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So I got to thinking, we have all these prediction threads where we argue/discuss the possibility of artists playing Bonnaroo 2012. Why not have a prediction thread where everyone can try to predict bands for next year and win something?!?!
The winner will be determined by whoever get the most bands correct when the lineup drops and subsequent acts are annouonced after the initial announcement. If there is a tie it will be broken by whoever has the lowest band on the lineup. If there is still a tie after that we'll have some kind of contest at the Inforoo brunch will ultimately decide the winner.
Basically we have 4 months to scour the net for music news to try and put together a winning list. I know there are far fewer posters active right now but I figure that should pick up later this year and hopefully we can get 30+ entries.
OK, so I've had some responses and some very generous Inforoo-ers have put up GA tickets for this contest. Thanks guys!!!
Here is an outline of the rules:
1. Minimum of 200 posts to enter
2. Entries can be edited up to and including Black Friday.
4. A tie will be broken by whoever has the lowest band on the poster. For example if you had White Buffalo this year and were tied with somebody who had Twin Shadow, the poster who pick WB would have won. If there is still a tie we'll have to come up with a deciding factor before the Inforoo brunch so the winner can claim their tickets.
5. The top 3 acts on the poster are each worth 3 points.
I'm not sure what else needs to be said right now. If you think of something PM me and we can take it from there.
inforoolineupcontest2012@gmail.com
Disclaimer: ALL of your email addresses will be kept private. None will be distributed in ANY way, shape, or form.
Include in your email your Inforoo name so I know who these are coming from.
Good luck to all!!!!!
Rules 2.0 Alrighty folks, if everyone is ok with it I would like to take the reins on this one. I agree with the above rules: 25 bands, 3 headliner slots, 3 points for a correct headliner, 1 point for everything else (also 1 point for your headliner pick if they appear in the lineup but not in the 1st three slots). I feel the 200 post minimum is a fair rule as well. Submission deadline will be Black Friday, 11/25/11. As for leaks, so be it. I would assume if there is some MONSTROUS (ie headliners dropped with proof) leak before Black Friday we can take a vote on how to handle that.
You can submit one list per member and I will make a gmail account for the submissions. I feel like if everyone posts their predictions in the thread itself all/most of our lists would look rather similar (more than normal at least, I know we all are pushing for alot of the same bands/groups to be there next year). For those who have already posted their 50 in this thread feel free to edit and remove your bands from the thread. They will be null as the only legit submission will be the email sent to the gmail account I created. In the event of a tie, the member with the correct band lowest on the lineup wins. If there's still a tie, the second lowest correct guess wins.
Prize(s): 2 GA Tickets to Bonnaroo 2012, anything else anybody wants to contribute (though it is not a requirement)
In order to be fair, those qualifying members who have already posted their 50 bands in this thread will receive a PM from me indicating the rules/submission method has changed. My aim is to have these out by tomorrow night. That way everybody will be on the same page.
The Rolling Stones Bright Eyes Fleet Foxes Furthur MMJ Florence and the Machine The Roots Wilco Head and the Heart Disco Bisquits Deadmau5 Umphrey’s Mcgee TVotR The National The Killers The Raconteurs White Buffalo The Antlers Local Natives Neon Indian Foster the people MGMT Avi Buffalo The Avett Brothers edit #1 Grouplove Blitzen Trapper Bon Iver The Shins Broken Social Scene Dawes Delta Spirit Dispatch Drive By Truckers Morning Teleportation Woods Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros Everest Grizzly Bear The Joy Formidable James Murphy Midlake Nurses Okkervil River Sam Roberts City and Colour Shpongle (Full Band) Yeasayer The Kills Tame Impala Young The Giant The War on NO NO WORD!!!
Post by Laggy.RETURNS on Aug 25, 2011 18:26:08 GMT -5
We did something like this last year. I think it was less bands to predict, and I think we started a little later on.
Can someone pull up that thread? I'm too lazy to look. I think it worked out well and we should follow some similar guidelines
For the prize someone was kind enough to donate a ticket. If enough people were up for it maybe a couple of us could chip in like $25 each for a ticket for the prize. Just a thought.
The way I see it is that this is gonna be a contest among fellow inforooers and friends. I'm glad to know that the winner is gonna be a fellow board member who helps make this place what it is.
EDIT: My only request is that the winner MUST use the ticket(s) to go to Roo '12, they can't sell them for money.
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Post by NotMitchelBade on Aug 25, 2011 22:13:32 GMT -5
I'll chip in on a ticket if necessary. But thanks to everyone who is donating! I think we should make the due date for entries a little bit later rather than sooner. I remember last year it was pretty late before it even got started. I can't wait!!
Post by NotMitchelBade on Aug 25, 2011 22:16:21 GMT -5
Sorry to double post but I'm on a phone. Last year the rules for scoring were pretty cool. I think it was 40 bands and 1 pt pet band correct, but 3 of those had to be designated as headliners and were worth 3 pts each. But to get the 3 instead of 1 you had to have it in that spot. For example, predicting Arcade Fire as a non headliner would result in 1 point. This is all if I remember correctly.
The way I see it is that this is gonna be a contest among fellow inforooers and friends. I'm glad to know that the winner is gonna be a fellow board member who helps make this place what it is.
EDIT: My only request is that the winner MUST use the ticket(s) to go to Roo '12, they can't sell them for money.
What if the winner uses the ticket to help a friend go to Bonnaroo 2012? For instance, I've already purchased my 2012 ticket, but I'd love to be able to hand a free pass to a friend and get them there.
Easy. You use the ticket you won. Give your friend the ticket you bought.
What if the winner uses the ticket to help a friend go to Bonnaroo 2012? For instance, I've already purchased my 2012 ticket, but I'd love to be able to hand a free pass to a friend and get them there.
Easy. You use the ticket you won. Give your friend the ticket you bought.
Unless you already bought VIP tickets, then just give away the GA if you win.
Very, very cool of everyone who's pitching in to add to the prizes.
I will probably play just because I'm a music nerd and like to do stuff like create mock lineups, but the Quacking Scrog-a-Roo Scholarship already brought such wonderful tidings to my life this year, and I want others to share that type of joy - so in the extremely unlikely event that I actually do win, please pass the tickets off to the nearest runner-up.
Yeah, I'm going to play without any real expectation of winning. I started making a list and so far it has turned into a giant wish-list minus one of the headliners.
Post by RadioSpirit on Aug 27, 2011 18:47:58 GMT -5
What counts as an official confirmation? Should it have to be an artist confirming themselves through a respectable publication as opposed to a poster saying they talked to a band at a show or heard something on a subway? Insider would obviously be a legit confirmation, but she won't post that early anyways.
Post by NotMitchelBade on Aug 27, 2011 19:00:01 GMT -5
I think a deadline of a few months from now would allow us time to see who will be touring I'm the spring and whatnot. But perhaps having the deadline before the Coachella lineup drops.
The way I see it is that this is gonna be a contest among fellow inforooers and friends. I'm glad to know that the winner is gonna be a fellow board member who helps make this place what it is.
EDIT: My only request is that the winner MUST use the ticket(s) to go to Roo '12, they can't sell them for money.
What if the winner uses the ticket to help a friend go to Bonnaroo 2012? For instance, I've already purchased my 2012 ticket, but I'd love to be able to hand a free pass to a friend and get them there.
Juggs thats completely understandable. I'm just going to use the honor system here. If you have purchased your GA ticket and end up winning, by all means pay it forward and offer them to some good friends or family. Basically I would just ask that the winner simply not scalp the tickets for cash.
Post by Mista Don't Play on Aug 28, 2011 22:32:11 GMT -5
Yea, I like the way it was done last year by designating 3 headliners and getting extra points for getting the headliners right. Can't wait to make my list again.
Points system: I thought we would avoid that by having 50 bands and tie breakers going to whoever has the lowest band on the poster. If it were 25 bands I think the points would make more sense. But if the majority wants to put 3 points on each of the headliners we can do that.
Deadline/number of posts: As far as confirmation goes, my hope is that there isn't any bands confirmed by the end of 2011 so we can just go with the December 31 deadline. I'd appreciate if a MOD would lock this thread on January 1st so we can save it until the actual lineup drops. I've only had one person suggest lowering the post minimum so I think it should stay at 200.