HOF Take 2. Please read.

**The Flying Mouse** · 23 Jan 2013, 03:05

OK folks, this is the new and improved version of our HOF.
I think it's more along the lines of what we want given the feedback and increase in interest.

Apologies again for those who took the effort to get involved first time around. Hopefully the improvements will make the extra effort worthwhile.

As you'll see further down this post, you can now nominate 23 candidates in 11 categories.

These are the categories (and how many inductions there will be for the first year)

Group (10)
Male Vocal (10)
Female Vocal (4 this doesn't seem to be popular so the number is lower)
Writter (6)
Producer (2)
Guitar (4, we all love the axe)
Drums (2)
Piano (2)
Bass (2)
Other musicians (2)
Service to music (2)

More interest and more categories means more inductees.

The service to music is someone who has done something to profoundly change the world of music for the better.

I was considering a singer/song writter category for artists who write their own material, but I think it's making things too complicated.
To simplify the matter, a person can be nominated (and inducted) under the two different categories.

From next year, all quantities to be inducted will be at least half of what we induct this year. for example, 10 groups this year, 5 next year.
I may also consider putting all musicians in one category in the future, but posting inductees under seperate headers (guitarist, drummers, etc).

I've got a year to work on that though

So, this is the new system

Week 1 - nominations via PM to me (see below for details)

Week 2 - A thread will be started for each category rather than for each nominee (i'm not posting 50 odd threads again you'll be pleased to know

)
You can discuss the pros and cons of the nominations on those threads.

Week 3 - PM me your votes.

I'll add up the results at the end of that week and post them on the hall of fame.

Any draw results may be settled by further vote if needs be.

So, the nominations and quantities i'd like each person to nominate............

5 Groups
5 Male Vocal
2 Female Vocal
3 Writters
1 Producer
2 Guitarists
1 Drummer
1 Pianist
1 Bass player
1 Other musicians
1 for the Service to music category

Click here for a template you can copy and paste into a PM and fill in before sending to me

Nominations can be made from now until 3pm (BST) Monday 28th Jan.
To be fair to all, no more nominations will be accepted after this deadline

OK, here we go again.

melon · 23 Jan 2013, 03:10

Are you going to delete all the old threads about HOF.... Things could get confusing.... Well I don't doubt I will be confused

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**The Flying Mouse** · 23 Jan 2013, 03:12

Quote:

Originally Posted by melon

Are you going to delete all the old threads about HOF.... Things could get confusing.... Well I don't doubt I will be confused

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I'll leave the discussion threads about the HOF up, but the nomination threads are all gone.

Sorry to those who posted in them.

Julie in the rv mirror · 23 Jan 2013, 03:35

1. OK, so just to be clear, we're starting over with new nominations?

2. Will the new discussion threads allow for debate (since there will be fewer of them), or will the one post per person rule still apply? I think it will be more interesting that way. I understand the desire to keep fights to a minimum, but how about if we all promise to play nice?

**The Flying Mouse** · 23 Jan 2013, 03:40

Quote:

Originally Posted by Julie in the rv mirror

1. OK, so just to be clear, we're starting over with new nominations?

We are.
All nominations already received are sadly void.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Julie in the rv mirror

2. Will the new discussion threads allow for debate (since there will be fewer of them), or will the one post per person rule still apply? I think it will be more interesting that way. I understand the desire to keep fights to a minimum, but how about if we all promise to play nice?

This is something i've been thinking about.
I think with less threads, things should be easier to manage, so I think debate shouldn't be so much of a problem.
Just as long as everyone plays nice, treats each other with respect, and don't take it too seriously.

Another side benefit of the new way of doing things

**The Flying Mouse** · 23 Jan 2013, 03:49

Oh, and to clarify one further point again, this is not just rock/rock n roll.
This is for all musical tastes.
If you want to keep some of the nominees you consider not worthy, it's up to YOU to nominate someone good for them to stand against and to vote when the voting process starts

Julie in the rv mirror · 23 Jan 2013, 04:59

This is cool- I like the idea of a private vote, too.

This has been fun- thanks for starting this (even if all my posts are gone now

)

**The Flying Mouse** · 23 Jan 2013, 13:21

OK, two sets of noms have arrived so far (and Jo and I have got to do ours yet, so that's 4).
A good sign seeing as we rebooted this only last night.
Please keep the nominations coming in folks.
The more nominations we have the more interesting this is going to be.
I think for a good race we need at least double the ammount we are going to induct.

melon · 23 Jan 2013, 13:46

Quote:

Originally Posted by The Flying Mouse

OK, two sets of noms have arrived so far (and Jo and I have got to do ours yet, so that's 4).
A good sign seeing as we rebooted this only last night.
Please keep the nominations coming in folks.
The more nominations we have the more interesting this is going to be.
I think for a good race we need at least double the ammount we are going to induct.

I'll get mine done at some stage

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**The Flying Mouse** · 23 Jan 2013, 13:53

Thanks Mel

Might be helpful if I make a template that folks can cut and paste into a PM and fill it in before they send it off

Here we go......................

Hall Of Fame Nominations
Bands
1
2
3
4
5

Male Vocal
1
2
3
4
5

Female Vocal
1
2

Writters
1
2
3

Producer -

Guitarists
1
2

Drummer -

Pianist -

Bass player -

Other musicians (sax, violin etc) -

Service to music category -

Rock & Roll Heaven (for those no longer with us)
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10

There, hope that's useful

JennaG · 23 Jan 2013, 16:53

Do we have to nominate people for every category? Because if we're not allowed to nominate the NLE I might struggle to find any nominations for some of the musicians categories.

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**The Flying Mouse** · 23 Jan 2013, 16:55

Quote:

Originally Posted by JennaG

Do we have to nominate people for every category? Because if we're not allowed to nominate the NLE I might struggle to find any nominations for some of the musicians categories.

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No.
You can nominate as few people as you like.

If you only have 3 favourite bands, just nominate 3.
If you have no favourite bass player, you don't have to nominate one.

**The Flying Mouse** · 24 Jan 2013, 21:18

Had a few sets of nominations now folks, but we can always use more.
Only 3 days left so get your thinking caps on and get nominating

Thanks to all those who've sent their in already

It's been pointed out to me we're shy a rather important category, those who left us their gifts and have now passed on.

So, we're adding a new category.

Rock N Roll Heaven

As noms for the other categories, you can now nominate those greats of the music world who are no longer with us.

Maximum of 10 nominations per member.
I'll add a R&RH nomination section to the template up above

Julie in the rv mirror · 25 Jan 2013, 03:48

Several of my noms are there already.

**The Flying Mouse** · 26 Jan 2013, 16:43

Less than 48 hours to go to get those nominations in folks.

We've got quite a few in already, but make sure you get yours in on time.

Don't forget, any nominations received after the deadline won't be counted.

**Monstro** · 26 Jan 2013, 18:58

Quote:

Originally Posted by The Flying Mouse

So, the nominations and quantities i'd like each person to nominate............

5 Groups
5 Male Vocal
2 Female Vocal

Just out of curiosity, and the fact I'm nominating 5 as I couldn't narrow it down to two, why 5 bands, 5 male vocal but only 2 female vocal?

**The Flying Mouse** · 26 Jan 2013, 19:03

I would have been happy to have had 5 female, but the category didn't seem to have enough interest.

With the first time around, with the grand total of 51 nominations, only THREE of those were female artists or had female lead singers.

I thought we might struggle on that category, so I just put down 2 on the nominations list.
But if you want to send me 5 i'll be happy to accept them all

**The Flying Mouse** · 27 Jan 2013, 16:50

Less than 24 hours to go now folks.
If you want your nominations counted, get them in sooner rather than later now

duke knooby · 27 Jan 2013, 23:57

whens the daedline??? im not good with deadlines...

**The Flying Mouse** · 28 Jan 2013, 00:52

Quote:

Originally Posted by duke knooby

whens the daedline??? im not good with deadlines...

Just in case you missed it above

It's 3pm (BST).
About 15 hours from now.

I've had no nominations for Duke Special yet

duke knooby · 28 Jan 2013, 00:55

Quote:

Originally Posted by The Flying Mouse

Just in case you missed it above

It's 3pm (BST).
About 15 hours from now.

I've had no nominations for Duke Special yet

i made aq rare spelling mistake above, which suggests to me i shall need slightly more than 15 hours to get a properly thought out nomination list

**The Flying Mouse** · 28 Jan 2013, 00:57

Quote:

Originally Posted by duke knooby

i made aq rare spelling mistake above, which suggests to me i shall need slightly more than 15 hours to get a properly thought out nomination list

Your spelling mistakes still don't rack up like mine though

duke knooby · 28 Jan 2013, 00:59

i'll put that one down to a typo :)

definitely nothing to do with alcohol

melon · 28 Jan 2013, 03:00

Quote:

Originally Posted by The Flying Mouse

Just in case you missed it above

It's 3pm (BST).
About 15 hours from now.

I've had no nominations for Duke Special yet

Ima getting there, been drinking too much lately!

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**The Flying Mouse** · 28 Jan 2013, 16:35

OK folks, the nominations are now closed.

13 members have sent nominations in, thank you for taking part

I've printed all the PM's out, so now i've just got to go through them and collect all the info.

I should have the nominations lists (and a thread for each category) posted this evening.

23 Jan 2013, 03:05	#1
The Flying Mouse Armed ba$tard and Jo's other half. Join Date: 06.08.2002 Location: In the middle of nowhere near the end of the line. Posts: 16,104	HOF Take 2. Please read. OK folks, this is the new and improved version of our HOF. I think it's more along the lines of what we want given the feedback and increase in interest. Apologies again for those who took the effort to get involved first time around. Hopefully the improvements will make the extra effort worthwhile. As you'll see further down this post, you can now nominate 23 candidates in 11 categories. These are the categories (and how many inductions there will be for the first year) Group (10) Male Vocal (10) Female Vocal (4 this doesn't seem to be popular so the number is lower) Writter (6) Producer (2) Guitar (4, we all love the axe) Drums (2) Piano (2) Bass (2) Other musicians (2) Service to music (2) More interest and more categories means more inductees. The service to music is someone who has done something to profoundly change the world of music for the better. I was considering a singer/song writter category for artists who write their own material, but I think it's making things too complicated. To simplify the matter, a person can be nominated (and inducted) under the two different categories. From next year, all quantities to be inducted will be at least half of what we induct this year. for example, 10 groups this year, 5 next year. I may also consider putting all musicians in one category in the future, but posting inductees under seperate headers (guitarist, drummers, etc). I've got a year to work on that though So, this is the new system Week 1 - nominations via PM to me (see below for details) Week 2 - A thread will be started for each category rather than for each nominee (i'm not posting 50 odd threads again you'll be pleased to know ) You can discuss the pros and cons of the nominations on those threads. Week 3 - PM me your votes. I'll add up the results at the end of that week and post them on the hall of fame. Any draw results may be settled by further vote if needs be. So, the nominations and quantities i'd like each person to nominate............ 5 Groups 5 Male Vocal 2 Female Vocal 3 Writters 1 Producer 2 Guitarists 1 Drummer 1 Pianist 1 Bass player 1 Other musicians 1 for the Service to music category Click here for a template you can copy and paste into a PM and fill in before sending to me Nominations can be made from now until 3pm (BST) Monday 28th Jan. To be fair to all, no more nominations will be accepted after this deadline OK, here we go again. Last edited by The Flying Mouse; 02 Feb 2013 at 16:51.

23 Jan 2013, 13:53	#10
The Flying Mouse Armed ba$tard and Jo's other half. Join Date: 06.08.2002 Location: In the middle of nowhere near the end of the line. Posts: 16,104	Thanks Mel Might be helpful if I make a template that folks can cut and paste into a PM and fill it in before they send it off Here we go...................... Hall Of Fame Nominations Bands 1 2 3 4 5 Male Vocal 1 2 3 4 5 Female Vocal 1 2 Writters 1 2 3 Producer - Guitarists 1 2 Drummer - Pianist - Bass player - Other musicians (sax, violin etc) - Service to music category - Rock & Roll Heaven (for those no longer with us) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 There, hope that's useful Last edited by The Flying Mouse; 24 Jan 2013 at 21:21.

23 Jan 2013, 03:10	#2
melon Long Distance Loafer Join Date: 17.07.2007 Location: Perth, Australia Posts: 4,586	Are you going to delete all the old threads about HOF.... Things could get confusing.... Well I don't doubt I will be confused Sent from my HTC Incredible S using Forum Runner

23 Jan 2013, 03:35	#4
Julie in the rv mirror Spirit in the Night Join Date: 23.07.2008 Location: On the edge of town (in the Darkness...) Posts: 1,559	1. OK, so just to be clear, we're starting over with new nominations? 2. Will the new discussion threads allow for debate (since there will be fewer of them), or will the one post per person rule still apply? I think it will be more interesting that way. I understand the desire to keep fights to a minimum, but how about if we all promise to play nice?

23 Jan 2013, 03:49	#6
The Flying Mouse Armed ba$tard and Jo's other half. Join Date: 06.08.2002 Location: In the middle of nowhere near the end of the line. Posts: 16,104	Oh, and to clarify one further point again, this is not just rock/rock n roll. This is for all musical tastes. If you want to keep some of the nominees you consider not worthy, it's up to YOU to nominate someone good for them to stand against and to vote when the voting process starts

23 Jan 2013, 04:59	#7
Julie in the rv mirror Spirit in the Night Join Date: 23.07.2008 Location: On the edge of town (in the Darkness...) Posts: 1,559	This is cool- I like the idea of a private vote, too. This has been fun- thanks for starting this (even if all my posts are gone now )

23 Jan 2013, 13:21	#8
The Flying Mouse Armed ba$tard and Jo's other half. Join Date: 06.08.2002 Location: In the middle of nowhere near the end of the line. Posts: 16,104	OK, two sets of noms have arrived so far (and Jo and I have got to do ours yet, so that's 4). A good sign seeing as we rebooted this only last night. Please keep the nominations coming in folks. The more nominations we have the more interesting this is going to be. I think for a good race we need at least double the ammount we are going to induct.

23 Jan 2013, 16:53	#11
JennaG Mega Loafer Join Date: 09.02.2010 Location: Posts: 1,934	Do we have to nominate people for every category? Because if we're not allowed to nominate the NLE I might struggle to find any nominations for some of the musicians categories. Sent from my iPhone using Forum Runner

24 Jan 2013, 21:18	#13
The Flying Mouse Armed ba$tard and Jo's other half. Join Date: 06.08.2002 Location: In the middle of nowhere near the end of the line. Posts: 16,104	Had a few sets of nominations now folks, but we can always use more. Only 3 days left so get your thinking caps on and get nominating Thanks to all those who've sent their in already It's been pointed out to me we're shy a rather important category, those who left us their gifts and have now passed on. So, we're adding a new category. Rock N Roll Heaven As noms for the other categories, you can now nominate those greats of the music world who are no longer with us. Maximum of 10 nominations per member. I'll add a R&RH nomination section to the template up above

25 Jan 2013, 03:48	#14
Julie in the rv mirror Spirit in the Night Join Date: 23.07.2008 Location: On the edge of town (in the Darkness...) Posts: 1,559	Several of my noms are there already.

26 Jan 2013, 16:43	#15
The Flying Mouse Armed ba$tard and Jo's other half. Join Date: 06.08.2002 Location: In the middle of nowhere near the end of the line. Posts: 16,104	Less than 48 hours to go to get those nominations in folks. We've got quite a few in already, but make sure you get yours in on time. Don't forget, any nominations received after the deadline won't be counted.

26 Jan 2013, 19:03	#17
The Flying Mouse Armed ba$tard and Jo's other half. Join Date: 06.08.2002 Location: In the middle of nowhere near the end of the line. Posts: 16,104	I would have been happy to have had 5 female, but the category didn't seem to have enough interest. With the first time around, with the grand total of 51 nominations, only THREE of those were female artists or had female lead singers. I thought we might struggle on that category, so I just put down 2 on the nominations list. But if you want to send me 5 i'll be happy to accept them all

27 Jan 2013, 16:50	#18
The Flying Mouse Armed ba$tard and Jo's other half. Join Date: 06.08.2002 Location: In the middle of nowhere near the end of the line. Posts: 16,104	Less than 24 hours to go now folks. If you want your nominations counted, get them in sooner rather than later now

27 Jan 2013, 23:57	#19
duke knooby Mega Loafer Join Date: 24.06.2005 Location: belfast Posts: 17,891	whens the daedline??? im not good with deadlines...

28 Jan 2013, 00:59	#23
duke knooby Mega Loafer Join Date: 24.06.2005 Location: belfast Posts: 17,891	i'll put that one down to a typo :) definitely nothing to do with alcohol

28 Jan 2013, 16:35	#25
The Flying Mouse Armed ba$tard and Jo's other half. Join Date: 06.08.2002 Location: In the middle of nowhere near the end of the line. Posts: 16,104	OK folks, the nominations are now closed. 13 members have sent nominations in, thank you for taking part I've printed all the PM's out, so now i've just got to go through them and collect all the info. I should have the nominations lists (and a thread for each category) posted this evening.