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Mark2
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From: San Francisco
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RE: Challenge, Advanced Thread (in reply to Arash)
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Man this challenge has everything-contestants, judges, prizes. Only one thing missing and that is incentive for the bystanders. I offer my services as the advanced challenge oddsmaker. That's right, we set up a paypal account and once the field is finalized, we can determine the odds. No betting on anyone but yourself for the participants-we don't want anyone to throw the match for financial gain. :-) The early line shows Ricardo with a slight advantage, however, Doit clearly has home field advantage given his suggestion of the piece. Flo has awakened a sleeping giant however, and it would be foolish to overlook ToddK with or without his trusty pick. And of course dark horse candidates are certainly able to swoop in under the radar and dance off with the prize. And there is always the possibility of a late entry by a certain monster from the east known by the moniker "big G" So, we have a real horse race, complete with all the thrills and spills, hopes and glory, of a Kentucky derby. May the best horse, er, picado, I mean, player, win.
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Date Feb. 16 2009 16:51:55
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NormanKliman
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RE: Challenge, Advanced Thread - mor... (in reply to Ailsa)
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Ailsa and Ron, I've only just seen your messages from a few days ago asking me to be a judge. As I mentioned the other day, I can't know ahead of time if I'm going to be free; that's just the nature of my job. As it is, I might have to back out of judging the beginners' competition, so it'd be better not to count on me for these things. But thanks for considering me, and I have to say that what you're all doing is really, really cool! Some hilarious posts, too, from all of you, although I haven't had much time lately to read them all. Good luck!!!
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Date Feb. 23 2009 23:51:50
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Arash
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From: Iran (living in Germany)
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RE: Challenge, Advanced Thread (in reply to Matic)
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ORIGINAL: Matic Hey Ailsa, thanks for suggesting me, but IMO the judges should be experienced and with some real background for it to be at least a bit objective at the end. I don't think I qualify, at least not for the judge of the advanced players! Don't you think so? I dont agree. I think there can be a huge difference in theory, ear, ability of judging others and such things, and the actual level you or me personally are able to play. Take me for instance, i am not able to play this piece properly, i would say i am intermediate,,,,,,but i am sure that i am able to be a good and objective judge even for much better players than me. And i am sure that you can be a good judge too. You dont have to be a pro. player in order to be able a good judge for advanced players. I can even see weak points of Paco sometimes LOL Ok, maybe if you are beginner with no experience, you should not judge an advanced challenge, but not in our case. So join in!!
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Date Feb. 28 2009 10:05:31
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Doitsujin
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RE: Challenge, Advanced Thread (in reply to Arash)
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Hi all, I am new to this forum. Could I join this challenge? cheers, Richard You are welcome marrow3 and thanks for your PM. Did you get mine? Make sure that you read the rules carefully. See here: http://www.foroflamenco.com/tm.asp?m=101364&mpage=1&p=&tmode=1&smode=1&key= But I guess, you already know all.. So, I sign you up. quote:
original: Matic ]Ricardo (and Doit if I remember?) even suggested I should join the advanced challenge. Honestly, I think I'll be good in the intermediate for now. But if we were talking about an 'advanced falseta' here, I would join. From my perspective learning Tomate's WHOLE PIECE seems pointless. I would choose a nice challenging falseta that everyone could still use it anytime. Not to mention judging would be easier this way... But that's for the next time maybe, people are already learning La Ardila! Good luck!! ^^ Well than. You can be the special guest who could heat up the time before getting the points for the challengers. If you want, send me your audio within the deadline of the challenge. We´ll upload 1-2 days before the uploads of the complete composition. I would be very interested in that. ;.) If you play the whole piece, I sign you up. You have nothing to loose, as the idea is "practice and get better".
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Date Mar. 11 2009 11:50:26
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marrow3
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RE: Challenge, Advanced Thread (in reply to Doitsujin)
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You are welcome marrow3 and thanks for your PM. Did you get mine? Make sure that you read the rules carefully. See here: http://www.foroflamenco.com/tm.asp?m=101364&mpage=1&p=&tmode=1&smode=1&key= Hi, thanks, I checked the rules again. 164 bpm will be a challenge definitely but I will see what can be achieved. Indeed, I have nosed around the forum looking at other challengers' videos, I am impressed. quote:
Well than. You can be the special guest who could heat up the time before getting the points for the challengers. If you want, send me your audio within the deadline of the challenge. We´ll upload 1-2 days before the uploads of the complete composition. I would be very interested in that. ;.) If you play the whole piece, I sign you up. You have nothing to loose, as the idea is "practice and get better" I'm not 100% sure what you mean here. If I can play through the piece that's a great for me, and I don't mind being on the side lines. It is, I guess, valuable to compare my own progress with other people's rather than all out competion. thanks, Richard
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Date Mar. 12 2009 9:46:38
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