A few tables to round off this edition:

SEASON STANDINGS

(± ignores non-returning teams)

Pos	±		Team	Pts
1st	(=)		Gordon Hiatus Support Team (GHS)	20982
2nd	(+1)		Cyclohexane (CHX)	19113
3rd	(+1)		Els Talossaes Rexhital (REX)	18918
4th	(+2)		Maritiimi-Maxhestic Mençeis (MMM)	18668
5th	(=)		Velociposse Florencia (VFL)	17083
6th	(-4)		Cézembre Caçeirs dals Mailintzarăs (BDC)	16883
7th	(=)		Cézembre Fieschā (CFA)	14186

Congratulations AD! Nice to see a very close finale between three fundamentally different teams (only two riders shared by each pair of podium finishers).

This is the third-tightest winning margin as well - only bigger than Spain 2025 (98) and Italy 2023 (102). And as Glüc was saying, it's notable how the winning scores were so high. Last year's TCAT France had a similar winning margin but the top 4 teams had scores between 9449 and 9181 and the winner was outside the top 10K in Velogames (out of 30K); this time the top 3 are all above 11K points and comfortably inside the top 2K teams overall (out of 28K).

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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@Iason Taiwos Checking in on this check-in

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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I haven't heard anything

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 Mode - 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.