A 30 years long countdown - Forum contest - 26/05/2016
May 1, 2016 21:45:07 GMT 2
Post by ent on May 1, 2016 21:45:07 GMT 2
Hello WOTers 
Today is the 1st of May and the countdown to the 30th birthday of the Final Countdown album can officially begin.
As you all know on the 26th of May 1986 Europe released their most successful album, a collection of songs that has marked an era and has launched the band into mainstream popularity. A lot of things have happened since then. A change of line-up, other albums, a split, solo carreers, the reunion, changes of styles, more albums, changes of producers, experiments... But today, thirty years later, Europe is still there, still creating great music in the very same line-up that released that iconic masterpiece.
And the faithful community of their fans is still there as well. Most of us were there at that time, just in time to be smashed in the face by the powerful melodies that were popping out from nearly every radio around. Some had already been there, having known Europe from one of their first two albums, others came later on and hopefully many more will join in the future. But I think that I'm not far from the truth if I say that the majority of us have been captivated in the Europe world because of The Final Countdown. That's true for me anyway.
Nothing new so far for you, relentless fans of the band and dear members of the WOT forum.
Now what is new is that we are not going to miss this one-in-thirty-years chance to properly celebrate the anniversary...
"OMG, what´s going on here? No, please, tell me it´s not another battle..." Don´t worry, we have already given with that. No battles this time...this time my evil mind has concieved something slightly different.
What we´re going to do here is another kind of game, and specifically... a quiz! What do you think about proving yourself in a contest about TFC? Do you think you know absolutely everything about The Final Countdown? Do you think that other users know absolutely everything about it and that you haven´t a chance to win (who said Stein?)? Well, the funny thing is that it doesn´t matter! Because the questions are concieved in a way that any single user, provided that she/he has a little to basic knowledge of Europe band and music, has chances to guess the right answer (a little familiarity with this site might also help).
How does it work? Here´s the basic structure:
1. The game will take place, right here, in this forum, in this thread, on the next May 26th (Thursday), officially starting at 20:00 CET.
2. At the starting time I will post the video of a song from TFC album (Youtube link) and three related questions. As soon as I post the video the participants have to play it and, within seven minutes, post the answers to the questions.
3. For each correct answer the contestant earns one point. Only the first user to post the correct answer gains three points for that question, so exercise your fingers while you still have time.
4. Then I`ll post another video and three more questions and so on, and so on, until we have played the entire album.
5. Clear until now? If not, go back to point 1., if yes keep reading...
6. At the end of the game I will count the points of each participant and proclaim the champion!
7. The champion will be awarded with a small prize (official merchandise). I still cannot anticipate anything about that, and there is the possibility that we can give away more than a prize (one could be awarded by drawn for the simple partecipation, but this has still to be defined). My unweary partner in crime and top-poster of the forum Eva Tomorrow is hardly working on this point and we really hope to gather as much as possible.
8. The participation to the game is absolutely free of charge. Of course in order to participate you have to register as a member (also free). My suggestion for the still-not-members would be to register in advance because the procedure might take some time.
9. You have no interest to participate to the game? Well, that´s okay but you might wish to join for a virtual beer, just to say hello and happy birthday TFC! That would be also appreciated.
10. Well that´s basically it. So before I start my questions
do you have questions? Suggestions and comments are also very appreciated.
Stay tuned for more info and keep counting down!
First Edit: the contestant will be given seven minutes to answer each set of questions
Second Edit: Official rules and strategy suggestions can be found at page 2
Third Edit: The game will start at 20:00 CET!
Today is the 1st of May and the countdown to the 30th birthday of the Final Countdown album can officially begin.
As you all know on the 26th of May 1986 Europe released their most successful album, a collection of songs that has marked an era and has launched the band into mainstream popularity. A lot of things have happened since then. A change of line-up, other albums, a split, solo carreers, the reunion, changes of styles, more albums, changes of producers, experiments... But today, thirty years later, Europe is still there, still creating great music in the very same line-up that released that iconic masterpiece.
And the faithful community of their fans is still there as well. Most of us were there at that time, just in time to be smashed in the face by the powerful melodies that were popping out from nearly every radio around. Some had already been there, having known Europe from one of their first two albums, others came later on and hopefully many more will join in the future. But I think that I'm not far from the truth if I say that the majority of us have been captivated in the Europe world because of The Final Countdown. That's true for me anyway.
Nothing new so far for you, relentless fans of the band and dear members of the WOT forum.
Now what is new is that we are not going to miss this one-in-thirty-years chance to properly celebrate the anniversary...
"OMG, what´s going on here? No, please, tell me it´s not another battle..." Don´t worry, we have already given with that. No battles this time...this time my evil mind has concieved something slightly different.
What we´re going to do here is another kind of game, and specifically... a quiz! What do you think about proving yourself in a contest about TFC? Do you think you know absolutely everything about The Final Countdown? Do you think that other users know absolutely everything about it and that you haven´t a chance to win (who said Stein?)? Well, the funny thing is that it doesn´t matter! Because the questions are concieved in a way that any single user, provided that she/he has a little to basic knowledge of Europe band and music, has chances to guess the right answer (a little familiarity with this site might also help).
How does it work? Here´s the basic structure:
1. The game will take place, right here, in this forum, in this thread, on the next May 26th (Thursday), officially starting at 20:00 CET.
2. At the starting time I will post the video of a song from TFC album (Youtube link) and three related questions. As soon as I post the video the participants have to play it and, within seven minutes, post the answers to the questions.
3. For each correct answer the contestant earns one point. Only the first user to post the correct answer gains three points for that question, so exercise your fingers while you still have time.
4. Then I`ll post another video and three more questions and so on, and so on, until we have played the entire album.
5. Clear until now? If not, go back to point 1., if yes keep reading...
6. At the end of the game I will count the points of each participant and proclaim the champion!
7. The champion will be awarded with a small prize (official merchandise). I still cannot anticipate anything about that, and there is the possibility that we can give away more than a prize (one could be awarded by drawn for the simple partecipation, but this has still to be defined). My unweary partner in crime and top-poster of the forum Eva Tomorrow is hardly working on this point and we really hope to gather as much as possible.
8. The participation to the game is absolutely free of charge. Of course in order to participate you have to register as a member (also free). My suggestion for the still-not-members would be to register in advance because the procedure might take some time.
9. You have no interest to participate to the game? Well, that´s okay but you might wish to join for a virtual beer, just to say hello and happy birthday TFC! That would be also appreciated.
10. Well that´s basically it. So before I start my questions
do you have questions? Suggestions and comments are also very appreciated.Stay tuned for more info and keep counting down!
First Edit: the contestant will be given seven minutes to answer each set of questions
Second Edit: Official rules and strategy suggestions can be found at page 2
Third Edit: The game will start at 20:00 CET!
. I'm happy to know that you'll be among the lucky audience! Second best, for those who cannot be there, is celebrating it here 
Don´t worry, we´ll do our best to remind the date...keep checking the forum 
(and "Heart of Stone", maybe ?? 
You, like everbody else, have chances to win the game 