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Subject: Amiright Idol - Open Enrollement for Judges

Written By: ChuckyG on 02/02/03 at 03:45 p.m.

I'm pretty excited about this idea, but my classes have resumed (I'm taking two this semester), and I know I'm not going to have enough time to write stuff to automate this for the people involved..

but.. I don't think I need to be directly involved for this to work. here's how it will work:

Everyone who wants to be a judge, write your comments about the following three parodies in this thread:

http://amiright.com/parody/2000s/liamlynch1.shtml
http://amiright.com/parody/90s/coolio6.shtml
http://amiright.com/parody/80s/michealjackson1.shtml

I will pick three judges based on the responses. If you want to compete, you can't be a judge. Of course if you try to be a judge, and don't make the cut, you're still free to compete.

Once three judges are picked, I'll designate a judge to start the voting thread. Basically, one of the judges will start a thread called "open enrollement". I'll post a link to the thread on the front page of the site. People will then respond with ONE parody they want voted on (the URL should be posted). Any parody posted to the site can be considered (no need to write a new parody if you have an old stash of them).

At the end of the week, the three judges will rank each parody in the three categories on the site: pacing, humour, overall score, and a small comment. The top 8 scores (based on total points awarded) will get to proceed. Each week we repeat, cutting the number of contests down each week by either two for the first two weeks, and then 1 for the remaining weeks.

Since American Idol is for finding new talent, I'm exempting anyone with 100 or more parodies from competing as a contestant (judge is fine if you get picked, and no, being exempted doesn't qualify you automatically for judging). I should probably make it anyone with over 50 parodies, but I don't want to exempt too many people. Plus it makes things a little more interesting (if you've written two parodies, and you beat someone who wrote 50, it'll taste that much sweeter).

any questions, post them in this thread please. (My email is not working, so you'll have to send me an 'instant message' on the board if you don't want to post it publically).

Subject: Re: Amiright Idle - Open Enrollement for Judges

Written By: Rice Cube on 02/02/03 at 03:54 p.m.


Quoting:
Once three judges are picked, I'll designate a judge to start the voting thread. Basically, one of the judges will start a thread called "open enrollement". I'll post a link to the thread on the front page of the site. People will then respond with ONE parody they want voted on (the URL should be posted). Any parody posted to the site can be considered (no need to write a new parody if you have an old stash of them).End Quote



So does this have to be a newly submitted parody?  Or one we have already written long ago?  Just wondering.

Quoting:

At the end of the week, the three judges will rank each parody in the three categories on the site: pacing, humour, overall score, and a small comment. The top 8 scores (based on total points awarded) will get to proceed. Each week we repeat, cutting the number of contests down each week by either two for the first two weeks, and then 1 for the remaining weeks.End Quote



Wow, just 8?  That's harsh ;)  But I guess it's fair.  I'm game.

Subject: Re: Amiright Idle - Open Enrollement for Judges

Written By: ChuckyG on 02/02/03 at 03:56 p.m.

Quoting:


So does this have to be a newly submitted parody?  Or one we have already written long ago?  Just wondering.

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Any parody posted to the site can be considered (no need to write a new parody if you have an old stash of them).

oh... and I want it narrowed down to 8, only because I don't the judges to be overwhelemed each week with having to write reviews.

for the initial three I want reviewed, you should write at least three or four sentences for each.. pretend like we've already filtered out the early contestants

Subject: Re: Amiright Idle - Open Enrollement for Judges

Written By: Rice Cube on 02/02/03 at 03:59 p.m.


Quoting:


Any parody posted to the site can be considered (no need to write a new parody if you have an old stash of them).
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Thanks.  I'll write new ones just because I feel the need to submit :)

I thought Blo-Town had said something about "categories" in which parodies were to be judged (not humor/pacing/overall) but like political, satirical, whatever?  And also genres of music...

I think it'll be funny if you called it AmIRight "Idle" (I noticed you spelled it that way in the thread title) because obviously some of us have way too much time on our hands *cough*

Thanks again :)

Subject: Re: Amiright Idle - Open Enrollement for Judges

Written By: ChuckyG on 02/02/03 at 04:05 p.m.


Quoting:


Thanks.  I'll write new ones just because I feel the need to submit :)

I thought Blo-Town had said something about "categories" in which parodies were to be judged (not humor/pacing/overall) but like political, satirical, whatever?  And also genres of music...

I think it'll be funny if you called it AmIRight "Idle" (I noticed you spelled it that way in the thread title) because obviously some of us have way too much time on our hands *cough*

Thanks again :)
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we'll pick category that the parody must conform to each week.. if the category is political, but it's not very political, it'll be reflected in the overall score.. it'll make tabulating scores easier..

Subject: Re: Amiright Idle - Open Enrollement for Judges

Written By: loosekanen on 02/02/03 at 07:09 p.m.

1) "Feather Allegy"- As a judge, you will hear me preach pacing, and for anyone that has ever heard this song... it's almost impossible to judge in that way. First off though, I do have a SERIOUS problem here. My pollen Allegy hits me hard every spring, same with my pet Allegy every time my dog sheds. Good lord man, ALLERGY! There is an R in that word! Yell at your second grade teacher for that. And, towards the end, I think you left out a verse. Maybe you just got tired. I don't know. I found pretty much no humor in it, but I saw a miniscule amount of effort. Overall, I guess it's about average, nothing to really hang your hat on, and it needed more work before being posted.

Final Verdict: 3/2/3

2) "Small Shack..."- I watch Joe Millionaire, and I liked this. I don't know if it's 5/5/5 material, but it's good. Rap songs are tough to do pacing wise and you did very well. There were a few mistakes, well glitches, in some of the lines' syllables. With pacing not a big issue, I was able to see into some of the humor of this parody. "Or your sorry ass could land a hit show on FOX" was a personal favorite line. I laughed out loud a few times, which is not an easy thing for an author to cause. Overall, great idea pumping on pop culture, Joe, and Fox in general.

Final Verdict: 4/4/5

3) "Just Dinner"- Wow. I'm absolutely speechless. First of all, God. Arrange it in a few lines PLEASE. It just makes it easier to read. I'm not even going to go into pacing, after the first two lines it was over for me. You were drunk when this was written. I'm sure of it. As far as humor goes, considering you say the same thing 10 times to prove the same point, I saw no humor. Overall, a pathetic attempt to rip on a Jacko song, which normally is a pretty easy thing to do. Awful.

Final Verdict: 1/1/1

Subject: Re: Amiright Idle - Open Enrollement for Judges

Written By: iam4iu42 on 02/02/03 at 07:17 p.m.

Hello, looks like I'm one of the first to do this judging thing.  I enjoyed it immensely.


"Feather Allergy"

I'm glad people like you submit to the site, because it makes mine and everyone else's parodies look like works of art.  This song simply isn't funny - it's about a topic that I can't relate to, and I doubt many others out there can either.  I hope for your sake, you either find a new hobby, or learn that it's not a good idea to parody songs that just plain stink to begin with.  Some pacing is there, but not nearly enough to make the song worth much of my time.

PS - Spell pigeon correctly, please.

Pacing - 2
Funniness - 1
Overall - 1


"Just Dinner"

Where to begin?  Lizard... I demand that you give me back the 11 minutes of my life that I just threw away by reading and responding to this disgrace.  It reads like someone who's talking while having a seizure.  What in God's name is a "blue dry chicken nugget?!"  I'm not even asking because it doesn't remotely fit with the song, I'm asking as a concerned American citizen who is hoping you don't spend time around children.  (Shiver)  Absolutely awful.

Pacing - 1
Funniness - 1
Overall - 1


"Small Shack With Some Rice" (Joe Millionaire Song)

This is the type of song that is destined to shoot up the charts at Amiright : Current topic, good rhymes, and a good original song.  That's a good combination my friend.  As a judge, I must say that there are a few issues with pacing, but it was still very good for a rap song that has some odd pacing routines.  After reading the other two, this was a Godsend.  Keep it up!

Pacing - 4
Funniness - 5
Overall - 5




Subject: Re: Amiright Idle - Open Enrollement for Judges

Written By: Mike_Florio on 02/02/03 at 07:43 p.m.


Quoting:
I'm pretty excited about this idea, but my classes have resumed (I'm taking two this semester), and I know I'm not going to have enough time to write stuff to automate this for the people involved..

but.. I don't think I need to be directly involved for this to work. here's how it will work:

Everyone who wants to be a judge, write your comments about the following three parodies in this thread:

http://amiright.com/parody/2000s/liamlynch1.shtml
http://amiright.com/parody/90s/coolio6.shtml
http://amiright.com/parody/80s/michealjackson1.shtml

I will pick three judges based on the responses. If you want to compete, you can't be a judge. Of course if you try to be a judge, and don't make the cut, you're still free to compete.

Once three judges are picked, I'll designate a judge to start the voting thread. Basically, one of the judges will start a thread called "open enrollement". I'll post a link to the thread on the front page of the site. People will then respond with ONE parody they want voted on (the URL should be posted). Any parody posted to the site can be considered (no need to write a new parody if you have an old stash of them).

At the end of the week, the three judges will rank each parody in the three categories on the site: pacing, humour, overall score, and a small comment. The top 8 scores (based on total points awarded) will get to proceed. Each week we repeat, cutting the number of contests down each week by either two for the first two weeks, and then 1 for the remaining weeks.

Since American Idol is for finding new talent, I'm exempting anyone with 100 or more parodies from competing as a contestant (judge is fine if you get picked, and no, being exempted doesn't qualify you automatically for judging). I should probably make it anyone with over 50 parodies, but I don't want to exempt too many people. Plus it makes things a little more interesting (if you've written two parodies, and you beat someone who wrote 50, it'll taste that much sweeter).

any questions, post them in this thread please. (My email is not working, so you'll have to send me an 'instant message' on the board if you don't want to post it publically).
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1.  "Allergy to Feathers"
first on pacing, the title could use some edit...and also the fact that the origional song is somewhat the same style as this one only its "Whatever" instead of "Achoo," at the end of each verse.  where you get achoo from whatever I dont know, but some editing is needed.  In my book, pacing deserved a 2.  Now for funny, the lyrics werent funny, but just the new lyrics resulting from the old ones were funny.  I mean the way how they were put together.  i was forced to give a 3 on funny because not too much effort was evident.  On overall score, another 2 was needed because lack of effort as well as messed up pacing cannot contribute any higher.

2.  "Joe Millionares song"
Great Satire of the show!  Pacing fit almost perfect, it was evident that effort was put in.  True and funny at the same time!  Sums up the show perfectally!  my votes were...4, 5, 5 because almost perfect pacing, hillarious, and just an overall great song!

3.  "Dinner"
pacing horribly off!  Dinner doesnt fit at all instead of Beat it!  I cannot even pace the verses!  I gave it a 2...on funny, not exactly funny, I cant even say that the new lyrics as oposed to the old are funny, cause theyre not!  I gotta give it a 2 on funny as well.  Overall also gets a two becuase its just not that great!

so...in my opinion...Jared Lerner wins!

Subject: Re: Amiright Idle - Open Enrollement for Judges

Written By: Thunderbolt (Guest) on 02/02/03 at 08:41 p.m.

This is clearly ludicrous, which makes this work somewhat  well. It doesn’t try to be intelligent, it tries to be hilarious. That can be a double-edged sword, and in this case, the idea is kind of abstract, which kind of makes it awkward. However, I see a lot of potential in there. Also, next time, put your parody through a spellchecker and capitalize. This one kind of strained my eyes.
3/2/3

So true- I agree with how stupid the Joe Millionaire Concept is, and this parody satirizes it well. Trailer trash to millionaire, all because of TV. The part about showering twice a year was especially good. Great stuff. The pacing is excellent, too. I can tell some hard work went into it.
5/5/5

I can’t say this resembles the original song very much. The hook should at least rhyme with the actual hook “beat it”, though I will admit that it’s hard to do this without ripping off Weird Al. Also, I think this one was in rather poor taste- I don’t think anorexia is something to joke about, and the imagery, especially in the last line, was disgusting. Many of these things make no sense whatsoever. (Girls this is for you, eating hsh food will turn you blue)?  Some of those misspellings are atrocious. I'd like to see more effort in parodies.
1/1/1

Subject: Re: Amiright Idle - Open Enrollement for Judges

Written By: STG on 02/03/03 at 03:12 p.m.

"Small Shack With Some Rice (The Joe Millionaire Song!)"
by Jared Lerner----  I believe this song is a very well done, and the humour in it is excellent. I believe this is 2003's "Amish Paradise". You have an extraordinary talent to become AmIRight's Idol. Continue using it.
(ratings- 5/5/5)


"Feather Allegy" by martin mercer UK---Martin this is an extraordinary parody which for you does not mean anything complimenting. My taste in parodies do compromise but with this one I'd have to say- good luck next year! Here's some advice, you could improve by using spell check and parodying the song by syllables. But here's the cheering part, at least when I compare some peoples' worst to your best I realize that they still overcome.
(ratings- 2/2/3


"Just Dinner" by lizard---- Humour is a precious thing when possessed by talented artists, but some people disgrace those artists. I believe you are one of those people.Absolutey terrible pacing. I now have decided what the worst parody on this website is. Your material is unoriginal, and the pacing stinks to high Heaven, and the spelling.....I don't want to go there. Here's some info. Go to SPELL CHECK!
(1/1/1)

Subject: Re: Amiright Idle - Open Enrollement for Judges

Written By: BLO-TOWN on 02/03/03 at 04:42 p.m.

feather allegy

I knew this was going to be bad when I saw the title. I know what they say about judging a book by it's cover but you need to use this new thing I've seen around. Maybe you have heard of it? It's called a DICTIONARY! Getting back to the parody, I wouldn't say it was that bad but it wasn't rather good. I don't know the song very well but I do know that you need to do some work on your parodies. Take a few English classes and try again. 2/2/2

Joe Millionare song

This is one of the best I've read or heard in a while for any song not just parodies. It's very hard to remain as a character throughout a song and I think you managed to do that very well.I can see you have talent and I'm interested in seeing if you can maintain this or if your another 1 hit wonder.  5/5/5

Just Dinner

I'd have to say that MJ songs are my area since I've written songs to many and I'm an MJ fan. However, the King o Pop himself would be embarassed that he had anything to do with beat it if he read your parody. Did you even look at the quality of the other songs on the site b/4 you posted this? I hope not for your sake. If you don't know how bad this song already is then you need a reality check and some one to break your hands so you can't write anything else.
1/1/1

Subject: Re: Amiright Idle - Open Enrollement for Judges

Written By: Tone-Def on 02/04/03 at 03:22 a.m.

I just noticed that there is a ban on everyone with at least 100 parodies for competing which i dont like at all considering i was really excited for this. I personally think that this should start right after the first hall of fame induction and anyone not in the hall of fame should be eligible - since this is supposed to be to find new members for the hall of fame.

Subject: Re: Amiright Idle - Open Enrollement for Judges

Written By: ChuckyG on 02/04/03 at 04:45 a.m.


Quoting:
I just noticed that there is a ban on everyone with at least 100 parodies for competing which i dont like at all considering i was really excited for this. I personally think that this should start right after the first hall of fame induction and anyone not in the hall of fame should be eligible - since this is supposed to be to find new members for the hall of fame.
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I wasn't really planning on using this to induct new members into the hall of fame.. I think it was suggested, but I don't remember agreeing to it. Members in the hall of fame will be picked soley based on the the other criteria we picked.. I planned on dedicating a page on the site to the contest when it was over (and running one every six months). Since it's possible a new comer to the site could win the contest, and the Hall of Fame members will have voting powers for new Hall of Fame members, I'm a little anxious about using this as a mechanism for picking new members, since new members might get bored with the site and stop visiting after the contest is over. Maybe if the Hall of Fame members have a tie, we could use them for a tie breaker though.. that might be interesting.

The reason I set the 100 parody limit, was because I didn't want parody authors with a well established reputation on the site over shadowing newcomers to the site. If you had submitted two parodies to the site, and wanted to try this, would you feel you were going to have a chance against William Tong or S.T.G. if they entered the contest? If Mariah Carey was on American Idol, you think Simon would have voted against her? um.. ok, bad example,  but I think you get the point..

Subject: Re: Amiright Idle - Open Enrollement for Judges

Written By: loosekanen on 02/04/03 at 07:25 a.m.

I agree with Chuck 100%. This isn't a hall thing as I understand it, just a bit of a stimulant, a creative enzyme if you will, something to get some people excited about the site. When this happens we get more votes, more parodies, better (and worse) ones, and tone-def you'll hit the hall soon enough so don't worry. =)

Subject: Re: Amiright Idle - Open Enrollement for Judges

Written By: iam4iu42 on 02/04/03 at 11:33 a.m.

When is the tentative deadline for entries to the judging pool?  I'd like to see some more people make some attempts, but I was just curious.

Subject: Re: Amiright Idle - Open Enrollement for Judges

Written By: ChuckyG on 02/04/03 at 11:36 a.m.


Quoting:
When is the tentative deadline for entries to the judging pool?  I'd like to see some more people make some attempts, but I was just curious.
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Friday morning, 6 AM.. I've been reading them as they're posted, and while it's tough to say who I would pick yet, I'm sure by then I'll be able to pick a winner. I would hope most entries are entered long before that though, since judges will need to post their reviews in a timely fashion, and I would hope they're going to be of the same quality as what they posted for judging

Subject: Re: Amiright Idle - Open Enrollement for Judges

Written By: album cornix on 02/04/03 at 05:45 p.m.

Okay,
       Here it comes:

1) "Feather Allergy" (By martyn mercer UK)

To me, the basic premise of a good parody is the subject matter. Nobody is going to want to read (or sing) a parody that deals with un-funny or lame issues. It's like writing a parody on the subject of Chemistry (and believe me, I've seen some). It's not funny, because chemistry isn't funny.
And that's the first linch pin in "Feather Allergy". The subject is poor. Too me, an instant turn off, like singing a song about shower caps.

It doesn't help that the original song (United States Of Whatever by Liam Lynch) is not well known. (In fact was it a single in any other country besides America or maybe th UK was it a single at all? I've never heard of Liam Lynch) so I had to do some research on the song. Unknown Song / Unknown Artist. Another tough brick to break through.

So does it match up to meter? Survey says.....only partially. It starts out strong, flags, regains and then drops off the end of the earth. Look, it's an admirable effort, but it makes me feel that the author wrote this in one go, and never revised it. So does it have potential? The author has himself up against obstacles, unfunny subject, unknown song...it would take something really special to make a big impact.
2.5/1.5/2

2) "Small Shack With Some Rice (The Joe Millionaire Song!) (By Jared Lerner)

Drop the dead donkey. A media phrase for 'this story has no steam, so stop reporting on it'. And it applies to songs that have had a million and one parodies done about them. ('Bohemian Rhapsody', 'Sk8ter Boi', 'Pretty Fly (For A White Guy), 'I Don't Want To Miss A Thing' All suffer ffrom this)  Oppisite problem from the first contestant who used a rather unknown song.

But there are some geniune surprises here that make the groan of 'not again, not this song' fade away. As Yoda might say "The Satire Is Strong In This One" Joe Millionaire is a terribly trite telivision show and begs to be lampooned. Jared takes up the whip, and cracks hard. The chorus is a gem.

So here it boils down, does it keep time? The rhyming scheme of Coolio's original (Gangsta's Paradise) is matched beautifully, along with the feel and language. This song is a rare treat that escapes the 'same old song' story to do a funny and entertaining parody. My advice to Jared is to just try to steer away from the over used material.

4/5/4

3)"Just Dinner (Group Home Girl's Song) (By lizard)

This "parody" if I can call it that, makes ME want to throw up. Michael Jackson, all is forgiven for Invincible, I found someone who can't write songs worse than you can't.

"Beat It" has such potential to be lampooned, to be used and twisted, anything could be put to it's meter successfully. Yes, even eating disorders, but this parody, on that very subject is as weak as jelly. Let me explain why I think lizard pumped this out in 60 seconds (or less)

first of all, just the presentation, the non-existant spell check, that fact that it looks like it was written from the memory of the song, not along with the song (does lizard own thriller? or a copy of the song?). The pace is bad, the jokes are non-existant and the parody suffers from inconsistancies.

Look, I understand everyone has to start somewhere, and I have nothing but praise for those who write parodies, even you, lizard. Just take a little more time and care, I'm sure you could come up with gold if you tried.
This song, however is a non-existant effort. (And BTW what is a "Group Home Girl"? Try not to use slang as it alieanates a large audience)

1/1/1

cheers,

album cornix

Subject: Re: Amiright Idle - Open Enrollement for Judges

Written By: Double E on 02/05/03 at 10:10 p.m.

Chemistry can be funny. It just depends on what you're blowing up!

Subject: Re: Amiright Idle - Open Enrollement for Judges

Written By: ChuckyG on 02/06/03 at 06:26 a.m.


Quoting:
Chemistry can be funny. It just depends on what you're blowing up!
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yeah, I think Tom Lehrer would agree with you there...

http://www.songsforteaching.com/Elements.html

and if you don't know who Tom Lehrer is, shame on you!

Subject: Re: Amiright Idle - Open Enrollement for Judges

Written By: ChuckyG on 02/06/03 at 09:39 a.m.

I'm going to relax the 100 parody count rule for the first contest.. Tone-Def made the argument that it's not fair to people who have been submitting a long time, and never got a chance to compete when they first joined up. Also, that no one here is considered a professional (except within the confines of the site, although I think William Tong has gotten a few published, so he's probably the exception).. Plus, it's quite possible for a popular submittor to write an awful parody, even after they've submitted a lot.

So, we'll open it up for all parody writers for this contest, and if the top 8 people aren't the top 8 submittors to the site, I won't enforce it next time either..

The only real advantage a long time poster will have, is a library of parodies on the site to use for their first submission. After that, a topic is going to be picked for each contest. I have one in mind that no one has written a parody about yet, which will be the first contest once we pick the contestants.

Subject: Re: Amiright Idol - Open Enrollement for Judges

Written By: jbuchoff on 02/06/03 at 12:02 a.m.

I'm sure you've answered this at some point, but I must have missed it.  How will you be picking the songs/authors to be considered in the contest?

Subject: Re: Amiright Idol - Open Enrollement for Judges

Written By: ChuckyG on 02/06/03 at 12:17 a.m.


Quoting:
I'm sure you've answered this at some point, but I must have missed it.  How will you be picking the songs/authors to be considered in the contest?
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next week, I'll invite the people who visit the site to submit their best parody for judging. The three judges will then decide on who advances, and who doesn't.  I'm going to pick the themes for the subsequent rounds, just to make sure no one can possibly have advance knowledge and get extra time to write a parody. Although if someone wants to start a thread entitled "suggest a parody contest theme" or something along those lines, I'll read it and maybe use the suggestions.

Subject: Re: Amiright Idol - Open Enrollement for Judges

Written By: STG on 02/06/03 at 09:20 p.m.

I believe Tone-Def is right about the letting people with the 100+ parodies, but I'm exempting myself from this game as a contestant.  (I'm a pretty crappy parody author so I don't think I'd have a chance)

Subject: Re: Amiright Idol - Open Enrollement for Judges

Written By: Rice Cube on 02/06/03 at 09:52 p.m.


Quoting:
I believe Tone-Def is right about the letting people with the 100+ parodies, but I'm exempting myself from this game as a contestant.  (I'm a pretty crappy parody author so I don't think I'd have a chance)
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Play anyway.  It'll be fun :)

Subject: Re: Amiright Idol - Open Enrollement for Judges

Written By: Nikos Pallas on 02/07/03 at 12:05 a.m.

6:00 Friday Morning has come and gone - have you made the selections yet?

Subject: Re: Amiright Idol - Open Enrollement for Judges

Written By: Beth Gomes on 02/07/03 at 12:18 a.m.

Yeah... Nikos said what I want to mention. Who wins?

Subject: Re: Amiright Idol - Open Enrollement for Judges

Written By: iam4iu42 on 02/07/03 at 09:55 p.m.

Hahaha, 2 guests getting on Chucky's case.  Take it easy guys!! I'm sure he'll make his decision in due time.

Subject: Re: Amiright Idol - Open Enrollement for Judges

Written By: ChuckyG on 02/08/03 at 01:07 p.m.


Quoting:
6:00 Friday Morning has come and gone - have you made the selections yet?
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no.. unfortunately Friday turned out to be way too busy for me, there was a sizable snow storm that day, and I had to spend about 6 hours driving in it (at least!).. on the plus side, I did get to go see the Pretenders at Foxwoods.. nice small theater, excellent show.

I will announce who the judges are Monday morning when I update the site. That should give me enough time to re-read the entries and make a decision. They were all very good, and it won't be easy to decide who gets it and who doesn't.

Subject: Re: Amiright Idol - Open Enrollement for Judges

Written By: ChuckyG on 02/10/03 at 11:08 a.m.

I'm going to make a formal message on the front page of the site, but figured I'd announce the winners in this thread too.

Let me prefix by saying it wasn't easy to pick just three people, all the entries were quite good. Some had more of what I was looking for than others though, and those are the ones I picked.

I picked three judges, and one alternate, in no particular order the winners are:


BLO-TOWN
Loosekanen
Album Cornix


and the alternate is iam4iu42

I am going to start a new thread to ask for entries.

Subject: Re: Amiright Idol - Open Enrollement for Judges

Written By: iam4iu42 on 02/12/03 at 01:42 a.m.

As an alternate, wouldn't it be vitrually impossible to let me know that I needed to judge... until after the fact.  I was just curious how I should know when to be "on call."  I check the site often enough that it shouldn't be a problem, but how would you know that one of the other judges didn't do their requirements... until after the deadline?  Regardless, thanks for picking me as an alternate - I'll stay up to date on the happenings.

Subject: Re: Amiright Idol - Open Enrollement for Judges

Written By: loosekanen on 02/12/03 at 07:05 a.m.

So... Many... Songs...

This is a LOT closer than I thought it would be. I have about 2 that I REALLY love and then the others are all close to each other. It's gonna depend on what us judges think collectively. Best wishes for everyone who has entered and everyone who will enter. This job ISN'T EASY.

Subject: Re: Amiright Idol - Open Enrollement for Judges

Written By: ChuckyG on 02/12/03 at 08:30 a.m.


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As an alternate, wouldn't it be vitrually impossible to let me know that I needed to judge... until after the fact.  I was just curious how I should know when to be "on call."  I check the site often enough that it shouldn't be a problem, but how would you know that one of the other judges didn't do their requirements... until after the deadline?  Regardless, thanks for picking me as an alternate - I'll stay up to date on the happenings.
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yeah, I'll basically have to delay the next round, and wait for you to go through and submit reviews.. if you have to take over..

Subject: Re: Amiright Idol - Open Enrollement for Judges

Written By: ChuckyG on 02/12/03 at 08:34 a.m.


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So... Many... Songs...

This is a LOT closer than I thought it would be. I have about 2 that I REALLY love and then the others are all close to each other. It's gonna depend on what us judges think collectively. Best wishes for everyone who has entered and everyone who will enter. This job ISN'T EASY.
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yeah, I never said it would be easy.. and the first round is going to be the roughest.. I'd start writing your reviews now so you don't have as much to do this weekend to finish it..