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Steiner posted...

just start breaking ties based on the user you hate the most

Haha. Honestly, I've pretty much blocked out who has nominated what, or at least their count, until I do the elimination write-up outside a few cases. And I don't hate anyone! Being an unstrung lurker, whose last knowledge of e-factions were during the Board 8 2/Trantown/Mercenaries days, has some minor benefits.

Fluttershy_Pony posted...

You also have the ability to retroactively un-eliminate songs. You've done, I've done it. If an elimination turns out to be in error, just... ya know... fix it in post instead of stressing too much.

Hasn't been a problem with this since then. I've been fairly thorough at having a low-tier basin of songs I listen to and swirl about until one drops ready for elimination, and if that basin gets plugged up, I'll add more songs from higher tiers, listen to those, toss the ones that remain levels above back into elevated status, and see what filters out. That's where Flux tier ultimately came from as songs kept plugging the drain.

With the one song I un-eliminated, I had added a whole slew of new songs I hadn't touched in a while to the mix and realized my previous batch had grown too narrowed in. It's been relatively easier since then, even with four of those Flux noms heavier and harder to drop down the chute.

NFUN posted...

sort songs into tiers. put each song in the lowest tier on the chopping block and see which makes you least sad. or just do a tourney to decide which you like least, comparing song by song

Oh, but the sad songs are the most sticky! They give feels and latch on to emotions like puppies! Who wants to let go of sad puppies???

Been doing tiering all along, and especially since Flux ended I've been listening to all that remain during work downtime, then gouging about half to listen to a few times more, then setting up about five to ten to kill later in a certain order (with a floating few that may be leaving soon). When I get home, I listen again with better headphones as I write the songs up, and reevaluate both its placement and if I'm okay eliminating it here and now. Some songs move up or down a peg. A few escape to live another day (or week or month in the cases of "The Last Supper," "Smoke Too Soon," "Another Day," "Sexual Healing," "Cool Cat," and a few songs still to come).

Since I posted this morning, let's see how I've progressed actually. Future me might take notes!

1. I listened to everything again. I batched everything by 8s to divide in halves, but that didn't work out.

2. I instead set aside the songs I knew were safe, leaving a 16-24 split.

3. I set those 24 songs into four random brackets of six and tried to do halves there, and it worked slightly better, but fell apart into chaos quickly.

4. For the past few hours, I've been listening to about a dozen songs over-and-over-and-over again until I'm satisfied with keeping all but one for another round. I'm three preliminary exits down. It's been three hours since then and nothing is shifting and the lottery balls keep bouncing about.