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General => General Music Discussion => Topic started by: MoraWintersoul on December 17, 2020, 02:41:44 PM
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Participants:
Stadler
Elite
ariich
Shadow Ninja, coming in hot with bad music apparently
jingle.boy
kingshmegland!!
Evermind
Cyril
lonestar
Puppies
Sacul
romdrums
Luoto
Anguyen92
The purpose of a roulette is to introduce the person to a stunning array of new music and change their life forever. Brag about winning, if you won. Sulk about losing, if you lost.
However.
My list of artists to check out is easily a few hundred artists long. Plus all the new albums coming out every year. Plus when there's a global pandemic and I have to make sure to listen to my comforting oldies for months on repeat. Plus, unlike probably most of this forum, I do a fair amount of non-album listening (more on that later). Whatever you're sending to me, I've probably already heard of it and it's probably on my "to check out, eventually"-list if it's the kind of music I like. Dodging a ban list for that kind of roulette would be kind of impossible - not that this one will be super easy.
HOWEVER.
The process and the ritual of sharing music is quite lovely, and one of the things that gives me those happy feelings is when someone recognizes they really like a singer I really like. There are other elements of music I find really important, but this one is the most democratic to have for a roulette theme, much better than if I told you to give me stuff with lyrics you like or guitar solos you like.
Important roulette details: I'm taking up to 14 people, and if you already signed up in the tracker thread, confirm you're signing up in this one as well. I will be judging SONGS, not singers, so you can be adventurous and you don't have to send commercially palatable voices or technically impressive voices or anything like that. Just a singer you like, that's it. Spotify is fine, Youtube is fine. Live versions are fine, demo versions are fine. You can send up to three songs by a single artist in a single round, but if you think one song is a perfect ten, you can send just the one. No limitations in length, but if you all go crazy at once, rounds will be late. I don't plan on taking more than ten days per round, and will be shooting for one week per round. If a round isn't crazy in length and I'm not too busy and it runs late, I'll give you my address and you can mail me a box of glitter I'll be obliged to open on camera. I don't have a vacuum cleaner, so that should be fun. Shooting for five rounds, but if we have fun I can always add more. You can drop out at any time. You can send me all your songs at any time as well. If my inbox is full, I'm sorry, I have a lot of messages saved from DTF friends yikes :eek I will clean out after each submission so it should be fine.
Taste details: I like anything with a nice melody and some cool piano/synthy sounds. Obviously I'm really into metal, and this is the one roulette per year where "someone with a voice you like" can also be a black metal or death metal vocalist. I've listened to just about anything from indie folk to techy death, so I don't feel like guiding you too much, but again, all my favorite metal genres have keyboards in them.
Ban list: I added all the artists for which I'm sure I've heard more than half of all their stuff. So lots of "big artists" are missing. But again, I do a lot of non-album listening, so I'll do you a favor and skip adding all the artists I have kinda sorta listened to, and you do me a favor and skip their top five greatest hits, if it's a big metal or rock or pop or goth or prog artist. I'm sure I forgot something, because I just took my old one and added artists newer to me by memory, but if I skipped anything and you send it to me, that's on me and not on you.
AC/DC
Adrenaline Mob
Agalloch
Agent Fresco
Aerosmith
Aeternam
After Forever
Airbourne
Alcest
Alestorm
Allen/Lande
Altaria
Alter Bridge
Amaranthe
Amesoeurs
Amon Amarth
Amorphis
Anathema + side projects
Anneke Van Giersbergen + side projects/guest spots
Another Perfect Day
Antimatter
An Autumn For Crippled Children
Apocalyptica
Arch Enemy
Arion
Ark
Ariana Grande
Arch/Matheos
Arcturus
Astronoid
Atlantean Codex
At The Gates
Audioslave
Auri
Autumn
Ava Inferi
Ayreon
Bakos Attila
Barren Earth
Battle Beast
Beast In Black
Be’lakor
Before The Dawn + other Tuomas Saukkonen brainchildren
Belzebubs
Beautiful Sin
Beyond The Bridge
Beyond Twilight
Blackfield
Black Country Communion
Black Sabbath
Black Stone Cherry
Blazing Eternity
Blindead
Borknagar
Brother Firetribe
Bruce Dickinson
Cain’s Offering
Caligula's Horse
Candlemass
Cardiant
Charon
Children Of Bodom
Chroma Key
Chvrches
Cinderella
Circus Maximus
Coldworld
Communic
Conception
Control Denied
Cormorant
Countless Skies
Dan Swano
Dark Suns
Dark Tranquillity
Darkseed
Darkwater
Deafheaven
Death
Deep Purple
Devin Townsend
Diablo Swing Orchestra
Dio
Disarmonia Mundi
Disillusion
Dissona
Distorted Harmony
Dragonforce
Dreadnought
Dreamtale
Dream Theater + side projects
Dua Lipa
Earthside
Echoes
Edge Of Sanity
Elvenking
Embassy Of Silence
Enochian Theory
Ensiferum
Enslaved
Epysode
Eternal Storm
Eternal Tears Of Sorrow
Eumeria
Europe
Evergrey
Fall Of The Leafe
Fates Warning + side projects
Fair To Midland
Firehouse
Firewind
Forteresse
For My Pain
Forest Stream
Foscor
Frost*
Frosttide
Gary Moore
Ghost
Ghost Brigade
Ghost Ship Octavius
Graveyard
Green Carnation
Guns N’ Roses
Haim
Haken
Hallatar
Harmaja
Harmony
Heavenwood
Headspace
Heed
Helloween
Hevein
iamthemorning + side projects
Iced Earth
ICS Vortex
Icon & The Black Roses
Idle Hands (now Unto Others)
Ihsahn
In Flames
In The Silence
In Mourning
Incura
Insomnium
Into Eternity
IQ
Iron Maiden
Jeff Buckley
Jolly
Judas Priest
Kalmah
Kalter
Kamelot
Kansas
Katatonia
Kingcrow
King Diamond
Klimt 1918
Korpiklaani
Kristoffer Gildenlow
Kvelertak
Lantlos
Leprous
Les Discrets
Leverage
Lordi
Lost Horizon
Lunatic Soul
Madder Mortem
Maggie Rogers
Masterplan
Megadeth
Merciful Fate
Metallica
Mind Key
Moonloop
Moonsorrow
Native Construct
Ne Obliviscaris
Need
Nevermore
Nightingale
Nightwish + side stuff/guest spots
Norther
Northern Kings
Noumena
Novembre
Nox Arcana
Oceans Of Slumber
Oddland
Omnium Gatherum
Orkenkjott
Opeth
Oranssi Pazuzu
Orden Ogan
OSI
Pagan’s Mind
Pain Of Salvation
Paradise Lost
Pearl Jam
Phideaux
Pink Floyd
Poisonblack
Porcupine Tree
Pretentious, Moi?
Protest The Hero
Pyramaze
Queen + all the side stuff
Queensryche
Rainbow
Raskasta Joulua
ReVamp
Riverside
Rush
Savatage
Scorpions
Sentenced
Seventh Wonder
Shadowside
Shadow Gallery
Sieges Even
Sinergy
Sinisthra
Skid Row
Slash’s Snakepit
Solution.45
Sonata Arctica
Stam1na
Star One
Steelwing
Steven Wilson
Stratovarius
Stream Of Passion
Subsignal
Symphony X
Taranis
Taylor Swift
Temple Of The Dog
Terasbetoni
The 3rd And The Mortal
The Cult
The Cure
The Dark Element
The Gathering
The Loveless
The Man-Eating Tree
The Old Dead Tree
Theocracy
Thin Lizzy
Threshold
Throes Of Dawn
To-Mera
Transatlantic
Trees Of Eternity
Triosphere
Ulver
Unleash The Archers
Van Canto
Van Halen
Vektor
Vertigo Steps
Von Hertzen Brothers
Voyager
Vulture Industries
Warmen
While Heaven Wept
Whitesnake
Wilderun
Winds
Winterborn
Wintersun
Winter Rose
Witherscape
Wolverine
Woods Of Ypres
Wrathchild America
Xanthochroid
Yngwie Malmsteen
Zeal & Ardor
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I'm in if you'll have me.
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I'm in if you'll have me.
Yes! Glad I saw this just before heading to bed, otherwise it'll probably be full come tomorrow morning.
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Both in!
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Still in! :metal
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Yas!
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I've got some bad music I can send. Possibly some good music as well, but I will not guarantee that.
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I've got some bad music I can send. Possibly some good music as well, but I will not guarantee that.
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You had me at "Expressed"
Now I'll go back and read the OP.
Edit... cool theme. I dig it. Now to raid the armoury to prepare for battle. This is really gonna throw a wrench in my year end 2020 listening. Or maybe, it will complement it.
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*raises hand*
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Aaaah 11 people already! I might have to take in more than 14 since this is the only active roulette :corn
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since this is the only active roulette :corn
that's some serious shade :rollin
i am /in of course
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I’m in.
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Definitely in!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!moreexclamationpoints!!!!!!! :corn
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Edit: on second thought, I should probably sit this one out.
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You had me at "Expressed"
She had me at
black metal or death metal
:metal
However I might cheat in the first round :)
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I'm sure I got a few surprises in my deep war chest.
I'm in....
*cue jingle happy emote*
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Here to confirm that I'm definitely in!
Off to read the rest of the OP.
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Can I be on the on reserve list if it's already full?
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since this is the only active roulette :corn
that's some serious shade :rollin
:lol
Am in, let's see how much I can get away by sending saculcore :corn
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My questionable math tells me it looks like there's still room, so I'm in :biggrin: The ban list looks like there's possibly some artists you just forgot to add, but submissions should be interesting in this one nevertheless :corn
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since this is the only active roulette :corn
that's some serious shade :rollin
It's not! Revenge is in the final round :)
Edit: on second thought, I should probably sit this one out.
Why?
Can I be on the on reserve list if it's already full?
It's not full, you can get in!
The ban list looks like there's possibly some artists you just forgot to add
I'm SURE :angel: maybe send me a message with what you know I missed?
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On one hand, I kinda want to avoid some obvious choices because I'm sure you've heard something from them (where's Avantasia, Blind Guardian, or Epica?), on the other hand, it's difficult to go really obscure when these bands are available. :)
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On one hand, I kinda want to avoid some obvious choices because I'm sure you've heard something from them (where's Avantasia, Blind Guardian, or Epica?), on the other hand, it's difficult to go really obscure when these bands are available. :)
Everything that's not on there is fair game because it's just in the realm of sporadic non-album listening :) feel free to share any of those with me. I think the only Epica song I recognize is White Waters, I haven't put on a BG album in about 15 years and Avantasia was even sent to me in my first roulette but I never went beyond that.
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Nah, I just read the keyboard part of the tastes and I think I'll avoid Blind Guardian in this one.
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since this is the only active roulette :corn
that's some serious shade :rollin
It's not! Revenge is in the final round :)
Edit: on second thought, I should probably sit this one out.
Why?
Just thinking about time commitments right now and it looked like you had plenty of people already wanting to play.
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Sent!
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Okay, I have an idea of what to send for the first few rounds at least. Going mostly for songs I think are great from bands/artists I do not see on your banned list.
Just to make sure, since the theme is generally about sharing voices (right?) you like, is instrumental music completely off the table?
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Do you like rap / hip hop music? Asking for a friend.
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Just to make sure, since the theme is generally about sharing voices (right?) you like, is instrumental music completely off the table?
Yup. That's my safeguard against receiving 20 minute drone/post rock instrumentals with no discernible vocals :lol TBH I don't really listen to instrumental music.
Do you like rap / hip hop music? Asking for a friend.
Not that I know of. The GTA rap station is nice, so maybe I like rap from the 80's?
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Just thinking about time commitments right now and it looked like you had plenty of people already wanting to play.
Ah, that's fine.
Nah, I just read the keyboard part of the tastes and I think I'll avoid Blind Guardian in this one.
Okay, this is totally off topic, but lately I've been thinking about why I got so deep into Sonata in the mid-00's but BG failed to leave a mark on me. SA is basically (or it was back then) Queen + Stratovarius, and BG is basically Queen + Helloween, so it's technically almost the same band. I thought and thought and THOUGHT about it and I got to the conclusion that it's probably the lack of keyboards. That's crazy to me, since I always loved Iron Maiden and all those other guitar-only metal bands, but it can't be anything else.
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Round one sent.
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Also sent.
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Aaaand I guess we're sending :lol if anyone wants to join last minute, last call for that :hat
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so a few questions regarding sending that aren't answered anywhere:
are we sending songs? playlists? albums? you never know anymore with DTF roulettes and it's not specified :lol
how many rounds are there? any length limit on submissions (whatever type of submission they are?)
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so a few questions regarding sending that aren't answered anywhere:
are we sending songs? playlists? albums? you never know anymore with DTF roulettes and it's not specified :lol
how many rounds are there? any length limit on submissions (whatever type of submission they are?)
These are from the OP :P
You can send up to three songs by a single artist in a single round, but if you think one song is a perfect ten, you can send just the one.
Spotify is fine, Youtube is fine.
No limitations in length, but if you all go crazy at once, rounds will be late.
Shooting for five rounds, but if we have fun I can always add more.
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"aren't answered anywhere", give me a reason why I shouldn't dock a point off your score in the first round :rollin
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so i read the OP twice looking for those details and didn't see them :P
this is why we outline rules in a nice, orderly list people
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so i read the OP twice looking for those details and didn't see them :P
this is why we outline rules in a nice, orderly list people
The important section could've been split in more paragraphs, but if you actually read it twice and couldn't see those, you just need to slow down. It's not like it's incomprehensible.
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Eh I could have made it easier to read, I was just too lazy to do it.
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I have sent.
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Holy cow. READING, what a chore!
Do you want Mora to send your submissions for you too? :) :)
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Holy cow. READING, what a chore!
Do you want Mora to send your submissions for you too? :) :)
That would be convenient :neverusethis:
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All right, submitted my round 1 stuff.
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I've sent. Let the shit talking begin.
Chad and Joe, you chumps are going to fold like cheap Walmart lawn chairs, and I will prevail, again.
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I've sent. Let the shit talking begin.
Chad and Joe, you chumps are going to fold like cheap Walmart lawn chairs, and I will prevail, again.
Joes folding is more like a bean bag.
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Fold? Not in my vocabulary you silly hatted knife chucker.
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I'm prepared for another last place finish, but I don't care. I'm here for the comradery more than anything.
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Cyril, if you get a higher score than everyone who talked shit about your reading comprehension, you get to do the Nelson :lol
I'm prepared for another last place finish, but I don't care. I'm here for the comradery more than anything.
Nah! You see we like some of the same stuff in my banned list :angel:
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Fold? Not in my vocabulary you silly hatted knife chucker.
Silly Hatted Knife Chucker.... Need to get that on a chef coat...
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I would die laughing seeing that.
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Cyril, if you get a higher score than everyone who talked shit about your reading comprehension, you get to do the Nelson :lol
sent 5 round-winners
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Fold? Not in my vocabulary you silly hatted knife chucker.
Is send in your vocabulary? Because you haven't sent yet!
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Fold? Not in my vocabulary you silly hatted knife chucker.
Is send in your vocabulary? Because you haven't sent yet!
Maybe is in my vocabulary. LOL I will send tonight.
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Fold? Not in my vocabulary you silly hatted knife chucker.
Is send in your vocabulary? Because you haven't sent yet!
:rollin :rollin :rollin
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Fold? Not in my vocabulary you silly hatted knife chucker.
Is send in your vocabulary? Because you haven't sent yet!
This is now my favorite roulette ever. :)
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Rule #1.
Never mess with a Mistress running a roulette. :lol
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Fold? Not in my vocabulary you silly hatted knife chucker.
Is send in your vocabulary? Because you haven't sent yet!
:yarr
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The gimp has sent.
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Sent! :corn
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Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaand :corn
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I'll send either today or tomorrow - everything has been manic with last minute changes to plans due to this new strain of Covid in south east England that spreads a lot faster (Christmas is now just going to be at home, not seeing anyone), but I think we're sorted now.
Milena, for bands on the banned list, should we assume that in general you like them all? Are there particular favourites, or ones that you know well but don't much like?
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I'll send either today or tomorrow - everything has been manic with last minute changes to plans due to this new strain of Covid in south east England that spreads a lot faster (Christmas is now just going to be at home, not seeing anyone), but I think we're sorted now.
Take care! :hug:
Also haven't sent yet. I had the brilliantest of ideas until I saw Jeff wasn't listed under Buckley, but under Jeff.
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Don't worry guys, I know it's Christmas week for you :) I'm listening to the other songs until you send.
I'll try my best to entertain the thread with something other than a hangman because it's solved within two seconds anyway, but I'm also handing out awards in the end for best thread participation just FYI :hat
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Sent!
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Guess who I'm waiting for :P
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Stadler, Sacul and/or Elite? :P
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Just one of thems!
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Stadler, Sacul and/or Elite? :P
You mean Slowdler, Slackul, and Elate? :biggrin:
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I sent many days ago so I'll guess it's Elite :corn
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It's not weekend so must be Elite :P
Let's see how soon a bingo will happen though!
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It's not weekend so must be Elite :P
Let's see how soon a bingo will happen though!
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Fantastic :rollin
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I can confirm B2 and C1 and deconfirm D5.
By the way, Virus is so underwhelming. I ended up giving it a 6/10 and I feel like even that's being generous.
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It's me!
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It's not weekend so must be Elite :P
Let's see how soon a bingo will happen though!
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Holy shit :rollin
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:lol
I mocked Tim last night in our Virtual get together. :lol
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Luoto will have to dig deep, we listen to all the same Finnish bands :lol
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It's not weekend so must be Elite :P
Let's see how soon a bingo will happen though!
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Glorious... but where's "Ruslan sends David Gilmour"??
Also, C2 will be coming in hot and heavy once round 1 artists are revealed.
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Also "Ruslan solves entire hangman without any letters".
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Well I didn't include myself in this :biggrin:
Also I'm probably not sending Gilmour in this one, he's great songwriter but I wouldn't say he's amazing singer.
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Also "Ruslan solves entire hangman without any letters".
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Luoto will have to dig deep, we listen to all the same Finnish bands :lol
Luckily Finland is still fairly deep in obscure quality :hat
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Holy shit :rollin :rollin
I also feel totally attacked since B3 is lined up.
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It's not weekend so must be Elite :P
Let's see how soon a bingo will happen though!
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That bingo table is amazing.
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I love how I’m represented in the bingo table twice; once for sending on time and once being the last one.
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That bingo table is the funniest/truest thing I've seen in a roulette in a while. The Lethean one had me full on belly laughing.
Also A1 is bound to happen. Probably more than once.... :corn
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I feel like I want to defend myself, and there's not an 80's song in sight. Yet (since I sent two this round!! Fuckers!)
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Did Mora actually give a day when this would be getting underway?
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Did Mora actually give a day when this would be getting underway?
She didn't actually even ask for submissions, people just started sending her stuff immediately. :P
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Did Mora actually give a day when this would be getting underway?
She didn't actually even ask for submissions, people just started sending her stuff immediately. :P
In that case.......Results when? :corn
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Did Mora actually give a day when this would be getting underway?
She didn't actually even ask for submissions, people just started sending her stuff immediately. :P
In that case.......Results when? :corn
Dunno, but I’ll bet this weeks pay that it’s before Revenge’s
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Did Mora actually give a day when this would be getting underway?
She didn't actually even ask for submissions, people just started sending her stuff immediately. :P
In that case.......Results when? :corn
Dunno, but I’ll bet this weeks pay that it’s before Revenge’s
Also before Sacul's mini-Roulette that started in August. :biggrin:
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I definitely should have had an elimination round or something, dunno why I thought I could tackle so much knowing me :lol
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I definitely should have had an elimination round or something, dunno why I thought I could tackle so much knowing me :lol
Or even a cull before the EP round would have helped, as EP rounds always take more time and thought to judge. No matter, as long as we get the results eventually!
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it is kind of impressive that dacul's roulette is going to last more months than it did rounds, admittedly
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well that's adhd for you :lol
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I have released over four hours of video content on my youtube channel since your roulette started (30 more minutes coming on new year's day) and i probably also have ADHD so like sure you can't write one EP writeup a week ok
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so like sure you can't write one EP writeup a week ok
that's the most adhd thing actually :lol something simple that anyway takes me ages to do. either that or i hyperfocus obsessively, which i hoped lasted enough to be able to get through the roulette fast - well, the plan fell off quite fast. i'm glad you can manage it with your channel tho.
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:corn
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:splodetard:
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I'm getting a box of glitter ready just so you know
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This kinda worries me.
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So, did this roulette die before it even got out of the gates? Mora hasn't been on in over a week. Hopefully everything is ok and she's just over-enjoying the holidays :)
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I saw her post on FB a couple days ago. I can poke her there. :heybaby:
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the very last roulette that finished in 2020 was started in july 2020
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I pinged mora on FB... she's started a new business recently, and business is picking up. She's gonna try and get back in here as soon as she can.
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I pinged mora on FB... she's started a new business recently, and business is picking up. She's gonna try and get back in here as soon as she can.
Wtf? What's more important, some stupid business, or internet shenanigans? Priorities man....
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Yeah I mean, how will you be able to run a business if you can't run a roulette? :biggrin:
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Congrats ariich! ;D
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What is she selling? If we each buy one, maybe she'll come back! :)
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Congrats ariich! ;D
Thank you, thank you.
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i admit, we never really stood a chance after you sent six roaming owls
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He sent six roaming owls as well?
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I thought 6RO broke up last year? :)
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And I thought I was going to be too busy to participate in this roulette.
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OK, I think everyone is ready for round 1 now :)
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OK, I think everyone is ready for round 1 now :)
I need another week. :)