Rock Around the Clock

We're gonna rock around the clock tonight
We're gonna rock, rock, rock, 'till broad daylight
We're gonna rock, gonna rock around the clock tonight

Inspired by Bill Haley's genre-defining 1954 hit (first recorded by Sonny Dae and His Knights), Rock Block's sixth anniversary tournament is played live via video conference, on Sunday, September 6, 2020 at 12pm ET. Each player starts at 1 o'clock. Players face off in a series of random concerts. Each victory against an opponent at the same hour or a higher hour than you will propel you forward two hours. The first player to reach 11 o'clock wins.

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For more information about Rock Block, see How to Play.

Champion

Congratulations to Scott Hardie, champion of the tournament!

The Clock

Rules

Live Play: The entire tournament will be played within 1-3 hours. Players are required to join a video conference to talk to each other during play.

Concerts: "Rock Around the Clock" concerts will be started by Scott using randomized terms. The tournament will proceed in a series of rounds. In each round, each pair of players will play a random concert together with one of them randomly assigned to be the challenger. The Overtime play rule will ensure no draws, but the other play rules and the artists in each concert will be randomly selected based on what each pair of players has available to them. These concerts will use the None trade rule, and will time out after 30 minutes. These concerts will not result in ranks of new artists in the Collection Guide, as participation in the tournament already does so (see Prizes below), but they will count towards achievements such as "win fifty concerts."

The Clock: After each round's concerts are complete, the players who defeated an opponent at the same or higher hour than them on the clock will advance two hours. After the tournament begins, see below for a list of all concerts in order.

Victory and Tiebreaking: The first player to reach 11 o'clock will win the tournament. If multiple players reach this in the same round, they will face off in a tiebreaker, in which they'll randomly play each other and whoever wins the most tiebreaker concerts will be declared the champion, with additional tiebreaker rounds as needed.

Prizes

The champion will receive a $25 Amazon gift card by email and a small trophy.

The champion will also receive 50 ranks of new artists in the Collection Guide. The second-place player will receive 40 ranks of new artists, the third-place player will receive 30 ranks, the fourth-place player will receive 20 ranks, and all other participating players will receive 10 ranks. If multiple players tied for second, third, or fourth place, they'll each receive the ranks at that level.

Every participating player will also unlock the Overtime play rule, and receive a free copy of Bill Haley in their label.

A "participating player" is defined as playing at least one turn in a "Rock Around the Clock" concert.

Concerts

These are all "Rock Around the Clock" concerts in chronological order. Bold titles are still being played.

Chris vs. Erik, won by Erik, September 6 12:33pm

Scott vs. Erik, won by Erik, September 6 12:45pm

Scott vs. Chris, won by Scott, September 6 12:47pm

Steve vs. Erik, won by Erik, September 6 12:47pm

Steve vs. Scott, won by Steve, September 6 12:54pm

Steve vs. Chris, won by Steve, September 6 1:14pm

Scott vs. Chris, won by Chris, September 6 1:30pm

Erik vs. Scott, won by Erik, September 6 1:37pm

Scott vs. Steve, won by Scott, September 6 1:44pm

Chris vs. Erik, won by Chris, September 6 1:46pm

Steve vs. Chris, won by Chris, September 6 2:02pm

Erik vs. Steve, won by Steve, September 6 2:04pm

Erik vs. Scott, won by Scott, September 6 2:20pm

Erik vs. Steve, won by Steve, September 6 2:29pm

Steve vs. Scott, won by Steve, September 6 2:31pm

Erik vs. Scott, won by Erik, September 6 2:48pm

Steve vs. Scott, won by Steve, September 6 2:49pm

Erik vs. Steve, won by Erik, September 6 2:54pm

Erik vs. Steve, won by Steve, September 6 3:17pm

Erik vs. Scott, won by Scott, September 6 3:19pm

Steve vs. Scott, won by Steve, September 6 3:23pm

Scott vs. Erik, won by Erik, September 6 3:34pm

Steve vs. Erik, won by Erik, September 6 3:51pm

Steve vs. Scott, won by Scott, September 6 3:54pm

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Classic Rock Block

The version of Rock Block that you're enjoying today is not the first. The game originally ran from August 2007 to January 2012, using the concert stage image at right.

Differences between versions were too significant for achievements in the original game to carry forward to the new game, but the accomplishments of players in Classic Rock Block are still visible on their individual profiles in this new version.

Players in the original game included Scott Hardie and Steve West.