Since I have been moderating the "Metal Bands World Cup" with a lot of fun, it gave me an idea...
Why not do the same for the 'Classic Rock Bands' from all over the world?!
So, with credits to Agent_AAS for giving me the idea, here it is!!!
Ladieeeeeeees aaaaaaaaaaand gentlemeeeeeeeeen, we proudly present to you, the
_______________________________________________________________________ ### CLASSIC ROCK BANDS WORLD CUP !!! ### _______________________________________________________________________ The format of this World Cup for Classical Rock Bands is based upon the organisation schematics of the Soccer World Cup, same as the "Metal Bands World Cup" was made. It has the same rules as the Soccer Cup in terms of proceeding through, but it will follow a few rules of its own too. To elaborate the >binding rules< for this competition:
# The Group stage: -There will be 8 different groups presented in the thread, one at a time, and each group will be consisting of 5 Classical Rock Bands that will be pre-selected by me or one of the co-mods. -Every user of Armor Games has the power to give one point with one vote for one band only. So you only get to vote for one band in a group, no double voting for a single band or voting for more than one band per group. No exceptions will be made in this matter. -When one of the bands in a particular group reaches the 10 points limit, the voting for that group is over and that group will be closed for voting by me or one of the co-mods. Both the 'group winner' and the 'runner up' band will proceed to the knockout stage of this World Cup. -If two bands will reach the 10 points limit at the same time in a group, the band that reached the 10 points limit first, will automatically be declared 'group winner' and the band that reached the 10 points limit secondly, will automatically be declared 'runner up'. This rule also applies for the second place in the group. If two bands reach a similar point count for second place at the same time, the band reaching this point count first, will then automatically be declared 'runner up'. Remaining bands will be eliminated of the competition. Again, no discussions about the outcome are allowed, should this situation occur in a group.
The Knockout Stage: -After completing the Group stage, the 'group winner' of the first group will be up against the 'runner up' of the second group. The 'group winner' of the second group will be up against the 'runner up' of the first group. This scedule will be followed for the rest, to clarify: #1 Group A vs. #2 Group B (Winning band is called 'Winner I' #1 Group B vs. #2 Group A (Winning band is called 'Winner II' #1 Group C vs. #2 Group D (Winning band is called 'Winner III' #1 Group D vs. #2 Group C (Winning band is called 'Winner IV' #1 Group E vs. #2 Group F (Winning band is called 'Winner V' #1 Group F vs. #2 Group E (Winning band is called 'Winner VI' #1 Group G vs. #2 Group H (Winning band is called 'Winner VII' #1 Group H vs. #2 Group G (Winning band is called 'Winner VIII' -Like in the famous 'Battle of the Bands thread', you (again) get to vote once for one band only. -When one of the bands in this knockout battle reaches the limit of 10 points first, that band is declared the winner of the match and will proceed to the next stage in the competition. The 1/4 Finals: -The next stage, the 1/4 finals, will be held in this order: # Winner I vs. Winner V # Winner II vs. Winner VI # Winner III vs. Winner VII # Winner IV vs. Winner VIII -When one of the bands in these 1/4 final battles reaches the limit of 10 points first, that band is declared the winner of the match and will proceed to the next stage in the competition. The Semi Finals: -The semi finals will be held in the order of: # Winner I/V vs. Winner II/VI # Winner III/VII vs. Winner IV/VIII -When one of the bands in these Semi Finals battles reaches the limit of 10 points first, that band is declared the winner of the match and will proceed to the next stage in the competition. The 'Shadow Final': -A number three and four is decided in a match between both 'losing' bands from the semi finals. Again, the ranking of third and fourth place in this Final is decided upon the band that reaches the 10 points limit first. The Final match: -The Final match is held between both winning bands from the semi finals. -When one of the bands in the Final reaches the limit of 10 points first, that band is declared the winner of the competition and is crowned The 'CRBWC' Champion 2010. -The remaining band is ranked #2 in this competition. # Further rules for this competition: -You can only vote once per group and only once per knockout battle -You are obligated to give a good reasoning on why you choose the band to get your vote. ('They are the best' or 'I like them' is not accepted as a reasoning.) -There will be NO playoffs held in this competition. -You don't get to complain when 'your band' is eliminated from the competition. -Swearing and obscene language is not tolerated. Always respect the opinion(s) of the other users participating in this thread, even if you disagree on their reasoning. -The 'Armor Games Community Forum Rules and Regulations' and the 'Battle of the ... Thread Rules' are to be followed for this 'Classic Rock Bands World Cup'. They will be referred to when needed. You can find them here: Armor Games Community Forum Rules and Regulations Battle of the ... Thread Rules -'CRBWC'-Moderators: Besides me, there will be 2 persons who will help me moderate this thread. You can always ask us for help in this thread: MrDayCee goumas13 Agent_AAS >>> Attention! Official AG Administrators and Moderators will always have a binding word!<<< I hope the AG users will like and participate in this 'Classic Rock Bands World Cup'! So... ENJOY!!!
Noo! Oh god, this contest is getting harder and harder to decide *sob*.
Well, KISS has pretty awesome songs, though many are not that really special, just very nice to listen to. Also they're some kind of mix between rock and a disco-like rocky music (correct me if I'm wrong). Van Halen, which I discovered in this very contest not long ago, has pretty awesome songs too and is kinda more rock than KISS, though they went quite synthetic afterwards if I'm not mistaken..
Humm.... ah well, as much as I can judge it, which is almost nothing, I'd say KISS had a greater influence on future music than Van Halen, and for the sake of "I Was Made For Loving You" and their costumes I'm gonna vote KISS.
Definitely Van Halen. I'm going to deviate from my tradition of voting based purely on statistics and throw in my personal preferences. Van Halen produced some of the most memorable and phenomenal songs, they are great instrumentalists, and I still listen to them on an almost daily basis. Kiss, to me, are more of a novelty. They are great live, but they really only have a couple of songs that are any good.
_____________________________________ 1/2 Final II : KISS -1 -vs.- Van Halen -2 _____________________________________ The score according to me so far is 2 to 1 Van Halen. I think thats a good enough reason barely to vote for Vna Halen Delossantosj.
hmm... I vote for Kiss cause I don't really like that synthetic sound of Van Halen... Kiss is just a great band with great songs like "I was made for loving you", "God of Thunder", "Detroit Rock City" and many others!
@ redfox0071 : thanx for your vote, but that battle has been closed already... the current battle is the one below in this post! Also, with voting comes the mandatory elaboration on why you choose a certain band in this competition. This is explained in the OP (Opening Post) of this thread on page 1!
Score is looking good so far! But there are still a lot of people that haven't checked in yet, so I'm confident a lot more votes are coming soon! _____________________________________
1/2 Final II :
Van Halen - 3 KISS - 2 _____________________________________
Exciting to see who will rise to the top for the final in this 'CRBWC'... "oooohhhwwww, goody-goody-goody!!!" :P
ohhh hard vote.... i dot listen to either band much... Kiss has better songs... van halen i listen to more... my vote KISS because they have bettersongs (not the fan of there costume/hair/toungh/ect thing they have going on)
@ delossantosj and MRWalker82 : LOL I had a hard time figuring out which band his vote was for, but after reading his reasoning 3 times (!), I'm pretty confident it was for KISS... :P
And another one from slayguy for KISS came in, but I'm going to make it a tie again! *laughs with very dark voice* Mwhuahuahahahaaaa =P
My vote will be for the band that has been my favorite for over 20 years now: VAN HALEN!!! I heard them for the first time on the radio playing 'Jump' when I was very young (probably age 7 or something, but that doesn't matter!) and immediately thought it was an epic song! They also played 'I was made for loving you' by KISS a lot, but 'Jump' exceeded that song by far!
I've stated a different reasoning this time, but only to point out the small (but significant) difference in my preference for Van Halen over KISS... I've had my rampage about why I cheer for Van Halen already, you can have a look at my reasoning in a previous battle against Lynyrd Skynyrd on page # 64 of this thread!
So... with my personal vote in, the score shows, again, a tie: ________________________________
1/2 Final II :
Van Halen - 4 KISS - 4 ________________________________
My vote goes to KISS. To truly know how great this band is, you have to dig deep and find out for yourself. They clearly aren't the laughable "clown-band" they are portrayed to be. No, behind the make-up and spandex, KISS truly is one of the greatest bands to date, no disrespect to Van Halen.
