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Cripper Award 2017 Official Thread
  • Which band should win the 2017 CRIPPER AWARD?

    Poll ended at Thu Mar 02, 2017 1:30 pm

    CRYPTEX
    3
    1%
    DALRIADA
    103
    34%
    STRIKER
    26
    9%
    TOTAL DEATH
    65
    22%
    TOUCH THE SUN
    4
    1%
    WITCHTRAP
    101
    33%
    TRAUMA
    0
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    Cripper Award 2017 Official Thread

    by Britta » Mon Feb 20, 2017 7:36 am

    Ahoi Sailors!

    It is great to see that 2017th Cripper Award contenders are already so eagerly discussed! I am starting this new thread here for a better overview and also to kickstart the official poll that is about to be launched.

    If I followed all the postings correctly, these are the confirmed nominees so far:

    CRYPTEX
    DALRIADA
    STRIKER
    TOTAL DEATH
    TOUCH THE SUN
    WITCHTRAP

    also mentioned by sailors, but discussed as being too popular (like Avatarium as an all-star-band):

    ALLEGAEON
    AVATARIUM
    GHOST SHIP OCTAVIUS
    MISERY LOVES CO
    ORDEN OGAN

    Is that correct?

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    Re: Cripper Award 2017 Official Thread

    by Stained Class » Mon Feb 20, 2017 7:53 am

    I agree with all that :mrgreen:
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    Re: Cripper Award 2017 Official Thread

    by bodomdragon » Mon Feb 20, 2017 8:07 am

    This would basically mean considering candidates the six bands that UMC considered candidates. This option makes sense to me.
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    Re: Cripper Award 2017 Official Thread

    by fasteddy » Mon Feb 20, 2017 9:46 am

    Striker ... So good
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    Re: Cripper Award 2017 Official Thread

    by cowboy71 » Mon Feb 20, 2017 1:31 pm

    Thanks Britta! That all sounds good to me :)
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    Re: Cripper Award 2017 Official Thread

    by Razor Ramon » Mon Feb 20, 2017 3:01 pm

    Cool, DALRIADA it is.
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    Re: Cripper Award 2017 Official Thread

    by mooyagi » Mon Feb 20, 2017 6:26 pm

    Looks like it'll be Dalriada for me
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    Re: Cripper Award 2017 Official Thread

    by meshuggah » Mon Feb 20, 2017 8:20 pm

    Another vote for Dalriada. To be fair, I missed Cryptex and Striker, but saw the others.
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    Re: Cripper Award 2017 Official Thread

    by DrinkMoxie » Mon Feb 20, 2017 8:48 pm

    Definitely Dalriada for me, then
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    Re: Cripper Award 2017 Official Thread

    by captaingabbeh » Mon Feb 20, 2017 9:38 pm

    Looks like I'm voting for Striker then!

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    Re: Cripper Award 2017 Official Thread

    by Memnoch » Tue Feb 21, 2017 12:18 am

    I couldn't care less for which of those bands won the award, but I do think Trauma should be in there among the contenders.
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    Re: Cripper Award 2017 Official Thread

    by Britta » Tue Feb 21, 2017 7:08 am

    The candidates should be agreed upon by tomorrow, since the poll will be launched.
    So "If any of you has reasons why these bands should not be nominees, speak now or forever hold your peace" :D
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    Re: Cripper Award 2017 Official Thread

    by Phoenix » Tue Feb 21, 2017 8:17 am

    It's a shame I can't vote for Ghost Ship Octavius, but oh well. It'll be Dalriada for me, I'd feel wrong voting for the Alberta boys since I don't really like them.

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    Re: Cripper Award 2017 Official Thread

    by deathmetalpat » Tue Feb 21, 2017 9:41 am

    DALRIADA!The Wall of Death late night was awesome and not knowing their music very much they were excellent.That is the basis of a Cripper band,a live show not the catalog you discover then see live.Avatarium should win some new award,most enthusiasm from a doom band ever,best show of whole cruise in Ice Rink but I was a fan for many years.
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    Re: Cripper Award 2017 Official Thread

    by Stained Class » Tue Feb 21, 2017 4:27 pm

    Trauma aren't really up and coming. Cliff Burton used to be in that band.
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    by Pellaz » Tue Feb 21, 2017 11:41 pm

    I gather that Saltatio Mortis is also too well-known to be considered?
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    Re: Cripper Award 2017 Official Thread

    by Memnoch » Tue Feb 21, 2017 11:57 pm

    Stained Class wrote:Trauma aren't really up and coming. Cliff Burton used to be in that band.

    But Striker is? Or our past winners Nightmare, Cripper..? In any case, if we're using last.fm stats for determining the contenders, Trauma should definitely be one.
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    Re: Cripper Award 2017 Official Thread

    by bodomdragon » Wed Feb 22, 2017 1:25 am

    Age of the band shouldn't be an issue indeed. Trauma have been around for many many years, but who knew them? I bet less than 5% of the cruisers knew who these guys were before they got announced...

    I'm not saying I have an interest in them nor that I would vote them (I think they're terrible), but adding them would make perfect sense to me.
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    Re: Cripper Award 2017 Official Thread

    by Memnoch » Wed Feb 22, 2017 2:11 am

    Exactly. I have no desire to vote for them, but leaving them out due to them having had a well-known member in the past would make the contender selection arbitrary. Trauma has under 600 listeners on last.fm, which makes them the third smallest band onbroad this year.
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    Re: Cripper Award 2017 Official Thread

    by Thrashmania » Thu Feb 23, 2017 8:47 am

    Witchtrap. Hands down.
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    Re: Cripper Award 2017 Official Thread

    by Britta » Fri Feb 24, 2017 2:19 am

    Hi folks!

    I have now added an official poll in this thread, so let's try to get some more people to vote... Spread the news!!

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    Re: Cripper Award 2017 Official Thread

    by guilsonramirez » Fri Feb 24, 2017 1:41 pm

    Striker!
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    by juliamolina » Fri Feb 24, 2017 1:43 pm

    TOTAL DEATH!!!!! for the Cripper!
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    by Mr. HCI » Fri Feb 24, 2017 1:46 pm

    My vote is for WITCHTRAP! Those guy absolutely nailed it. :shred:
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    by Dcote » Fri Feb 24, 2017 2:06 pm

    My vote is for witchtrap, killer sound and show
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    by LordThrust » Fri Feb 24, 2017 2:58 pm

    Witchtrap.
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    Re: Cripper Award 2017 Official Thread

    by ExtraneouS » Fri Feb 24, 2017 3:24 pm

    Oh hey look, an influx of people with little to posts, voting for bands that no one mentioned enjoying before the voting started. Gee, I wonder if bands are telling people to vote for them. Again. :bitch:

    Is there any way we can prevent this? Ban people with minimal posts from voting? Disqualify bands that advertise the vote?
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    by klons » Fri Feb 24, 2017 3:24 pm

    Queue the army of voters that have absolutely nothing to do with the boat :lol:
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    Re: Cripper Award 2017 Official Thread

    by klons » Fri Feb 24, 2017 3:26 pm

    ExtraneouS wrote:Is there any way we can prevent this? Ban people with minimal posts from voting? Disqualify bands that advertise the vote?


    Have UMC send out another code/poll like they did with the ASJ a couple years ago. Or for future years, add it on to the survey.

    Simple fix, solves this issue of randoms inflating votes just because bands are asking for them again... :bitch:
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    Re: Cripper Award 2017 Official Thread

    by tritonx » Fri Feb 24, 2017 3:37 pm

    I saw Touch the Sun during the Superb Owl. Poor guys, the rink was empty.

    They have my pity vote.
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    Re: Cripper Award 2017 Official Thread

    by Phoenix » Fri Feb 24, 2017 4:11 pm

    ExtraneouS wrote:Oh hey look, an influx of people with little to posts, voting for bands that no one mentioned enjoying before the voting started. Gee, I wonder if bands are telling people to vote for them. Again. :bitch:

    Is there any way we can prevent this? Ban people with minimal posts from voting? Disqualify bands that advertise the vote?


    Exactly what happened - Witchtrap posted on their Facebook page AND the 70k facebook group.

    I'm really not a fan of that.

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    by The Bus From Speed » Fri Feb 24, 2017 4:19 pm

    A vote for Striker is a vote for Canada!
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    Re: Cripper Award 2017 Official Thread

    by deathmetalpat » Fri Feb 24, 2017 5:07 pm

    And now come the voters never on the ship or saw any bands :evil:
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    Re: Cripper Award 2017 Official Thread

    by diego2288 » Fri Feb 24, 2017 6:03 pm

    TOTAL DEAHT :wank:
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    by Ara » Fri Feb 24, 2017 7:05 pm

    Total :death:
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    Re: Cripper Award 2017 Official Thread

    by meshuggah » Fri Feb 24, 2017 8:39 pm

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    Re: Cripper Award 2017 Official Thread

    by strange » Fri Feb 24, 2017 9:11 pm

    ExtraneouS wrote:Oh hey look, an influx of people with little to posts, voting for bands that no one mentioned enjoying before the voting started. Gee, I wonder if bands are telling people to vote for them. Again. :bitch:

    Is there any way we can prevent this? Ban people with minimal posts from voting? Disqualify bands that advertise the vote?


    I often lurk on here, and have been on six cruises. I hardly ever comment, but always log in to vote for the Cripper award for cruises I've been on. So having a minimal post count to qualify for voting would probably mean I couldn't vote. It would also mean people who only went on the most recent cruise and decided to join the forum afterwards wouldn't be able to vote.
    Definitely agree that something needs to be done about bands begging for votes, though. That doesn't seem in keeping with the spirit of the award.
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    Re: Cripper Award 2017 Official Thread

    by klons » Fri Feb 24, 2017 9:17 pm

    strange wrote:
    ExtraneouS wrote:Oh hey look, an influx of people with little to posts, voting for bands that no one mentioned enjoying before the voting started. Gee, I wonder if bands are telling people to vote for them. Again. :bitch:

    Is there any way we can prevent this? Ban people with minimal posts from voting? Disqualify bands that advertise the vote?


    I often lurk on here, and have been on six cruises. I hardly ever comment, but always log in to vote for the Cripper award for cruises I've been on. So having a minimal post count to qualify for voting would probably mean I couldn't vote. It would also mean people who only went on the most recent cruise and decided to join the forum afterwards wouldn't be able to vote.
    Definitely agree that something needs to be done about bands begging for votes, though. That doesn't seem in keeping with the spirit of the award.


    Which is why I mentioned what I did.

    Surely it can't be hard for UMC to setup a one page survey and email codes out for it instead of this flawed method.
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    Re: Cripper Award 2017 Official Thread

    by Jotunheimr » Fri Feb 24, 2017 9:49 pm

    klons wrote:
    strange wrote:
    ExtraneouS wrote:Oh hey look, an influx of people with little to posts, voting for bands that no one mentioned enjoying before the voting started. Gee, I wonder if bands are telling people to vote for them. Again. :bitch:

    Is there any way we can prevent this? Ban people with minimal posts from voting? Disqualify bands that advertise the vote?


    I often lurk on here, and have been on six cruises. I hardly ever comment, but always log in to vote for the Cripper award for cruises I've been on. So having a minimal post count to qualify for voting would probably mean I couldn't vote. It would also mean people who only went on the most recent cruise and decided to join the forum afterwards wouldn't be able to vote.
    Definitely agree that something needs to be done about bands begging for votes, though. That doesn't seem in keeping with the spirit of the award.


    Which is why I mentioned what I did.

    Surely it can't be hard for UMC to setup a one page survey and email codes out for it instead of this flawed method.


    They ought to allow only those with booking numbers from the most recent cruise to vote, that way even the newbies can cast their vote. UMC could do it, but I'd feel bad bothering them about something like this when they're already so busy as it is.
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