Composer elimination game

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Bogey

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BachQ

Quote from: Gurn Blanston on December 26, 2007, 01:45:25 PM

Beethoven 7 +1 = 8
Haydn 5  +1 = 6

We understand, Gurn, that the concept of "One vote per day" is a difficult and elusive concept ......

greg

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Quote from: Bogey on December 26, 2007, 03:57:09 PM
Better IM Ring of Fire Greg.
good tip, thanks  :)

(just pmed him... Shostakovich will never be under 5 any more!!!! )

Gurn Blanston

Quote from: D Minor on December 26, 2007, 03:57:18 PM
We understand, Gurn, that the concept of "One vote per day" is a difficult and elusive concept ......

Sorry, can't count. Looked like all were voting for 3 choices... damn, that IS a difficult concept! Nobody told me there was going to be arithmetic when I took this job...  :-[

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karlhenning

Quote from: Gurn Blanston on December 26, 2007, 04:02:53 PM
Sorry, can't count. Looked like all were voting for 3 choices...

There were a lot of posts where there was a superfluous "-" . . . .

Gurn Blanston

Quote from: karlhenning on December 26, 2007, 04:03:49 PM
There were a lot of posts where there was a superfluous "-" . . . .

Apparently it meant attacca, who could know? :-\

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Haffner

Quote from: karlhenning on December 26, 2007, 10:15:43 AM
JS Bach 5
Beethoven 6
Berg 5
Brahms 5
Bruckner 5
Chopin 5
Dvorak 5
Elgar 3
Haydn 5
Händel 4 -
Mahler 6
Monteverdi 5
Mozart 5
Schubert 5
Schönberg 5
Shostakovich 5
Stravinsky 6 +
Tchaikovsky 5
Verdi 5
Wagner 5




6 on Mozart, Wagner, and Haydn as well. I lose.

Bogey

Mrs. Bogey wants to know if she can have a vote as well, or do you have to be registered?  ;)
There will never be another era like the Golden Age of Hollywood.  We didn't know how to blow up buildings then so we had no choice but to tell great stories with great characters.-Ben Mankiewicz

Gurn Blanston

Quote from: Bogey on December 26, 2007, 04:17:41 PM
Mrs. Bogey wants to know if she can have a vote as well, or do you have to be registered?  ;)

Oh, Lauren can have one of the several that I didn't take.... :D

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Bogey

After the Lauren vote (Handel+, Wagner -):

JS Bach  8
Beethoven 8
Berg 5
Brahms 6
Bruckner 6
Chopin 7
Dvorak 5
Haydn  6
Handel 3      
Mahler 6        
Monteverdi 4
Mozart 6
Schubert 6
Schoenberg 5
Shostakovich  4
Stravinsky 6
Tchaikovsky 5
Verdi 4
Wagner 1
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longears

Quick, Annie...get in here, for once you have a chance to make your vote count for something!

After Annie's vote:

JS Bach  8
Beethoven 8
Berg 5
Brahms 6
Bruckner 6
Chopin 7
Dvorak 5
Haydn  6
Handel 4 +     
Mahler 6       
Monteverdi 4
Mozart 6
Schubert 6
Schoenberg 5
Shostakovich  4
Stravinsky 6
Tchaikovsky 5
Verdi 4
Wagner 0 -

Little Dickie is out!

Bogey

Our wives revived Handel and kicked Wagner down the stairs...we chose wisely David.
There will never be another era like the Golden Age of Hollywood.  We didn't know how to blow up buildings then so we had no choice but to tell great stories with great characters.-Ben Mankiewicz

longears

Quote from: Bogey on December 26, 2007, 04:43:38 PM
Our wives revived Handel and kicked Wagner down the stairs...we chose wisely David.
She tells me that every day.  ;D

PaulR

JS Bach  8
Beethoven 8
Berg 5
Brahms 6
Bruckner 6
Chopin 7
Dvorak 5
Haydn  6
Handel 4 +     
Mahler 6       
Monteverdi 4
Mozart 6
Schubert 6
Schoenberg 5
Shostakovich  4 +1 (5)
Stravinsky 6 - (5)
Tchaikovsky 5
Verdi 4

Bogey

For those joining late, this seems to be the current tally (Wagner and Elgar gone):

JS Bach  8
Beethoven 8
Berg 5
Brahms 6
Bruckner 6
Chopin 7
Dvorak 5
Haydn  6
Handel 4     
Mahler 6       
Monteverdi 4
Mozart 6
Schubert 6
Schoenberg 5
Shostakovich 5
Stravinsky 5
Tchaikovsky 5
Verdi 4
There will never be another era like the Golden Age of Hollywood.  We didn't know how to blow up buildings then so we had no choice but to tell great stories with great characters.-Ben Mankiewicz

DavidW


Bogey

There will never be another era like the Golden Age of Hollywood.  We didn't know how to blow up buildings then so we had no choice but to tell great stories with great characters.-Ben Mankiewicz

George



JS Bach  8
Beethoven 8+1=9
Berg 5
Brahms 6
Bruckner 6
Chopin 7
Dvorak 5
Haydn  6
Handel 4-1=3     
Mahler 6       
Monteverdi 4
Mozart 6
Schubert 6
Schoenberg 5
Shostakovich 5
Stravinsky 5
Tchaikovsky 5
Verdi 4

DavidW

Quote from: Bogey on December 26, 2007, 05:11:17 PM
Who ya want to ding David? ;D

I guess Chopin, he is great and hate to do it but I also don't like him sitting so high above the others.