2
1

Seems normal to me.  

The Tasman team agree with the MeanDean contestants  ;)

Now still a whole week to vote. *must think of some promotional material*

Just lettin u all kno my video is up and working thanks to Paula!!

Quoted from Dara

Because that sucks

Same can be said likewise. ;)

The new voting system is inconsistent with the last game (where the maximum number of points that can be given was determined by the number of entrants).

Plus, if a certain song/video is particularly popular with voters, remaining contestants won't have much of a fighting chance.

So are we all in agreement of MeanDean's voting system for this game?

Well I think that Dara's call....I'm having trouble choosing anyway. I like them all

Quoted from sillygostly

Same can be said likewise. ;)

The new voting system is inconsistent with the last game (where the maximum number of points that can be given was determined by the number of entrants).

Plus, if a certain song/video is particularly popular with voters, remaining contestants won't have much of a fighting chance.

No last time the numbers were determined by the eurovision standard!
just send in the votes in order ;)

3 people have voted..... oohhhh :D
I havn't even watched them yet I might do that tomorrow :D

How many times can we vote for you greenie?

a million ;p

call me dara ^_^

Can I enter..???

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3hTlHm27Fkg

You are a wee bit late LB. Come in next round...that is if it runs again  ;)

Yeah sorry bit late ^^

Presently, there is ONE point separating the first and second place.

Shall we make predictions?? :D

how many people voted?

So far, 5 people.

It's okay, If need be I'll drop out early since I'm in first place and there's only one point differance.  Someone else should get a chance for a medal this time.

MD...are you afraid of hard work or the criticism?

I might not be able to get my votes in til Saturday, haven't had time to "think" about what score I'm giving everyone.

Quoted from Matt

I might not be able to get my votes in til Saturday, haven't had time to "think" about what score I'm giving everyone.

Ditto  ;)

That's cool :D
I did the votes better this time so it won't take me so long at the end ^_^

Quoted from Candy

MD...are you afraid of hard work or the criticism?

I was making a joke.  Not a very funny one.  I can't tell if you were as well, but I'd hardly call this hard work, and don't really care if people like old Metallica covering Diamondhead to Dragonball Z or not.

Btw, candy, I haven't been here often enough, and don't really get to all the threads to notice if you've asked for help with GIMP, so if you have it wouldn't be that I was ignoring you, you just might need to post a link in a thread I do read, like this one.
I wouldn't mind starting a games thread like the one I was talking about.  Someone else showed intrest.  I'll get around to it later if no one beats me to it.  Hope there's enough people.

Dara, why are you called greenie?

Quoted from 80

I was making a joke.  Not a very funny one.  I can't tell if you were as well, but I'd hardly call this hard work, and don't really care if people like old Metallica covering Diamondhead to Dragonball Z or not.

I wouldn't mind starting a games thread like the one I was talking about.  Someone else showed intrest.  I'll get around to it later if no one beats me to it.  Hope there's enough people.

Dara, why are you called greenie?

It was obvious you making a joke, I thought??
You should start that game, it would be fun ^^
Why am I called greenie, I don't know, I didn't want to be dara, in case someone I knew went on here, since I have such an uncommon name, and who knows what I'd be taking about. But it's bad because everyone calls me greenie, and it sounded good in theory, but actually, I don't like the name. I should change it again I think.
And, are you ok, you seem a bit pissed off lol??

Yeah I don't know what's with me to be honest.

Quoted from 80

.... I can't tell if you were as well....

YES I was  :P

Quoted from 80

.....but I'd hardly call this hard work....

No...but is is a lot of work for the host.
Thank Dara (star)

Quoted from 80

Btw, candy, I haven't been here often enough, and don't really get to all the threads to notice if you've asked for help with GIMP, so if you have it wouldn't be that I was ignoring you, you just might need to post a link in a thread I do read, like this one.
I wouldn't mind starting a games thread like the one I was talking about.  Someone else showed intrest.  I'll get around to it later if no one beats me to it.  Hope there's enough people.

Thanks MD...re GIMP..I spent several days learning how to use programme, then posted my picture..but deleted it within the hour, so probably, no-one saw it. No didn't come back to pester you for more help.....found plenty of tips on net. I am not an artist.

Think a thread for games is a great (smartone)

The Tasman votes are in  ;)(drummer)

Yay :D
Only I think 2 or 3 left to vote, not sure, I'll add tasmans votes and see how the tally is going ;)
......
..........
..............
.................
......................
The top 6 are all very close! But the margins have widened.

Lol seeing as I'm the last in the viewing order, I shall be the last to vote lol

Omg the top 4 are SO close together!!

The closer the scores the more exciting it is....I can't wait till the results are put up....

Same :D There are 2 videos I reallly like!!

When will the results come do you think?

The deadline to vote is today, we have 1 more person to vote. I'll give them until perhaps 3pm.

DEADLINE TO VOTE: 3:00PM TODAY (SATURDAY)

Argh!! Wurtzel still hasn't voted, I gave him 4.5 extra hours. Oh well sorry to him but I gotta do the results :)

Quoted from Dara

The winner of this competition will not only win fame and glory, but will also have the right to host the next competition. Should they refuse, the right will go to the runner up, etc etc.

lol you getting tired of hosting? i dont blame you it takes some work

First up to vote tonight we have.. Meandean!

Candy, hello, may we please have your votes?



Thank you Meandean.

Now we have.. Paula!!



After Meandean and Paula have voted, we have our early results. Dara is leading the way on 15 points, closely followed by maf-you on 12. It�s early days though so who knows what will happen, people can be winning the whole way then be nipped at the post. It�s interesting to note that our last editions third place getter, shawty, who was leading for a lot of last edition, is currently in last place. Will that change. Let us see.

Now to vote we have.. shawty!

Hello shawty, may we please have your votes of tonight's show?



After shawty�s votes, we can see maf-you has caught up even further. Very close! It seems to be anyone�s game at the moment! No controversies yet, but three songs have the word �rock� in them, so we could hear complaints* from certain delegations.
* Reference to Greece complaining about the word �Macedonia� referring to FYR Macedonia in Irelands song this year, if you don�t get that reference ;P


Next up we have.. Dara!

Hello Eblah! Good show tonight, I�m very much enjoying it! Two songs in particular, I really like! One point goes to� wurtzel! Two points to.. Meandean! �. And finally, 10 points go to.. Tasman!! *crowd screams wildly*



So it seems that maf-you has overtaken Dara on the leader board. Tasman, after receiving maximum points from Dara, has now caught up to her! Sillyghostly is JUST behind. My gosh this is indeed very close! Shawty will be pleased to hear that he is now tying for 7th position, but unfortunately for wurtzel, he has dropped behind.

Now to vote is Candy!!

Candy, can we please have your votes?



So now, Maf-you is rocketing ahead, and Tasman has overtaken Dara! Wurtzel, it must be remembered, entered a video that did not fall within the genre, but was allowed to keep it since it was his first entry to the Eblah song contest. Meandean won�t be happy so far, since he was definitely aiming for a win this time! ;)

Tasman is the next competitor to vote so on with the show!

Hello Greenie, what a wonderful night you have treated us to and boy you are looking so lovelly.

Here are the votes from the Tasman Jury...


After Tasman has voted, we see Candy has risen and stands a chance now! Maf-you has sailed ahead and is likely to win, but Dara, Tasman, shawty, Sillyghostly and candy are all right behind! Now.. for the final 3 voters!

Next up to vote is maf-you! His votes won�t be revealed on the graph, so you�ll need to watch the really awesome video he prepared specially.


Excellent job on the voting video maf-you!

It�s a close race tonight, and only two more people left to vote!

Wurtzel, can I have your votes?
It looks like Wurtzel has failed the voting deadline, and thus will lose 25% of his total score.

It is all up to sillygostly to decide the winner!

Silly calling:


This means that,  by only 1 point, the WINNER of the Eblah! Video Forum Song Contest game 2 is���


Congratulations!



Here are the final results:

I wouldn't mind hosting the contest (or at least be put in charge of creating a couple of videos to introduce all the videos as I'm sure many of us would prefer that over watching each and every video individually). A similar video can be made for the announcement of the winner. :)

Er... Dara, I listed my entries in order of rank (not score). It should be the other way round. :P

Uh oh...that means Maf-you should be the winner.

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2. Candy
3. Maf-You
4. Carmen Monarcha
5. Tasman
6. Dara
7. Shawty
8. meandean
9. Paula

Those were your votes :O It looks like points to me!
omggggggg.

That's a good idea about the videos.

Wait... so do I win?

Looks like the jury is out.....
I don't win though, thats for sure.


Congratulation to the winning team
and to them go the task of hosting the next game (if they dare )

ps...great work with youtube maf-you...wonder how many hits you will get?

lol thanks probably not many :P
btw i'd like to personally thank MeanDean, shawty, and Candy for their 10 points!

YAY!!! Controversy reigns supreme again!!! Its just like the real thing ...Eurovision I mean (however I'm at a loss to see how 2 = 10 points and 9 = 1 point but hey its just a game and was great fun)  ;)

Congratulations to everyone who entered ....and maf-you your annoucement video was brilliant!!!  :)

Thanks for all your hard work kiwi (Dara) you did a great job. I loved coming on and reading through the voting as it came in :K)

Well onward and upward....now whats the next theme  :o

Lol! Well I don't know who should win then! SG your voting was like, if you are ranking them, it would be 1, 2, 3 etc, 2-9 makes no sense so I assumed it was points lol!
maf-you or tasman, one of you wins, you guys can decide :P

wtg WINNERS (whoever you are LOL)

P.S. did ya notice that I voted last for shwaty and he for me?  shows we have way different taste in music LOL

Lol true! Haha!
I liked shawty's video, and tasman's credits were cool.
SG's was too gross after a while!

Thanks for the 10pts paula :D

Quoted from Dara

Lol! Well I don't know who should win then! SG your voting was like, if you are ranking them, it would be 1, 2, 3 etc, 2-9 makes no sense so I assumed it was points lol!

I assumed that each individual was automatically assigned the maximum number of points of their video. :P (isn't that how it works in Eurovision? :-/)

I guess I take the win then? Thanks to all. Get ready for v3 everyone! Entries are open now, a start date has not been set as of yet but it will be at least 1-2 weeks, as I need time to setup! Are we ready for the theme reveal?

EBlah Video Song Contest v3 Theme: Tear Jerkers

This time we will play it differently, you can enter a song that has made you cry or a moment in TV, or a movie that has made you bawl your eyes out (most have emotional music to it anyway). So remember any song or moment that has made you tear up.

Happy hunting and I can't wait for your videos! This is gonna be BIG!

Ooo, I've got my song! It's been on my playlist for the past year and a half. :) It gives me the shivers, although the horribly bland music video doesn't do the song justice. :X

Quoted from sillygostly

I assumed that each individual was automatically assigned the maximum number of points of their video. :P (isn't that how it works in Eurovision? :-/)

Noooooooooooooooooo lol!
Each country awards 10 songs points from 12-1, 12 being best. Skipping 9 and 7.

Oh no matt this is going to be sad lol!

Yes...another game.
Please be careful how you post your votes...to avoid missunderstandings.
The win must be empty for maf-you and sad for Tasman  >:(

Oh btw,

cancel that, mine doesn't have a video with it  :(

Cancel what?
Paula if you have the song, it's easy to make a video, go to windows movie maker, add lots of photos and sound, then upload to web, it saves it as a web file, then upload it to youtube. :)

Eew. Slideshows bore me to tears. Particularly since most people put minimal (if any) effort into them. I'm sure you can find a suitable video on YouTube (or if not, simply vouch for another song; this is ultimately a video contest after all).

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(or if not, simply vouch for another song; this is ultimately a video contest after all).

Can't.  The topic is tear jerkers and that's the ONLY song that jerks my tears.  :P

Lol well find one that will make US cry! :P

Number of entries: 2

- Kiwi  :'(
- Candy  :'(

Don't worry only been like 2 days ^_^
Hopefully more people enter!
I'll make a new sig!

That was funny as hell maf-you... the voting video thing, it was great.  Thanks for doing it :)

Congrats to the winners, and congrats to all those enlightened enough to enjoy Metallica's "Am I Evil", my entry  :P

Quoted from Matt

Number of entries: 2

- Kiwi  :'(
- Candy  :'(

hey, I entered too!   :'(

Quoted from Paula

hey, I entered too!   :'(

at the time i didnt have a definative entry for you paula

I'm confused after not signing on for days.  I send my entry to maf-you and it's a sad song? Is that right?  I'm passing over the post where it's clarified I think.

Paula is a hottie.
So is Dara.

Sad song or moment from a tv show or movie yes (as most have sad music coupled with them)

My song pwns so :P

Quoted from Matt

at the time i didnt have a definative entry for you paula

LOL I gave ya three versions; was trying to make up for so few entries.

My song pwns all but with a w instead of a p.  It's just that good.

Unlikely story!!  :D

Mine is so sad, but you must watch the video or it's not!

Mine is pathetic... that's how sad it is.  You can't compete with pathetic  :P

My first thought was just to upload the entire movie "Love Story" to youtube, but then I thought of the song I entered instead, because it's even more sad.

Entries: 6

Kiwi :'(
Candy :'(
Paula :'(
Sillygostly :'(
MeanDean :'(
maf-you :'(

Oh Dara, btw I'm borrowing your banner/sig for advertising/spamming.

I woke up this morning still feeling sad from watching my video yesterday before submitting it.

Quoted from 80

My first thought was just to upload the entire movie "Love Story" to youtube, but then I thought of the song I entered instead, because it's even more sad.

I remember crying a lot through that movie...and the music still brings a tear to my eye  :'(

Quoted from Matt

Entries: 6

Kiwi :'(
Candy :'(
Paula :'(
Sillygostly :'(
MeanDean :'(
maf-you :'(

Oh Dara, btw I'm borrowing your banner/sig for advertising/spamming.

kk :)

I've never seen that movie

Quoted from Dara

kk :)

I've never seen that movie

I was younger than you, Dara, I think, when I saw it at the Cinema's (yep, just checked and it was just after I turned 15) ??) Loved it and cried copious amounts of tears during it. ;)
a link to that Movie's info.... http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0066011/

Harvard Law student/hockey jock (Oliver Barrett IV) meets Radcliffe music wonk (Jennifer Cavalleri), and the couple soon enter into a relationship. When the couple decide to get married, Oliver's father (Oliver Barrett III) threatens to disinherit him from the family will, leaving Oliver and Jennifer to start their marriage at rock-bottom. Jennifer and her dad (Phil Cavalleri) do what they can to bring father and son back together, but the two prefer to remain at war with one another. Years go by, and the young couple attempt to have children, only to discover that she is malfunctioning.

... I haven't seen that movie either but it sounds like a real sob story

Haha, nice song :P

This just in... GlenTheAdmin will be an entrant in this version of the EBlah Video Song Contest

Entries recieved: 9

kiwi :'(
Candy :'(
Silliman Al-ghaazly (i think he changed his name on purpose) :'(
Paula :'(
MeanDean :'(
maf-you :'(
Tasman :'(
GlenTheAdmin :'(
LB  :'(

So we're doing well on entrants this time.  I suppose that's good.  I can't seem to get very enthusiastic about it as I'm still sad from watching the video I entered a few days ago  :(

God I'm curious!!

SuziH, come on down! *hums The Price Is Right theme tune*

Silliman Al-ghaazly, tell me why your location is in NSW when it looks more tropical than that! BTW I WILL tell your wife if you misbehave. ;) Suzi is just observing the proceedings right now. Not in a very playful mood. Damned menopause! ::)       

Maybe you can find a country song about hot flashes (huh)

Quoted from 80

Maybe you can find a country song about hot flashes (huh)

LMAO MD, she's gonna SMACK you for that one!

Quoted from 80

Maybe you can find a country song about hot flashes (huh)

(naughty) Suzi admonishing MD for his cheekiness

(stars) Dean after Suzi SMACKED him upside his head

(you pissed me off) Suzi in a hot flash! ;)

Actually I could write a country tear jerker about menopause and sing it myself.... NOT!
Suzi doesn't actually get hot flashes she just gets in very bad moods. Read my signature :P

lol

Just waiting on one more entry and we can get this thing started. I'll leave entries open until Wednesday, so guys start spamming!

Entries so far: 10

Kiwi :'(
Candy :'(
Silliman Al-ghaazly :'(
Paula :'(
MeanDean :'(
maf-you :'(
Tasman :'(
GlenTheAdmin :'(
LB :'(
shawty :'(

Come on Suzi, come on.....just enter something.

Sometimes, I'm so emotional that I'm just a hot flash waiting to happen  :'(

Quoted from 80

Sometimes, I'm so emotional that I'm just a hot flash waiting to happen  :'(

Shouldnt it be "hot FLUSH "..........

Quoted from LB

Shouldnt it be "hot FLUSH "..........

Yes, but Americans call it "flash" and it sticks. :(

Hahaha.
Yeah just enter something! :P

It's good to see there's new participants every time (HI LB!)

Who's dropped out?
nannyfan, wurtzel, union jack, suzi
who else.... hmmmmm

I'm still very upset after watching my video again.  :'( I am struggling to come to terms with the deaths  :'( of some of my band members just prior to filming this very  :'( emotional clip. Don't worry about me though  :'(...my troubles are few compared to the poor people in my clip.  :'(

I almost couldn't get out of bed today because I dreamed of mine.


Is it called flush in Australia?

Lol you guys are milking it for all its worth you sobbers.

Quoted from 80

I almost couldn't get out of bed today because I dreamed of mine.

Oh so you can actually get to sleep after watching yours.....you're lucky  :'(

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... Is it called flush in Australia?

Yes...

http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/hot%20flush

flash makes more sense to me.

Flash.... Flush.... Suzi doesn't get them either way ;)
Yes the USA says Flash and we say Flush.
Dara.... Suzi only entered this great competition once and that was the first one.
Dara, now I think of Kiwi Fruit every time I see your 'new' name :P

Haha well there's worse things to think of than kiwi fruit ;P

My video is so sad as well I don't like watching it.

My video is so sad that it inspired an entire songwriter's convention to participate in a mass suicide in the early 60's... and the song wasn't even written until 1972.

Hmmm possible trouble brewing... organisational-wise I may not get the show running due to internet quota being depleted. I am trying my best, but if I can't do it we may have to run the show text-wise.

BTW, just to delay things longer I am keeping the entries open until 1 more entrant has entered. And for the sake of controversy, whoever is the person that signs them up will recieve 1 bonus point to their score. *does impression of Mr Burns' hands* FIGHT my pretties FIGHT to the death muhahahahahahaha

You will get no fight from me, maf-you.


My entry has it all...murder of a child, cute animal, power and corruption, injustice, comedy, men in tears, racial & gay slur, depression, tragic hero, coward, sadism, poetic justice, supernatural, terminal illness, miracles, strait jacket, nursing home......and that's just the visual part of it. Add to that... the mind piecing music and you can't help but feel SAD for hours afterwards  :'( :'( :'(

I meant fight as in a fight to get that one point advantage lol

That's pretty impressive Candy  :).  It will still be hard to beat mine though.  Mine is so sad that it has sex with an unhappy ending for both people.

I dont think mine can compete with these entries..........................Its a sad song,thats about all...

I think you'll all like my video this time - it's not sad-cry it's happy-happy-cry  :'( :D :'( :D

Isn't that right, maf-you

Mine's merely a tear jerker.  :-/

We'll just wait and see.. mwahahaha.

Glen, yay, 1 not sad one :D

Mine is so sad that you're happy when its finally over.

Mine is so sad, that it's sitting there thinking to itself, "If Dean makes one more 'mine is so sad' comment, I'll have to create an account and tell him how sad his bragging is, or I might get overly self conscious about my sadness and die."

Isn't 10 people good enough for 12 point voting, or are we shooting for more?

Quoted from GlenTheAdmin

I think you'll all like my video this time - it's not sad-cry it's happy-happy-cry  :'( :D :'( :D

Isn't that right, maf-you

Triple posting.
Glen I hope you didn't avoid the last one because you're scored low the first time around.
Also, mine actually isn't even very good this time around.  If I had posted something that made me cry it would be something really cheesy like... some stupid sentimental scene in an action movie or a TV show or something, but only I would fully appreciate it, so I did a song and the only video I found that wasn't non-live and was worth doing was sort of lame.  I plan to lose hard, but even still, mine is so sad, that it's just some video somebody threw together to a song that lots of people have heard too many times... It's just that sad.  

Quoted from 80

Isn't 10 people good enough for 12 point voting, or are we shooting for more?

ideally we would want 11 people...because with 10 people, you cant vote for yourself so it is like your judging 9 videos...

Yeah that makes sense now.

*sigh* The game will begin on Thursday 1st May whether we get people or not. And there might not be a presentation thingo unless someone can help me make a program in MATLAB to make a wheel go around in a circle, with the velocity dependant on a joystick (and they expect a first year student with no real knowledge of programming to be able to do this  ::)).

A joystick :O Sorry can't help you :P:O

Aww, we could start later to give you more time?? :D

I'll try and get it done ASAP.

to make a wheel go around in a circle.....I have no idea maf-you
do you need to go to so much (though it sounds good), the rest of us won't be able to provide the same presentation....

KIWI...your revolving flags around the world is the best avatar yet (clap)

... well yes because I have no life, and personally if I ever get sick of engineering I want to move to either acting or production of TV or Movies and stuff, because I really enjoy it. So yeah it's good practice.

:D

MeanDean is a hottie.

Quoted from 80

MeanDean is a hottie.

                 :-/

:'( :'( :'( :'( :'(

Is that crying out of laughter?  :P

Tasman is hottie of the week.

Well after a chat with my lecturer I was able to program the damned thing. Although I have a busy weekend, Pokeroke, 18th Birthday Party to attend, Orthodox Easter, as well as tidbits of hw, I will work on the presentation. But it still won't be up until the 1st of May when my internet becomes unshaped.

Cooooooool! :D

I'll think of a good promo for my video!

Quoted from 80

Tasman is hottie of the week.

I'm very steamy actually. My tears are increasing the humidity around me  ??)


...a promo kiwi... :o  

Entries are officially closed! We have 10 entries. The program will be on Thursday 1st of May at 8.30pm ACST (Adelaide Time). Voting will be open straight away until Friday 9th of May at 11.30pm ACST. And the results show should be on Sunday 11th of May at 5.00pm ACST. All times are subject to change.

Quoted from Matt

Entries are officially closed! We have 10 entries.

so Suzi's not a contender then  :'( :'( :'(

Quoted from Matt

Entries are officially closed! We have 10 entries. The program will be on Thursday 1st of May at 8.30pm ACST (Adelaide Time). Voting will be open straight away until Friday 9th of May at 11.30pm ACST. And the results show should be on Sunday 11th of May at 5.00pm ACST. All times are subject to change.

Aaagh! It's institutionalization gone mad I tell ya!

Can we have a "How To Vote" card please  ;)

LOL

Voting has been spelt out in the presentation.

Excellent ...nothing can go wrong  :X

lol knowing these sorts of competitions, something will go wrong *knocks on wood*

lol well, anyone would have interpreted sillys votes like that :P

Quick update. The show is done and ready to be uploaded. It is a very plain show and I apologise for that, very rushed on my part. I hope to have some humour in the results show, so yeah I hope you all watch intently for tomorrow night.

I am eagerly waiting...I signed on at work today 1/5/08 and thought I would be looking at results tonight   ::) but was a day ahead of myself. One more sleep to go.

Oh wow, time flew. I didn't realize the month was turning.

Any show is a good one maf-you.  I was a little annoyed at the wait but now that it's here I'm looking forward to it, even if it's a very simple one.  The voting thing you did was cool as hell.

I'm excited ...and sad ....all at the same time (c00 d00d)

Thankfully I've scored great seats up very near the stage for tonights show. Nice touch with the tissue box on each seat. Oooooo I can just feel its going to be a very special night. ...oh hang on ...I think I wet myself  :B

Quoted from 122

I'm excited ...and sad ....all at the same time (c00 d00d)
...I think I wet myself  :B

My video made me feel more sad than all the times I wet myself in public combined.

... There may be some controversy about how the show goes, but we'll just have to wait and see.

Controversy ok now I'm very intrigued!!

It's probably since my video is so sad that it makes the rest of the production seem mundane.

I'll never wear that out.  I still have plenty of stupid statements like that in me I think .

Having troubles with internet connection. Our speed was supposed to be increased today, but apparently something has buggered up. I've been trying to upload the presentation and I hope I can get it up sometime today. If not we'll have to wait until tomorrow or Saturday as my ISP said the change wouldn't be rectified until tomorrow...

Thats so SAD.... :'( :'(

It is sad, and makes me very angry  >:(. If I can I'll try and upload the videos at uni and hope it doesn't eat too much into my quota.

How big is the file?

Just great. You fade out just before the climax of the song. :P

That's a fantastic show - I'll link to it from the TV Guide

Quoted from sillygostly

Just great. You fade out just before the climax of the song. :P

I know lol, I had thought about editing out the best 3 minutes, but what I find the best 3 minutes would not be the same as another persons best 3 minutes, so I just went default and go from start to 3 minutes.

Oh btw, before I forget SEND THE ENTRIES TO ME IN A PM! Not on the thread... we don't want to let these secrets out until they are ready!

Couldn't you list the songs so we don't have to go through them all manually? :P

Well I know mine wasn't the best, but I'm our "Local Rock God" so I'm really happy about that   :D :D

Thanks maf-you, it was worth the wait.

One thing though, am I the only person that noticed there was no MATLAB programed spinning wheel in the entire production?
If I didn't like the rest of the show I would have wanted my money back because of it.  I hope theres one if you do a results show, maf-you  :P

... that was an assignment for uni lol, and i had to get that done before i could work on the presentation.

And just for you Silly here are the songs:
GlenTheAdmin: Over The Rainbow by Connie
Tasman: Fix You by Young @ Heart
Candy: My Immortal by Evanescence and Vision from the Green Mile
Kiwi: Concrete Angel by Martina McBride
Paula: Without You by Harry Nilsson
MeanDean: Wish You Were Here by Pink Floyd
LB: I Fall To Pieces by Aaron Neville & Trisha Yearwood
Shawty: Vision from Schindler's List and Music by John Williams
Maf-you: Someone's Watching Over Me by Hilary Duff
Sillygostly: Wires by Athlete

Much appreciated. :P

Quoted from Matt

Lines will stay open until the last entrant has voted

*slouches back* I think I just might hold you to that. ;)

Quoted from GlenTheAdmin

That's a fantastic show - I'll link to it from the TV Guide

I can't find the link :S lol :D

I have to go beg my dad to let me watch it, he's banned me from youtube because it used too much bandwidth, for a month :O



Omg, you guys better watch my WHOLE video :D
Ooh connie talbot I've watched her lots of times before ;)

edit - I'm watching part 1, I don't know when I can do parts 2-4, I think, I dunno :S I'll offer to pay him :P

Quoted from sillygostly

*slouches back* I think I just might hold you to that. ;)

Ok then :D... Gives me a longer time to get the results show ready. And don't blame me when the mobs start coming!

OK for some reason I am not able to listen to any of the songs without them buffering every 5 seconds.  This means I cannot give everyone a fair go (listen), so I cannot vote.  :(

P.S. better count me out, maf-you.

Why don't you give it some time Paula.  It's probably a temporary problem somewhere between youtube and your ISP.

Quoted from Paula

OK for some reason I am not able to listen to any of the songs without them buffering every 5 seconds.  This means I cannot give everyone a fair go (listen), so I cannot vote.  :(

P.S. better count me out, maf-you.

paula it's youtube, just let them load all the way before you click play.

Quoted from Dara

paula it's youtube, just let them load all the way before you click play.

I did.  I walked away for 15 minutes then came back (did this a few times over the last day or so) and still the same thing.  I wonder is it a video card issue?  It's not my connection as everything else is superfast.  It's just anything with a video in it.

It wouldn't be a video card issue. It would either be YouTube or your ISP, give it a couple of days and see if you can play them. If not I'll could always send you the presentation in the mail lol!

Yeah how long do we have to vote?

ok got it sorted and have voted :)

Quoted from Dara

Yeah how long do we have to vote?

Quoted Text

Lines will stay open until the last entrant has voted

So by all means, feel free to take your time. :P

BTW, I would like to thank everyone for not entering a video from Titanic! Saved me from going crazy!

And yeah, voting is open for a while... it will be limited of course. As a rough estimate 1-2 weeks. If I could steal the program that allows Eurovision to do their voting tally it would be so much quicker!

Actually scrap that... I've found an online scoreboard thing with animations and such that I shall use... I know lazy eh. So I'll give everyone til next Sunday!

Great work maf-you, love it all ...almost better than the real thing  ;)

You know how last time you had a person in the corner reading your votes? Are you going to do that again? And would they look like us? Because that would be cool ;D

Edit- Ooh online scoreboard, cool :D

Quoted from Dara

You know how last time you had a person in the corner reading your votes? Are you going to do that again? And would they look like us? Because that would be cool ;D

Edit- Ooh online scoreboard, cool :D

Well we have two choices then:

a. I continue with this online scoreboard thing I've found and the competition will end next sunday

or

b. I do a similar presentation to what I did last time with my results, except this will take a while and I don't know when I'll be able to get it done because the uni assignments are starting to pile up

I don't care LOL as I have already voted!  :P

Up to you ^_^

Ooh I'm watching now!! It seems to be, old people so far, and my video with the kid. Poor paula, coming after the sadness of mine, what hope does she have? ;P jks. haha.
I'm onto video 3 now.

There probably should have been a disclaimer about the effects of mine... depression, insanity, etc.  Keep that in mind Dara.

Quoted from sillygostly

Eew. Slideshows bore me to tears. Particularly since most people put minimal (if any) effort into them. I'm sure you can find a suitable video on YouTube (or if not, simply vouch for another song; this is ultimately a video contest after all).

I will MD, I will  8)

I've already watched them all. I can say however that none of them have had any impact on me so it's gonna be a little tough ranking them all. :P

Yeah, mine was way the saddest :P
They were either sad with horrible music or good music that was not sad!

... yeah I personally didn't get any overcoming emotions like I planned, perhaps this only works when you're in the moment... I know mine is!

I found a couple of them sad.

Quoted from Dara

I will MD, I will  8)

The sideshow actually wasn't that bad for people familiar with the band because it has a bit of original artwork in it.  There's a bit of nostalgia in it.  It was indeed sort of cheesy, but I don't think there was actually a studio cut of the video ever filmed, and that seemed like the best thing to go with amoung all the videos I wanted to use.  I'll admit that I didn't spend as much time as I could have looking for the perfect one and didn't really expect everyone to like the band or feel nostalgic either, I even like the song but have heard it so many times that it gets old again if I hear it more than once a year now.

When you vote, remember than mine had partial nudity in it, and that no else's did.  It's like when you watch TV and don't know what's on and see a movie starting on one channel and they say "The following movie contains course language" and then you flip to see what else is on and see a movie starting and "The following movie contains course language, violence, sex scenes, and nudity" and you haven't heard of either one, then you pick the second movie... same thing applies here, mine deserves extra points because of it...
This somehow makes sense  :-/

Haha, well I think I raised you a place from what I originally had you as, so we'll say it's due to that then :P

3 points then...  :P

nope :P

You know I don't even remember what I scored people now.  I remember who I gave the 12 and 10 to but beyond that I'm drawing a blank entirely, so seeing my scores on the award night will be as interesting for me as for everyone else.

I've forgotten as well :D

I haven't had time to forget them coz I just sent my votes in  :P

All I can say is that I must be a cold hearted bastard ...except when I watched mine of course :'( ...thinking of the poor people that died just before they had a chance to be in the video and the sound of the leads breathing thingy beating in time with the song.  ??) :-/ :o :'(

Suprise scoring update:

At the moment, it is very one sided with 11 points seperating 1st and 2nd!

Will this change? Find out on Mother's day, when we annouce the winner of EBlah Video Song Contest!

Coooool!!
Well, I remember one had an old people's choir, that was kinda sad, one confused me, man missing his wife, jump to black guy, back, forth, ahh! But with a good song, there was MD's slideshow, Paula had a live one, umm, matthew had the song about the dead brother......... ummmmmmm..... :S

Quoted from Dara

there was MD's slideshow

I didn't think I'd win by 11 points.  I only searched youtube for a little while.  I feel overwhelmed.

I'd like to thank my parents, my wife and daughter for supporting me, the
band Pink Floyd, the drug LSD for making the band Pink Floyd a little more popular than they might have otherwise been, Youtube, whoever it was that uploaded the video in the first place, sunny aftetnoons in Alabama at the end of the dock behind the boat house out in the open but where no one could see with my pants dropped around my ankles and the guilty feeling afterward, the fact that the movie The Fifth Element was filmed even though it was sort of a flop and never given a second and third chance by the public.  I'd also like to thank Jenine from high school for being hot, you were nice to look at Jenine, sorry if I mis-spelled your name.  I'd like to thank God for making me, and for putting boobies in the world, fine work on the latter.  I'd like to thank Eblah for webspace to host the competition on, Dara for thinking it up, Maf-you for holding the competition  and for not maffing me too hard.
One final thing, I hope there isn't controversy over my victory later on, as slideshows speak so profoundly and deeply to our soul.

Amen.

after seeing what i have seen today... none of our entries come close to this tearjerker. I will not disclose details of it as it hasn't aired on Australian TV, but it is soooo sad!

Um, how come? make it white text? :)

It is at your own peril that I post this, the show I am talking about is Torchwood



If you do not wish to see the rest please unhighlight this text










Tosh and Owen die in the season 2 finale  :(

Waiting on Glen's votes, hopefully they come in some time today...

Coool :D
cmon glen, 12 to me, it's quite simple :P

^^^ Somehow I don't think you'd need the extra 12 points this round. The bookies have you as favourite!!!  ;)

... There are bookies now?

Oh well in that case, that's good :P
But I think the one with the old man singing will win. Somehow I think that.

... we are still waiting on Glen's votes, does anyone want to ring him and tell him his votes are due in soon!

Quoted from Matt

... There are bookies now?

I didn't know there were "lines" either. :X :P

I got good odds for video about premature babies ...

What video was that??

*Calls glen*

Quoted from Dara

Oh well in that case, that's good :P
But I think the one with the old man singing will win. Somehow I think that.

True  ;) That one was so sad  :'(

How long do we wait for Glen ...another week?  :o

Quoted from Dara

What video was that??

That was Silly's entry...did you miss it?

Nope saw them all, either I forgot it or I didn't get it. Lemme C again....

Quoted from 122

How long do we wait for Glen ...another week?

Isn't today the day we were supposed to get on with this round assuming maf-you is ready?

Yeah I'm supposed to present the votes now, but I'm still waiting on Glen's votes...

It seems Glen hasn't been on for a week... I'll close it off at midnight and results will be posted soon after or tomorrow morning!

I don't think it'd kill us if we gave Glen just another day or two. It just adds to the suspense!!! (P.S. it might be good for ratings) :P

I do.  It's not like the guy hasn't had a good long time to get his vote in.  He's either unable to work for some reason or he doesn't even have the forum feedback threads on notify.  This competition is coming on a month or something, and he's 11 days to vote.  I personally feel like a fool for ever putting forth anything into the suggestions... the administrators come around and listen quite well when they implement a new feature and we come accross bugs and broken links and offer feedback on what we didn't block and thus was an effective marketing strategy on other parts of the site.  Then they can't even log on and tell someone where the ebroadcast tv guide is located, as a recent example.  If you don't bother to vote in the competition then you either can't because of whatever circumstances, and it should move on, or it wasn't important enough at the time.  Why the hell should those of us who cared wait... I'm sure it fucked up any sort of video presentation if maf-you had been wanting to do one.  And by the way, if you think you're special enough that the rest of us want to wait around for you to sit on your voting results being sent in, because you think it's funny or whatever the reason Silly, then you're wrong... No one wants that... no one.  It'd just be you being inconsiderate.  I seriously doubt Glen wants to be incosiderate beyond the fact that he probably forgot, so I hope no one's arse kissing because he's an administrator... he's not intentionally being inconsiderate, he forgot and he's hardly ever here so lets move on when maf-you is ready.  That's my feelings.

When I screwed up judging the imaging competition it was because I screwed it up... because I got involved in something else and I forgot.. when you forget it's because you don't care like you previously did... it's how forgeting happens at all.  Surely it must have been a frustration for the people who had entered, but if I wasn't judging it at the time and had stated that i'de be entering I wouldn't expect anyone to wait around for me to submit an entry.  I'd be acting like a jerk to think I could toy with the game as if I actually mattered enough to hold it up.  I sure as hell wouldn't expect you to care enough to let me hold things up.

Video presentations are out for me until I have a break in uni, I can't afford the time... I procrastinate too much as it is :P.

BTW for all those wondering http://www.ebroadcast.com.au/tv has the TV Guide on it lol.

I've made a decision that if his votes aren't in by midnight, unfortunately we will continue without him and his entry is just a filler. 11 days is quite a while to get voting done IMO

MeanDean you're a total hottie. Agree with all you said  :)


maf-you, hope you don't treat Glenns video just as a filler, the votes will go on the same surely, just he doesn't vote I would've thought  (think)

It will go on the same Tasman.

So after a month we are finally down to the results show! Thankyou to everyone who participated, I hope you will be able to do so again when we go on a trip to our next destination! And a BIG congratulations to our winner! Although if Glen had voted we might have had a different winner, it was THAT close!

Get ready for it... here come the votes!

http://www.tummiweb.com/escnation/scorewiz/show.php?id=44383 ... hopefully this new technology works for everyone!

What a great show!!!

CONGRATULATIONS CANDY!!!

Well done Maf-you on the presentation...thanks for all the effort you put in!!!

wow...thanks everyone   That was a surprise win....KIWI was obviously a favourite with so many '12s'

perfect presentation Maf-you (dance) now you can get back to your important work.

And I will go to bed a happy women (have to be at work 0600hrs, so not much time to sleep)

WD Candy and wtg on the presentation to Maf-you!

Yay Candy! :)

Quoted from 122

MeanDean you're a total hottie

:B

Mine got the lowest score  :(
I thought I'd get like second or third to last  :P

Well done Candy and Maf-you for a great presentation

Oooh wicked!
Ok.. watching show.. cool bg!
Yay thank you tasman!!
Yay LB <3
Ooh shawty thanks :D
Woo matt thx :D
All I have to say is, I HATE YOU SG!! :P No it's the 2 from MD that killed it haha

Congrats candy :D

Ooh was I right about the old man winning>?

Quoted from Dara

Oooh wicked!
Ooh was I right about the old man winning>?

If you mean mine..well you must watch the movie Green Mile if you have not seen it. I cried so hard at the end, I could hardly breath. Its about a black man falsely accussed of harming two children, sent to prison, saving the wardens' wife then being exucuted by the prison guards who knew he was someone special....the old people in the begining of the video clip are the warden and his wife and he never got over the guilt...

Quoted from Candy

If you mean mine..well you must watch the movie Green Mile if you have not seen it. I cried so hard at the end, I could hardly breath. Its about a black man falsely accussed of harming two children, sent to prison, saving the wardens' wife then being exucuted by the prison guards who knew he was someone special....the old people in the begining of the video clip are the warden and his wife and he never got over the guilt...

Ok I was wrong I didn't think you'd win. :P
I think I might have seen some of that movie.

So what will we need for our visit to Candy-land?

True, what's the theme? :)

Btw, matt that was a really good round, thanks!!  :) :)

Unless something better comes along, or people have the time. I strongly suggest that people use the online scoreboard for scoring. It's not hard to use.

Candy, Green Mile, amazingly written by Stephen King. The Movie I cried ALL THE WAY through the movie. After reading the book I knew what to expect. Powerful movie/story. What a cute little Mouse. :)

Go, Candy! Go, Candy! :D
Congrats on the win. w00t w00t

Quoted from Dara

All I have to say is, I HATE YOU SG!! :P

Right back at ya, hon.  :K) :K) :K)

Congrats Candy!!! (drummer)(dance)(drummer)

You were robbed MD!!!  :X


Thanks for a great comp maf-you and no controversy this time.  :-/ :o

Quoted from 122

no controversy this time.  :-/ :o

Well we were overtime (as most reality tv shows), not everyone voted (which could have lead to a different outcome), me throwing in the towel with my video (that surprisingly didn't come last), and the fact that MD didn't win, I think is a fair bit of controversy.

Hi guys,

I'm very sorry I missed out on this - my mind has been elsewhere the last few weeks and I only just got Maf's email message. Sorry to those who were waiting on my response, it looks really bad and the competition was such a good one and so well organised. In particular, sorry to Maf

Quoted from Matt

and the fact that MD didn't win, I think is a fair bit of controversy.

hah! :P

Quoted from Matt

..... and the fact that MD didn't win...

Why do you say that about MD winning???

I really, really liked Silly's entry, so much that I sing it all day long.

Because I made a speech about winning before the voting was done, and said I hoped there would be no controversy over it... and maybe because I scored last, plus I spent a fair bit of time saying how sad mine is.  I think you must still be upset from watching my sad, sad video.

Quoted from Candy

....the old people in the begining of the video clip are the warden and his wife and he never got over the guilt...

Got that wrong..the old people are the elderly Paul Edgecomb (Tom Hank's character) in a nursing home. The woman Elaine is a friend to whom he tells the story of the Green Mile...I think I will have to watch it again now, I have forgotton some of it.

And Yes Suizi that Stephen King wrote some geat books. didn't he.

You are always so right MD  :'(

Glad you liked it Candy. :)

In retrospect I probably should have used the Sim video that someone made for the video a few years back. It was pretty sad although I figured it might have been a little too graphic (there are images of bruises and slashed wrists in the vid ??)).

So... what's the theme?

It was a real supprise for me that Stephen King did such quality work like that after his reputation for being a creepy story writer.

I wonder why battery operated kids toys go off by themselves...

Have u decided a theme for the next round Candy?

Well if you all are ready to play again...

EBlah Video Song Contest v4 Theme: Dance Music

I think we have had enough sadness so I propose a Dance Video Music Competition.
1) Dance Music (any category)
2) Has people or animals or cartoons, dancing
3) Closing Date for entries: end of May, Saturday the 31st.

Have fun everyone and find something that will make us smile  :D

Yay! Fun!! Either I'll enter to win, or I'll enter a song I like that won't win because it's so like.. wtf for most people ;D

Well well well... my favourite, DANCE music! Good choice Candy!

Oh so many choices!! This will take hours to decide!! :D

Is people dancing down a path enough for dancing?

Hmm to kick things off I wanted to share one of my fav vids, and it fits right into this round's theme...

Ooo, I think I'll nominate one of my own vids for this contest. :D

Quoted from Matt

Hmm to kick things off I wanted to share one of my fav vids, and it fits right into this round's theme...

lol I like that! I was thinking of that song! But using SYTYCD :D

This will be a fun round!

Quoted from Matt

Hmm to kick things off I wanted to share one of my fav vids, and it fits right into this round's theme...

12 points right there Maf-you....

BTW, that vid was just a show piece lol, it's not my entry.

I knew that...^^^

lol yeah I know that, I was just saying in case newcomers come along and post their vid in the thread.

Haha

I can't decide what to enter!
I have all day to decide though cuz I'm off school (sick) ^_^
I'm really debating here

What is the crowd after? Omgggggg
I have a shortlist :D

The Tasman entry should attract some votes from the MeanDean jury  8)

I'm thinking of entering one of Silly's videos.. 12 points from him :D:D :P






jks ;)

Naughty, naughty! :P

Well, I'd actually be extremely flattered that you'd use one of my videos... but annoyed that you'd be using me to win a competition that I'm also entering. Aye aye aye! :P

Quoted from 122

The Tasman entry should attract some votes from the MeanDean jury  8)

Looking forward to it now, especially since I can't for the life of me think of anything that I want to do.  I'm honestly glad that someone else might know what I like because I have me confused :)

I guess I found a way to do a decent signature for it though, since Candy is hosting.  If you're epileptic then it might be best not to stare at it for too long.

ZOMG! That's great MD! *starts having fit* blo.....dy.... bri....lililili....ant

:)

It's kind of annoying when you scroll down a page I've posted on multiple times though.  I'll take it down later on.

I wonder if you're going to join the imaging thread after seeing the nifty avatars maf-you...

Yeah I've wanted too but I havent had time because of EVSC.

Aaaagh! So distracting! (MD's avatar)

Me thinks me is going to create me own video if time permits

Ooh interesting ^_^
Hey MD, cool sig, it seems deja vu, did you used to have an av like that, like 2 yrs ago?

Quoted from 80

I guess I found a way to do a decent signature for it though....

can you put a little plane in front of it???

I entered. I'm not entirely happy with it though

EBlah Video Song Contest v4 Theme: Dance Music

1)  KIWI  (woot)

Quoted from Dara

Ooh interesting ^_^
Hey MD, cool sig, it seems deja vu, did you used to have an av like that, like 2 yrs ago?

Yeah I had a couple I was playing with.  One did sort of a 3d thing.  I didn't really like it that much though, and to be honest I don't really like the sig either.  It's there sort of just to say "Look at me, I can make a spinning thing," but I'll change it when I figure out what I want finally.

This was the original sig when I posted Candy, you might not have seen it.  Immitation is the best form of flattery? http://i29.tinypic.com/2l8gqib.gif
I'm not sure what you mean by a plane.

I believe she means to have a plane pull it... like a banner thing

Quoted from 80

This was the original sig when I posted Candy, you might not have seen it.  Immitation is the best form of flattery? http://i29.tinypic.com/2l8gqib.gif
I'm not sure what you mean by a plane.

I reckon we could use that as a watermark should we make a video presentation for subsequent instalments of the EVSC.

Yeah..that sounds like a good idea.

EBlah Video Song Contest v4 Theme: Dance Music

Entries:

1)  KIWI  (woot)
2)  Tasman  (woot)

EBlah Video Song Contest v4 Theme: Dance Music

Entries:

1)  KIWI  (woot)

2)  Tasman  (woot)


Not this round:
Paula  (wiseman)

How come Paula?

After much deliberation I finally whittled the pack down to two entries. Both were Eurovision songs. Here's what I decided not to go with...



It got second place last year in Eurovision... would it have gotten second place this time around... who knows

EBlah Video Song Contest v4 Theme: Dance Music

Entries:

1)  KIWI  (woot)
2)  Tasman  (woot)
3)  maf-you  (woot)

Not this round:
Paula  (wiseman)

I want to submit a remixed version of one of my older videos for the contest but I can't figure out which one I should choose. *strokes chin*

Matt 12 points from me haha

I'm not happy with my entry so I might change it still.

I considered these but changed my mind:

[youtube]Rk_fO7B-s2M[/youtube] http://youtube.com/watch?v=Rk_fO7B-s2M

Quoted from Dara

.....I'm not happy with my entry so I might change it still.
I considered these but changed my mind:

Thats right...go with your first instinct....its usually right.

EBlah Video Song Contest v4 Theme: Dance Music
Enteries so far:

1)  KIWI (woot)
2)  Tasman (woot)
3)  maf-you (woot)
4)  MeanDean (woot)

Not this round:
Paula  (wiseman)

Oh c'mon Paula & Suzi ...give us some competition!! (woot)(drummer)(woot)

I wanna see some of the newcomers join in, like Mckay

Yes!!!  ...and Dalton (woot)

Quoted from 122

Oh c'mon Paula & Suzi ...give us some competition!! (woot)(drummer)(woot)

I'm not entering this round, Tasman.

:'( :'( :-/ :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :o :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'(

video's are arriving slowly for this round. We need five more to met target  :-/
Remember the deadline is Saturday the 31st.... just under two weeks.

EBlah Video Song Contest v4 Theme: Dance Music
Enteries so far:

1)  KIWI  (woot)
2)  Tasman  (woot)
3)  maf-you  (woot)
4)  MeanDean  (woot)
5)  Lawnbowler  (woot)

Not this round:
Paula  (wiseman)

spam people
ask lurveit maybe she will

EBlah Video Song Contest v4 Theme: Dance Music
Enteries so far:

1)  KIWI  (woot)
2)  Tasman  (woot)
3)  maf-you   (woot)
4)  MeanDean  (woot)
5)  Lawnbowler  (woot)
6)  Sillygostly  (woot)

Not this round:
Paula  (wiseman)

I trust you will be entering Candy  :o

Ha ha...I am seriously concidering it. looks like a good competition  :D

I forgot to say earlier on, mine is so dance groovy that you get a cardiovascular workout while watching it.

When you're done watching mine, you're a changed person... not only can you tango, tap, and get jiggy with it, but you can rap the lyrics to David Hasselhoff songs... and none of that stuff is even in the video.

Pfft, mines better :P

... I think I might change mine, not too sure at the moment about it :-/

...because my last post made you get scared?  :P

Yeah totally... I'm thinking of going for the sexy girls dancing, 12 points immediately from you MD :P

Do you think its best to have a good song, or a good video? What do you guys vote on ...coz I just want to make you all happy  ;)

I vote by what grabs my attention so it's a mix of both.

Quoted from Matt

Yeah totally... I'm thinking of going for the sexy girls dancing, 12 points immediately from you MD :P

BOOOOOOOOO!

Quoted from 122

Do you think its best to have a good song, or a good video? What do you guys vote on ...coz I just want to make you all happy  ;)

I vote on songs that:
a) are really catchy fun music (eg eurovision, jesc etc)
b) tell a story AND have a good video
c) have something I like in it eg greenery, or some random foreign video

I DON'T vote for:
a) anime videos
b) violence/gore

;)

A while back someone, maybe tasman I forget, had a really cool video, like even the credits were funny. So I think it was my 12, even though I liked.. shawty??'s song better ;)

Quoted from Matt

Yeah totally... I'm thinking of going for the sexy girls dancing, 12 points immediately from you MD :P

I don't know why Dara is Booing maf-you, it made me laugh.  It's almost like she doesn't like sexy girls or something  :-/

;p

Quoted from Dara

A while back someone, maybe tasman I forget, had a really cool video, like even the credits were funny. So I think it was my 12, even though I liked.. shawty??'s song better ;)

Thanks Dara  ;) ...nice to know the vid was watched right to the end.

I think my Dance Video fulfills most of your needs  :)

Oh good :D

A new contender has sent their entry....even if we get no more by Saturday, I think we are in for a good competition  (whistle)

EBlah Video Song Contest v4 Theme: Dance Music
Enteries so far:

1)  KIWI (woot)
2)  Tasman  (woot)
3)  maf-you  (woot)
4)  MeanDean  (woot)
5)  Lawnbowler  (woot)
6)  Sillygostly  (woot)
7)  Candy  (woot)
8)  Lowie101  (woot)

Not this round:
Paula  (wiseman)

Yay lowie!! :D
I'll go PM some people.. hope they don't get annoyed!!
Why is paula not in it now? :(

edit - ok just invited:
suzih,glentheadmin,dalton,morganpym,
aquamonkey,lurveit,sallyj,MiseryBusiness,shawty,mackay,seriously,union jack,coctosan
fajo,simpson,juugoolart

Thought it was about time I joined, I planned to ages ago but been really busy with uni. Dont completely understand how it all works but will just learn as we go I guess  :D

:D

dalton and suzi might join!

Hm.. Candy says she's gone :S
She told me to host.
I don't know if she will come back or not!! :S

And lowie, omg, I so almost entered your entry!! :O

I do hope Candy comes back...

No more Candy??  :'(  :'(

...or is kiwi just trying to get a look at our goodies  :o

hey,

Is it too late to enter a video? If not who do i send it to?? candy or dara?

Send it to Dara, Shawty.

cool hey shawty!

well I don't know what's happening with candy :(

For participants we lost MD and candy.

kiwi(woot)
tasman(woot)
maf-you(woot)
LB(woot)
sillygostly(woot)
lowie101(woot)
suzih(shrug)
dalton(shrug)
morganpym(woot)
shawty(shrug)

(woot) = entered with song
(shrug) = entered maybe.. no song yet

gay as in the slang for not good

He could be the interval act?
Or I could ask him if he wants to vote anyway

Can't we please keep MeanDean and Candy's entries????? I don't see why we have to forget any trance of these wonderful eBlahers.  ;)

We can keep meandeans but candy didn't send me hers  ??)

Cool ...least we have MeanDeans  ;)


He will live on!!! (woot)

thats kinda gay though... we can give him points but he cant give us points. kinda defeats the purpose

Gay? ...do you mean good?  :-/

Yeah,,,spose we haven't had that happen before  ;)

Hmm, when will we be starting? Are we waiting on some more entries?

I got 1 more
I dunno, do we want like a cool show??
I have my maths final soon + other exams and assigns etc, and I got behind from 2 weeks off, so I can't do something so good atm, it would have to wait a bit.. I could do the songs and make a better final show?

Let's Dance!!!! (woot)(woot)


...don't go to too much trouble kiwi. We'll be happy vegemites anyway  ;)

:)

I'll announce them sometime soon, it won't be a good opening show but I'll try for the closing ;)

Quoted from Dara

I'll announce them sometime soon, it won't be a good opening show but I'll try for the closing ;)

*raises hand*

I'd be happy to volunteer.

*points at Silly*

let him have a go... obviously he has no life :P jokes silly

but yeah give silly a go

Ok silly :D
You wanna host whole thing? I can send you all entries??

Heeheehee... it's all a bit much, and while I've never seen anything Silly has done, so have been really wondering about it, I see Candy is posting again now and can't help but to wonder if she's up to it.

Quoted from Matt

let him have a go... obviously he has no life :P jokes silly

*sniffs* Oh, you know it's true. :P

Quoted from Dara

Ok silly :D
You wanna host whole thing? I can send you all entries??

I don't think I should be given the privilege of hosting the contest (yet :P), however I wouldn't mind making a compilation video of all the entries (30-40 second snippets of each clip) for those who can't be bothered watching every entry in full.

Ok well I'll post them and then you can do that
I'll post asap

   Hello, hello, and welcome to the Eblah! Video song contest number 4! I will be your host for the (prolonged) evening, I hope you enjoy the show!!



         Last time, Candy was crowned the winner with her song My Immortal by Evanescence with tear jerking footage from the Green Mile. Now.. who will be the next winner? Only time will tell...                 

Now.. the topic of this edition is.........



What style will that be?  

Could it be

maybe



or maybe even some of this

    LETS ANNOUNCE THE CONTESTANTS!!

The draw has been done, this is the running order:

Lowie101
Mr G, Naughty Girl
http://youtube.com/watch?v=Pf66M2C8PlI

Tasman
'Noone Like You' by Strawpeople
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SyupN1MNeww

Sillygostly
Oh My Gosh by Basement Jaxx
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e-0dVVC4TaM

shawty
Canned Heat by Jamiroquai
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uIf8y0h3lH0

Kiwi/Dara
Macarena -  Los Del Rio
http://youtube.com/watch?v=ZPlvpN-7xyI

MeanDean
Unknown
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E5Ws3z9LJCA

maf-you
This is my life - Euroband
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQm7dFO4E1Y

Lawnbowler
Unknown
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FiNUkDnDMFA&feature=related

morganpym
Andy Mckee - Africa - Toto
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dt1fB62cGbo


Now get your dance shoes on and get ready to partyyyyyyyyyyyyy!!

We must not forget, the voting numbers:
10 points- your fave
8 - next fave
6
5
4
3
2
1- your worst
You cannot vote for yourself! :D
Feel free to post any promos of your song, or anything you like. Better show coming for the finale! Voting closes.... We'll see... ;)



Oh 1 more thing, LB feel free to enter your kind of song next time lol :P And matt, well at least it's esc ;)

All the pictures Dara are X's for me.

Btw, this is a very hard choice

Mine is:
guano apes - open your eyes
Here's a normal clip of the band
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cvt_UT9-jRc

Candy told me who they were before I had a chance to google the lyrics.

It indeed was a hard choice.

Oh man, I wish I could vote.  Some of them are too good  (and funny! LOL).

@ Paula

i thought anyone was allowed to vote...

Paula anyone can vote, non participants are jury vote, they get averaged, tasman did that in edition 1 :D

oh no are all the pics x's??
NOOOOOOOOOOOOO

is it like that for everyone??

It looked cool too :X

yep i have x's for the pics...

AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!

Why :(

If I got new pics do you think a mod would change them?

Who do we post our votes too?/

me

You post your votes to Kiwi.

I've already made up my mind. One video really stood out for me, and I'll be happy to see it win. I thought the voting process was quite easy really. There were some really good entries, and some which didn't really mirror the dance genre at all. :P

I've voted on a star scale. I gave 1-5 stars (no 0.5 intervals) for both the songs and the videos, and I combined the two scores to come up with a total. I've ranked video above song, so if there were any tie-breakers, the better video would outrank the clip which had (IMO) the weaker song.

I'm currently in the process of uploading a clip-show so you guys won't have to go around clicking on each video individually to get a good idea of what they're all like (or if you want a recap of all 9 vids). I'll post a link as soon as it's available. :)

Quoted from Dara

AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!

Why :(

If I got new pics do you think a mod would change them?

If you mean finding new ones entirely, you can still see these from the direct link, just the hotlinking doesn't work, so maybe if you host them somewhere that lets you upload directly from the site and bypassing your hard drive, it would make it easier.  I'm not sure if that's what you wanted, but here's the links pulled from your post.
http://www.heathersanimations.com/dance2/dblitz.gif
http://www.heathersanimations.com/dance2/01.gif
http://www.heathersanimations.com/dance2/redress.gif
http://www.heathersanimations.com/dance2/leo_danserpushup.gif
http://www.heathersanimations.com/dance2/lijnen_ballerinas.gif

Thanks MD :)
And Silly :D

Hmm.. I don't even like my entry now, I should have entered a eurovision one lolll
I was going to enter mr g omg!!

o0o i thought only participants can vote; glad i was wrong! :)

^^^
Paula, Big Brother is on SIX nights a week. ;)

And the clip show is ready for viewing... :) (it basically showcases all the entries)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=niHhwgBga6o

And don't worry, all 9 songs run at EXACTLY 1 minute each (minus the transition effects). :)

Quoted from sillygostly

^^^
Paula, Big Brother is on SIX nights a week. ;)

guess it's too late for her :P


Cool vid :D:D
i just voted
a bit hard
i like some heaps
some are not dance like

I think I made mine confusing.  The video was in Dara's post, but it said Unknown for the band.  The second one was to clarify the band, and that I wasn't being lazy with it as I literally spent hours before I settled on anything, but it had a differant video.  You have the wrong one.  It makes a big differance.

Awesome video Silly, makes things a lot easier. LOL at some of them, but yeah some aren't really what I consider 'dance'.

[rant]
Mine just looks like a damn rock concert.  I've been robbed!  I spend like 3 or 4 hours on youtube looking for a video and can't find a damn thing so for the one I liked on like the third selection when I started.  It doesn't have the band's name but I'm too tired of looking at the screen and send it off and say I don't who the band is.  The next time I come to the site I get a message stating who the band is, so no worrys about googling a small section of the lyrics with the word "lyrics" becuase now we know right?  No, wrong.  All the entries are up and it looks like I just threw some random crap up because it says "unknown".  I clarify and screw it all up by not being clear enough, because I feel like I'm walking on eggshells about it already so it's a hard post to forumlate.  I don't care if I had a part in the confusion because it shouldn't have had to clarify in the first place, and people are much happier to just look at the lazy video
[/rant]
Stuck with a damn rock concert  >:(

Edit:  Now that's out of my system, nice job on the thing there Silly.  I don't know how you throw something together so quickly.

Wow great job on the clip show Silly. What program did you use?

I've been trying to get Adobe After Effects for free, but it costs too much!

Nice job silly though big shame you didn't include MeanDeans entry. Hopefully you won't have to worry MD and most people will take the time to check out your 'real' entry.  ;)


btw kiwi ...when do the votes have to be in??

Quoted from Dara

guess it's too late for her :P

I was commenting on her sig. ;) I wasn't trying to promote the show. :P

Quoted from Lowie101

Awesome video Silly, makes things a lot easier. LOL

Cheers. I will do anything for my fellow couch potaotes. Think what you will of that. :D

In the past, I've always been annoyed that I've had to watch all the entries individually (some of which I hadn't bothered watching more than a few seconds of :P), so I hope this does every clip justice as I've tried to pick out a minute-long chunk which showcases each video/song's strengths (if any :P).

Quoted from Dara

but yeah some aren't really what I consider 'dance'.

I remember somebody submitted "Ave Maria" for the rock round. :-/ But I really like that song so I didn't penalize him/her. Some anti-genre entrants haven't been so lucky. :P

Quoted from MeanDean

[rant]Mine just looks like a damn rock concert.  I've been robbed![/rant]
Stuck with a damn rock concert  >:(

Edit:  Now that's out of my system, nice job on the thing there Silly.  I don't know how you throw something together so quickly.

Sorry about that. :( I wasn't sure so I chose the one which that I liked more (plus the audio quality was marginally better in the concert video).

I don't want my clip to detract from the original videos. I still urge everyone to make an effort to watch the full length versions (at least of the ones which they like best judging from the previews).

Quoted from Matt

What program did you use?

Ulead Videostudio Plus 11 (an upgrade to version 11.5 can be downloaded from their website). My mum bought it because she wanted an upgrade from version 9, and the student price was around $125 (down from $200) which isn't too bad.

It's not a feature-packed editor by any means, so you might want to try a demo version first.

Quoted from Matt

I've been trying to get Adobe After Effects for free, but it costs too much!

Naughty, naughty. :P

Quoted from 122

Hopefully you won't have to worry MD and most people will take the time to check out your 'real' entry.  ;)

I hope so too.

Yeah no worries Silly, I was more frustrated at the situation than anything, and I really reckoned it was my fault that it got put together like that on your end.  It's really probably my fault entirely now that I look at it again.

Quoted from 122

Nice job silly though big shame you didn't include MeanDeans entry. Hopefully you won't have to worry MD and most people will take the time to check out your 'real' entry.  ;)

I felt much better after getting the b**** about it out.  At least I didn't get a double take on a win.  That must have sucked.

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Paula, Big Brother is on SIX nights a week.

Chit, I'll change it!   :D  :X

Quoted from Paula

Chit, I'll change it!   :D  :X

:D

Who's Chit?  :o

it's polite for s**t!   ??)

SPAM-A-LICIOUS! lol

*sigh* oh I am going to be hated aren't I

Ooo nice avatar. Gotta love Euro-trash. :D

I'll give people at least a week tasman, it depends how long it takes to make something.

Anyway, cool sig matt :O

MD I watched your proper video dw ;)

Boo hiss silly, not trash!! :P :P

Quoted from sillygostly

Ooo nice avatar. Gotta love Euro-trash. :D

Dara is it too late to change my votes?

Quoted from Dara

I'll give people at least a week tasman, it depends how long it takes to make something.

Anyway, cool sig matt :O

MD I watched your proper video dw ;)

Yay Dara! :)
This is just one of the many reasons that you're the forum Hottie.  It really has nothing to do with the rest of us being ugly  ;)

It is a nice sig maf-you.  I can't help but to comment on the guy in it though, and I don't know who it is, but it almost looks like he's from a computer rendered science fiction movie about cloning.

Quoted from Matt

Dara is it too late to change my votes?

Nope you can change :)

MD he is from Iceland

Quoted from Dara

Nope you can change :)

MD he is from Iceland

Lol i was kidding

ohh now I re read I get that :P

LOL

Dara, have you no sense of rhetoric? :P

(FYI, you don't need to answer that, however a witty comeback would be preferred :P)

Silly, I'm horrible at being witty, it always comes too late :(
I didn't register it properly ok :P

Maybe its a kiwi thing, I didn't either (wink)

Oh good :D

Are we due for results soon lol. It seems like AGES!

Maybe next wed :P

I'll vote by the weekend  :B ...are you waiting on many others kiwi??

6 people have voted :)

hehe

LOL thanks Dara, I'm so lazy.

has everyone voted yet??

Is paula voting??


Lowie101

Tasman

Sillygostly

shawty

Kiwi/Dara

MeanDean

maf-you

Lawnbowler

morganpym

Yay just two to go. The bookies odds show a clear winner this time  ;)

Quoted from 122

Yay just two to go. The bookies odds show a clear winner this time  ;)

;)

Oh, I just realized that I can annotations to videos. :D

I won't bother doing it now since we only have 2 people left to vote, but with the next contest, I can add clickable links during the clip show so that you guys can see the full-length versions of the videos instantly. :)

But since I'll be overseas for the next three weeks (starting tomorrow), I don't know if you guys would be willing to wait for little old me before commencing the next contest. :P

Even if not, there will be another :D
What if you win??

Tasman who are the bookies backing then? :P

Nice av sg!

Quoted from 122

Yay just two to go. The bookies odds show a clear winner this time  ;)

Bookies? What are they saying?

They're saying I'm going to lose miserably for political reasons alone.

Tasmannnnnnn whooooooooooooo!!

Yeah meandean you're out in the west all by yourself, just cause you're black gosh.

Well I think I'll use the thing matt used this time because I'm a bit stuck so I'll do that :D

This time its the one I voted for, seemed to be the obvious one  ;)

However I think there could be some political voting creeping in  :o LOL


"quote"Yeah meandean you're out in the west all by yourself, just cause you're black gosh." ...and an immigrant.  :X

*looks at tasmans votes*

hm
maybe.. maybe not :P I won't be so sad

i haven't looked at anyones votes but yours yet

You looked at mine!?   :o:B

yip :P

oh  ??)

don't worry, just then ;)
I never look before I've voted :)

I've started tallying scores now, I must say.. very close!

Okay lets get this party started!!!!!! (woot)(woot)(woot)LOL(woot)(woot)(woot)(woot)

Take it away ....DARA!!!!!

Woooooo!

Results coming in either today or tomorrow, the odds are tight let me say this much.

yes!!!

cant wait!!!

WOOT!!!

Quoted from 122

This time its the one I voted for, seemed to be the obvious one  ;)

However I think there could be some political voting creeping in  :o LOL


"quote"Yeah meandean you're out in the west all by yourself, just cause you're black gosh." ...and an immigrant.  :X

It's kind of odd that people on message forums always think I'm black for some reason.  Kind of funny I guess.  I've never figured out why I'm perceived as such.  Not to appear racist by saying it isn't the case though  :-/  Just that it isn't is all, I was opportunistically lucky to be born white, I've been told.

LOL MD I was joking, I never imagined you as black :O Like you so don't come across as black

:-/But Google said this was Mean Dean :o :o

...and they also said he produced this
??)

lol, I wonder what it would turn up with unfiltered search results...

I need to get hold of Lawnbowler to vote :S:S:S:S:S

Any word from Lawnbowler??

Aiyaiyai sorry! Things came up.... anyway LB voted, morganpym didn't though, but too late I guess. Results asap sorry  ;D

Next time I'm doing a video it needs in show commentary :D

LOL, Who gave me low points  >:(  :'( haha well done Maf-you, very close!

OMG! Thanks everyone who voted for me. I didn't think I would win, I thought Lowie was gonna with with Mr. G. I guess I'm going to have to put on a show for this one since I'm on hollies now. I'll announce what the theme will be soon.

Oh... when does Silly come back?

Congratulations maf-you, the bookies got it right this time!!  ;)

kiwi, why Lowie? ...don't you mean Silly?  :o


Looking forward to the next theme ....then again, didn't he do sad songs last time  :'(

Congrats Maf-you!!!!

Thanks to Kiwi for the presentation!!!

I think it would be a good idea to put reasonable time limits on entries, and then on voting.  I find that I care way less about the results when waiting for such a long time, like the whole thing is almost meaningless by the time the results are finally posted.  I'm not trying to b****, but in all honesty I think we could accomplish the submissions in half the time and voting in like 1/3 the time.

Good job on the win maf-you.

Morganpym what a bummer on the point loss!  I was happy to see you entered btw.  I didn't know how to go about saying so earlier since I voted you low and I wanted to say "Good to see you playing but the genre was dance," so I just didn't say anything to avoid the burning urge of saying the "but" part.  Now that that scoring is revealed though, I hope you enter the next one too.


I did better that I hoped even with some people viewing the wrong video.

Voice over would be good Dara.  The best thing we've had in here so far was maf-you's eurovision style voting submission.  That was really unexpected and enjoyable.

I think i get what you mean now kiwi, close all round.  ;)


Thanks heaps for running a great show kiwi, especially when you've had so much on your plate. *makes mental note for future ..not to enter a penquin, they're like Irish turkeys by the looks of it  ..tough crowd lol*


edit: I'd agree with MD, we need quicker turnarounds  :K)

Without actually having put any thought into what I'd even want to do if I could, or can even figure out how, are you implying that we can mix songs together with the audio or just the video when you say 'whatever else'?  For example, if we use only half a Kylie song or chopped a Queen song into fragments that would be okay, or is it more along the lines of a complete song with whatever video?  I'd hate it if I tryed to learn how to do something new and came up with a submittable item and it wasn't allowable.

YOU GUYS are BRILLIANT

Give yourselves a pat on the back, especially Sillygostly who put together the ‘package’ of all the clips which I laughed and clapped all the way through. LB’s break dancing baby, ZOMG. Always love that penguin, the guy with the guitar playing Africa by TOTO was great, they were all just sensational. The winner, well done and well deserved.
Re Silly, he has gone to Turkey and maybe other areas as well. Left last weekend I think so wont be back for at least another week or two  :( or more. Hurry back Silly :)

Anything is allowed so long as it has either an Elvis, Queen, or Kylie song. So yes you can make a remix or megamix of the songs, chop and change the artist around, have the video be whatever you like. I'm mainly saying BE CREATIVE with your entries if you have time, or you can just use already made ones on Youtube.

The only main rule is that it needs at least one song from either three artists.

Quoted from 122

Congratulations maf-you, the bookies got it right this time!!  ;)

kiwi, why Lowie? ...don't you mean Silly?  :o


Looking forward to the next theme ....then again, didn't he do sad songs last time  :'(

Oh, yes, yes I do ;)

Quoted from 122

I think i get what you mean now kiwi, close all round.  ;)


Thanks heaps for running a great show kiwi, especially when you've had so much on your plate. *makes mental note for future ..not to enter a penquin, they're like Irish turkeys by the looks of it  ..tough crowd lol*


edit: I'd agree with MD, we need quicker turnarounds  :K)

LOL I know, I got worse than the one that wasn't dance!! LOL LOL
Yeah I know that was meant to be quicker but yeah woops ;)


So the theme sounds good matt, I'll find a good one :D with no happy feet  ;D

Quoted from Matt

Anything is allowed so long as it has either an Elvis, Queen, or Kylie song. So yes you can make a remix or megamix of the songs, chop and change the artist around, have the video be whatever you like. I'm mainly saying BE CREATIVE with your entries if you have time, or you can just use already made ones on Youtube.

The only main rule is that it needs at least one song from either three artists.

I was pretty sure it was the case.  We'll see if an untalented fool like me, running a Linux box and open source video editing software, possibly only at the command line if I can't really figure out the GUI tools, can accomplish anything worthwhile or if it's just a straightforward submission from something already on youtube.  Most likely the barrier here won't be the software but that I probably suck at this sort of thing.

I've been to the Elvis mansion and seen his grave  :-/ :D

Hey guys seeing as we are on V5 of the contest I thought it would be fun to look at some statistics.

Only 4 people have entered all 4 contests. They are: Kiwi, MeanDean, Shawty, and myself. Of these 4 the best to worst are: Shawty(213 points, 53.25 average), Kiwi(207 points, 51.75 average), Maf-you(199 points, 49.75 average), MeanDean(165 points, 41.25 average). It is funny to see this as I have won two of these contests.

MeanDean holds the record for having the most number of a single score, racking up 9 "7 Points".

Kiwi holds the record for having the most favourite video, racking up 6 "12 Points". This can be debated though as Candy has 7 "10 Points" and one of the contests had the highest score as 10 points.

Wurtzel holds the record for the most disliked video scoring 5 "1 Points" in their debut entry, this could possibly be a penalty from entering a video which didn't quite fit in. Keep trying Wurtzel!

If anyone wants to see other stats PM me and I will give you the totals.

*pms you* :D

Wow go us 4 for entering them all :D Tasman has too almost I think, except was jury in the 1st one.

Hey that is funny since you've won 2! Wow!

*fixed

actually I stuffed up the medals I'll fix in a sec

Oh might I just add with the round 1 scores... they were hideous. I've just looked over them, an no offence Dara but they were everywhere lol. I found myself sooo confused when I was stating up the points. *sigh* but I got through it lol.

Quoted from Matt

Oh might I just add with the round 1 scores... they were hideous. I've just looked over them, an no offence Dara but they were everywhere lol. I found myself sooo confused when I was stating up the points. *sigh* but I got through it lol.

Lol I know :P What about round 2 they were the same weren't they? Just done in word not excel

Round 2 didn't have as many hiccups as round 1 had. Although it shall slide because it was the first round.

Congrats maf-you! :)


In regard to some of the entries, I gave maf-you's submission a slightly lower score (even though I think I ranked it at like #2 or #3) due to the banality of the lyrics, the fact that the singers kept lip-syncing OTHER people's lines, and that I simply despise Eurotrash (although it was so bloody catchy that I wouldn't resist giving it a high score :B).

I absolutely loved Tasman's entry though ("No-one like you"), and eagle eyed viewers may have been able to tell that I deliberately included the bit where the lovely ladies in the vid are getting undressed hehehe. ;)

Anyways, I'd love to be able to enter the next round of EVSC, but unfortunately I cannot enter at this point in time since YouTube is banned in Turkey. ::) (Feel free to do your research, but it has something to do with the fact that there are a number of anti-Ataturk videos on YouTube, and in Turkey, it is a criminal offence to deface the flag; and to speak ill of the country or of Ataturk ::)).

I should be back by early to mid July (anywhere between July 10-12), so I doubt that I would be able to fix up a submission in time for the contest.

Anyways, I haven't been doing at much at Turkey so far (I've been spending the last few days at my aunt's house), however I'd love to go to Gallipoli and Istanbul with my dad if he decides to go there when he arrives.

Hope you're all doing well. God bless. :)

Oh, and before I forget, I'd like for us to host a EVSC Grand Finale where all of this year's winners gain exclusive rights to participate in a special contest where only EVSC winners are allowed to participate (and as per usual, previous submissions may NOT be used in the finale).

Winners of more than one contest would be allowed to submit one video for every round that they have won (putting them at an advantage). In order to accomodate individual spectator votes, participants in the grand finale will receive the maximum number of allowable points for their own video (multiple winners will have their points divided equally between their entries).

Maybe I haven't thought this out well enough, but we have plenty of time to tweak the rules before we go through with it at the end of the year. :)

Wow that's a great idea Silly! I'm in for that.

In order to accomodate individual spectator votes, participants in the grand finale will receive the maximum number of allowable points for their own video (multiple winners will have their points divided equally between their entries).

^^^ That there is a little confusing.

And it's nice to see you're having a good time. You might be able to enter if we don't have enough entries by the time you come back.

Quoted from sillygostly

Oh, and before I forget, I'd like for us to host a EVSC Grand Finale where all of this year's winners gain exclusive rights to participate in a special contest where only EVSC winners are allowed to participate (and as per usual, previous submissions may NOT be used in the finale).

Winners of more than one contest would be allowed to submit one video for every round that they have won (putting them at an advantage). In order to accomodate individual spectator votes, participants in the grand finale will receive the maximum number of allowable points for their own video (multiple winners will have their points divided equally between their entries).

Maybe I haven't thought this out well enough, but we have plenty of time to tweak the rules before we go through with it at the end of the year. :)

Yeah good idea! The champion of 2008 kind of thing! I think 1 wildcard should also go through, either randomly, or with the highest points, or most max points, or something.


That's good you're having fun, I'm jealous! :D Wow that is dreadful though, no youtube :O Crap! I've seen Turks on youtube though defacing the comments on Greek videos?? As in &^% you Greeks etc.


Agreed, confusing that bit lol.

Great idea silly!!! Go the champions!! Thanks for the kind words about my vid too! Nice to know someone enjoyed it  ;)

Quoted from Matt

In order to accomodate individual spectator votes, participants in the grand finale will receive the maximum number of allowable points for their own video (multiple winners will have their points divided equally between their entries).

^^^ That there is a little confusing.

Okie doke.

For example, if a Grand Finale participant such as yourself were to vote, your votes would be allocated as follows...

1. Personal Entry (1st Rank) (12 Points) <=== This vote goes towards your own video(s) and cannot be changed.

However, since you have won 2 rounds, whichever number of points is usually given to your 2nd ranking (let's say 10 points), then the sum of the two scores will be averaged so that both your video submissions will receive 11 points.

For participants whom have only won one contest, the rest of their scores can be distributed as follows...

2. Opponent's video (2nd Rank) (10 Points)
3. Opponent's video (3rd Rank) (8 Points)
4. etc.
5. etc.

However, non-participant voters (such as myself) will be able to rank videos in any order they desire. I think the voting system should be organized in this fashion so that an equal number of votes are distributed between all the videos. LOL yeah, I hope that made sense. :B :P

Quoted from Dara

Yeah good idea! The champion of 2008 kind of thing! I think 1 wildcard should also go through, either randomly, or with the highest points, or most max points, or something.

I was thinking that too, however I think we should have a wildcard only if we cannot get through 8-10 rounds by the end of the year. Perhaps the runners-up with the highest amount of points should get through (even if they are already eligible for the Grand Finale). Just keep in mind that the more times you win EVSC, the greater your chances are of winning the grand finale. ;)

Quoted from Dara

Wow that is dreadful though, no youtube :O Crap! I've seen Turks on youtube though defacing the comments on Greek videos?? As in &^% you Greeks etc.

Yeah. Turks and Greeks always seem to be having a go at one another. ::)

My 2 cents...I don't think even Champions should be able to vote for their own video at all.


Your trip to Turkey sounds brilliant silly  :)

Quoted from 122

My 2 cents...I don't think even Champions should be able to vote for their own video at all.

The only reason I want Champions to get the maximum number of points for their own videos is so that the distribution of scores is even between all videos.

It's ultimately the non-participant votes that will determine who wins the Grand Finale.

Quoted from 122

Your trip to Turkey sounds brilliant silly  :)

Totally. My aunt's place was kickass. :P

Me and my cousin stayed up all night trying to beat Resident Evil on my DS. :D

I'm currently staying at my maternal grandparent's place (who are currently staying at their home in the village), and my mum and cousin are out shopping at the local bazaar. I haven't had a chance to do much since I came here although I'm looking forward to going shopping tomorrow for some cheap jewellery and perhaps some Turkish dubs of English movies LOL. Pathetic, I know, but I know what I like. :B

Anyway, I'm just grateful that I haven't had diahorrea yet (nor have I been in a position where I've HAD to use a squatter). ^-^

Quoted from SuziH

Re Silly, he has gone to Turkey and maybe other areas as well. Left last weekend I think so wont be back for at least another week or two  :( or more. Hurry back Silly :)

Hi SuziH. :)

I've tried to stay away from the computer since I came here, but since I'll be spending much of my time at home today I couldn't resist finding out who won EVSC (as well as filling myself in on what's been going on in BB since I left :P).

If I don't get a chance to at least see more of my cousins (and see either Istanbul or Gallipoli; although I REALLY want to see both), I will be utterly disappointed in my trip. :( Plus I'm really annoyed that my Turkish is extremely limited now since I've barely spoken a word of it since my last trip back in 2003. I'm getting by, but it's really depressing that I can't string more than a few words to my beloved relatives; many of whom I probably won't see until we're even OLDER. :(

And I really miss my beautiful cats back home, and I can't help but to wonder how they're coping without me. On my second night in Turkey, I dreamt that they were both malnourished, and their voices were hoarse and croaky as they begged me for food. I know I'll be ssssooo glad to see them and I hope that they'll be just as glad to see me.  :)

LOL!!



But that takes away from the excitement of who gets the 12 pts??

Quoted from Dara

LOL!!

But that takes away from the excitement of who gets the 12 pts??

Not really. I'm hoping to make a Grand Finale video which will hopefully make the announcement of the winner all the more suspenseful. I'll figure out how I'll pull this off when I return to Avustralya. :D

Haha ok :)
Hey you edited your post!

Thanks whoever stickied the archives :)

Great work with the Archive kiwi, would have commented in it but didn't want to spoil the thread  ;)

Has anyone entered the Elvis/Queen/Kylie contest yet?  And how long do we have?

The one I have shortlisted atm will definately be banned in Turkey *me thinks*  :B

SG made it sound like the whole site is banned there.

I looked it up....

http://www.iht.com/articles/2007/03/07/news/turkey.php

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A court in Turkey on Wednesday ordered blockage of all access to YouTube, the popular video-sharing Web site, over a video deemed insulting to Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, the founder of modern Turkey.

The ban followed a week of what the media in Turkey dubbed a "virtual war" of videos between Greeks and Turks on YouTube and came as governments around the world — including France — grappled with the freewheeling content now readily posted on the Internet.

The largest Internet provider in Turkey, Turk Telecom, immediately complied with the ban and cut off access to the site.


The video that prompted the ban in Turkey allegedly said that Ataturk and the Turkish people were homosexuals, according to news reports. Insulting Ataturk is a criminal offense in Turkey. In a front page story, the newspaper Hurriyet said thousands of readers had written to YouTube complaining about the video.

For Turkey, the ban will present a further hurdle as concern grows in Brussels that Ankara is flouting free- speech norms necessary to join the European Union.

The latest controversy comes as Turkey is going through a difficult period in its relations with the EU following the decision late last year by Union leaders to partially suspend entry negotiations over Ankara's refusal to open its ports to Cyprus, an EU member.

Wow blocking the whole site for 1 video :O Harsh!
Turkey/Greece/Cyprus should really clear this up  :-/

Everyone has until I have a minimum of 10 videos.

At the present I have one confirmed entry from LB, and one up in the air entry.

Quoted from Dara

Haha ok :)
Hey you edited your post!

Thanks whoever stickied the archives :)

Ten bucks says that it was SuziH that stickied it. :)

And yeah, I have a bad habit of constantly adding (or rewording) tidbits to my posts since I don't want to inundate the forum with a series of posts from the same user. :B

Quoted from 122

The one I have shortlisted atm will definately be banned in Turkey *me thinks*  :B

If it has anti-Turkish under/overtones then it probably will, but in terms of content, it was only recently that they have adopted a classification scheme for film, TV and video games in the country (all 3 mediums use the same guidelines). Their rating system is pretty screwed up though. ::) They allow some really bad thematic and violent material even under their G rating.

Quoted from Dara

SG made it sound like the whole site is banned there.

Err... it is. :-/

I couldn't access YouTube at all since I got here, plus, if anybody happened to have embedded any videos on eBlah, the spot where the video would ordinarily appear is completely blank.

Really, couldn't they just have their own localized version of YouTube (like our Aussie version) which they could censor themselves? :-/ It seems pretty stupid that they would ban the entire site over a few insignificant videos.

Quoted from Dara

Wow blocking the whole site for 1 video :O Harsh!

I'm sure there were similar videos which would have sparked the ban. :-/ You'd think it would be quite easy for Turkish ISPs to censor just the one video instead of blocking off the entire site.

I don't know. I think it's quite silly that a lot of Turks treat Ataturk like some kind of god. ::)

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Ten bucks says that it was SuziH that stickied it.

You just lost 10 bucks sillgostly! 'Twas not I who stickied it! :)

Quoted from Matt

Everyone has until I have a minimum of 10 videos.

At the present I have one confirmed entry from LB, and one up in the air entry.

I entered too??



Haha I would have guessed Paula :P

Dara you sent me two videos, hence "up in the air". I need to know which one you wish to use because LB has sent in 1 of those songs.

Oh I thought I told you, the 2nd one is the one, well I'll pm you

I started trying to put together a video yesterday, just putting snippets of other videos to another song without even really syncing the movement to the beat, and GAH! what a pain!
It's command line conversion of everything to the same frame rate and size, gui to pull out this 3 second part and that 3 second part, appending one after the other, and then not even knowing what it will look like when I add audio.  I think my entry is just going to be nothing more than a bunch of good looking women shaking their bums to Jailhouse Rock in a non-synchronous manner if I don't come across a good open software tool for this.  I haven't actually looked for a good tool yet, so presumably this is the problem, though getting a tool for something done that isn't half arsed and cheap, and then learning to use it, by the time we have enough entries isn't looking good.

DVDvideosoft free studio is good for downloading youtube videos if that helps :S

Thanks Dara.  I got that far already.  I think maybe I'm just impatient and want the ultimate software for free and it doesn't exist.  Also, lol, it's a good way of having an excuse for a home grown video that sucks I guess :D

Gosh, I'm going to be very boring with a basic YouTube video  :B

I was thinking last night I might just do that, however there still seems to be a bit of time to try to do something if I really get motivated.

I'm not even sure what entry of mine is counting atm, who knows ;)

To all participating in this round, for the presentation I will be requiring a mini-you.

Please go to this site http://www.sp-studio.de/ and create a mini-you. Then send it to me with your entry, unless you have already sent in your entry then just send it to me.

Note: all those that do not have accompanied mini-you's, I will create one in what I think is you.

Cool :D I was going to do that, with sim 2 people

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Note: all those that do not have accompanied mini-you's, I will create one in what I think is you.

Might be interesting to see what you come up with  :-/

I spent some time doing this ...but then I couldn't get it to save  >:(

me too...in the end I took my 'snipping tool' to it and saved on my computer then on picture host site, then sent to maf-you. That worked.

It says on the site you're meant to screenshot it ;)

i.e. press "print screen" and paste it into like paint or something

... btw people I'm going away for the weekend and I wanna see some entries when I come back!

Thanks maf-you got it to work.  ;)

Sending me thru to you

have fun on holiday ^^

Why do they have to be South Park characters? :-/

Well in his 1st voting video he made it kind of fitted well in the circle?

Quoted from Dara

DVDvideosoft free studio is good for downloading youtube videos if that helps :S

DVD Flick is a good free program to go with this one if you want to make your own DVDs of Utube videos.....

This is good fun..............

Quoted from Dara

DVDvideosoft free studio is good for downloading youtube videos if that helps :S

Thanks for info, KIWI. I am now downloading some of my favourite clips  :P

Hey LB, that hat is popular ...however I look more peaceful otherwise  ;)

Quoted from LB

This is good fun..............

LB you look dangerous.....

Here is mine...

Haha cool, you took the hair I was going to use :P Think I used a different one though lol.

well...are you going to show us?
(hope we didn't have to keep it a secret!!)

I thought it might have to be a secret but may as well now :P

cool...you look the part

I thought it was meant to be accurate :P
Not that the clothes are, but still ;P

Quoted from Dara

I thought it might have to be a secret but may as well now :P

Very lifelike, Dara...... ;)

:P

Quoted from 122

Okay lets get this party started!!!!!! (woot)(woot)(woot)LOL(woot)(woot)(woot)(woot)

Take it away ....DARA!!!!!

It's so funny watching the music videos and watching Tasman's avatar dance along to them!  :D

Hey Glen...pity you didn't enter that clip in last round, you may have won.
I gotta say I love P!nk.

Yeah same :D Glen are you going to enter this round?

Aagh! I have such a silly idea for my "real" entry (I've submitted a "cop out" entry a week ago which I REALLY want to replace with something a tad more creative), which will probably take about a weekend to complete (I should be back in Australia by Friday local time).

I'll definately make that a priority as soon as I get back. :) (that, and taking a good long shower in true blue Aussie water :D:D:D)

Come on guys I need more entries. Only have 4 official entries atm, with one entry having to be redone because of a double video, and another as a sort of entry.

Atm, entrants are:
Kiwi (dance)
Candy (dance)
Tasman (dance)
Matt (dance)

Up in the air entries:
LB (think)
Sillygostly (think)

Matt, I'll be taking flight from Wednesday afternoon Australian time, so I should be home (hopefully) by Friday morning or even as early as Thursday night.

This weekend, I'm definately making it a priority to whip up a video that'll blow all your minds (or at least your patience :P).

I don't see what the rush is since we host these contests so often and there always seems to be at least one participant whom is unable to commit to the voting process. Someone should spam Luke (nannyfan) and some of the other guys that don't pop in as often as they probably should (particularly SuziH and Catie since they'd probably like at least one Elvis and/or Queen song. Man, I can't wait to get cracking on my entry. :D

Anyways, I'm off. See you guys back in Oz. :D:D:D

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Matt, I'll be taking flight from Wednesday afternoon Australian time, so I should be home (hopefully) by Friday morning or even as early as Thursday night.

This weekend, I'm definately making it a priority to whip up a video that'll blow all your minds (or at least your patience :P).

I don't see what the rush is since we host these contests so often and there always seems to be at least one participant whom is unable to commit to the voting process. Someone should spam Luke (nannyfan) and some of the other guys that don't pop in as often as they probably should (particularly SuziH and Catie since they'd probably like at least one Elvis and/or Queen song. Man, I can't wait to get cracking on my entry. :D

Anyways, I'm off. See you guys back in Oz. :D:D:D

Cool :D
I'll spam people? What about paula? meandean?shawty?

No, don't spam me, save ya fingers LOL

lol ok, want to enter?

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Someone should spam Luke (nannyfan) and some of the other guys that don't pop in as often as they probably should (particularly SuziH and Catie since they'd probably like at least one Elvis and/or Queen song.

Too young to love/like Elvis (he died when I was 22) plus I like less ballady songs. Now, Queen, loved some of their songs especially the song that featured in 'Highlander' and sorry but I cannot stand Kylie Minogue. I am sick with a head and chest infection at the moment and not up to any kind of thinking. I have asthma permanently and this makes the infection even more crappy. Can't wait to see your creation Sillygostly. Safe trip back o Aussie land. :)

Sorry to hear about that SuziH. :( I sincerely hope you recover ASAP. :( *hugs*

And I know it's no secret that you absolutely detest Kylie , which is why I think you might be able to find some kind of enjoyment in the video that I'm thinking of making when I get back. ;)

Get well soon!!! :)

I like Kylie :(

Suzi that sucks get well soon. Head infection, never heard of that before. :)

Quoted from Dara

I like Kylie :(

I like Kylie too!!  :B

Question to maf-you... would a video of one of these artists with another different artist be eligible, or must the artist themselves be the main/only performer?

If you mean like a duet, then that's fine. Or say for example Miley Cyrus feat. Queen, then I guess I can let it through.

Quoted from 122

Question to maf-you... would a video of one of these artists with another different artist be eligible, or must the artist themselves be the main/only performer?

I think covers should be acceptable, as it would IMO be extremely boring if all we had were original or slightly remixed versions of Kylie/Queen/Elvis songs. I say be creative with your entries. ;) Just as long at least one of the artists is featured in your video in some way, it should be accepted. :)

However, videos must feature K/Q/E in a significant (and hopefully creative) way as fleeting sound bites or frame grabs are unlikely to be accepted if you should decide to submit an otherwise unrelated video.

Quoted from 122

I like Kylie too!!  :B

I'll shamefully admit that I do like some of her songs however I absolutely HATE her more recent efforts which are heavily electronic/dancy post 2001/02. ::) Kylie's passable as a mainstream pop singer, but if there's one thing she can't do justice (and mind you there are a lot of things she can't do right ;)) it's dance music.

For the most part though, Kylie gives me the sh*ts.

I have sent my entry in. Can someone please email me when I need to vote as I always forget (as you know).

Here is my Southpark figure:

I made my SP mini me for fun and Matt you can use it in my video that Candy entered for me ;) This is very close to what I look like and like (colours). :P
I had a rough time getting to save it because I had no program that screen captures so took a pic and worked on that :)

Doesn't your keyboard have a "print screen" button Suzi?

Quoted from SuziH

I made my SP mini me for fun and Matt you can use it in my video that Candy entered for me ;) This is very close to what I look like and like (colours). :P
I had a rough time getting to save it because I had no program that screen captures so took a pic and worked on that :)

Lol glen!
Ah cool suzi.
Suzi, to  screen capture......

• Open MS paint
  
• Go to the picture you want to capture
  
• Press the button on your keyboard that says "print scrn" or similiar
  
• Go to paint
  
• press control v (paste)
  
• Then save, and upload to imageshack
  

Quoted from Matt

Doesn't your keyboard have a "print screen" button Suzi?

Yes it does but then what? :B

Thanks Dara, now tell me where to find MS Paint :-/ ::) ***shrugs*** I have done a 'SEARCH' and it can't find MS Paint either :(

I have used Paintshop pro and photoshop years ago but lost them :'(

start
all programs
accessories
paint

YES.... Thank you!!! :)

Then when in Paint press Ctrl+V

Great mini-you, glen...now I can put a face to your posts.
And Suzi..you look very proper

Good work guys

I always imagined Suzi was Blonde!!  :o

Hm no I'd have said Brunette.. but then I've seen a photo so :P

The avatar must have confused me  :B

Hehe. Great av SuziH. :D

Entries recieved so far:
Kiwi (dance)
Candy (dance)
Tasman (dance)
Matt (dance)
Suzi (dance)
Glen (dance)
Sillygostly (dance) (sort of, has submitted an entry but will do better one when gets back)

Still waiting on replacement entry for LB.

From Candy

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And Suzi..you look very proper

Not a lot that is very proper about me ;)

From Tasman

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I always imagined Suzi was Blonde!!  

Hahahaha, that's funny on so many levels. Not a DUMB blonde though Tasman, I hope. :-/

You missed out seeing me go from a tot to adulthood on my avatar a couple of years ago Tasman. I am salt and pepper now but am not ashamed to say I dye my hair to it's original colour. I have spanish blood in me 2 generations ago so blonde is kinda out in my family :P

I am trying to improve on my SP mini me with screen capture/paint.

http://i200.photobucket.com/albums/aa93/SuziHB/Odds%20and%20Ends/SuziSPMinime.jpg

Is this okay? I look like I have stubble on my upper lip and chin. In real life, I do not!

LOL! Cool :D

Shawwtyyyyyyy where are youuuuu

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Sillygostly (dance) (sort of, has submitted an entry but will do better one when gets back)

The video I'm thinking of submitting isn't necessarily "better", but I'm FINALLY done recording a really dreadful cover of what would be more likely to take the prize as this year's silliest entry. :P

I'm yet to start on the video though, and I'm hoping to do that now. :)

Yaay! My video's (almost) ready. :)

It's pretty awful, but it's meant to be. :P

Cool  ;)

But that makes only seven ...now where is MeanDean, Morganpym, Shawty....,. :-/

or eight if LB gets his in again...

7 DAYS LEFT TO ENTER!!!

Show will be on Sunday July 27.

Votes need to be recieved by 9am on Wednesday July 30.

Presentation, if I work hard, will be that night or the next day!

Man, it's a ghost town in here.

Where is everyone? Aquamonkey, MeanDean, juugoolart, Paula, LB, Lowie101?????  ??)

Come on guys! It'll be really boring with just what, 8 participants? (I'm guessing that LB's current entry will be used if he doesn't come up with a replacement come closing time)

I think one of the main problems here is that a lot of people don't know about the game (I'm one of those people that tends to avoid stickies, hence my lack of involvement in the first round of the contest).

Oh, and Matt, if you want to keep the entries secret until July 27, I'll understand, but it'll be easier for me to compile the "Recap" video/package if you can PM me the entries as you receive them (or a few days before the contest starts). I don't know, it's completely up to you. :) (personally, I'd rather it all be kept secret as I can't wait to see all the entries but anyhow)

Quoted from sillygostly

Man, it's a ghost town in here.

Where is everyone? Aquamonkey, MeanDean, juugoolart, Paula, LB, Lowie101?????  ??)

Come on guys! It'll be really boring with just what, 8 participants? (I'm guessing that LB's current entry will be used if he doesn't come up with a replacement come closing time)

I think one of the main problems here is that a lot of people don't know about the game (I'm one of those people that tends to avoid stickies, hence my lack of involvement in the first round of the contest).

Oh, and Matt, if you want to keep the entries secret until July 27, I'll understand, but it'll be easier for me to compile the "Recap" video/package if you can PM me the entries as you receive them (or a few days before the contest starts). I don't know, it's completely up to you. :) (personally, I'd rather it all be kept secret as I can't wait to see all the entries but anyhow)

Hm aquamonkey never plays but.. MD has been busy :S juug is busy at uni? LB has entered but yeah I entered the same song :P
But lowie and shawty :'c Maybe dalton will want to play?

I've PM'ed a few people about the contest, but nobody seems interested. :(

Surely we can do better than just 7 participants.

Yeah, I haven't pmd anyone yet but, it will be better with more, hopefully some of the others come back soon.

Hey everyone,

Sorry ive been busy the past few weeks. Ill send my entry in tonight.

I guess you will all be happy to hear that my entry has just been sent!!!

Quoted from shawty

I guess you will all be happy to hear that my entry has just been sent!!!

Welcome back and yay :D:D

3 Days To Go to all those reading...

nooo we need peopleeeeee

I know... but I go back to uni next week and I may not be able to complete a voting presentation in time... but we'll see how we go anyway...

oh true *sigh*
oh well ^_^

I'll give it one more week. I don't think uni will get too assignmenty after 1 week.

Where's the entries from MD, LB, etc?

Lost in translation

Ummm if we don't get any more entries... which I hope we DO!

Voting for this round will be as follows:

1st favourite - 10 points
2nd favourite - 8 points
3rd favourite - 6 points
4th favourite - 5 points
5th favourite - 4 points
6th favourite - 3 points
Least favourite - 2 points

I thought there were 8 entries. :-/

It could even be 9 if LB gets his entry in.

Matt I said LB can use his entry if he wants and I can use my other one?

Yep that's fine with me... So now we have 9 entries they are from:

- Matt
- Kiwi/Dara
- Candy
- LB
- GlenTheAdmin
- Sillygostly
- Tasman
- Shawty
and last but not least the lovely
- SuziH

so voting changes a little bit:

1st favourite - 10 points
2nd favourite - 8 points
3rd favourite - 6 points
4th favourite - 5 points
5th favourite - 4 points
6th favourite - 3 points
7th favourite - 2 points
least favourite - 1 point

you cannot vote for yourself

ah I really want the 12 points lol.

Well we'll take a popular vote... does everyone want voting system 1 or voting system 2:

Voting System 1:
1st favourite - 12 points
2nd favourite - 10 points
3rd favourite - 8 points
4th favourite - 7 points
5th favourite - 6 points
6th favourite - 5 points
7th favourite - 4 points
least favourite - 3 point

Voting System 2
1st favourite - 10 points
2nd favourite - 8 points
3rd favourite - 6 points
4th favourite - 5 points
5th favourite - 4 points
6th favourite - 3 points
7th favourite - 2 points
least favourite - 1 point

I like Voting system Number 2 best. :)

I don't really care either way. Initially I preferred 1, but now I'm kind of inkling towards 2.

Same, I liked 1 because it's more like, right. But then 2 is more symmetrical.

Makes no difference to me............its the same for all

I vote for '1'

Candy and LB's videos are not available by clicking the play button.  You have to copy the URL into a browser window.  Also, Candy's has been removed.  Youtube says:

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This video has been removed due to terms of use violation.

I can reupload Candy's entry, however I don't want to run the risk of copping it from YouTube (or whoever owns the rights to Ella Enchanted).

The compilation video (which I shall be uploading shortly) will contain a minute-long snippet of Candy's entry, and hopefully it'll give you guys the jist of it.

If any of you are desperate to see Candy's entry in its uncut form, you can drop me a PM/email, but I will not be uploading it in its entirety.

Thankyou guys...

try this..

Quoted from Paula

.... Candy's has been removed.  Youtube says:

Funny you can still view it on Youtube...you would think if it was in some violation, they would remove all copies  :-/

LB's doesn't work.

Mine does work if it is copied into the browser.....................

Here's the compilation clip for those who want a taste of all the videos before they jump in to the full versions; and for those who want a recap before voting...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g53KakRaTSw

EDIT (2:59pm): For some reason, on YouTube the audio is horribly inconsistent. It's not out of sync, but the volume keeps going up and down at times. ??) This wasn't an issue with the last vid, and I didn't notice anything peculiar about the WMV file that I uploaded... what gives? >:( Anyway, it's not that big an issue, but I just thought that I'd point that out.

It was interesting with LB's I tried uploading it from the link he gave me and the tag wouldn't work properly, so I decided to look for a similar copy of the video and found it last night and it was working.

Well done on the recap video again SG.

Thanks sg for the recap ^_^

Everyone, remember, my old entry was way cooler :P

Quoted from Matt

Well done on the recap video again SG.

Thank you for the cool GIF. ;)

It saves me the trouble of creating my own intro. :P

EDIT: And AAGH! Dara!!! You just *had* to change your avatar right after I released the recap vid, didn't you? :P (I wanted the avatars to be "up-to-date" lol) Ashes to ashes, I know. :B

Oh no sorry! I haven't watched the video yet so I didn't know lol!!

Loved Sillygostly's compilation! Just loved it! Thank you to all our very clever people on our forum. I should be able to get my head around submitting one for myself next time ;)

Quoted from sillygostly

Thank you for the cool GIF. ;)

Lol, I liked how you crossed out Elvis :P... I am still quite surprised there aren't many Elvis fans here

Quoted from Dara

Thanks sg for the recap ^_^

Everyone, remember, my old entry was way cooler :P

Have it back if you like, Kiwi and I will pull out this time like I was prepared to do.............