{"id":11764,"date":"2012-01-23T11:30:05","date_gmt":"2012-01-23T16:30:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/?p=11764"},"modified":"2012-01-23T23:12:43","modified_gmt":"2012-01-24T04:12:43","slug":"regionals-rebel-conference-rock%e2%80%99s-greatest-backing-band-tournament-continues","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/regionals-rebel-conference-rock%e2%80%99s-greatest-backing-band-tournament-continues\/","title":{"rendered":"Regionals, Rebel 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. We enter the final conference matches in the Regional round of play. 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-641.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>Rebel Conference<\/strong> has begun. Four backing bands remain: <strong>The\u00a0Wailers<\/strong> vs\u00a0<strong>The Rumour<\/strong> and <strong>The\u00a0Maytalls<\/strong> vs <strong>The Attractions<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_11787\" style=\"width: 410px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-11787\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11787 \" title=\"REBELregionals\" src=\"http:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/REBELregionals.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"448\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/REBELregionals.jpg 1433w, https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/REBELregionals-267x300.jpg 267w, https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/REBELregionals-914x1024.jpg 914w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-11787\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Regionals: Rebel 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 OPEN THROUGH 11:59 pm on THURSDAY, JANUARY 26, 2012!<\/strong><\/p>\n<div id=\"polls-219\" class=\"wp-polls\">\n\t\t<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Regionals, Rebel Conference: The Wailers vs The Rumour<\/strong><\/p><div id=\"polls-219-ans\" class=\"wp-polls-ans\"><ul class=\"wp-polls-ul\">\n\t\t<li>The Wailers <small>(58%, 18 Votes)<\/small><div class=\"pollbar\" style=\"width: 58%;\" title=\"The Wailers (58% | 18 Votes)\"><\/div><\/li>\n\t\t<li>The Rumour <small>(42%, 13 Votes)<\/small><div class=\"pollbar\" style=\"width: 42%;\" title=\"The Rumour (42% | 13 Votes)\"><\/div><\/li>\n\t\t<\/ul><p style=\"text-align: center;\">Total Voters: <strong>31<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n\t\t<input type=\"hidden\" id=\"poll_219_nonce\" name=\"wp-polls-nonce\" value=\"7c83c77a21\" \/>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"polls-219-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-220\" class=\"wp-polls\">\n\t\t<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Regionals, Rebel Conference: The Maytals vs The Attractions<\/strong><\/p><div id=\"polls-220-ans\" class=\"wp-polls-ans\"><ul class=\"wp-polls-ul\">\n\t\t<li>The Attractions <small>(89%, 34 Votes)<\/small><div class=\"pollbar\" style=\"width: 89%;\" title=\"The Attractions (89% | 34 Votes)\"><\/div><\/li>\n\t\t<li>The Maytals <small>(11%, 4 Votes)<\/small><div class=\"pollbar\" style=\"width: 11%;\" title=\"The Maytals (11% | 4 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_220_nonce\" name=\"wp-polls-nonce\" value=\"924a5f8999\" \/>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"polls-220-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. We enter the final conference matches in the Regional round of play. The attached grid shows where we stand as the Regionals round is played out: backingband-tournament-64 Feel free to think ahead to coming <a href='https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/regionals-rebel-conference-rock%e2%80%99s-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\/11764"}],"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=11764"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11764\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11764"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11764"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11764"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}