Greetings to all,

I recently contacted S:ră Somelieir about reviving the Talossan Christian group as the Church of Talossa (Ecclesia Talossana). I was wondering if it would be possible to get a coat of arms for some dioceses (namely Murphysboro and Churchtown). Murphysboro will be the Archdiocese and Primatial See, and Churchtown is the sole suffragan episcopate. Would this be possible?

Thanks,

MM

GROUP 1
4 - Black Sabbath - Paranoid
3 - Men At Work - Down Under
2 - Blue Öyster Cult - Burnin' For You
1 - Alan Parsons Project - Sirius/Eye In The Sky


GROUP 2
4 - The Charlie Daniels Band - The Devil Went Down to Georgia
3 - Creedence Clearwater Revival - Have You Ever Seen the Rain
2 - B-52's - Roam
1 - Rush - Subdivisions

A reminder to all Talossans who like to mix it up in the kitchen. Your favorite original and non-original recipes are welcome.

The Talossan Book of Cuisine through its four volumes has grown to be a premier compendium of deliciousness. Your contributions would be welcome.

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I haven't heard anything

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Ok I've been negligent but I'm locked in for R2

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2025 TMT20 ROUND 2

Round 2 consists of ten groups of ten songs each. The top five songs in each group advance to Round 3.

Groups are drawn randomly in such a way that each group contains from this year: one 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, and 5th place song from Round 1, and from last year: one 9th or 10th place song from Round 3, one 7th or 8th place song from Round 3, one 6th placed from Round 3 or eliminated semifinalist, one song ranked 11-20, and one song ranked 1-10.

We will vote on groups two at a time (although you can vote on only one of the groups if you want). Each voting period will last three days (72 hours). Votes cast after that will not be accepted, with the exception that we will always keep going until we have at least three votes per group.

Give your top four songs 4, 3, 2, and 1 points, respectively. You must give points to exactly four songs.

GROUP 1
Alan Parsons Project - Sirius/Eye In The Sky
Bauhaus - Bela Lugosi's Dead
Black Sabbath - Paranoid
Blue Öyster Cult - Burnin' For You
Cocteau Twins - I wear your ring
Matia Bazar - Ti Sento
Men At Work - Down Under
Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here
Radiohead - Street Spirit (Fade Out)
Talking Heads - Psycho Killer

GROUP 2
B-52's - Roam
Creedence Clearwater Revival - Have You Ever Seen the Rain
Deep Purple - Child in Time
Depeche Model - Enjoy the Silence
Eurythmics - Here Comes the Rain Again
Incubus - Aqueous Transmission
Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds - The Mercy Seat
Queen - Innuendo
Rush - Subdivisions
The Charlie Daniels Band - The Devil Went Down to Georgia

Tiebreakers:
- Number of voters giving 4 points
- Number of voters giving 3 points
- Number of voters giving 2 points
- Last year's result (1 > 2 > ... > 20 > Round 4 > Round 3 > Round 2 > other)
- PPV in Round 1 (if applicable)
- Rank in Round 1 (if applicable)
- Year first nominated (special edition > earlier > later)
- Random chance

Tactical voting refers to either giving more points than you normally would to a song because it would make the difference between it going through or getting eliminated, or giving fewer points than you normally would to a song because it might kick a song you like even more out of the competition. This is hard to prevent, but my very strong request would be to not do it. Give points to the songs you believe deserve to go through, regardless of how others are voting. Doing otherwise reduces the value of votes that came before you, which is unfair to them. Remember that it's not a competition between voters, but a collective effort to make a nice list of songs we like. Thanks.

I did my best with all the links but there is always a chance some are broken or have a wrong version or bad audio quality. If a link is broken or you have a suggestion for a better link, please contact me or post the link in the thread. Officially, we are not voting on the YouTube link, but on the listed Artist + Title.

COMMENTARY ON THE PROGRESS OF THE GAME, THE RULES, WHAT SONGS YOU LIKE, ETC., IS VERY WELCOME.

15 out of 44 new nominations made it to round 2.
3 out of 6 TMT special nominations made it to round 2.

Not a bad score for TMT special considering the low turnout there. For new nominations overall its also more than last year when only 14 out of 50 made it.

Anyway, keeping some of Ians innovations:

ROUND 1 HEATSEEKERS (PPV)
1. Solsbury Hill - 1.750
2. Knights of Cydonia - 1.625
3. Enjoy the Silence - 1.571
3. Mondscheinsonate - 1.571
5. All Along the Watchtower [NEW] - 1.500
6. Psycho Killer [NEW] - 1.400
6. The Sound of Silence - 1.400
8. Blue Monday - 1.375
9. Walk - 1.250
9. Don't Stop Me Now - 1.250
9. Hurt - 1.250

(Both Solsbury Hill and Hurt made this list last year as well)

One thing Id like to say as we head on to round 2:

Please don't anyone be discouraged if your nominations didn't make it for whatever reason.


It's always gonna be hard for a new nomination to compete with songs already in the list. Personally even when I'm positively surprised by a song I've never heard before it's just hard to rate it against songs I've known and liked for years, but that doesn't mean it can't be a nice discovery. I frequently put new songs I kinda like in my spotify playlist and then later it becomes one of my favourite songs. There were definitely nice discoveries I didn't have points for this year and I'm thankful to whoever nominated them for sharing. I hope others feel the same.

Also there is a playlist with all TMT nominations of all time that I will update with all the new nominations when I have time.




Edit: Also to add to that: of course even for the songs that maybe don't appeal to me as much I'm still glad they were nominated. TMT is better with more diverse songs and styles reflecting different tastes and I'd much rather have more people participating even if that means songs I like get replaced with songs I don't and I don't think I'm the only one who feels that way.

* Actually I have noted recently that due to the tmt electorate shifting many songs I like tend to perform better than a couple years ago. That's nice, but I do sometimes worry about the risk of it becoming a bit stale. I would really love to attract more participants with different tastes so TMT stays interesting (and also keep voters that participated in previous years with clearly different preferences from me interested as well.)