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Subject: Contest voting netiquette
Just wanted to say that I think one of the nicest things about the contests that Ethan and Claude are currently running is that it gives some authors a chance to gain votes and comments, especially on some of their lesser known submissions. I urge everyone who reads the parody contest submissions to take a minute to vote and comment on each parody submitted if they have not previously done so. One of the parodies in today's "A" contest had no comments at all till I added one, and several hardly had any votes. Make an author happy today! :D
Subject: Re: Contest voting netiquette
Couldn't agree more, 'doc. I tried to make the regular vote more or less a requirement in the earlier tournament but obviously there's no way to enforce it. Most participants were wonderful and did vote and comment on just about everything, and I think the ones that didn't probably meant to but just never got around to it. With the SOTM contest, the voting period is a good three+ weeks so there should be plenty of time to give every song a good look at least. I do, however, feel strongly that people who want everyone to download the original if they don't know it, should make it easier for them to do so by providing a link themselves.
Subject: Re: Contest voting netiquette
Thanks for your input Claude. :)
As for downloading, I personally prefer to get the songs myself in my own time, rather than clicking on a link (I even created a little file called "songs for voting parodies" to keep them all handy - that way I can delete them when I am done, unless they are especially good - that Christina Aguilera one is gonna go away real fast after I use it... ::) ), but I can see how many people would like to have the link, so it is a good suggestion.
Pippin and I intend to provide the links to our own if they are songs that people might not know; we have already done so in the B contest and in yours; we figured "Horse with No Name" in the A contest was pretty widely known... :)
Subject: Re: Contest voting netiquette
I also agree.
If I have done the hard work of getting there and finding the song, the easy part is the vote and comment! :)
Subject: Re: Contest voting netiquette
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Thanks for your input Claude. :)
As for downloading, I personally prefer to get the songs myself in my own time, rather than clicking on a link (I even created a little file called "songs for voting parodies" to keep them all handy - that way I can delete them when I am done, unless they are especially good - that Christina Aguilera one is gonna go away real fast after I use it... ::) ), but I can see how many people would like to have the link, so it is a good suggestion.
Pippin and I intend to provide the links to our own if they are songs that people might not know; we have already done so in the B contest and in yours; we figured "Horse with No Name" in the A contest was pretty widely known... :)
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Merry - do you download the entire song, when you find an original song for a tune someone has parodied?
I can usually scrounge up a 30-second sample or two of most any song for free...
...but do you have a line on getting free entire songs without attracting the wrath of the copyright gods? ;)
Johnny D
Subject: Re: Contest voting netiquette
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Merry - do you download the entire song, when you find an original song for a tune someone has parodied?
I can usually scrounge up a 30-second sample or two of most any song for free...
...but do you have a line on getting free entire songs without attracting the wrath of the copyright gods? ;)
Johnny D
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Good question! Johnny, lately you have not been leaving any song links.