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Post by Eke on Apr 26, 2017 18:27:11 GMT 1
New Graphical Design for the Fantasia ContestWith the 7th edition underway, the FBA has decided to reveal that a new graphical design will be rolling out to the Fantasia Contest, starting from the next edition. Issues with the current logo were that there was no way to display the current host country's flag, and inclusion of the host city text often proved difficult, as the city names differed in length and the text had to reflect that. With the new logo, both of these are no longer concerns.
It's time to unveil the new logo:
The new logo features a new font, as well as a better structure - all this complemented with a unique heart on the side, which will display the flag of the host country, or any other country for that matter. For example, this is what the logo would have looked like, had it been implemented from the 7th edition.
All countries now have their own, personalised heart logos, which you can find here: imgur.com/a/ZGTBa. Changes Regarding KerwanThe Head of Delegation of Kerwan, Rick has decided to withdraw from the competition. Normally, this would mean that a draw would ensue to find a new user for the country. However, the FBA council has decided, that Kerwan would instead be awarded to its current co-HoD, ʜᴇᴀʀᴛ ᴀᴛᴛᴀᴄᴋ .
This is because Kerwan has won the contest before, and we'd rather see the country kept intact, we know Liza will be able to take good care of it. We also felt that it was just, as in the last two draws, Liza came extremely close to receiving a country both times. (Callum ), (Aliya ), (Black Butterfly ), (Marco Antonio [QUITE INACTIVE] ), (Aless ), ((inactive) ), (Tobbz ), (~Rethnas~ / @austria2002 ), (𝖋𝖑𝖔𝖗𝖎𝖆𝖓 ), (Dimitris ), (αndreas ), (Jozef ), (Dylan ), (ClassifiedCat ), (Maxim / @theflyingshrek ), (nick ), (Eke ), (✦ josh ✦ ), (kev ), (Bas ), (@garameaning ), (Lᴇꜰ ), (Mordecai ), (manos / Αηgεlο ), (✨💃 ), (Matt ), (MG / George J. ), (ʜᴇᴀʀᴛ ᴀᴛᴛᴀᴄᴋ ), (Anesović ), (Mateusz ), (Luiri ), (Julian ), (Matilda ), (Coco (Inactive) ), (Vinx ), (𝐴𝑑𝑟𝑖𝑎̀ ), (Christian NO (inactive) ), (Jericho (Super inactive) ), (Anton ), (Jess ), (Logan ), (Blandine ), (alex(a)bg ), (Daniel ), (@thesirenscalling ), (Maie~야옹 ), (✨ Nicole ✨ / Jens ), (Niklas ), (Llemian ), (Jan ), (Apostolis ), (Sel ), (Kyron ), (Levi21 )
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Post by kev on Aug 24, 2017 18:16:45 GMT 1
FANTASIA BROADCASTING ASSOCIATIONCOUNCIL MEMBER APPLICATIONS The FBA council is looking for a new member. Are you interested in helping us with various tasks? If yes, apply now! We are looking for someone who can… • create videos • work with Excel/PowerPoint or similar • work with Fantasipedia Apply by sending a PM to Eke , kev , Daniel , Matt , Dimitris and Callum !Please don't include Sel ! This PM should include…• a short list of programs/tool you are able to use • a short statement about why you think you are the most suitable person for this job
Note: Only participants can apply. Deadline: Sunday, 27 August 2017, 19:59:59 CET!
(Callum ), (Aliya ), (Black Butterfly ), (Marco Antonio [QUITE INACTIVE] ), (Aless ), ((inactive) ), (Tobbz ), (~Rethnas~ / @austria2002 ), (𝖋𝖑𝖔𝖗𝖎𝖆𝖓 ), (How Bogs How Blue ), (Dimitris ), (αndreas ), (Dylan ), (ClassifiedCat ), (Maxim ), (nick ), (Eke ), (✦ josh ✦ ), (kev ), (Bas ), (@garameaning ), (Lᴇꜰ ), (Mordecai ), (manos ), (✨💃 ), (Kimmy ), (Matt ), (agni ), (MG / George J. ), (ʜᴇᴀʀᴛ ᴀᴛᴛᴀᴄᴋ ), (Anesović ), (Mateusz ), (Luiri ), (Julian ), (Matilda ), (MaRtIn ), (Coco (Inactive) ), (Vinx ), (𝐴𝑑𝑟𝑖𝑎̀ ), (Christian NO (inactive) ), (Jericho (Super inactive) ), (Anton / am|r ), (Jess ), (Logan ), (Blandine ), (alex(a)bg ), (Daniel ), (@thesirenscalling ), (✨ Nicole ✨ / Jens / Wysteria ), (Niklas ), (Jan ), (Apostolis ), (Sel ), (Kyron ), (Levi21 )
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Post by Callum on Aug 28, 2017 21:05:08 GMT 1
FANTASIA BROADCASTING ASSOCIATIONCOUNCIL MEMBER ANNOUNCED
The council is pleased to announce that we have selected a very capable and well-deserving participant as the newest addition to the FBA!
11 people in total applied - and many of the applicants had very convincing and strong statements; but unfortunately we could only choose one.
The newest addition was unanimously liked by all of the council (scored only 9 and 10 in each of our rankings across the board) and we are sure that they will contribute a lot to the contest - well, isn't that why someone would apply in the first place?
The person selected is...
Commiserations to those who were not selected - but should someone leave the council in the future, we will certainly run this again.
And once again, congratulations to the new council member! We look forward to working with you.
(Callum ), (Aliya ), (Black Butterfly ), (Marco Antonio [QUITE INACTIVE] ), (Aless ), ((inactive) ), (Tobbz ), (~Rethnas~ / @austria2002 ), (𝖋𝖑𝖔𝖗𝖎𝖆𝖓 ), (How Bogs How Blue ), (Dimitris ), (αndreas ), (Dylan ), (ClassifiedCat ), (Maxim ), (nick ), (Eke ), (✦ josh ✦ ), (kev ), (Bas ), (@garameaning ), (Lᴇꜰ ), (Mordecai ), (manos ), (✨💃 ), (Kimmy ), (Matt ), (agni ), (MG / George J. ), (ʜᴇᴀʀᴛ ᴀᴛᴛᴀᴄᴋ ), (Anesović ), (Mateusz ), (Luiri ), (Julian ), (Matilda ), (MaRtIn ), (Coco (Inactive) ), (Vinx ), (𝐴𝑑𝑟𝑖𝑎̀ ), (Christian NO (inactive) ), (Jericho (Super inactive) ), (Anton / am|r ), (Jess ), (Logan ), (Blandine ), (alex(a)bg ), (Daniel ), (@thesirenscalling ), (✨ Nicole ✨ / Jens / Wysteria ), (Niklas ), (Jan ), (Apostolis ), (Sel ), (Kyron ), (Levi21 )
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Post by Callum on Oct 13, 2017 20:07:20 GMT 1
Changes regarding the release date of entriesSince the first edition, the use of songs that were released before 1 January 2000 was prohibited. However, we are glad to announce that from today onwards, this rule has been removed.
This means that you are now allowed to use songs from any release date, although this comes with conditions:
• You cannot use singers/bands if the (main) singer is dead. Self-explanatory really: you can't take part in a contest if you're in a grave.
• The originality rule still applies. You will still need to send your entries in for approval as normal. You should still have enough common sense to know that you can't send songs like "I Will Always Love You" and "My Heart Will Go On". For other entries where there may be issues, it is entirely at the council's discretion whether a song is eligible to send or not.
To reiterate, this rule change takes effect as of now. You may send songs from before 2000 this edition if you wish.
(Callum ), (Aliya ), (Black Butterfly ), (Marco Antonio [QUITE INACTIVE] ), (Aless / Francisco ), ((inactive) ), (Tobbz ), (~Rethnas~ / @austria2002), (𝖋𝖑𝖔𝖗𝖎𝖆𝖓 ), (How Bogs How Blue ), (Dimitris ), (αndreas ), (Dylan ), (ClassifiedCat ), (Maxim ), (nick ), (Eke ), (✦ josh ✦ ), (kev ), (Bas ), (@garameaning ), (Lᴇꜰ ), (Mordecai ), (manos ), (✨💃 ), (Kimmy ), (Matt ), (agni ), (MG / George J. ), (ʜᴇᴀʀᴛ ᴀᴛᴛᴀᴄᴋ ), (Anesović ), (Mateusz ), (Luiri ), (Julian ), (Matilda ), (MaRtIn ), (Coco (Inactive) ), (Vinx ), (𝐴𝑑𝑟𝑖𝑎̀ ), (Christian NO (inactive) ), (Jericho (Super inactive) ), (Anton / am|r ), (Jess ), (Logan ), (Blandine ), (alex(a)bg ), (Daniel ), (@thesirenscalling ), (✨ Nicole ✨ / Jens / Wysteria ), (Niklas ), (Jan ), (Apostolis ), (Sel ), (Kyron ), (Levi21 )
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Post by kev on Dec 22, 2017 2:55:01 GMT 1
Longest taglist ever incoming... (Callum ), (Aliya ), (Black Butterfly ), (Marco Antonio [QUITE INACTIVE] ), (Aless / Francisco ), ((inactive) ), (Tobbz ), (~Rethnas~ ), (𝖋𝖑𝖔𝖗𝖎𝖆𝖓 ), (How Bogs How Blue ), (Dimitris ), (αndreas ), (Dylan ), (ClassifiedCat ), (Maxim ), (nick ), (Eke ), (✦ josh ✦ ), (kev ), (Bas ), (@garameaning ), (Lᴇꜰ ), (Mordecai ), (manos ), (✨💃 ), (Kimmy ), (Matt ), (agni ), (MG / George J. ), (ʜᴇᴀʀᴛ ᴀᴛᴛᴀᴄᴋ ), (Anesović ), (Mateusz ), (Luiri ), (Julian ), (Matilda ), (MaRtIn ), (Coco (Inactive) ), (Vinx ), (𝐴𝑑𝑟𝑖𝑎̀ ), (Christian NO (inactive) ), (Jericho (Super inactive) ), (Anton / am|r ), (Jess ), (Logan ), (Blandine ), (alex(a)bg ), (Daniel ), (@thesirenscalling ), (✨ Nicole ✨ / Jens / Wysteria ), (Niklas ), (Jan ), (Apostolis ), (Sel ), (Kyron ), (Levi21 )
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Post by Eke on Feb 20, 2018 18:51:46 GMT 1
Fantasia ContestOfficial Announcement Fantasia Contest to Take a Break After #11 With exam season creeping up and due to a lack of time by most members of the council, the Fantasia Contest will be taking a short break after the conclusion of the 11th edition sometime in March. The 12th edition is scheduled to take place towards the end of May or the start of June, with confirmations opening in April. Exact dates for everything are to be scheduled at a later time. Thank you for understanding. ( Callum), ( Aliya), ( Black Butterfly), ( Marco Antonio [QUITE INACTIVE]), ( Aless / Francisco), ( (inactive)), ( Tobbz), ( 𝖋𝖑𝖔𝖗𝖎𝖆𝖓), ( Jens), ( How Bogs How Blue), ( Dimitris), ( αndreas), ( Dylan), ( ClassifiedCat), ( Maxim), ( Eke), ( ✦ josh ✦), ( kev), ( Bas), (@garameaning), ( Lᴇꜰ), ( Mordecai), ( manos), ( ✨💃), ( Kimmy), ( Matt), ( agni), ( MG / George J.), ( ʜᴇᴀʀᴛ ᴀᴛᴛᴀᴄᴋ), ( Anesović), ( Mateusz), ( Luiri), ( Julian), ( Matilda), ( MaRtIn), ( Coco (Inactive)), ( Vinx), ( alexeh), ( 𝐴𝑑𝑟𝑖𝑎̀), ( Christian NO (inactive)), ( Jericho (Super inactive)), ( Anton / am|r), ( Jess), ( Logan), ( Blandine), ( alex(a)bg), ( Daniel), (@thesirenscalling), ( ✨ Nicole ✨ / Wysteria), ( Niklas), ( Jan), ( Apostolis), ( Sel), ( Kyron), ( Levi21)
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Post by kev on Jun 17, 2018 21:27:27 GMT 1
Fantasia ContestOfficial Announcement News & Updates Along with the final results of the eleventh Fantasia Contest, the FBA has announced a few changes regarding Fantasia and the Fantasia Contest. Besides internal changes in the FBA council regarding what roles each member plays, some organisational changes will happen too. (1) There will no longer be any Song Previews due to the lack of interest in them. The council is still trying to find an alternative for them, so you will still get to know the songs before the event. (2) The council has decided to introduce a new strike system. In essence, players who break the rules or miss the given deadlines will receive a warning percentage instead of one strike. Further information will be given soon. (3) The FBA has made the regrettable decision to remove the Cercasian player's right to participate in the contest. This comes after the FBA learned of an incident in which the Cercasian player was directly involved, and given the seriousness of the situation, the only possible method of discipline is to dismiss Cercasia from the contest. As a result, Cercasia's spot in the contest is now vacant and a new player will be able to take its position in the contest via the next application stage. (4) The world of Fantasia is set to be revamped, as the long-awaited new world map is just about complete. The new map will be geographically correct and more realistic in comparison to the old one. Subsequently, we have good news for non-players. The new map will consist of more countries than before, meaning there will be approximately 20 to 50 new spots for non-players. However, the maximum amount of players in the Fantasia Contest will still be 55, although selected non-participating countries will get the opportunity to vote as the “Rest of Fantasia” in the Grand Finals. Non-players can now apply for a free slot by filling the form below. If your application is successful, you will receive your own country to roleplay with. As soon as a country and/or its player withdraws (permanently) in the Fantasia Contest, the non-participating countries can apply for that country's spot in the contest. The G16 will still determine the successors, however this time it gives the member an opportunity to be more involved with the contest hence it will be easier for the G16 to decide new players. If you want to apply, please make sure to read the above statement carefully.Apply here and read the descriptions carefully.Feel free to ask us any questions regarding the changes and/or the application process. ( Callum ), ( Aliya ), ( Black Butterfly ), ( Marco Antonio [QUITE INACTIVE] ), ( Aless / Francisco ), ( (inactive) ), ( Tobbz ), ( 𝖋𝖑𝖔𝖗𝖎𝖆𝖓 ), ( Jens ), ( How Bogs How Blue ), ( Dimitris ), ( αndreas ), ( Dylan ), ( ClassifiedCat ), ( Maxim ), ( Eke ), ( ✦ josh ✦ ), ( kev ), ( Bas ), (@garameaning ), ( Lᴇꜰ ), ( Mordecai ), ( manos ), ( ✨💃 ), ( Kimmy ), ( Matt ), ( agni ), ( MG / George J. ), ( ʜᴇᴀʀᴛ ᴀᴛᴛᴀᴄᴋ ), ( Anesović ), ( Mateusz ), ( Luiri ), ( Julian ), ( Matilda ), ( MaRtIn ), ( Coco (Inactive) ), ( Vinx ), ( alexeh ), ( 𝐴𝑑𝑟𝑖𝑎̀ ), ( Christian NO (inactive) ), ( Jericho (Super inactive) ), ( Anton / am|r ), ( Jess ), ( Logan ), ( Blandine ), ( alex(a)bg ), ( Daniel ), (@thesirenscalling), ( ✨ Nicole ✨ / Wysteria ), ( Niklas ), ( Jan ), ( Apostolis ), ( Sel ), ( Kyron ), ( Levi21 )
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Post by kev on Jun 24, 2018 23:01:43 GMT 1
Fantasia ContestOfficial Announcement New Warning System The FBA today presented the official new warning system. From now, the council will no longer give strikes for rule violations. Instead offenses will get punished with warning percentages. Thus strikes were converted into percentages. As always, if you have any question, feel free to ask us.
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Post by Eke on Aug 12, 2018 17:16:04 GMT 1
Fantasia ContestOfficial Announcement News & Updates The announcement following today's results show will consist of three different pieces of news. New Players The G16 has decided, based on applications sent by the new countries, which of them should join the Fantasia Contest, starting from the 13th edition. Originally, only 4 additional countries were to be chosen, as replacements to Cercasia, Pecunia, Orangina and Shinkoyu. However, after three countries tied with the G16 in 4th place, it was decided 6 and not 4 would be joining instead. Marsia and Florea will also be withdrawing from the contest, as decided by the player and the council respectively, and will be replaced by two new users. So, without further ado, these are the six countries and users who will be able to participate from the 13th edition onwards: Congratulations to all, and better luck next time to those who unfortunately did not make it this time. Some of you may also be receiving a PM in the near future detailing what the G16 liked and didn't like about your application. The next round of applications will most likely take place before the 14th edition. To the new users: You are now able to confirm for the 13th edition and send your songs for approval to the council. Welcome to Fantasia!Mistakes in the Fantasia Contest 12 Final Results After the publication of the #12 final results, it became apparent to the council that a couple of mistakes had been made. Firstly, Glaray's score was calculated wrong in the video, Glaray actually places 7th with 259 points and Foxtavia falls one place to 8th. More importantly however, the score of Evergreen was also miscalculated due to the televoting 12 points of Fordia being placed into the wrong column. This in turn means however, that Evergreen received 12 points less than the score presented in the video, and thus falls below Dýria in the full results, placing 6th instead of 5th. Due to the nature of this error, the council has agreed that both Dýria and Evergreen deserve the opportunity to automatically qualify to the final of the 13th edition. This does not mean there will be one less semi-final qualifier, but rather that the final will include 27 as opposed to 26 countries. Personal note: I just want to say that I had almost nothing to do with this error nor the outcome of it. When I first learned about the error I was rather disheartened, however as almost everyone involved in this is a council member letting it slide just for my sake would have been extremely selfish and it would have pained me forever to not let Dylan, the rightful 5th place, have the automatic qualification instead. Therefore, I was willing to give up my automatic qualification to him, however, as a collective we agreed that it would be fair for me to also automatically qualify. I would also like to stress that we would have done this for anyone, not just me in particular. Case in point, we also offered Simjangdae the chance to automatically qualify after the semi-final results were miscalculated in the 6th edition. I really don't want anyone to look at me the wrong way for doing this, which is why I felt this note was important.Roleplay Rule Change Up until this point, we have not required our players to partake in roleplay activites, however from now on, we will. The council has decided to introduce a 1 roleplay post per month rule. If you miss a post, do not stress too much, as failing to make a roleplay post will only warrant you a 5% warning increase. However, those who already have a high warning percentage or who don't pay attention to this rule at all should be wary. If you are not yet in the contest, the rule still applies to you, and any warnings you accumulate will carry over once you join the contest. If you are unable to keep up with the roleplay for whatever personal reasons, please let the council know. Unless you have a very convincing reason to miss a post, telling us afterwards will not reduce your warning percentage. 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Post by kev on Nov 26, 2018 19:52:35 GMT 1
Fantasia ContestOfficial Announcements New Countries The FBA is glad to welcome five new countries in Fantasia. These are Muccania Josh's Tattoo (Inactive) Linmoor jstårsz Zylofonija basil Kazkya Argüello Sincuerello Jakub Welcome to Fantasia! The map will be updated as soon as possible. If you applied for a spot on the map but didn’t receive any feedback, your application isn’t evaluated yet. All non-participating countries will be able to participate in a new application stage for Fantasia Contest #14 very soon. New Roleplay Rule As the original roleplay rule (one post per month) was criticized by some members, the FBA decided to revoke the rule. However, the roleplay activity will from now on decide the G16 members. That means the ten most active* players on the roleplay board will receive a spot in the next G16 evaluation process, helping us to choose new players for the contest. Additionally, the six most active* players will receive a wildcard for the running order draw in the Fantasia Contest, though you can’t receive a wildcard in two consecutive editions. *most active =/= most posts, meaning that the quality of your roleplay will also play an important role For non-participants: If you apply for a spot in the song contest, your roleplay activity will influence your evaluation result aswell. If you have any question, feel free to ask any council member. ( Callum ), ( Aliya ), ( Black Butterfly ), ( Marco Antonio [QUITE INACTIVE] ), ( Aless ), ( (inactive) ), ( Tobbz ), ( Jens ), ( How Bogs How Blue ), ( Dimitris ), ( αndreas ), ( Dylan ), ( ClassifiedCat ), ( Maxim ), ( Eke ), ( kev ), ( Bas ), (@garameaning ), ( Lᴇꜰ ), ( Mordecai ), ( manos ), ( ✨💃 ), ( Syr ), ( Kimmy ), ( Matt ), ( agni ), ( Ste ), ( MG / George J. ), ( Anesović ), ( Mateusz ), ( Luiri ), ( Julian ), ( Matilda ), ( MaRtIn ), ( Coco (Inactive) ), ( Queen of Mean (Inactive) ), ( alexeh ), ( 𝐴𝑑𝑟𝑖𝑎̀ ), ( Jericho (Super inactive) ), ( Anton / am|r ), ( Logan ), ( Blandine ), ( alex(a)bg ), ( ROBERT 💙 ), ( Daniel ), ( ✨ Nicole ✨ / Wysteria ), ( Niklas ), ( Alper ), ( Jan ), ( Apostolis ), ( Sel ), ( Kyron ), ( Levi21 ), ( ough ) ( Mi ), ( Gregory (inactive) ), ( Dominykas ), ( ✦ josh ✦ ), ( ᴛᴏᴍ ᴋʟᴏsᴇʀ ), ( vinzzz ), ( streamrunner ), ( Argüello ), ( ʜᴇᴀʀᴛ ᴀᴛᴛᴀᴄᴋ ), ( 𝐌𝐈𝐂𝐇𝐀𝐋 ), ( jstårsz ), ( Vinx ), ( Josh's Tattoo (Inactive) ), ( Kinoshita! ), ( Ealex ), ( Wysteria ), ( Christian NO (inactive) ), ( Jess ), ( Jakub ), ( Aglan ), ( CHAE WITH A C ), ( . ), ( Llemian ), ( George J. ), ( Lewis ), ( Grace ), ( liiam ), ( inactivo ), ( basil )
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