THE POP WORLD CUP - Managers needed!
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poptimistsThis summer it is the football World Cup in Germany. Your attitude to this may be one of hope, excitement, joy, apathy, disgust or despair, but whatever your views on football there is a tournament you will be able to enjoy...
THE POPTIMISTS POP WORLD CUP
Before this can begin however we need YOU to join up as a manager.
In the real world cup, 32 nations compete at football until one wins. In the Pop World Cup, 32 nations compete at pop. The entrants, and the tournament structure, are the same, but crucially you need no knowledge of football to join in. As a manager, your job will simply be to find songs from a given country to compete and send them to me. For each round your country competes in (to a maximum of 5) you will need one song. You will also need to write a 'team talk' - a brief sentence or two about the song and why it should win. And that's all!
The five stages are as follows:
Group Stage (32 teams)
Round of 16 (16 teams)
Quarter finals (8 teams)
Semi-finals (4 teams)
Final (2 teams) (there will also be a third place play-off, obv)
Each team will be represented by one song from a different artist each stage. Competition rules to be published next week along with the list of managers.
By a masterpiece of orgafun planning this extravaganza of pop should end during the week the football World Cup ends - v. exciting.
If you're interested in managing in the Pop World Cup then please let me know in the comments box, and please also indicate whether you want an easy or hard team, and whether you'd be up for managing 2 teams if we don't get the full 32 participants. Which team you get will be random. And remember - you need no knowledge of or liking for football to join in. You don't even need MP3 capability - I can find named tracks for you (though MP3less people will be limited to managing one of the easy teams).
Ask any questions you have in the comments box too. ALLEZ TOGO!
CRUCIAL ADDENDUM: The draw for the Poptimists World Cup i.e. who gets which team will be made in AN BOOZER next week, probably on Tuesday. More details of this to follow.
THE POPTIMISTS POP WORLD CUP
Before this can begin however we need YOU to join up as a manager.
In the real world cup, 32 nations compete at football until one wins. In the Pop World Cup, 32 nations compete at pop. The entrants, and the tournament structure, are the same, but crucially you need no knowledge of football to join in. As a manager, your job will simply be to find songs from a given country to compete and send them to me. For each round your country competes in (to a maximum of 5) you will need one song. You will also need to write a 'team talk' - a brief sentence or two about the song and why it should win. And that's all!
The five stages are as follows:
Group Stage (32 teams)
Round of 16 (16 teams)
Quarter finals (8 teams)
Semi-finals (4 teams)
Final (2 teams) (there will also be a third place play-off, obv)
Each team will be represented by one song from a different artist each stage. Competition rules to be published next week along with the list of managers.
By a masterpiece of orgafun planning this extravaganza of pop should end during the week the football World Cup ends - v. exciting.
If you're interested in managing in the Pop World Cup then please let me know in the comments box, and please also indicate whether you want an easy or hard team, and whether you'd be up for managing 2 teams if we don't get the full 32 participants. Which team you get will be random. And remember - you need no knowledge of or liking for football to join in. You don't even need MP3 capability - I can find named tracks for you (though MP3less people will be limited to managing one of the easy teams).
Ask any questions you have in the comments box too. ALLEZ TOGO!
CRUCIAL ADDENDUM: The draw for the Poptimists World Cup i.e. who gets which team will be made in AN BOOZER next week, probably on Tuesday. More details of this to follow.
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Date: 2006-01-04 02:11 pm (UTC)Can we get a guarantee of
peace in our timeno subsequent History Of Our World At War In Pop Orgafun, please?no subject
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Date: 2006-01-04 02:43 pm (UTC)Martin's point about being able to share knowledge re more obscure countries Pop is good. Some sort of 'amnesty' period for this before the tournament begins perhaps?
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Date: 2006-01-04 02:47 pm (UTC)me too
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Date: 2006-01-04 02:56 pm (UTC)LIQUID POP
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Date: 2006-01-04 03:12 pm (UTC)i would like to manage something in this, then. (@http://www.livejournal.com/users/alexmacpherson/101547.html")
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Date: 2006-01-04 03:14 pm (UTC)MandateManage my ass! I mean, can I... be one... please... thank you...no subject
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Date: 2006-01-04 03:59 pm (UTC)This isn't happening at the same time as the FWC then?
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Date: 2006-01-04 04:42 pm (UTC)me!
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Date: 2006-01-05 07:37 pm (UTC)Tunisian pop is top!
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Date: 2006-01-06 01:35 am (UTC)(Note: if you choose to include me, you may want to give me a team you don't want to win, bcz I'm crap at determinatizing what's pop and not outside me brane)
count me in
Date: 2006-01-06 08:51 am (UTC)I'll create an LJ account when their site decides to start playing ball and reply to this message.
In the meantime, my name is James B