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Fiddlerman Battletothetop Competition
Fiddlerman has created a new website, Battletothetop.com. Enter for friendly competition and help your fellow fiddlers with feedback on their technique.
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July 14, 2013 - 9:11 am
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I watched and voted. That was cool, neat, sweet, and a real treat. I LIKE IT!!!!!

I wanted to get in but couldn't make the deadline. All the players ROCKED!!!!

I applaud all the players clap Good luck to all of you!!!!

@dgholstein > SWEET!!!!!!!!! > looking forward to the next one!!!!

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KindaScratchy
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July 14, 2013 - 10:39 am
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I just logged in and went to "Judge a round" under Battle, but I only see one video there. There are places for Competitor A and Competitor B, but there is no video under Competitor A...there is one for Competitor B, however. Am I doing something wrong?

dunno

When the work's all done and the sun's settin' low,

I pull out my fiddle and I rosin up the bow.

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Below is what I see after I login/registered, nothing else.

 

  
  
  


   Logged in as pky

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July 14, 2013 - 12:39 pm
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I was able to vote, everything came up under Fiddlerman league. But it was confusing--I thought only two separate competitions would be voted on, but voting kept going on and on. I eventually figured out (I think!) it was showing alternate selections. But I kept on voting and voting and voting, and eventually it said there were no more selections for this round.

It would have helped to know total learning time for each participant. It seemed some had much more learning time than others. And most memorized the tunes; one didn't. And most played just one tune; one played several tunes. I favored those who memorized plus played just one tune, for my choices in voting.

Good luck to the participants--thanks for submitting videos!

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yeah, after loggin in, you go to the "battle" button, hold your cursor over it, and you will get a drop-down menu.  If you sellect "judge a round" you will be taken to a page where you will select the competition you want to vote for (only one listed (only one going on)).

From there, you will see two videos.  You vote for which of the two you like best.  From there, you will be shown two more videos, and the process goes on.  From what I saw, you will see each entrant against each of the others.  Its a "round-robin" tournament style.  This is, though most time consuming, is the best way to truely see which video is best as opposed to the simple elimination type of bracket.  seeing each video against each of the others, in a way, gives you the opportunity to rank each entrant from 1st place on down, without having to try to sit and watch all the entrants and then try to rank them from memory.

I really liked the format, it will be VERY time consuming however, if the competitions grow much larger (and we all hope they do)!

 

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July 14, 2013 - 1:27 pm
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Thanks, Jesse. I wish I'd had your explanation before I voted, though I think I eventually got it figured out; anyway my votes are cast.

And thanks for the great job on the Raiders of the Lost Ark project. I got everything downloaded successfully, and will print out the music and see about starting practicing.

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Fiddlerman
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July 14, 2013 - 8:13 pm
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I also voted and enjoyed the process. You guys were very creative and all did a great job. :-)

Thanks.

"The richest person is not the one who has the most,
but the one who needs the least."

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July 14, 2013 - 11:06 pm
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I also put my votes in earlier today.

Really enjoyed watching the videos, and everyone did a great job!

Good luck to all of you!smile

"Music is what feelings sound like." ~ Author Unknown

 

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July 15, 2013 - 2:50 pm
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So, today should be the Semi-Finals round right?  I'm not seeing the competition anymore on the website.  Is voting not open yet?

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July 15, 2013 - 9:12 pm
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Exactly, semi-finals are on!cheerleader

The competition has been advanced to round 2, and the 5 have been paired down to 4, so there are only 2 competitions.

The winners (the round ends tomorrow at midnight), will face off Wednesday.

It's not too late to register and start voting!

 

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BTW:  The "Battle" menu has been changed to "Competition", makes more sense.

We kind of have to evolve the whole concept.  We've had just the right response from all of you, thanks!

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Steve
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July 16, 2013 - 12:51 am
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I cast my votes for round 2. I had trouble downloading the videos to watch again--buffering just never stopped. I tried it two different times, first time gave up. Second time eventually worked and I could play the videos by waiting long enough. Didn't have that trouble yesterday.

Good luck to the contestants!

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Fiddlerman
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July 16, 2013 - 9:16 pm
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My votes were also cast. Once again, very proud of all the competitors and really enjoying the videos.

"The richest person is not the one who has the most,
but the one who needs the least."

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July 17, 2013 - 10:19 am
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Sorry, guys! Had to miss all the party her, wasn't home =(

Congrats to the Winners, don't know who they are though.. can't find it...duncecap

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Fiddlerman
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July 17, 2013 - 10:30 am
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Register and vote Naska. We are on the finals now. http://www.battletothetop.com

Thanks

"The richest person is not the one who has the most,
but the one who needs the least."

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July 17, 2013 - 10:41 am
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I can't =/

Logged in as Mad_Wed

No open competitions

The same i see in any league, when go to "competition"dunno

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Fiddlerman
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July 17, 2013 - 10:58 am
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Sorry Naska,

We are down to the finals but Danny has to innitiate it. The system is new and still a little buggy. I'll let you know when it's time to vote for the finals. Probably tonight and we'll keep it going for 48 hours or so.....

 

"The richest person is not the one who has the most,
but the one who needs the least."

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July 17, 2013 - 11:08 am
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So i still have a chance =) !

Thanks! =)

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July 17, 2013 - 8:58 pm
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Okay, the final is setup.  Please vote for your favorite.

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Fiddlerman
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July 17, 2013 - 9:01 pm
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All set now. Please go in and vote everyone. It's the finals now. :-)

"The richest person is not the one who has the most,
but the one who needs the least."

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