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Battle of the Bands signups begin!

Welcome everyone! Once again, it's this time of the year, and you know what that means! The third incarnation of the Colors League, named the Colors Battle Of The Bands, is here! We're starting the signups right now, so get inside!

What is the BOTB?
The League/BOTB is the most epic and awesome event at Colors, held each year in August! How does this thing work? First of all, the players who have signed up will be sorted into teams, mostly based on their own preferences. There are eight teams in total and every team is assigned a Colors character as well as a captain.
However, because of our musical theme for this year, instead of teams, we're going to have bands, each representing a different musical genre. Our captains are now frontmen/frontwomen, and instead of points you're going to collect notes! Each Colors character has formed his/her own band, and is hoping for you to join them!
The lineups will be announced on July 29th, during the opening show. Each player will then receive their team's backstage pass (which works as a member banner, same way as last year's shirts). The frontpeople will then post the official 'dressing room post' at the trading community, when their team members can meet and work on their plans. The eight captains will then be posting the 16 'gigs' daily for 16 days starting August 1st. The first 8 are going to be an open-answer challenges, the last 8 - screened quiz games. After the last game is posted, all games will remain open up to August 23rd, giving everyone the chance to participate. Each time you answer a game, tell the mod which band you're from, so they may earn a note. All the notes collected by the bands will be counted during the special awesome epic live closing show, at which the results will be reavealed.

The frontpeople are also members of their bands and can play and earn notes in all games besides their own screened quiz game, for which they will get a note automatically.

Answering an event game correctly will win you the usual card prize and one note for your team. In the end, the notes will be tallied up and all participants will receive prizes based on their band's rank. The ranks will be determined by the percentage of notes collected by the bands. The prizes are as follows:

1st place - 20 random cards, 6 random crayons, 3 choice cards
2nd place - 15 random cards, 5 random crayons, 2 choice cards
3rd place - 12 random cards, 4 random crayons, 1 choice card
4rd place - 10 random cards, 3 random crayons
5th place - 8 random cards, 2 random crayons
6th place - 6 random cards, 1 random crayon
7th place - 4 random cards
8th place - 2 random cards

The Bands
There are eight bands that you can join. Think twice before you decide which one is the one for you! To help you with your decision (or to make it even harder) we've prepared informational leaflets about each band and their styles. We've also got you some YT links with musical references for every band, in case you're not familiar with some of the genres. You can either choose a band based on you favourite color/music genre, or have a talk with your friends so you can join the same team! Remember, there isn't a 100% probability of getting into your 1st priority team.

musical references for The Red Rebels:
Mindless Self Indulgence - Shut Me Up
Sex Pistols - God Save The Queen
Green Day - American Idiot

musical references for The Orange Pranksters:
System of a Down - Vicinity of Obscenity
Deftones - Rats! Rats! Rats!
Fantômas - The Godfather

musical references for The Yellow Gangstaz:
Ice Cube - Gangsta Rap Made Me Do It
Snoop Dogg - Drop It Like It's Hot
Fat Joe - Take a Look at my Life

NOTE: Joining The Green Grenades has been blocked, since we have way too many players there already

musical references for The Green Grenades:
Deep Dish - Flashdance
Wamdue Project - King of My Castle
Lady Gaga - Judas

musical references for The Blue Blazes (even if they are not acoustic enough):
Seal - Kiss From a Rose
Stevie Wonder - Superstition
Simply Red - Stars

NOTE: Joining The Purple Nightmares has been blocked, since we have way too many players there already

musical references for The Purple Nightmares:
The Birthday Massacre - Lovers End
Evanescence - Going Under
Emilie Autumn - Dead is the New Alive

musical references for The Brown Knights:
Dragonforce - Through The Fire And Flames
Rhapsody of Fire - Emerald Sword
Hammerfall - Hearts On Fire

musical references for The Gray Destroyers:
Fear Factory - Shock
Nine Inch Nails - Wish
Static-X - Lunatic

(let me know if any links are broken, I've collected them a while ago)

Isn't this amazing? All of those bands seem really cool and motivated to win! It must be a difficult choice for the players!

Once again, remember - we do not guarantee that everyone will end up in their first priority team. We'll do what we can to make everyone satisfied.

Colors Musical Magazine

To make the atmosphere even hotter, I'll be posting the Colors Musical Magazine during the signups and the event itself. It will contain stuff like the history of the Colors League or interviews with participating characters! You'll also be able to win some small prizes there.

Finally, signups!

The signups SHOULD close when the lineups are announced, that is July 29th, but there is a chance that we may let someone in just after that to fill the teams with less players.

To join, use this form:

And here's a small event calendar so it'll be easy to keep track of stuff!

1.07 -> signups start!
29.07 -> bands' lineups are posted and the event officially begins!
1.08 - 8.08 -> open events are posted
9.08 - 16.08 -> screened quiz games are posted
23.08 -> last day when the games can be answered
24.08 -> games are closed, results are sent to us
25.08 -> the ending show is held, results are announced, everyone explodes from the tension!

So, are you ready? Now join! We'll be posting reminders for this post later.

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Name: Floor
Level: Should be yellow now, but I haven't applied for it yet (will do so ASAP)
1st priority band: The Green Grenades
2nd priority band: The Purple Nightmares
3rd priority band: The Brown Knights

Congratulations!
As a member of The Green Grenades (rank: 4th) you get the following prizes:

Name: Lepidopteran
Level: Orange (once the level up processes)
1st priority band: Brown Knights
2nd priority band: Blue Blazes
3rd priority band: Orange Pranksters

Name: Ellie
Level: Red
1st priority band: The Brown Knights
2nd priority band: The Blue Blazes
3rd priority band: The Green Grenades

Congratulations!
As a member of The Brown Knights (rank: 7th) you get the following prizes:

Name: Michelle
Level: Orange
1st priority band: Purple Nightmares
2nd priority band: Green Grenades
3rd priority band: Gray Destroyers

Congratulations!
As a member of The Purple Nightmares (rank: 3rd) you get the following prizes:
Also, make sure to request you choice card(s) if you haven't done so yet.

Name: Howl
Level: Red (technically orange)
1st priority band: The Brown Knights
2nd priority band: The Green Grenades
3rd priority band: The Red Rebels

Congratulations!
As a member of The Brown Knights (rank: 7th) you get the following prizes:

Name: Re
Level: Orange
1st priority band: The Purple Nightmares
2nd priority band: The Gray Destroyers
3rd priority band: The Red Rebels

Starting from this moment, joining The Green Grenades is blocked. I'll make an official announcement in a moment.

Name: Silas
Level: Red
1st priority band: Gray Destroyers
2nd priority band: The Orange Pranksters
3rd priority band: The Blue Blazes

Congratulations!
As a member of The Orange Pranksters (rank: 2nd) you get the following prizes:
Also, make sure to request you choice card(s) if you haven't done so yet.

Name: Dialny
Level: Orange
1st priority band: Gray Destroyers
2nd priority band: Purple Nightmares
3rd priority band: Blue Blazes

Edited 2013-07-04 11:56 (UTC)

Congratulations!
As a member of The Gray Destroyers (rank: 1st) you get the following prizes:
Also, make sure to request you choice card(s) if you haven't done so yet.

Name: Blue
Level: Lime
1st priority band: The Purple Nightmares
2nd priority band: The Orange Pranksters
3rd priority band: The Blue Blazes

Congratulations!
As a member of The Orange Pranksters (rank: 2nd) you get the following prizes:
Also, make sure to request you choice card(s) if you haven't done so yet.

Name: Kite
Level: Red
1st priority band: The Purple Nightmares
2nd priority band: The Blue Blazes
3rd priority band: The Red Rebels

Congratulations!
As a member of The Red Rebels (rank: 6th) you get the following prizes:

Name: Caitie
Level: Orange (once my comment is processed anyway!!)
1st priority band: The Yellow Gangstaz
2nd priority band: The Red Rebels
3rd priority band: The Orange Pranksters

Congratulations!
As a member of The Yellow Gangstaz (rank: 5th) you get the following prizes:

Name: Gigi
Level: Orange (once my comment is processed)
1st priority band: The Yellow Gangstaz
2nd priority band: The Red Rebels
3rd priority band: The Orange Pranksters

Name: Miles
Level: Red
1st priority band: The Brown Knights
2nd priority band: The Gray Destroyers
3rd priority band: The Red Rebels

Congratulations!
As a member of The Brown Knights (rank: 7th) you get the following prizes:

Name: Holo
Level: Red...barely.
1st priority band: Brown Knights
2nd priority band: Blue Blazes
3rd priority band: Orange Pranksters

Edited 2013-07-02 23:11 (UTC)

Congratulations!
As a member of The Brown Knights (rank: 7th) you get the following prizes:

Name: Ruriair
Level: Yellow (as soon as my comment is processed)
1st priority band: Blue Blazes
2nd priority band: Purple Nightmares
3rd priority band: Orange Pranksters

Congratulations!
As a member of The Blue Blazes (rank: 8th) you get the following prizes:

Name: Adeline
Level: Orange
1st priority band: Purple Nightmares
2nd priority band: Brown Knights
3rd priority band: Orange Pranksters

Congratulations!
As a member of The Orange Pranksters (rank: 2nd) you get the following prizes:
Also, make sure to request you choice card(s) if you haven't done so yet.

Name: Sammich
Level: red
1st priority band: Red Rebels
2nd priority band: Orange Pranksters
3rd priority band: Gray Destroyers

Congratulations!
As a member of The Red Rebels (rank: 6th) you get the following prizes:

Name: Bao
Level: Lime
1st priority band: YELLOW!
2nd priority band: PURPLE!
3rd priority band: RED!

Congratulations!
As a member of The Yellow Gangstaz (rank: 5th) you get the following prizes:

Name: Tibby
Level: Orange
1st priority band: The Yellow Gangstaz
2nd priority band: The Purple Nightmares
3rd priority band: The Red Rebels

Congratulations!
As a member of The Yellow Gangstaz (rank: 5th) you get the following prizes:

Name: Tale
Level: Red
1st priority band: The Brown Knights
2nd priority band: The Blue Blazes
3rd priority band: The Purple Nightmares

Congratulations!
As a member of The Brown Knights (rank: 7th) you get the following prizes:

Name: Anna
Level: Orange (unconfirmed)
1st priority band: Yellow Gangstaz
2nd priority band: Red Rebels
3rd priority band: Blue Blazes

Name: Shannon
Level: Orange
1st priority band: The Blue Blazes
2nd priority band: The Green Grenades
3rd priority band: The Purple Nightmares

Joining The Green Grenades has been blocked since they're more than full, please select a different 2nd priority.

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nidoking - 2013-08-27 17:28 (UTC) - Expand

Name: Mei
Level: Red (Almost Orange)
1st priority band: The Purple Nightmares
2nd priority band: Orange Pranksters
3rd priority band: Gray Destroyers

Edited 2013-07-18 13:57 (UTC)

Congratulations!
As a member of The Purple Nightmares (rank: 3rd) you get the following prizes:
Also, make sure to request you choice card(s) if you haven't done so yet.

Name: Kiss
Level: Orange
1st priority band: Yellow Gangstaz
2nd priority band: Orange Pranksters
3rd priority band: Purple Nightmares

Edited 2013-07-03 22:47 (UTC)

Congratulations!
As a member of The Yellow Gangstaz (rank: 5th) you get the following prizes:

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