Brought to you by everyone’s favorite corporate paradise, it’s Urthvision Songfestival VII!
Hosted by every corporation that runs the government of Absurdistan, we have a two-day festival of excitement, fun, and talent prepared for you! Many nations will enter, but only one will be crowned Urthvision Champion. And the winner will be up to you, the people of Urth!
The festival will be held in beautiful Grand Fenwick, Absurdistan, the largest city on the small island. Enveloped by skyscrapers, this city represents the best of ingenuity and perseverance one can find anywhere on Urth. Where else could a firm hold such ability to meet its customers’ needs than in Absurdistan? We hope you enjoy your time here, and make sure to buy our stuff!
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The magnificent Total Bean Arrivaduction Air Stadium will be this Urthvision’s venue. A twenty-five thousand seat stadium, it has all amenities you would expect from an Absurdvani venue, including an indoor skate-park, a coffee pond, corporate breakout rooms, wall-to-wall televisions showing news programs, and a hologram live Chirpr feed.
Schedule of Events
Thursday:
The largest speed dating event ever! Hosted by MyLyf, all you singles out there come on into the stadium for a three-hour session, where you will meet more people than you have ever met before. 3-6 pm
Best ads of 2018. As the performers get ready, we will do live performances of Absurdvani’s best advertisements, in any media, for the assembling crowd. 6:30-7:30 pm
Urthvision Sonfestival VII Performance Round. Hosted by none other than Full Baccalaureate Induction’s The Man, Brie Dupree, we bring to you Urthvision VII. 8-11:30 pm
Friday:
The Absurdvani Career Fair. Come prepared with resumes and CVs as the largest gathering of corporations and firms from around the Urth look to fill roles. And they’re looking for you! If your corporation would be interested in attending, please contact us. 11am-5pm
Urthvision Songfestival VII Results Show. Brie Dupree will host, as we find out who has won the Urthvision VII Songfestival! 6-9pm
Absurdistan Social Networking Event. After the results, stay in the Stadium as we open it up for what will be a fun night! After a long two-day extravaganza, we present this mingling event, complete with an open bar, biuncy castle, and more! 9:30-the wee hours of the morning
Where to Stay
The Absurdvani Corporate Residencies. For all your work-away-from-work needs. This beautiful hotel comes complete with wireless online access, massage chairs, dry cleaning, water coolers, and complimentary laptops, coffee, and ties. Here, staff policy is to never disturb our guests; we’ll only clean your room if you put a sign up!
Absurdvani Air Loft. When you want to fly, and sleep, in style. Absurdvani Air has converted a fleet of aircraft to feature private rooms for guests, and, the aircraft will not land! In-air refueling means that the Absurdvani Air Lofts will circle Grand Fenwick for the duration of your stay. Enjoy the comfort of knowing that you are completely safe thousands of feet up in the air! These Lofts feature swimming pools, disco dance floors, fully-stocked bars, and exercise rooms, as well as a professional staff of medical professions for all your needs! “Absurdvani Air: why would you ever want to touch the ground?”
The Basement. Exasperated parents of disgruntled Absurdvani youth have opened up their houses, specifically their basements, for the guests of Urthvision VII. The best part about them is the surprise of not knowing what is down there! Maybe your basement has a huge television and multiple couches, or maybe it’s an unfurnished concrete room with a water leak! The unknown is the fun part! “Book now, before our children come back! Please!!”
Details
All nations are invited to attend, as well as any large multinational corporations willing to sponsor the Urthvision.
Prerequisites and Prizes:
All participating nations must donate a sum of 250,000 SHD to cover their entourage expenses, as well as pay collectively for the trophies and prizes.
FIRST PLACE
The Nation that places first in Urthvision VII will receive the following:
1,000,000 SHD instant cash prize
Refund of initial donation sum
Hosting Rights for Urthvision VIII
Two First Place trophies; one for the government and one for the performers.
A 30 percent stake in one of the twelve largest firms of Absurdistan of their choosing.
SECOND PLACE
The Nation that places second in Urthvision VII will receive the following:
400,000 SHD instant cash prize
Two Second Place trophies; one for the government and one for the performers.
A 15 percent stake in one of the twelve largest firms of Absurdistan of their choosing.
THIRD PLACE
The Nation that places third in Urthvision VII will receive the following:
150,000 SHD instant cash prize
Two Third Place trophies; one for the government and one for the performers.
A 10 percent stake in one of the twelve largest firms of Absurdistan of their choosing.
ALL OTHER PLACES
All other nations in Urthvision VI will receive the following:
25,000 SHD instant cash prize
A 4 percent stake in one of the twelve largest firms of Absurdistan of their choosing.
The Urthvision Regulations Committee to codifies and enforces a set of statutes that all Songfestivals follow. Alterations to these statutes will be allowed to take place twice-annually at pre-scheduled conferences composed of all nations participating in membership within the URC. Participation in the Songfestival does not require membership within the URC, but member nations will be afforded preference when dealing with song order, accommodations, and commercial and broadcast rights.
Membership within the URC is dependent on an annual donation proportionate to the nations GDP but will not recede past 5 million Auroran Standard Kiribs. Those members which donate more than 50 million ASK will be afforded the status of Boardmember, being able to make administrative and organizational decisions in conjunction with other Boardmembers.
Organizational:
The voting system will have participating nations poll their citizens through the use of the television broadcast, using whatever means necessary to collect the votes of the citizens, in the format of a list of all participating nations from first to last. The exact circumstances of the point system will be dependant on the nations participating and will be decided between the URC Board and the host nation.
If a nation that is not a member of the URC wins the contest, they agree on virtue of participation to abide by all rules and regulations the URC enforces and to accommodate the URC Board in planning out the next contest.
All participating nations must donate an amount of Kiribs submitted by the host nation and approved by the URC Board between 500,000 and 2 million in order to pay for construction of any necessary facilities, cover expenses for their nations’ entourage, and to collectively pay for prizes and trophies.
The host nation is responsible for the accomodation, transport, security, and successful performance of all participants. URC officials will be present where necessary to ensure all reasonable means are being undertaken to ensure each participating nation is treated fair and equitably.
All performers are required to possess a visa and residence within the nation they represent. Citizenship is not required.
Political relationships are forbidden to take precedence over the festival, as it is a celebration of culture and art. If a participant broadcaster suspends or alters their localized version of the host broadcast, they will be subject to a fine proportional to the changes made.
The host nation must be able to provide the following when selecting a city:
-The chosen venue must be able to house a minimum of 6,000 persons in an arena-style location designed to be able to host concerts.
-The chosen venue must be able to provide reasonable access to restroom, medical, and concessions facilities for all persons and species, whether able bodied or disabled.
-Venues must also be provided for the opening and closing ceremonies of at least 2,000 attendees.
-The host city must have enough hotel and resort space within 2 kilometers of the venue able to accommodate upwards of 5,000 people which include national delegations and press, but also attendees and fans.
-The host city must be able to guarantee the safety and security of participants, members of delegations and guests.
-The host city must have within the city limits a hospital and police organization numbering at least 1,000 officers, robust public transport, an international airport within 10
kilometers, access to reasonable sized roadways, and be able to provide fast and direct transport from each accommodation area to the venues for performance and official ceremonies.
-The host city must provide a recommended exploration program for visitors and performers in order to showcase, promote, and expand the culture, food, industry, environment, etc. of the host city and nation.
-The host city must have a robust broadcast and satellite up-link capability in order to disseminate the contest broadcast internationally.
Musical Performance-
All entered music and their associated contestants must be unique and married in the sense that the work of music is an original composition by the performer.
A musician or composer cannot represent their nation two songfestivals in a row.
All musical acts must be either created for this competition or be a pre-existing work of music that was not recorded prior to 1985 (Nineteen Eighty-Five.)
The act must not last longer than 6:30 minutes (six and a half) and the music itself may not exceed 6 minutes (six) in length.
Acts must have a vocal component unless they are intended to be performed orchestrally.
All works of music must be of either popular or cultural significance to their nation of origin. The host nation and their broadcast provider will work with cultural and historical experts to determine the eligibility of each song on this parameter. Nations whose first entry are denied will have 1 chance (one) to select a more appropriate musical work.
All vocal components of the musical work must be performed by a live singer. No pre-recorded vocals or lip syncing is permitted unless the vocals are part of an electronically altered component of the piece.
A nation is permitted a non-mandatory one-minute video to preface their performance. The video may only contain content that references the performer and their home nation. Anything promoting tourism, the government, the military, the international or colonial presence of the nation, the current venue, commercial products, etc is forbidden. Any content that is associated with the performers’ prior musical career, or any content that is similar or identical to any music videos or promotional content for the musical work itself is forbidden. All videos will be screened prior to the event. In the case that a nations’ video is found to violate any regulations, there will be no opportunity to submit another.
The chosen musical piece is not permitted to be performed by any artist professionally, from the time it is selected to the time it is broadcast during the contest.
Personnel-
All entrants must be confirmed and endorsed by their national selection committee.
No entrants may have prior issues with law enforcement of any kind whatsoever.
All entrants and their associated entourages will select one of 8 locations to be housed during their stay in the nation. No members of any nations’ staff are to stay in a different location.
A national delegation may not exceed 150 people and may not include more than five security personnel.
All personnel part of the delegation must be critical to the production and presentation of a musical act, including the performers themselves, any stylists, tailors, cooks, chauffeurs, instrument maintenance, dancers, etc.
If a nations’ submission is, for instance, orchestral, and thus the necessary performers exceed the entourage member limit, they will be afforded the total number of performers plus 15 extra spaces (fifteen) in their entourage.
Any personnel associated with a nations’ entourage that commit a criminal offense while visit the city, including but not limited to destruction of property, operating a vehicle without the associated license, consumption of a controlled substance while operating a vehicle, illegal acquisition or possession of a weapon, inhabiting the sovereign area without a proper visa, murder, assault, sexual misconduct, vandalism, public nuisance, poaching, libel, invasion of privacy, theft, burglary, possession of an illicit substance, malicious destruction of environment, animal cruelty, littering, obstruction of justice, verbal assault with intent to disparage race, species, culture, ethnicity, sexuality, financial situation, gender, intelligence, or dress, and all other codified infractions and felonies within host nation law will be arrested, detained, prosecuted, sentenced and served to the fullest extent of sovereign law.
Waivers concerning personnel issues and all other legal documentation can be found below.
Broadcasting-
The host nations selected broadcast provider maintains complete control over the broadcast and all aspects including preproduction, production, postproduction, editing, scripting, commentation, documentation, dissemination, commercial time and advertisers, guest selection, performance order, opening, closing, and intermission presentation, etc.
National broadcasters that receive the feed will be responsible for translation and localization of on-screen text.
Film and news staff are not permitted to cover the presentation of musical acts. They will be permitted to broadcast their own coverage of the red carpet and closing ceremonies only.
All broadcast equipment and dissemination methods must be cleared with the appropriate law enforcement and broadcast provider beforehand. Any unauthorized broadcasts or equipment will result in the ejection of the nations delegation and their forfeiture of the contest.
All news or film staff wishing to cover their nations performance and activities will be included within the 150 person limit.
All news and entertainment broadcasts must be output through state-mandated lines of communication which will be arranged with the broadcast provider beforehand.
No foreign news or entertainment firm is permitted to broadcast any footage shot by a tourist, citizen, participant, staff member, or diplomatic personage until 1 week after the official broadcast of the contest.
All entities wishing to film or otherwise broadcast content covering any person from their nation, or another participating nation, or the host nation, must submit the associated legal documentation that this person or persons gave explicit consent and otherwise understand that their likeness will appear on national and international television, no matter what they may be filmed doing.
Waivers concerning broadcast rights and all other associated legal and corporate paperwork can be found below.
Players are allowed to submit a performance from ONE of their nations, or as a corporation. If they submit multiple proposals from multiple nations, one will be chosen arbitrarily.
The video you submit must be of a musical work. Preferably the video will be of a live performance to allow voting players to understand the dynamic of the music when being performed on a stage rather than just the merits of the composition alone.
Your submission cannot exceed six minutes. The Shorter the Better. CAVEAT: If your song is part of a larger video, please indicate the timecode of where it stops and where it ends to help determine if it fits the length requirements.
Your submission must have been conceived or otherwise recorded in the last 40 years. This does not mean the version of the music itself, but rather when the original version came into being.
A preface video is not necessary
Submit your content by a forum PM or by a Discord DM (Furnifold#6535)
Your submission must contain a link to a youtube, dailymotion, or vimeo video of your musical act, the name of the song and the performer, and whether or not you are interested in joining the Urthvision Regulations Committee.
Your submission must be in no later than 12 a.m. GMT(UTC+0) on Tuesday November 27.
Voting will begin on Thursday November 29 at 12 a.m. GMT(UTC+0) and will last until Saturday, December 8, at 12 a.m. GMT(UTC+0) . Winners will be announced on Saturday, December 8.
Let me know if you have any questions or concerns! Discussion will be in the TEP Roleplaying Server (https://discord.gg/YEmMC9)
