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Post by ʜᴇᴀʀᴛ ᴀᴛᴛᴀᴄᴋ on Jul 27, 2016 12:57:55 GMT 1
I didn't make an elaborate set of rules for nothing. Take the HMSC rules for example: (As of July 27th, 2016)
1) All UN countries are allowed to participate.
2) You must stay with your country for at least two editions 2.1) You may withdraw whenever you'd like
3) Before you send an entry, you must make sure that your entry has not been used in more than 5 contests.
3.1) It must be longer than one and a half minutes.
3.2) It must not an ESC, Turkvision or NVSC entry.
3.3) It was released no more than 14 years ago.
4) Covers are allowed, as long as they are official and more known than the original version/the original version isn't well known.
5) The artist that you send must be born in your country, live in your country or have at least one parent from your country. 5.1) Otherwise, it will be considered borrowing.
6) If you sending a duo or group, at least 25% of it should be from your country.
7)The artist also should not be younger than 14, and you may not send a dead artist.
8) You may create a national selection for your country if you wish so. 8.1) It has to be done by making a thread in the national selections sub-category.
8.1.1) You also must inform us before making one.
9) There are no strict rules for borrowing, however if you want to borrow from another country, that country should be strongly related to yours. For example, Liechtenstein and Switzerland/Austria.
10) If the country that you're borrowing from participates in the contest, you must ask the HoD of that country for permission.
11) All borrowing must be discussed with us.
12) If your country has a big music industry, we won’t allow you to borrow.
13) Your timeslot for the recap must be between 20-25 seconds. 13.1) If you don’t choose a timeslot, we will choose one that’s 20 seconds long.
14) The singer you send must not be a Belgian canary.
15) You can receive a strike for failing to send entry before the deadline 15.1) You can receive a strike for failing to vote on time without informing us, by spamming or disrespecting the contest in any way.
16) In case you have recieved 1 strike you will be warned
16.1) 2 strikes will cause a forced withdrawal from next edition
16.2) 3 strikes will cause Country & HoD 2-edition ban
16.3) If you have recieved 4 strikes or more you will be banned for life from the contest.
NOTE RULE NUMBER 14 (?!?!!!??!)what the fuck is this
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Post by Dylan on Jul 27, 2016 12:59:30 GMT 1
are you actually serious
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Post by ʜᴇᴀʀᴛ ᴀᴛᴛᴀᴄᴋ on Jul 27, 2016 13:00:36 GMT 1
Take the HMSC rules for example: (As of July 27th, 2016)
1) All UN countries are allowed to participate.
2) You must stay with your country for at least two editions 2.1) You may withdraw whenever you'd like
3) Before you send an entry, you must make sure that your entry has not been used in more than 5 contests.
3.1) It must be longer than one and a half minutes.
3.2) It must not an ESC, Turkvision or NVSC entry.
3.3) It was released no more than 14 years ago.
4) Covers are allowed, as long as they are official and more known than the original version/the original version isn't well known.
5) The artist that you send must be born in your country, live in your country or have at least one parent from your country. 5.1) Otherwise, it will be considered borrowing.
6) If you sending a duo or group, at least 25% of it should be from your country.
7)The artist also should not be younger than 14, and you may not send a dead artist.
8) You may create a national selection for your country if you wish so. 8.1) It has to be done by making a thread in the national selections sub-category.
8.1.1) You also must inform us before making one.
9) There are no strict rules for borrowing, however if you want to borrow from another country, that country should be strongly related to yours. For example, Liechtenstein and Switzerland/Austria.
10) If the country that you're borrowing from participates in the contest, you must ask the HoD of that country for permission.
11) All borrowing must be discussed with us.
12) If your country has a big music industry, we won’t allow you to borrow.
13) Your timeslot for the recap must be between 20-25 seconds. 13.1) If you don’t choose a timeslot, we will choose one that’s 20 seconds long.
14) The singer you send must not be a Belgian canary.
15) You can receive a strike for failing to send entry before the deadline 15.1) You can receive a strike for failing to vote on time without informing us, by spamming or disrespecting the contest in any way.
16) In case you have recieved 1 strike you will be warned
16.1) 2 strikes will cause a forced withdrawal from next edition
16.2) 3 strikes will cause Country & HoD 2-edition ban
16.3) If you have recieved 4 strikes or more you will be banned for life from the contest.
NOTE RULE NUMBER 14 (?!?!!!??!)what the fuck is this seriously though, just stop. You're really just trying to be funny at this point and failing so hard. And even if you do try to make a point and get your entry accepted, Martin is still the admin of this contest and his decision is more important than yours. If he doesn't accept it, just find something else.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 27, 2016 13:01:37 GMT 1
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Post by alexeh on Jul 27, 2016 13:02:18 GMT 1
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Post by Deleted on Jul 27, 2016 13:03:39 GMT 1
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Post by ʜᴇᴀʀᴛ ᴀᴛᴛᴀᴄᴋ on Jul 27, 2016 13:05:10 GMT 1
if you're not being serious, then your entry shouldn't be treated seriously and Martin has the full right to not accept it.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 27, 2016 13:11:20 GMT 1
if you're not being serious, then your entry shouldn't be treated seriously and Martin has the full right to not accept it. Full right? THIS IS OBVIOUSLY A JOKE ENTRY. I wasn't serious at any point. But there should be some rule, at least, in contrast to this, implying that this entry is not legitimate. As far as I'm concerned, the rules were created to avoid that need to be disqualified, or bad behaviors. No rule says I cannot send this entry. If Martin would create just ONE rule to unallow this, I would let go. My last two entries alone broke a few rules, while this entry did not.
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Post by Dylan on Jul 27, 2016 13:13:23 GMT 1
If you're going to send a joke entry send an actual one that is actually sung by someone other than a bird. :B
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Post by Niklas on Jul 27, 2016 13:16:12 GMT 1
if you're not being serious, then your entry shouldn't be treated seriously and Martin has the full right to not accept it. Full right? THIS IS OBVIOUSLY A JOKE ENTRY. I wasn't serious at any point. But there should be some rule, at least, in contrast to this, implying that this entry is not legitimate. As far as I'm concerned, the rules were created to avoid that need to be disqualified, or bad behaviors. No rule says I cannot send this entry. If Martin would create just ONE rule to unallow this, I would let go. My last two entries alone broke a few rules, while this entry did not. The point is he was being nice two editions with you but at some point it's just enough and you faced that point just now with this entry...
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