The Pop World Cup 2010: Call For Players
Pop giant Sweden failed to make the final 32.
We’re looking for people who want to manage a team in next year’s Pop World Cup.
If you don’t know the concept of the Pop World Cup, it’s simple. Tracks from participating countries go head to head in a tournament to decide which country is the champion of pop. As a manager, your job is to select tracks – between 3 and 7, depending how far your team gets – for the country you manage.
The game will start towards the end of January 2010, and you’ll know who you’re managing on December 5th, so you’ll have plenty of time to find songs. That really is all you need to know!
If you want to take part, leave your name (and some kind of contact – Twitter name, email, whatever) in the comments box. This time we’re going to give you some degree of choice as to which team you get. So please either put the word RANDOM next to your name, indicating that you’ll take whatever country you’re given, or pick FOUR countries you wouldn’t mind managing. (Country selection after the cut)
The countries taking part in the Pop World Cup are the same as those taking part in the football world cup. So if you don’t want a random choice you can pick from:
Algeria, Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Cameroon, Chile, Cote D’Ivoire, Denmark, England, France, Germany, Ghana, Greece, Holland, Honduras, Italy, Japan, Mexico, New Zealand, Nigeria, North Korea, Paraguay, Portugal, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Africa, South Korea, Spain, Switzerland, United States, Uruguay
The draw (matching countries with managers) will take place at the start of Poptimism on the 4th December. We’ll allocate teams to the managers who’ve taken the random option first, then draw teams for people who named preferred countries.
That’s enough detail. This will be awesome and it is very fun to do (if sometimes heartbreaking and nerve-wracking).
Tom in FT • Pop/pwc10 • 755 views • Share/Save
That’s 21 people. 11 to go! Countries so far unmentioned by non-randoms (this doesn’t really have any bearing on anything):
Argentina, Cameroon, Chile, Greece, Italy, Paraguay, Portugal, Slovakia, South Africa, Spain, Switzerland, Uruguay
Japan
Mexico
Brazil
Cameroon
BTW I know nothing of international music, but I should have plenty of time to do research in December so it should be fun and educational, especially if I end up with a total random like Chile or Cameroon or something.
Me, please.
Portugal
Argentina
Spain
Paraguay
Me too.
Spain
Mexico
Argentina
Netherlands
BTW, I did something similar on cooking blog during the Confed Cup last summer. It _was_ awesome and I’m looking to repeat the experiment next year for the World Cup.
hehe, we are also contemplating some sort of EATING thing, rather than cooking ;)
Wichita Lineman has emailed me to sign up – he wants Denmark, Argentina, NZ or China (good luck with the latter since they’ve not qualified ;))
I’ll play if you need 32! If not I will follow along and mourn my Czechs at home…
Hello! Random!
I think the magic of Twitter could vastly increase audience participation this year.
(um translation: please pass me up in favour of New Blood and Getting Work Done unless orgafun forces yr hand, in which case australia/serbia/denmark/greece plz)
i could do this if there is any space left
a RANDOM nation for me
I’m in if there are any left. Random.
Speaking of Twitter, we’re at @popworldcup – which will be livetweeting the draw.
me please – random!
random if there are places available.
I make xyzzzz the 32nd challenger to emerge!
First alternate? I’m a good Googler.
recounted – tonya is 32nd (uh, someone double check please…)
Unfortunately not – two people who volunteered in the previous thread have places reserved (Martin S has already said yes) But! Both previous times we’ve done this there’s been at least one drop-out so I would be surprised if there weren’t a need for alternates. (It’s also possible that some people will quit because they can’t find anything bearable from that country I guess!)
The line-up is:
Players:
Isabel
Rob Hakimian
Kat
Lex
Matt DC
Pete
Job
Marna
CarsmileSteve
Tom (not me)
Ben
Justfanoe
Ruudboy
Chris
Steve Mannion
Iain
Lord Sukrat
ChrisB
Jim D
Birdseed
Chris Ambrose
Dasal Abayaratne
Jonathan Bogart
Alberto
Wichita Lineman
Talia
Weston Debevec
Andrew Hickey
Bec
Xyzzzz
Martin S
Jel (if he wants to)
Alternates:
Tonya
Sarah C.
Greg
Me
If you do want to be listed as an alternate please do still say! I’ll put you in ahead of at least me :)
I’d like to be an alternative if required.
Cool – I’ll put you in.
Suggestion: Any country (except Argentina) that plays France may, if they wish, play for Ireland in that round, i.e., draw on Ireland’s catalog. ;)
Not wishing to add insult to the rightly aggrieved Irish injury, but this would put said countries at a severe disadvantage!
I’m in in whatever capacity is still available (alternate or whatever else) and would have a RANDOM preference.
My country preferences:
Algeria
South Africa
Brazil
Japan
But I don’t mind a random choice.
ME, please!
Denmark
Germany
Spain
Greece
Serbia
Slovakia
Slovenia
The metal from the last 3 is probably unbelievable!
The draw for this is tonight tonight tonight (after the real draw)!