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.)

With Killer Queen we also lose the second longest remaining song, automatically nominated for the 2013 edition because it was posted in the song club by Hailey Ross (wonder how many people here even know what any of that means anymore or who Hailey Ross is).

Weirdly it made the semifinal only two editions ago and now its eliminated.

Quote from: Mic'haglh Autófil, O.Be on July 28, 2026, 02:27:46 AMAfter some delays in confirming information with applicants, two of the three ID cards are en route:
- Barclamïu da Miéletz

Nice, will have two ID cards now.
A Talossan driving licence is next.

Quote from: Breneir Tzaracomprada on July 25, 2026, 01:18:43 PMThe vote has begun on a motion to elect @Crement Itravilatx as Green Party leader. Please vote on the Discord channel. Voting to close on August 1, 2026.

Quick reminder to members to vote in the party leadership election. Deadline is in a few days: Saturday August 1, 2026

It's like five years, I think?

Quote from: Mic'haglh Autófil, O.Be on July 28, 2026, 02:27:46 AMI would also like to provide a courtesy notice to the following citizens that their ID cards, received since the start of our records, have expired, making them eligible for renewal in a future batch of IDs:
- @xpb

Thanks for the heads up, I was unaware there was an expiration date.

Providing a brief update on behalf of the Directory:

After some delays in confirming information with applicants, two of the three ID cards are en route:
- @Barclamïu da Miéletz
- @Ràed Al-Hasàn

If both of you would let me know when you receive your card, I would appreciate it. Ideally they should be there no later than early September depending on your postal service.

The third ID card is complete and in my possession. I have tried reaching Matthew Lindberg-Work via the email provided on his ID application; I am not sure if he has an account on this iteration of Wittenberg, so if anyone has a better way to contact him please let me know.

I would also like to provide a courtesy notice to the following citizens that their ID cards, received since the start of our records, have expired, making them eligible for renewal in a future batch of IDs:
- @xpb

7 voters this time. Hopefully we can get even more more for the next round

GROUP 9
1. Enjoy the Silence - 11
2. No More I Love You's - 8
3. Fix You - 7
4. All Is Full of Love - 6
5. Big Iron - 4 (1 voter giving 3 points)
6. Killer Queen - 4 (0 voters giving 3 points)
7. Dreamlover - 1
7. Solitario - 1
9. Ghost of the Mountain - 0
10. Huesos - 0

GROUP 10
1. Mondscheinsonate, 3rd movement - 11
2. A Quiet Life - 7
3. Layla - 5 (1 voter giving 3 points, 2019 nomination)
4. Have You Ever Seen the Rain - 5 (1 voter giving 3 points, new nomination)
5. My Body Is a Cage - 5 (0 voters giving 3 points)
6. Going Home - 3
7. Some Die Young - 2
8. Blue (da ba dee) - 2
9. Slå hjerte, slå - 2
10. Brandy (You're a Fine Girl) - 0

Quote from: Breneir Tzaracomprada on July 25, 2026, 01:22:49 PMI have run across the thread a few times and perhaps there has been movement offline. Has there been any progress on the CoA Knightification request by @Iason Taiwos ?

@Iason Taiwos Checking in on this check-in

Quote from: Barclamïu da Miéletz on July 27, 2026, 04:17:39 PMI forgot about this... thanks for reminding me this exists @Iason Taiwos.

I could have taken a few more pics, but I didn't even think about taking this one until the last minute. (I was returning to my car with bags of laundry from the laundromat. It suddenly popped into my head to get this one pic, since no other cars were parked around mine.) (More pictures would make it look even worse. From this angle, you can't see the sagging muffler.) (Those stains on the door are probably from me spitting out the window, and the wind blowing it back. I've never taken it thru a car wash. That's what rain is for, right?)