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No problem, i am just sad that GB won again. I think GB/Ireland always have a huge advantage and it's boring for me to always see those countries win.

I gave 12 points to Argentina, because for me they had the funniest song and Algeria got 11 points because bestmen is the most enthusiastic user on here.

Here is my vote, in case anyone is interested: 12 points: Argentina 11 points: Algeria 10 points: France 9 points: Portugal 8 points: Finland 7 points: Italy 6 points: Mexico 5 points: Slovenia 4 points: Tunisia 3 points: USA 2 points: Malta 1 point: Greece Reserve 1: Indonesia Reserve 2: India

GERMANY Jury Scorecard: France 12 Italy 11 Argentina 10 Great Britain 9 Algeria 8 Lithuania 7 Netherlands 6 Portugal 5 Finland 4 New Zealand 3 Mexico 2 Serbia 1

I gave you 12 points and 11 to Algeria, but catgamer had other plans ...

GERMANY Jury Scorecard: Italy 11 Argentina 10 Great Britain 9 Algeria 8 Lithuania 7 Netherlands 6 Portugal 5 Finland 4 New Zealand 3 Mexico 2 Serbia 1

GERMANY Jury Scorecard: Argentina 10 Great Britain 9 Algeria 8 Lithuania 7 Netherlands 6 Portugal 5 Finland 4 New Zealand 3 Mexico 2 Serbia 1

Ok thanks, i forgot to scroll down ... I will post them right away.

I can post my vote, but i have no idea what catgamer's vote looks like.

If catgamer doesn't want to post, then @uk12points please go ahead.

I think it has to be "it's not over until the fat lady sings".

Don't be sad, the german vote will come soon ...

Thanks, which place? Where can i find the current ranking?

Sorry, i completely forgot that the contest takes place today. Am i too late? Did i miss anything important? Did Germany already receive any points?

Germany was drawn 32nd in the "voting order draw". Could someone please tell me what that means? 1) Which day will it be/what time? 2) Do i have to be online at that time? 3) Are there any other dates when i am supposed to be online, to "participate" in this contest? 4) Will i be allowed to "announce" my ranking order myself or will someone else do it for me?

About the mens 200 IM results: Here are the live results from the australian swimming championships: http://liveresults.swimming.org.au/SAL/2017OPEN/ Mens 200 IM prelims took place in session 5, the fastest time was 2:02.04 by Travis Mahoney. Mens 200 IM finals took place in session 6, the fastest time was 1:59.24 by Clyde Lewis. I think Morgan and Irvine didnt even compete + the australian record is 1:56.69 by Leith Brodie from 2009 ... I used to look up the world rankings at the FINA website too, but in my opinion they are very slow to update their rankings and make a lot of mistakes. A while back i for example saw 4 or 5 japanese girls (i never heard of) being at the top of the world ranking in the 400 IM, with times that were faster than the current world record ... i think they mix up short course and long course times quite often. Nowadays i take the world rankings from "Swimswam": https://swimswam.com/

Good work compling that list, my friend, but i have a few questions: Mens 200 IM: When did Morgan and Irvine swim those times? According to my list it should be 1) Hagino 1:56.01 2) Shun 1:56.16 3) Seto 1:56.90 Womens 400 IM: ... 3) Teramura 4:35.20 Womens 100 fly: ... 3) Chimrova 57.17 Mens 200 breast: ... 2) Koseki 2:0718 3) Persson 2:07.85 Womens 200 breast: ... 2) Asaba 2:23.53 3) McKeown 2:53.58 Womens 100 breast: ... 1) Aoki 1:05.29 2) Efimova 1:05.90 3) Makino 1:06.05 Mens 50 free: ... 3) Sedov/Proud 21.74 Womens 800 free: ... 2) Li 8:20.89 3) Titmus 8:23.08 By the way: Cate Campbell wont compete in Budapest. Very interesting to see how strong Japan, China, Russia and the canadian women are right now (Italy is also doing quite well and they have a relatively young team with Detti, Paltrinieri, Martinenghi, Miressi, Quadarella, Carini). We have already seen tons of new junior world records by Martinenghi, Kolesnikov, Zhuhao, Tan, Ikee and Hasegawa. I see up to 8 medals for Canada, up to 10 medals for Japan, at least 8 medals for China and at least 6 medals for Russia. The british, american, french and german nationals are still to come, so when can expect to see a lot more very fast times leading up to Budapest.

I agree, there is no rule that you have to judge the songs based on the quality of the music, especially because that would be discriminating.

I guess its your love for music and our different levels of "respect" for this contest. Usually i stop listening to a song if i dont like the first 30 seconds or so ... then i am just like "Nah ... i'd rather listen to some songs i like, instead of wasting my time with something i dont enjoy"

This might all make sense, but it sounds very time-consuming and like a LOT of stress, i think i'll stick with my current method. I guess you are trying to figure out which song is "best" by analyzing it, other people might be voting more intuitively. I guess as long as you spend the same amount of time to judge each song, its fair one way or the other. In the end no one will ever be able to judge all songs objectively, because you are influenced by all your experiences, without even noticing it. For example i have no problem to admit that i am completely biased when it comes to Fleetwood Mac songs, no song by any other artist would get more than 11 points from me if a Fleetwood Mac song would be entered in the contest, no matter how good this other song might be. I guess one of the most difficult parts is to judge songs independently from the artist who wrote it and the language it has been written in (I think i will never give more than 3 or 4 points to a song in a slavic language, because listening to those languages is causing me phyiscal pain). Edit: Some people might also judge songs solely on the accompanying music video, the lyrics or the looks of the (female) singer, without even listening to the song. I think there is nothing wrong with that method. I didnt find a rule that states that you have to judge the songs based on the music.

Thats very smart in my opinion, if you take too much time, you will have forgotten the songs you listened to first by the time you listen to the last songs. In addition to that you should listen to all songs the same day, otherwise your mood/the weather and so on will influence your decision without you even noticing it. I guess we have something in common if you really didnt listen to the songs yet.

I dont get what those hackers are up to. Why do they post in turkish? That way no non-turkish person will understand their "message" ... so they could as well hack some turkish tv station and spread their message there. The problem with that is that there are basically no oppositional newspapers/tv stations left in Turkey ... I still dont understand all the hate for Wilders, in the end all politicians are basically the same, but at least Wilders got a cool haircut, so i would definitely give him my vote if i'd be allowed.

People really seem to spend a crazy amount of time to select their 12 favorite songs ... i guess me and the best man are completely different. I never understood why someone would need 2 weeks to hand in his votes ... its not like all the songs were selected on deadline day ... most of the songs have been around for many weeks already.

Your song was one of my favorites, besides the argentinian song, both were very inspiring to say the least.

Greatest moment in the history of television ... EVER!? Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S_kV994hurQ Youtube channel of Comedy Central UK: https://www.youtube.com/user/ComedyCentralUK/videos