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Nautilus
No Talk, All Action



Registered: Feb 2004
Location: Irvine, California
I want YOUR input on TOTY Nomination method

Hello fellow TAs. So far the 1st Half Nomination thread for this year's TOTY is moving along just nicely, with just a small flame war brewing which Coup cleaned up nicely.

Originally I was looking at keeping the nomination threads open for three week periods, but after your input decided to keep them open with a decision on when to close them to come at a later time. Now, my intent is to keep the current 1st Half thread open for a 3 month period, July-September, close it up, and then open the 2nd Half thread in October and close it in mid-December before the voting begins.

Does this sound fair? Does it not? Any suggestions, thoughts, and input would be appreciated.

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Cobalt
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Registered: Apr 2002
Location: Vancouver, BC
Re: I want YOUR input on TOTY Nomination method

quote:
Originally posted by Nautilus
then open the 2nd Half thread in October and close it in mid-December before the voting begins.

Does this sound fair? Does it not?

No, I think the second thread should open 1 January. A lot of people will post soon after the 2nd half thread opens, and I suspect many will be too arsed to go back and edit their selections if better productions come along between October and the end of the year. This will result in skewed results to the July-October group of releases, when December releases are already at a huge disadvantage.

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sensorium
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Registered: Jun 2004
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So I can vote for 10 tracks now and then for another 10 for the second half?


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Nautilus
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Registered: Feb 2004
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quote:
Originally posted by ierxium
So I can vote for 10 tracks now and then for another 10 for the second half?


The thread above titled "Track of the Year: TA 2005 TOTY: 1st Half Nomination Thread OPEN" asks for your top 10 released tracks from the 1st half of 2005 (January-June).

Later on this year, there will be another thread called "Track of the Year: TA 2005 TOTY: 2nd Half Nomination Thread OPEN" asking all to vote for their top 10 tracks that were released July-December 2005.

Each person can vote once in each thread.

I'm just trying to see when we should open the 2nd thread and how much time to keep both threads open in order to get a proper representation of the two halfs and not delay the final voting process by too much.

quote:
Originally posted by Cobalt
No, I think the second thread should open 1 January. A lot of people will post soon after the 2nd half thread opens, and I suspect many will be too arsed to go back and edit their selections if better productions come along between October and the end of the year. This will result in skewed results to the July-October group of releases, when December releases are already at a huge disadvantage.


Good point Cobalt. Some people will vote right away and never get around to updating their posts to properly account for those monster tunes of October-December.

I really have no problem waiting till January to open the nomination thread, but I think others with an insatiable need for instant satisfaction may bitch about having to wait too long after New Years for the chosen One.

mmm...

So we have two proposals on the board.

1) 1st Half Open from July-September, 2nd Half Open from October-December

2) 1st Half Open from July-Mid-August, 2nd Half Open from Mid-December-January

Anymore suggestions???

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TOR
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Registered: Aug 2001
Location: Bruges, Belgium

quote:
Originally posted by Nautilus
2) 1st Half Open from July-Mid-August, 2nd Half Open from Mid-December-January


i'd opt for this proposal. Cobalt has a good point, october is quite early


we should have a thread where people can submit tracks all year really, but obviously (and unfortunately), a thread like that would be flooded with "OMFG i heard this track 2 min ago on ASOT and it's the best thing i've ever heard"


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Technaut
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...has there been 98 / 99 toty threads??


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M@t
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Registered: Dec 2003
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quote:
Originally posted by Technaut
...has there been 98 / 99 toty threads??


no
it seems we are going from 86 upwards rather than 2000 backwards. the latter would be more interesting imo


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SYSTEM-J
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TOTY is a joke really. Trance gets a total bias no matter what interesting stuff has come out of the rest of the EDM spectrum. Personally, Galvanize by The Chemical Brothers would be my track of the year, but it won't even amass enough votes to get onto the poll.


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sensorium
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quote:
Originally posted by Nautilus
The thread above titled "Track of the Year: TA 2005 TOTY: 1st Half Nomination Thread OPEN" asks for your top 10 released tracks from the 1st half of 2005 (January-June).

Later on this year, there will be another thread called "Track of the Year: TA 2005 TOTY: 2nd Half Nomination Thread OPEN" asking all to vote for their top 10 tracks that were released July-December 2005.

Each person can vote once in each thread.

I'm just trying to see when we should open the 2nd thread and how much time to keep both threads open in order to get a proper representation of the two halfs and not delay the final voting process by too much.



Good point Cobalt. Some people will vote right away and never get around to updating their posts to properly account for those monster tunes of October-December.

I really have no problem waiting till January to open the nomination thread, but I think others with an insatiable need for instant satisfaction may bitch about having to wait too long after New Years for the chosen One.

mmm...

So we have two proposals on the board.

1) 1st Half Open from July-September, 2nd Half Open from October-December

2) 1st Half Open from July-Mid-August, 2nd Half Open from Mid-December-January

Anymore suggestions???


Whatever method you choose you're going to end up doing a lot of work towards the end. Is there's going to be only one final poll for 32 tracks? If so, the workload will be much less.

Anyway, good luck with the TOTY. Don't let the negative comments get to you.


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TOR
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Registered: Aug 2001
Location: Bruges, Belgium

quote:
Originally posted by SYSTEM-J
TOTY is a joke really. Trance gets a total bias no matter what interesting stuff has come out of the rest of the EDM spectrum.


i know the argument i'm about to use is cliché, but it applies very well here.. let's see, how shall i put this....

yes, TRANCEaddict.com's TOTY is a joke, because TRANCE gets a total bias.


and it's not even bias, trance tracks just happen to get more votes. if we extrapolate this idea to politics, it is called democracy. i take it you support totalitarian regimes?


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SYSTEM-J
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quote:
Originally posted by TOR
and it's not even bias, trance tracks just happen to get more votes. if we extrapolate this idea to politics, it is called democracy. i take it you support totalitarian regimes?


I support open-mindedness. If it was trance track of the year, it would make sense, but the poll includes all styles of EDM. Why?


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JasonThomas
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I definately don't like the fact that separate remixes will count as the same track. But other than that I think this is a well planned poll.

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