12/17/2024
Attn. Lyric Leaguers: here are the rule and procedures for the season. I am working on an adjustment needed for the first week of play. Also I've started a Facebook group for all players in the lyric league but I am not Facebook friends with all of them so I will need help on the invites.
Hot Mic Karaoke League – Lyric Division
Rules & Procedures
1. Commissioner’s Role
a. Enforce the rules
b. Manage Game Play
c. Track Scoring
d. Provide information
e. Make Judgement calls on unanticipated events and occurrences
f. Award Prizes
2. Format
a. Themes
i. Each Week has a Theme that the song choices need to revolve around aside from Round 3
b. Round 1 – Duet
i. The songs in this round need to be performed by 2 team members
c. Round 2 – Group
i. The songs in this round needs to be performed by all on site team members.
d. Round 3 – Songs from a Hat
i. Before the match each team submits 2 songs to be added to the ‘hat full of songs
ii. At the beginning of the round each team selects a song from the hat, each team has one minute to decide if they are going to perform that song, or take a chance by pulling a different song from the hat. If they choose to pull the second song they HAVE to sing that one, and the original song pulled goes back into the hat.
iii. Performing the song: It can be done as a solo duet or up to as many team members that are on site up to 4. Every additional player beyond a solo is worth an additional 2 points
e. Round 4 – Anything Goes
i. Teams can be as creative as they would like on this round and it has 2 scoring components. Vocal & Showmanship
3. Rules of Gameplay
a. Play nice – The HMKL is supposed to be fun. Kindness is the rule of the day and anyone violating that may be disqualified or suspended at the Commissioner’s discretion.
b. Song Lenth – due to time constraints, songs are limited to 4:20 in length, if a song chosen exceeds that length it is faded out at that time mark.
c. Song Sourcing – The league has a song library of almost 90,000 songs – if a song selection by a team is in the library and available from ‘Soundchice’ that version will be played by default unless otherwise requested. If a song is selected that is not in our library it has to be available at Karaokedownloads.com. We cannot play songs from Karafun or Youtube because they are not licenced to be played for commercial use.
d. Alternates – We understand people schedules are not perfect, and on occasion having somebody fill in is a necessity. The rules regarding it is an individual alternate can fill in on a team a maximum of 3 times and is allowed to sing one solo over the course of the matches in which they participate.
e. Solos – Each team member is allowed a maximum of 3 solos per season
f. Participation – Teams must have a minimum of 3 team members present ( including one alternate) to be scored in a match. If a team has less than 3 team members they can still participate in performing but will be recorded as a scoreless forfeit.
g. Cancelation/postponement – Matches will be held as scheduled unless disrupted by an ‘act of god’ – in the event of this happening the match will be rescheduled on the next available Thursday.
h. Time Management – Matches will begin promptly at 7:15pm to ensure all teams get a fair share of performance time.
i. Songs from a Hat
i. Songs added to the hat do not have to be on theme
ii. Songs not sung yet remain in the hat week to week growing the number of songs in the hat
iii. Is a song is chosen that is already on the no fly list it cannot be resung, can be discarded and does not count in selection rules.
iv. All songs are given to the Commissioner unfolded, who will in turn fold every piece of paper the same way to ensure no unfair advantage.
j. Song Selection
i. Themes – each week has a theme. Each team has one opportunity to ask for justification once per match on an opposing teams song choice on fitting the theme. The team being questioned will then have to verbally ‘plead their case’, the deciding factor will be applause by the audience. If the argument is lost by the performing team – they will still be allowed to perform the song – but will take a 25% penalty on whatever their score is for that round alone.
ii. Once a song has been performed by any team that song is then on the ‘No Fly List’ for the rest of the regular season. Each team in the finals can chose to repeat one of their songs from the regular season if they so choose. The No Fly list will be updated and posted in the group after each match for reference.
4. Scoring
a. Score By Vote
i. Teams cannot vote for their own team
ii. Player votes are worth 5 points each
iii. Non player votes are worth 1 point each
b. Votes per round
i. Rounds 1-3 are a voted on rating of 1-10 with 10 being the highest
ii. Round 4 – The Anything Goes Round – is scored 1-10 on vocal performance and 1-10 on showmanship
c. Songs from a hat – Every additional player beyond a solo (up to 3 additional) is awarded 2 bonus points added to their additional score
d. Bonus Points – The commissioner reserves the right to offer bonus points for various things.
e. Penalties- The Commissioner reserves the right to to impose penalties for unsportman-like conduct.
f. Five Team League
i. In a five team league a match is scored in a ’best of’ format meaning that it is ‘everybody vs everbody’. Seeding for the semi finals is based predominantly on Ranking percentage ( how many 1st place weeks, 2nd, 3rd ect) with overall season score being the ‘tie breaker’ if needed.
g. Six Team League
i. In a six team league it is scored in 1 on 1 matches, with each team playing every other team two times in a season – winning record is the predominant factor in seeding for the semi finals. With season score acting as the tie breaker.
5. Semi Finals and Finals
a. The Top 4 teams participate in the Semi Finals based on Seeding with 1st place vs 4th in a head to head match, and 2nd and 3rd in the other.
b. The winner of those 2 matches play each other in the finals.
c. Scoring in the semi finals is similar to the season , but every round is judged on both vocal performance and showmanship.
d. Scoring is done by the audience and by a judges panel in lieu of players voting.
e. The fifth place team is part of the judges panel for the semifinals
f. The forth, fifth and sixth place team are part of the finals judges panel
6. The Prize Pot
a. The Prize Pot is determined by the number of Teams in the league
b. The league dues are $70 per person for the season regardless of the number of matches a player actually participates in.
c. $5.00 out of every $7.00 goes into the prize pot – which equals $200 per participating team
d. 1st place receives 50% of the prize pot
e. 2nd place receives 30% of the prize pot
f. 3rd place receives 20% of the prize pot
Rules and Procedures are subject to change without notice. - Hot Mic Karaoke League
