This should all be answered in the rubric. Any competition whether old or new..if they were to release a statement like this, you would have to wait for the rubric to get the answer to many of your questions...even then...competitions that have been around forever..still have terribly vague rubrics...its not the like the judges even read the rubric carefully as is evidence by some of the history of terrible placings..thats a whole other story...my point is...you can come at competition organizers from a whole slew of angles...I feel bad for them. The point of the elaboration on what they were looking for...was simply to "nicely" say...that they are looking for more modern teams...plain and simple. I don't understand why this organizer is being berated so heavily for their attempt at clarity...Many competitions...won't even let you see a finished scored rubric..let alone attempt to clarify what they were looking for before they started.

My point..give the organization a break.....damn...let them breathe...I feel like the fact that this comp came right out and said its looking for modern teams is actually the root of all the negative comments towards this competition...give the comp some credit for saying it flat out.

Jeeti, I understand what you're saying. You're right, there could have been a better way for FTW do describe their competition. From my pov, there was no attempt at clarifying anything. Instead of telling us what this competition WILL NOT be, elaborate on what the goal of the competition WILL BE. Its a complete turn off when you say "points will not be given to traditional teams" but its "STILL" a bhangra competition. Who says that? This is STILL a bhangra competition. Something like traditional elements not being given points belongs in the rubric (in a much more diplomatic way) rather than being in your opening statement. Great, you said its going to be modern and heavy emphasis on hip hop in your remix. I think "traditional" teams can take the hint and determine whether this competition is for them or not. I don't think you're gonna have teams like kohinoor saying "hmmmmmm this is a modern comp with hip hop, and we're a live team, LETS GO GUYS!!!!" My point being, you're a first year competition, FTW, don't come to a bhangra forum with complete ignorance turning people off. You're advertising your show to teams, sell it, and present it properly. This is the reason why nobody complains about BRUIN or SOCAL because they pinpoint the highlights of their show. Its a given that these are not "traditional" competitions, but people still go to it.

I feel like this competition is going through some of the same issues Anil went through with Desi Dhamaka. Once DD happened, people shut up...and were supportive of the competition. So run a good competition FTW, treat teams like they should be treated (give them everything they could need to put on a good show), and you're set. The audience will come out, just make it on time, and good.

Quote from: ChakDePhatte on December 09, 2009, 01:51:09 AM

LOL
if you wanna do fusion, might as well get lomaticc and sunny brown hahaha

thats the best idea ever !!!

The Bilz & Kashif could be another option..