LET5D0IT
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A 1000-day project to find the best singles since the Birth of Pop!
[Part 1: FearofMu21C. Winner: '1 Thing' by Amerie]
Part 2:
#Let5D0It - Top 50 of 1954-1976.
1 April - 20 May.
Pic: The Jann Wenner Clause
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Host’s eyes boggled today logging about 300 entries instead of the usual 100!
How lists and late starts will work in future:
1. Option to post (catch up) and/or send list until end of first month
2 List only from 1st of following month and MUST BE IN AND COMPLETE BY DAY 40.
Here you go...
Can't really say what the core and maximum are for this until all lists are in, but 90-odd people *posted* every day here and on Twitter.
Full numbers will definitely be over 100 and very similar to the previous two.
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For anyone who didn't do #Uncool50 or #FearofMu21C (plenty of you, which is great), the winning scores and margins were:
U50 - 239 points (won by 59). Core players (posted every day): 93. Maximum: 102.
FoM - 266 points (won by 43). Core players: 99. Maximum: 107.
First bonus for this, which startles me a bit (near certain it's someone's 12 though).
Hi - if the last two are reserves, please tell me where you want your fourth 11 to go, or let me know if I missed it somwhere along the way.
(i have The Damned, Jackson Sisters and Love as 11s)
Thanks for playing as ever.
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Don’t know if we’ve been targeted by this lady’s fan club, but she’s had extraordinary success in the weekend lists…
One song in particular has barely been posted here, but has a 12 and three 11s from lists, so look out for a countdown surprise!
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We'll see where we are Monday night, but for 50-pointers I am highly likely to do decade balancing before applying any tiebreaks.
So, for example, a 1950s song that would be the artist's only entry will be preferred over the, I dunno, 10th Beatles single.
Hi - can I assume from this that you are giving 11 to 'Chase The Devil'?
Thanks.
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50 IS THE NEW 40!
At a very early stage today, the number of 50+ point singles hit 250.
One of those on exactly 50 is vulnerable to JWC if not picked again.
But more than one on 40-49 will pass 50 points by the close of play.
Which means:
Some 50-point singles will miss out.
Absolute lolz... the first Shirelles vote split on Day 49 looks like a massive troll even if not intended that way!😄
98 - 76 = 22 so I have 11.
Clearly over, even by the most generous interpretation.
Yes!
(There's a big difference between his 60s and 70s picks - most of the latter are very popular, but getting clobbered now because he picked a load of NC 60s singletons)
Doubt it - think he was just blissfully unaware of the whole JWC thing throughout.
That's this post.
255 songs have 42+ points.
Very few of those are on exactly 42.
Most movement will be from 40 to 50.
So 43 looks vulnerable. Indeed...
248 already have 50+ points, so that total should pass 250 today.
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Points inflation!
200-point singles
#Uncool50 - 1
#FearofMu21C - 4
#Let5D0It - 14 with two days left
100-point singles
#Uncool50 - 20
#FearofMu21C - 41
#Let5D0It - 74 with two days left
Cut-off (top 250)
#Uncool50 - 31 points
#FearofMu21C - 40 points
#Let5D0It projected - 50 points!
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And the fun continues....
WHOOPS!!!
❌❌❌ 76% now! ❌❌❌
Another 11 kisses goodbye to its bonus.
Each ! represents a point deducted from all non-compliant singles.
To be clear, that's -3 now, or -4 from the 12 because all bonuses go at once. So:
The 12s and 11s are on 8
The 10s are on 7
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WHOOPS!!
❌❌74% now!❌❌
His 11 from today loses the bonus, and every other NC single he picked loses another point.
I hope this helps you all stay inside the threshold during #UncoolTwo50 :)
The rules for #UncoolTwo50 are going to include “strong language”
at this rate.
Sick to death of being ignored.
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A reminder of the rules.
For full lists, please include the year of single release (especially if it's not a well-known song picked multiple times already).
Thanks.
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
I see it’s too late, but an emailed list ONLY is what I wanted at this stage.
The very last thing I wanted is 50 posts spamming the hashtag all at once - I will have to mute you I’m afraid.
The list will he logged and they all count, but the rules do say NOT to post if joining very late.
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Points inflation!
200-point singles
#Uncool50 - 1
#FearofMu21C - 4
#Let5D0It - 14 with two days left
100-point singles
#Uncool50 - 20
#FearofMu21C - 41
#Let5D0It - 74 with two days left
Cut-off (top 250)
#Uncool50 - 31 points
#FearofMu21C - 40 points
#Let5D0It projected - 50 points!
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Two more lists in.
We have more than 250 songs with 42+ points already.
x - 5n = 7 for 50 points with two days (and more lists!) to come, so I fully expect 50 to be the cut-off.
Any songs with exactly 50 that lose points to JWC, well, you know who to blame if they miss out 😇
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A couple of lists in today. I would like more by tomorrow if they're coming at all, as stated at some length 🙄
(the matching deadlines are untenable, frankly, and you won't get this leeway again)
Anyway, cut-off is now 43 points or more.
it's possible we'll hit 50 points by Monday!
Maximum participation over everything else though!
Twitter won't be a factor next time. Hopefully five or six of the ten stragglers will make it over here, but otherwise I think losing it is a net positive tbh.
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A couple of lists in today. I would like more by tomorrow if they're coming at all, as stated at some length 🙄
(the matching deadlines are untenable, frankly, and you won't get this leeway again)
Anyway, cut-off is now 43 points or more.
it's possible we'll hit 50 points by Monday!
I think it's simple ignorance - doubt the extra rules were ever read.
I didn't go out of my way to remind people over there either - don't expect to use the platform at all for U250. Would really like to see about half the Twitter players over here, but otherwise not much added value ;)
Started off keeping pace with the Shirelles and Ronettes, then got picked twice in 30 days.
(no spoilers, but it's not keeping pace any more😀)
Well, I can’t pretend -2 for [redacted] doesn’t change its position in a tight race.
But it would not be leading.
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WHOOPS!!
❌❌74% now!❌❌
His 11 from today loses the bonus, and every other NC single he picked loses another point.
I hope this helps you all stay inside the threshold during #UncoolTwo50 :)
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WHOOPS!
❌72% confirmed!❌
Unwanted extra work for me, but everyone was warned many times.
PENALTY
IMMEDIATE
1. Every "non-compliant" (NC) single has bonuses subtracted.
2. Every other NC single has 1 point subtracted.
THEN
3. Extra 1 point subtracted for every additional NC single.
It really shouldn't have been :)
Of 80-odd players here *and* the lists, there's one person who needs one compliant single, and that's it.
I feel sorry for those who bonused the singles that lose a point.
And I hate to tell you, but... the guilty man picked Sparks.
If anything, the race became even more exciting today...
10 points separate the top 5, *and* one of those lost a point due to the Jann Wenner Clause limit being exceeded!
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Tempting fate, as one of the nine 200-point singles* might "do an Amerie" in emailed lists or posting, but...
A close finish in prospect - the lead changed today for the first time since Day 35.
That lead is 1 point, with 3rd place 10pts behind and 4th 11pts adrift.
*U50: 1, FoM: 4
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LISTS
Please note this message is only for people not posting, but who still want to make their voices heard in the vote.
If you've been posting and intend to finish (and why quit now?) you can safely ignore it.
Thanks.
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LISTS
Can't stress this enough - I have a two and a half day weekend, so it will be easier for everyone if full lists are received between Friday afternoon and Sunday night.
If you wait until Day 50 you will annoy me.
If you miss the hard deadline of Day 50 you will annoy yourself.
Also, one of his NCs (not a bonus) is a serious contender for the title.
You don't have to read too hard between the lines of the intro document to spot that I saw this coming...
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WHOOPS!
❌72% confirmed!❌
Unwanted extra work for me, but everyone was warned many times.
PENALTY
IMMEDIATE
1. Every "non-compliant" (NC) single has bonuses subtracted.
2. Every other NC single has 1 point subtracted.
THEN
3. Extra 1 point subtracted for every additional NC single.
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News just in from Wennerland (aka Twitter).
One player has hit 70% four days early!
All remaining selections must be "JWC-compliant" or the penalty will kick in.
Only one other player is being monitored now, and he needs just one compliant single from the last four.
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The email address for lists is in the rules document. I figure anyone planning to submit a list found it a while ago.
But just in case:
nonoxcol2018@gmail.com.
(and please don't share that on Twitter, which I will almost certainly be quitting before the next challenge)
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Tempting fate, as one of the nine 200-point singles* might "do an Amerie" in emailed lists or posting, but...
A close finish in prospect - the lead changed today for the first time since Day 35.
That lead is 1 point, with 3rd place 10pts behind and 4th 11pts adrift.
*U50: 1, FoM: 4
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A reminder of the rules.
For full lists, please include the year of single release (especially if it's not a well-known song picked multiple times already).
Thanks.
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
No, definitely not - this is a separate thing, for people not posting at all.
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LISTS
Can't stress this enough - I have a two and a half day weekend, so it will be easier for everyone if full lists are received between Friday afternoon and Sunday night.
If you wait until Day 50 you will annoy me.
If you miss the hard deadline of Day 50 you will annoy yourself.
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DEAR LIST MAKERS - polite request
It would be ideal if you could let me have your completed list by next weekend (Sat 18th May) as this gives me a bit more time at the end of the process.
In future challenges you'll be required to have any lists in by Day 40.
Thanks.
Confirmed - automatic DQ for this I'm afraid, no UK or US single release in the period.
Feel free to choose a replacement though Zak.
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News just in from Wennerland (aka Twitter).
One player has hit 70% four days early!
All remaining selections must be "JWC-compliant" or the penalty will kick in.
Only one other player is being monitored now, and he needs just one compliant single from the last four.
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A side-effect of the BONUS BONANZA is that, for the first time, x - 5n > 0 for 41-point singles.
Day 46, so 5n = 230.
x (singles with 41 or more points) = 234
Just 12 singles have exactly 41 points.
I think the cut-off could easily go up to 42 points by the weekend.
It's not even Wennerism per se... I mean, we lose two of the best things Pet Shop Boys ever did in one day, while apparently being happy to let all three bloody Talking Heads tracks through?
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BONUS BONANZA
i gotta say, there's no way It'll ever be compulsory, but it makes for one hell of a finish.
Of 80 posts logged today, a massive 41 are ELEVEN-pointers.
41 bonus points is > the previous top five days put together.
10-ers, you gotta feel like you're missing out, right?