Divaman: History of the Prog Tournament

Divaman 05.27.21	As you can see, Friday didn't run one in 2020. Rumor has it, this might be the last year of the tournament. So come check it out, and listen to some excellent obscure prog rock.
e210013 05.27.21	Nice that you did the historical list of all tournaments. It's very informative to me because I only participated in the last three ones.
MrSirLordGentleman 05.27.21	lol I forgot I was the one who rec'd Wobbler Cool list Diva!
Mythodea 05.27.21	Ι thought McLuhan was quite popular around here in 2015, didn't expect it to be a prog tournament ''hidden gem''. Still it's one of the best gems I've dug on this site
Friday13th 05.27.21	Thanks, Divaman. Stay tuned for the finale!
Sowing 05.27.21	question because I'm genuinely curious - does the previous year's runner-up just win every time the next year? cool tradition though; I occasionally have a soft spot for prog and might check some of these
Friday13th 05.27.21	@SowingSeason No, I made a rule that you cannot recommend an album for the tourney if it has been in my past ones. So far it has worked.
Sowing 05.27.21	that's a great idea
Bedex 05.27.21	well i'm gonna have to check all of these dunnit
e210013 05.27.21	That's a great idea, pal.
zakalwe 05.27.21	Nice one Diva. I don’t remember 2016s Landberk, will revisit.
DoofDoof 05.27.21	Land berk snarf
Jethro42 05.27.21	@Diva, good idea. It puts on relief the good work of Friday13th. Thank you a lot Friday to promote all these tourneys and all the prog albums we discovered thanks to you. @zak, if you're streaming on youtube, one song is missing; ''You Are''. Try to find it, it's one of Landberk's best.
Divaman 05.27.21	I've actually worked my way through the first two tourneys on my own. I only actually joined the tourney in 2017. At some point, I intend to work my way through (listen to all the matchups for) the 2014/2015 tourny and the 2016 tourny.
SharkTooth 05.27.21	Man I hope someone continues this in Friday's absence, the shared experience of listening to obscure music is one of my favorite things about this site
Jethro42 05.27.21	Diva! Diva! Diva!...
Mythodea 05.27.21	Ι'm definitely NOT available for next year's (I'm preparing my thesis this time next yeat) but I'm down from then after
Divaman 05.27.21	Ooo, we have some late excitement in this year's tourny. There's been a change of entries, and our old friend SharkTooth (who won the tournament in 2018) is in. So now, we have MySirLordGentleman looking to win his 3rd title (and thereby become a living legend); BOTH Jethro and SharkTooth looking to win their 2nd (and thus tie MySirLordGentleman is his legendry status); and the rest of us hopefuls all trying to win our first.
Divaman 05.27.21	You're welcome norm. I'm kind of a geek about these kinds of things - I love documenting something like this when its been around long enough to have a real history. If somebody continues this in Friday's absence, Jethro, it's probably not going to be me. If I do anything like this next year, I'll probably honor our friend Friday by going back and using his format to run a second folk tournament.
SharkTooth 05.27.21	The plot thickens
wham49 05.27.21	good stuff here crazy how long it has been going on, was saddened that he didnt do one last year, when I had time. LOL hope this insnt the last, I have a stack waiting for the call
wham49 05.27.21	diva a second folk would be cool, obscure punk anybody?
porcupinetheater 05.27.21	So fucking down with the punx
Divaman 05.27.21	>was saddened that he didnt do one last year, when I had time. LOL Yeah, one of the main reasons I did the folk one was to fill that void a little. Was excited when I heard that the prog tournament was back this year, though.
Friday13th 05.27.21	I really did consider doing a prog tourney right after Divaman's folk tourney was done, but a lot of junk hit me in my personal life June-July of last year and it was just not going to happen. I will say that Divaman's folk tourney was a lot of fun and a successful successor to the tourney idea, so 2020 had something, just not necessarily for the prog itch.
Jethro42 05.27.21	ooh memory, I thought my Triumvirat - Illusions On A Double Dimple won a tourney...or did I lose in the finals?
Jethro42 05.27.21	^i'm unable to find that one on Friday's lists.
Divaman 05.27.21	I found it. Yeah, you lost to McLuhan in the 2014/2015 final. You've been in the final four a couple of other times as well. You usually seem to be in the mix somewhere. :)
Divaman 05.27.21	You're what baseball players call "a tough out".
MrSirLordGentleman 05.27.21	"I found it. Yeah, you lost to McLuhan in the 2014/2015 final. You've been in the final four a couple of other times as well. You usually seem to be in the mix somewhere. :) You're what baseball players call "a tough out"." Netherlands in the world cup
Jethro42 05.27.21	Man, I don't have so much merit; Daily, I'm listening to amount of prog albums. So when it comes the time for a new tourney, I struggle with myself to choose good stuff out of these. Btw, the new Jordsjo album sounds p good. You have my benediction :) ''A tough out'' eh.. I watch baseball in french, so never heard, but I get it.
Jethro42 05.27.21	The world cup??
MrSirLordGentleman 05.27.21	Oh I forget you're canadian jethro Football m8. Or is soccer in there like in the US?
bgillesp 05.27.21	Good times.
Divaman 05.27.21	It's like hockey. But not as fast.
Jethro42 05.27.21	Soccer has no interest to me. I think it's rather dead in Canada. French Canadian people are taking for France I think.