{"id":11585,"date":"2012-01-18T17:08:55","date_gmt":"2012-01-18T22:08:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/?p=11585"},"modified":"2012-01-19T08:07:46","modified_gmt":"2012-01-19T13:07:46","slug":"regionals-classic-conference-rocks-greatest-backing-band-tournament-continues","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/regionals-classic-conference-rocks-greatest-backing-band-tournament-continues\/","title":{"rendered":"Regionals, Classic Conference: Rock\u2019s Greatest Backing Band Tournament Continues!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Play continues in our tournament to determine\u2014<em>once and for all<\/em>\u2014rock&#8217;s greatest backing band ever.<\/p>\n<p>The first two rounds have been completed. The attached grid shows where we stand as the Regionals round is played out: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/backingband-tournament-64.xls\">backingband-tournament-64<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Feel free to think ahead to coming Regional battles as you begin work on the present conference match up. Meanwhile, tournament play for the <strong>Classic Conference<\/strong> has begun. Four backing bands remain: <strong>The\u00a0E-Street\u00a0Band<\/strong> vs\u00a0<strong>Crazy Horse<\/strong>\u00a0and <strong>The\u00a0Spiders From Mars<\/strong>\u00a0vs <strong>The Silver Bullet Band<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_11590\" style=\"width: 410px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/CLASSICregionals1.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-11590\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-large wp-image-11590\" title=\"CLASSICregionals\" src=\"http:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/CLASSICregionals1-849x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"482\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/CLASSICregionals1-849x1024.jpg 849w, https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/CLASSICregionals1-248x300.jpg 248w, https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/CLASSICregionals1.jpg 1411w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-11590\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Regionals: Classic Conference<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Because the selections from this point forward are so crucial to future generations&#8217; understanding of rock history, play will follow a different course of action in this round. Before any voting can take place, Townspeople are encouraged to post comments and YouTube clips of the backing bands you support in this round. You may begin launching your campaigns now. After a day or two of lobbying and counter-lobbying the polls for this conference&#8217;s regional round will open. We don&#8217;t want any rash votes on Day 1 that you may regret on Day 3 of discussion. Dig?<\/p>\n<p><strong>UPDATED: POLLS NOW OPEN THROUGH MIDNIGHT ON SUNDAY, JANUARY 22, 2012!<\/strong><\/p>\n<div id=\"polls-216\" class=\"wp-polls\">\n\t\t<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Regionals, Classic Conference: The Silver Bullet Band vs The Spiders From Mars<\/strong><\/p><div id=\"polls-216-ans\" class=\"wp-polls-ans\"><ul class=\"wp-polls-ul\">\n\t\t<li>The Spiders From Mars <small>(74%, 28 Votes)<\/small><div class=\"pollbar\" style=\"width: 74%;\" title=\"The Spiders From Mars (74% | 28 Votes)\"><\/div><\/li>\n\t\t<li>The Silver Bullet Band <small>(26%, 10 Votes)<\/small><div class=\"pollbar\" style=\"width: 26%;\" title=\"The Silver Bullet Band (26% | 10 Votes)\"><\/div><\/li>\n\t\t<\/ul><p style=\"text-align: center;\">Total Voters: <strong>38<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n\t\t<input type=\"hidden\" id=\"poll_216_nonce\" name=\"wp-polls-nonce\" value=\"cb6ea4b499\" \/>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"polls-216-loading\" class=\"wp-polls-loading\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-polls\/images\/loading.gif\" width=\"16\" height=\"16\" alt=\"Loading ...\" title=\"Loading ...\" class=\"wp-polls-image\" \/>&nbsp;Loading ...<\/div>\n\n<div id=\"polls-217\" class=\"wp-polls\">\n\t\t<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Regionals, Classic Conference: The E-Street Band vs Crazy Horse<\/strong><\/p><div id=\"polls-217-ans\" class=\"wp-polls-ans\"><ul class=\"wp-polls-ul\">\n\t\t<li>Crazy Horse <small>(62%, 32 Votes)<\/small><div class=\"pollbar\" style=\"width: 62%;\" title=\"Crazy Horse (62% | 32 Votes)\"><\/div><\/li>\n\t\t<li>The E-Street Band <small>(38%, 20 Votes)<\/small><div class=\"pollbar\" style=\"width: 38%;\" title=\"The E-Street Band (38% | 20 Votes)\"><\/div><\/li>\n\t\t<\/ul><p style=\"text-align: center;\">Total Voters: <strong>52<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n\t\t<input type=\"hidden\" id=\"poll_217_nonce\" name=\"wp-polls-nonce\" value=\"1098abe0b1\" \/>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"polls-217-loading\" class=\"wp-polls-loading\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-polls\/images\/loading.gif\" width=\"16\" height=\"16\" alt=\"Loading ...\" title=\"Loading ...\" class=\"wp-polls-image\" \/>&nbsp;Loading ...<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Play continues in our tournament to determine\u2014once and for all\u2014rock&#8217;s greatest backing band ever. The first two rounds have been completed. The attached grid shows where we stand as the Regionals round is played out: backingband-tournament-64 Feel free to think ahead to coming Regional battles as you begin work on the present conference match up. <a href='https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/regionals-classic-conference-rocks-greatest-backing-band-tournament-continues\/' class='excerpt-more'>[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[342],"tags":[42,125,88],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11585"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11585"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11585\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11585"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11585"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11585"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}