Author Topic: Ruba's Slow Roulette! Final standings! (Read 20825 times)

Ruba · « **Reply #175 on:** June 22, 2013, 09:09:05 AM »

Send to e-mail, please!

WindMaster · « **Reply #176 on:** June 22, 2013, 10:30:05 AM »

Sendt

Nekov · « **Reply #177 on:** June 22, 2013, 03:34:09 PM »

MoraWintersoul · « **Reply #178 on:** June 23, 2013, 01:50:01 AM »

Sent!

obscure · « **Reply #179 on:** June 25, 2013, 12:38:23 AM »

Been traveling guys.. Just got back.. I'll think of something today... Cheers...

Ruba · « **Reply #180 on:** June 27, 2013, 10:40:46 AM »

Quote from: obscure on June 25, 2013, 12:38:23 AM

Been traveling guys.. Just got back.. I'll think of something today... Cheers...

I haven't gotten anything yet

.

obscure · « **Reply #181 on:** June 28, 2013, 09:53:51 AM »

I'm extremely sorry... I am defending my thesis officially next week... life got in the way....
you can expect it in 10... typing out!

Ruba · « **Reply #182 on:** June 30, 2013, 01:42:53 AM »

Good.

Results in next week folks!

? · « **Reply #183 on:** July 03, 2013, 11:57:57 PM »

Lolzeez · « **Reply #184 on:** July 04, 2013, 12:52:57 AM »

Bump.

Ruba · « **Reply #185 on:** July 04, 2013, 04:20:34 AM »

Weekend is going to be busy, but I'll try to get the judging done by then.

Ruba · « **Reply #186 on:** July 09, 2013, 06:21:40 AM »

Results coming in over an hour!

Nekov · « **Reply #187 on:** July 09, 2013, 07:17:12 AM »

obscure · « **Reply #188 on:** July 09, 2013, 07:17:50 AM »

Quote from: Nekov on July 09, 2013, 07:17:12 AM

Ruba · « **Reply #189 on:** July 09, 2013, 07:44:32 AM »

RESULTS ROUND 8... FINALLY

? - Thunderstone - Great Man Down
I don't like power metal very much, but this was better than average song in the genre. I don't like the main riff, but verses are much better and the soaring chorus is very good. The vocalist has a nice voice.
8,1

lonestar - Absolute Priority - Dead Man Walkin'
Almost same track title than with the Bowie song last round. Lovely acoustic guitar solo in the intro. The vocalist sounds exactly like young Geoff Tate, which is not a bad thing. Very dramatic piece. Great heavier instrumental section (cool rhythm) with a stunning guitar solo! Climax could've been bigger, but works well still and the outro is beautiful.
9,5

WindMaster - Alcest - Là Où Naissent Les Couleurs Nouvelles
Second time in this roulette when I got something sung in French. Pretty mesmerizing one. Lots of reverb or some other effect like that, which creates sort of hazy feeling. Lots of beautiful melodies and even though there are some growls and fast drum beats, it isn't really heavy.
9,5

Nekov - Devin Townsend Project - Awake!
Catchy and heavy track. Devin has a very good clean voice, I'm a bit torn at the growly stuff. I love the chorus with female vocals. However, I probably would have liked this more if it was around five minutes long. The latter half of the song is good, but not as good as the first.
8,8

MoraWintersoul - Sieges Even - Sequence VIII: Styx
Lots of clean guitar, I like. Sounds a bit Rush-esque. Great snare drum sound! Great riff at about 2:20. I love the more energetic middle section, and the outro is magnificent.
9,6

Lolzeez - The Mars Volta - Day of the Baphomets
Bass solo... Bass solo. BASS SOLO! Well this is awesome! Sounds like Latin-American King Crimson. Wicked playing! Nice guitar-sax trade-off soloing at 5:00. I'm afraid I can't give anything else than full points. Hey, and why would it be impossible for them to reunite, you might be able to see this live if it happens.
10

obscure - Aeon Zen - Warning
I love me some athmospherical music and the intro is really beautiful. The turn into heavy metal is not a bad thing either. Catchy verses, and a pretty good chorus. Proggy bridge, but within the limits of the good taste. Awesome keyboard solo. And the end is quite surprising, I didn't saw it coming the first time I listened to it. But it's a nice to end the song at it's most energetic point, for a change.
9,1

Scorpion - Devin Townsend - Bad Devil
Jazzy heavy metal... niiiice. Great pre-chorus

! And the first time I listened to this, I found the chorus extremely familiar. It's almost similar to another, though more typical jazz song (Elina Orkoneva - He's Not My Man). Maybe it's some kind of basic jazz pattern. Nevertheless awesome. The album cover is very disturbing

.
9,3

Phuuh. Let's look at the final standings.

lonestar 73,1 (yellow is kinda invisible, it says "lonestar 73,1")
MoraWintersoul 72,8
obscure 72,3
? 71,4
WindMaster 71,3
Lolzeez 71,3
Nekov 70,9
Scorpion 70,3

All hail to RJ! And thanks to everyone else participated, I had great time and found lots of great music. Hope you enjoyed too!

obscure · « **Reply #190 on:** July 09, 2013, 08:03:12 AM »

Congrats once again you bastard!!!!!

I just don't understand why I'm red....

Oh my god ... you're peeping my house

Ruba · « **Reply #191 on:** July 09, 2013, 08:13:27 AM »

With all seriousness, I think your webzine will have a new follower from now on

.

obscure · « **Reply #192 on:** July 09, 2013, 08:14:44 AM »

I treasure every single follower

Thanks for having me by the way...

Ruba · « **Reply #193 on:** July 09, 2013, 08:19:01 AM »

Well, thanks for joining! You were worried in vain, you were great.

Scorpion · « **Reply #194 on:** July 09, 2013, 08:28:18 AM »

Well, great that you enjoyed lots of the songs that I sent and I'm not to fussed about losing this. Thanks for having me, I had a lot of fun.

Ruba · « **Reply #195 on:** July 09, 2013, 08:29:56 AM »

Cool, because you shouldn't have any reason to be disappointed or anything (your average points were 8,8... my scoring

). And hey, you were one of the three players who hit the jackpot!

Scorpion · « **Reply #196 on:** July 09, 2013, 08:34:40 AM »

Right, that counts for something, I think! Did Agalloch grow on you further? - You mentioned something about them already growing on you a few rounds back, I think.

? · « **Reply #197 on:** July 09, 2013, 08:54:41 AM »

Fourth position isn't too bad for a first-timer, this was a really nice experience!

Congrats to RJ!

Ruba · « **Reply #198 on:** July 09, 2013, 08:57:28 AM »

Quote from: Scorpion on July 09, 2013, 08:34:40 AM

Did Agalloch grow on you further? - You mentioned something about them already growing on you a few rounds back, I think.

To be honest, I haven't listened much earlier submissions, but I could really revisit that Agalloch one, the main reason for the relatively low score was its intro, which I found to be lengthy and a bit out-of-place. Other than it, I found it enjoyable.

Quote from: ? on July 09, 2013, 08:54:41 AM

Fourth position isn't too bad for a first-timer, this was a really nice experience! Congrats to RJ!

Nice that you liked! Just don't bitch about low scores if and when you are participating in other roulettes

.

WindMaster · « **Reply #199 on:** July 09, 2013, 08:59:30 AM »

This was a lot of fun. If you're planning on doing a v2, I'm totally in. Also interested in whether Agalloch grew on you further. They are one of my favorite bands and I would have sent something by them, but scorp beat me to it.

Ruba · « **Reply #200 on:** July 09, 2013, 09:06:10 AM »

Quote from: WindMaster on July 09, 2013, 08:59:30 AM

This was a lot of fun. If you're planning on doing a v2, I'm totally in. Also interested in whether Agalloch grew on you further. They are one of my favorite bands and I would have sent something by them, but scorp beat me to it.

Well thank you

. I'm not planning to make a sequel in near future, and I need to rethink the scoring system, but it's not an impossible idea.

I probably will check out Agalloch sometime. I just prefer physical copies to Internet/Spotify listening and there weren't any of their albums in my hometown's library.

lonestar · « **Reply #201 on:** July 09, 2013, 03:38:20 PM »

Quote from: obscure on July 09, 2013, 08:03:12 AM

Congrats once again you bastard!!!!!

Thanks boss

And thanks Ruba, for running a classy roulette

Add another notch to the belt folks

Lolzeez · « **Reply #202 on:** July 10, 2013, 05:19:15 AM »

AWW YEAH,WHO GOT A 10/10? MOI!

Oh and congrats to everyone!

Ruba · « **Reply #203 on:** August 03, 2013, 11:17:17 AM »

Moar library hunting! I'm going to library next Monday or Tuesday and here is what I've found:

Alcest - Ecailles de Lune
Devin Townsend - Deconstruction, Ghost, Infinity, Accelerated Evolution, Synchestra, Ziltoid: The Omniscient, Terria
The Mars Volta - surprisingly enough, all of their studio albums
Paradise Lost - Tragic Idol, In Requeim, Gothic, Believe in Nothing
Coheed & Cambria - Year of the Black Rainbow, In Keeping Secrets of Silent Earth, both Good Apollo...-albums

I already got Earthling by David Bowie, but haven't listened to it yet. I actually was going to check him out, Nekov just pushed me forward

.

Anyway, which of these I should get? I have some other albums in mind too, so I'll probably lend 5-6 of these first.

Scorpion · « **Reply #204 on:** August 03, 2013, 12:30:38 PM »

Well, Ecailles de Lune, pretty much every Devin album and De-Loused by TMV would be my picks, but if it's only one, definitely get Terria. It's Top 5 of all time for me, amazing, amazing album from start to finish.

Shadow Ninja 2.0 · « **Reply #205 on:** August 03, 2013, 01:08:43 PM »

Came in here to post something, but Scorp has done it for me.

My work is done.

edit to add: I like Coheed, but the only albums I've heard are Ascension and Descension. I believe both of the Apollos are well thought of, however.

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Author Topic: Ruba's Slow Roulette! Final standings! (Read 20825 times)