Greetings ladies and gentleman, welcome to yet another edition of one of our favorite games on the forum - The Ranking Game 
The new ESC season has just started, we have 2 songs already, and that is just enough of a reason to launch this game as well 
Just like in the previous seasons (except the last one), I will be your host. Members who are here for a while are quite familiar with this game, but of course we hope that this season will attract many new voters as well.
Before the first round can actually start, we need to read and/or remind ourselves of the rules. You can read all of them just below, and please make sure you read everything carefully before posting your votes!
1. Please vote for your favorite songs using the standard Eurovision point system (12,10,8,7,6,5,4,3,2,1). In the beginning there will be less than ten songs available to choose from, so in that case please only use the highest points available (that means that in the first round, your favorite gets 12 points and the second favorite gets your 10 points, in the third round - your favorite gets 12 points, your second favorite gets 10 points, your least favorite song gets 8 points, etc etc....).
2. You vote by posting your votes in this thread publicly.
3. You CANNOT vote for your own country!
4. In order to have your votes counted, you have to have at least 5 posts on the forum.
5. When submitting your votes please indicate the country you currently live in (please don't use your country of origin or favorite country). That means that in a standard and typical form of voting, you need to write: "Votes from....." and then post your votes in the same post.
6. Each round lasts 7 days, and the results are posted and presented the next day. At that point we will have a reset and everyone will be able to vote again.
7. You can only vote once per round!
8. Please pay close attention to the eligible songs. You will not be able to vote for songs that were revealed during the current round, so please wait for the next round and pay close attention to the list in this first post of the topic.
9. Please do NOT post anything but your ratings in this thread. It is okay to add comments with your votes elaborating on your voting process, respond to the results etc but please do not make our lives more difficult so we don't have to spend our time scrolling down trying to locate your votes. You will be able to discuss the results between the time of the deadline and the results.
10. We will check every single vote to ensure that they are legit and keep the cheating to a minimum. However we reserve the right to remove your votes if we feel they're fraudulent.
11. Only one vote per IP address. Yes, you may have a brother, sister, father, mother, uncle, friend, roommate or dachshund voting from the same household but it is impossible for us to verify that, therefore we have no other choice but to enforce this rule.
If you break one of those rules we will reach out to you and explain why your votes weren't counted and how to fix them accordingly. We're not trying to be difficult but having a fair voting process is incredibly important and we strongly value every single valid vote and you can always contact us directly if you have any questions. However, in case you break the rules in order to cheat and on purpose, or if you try to manipulate the game and the results in any way, we will ban you from further participation in the game, and you will not be able to vote in any of the rounds until the end.
The new ESC season has just started, we have 2 songs already, and that is just enough of a reason to launch this game as well Just like in the previous seasons (except the last one), I will be your host. Members who are here for a while are quite familiar with this game, but of course we hope that this season will attract many new voters as well.
Before the first round can actually start, we need to read and/or remind ourselves of the rules. You can read all of them just below, and please make sure you read everything carefully before posting your votes!
The Rules
1. Please vote for your favorite songs using the standard Eurovision point system (12,10,8,7,6,5,4,3,2,1). In the beginning there will be less than ten songs available to choose from, so in that case please only use the highest points available (that means that in the first round, your favorite gets 12 points and the second favorite gets your 10 points, in the third round - your favorite gets 12 points, your second favorite gets 10 points, your least favorite song gets 8 points, etc etc....).
2. You vote by posting your votes in this thread publicly.
3. You CANNOT vote for your own country!
4. In order to have your votes counted, you have to have at least 5 posts on the forum.
5. When submitting your votes please indicate the country you currently live in (please don't use your country of origin or favorite country). That means that in a standard and typical form of voting, you need to write: "Votes from....." and then post your votes in the same post.
6. Each round lasts 7 days, and the results are posted and presented the next day. At that point we will have a reset and everyone will be able to vote again.
7. You can only vote once per round!
8. Please pay close attention to the eligible songs. You will not be able to vote for songs that were revealed during the current round, so please wait for the next round and pay close attention to the list in this first post of the topic.
9. Please do NOT post anything but your ratings in this thread. It is okay to add comments with your votes elaborating on your voting process, respond to the results etc but please do not make our lives more difficult so we don't have to spend our time scrolling down trying to locate your votes. You will be able to discuss the results between the time of the deadline and the results.
10. We will check every single vote to ensure that they are legit and keep the cheating to a minimum. However we reserve the right to remove your votes if we feel they're fraudulent.
11. Only one vote per IP address. Yes, you may have a brother, sister, father, mother, uncle, friend, roommate or dachshund voting from the same household but it is impossible for us to verify that, therefore we have no other choice but to enforce this rule.
If you break one of those rules we will reach out to you and explain why your votes weren't counted and how to fix them accordingly. We're not trying to be difficult but having a fair voting process is incredibly important and we strongly value every single valid vote and you can always contact us directly if you have any questions. However, in case you break the rules in order to cheat and on purpose, or if you try to manipulate the game and the results in any way, we will ban you from further participation in the game, and you will not be able to vote in any of the rounds until the end.
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