Azured

If you haven't posted a thread or made a comment promoting r/gameofbands before, now would be a great time to do so.

Yea, going out and actively promoting a subreddit you use does seem strange, but that's how people learn about the competition, and that's how we get more bandits. More bandits = more talent = more tracks = (good times)^2

We have a solid competition that people love. Let's get the word out.

• r/singing
• r/RedditJams
• r/Songwriters
• r/Poetry
• r/composer
• r/piano
• r/MusicInTheMaking
• r/recordedmusic
• r/WeAreTheMusicMakers
• r/writing
• r/oneparagraph
• r/electronicmusic
• r/chiptunes/
• r/progrockmusic

If you create a post (or even leave a comment som

This post is for those who wish to write LYRICS

If you wish to be placed in a team for Epoch 2 Round 3 of the r/gameofbands competition as a lyricist, please leave a comment in this post.

If you competed in a previous Round, just say you'd like to enter again.

If you haven't competed before, please leave a comment explaining:

• what you offer

• what experience you have

• anything else you consider important.

DO NOT REGISTER FOR THIS ROUND UNLESS YOU ARE CONFIDENT YOU CAN COMMIT TO IT

Teams will be announced once we have sufficient registration numbers. Following the teams announcement, every bandit placed in a team will have two days to report in and confirm they are good to go

This post is for those who want to write MUSIC

If you want to be placed into a team for Epoch 2 Round 3 of the r/gameofbands competition in the music category, please leave a comment in this post.

If you competed in a previous Round, just say you'd like to enter again.

If you haven't competed before, please leave a comment explaining:

• what you offer

• what experience you have

• anything else you consider important.

Music is a particularly broad registration. To qualify, you must be able to either:

• create digital backing tracks

or

• create a complete backing track with recorded instruments

DO NOT REGISTER FOR THIS ROUND UNLESS YOU ARE CONFIDENT YOU CAN COMMIT TO IT

Teams

This post is for those who want to add VOCALS

If you wish to be placed in a team for Epoch 2 Round 3 of the r/gameofbands competition as a vocalist, please leave a comment in this post.

If you competed in a previous Round, just say you'd like to enter again.

If you haven't competed before, please leave a comment explaining:

• what you offer

• what experience you have

• anything else you consider important.

DO NOT REGISTER FOR THIS ROUND UNLESS YOU ARE CONFIDENT YOU CAN COMMIT TO IT

Teams will be announced once we have sufficient registration numbers. Following the teams announcement, every bandit placed in a team will have two days to report in and confirm they are good to go (t

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Epoch 2 Round 2 Winners:

• Winning team: Team 3 - Lyrics: kingpumpkin. Music: memefilter. Vocals: spotlightboxer. Track: Come On Let's Do It

• Top lyricist: RetroTheft (t4). Runner-up: magikker (t10).

• Top vocals: SeeScottRock (t5). Runner-up: TIE - mthoming (t4) and digitalskyfire (t10).

• Top musician: Brewbird (t5). Runner-up: memefilter (t3).

Flair trophies have now been added.

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RECAP

The teams

So we had fewer teams than last Round, but hey, still a decent number and a damn good competition. It was interesting to see how teams dealt with the pop cliche theme, which had a greater influence on tracks

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THEME FOR ROUND 1

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The Theme for Round 1 is:

• Sci-fi

Teams may interpret this freely, but all tracks must incorporate the theme.

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TEAM CONSOLIDATION FOR ROUND 1

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16 teams have been generated from our registrations. The music category had a lower level of registration than lyrics and vocals, which unfortunately meant that a number of those who registered, particularly in the lyrics category, were unable to be placed. Preference was given to those bandits who had competed before.

If your name is listed below, you MUST leave a comment in this post to confirm you are going to take part.

This teams announcement marks the commencement of the team cons

QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS

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TEAMS

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How do teams get picked?

• All names are placed in an algorithm. The algorithm then creates the teams based on a number of factors, including past performance.

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TRACKS

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How do we decide what sort of song to write?

• This is an open, friendly tournament. All teams are expected to communicate and pick a direction that best suits all parties. Something that works for the group as a whole is also likely to sound better.

Where do we start? How should we go about doing this?

• It's really up to you and your teammates. However, you may find it useful to follow these steps:

• assess

My obvious calculation error was merely designed to grab your attention.

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Attention All

We have some great competitors and have had some awesome rounds, but we need more bandits in r/gameofbands, and we haven't been recruiting.

If we want to get this Round started, and avoid waiting around in future, we are going to need to get active.

"BUT HOW????"

Simple. The same way as you all found your way here. We post threads about r/gameofbands in other subreddits.

So, post a thread about r/gameofbands in another subreddit now. Once you've posted it, link it in the comments below so the rest of the community can check it out and reply to any queries.

It's a new epoch and we need new blood. I'm done fighting werewolves.

Let's get vampiric.

Epoch One Awards

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The scores for all bandits who competed in Epoch One have now been calculated. The awards for the highest scoring bandit in each category are as follows:

• Top Lyricist: magikker

• Top Vocalist: AzureKevin

• Top Musician: Zuthulu

• Well Rounded: digitalskyfire

(The well rounded award is for the bandit with highest score across more than one category).

The winners of each category have now been bestowed Epoch Trophies.

The top track of Epoch One was:

• Atlantis (AzureKevin, grantimatter, shotgun_1P)

Congratulations to the Epoch One award winners!

This post is for those who want to add VOCALS

If you wish to be placed in a team for Epoch 2 Round 1 of the r/gameofbands competition as a vocalist, please leave a comment in this post.

If you competed in a previous Round, just say you'd like to enter again.

If you haven't competed before, please leave a comment explaining:

• what you offer

• what experience you have

• anything else you consider important.

DO NOT REGISTER FOR THIS ROUND UNLESS YOU ARE CONFIDENT YOU CAN COMMIT TO IT

Teams will be announced once we have sufficient registration numbers. Following the teams announcement, every bandit placed in a team will have two days to report in and confirm they are good to go (t

This post is for those who wish to write LYRICS

If you wish to be placed in a team for Epoch 2 Round 1 of the r/gameofbands competition as a lyricist, please leave a comment in this post.

If you competed in a previous Round, just say you'd like to enter again.

If you haven't competed before, please leave a comment explaining:

• what you offer

• what experience you have

• anything else you consider important.

DO NOT REGISTER FOR THIS ROUND UNLESS YOU ARE CONFIDENT YOU CAN COMMIT TO IT

Teams will be announced once we have sufficient registration numbers. Following the teams announcement, every bandit placed in a team will have two days to report in and confirm they are good to go

This post is for those who want to write MUSIC

If you want to be placed into a team for Epoch 2 Round 1 of the r/gameofbands competition in the music category, please leave a comment in this post.

If you competed in a previous Round, just say you'd like to enter again.

If you haven't competed before, please leave a comment explaining:

• what you offer

• what experience you have

• anything else you consider important.

Music is a particularly broad registration. To qualify, you must be able to either:

• create digital backing tracks

or

• create a complete backing track with recorded instruments

DO NOT REGISTER FOR THIS ROUND UNLESS YOU ARE CONFIDENT YOU CAN COMMIT TO IT

Teams

In r/gameofbands you:

1. Sign up under a catgegory (music, vocals, lyrics)

2. Get placed in a team with two others

3. Have one week to write and record a track.

All tracks are then compiled and voted on at the end of the week, and winners are announced.

Come check us out:

/r/gameofbands

The highest voted theme in this thread will be selected as the theme for the next Round - Epoch 2 Round 1.

As a reminder - please avoid nominating themes that are too restrictive or difficult to implement.