12 people of Christmas wanted! (All positions now filled)

[busybeeburns]

Several Coldplayers will be taking part in the 'Coldplay Months of 2009' project where each day over the Christmas period there will be a new review of a month of 2009, starting with the January review on Sunday December 19th in the Coldplay forum. To make sure that your favourite Coldplay moment of 2009 doesn't get left out join in the discussion below...

January (howyousawtheworld; Research help: Noémie)
February (Lore; Research help: coldplaying-forever27)
March (Zeya; Research help: aniskywalker)
April (Space Cadet; Research help: akasapple)
May (Texasluvsjonny; Research help: BerrymanGirl1)
June (RedGirl76; Research help: SueDeNimes)
July (clisaj; Research help: akasapple)
August (Cirkusprinsessa; Research help: aniskywalker)
September (cleeson7; Research help: Noémie)
October (marie/pims; Research help: BerrymanGirl1)
November (iPsy; Research help: SueDeNimes)
December (coldplaying-forever27; Research help: Lore)

Posting dates (into the Coldplay forum):

January - 19/12
February - 20/12
March - 21/12
April - 22/12
May - 23/12
June - 24/12
July - 26/12
August - 27/12
September - 28/12
October - 29/12
November - 30/12
December - 31/12

[BerrymanGirl1]

Its a great idea!!!:D

[busybeeburns]

Its a great idea!!!:Dis that a yes I'm interested or a yes I can't wait to see all 12 reviews?! :laugh3:

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Unfortunately I don't think I'll have enough time to do a Coldplay review for the months of 2009 like we did last year, so I thought that if there was enough interest in it then 12 volunteers could do one month each, posting their review on successive days like we did in 2008 culminating in a full 2009 review by the end of the year. If you are interested, reply to the thread below :D

Here are the reviews from 2008 to give you a feel of how the reviews work (use of coldplaying new articles, youtube vids, pics etc to build up a story, and then a monthly poll) and to see if anyone would have the time to spread the work :) http://www.coldplaying.com/forum/forumdisplay.php?f=71

If nothing else, the different styles of reviews would be something to look forward to reading!

If it helps anyone decide, I started last year by using the main site search function, slowly working back to page 1 (the latest news).

Here's where 2009 begins: http://www.coldplaying.com/index.php?name=Search&action=search&active_stories=1&stories_author=&stories_cat%5B%5D=&bool=OR&startnum=1261&total=6700 (January 2009 starts at news item 5576.)

Each month reviewer should start with the 1st day of their month using the main site search. e.g. March 2009 would be at http://www.coldplaying.com/index.php?name=Search&action=search&active_stories=1&stories_author=&stories_cat%5B%5D=&bool=OR&startnum=971&total=6700

Most of the main site news articles have within them links to the forum threads where all the discussion, youtube vides, pictures, wikicoldplay references etc are. I found around 15 decent different news stories per month and then created a poll asking which was your favourite. You may decide to do it differently, its your choice as the reviewer. Whatever you decide there is a wealth of information at your disposal! :)

[Mimixxx]

I'll do one Bossman :)

[Space Cadet]

I could do one. :smiley:

[howyousawtheworld]

I would love to do one. But there's pressure on me to get everything covered in the month ain't there.

[Zeya]

If you can tell me what to cover (unless it's for March cause I know pretty much what they did then :P) I'd be gladly to help...
Though my writing's far from perfect.

[iPsy]

i'D LOVE TO PLEASE! :D

[marie/pims]

I could do one but I'm pretty busy so it depends when it should be ready for...

[busybeeburns]

bump, more volunteers required! :)

[cleeson7]

shotgun september :D can i do september?

[howyousawtheworld]

I'd preferably to do January, February or March.

[SueDeNimes]

I didn't see this thread until now :uhoh:

If you still need more people I can sum up one month, too!

[Texasluvsjonny]

I could do one. I think maybe I saw them in every month so I can give a first hand account. :P

[Electric.Candy]

is that a yes I'm interested or a yes I can't wait to see all 12 reviews?! :laugh3:

^ That.

[Lore]

we could have a thread (maybe this thread) to give ideas to the writers of each month, I'd do one but I'm not good writing.

whoever writes the february review, you better don't forget the postcards delivery video, feb 16th :P :shy:

[RedGirl76]

I'd be happy to contribute something :)

[akasapple]

maby I can help! :wink3:

[cleeson7]

I would love to do september :D

[howyousawtheworld]

Who decides who's doing which and when? :thinking:

[clisaj]

i can cover the July review:)

[busybeeburns]

I'll give it a couple more days for volunteers to come forward then I'll PM everyone who is interested with a month to write about :)

[Noémie]

This is a great idea, a collective work! :)

I'd love to help, but I'm not sure I'd be able to do a good job... It seems to be hard. Where do you find all the informations? and what do you do to be sure not to forget anything important?

I guess it would also be better for the articles to be written by English native speakers.
As for me, my English is probaby not good enough to write something good.

[marie/pims]

count me in

[AnnaElisabeth]

I could probably do one! :) Preferably August. But I'll need some help, though. To create threads where people can post things about the month would be really helpful! :nice:

[aniskywalker]

I would like to do this but I think, my english is too bad for this :(

[coldplaying-forever27]

I'd happily do one, not sure which month though, September is an obvious choice, but I'd like to do December if possible...

[SueDeNimes]

But I'll need some help, though. To create threads where people can post things about the month would be really helpful! :nice:With the right search settings it won't be a big problem to have a look at what was going on in a particular month!
There's also the "easy thread finder" thread in the live section and together with CP.com updates that should be enough to gather the relevant events. :)
Don't worry too much! :nice:

[busybeeburns]

If it helps anyone decide, I started last year by using the main site search function, slowly working back to page 1 (the latest news).

Here's where 2009 begins: http://www.coldplaying.com/index.php?name=Search&action=search&active_stories=1&stories_author=&stories_cat%5B%5D=&bool=OR&startnum=1261&total=6700 (January 2009 starts at news item 5576.)

Each month reviewer should start with the 1st day of their month using the main site search. e.g. March 2009 would be at http://www.coldplaying.com/index.php?name=Search&action=search&active_stories=1&stories_author=&stories_cat%5B%5D=&bool=OR&startnum=971&total=6700

Most of the main site news articles have within them links to the forum threads where all the discussion, youtube vides, pictures, wikicoldplay references etc are. I found around 15 decent different news stories per month and then created a poll asking which was your favourite. You may decide to do it differently, its your choice as the reviewer. Whatever you decide there is a wealth of information at your disposal! :)

[busybeeburns]

bump!

[cleeson7]

I would still love september :D

[AnnaElisabeth]

If it helps anyone decide, I started last year by using the main site search function, slowly working back to page 1 (the latest news).

Here's where 2009 begins: http://www.coldplaying.com/index.php?name=Search&action=search&active_stories=1&stories_author=&stories_cat%5B%5D=&bool=OR&startnum=1261&total=6700 (January 2009 starts at news item 5576.)

Each month reviewer should start with the 1st day of their month using the main site search. e.g. March 2009 would be at http://www.coldplaying.com/index.php?name=Search&action=search&active_stories=1&stories_author=&stories_cat%5B%5D=&bool=OR&startnum=971&total=6700

Most of the main site news articles have within them links to the forum threads where all the discussion, youtube vides, pictures, wikicoldplay references etc are. I found around 15 decent different news stories per month and then created a poll asking which was your favourite. You may decide to do it differently, its your choice as the reviewer. Whatever you decide there is a wealth of information at your disposal! :)

Thank you, that was really helpful! :) I'm in! :nice:

[busybeeburns]

great! tonight I will contact those who have shown an interest so far and let everyone know how many months remain :)

[RedGirl76]

Are you going to assign months... or will there be some big fight to see who gets September :P

[cleeson7]

Looks like i got a battle with realgirl76 :)

[howyousawtheworld]

Have the months been assigned yet?

[dabulls]

first off this is hella terrible idea. Go get a life people, coldplay sucks my hella nuts.

[busybeeburns]

you want January then?

[busybeeburns]

Have the months been assigned yet?

not yet, to come today

[busybeeburns]

all the months have been assigned now :)

[SueDeNimes]

That's :awesome:, I'm really looking forward to it!

[coldplaying-forever27]

Ohhh---Kay...

I'm officially December!!!

Cool, nice one Ian, the only way this could of been perfect is if I'd gotten a ticket for Exeter, but I didn't and I have cried it all out now lol.

I am gonna ask here straight away, but can someone going to the Exeter show, perhaps write me a really cool review of it please??? - Prefferably not one they are gonna post in public, so a bit of an exclusive yeh? Anyway, I'm not sure who else is going other than Mich and Chris right now, but one of those would be grand, if they have the time of course.

And Lore!! Your job to help me out on this one, so ... HELLO!

[busybeeburns]

there is a list of COldplayers attending in the first post of the Exeter thread :)

[coldplaying-forever27]

:shocked2: So there is!

I'm surprised you aren't on that very list yourself Ian!

[RedGirl76]

Are you going to assign months... or will there be some big fight to see who gets September :P

Looks like i got a battle with realgirl76 :)

Ahem... it's RedGirl76 :P

I wasn't going for September, but I realised most other people would be. I think Ian missed a trick there, he could have had some big contest to find the winner... September Idol :laugh3:

[busybeeburns]

:shocked2: So there is!

I'm surprised you aren't on that very list yourself Ian!I might have been if I hadn't become a daddy! :baby:

[coldplaying-forever27]

No response available...

Haha, I'm sure you have had plenty of these but, CONGRATULATIONS!

Oh btw, I know this isn't relevant but me and a friend were talking and reminiscing about Wembley the other day, and we disagree'd about you! Well your seating arrangements anyway lol, one day you were over by the b-stage yeh, or the c, and you saw the Simon Pegg duet up-close yeh? And the other you sat nearer the main stage yeh?

[busybeeburns]

I was at the C stage both nights but I did start off sitting down before the shows started :)

[coldplaying-forever27]

hmmnnn... Ok, I was wrong, well sort of :embarassed:

[busybeeburns]

lol what gave you the impression I was somewhere I wasn't? :P

[Lore]

Ohhh---Kay...

I'm officially December!!!

Cool, nice one Ian, the only way this could of been perfect is if I'd gotten a ticket for Exeter, but I didn't and I have cried it all out now lol.

I am gonna ask here straight away, but can someone going to the Exeter show, perhaps write me a really cool review of it please??? - Prefferably not one they are gonna post in public, so a bit of an exclusive yeh? Anyway, I'm not sure who else is going other than Mich and Chris right now, but one of those would be grand, if they have the time of course.

And Lore!! Your job to help me out on this one, so ... HELLO!

hey :D

[coldplaying-forever27]

lol what gave you the impression I was somewhere I wasn't? :P

No, I just remember speaking to you in the queue and you saying you'd watched from the C-stage on Friday night, but you were saying how you don't like being right infront of the Main-stage anyway because you have to like look too far up to see everything you know, as its so high up.
But I thought you said you might sit near to the stage in the unreserved seats this time around.

And, Hey Lore! how you doing??

[aniskywalker]

I'm on board, yeah! :dance:
And thanks especially for the August :D

[howyousawtheworld]

first off this is hella terrible idea. Go get a life people, coldplay sucks my hella nuts.

Hella nuts? I don't know about you mate but I prefer KP Nuts. ;)

[coldplaying-forever27]

Hella nuts? I don't know about you mate but I prefer KP Nuts. ;)


Nobbys' are the best nuts! Kashew!!!

[howyousawtheworld]

Nobbys' are the best nuts! Kashew!!!

Not Noddy's, NOBBY'S!!

http://www.ephinx.com/tvadverts/uploads/thumb/Nobbys%20Nuts%20-%20Not%20Noddy.jpg

[busybeeburns]

No, I just remember speaking to you in the queue and you saying you'd watched from the C-stage on Friday night, but you were saying how you don't like being right infront of the Main-stage anyway because you have to like look too far up to see everything you know, as its so high up.
But I thought you said you might sit near to the stage in the unreserved seats this time around. I don't even remember that conversation, I must have been well spaced out and drained :freak: :laugh3:

I remember someone saying that the stage at Wembley was higher than the one in LCCC, which was high enough as it was. The bass at the front was overbearing too. Am I showing my age? I was in the unreserved seats but the C-stage didn't get busy at all early on and it was too hard to resist for a few hours less standing!

[BerrymanGirl1]

is that a yes I'm interested or a yes I can't wait to see all 12 reviews?! :laugh3:

:laugh3: I"m helping of course!
:uhoh:I hope I'm good help!

[akasapple]

OH ! I'll help to do april and july!! :hug:

[Lore]

bump :wacky:

[Briggins]

lol