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Title: Shadow Ninja's Homestuck roulette: obama's rap solo
Post by: Shadow Ninja 2.0 on January 03, 2024, 10:38:34 PM
At last. It's here. For so long, something has felt amiss. Sure, the forum is fine. There are some good discussions, some fun roulettes. But something is missing. Where are the Homestuck gifs? Where are the shockingly brutal scores? Where are the hosts whose tastes are nearly as incomprehensible as their jokes? Where is the thread that you can never find because the asshole host keeps changing the name every five fucking seconds?

You breathe a sigh of relief. The long night is over. You immediately sign up for this roulette without even reading the banned list or the rules, because honestly who gives a shit?

That said  RULES

This is a classic Shadow Ninja roulette, made more classic by the fact that I stole bits of it from other roulettes. There are no themed rounds, no eliminations, no gimmicks, and no complicated rules. Like last time, you can send up to 20 minutes of music from a single artist in a playlist form, containing any number of songs, provided they total less than 20:00. Submissions above this maximum will be rejected.

Songs should be submitted via Youtube or Spotify playlists.

I plan for there to be 8 rounds. Last time I pretty much stuck to 1 round a week as I was working from home every day at the time, but as I'm only working 2 days a week from home now and am just generally more busy, I'm going to say each round will be 1.5-2 weeks in total. Submissions will be due 3 days (72 hours) after results from the last round are posted. You can still send your stuff after that, but no guarantee is made that I'll be able to listen to it as many times as the on-time submissions. I'll also send out a PM to everyone at the conclusion of each round to remind you to submit.

Banned artists are listed in the banned list down below, which is hopefully mostly comprehensive. All of the artists on this list are completely banned and no songs from them can be sent. There are artists that I've heard a few songs from, but don't feel as though I know them well enough to ban them, so only those songs will be banned. There's no convenient way to list that, so we'll just assume it won't happen much, and if it does I'll just let you know and you can swap it out.

SCORING

Songs will be scored on a scale from 1-10. In most roulettes scores will generally sit between 7-9, with occasional deviation for really good or bad songs, but to me it doesn't make much sense to have a scale I only touch a quarter of, since even if there is some hypothetical 'worst music ever' that would receive a score of 1 and make me want to tear my ears off, realistically most music I'm going to get is at worst kind of annoying or just boring. Thus something can score a 4 or 5 in my roulette if I just find it decent but not very interesting or engaging.

The scores may appear vicious at first, but they're really not. This also means scores can vary quite wildly from round to round, so don't count yourself out just because you're 10 points behind or something, that could easily be almost entirely wiped out in one round.

TASTES

No one I know in real life or on the internet seems to have a good handle on my taste in music. Even I don't really understand it, but I'll try to give you an idea of the kind of stuff I enjoy and hopefully it will be at least somewhat helpful.

Of course, I like metal. All sorts of metal, prog, power, death, black, weirdo shit, etc. That doesn't mean I'll like any type of metal (and I'll particularly warn against sending standard prog metal, because I will score it even more harshly than other songs), but just inherently I like huge powerful riffs and pounding drums.

I like music that's surprising or unpredictable, that mixes different influences and does something I haven't heard before. I like extreme, complicated music and I also like quiet indie songs. I tend to very much be a vocals first kind of guy; while there are some instrumental bands I love, most of the music I spend my time listening to has vocals and the vocals are most likely to be the make-or-break element in a song for me. I can appreciate nice lyrics, but it's not really a necessity for me. If anything, I tend to just enjoy words or phrases that sound interesting, regardless of whether they actually mean anything.

I tend to struggle to enjoy rap, classical music often strikes me as a bit dull, pop is usually but not always overly simplistic and repetitive, and I really fucking hate Gwen Stefani's voice.

Maybe some of that will be useful, and maybe not. You can always look at my past roulettes to see what's done well (I'll link them at some point), or feel free to just ask me about my taste on any particular style or genre.

VICTIMS PARTICIPANTS

Finally. You've scrolled through all that bullshit up there without reading it, and now you're finally to the good part. You feel an irresistible urge to add your name to this list of intrepid explorers, and succumb to it immediately.

1. King Puppies and the Acid Guppies
2. ariich
3. Crow
4. soupytwist
5. lonestar
6. Dr. DTVT
7. LithoJazzoSphere
8. Buddyhunter1
9. twosuitsluke
10. TAC
11. wolfking
12. jingle.maybe
13. King Postwhore
14. Stadler
15. hefdaddy42
16. Sacul


BANNED LIST

Quote
22
!T.O.O.H.!
3
30 Seconds to Mars
Abiogenesis
Accept
Actor | Observer
Adagio
Adrenaline Mob
Aeon Spoke
Aeon Zen
After Forever
Agalloch
Agent Fresco
The Alan Parsons Project
The Album Leaf
Alcest
Alchemist
Alexi Murdoch
Alice in Chains
Allegaeon
Allen/Lande
Alter Bridge
Amaranthe
Amon Amarth
Amorphis
...And Oceans
An Endless Sporadic
Anamanaguchi
Anathema
Anciients
AnnenMayKantereit
Angels and Airwaves
Animals As Leaders
Anna Yvette
Anthriel
The Antlers
Anubis Gate
Arcane Roots
Arch Enemy
Arch/Matheos
Architects
Archivist
Archspire
Arcturus
The Aristocrats
Arjen Lucassen
Ark
Árstíðir
Assemblage 23
Astronoid
At The Gates
Atoma
ATTLAS
Audioslave
Avantasia
Ayreon
Azure Emote
Baroness
Battle of Mice
Be'Lakor
Beach House
Bear Ghost
Beast in Black
Belzebubs
Ben Levin
Ben Levin Group
Bent Knee
Bent Knee
Between the Buried and Me
Beyond Fear
Beyond the Bridge
Big Big Train
Bizali
Björk
Black Hill
The Black Queen
Blind Guardian
Blue Stahli
Bob Dylan
Bohren & der Club of Gore
Bon Iver
Brand New
Bring Me the Horizon
The Browning
Bruce Dickinson
Brutus
BT
Buckethead
The Budos Band
Built To Spill
Burning Down Alaska
Caladan Brood
Capstan
Cardiacs
Cash Cash
Casting Crowns
Casualties of Cool
Cattle Decapitation
Celldweller
Childish Gambino
Chiodos
Chris Stapleton
Chroma Key
Church of the Cosmic Skull
CHVRCHES
Circus Maximus
City and Colour
CKY
Cloud Cult
Cloudscape
Coheed and Cambria
Coldplay
The Comet is Coming
Conception
Cult of Luna
The Cure
Cynic
Cynthesis
Cynthesis
Daft Punk
Dan Swano
Dark Tranquillity
Darkane
Darkwater
David Bowie
David Gilmour
David Gray
David Maxim Micic
dc Talk
Dead By Sunrise
Deadsoul Tribe
Deafheaven
The Dear Hunter
Death
Death Cab for Cutie
Deb Talan
Demians
Depeche Mode
Derek Sherinian
Destrage
Devil Doll
Devin Townsend
Diablo Swing Orchestra
The Dillinger Escape Plan
Dir En Grey
Dire Straits
DJ Shadow
Doctor Steel
Dog Fashion Disco
Dominici
Downhere
Dr. Dre
DragonForce
Dream the Electric Sleep
Dream Theater
DREAMCATCHER
dredg
The Drones
Dvne
East of the Wall
Edge of Sanity
Edguy
Editors
Egypt Central
Eisley
Elliot Smith
Eminem
Emperor
Engineers
Entwine
Enya
Epica
Erra
Evanescence
Explosions in the Sky
Faber
Fair To Midland
Faith No More
Fantomas
Fates Warning
Fear Before
Fever Ray
Fire From the Gods
Five For Fighting
Flaming Row
Fleet Foxes
The Flower Kings
Flying Colors
FM-84
Foo Fighters
Fort Minor
Frightened Rabbit
Frontierer
Frost*
Gallowbraid
Gamma Ray
Garbage
Gene Loves Jezebel
Ghost
Ghost Brigade
Gipsy Kings
Glass Cloud
Glass Hammer
God is an Astronaut
Godspeed You! Black Emperor
Gojira
Goo Goo Dolls
Good Tiger
Gordian Knot
The Gorillaz
Gotthard
Gotye
Green Carnation
Gregory Alan Isakov
Grimes
Guilt Machine
Haken
Halestorm
Half Moon Run
Hammerfall
Headspace
Heather Dale
Heilung
Helloween
Homestuck
The Human Abstract
Hybrid
Hypocrisy
I Don't Know How But They Found Me
I The Mighty
Iced Earth
If These Trees Could Talk
Igorrr
Ihsahn
Illyria
Imagine Dragons
In Colour
In Flames
In The Silence
Infected Mushroom
Insomnium
Into Eternity
IQ
Iron Maiden
Iron Savior
Irreversible Mechanism
Isis
James LaBrie
Jeff Buckley
Jinjer
John Wesley
Jon Oliva's Pain
Jonsi
Jordan Rudess
Journey
Judas Priest
Julie Christmas
Jupiter Society
Justin Cross
Justin Vernon
Kalmah
Kamelot
Katatonia
Kayo Dot
Keldian
Kevin Moore
Killer Be Killed
The Killers
Kimbra
King Crimson
King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard
Kip Winger
Kishi Bashi
Kiske/Somerville
Kvelertak
Labyrinth
Lady Gaga
Lana del Rey
Lance King
Landon Tewers
Lantlos
Led Zeppelin
Leonard Cohen
Leprous
Leverage
Lifehouse
Light Bearer
Lindsey Stirling
Linkin Park
Liquid Tension Experiment
Lonely Robot
Lord of the Lost
Lorde
Loreena McKennit
Lost Horizon
Low
Low Roar
Luca Turilli's Rhapsody
Lunatic Soul
Made Out of Babies
Maraton
Marillion
Mark Knopfler
Markéta Irglová
The Mars Volta
Massive Attack
Mastodon
maudlin of the Well
Meat Loaf
Meiko
The Mercury Tree
Meshuggah
Metallica
Mew
mewithoutYou
Michel Camilo
Mike Patton
Mind's Eye
Mirrorthrone
Misery Signals
Modest Mouse
MONO
The Moody Blues
Moon Safari
Mr. Bungle
múm
Mumford and Sons
Muse
The Mute Gods
Native Construct
Ne Obliviscaris
Neal Morse
Neutral Milk Hotel
Nevermore
Newworldson
Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds
Night Flight Orchestra
Nightingale
Nightwish
Nils Frahm
Nine Inch Nails
Nirvana
Nothing More
Nova Collective
Novo Amor
Now, Now
Nuclear Power Trio
The Ocean
Oceans of Slumber
Oceansize
Of Monsters and Men
Olafur Arnalds
The Old Wind
OneRepublic
Opeth
Orbs
OSI
Outworld
Owl City
Pain
Pain of Salvation
The Panic Division
Paramore
Paranoid Void
Pathfinder
Pattern Seeking Animals
Periphery
Persefone
Pete Yorn
Petter Carlsen
Pink Floyd
PJ Harvey
Place Vendome
Planet X
Planetarium
The Plot In You
Poets of the Fall
Polkadot Cadaver
Polyphia
The Polyphonic Spree
Porcupine Tree
Powerwolf
Prefab Sprout
Primal Fear
Primus
The Protomen
Psychonaut
Psychotic Waltz
Pure Reason Revolution
PVRIS
Pyramaze
Queen
Queens of the Stone Age
Queensryche
Radiohead
Rage Against the Machine
Rammstein
The Receiving Ends of Sirens
Red House Painters
Redemption
Refused
Regina Spektor
The Reign of Kindo
ReinXeed
Relient K
Ride the Sky
Rishloo
Rival Sons
The River Empires
Rivers of Nihil
Riverside
Run the Jewels
Rush
RX Bandits
Sabaton
Santigold
Sarah Fimm
Savatage
Saviour Machine
Scale the Summit
Scar Symmetry
Scorpions
Scott Walker
The Sea Within
Second Person
Senses Fail
Seventh Wonder
Shadow Gallery
The Shadow Theory
Shakira
ShamRain
Shining
The Shins
Shpongle
Sigur Rós
Sikth
Silverchair
Skillet
Skyharbor
Sleep Party People
Sleep Token
Sleeping at Last
Sleepytime Gorilla Musuem
The Smashing Pumpkins
The Smiths
Snarky Puppy
So Hideous
Social Distortion
Soilwork
Solution .45
Sonata Arctica
Sonic Syndicate
Sonic Youth
Sound of Contact
Soundgarden
Southern Empire
Sphere of Souls
Spock's Beard
Star One
Steam Powered Giraffe
Stef Lynn
Steven Wilson
Strapping Young Lad
Stratovarius
The Strokes
Styles of Beyond
Subsignal
Sufjan Stevens
Sumac
Sun Kil Moon
Susanne Sandfør
Swallow the Sun
Switchfoot
The Sword
Sylvan
Symphony X
System of a Down
Talk Talk
Talking Heads
The Tallest Man on Earth
Taylor Swift
Tears for Fears
The Tea Party
Tesseract
Thank You Scientist
Theocracy
This Will Destroy You
Thomas Giles
Thousand Foot Krutch
Three Doors Down
Threshold
Thrice
Tiamat
Toby Driver
Toehider
Tom Waits
Tool
Toto
Transatlantic
Triosphere
Trivium
True Widow
Twenty One Pilots
Twilight Force
Tycho
TYR
Ulver
Unexpect
Unisonic
United Progressive Fraternity
Unleash the Archers
Van Canto
Vanden Plas
Vektor
Villagers of Ioannina City
Volbeat
Von Hertzen Brothers
Voyager
Vulture Industries
Warpaint
We Are The Fallen
Weird Al
Wheel
While Heaven Wept
The White Buffalo
White Moth Black Butterfly
White Ward
Wintersun
Witherscape
Within Temptation
Yargos
Yes
Zeal and Ardor
Zero Hour

Title: well it was time i updated my profile a bit
Post by: Shadow Ninja 2.0 on January 03, 2024, 10:38:47 PM
BANNED DURING ROULETTE:

ROUND 1

Monica Heldal
Moron Police
Hakushi Hasegawa
Seven Spires
Gacharic Spin
Electric Callboy
Hiromi
Chapel of Disease
Fires in the Distance
Brymir
Andy James
Sigh
The Light in the Ocean
UFO
Mendoza Hoff Revels
Invisible

Round 2:

Gunship
Sordid Pink/Destiny Potato
Birds in Row
Creeper
Spiritbox
Vintersea
The Birthday Massacre
KNOWER
Dark the Suns
Sworn
Billy Idol
Closure in Moscow
Press to Enter
Fish
Black Violin
Viagra Boys

Round 3:

Magdelena Bay
Bend Sinister
Monika Roscher Bigband
The Amazing Devil
Bloodywood
Author & Punisher
Eventide
Carpenter Brut
Meursault
On Thorns I Lay
Trans-Siberian Orchestra
Gnome
Mile Marker Zero
Deep Purple
Minor Moon
George Clanton

Round 4:

Blue Food
Fjokra
Victory Over the Sun
The Last Dinner Party
BAND-MAID
Cyborg Octopus
Dirt Poor Robbins
Year of the Goat
Reliqa
Keep of Kalessin
Nahtram
Avenged Sevenfold
Ben Folds Five
Lynyrd Skynyrd
Nickel Creek
Gustavo Cerati

Round 5:

An Abstract Illusion
Animal Alpha
Vylet Pony
Visions of Atlantis
Monuments
Spiral Architect
Red Handed Denial
Parannoul/Asian Glow
Autonoesis
Takayoshi Ohmura
Spirit of the West
Omnerod
The Avett Brothers
Genesis
John Hiatt
Jamie xx

Round 6:

At the Drive-In
While She Sleeps
Dreamwell
Fellowship
Hanabie
ANGUS McSIX
First Signs of Frost
OK Goodnight
Bloody Tyrant
Children of Bodom
Arlo Guthrie
King Prawn
Michael Penn
Cheap Trick
Fantastic Negrito
Chelsea Wolfe

Round 7:

Deathspell Omega
Whispered
Clarence Clarity
First Aid Kit
Nemophila
Kyros
The Phantom Elite
death's dynamic shroud
Dreamgrave
Mors Principium Est
Triumph
Somali Yacht Club
Dada
Oasis
Jason Isbell
Anna von Hausswolff
Title: that said i will never cease transcribing existence rivets
Post by: Shadow Ninja 2.0 on January 03, 2024, 10:39:13 PM
Reserved in case I need another post for something. Maybe I'll just put a different Homestuck gif here every day.

(https://i.imgur.com/dvhbQx3.gif)

Also I'll put the Spotify playlists here.

Round 1: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/4DrRErHPCbFioSQKV0N3ps
Round 2: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/46sPYYFTKKmkFeTTPaYvt1
Round 3: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5x31vynhN8NcKIswCaA1Oq
Round 4: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1Dkc8QNZwBGc0k3cDRVBlK
Round 5: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/7Aj5jvuDD1bdCG0m6WIW7h
Round 6: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/52U5jNzVIk1WO539XFiuqz
Round 7: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1eJQz1rRKiKRCmdZNgxiEQ
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's v whatever roulette: now soliciting victims
Post by: King Puppies and the Acid Guppies on January 03, 2024, 11:03:50 PM
In! :metal
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's v whatever roulette: now soliciting victims
Post by: ariich on January 03, 2024, 11:14:16 PM
I volunteer as tribute!
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's v whatever roulette: now soliciting victims
Post by: King Puppies and the Acid Guppies on January 03, 2024, 11:17:42 PM
I volunteer as tribute!
(https://media1.tenor.com/m/jYqoo7wqZOAAAAAC/the-hunger-games-katniss-everdeen.gif)
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's v whatever roulette: now soliciting victims
Post by: Crow on January 04, 2024, 12:24:53 AM
time to kill this man (in)
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's v whatever roulette: now soliciting victims
Post by: King Puppies and the Acid Guppies on January 04, 2024, 12:50:55 AM
Oh and, congrats Ariich!
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's v whatever roulette: now soliciting victims
Post by: soupytwist on January 04, 2024, 05:29:32 AM
Brutal scores and writeups that don't hold back, hell yeah, bring it.   Sounds fun.   In if you want me.
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's v whatever roulette: now soliciting victims
Post by: lonestar on January 04, 2024, 05:33:30 AM
In..
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's v whatever roulette: now soliciting victims
Post by: Dr. DTVT on January 04, 2024, 06:53:19 AM
I can send you all the good stuff I can’t send Chad.  Plus, since I’ve been largely gone for eight years I’ll just send stuff not on the banned list so you might get something very new that catches your attention - for better or worse.
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's v whatever roulette: now soliciting victims
Post by: LithoJazzoSphere on January 04, 2024, 08:05:43 AM
Definitely in.  Basically I can send the opposite type of music I'm sending to Chad.  Perfect.  :burns:
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's v whatever roulette: now soliciting victims
Post by: TAC on January 04, 2024, 08:06:56 AM
.
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's v whatever roulette: now soliciting victims
Post by: Buddyhunter1 on January 04, 2024, 11:03:19 AM
Sure, let's go. :corn
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's v whatever roulette: now soliciting victims
Post by: King Puppies and the Acid Guppies on January 04, 2024, 11:44:10 AM
I'm sure I missed it in the OP, but do you prefer Spotify links or something else?
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's v whatever roulette: now soliciting victims
Post by: LithoJazzoSphere on January 04, 2024, 11:50:52 AM
I don't think you missed it, I didn't see that either.
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's v whatever roulette: now soliciting victims
Post by: jingle.boy on January 04, 2024, 11:54:21 AM
Definitely in.  Basically I can send the opposite type of music I'm sending to Chad.  Perfect.  :burns:

I can send you all the good stuff I can’t send Chad.  Plus, since I’ve been largely gone for eight years I’ll just send stuff not on the banned list so you might get something very new that catches your attention - for better or worse.

I already knew that SN and I were not a match, but these two statements validate that I should NOT participate in this roulette.  lol
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's v whatever roulette: now soliciting victims
Post by: LithoJazzoSphere on January 04, 2024, 12:34:01 PM
SN's tenure on the forum was after/before my time, so it'll be a feeling out process for me for sure, but in the limited amount I've discovered, I unearthed this from the previous roulette. 

TASTES
...
I do, however, want to strongly caution against prog metal. There's a ton of that stuff on my banned list, because I listened to a ton of it years ago, and while I still enjoy a lot of my favorites, I very very rarely find anything new in that mold that excites me at all. So, don't send it. At this point I'm not going to reject submissions, but you're likely to get a pretty weak score and hopefully that will be sufficient deterrent.

Lol, that kind of says it, doesn't it? 
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's v whatever roulette: now soliciting victims
Post by: ariich on January 04, 2024, 12:43:39 PM
I mean he says essentially a shortened version of that in the OP for this thread too.
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's v whatever roulette: now soliciting victims
Post by: lonestar on January 04, 2024, 12:58:56 PM
I think I can avoid sending prog metal...got plenty outside that genre...










































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Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's v whatever roulette: now soliciting victims
Post by: Crow on January 04, 2024, 01:02:17 PM
i remember shadow mostly for sending me a ton of absolute garbage in the first half of my first roulette followed by being the most interesting and best-scoring participant in the second half of my first roulette  :corn

i live for the chaos and i have a lot of chaos i'm looking to inflict on him. i dunno if it's all good chaos. but it is definitely chaos
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's v whatever roulette: now soliciting victims
Post by: twosuitsluke on January 04, 2024, 04:09:53 PM
I'm in, even if I can't send King Gizzy
Title: i kind of get the feeling no one else ever pays attention to post titles though
Post by: Shadow Ninja 2.0 on January 04, 2024, 04:22:46 PM
In! :metal

I volunteer as tribute!

time to kill this man (in)

Sure, let's go. :corn

Great to have you all back! Sorry I didn't manage to scare you off last time, but I'll do better this time, I promise.

I can send you all the good stuff I can’t send Chad.  Plus, since I’ve been largely gone for eight years I’ll just send stuff not on the banned list so you might get something very new that catches your attention - for better or worse.


Brutal scores and writeups that don't hold back, hell yeah, bring it.   Sounds fun.   In if you want me.

Definitely in.  Basically I can send the opposite type of music I'm sending to Chad.  Perfect.  :burns:

In..

I'm in, even if I can't send King Gizzy

And welcome to new faces as well!

I'm sure I missed it in the OP, but do you prefer Spotify links or something else?

Yeah, I wrote it last night when I was pretty tired so I missed some stuff. I've edited it in, but basically Spotify or Youtube is fine.

.

Is this an entry? If so, you're in. If not, you're in anyway, and I expect you to start sending songs immediately.

Definitely in.  Basically I can send the opposite type of music I'm sending to Chad.  Perfect.  :burns:

I can send you all the good stuff I can’t send Chad.  Plus, since I’ve been largely gone for eight years I’ll just send stuff not on the banned list so you might get something very new that catches your attention - for better or worse.

I already knew that SN and I were not a match, but these two statements validate that I should NOT participate in this roulette.  lol

Join anyway and just send me stuff you hate. There's at least a chance that it'll turn out to be a winning strategy.
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's v whatever roulette: now soliciting victims
Post by: TAC on January 04, 2024, 04:25:30 PM


.

Is this an entry? If so, you're in. If not, you're in anyway, and I expect you to start sending songs immediately.

 :lol

Alright..I guess I'm in, but I have no clue where we're going to cross tastes.

You'll have 20 minutes tonight!
Title: like i can have an entire conversation with myself here and no one would know
Post by: Shadow Ninja 2.0 on January 04, 2024, 04:31:01 PM
i remember shadow mostly for sending me a ton of absolute garbage in the first half of my first roulette followed by being the most interesting and best-scoring participant in the second half of my first roulette  :corn

i live for the chaos and i have a lot of chaos i'm looking to inflict on him. i dunno if it's all good chaos. but it is definitely chaos

I remember this differently, I think I sent amazing stuff all the way through, but at halftime your tastes dramatically improved.

Also, I won't officially start the first round for a few days in case more people want to join, but if you want to go ahead and send me your first submission you're free to do that.
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's v whatever roulette: now soliciting victims
Post by: lonestar on January 04, 2024, 04:38:08 PM
Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaand sent!!
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's v whatever roulette: now soliciting victims
Post by: wolfking on January 04, 2024, 04:39:17 PM
I'll play if there's still room.  A lot of crossover on that banned list.
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's v whatever roulette: now soliciting victims
Post by: jingle.boy on January 04, 2024, 04:40:36 PM


.

Is this an entry? If so, you're in. If not, you're in anyway, and I expect you to start sending songs immediately.
x

 :lol

Alright..I guess I'm in, but I have no clue where we're going to cross tastes.

You'll have 20 minutes tonight!

Well, if Tim's willing to give it a go, maybe I will.  I've got to find upwards of 120-160 minutes of eclectic (for my tastes) stuff.  Dunno.  Maybe.  If I decide to go at it, I'll send something by the end of the weekend.  I've got to get my round of scoring up for the boys before I can start to look for stuff here.
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's v whatever roulette: now soliciting victims
Post by: TAC on January 04, 2024, 04:46:21 PM
The end of the weekend, slacker?? WTF?
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's v whatever roulette: now soliciting victims
Post by: wolfking on January 04, 2024, 04:48:37 PM
Shit, now I have to work out how to create a Spotify playlist.  This might take me a while.  ;D
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's v whatever roulette: now soliciting victims
Post by: jingle.boy on January 04, 2024, 04:49:43 PM
The end of the weekend, slacker?? WTF?

Read the rules, slacker.  Don't get me going, punk... or I'll start asking questions!! :lol
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's v whatever roulette: now soliciting victims
Post by: jingle.boy on January 04, 2024, 04:52:19 PM
Shit, now I have to work out how to create a Spotify playlist.  This might take me a while.  ;D

Tim figured it out.  Don't shame yourself.
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's v whatever roulette: now soliciting victims
Post by: wolfking on January 04, 2024, 05:15:14 PM
I just did.  Wasn't that hard. 
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's v whatever roulette: now soliciting victims
Post by: wolfking on January 04, 2024, 05:17:57 PM
Sent.
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's v whatever roulette: now soliciting victims
Post by: jingle.boy on January 04, 2024, 05:50:33 PM
I just did.  Wasn't that hard.

Exactly!
Title: which does sound like fun
Post by: Shadow Ninja 2.0 on January 04, 2024, 06:10:09 PM
I'll play if there's still room.  A lot of crossover on that banned list.

Hell yeah, you're in.



.

Is this an entry? If so, you're in. If not, you're in anyway, and I expect you to start sending songs immediately.
x

 :lol

Alright..I guess I'm in, but I have no clue where we're going to cross tastes.

You'll have 20 minutes tonight!

Well, if Tim's willing to give it a go, maybe I will.  I've got to find upwards of 120-160 minutes of eclectic (for my tastes) stuff.  Dunno.  Maybe.  If I decide to go at it, I'll send something by the end of the weekend.  I've got to get my round of scoring up for the boys before I can start to look for stuff here.

No worries, I won't have gotten things really started until then anyway. If in you're really in a bind, you can just youtube 'weirdo shit' and send me whatever comes up.
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's v whatever roulette: now soliciting victims
Post by: Shadow Ninja 2.0 on January 04, 2024, 06:17:42 PM
Oh also, just as a note, you don't have to get as close to 20 minutes as possible to maximize your score, it's just the maximum time limit. I'm essentially going to be scoring submissions as weighted averages of the individual songs (I don't literally get that granular with it, but that's the basic idea), so if you have a submission that's 10 minutes of really killer music, it'll score better than one with 15 minutes of killer music and 5 minutes of dreck. The temptation is always to cram in as much as possible, which I understand, but just be aware that you don't need to, and in some cases it may be smarter not to.
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's v whatever roulette: now soliciting victims
Post by: LithoJazzoSphere on January 04, 2024, 06:19:56 PM
All killer, no filler, gotcha. 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_-ywSPWu3K8
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's v whatever roulette: now soliciting victims
Post by: lonestar on January 04, 2024, 06:21:33 PM
 :rollin
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's v whatever roulette: now soliciting victims
Post by: Shadow Ninja 2.0 on January 04, 2024, 06:23:25 PM
I liked the first second but the last three were dull. 2 points.
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's v whatever roulette: now soliciting victims
Post by: LithoJazzoSphere on January 04, 2024, 06:28:50 PM
That's 3 seconds for your mind to recover from being blown. 
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's v whatever roulette: now soliciting victims
Post by: TAC on January 04, 2024, 06:40:56 PM
I'll play if there's still room.  A lot of crossover on that banned list.

Hell yeah, you're in.



.

Is this an entry? If so, you're in. If not, you're in anyway, and I expect you to start sending songs immediately.
x

 :lol

Alright..I guess I'm in, but I have no clue where we're going to cross tastes.

You'll have 20 minutes tonight!

Well, if Tim's willing to give it a go, maybe I will.  I've got to find upwards of 120-160 minutes of eclectic (for my tastes) stuff.  Dunno.  Maybe.  If I decide to go at it, I'll send something by the end of the weekend.  I've got to get my round of scoring up for the boys before I can start to look for stuff here.

No worries, I won't have gotten things really started until then anyway. If in you're really in a bind, you can just youtube 'weirdo shit' and send me whatever comes up.

It's Chad. You're getting weirdo shit either way. ;D
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's v whatever roulette: now soliciting victims
Post by: wolfking on January 04, 2024, 06:41:22 PM
All killer, no filler, gotcha. 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_-ywSPWu3K8

Not a second wasted.
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's v whatever roulette: now soliciting victims
Post by: TAC on January 04, 2024, 06:45:03 PM
All killer, no filler, gotcha. 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_-ywSPWu3K8

Not a second wasted.

That's the entirety of Kingshmegland having sex.
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's v whatever roulette: now soliciting victims
Post by: wolfking on January 04, 2024, 06:50:18 PM
All killer, no filler, gotcha. 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_-ywSPWu3K8

Not a second wasted.

That's the entirety of Kingshmegland having sex.

(https://th.bing.com/th/id/R.19ca63e85e098802e9263d11bae24b31?rik=D2R6RYDRH5iBNg&riu=http%3a%2f%2fmma-user-upload.mixedmartialarts.com%2f2019-01%2fblack-kid-gif-2.gif&ehk=bO8G9cpFA25wte%2f4TAmwTTrD0P4AguF9Ya9J4vCEO00%3d&risl=&pid=ImgRaw&r=0)
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's v whatever roulette: now soliciting victims
Post by: King Puppies and the Acid Guppies on January 04, 2024, 06:52:09 PM
All killer, no filler, gotcha. 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_-ywSPWu3K8

Not a second wasted.

That's the entirety of Kingshmegland having sex.
(https://media3.giphy.com/media/XRXCGCbV10vQ6foS3h/giphy.gif)
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's v whatever roulette: now soliciting victims
Post by: King Postwhore on January 04, 2024, 07:33:01 PM
All killer, no filler, gotcha. 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_-ywSPWu3K8

Not a second wasted.

That's the entirety of Kingshmegland having sex.

Your asshole knows that all too well.
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's v whatever roulette: now soliciting victims
Post by: TAC on January 04, 2024, 07:35:07 PM
All killer, no filler, gotcha. 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_-ywSPWu3K8

Not a second wasted.

That's the entirety of Kingshmegland having sex.

Your asshole knows that all too well.

That's not my asshole.
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's v whatever roulette: now soliciting victims
Post by: King Postwhore on January 04, 2024, 07:37:00 PM
So your face?
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's v whatever roulette: now soliciting victims
Post by: TAC on January 04, 2024, 07:39:22 PM
(https://media1.giphy.com/media/NXYEiVaoumDWE/giphy.gif)
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's v whatever roulette: now soliciting victims
Post by: TAC on January 04, 2024, 08:01:41 PM
Sent!!!
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's v whatever roulette: now soliciting victims
Post by: Shadow Ninja 2.0 on January 04, 2024, 08:17:29 PM
King, you've posted in the thread so I assume you're in the roulette. Please send your first submission as soon as you can.
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's v whatever roulette: now soliciting victims
Post by: LithoJazzoSphere on January 04, 2024, 08:23:16 PM
That is not a safe assumption.  He did the same thing in mine but didn't join.   :lol
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's v whatever roulette: now soliciting victims
Post by: Dr. DTVT on January 04, 2024, 10:38:39 PM
He might be out.  He has a lot going on in the real world.
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's v whatever roulette: now soliciting victims
Post by: King Postwhore on January 05, 2024, 03:59:45 AM
King, you've posted in the thread so I assume you're in the roulette. Please send your first submission as soon as you can.

To harass Tim?  I'm in if you'll have me.
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's v whatever roulette: now soliciting victims
Post by: King Postwhore on January 05, 2024, 04:00:19 AM
That is not a safe assumption.  He did the same thing in mine but didn't join.   :lol

I should have but was burnt at that time.
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's v whatever roulette: now soliciting victims
Post by: Stadler on January 05, 2024, 06:53:03 AM
Need another or are you full?
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's v whatever roulette: now soliciting victims
Post by: TAC on January 05, 2024, 07:33:58 AM
Kingshmegland is attracted to my scent.
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's v whatever roulette: now soliciting victims
Post by: King Postwhore on January 05, 2024, 07:52:23 AM
Kingshmegland is attracted to my scent.

I hunt the prey.
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's v whatever roulette: now soliciting victims
Post by: LithoJazzoSphere on January 05, 2024, 07:59:10 AM
That is not a safe assumption.  He did the same thing in mine but didn't join.   :lol

I should have but was burnt at that time.

There's always next time.   :tup
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's v whatever roulette: now soliciting victims
Post by: Shadow Ninja 2.0 on January 05, 2024, 08:03:47 AM
Everyone is welcome, you guys are in if you want in. But you don't actually have to join if you don't want to, King. :lol TAC is the only one forced to participate.
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's v whatever roulette: now soliciting victims
Post by: jingle.boy on January 05, 2024, 08:16:16 AM
and I really fucking hate Gwen Stefani's voice.

Challenge accepted!

Actually, I might steal from RJ's approach from Metro's roulette, and go all instrumental.
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's v whatever roulette: now soliciting victims
Post by: lonestar on January 05, 2024, 08:17:17 AM
and I really fucking hate Gwen Stefani's voice.

Challenge accepted!

Actually, I might steal from RJ's approach from Metro's roulette, and go all instrumental.

For the whole roulette?
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's v whatever roulette: now soliciting victims
Post by: jingle.boy on January 05, 2024, 08:18:24 AM
and I really fucking hate Gwen Stefani's voice.

Challenge accepted!

Actually, I might steal from RJ's approach from Metro's roulette, and go all instrumental.

For the whole roulette?

Accidentally the whole thing!
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's v whatever roulette: now soliciting victims
Post by: LithoJazzoSphere on January 05, 2024, 08:18:33 AM
and I really fucking hate Gwen Stefani's voice.

Challenge accepted!

90s Gwen and 00s Gwen are practically two different people to me. 
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's v whatever roulette: now soliciting victims
Post by: Lonk on January 05, 2024, 08:19:28 AM
and I really fucking hate Gwen Stefani's voice.

Challenge accepted!

90s Gwen and 00s Gwen are practically two different people to me.
to everyone, really. I don't mind some of her No Doubt stuff
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's v whatever roulette: now soliciting victims
Post by: jingle.boy on January 05, 2024, 08:20:30 AM
and I really fucking hate Gwen Stefani's voice.

Challenge accepted!

90s Gwen and 00s Gwen are practically two different people to me.
to everyone, really. I don't mind some of her No Doubt stuff

I snuck Tragic Kingdom into my original Top 50 albums list!  That's a fantastic album.
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's v whatever roulette: now soliciting victims
Post by: Shadow Ninja 2.0 on January 05, 2024, 08:23:03 AM
I just don't get it. Her voice sounds like she's doing a joke bad voice to make fun of someone, but she just does it all the time and for some reason everyone pretends like she sounds good.
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's v whatever roulette: now soliciting victims
Post by: LithoJazzoSphere on January 05, 2024, 08:29:30 AM
and I really fucking hate Gwen Stefani's voice.

Challenge accepted!

90s Gwen and 00s Gwen are practically two different people to me.
to everyone, really. I don't mind some of her No Doubt stuff

I snuck Tragic Kingdom into my original Top 50 albums list!  That's a fantastic album.

This is what I mean.  And if we ever get to a "top 50 songs countdown", "Don't Speak" is going to be way up there. 
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's v whatever roulette: now soliciting victims
Post by: TAC on January 05, 2024, 08:33:28 AM
Gwen Stefani blows. Her voice is awful.

Don’t Speak should’ve been called Don’t Sing.
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's v whatever roulette: now soliciting victims
Post by: Lonk on January 05, 2024, 08:36:07 AM
I just don't get it. Her voice sounds like she's doing a joke bad voice to make fun of someone, but she just does it all the time and for some reason everyone pretends like she sounds good.
No, I get it. Her voice is very unique and not everyone likes it. I'm indifferent about it, but those 90's No Doubt stuff are pretty good (IMO, of course)

Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's v whatever roulette: now soliciting victims
Post by: LithoJazzoSphere on January 05, 2024, 08:58:12 AM
Gwen Stefani blows. Her voice is awful.

Don’t Speak should’ve been called Don’t Sing.

There are people here with even worse musical opinions.  They just aren't so vociferous about them. 
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's v whatever roulette: now soliciting victims
Post by: hefdaddy42 on January 05, 2024, 08:58:38 AM
I'll give it a whirl, if you'll have me.
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's v whatever roulette: now soliciting victims
Post by: King Postwhore on January 05, 2024, 09:08:58 AM
and I really fucking hate Gwen Stefani's voice.

Challenge accepted!

90s Gwen and 00s Gwen are practically two different people to me.
to everyone, really. I don't mind some of her No Doubt stuff

I snuck Tragic Kingdom into my original Top 50 albums list!  That's a fantastic album.

It's an excellent album.  But I get some not liking her style of singing. 
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's v whatever roulette: now soliciting victims
Post by: LithoJazzoSphere on January 05, 2024, 09:13:12 AM
I'll give it a whirl, if you'll have me.

Wow, first in 13 years?  Might have to try and get you in my next one whenever that is too. 
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's v whatever roulette: now soliciting victims
Post by: hefdaddy42 on January 05, 2024, 09:19:59 AM
I'll give it a whirl, if you'll have me.

Wow, first in 13 years?  Might have to try and get you in my next one whenever that is too.
I don't know if it's been quite that long.  But maybe!
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's v whatever roulette: now soliciting victims
Post by: lonestar on January 05, 2024, 09:22:11 AM
I'll give it a whirl, if you'll have me.

 :omg:

 :heart


Rich vs Hef... a battle for the ages...
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's v whatever roulette: now soliciting victims
Post by: King Postwhore on January 05, 2024, 09:24:02 AM
Mud wrestling like in Stripes.
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's v whatever roulette: now soliciting victims
Post by: hefdaddy42 on January 05, 2024, 09:26:12 AM
Mud wrestling like in Stripes.
I'd probably rather do that lol
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's v whatever roulette: now soliciting victims
Post by: Shadow Ninja 2.0 on January 05, 2024, 09:26:50 AM
I'll give it a whirl, if you'll have me.

 :metal
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's v whatever roulette: now soliciting victims
Post by: hefdaddy42 on January 05, 2024, 09:33:02 AM
What's the deadline for round 1?  Or did I miss it?

I'm old.  Help a brother out lol
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's v whatever roulette: now soliciting victims
Post by: Stadler on January 05, 2024, 09:36:32 AM
Gwen Stefani blows. Her voice is awful.

Don’t Speak should’ve been called Don’t Sing.

I love me some girl-fronted pop - Taylor Swift, Demi Lovato, Fergie, Christina Aguilera - but I just don't get the fascination with Gwen Stefani.   I don't.  It just all sounds - and looks, sorry, it does - fake. 
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's v whatever roulette: now soliciting victims
Post by: Shadow Ninja 2.0 on January 05, 2024, 09:46:22 AM
What's the deadline for round 1?  Or did I miss it?

I'm old.  Help a brother out lol

The deadline will be 72 hours from when I actually 'start' round 1, which will probably be tomorrow, so you've got plenty of time. Subsequent rounds will begin once results for the last one are posted, and I'll send out a PM letting everyone know they've got 72 hours to submit.
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's v whatever roulette: now soliciting victims
Post by: Stadler on January 05, 2024, 09:52:35 AM
What's the deadline for round 1?  Or did I miss it?

I'm old.  Help a brother out lol

Well, I've already submitted, so that should tell you something.   ;)
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's v whatever roulette: now soliciting victims
Post by: hefdaddy42 on January 05, 2024, 10:11:37 AM
What's the deadline for round 1?  Or did I miss it?

I'm old.  Help a brother out lol

Well, I've already submitted, so that should tell you something.   ;)
Something about YOU, for sure.
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's v whatever roulette: now soliciting victims
Post by: jingle.boy on January 05, 2024, 10:21:00 AM
I'll give it a whirl, if you'll have me.

(https://i.gifer.com/PMfK.gif)
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's v whatever roulette: now soliciting victims
Post by: hefdaddy42 on January 05, 2024, 10:21:57 AM
FFS lol
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's v whatever roulette: now soliciting victims
Post by: lonestar on January 05, 2024, 10:22:41 AM
What's the deadline for round 1?  Or did I miss it?

I'm old.  Help a brother out lol

Well, I've already submitted, so that should tell you something.   ;)

Yeah, that I should buy a lottery ticket.


I'll give it a whirl, if you'll have me.

(https://i.gifer.com/PMfK.gif)

I know, right?
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's v whatever roulette: now soliciting victims
Post by: hefdaddy42 on January 05, 2024, 10:29:06 AM
2o minutes of John Cage, coming right up.
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's v whatever roulette: now soliciting victims
Post by: Crow on January 05, 2024, 10:58:46 AM
my gwen stefani take is that she's good
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's v whatever roulette: now soliciting victims
Post by: lonestar on January 05, 2024, 11:11:26 AM
my gwen stefani take is that she's good

I'm indifferent to her music, she does have a nice voice though
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's v whatever roulette: now soliciting victims
Post by: hefdaddy42 on January 05, 2024, 11:18:24 AM
my gwen stefani take is that she's good
I have nothing against her, but not a lot of her output has really appealed to me.
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's v whatever roulette: now soliciting victims
Post by: King Puppies and the Acid Guppies on January 05, 2024, 11:25:02 AM
2o minutes of John Cage, coming right up.
Ha, it's been a while since we had a John Cage joke in a roulette  :lol
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's v whatever roulette: now soliciting victims
Post by: jingle.boy on January 05, 2024, 11:28:47 AM
Arch Enemy
Arch Enemy

So good they had to be banned twice!
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's v whatever roulette: now soliciting victims
Post by: hefdaddy42 on January 05, 2024, 11:36:02 AM
2o minutes of John Cage, coming right up.
Ha, it's been a while since we had a John Cage joke in a roulette  :lol
That's how fucking long it's been since I did one of these motherfuckers
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's v whatever roulette: now soliciting victims
Post by: Shadow Ninja 2.0 on January 05, 2024, 01:09:57 PM
Arch Enemy
Arch Enemy

So good they had to be banned twice!

You should have seen the first draft, where somehow a group called 'Banned list' made it into the list.
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's v whatever roulette: now soliciting victims
Post by: King Postwhore on January 05, 2024, 01:54:36 PM
And sent!
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's v whatever roulette: now soliciting victims
Post by: ariich on January 05, 2024, 02:12:25 PM
Arch Enemy
Arch Enemy

So good they had to be banned twice!

You should have seen the first draft, where somehow a group called 'Banned list' made it into the list.
So they're not banned anymore? Cool.
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's v whatever roulette: now soliciting victims
Post by: King Puppies and the Acid Guppies on January 05, 2024, 02:42:12 PM
Sent for all rounds :corn
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's v whatever roulette: now soliciting victims
Post by: wolfking on January 05, 2024, 04:30:37 PM
Just a Girl and Don't Speak were such huge hits over here, they were played constantly!  The three musicians in No Doubt seemed really good to me, but Stefani I just never could like her vocals.  As mentioned, like an adult doing a 5 year old impression, or when those females talk in baby talk to their dogs and shit.
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's v whatever roulette: now soliciting victims
Post by: LithoJazzoSphere on January 05, 2024, 04:56:46 PM
Arch Enemy
Arch Enemy

So good they had to be banned twice!

I assume this means he's banned two of their eras and the third one is still available to send.  Is it Johan, Angela, or Alissa? 
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's v whatever roulette: now soliciting victims
Post by: wolfking on January 05, 2024, 05:01:56 PM
Arch Enemy
Arch Enemy

So good they had to be banned twice!

Do you want to find out how good they actually are?
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's v whatever roulette: now soliciting victims
Post by: jingle.boy on January 05, 2024, 05:09:06 PM
Arch Enemy
Arch Enemy

So good they had to be banned twice!

Do you want to find out how good they actually are?

Be my guest!  I've heard a few of their tunes - shit, I think I even submitted one to Tim' in the Girls round he had once.
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's v whatever roulette: now soliciting victims
Post by: twosuitsluke on January 05, 2024, 05:09:12 PM
Arch Enemy
Arch Enemy

So good they had to be banned twice!

Not the only band that's double banned either!
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's v whatever roulette: now soliciting victims
Post by: wolfking on January 05, 2024, 05:38:25 PM
Arch Enemy
Arch Enemy

So good they had to be banned twice!

Do you want to find out how good they actually are?

Be my guest!  I've heard a few of their tunes - shit, I think I even submitted one to Tim' in the Girls round he had once.

Really?  Are we thinking of the same band?
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's v whatever roulette: now soliciting victims
Post by: King Puppies and the Acid Guppies on January 05, 2024, 05:39:12 PM
Arch Enemy
Arch Enemy

So good they had to be banned twice!

Do you want to find out how good they actually are?

Be my guest!  I've heard a few of their tunes - shit, I think I even submitted one to Tim' in the Girls round he had once.

Really?  Are we thinking of the same band?
He's probably thinking of Issa.
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's v whatever roulette: now soliciting victims
Post by: wolfking on January 05, 2024, 05:40:45 PM
Arch Enemy
Arch Enemy

So good they had to be banned twice!

Do you want to find out how good they actually are?

Be my guest!  I've heard a few of their tunes - shit, I think I even submitted one to Tim' in the Girls round he had once.

Really?  Are we thinking of the same band?
He's probably thinking of Issa.

I reckon.  Chad sending Arch Enemy to someone?  Am I in the bizarro world?
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's v whatever roulette: now soliciting victims
Post by: lonestar on January 05, 2024, 06:45:36 PM
Arch Enemy
Arch Enemy

So good they had to be banned twice!

You should have seen the first draft, where somehow a group called 'Banned list' made it into the list.
So they're not banned anymore? Cool.

https://open.spotify.com/track/4hFzHLw8nGgyUIihtdtwS8?si=z1dcxXvHSVO28abBg3xwjw (https://open.spotify.com/track/4hFzHLw8nGgyUIihtdtwS8?si=z1dcxXvHSVO28abBg3xwjw)
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's v whatever roulette: now soliciting victims
Post by: jingle.boy on January 05, 2024, 07:31:09 PM
Arch Enemy
Arch Enemy

So good they had to be banned twice!

Do you want to find out how good they actually are?

Be my guest!  I've heard a few of their tunes - shit, I think I even submitted one to Tim' in the Girls round he had once.

Really?  Are we thinking of the same band?
He's probably thinking of Issa.

I reckon.  Chad sending Arch Enemy to someone?  Am I in the bizarro world?

Suck it, Trebek!

Round 6 Results

Jingle.boy: Arch Enemy – You Will Know My Name (Live)

Excellent female growling and clearly one of the best songs of the round. It definitely has that live recording energy to it, which I suspect adds quite a lot. The riffs are good, the solo is nice and appropriate (though not really mind-blowing), and the song has a really nice hook. Or perhaps it's just that this song looks better than it is alongside the more mediocre submissions in the group? 7

Got the highest score of the round as well!
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's v whatever roulette: now soliciting victims
Post by: Shadow Ninja 2.0 on January 05, 2024, 07:35:59 PM
Arch Enemy generally falls into the good-but-not-great category for me, but Alissa's such a good vocalist that she really elevates them. Their lyrics are pretty bad though, enough that even I'm noticing it.
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's v whatever roulette: now soliciting victims
Post by: wolfking on January 05, 2024, 09:03:04 PM
Arch Enemy
Arch Enemy

So good they had to be banned twice!

Do you want to find out how good they actually are?

Be my guest!  I've heard a few of their tunes - shit, I think I even submitted one to Tim' in the Girls round he had once.

Really?  Are we thinking of the same band?
He's probably thinking of Issa.

I reckon.  Chad sending Arch Enemy to someone?  Am I in the bizarro world?

Suck it, Trebek!

Round 6 Results

Jingle.boy: Arch Enemy – You Will Know My Name (Live)

Excellent female growling and clearly one of the best songs of the round. It definitely has that live recording energy to it, which I suspect adds quite a lot. The riffs are good, the solo is nice and appropriate (though not really mind-blowing), and the song has a really nice hook. Or perhaps it's just that this song looks better than it is alongside the more mediocre submissions in the group? 7

Got the highest score of the round as well!

Im genuinely shocked!  :omg:

You just opened yourself up to some growls mother fucker in your roulette.
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's v whatever roulette: now soliciting victims
Post by: LithoJazzoSphere on January 05, 2024, 09:21:57 PM
Round 6 Results
Jingle.boy: Arch Enemy – You Will Know My Name (Live)

Excellent female growling and clearly one of the best songs of the round. It definitely has that live recording energy to it, which I suspect adds quite a lot. The riffs are good, the solo is nice and appropriate (though not really mind-blowing), and the song has a really nice hook. Or perhaps it's just that this song looks better than it is alongside the more mediocre submissions in the group? 7

Got the highest score of the round as well!

That was to Nelson, not Tim.  Female harsh vocals are no problem for Nelson, he tried to send me Lingua Ignota. 
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's v whatever roulette: now soliciting victims
Post by: wolfking on January 05, 2024, 09:29:58 PM
Isn't that a type of pasta?
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's v whatever roulette: now soliciting victims
Post by: LithoJazzoSphere on January 05, 2024, 09:32:52 PM
Creepy pasta for sure. 
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's v whatever roulette: now soliciting victims
Post by: jingle.boy on January 05, 2024, 09:33:35 PM
Round 6 Results
Jingle.boy: Arch Enemy – You Will Know My Name (Live)

Excellent female growling and clearly one of the best songs of the round. It definitely has that live recording energy to it, which I suspect adds quite a lot. The riffs are good, the solo is nice and appropriate (though not really mind-blowing), and the song has a really nice hook. Or perhaps it's just that this song looks better than it is alongside the more mediocre submissions in the group? 7

Got the highest score of the round as well!

That was to Nelson, not Tim.  Female harsh vocals are no problem for Nelson, he tried to send me Lingua Ignota.

Yeah, I mis-remembered who had that round.

But you can suck it too!  I KNEW I sent it to Tim:

Interesting Arch Enemy song Chad.  Didn't think you'd like that at all.

Round 2

Women In Uniform


(https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/81wlbJHatOL._SY355_.jpg)

JINGLE BOY-That's What She Said


8. Arch Enemy-Walk In The Shadows 7.0

Ooff.


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WOLFKING-The Bitches Are Back In Town

1. Arch Enemy-Blood On Your Hands** 8.5

This song is total metal. Not sure I'm totally on board with this chick's vocals. Kind of creeps me out.

2. Arch Enemy-Nemesis  8.5

I like this one a lot, vocals notwithstanding. This song is loaded with Schenkerisms, and you know I appreciate that.

Kade clearly knows the band better than I.  :lol
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's v whatever roulette: now soliciting victims
Post by: wolfking on January 05, 2024, 09:36:20 PM
To be fair, their covers are fucking horrible.  7.0 is generous IMO :lol
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's v whatever roulette: now soliciting victims
Post by: LithoJazzoSphere on January 05, 2024, 09:41:53 PM
Yeah, I was gonna say, choosing their Queensryche cover was an...interesting...choice. 
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's v whatever roulette: now soliciting victims
Post by: jingle.boy on January 05, 2024, 09:45:33 PM
To be fair, their covers are fucking horrible.  7.0 is generous IMO :lol

I guess he's finally exacting his payback with his submissions in my current roulette.   :rollin
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's v whatever roulette: now soliciting victims
Post by: Dr. DTVT on January 06, 2024, 07:08:20 AM
Just because I don’t trust Spotify tinkering with my list, did you get mine and is it legal?
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's v whatever roulette: Send for round 1
Post by: Shadow Ninja 2.0 on January 06, 2024, 08:48:05 AM
Yes, playlist is very cool and very legal.

Also, I'll say round 1 has officially begun now, so the five people who haven't submitted yet have 72 hours to do, or until around 10 Tuesday in local Shadow Ninja time.
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's v whatever roulette: Send for round 1
Post by: jingle.boy on January 06, 2024, 09:16:45 AM
Sent!  I'm officially in my first Shadow Ninja roulette.  :fistpump:
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's v whatever roulette: Send for round 1
Post by: LithoJazzoSphere on January 06, 2024, 09:36:08 AM
Round 1 sent. 

First rounds always take longer to figure out what to pick, especially when needing more music, and with a host with more inscrutable tastes.  I have lots of ideas starting to line up now though. 
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's v whatever roulette: Send for round 1
Post by: lonestar on January 06, 2024, 09:59:42 AM
Sent!  I'm officially in my first Shadow Ninja roulette.  :fistpump:

Same I think... Just gonna throw shit against the wall and see what sticks. Started with a recent roulette staple of mine.
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's v whatever roulette: Send for round 1
Post by: Crow on January 06, 2024, 11:23:01 AM
i have no intention of winning i just hope my submissions are interesting (they are)
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's v whatever roulette: Send for round 1
Post by: ariich on January 06, 2024, 12:21:17 PM
Yes, playlist is very cool and very legal.

Also, I'll say round 1 has officially begun now, so the five people who haven't submitted yet have 72 hours to do, or until around 10 Tuesday in local Shadow Ninja time.
Cool, I have some family staying for the weekend so it's all a bit crazy but should be able to send this evening or if not then tomorrow evening!
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's v whatever roulette: Send for round 1
Post by: lonestar on January 06, 2024, 12:30:17 PM
i have no intention of winning i just hope my submissions are predictable (they are)

Fixed for me
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's v whatever roulette: Send for round 1
Post by: twosuitsluke on January 06, 2024, 01:17:38 PM
Ninja, question about scoring. How will you be scoring multiple songs? Like, if I add a little 2 minute interlude in my 20 minutes of music, is that likely to bring my average score down?

My gut is that I want to make sure my 20 minutes gives you a good idea of what each band is capable of. Interludes could improve the overall flow of my submission, but if I'm gonna end up with a lower score average because of it, I'll skip that approach.
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's v whatever roulette: Send for round 1
Post by: LithoJazzoSphere on January 06, 2024, 01:23:09 PM
I've done something exactly like that.  I don't especially care how it affects the score, it makes it more fun and gives my entry more personality. 
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's v whatever roulette: Send for round 1
Post by: Shadow Ninja 2.0 on January 06, 2024, 01:33:29 PM
Sent!  I'm officially in my first Shadow Ninja roulette.  :fistpump:
Round 1 sent. 

First rounds always take longer to figure out what to pick, especially when needing more music, and with a host with more inscrutable tastes.  I have lots of ideas starting to line up now though. 

Sent!  I'm officially in my first Shadow Ninja roulette.  :fistpump:

Same I think... Just gonna throw shit against the wall and see what sticks. Started with a recent roulette staple of mine.

Great to have all you guys in for the first time! The 'just try random stuff' method is one I employ pretty much exclusively in all roulettes so I strongly endorse it. Although I've never actually won one, so maybe you should ignore my advice.

i have no intention of winning i just hope my submissions are interesting (they are)

I find your taste just as incomprehensible as mine, so I'm always interested to see what you send. Not saying I'll like it, but you never know. I still play that Actor | Observer album you sent me some songs from last time around.

Ninja, question about scoring. How will you be scoring multiple songs? Like, if I add a little 2 minute interlude in my 20 minutes of music, is that likely to bring my average score down?

My gut is that I want to make sure my 20 minutes gives you a good idea of what each band is capable of. Interludes could improve the overall flow of my submission, but if I'm gonna end up with a lower score average because of it, I'll skip that approach.

Every bit of music you send counts towards the score. If it's a good interlude that adds to the songs the same way a calmer section or a spacey bit in a long prog song does, then it won't hurt your score, but if it's boring it will. I don't think flow is something you really need to worry about though, I'm largely flow-blind and don't mind jumping straight from mùm to Archspire.
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's v whatever roulette: Send for round 1
Post by: twosuitsluke on January 06, 2024, 01:39:02 PM
OK cool. Well as you are a fellow fan of weird, out there, music I want to ensure my 20 minutes crams in the weirdness.
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's v whatever roulette: Send for round 1
Post by: Crow on January 06, 2024, 01:39:56 PM
i have no intention of winning i just hope my submissions are interesting (they are)

I find your taste just as incomprehensible as mine, so I'm always interested to see what you send. Not saying I'll like it, but you never know. I still play that Actor | Observer album you sent me some songs from last time around.
really now, i wasn't considering any post-hardcore stuff but i might have to revise that  :corn
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's v whatever roulette: Send for round 1
Post by: LithoJazzoSphere on January 06, 2024, 01:49:08 PM
i have no intention of winning i just hope my submissions are interesting (they are)

I find your taste just as incomprehensible as mine, so I'm always interested to see what you send. Not saying I'll like it, but you never know.

The funny thing is that from my limited and underinformed perspective you two seem more similar than most here. 
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's v whatever roulette: Send for round 1
Post by: TAC on January 06, 2024, 02:33:45 PM
The 'just try random stuff' method is one I employ pretty much exclusively in all roulettes

Tell me about it..  :neverusethis:
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's v whatever roulette: Send for round 1
Post by: Shadow Ninja 2.0 on January 06, 2024, 04:09:56 PM
i have no intention of winning i just hope my submissions are interesting (they are)

I find your taste just as incomprehensible as mine, so I'm always interested to see what you send. Not saying I'll like it, but you never know. I still play that Actor | Observer album you sent me some songs from last time around.
really now, i wasn't considering any post-hardcore stuff but i might have to revise that  :corn

The main issue I have with post-hardcore in general is the non-scream vocal lines tend to strike me as really weak and not particularly melodic or memorable. I don't know if it's an intentional choice that I'm just not understanding, or what, but it seems pretty common to me. I think it's one of the reasons I tend to listen to more metalcore than post-hardcore; even though a lot of metalcore groups go too far into overproduced poppy clean sections for me personally, they're usually at least catchy and nice to listen.

I do like post-hardcore, though, Thrice and Capstan are two I really love that I don't feel fall into the vocal trap. Also Brutus? I guess they're kind of post-hardcorey although they still sort of defy categorization to me.

i have no intention of winning i just hope my submissions are interesting (they are)

I find your taste just as incomprehensible as mine, so I'm always interested to see what you send. Not saying I'll like it, but you never know.

The funny thing is that from my limited and underinformed perspective you two seem more similar than most here. 

I feel like if you mapped out the styles and genres we both tend to like the big picture would look very similar, but within that we differ quite a lot, to the point that we're nearly opposites in a lot of ways.

The 'just try random stuff' method is one I employ pretty much exclusively in all roulettes

Tell me about it..  :neverusethis:

Hey man, you can't complain; I sent you a lot of great stuff.
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's v whatever roulette: Send for round 1
Post by: Crow on January 06, 2024, 05:26:03 PM
it's also noting that i have acquired a ton of new brainworms over the course of the last year, even since i ran my last roulette
the weird round is the only round from that roulette i even remember particularly well ngl
i don't think even i know what my tastes are atm. i'm currently listening to a big band ensemble performing prog rock songs with a halloween-style spookycore aesthetic (i might send this in the roulette idk)
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's v whatever roulette: Send for round 1
Post by: King Postwhore on January 06, 2024, 05:38:49 PM
it's also noting that i have acquired a ton of new brainworms over the course of the last year, even since i ran my last roulette
the weird round is the only round from that roulette i even remember particularly well ngl
i don't think even i know what my tastes are atm. i'm currently listening to a big band ensemble performing prog rock songs with a halloween-style spookycore aesthetic (i might send this in the roulette idk)

It's what I love about these roulettes. I get new earworms.
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's v whatever roulette: Send for round 1
Post by: Crow on January 06, 2024, 05:41:12 PM
brainworms, not earworms  :lol very different problems
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's v whatever roulette: Send for round 1
Post by: King Postwhore on January 06, 2024, 05:45:03 PM
Eh. The same. I love a melody and dive into the intricacies of the song. As I guess it's a passion like you.
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's v whatever roulette: Send for round 1
Post by: LithoJazzoSphere on January 06, 2024, 06:02:41 PM
i don't think even i know what my tastes are atm. i'm currently listening to a big band ensemble performing prog rock songs with a halloween-style spookycore aesthetic (i might send this in the roulette idk)

Interesting, I understand mine so much better now than a year ago.  I guess the 8th roulette must be where things fall apart.  ;)

That actually sounds intriguing though, I might bug you about it if you don't wind up sending it. 
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's v whatever roulette: Send for round 1
Post by: TAC on January 06, 2024, 06:09:29 PM
it's also noting that i have acquired a ton of new brainworms over the course of the last year, even since i ran my last roulette
the weird round is the only round from that roulette i even remember particularly well ngl
i don't think even i know what my tastes are atm. i'm currently listening to a big band ensemble performing prog rock songs with a halloween-style spookycore aesthetic (i might send this in the roulette idk)

It's what I love about these roulettes. I get new earworms.

You get tapeworms.
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's v whatever roulette: Send for round 1
Post by: King Postwhore on January 06, 2024, 06:21:55 PM
Never. Ringworms, yes. Those fuckers.
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's v whatever roulette: Send for round 1
Post by: King Puppies and the Acid Guppies on January 06, 2024, 06:58:58 PM
i have no intention of winning i just hope my submissions are interesting (they are)

I find your taste just as incomprehensible as mine, so I'm always interested to see what you send. Not saying I'll like it, but you never know. I still play that Actor | Observer album you sent me some songs from last time around.
really now, i wasn't considering any post-hardcore stuff but i might have to revise that  :corn

The main issue I have with post-hardcore in general is the non-scream vocal lines tend to strike me as really weak and not particularly melodic or memorable. I don't know if it's an intentional choice that I'm just not understanding, or what, but it seems pretty common to me. I think it's one of the reasons I tend to listen to more metalcore than post-hardcore; even though a lot of metalcore groups go too far into overproduced poppy clean sections for me personally, they're usually at least catchy and nice to listen.

I do like post-hardcore, though, Thrice and Capstan are two I really love that I don't feel fall into the vocal trap. Also Brutus? I guess they're kind of post-hardcorey although they still sort of defy categorization to me.

Hmm, I've got 2 Post-Hardcore bands on the playlist I sent you, but I might change my approach on one of them given this comment.
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's v whatever roulette: Send for round 1
Post by: twosuitsluke on January 07, 2024, 03:50:49 AM
Sent
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's v whatever roulette: Send for round 1
Post by: Shadow Ninja 2.0 on January 07, 2024, 10:58:08 AM
i have no intention of winning i just hope my submissions are interesting (they are)

I find your taste just as incomprehensible as mine, so I'm always interested to see what you send. Not saying I'll like it, but you never know. I still play that Actor | Observer album you sent me some songs from last time around.
really now, i wasn't considering any post-hardcore stuff but i might have to revise that  :corn

The main issue I have with post-hardcore in general is the non-scream vocal lines tend to strike me as really weak and not particularly melodic or memorable. I don't know if it's an intentional choice that I'm just not understanding, or what, but it seems pretty common to me. I think it's one of the reasons I tend to listen to more metalcore than post-hardcore; even though a lot of metalcore groups go too far into overproduced poppy clean sections for me personally, they're usually at least catchy and nice to listen.

I do like post-hardcore, though, Thrice and Capstan are two I really love that I don't feel fall into the vocal trap. Also Brutus? I guess they're kind of post-hardcorey although they still sort of defy categorization to me.

Hmm, I've got 2 Post-Hardcore bands on the playlist I sent you, but I might change my approach on one of them given this comment.

Yeah that's fine, even if you pre-send I don't consider anything locked in until listening for that round starts. Also I commend you on using the host's advice, which is completely legal in this game. Though time will tell if it was actually a good move.
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's v whatever roulette: Send for round 1
Post by: ariich on January 07, 2024, 04:10:28 PM
Sent!
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's v whatever roulette: Send for round 1
Post by: Sacul on January 07, 2024, 05:11:27 PM
Damn, I've only just seen this thread, if you've got space for 1 more, I'll make you regret it send cool stuff. Prob not much metal tho :corn
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's v whatever roulette: Send for round 1
Post by: lonestar on January 07, 2024, 05:14:49 PM
NOOOOOOOoooooooooooo.............
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's v whatever roulette: Send for round 1
Post by: King Postwhore on January 07, 2024, 05:17:20 PM
Darth Vader has entered the chat.
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's v whatever roulette: Send for round 1
Post by: Shadow Ninja 2.0 on January 07, 2024, 05:34:58 PM
Damn, I've only just seen this thread, if you've got space for 1 more, I'll make you regret it send cool stuff. Prob not much metal tho :corn

Sure, as long as you get stuff in before the deadline (3PM GMT Tuesday), you're good to go. No metal required in this roulette either! As I recall from the last roulette there wasn't much discernible difference in scores between metal and non-metal entries.
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's v whatever roulette: Send for round 1
Post by: Sacul on January 07, 2024, 06:04:08 PM
Sent
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's v whatever roulette: Send for round 1
Post by: jingle.boy on January 07, 2024, 07:30:06 PM
Darth Vader has entered the chat.

More like Darth Later!
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's public shaming roulette: everyone has sent except hefdaddy42
Post by: Dr. DTVT on January 07, 2024, 09:00:41 PM
To be fair, we should be lucky Hef hasn’t died of depression from following the Panthers
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's v whatever roulette: Send for round 1
Post by: Sacul on January 08, 2024, 07:36:44 AM
Darth Vader has entered the chat.

More like Darth Later!
I have rarely sent late in the last couple of years tho :P
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's public shaming roulette: everyone has sent except hefdaddy42
Post by: hefdaddy42 on January 08, 2024, 01:14:08 PM
Godammit

Soon
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's public shaming roulette: everyone has sent except hefdaddy42
Post by: TAC on January 08, 2024, 01:16:52 PM
WTF?? Stadler and Sacul beat you!.
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's public shaming roulette: everyone has sent except hefdaddy42
Post by: LithoJazzoSphere on January 08, 2024, 01:17:22 PM
Hurry or Elite will join and beat him too!
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's public shaming roulette: everyone has sent except hefdaddy42
Post by: TAC on January 08, 2024, 01:19:08 PM
Latedaddy!
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's public shaming roulette: everyone has sent except hefdaddy42
Post by: jingle.boy on January 08, 2024, 01:29:24 PM
Latedaddy!

When's your daddy?
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's public shaming roulette: everyone has sent except hefdaddy42
Post by: Stadler on January 08, 2024, 01:45:12 PM
SHAME!   SHAME!
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's public shaming roulette: everyone has sent except hefdaddy42
Post by: hefdaddy42 on January 08, 2024, 02:10:52 PM
Sent
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's public shaming roulette: everyone has sent except hefdaddy42
Post by: Crow on January 08, 2024, 02:21:51 PM
 :corn :corn :corn
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's public shaming roulette: everyone has sent except hefdaddy42
Post by: lonestar on January 08, 2024, 03:03:10 PM
HANGMANAMENEMGNAMGNDAFSAIUVFNPWRIUVGNWR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's v whatever roulette: those cut from the same cloth...
Post by: Shadow Ninja 2.0 on January 08, 2024, 06:57:03 PM
All entries received. The hanging will commence shortly. Please stay tuned.
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's v whatever roulette: those cut from the same cloth...
Post by: King Postwhore on January 08, 2024, 07:19:56 PM
All entries received. The hanging will commence shortly. Please stay tuned.

https://youtu.be/0s6bv4yayOk?si=2VDV7GHcURlxTC56
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's v whatever roulette: those cut from the same cloth...
Post by: TAC on January 08, 2024, 07:21:36 PM
All entries received. The hanging will commence shortly. Please stay tuned.

https://youtu.be/0s6bv4yayOk?si=2VDV7GHcURlxTC56

Nice!
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's v whatever roulette: those cut from the same cloth...
Post by: Shadow Ninja 2.0 on January 08, 2024, 07:25:21 PM
lol

??: ______ ______
    1: ___ ____ ___ _____
    2: ___ ___ __ ___ ___ (_____)
    3: ___ _________

??: _____ ______
    1: ___ _______ _____
    2: _______ _______
    3: ___ ________
    4: ___'_ __ ____

??: _______ ________
    1: ____ ___
    2: ____ __ __
    3: ______
    4: _____ _____

??: _____ ______
    1: ____ ___
    2: ___ ______ ____
    3: ____________
    4: _______
    5: ____ ____ __

??: ________ ____
    1: _______
    2: ______ ____
    3: _______
    4: _ ____ _

??: ________ _______
    1: ____ __
    2: ________ (____. _____)
    3: ____ ____
    4: ______ _____
    5: _______ (____. _______ ______)

??: ______
    1: ____-__ _____ ________
    2: _______________
    3: ____ ____ ____
    4: ____'_ __

??: ______ __ _______
    1: _____ __ ___ ____
    2: ____

??: ____
    1: _____ __ ___ ______ ______
    2: _ ______ ____
    3: ________ __ ____

??: _____ __ ___ ________
    1: __________
    2: __________ _______

??: ______
    1: ______ __ ___ ___
    2: ___ _____ ___ ____
    3: _____ __ ____
    4: ____ _______ __

??: ____ _____
    1: _ _____ ____ ____
    2: ____ ____ __
    3: _____ __ ___ ______
    4: _____ ________

??: ___ _____ __ ___ _____
    1: ______ ______
    2: _______ ______
    3: ________

??: ___
    1: ________ __ ______
    2: _____ __ ___ ___ ___
    3: ____ __ ____

??: _______ ____ ______
    1: ____________
    2: ____________
    3: ___ _______

??: _________
    1: __ ______ ___ _______ ____
    2: ___ ______ __ __ _____ _______
    3: ___ ___ __ _____
    4: _________ (____ _________)

Here it is, the game's very first hangman! Hopefully I haven't spelled anything incorrectly. If people guess a few letters (or songs) tonight I can probably update it, but other than that it'll likely be until tomorrow evening as I have to be out in the world tomorrow. May or may not do first impressions at some point, depending on whether I think I have anything interesting to say.
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's v whatever roulette: those cut from the same cloth...
Post by: King Puppies and the Acid Guppies on January 08, 2024, 07:29:04 PM
I'll take the inaugural D! :corn
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's v whatever roulette: those cut from the same cloth...
Post by: TAC on January 08, 2024, 07:29:12 PM
T
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's v whatever roulette: those cut from the same cloth...
Post by: LithoJazzoSphere on January 08, 2024, 07:29:48 PM
S. 

I have to be out in the world tomorrow.

Nonsense, there is only DTF. 
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's v whatever roulette: those cut from the same cloth...
Post by: King Puppies and the Acid Guppies on January 08, 2024, 07:30:19 PM
S. 

I have to be out in the world tomorrow.

Nonsense, there is only DTF.
And yet you asked for an S....
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's v whatever roulette: those cut from the same cloth...
Post by: Crow on January 08, 2024, 07:30:24 PM
J for Junk! (the genre of music i sent)
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's v whatever roulette: those cut from the same cloth...
Post by: King Puppies and the Acid Guppies on January 08, 2024, 07:31:01 PM
J for Junk! (the genre of music i sent)
Junk-core
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's v whatever roulette: those cut from the same cloth...
Post by: LithoJazzoSphere on January 08, 2024, 07:32:16 PM
S. 

I have to be out in the world tomorrow.

Nonsense, there is only DTF.
And yet you asked for an S....

There is a multiverse of DTF(s).  In one of them 425 finished his last three roulettes. 
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's v whatever roulette: those cut from the same cloth...
Post by: Shadow Ninja 2.0 on January 08, 2024, 07:39:35 PM
Damn, you motherfuckers are springloaded.

??: ______ ___d__
    1: ___ ____ t__ ___t_
    2: T__ ___ __ T__ S__ (T____)
    3: T__ _________

??: _____ ______
    1: T__ ____t__ _____
    2: ___t___ ______d
    3: T__ __d__s__
    4: _s_'t _t __s_

??: ____s__ __s_____
    1: ____ ___
    2: ____ _t __
    3: D_s__t
    4: ___t_ ___s_

??: S____ S____s
    1: ____ ___
    2: T__ ___s_d __s_
    3: ____t_______
    4: S______
    5: ____ __t_ __

??: ________ S___
    1: ___dS_t
    2: ______ ___t
    3: _______
    4: _ __s_ _

??: ____t___ _______
    1: ____ _t
    2: S_______ (___t. _____)
    3: ____ ____
    4: T_____ T____
    5: _______ (___t. _______ D___d_)

??: ______
    1: ____-__ ____d ________
    2: S_______d_____d
    3: ____ ____ ____
    4: T___'s __

??: ______ __ D_s__s_
    1: S___s __ t__ __ds
    2: ____

??: S___
    1: ___ds __ t__ St____ ______
    2: _ S__s_t S___
    3: ________ __ ____

??: ____s __ t__ D_st____
    1: _________s
    2: _d____t___ D_s____

??: ______
    1: _____s __ t__ S__
    2: ___ T__s_ ___ D__d
    3: ____s __ ____
    4: ___t __t____ _s

??: __d_ J___s
    1: _ ____d ____ __st
    2: D__s ____ __
    3: ___ts __ t__ _____d
    4: __t__ __d____t

??: T__ ____t __ t__ _____
    1: T____s __s_d_
    2: T_j____ S__s_t
    3: _s_____s

??: ___
    1: D_______ __ S_____
    2: D____ _t ___ ___ ___
    3: ____ t_ ____

??: ___d___ ____ _____s
    1: ________t___
    2: __t_________
    3: T__ ______d

??: ____s____
    1: __ ______ d__ ____t__ __t_
    2: __s _____s d_ __ _____ _______
    3: ___ __s __ _____
    4: ___d___d_ (____ ___d___d_)


Guessed: DTSJ
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's v whatever roulette: those cut from the same cloth...
Post by: LithoJazzoSphere on January 08, 2024, 07:42:44 PM
Seven Spires - soupy?

Chapel of Disease - Buddy?
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's v whatever roulette: those cut from the same cloth...
Post by: wolfking on January 08, 2024, 07:43:17 PM
Sigh?  Or Soen?
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's v whatever roulette: those cut from the same cloth...
Post by: LithoJazzoSphere on January 08, 2024, 07:46:04 PM
Fires in the Distance - TAC?

Andy James?
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's v whatever roulette: those cut from the same cloth...
Post by: TAC on January 08, 2024, 07:47:40 PM
Sigh-
Hands Of the String Puller
A Sunset Song
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's v whatever roulette: those cut from the same cloth...
Post by: TAC on January 08, 2024, 07:49:35 PM
The Light In The Ocean

Things Inside
Tijauna Sunset
Psyclops
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's v whatever roulette: those cut from the same cloth...
Post by: Dr. DTVT on January 08, 2024, 08:08:44 PM
A

I don’t really care for these hangman games, I just want them over
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's v whatever roulette: those cut from the same cloth...
Post by: Buddyhunter1 on January 08, 2024, 08:13:46 PM
I don’t really care for these hangman games, I just want them over

It doesn't make the results come faster!
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's v whatever roulette: those cut from the same cloth...
Post by: LithoJazzoSphere on January 08, 2024, 08:18:57 PM
He might be referring to a different roulette...
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's v whatever roulette: those cut from the same cloth...
Post by: Sacul on January 08, 2024, 08:20:04 PM
The one he didn't finish? :neverusethis:
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's v whatever roulette: those cut from the same cloth...
Post by: LithoJazzoSphere on January 08, 2024, 08:22:55 PM
There might be a second S.
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's v whatever roulette: those cut from the same cloth...
Post by: Shadow Ninja 2.0 on January 08, 2024, 08:54:06 PM
Last update until the next update. All guesses were correct.

??: _____a ___da_
    1: ___ ____ t__ ___t_
    2: T__ ___ __ T__ S__ (T___a)
    3: T__ ______a__

??: _____ ______
    1: T__ __a_t__ _____
    2: _a_ta__ A___a_d
    3: T__ __d__s_a
    4: _s_'t _t _as_

??: _a__s__ _as__a_a
    1: ____ ___
    2: ____ At __
    3: D_s__t
    4: ___t_ __as_

soupytwist: Seven Spires
    1: ____ ___
    2: T__ ___s_d __s_
    3: ____t_______
    4: S______
    5: _a__ __t_ __

??: _a__a___ S___
    1: ___dS_t
    2: ______ _a_t
    3: ______a
    4: _ __s_ _

??: ____t___ _a_____
    1: ____ _t
    2: S_a___a_ (__at. _____)
    3: ___a ___a
    4: T_____ T_a__
    5: _______ (__at. _______ D___d_)

??: ______
    1: ____-__ ____d __a_____
    2: S_______d___a_d
    3: ____ _a__ ____
    4: T___'s __

Buddyhunter1: Chapel of Disease
    1: S___s __ t__ __ds
    2: ____

??: Sigh
    1: Hands of the String Puller
    2: A Sunset Song
    3: _a___a_a __ _a__

TAC: Fires in the Distance
    1: _a_______s
    2: _d___at___ D_s_a__

??: ______
    1: _____s __ t__ S__
    2: ___ T__s_ ___ D__d
    3: ____s __ ____
    4: ___t __t____ _s

??: Andy James
    1: A ____d ____ __st
    2: Da_s ____ __
    3: ___ts __ t__ _____d
    4: A_t__ __d____t

??: The Light in the Ocean
    1: Things Inside
    2: Tijuana Sunset
    3: Psyclops

??: ___
    1: D__a____ __ S_____
    2: D____ _t A__ ___ ___
    3: ____ t_ ____

??: ___d__a ____ _____s
    1: _______at___
    2: __t_________
    3: T__ ____a_d

??: ____s____
    1: __ A_____ d__ _a__t__ __t_
    2: __s _____s d_ _a ____a ______a
    3: ___ __s __ _____
    4: ___d__ad_ (____ ___d__ad_)

Also Dr. Professor, you can just not do hangman, it's not like participating gives you extra points or anything. :lol  Although I do respect taking part solely out of spite. I think it's just a fun way to keep discussion going in the lull between sending and results, even though it won't be if these dinguses GUESS THE WHOLE THING IN THE FIRST DAY like they're trying to do.
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's v whatever roulette: those cut from the same cloth...
Post by: Evermind on January 08, 2024, 08:57:27 PM
Monica Heldal
Gacharic Spin
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's v whatever roulette: those cut from the same cloth...
Post by: Shadow Ninja 2.0 on January 08, 2024, 09:01:41 PM
YOU'RE NOT IN THIS ROULETTE! REF! REF!
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's v whatever roulette: those cut from the same cloth...
Post by: lonestar on January 08, 2024, 09:04:02 PM
 :lol


Thankfully half the Gacharic Spin titles are in Japanese lol
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's v whatever roulette: those cut from the same cloth...
Post by: Dr. DTVT on January 08, 2024, 09:56:13 PM
Contributing letters speeds things up.
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's v whatever roulette: those cut from the same cloth...
Post by: Evermind on January 08, 2024, 09:58:34 PM
Ж
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's v whatever roulette: those cut from the same cloth...
Post by: Sacul on January 08, 2024, 10:21:31 PM
Ñ
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's v whatever roulette: those cut from the same cloth...
Post by: Buddyhunter1 on January 08, 2024, 10:23:28 PM
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's v whatever roulette: those cut from the same cloth...
Post by: King Puppies and the Acid Guppies on January 09, 2024, 12:24:40 AM
:jumpshark:
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's v whatever roulette: those cut from the same cloth...
Post by: ariich on January 09, 2024, 12:35:56 AM
Gacharic Spin - must be lonestar
Mindset
Lonely Mart
Nanmaida possibly, but with a different spelling?
I Wish I


Monica Heldal - could be Litho?
Boy From the North
The One in the Sun (Tinka)
The Riverbank
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's v whatever roulette: those cut from the same cloth...
Post by: ariich on January 09, 2024, 12:40:49 AM
Oh and while we're at it...

Harbingers
Idiopathic Despair

Bury You
The Cursed Muse
Lightbringer
Succumb
Fall With Me
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's v whatever roulette: those cut from the same cloth...
Post by: wolfking on January 09, 2024, 02:59:35 AM
A

I don’t really care for these hangman games, I just want them over

Weird, my misses told me the exact same thing last night.
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's v whatever roulette: those cut from the same cloth...
Post by: Evermind on January 09, 2024, 04:07:07 AM
A

I don’t really care for these hangman games, I just want them over

Weird, my misses told me the exact same thing last night.

Also famous last words of Saddam Hussein.
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's v whatever roulette: those cut from the same cloth...
Post by: hefdaddy42 on January 09, 2024, 08:33:09 AM
Hangman?

Neat.
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's v whatever roulette: those cut from the same cloth...
Post by: Buddyhunter1 on January 09, 2024, 08:40:45 AM
Fires In The Distance songs are Harbingers and Idiopathic Despair
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's v whatever roulette: those cut from the same cloth...
Post by: hefdaddy42 on January 09, 2024, 09:28:33 AM
Will Hangman occur every round?  Or there other delights in our future?
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's v whatever roulette: those cut from the same cloth...
Post by: King Postwhore on January 09, 2024, 09:41:11 AM
Will Hangman occur every round?  Or there other delights in our future?

Most do a hangman. Some do GIF impressions which is fun as well. 
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's v whatever roulette: those cut from the same cloth...
Post by: twosuitsluke on January 09, 2024, 09:49:09 AM
Real rouletters record audio of themselves singing the songs for the participants to guess!
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's v whatever roulette: those cut from the same cloth...
Post by: Sacul on January 09, 2024, 09:54:14 AM
Depends on the host but hangman is a staple of every round, plus we usually get first impressions and sometimes a comparison between artists in the same round or with our previous round submissions.
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's v whatever roulette: those cut from the same cloth...
Post by: LithoJazzoSphere on January 09, 2024, 10:12:30 AM
Will Hangman occur every round?  Or there other delights in our future?

Most do a hangman. Some do GIF impressions which is fun as well. 

Metro did scramble instead of hangman.  Some older roulettes I noticed had a text blurring feature instead.  Or just text impressions of various flavors, and/or comparisons, or ways of involving everyone more like doing guest impressions.  Crow and I had everyone who wanted to, to do rankings of a top song from everyone at the end.  It's always fun when people come up with unique twists on things. 

Real rouletters record audio of themselves singing the songs for the participants to guess!

You mean I participated in the fake one?  I demand a refund!   :censored
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's v whatever roulette: those cut from the same cloth...
Post by: King Puppies and the Acid Guppies on January 09, 2024, 11:14:27 AM
Real rouletters record audio of themselves singing the songs for the participants to guess!
I remember Train doing that back in the day. Good times.
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's v whatever roulette: those cut from the same cloth...
Post by: TAC on January 09, 2024, 01:11:48 PM
Sometimes we just repeat things that others have posted..

cough cough

Harbingers
Idiopathic Despair


Fires In The Distance songs are Harbingers and Idiopathic Despair
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's v whatever roulette: those cut from the same cloth...
Post by: Crow on January 09, 2024, 01:13:37 PM
Harbingers?
Idiopathic Despair?
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's v whatever roulette: those cut from the same cloth...
Post by: ariich on January 09, 2024, 01:14:15 PM
Fates Warning - The Light and Shade of Things
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's v whatever roulette: those cut from the same cloth...
Post by: TAC on January 09, 2024, 01:15:18 PM
Fates Warning - The Light and Shade of Things

Sometimes we even guess The Light And Shade Of Things in every hangman.


wait...is that up there? :lol
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's v whatever roulette: those cut from the same cloth...
Post by: Crow on January 09, 2024, 01:27:15 PM
Kevin Gilbert - Song for a Dead Friend
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's v whatever roulette: those cut from the same cloth...
Post by: lonestar on January 09, 2024, 01:57:48 PM
Gacharic Spin - must be lonestar
Mindset
Lonely Mart
Nanmaida possibly, but with a different spelling?
I Wish I


3/4....its not Nanmaida
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's v whatever roulette: those cut from the same cloth...
Post by: King Puppies and the Acid Guppies on January 09, 2024, 02:15:58 PM
John Cage - 4′33″
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's v whatever roulette: those cut from the same cloth...
Post by: King Postwhore on January 09, 2024, 03:52:56 PM
Kevin Gilbert - Song for a Dead Friend


Chad.
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's v whatever roulette: those cut from the same cloth...
Post by: Shadow Ninja 2.0 on January 09, 2024, 04:06:51 PM
??: Monica Heldal
    1: Boy from the North
    2: The One in The Sun (Tinka)
    3: The Riverbank

??: _____ ______
    1: T__ __a_t__ _____
    2: _a_ta__ A___a_d
    3: T__ __d__s_a
    4: _s_'t _t _as_

??: _a__s__ _as__a_a
    1: ____ ___
    2: ____ At __
    3: D_s__t
    4: ___t_ __as_

soupytwist: Seven Spires
    1: Bury You
    2: The Cursed Muse
    3: Lightbringer
    4: Succumb
    5: Fall With Me

lonestar: Gacharic Spin
    1: MindSet
    2: Lonely Mart
    3: ______a
    4: I Wish I

??: ____t___ _a_____
    1: ____ _t
    2: S_a___a_ (__at. _____)
    3: ___a ___a
    4: T_____ T_a__
    5: _______ (__at. _______ D___d_)

??: ______
    1: ____-__ ____d __a_____
    2: S_______d___a_d
    3: ____ _a__ ____
    4: T___'s __

Buddyhunter1: Chapel of Disease
    1: S___s __ t__ __ds
    2: ____

??: Sigh
    1: Hands of the String Puller
    2: A Sunset Song
    3: _a___a_a __ _a__

TAC: Fires in the Distance
    1: Harbingers
    2: Idiopathic Despair

??: ______
    1: _____s __ t__ S__
    2: ___ T__s_ ___ D__d
    3: ____s __ ____
    4: ___t __t____ _s

??: Andy James
    1: A ____d ____ __st
    2: Da_s ____ __
    3: ___ts __ t__ _____d
    4: A_t__ __d____t

??: The Light in the Ocean
    1: Things Inside
    2: Tijuana Sunset
    3: Psyclops

??: ___
    1: D__a____ __ S_____
    2: D____ _t A__ ___ ___
    3: ____ t_ ____

??: ___d__a ____ _____s
    1: _______at___
    2: __t_________
    3: T__ ____a_d

??: ____s____
    1: __ A_____ d__ _a__t__ __t_
    2: __s _____s d_ _a ____a ______a
    3: ___ __s __ _____
    4: ___d__ad_ (__ñ_ ___d__ad_)

Correct guesses were correct, joke guesses were ignored.

Guessed letters: DTSJAÑ

Chefman, your entries are anglicized because I couldn't copy/paste the kanji in the titles from Spotify into my spreadsheet, so I had to go to song credits which had the English versions. Also wasn't sure how those would actually work in the hangman spreadsheet.

Will Hangman occur every round?  Or there other delights in our future?

Hangman will occur every round, as the masses demand it. Other delights or misfortunes will depend on my creativity and level of interest.

Also, listening has begun.
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's v whatever roulette: those cut from the same cloth...
Post by: lonestar on January 09, 2024, 04:09:07 PM
Of course, I thought I sent you the English song titles anyway. Will definitely do so for future Japanese entries.
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's v whatever roulette: those cut from the same cloth...
Post by: jingle.boy on January 09, 2024, 04:11:11 PM
Kevin Gilbert - Song for a Dead Friend


Chad.

Except it isn't actually up there, you dingus!! I think someone was just making a joke (like Light And Shade Of Things) ... it being a song that is oft used.
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's v whatever roulette: those cut from the same cloth...
Post by: TAC on January 09, 2024, 04:12:28 PM
Kevin Gilbert - Song for a Dead Friend


Chad.

Can’t get anything by you.
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's v whatever roulette: those cut from the same cloth...
Post by: King Puppies and the Acid Guppies on January 09, 2024, 04:22:23 PM
I think some entries are missing from the hangman all of a sudden.
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's v whatever roulette: those cut from the same cloth...
Post by: LithoJazzoSphere on January 09, 2024, 04:28:27 PM
I think some entries are missing from the hangman all of a sudden.

Several people's submissions were so bad he instituted surprise eliminations. 
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's v whatever roulette: those cut from the same cloth...
Post by: Shadow Ninja 2.0 on January 09, 2024, 04:28:34 PM
Of course, I thought I sent you the English song titles anyway. Will definitely do so for future Japanese entries.

Oh yeah, you did, I'm just dumb and didn't bother to check when I was copying info over.

I think some entries are missing from the hangman all of a sudden.

???
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's v whatever roulette: those cut from the same cloth...
Post by: LithoJazzoSphere on January 09, 2024, 04:29:41 PM
There were only 13 before you updated. 
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's dissembling roulette: those cut from the same cloth...
Post by: Shadow Ninja 2.0 on January 09, 2024, 04:31:16 PM
Really? I don't see any evidence.
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's v whatever roulette: those cut from the same cloth...
Post by: King Postwhore on January 09, 2024, 04:32:10 PM
Kevin Gilbert - Song for a Dead Friend


Chad.

Can’t get anything by you.

At least I'm not cheating like you trolling everyone's music media's
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's dissembling roulette: those cut from the same cloth...
Post by: King Puppies and the Acid Guppies on January 09, 2024, 04:39:53 PM
Really? I don't see any evidence.
(https://i.imgur.com/N576aB4.png)
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's v whatever roulette: those cut from the same cloth...
Post by: TAC on January 09, 2024, 04:40:28 PM
Kevin Gilbert - Song for a Dead Friend


Chad.

Can’t get anything by you.

At least I'm not cheating like you trolling everyone's music media's

What does that even mean?
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's v whatever roulette: those cut from the same cloth...
Post by: Shadow Ninja 2.0 on January 09, 2024, 04:40:55 PM
But you're using dark mode, so automatically we can't trust anything you say.
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's v whatever roulette: those cut from the same cloth...
Post by: King Postwhore on January 09, 2024, 04:42:17 PM
But you're using dark mode, so automatically we can't trust anything you say.

Right. Tim's playing dumb.
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's v whatever roulette: those cut from the same cloth...
Post by: TAC on January 09, 2024, 04:44:59 PM
But you're using dark mode, so automatically we can't trust anything you say.

Right. Tim's playing dumb.

And you're not playing.  :P
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's v whatever roulette: those cut from the same cloth...
Post by: King Postwhore on January 09, 2024, 04:46:56 PM
Yes I am.  I sent a song and Called Chad's song. I just don't do it from my man cave dungeon. Lol
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's v whatever roulette: those cut from the same cloth...
Post by: King Puppies and the Acid Guppies on January 09, 2024, 04:51:02 PM
Yes I am.  I sent a song and Called Chad's song. I just don't do it from my man cave dungeon. Lol
Sex dungeon?
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's v whatever roulette: those cut from the same cloth...
Post by: King Postwhore on January 09, 2024, 04:54:08 PM
Yes I am.  I sent a song and Called Chad's song. I just don't do it from my man cave dungeon. Lol
Sex dungeon?

 Ot at his age. His head is only buried in someone's streaming service.

Wait, not that streaming service.
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's v whatever roulette: those cut from the same cloth...
Post by: Crow on January 09, 2024, 04:56:57 PM
give me the W here too
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's v whatever roulette: those cut from the same cloth...
Post by: TAC on January 09, 2024, 04:57:38 PM
Yes I am.  I sent a song and Called Chad's song. I just don't do it from my man cave dungeon. Lol
Sex dungeon?

 Ot at his age. His head is only buried in someone's streaming service.

Wait, not that streaming service.

I don't know how to access any streaming service.
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's v whatever roulette: those cut from the same cloth...
Post by: King Postwhore on January 09, 2024, 05:01:21 PM
Spotify is a streaming service. 

Give me an R!
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's v whatever roulette: those cut from the same cloth...
Post by: Shadow Ninja 2.0 on January 09, 2024, 05:08:05 PM
King Puppies and the Acid Guppies: Monica Heldal
    1: Boy from the North
    2: The One in The Sun (Tinka)
    3: The Riverbank

??: Moron Police
    1: T__ __a_t_m ____w
    2: Captain Awkward
    3: The Undersea
    4: Isn't It Easy

??: _a__s__ _as__awa
    1: ____ ___
    2: ____ At M_
    3: D_s_rt
    4: M__t_ __as_

soupytwist: Seven Spires
    1: Bury You
    2: The Cursed Muse
    3: Lightbringer
    4: Succumb
    5: Fall With Me

lonestar: Gacharic Spin
    1: MindSet
    2: Lonely Mart
    3: R_____a
    4: I Wish I

??: ____tr__ _a_____
    1: __m_ _t
    2: S_a__ma_ (__at. _____)
    3: ___a ___a
    4: T_____ Tra__
    5: _______ (__at. ______r D___d_)

??: __r_m_
    1: ____-__ W_r_d __am____
    2: S____w__d_r_a_d
    3: __r_ _a__ __r_
    4: T_m_'s __

Buddyhunter1: Chapel of Disease
    1: S___s __ t__ __ds
    2: ____

??: Sigh
    1: Hands of the String Puller
    2: A Sunset Song
    3: Ma___a_a __ _a__

TAC: Fires in the Distance
    1: Harbingers
    2: Idiopathic Despair

??: _r_m_r
    1: _____s __ t__ S__
    2: For Those Who Died
    3: W___s __ __r_
    4: Rift Between Us

??: Andy James
    1: A W_r_d ____ __st
    2: Da_s ____ __
    3: ___ts __ t__ _r___d
    4: After Midnight

??: The Light in the Ocean
    1: Things Inside
    2: Tijuana Sunset
    3: Psyclops

??: ___
    1: Dr_am___ __ S_mm_r
    2: D____ _t A__ __r ___
    3: ____ t_ ____

??: M__d__a ____ R____s
    1: _______at___
    2: __t_rw______
    3: T__ __rward

??: ____s____
    1: __ A_____ d__ _a__t__ __t_
    2: __s ___r_s d_ _a ____a M_m_r_a
    3: ___ __s __ _____
    4: __rd__ad_ (__ñ_ ___d__ad_)

Guessed letters: DTSJAÑWRM
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's v whatever roulette: those cut from the same cloth...
Post by: TAC on January 09, 2024, 05:17:10 PM
M
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's v whatever roulette: those cut from the same cloth...
Post by: Crow on January 09, 2024, 05:26:12 PM
moron police: captain awkward, the undersea, isn't it easy? and fourth song i don't recognize atm

two songs feat. somebody
For Those Who Died
Rift Between Us
After Midnight
The Forward (?)
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's v whatever roulette: those cut from the same cloth...
Post by: King Postwhore on January 09, 2024, 05:36:06 PM
A great song and a great album.
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's v whatever roulette: those cut from the same cloth...
Post by: LithoJazzoSphere on January 09, 2024, 06:19:40 PM
Did Puppies send Monica?
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's v whatever roulette: those cut from the same cloth...
Post by: King Puppies and the Acid Guppies on January 09, 2024, 06:47:58 PM
Did Puppies send Monica?
Puppies did! :)
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's v whatever roulette: those cut from the same cloth...
Post by: Dr. DTVT on January 09, 2024, 07:32:48 PM
King sent Moron Police
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's v whatever roulette: those cut from the same cloth...
Post by: King Postwhore on January 09, 2024, 07:34:04 PM
King sent Moron Police

Nope.
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's v whatever roulette: those cut from the same cloth...
Post by: Shadow Ninja 2.0 on January 09, 2024, 07:34:37 PM
Updated. I haven't included partial guesses because I'd have to do it manually and don't want to.
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's v whatever roulette: those cut from the same cloth...
Post by: TAC on January 09, 2024, 07:38:13 PM
UFO
Dream Of Summer
Doing It All For You
Love To Love


Stadler!!



Great tunes!!!!!
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's v whatever roulette: those cut from the same cloth...
Post by: TAC on January 09, 2024, 07:43:48 PM
Hiromi
Kung-Fu World Champion
Sonicwonderland
Bern Baby Bern
Time's Up


Lonestar!!
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's v whatever roulette: those cut from the same cloth...
Post by: lonestar on January 09, 2024, 07:46:47 PM
I've already been guessed for Gacharic Spin... Hiromi is probably Rich
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's v whatever roulette: those cut from the same cloth...
Post by: TAC on January 09, 2024, 07:47:26 PM
I've already been guessed for Gacharic Spin... Hiromi is probably Rich

Gotcha!
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's v whatever roulette: those cut from the same cloth...
Post by: wolfking on January 09, 2024, 07:58:35 PM
UFO
Dream Of Summer
Doing It All For You
Love To Love


Stadler!!



Great tunes!!!!!

No Heel of A Stranger!  Probably a smart choice.  ;D
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's v whatever roulette: those cut from the same cloth...
Post by: TAC on January 09, 2024, 08:07:49 PM
UFO
Dream Of Summer
Doing It All For You
Love To Love


Stadler!!



Great tunes!!!!!

No Heel of A Stranger!  Probably a smart choice.  ;D

Heel Of A Stadler  ;D
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's v whatever roulette: those cut from the same cloth...
Post by: wolfking on January 09, 2024, 08:08:57 PM
hehehe!!
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's v whatever roulette: those cut from the same cloth...
Post by: ariich on January 09, 2024, 11:24:32 PM
I've already been guessed for Gacharic Spin... Hiromi is probably Rich
Not me, so probably Litho.

Also Brymir, sent by Wolfking.
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's v whatever roulette: those cut from the same cloth...
Post by: wolfking on January 10, 2024, 02:45:57 AM
Correct.  :tup
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's v whatever roulette: those cut from the same cloth...
Post by: Stadler on January 10, 2024, 07:53:43 AM
UFO
Dream Of Summer
Doing It All For You
Love To Love


Stadler!!



Great tunes!!!!!

No Heel of A Stranger!  Probably a smart choice.  ;D

Dude, it was the last song cut!  It was either that or Doing It All For You, and I went with the more... unusual song structure.  HOAStadler is still the better song, though.   :)
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's v whatever roulette: those cut from the same cloth...
Post by: Buddyhunter1 on January 10, 2024, 08:02:23 AM
Ariich sent Moron Police

The Phantom Below
Dreaming Of Summer
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's v whatever roulette: those cut from the same cloth...
Post by: Shadow Ninja 2.0 on January 10, 2024, 08:07:19 AM
King Puppies and the Acid Guppies: Monica Heldal
    1: Boy from the North
    2: The One in The Sun (Tinka)
    3: The Riverbank

ariich: Moron Police
    1: The Phantom Below
    2: Captain Awkward
    3: The Undersea
    4: Isn't It Easy

??: _a__s__ _ase_awa
    1: ____ ___
    2: ____ At Me
    3: Desert
    4: M__t_ __as_

soupytwist: Seven Spires
    1: Bury You
    2: The Cursed Muse
    3: Lightbringer
    4: Succumb
    5: Fall With Me

lonestar: Gacharic Spin
    1: MindSet
    2: Lonely Mart
    3: Re____a
    4: I Wish I

??: E_e_tr__ _a__b__
    1: __m_ _t
    2: S_a_ema_ (_eat. _____)
    3: ___a ___a
    4: Te____ Tra__
    5: ____b__ (_eat. _____er D___de)

LithoJazzoSphere: Hiromi
    1: Kung-Fu World Champion
    2: Sonicwonderland
    3: Bern Baby Bern
    4: Time's Up

Buddyhunter1: Chapel of Disease
    1: S___s __ t_e __ds
    2: ____

??: Sigh
    1: Hands of the String Puller
    2: A Sunset Song
    3: Ma___a_a __ _a__

TAC: Fires in the Distance
    1: Harbingers
    2: Idiopathic Despair

wolfking: Brymir
    1: ____es __ t_e S__
    2: For Those Who Died
    3: W___s __ __re
    4: Rift Between Us

??: Andy James
    1: A W_r_d ___e __st
    2: Da_s ___e B_
    3: B__ts __ t_e _r___d
    4: After Midnight

??: The Light in the Ocean
    1: Things Inside
    2: Tijuana Sunset
    3: Psyclops

Stadler: UFO
    1: Dreaming of Summer
    2: Doing It All For You
    3: Love to Love

??: Mendoza Hoff Revels
    1: E______at___
    2: __terw______
    3: Ten Forward

??: ____s_b_e
    1: E_ A_____ de_ _a__t__ Bet_
    2: __s __br_s de _a B_e_a Mem_r_a
    3: __e _es e_ __e__
    4: _erd__ad_ (__ñ_ ___de_ad_)

Guessed letters: DTSJAÑWRMEB

I'm finishing up the first listen this morning, and while things could change on further listens, right now there is a very clear round winner.
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's v whatever roulette: those cut from the same cloth...
Post by: jingle.boy on January 10, 2024, 08:17:10 AM
E please
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's v whatever roulette: those cut from the same cloth...
Post by: TAC on January 10, 2024, 08:21:41 AM
UFO
Dream Of Summer
Doing It All For You
Love To Love


Stadler!!



Great tunes!!!!!

No Heel of A Stranger!  Probably a smart choice.  ;D

Dude, it was the last song cut!  It was either that or Doing It All For You, and I went with the more... unusual song structure.  HOAStadler is still the better song, though.   :)

Doing It All For You is the much better song. One of the best in the Chapman Era.
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's v whatever roulette: those cut from the same cloth...
Post by: Buddyhunter1 on January 10, 2024, 08:28:55 AM
B
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's v whatever roulette: those cut from the same cloth...
Post by: TAC on January 10, 2024, 08:35:03 AM
L
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's v whatever roulette: those cut from the same cloth...
Post by: jingle.boy on January 10, 2024, 08:42:44 AM
Mendoza Hoff Revels - Ten Forward
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's v whatever roulette: those cut from the same cloth...
Post by: Shadow Ninja 2.0 on January 10, 2024, 09:56:36 AM
All updated.
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's v whatever roulette: those cut from the same cloth...
Post by: jingle.boy on January 10, 2024, 10:23:32 AM
These things take a lot longer when Ruslan isn't playing!
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's v whatever roulette: those cut from the same cloth...
Post by: Evermind on January 10, 2024, 11:04:34 AM
Ain't getting no intangible points for this thing. :lol

The artists are:

Hakushi Hasegawa
Electric Callboy
Invisible

I'm sure you guys can figure (or google) the songs out.
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's v whatever roulette: those cut from the same cloth...
Post by: wolfking on January 10, 2024, 01:30:44 PM
UFO
Dream Of Summer
Doing It All For You
Love To Love


Stadler!!



Great tunes!!!!!

No Heel of A Stranger!  Probably a smart choice.  ;D

Dude, it was the last song cut!  It was either that or Doing It All For You, and I went with the more... unusual song structure.  HOAStadler is still the better song, though.   :)

Doing It All For You is the much better song. One of the best in the Chapman Era.

I think I agree here.  It's easily better than Stranger.
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's v whatever roulette: those cut from the same cloth...
Post by: Shadow Ninja 2.0 on January 10, 2024, 03:26:54 PM
OK, I'll go ahead post the full thing. People can still guess who sent what if they so desire.

King Puppies and the Acid Guppies: Monica Heldal
    1: Boy from the North
    2: The One in The Sun (Tinka)
    3: The Riverbank

ariich: Moron Police
    1: The Phantom Below
    2: Captain Awkward
    3: The Undersea
    4: Isn't It Easy

Crow: Hakushi Hasegawa
    1: Only You
    2: Look At Me
    3: Desert
    4: Mouth Flash

soupytwist: Seven Spires
    1: Bury You
    2: The Cursed Muse
    3: Lightbringer
    4: Succumb
    5: Fall With Me

lonestar: Gacharic Spin
    1: MindSet
    2: Lonely Mart
    3: Replica
    4: I Wish I

Dr. DTVT: Electric Callboy
    1: Pump It
    2: Spaceman (feat. FiNCH)
    3: Hypa Hypa
    4: Tekkno Train
    5: Fuckboi (feat. Conquer Divide)

LithoJazzoSphere: Hiromi
    1: Kung-Fu World Champion
    2: Sonicwonderland
    3: Bern Baby Bern
    4: Time's Up

Buddyhunter1: Chapel of Disease
    1: Songs of the Gods
    2: Null

twosuitsluke: Sigh
    1: Hands of the String Puller
    2: A Sunset Song
    3: Mayonaka No Kaii

TAC: Fires in the Distance
    1: Harbingers
    2: Idiopathic Despair

wolfking: Brymir
    1: Voices in the Sky
    2: For Those Who Died
    3: Wings of Fire
    4: Rift Between Us

jingle.boy: Andy James
    1: A World Once Lost
    2: Days Gone By
    3: Boots on the Ground
    4: After Midnight

King Postwhore: The Light in the Ocean
    1: Things Inside
    2: Tijuana Sunset
    3: Psyclops

Stadler: UFO
    1: Dreaming of Summer
    2: Doing It All For You
    3: Love to Love

hefdaddy42: Mendoza Hoff Revels
    1: Echolocation
    2: Interwhining
    3: Ten Forward

Sacul: Invisible
    1: El Anillo del Capitán Beto
    2: Los Libros de la Buena Memoria
    3: Que Ves el Cielo
    4: Perdonado (Niño Condenado)
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's v whatever roulette: those cut from the same cloth...
Post by: Crow on January 10, 2024, 03:35:05 PM
i sent one of these :corn
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's v whatever roulette: those cut from the same cloth...
Post by: King Postwhore on January 10, 2024, 03:35:40 PM
i sent one of these :corn

Ditto.
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's v whatever roulette: those cut from the same cloth...
Post by: jingle.boy on January 10, 2024, 04:14:58 PM
King sent Electric Callboy
Hef sent Hakushi
Litho sent invisible
king sent Mendoza
Lucas sent Sigh
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's v whatever roulette: those cut from the same cloth...
Post by: King Postwhore on January 10, 2024, 04:26:18 PM
Fuck.  I'm good. I sent 2 bands.


Also,

(https://i.postimg.cc/zBWq60SJ/giphy-27.webp) (https://postimages.org/)

On both!
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's v whatever roulette: those cut from the same cloth...
Post by: Shadow Ninja 2.0 on January 10, 2024, 04:28:58 PM
All those guesses were wrong. Also, I'm guessing you haven't heard Electric Callboy. :lol
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's v whatever roulette: those cut from the same cloth...
Post by: wolfking on January 10, 2024, 04:29:15 PM
What about this then?

King sent Electric Callboy
King sent Hakushi
King sent invisible
king sent Mendoza
King sent Sigh
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's v whatever roulette: those cut from the same cloth...
Post by: King Postwhore on January 10, 2024, 04:31:03 PM
What about this then?

King sent Electric Callboy
King sent Hakushi
King sent invisible
king sent Mendoza
King sent Sigh

My God. 0 for ♾️!  Lolol
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's v whatever roulette: those cut from the same cloth...
Post by: Shadow Ninja 2.0 on January 10, 2024, 04:33:12 PM
There are 7 entries unassigned so far and King has been incorrectly guessed for 5 of them.
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's v whatever roulette: those cut from the same cloth...
Post by: King Postwhore on January 10, 2024, 04:37:39 PM
There's always a first, SN!  :lol
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's v whatever roulette: those cut from the same cloth...
Post by: jingle.boy on January 10, 2024, 05:23:32 PM
Ergo he sent Light/Ocean or Andy James.

Let’s go with Light / Ocean.
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's v whatever roulette: those cut from the same cloth...
Post by: King Postwhore on January 10, 2024, 05:30:10 PM
Ergo he sent Light/Ocean or Andy James.

Let’s go with Light / Ocean.

This man knows his stuff.
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's v whatever roulette: those cut from the same cloth...
Post by: hefdaddy42 on January 11, 2024, 06:49:42 AM
Hef sent Hakushi
Nope, I'm actually not familiar with a lot of Japanese artists, and Litho beat me to Hiromi, so that's not likely to happen lol
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's v whatever roulette: those cut from the same cloth...
Post by: lonestar on January 11, 2024, 07:18:48 AM
Hef sent Hakushi
Nope, I'm actually not familiar with a lot of Japanese artists, and Litho beat me to Hiromi, so that's not likely to happen lol

Run a roulette and I'll change that very quickly
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's v whatever roulette: those cut from the same cloth...
Post by: hefdaddy42 on January 11, 2024, 07:29:10 AM
Hef sent Hakushi
Nope, I'm actually not familiar with a lot of Japanese artists, and Litho beat me to Hiromi, so that's not likely to happen lol

Run a roulette and I'll change that very quickly
That's what I'm afraid of.
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's v whatever roulette: those cut from the same cloth...
Post by: lonestar on January 11, 2024, 09:16:58 AM
 :lol
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's v whatever roulette: those cut from the same cloth...
Post by: Shadow Ninja 2.0 on January 11, 2024, 05:26:15 PM
Seems like guessing has died down, so I've revealed everything. I've written some first impressions and will post them later tonight or tomorrow. I don't know that I'll do first impressions every round; it really depends on whether I feel like the stuff I've jotted down is interesting enough while also being possible to guess. We'll see!

We should be on track to get results on Sunday/Monday.
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's impression roulette
Post by: Shadow Ninja 2.0 on January 11, 2024, 07:21:12 PM
OK, here are some first impressions. They might be about the submission as a whole, a particular song, or just a bit that stuck out to me. They're meant to be kind of surface level! (is anyone buying my excuses?) Some impressions apply to more than one submission. Two submissions have two different first impressions. Is this a good idea? No. But you can't stop me. No one can.

[1] I've never heard punky math rock before but now it seems like a no-brainer.

[2] The bluesy parts I like, the near-atonal ones I'm unsure of.

[3] This is technically impressive but doesn't seem melodic at all. I feel like it might be a grower, though.

[4], [5] This is exactly what I expected from you. [TAC - Fires in the Distance]

[6] This reminds me of Xandria and Unleash the Archers, for different reasons.

[7] Buckethead vibes.

[8] This isn't what I expected from you. [King Puppies and the Acid Guppies - Monica Heldal]

[9], [10] This is complete chaos. [Crow - Hakushi Hasegawa]

[11] The riffs are good, the harsh vocals are kind of bad but I like them anyway. [Buddyhunter1 - Chapel of Disease]

[12], [13] I like the spacier instrumental bits

[14] It's quirky, but is it too quirky?

[15], [16] At last. Shadow Ninja music.

[17] The vocal performance is meant to be the centerpiece here, but I'm not sure it's strong enough.

[18] The power metal flare in this surprised me. [wolfking - Brymir]

Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's roulette: like just the size of rhode island (impressions)
Post by: TAC on January 11, 2024, 07:26:05 PM
3 or 11.....maybe 4/5..
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's roulette: like just the size of rhode island (impressions)
Post by: King Puppies and the Acid Guppies on January 11, 2024, 08:14:08 PM
8?
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's roulette: like just the size of rhode island (impressions)
Post by: jingle.boy on January 11, 2024, 08:16:08 PM
Andy James ... 4/5 or 9/10
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's roulette: like just the size of rhode island (impressions)
Post by: LithoJazzoSphere on January 11, 2024, 08:17:30 PM
14?
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's roulette: like just the size of rhode island (impressions)
Post by: wolfking on January 11, 2024, 08:23:37 PM
4/5?

Could even be 18.
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's roulette: like just the size of rhode island (impressions)
Post by: Buddyhunter1 on January 11, 2024, 08:26:40 PM
11? :P
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's roulette: like just the size of rhode island (impressions)
Post by: Shadow Ninja 2.0 on January 11, 2024, 08:33:14 PM
3 or 11.....maybe 4/5..

Either 4 or 5 is one of yours! And since you've guessed one I can tell you that yours is one of the two submissions with two impressions (not 3 or 11, though).

8?

Correct! As I recall, you were pretty solidly sending crushingly heavy stuff in my last roulette, so this was a bit of departure, at least from my perspective.

Andy James ... 4/5 or 9/10

OK I am realizing now that 4 and 5 could apply to almost everyone who's been in one of my roulettes before, and even a few who haven't. :lol  I didn't write it for yours, though, and it's not 9 or 10 either. I suspect yours might be rather hard for you to guess, but I think me saying that will make it fairly easy for you.

14?

Nope!

4/5?

Nope, although I acknowledge it would fit yours fairly well as well. :lol

11? :P

:metal

Updated with correct guesses!
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's roulette: like just the size of rhode island (impressions)
Post by: jingle.boy on January 11, 2024, 08:42:58 PM
Andy James ... 4/5 or 9/10

OK I am realizing now that 4 and 5 could apply to almost everyone who's been in one of my roulettes before, and even a few who haven't. :lol  I didn't write it for yours, though, and it's not 9 or 10 either. I suspect yours might be rather hard for you to guess, but I think me saying that will make it fairly easy for you.

I'll bet I can prove you wrong!   :lol

3?
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's roulette: like just the size of rhode island (impressions)
Post by: lonestar on January 11, 2024, 08:46:14 PM
9/10?
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's roulette: like just the size of rhode island (impressions)
Post by: wolfking on January 11, 2024, 08:47:56 PM
I added 18 as a guess too, you may not have seen.
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's roulette: like just the size of rhode island (impressions)
Post by: LithoJazzoSphere on January 11, 2024, 08:49:16 PM
I would love for it to be 15/16, but I don't know enough about you yet, so that would be blindly stumbling into a jackpot.  But none of the others really make sense, unless I'm just thinking about one of them completely wrong (which happens more frequently than I'd like!)
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's roulette: like just the size of rhode island (impressions)
Post by: Crow on January 11, 2024, 09:15:44 PM
the only ones that can reasonably apply are [9]/[10], [14], and [15]/[/16] so
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's roulette: like just the size of rhode island (impressions)
Post by: Dr. DTVT on January 11, 2024, 09:17:45 PM
Too many choices, I abstain while I am on vacation.
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's roulette: like just the size of rhode island (impressions)
Post by: Shadow Ninja 2.0 on January 11, 2024, 10:53:41 PM
Andy James ... 4/5 or 9/10

OK I am realizing now that 4 and 5 could apply to almost everyone who's been in one of my roulettes before, and even a few who haven't. :lol  I didn't write it for yours, though, and it's not 9 or 10 either. I suspect yours might be rather hard for you to guess, but I think me saying that will make it fairly easy for you.

I'll bet I can prove you wrong!   :lol

3?

9/10?

Incorrect to both of these!

I added 18 as a guess too, you may not have seen.

You're right, I did not.

I would love for it to be 15/16, but I don't know enough about you yet, so that would be blindly stumbling into a jackpot.  But none of the others really make sense, unless I'm just thinking about one of them completely wrong (which happens more frequently than I'd like!)

It's not 15/16, although I commend you on being the first one to (sort of) try claiming it. Your impression seems pretty clear to me, but that's unsurprising since it originated in my head.

the only ones that can reasonably apply are [9]/[10], [14], and [15]/[/16] so

9 or 10 now belongs to you.

Too many choices, I abstain while I am on vacation.

NO YOU MUST GUESS but also have fun on vacation.
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's roulette: like just the size of rhode island (impressions)
Post by: lonestar on January 11, 2024, 11:02:54 PM
I'll say 14 then.
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's roulette: like just the size of rhode island (impressions)
Post by: Crow on January 11, 2024, 11:26:32 PM
i love chaos. like shadow the hedgehog, i chaos control
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's roulette: like just the size of rhode island (impressions)
Post by: soupytwist on January 11, 2024, 11:27:21 PM
I've gotta be number 6.
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's roulette: like just the size of rhode island (impressions)
Post by: ariich on January 11, 2024, 11:52:10 PM
Mine could be 14, although I don't think it's that quirky. If not then possibly 15/16.
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's roulette: like just the size of rhode island (impressions)
Post by: wolfking on January 12, 2024, 02:54:18 AM
So funny, Rich mentioned power metal too when I sent Brymir to him.  I didn't really pick that up when getting into them.  I can see it though.  Just funny you both have had a similar impression.
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's roulette: like just the size of rhode island (impressions)
Post by: jingle.boy on January 12, 2024, 06:07:01 AM
I'm gonna pull a Costanza.

I'll guess 6 (Xandria/Unleash the Archers), or 7 (Buckethead).

Surely these have to be wrong.
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's roulette: like just the size of rhode island (impressions)
Post by: Shadow Ninja 2.0 on January 12, 2024, 09:24:37 AM
I'll say 14 then.

Still nope! It's funny, I thought yours was one of the more explicitly clear impressions, but maybe we view the music very differently.

i love chaos. like shadow the hedgehog, i chaos control

I don't know that Shadow the Hedgehog is the best guide for your roulette submissions. :lol But then again, we are both named Shadow, so maybe there's something there.

I've gotta be number 6.

6 you are.

Mine could be 14, although I don't think it's that quirky. If not then possibly 15/16.

You are both 14 and 15 or 16. So stew on that for a while. :lol

So funny, Rich mentioned power metal too when I sent Brymir to him.  I didn't really pick that up when getting into them.  I can see it though.  Just funny you both have had a similar impression.

Rich and I seem to be on the same page, which possibly bodes well for him in this game. Although I think we have different opinions on power metal; I fucking love power metal so I recognize it whenever it shows up. Rich I think is considerably cooler on it and may notice it for kind of the same reason.

I'm gonna pull a Costanza.

I'll guess 6 (Xandria/Unleash the Archers), or 7 (Buckethead).

Surely these have to be wrong.

7 is you, Lord Buckethead.



Reposting for the new page:


[1] I've never heard punky math rock before but now it seems like a no-brainer. [lonsetar - Gacharic Spin]

[2] The bluesy parts I like, the near-atonal ones I'm unsure of. [hefdaddy42 - Mendoza Hoff Revels]

[3] This is technically impressive but doesn't seem melodic at all. I feel like it might be a grower, though. [LithoJazzoSphere - Hiromi]

[4], [5] This is exactly what I expected from you. [TAC - Fires in the Distance], [Stadler - UFO]

[6] This reminds me of Xandria and Unleash the Archers, for different reasons. [soupytwist - Seven Spires]

[7] Buckethead vibes. [jingle.boy - Andy James]

[8] This isn't what I expected from you. [King Puppies and the Acid Guppies - Monica Heldal]

[9], [10] This is complete chaos. [Crow - Hakushi Hasegawa], [twosuitsluke - Sigh]

[11] The riffs are good, the harsh vocals are kind of bad but I like them anyway. [Buddyhunter1 - Chapel of Disease]

[12], [13] I like the spacier instrumental bits [TAC - Fires in the Distance], [King Postwhore - The Light in the Ocean]

[14] It's quirky, but is it too quirky? [ariich - Moron Police]

[15], [16] At last. Shadow Ninja music. [ariich - Moron Police], [Dr. DTVT - Electric Callboy]

[17] The vocal performance is meant to be the centerpiece here, but I'm not sure it's strong enough. [Sacul - Invisible]

[18] The power metal flare in this surprised me. [wolfking - Brymir]
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's roulette: like just the size of rhode island (impressions)
Post by: lonestar on January 12, 2024, 09:26:32 AM
Is it the punky math rock one?
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's roulette: like just the size of rhode island (impressions)
Post by: LithoJazzoSphere on January 12, 2024, 09:45:57 AM
I suppose #3 could be the most likely now.
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's roulette: like just the size of rhode island (impressions)
Post by: ariich on January 12, 2024, 10:03:44 AM
Mine could be 14, although I don't think it's that quirky. If not then possibly 15/16.

You are both 14 and 15 or 16. So stew on that for a while. :lol
:lol I love the chaos.

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So funny, Rich mentioned power metal too when I sent Brymir to him.  I didn't really pick that up when getting into them.  I can see it though.  Just funny you both have had a similar impression.

Rich and I seem to be on the same page, which possibly bodes well for him in this game. Although I think we have different opinions on power metal; I fucking love power metal so I recognize it whenever it shows up. Rich I think is considerably cooler on it and may notice it for kind of the same reason.
In fairness you've not been in my last couple of roulettes but either I've gotten over whatever was putting me off power metal a few years ago or people have got better at hitting my tastes with it, because power metal (and adjacent styles) generally did pretty well in my latest one! Even the utter cheese-fest that is Fellowship.
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's roulette: like just the size of rhode island (impressions)
Post by: Sacul on January 12, 2024, 10:22:04 AM
12, 13. Maybe 17 too?
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's roulette: like just the size of rhode island (impressions)
Post by: hefdaddy42 on January 12, 2024, 10:32:01 AM
3, 15, 16
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's roulette: like just the size of rhode island (impressions)
Post by: soupytwist on January 12, 2024, 11:07:30 AM
Even the utter cheese-fest that is Fellowship.

:rollin ;D :xbones
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's roulette: like just the size of rhode island (impressions)
Post by: King Postwhore on January 12, 2024, 12:15:32 PM
1 or 3?
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's roulette: like just the size of rhode island (impressions)
Post by: Shadow Ninja 2.0 on January 12, 2024, 06:27:54 PM
Is it the punky math rock one?

You got it, you punky math rocker.

Honestly, maybe it's funk? I don't listen to any funk music though so I can only relate it to things I know.

I suppose #3 could be the most likely now.

#3 it is.

12, 13. Maybe 17 too?

No yes.

3, 15, 16


nopedaddy42

1 or 3?

Also nope.

I've gone ahead and revealed the rest. Results will arrive when they arrive. Maybe I should do comparisons in the meantime?
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's roulette: like just the size of rhode island (impressions)
Post by: TAC on January 12, 2024, 06:40:07 PM
Rich and I seem to be on the same page, which possibly bodes well for him in this game.

 ::)
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's roulette: like just the size of rhode island (impressions)
Post by: King Postwhore on January 12, 2024, 06:43:03 PM
I like you response. I never expected that.  I'm all over the place, musically.
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's roulette: like just the size of rhode island (impressions)
Post by: LithoJazzoSphere on January 12, 2024, 06:47:13 PM
Rich and I seem to be on the same page, which possibly bodes well for him in this game.

 ::)

 :rollin

If Moron Police and Electric Callboy are Shadow Ninja music I'm probably going to struggle to be on the same page for sure. 
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's roulette: like just the size of rhode island (impressions)
Post by: Shadow Ninja 2.0 on January 12, 2024, 06:54:34 PM
Rich and I seem to be on the same page, which possibly bodes well for him in this game.

 ::)

Well he listens to basically every type of music that exists, so he's got a lot to pull from.

Rich and I seem to be on the same page, which possibly bodes well for him in this game.

 ::)

 :rollin

If Moron Police and Electric Callboy are Shadow Ninja music I'm probably going to struggle to be on the same page for sure. 


The fun part of that impression is that I'd had very similar feelings about two totally different styles. The lesson here is that lots of things can potentially be 'Shadow Ninja music.'
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's roulette: like just the size of rhode island (impressions)
Post by: LithoJazzoSphere on January 12, 2024, 06:58:44 PM
Well he listens to basically every type of music that exists, so he's got a lot to pull from.

Oh, last roulette we certainly found a few he apparently doesn't listen to.   :lol

BTW, I find those Hiromi tracks melodic enough personally, so we'll see how things go on later listens.  She has even more melodic music, but I'm worried you'd find those songs too conventional given what you say you're looking for.  Definitely going to be some acclimating going on here. 
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's roulette: like just the size of rhode island (impressions)
Post by: Buddyhunter1 on January 12, 2024, 06:59:22 PM
Perhaps the real 'Shadow Ninja Music' was the friends we made along the way.
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's roulette: like just the size of rhode island (impressions)
Post by: lonestar on January 12, 2024, 06:59:53 PM
If you had said funk I would've gotten it instantly. I always associate punk with angry music so maybe that threw me off.

The math part hella fits lol
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's roulette: like just the size of rhode island (impressions)
Post by: Shadow Ninja 2.0 on January 12, 2024, 07:05:21 PM
I guess I just associate math rock with being complicated but also kind of restrained, like yes let's all play 13/16 tapping riffs while we sip tea and wear high-necked sweaters. Whereas this is like let's do that but also ROCK. It's the energy that makes it punky to me.
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's roulette: like just the size of rhode island (impressions)
Post by: LithoJazzoSphere on January 12, 2024, 07:23:24 PM
TAC complaining about ariich is extra amusing given that ariich has placed in the top 4 in all of TAC's last 4 roulettes, so he's partially to blame for giving him so many points.   :biggrin:
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's roulette: like just the size of rhode island (impressions)
Post by: King Puppies and the Acid Guppies on January 12, 2024, 07:26:16 PM
Speaking of punk. What is your take on punk music, Shadow?
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's roulette: like just the size of rhode island (impressions)
Post by: lonestar on January 12, 2024, 07:34:39 PM
Speaking of punk. What is your take on punk music, Shadow?

Hopefully positive since he associated my artists with it :lol
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's roulette: like just the size of rhode island (impressions)
Post by: Shadow Ninja 2.0 on January 12, 2024, 07:40:50 PM
I actually don't have a ton of experience with pure punk music, but I do like a lot of genres and groups that are heavily inspired by punk (so post-hardcore and metalcore, the Dillinger Escape Plan, Kvelertak, etc.). So I feel like there's a good chance I would enjoy a punk submission without really being able to definitively confirm that.
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's roulette: like just the size of rhode island (impressions)
Post by: LithoJazzoSphere on January 12, 2024, 07:53:09 PM
Get ready for 7 rounds of punk from Luke. 
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's roulette: like just the size of rhode island (impressions)
Post by: Shadow Ninja 2.0 on January 12, 2024, 07:54:53 PM
Well I owe him something for robbing him of the chance to send King Gizzard.
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's roulette: like just the size of rhode island (impressions)
Post by: King Puppies and the Acid Guppies on January 12, 2024, 09:35:23 PM
Get ready for 7 rounds of punk from Luke.
:lol
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's roulette: like just the size of rhode island (impressions)
Post by: twosuitsluke on January 13, 2024, 12:30:29 AM
Get ready for 7 rounds of punk from Luke.

Well I owe him something for robbing him of the chance to send King Gizzard.

The two truest statements of the roulette so far!

I don't think I'll be even be able to guess my first impression when it's the last one left!

Edit: mines a Chaos one, woohoo!
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's roulette: like just the size of rhode island (impressions)
Post by: jingle.boy on January 13, 2024, 05:15:07 AM

[14] It's quirky, but is it too quirky? [ariich - Moron Police]

[15], [16] At last. Shadow Ninja music. [ariich - Moron Police], [Dr. DTVT - Electric Callboy]


Is ariich playing in this thing twice?

Oh wait ... nvmd.  I guess a few people got two impressions
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's roulette: like just the size of rhode island (impressions)
Post by: Sacul on January 13, 2024, 09:26:39 AM
His vocals are wonderful, I know you prefer other kind of singers but I find his voice so delicate and emotional on those tracks. I have other things planned for the next rounds anyway :P
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's stolen roulette: results inviolably deduced via tons of math
Post by: Shadow Ninja 2.0 on January 15, 2024, 01:30:34 PM
Just going to quote this bit from my OP for the people new to my roulettes before you see your scores and freak out.

SCORING

Songs will be scored on a scale from 1-10. In most roulettes scores will generally sit between 7-9, with occasional deviation for really good or bad songs, but to me it doesn't make much sense to have a scale I only touch a quarter of, since even if there is some hypothetical 'worst music ever' that would receive a score of 1 and make me want to tear my ears off, realistically most music I'm going to get is at worst kind of annoying or just boring. Thus something can score a 4 or 5 in my roulette if I just find it decent but not very interesting or engaging.

The scores may appear vicious at first, but they're really not. This also means scores can vary quite wildly from round to round, so don't count yourself out just because you're 10 points behind or something, that could easily be almost entirely wiped out in one round.


ROUND 1 RESULTS




hefdaddy42

Mendoza Hoff Revels

Echolocation
Interwhining
Ten Forward

3 points


There’s not a ton of jazz on my banned list as it’s not a genre I really listen to much or have much experience in, so it may be that I just don’t ‘get’ it yet, but I’m having a hard time getting much out of these tracks. There’s some cool bluesy guitar stuff in Echolocation and the drum work is very impressive throughout, but I don’t find much melody or anything to grab onto; the songs mostly just stick to a sort of instrumental noodling that unfortunately just comes across as noisy to me.




Crow

Hakushi Hasegawa

Only You
Look At Me
Desert
Mouth Flash

3 points


As hard as it may be to believe from this score, this submission has actually grown on me a bit. Only You is the track I like the most, with the main brass + vocal line that sounds like it came from the soundtrack for a Mario game, but it still suffers from the problems I have with the other songs, which is that for every bit that’s somewhat melodic, it’s immediately undercut by something dissonant or noisy. Noisy is kind of the operative word here, it just feels like stuff stacked on top of stuff without regard for how they fit together. The electronic drums occasionally work but most of the time feel like they came from a different song and combined with the really high-end sound of them the overall effect for me is just a sort of annoyance.




Sacul

Invisible

El Anillo del Capitán Beto
Los Libros de la Buena Memoria
Que Ves el Cielo
Perdonado (Niño Condenado)

4 points


I don’t dislike any of this; the real killer for me is just how limited the musical palette is. All the songs spend most of their time on pretty minimalist instrumentation, while the vocals croon on top of it. The guy has a delicate, vulnerable delivery which isn’t bad on its own, but he’s just doing that same sort of thing with very similar melodies for pretty much the entire runtime of every track. There’s the brief rock-y bit in Perdonado which proves he doesn’t have to do that, and I think these songs would have worked much more for me if they had more of that sort of contrast in them.




King Postwhore

The Light in the Ocean

Things Inside
Tijuana Sunset
Psyclops

4 points


Musically this is some pretty decent prog rock; as I mentioned I like some of the instrumental bits and I actually really like the fully instrumental Tijuana Sunset which has a catchy main (synth?) brass line and great drum work. The real killer for me here is the vocals, which border on being something I really like and unfortunately fall on the wrong side, and I just find them fairly weak and sometimes kind of annoying, particularly on the more metal-y Psyclops, and the underlying music isn’t strong enough to rescue the songs for me.




TAC

Fires in the Distance

Harbingers
Idiopathic Despair

4 points


This is perfectly fine progressive death metal; the vocals are solid if not exceptional, the instruments are well-performed, but ultimately not much of it stands out to me. The songs have the sort of plodding pace that kills a lot of metal for me, and go on much longer than they have the ideas to justify. The one exception is the keyboards, which as I mentioned in my first impression I really like. In the quieter sections they play these really ethereal arpeggios that create a great atmosphere. They’re just too sparsely placed to save the overall songs for me, and are often backed by uninspired and plodding riffing.




twosuitsluke

Sigh

Hands of the String Puller
A Sunset Song
Mayonaka No Kaii

5 points


So yeah I’ve heard some Sigh before. I think Scorpion sent me some in my first roulette (damn I miss that dude), and I enjoyed it but apparently not enough to listen to them much outside of that. This is kind of a weird mix of ideas I like in principle but the execution of which kind of falls flat for me. Especially on the first song, there’s so much stuff going on but the way it’s mixed just kind of turns it all into a noisy mush. There’s some flute stuff, which again is cool as an idea, but in practice sounds like someone weakly tooting on a recorder that had to be turned way up in the mix to be heard. The next two songs I think really improve on the mixing aspect, and the crazy changes in genre and mood feel like they’re better integrated into the music, although the heavy sections feel a bit uninspired and repetitive (how many times did we need to do that ‘tear me apart’ bit from A Sunset Song?). I kind of like it and I kind of don’t like it, and I guess that evens out to a fairly middling score.




LithoJazzoSphere

Hiromi

Kung-Fu World Champion
Sonicwonderland
Bern Baby Bern
Time's Up

5 points


Like I said with hefdaddy’s submission, I haven’t heard a lot of jazz, and I feel like some of my lack of connection with it is just that unfamiliarity, and as I hear more and get my head around the genre I get more out of this. Definitely right now I feel like it’s technically impressive and occasionally really engaging, like the driving section midway through Kung-Fu World Champion, but a lot of it just feels like fairly aimless noodling rather than coherent songs. It’s enjoyable enough to listen to, but there’s not really any melodies or anything for me to grab onto beyond that. Probably the kind of derpy keyboard patches don’t help, as I find the piano noodling on Bern Baby Bern more engaging than most of the other stuff. This one was pretty hard to rate, because even though I can’t really say I love it, I do find it interesting and I feel like I’ll continue to listen to it in the future, if just to try and understand it.




Stadler

UFO

Dreaming of Summer
Doing It All For You
Love to Love

6 points


This is rather good rock music. That’s really about it, there’s no gimmicks or frills, just good vocals, nice guitar work, keyboards for the softer sections, and that big echo-y 80s sound, which I’ve always quite liked, personally. I’m assuming these songs are from the 80s, at least. Dreaming of Summer is my favorite of the three, I think because it has the strongest vocal performance and the most distinct contrast between the rockier guitar riff sections and the piano bits which makes it a bit more dynamic than the other two songs, which are also good but don’t stand out as much. Nothing here blows me away, but I do like it quite a bit.




jingle.boy
 
Andy James

A World Once Lost
Days Gone By
Boots on the Ground
After Midnight

6 points


As I said in my OP, I tend to be a vocals first sort of listener and consequently I don’t necessarily listen to a ton of instrumental music. Instrumental metal in particular I tend to find just sounds like regular metal that someone forgot to put vocals on, but to the credit of Mr. James here (I assume he’s the guitarist) these songs all feel like they were composed with the guitar in mind as the lead instrument. It’s solid, riffy, shreddy guitar work, which I like well enough but don’t really love. The exception is the slower, moodier, and more emotive After Midnight, which I think is what gives this style of music more staying power for me, and is the reason for the Buckethead impression.




soupytwist

Seven Spires

Bury You
The Cursed Muse
Lightbringer
Succumb
Fall With Me

6 points


I was being a little bit tricky with my first impressions as I’ve probably only heard one or two Xandria songs and don’t remember anything from them, but they’re the kind of band I mentally put into my self-defined genre of ‘female-fronted symphonic/power metal that is decent but not exciting,’ which is pretty specific as genres go, but there’s a surprising amount that fits into it, and a lot of these songs kind of feel the same way to me. They’re not bad, but they don’t have either the big soaring melodies or the fast pace I like from power metal. The songs sort of plod, with the exception of Succumb, which is excellent and has both of those things. The other saving grace here and the reason for the Unleash the Archers comparison is the vocalist, who goes for a straight forward belting vocal approach instead of the softer or operatic styles a lot of similar groups utilize. She’s consistently fantastic and even on the songs I don’t find to be very melodically strong I just enjoy listening to her. (Does she also do the harsh vocals? Really impressive if so)




Buddyhunter1

Chapel of Disease

Songs of the Gods
Null

7 points


I’m not totally sure where this sits genre-wise, it mainly feels kind of doom-y or stoner-y to me, but I feel like I hear some black metal influence in the drumming and cascading guitars at times. I love the huge, echoing sound this all has, from the clean guitars to the big chunky riffs to the vocals. Yeah, the vocals are very ‘I have a death metal band in my basement’ quality without a lot of finesse to them, but honestly I feel like they just work in the music here. The only real detractor is I feel like the songs sometimes repeat themselves or go on a bit longer than they actually need to, which maybe is the doom/stoner influence I feel like I’m hearing.




lonestar

Gacharic Spin

MindSet
Lonely Mart
Replica
I Wish I

7 points


Punky or funky, this stuff rocks. I love the driving, breakneck pace of the songs along with that math-y ‘every instrument is doing its own complicated thing’ feel the songs have. The vocals I feel are at their best when she’s doing the (what I read as) punky halfway between singing and shouting like on MindSet and Replica; I don’t feel the melodies are super strong, but it’s the delivery and the energy of them that really makes them work. Unfortunately this makes the ballad-y Lonely Mart a bit of a miss for me. It’s very vocal centric and comparatively restrained instrumentally, and even though she’s obviously putting a lot of heart into the vocals they just don’t really hit for me. (Also I was pretty surprised by the sudden metalcore screams in I Wish I, in a good way).




King Puppies and the Acid Guppies

Monica Heldal

Boy from the North
The One in The Sun (Tinka)
The Riverbank

7 points


This is really nice folk-ish indie music, but it’s a lot more musically adventurous than most indie artists, particularly on The One in The Sun, which has several extended instrumental sections, or to a lesser extent all the subtle atmospheric flourishes in the background of Boy From the North. I really love how the instrumentals are integrated into the song so they feel natural, rather than just being an entirely separate section just thrown into the middle of the song. And of course she’s just got a great voice; I think her timbre and the way she enunciates things is just really interesting and engaging to listen to.




wolfking

Brymir

Voices in the Sky
For Those Who Died
Wings of Fire
Rift Between Us

8 points


I like melodeath and I like power metal. This is melopowerdeath metal, so I like it.

Honestly at first I was just hearing the power metal influence in the big, layered clean vocal sections, but on further listening there’s a lot of it in the melodic guitar leads and the drumming as well. That driving pace is what I love; there’s never any plodding here. The songs are fast and epic and heavy, and the death metal merges with the power metal so well I’m surprised I haven’t heard more bands doing this kind of thing. There’s really no weak points here; the harshes are powerful, the cleans are epic, the guitars are top notch from riffs to leads to solos, it’s really quality stuff all the way through.




ariich

Moron Police

The Phantom Below
Captain Awkward
The Undersea
Isn't It Easy

9 points


This definitely isn’t as quirky as my first impression of it suggested, that’s just what seemed to stand out to me the first time, maybe because the rest of their music is so well put together and sincere that it creates a bit of tonal dissonance, even though in general I quite like that early-Haken kind of goofiness. Like you I’m not particularly sure how to categorize this, except that I’d call it ‘adventure music,’ in the sense that the music itself is adventurous and whimsical and feels like it could do anything at any time, from the soprano sax feature to the prog-level instrumental flurries at the end of Captain Awkward. Importantly though for me is that all of this is well-integrated so it feels like it belongs even when it’s surprising. Also, as I mentioned, I’m a vocals-first guy generally, and the singer here is absolutely amazing. He belts out the soaring sections and delivers the softer parts with a lovely warmth.




Dr. DTVT

Electric Callboy

Pump It
Spaceman (feat. FiNCH)
Hypa Hypa
Tekkno Train
Fuckboi (feat. Conquer Divide)

9 points


This was my favorite submission of the round on my first listen, and sort of still is now (Moron Police and this are basically tied). It’s just killer all around; chunky riffs and metalcore screams, electro-dance-style synths, super poppy vocals, and goofy-ass lyrics. A lot of those things probably wouldn’t work for me just on their own; pure pop music in this style would wear on me, the really basic hardcore-style chug chug riffs get old fast, but the strength of this for me is how it jumps back and forth so fast you never get bored of any one thing. Fuckboi is probably my least favorite for that reason; it doesn’t have much of the heavy stuff and without the contrast the song isn’t as interesting, but the other four are nonstop fun.



STANDINGS

ariich   9
Dr. DTVT   9
wolfking   8
King Puppies and the Acid Guppies   7
lonestar   7
Buddyhunter1   7
soupytwist   6
jingle.boy   6
Stadler   6
LithoJazzoSphere   5
twosuitsluke   5
TAC   4
King Postwhore   4
Sacul   4
Crow   3
hefdaddy42   3

OK everyone, time to send for round 2! Deadline will be 72 hours from now, or roughly 2:30 Thursday afternoon in local shadow ninja time. It seems like I may be able to keep each round to 1 week after all, although I don't want to promise that for sure.
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's stolen roulette: results inviolably deduced via tons of math
Post by: Shadow Ninja 2.0 on January 15, 2024, 01:43:11 PM
OK I also attempted to send out a PM to everyone to say results were posted, but the PM system is kind of janky and only lets you send to 10 people at once, so I had to split it into groups and I'm not sure if all of them actually sent.
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's stolen roulette: results inviolably deduced via tons of math
Post by: wolfking on January 15, 2024, 01:45:43 PM
Nice!  Brymir kick ass!  :metal  The latest album Voices in the Sky is probably their most consistent album.
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's stolen roulette: results inviolably deduced via tons of math
Post by: twosuitsluke on January 15, 2024, 01:50:56 PM
Well this has made picking round 2 a whole lot easier.
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's stolen roulette: results inviolably deduced via tons of math
Post by: jingle.boy on January 15, 2024, 01:52:51 PM
I'll take it!  Considering Andy James is 100% instrumental, you're damned right the music was written with the guitar in mind. 

Since I scored quite literally in the middle of the pack, I'm debating whether to stay or stray from my instrumental strategy.  If I take another route and score worse, I could always return.
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's stolen roulette: results inviolably deduced via tons of math
Post by: lonestar on January 15, 2024, 02:01:28 PM
That's about as good a review as I could have wanted...I sent Lonely Mart to break up the submission, and the song has been a recent fav of mine. The girls have a ton of songs of a similar vein to the other three that I sent, which probably would've propelled me to an 8 or 9. More importantly, your response opened up a shit ton of options for me, prepare yourself for a Japanese onslaught...



I sent my round 2 a few days ago.
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's stolen roulette: results inviolably deduced via tons of math
Post by: hefdaddy42 on January 15, 2024, 02:06:01 PM
So, if I'm hearing you correctly, sending you more jazz is definitely a winning strategy.
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's stolen roulette: results inviolably deduced via tons of math
Post by: TAC on January 15, 2024, 02:09:37 PM
Well, that round shit the bed. Yikes!
Gonna scrap what I had on deck for Round 2 then.
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's stolen roulette: results inviolably deduced via tons of math
Post by: wolfking on January 15, 2024, 02:15:28 PM
Well, that round shit the bed. Yikes!
Gonna scrap what I had on deck for Round 2 then.

Bad luck with that score mate.  Incredible album.
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's stolen roulette: results inviolably deduced via tons of math
Post by: Shadow Ninja 2.0 on January 15, 2024, 02:16:40 PM
I'll take it!  Considering Andy James is 100% instrumental, you're damned right the music was written with the guitar in mind. 

Since I scored quite literally in the middle of the pack, I'm debating whether to stay or stray from my instrumental strategy.  If I take another route and score worse, I could always return.

Sure, but I've heard a lot of 100% instrumental metal that feels completely empty without vocals. Post metal especially I find to be guilty of this.

So, if I'm hearing you correctly, sending you more jazz is definitely a winning strategy.

:lol  I did seem to come down pretty hard on the jazz entries this time. To be honest I'd like to hear more jazz because I do like a bit and feel that I could potentially like a lot of it, but at the same time I can't promise I won't keep giving out 3s to jazz submittals so I won't necessarily encourage people to send it.

On the other hand, you don't actually 'win' anything if you win this game, so what hell, send whatever you want! There's nothing at stake here.

Well, that round shit the bed. Yikes!
Gonna scrap what I had on deck for Round 2 then.

Like I said, a 4's not necessarily terrible. It's probably like a 7.5 in most other roulettes. Unless someone completely nails my taste every time, everyone's going to have some low number rounds. I didn't even dislike your entry, honestly, it's just a style I feel I've heard done better so many times I don't really have any reason to go back to it.
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's stolen roulette: results inviolably deduced via tons of math
Post by: TAC on January 15, 2024, 02:17:49 PM
I think you meant 4 points for each song...that would give me 8! :lol
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's stolen roulette: results inviolably deduced via tons of math
Post by: King Puppies and the Acid Guppies on January 15, 2024, 02:20:19 PM
Glad you enjoyed that. Moron Police scores well in pretty much every roulette, so I'm not upset falling behind them.

I'm feeling pretty confident going forward.....now watch me tank the next round.
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's stolen roulette: results inviolably deduced via tons of math
Post by: Shadow Ninja 2.0 on January 15, 2024, 02:24:22 PM
I think you meant 4 points for each song...that would give me 8! :lol

OK, but if I do that Rich has 36 and DTVT has 45. It's a dangerous road you're going down.

Glad you enjoyed that. Moron Police scores well in pretty much every roulette, so I'm not upset falling behind them.

I'm feeling pretty confident going forward.....now watch me tank the next round.

BTW, if you're making changes to your big submission playlist, make sure to let me know. I toss each round into its own playlist to help with the way I randomize listening each time, so I might not notice if the main one changes.
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's stolen roulette: results inviolably deduced via tons of math
Post by: TAC on January 15, 2024, 02:26:17 PM
Rich has 36

Naturally. :lol
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's stolen roulette: results inviolably deduced via tons of math
Post by: wolfking on January 15, 2024, 02:28:49 PM
I'm actually surprised he didn't get a 36 in the first instance anyway.  :lol
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's stolen roulette: results inviolably deduced via tons of math
Post by: King Puppies and the Acid Guppies on January 15, 2024, 02:30:36 PM
I think you meant 4 points for each song...that would give me 8! :lol

OK, but if I do that Rich has 36 and DTVT has 45. It's a dangerous road you're going down.

Glad you enjoyed that. Moron Police scores well in pretty much every roulette, so I'm not upset falling behind them.

I'm feeling pretty confident going forward.....now watch me tank the next round.

BTW, if you're making changes to your big submission playlist, make sure to let me know. I toss each round into its own playlist to help with the way I randomize listening each time, so I might not notice if the main one changes.
Yeah, I'll give you a heads up if I decide to swap anything.
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's stolen roulette: results inviolably deduced via tons of math
Post by: Shadow Ninja 2.0 on January 15, 2024, 02:39:57 PM
Also in yet another act of plagiarism, I've seen some other roulettes post a playlist of all the round entries, and thought that might be something everyone would find interesting, so here you go: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/4DrRErHPCbFioSQKV0N3ps

I am a complete Spotify novice, so someone please let me know if this doesn't work or actually links to my C drive or something stupid like that.
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's stolen roulette: results inviolably deduced via tons of math
Post by: Crow on January 15, 2024, 02:41:49 PM
mission failed successfully  :hat
i feel like we're still probably not gonna get along in this roulette but we'll see
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's stolen roulette: results inviolably deduced via tons of math
Post by: twosuitsluke on January 15, 2024, 02:48:36 PM
Rich has 36

Naturally. :lol

I'm actually surprised he didn't get a 36 in the first instance anyway.  :lol

I may or may not have said "Fucking Rich!" aloud, when I saw the results.
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's stolen roulette: results inviolably deduced via tons of math
Post by: TAC on January 15, 2024, 02:51:41 PM
Rich has 36

Naturally. :lol

I'm actually surprised he didn't get a 36 in the first instance anyway.  :lol

I may or may not have said "Fucking Rich!" aloud, when I saw the results.


We all did. :lol
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's stolen roulette: results inviolably deduced via tons of math
Post by: Shadow Ninja 2.0 on January 15, 2024, 03:00:30 PM
mission failed successfully  :hat
i feel like we're still probably not gonna get along in this roulette but we'll see

Yeah, but on some level it's kind of impressive how we're so consistently not on the same page.
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's stolen roulette: results inviolably deduced via tons of math
Post by: twosuitsluke on January 15, 2024, 03:25:51 PM
Sent
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's stolen roulette: results inviolably deduced via tons of math
Post by: ProfessorPeart on January 15, 2024, 03:29:32 PM
Well, that round shit the bed. Yikes!
Gonna scrap what I had on deck for Round 2 then.

Stads already beat you to UFO.
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's stolen roulette: results inviolably deduced via tons of math
Post by: TAC on January 15, 2024, 03:36:57 PM
Well, that round shit the bed. Yikes!
Gonna scrap what I had on deck for Round 2 then.

Stads already beat you to UFO.

 :metal
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's stolen roulette: results inviolably deduced via tons of math
Post by: ariich on January 15, 2024, 03:43:44 PM
Rich has 36

Naturally. :lol

I'm actually surprised he didn't get a 36 in the first instance anyway.  :lol

I may or may not have said "Fucking Rich!" aloud, when I saw the results.
:lol Love you guys.

Glad you liked it Shadow, thought you probably would!

Like last time I'll send a variety of genres and styles and try and catch different aspects of your tastes. A good start but plenty of time for me to balls it up.
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's stolen roulette: results inviolably deduced via tons of math
Post by: Buddyhunter1 on January 15, 2024, 04:04:04 PM
Sent!
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's stolen roulette: results inviolably deduced via tons of math
Post by: Sacul on January 15, 2024, 04:19:27 PM
Those songs are perfect and need nothing else, thus you've just insulted my entire nation :P
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's stolen roulette: results inviolably deduced via tons of math
Post by: LithoJazzoSphere on January 15, 2024, 04:23:01 PM
Well this has made picking round 2 a whole lot easier.

Gonna scrap what I had on deck for Round 2 then.

No shit.   :lol   Getting an idea of what I think SN might want based on the OP and seeing what he actually seems to want based on the results is definitely setting me down an entirely different path now than what I thought I was going to be on.

So, if I'm hearing you correctly, sending you more jazz is definitely a winning strategy.

 :lol  I did seem to come down pretty hard on the jazz entries this time. To be honest I'd like to hear more jazz because I do like a bit and feel that I could potentially like a lot of it, but at the same time I can't promise I won't keep giving out 3s to jazz submittals so I won't necessarily encourage people to send it.

Yeah, I think if you want to explore it you're gonna have to be on your own given both of those entries placing in the bottom half.   :D   Or maybe if I'm still bombing at the end with no chance of doing well I'd send something else for kicks. 

Moron Police scores well in pretty much every roulette

Well, they weren't sent in mine.  :neverusethis:   I had to give them a listen again since what I've heard in other roulettes so far didn't connect with me.  They're a bit better than I remember with some interesting elements, though there's a few things a bit off about them for my tastes.  Maybe I haven't heard the right songs yet. 

I am a complete Spotify novice

Do you actually prefer Youtube links?

everyone's going to have some low number rounds.

I'm looking forward to seeing if this hypothesis actually holds.   ;D
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's stolen roulette: results inviolably deduced via tons of math
Post by: Shadow Ninja 2.0 on January 15, 2024, 05:06:52 PM
Those songs are perfect and need nothing else, thus you've just insulted my entire nation :P

Your entire nation has insulted me with those songs. I await an apology.

Do you actually prefer Youtube links?

No, either's fine. I just take the playlist link and put it into my spreadsheet so it can randomize my listening order every time I listen, so it doesn't really matter where the playlist is, all I need is a link.
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's stolen roulette: results inviolably deduced via tons of math
Post by: Dr. DTVT on January 15, 2024, 05:20:57 PM
Sent.
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's stolen roulette: results inviolably deduced via tons of math
Post by: Sacul on January 15, 2024, 05:50:17 PM
Those songs are perfect and need nothing else, thus you've just insulted my entire nation :P

Your entire nation has insulted me with those songs. I await an apology.
We'll never apologize to 'muricans for anything ;D
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's stolen roulette: results inviolably deduced via tons of math
Post by: TAC on January 15, 2024, 06:53:03 PM
The Thread Title should read...

Shadow Ninja's stolen roulette: results inviolably deduced via tons of math...but mostly subtraction
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's stolen roulette: results inviolably deduced via tons of math
Post by: Shadow Ninja 2.0 on January 15, 2024, 07:42:02 PM
You started the day with 0 points, and now you've got 4. This is what we in the business call addition.
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's stolen roulette: results inviolably deduced via tons of math
Post by: TAC on January 15, 2024, 08:08:41 PM
You started the day with 0 points, and now you've got 4. This is what we in the business call addition.


But I sent you a 10, so I'm really -6. :lol
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's stolen roulette: results inviolably deduced via tons of math
Post by: King Postwhore on January 15, 2024, 08:23:04 PM
Butthurt Tim is back I see.
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's stolen roulette: results inviolably deduced via tons of math
Post by: LithoJazzoSphere on January 15, 2024, 08:29:57 PM
Butthurt Tim is back I see.

I don't remember him going anywhere.   :D
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's stolen roulette: results inviolably deduced via tons of math
Post by: soupytwist on January 16, 2024, 03:25:26 AM
Sent.

Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's stolen roulette: results inviolably deduced via tons of math
Post by: twosuitsluke on January 16, 2024, 03:26:39 AM
Butthurt Tim is back I see.

I don't remember him going anywhere.   :D

 :rollin
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's stolen roulette: results inviolably deduced via tons of math
Post by: King Postwhore on January 16, 2024, 04:05:12 AM
 :lol
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's stolen roulette: results inviolably deduced via tons of math
Post by: ariich on January 16, 2024, 03:34:30 PM
Sent!
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's stolen roulette: results inviolably deduced via tons of math
Post by: King Postwhore on January 16, 2024, 04:03:52 PM
Sent!
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's stolen roulette: results inviolably deduced via tons of math
Post by: hefdaddy42 on January 17, 2024, 09:01:40 AM
Sent.  Hope you don't hate it lol
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's sweet bro and hella roulette: round 2 locked and loaded
Post by: Shadow Ninja 2.0 on January 17, 2024, 02:11:47 PM
OK all submissions have been received, hangman will be up whenever I stop being a lazy piece of shit and put all the info into the spreadsheet.
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's sweet bro and hella roulette: round 2 locked and loaded
Post by: Shadow Ninja 2.0 on January 18, 2024, 04:43:05 PM
As promised, hangman.

??: __ll_ __ol
    1: To __ _ Lo___
    2: Lo__ __ll___
    3: _o__ _o__

??: _los___ __ _os_ow
    1: __tt__ W__
    2: _____l S___st__
    3: ______ o_ t__ L___
    4: Lo__l_s_

??: __s_
    1: S__s_ts o_ ______
    2: ___ o_ t__ _____
    3: W_lts______

??: T__ ___t____ __ss____
    1: ___o__
    2: _ow_
    3: W______
    4: O__
    5: __ T__s _o___t

??: ____s __ _ow
    1: _o__
    2: __t_____ls
    3: T_o___ L'o__l
    4: _o___

??: ______ _o_s
    1: T_o_lo__t_
    2: ___
    3: S_o_ts
    4: ____ _o__ Los__
    5: ___'t _o T____

??: ___ss to __t__
    1: __ll to t__ W_ll
    2: __o___ ___ L___t
    3: S__ ____ _l___s

??: ____ t__ S__s
    1: _____w____
    2: _____
    3: _lo__

??: ___s___
??: ____ _ll ___
??: _o_st__s __ ______s_ (___t. __l___ W__, ____ Lo_____o, T_l__ __t_s)
??: _____ss o_ t__ ______ (___t. L___ts)

??: _______
    1: _l___ ______
    2: ______ll_
    3: T__ __ll__ o_ S_oo_ ___ _____
    4: Lo___s L__ _st___
    5: _____l __t_s

??: Swo__
    1: _____ __l__s_
    2: __s_o_s o_ ____
    3: _o_____t_l

??: __st___ _ot_to/So____ ____
    1: __
    2: __ll__
    3: _o_s_ o_ L__s
    4: L___t__

??: __OW__
    1: _o _ot ___ls L___ __o__s?
    2: _t's _ll _ot____ __t_l _t's _____t____
    3: ____t____

??: ___t__s__
    1: Ol_ O__s
    2: _o To_o__ow

??: S____t_o_
    1: S__ __ll__
    2: ____l_ W_t_ __
    3: _t____l _l__
    4: _____
    5: ____l ___s

??: _l___ __ol__
    1: W_ ___ O__
    2: O__ St__
    3: _____t_o_
    4: St__ _l___

Guessed letters: TSLOW
I've been kind of sick the last few days, so no promises that I won't immediately fall asleep and not update this until tomorrow.
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's sweet bro and hella roulette: round 2 locked and loaded
Post by: TAC on January 18, 2024, 04:43:46 PM
T
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's sweet bro and hella roulette: round 2 locked and loaded
Post by: lonestar on January 18, 2024, 04:47:04 PM
S
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's sweet bro and hella roulette: round 2 locked and loaded
Post by: King Postwhore on January 18, 2024, 04:50:05 PM
L
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's sweet bro and hella roulette: round 2 locked and loaded
Post by: jingle.boy on January 18, 2024, 05:04:09 PM
O
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's sweet bro and hella roulette: round 2 locked and loaded
Post by: Crow on January 18, 2024, 05:15:15 PM
W

we spelled slow (TAC isn't real)
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's sweet bro and hella roulette: round 2 locked and loaded
Post by: Shadow Ninja 2.0 on January 18, 2024, 05:27:19 PM
Updated.
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's sweet bro and hella roulette: round 2 locked and loaded
Post by: twosuitsluke on January 18, 2024, 05:29:27 PM
Vintersea - Old Ones/No Tomorrow
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's sweet bro and hella roulette: round 2 locked and loaded
Post by: twosuitsluke on January 18, 2024, 05:35:01 PM
Sworn - Grand Eclipse/Visions of Fire/Monumental

Sent by Wolfy
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's sweet bro and hella roulette: round 2 locked and loaded
Post by: TAC on January 18, 2024, 05:35:50 PM
Sworn - Grand Eclipse/Visions of Fire/Monumental

Sent by Wolfy

For sure!
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's sweet bro and hella roulette: round 2 locked and loaded
Post by: wolfking on January 18, 2024, 05:43:01 PM
Sworn - Grand Eclipse/Visions of Fire/Monumental

Sent by Wolfy

For sure!

 :metal :metal :metal
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's sweet bro and hella roulette: round 2 locked and loaded
Post by: jingle.boy on January 18, 2024, 06:11:48 PM
Closure in Moscow
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's sweet bro and hella roulette: round 2 locked and loaded
Post by: TAC on January 18, 2024, 06:51:52 PM
No Tomorrow


R
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's sweet bro and hella roulette: round 2 locked and loaded
Post by: Dr. DTVT on January 18, 2024, 09:55:08 PM
E
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's sweet bro and hella roulette: round 2 locked and loaded
Post by: wolfking on January 19, 2024, 03:00:29 AM
Are two song titles in the last one, We Are One and One Step?
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's sweet bro and hella roulette: round 2 locked and loaded
Post by: Shadow Ninja 2.0 on January 19, 2024, 07:51:27 AM
All guesses were correct, and new letters have been added.

??: __ll_ __ol
    1: To _e _ Lo_er
    2: Lo_e __ll___
    3: _o__ _o__

??: Closure in Moscow
    1: _etter W__
    2: _r___l S___ster
    3: _ee_er o_ t_e L__e
    4: Lo_el_s_

??: __s_
    1: S__sets o_ E___re
    2: _r_ o_ t_e __r_e
    3: Welts___er_

??: T_e __rt____ __ss__re
    1: _e_o__
    2: _ow_
    3: Wee_e__
    4: O_e
    5: __ T__s _o_e_t

??: __r_s __ Row
    1: _o__
    2: __t_e_r_ls
    3: Tro__e L'oe_l
    4: Ro___

??: ____r_ _o_s
    1: Tro_lo__te
    2: ___
    3: S_orts
    4: ____ Ro__ Loser
    5: ___'t _o T__e_

??: _ress to E_ter
    1: __ll to t_e W_ll
    2: _ro_e_ Re_ L___t
    3: S__ ____ _l__es

??: __r_ t_e S__s
    1: E_er_w_ere
    2: R__e_
    3: _lo_e

??: ___s___
??: __r_ _ll ___
??: _o_sters __ __r___se (_e_t. __l__e W__, ___e Lo___r_o, T_ler __tes)
??: E__ress o_ t_e ____e_ (_e_t. L___ts)

??: _ree_er
    1: _l___ _e__e_
    2: _____elle
    3: T_e __ll__ o_ S_oo_ ___ _er__
    4: Lo_ers Le_ _str__
    5: ____el __tes

wolfking: Sworn
    1: Grand Eclipse
    2: Visions of Fire
    3: Monumental

??: _est___ _ot_to/Sor___ ____
    1: __
    2: __ller
    3: _o_se o_ L_es
    4: L___t__

??: __OWER
    1: _o _ot __rls L__e __or_s?
    2: _t's _ll _ot____ __t_l _t's E_er_t____
    3: ____t__re

??: Vintersea
    1: Old Ones
    2: No Tomorrow

??: S__r_t_o_
    1: S__ __ller
    2: __r_le W_t_ _e
    3: Eter__l _l_e
    4: ___e_
    5: ___el E_es

??: _l___ __ol__
    1: We Are One
    2: One Step
    3: _____t_o_
    4: St__ _le_r

Guessed letters: TSLOWRE
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's sweet bro and hella roulette: round 2 locked and loaded
Post by: ariich on January 19, 2024, 07:55:29 AM
Billy Idol:
To Be A Lover
Love Calling
Mony Mony
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's sweet bro and hella roulette: round 2 locked and loaded
Post by: King Puppies and the Acid Guppies on January 19, 2024, 07:56:47 AM
Billy Idol:
To Be A Lover
Love Calling
Mony Mony
Stadler?
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's sweet bro and hella roulette: round 2 locked and loaded
Post by: Shadow Ninja 2.0 on January 19, 2024, 07:58:37 AM
Yes to the songs, no to the sender.
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's sweet bro and hella roulette: round 2 locked and loaded
Post by: ariich on January 19, 2024, 07:59:29 AM
The CiM songs are:
Better Way
Primal Sinister
Keeper of the Lake
Lovelash

Fish - Stadler maybe?
Sunsets on Empire
Arc of the Curve
Weltschmerz
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's sweet bro and hella roulette: round 2 locked and loaded
Post by: jingle.boy on January 19, 2024, 08:00:13 AM
Creeper / Lovers Led Astray
Press to Enter

Songs:
Everywhere
Sports
One
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's sweet bro and hella roulette: round 2 locked and loaded
Post by: ariich on January 19, 2024, 08:00:38 AM
Ooh and an obvious one because she sent me the same thing, but:

Crow: Birds in Row
Noah
Cathedrals
Trompe L'oeil
Rodin
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's sweet bro and hella roulette: round 2 locked and loaded
Post by: TAC on January 19, 2024, 09:06:45 AM
A
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's sweet bro and hella roulette: round 2 locked and loaded
Post by: Sacul on January 19, 2024, 09:36:22 AM
D
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's sweet bro and hella roulette: round 2 locked and loaded
Post by: King Postwhore on January 19, 2024, 09:58:22 AM
The CiM songs are:
Better Way
Primal Sinister
Keeper of the Lake
Lovelash

Fish - Stadler maybe?
Sunsets on Empire
Arc of the Curve
Weltschmerz

I say RJ.
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's sweet bro and hella roulette: round 2 locked and loaded
Post by: lonestar on January 19, 2024, 10:04:30 AM
Nope
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's sweet bro and hella roulette: round 2 locked and loaded
Post by: Crow on January 19, 2024, 10:56:22 AM
Ooh and an obvious one because she sent me the same thing, but:

Crow: Birds in Row
Noah
Cathedrals
Trompe L'oeil
Rodin

fun fact:
i made this playlist for ariich's last roulette but it's the exact same playlist i'd be making for you so i'm just sending it again instead of making a new one

 :corn
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's sweet bro and hella roulette: round 2 locked and loaded
Post by: LithoJazzoSphere on January 19, 2024, 12:23:54 PM
 :lol

I almost used this in ariich's last roulette and wound up going with something different at the last minute, so let's try it out here.
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's sweet bro and hella roulette: round 2 locked and loaded
Post by: TAC on January 19, 2024, 12:25:07 PM
Another fun fact:

I'm also reusing an Ariich Roulette playlist but not because I'm lazy.  I just legit love it. Actually, I had deleted all of my Ariich playlists, so I had to put this one back together.
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's leftovers from ariich's roulette roulette
Post by: Shadow Ninja 2.0 on January 19, 2024, 12:40:55 PM
??: Billy Idol
    1: To Be a Lover
    2: Love Calling
    3: Mony Mony

??: Closure in Moscow
    1: Better Way
    2: Primal Sinister
    3: Keeper of the Lake
    4: Lovelash

Stadler: Fish
    1: Sunsets on Empire
    2: Arc of the Curve
    3: Weltschmerz

??: T_e __rt_da_ _assa_re
    1: _e_o_d
    2: Dow_
    3: Wee_e_d
    4: One
    5: __ T__s _o_e_t

Crow: Birds in Row
    1: Noah
    2: Cathedrals
    3: Trompe L'oeil
    4: Rodin

??: __a_ra _o_s
    1: Tro_lod_te
    2: ADD
    3: Sports
    4: ____ Ro__ Loser
    5: A__'t _o T__e_

??: _ress to E_ter
    1: _all to t_e Wall
    2: _ro_e_ Red L___t
    3: S__ ____ _la_es

??: Dar_ t_e S__s
    1: Everywhere
    2: Ra_e_
    3: Alo_e

??: ___s___
??: Dar_ All Da_
??: _o_sters __ _arad_se (_eat. __l__e Wa_, Da_e Lo__ardo, T_ler _ates)
??: E__ress o_ t_e Da__ed (_eat. L___ts)

??: Creeper
    1: _la__ _ea_e_
    2: A__a_elle
    3: T_e _allad o_ S_oo_ a_d _er__
    4: Lovers Led Astray
    5: __a_el _ates

wolfking: Sworn
    1: Grand Eclipse
    2: Visions of Fire
    3: Monumental

??: Destiny Potato/Sordid Pink
    1: __
    2: __ller
    3: _o_se o_ L_es
    4: L__at__

??: __OWER
    1: Do _ot __rls L__e __ords?
    2: _t's All _ot____ __t_l _t's E_er_t____
    3: ____t_are

??: Vintersea
    1: Old Ones
    2: No Tomorrow

??: S__r_t_o_
    1: S__ __ller
    2: __r_le W_t_ _e
    3: Eter_al _l_e
    4: _aded
    5: A__el E_es

??: _la__ __ol__
    1: We Are One
    2: One Step
    3: Add__t_o_
    4: Sta_ _lear

Guessed letters: TSLOWREAD
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's leftovers from ariich's roulette roulette
Post by: twosuitsluke on January 19, 2024, 01:03:12 PM
Oh, Destiny Potato/Sordid Pink. Litho? If not then Buddy.
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's leftovers from ariich's roulette roulette
Post by: Shadow Ninja 2.0 on January 19, 2024, 01:08:44 PM
Yes to the potato, but they were not sent by either Litho or Buddy.
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's leftovers from ariich's roulette roulette
Post by: Crow on January 19, 2024, 01:28:54 PM
why is he called shadow ninja 2.0 when he should be ariich 2.0
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's leftovers from ariich's roulette roulette
Post by: Buddyhunter1 on January 19, 2024, 01:34:11 PM
FU
Killer
House Of Lies
Lunatic

Interesting picks, nice to see a couple from the second album though. Maybe Sacul? I think he would have sent different songs though.

why is he called shadow ninja 2.0 when he should be ariich 2.0

He'd win more roulettes if that were the case. :neverusethis:
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's leftovers from ariich's roulette roulette
Post by: TAC on January 19, 2024, 01:36:51 PM
why is he called shadow ninja 2.0 when he should be ariich 2.0

 :lol
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's leftovers from ariich's roulette roulette
Post by: wolfking on January 19, 2024, 01:45:46 PM
Spiritbox;

Angel Eyes
Jaded
Sun Killer
Eternal Blue


Stay Clear.  A song in the last one.
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's leftovers from ariich's roulette roulette
Post by: lonestar on January 19, 2024, 01:56:15 PM
Press to Enter

Pall to the Wall
Sky High Places
Frozen Red Light
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's leftovers from ariich's roulette roulette
Post by: LithoJazzoSphere on January 19, 2024, 02:06:33 PM
FU
Killer
House Of Lies
Lunatic

Interesting picks, nice to see a couple from the second album though. Maybe Sacul? I think he would have sent different songs though.

Destiny Potato not banned but David Maxim Micic is?  A travesty.  This is exactly the inconsistency I noticed with 425 awhile ago too.  I'd probably have selected a different batch of songs, but I'm fascinated to see how this goes.  If it's not Sacul I could see it being ariich. 

why is he called shadow ninja 2.0 when he should be ariich 2.0

Yeah, I've been wondering about the 2.0 myself.  You would be in the lead if that were the case though.  :p
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's leftovers from ariich's roulette roulette
Post by: twosuitsluke on January 19, 2024, 02:12:20 PM
I'm just sat here waiting for a WildRanger 2.0.
Hell, I'd take a WildRanger 0.5.
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's leftovers from ariich's roulette roulette
Post by: LithoJazzoSphere on January 19, 2024, 02:17:30 PM
The new thread title is outstanding.
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's leftovers from ariich's roulette roulette
Post by: Sacul on January 19, 2024, 02:33:07 PM
I definitely didn't send Destiny Potato :P
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's leftovers from ariich's roulette roulette
Post by: twosuitsluke on January 19, 2024, 02:34:07 PM
I definitely didn't send Destiny Potato :P

I wouldn't either, they suck.
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's leftovers from ariich's roulette roulette
Post by: Shadow Ninja 2.0 on January 19, 2024, 02:38:15 PM

why is he called shadow ninja 2.0 when he should be ariich 2.0

He'd win more roulettes if that were the case. :neverusethis:
(https://i.imgur.com/rC5mq2l.gif)

FU
Killer
House Of Lies
Lunatic

Interesting picks, nice to see a couple from the second album though. Maybe Sacul? I think he would have sent different songs though.

Destiny Potato not banned but David Maxim Micic is?  A travesty.  This is exactly the inconsistency I noticed with 425 awhile ago too.  I'd probably have selected a different batch of songs, but I'm fascinated to see how this goes.  If it's not Sacul I could see it being ariich. 

It is ariich, and all the other guesses are correct as well. I'll update when I update.
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's leftovers from ariich's roulette roulette
Post by: Buddyhunter1 on January 19, 2024, 02:42:48 PM
I definitely didn't send Destiny Potato :P

I wouldn't either, they suck.

Get better taste.
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's leftovers from ariich's roulette roulette
Post by: twosuitsluke on January 19, 2024, 02:44:11 PM
I definitely didn't send Destiny Potato :P

I wouldn't either, they suck.

Get better taste.

I've tried, there's nowhere left to climb.
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's leftovers from ariich's roulette roulette
Post by: jingle.boy on January 20, 2024, 06:41:41 AM
my next paycheque says Spiritbox is RJ

The Birthday Massacre
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's leftovers from ariich's roulette roulette
Post by: King Postwhore on January 20, 2024, 06:45:49 AM
my next paycheque says Spiritbox is RJ

The Birthday Massacre

I'd bet you're safe.
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's leftovers from ariich's roulette roulette
Post by: LithoJazzoSphere on January 20, 2024, 07:09:19 AM
Ooh, Spiritbox, I'm intrigued to see how that goes.  "Circle With Me" is also there.  If that really is RJ I don't know why he didn't send "Secret Garden".  I might have swapped a couple songs, but I thought that was his favorite. 

Also curious about Vintersea.  I've come close to sending them in a few roulettes and just never pulled the trigger yet. 

Surprised no one solved GUNSHIP yet.  "Dark All Day", "Monster In Paradise feat. Milkie Way, Dave Lombardo, Tyler Bates", "Queen of the Damned feat. Lights".  That's a grand slam set too.  I wonder if anyone has sent Lights before, I've thought about it numerous times. 

Actually, I'd have to think about it, but the submissions so far would make this a contender for the strongest set I've ever seen in a single round.  Billy Idol, Destiny Potato, GUNSHIP, Spiritbox, Sworn, The Birthday Massacre, Vintersea, some strong stuff there.  Maybe Fish too, I just don't know him well outside of Ayreon and a handful of Marillion songs. 
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's leftovers from ariich's roulette roulette
Post by: jingle.boy on January 20, 2024, 07:29:19 AM
Black Violin / Stay Clear; Addiction
Viagara Boys / Troglodyte; Ain't No Thief
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's leftovers from ariich's roulette roulette
Post by: lonestar on January 20, 2024, 07:33:15 AM
Ooh, Spiritbox, I'm intrigued to see how that goes.  "Circle With Me" is also there.  If that really is RJ I don't know why he didn't send "Secret Garden".  I might have swapped a couple songs, but I thought that was his favorite. 

Yes, I sent Spiritbox, and yes, Secret Garden is a favorite, but with the need to include stuff from Fear of Fear, it got pushed out. Had to send Circle and Sun Killer, and Eternal Blue is just so damn good.
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's leftovers from ariich's roulette roulette
Post by: LithoJazzoSphere on January 20, 2024, 07:37:34 AM
Viagra Boys is Sacul.  There's also "Punk Rock Loser" in there. 

Dark the Suns.  "Alone", "Raven".  TAC.  Set keeps getting stronger. 

Closure In Moscow might be Luke.

GUNSHIP might be Buddy?

Aha, Vintersea is probably DTVT. 
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's leftovers from ariich's roulette roulette
Post by: Shadow Ninja 2.0 on January 20, 2024, 08:40:58 AM
Buddy didn't send Gunship, but everything else guessed was correct I believe.

??: Billy Idol
    1: To Be a Lover
    2: Love Calling
    3: Mony Mony

twosuitsluke: Closure in Moscow
    1: Better Way
    2: Primal Sinister
    3: Keeper of the Lake
    4: Lovelash

Stadler: Fish
    1: Sunsets on Empire
    2: Arc of the Curve
    3: Weltschmerz

??: The Birthday Massacre
    1: _e_o_d
    2: Dow_
    3: Wee_e_d
    4: One
    5: __ T__s _o_e_t

Crow: Birds in Row
    1: Noah
    2: Cathedrals
    3: Trompe L'oeil
    4: Rodin

Sacul: Viagra Boys
    1: Troglodyte
    2: ADD
    3: Sports
    4: Punk Rock Loser
    5: Ain't No Thief

??: Press to Enter
    1: Pall to the Wall
    2: Frozen Red Light
    3: Sky High Places

TAC: Dark the Suns
    1: Everywhere
    2: Raven
    3: Alone

??: Gunship
??: Dark All Day
??: Monsters in Paradise (feat. Milkie Way, Dave Lombardo, Tyler Bates)
??: Empress of the Damned (feat. Lights)

??: Creeper
    1: _la__ _ea_e_
    2: A__a_elle
    3: T_e _allad o_ S_oo_ a_d _er__
    4: Lovers Led Astray
    5: __a_el _ates

wolfking: Sworn
    1: Grand Eclipse
    2: Visions of Fire
    3: Monumental

ariich: Destiny Potato/Sordid Pink
    1: FY
    2: Killer
    3: House of Lies
    4: Lunatic

??: __OWER
    1: Do _ot __rls L__e __ords?
    2: _t's All _ot____ __t_l _t's E_er_t____
    3: ____t_are

Dr. DTVT: Vintersea
    1: Old Ones
    2: No Tomorrow

lonestar: Spiritbox
    1: Sun Killer
    2: Circle With Me
    3: Eternal Blue
    4: Jaded
    5: Angel Eyes

??: Black Violin
    1: We Are One
    2: One Step
    3: Addiction
    4: Stay Clear

Guessed letters: TSLOWREAD

Sorry I haven't been particularly diligent about updating this, still kind of sick and spacey. I didn't write first impressions for the same reason. Maybe I'll do second impressions? Or first impressions of the 30 seconds of the totally different song Spotify plays on its own at the end of every playlist, a feature I heartily wish I knew how to disable.

Also I find it very interesting to see people discuss the relative strength of rounds and what you think I will/won't like. I won't say whether or not any of it is accurate, but I do find it interesting. :P
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's leftovers from ariich's roulette roulette
Post by: Dr. DTVT on January 20, 2024, 08:53:13 AM
That is why Spotify sucks and I don’t use it.
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's leftovers from ariich's roulette roulette
Post by: lonestar on January 20, 2024, 09:27:25 AM
Wasn't it Chad that did comparisons of the submitted song and the spotify suggested song in a roulette?
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's leftovers from ariich's roulette roulette
Post by: King Postwhore on January 20, 2024, 09:36:03 AM
That is why Spotify sucks and I don’t use it.

Why?  That's one way I fun new music. You can stop it any time.
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's leftovers from ariich's roulette roulette
Post by: Evermind on January 20, 2024, 09:37:22 AM
That is why Spotify sucks and I don’t use it.

Why?  That's one way I fun new music. You can stop it any time.

I fun new music by listening to it. :)
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's leftovers from ariich's roulette roulette
Post by: jingle.boy on January 20, 2024, 09:49:24 AM
That is why Spotify sucks and I don’t use it.

Why?  That's one way I fun new music. You can stop it any time.

I fun new music by listening to it. :)

What else do you fun?
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's leftovers from ariich's roulette roulette
Post by: jingle.boy on January 20, 2024, 09:52:11 AM
Wasn't it Chad that did comparisons of the submitted song and the spotify suggested song in a roulette?

Maybe.  I don't remember.

It's really not that difficult, I'm sure even Tim figured it out.  In the Settings ... third option down is "Autoplay.  Enjoy nonstop listening.  When you're audio ends, we'll play you something similar".  Turn that off.
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's leftovers from ariich's roulette roulette
Post by: Shadow Ninja 2.0 on January 20, 2024, 09:58:49 AM
Yeah, that's what Google said as well. But when I to Settings, I've only got two options and neither of them are that.

(https://i.imgur.com/Oj8disa.png)
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's leftovers from ariich's roulette roulette
Post by: jingle.boy on January 20, 2024, 10:04:11 AM
Well that's strange!  You're only using the browser version of Spotify?

Apparently the Autoplay setting is only in the desktop or mobile version of Spotify.  https://community.spotify.com/t5/Other-Podcasts-Partners-etc/Connect-Autoplay-DISABLED-but-still-ACTIVE/m-p/5501614#M96778

Quote
The "Autoplay" setting was recently updated. The single "Autoplay" setting in the desktop and mobile apps will now enable or disable Autoplay across all devices on your account. This change makes it easier to manage instead of there being 2 different settings.

You only need to change the Autoplay setting in one of the apps, either desktop or mobile, and it will apply to your account on all devices including the Web Player and Spotify Connect devices.
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's leftovers from ariich's roulette roulette
Post by: Shadow Ninja 2.0 on January 20, 2024, 10:11:59 AM
Now that is some BULLshit

Man I fuckin' hate having to download apps for everything. Just make your damn site work on a browser!
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's leftovers from ariich's roulette roulette
Post by: King Postwhore on January 20, 2024, 10:53:01 AM
That is why Spotify sucks and I don’t use it.

Why?  That's one way I fun new music. You can stop it any time.

I fun new music by listening to it. :)

You bastard.  :lol
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's leftovers from ariich's roulette roulette
Post by: lonestar on January 20, 2024, 11:15:40 AM
Wasn't it Chad that did comparisons of the submitted song and the spotify suggested song in a roulette?

Maybe.  I don't remember.

It's really not that difficult, I'm sure even Tim figured it out.  In the Settings ... third option down is "Autoplay.  Enjoy nonstop listening.  When you're audio ends, we'll play you something similar".  Turn that off.

Nothing I appreciate more on these boards than uncalled for attacks on Tim  :lol
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's leftovers from ariich's roulette roulette
Post by: King Postwhore on January 20, 2024, 11:33:06 AM
 :lol
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's leftovers from ariich's roulette roulette
Post by: King Puppies and the Acid Guppies on January 20, 2024, 11:40:21 AM
Wasn't it Chad that did comparisons of the submitted song and the spotify suggested song in a roulette?

Maybe.  I don't remember.

It's really not that difficult, I'm sure even Tim figured it out.  In the Settings ... third option down is "Autoplay.  Enjoy nonstop listening.  When you're audio ends, we'll play you something similar".  Turn that off.

Nothing I appreciate more on these boards than uncalled for attacks on Tim  :lol
It is a forum favorite pastime.
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's leftovers from ariich's roulette roulette
Post by: TAC on January 20, 2024, 12:19:45 PM
(https://media1.tenor.com/m/-Dx-jMl9omQAAAAC/abbott-elementary-stare.gif)
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's leftovers from ariich's roulette roulette
Post by: King Postwhore on January 20, 2024, 02:30:14 PM
(https://i.postimg.cc/Jz2ktJLv/oh-yeah-evil-smile.gif) (https://postimages.org/)
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's leftovers from ariich's roulette roulette
Post by: Buddyhunter1 on January 20, 2024, 03:13:52 PM
You could do gifpressions.
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's leftovers from ariich's roulette roulette
Post by: Shadow Ninja 2.0 on January 20, 2024, 04:22:03 PM
OK, but I'll exclusively use Homestuck gifs.
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's leftovers from ariich's roulette roulette
Post by: TAC on January 20, 2024, 05:19:01 PM
What's a Homestuck gif?
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's leftovers from ariich's roulette roulette
Post by: Shadow Ninja 2.0 on January 20, 2024, 06:20:05 PM
Oh dear. These are dangerous doors you're opening.
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's leftovers from ariich's roulette roulette
Post by: lonestar on January 20, 2024, 06:23:11 PM
What's a Homestuck gif?

I'm with you for a change, had to Google it myself
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's leftovers from ariich's roulette roulette
Post by: twosuitsluke on January 21, 2024, 03:15:13 AM
What's a Homestuck gif?

I'm with you for a change, had to Google it myself

Same :lol

If I was limiting myself to a certain series of gifs (and I really wanted to do this for one of my rounds) it would all be It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia gifs. That show is a damn goldmine for them!
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's leftovers from ariich's roulette roulette
Post by: LithoJazzoSphere on January 21, 2024, 06:03:06 AM
Also I find it very interesting to see people discuss the relative strength of rounds and what you think I will/won't like. I won't say whether or not any of it is accurate, but I do find it interesting. :P

That was one of my favorite parts of my roulette, seeing the speculation beforehand and then rereading it after the round was over to see how it all panned out. 
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's leftovers from ariich's roulette roulette
Post by: Buddyhunter1 on January 21, 2024, 11:20:57 AM
OK, but I'll exclusively use Homestuck gifs.

That's why I suggested it. :biggrin:
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's leftovers from ariich's roulette roulette
Post by: Shadow Ninja 2.0 on January 21, 2024, 12:20:50 PM
OK, I'll do it. Everyone remember that Buddy brought this upon you all. :lol

Also I think rather than posting the gifpressions and having people try to guess them, which would be nearly impossible, I'll post them along with the submission they belong to so you guys can stew on what the hell I'm actually saying. I think that'll be funnier for me, anyway.

In the meantime, here's the completed hangman. Rich, a cool addition to the spreadsheet might be a 'solve everything' toggle, unless there's one already there that I've just missed, which is possible. I may spend some time messing around with it and if I come up with something that's not unbearably janky I'll send it your way.


jingle.boy: Billy Idol
    1: To Be a Lover
    2: Love Calling
    3: Mony Mony

twosuitsluke: Closure in Moscow
    1: Better Way
    2: Primal Sinister
    3: Keeper of the Lake
    4: Lovelash

Stadler: Fish
    1: Sunsets on Empire
    2: Arc of the Curve
    3: Weltschmerz

LithoJazzoSphere: The Birthday Massacre
    1: Beyond
    2: Down
    3: Weekend
    4: One
    5: In This Moment

Crow: Birds in Row
    1: Noah
    2: Cathedrals
    3: Trompe L'oeil
    4: Rodin

Sacul: Viagra Boys
    1: Troglodyte
    2: ADD
    3: Sports
    4: Punk Rock Loser
    5: Ain't No Thief

King Postwhore: Press to Enter
    1: Pall to the Wall
    2: Frozen Red Light
    3: Sky High Places

TAC: Dark the Suns
    1: Everywhere
    2: Raven
    3: Alone

King Puppies and the Acid Guppies: Gunship
    1: Dark All Day
    2: Monsters in Paradise (feat. Milkie Way, Dave Lombardo, Tyler Bates)
    3: Empress of the Damned (feat. Lights)

soupytwist: Creeper
    1: Black Heaven
    2: Annabelle
    3: The Ballad of Spook and Mercy
    4: Lovers Led Astray
    5: Chapel Gates

wolfking: Sworn
    1: Grand Eclipse
    2: Visions of Fire
    3: Monumental

ariich: Destiny Potato/Sordid Pink
    1: FY
    2: Killer
    3: House of Lies
    4: Lunatic

Buddyhunter1: KNOWER
    1: Do Hot Girls Like Chords?
    2: It's All Nothing Until It's Everything
    3: Nightmare

Dr. DTVT: Vintersea
    1: Old Ones
    2: No Tomorrow

lonestar: Spiritbox
    1: Sun Killer
    2: Circle With Me
    3: Eternal Blue
    4: Jaded
    5: Angel Eyes

hefdaddy42: Black Violin
    1: We Are One
    2: One Step
    3: Addiction
    4: Stay Clear
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's leftovers from ariich's roulette roulette
Post by: King Postwhore on January 21, 2024, 12:36:38 PM
Noice!
Title: Re: SN's HS roulette: jubilation at the expense of one or more well-dressed cadavers
Post by: lonestar on January 21, 2024, 01:12:35 PM
Knower? That one was driving me nuts :lol
Title: Re: SN's HS roulette: jubilation at the expense of one or more well-dressed cadavers
Post by: ariich on January 21, 2024, 01:15:36 PM
Rich, a cool addition to the spreadsheet might be a 'solve everything' toggle, unless there's one already there that I've just missed, which is possible. I may spend some time messing around with it and if I come up with something that's not unbearably janky I'll send it your way.
Interesting idea, I'll have a think about what might be possible. I can see it working for the standard single song/album roulettes by just putting a Y everywhere, but for the multi-song ones it doesn't display as well if a Y appears in the wrong place. Mainly it's that if there's a Y in the sender column then tracks don't get indented in.
Title: Re: SN's HS roulette: jubilation at the expense of one or more well-dressed cadavers
Post by: Shadow Ninja 2.0 on January 21, 2024, 01:28:24 PM
Homestuck gifpressions submitted in a forthright manner for your judicious appraisal:


wolfking: Sworn

(https://i.imgur.com/T5QRmZp.gif)



TAC: Dark the Suns

(https://i.imgur.com/Pr4hgkj.gif)



ariich: Sordid Pink/Destiny Potato

(https://i.imgur.com/1oDGEfF.gif)



Buddyhunter1: KNOWER

(https://i.imgur.com/sE54TM9.gif)



twosuitsluke: Closure in Moscow

(https://i.imgur.com/dFvXNes.gif)



King Puppies and the Acid Guppies: Gunship

(https://i.imgur.com/HCErlmF.gif)



Crow: Birds in Row

(https://i.imgur.com/PU7hwIy.gif)



Dr. DTVT: Vintersea

(https://i.imgur.com/6xt4k5v.gif)



hefdaddy42: Black Violin

(https://i.imgur.com/Gfphv1p.gif)



jingle.boy: Billy Idol

(https://i.imgur.com/twgbO6J.gif)



King Postwhore: Press to Enter

(https://i.imgur.com/vbtZUw1.gif)



LithoJazzoSphere: The Birthday Massacre

(https://i.imgur.com/wB5gmQh.gif)



lonestar: Spiritbox

(https://i.imgur.com/0IwIGJb.gif)



Sacul: Viagra Boys

(https://i.imgur.com/jgiZKIl.gif)



soupytwist: Creeper

(https://i.imgur.com/8xOdKMf.gif)



Stadler: Fish

(https://i.imgur.com/FwSfk0U.gif)



Most of these are pretty self-explanatory.


Title: Re: SN's HS roulette: jubilation at the expense of one or more well-dressed cadavers
Post by: ariich on January 21, 2024, 01:31:41 PM
Most of these are pretty self-explanatory.
:rollin
Title: Re: SN's HS roulette: jubilation at the expense of one or more well-dressed cadavers
Post by: King Postwhore on January 21, 2024, 01:37:10 PM
 :lol
Title: Re: SN's HS roulette: jubilation at the expense of one or more well-dressed cadavers
Post by: lonestar on January 21, 2024, 01:37:25 PM
Glorious. :hefdaddy
Title: Re: SN's HS roulette: jubilation at the expense of one or more well-dressed cadavers
Post by: Buddyhunter1 on January 21, 2024, 01:50:10 PM
4/10 time!
Title: Re: SN's HS roulette: jubilation at the expense of one or more well-dressed cadavers
Post by: TAC on January 21, 2024, 02:12:49 PM

Most of these are pretty self-explanatory.

LOL WUT?   :lol
Title: Re: SN's HS roulette: jubilation at the expense of one or more well-dressed cadavers
Post by: Shadow Ninja 2.0 on January 21, 2024, 02:19:25 PM
TAC, in your gif Dave is in a pot of stew being made by idiot salamanders on LOHAC, crying (because of the onions), while talking to an alien using his iShades. Honestly, yours is one of the more easily comprehensible ones.
Title: Re: SN's HS roulette: jubilation at the expense of one or more well-dressed cadavers
Post by: King Postwhore on January 21, 2024, 02:20:39 PM
No one is coming into my personal recording rave.
Title: Re: SN's HS roulette: jubilation at the expense of one or more well-dressed cadavers
Post by: TAC on January 21, 2024, 02:38:08 PM
TAC, in your gif Dave is in a pot of stew being made by idiot salamanders on LOHAC, crying (because of the onions), while talking to an alien using his iShades. Honestly, yours is one of the more easily comprehensible ones.

 :lol


And I was just about to guess that! :lol

So he's not crying because he's in a pot of stew, it's really just the onions? :lol
Title: Re: SN's HS roulette: jubilation at the expense of one or more well-dressed cadavers
Post by: wolfking on January 21, 2024, 04:01:06 PM
Most of these are pretty self-explanatory.

(https://c.tenor.com/KHqufxMwSuAAAAAd/umm-what.gif)
Title: Re: SN's HS roulette: jubilation at the expense of one or more well-dressed cadavers
Post by: soupytwist on January 21, 2024, 04:03:24 PM
So mine is clearly two murders by a guy who suffers schizophrenia and takes hats and shoes as trophy's from his victims.  10/10.
Title: Re: SN's HS roulette: jubilation at the expense of one or more well-dressed cadavers
Post by: King Postwhore on January 21, 2024, 04:05:38 PM
Fuck it. I love it.  My poor wife will have to deal with me with recoding equipment in the bedroom with me blending drinks to keep me going.
Title: Re: SN's HS roulette: jubilation at the expense of one or more well-dressed cadavers
Post by: Shadow Ninja 2.0 on January 21, 2024, 04:42:36 PM
Fuck it. I love it.  My poor wife will have to deal with me with recoding equipment in the bedroom with me blending drinks to keep me going.

Actually that's not recording equipment. That's a punch designix you can use to generate punch cards to feed into the totem lathe, from which you can lathe totems to alchemize physical items from using the alchemiter. This is pretty simple stuff. I'm worried that you guys are struggling with this.

So mine is clearly two murders by a guy who suffers schizophrenia and takes hats and shoes as trophy's from his victims.  10/10.

This is a surprisingly accurate assessment though. :lol
Title: Re: SN's HS roulette: jubilation at the expense of one or more well-dressed cadavers
Post by: King Postwhore on January 21, 2024, 04:57:26 PM
Dude. I love that movie.
Title: Re: SN's HS roulette: jubilation at the expense of one or more well-dressed cadavers
Post by: TAC on January 21, 2024, 04:59:07 PM
Dude. I love that movie.

What movie? Was someone talking about a movie?
Title: Re: SN's HS roulette: jubilation at the expense of one or more well-dressed cadavers
Post by: King Postwhore on January 21, 2024, 05:03:02 PM
Dude. I love that movie.

What movie? Was someone talking about a movie?

Imitation Game. A fantastic movie. 
Title: Re: SN's HS roulette: jubilation at the expense of one or more well-dressed cadavers
Post by: TAC on January 21, 2024, 05:05:20 PM
Dude. I love that movie.

What movie? Was someone talking about a movie?

Imitation Game. A fantastic movie.

Never heard of it.
Title: Re: SN's HS roulette: jubilation at the expense of one or more well-dressed cadavers
Post by: King Postwhore on January 21, 2024, 05:10:28 PM
It's a fantastic movie.
Title: Re: SN's HS roulette: jubilation at the expense of one or more well-dressed cadavers
Post by: wolfking on January 21, 2024, 05:16:29 PM
Yep....never heard of it.
Title: Re: SN's HS roulette: jubilation at the expense of one or more well-dressed cadavers
Post by: Crow on January 21, 2024, 05:33:40 PM
oh that knower album is pretty good
good picks from it too
Title: Re: SN's HS roulette: jubilation at the expense of one or more well-dressed cadavers
Post by: LithoJazzoSphere on January 21, 2024, 06:09:59 PM
Black and purple are their primary colors, so I suppose that tracks. 
Title: Re: SN's HS roulette: jubilation at the expense of one or more well-dressed cadavers
Post by: Stadler on January 22, 2024, 07:30:24 AM

Most of these are pretty self-explanatory.

LOL WUT?   :lol

For once, I'm with Tim.  :) :) :)
Title: Re: SN's HS roulette: jubilation at the expense of one or more well-dressed cadavers
Post by: hefdaddy42 on January 22, 2024, 09:49:11 AM
Dude. I love that movie.

What movie? Was someone talking about a movie?

Imitation Game. A fantastic movie.

Never heard of it.
You can probably stop posting this phrase at this point.

BTW, I haven't seen this much Homestuck stuff since 2016 or so lol
Title: Everyone else's, though.... rich in metaphorical meaning
Post by: Shadow Ninja 2.0 on January 22, 2024, 10:08:51 AM
Well that's when it ended. I'm just a big fan.

Also, Stadler and TAC, I'll come clean here and admit your gifs are totally meaningless and have nothing to do with your songs. I just found the idea of you guys looking at those pictures and trying to understand what the fuck they were saying to be really funny.
Title: Re: SN's HS roulette: jubilation at the expense of one or more well-dressed cadavers
Post by: lonestar on January 22, 2024, 10:29:48 AM
 :rollin
Title: Re: SN's HS roulette: jubilation at the expense of one or more well-dressed cadavers
Post by: King Postwhore on January 22, 2024, 10:50:57 AM
 :lol
Title: Re: Everyone else's, though.... rich in metaphorical meaning
Post by: hefdaddy42 on January 22, 2024, 11:31:22 AM
Well that's when it ended. I'm just a big fan.
Totally cool, my oldest was really into it.  I just took a stab in the dark at that year lol

Also, Stadler and TAC, I'll come clean here and admit your gifs are totally meaningless and have nothing to do with your songs. I just found the idea of you guys looking at those pictures and trying to understand what the fuck they were saying to be really funny.
Glorious

:clap:
Title: Re: SN's HS roulette: jubilation at the expense of one or more well-dressed cadavers
Post by: Stadler on January 22, 2024, 01:28:38 PM
I'll give you props for that.  I even went back to the lyric sheet of Weltschmerz to see if I missed something.... 
Title: Re: Everyone else's, though.... rich in metaphorical meaning
Post by: TAC on January 22, 2024, 02:26:16 PM

Also, Stadler and TAC, I'll come clean here and admit your gifs are totally meaningless and have nothing to do with your songs. I just found the idea of you guys looking at those pictures and trying to understand what the fuck they were saying to be really funny.

 :lol

I mean..
Title: Re: Everyone else's, though.... rich in metaphorical meaning
Post by: wolfking on January 22, 2024, 03:58:41 PM
Also, Stadler and TAC, I'll come clean here and admit your gifs are totally meaningless and have nothing to do with your songs. I just found the idea of you guys looking at those pictures and trying to understand what the fuck they were saying to be really funny.

Mission accomplished.
Title: Re: SN's HS roulette: jubilation at the expense of one or more well-dressed cadavers
Post by: Shadow Ninja 2.0 on January 22, 2024, 05:33:08 PM
Results may be tonight if I finish writing them, otherwise they'll be tomorrow evening.
Title: Re: SN's HS roulette: jubilation at the expense of one or more well-dressed cadavers
Post by: King Puppies and the Acid Guppies on January 22, 2024, 10:50:21 PM
 :corn
Title: Re: SN's HS roulette: jubilation at the expense of one or more well-dressed cadavers
Post by: LithoJazzoSphere on January 23, 2024, 08:10:45 AM
I tried reading a tad about Homestuck and it seems like things get complicated and weird fast, but how far off am I if I posit that Homestuck is kind of the next generation equivalent to Homestar Runner, but more sci-fi and macabre?
Title: Re: SN's HS roulette: jubilation at the expense of one or more well-dressed cadavers
Post by: hefdaddy42 on January 23, 2024, 09:18:12 AM
I tried reading a tad about Homestuck and it seems like things get complicated and weird fast, but how far off am I if I posit that Homestuck is kind of the next generation equivalent to Homestar Runner, but more sci-fi and macabre?
From what little I know about both, that may be accurate.

FYI I mentioned the Homestuck shenanigans to my oldest and she said "Homestuck WTF? Who is talking about THAT?"  I lol'd

BTW she is a huge fan.  She just hasn't heard anyone talk about it in forever.
Title: Re: SN's HS roulette: jubilation at the expense of one or more well-dressed cadavers
Post by: TAC on January 23, 2024, 09:22:17 AM
I tried reading a tad about Homestuck and it seems like things get complicated and weird fast, but how far off am I if I posit that Homestuck is kind of the next generation equivalent to Homestar Runner, but more sci-fi and macabre?

Wait…WTF is Homestyle Runner now?
Title: Re: SN's HS roulette: jubilation at the expense of one or more well-dressed cadavers
Post by: King Puppies and the Acid Guppies on January 23, 2024, 10:39:14 AM
I tried reading a tad about Homestuck and it seems like things get complicated and weird fast, but how far off am I if I posit that Homestuck is kind of the next generation equivalent to Homestar Runner, but more sci-fi and macabre?

Wait…WTF is Homestyle Runner now?
Here we go again.
Title: Re: SN's HS roulette: jubilation at the expense of one or more well-dressed cadavers
Post by: King Postwhore on January 23, 2024, 11:00:19 AM
on my own....
Title: Re: SN's HS roulette: jubilation at the expense of one or more well-dressed cadavers
Post by: Buddyhunter1 on January 23, 2024, 11:15:08 AM
Hey Strong Bad, you jumped over some of my busses
Title: Re: SN's HS roulette: jubilation at the expense of one or more well-dressed cadavers
Post by: Stadler on January 23, 2024, 01:30:14 PM
I tried reading a tad about Homestuck and it seems like things get complicated and weird fast, but how far off am I if I posit that Homestuck is kind of the next generation equivalent to Homestar Runner, but more sci-fi and macabre?

Wait…WTF is Homestyle Runner now?

Dude, I'm as lost as you are.   
Title: Re: SN's HS roulette: jubilation at the expense of one or more well-dressed cadavers
Post by: lonestar on January 23, 2024, 01:31:32 PM
I tried reading a tad about Homestuck and it seems like things get complicated and weird fast, but how far off am I if I posit that Homestuck is kind of the next generation equivalent to Homestar Runner, but more sci-fi and macabre?

Wait…WTF is Homestyle Runner now?

Dude, I'm as lost as you are.


Same here....I googled it, showed up in '96... at least I have the excuse of being blindingly drunk that decade. What's yours?
Title: Re: SN's HS roulette: jubilation at the expense of one or more well-dressed cadavers
Post by: Stadler on January 23, 2024, 01:33:53 PM
I tried reading a tad about Homestuck and it seems like things get complicated and weird fast, but how far off am I if I posit that Homestuck is kind of the next generation equivalent to Homestar Runner, but more sci-fi and macabre?

Wait…WTF is Homestyle Runner now?

Dude, I'm as lost as you are.


Same here....I googled it, showed up in '96... at least I have the excuse of being blindingly drunk that decade. What's yours?

Probably pretty close to yours.  That and law school.
Title: Re: SN's HS roulette: jubilation at the expense of one or more well-dressed cadavers
Post by: lonestar on January 23, 2024, 01:50:47 PM
Law School is a better excuse than my lifestyle of alcoholism/smoking meth that would've put Hunter Biden to shame on his worst day.
Title: Re: SN's HS roulette: jubilation at the expense of one or more well-dressed cadavers
Post by: hefdaddy42 on January 23, 2024, 02:09:40 PM
You guys were all too old for it to be important to you.  That's the biggest reason you don't know shit about it.  You weren't the target audience.
Title: Re: SN's HS roulette: jubilation at the expense of one or more well-dressed cadavers
Post by: TAC on January 23, 2024, 02:11:10 PM
You guys were all too old for it to be important to you.  That's the biggest reason you don't know shit about it.

 :lol
Title: Re: SN's HS roulette: jubilation at the expense of one or more well-dressed cadavers
Post by: twosuitsluke on January 23, 2024, 02:14:56 PM
At 40 I hope I'm not too old to be the target audience, as I'm with the fogeys on this one.
Title: Re: SN's HS roulette: jubilation at the expense of one or more well-dressed cadavers
Post by: LithoJazzoSphere on January 23, 2024, 02:28:03 PM
I was too old to be the target market for Homestar Runner, much less Homestuck, but I had some younger friends who were really into the former, so I watched a decent amount of it to get a handle on it.  It's really silly, idiosyncratic humor that I'm not that often in the mood for, but here's a typical sort of thing you'd find on it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V72NKRyX1NA (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V72NKRyX1NA)

I'm assuming Homestuck is a similar kind of thing, maybe less animation-based and a bit more outlandish, but SN or someone else will have to explain otherwise. 
Title: Re: SN's HS roulette: jubilation at the expense of one or more well-dressed cadavers
Post by: Buddyhunter1 on January 23, 2024, 03:21:17 PM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V72NKRyX1NA (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V72NKRyX1NA)

Good pick for this forum. :lol
Title: Re: SN's HS roulette: jubilation at the expense of one or more well-dressed cadavers
Post by: TAC on January 23, 2024, 03:26:38 PM
What in the hell? :lol
Title: Re: SN's HS roulette: jubilation at the expense of one or more well-dressed cadavers
Post by: Shadow Ninja 2.0 on January 23, 2024, 04:24:06 PM
OK that's the first Homestar Runner thing I've ever seen so I'm not super qualified to speak on it vs. Homestuck, but I think the main thing to keep in mind with Homestuck is that it's a story, not just loosely connected humorous bits. It's definitely funny, I would say one of the most consistently and cleverly funny stories out there, but ultimately it's narratively driven (sometimes maniacally so), so it's not something you can just look in at from any point and enjoy, or even understand. Honestly it's not something you can interact with half-heartedly either, because the complexity escalates fast and if you miss stuff you'll get lost.

The caveat to all that stuff making it sound difficult is that it's a ton of fun. It's long and complicated but it's compulsively readable and a complete fucking blast.

Working on results. You guys are detouring me with this Homestuck talk.
Title: Re: SN's HS roulette: jubilation at the expense of one or more well-dressed cadavers
Post by: wolfking on January 23, 2024, 04:47:39 PM
I have never heard of Homestuck or Homestyle Runner.
Title: Re: SN's HS roulette: jubilation at the expense of one or more well-dressed cadavers
Post by: lonestar on January 23, 2024, 04:59:25 PM

Working on results. You guys are detouring me with this Homestuck talk.

 :corn
Title: Shadow Ninja's Iron Maiden Roulette: The Number of the Beast (round 2 results)
Post by: Shadow Ninja 2.0 on January 23, 2024, 05:32:28 PM
ROUND 2 RESULTS


King Postwhore

Press To Enter

Pall to the Wall
Frozen Red Light
Sky High Places

4 points


This is some prog rock that leans towards metal at times, and ultimately that’s its downfall for me. I’ve just heard so much prog metal (a lot of it really good) that the ‘let’s riff like Dream Theater’ style just doesn’t do anything for me anymore. Which is a shame, because I actually really like the pop-ish vocal style and melodies on Pall to the Wall and Frozen Red Light; I think it’s something kind of novel for the genre and if the rest of the music backing it had been similarly unexpected, this might have worked me. As is, though, it’s some really cool ideas mixed with perfectly fine music that doesn’t interest me at all.



jingle.boy

Billy Idol

To Be a Lover
Love Calling
Mony Mony

5 points


OK this probably makes me sound insane, but this was genuinely the strangest submission of the round for me. To Be a Lover starts out simple enough, with the big echoey 80s sound and a nice guitar riff. Some more instruments come in, it’s a nice build up for an intro. Billy arrives, sings for a bit, and then suddenly he’s gone! And it feels like we’re back to the intro, or an interlude. There’s more buildup, instruments go in and out, some backing vocals arrive, the guitar riff comes back at some point, Billy steps back into the room to do some ad-libs, and that’s the song. The others are kind of the same way; it feels like I’m listening to a version of the songs without the main vocal track, but somehow Billy is still there ad-libbing to it. Or he’s like a hype man for his own tracks but forgot he’s also supposed to be the vocalist. I don’t dislike these tracks at all; they’re a pleasant enough listen, but they don’t really feel like coherent songs to me, more like an intro for a real rocker that never seems to come.

Billy Idol fans, weigh in here, because this has actually baffled me. Do other people hear this? Am I crazy? Is this just Billy Idol’s style?



TAC

Dark the Suns

Everywhere
Raven
Alone

5 points


This is decent melodeath, but unfortunately I don’t think it really does anything to differentiate itself from a bunch of other, stronger melodeath music. The vocals are a weak point, I think; the cleans on Raven aren’t very strong and the harshes have that cookie monster-y Omnium Gatherum sound I’ve never cared for. I do think they’re better on Alone, where they either got a different vocalist or he figured out how to sound more like Niilo from Insomnium, which is the band it really feels like they’re aping to me. That’s really the problem here, it’s not bad to listen to, but I could also just listen to Insomnium.



Buddyhunter1

KNOWER

Do Hot Girls Like Chords?
It's All Nothing Until It's Everything
Nightmare

5 points


This has grown on me a bit; I didn’t like it at all the first time, which is where your Spades Slick gifpression came from. I think the strong parts of this are the interesting rhythmic ideas and weird, half-spoken vocal style juxtaposed with the very light, serene poppy bits. Do Hot Girls Like Chords? Works the best for me because it sticks to the strong parts and doesn’t go into either the pointless instrumental noodling (like the piano break in It’s All Nothing), or the really thin, derpy bleep bloop keyboard sounds. Those things really pull down the other two songs for me, even though I think there’s interesting ideas in them too.



Stadler

Fish

Sunsets on Empire
Arc of the Curve
Weltschmerz

6 points


Basically, Dave used time travel to manipulate the LOHAC stock exchange to swindle a bunch of stupid crocodiles out of their life savings. Do you see the connection here?

Like I said, my experience with Fish is basically the one Marillion album I heard with him, which I didn’t particularly care for, and Into the Electric Castle, which I did like him in. He’s definitely got a great character to his voice, as shown on these songs, although I find him more focused on delivery and presumably lyrics than melodies, so I enjoy listening to the songs well enough, but a lot of times I don’t find too much about it grabs me. The exception is The Arc of the Curve, particularly the chorus, which is just fantastically catchy. Fish is definitely the focal point in these songs and the music’s there to support him, but still, there’s a pretty nice mix of tones and moods going on there. Like with UFO, I don’t know that I’m a convert, but I did enjoy these songs.



twosuitsluke

Closure in Moscow

Better Way
Primal Sinister
Keeper of the Lake
Lovelash

6 points


Your gifpression is actually me facepalming, because I never checked out Closure in Moscow despite having heard of them as I thought for some reason they were an instrumental post-metal band. This isn’t the first time this has happened, which to be honest has led me to wonder where there even are any instrumental post-metal bands, or is that a genre I’ve made up and populated entirely with groups who play completely different music? (For real though I think I just combined them in my head with Russian Circles)

So I’m supposed to actually write something about the music. This feels a lot to me like the sort of ‘new wave’ progressive rock bands, like The Dear Hunter, Oceansize, The Mars Volta, etc. who don’t necessarily sound that similar musically, but all take some cues from progressive music but also pull in influences from other genres rather than the standard rock/metal. In this case that influence feels sort of punky to me, especially the vocals. Musically it’s nicely varied and impressive but never dwells on noodling. I quite like it, honestly, it’s just lacking something to quite push it over into being something I really love, and I can’t really identify what that is. This very much seems like a submission I’ll return to in a few months and completely love.



Dr. DTVT

Vintersea

Old Ones
No Tomorrow

6 points


Here’s another submission that I like but don’t quite love, which I guess is what the 6 score has been designated as. This is some really nice progressive death/black-ish metal, where the real standout is the vocalist, especially if she’s doing both the regular screams and the really guttural growls (which I think she is). Her clean voice is really nice as well, although I find those parts don’t really grab me that much. I think the songs create atmosphere really well, either the epic, crashing waves of guitars in the heavy parts, or the particularly excellent ambient outro of Old Ones.



Crow

Birds

Noah
Cathedrals
Trompe L’oeil
Rodin

6 points


Yeah so like I mentioned, I do like a fair bit of post-hardcore, and this is almost perfectly representative of what I like from the genre and also what tends to put me off it. :lol  The heavy parts are really heavy, the screams and the guitars and the drums all turn into a big wall of sound, which isn’t a style I always like, but I think it really works for this kind of music. The downside for me is still the clean vocal melodies; they just feel underwritten, like in Trompe L’oeil, and kind of in Noah, although in that one I feel like the nearly-mumbled style of delivery kind of makes it work.

For the record, in your gifpression a slain crow (your 3 score from the last round) was thrown into the seizure kernel and resurrected (your 6 score this round). Then you gained some magic powers and became like a spirit guide, I guess, and also merged with Dave later. The metaphor loses coherence in there somewhere.



ariich

Sordid Pink/Destiny Potato

FU
Killer
House of Lies
Lunatic

6 points


So as you obviously deduced, your gifpression was about this debunking my hatred of djent (I don’t actually hate djent, I just find a lot of it kind of boring). I still think the songs rely on that staccato odd-beat riffing style a bit too much, but the riffs themselves are generally quite good, so it doesn’t detract too much. The vocalist’s clearly the star here; she can sing, she can scream, she can roar, and it all sounds great. The real drawback for me is it feels like these songs really need more color in them; the beginning of Lunatic has that great accordion which got me kind of excited for a second, but then it goes away for the rest of the song. I know I’m contradicting myself here; I said Moron Police should have less quirky stuff, but I feel like throwing in a bit here would have taken this stuff to the next level.



Sacul

Viagra Boys

Troglodyte
ADD
Sports
Punk Rock Loser
Ain't No Thief

7 points


Your gifpressions is from the classic video game, The Grand Snack Fuckyeah, where cool bros clip into terrain while on a mission to collect Doritos. It’s janky but that’s what makes it funny. Presumably the connection is clear. These songs definitely aren’t bad musically; they’ve got groove and energy to them, but it’s really the lyrics and the overall delivery that makes them such a joy to listen to. I crack up every time I listen to Ain’t No Thief, or the meltdown at the end of Sports. There’s a nice bit of variety in here as well, both in music and the vocal style. The detriment here, at least for me, is I don’t think the songs are quite strong enough on their own merits to be great when they’re not being funny, which kind of pulls ADD and Punk Rock Loser down a bit; they’re fun, but they get a bit repetitive at points.



hefdaddy42

Black Violin

We Are One
One Step
Addiction
Stay Clear

7 points


I wasn’t really sure how I felt about this the first time I listened to it, since I don’t really listen to anything similar, but the second and subsequent listens really clarified that I quite enjoy this. I think this is some sort of R&B, but there’s a nice amount of variety here, from the gospel-y We Are One to the almost hard rock of One Step or the funky Stay Clear. The violin often doesn’t stand out, which I mean in a good way; it doesn’t feel gimmicky or forced that the main backing instrument is violin, it just slots in perfectly. The vocals are really smooth and nice, it’s honestly just nice all around. The only misses for me are the sort of repetitive Addiction whose main vocal line seems a bit dull, or the super high pitched vocal at the end of We Are One (what was that? :lol) although it’s so brief it doesn’t really detract from the song.

Your gifpression was just sunglasses, because these songs make me feel cool. I think it’s the violin. Violin is classy as fuck.



wolfking

Sworn

Grand Eclipse
Visions of Fire
Monumental

7 points


Yeah, this is really nice, heavy stuff. I can definitely hear black metal in the vocals, but musically it’s much more death metal to me. Honestly, even though I do like the vocals, I feel like they’re maybe the weakest element here; they’re just a bit too relentlessly one-note, and it feels like the music matches them in straight-forward bludgeon mode most of the time. Whereas in the instrumental sections each song has several of, the music opens way up, whether for acoustic sections, ambient bits, or especially the heavy purely instrumental passages where the riffs, guitar work, and drums are just way more varied and dynamic. As is it works as a nice contrast with the vocal sections, but I think bringing that creativity to them as well would have really elevated this for me. (still, 7’s not bad as-is. Less than 100, but you take what you can get I suppose)



LithoJazzoSphere

The Birthday Massacre

Beyond
Down
Weekend
One
In This Moment

7 points


Based on the group name and the various album covers, I think I was expecting this to be a bit more emo-dramatic (a genre I just invented), like a version of Panic at the Disco that didn’t suck, but apart from a few bits in Down, this is mostly just rock-tinged electropop, which I really found myself enjoying once I separated it from what I expected it to be. Everything is just really smooth here; it’s got that big echoey sound that I love, especially for poppy stuff, the synths and/or guitars are really clear and distinct, and the vocals and melodies are great. Nothing quite pushes this into amazing territory for me, but I did enjoy it a lot.



soupytwist

Creeper

Black Heaven
Annabelle
The Ballad of Spook and Mercy
Lovers Led Astray
Chapel Gates

7 points


You’ve been in the ‘good but not great’ territory scorewise on both rounds, but I feel like I should mention that stylistically, both your submissions have pretty much been bullseyes for the kind of music I like. This kind of dark, really dramatic style is just something that really works for me. Black Heaven, in particular, is absolutely fantastic, with the ominous baritone vocals. Annabelle, Lovers Led Astray, and Chapel Gates do a great job of maintaining the same kind of over dramaticism with a more punk-infused approach to the vocals and music. The Ballad of Spook and Mercy is the real miss for me; even though I love the idea of the style of song, in practice I don’t think the melodies were strong enough to make it work, and the delivery wasn’t really interesting in a way that made up for it (Black Wings by Tom Waits is the ultimate example of this style of song, in my opinion), which pulls the score down a bit. I love the other songs, though.



lonestar

Spiritbox

Sun Killer
Circle With Me
Eternal Blue
Jaded
Angel Eyes

8 points


Frankly, I just really like metalcore. That may lead people into trouble when everyone tries to submit metalcore next round and I don’t like most of it, but so far it seems like a pretty solid bet for submissions. I don’t have too much to say here, this is just really solid stuff. There’s a nice contrast between the lighter sections and the crushing heaviness, the heaviness is really crushing when it comes, and the vocals are fantastic, switching easily between the atmospheric cleans and really brutal screams. I’m glad you left Japan long enough to send me this.



King Puppies and the Acid Guppies

Gunship

Dark All Day
Monsters in Paradise (feat. Milkie Way, Dave Lombardo, Tyler Bates)
Empress of the Damned (feat. Lights)

8 points


Isn’t Dave Lombardo the drummer for Slayer? Am I thinking of someone else? The drums are fine on Monsters in Paradise, but was there really no one other than Lombardo who could pull it off?

Anyway, I really like this. It’s got that classic 80s sound that a lot of people can’t stand (personally I’ve always been a big fan), but with really clean and clear modern production. It’s catchy, it’s fun, the vocals are great and having (I think) a different vocalist on each track gives it some nice variety, even though sonically the tracks aren’t too far apart, the ominous vibes of Dark All Day aside. I know you and I never exactly clicked musically in my last roulette, so it’s really nice to have been on the same page as you for these last few rounds.


STANDINGS   
King Puppies and the Acid Guppies   15
ariich   15
lonestar   15
Dr. DTVT   15
wolfking   15
soupytwist   13
LithoJazzoSphere   12
Buddyhunter1   12
Stadler   12
twosuitsluke   11
jingle.boy   11
Sacul   11
hefdaddy42   10
Crow   9
TAC   9
King Postwhore   8


OK, send for round 3! Deadline will be 6:30 Friday evening since I got this round up late. I was pretty close to a week, though, which is small enough of a failure for me to consider it a success. Provided I don't spend future weeks in either annoying sickness or medicated hazes I should be able to keep the pace up better.
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's Iron Maiden Roulette: The Number of the Beast (round 2 results)
Post by: King Postwhore on January 23, 2024, 05:39:38 PM
Oof. Need to do better next round.
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's Iron Maiden Roulette: The Number of the Beast (round 2 results)
Post by: lonestar on January 23, 2024, 05:46:22 PM
Awesome...glad you enjoyed that, Courtney is a tremendous singer for sure...and even happier cause that opens up my options a ton...


Now...back to Japan, or shall we go somewhere else?



Aaaand sent!!
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's Iron Maiden Roulette: The Number of the Beast (round 2 results)
Post by: TAC on January 23, 2024, 05:57:10 PM
Sent something strange for Round 3.
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's Iron Maiden Roulette: The Number of the Beast (round 2 results)
Post by: wolfking on January 23, 2024, 06:09:45 PM
I'm not going to disagree that the vocals are the weakest part of Sworn, musically they are amazing, so I can relate to that.

A 7 is not 100, but it's better than 0.  ;D

I've no idea for round 3, might be 24 hours before I send.
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's Iron Maiden Roulette: The Number of the Beast (round 2 results)
Post by: TAC on January 23, 2024, 06:11:24 PM
I've got a firm track on last place.
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's Iron Maiden Roulette: The Number of the Beast (round 2 results)
Post by: wolfking on January 23, 2024, 06:12:53 PM
I've got a firm track on last place.

For your own good, I don't think taking last place off Joe will do you any favours.  :lol
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's Iron Maiden Roulette: The Number of the Beast (round 2 results)
Post by: TAC on January 23, 2024, 06:19:20 PM
I've got a firm track on last place.

For your own good, I don't think taking last place off Joe will do you any favours.  :lol

My Round 3 submission is going to tank. :lol
But I love it anyway.
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's Iron Maiden Roulette: The Number of the Beast (round 2 results)
Post by: hefdaddy42 on January 23, 2024, 06:33:03 PM
Hey, my gamble worked! Nice!
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's Iron Maiden Roulette: The Number of the Beast (round 2 results)
Post by: Buddyhunter1 on January 23, 2024, 06:39:47 PM
the pointless instrumental noodling (like the piano break in It’s All Nothing)

You mean the best part of the song? Alright, sure. :lol

Will send something soon
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's Iron Maiden Roulette: The Number of the Beast (round 2 results)
Post by: TAC on January 23, 2024, 06:43:47 PM
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Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's Iron Maiden Roulette: The Number of the Beast (round 2 results)
Post by: LithoJazzoSphere on January 23, 2024, 07:03:09 PM
Movin' on up.  Getting lots of ideas for future submissions as I read these.  I'll still go with something different next round, but if I'm competitive halfway through I might consider spamming some niches I'm observing the formation of. 

Billy Idol fans, weigh in here, because this has actually baffled me. Do other people hear this? Am I crazy? Is this just Billy Idol’s style?

jingle sent some of his somewhat more poppy stuff, but it's not that terribly different from his more driving rock tunes that I like.  His voice is probably a bit more about character and attitude than strong melodies compared to some vocalists, maybe that's what you're picking up on. 

This isn’t the first time this has happened, which to be honest has led me to wonder where there even are any instrumental post-metal bands, or is that a genre I’ve made up and populated entirely with groups who play completely different music? (For real though I think I just combined them in my head with Russian Circles)

Well, there definitely are, Pelican, Toundra and such. 

Based on the group name and the various album covers, I think I was expecting this to be a bit more emo-dramatic (a genre I just invented), like a version of Panic at the Disco that didn’t suck, but apart from a few bits in Down, this is mostly just rock-tinged electropop,

Yeah, they're certainly a band who sound a bit different from how they look, especially in promo shots, music videos and such.  But it still totally makes sense once you get used to it. 

Frankly, I just really like metalcore. That may lead people into trouble when everyone tries to submit metalcore next round and I don’t like most of it, but so far it seems like a pretty solid bet for submissions.

Well, metalcore is like at least half a dozen or more separate subgenres that don't really sound all that much like each other.  Some people call Spiritbox generic, and while I've found a lot of broadly similar artists, I have yet to find anyone else who does what they do as well as they do. 

Isn’t Dave Lombardo the drummer for Slayer? Am I thinking of someone else?

Yep, that's him.  Dunno why he was needed for that track either.  I guess just to be able to flex with the scoring of another 80s icon.  They basically revived Tim Cappello on the album that "Dark New Day" is from. 

I'm definitely ok losing to Spiritbox and GUNSHIP.  Though I have to wonder how some of the lower-scoring ones might have done with different sets of songs.  This round had an unusually high number of artists I like, so my imagination has been going wild the past week. 
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's Iron Maiden Roulette: The Number of the Beast (round 2 results)
Post by: Shadow Ninja 2.0 on January 23, 2024, 07:13:07 PM
I've got a firm track on last place.

Well with that attitude, of course you do!

I do have to say I found it kind of funny that you apparently scrapped your whole gameplan after the last round, and then sent me something that was stylistically very similar. :lol  It even has the same atmospheric keyboard stuff! Although to be fair, I did say I liked that part of Fires in the Distance.

Billy Idol fans, weigh in here, because this has actually baffled me. Do other people hear this? Am I crazy? Is this just Billy Idol’s style?
jingle sent some of his somewhat more poppy stuff, but it's not that terribly different from his more driving rock tunes that I like.  His voice is probably a bit more about character and attitude than strong melodies compared to some vocalists, maybe that's what you're picking up on.

Well I guess it's more than he hardly feels present in his own songs, rather than how he's singing. I like his voice.

the pointless instrumental noodling (like the piano break in It’s All Nothing)

You mean the best part of the song? Alright, sure. :lol

Will send something soon

Man, it's just random note noodling. Felt a bit jazzy actually, and if we've established one thing in this roulette it's that I apparently don't like jazz.
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's Iron Maiden Roulette: The Number of the Beast (round 2 results)
Post by: Crow on January 23, 2024, 07:13:46 PM
noah is so good but we're allowed to be wrong online  :hat
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's Iron Maiden Roulette: The Number of the Beast (round 2 results)
Post by: Shadow Ninja 2.0 on January 23, 2024, 07:17:02 PM
Well I'm not surprised you think that, since you did send it to me. :lol  Although it would be interesting if someone sent music they didn't really like but thought that I would. Might not good, but would be interesting.

Also, I forgot the round 2 playlist, so here it is: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/46sPYYFTKKmkFeTTPaYvt1
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's Iron Maiden Roulette: The Number of the Beast (round 2 results)
Post by: TAC on January 23, 2024, 07:22:20 PM
I've got a firm track on last place.

Well with that attitude, of course you do!



I should've expected it after being cooked in a pot by a bunch of crocodiles.


I do have to say I found it kind of funny that you apparently scrapped your whole gameplan after the last round, and then sent me something that was stylistically very similar. :lol  It even has the same atmospheric keyboard stuff! Although to be fair, I did say I liked that part of Fires in the Distance.

Nah, I had something lined up that I'm sure someone will beat me to and get a good score with it. :lol


Trust me, Round 3 has nothing in common with what I've sent so far. :lol
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's Iron Maiden Roulette: The Number of the Beast (round 2 results)
Post by: Crow on January 23, 2024, 07:30:50 PM
i have a good feeling that my round 3 submission will get scored
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's Iron Maiden Roulette: The Number of the Beast (round 2 results)
Post by: Shadow Ninja 2.0 on January 23, 2024, 07:31:28 PM
Oof. Need to do better next round.

You can do it. I believe in you. Look deep into your soul and send me what you find there.

Or just send random stuff. To be honest I'm not sure there's compelling evidence that isn't a good strategy in my roulettes.

I'm not going to disagree that the vocals are the weakest part of Sworn, musically they are amazing, so I can relate to that.

A 7 is not 100, but it's better than 0.  ;D

I've no idea for round 3, might be 24 hours before I send.

No worries, even if I got everything in early I wouldn't start listening until Friday.

Hey, my gamble worked! Nice!

See, it's easy to bounce back in this roulette, and you never know what your songs are going to score! That's what makes it exciting.
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's Iron Maiden Roulette: The Number of the Beast (round 2 results)
Post by: Shadow Ninja 2.0 on January 23, 2024, 07:47:58 PM
Also, ganking yet another of Rich's gimmicks, I'm setting up a spreadsheet to do some statistics on the submissions, so feel free to get excited about that.
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's Iron Maiden Roulette: The Number of the Beast (round 2 results)
Post by: TAC on January 23, 2024, 07:50:28 PM
Also, ganking yet another of Rich's gimmicks, I'm setting up a spreadsheet to do some statistics on the submissions, so feel free to get excited about that.


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Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's Iron Maiden Roulette: The Number of the Beast (round 2 results)
Post by: jingle.boy on January 23, 2024, 07:52:34 PM
Regarding the Billy Idol song selections... considering the winning two bands in Round 1 seemed very much pop-metal, I thought I'd try to go the poppy side of Idol's library ... the Vital Idol mixes.  Clearly a swing and a miss.

Back to instrumentals it is.
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's Iron Maiden Roulette: The Number of the Beast (round 2 results)
Post by: twosuitsluke on January 24, 2024, 12:32:18 AM
Another round, another genre. We're going stoner rock/metal next round. Sending shortly.

Edit: and sent
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's Iron Maiden Roulette: The Number of the Beast (round 2 results)
Post by: soupytwist on January 24, 2024, 02:15:28 AM
soupytwist

Creeper

Black Heaven
Annabelle
The Ballad of Spook and Mercy
Lovers Led Astray
Chapel Gates

7 points


You’ve been in the ‘good but not great’ territory scorewise on both rounds, but I feel like I should mention that stylistically, both your submissions have pretty much been bullseyes for the kind of music I like. This kind of dark, really dramatic style is just something that really works for me. Black Heaven, in particular, is absolutely fantastic, with the ominous baritone vocals. Annabelle, Lovers Led Astray, and Chapel Gates do a great job of maintaining the same kind of over dramaticism with a more punk-infused approach to the vocals and music. The Ballad of Spook and Mercy is the real miss for me; even though I love the idea of the style of song, in practice I don’t think the melodies were strong enough to make it work, and the delivery wasn’t really interesting in a way that made up for it (Black Wings by Tom Waits is the ultimate example of this style of song, in my opinion), which pulls the score down a bit. I love the other songs, though.

Dammit.  I only changed this song in at the last minute,  I felt I needed a slower song to balance it out!
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's Iron Maiden Roulette: The Number of the Beast (round 2 results)
Post by: Dr. DTVT on January 24, 2024, 06:42:25 AM
Since fake king (sorry, but King Postwhore is the only king around here) sent all his rounds early, post what he sent so we can all steal his artists and make him choose new ones  :biggrin:
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's Iron Maiden Roulette: The Number of the Beast (round 2 results)
Post by: Stadler on January 24, 2024, 07:38:51 AM
Regarding the Billy Idol song selections... considering the winning two bands in Round 1 seemed very much pop-metal, I thought I'd try to go the poppy side of Idol's library ... the Vital Idol mixes.  Clearly a swing and a miss.

Back to instrumentals it is.

I'm going to back you on this, though.  Billy Idol was (is) a real player in a genre that was dominated by poseurs.   To Shadow, I didn't listen to the versions Chad sent, but based on memory, I understand what you're saying on all the songs except Mony Mony.  That's Billy's style; he was sort of an amalgam; a punk with a shit hot guitar player, but playing music that got played in the clubs.  And he more or less pulled it off.  I think he's a unique guy and I dig his style.  I don't care for ALL his music, but "To Be A Lover" is a GREAT fucking song by any standard.
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's Iron Maiden Roulette: The Number of the Beast (round 2 results)
Post by: jingle.boy on January 24, 2024, 08:03:59 AM
Regarding the Billy Idol song selections... considering the winning two bands in Round 1 seemed very much pop-metal, I thought I'd try to go the poppy side of Idol's library ... the Vital Idol mixes.  Clearly a swing and a miss.

Back to instrumentals it is.

I'm going to back you on this, though.  Billy Idol was (is) a real player in a genre that was dominated by poseurs.   To Shadow, I didn't listen to the versions Chad sent, but based on memory, I understand what you're saying on all the songs except Mony Mony.  That's Billy's style; he was sort of an amalgam; a punk with a shit hot guitar player, but playing music that got played in the clubs.  And he more or less pulled it off.  I think he's a unique guy and I dig his style.  I don't care for ALL his music, but "To Be A Lover" is a GREAT fucking song by any standard.

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Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's Iron Maiden Roulette: The Number of the Beast (round 2 results)
Post by: TAC on January 24, 2024, 08:04:45 AM
  Billy Idol was (is) a real player in a genre that was dominated by poseurs. 

I think he started out that way for sure. At some point he did turn into a caricature of himself though.  Not uncommon for most 80's rockers who started out as unique, but are now tied to an image....Bret Michaels..
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's Iron Maiden Roulette: The Number of the Beast (round 2 results)
Post by: Sacul on January 24, 2024, 09:48:33 AM
Nice, yeah their songs are all about fun and satire, but I kinda refrained from sending something from their second album, which is way weirder and more experimental. Glad you enjoyed them tho. Will send soon.
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's Iron Maiden Roulette: The Number of the Beast (round 2 results)
Post by: wolfking on January 24, 2024, 04:35:18 PM
Regarding the Billy Idol song selections... considering the winning two bands in Round 1 seemed very much pop-metal, I thought I'd try to go the poppy side of Idol's library ... the Vital Idol mixes.  Clearly a swing and a miss.

Back to instrumentals it is.

I'm going to back you on this, though.  Billy Idol was (is) a real player in a genre that was dominated by poseurs.   To Shadow, I didn't listen to the versions Chad sent, but based on memory, I understand what you're saying on all the songs except Mony Mony.  That's Billy's style; he was sort of an amalgam; a punk with a shit hot guitar player, but playing music that got played in the clubs.  And he more or less pulled it off.  I think he's a unique guy and I dig his style.  I don't care for ALL his music, but "To Be A Lover" is a GREAT fucking song by any standard.

I think you're being very kind here.
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's Iron Maiden Roulette: The Number of the Beast (round 2 results)
Post by: wolfking on January 24, 2024, 06:13:14 PM
Sent.
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's Iron Maiden Roulette: The Number of the Beast (round 2 results)
Post by: Dr. DTVT on January 24, 2024, 06:23:23 PM
Sent.

Also sent.  But better.
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's Iron Maiden Roulette: The Number of the Beast (round 2 results)
Post by: Shadow Ninja 2.0 on January 24, 2024, 08:07:34 PM
Also, ganking yet another of Rich's gimmicks, I'm setting up a spreadsheet to do some statistics on the submissions, so feel free to get excited about that.


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I've taught TAC about Homestuck. No one is safe now.

Since fake king (sorry, but King Postwhore is the only king around here) sent all his rounds early, post what he sent so we can all steal his artists and make him choose new ones  :biggrin:

Round 3: King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard
Round 4: Limp Bizkit
Round 5: King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard again (I told him this wasn't allowed, but he just submitted it again with a bigger font size)
Round 6: True Symphonic Rockestra
Round 7: Devil Doll
Round 8: Lady Gaga

It's an interesting strategy. I don't know how it's going to work.

Also for real I should mention for everyone else the way artist collisions work in this roulette: you can submit the same artist as someone else as long as you're both submitting in the same round. You just can't submit the same artist that was submitted in a previous round (regardless of how well they scored). If you've pre-sent your entries the way some people like to do, I'll just keep an eye on them and if someone submits one of your future artists, I'll just let you know so you can either swap them out or just move them up to the current round, since every round is the same and you're not losing anything by having them in round 5 vs. round 6, for example.

Hopefully that's clear. :lol It's clear in my head but looking at it it's a lot of words.
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's Iron Maiden Roulette: The Number of the Beast (round 2 results)
Post by: King Puppies and the Acid Guppies on January 24, 2024, 11:49:45 PM
Since fake king (sorry, but King Postwhore is the only king around here) sent all his rounds early, post what he sent so we can all steal his artists and make him choose new ones  :biggrin:

Round 3: King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard
Round 4: Limp Bizkit
Round 5: King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard again (I told him this wasn't allowed, but he just submitted it again with a bigger font size)
Round 6: True Symphonic Rockestra
Round 7: Devil Doll
Round 8: Lady Gaga

It's an interesting strategy. I don't know how it's going to work.

The funny thing about this is Devil Doll is totally something I would send, if given the right circumstances.  :lol

Also the bolded part had me  :rollin
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's Iron Maiden Roulette: The Number of the Beast (round 2 results)
Post by: hefdaddy42 on January 25, 2024, 07:24:51 AM
Sent

*crosses fingers*
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's Iron Maiden Roulette: The Number of the Beast (round 2 results)
Post by: Stadler on January 25, 2024, 08:40:57 AM
Regarding the Billy Idol song selections... considering the winning two bands in Round 1 seemed very much pop-metal, I thought I'd try to go the poppy side of Idol's library ... the Vital Idol mixes.  Clearly a swing and a miss.

Back to instrumentals it is.

I'm going to back you on this, though.  Billy Idol was (is) a real player in a genre that was dominated by poseurs.   To Shadow, I didn't listen to the versions Chad sent, but based on memory, I understand what you're saying on all the songs except Mony Mony.  That's Billy's style; he was sort of an amalgam; a punk with a shit hot guitar player, but playing music that got played in the clubs.  And he more or less pulled it off.  I think he's a unique guy and I dig his style.  I don't care for ALL his music, but "To Be A Lover" is a GREAT fucking song by any standard.

I think you're being very kind here.

You don't like Steve Stephens?  I have a CD of him, Terry Bozzio, and Tony Levin and it's pretty good.   He's got chops. 
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's Iron Maiden Roulette: The Number of the Beast (round 2 results)
Post by: LithoJazzoSphere on January 25, 2024, 08:47:20 AM
He must be thinking of someone else.  Steve Stevens is absolutely incredible. 
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's Iron Maiden Roulette: The Number of the Beast (round 2 results)
Post by: hefdaddy42 on January 25, 2024, 08:48:10 AM
I will third on Steve Stevens.  He's very talented.  Much better than Billy Idol requires lol
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's Iron Maiden Roulette: The Number of the Beast (round 2 results)
Post by: LithoJazzoSphere on January 25, 2024, 09:28:51 AM
It's not exactly tech death, but you need a fair amount of chops and finesse to pull off all the little stuff he does in songs like this:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1TtVvVpticE
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's Iron Maiden Roulette: The Number of the Beast (round 2 results)
Post by: ariich on January 25, 2024, 10:10:22 AM
Fair enough with Sordid Pink, I don't agree myself in that I think the core pop metal style they do is colourful as is, but I get what you're saying and especially if you're not too keen on djenty guitar stylings, you might want something extra to compensate. Not a bad score still, so all good.

Anyway, sent for round 3!
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's Iron Maiden Roulette: The Number of the Beast (round 2 results)
Post by: LithoJazzoSphere on January 25, 2024, 10:27:25 AM
Honestly they're probably close to the most colorful-sounding of the djent bands, so if they didn't hit he just might not be into that style.  Admittedly that perspective is because I'm probably factoring in their other material and side projects a bit, though those four songs have a decent amount of variety. 
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's Iron Maiden Roulette: The Number of the Beast (round 2 results)
Post by: Dr. DTVT on January 25, 2024, 12:41:49 PM
Regarding the Billy Idol song selections... considering the winning two bands in Round 1 seemed very much pop-metal, I thought I'd try to go the poppy side of Idol's library ... the Vital Idol mixes.  Clearly a swing and a miss.

Back to instrumentals it is.

I'm going to back you on this, though.  Billy Idol was (is) a real player in a genre that was dominated by poseurs.   To Shadow, I didn't listen to the versions Chad sent, but based on memory, I understand what you're saying on all the songs except Mony Mony.  That's Billy's style; he was sort of an amalgam; a punk with a shit hot guitar player, but playing music that got played in the clubs.  And he more or less pulled it off.  I think he's a unique guy and I dig his style.  I don't care for ALL his music, but "To Be A Lover" is a GREAT fucking song by any standard.

I think you're being very kind here.

You don't like Steve Stephens?  I have a CD of him, Terry Bozzio, and Tony Levin and it's pretty good.   He's got chops.

Yeah, those BLS albums are tight.
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's Iron Maiden Roulette: The Number of the Beast (round 2 results)
Post by: LithoJazzoSphere on January 25, 2024, 12:44:41 PM
BLS > BLS.
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's Iron Maiden Roulette: The Number of the Beast (round 2 results)
Post by: wolfking on January 25, 2024, 01:14:56 PM
He must be thinking of someone else.  Steve Stevens is absolutely incredible.

Lol, no I'm not. 

Look, he's a fine guitarist no doubt, but I think he's overrated.
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's Iron Maiden Roulette: The Number of the Beast (round 2 results)
Post by: LithoJazzoSphere on January 25, 2024, 01:20:31 PM
By who?  He didn't even make Rolling Stone's top 250 list, for example.  Have you heard the Black Light Syndrome albums?
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's Iron Maiden Roulette: The Number of the Beast (round 2 results)
Post by: wolfking on January 25, 2024, 02:01:09 PM
By who?  He didn't even make Rolling Stone's top 250 list, for example.  Have you heard the Black Light Syndrome albums?

Fair enough, maybe I was just being nice, maybe he isn't overrated, I just think he's pretty average.  No I haven't heard those albums so I'll check them out before I comment anymore.
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's Iron Maiden Roulette: The Number of the Beast (round 2 results)
Post by: TAC on January 25, 2024, 02:17:05 PM
I'm certainly no expert on Billy Idol's catalog, but there's nothing I've heard that intrigues me even a little about Stevie Stevens.

I know he has this great reputation and all, but ..
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's Iron Maiden Roulette: The Number of the Beast (round 2 results)
Post by: LithoJazzoSphere on January 25, 2024, 02:27:50 PM
If you've only heard his stuff with Billy you've only heard one part of the picture.  He has a number of solo albums (Atomic Playboys for more of the hard rock side, Flamenco.A.Go.Go for more of his well, flamenco side), Vince Neil's Exposed, various guest spots, and probably other stuff I'm not thinking of offhand.  The two albums with Tony Levin and Terry Bozzio, Black Light Syndrome and Situation Dangerous are probably the best cross-section to hear him though. 
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's Iron Maiden Roulette: The Number of the Beast (round 2 results)
Post by: TAC on January 25, 2024, 02:39:16 PM
Atomic Playboys sounds familiar.  I don't remember anything about it though.

I'm not about to go on a Stevie Stevens hunt. I've never slagged the guy. Don't really care, honestly.
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's Sacul hasn't sent yet roulette: like ****ing christmas up in here
Post by: Shadow Ninja 2.0 on January 25, 2024, 03:56:36 PM
Sacul still has a whole day to submit, but let's all post annoyed gifs anyway. I'll start.

(https://i.imgur.com/Ctyi4Gw.gif)


Since fake king (sorry, but King Postwhore is the only king around here) sent all his rounds early, post what he sent so we can all steal his artists and make him choose new ones  :biggrin:

Round 3: King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard
Round 4: Limp Bizkit
Round 5: King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard again (I told him this wasn't allowed, but he just submitted it again with a bigger font size)
Round 6: True Symphonic Rockestra
Round 7: Devil Doll
Round 8: Lady Gaga

It's an interesting strategy. I don't know how it's going to work.

The funny thing about this is Devil Doll is totally something I would send, if given the right circumstances.  :lol

Also the bolded part had me  :rollin

I always send Devil Doll in roulettes if I can justify it. I think Train is the only one I've managed to make into a fan, though. :lol
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's Iron Maiden Roulette: The Number of the Beast (round 2 results)
Post by: wolfking on January 25, 2024, 04:15:14 PM
If you've only heard his stuff with Billy you've only heard one part of the picture.  He has a number of solo albums (Atomic Playboys for more of the hard rock side, Flamenco.A.Go.Go for more of his well, flamenco side), Vince Neil's Exposed, various guest spots, and probably other stuff I'm not thinking of offhand.  The two albums with Tony Levin and Terry Bozzio, Black Light Syndrome and Situation Dangerous are probably the best cross-section to hear him though.

Fair enough.  I just typed in BLS into Spotify seeing if this would come up but Black Label Society came up instead, so I just decided to listen to them instead.  I've lost track of their last couple.

Although, I know Stevens is great with the flamenco stuff.  I think that's really the only kind of playing I've heard from him that's impressed me, but I'll look into some of the other stuff.

I'm certainly no expert on Billy Idol's catalog, but there's nothing I've heard that intrigues me even a little about Stevie Stevens.

I know he has this great reputation and all, but ..

This.  I think overrated was the wrong term, I guess I just don't see in him what others see for the reputation he gets.  But yeah, I obviously haven't seen the full picture.
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's Sacul hasn't sent yet roulette: like ****ing christmas up in here
Post by: Sacul on January 25, 2024, 04:18:54 PM
Sacul still has a whole day to submit, but let's all post annoyed gifs anyway. I'll start.

(https://i.imgur.com/Ctyi4Gw.gif)
I've just sent, so

(https://media1.tenor.com/m/KAG0nKc-HqcAAAAC/rare-reeeeee.gif)
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's Sacul has now sent roulette: like ****ing christmas up in here
Post by: Shadow Ninja 2.0 on January 25, 2024, 04:21:49 PM
Damn. The gif party really did not last long.
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's Sacul has now sent roulette: like ****ing christmas up in here
Post by: TAC on January 25, 2024, 04:23:13 PM
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Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's Sacul has now sent roulette: like ****ing christmas up in here
Post by: LithoJazzoSphere on January 25, 2024, 04:26:38 PM
Ok, this is topical.

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Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's Sacul has now sent roulette: like ****ing christmas up in here
Post by: King Postwhore on January 25, 2024, 05:13:28 PM
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Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's Sacul has now sent roulette: like ****ing christmas up in here
Post by: Shadow Ninja 2.0 on January 25, 2024, 06:41:19 PM
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OK, I actually love this one.

I would pay good money (read: $0) for a thread where you read 100 pages or so of Homestuck every week and try to work out what the hell is going on.

Ok, this is topical.

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uMMMMMMMM,,,

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Not Homestuck themed, but I like this one too. :lol

Hangman probably sometime tomorrow. I think I'm going try setting up my new spreadsheet to generate me a hangman-form list of songs and artists so I can put that directly into the hangman sheet. As is I type stuff out for my stats spreadsheet and again for hangman, which feels inefficient.
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's Sacul has now sent roulette: like ****ing christmas up in here
Post by: TAC on January 25, 2024, 06:58:39 PM
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Not Homestuck themed, but I like this one too. :lol


No, it isn't, but Joe liked the idea of a walking penis.
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's Sacul has now sent roulette: like ****ing christmas up in here
Post by: King Postwhore on January 25, 2024, 08:36:45 PM
You would know, Tim.
Title: Re: King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard
Post by: hefdaddy42 on January 26, 2024, 07:00:02 AM
You fucked me up with that thread title, my dude
Title: Re: King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard
Post by: twosuitsluke on January 26, 2024, 07:32:55 AM
Yea, I was disappointed clicking the thread to find a new King Gizzard album wasn't dropping.
Title: Re: King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard
Post by: Shadow Ninja 2.0 on January 26, 2024, 07:43:32 AM
Confusing people with the thread title is one of the best parts of this roulette.
Title: Re: King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard
Post by: hefdaddy42 on January 26, 2024, 08:16:18 AM
Confusing people with the thread title is one of the best parts of this roulette.
:lol
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's Round 3 Roulette
Post by: ariich on January 26, 2024, 08:26:33 AM

Hangman probably sometime tomorrow. I think I'm going try setting up my new spreadsheet to generate me a hangman-form list of songs and artists so I can put that directly into the hangman sheet. As is I type stuff out for my stats spreadsheet and again for hangman, which feels inefficient.
If it helps, you can paste text only (Ctrl+Shift+V) into the hangman spreadsheet and it should work fine.
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's Round 3 Roulette
Post by: Shadow Ninja 2.0 on January 26, 2024, 10:10:40 AM

Hangman probably sometime tomorrow. I think I'm going try setting up my new spreadsheet to generate me a hangman-form list of songs and artists so I can put that directly into the hangman sheet. As is I type stuff out for my stats spreadsheet and again for hangman, which feels inefficient.
If it helps, you can paste text only (Ctrl+Shift+V) into the hangman spreadsheet and it should work fine.

Yeah, I can sort of do that, I just have really ambitious ideas for how I want it to work and haven't set it up in the smartest way to accomplish that. Basically I've got something like this for each round:

(https://i.imgur.com/cEAkTDl.png)

And then a copy of that format in different tabs for each user, which helps me gather a bunch of information I send to the main stats zone. What I really want is for my spreadsheet to output all the song/sender/artist data for the round in exactly the format your spreadsheet takes so I can copy/paste it once and be done with it. I also want to be able to toggle it from one round to another, rather than having separate printouts for each one, just because I think it'll look cleaner, and I also want it to randomize the order the submissions are in every time it refreshes so participants aren't listed in the same order in hangman every time, because then it would start getting pretty easy to guess who sent what.

I think I can set up most of that easily enough, the main trouble point is that I have 10 possible song slots for each round, since people send different numbers, but I still want to automate compressing it down to just one space between one submittal and the next one, which I think may take some doing. I'll probably do hangman the slightly slower way today so then I can have fun working on this over the weekend. :lol
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's Spreadsheet Roulette: whare's the manager
Post by: Shadow Ninja 2.0 on January 26, 2024, 10:44:41 AM
HANGMAN

??: _eep P__p_e
    1: __e_ _ _____ ___ ___es
    2: P___te_ ___se
    3: S____ ____ S_ste_
    4: __t _esp__s___e

??: ____e_e__ ___
    1: Se__ets (____ ___e)
    2: ___e__
    3: __ste_____ _s
    4: __e____t_____
    5: T_e _e_______

ariich: Bend Sinister
    1: _est __ ___
    2: __e S__t
    3: _e___ _t ___ _e___e
    4: _t ____ _eve_ E__

??: _e___e ____t__
    1: __v__' ___se
    2: ___e _t ___eve_
    3: Eve__t____ _ ___t
    4: _ _ee_ _____

??: The Amazing Devil
    1: T_e ______ ___ t_e ____
    2: ____ ___e ____e_
    3: ___p_t ___s

??: ____e
    1: _____s__s
    2: ____ E_p__e
    3: ____s __ ___v__
    4: St__t_ T__ __ep

??: ___pe_te_ ___t
    1: __ee__e__e_ E__e_t
    2: _______ ___ T____ Tz_
    3: _e___e T_e _e_st
    4: T____ ____e_

??: __________
    1: ____-___
    2: __j
    3: Z__jee__ Se
    4: _____ ___s__

??: Trans-Siberian Orchestra
    1: __z___s __ ___te_
    2: __s_ __szt
    3: ____st__s J_zz
    4: __t____e_
    5: _ __st ____s___

??: _____ ____
    1: T_e ____t _p ___tz
    2: _e____ t_e ____t
    3: __s T_e_e ___t____ E_se?
    4: _ _____ ____ __ __ve __t_ S__e__e

??: ______ __s__e_ _______
    1: ___e____
    2: _ T_ste __ t_e _p_____pse
    3: ___e_t ____e_t___

??: ___e ____e_ Ze__
    1: ____
    2: _est _s _et T_ ___e
    3: ____e_t_ve

??: Eve_t__e
    1: ___e___
    2: P___e___
    3: T_e _e_st ___ t_e ______e
    4: V____v___e___

??: __t___ _ P___s_e_
    1: _____ St_e__t_
    2: _____e__t__
    3: _e_t_____

??: On Thorns I Lay
    1: T_e S___ __ S__e_s
    2: _e_____ S__es
    3: __est____e_

??: _e__s___t
    1: E___s _e ____e_
    2: T_e ____
    3: _ ____ ____ _____

Guessed letters: PJVSETZ
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's sweet bro and hella roulette: too many leters and vaules
Post by: King Puppies and the Acid Guppies on January 26, 2024, 10:48:02 AM
P
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's sweet bro and hella roulette: too many leters and vaules
Post by: Buddyhunter1 on January 26, 2024, 10:51:25 AM
J
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's sweet bro and hella roulette: too many leters and vaules
Post by: Shadow Ninja 2.0 on January 26, 2024, 10:53:23 AM
Harvey
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's sweet bro and hella roulette: too many leters and vaules
Post by: King Postwhore on January 26, 2024, 11:18:17 AM
V
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's sweet bro and hella roulette: too many leters and vaules
Post by: jingle.boy on January 26, 2024, 11:32:21 AM
S
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's sweet bro and hella roulette: too many leters and vaules
Post by: Evermind on January 26, 2024, 11:38:02 AM
Trans-Siberian Orchestra
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's sweet bro and hella roulette: too many leters and vaules
Post by: Shadow Ninja 2.0 on January 26, 2024, 11:43:00 AM
HE HAS TO BE STOPPED
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's sweet bro and hella roulette: too many leters and vaules
Post by: lonestar on January 26, 2024, 11:43:24 AM
 :rollin


E
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's sweet bro and hella roulette: too many leters and vaules
Post by: Evermind on January 26, 2024, 11:52:46 AM
Why guess letters when you can guess artists :biggrin:

On Thorns I Lay
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's sweet bro and hella roulette: too many leters and vaules
Post by: Shadow Ninja 2.0 on January 26, 2024, 11:57:34 AM
I need to put you on cooldown or something. :lol
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's sweet bro and hella roulette: too many leters and vaules
Post by: Evermind on January 26, 2024, 11:58:39 AM
I'm going to bed in a few minutes so I won't guess anything else until tomorrow morning :)

(and besides it won't be as much fun now as more letters are revealed)

I mean, come on:

Quote
_eep P__p_e

Really wonder what band this is :lol
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's sweet bro and hella roulette: too many leters and vaules
Post by: Sacul on January 26, 2024, 12:01:32 PM
Neep Puppie
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's sweet bro and hella roulette: too many leters and vaules
Post by: Stadler on January 26, 2024, 12:06:35 PM
Neep Puppie

I saw them open for Flack Madbath back in 2012. They killed it. 
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's sweet bro and hella roulette: too many leters and vaules
Post by: TAC on January 26, 2024, 12:12:46 PM
T
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's sweet bro and hella roulette: too many leters and vaules
Post by: Crow on January 26, 2024, 12:33:05 PM
Z
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's sweet bro and hella roulette: too many leters and vaules
Post by: LithoJazzoSphere on January 26, 2024, 12:33:21 PM
Bend Sinister - ariich?  Surely this will score well.

The Amazing Devil. 
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's sweet bro and hella roulette: too many leters and vaules
Post by: TAC on January 26, 2024, 12:38:02 PM
Dammit Litho, I quoted your Seven Sisters guess, and then it was replaced by a dot, and then replaced again by Bend Sinister.
I confuse. :lol


Love Seven Sisters though!!! :metal
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's sweet bro and hella roulette: too many leters and vaules
Post by: LithoJazzoSphere on January 26, 2024, 01:03:06 PM
I swear my posts sometimes pop up on your screen before I even hit send.   :lol   I don't think I had it up for 10 seconds before I noticed that it didn't actually fit. 
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's sweet bro and hella roulette: too many leters and vaules
Post by: Shadow Ninja 2.0 on January 26, 2024, 01:08:37 PM
I'm going to bed in a few minutes so I won't guess anything else until tomorrow morning :)

(and besides it won't be as much fun now as more letters are revealed)

I mean, come on:

Quote
_eep P__p_e

Really wonder what band this is :lol

Technically no one's actually guessed it yet.

Bend Sinister - ariich?  Surely this will score well.

The Amazing Devil. 

Correct. (about the artists and sender)

Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's sweet bro and hella roulette: too many leters and vaules
Post by: LithoJazzoSphere on January 26, 2024, 01:10:12 PM
Profound Violet. 
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's sweet bro and hella roulette: too many leters and vaules
Post by: TAC on January 26, 2024, 01:10:20 PM
Stadler sent Deep Purple.
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's sweet bro and hella roulette: too many leters and vaules
Post by: King Puppies and the Acid Guppies on January 26, 2024, 01:11:26 PM
Eventide: Parhelia, The Beast and the Machine, Vargavidderna
No Idea what the first Eventide song is though....
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's sweet bro and hella roulette: too many leters and vaules
Post by: King Puppies and the Acid Guppies on January 26, 2024, 01:13:22 PM
Oh and Eventide is probably Litho
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's sweet bro and hella roulette: too many leters and vaules
Post by: LithoJazzoSphere on January 26, 2024, 01:20:57 PM
Finding the other song should be a layup. 
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's sweet bro and hella roulette: too many leters and vaules
Post by: King Postwhore on January 26, 2024, 01:35:42 PM
HE HAS TO BE STOPPED


 :lol :lol :lol :lol :lol :lol
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's sweet bro and hella roulette: too many leters and vaules
Post by: LithoJazzoSphere on January 26, 2024, 01:38:10 PM
Carpenter Brut.  Probably Buddy. 
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's sweet bro and hella roulette: too many leters and vaules
Post by: Buddyhunter1 on January 26, 2024, 01:39:15 PM
Carpenter Brut.  Probably Buddy.

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Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's sweet bro and hella roulette: too many leters and vaules
Post by: LithoJazzoSphere on January 26, 2024, 01:44:53 PM
Author & Punisher.

Monika Roscher Bigband - "A Taste of the Apocalypse".  I knew from the cawing noise. 
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's sweet bro and hella roulette: too many leters and vaules
Post by: ariich on January 26, 2024, 01:48:06 PM
Bend Sinister - ariich?  Surely this will score well.

The Amazing Devil. 

Correct. (about the artists and sender)


And about it surely scoring well. :neverusethis:
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's sweet bro and hella roulette: too many leters and vaules
Post by: Shadow Ninja 2.0 on January 26, 2024, 03:14:30 PM
(https://i.imgur.com/rC5mq2l.gif)

Also:

Stadler: Deep Purple
    1: W_e_ _ _____ ___ ___es
    2: P___te_ ___se
    3: S__w_ __w_ S_ste_
    4: __t _esp__s___e

King Puppies and the Acid Guppies: Magdelena Bay
    1: Secrets (Your Fire)
    2: Chaeri
    3: Hysterical Us
    4: Dreamcatching
    5: The Beginning

ariich: Bend Sinister
    1: _est __ __u
    2: __e S__t
    3: _e___ _t ___ _e___e
    4: _t W___ _eve_ E__

??: _e___e ____t__
    1: __v__' ___se
    2: ___e _t ___eve_
    3: Eve__t____ _ W__t
    4: _ _ee_ __u__

??: The Amazing Devil
    1: T_e ______ ___ t_e W___
    2: W___ __ue ____e_
    3: ___p_t ___s

??: ____e
    1: _____s_us
    2: __u_ E_p__e
    3: _u__s __ ___v__
    4: St__t_ T__ __ep

Buddyhunter1: Carpenter Brut
    1: __ee__e__e_ E__e_t
    2: _______ ___ T____ Tzu
    3: _ew__e T_e _e_st
    4: Tu___ ____e_

??: ______w___
    1: ____-___
    2: __j
    3: Z__jee__ Se
    4: _____ ___s__

??: Trans-Siberian Orchestra
    1: W_z___s __ W__te_
    2: W_s_ __szt
    3: ____st__s J_zz
    4: _ut____e_
    5: _ __st ___us___

??: _____ ____
    1: T_e ____t Up W__tz
    2: _e____ t_e ____t
    3: W_s T_e_e ___t____ E_se?
    4: _ __u__ ____ __ __ve W_t_ S__e__e

Crow: Monika Roscher Bigband
    1: ___e____
    2: A Taste of the Apocalypse
    3: ___e_t ____e_t___

??: ___e ____e_ Ze__
    1: ____
    2: _est _s _et T_ ___e
    3: ____e_t_ve

LithoJazzoSphere: Eventide
    1: ___e___
    2: Parhelia
    3: The Beast and the Machine
    4: Vargavidderna

??: _ut___ _ Pu__s_e_
    1: _____ St_e__t_
    2: _____e__t__
    3: _e_tu____

??: On Thorns I Lay
    1: T_e S___ __ S__e_s
    2: _ew____ S__es
    3: __est____e_

??: _eu_s_u_t
    1: E___s _e ____e_
    2: T_e ____
    3: _ W___ ____ _____

Guessed letters: PJVSETZUW
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's sweet bro and hella roulette: too many leters and vaules
Post by: wolfking on January 26, 2024, 04:12:22 PM
U.
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's sweet bro and hella roulette: too many leters and vaules
Post by: Crow on January 26, 2024, 04:52:16 PM
Magdalena Bay

Secrets (Your Fire)
Chaeri
Hysterical Us
Dreamcatching
The Beginning

when i don't even have to go look up the track titles again bcuz i know this album too well, lmao.
i'm gonna assume puppies sent them
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's sweet bro and hella roulette: too many leters and vaules
Post by: LithoJazzoSphere on January 26, 2024, 05:01:54 PM
Lol, I had them on my "probably won't send but is an alternate" list.  They'd been sent too recently in another roulette though.  I'd have had "Dawning of the Season" in there.  But the music video for "Secrets (Your Fire)" is worth its own epic webcomic.  It takes a pretty big budget to look that amateur. 
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's sweet bro and hella roulette: too many leters and vaules
Post by: King Puppies and the Acid Guppies on January 26, 2024, 05:39:22 PM
Magdalena Bay

Secrets (Your Fire)
Chaeri
Hysterical Us
Dreamcatching
The Beginning

when i don't even have to go look up the track titles again bcuz i know this album too well, lmao.
i'm gonna assume puppies sent them
:metal

I've got that awesome EP you sent me in my last roulette to thank for getting me into this group. Amazing album!
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's sweet bro and hella roulette: too many leters and vaules
Post by: Dr. DTVT on January 26, 2024, 05:45:23 PM
W
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's sweet bro and hella roulette: too many leters and vaules
Post by: jingle.boy on January 26, 2024, 06:22:01 PM
U.

That's gonna be your goto letter now, eh?
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's sweet bro and hella roulette: too many leters and vaules
Post by: Crow on January 26, 2024, 06:24:43 PM
Magdalena Bay

Secrets (Your Fire)
Chaeri
Hysterical Us
Dreamcatching
The Beginning

when i don't even have to go look up the track titles again bcuz i know this album too well, lmao.
i'm gonna assume puppies sent them
:metal

I've got that awesome EP you sent me in my last roulette to thank for getting me into this group. Amazing album!
you should finish that roulette
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's sweet bro and hella roulette: too many leters and vaules
Post by: King Puppies and the Acid Guppies on January 26, 2024, 06:29:45 PM
Magdalena Bay

Secrets (Your Fire)
Chaeri
Hysterical Us
Dreamcatching
The Beginning

when i don't even have to go look up the track titles again bcuz i know this album too well, lmao.
i'm gonna assume puppies sent them
:metal

I've got that awesome EP you sent me in my last roulette to thank for getting me into this group. Amazing album!
you should finish that roulette
Yes I should...
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's sweet bro and hella roulette: too many leters and vaules
Post by: Crow on January 26, 2024, 07:11:34 PM
i was probably going to win so i'm mad about it still
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's sweet bro and hella roulette: too many leters and vaules
Post by: Shadow Ninja 2.0 on January 26, 2024, 09:37:32 PM
Solved hangman:

Stadler: Deep Purple
    1: When a Blind Man Cries
    2: Painted Horse
    3: Slown Down Sister
    4: Not Responsible

King Puppies and the Acid Guppies: Magdelena Bay
    1: Secrets (Your Fire)
    2: Chaeri
    3: Hysterical Us
    4: Dreamcatching
    5: The Beginning

ariich: Bend Sinister
    1: Best of You
    2: One Shot
    3: Heard it All Before
    4: It Will Never End

Sacul: George Clanton
    1: Livin' Loose
    2: Make It Forever
    3: Everything I Want
    4: I Been Young

soupytwist: The Amazing Devil
    1: The Horror and the Wild
    2: Wild Blue Yonder
    3: Inkpot Gods

twosuitsluke: Gnome
    1: Ambrosius
    2: Your Empire
    3: Bulls of Bravik
    4: Stinth Thy Clep

Buddyhunter1: Carpenter Brut
    1: Cheerleader Effect
    2: Looking For Tracy Tzu
    3: Beware The Beast
    4: Turbo Killer

lonestar: Bloodywood
    1: Dana-Dan
    2: Aaj
    3: Zanjeero Se
    4: Machi Bhasad

jingle.boy: Trans-Siberian Orchestra
    1: Wizards in Winter
    2: Wish Liszt
    3: Christmas Jazz
    4: Nutrocker
    5: A Last Illusion

??: Minor Moon
    1: The Light Up Waltz
    2: Beyond the Light
    3: Was There Anything Else?
    4: I Could Fall In Love With Silence

Crow: Monika Roscher Bigband
    1: Firebird
    2: A Taste of the Apocalypse
    3: Direct Connection

King Postwhore: Mile Marker Zero
    1: 2001
    2: Best Is Yet To Come
    3: Collective

LithoJazzoSphere: Eventide
    1: Achenar
    2: Parhelia
    3: The Beast and the Machine
    4: Vargavidderna

Dr. DTVT: Author & Punisher
    1: Nihil Strength
    2: Incinerator
    3: Centurion

wolfking: On Thorns I Lay
    1: The Song of Sirens
    2: Newborn Skies
    3: Crestfallen

TAC: Meursault
    1: Ellis Be Damned
    2: The Mill
    3: I Will Kill Again
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's sweet bro and hella roulette: too many leters and vaules
Post by: Sacul on January 26, 2024, 09:48:53 PM
i was probably going to win so i'm mad about it still
Was I even playing on that one?
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's sweet bro and hella roulette: too many leters and vaules
Post by: Dr. DTVT on January 26, 2024, 09:57:01 PM
King sent Mike Marker Zero
2001
Best Is Yet To Come
Collective

Someone sent Trans-Siberian Orchestra
Wizards of Winter
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's sweet bro and hella roulette: too many leters and vaules
Post by: lonestar on January 26, 2024, 10:11:06 PM
Minor Moon

The Light Up Waltz
Was There Anything Else?
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's sweet bro and hella roulette: too many leters and vaules
Post by: ariich on January 26, 2024, 11:08:08 PM
i was probably going to win so i'm mad about it still
Questionable, I was in the lead. :P
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's sweet bro and hella roulette: too many leters and vaules
Post by: Crow on January 26, 2024, 11:24:35 PM
yeah but my concept album was really good
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's sweet bro and hella roulette: too many leters and vaules
Post by: wolfking on January 27, 2024, 04:04:50 AM
U.

That's gonna be your goto letter now, eh?

I think it has to be.  :lol
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's sweet bro and hella roulette: too many leters and vaules
Post by: King Postwhore on January 27, 2024, 05:54:58 AM
King sent Mike Marker Zero
2001
Best Is Yet To Come
Collective

Someone sent Trans-Siberian Orchestra
Wizards of Winter

Yup.
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's sweet bro and hella roulette: too many leters and vaules
Post by: Shadow Ninja 2.0 on January 27, 2024, 01:12:25 PM
Updated. Kind of sparse today, sorry. First impressions potentially tomorrow. I've written some stuff, I just need to see if I can turn that into something that's interesting and fun to guess.
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's sweet bro and hella roulette: too many leters and vaules
Post by: LithoJazzoSphere on January 27, 2024, 01:19:20 PM
Q.
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's sweet bro and hella roulette: too many leters and vaules
Post by: TAC on January 27, 2024, 01:21:52 PM
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Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's sweet bro and hella roulette: too many leters and vaules
Post by: LithoJazzoSphere on January 27, 2024, 01:22:19 PM
George Clanton.  Sacul. 
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's sweet bro and hella roulette: too many leters and vaules
Post by: Shadow Ninja 2.0 on January 27, 2024, 01:25:51 PM
Correct.
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's sweet bro and hella roulette: too many leters and vaules
Post by: LithoJazzoSphere on January 27, 2024, 01:26:18 PM
Did you forget to update Author & Punisher, or was that incorrect? 

"Wizards In Winter" is one of those songs that I would have assumed everyone already knows because it's played a lot around Christmas, but it's a killer tune anyway. 
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's sweet bro and hella roulette: too many leters and vaules
Post by: LithoJazzoSphere on January 27, 2024, 01:28:19 PM
Bloodywood - "Texas is the ________ state".
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's sweet bro and hella roulette: too many leters and vaules
Post by: TAC on January 27, 2024, 01:28:59 PM
Bloodywood - "Texas is the ________ state".

Lonestar
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's sweet bro and hella roulette: too many leters and vaules
Post by: LithoJazzoSphere on January 27, 2024, 01:30:21 PM
Meursault - That's Actually Correct
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's sweet bro and hella roulette: too many leters and vaules
Post by: LithoJazzoSphere on January 27, 2024, 01:33:55 PM
On Thorns I Lay is wolfking. 

Carpenter Brut songs are "Cheerleader Effect", "Looking For Tracy Tzu", "Beware the Beast", "Turbo Killer". 
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's sweet bro and hella roulette: too many leters and vaules
Post by: Shadow Ninja 2.0 on January 27, 2024, 01:37:59 PM
Author & Punisher was right, I just missed the toggle.

The person who sent Trans-Siberian Orchestra originally included Sarajevo and a Mad's Russian's Christmas, but I actually knew those two so they had to be removed. I've never heard Wizards in Winter as far as I know, or any of the others.
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's sweet bro and hella roulette: too many leters and vaules
Post by: LithoJazzoSphere on January 27, 2024, 01:40:20 PM
TSO might be jingle. 
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's sweet bro and hella roulette: too many leters and vaules
Post by: Dr. DTVT on January 27, 2024, 01:52:19 PM
L
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's sweet bro and hella roulette: too many leters and vaules
Post by: TAC on January 27, 2024, 01:56:58 PM
Deep Purple songs are:
When A Blind Man Cries
Painted Horse
Slow Down Sister

Not sure on the fourth without looking
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's sweet bro and hella roulette: too many leters and vaules
Post by: Shadow Ninja 2.0 on January 27, 2024, 03:34:30 PM
TSO might be jingle.

Yep.
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's sweet bro and hella roulette: too many leters and vaules
Post by: Shadow Ninja 2.0 on January 27, 2024, 08:36:36 PM
Solved hangman:

Stadler: Deep Purple
    1: When a Blind Man Cries
    2: Painted Horse
    3: Slown Down Sister
    4: Not Responsible

King Puppies and the Acid Guppies: Magdelena Bay
    1: Secrets (Your Fire)
    2: Chaeri
    3: Hysterical Us
    4: Dreamcatching
    5: The Beginning

ariich: Bend Sinister
    1: Best of You
    2: One Shot
    3: Heard it All Before
    4: It Will Never End

Sacul: George Clanton
    1: Livin' Loose
    2: Make It Forever
    3: Everything I Want
    4: I Been Young

soupytwist: The Amazing Devil
    1: The Horror and the Wild
    2: Wild Blue Yonder
    3: Inkpot Gods

twosuitsluke: Gnome
    1: Ambrosius
    2: Your Empire
    3: Bulls of Bravik
    4: Stinth Thy Clep

Buddyhunter1: Carpenter Brut
    1: Cheerleader Effect
    2: Looking For Tracy Tzu
    3: Beware The Beast
    4: Turbo Killer

lonestar: Bloodywood
    1: Dana-Dan
    2: Aaj
    3: Zanjeero Se
    4: Machi Bhasad

jingle.boy: Trans-Siberian Orchestra
    1: Wizards in Winter
    2: Wish Liszt
    3: Christmas Jazz
    4: Nutrocker
    5: A Last Illusion

??: Minor Moon
    1: The Light Up Waltz
    2: Beyond the Light
    3: Was There Anything Else?
    4: I Could Fall In Love With Silence

Crow: Monika Roscher Bigband
    1: Firebird
    2: A Taste of the Apocalypse
    3: Direct Connection

King Postwhore: Mile Marker Zero
    1: 2001
    2: Best Is Yet To Come
    3: Collective

LithoJazzoSphere: Eventide
    1: Achenar
    2: Parhelia
    3: The Beast and the Machine
    4: Vargavidderna

Dr. DTVT: Author & Punisher
    1: Nihil Strength
    2: Incinerator
    3: Centurion

wolfking: On Thorns I Lay
    1: The Song of Sirens
    2: Newborn Skies
    3: Crestfallen

TAC: Meursault
    1: Ellis Be Damned
    2: The Mill
    3: I Will Kill Again

I've gone ahead and solved the hangman. First impressions tomorrow. Also, while nothing so far is standing out for me as much as Electric Callboy or Moron Police did in the first round, I think this round might be the strongest overall (i.e. will have the highest average score), although that could change as listening continues.
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's infinite jest: eschaton
Post by: LithoJazzoSphere on January 27, 2024, 08:50:00 PM
Surprised no one figured out my last song.  9 of them were in my roulette, where I used it as one of the mystery songs to set the theme for the round. 
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's infinite jest: eschaton
Post by: Shadow Ninja 2.0 on January 28, 2024, 09:21:55 AM
First impressions:

[1] Getting out of your comfort zone is a good thing for you. [TAC - Meursault]
[2] I don't know that the garbage disposal vocals are going to work for me. [wolfking - On Thorns I Lay]
[3] This is very noisy. [Dr. DTVT - Author & Punisher]
[4] At one point I was sure I was listening to a Dark Tranquillity song. [LithoJazzoSphere - Eventide]
[5] You haven't changed your strategy at all, but it might work better this time. [King Postwhore - Mile Marker Zero]
[6] This feels a little jazzy, but not enough for me to dislike it. [Crow - Monika Roscher Bigband]
[7] This is pretty quiet, subtle stuff. [hefdaddy42 - Minor Moon]
[8] I don't go for a lot of instrumental music, but this could be an exception. [jingle.boy - Trans-Siberian Orchestra]
[9] The dominant influence here isn't the one I expected. [lonestar - Bloodywood]
[10] It's riffy, but I'm not sure it's much else. [twosuitsluke - Gnome]
[11] I love the concept of the vocals. [soupytwist - The Amazing Devil]
[12] This is a feeling more than songs. [Sacul - George Clanton]
[13] This feels like exactly my kind of music. [ariich - Bend Sinister]
[14] This might be a bit too sparse. [King Puppies and the Acid Guppies - Madgelena Bay]
[15] The guitar work is amazing, but honestly there's not enough of it. [Stadler - Deep Purple]
[16] You tried to cheat, and it may have paid off. [jingle.boy - Trans-Siberian Orchestra]
[17] You tried to cheat, and it may not have paid off. [Buddyhunter1 - Carpenter Brut
[18] The stars have aligned at last. [Crow - Monika Roscher Bigband]

All submissions have at least one, two submissions have two.
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's infinite jest: eschaton
Post by: TAC on January 28, 2024, 09:42:32 AM
1,7, or 14.

18?  :lol
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's infinite jest: eschaton
Post by: lonestar on January 28, 2024, 10:01:22 AM
1?
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's infinite jest: eschaton
Post by: King Puppies and the Acid Guppies on January 28, 2024, 10:07:51 AM
1 or 5?
Title: you can put that in your signature :P
Post by: Shadow Ninja 2.0 on January 28, 2024, 10:15:45 AM
TAC is right but no one else is.
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's infinite jest: eschaton
Post by: LithoJazzoSphere on January 28, 2024, 10:30:50 AM
#4 or #13?
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's infinite jest: eschaton
Post by: lonestar on January 28, 2024, 10:41:35 AM
2or 3?
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's infinite jest: eschaton
Post by: King Postwhore on January 28, 2024, 10:52:33 AM
5
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's infinite jest: eschaton
Post by: soupytwist on January 28, 2024, 11:36:53 AM
Think I'll try 11.
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's infinite jest: eschaton
Post by: jingle.boy on January 28, 2024, 11:43:44 AM
I’ll start with the obvious. 8.
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's infinite jest: eschaton
Post by: King Puppies and the Acid Guppies on January 28, 2024, 11:47:30 AM
9 or 11?
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's infinite jest: eschaton
Post by: Shadow Ninja 2.0 on January 28, 2024, 11:55:31 AM
#4 or #13?

A 4 is you.

2or 3?

Nope and nope.

5

Correct.

Think I'll try 11.

OK, I'll give it to you.

I’ll start with the obvious. 8.

8 is indeed you, and you're one of the two impression submissions if you want to take another stab at it.

9 or 11?

More nopes.
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's infinite jest: eschaton
Post by: lonestar on January 28, 2024, 12:01:46 PM
Ok, glad it's not two, I thought that could've applied to Jayount's harsh vocals, which are of course amazing.
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's infinite jest: eschaton
Post by: twosuitsluke on January 28, 2024, 12:07:00 PM
Mines probably the riffy one
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's infinite jest: eschaton
Post by: Shadow Ninja 2.0 on January 28, 2024, 12:07:31 PM
:lol worth noting that 'garbage disposal' is a descriptive term, not a judgmental one. Sort of like how I might describe something as 'disgusting' but that doesn't necessarily mean I don't like it.

You are indeed riffy, Luke.
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's infinite jest: eschaton
Post by: Buddyhunter1 on January 28, 2024, 12:07:36 PM
16 or 17
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's infinite jest: eschaton
Post by: lonestar on January 28, 2024, 12:10:28 PM
:lol worth noting that 'garbage disposal' is a descriptive term, not a judgmental one. Sort of like how I might describe something as 'disgusting' but that doesn't necessarily mean I don't like it.

You are indeed riffy, Luke.

Yeah, but the 'not going to work for me' is definitely a judgmental term. :lol
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's infinite jest: eschaton
Post by: hefdaddy42 on January 28, 2024, 12:27:16 PM
7 or 18 lol
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's infinite jest: eschaton
Post by: King Puppies and the Acid Guppies on January 28, 2024, 12:42:25 PM
13 or 18? Nothing else seems to apply...
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's infinite jest: eschaton
Post by: Sacul on January 28, 2024, 12:42:52 PM
9 or 13
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's infinite jest: eschaton
Post by: Crow on January 28, 2024, 12:50:09 PM
[6] This feels a little jazzy, but not enough for me to dislike it.
[9] The dominant influence here isn't the one I expected.
[13] This feels like exactly my kind of music.
[15] The guitar work is amazing, but honestly there's not enough of it.
[18] The stars have aligned at last.
can only be one of these 5, evidently. feel like 6 is a good start tho? it's definitely a little jazzy
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's infinite jest: eschaton
Post by: ariich on January 28, 2024, 12:50:11 PM
[9] The dominant influence here isn't the one I expected.
[12] This is a feeling more than songs.
[13] This feels like exactly my kind of music.
One of these three, perhaps.
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's infinite jest: eschaton
Post by: TAC on January 28, 2024, 12:50:18 PM
:lol worth noting that 'garbage disposal' is a descriptive term, not a judgmental one. Sort of like how I might describe something as 'disgusting' but that doesn't necessarily mean I don't like it.

You are indeed riffy, Luke.

Yeah, but the 'not going to work for me' is definitely a judgmental term. :lol

 :lol
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's infinite jest: eschaton
Post by: Dr. DTVT on January 28, 2024, 03:50:12 PM
2 or 3, but hoping for 13.
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's infinite jest: eschaton
Post by: wolfking on January 28, 2024, 04:19:42 PM
Mine is number 2.
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's infinite jest: eschaton
Post by: Shadow Ninja 2.0 on January 28, 2024, 05:35:07 PM
16 or 17

Sure, I'll give you 17.

7 or 18 lol

You've only had two submissions before this one, one that I didn't care for and one that I really liked. I think it's too early for 'at last' on anything. :lol  7 is yours.

13 or 18? Nothing else seems to apply...

And yet.....

9 or 13

Neither.

[6] This feels a little jazzy, but not enough for me to dislike it.
[9] The dominant influence here isn't the one I expected.
[13] This feels like exactly my kind of music.
[15] The guitar work is amazing, but honestly there's not enough of it.
[18] The stars have aligned at last.
can only be one of these 5, evidently. feel like 6 is a good start tho? it's definitely a little jazzy

6 is you, and you're the other one with two impressions. Do you want to guess the other, or shall I give it to you? I'll at least let you know it's also in group you quoted.

[9] The dominant influence here isn't the one I expected.
[12] This is a feeling more than songs.
[13] This feels like exactly my kind of music.
One of these three, perhaps.

13 for you!

:lol worth noting that 'garbage disposal' is a descriptive term, not a judgmental one. Sort of like how I might describe something as 'disgusting' but that doesn't necessarily mean I don't like it.

You are indeed riffy, Luke.

Yeah, but the 'not going to work for me' is definitely a judgmental term. :lol

 :lol

:lol this is true, but I'm not ruling out the idea of garbage disposal vocals that do work for me. I listen to a lot of pretty strange stuff.

2 or 3, but hoping for 13.

3 is you, although I do like the idea that 13 can plausibly fit so many submissions. :lol

Mine is number 2.

Right you are!

OK, I've updated everything. As always, keep in mind these are just first impressions. Things can (and have) grown on me as I listen more and get my head around the music. I guess this also implies the opposite is possible, where I give you a good first impression but then start hating your tracks. Not saying it's happened, just letting you know it potentially could.

Barring something unexpected, we should be on pace for results tomorrow evening.
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's Dave_Ebubbles Roulette: making that gif took me so long
Post by: lonestar on January 28, 2024, 05:40:38 PM
9?
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's Dave_Ebubbles Roulette: making that gif took me so long
Post by: King Puppies and the Acid Guppies on January 28, 2024, 05:41:19 PM
:dunno:
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's infinite jest: eschaton
Post by: jingle.boy on January 28, 2024, 05:42:32 PM

I’ll start with the obvious. 8.

8 is indeed you, and you're one of the two impression submissions if you want to take another stab at it.


Then, 16?  Unless I'm doubling up with an already solved submission, I'm at a loss as to how any of the other still unused impressions fit my songs.

Maybe 12?
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's Dave_Ebubbles Roulette: making that gif took me so long
Post by: Crow on January 28, 2024, 06:20:15 PM
oh yeah i forgot you did multiple impressions
uhh 9 because haha 6 9 funney?? idk
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's Dave_Ebubbles Roulette: making that gif took me so long
Post by: wolfking on January 28, 2024, 06:32:13 PM
I knew the vocals would be a tipping point.  They are extreme, but for me so extreme I really like how they contrast with the music if that makes sense.  At times they are so full on you almost feel uncomfortable but the music is so beautiful.
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's Dave_Ebubbles Roulette: making that gif took me so long
Post by: hefdaddy42 on January 28, 2024, 06:49:13 PM
I did say "or"  :biggrin:
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's Dave_Ebubbles Roulette: making that gif took me so long
Post by: Sacul on January 28, 2024, 07:33:17 PM
14 or 18 then
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's Dave_Ebubbles Roulette: making that gif took me so long
Post by: Shadow Ninja 2.0 on January 28, 2024, 08:35:53 PM
9?

 :millahhhh

:dunno:

(14)


I’ll start with the obvious. 8.

8 is indeed you, and you're one of the two impression submissions if you want to take another stab at it.


Then, 16?  Unless I'm doubling up with an already solved submission, I'm at a loss as to how any of the other still unused impressions fit my songs.

Maybe 12?

16 is indeed you.

Although I'm just joking with yours and Buddy's, since the 'cheating' in this round was sending me a popular band that wasn't on my banned list (you), or sending a submission stylistically similar to the top scorer from the last round (Buddy), which in reality is less cheating and more just sensible strategy. :lol

oh yeah i forgot you did multiple impressions
uhh 9 because haha 6 9 funney?? idk

I would never stoop to such low-brow humor. Yours of course are 4 and 20.

(but really your other one is 18)

14 or 18 then

Yours is 12! I actually thought that was one of the most obvious ones, which I guess just goes to show how bad I am at judging these things. :lol

I've gone ahead and revealed the whole thing since they were basically all guessed anyway. Results will happen soon. Then more songs will be sent, then results will happen again. This is your reality now. Even in death, you will not be free.
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's Dave_Ebubbles Roulette: making that gif took me so long
Post by: Crow on January 28, 2024, 08:52:20 PM
ooh, the stars huh  :corn
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's Dave_Ebubbles Roulette: making that gif took me so long
Post by: King Puppies and the Acid Guppies on January 28, 2024, 09:05:03 PM
Too sparse? :lol
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's Dave_Ebubbles Roulette: making that gif took me so long
Post by: King Puppies and the Acid Guppies on January 28, 2024, 09:15:12 PM
(https://media4.giphy.com/media/55itGuoAJiZEEen9gg/giphy.gif?cid=6c09b952wkh8e731fxzpyta5jq9z1f2d1ex1a6dson6yr6s4&ep=v1_gifs_search&rid=giphy.gif&ct=g)
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's Dave_Ebubbles Roulette: making that gif took me so long
Post by: Shadow Ninja 2.0 on January 28, 2024, 09:18:27 PM
:lol It's a first impression! Don't panic until tomorrow.
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's Dave_Ebubbles Roulette: making that gif took me so long
Post by: King Puppies and the Acid Guppies on January 28, 2024, 09:22:32 PM
Confirmed 4/10
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's Dave_Ebubbles Roulette: making that gif took me so long
Post by: Buddyhunter1 on January 28, 2024, 09:27:22 PM
Hey Jingle, wanna switch? :lol
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's infinite jest: eschaton
Post by: Stadler on January 29, 2024, 05:44:04 AM
:lol worth noting that 'garbage disposal' is a descriptive term, not a judgmental one. Sort of like how I might describe something as 'disgusting' but that doesn't necessarily mean I don't like it.

You are indeed riffy, Luke.

That's a Stadler-ism if I've ever heard one.  :)
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's Dave_Ebubbles Roulette: making that gif took me so long
Post by: Shadow Ninja 2.0 on January 29, 2024, 07:43:16 AM
It's like local legend Jen Blackwell (https://thehardtimes.net/music/reader-cant-tell-if-metal-review-positive-or-negative/) said:

Quote
“First of all, the review was four pages long, and started out calling the album ‘a punishing listen’ and a ‘disgusting, ear-raping assault on the human mind and body,’” Stanza explained. “But then it said the album was ‘definitely an improvement since the band’s last album, Needlejob.’ What the fuck?”

Stanza, a devoted follower of music blogger Jen Blackwell, admitted it was not unlike her to review in such a confusing fashion.

“A few days ago, she Instagrammed a picture of a cleaned plate of hot wings with the caption, ‘This meal was an Abu Ghraib for the taste buds. #delish,’” Stanza continued. “So, yeah… no one knows what the fuck she’s talking about, ever. But goddamn if I don’t respect her craft.”
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's Dave_Ebubbles Roulette: making that gif took me so long
Post by: Shadow Ninja 2.0 on January 29, 2024, 02:16:27 PM
(https://i.imgur.com/g3ozsum.png)

Some stats while I'm working on writeups. Average score was indeed the highest so far this round, although a bit more variable. I haven't done the standard deviation for song length yet because it'll take a bit more work, but I think the results should be interesting, since the average length per song is a bit hard to interpret without it. People generally submit between 3 and 4 songs, not particularly surprising. The standard deviation on submission length is pretty high which is interesting. I'm also collecting stats for each user individually, so we'll be able to see whether people tend to vary their submission lengths, or if the deviation comes from you guys having different ranges you mostly stick to.

Potentially I'm affecting the stats by telling you guys some of the results before data collection is completed. The well is poisoned now.

I'd also like to work out some sort of system for tagging genres so I can see if there's any discernible trends in what scores well. That may be an after-roulette task, though, since I feel like it's going to be a bit arduous.

Side note: I have columns for rounds 1-8, but only screenshotted 1-3 because Puppies' submission length, number of songs, and average song length are shown for the others, and I know some of you fuckers will take that and back-calculate what he sent.
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's Dave_Ebubbles Roulette: making that gif took me so long
Post by: lonestar on January 29, 2024, 02:23:00 PM
Fucking nerd.
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's Dave_Ebubbles Roulette: making that gif took me so long
Post by: Shadow Ninja 2.0 on January 29, 2024, 02:36:20 PM
Bloodywood - 0 points
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's Dave_Ebubbles Roulette: making that gif took me so long
Post by: lonestar on January 29, 2024, 02:38:47 PM
 :lol
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's Dave_Ebubbles Roulette: making that gif took me so long
Post by: jingle.boy on January 29, 2024, 02:50:56 PM
Fucking nerd.

Ariich level.
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's Dave_Ebubbles Roulette: making that gif took me so long
Post by: jingle.boy on January 29, 2024, 02:52:26 PM
Also, gimmee dat 4!
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's Dave_Ebubbles Roulette: making that gif took me so long
Post by: Shadow Ninja 2.0 on January 29, 2024, 02:55:31 PM
Fucking nerd.

Ariich level.

(https://i.imgur.com/e9jZsln.gif)
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's Dave_Ebubbles Roulette: making that gif took me so long
Post by: ariich on January 29, 2024, 03:01:54 PM
(https://i.imgur.com/g3ozsum.png)

Some stats while I'm working on writeups. Average score was indeed the highest so far this round, although a bit more variable. I haven't done the standard deviation for song length yet because it'll take a bit more work, but I think the results should be interesting, since the average length per song is a bit hard to interpret without it. People generally submit between 3 and 4 songs, not particularly surprising. The standard deviation on submission length is pretty high which is interesting. I'm also collecting stats for each user individually, so we'll be able to see whether people tend to vary their submission lengths, or if the deviation comes from you guys having different ranges you mostly stick to.

Potentially I'm affecting the stats by telling you guys some of the results before data collection is completed. The well is poisoned now.

I'd also like to work out some sort of system for tagging genres so I can see if there's any discernible trends in what scores well. That may be an after-roulette task, though, since I feel like it's going to be a bit arduous.

Side note: I have columns for rounds 1-8, but only screenshotted 1-3 because Puppies' submission length, number of songs, and average song length are shown for the others, and I know some of you fuckers will take that and back-calculate what he sent.
It's a thing of beauty.

I've not been checking but I assume Litho has been sending as close as possible to 20:00 each round. :P
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's Dave_Ebubbles Roulette: making that gif took me so long
Post by: LithoJazzoSphere on January 29, 2024, 03:11:33 PM
 :rollin
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's Dave_Ebubbles Roulette: making that gif took me so long
Post by: Shadow Ninja 2.0 on January 29, 2024, 03:20:21 PM
(https://i.imgur.com/l3RYtcj.png)

Basically, yes. :lol

I'll set up something later to grab everything at once and see who's got the max average.
Title: Shadow Ninja's Excessive Cruelty Roulette: don't bleed on the suits (R3 results)
Post by: Shadow Ninja 2.0 on January 29, 2024, 06:25:14 PM
ROUND 3 RESULTS


wolfking

On Thorns I Lay

The Song of Sirens
Newborn Skies
Crestfallen

4 points


Yeah, you said this was a bit of a gamble when you sent it, and I suppose this time it didn’t really pay off. Like I said, I tend to be very vocals-first when I listen to music, so vocals I don’t like can tank music that I’d otherwise enjoy. These vocals don’t go that far, but still, I’ve never really gotten into that super deep guttural style, except when it’s used as a contrast and not the main style. It’s weird, because there are a few moments in Newborn Skies where I feel like I’m on the border of really digging them, but it never quite happens. The music’s definitely not bad, but it does fall into that sort of plodding pace that I find hurts a lot of metal for me, and is probably why I don’t dig much doom metal in general. Still, I can see what you mean about the vocals, and I feel like this is one I will listen to again because I’d like to be able to enjoy what’s going on.



Buddyhunter1

Carpenter Brut

Cheerleader Effect
Looking For Tracy Tzu
Beware the Beast
Turbo Killer

4 points


For the record, any type of cheating is still totally encouraged in this roulette, it just didn’t work out in this particular instance. :P This is sort of surface-level similar to Gunship, but the biggest difference is the vocals; the melodies here are a lot less dynamic and unfortunately most of the time I find them kind of dull. Also I didn’t notice this until my last listen, but apparently that’s fucking Garm singing on Cheerleader Effect? I mean I can hear it now that I know, but still, what a strange place for him to show up. Doesn’t save the song for me, though. The other two are instrumentals, and even though I’ve mentioned how much I love the 80s sound, the echoes and the huge drums and the synths and stuff, I do like them as backing, not so much as the whole song. Instrumental music in general I tend to be picky about, and these aren’t really doing much that I find engaging.



twosuitsluke

Gnome

Ambrosius
Your Empire
Bulls of Bravik
Stinth Thy Clep

5 points


So like I said, I’ve heard Wenceslas from this band before, and my impression from that song was that they made pretty fun stoner-y metal that didn’t grab me much, and that’s still where I am. These songs overall are less vocally-focused than I expected, which is interesting, but I don’t know that it’s an asset for me. The songs are mostly made up of that stoner metal riffing, which I feel would be fun to see live or to play if I weren’t a shit musician, but as a listener doesn’t really have any staying power with me. The vocals are perfectly fine as well, they’re the right amount of goofy and quirky for this kind of music, but like with Wenceslas I just don’t find the melodies to be that engaging.

And as always I’ll mention, 5 isn’t a bad score in this roulette. I quite liked these songs overall, I just don’t love them.



Stadler

Deep Purple

When A Blind Man Cries
Painted Horse
Slow Down Sister
Not Responsible

5 points


This is basically what I would expect from Deep Purple despite a fairly limited knowledge of their music: pretty solid straight forward hard rock. There’s a decent bit of variety, between the ballady When a Blind Man Cries and the rocker of Slow Down Sister, and I quite like the gritty edge to the vocals on the rockier songs. It’s impressive how much he sounds like Mark Tornillo on Not Responsible (which I realize, cosmically, is just Mark Tornillo reminding me of this guy, but I heard Accept first), and the songs are fun enough, but I don’t feel like much about them stands out to me beyond that, apart from the guitar work I mentioned in my impression. I don’t know Blackmore as a particularly flashy player from Blackmore’s Night (who I heard before I ever heard Deep Purple or knew that ‘Blackmore’ was actually from anywhere), but obviously he’s extremely talented and I could have stood to hear a bit more of him like his quiet soloing on When a Blind Man Cries.



hefdaddy42

Minor Moon

The Light Up Waltz
Beyond the Light
Was There Anything Else?
I Could Fall In Love With Silence

6 points


I feel like I never how to classify your submissions, because you always send me stuff that’s different from anything I listen to. :lol  This seems fairly indie rock-y, but there’s an almost country twang to The Light Up Waltz, and a kind of jazzy feel to I Could Fall In Love With Silence (don’t worry, I don’t hate it :P). It’s nice stuff, but to be honest I’ve had a hard time deciding how I actually feel about it. The Light Up Waltz is really quiet and delicate with a lot of details in the background, but at times it’s almost too delicate. Beyond the Light is probably my favorite of the songs; the melodies are pretty understated but it works really well and the harmonies at the end are great as well. I Could Fall In Love With Silence is probably the most musically adventurous, with horns and a lot of dynamics. Not all of it works for me, but a lot of it does.

I don’t know. I think I like this. I’m just not sure. :lol



King Postwhore

Mile Marker Zero

2001
Best Is Yet To Come
Collective

6 points


I respect your dedication to sending me prog rock, but I’m not sure it’s actually going to pay off for you. :lol  I do like this a bit more than your last two submissions, mainly due to the vocals, which I think are quite strong and he’s got a nice warmth to his voice. There’s still prog noodling in there, mainly on 2001, but the other two songs are a lot more centered around the vocals, particularly in the first half of Collective, which is really lovely. That kind of soft and melodic touch is something I think a lot of prog is missing and really makes those parts of these songs shine.



LithoJazzoSphere

Eventide

Achenar
Parhelia
The Beast and the Machine
Vargavidderna

6 points


This definitely reminds me a lot of the early Gothenburg scene of melodeath, Dark Tranquillity, At the Gates, In Flames, etc. Based on the production I don’t think these guys were contemporaries with those groups, although I could be wrong, and if not they’re doing a really good job of capturing that raw ferocity the early bands had. To me that’s where these songs are strongest; the harsh parts in Parhelia, The Beast and the Machine, and Achenar to a lesser extent. The clean vocals I unfortunately find to be pretty weak, both melodically and in performance (although again that’s accurate to the early Gothenburg scene), and Achenar is interesting, but I think a bit too long and meandering. But all that said, the good parts are really damn good, which is why this has the score it has; the harsh vocals in particular stand out to me.



lonestar

Bloodywood

Dana-Dan
Aaj
Zanjeero Se
Machi Bhasad

6 points


So I’m being a bit tricky with the first impression; obviously the dominant influence here is metal. Beyond that, from your description I was expecting the main influence to be Indian music, but interestingly that, while it’s here, seems to mostly be included sort of as a flourish rather than a foundation for the songs. The rap influence is the one that really seems to dominate the music for me (which kind of funnily makes this a nu-metal band, I’m pretty sure), which makes the sound pretty unique, but I think it holds them back as well, because I don’t think the rap sections are that great for the most part. Apart from a few bits (like in the beginning of Dana-Dan where he does the fast rap straight into the Archspire-esque machine gun harshes, which is excellent) it feels like the raps kind of all have the same sort of plodding pace and rhythm. I’m sure there’s better terms to describe this but I’m not a rap aficionado. It’s such a big part of the songs that it holds them back a bit, which is too bad because everything else here is kind of awesome. It’s heavy as shit, it’s djenty but varied enough that it doesn’t get boring, the Indian flourishes are really great when they do appear, and the vocalist is just a total powerhouse. I’d say he just needs to improve his rapping, but he doesn’t even need to do that, because he proved he can do it on Dana-Dan! He just needs to do that more.




jingle.boy

Trans-Siberian Orchestra

Wizards in Winter
Wish Liszt
Christmas Jazz
Nutrocker
A Last Illusion

7 points


Look, let’s be real here, most Christmas music sucks. My dad’s the biggest Christmas guy around and it hurts his soul whenever I say this, but it’s true. You know it is. But it turns out all you have to do make Christmas music good is put some distorted guitar on it.

Of course I’m familiar with the Trans-Siberian Orchestra, but apart from the one album we had I’ve never listened to any of their stuff (and honestly, from that one the only two songs I would have said I knew offhand were Sarajevo and Mad Russian’s Christmas). Clearly I should have explored them further before now, because this is just great, fun, rocking music. These songs avoid what I find to be the main issue with a lot of instrumental music by being entirely composed pieces rather than just backing for solos or vocals that someone forgot to record. The riffs are heavy, but the piano balances it out, there’s some guitar shred which I like in small doses, and this is just the right amount. Christmas Jazz is fine but a little uninteresting, since I have to stay on-brand here and dislike jazz. Nothing quite pushes these songs into ‘amazing’ territory for me, but there’s also very little here that I don’t like.



Dr. DTVT

Author & Punisher

Nihil Strength
Incinerator
Centurion

7 points


This was the round for growers; I think there were more submissions that grew on me (and by greater amounts) than any other round so far, and this was definitely one of them. Initially I just found this incredibly noisy, everything is buried behind these super-industrial, fuzzy guitars, the pace is plodding, which I normally don’t like, and there’s hardly any melody to be found anywhere. None of that’s changed, obviously, but weirdly that’s exactly what I like about this now. :lol  This shit is just so fucking harsh and bleak. The slow pace really works for it too; I think this must be what most bands are going for when they write this kind of stuff, where every hit is fucking massive. There’s still a few moments where the songs become too noisy, and the clean vocal melodies in Incinerator I still find a bit discordant and unpleasant (probably the intention, to be honest), but overall I’ve surprised by how much I’ve gotten into this, and if I sat with it a few more weeks it might have moved up even higher on the scoreboard.



soupytwist

The Amazing Devil

The Horror and the Wild
Wild Blue Yonder
Inkpot Gods

7 points


Soupy, my dear friend. I don’t believe anyone has gotten screwed by my fickle tastes more than you, because yet again you’ve sent me something that feels like it was tailor-made for me, even though I didn’t even know this kind of music existed before I heard it. :lol

It’s got a bit of a folk feel, and a bit of indie, but the overall sound I think is really unique. It’s pretty stripped down, usually just acoustic guitar and drums and then the two vocalists. They’ve both got great voices and they compliment each other really well, and the relatively sparse instrumentation just serves to emphasize the two of them. I may have mentioned this before, but I really, really love dramatic, almost over-the-top vocals, and this just hits that perfectly; they’re like pure drama. Wild Blue Yonder and Inkpot Gods I completely love, but on The Horror and the Wild, for some reason the vocal melodies just don’t click for me at all. It’s genuinely bizarre, because I can listen to it and think ‘this is exactly the kind of thing I should love’ and it just doesn’t work for me. This leads to yet another good-but-not-great score, and again I have to note that the stuff I like here, I’m completely in love with. I don’t know how you’re doing this, but keep it up and eventually it’ll work. :lol



Sacul

George Clanton

Livin’ Loose
Make It Forever
Everything I Want
I Been Young

8 points


This is another one of the big grower submissions this round. I’ve never gotten into this sort of vaporwave/chillwave/whateverwave kind of stuff, despite enjoying the baseline sound of it, because it always felt to me like the artists were more focused on making something with a specific vibe more than creating coherent songs. That’s definitely still true here; the vocals are de-emphasized way in the background, sounds just seem to kind of come and go, but for whatever reason the second time I listened to this I just started getting really into it. I think it was just a mindset change; I really have to listen to this differently than I do most other music, but once I was able to do that I started to find the whole atmosphere of this really engaging. I’ve never ‘gotten’ this kind of music before, but I think maybe I do now, which potentially opens up a whole new world of stuff for me.



Crow

Monika Roscher Bigband

Firebird
A Taste of the Apocalypse
Direct Connection

8 points


Apparently this roulette has demonstrated that I don’t like jazz, but I do really love horns and full band stuff. As I’ve mentioned before, I also love dramatic (what I always think of as vaudevillian) vocal styles, and this combines both of those things for a 1920s club kind of feel or the best

big band ensemble performing prog rock songs with a halloween-style spookycore aesthetic

I’ve heard. The horns and the vocals are a combination that you wouldn’t think would work, but somehow they just totally click together. The instrumental section in A Taste of the Apocalypse is fucking killer, it’s so clean, each instrument gets a few seconds to show off, saxophone, electric guitar, piano, then they’re out. I love that kind of stuff, and how the instrumentals are actual parts of the song and not just repeated stuff for solos to go over. Honestly, the only weak part here for me is the true jazz breaks in Direct Connection where we just have to listen to the saxophone squeak for a while. Kind of annoying. But the rest of the music is so good I can put up with it.



ariich

Bend Sinister

Best of You
One Shot
Heard it All Before
It Will Never End

8 points


You know it’s funny, your first impression was originally me saying this seems like exactly my kind of music, but for some reason it’s not completely clicking, but now I’m just saying, yeah, this is my kind of music. :lol  It’s one of the drawbacks of the roulette format, I suppose, I’m basically giving everything 4 listens, when a lot of the music I love now took more than that for me to really get it.

But regardless this is a roulette success story, because on subsequent listens the melodies started locking into to place and I was totally on board with this. I’ve said it before, but this kind of Dear Hunter/Modest Mouse-esque quirky/dramatic vocal style just really really works for me. Best of You goes through a lot moods and sounds which I really like, but I actually think the two short songs are my favorites, they’re just really catchy and punchy and pack a lot into their runtime. I don’t know where you pull all these bands from, but I need to go there and set up a mining operation or something.



TAC

Meursault

Ellis Be Damned
The Mill
I Will Kill Again

9 points


TAC, my man, I love this. As much as I enjoy big dramatics and spectacle (and I enjoy it a lot), I can really appreciate something like this that has none of that at all, it’s just raw and sincere. The vocalist carries so much emotion in his voice, and the way Ellis Be Damned sounds like he was recorded in a huge empty room or the telephone effect in I Will Kill Again really emphasizes that feeling of distance and isolation. I love how the songs will start really sparse and quiet and build into this big wash of noise; it’s a bit too much on I Will Kill Again, but I get what they’re going for and it sometimes works for me. There’s a pretty nice variety in here too, acoustic guitars to pianos to harmonica to synths, but everything only shows up when it’s needed and then goes away afterwards. Ellis Be Damned is probably my second favorite song of the round, and one of the top songs in the roulette so far.



King Puppies and the Acid Guppies

Magdelena Bay

Secrets (Your Fire)
Chaeri
Hysterical Us
Dreamcatching
The Beginning

9 points


I’m a bit of a sick bastard, because I have to admit I found it kind of funny watching you panic over your impression yesterday when I already knew I was going to give you a 9 for this. :lol  Definitely my first impression of this was that it didn’t really stand out for me at all; it seemed a bit thin (musically, not production wise), with most of the songs being a simple electronic drumbeat, fairly understated vocals, and some synths. That’s less true now; from the second listen on I was hearing more depth, but still I think it’s the quiet stuff that really makes it for me. The vocal melodies are great but they’re not overdone, I love that little ‘oOo dreamcatching’ in Dreamcatching, I love Hysterical Us (might be the best song of the round). This is just a total bop all around.


STANDINGS

King Puppies and the Acid Guppies   24
ariich   23
Dr. DTVT   22
lonestar   21
soupytwist   20
wolfking   19
Sacul   19
LithoJazzoSphere   18
TAC   18
jingle.boy   18
Crow   17
Stadler   17
Buddyhunter1   16
twosuitsluke   16
hefdaddy42   16
King Postwhore   14


OK, sound for round 4! Songs will be due roughly 7:30 Thursday evening in local Shadow Ninja time. I think the pace has been pretty good so far, and I'm not having trouble with the one week rounds even with real-world stuff so long as I keep it locked in on this Monday results schedule. Now I'm going to shut down my computer because it's trying to crash for some reason.
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's Excessive Cruelty Roulette: don't bleed on the suits (R3 results)
Post by: TAC on January 29, 2024, 06:28:17 PM
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Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's Excessive Cruelty Roulette: don't bleed on the suits (R3 results)
Post by: wolfking on January 29, 2024, 06:32:15 PM
OOf!!
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's Excessive Cruelty Roulette: don't bleed on the suits (R3 results)
Post by: Crow on January 29, 2024, 06:34:59 PM
oh yeah i did bring it up didn't i. so true, past me

anyways yay finally a good score
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's Excessive Cruelty Roulette: don't bleed on the suits (R3 results)
Post by: Buddyhunter1 on January 29, 2024, 06:37:41 PM
Also I didn’t notice this until my last listen, but apparently that’s fucking Garm singing on Cheerleader Effect? I mean I can hear it now that I know, but still, what a strange place for him to show up.

You mean Kristoffer Rygg, the Ulver vocalist? Who the fuck is Garm? :lol

Anyways objectively wrong opinion but nowhere to go but up now I guess!
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's Excessive Cruelty Roulette: don't bleed on the suits (R3 results)
Post by: lonestar on January 29, 2024, 06:45:22 PM
Fair assessment... It's actually two different vocalists, Raoul does the rap and Jayant does the harsh vocals. Here's a live clip of Dana Dan from their Tokyo show which shows who's doing what, and also the insane energy they bring live...

https://youtu.be/u9lqtLvfabA?si=fNRUNB7e0F9enx7X (https://youtu.be/u9lqtLvfabA?si=fNRUNB7e0F9enx7X)

Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's Excessive Cruelty Roulette: don't bleed on the suits (R3 results)
Post by: Shadow Ninja 2.0 on January 29, 2024, 06:55:10 PM
Also I didn’t notice this until my last listen, but apparently that’s fucking Garm singing on Cheerleader Effect? I mean I can hear it now that I know, but still, what a strange place for him to show up.

You mean Kristoffer Rygg, the Ulver vocalist? Who the fuck is Garm? :lol

Anyways objectively wrong opinion but nowhere to go but up now I guess!

I genuinely cannot tell if you're fucking with me here. :lol  He definitely used to go by Garm, right?

oh yeah i did bring it up didn't i. so true, past me

anyways yay finally a good score

This is the beginning of your ascension. Next round, 10.

Fair assessment... It's actually two different vocalists, Raoul does the rap and Jayant does the harsh vocals. Here's a live clip of Dana Dan from their Tokyo show which shows who's doing what, and also the insane energy they bring live...

https://youtu.be/u9lqtLvfabA?si=fNRUNB7e0F9enx7X (https://youtu.be/u9lqtLvfabA?si=fNRUNB7e0F9enx7X)



Damn, I didn't even realize that! And yeah, that show looks completely nuts. In that context I probably would give the song a 10. :lol
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's Excessive Cruelty Roulette: don't bleed on the suits (R3 results)
Post by: Shadow Ninja 2.0 on January 29, 2024, 06:56:42 PM
Also:

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Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's Excessive Cruelty Roulette: don't bleed on the suits (R3 results)
Post by: Buddyhunter1 on January 29, 2024, 06:56:53 PM
Also I didn’t notice this until my last listen, but apparently that’s fucking Garm singing on Cheerleader Effect? I mean I can hear it now that I know, but still, what a strange place for him to show up.

You mean Kristoffer Rygg, the Ulver vocalist? Who the fuck is Garm? :lol

Anyways objectively wrong opinion but nowhere to go but up now I guess!

I genuinely cannot tell if you're fucking with me here. :lol  He definitely used to go by Garm, right?

Yeah you're right, I wasn't aware of that.
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's Excessive Cruelty Roulette: don't bleed on the suits (R3 results)
Post by: Shadow Ninja 2.0 on January 29, 2024, 06:57:59 PM
OK good, I thought I was losing my mind for a second.
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's Excessive Cruelty Roulette: don't bleed on the suits (R3 results)
Post by: King Postwhore on January 29, 2024, 07:00:36 PM
Well, time to change what I send. I love so many different genres but we'll see if you like them.
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's Excessive Cruelty Roulette: don't bleed on the suits (R3 results)
Post by: lonestar on January 29, 2024, 07:01:53 PM

Fair assessment... It's actually two different vocalists, Raoul does the rap and Jayant does the harsh vocals. Here's a live clip of Dana Dan from their Tokyo show which shows who's doing what, and also the insane energy they bring live...

https://youtu.be/u9lqtLvfabA?si=fNRUNB7e0F9enx7X (https://youtu.be/u9lqtLvfabA?si=fNRUNB7e0F9enx7X)



Damn, I didn't even realize that! And yeah, that show looks completely nuts. In that context I probably would give the song a 10. :lol

Fun fact...somewhere in that crowd is the singer and bassist for Nemophila, whom you'll probably be becoming a bit more familiar with later in the roulette...
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's Excessive Cruelty Roulette: don't bleed on the suits (R3 results)
Post by: Shadow Ninja 2.0 on January 29, 2024, 07:04:11 PM
Well, time to change what I send. I love so many different genres but we'll see if you like them.

I'm mainly into beardcore genres. Ironic, post-ironic, it's all good.


Fair assessment... It's actually two different vocalists, Raoul does the rap and Jayant does the harsh vocals. Here's a live clip of Dana Dan from their Tokyo show which shows who's doing what, and also the insane energy they bring live...

https://youtu.be/u9lqtLvfabA?si=fNRUNB7e0F9enx7X (https://youtu.be/u9lqtLvfabA?si=fNRUNB7e0F9enx7X)



Damn, I didn't even realize that! And yeah, that show looks completely nuts. In that context I probably would give the song a 10. :lol

Fun fact...somewhere in that crowd is the singer and bassist for Nemophila, whom you'll probably be becoming a bit more familiar with later in the roulette...

(https://i.imgur.com/1fKE3mY.gif)


Also I'm a dingus and forgot to post the playlist for the round, so here it is:

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5x31vynhN8NcKIswCaA1Oq

That's all the songs except for Achenar from Litho's submission that isn't on Spotify, so you'll have to go to YouTube for that one.
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's Excessive Cruelty Roulette: don't bleed on the suits (R3 results)
Post by: King Postwhore on January 29, 2024, 07:14:29 PM
You've seen my beard lately?  Lol
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's Excessive Cruelty Roulette: don't bleed on the suits (R3 results)
Post by: LithoJazzoSphere on January 29, 2024, 07:19:37 PM
Bend Sinister - ariich?  Surely this will score well.

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Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's Excessive Cruelty Roulette: don't bleed on the suits (R3 results)
Post by: King Postwhore on January 29, 2024, 07:22:03 PM
I can't tell you how I start to move and sing in my truck when I play Bend Sinister. 
Title: not really but that would be fun
Post by: Shadow Ninja 2.0 on January 29, 2024, 07:23:07 PM
Next round I'm going to assign everyone someone else's submission to listen to and then rank based on how much they think I will like it. Then we'll compare at the end to the real scores.
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's Excessive Cruelty Roulette: don't bleed on the suits (R3 results)
Post by: LithoJazzoSphere on January 29, 2024, 07:24:47 PM
I think I'd flop on most of them, but I had a gut feeling about that one. 
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's Excessive Cruelty Roulette: don't bleed on the suits (R3 results)
Post by: King Puppies and the Acid Guppies on January 29, 2024, 07:27:59 PM
Finally gave Ariich the boot and took sole possession of first place!  :metal

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Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's Excessive Cruelty Roulette: don't bleed on the suits (R3 results)
Post by: TAC on January 29, 2024, 07:35:01 PM
Sent for Round 4!!!
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's Excessive Cruelty Roulette: don't bleed on the suits (R3 results)
Post by: LithoJazzoSphere on January 29, 2024, 07:47:00 PM
Had a last minute idea from the writeups, and another for an upcoming week, so I'll hold off on my original submission for next round for now. 
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's Excessive Cruelty Roulette: don't bleed on the suits (R3 results)
Post by: jingle.boy on January 29, 2024, 08:00:10 PM
I'll take it.  To continue my straight, I expect (nay, demand) a 4 or an 8 this round.  Will send tomorrow after I sample some stuff to narrow my selection down.
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's Excessive Cruelty Roulette: don't bleed on the suits (R3 results)
Post by: Dr. DTVT on January 29, 2024, 08:25:33 PM
I don’t know if this artist will win the round, but I will definitely be sending the band with the best name this round.
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's Excessive Cruelty Roulette: don't bleed on the suits (R3 results)
Post by: soupytwist on January 30, 2024, 02:36:38 AM

soupytwist

The Amazing Devil

The Horror and the Wild
Wild Blue Yonder
Inkpot Gods

7 points


Soupy, my dear friend. I don’t believe anyone has gotten screwed by my fickle tastes more than you, because yet again you’ve sent me something that feels like it was tailor-made for me, even though I didn’t even know this kind of music existed before I heard it. :lol

It’s got a bit of a folk feel, and a bit of indie, but the overall sound I think is really unique. It’s pretty stripped down, usually just acoustic guitar and drums and then the two vocalists. They’ve both got great voices and they compliment each other really well, and the relatively sparse instrumentation just serves to emphasize the two of them. I may have mentioned this before, but I really, really love dramatic, almost over-the-top vocals, and this just hits that perfectly; they’re like pure drama. Wild Blue Yonder and Inkpot Gods I completely love, but on The Horror and the Wild, for some reason the vocal melodies just don’t click for me at all. It’s genuinely bizarre, because I can listen to it and think ‘this is exactly the kind of thing I should love’ and it just doesn’t work for me. This leads to yet another good-but-not-great score, and again I have to note that the stuff I like here, I’m completely in love with. I don’t know how you’re doing this, but keep it up and eventually it’ll work. :lol


This song is the reason I sent the artist - I thought this was banker.   :biggrin:

Sent for round 4.
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's Excessive Cruelty Roulette: don't bleed on the suits (R3 results)
Post by: hefdaddy42 on January 30, 2024, 06:31:05 AM
Damn, I'm close to bringing up hind tit.  I have to do better this round.
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's Excessive Cruelty Roulette: don't bleed on the suits (R3 results)
Post by: lonestar on January 30, 2024, 07:01:34 AM
Damn, I'm close to bringing up hind tit.  I have to do better this round.


I'm fully expecting to tank this round.... :metal
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's Excessive Cruelty Roulette: don't bleed on the suits (R3 results)
Post by: Dr. DTVT on January 30, 2024, 08:13:03 AM
Damn, I'm close to bringing up hind tit.  I have to do better this round.

You’re a Panthers fan, I figured you would be used to it by now.
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's Excessive Cruelty Roulette: don't bleed on the suits (R3 results)
Post by: hefdaddy42 on January 30, 2024, 08:13:17 AM
Damn, I'm close to bringing up hind tit.  I have to do better this round.

You’re a Panthers fan, I figured you would be used to it by now.
True
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's Excessive Cruelty Roulette: don't bleed on the suits (R3 results)
Post by: ariich on January 30, 2024, 02:49:50 PM
Cool, glad you liked the songs! The three albums I sent songs from are all pretty great, in slightly different ways.

I'm coming for you Pup.
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's Excessive Cruelty Roulette: don't bleed on the suits (R3 results)
Post by: ariich on January 30, 2024, 03:01:51 PM
Sent for round 4!
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's Excessive Cruelty Roulette: don't bleed on the suits (R3 results)
Post by: King Puppies and the Acid Guppies on January 30, 2024, 04:47:51 PM
Cool, glad you liked the songs! The three albums I sent songs from are all pretty great, in slightly different ways.

I'm coming for you Pup.
Bring it on old man!
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's Excessive Cruelty Roulette: don't bleed on the suits (R3 results)
Post by: Shadow Ninja 2.0 on January 30, 2024, 04:56:12 PM
(https://i.imgur.com/G1PczHe.gif)
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's Excessive Cruelty Roulette: don't bleed on the suits (R3 results)
Post by: King Postwhore on January 30, 2024, 05:02:12 PM
 :lol
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's Excessive Cruelty Roulette: don't bleed on the suits (R3 results)
Post by: twosuitsluke on January 31, 2024, 12:30:43 PM
Sent
Title: as unthinkable as that would be for a responsibility of this magnitude
Post by: Shadow Ninja 2.0 on January 31, 2024, 07:10:15 PM
Based on a quick non-scientific count, I think I've got everyone except King and Sacul. No hurry, you've still got until tomorrow night, just letting you know in case it's slipped off your radar.
Title: Re: as unthinkable as that would be for a responsibility of this magnitude
Post by: King Postwhore on January 31, 2024, 07:24:27 PM
Based on a quick non-scientific count, I think I've got everyone except King and Sacul. No hurry, you've still got until tomorrow night, just letting you know in case it's slipped off your radar.

Tomorrow I'll put it together. Going a completely different way.
Title: Re: as unthinkable as that would be for a responsibility of this magnitude
Post by: wolfking on January 31, 2024, 08:08:34 PM
Based on a quick non-scientific count, I think I've got everyone except King and Sacul. No hurry, you've still got until tomorrow night, just letting you know in case it's slipped off your radar.

Tomorrow I'll put it together. Going a completely different way.

I'm sure SN would appreciate this.....

.....(https://i.imgflip.com/2/10wehe.jpg)
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's Excessive Cruelty Roulette: don't bleed on the suits (R3 results)
Post by: King Postwhore on January 31, 2024, 08:30:27 PM
You've read his responses from my 3 submissions, Kade?
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's Excessive Cruelty Roulette: don't bleed on the suits (R3 results)
Post by: wolfking on January 31, 2024, 08:31:29 PM
You've read his responses from my 3 submissions, Kade?

Nope.

Just a lighthearted laugh man, it's all good.
Title: Re: as unthinkable as that would be for a responsibility of this magnitude
Post by: hefdaddy42 on February 01, 2024, 12:41:43 PM
Based on a quick non-scientific count, I think I've got everyone except King and Sacul. No hurry, you've still got until tomorrow night, just letting you know in case it's slipped off your radar.

Tomorrow I'll put it together. Going a completely different way.
Waylon Jennings?
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's Excessive Cruelty Roulette: don't bleed on the suits (R3 results)
Post by: King Postwhore on February 01, 2024, 12:47:06 PM
Never meaning no harm....


I did send mine in. 
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's waiting for Sacul to send roulette
Post by: Shadow Ninja 2.0 on February 01, 2024, 04:40:18 PM
My hangman generator is basically ready to go, so once Sacul sends I can get it posted.
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's waiting for Sacul to send roulette
Post by: Sacul on February 01, 2024, 05:20:35 PM
Post it.
Title: Re: Evermind hangman is up get in here and embarrass these chumps
Post by: Shadow Ninja 2.0 on February 01, 2024, 07:13:35 PM
HANGMAN

??: __e__ed _e_e____d
    1: _
    2: (_)_d_____
    3: (D)e_t_
    4: ______

??: ___D-___D
    1: T_____
    2: ____
    3: ______e_
    4: D__'t __u te__ _E
    5: D_____t___

??: ___t___
    1: ___t_e__ ___d_
    2: T_e ____

??: ______
    1: ___e, T__u_t, _u__
    2: _et ______t _t
    3: ______te _____
    4: ______ ___ t_e ___e __ _t

??: _____d ______d
    1: ______' ___ ___
    2: ____e ____ __ _u__et_
    3: T_e _eed_e __d T_e _____
    4: Tue_d__'_ ___e

??: ___t___ __e_ t_e _u_
    1: T_e ___d __ ______ __t____
    2: __de___e _e______ _ud_

??: _u_t___ _e__t_
    1: _ue_te
    2: ______d_
    3: ___e_ _______
    4: __te___t_

??: _e____
    1: _ D__'t ____ ___t _ __
    2: T_e _______ ____t
    3: T_e __tu____t
    4: E._.D.

??: __ue ___d
    1: _____e_e_
    2: T_te-_-T_te
    3: _______d __ _ ___e_e

??: D__t ____ _______
    1: T_e ________d ____
    2: _e____e t_ __d_ _e__
    3: T_ t_e _e___t_
    4: __ ___d _e___d

??: _e__ __ t_e ___t
    1: ___
    2: _u__

??: ____e_ __ee_
    1: _e_e____t_
    2: _____ __d ______
    3: T_ t_e ______t
    4: __e_e t_e ____ ___e _e_d_
    5: _____ _ut...

??: ______ __t__u_
    1: D____e ____t (__ D _____)
    2: D_________!
    3: _e__u_e __ ______te_
    4: T____ _____d

??: _ee_ __ ___e____
    1: __t______
    2: ______u_
    3: T____e __ E_e___t___

??: _e_ ___d_ ___e
    1: __e _____ D____ __d ___ ___e__ ___e_
    2: __tt_e __ ___ __u_d ___e _e__
    3: ____
    4: ____ ___ t_e Du__ed
    5: _____

??: T_e ___t D___e_ ___t_
    1: __t____ __tte__
    2: __ __d_ __ _e___
    3: ____e_
    4: __ __u_ __de


Guessed letters: ETUD
Title: Re: Evermind hangman is up get in here and embarrass these chumps
Post by: jingle.boy on February 01, 2024, 07:15:19 PM
E for Evermind
Title: Re: Evermind hangman is up get in here and embarrass these chumps
Post by: TAC on February 01, 2024, 07:15:48 PM
T
Title: Re: Evermind hangman is up get in here and embarrass these chumps
Post by: wolfking on February 01, 2024, 07:16:27 PM
U.
Title: Re: Evermind hangman is up get in here and embarrass these chumps
Post by: Sacul on February 01, 2024, 07:19:32 PM
D
Title: Re: Evermind hangman is up get in here and embarrass these chumps
Post by: Shadow Ninja 2.0 on February 01, 2024, 07:22:06 PM
Updated.
Title: Re: Evermind hangman is up get in here and embarrass these chumps
Post by: Dr. DTVT on February 01, 2024, 07:24:12 PM
M as in Mancy
Title: Re: Evermind hangman is up get in here and embarrass these chumps
Post by: King Postwhore on February 01, 2024, 07:26:35 PM
M for mind...
Title: Re: Evermind hangman is up get in here and embarrass these chumps
Post by: Sacul on February 01, 2024, 07:27:49 PM
M for band-Maid - don't you tell me. lonestar.
Title: Re: Evermind hangman is up get in here and embarrass these chumps
Post by: TAC on February 01, 2024, 07:30:41 PM
M for band-Maid - don't you tell me. lonestar.

Domination is the last song
Title: Re: Evermind hangman is up get in here and embarrass these chumps
Post by: TAC on February 01, 2024, 07:31:53 PM
Avenged Sevenfold
G
(D)eath
(O)rdinary
Cosmic


Luke
Title: Re: Evermind hangman is up get in here and embarrass these chumps
Post by: jingle.boy on February 01, 2024, 07:34:40 PM
Lynyrd Skynyrd: Tuesday's Gone; The Needle and the Spoon; Gimme Back My Bullets;

That's Stadler
Title: Re: Evermind hangman is up get in here and embarrass these chumps
Post by: TAC on February 01, 2024, 07:37:07 PM
Fjorka
Love, Thrust, Burn
Title: Re: Evermind hangman is up get in here and embarrass these chumps
Post by: LithoJazzoSphere on February 01, 2024, 07:40:04 PM
ariich.
Title: Re: Evermind hangman is up get in here and embarrass these chumps
Post by: TAC on February 01, 2024, 07:41:05 PM
Wolfking-Keep Of Kalessin
Katharsis
Kolossus
Throne Of Execration
Title: Re: Evermind hangman is up get in here and embarrass these chumps
Post by: TAC on February 01, 2024, 07:41:47 PM
S
Title: Re: Evermind hangman is up get in here and embarrass these chumps
Post by: LithoJazzoSphere on February 01, 2024, 07:43:49 PM
O.
Title: Re: Evermind hangman is up get in here and embarrass these chumps
Post by: TAC on February 01, 2024, 08:06:16 PM
Dirt Poor Robbins
Title: Re: Evermind hangman is up get in here and embarrass these chumps
Post by: Evermind on February 01, 2024, 08:59:53 PM
I think you guys are doing well enough on your own.
Title: Re: Evermind hangman is up get in here and embarrass these chumps
Post by: wolfking on February 01, 2024, 09:18:13 PM
Wolfking-Keep Of Kalessin
Katharsis
Kolossus
Throne Of Execration

 :metal
Title: Re: Evermind hangman is up get in here and embarrass these chumps
Post by: Shadow Ninja 2.0 on February 01, 2024, 09:28:50 PM
I think you guys are doing well enough on your own.

I figured I'd at least give you a chance. :lol

Updated:

twosuitsluke: Avenged Sevenfold
    1: G
    2: (O)rdinary
    3: (D)eath
    4: Cosmic

lonestar: BAND-MAID
    1: T_____
    2: ____
    3: S__m__es
    4: Do_'t _ou te__ ME
    5: Domination

??: ___t__m
    1: _o_t_e__ ___ds
    2: T_e _o__

ariich: Fjokra
    1: Love, Thrust, Burn
    2: _et _mo__st _t
    3: ______te _oo_s
    4: _s___o _o_ t_e S__e o_ _t

Stadler: Lynyrd Skynyrd
    1: _o____' _o_ M__
    2: Gimme Back My Bullets
    3: The Needle And The Spoon
    4: Tuesday's Gone

??: ___to__ O_e_ t_e Su_
    1: T_e _o_d o_ ______ _ot____
    2: M_de___e _e_om___ _ud_

??: _ust__o _e__t_
    1: _ue_te
    2: _o____d_
    3: __seo __mo___
    4: __te___to

??: _e____
    1: _ Do_'t __o_ ___t _ _m
    2: T_e _______ _o__t
    3: T_e __tu___st
    4: E.O.D.

??: __ue _ood
    1: _oo__eme_
    2: T_te-_-T_te
    3: _______d __ _ S__e_e

??: Dirt Poor Robbins
    1: T_e _o____ood So__
    2: _e__ome to __d_ _e__
    3: To t_e _e___ts
    4: _o ___d _e_o_d

??: _e__ o_ t_e _o_t
    1: ___
    2: _u__

??: ____e_ __ee_
    1: _e_e____ts
    2: _o___ __d M_____
    3: To t_e ____o_t
    4: __e_e t_e _o__ ___e _e_ds
    5: _o___ Out...

??: ___o__ O_to_us
    1: D____e ____t (__ D M__o_)
    2: D_s_o_____!
    3: Se__u_e o_ ______te_
    4: T__s_ _s___d

wolfking: Keep of Kalessin
    1: Katharsis
    2: Kolossus
    3: Throne of Execration

??: _e_ _o_ds ___e
    1: O_e _____ D____ __d ___ So_em_ ___es
    2: __tt_e o_ __o _ou_d ___e _ess
    3: __m_
    4: So__ _o_ t_e Dum_ed
    5: _____

??: T_e __st D___e_ ___t_
    1: _ot____ M_tte_s
    2: M_ __d_ o_ Me___
    3: S___e_
    4: O_ _ou_ S_de

Guessed letters: ETUDMSO
Title: Re: Evermind hangman is up get in here and embarrass these chumps
Post by: Sacul on February 01, 2024, 09:37:50 PM
band-Maid - don't you tell me
:P
Title: Re: Evermind hangman is up get in here and embarrass these chumps
Post by: Dr. DTVT on February 01, 2024, 09:38:50 PM
I'm a lot better at not having my submissions guessed first here.  You fuckers always nailed me first in Chad's.
Title: Re: Evermind hangman is up get in here and embarrass these chumps
Post by: wolfking on February 01, 2024, 09:39:01 PM
Blue Food?
Title: Re: Evermind hangman is up get in here and embarrass these chumps
Post by: lonestar on February 01, 2024, 09:45:17 PM
R

Title: Re: Evermind hangman is up get in here and embarrass these chumps
Post by: Dr. DTVT on February 01, 2024, 09:51:59 PM
Blue Food?

I doubt it is the same band, but the guy who introduced me to Dream Theater when I was in college back in 1998 was a bass player in a band called Blue Food.
Title: Re: Evermind hangman is up get in here and embarrass these chumps
Post by: Evermind on February 01, 2024, 10:17:47 PM
Victory Over the Sun by Crow
Title: Re: Evermind hangman is up get in here and embarrass these chumps
Post by: soupytwist on February 01, 2024, 11:41:04 PM
Lizzo stole sent Dirt Poor Robins.

- The Hollywood Song.
- Welcome to Lady Hell.
- To the Heights.
- No Land Beyond.
Title: Re: Evermind hangman is up get in here and embarrass these chumps
Post by: King Puppies and the Acid Guppies on February 02, 2024, 02:38:45 AM
Blue Food?

I doubt it is the same band, but the guy who introduced me to Dream Theater when I was in college back in 1998 was a bass player in a band called Blue Food.
Was his name Wil Sapanaro?
Title: Re: Evermind hangman is up get in here and embarrass these chumps
Post by: ariich on February 02, 2024, 02:39:26 AM
Sacul sent Gustavo Cerati
Puente
Bocanada
Paseo Inmoral
Title: Re: Evermind hangman is up get in here and embarrass these chumps
Post by: King Postwhore on February 02, 2024, 04:14:10 AM
I'll take an L.
Title: Re: Evermind hangman is up get in here and embarrass these chumps
Post by: jingle.boy on February 02, 2024, 04:22:41 AM
The Last Dinner Party
- Nothing Matters
- My Lady of Mercy
- Sinner
- On Your Side

Reliqa
- I Don't Know What I Am
- The Halfway Point
- The Ritualist
Title: Re: Evermind hangman is up get in here and embarrass these chumps
Post by: lonestar on February 02, 2024, 04:53:14 AM
Reliqa is Tim?
Title: Re: Evermind hangman is up get in here and embarrass these chumps
Post by: Evermind on February 02, 2024, 05:02:26 AM
Ben Folds Five
Title: Re: Evermind hangman is up get in here and embarrass these chumps
Post by: TAC on February 02, 2024, 06:11:19 AM
Reliqa is Tim?

Yes




A
Title: Re: Evermind hangman is up get in here and embarrass these chumps
Post by: jingle.boy on February 02, 2024, 06:20:59 AM
I have a suspicion an H might help.
Title: Re: Evermind hangman is up get in here and embarrass these chumps
Post by: lonestar on February 02, 2024, 06:25:03 AM
Ben Folds Five

King?
Title: Re: Evermind hangman is up get in here and embarrass these chumps
Post by: Dr. DTVT on February 02, 2024, 06:26:12 AM
Blue Food?

I doubt it is the same band, but the guy who introduced me to Dream Theater when I was in college back in 1998 was a bass player in a band called Blue Food.
Was his name Wil Sapanaro?

No.  I don’t think my dorm mate’s band ever did more than a few house shows and some demos, and they were based out of York and Harrisburg, which isn’t terribly far from NJ where the version of the band you submitted is from.
Title: Re: Evermind hangman is up get in here and embarrass these chumps
Post by: jingle.boy on February 02, 2024, 06:27:06 AM
Ben Folds Five

King?

If not, possible it's Doc
Title: Re: Evermind hangman is up get in here and embarrass these chumps
Post by: Dr. DTVT on February 02, 2024, 06:31:03 AM
Ben Folds Five

King?

If not, possible it's Doc

Not this time.  It’s probably King.
Title: Re: Evermind hangman is up get in here and embarrass these chumps
Post by: King Postwhore on February 02, 2024, 06:59:35 AM
It's me.
Title: Re: Evermind hangman is up get in here and embarrass these chumps
Post by: Shadow Ninja 2.0 on February 02, 2024, 07:25:17 AM
Morning update:

twosuitsluke: Avenged Sevenfold
    1: G
    2: (O)rdinary
    3: (D)eath
    4: Cosmic

lonestar: BAND-MAID
    1: Thr_ll
    2: _la_
    3: Sham_les
    4: Do_'t _ou tell ME
    5: Domination

??: _ahtram
    1: _orther_ ___ds
    2: The _ol_

ariich: Fjokra
    1: Love, Thrust, Burn
    2: _et Amo__st _t
    3: ______te Loo_s
    4: _s__ho _or the Sa_e o_ _t

Stadler: Lynyrd Skynyrd
    1: _or___' _or M_A
    2: Gimme Back My Bullets
    3: The Needle And The Spoon
    4: Tuesday's Gone

Crow: Victory Over the Sun
    1: The _old o_ Ha____ _oth___
    2: Madel__e _e_om___ _ud_

Sacul: Gustavo Cerati
    1: Puente
    2: Bocanada
    3: Paseo Inmoral
    4: Arte_a_to

TAC: Reliqa
    1: I Don't Know What I Am
    2: The Halfway Point
    3: The Ritualist
    4: E.O.D.

??: Blue Food
    1: _oo__eme_
    2: T_te-_-T_te
    3: _l___ard __ a S_here

LithoJazzoSphere: Dirt Poor Robbins
    1: The Hollywood Song
    2: Welcome to Lady Hell
    3: To the Heights
    4: No Land Beyond

??: _ear o_ the _oat
    1: _ra
    2: _ula

??: ____el _ree_
    1: _ele_ra_ts
    2: Ro___ A_d Mar_a_
    3: To the A_r_ort
    4: _here the Lo__ L__e Leads
    5: _o___ Out...

??: ___or_ O_to_us
    1: D____e R__ht (__ D M__or)
    2: D_s_o_ra__!
    3: Se__ure o_ _hara_ter
    4: Trash _sla_d

wolfking: Keep of Kalessin
    1: Katharsis
    2: Kolossus
    3: Throne of Execration

King Postwhore: Ben Folds Five
    1: O_e A__r_ D_ar_ a_d ___ Solem_ _a_es
    2: _attle o_ _ho _ould _are Less
    3: Arm_
    4: So__ _or the Dum_ed
    5: _r___

??: The Last Dinner Party
    1: Nothing Matters
    2: My Lady of Mercy
    3: Sinner
    4: On Your Side

Guessed letters: ETUDMSORHLA
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's Problem Sleuth Roulette: Black Liquid Sorrow
Post by: twosuitsluke on February 02, 2024, 07:28:02 AM
Year of the Goat
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's Problem Sleuth Roulette: Black Liquid Sorrow
Post by: lonestar on February 02, 2024, 08:00:21 AM
Year of the Goat

Ira
Gula
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's Problem Sleuth Roulette: Black Liquid Sorrow
Post by: TAC on February 02, 2024, 08:06:25 AM
Something Octopus
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's Problem Sleuth Roulette: Black Liquid Sorrow
Post by: twosuitsluke on February 02, 2024, 08:06:28 AM
Year of the Goat

Ira
Gula

Buddy? Sure he sent them in my roulette
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's Problem Sleuth Roulette: Black Liquid Sorrow
Post by: lonestar on February 02, 2024, 08:11:15 AM
Year of the Goat

Ira
Gula

Buddy? Sure he sent them in my roulette

Wouldn't know, gave it a spin out if curiousity and it didn't seem to blatantly fit anyone. Decent stuff though for sure.
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's Problem Sleuth Roulette: Black Liquid Sorrow
Post by: jingle.boy on February 02, 2024, 08:22:55 AM
Year of the Goat

I was about to put "Bear on the Boat" into Spotify. :lol

Nicek Creek / Celebrants; Robin and Marian; To the Airport; Where the Long Line Leads; Going Out
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's Problem Sleuth Roulette: Black Liquid Sorrow
Post by: Dr. DTVT on February 02, 2024, 08:42:57 AM
Ben Folds songs:

One Angry Drawf and 200 Solemn Faces
Battle of Who Could Care Less
Army
Song For The Dumped
Brick
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's Problem Sleuth Roulette: Black Liquid Sorrow
Post by: King Puppies and the Acid Guppies on February 02, 2024, 08:54:50 AM
Year of the Goat

I was about to put "Bear on the Boat" into Spotify. :lol

:lol Now I'm getting flashbacks of Lube in the Face.
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's Problem Sleuth Roulette: Black Liquid Sorrow
Post by: jingle.boy on February 02, 2024, 09:16:32 AM
Year of the Goat

I was about to put "Bear on the Boat" into Spotify. :lol

:lol Now I'm getting flashbacks of Lube in the Face.

Precisely!
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's Problem Sleuth Roulette: Black Liquid Sorrow
Post by: hefdaddy42 on February 02, 2024, 09:29:22 AM
Year of the Goat

I was about to put "Bear on the Boat" into Spotify. :lol

:lol Now I'm getting flashbacks of Lube in the Face.
Pretty sure I don't want to hear that story lol
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's Problem Sleuth Roulette: Black Liquid Sorrow
Post by: lonestar on February 02, 2024, 09:41:41 AM
Year of the Goat

I was about to put "Bear on the Boat" into Spotify. :lol

:lol Now I'm getting flashbacks of Lube in the Face.
Pretty sure I don't want to hear that story lol

Someone guessed that as an artist's name and the predictable 3rd grade level hilarity ensued. Can't remember whose roulette, but it was pretty fucking funny
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's Problem Sleuth Roulette: Black Liquid Sorrow
Post by: hefdaddy42 on February 02, 2024, 09:51:17 AM
lol
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's Problem Sleuth Roulette: Black Liquid Sorrow
Post by: Buddyhunter1 on February 02, 2024, 10:04:07 AM
Year of the Goat

Ira
Gula

Buddy? Sure he sent them in my roulette

Wouldn't know, gave it a spin out if curiousity and it didn't seem to blatantly fit anyone. Decent stuff though for sure.

It's not quite Buddy-core but it is a damn good album.
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's Problem Sleuth Roulette: Black Liquid Sorrow
Post by: LithoJazzoSphere on February 02, 2024, 10:07:00 AM
Nicek Creek / Celebrants; Robin and Marian; To the Airport; Where the Long Line Leads; Going Out

That's El Hefe. 

Year of the Goat

I was about to put "Bear on the Boat" into Spotify. :lol

:lol Now I'm getting flashbacks of Lube in the Face.
Pretty sure I don't want to hear that story lol

Someone guessed that as an artist's name and the predictable 3rd grade level hilarity ensued. Can't remember whose roulette, but it was pretty fucking funny

That was Metro's. 
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's Problem Sleuth Roulette: Black Liquid Sorrow
Post by: jingle.boy on February 02, 2024, 10:10:13 AM
Year of the Goat

I was about to put "Bear on the Boat" into Spotify. :lol

:lol Now I'm getting flashbacks of Lube in the Face.
Pretty sure I don't want to hear that story lol

Someone guessed that as an artist's name and the predictable 3rd grade level hilarity ensued. Can't remember whose roulette, but it was pretty fucking funny

That was Metro's.

And I'm pretty sure it was Professor Peart, as he put it in his sig.
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's Problem Sleuth Roulette: Black Liquid Sorrow
Post by: LithoJazzoSphere on February 02, 2024, 10:13:49 AM
Lizzo stole sent Dirt Poor Robins.

It's actually the third roulette I've sent them in since you sent them to me, so they're mine now too.  :p  Consider your submission a success!
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's Problem Sleuth Roulette: Black Liquid Sorrow
Post by: Stadler on February 02, 2024, 12:02:03 PM
Ben Folds songs:

One Angry Drawf and 200 Solemn Faces
Battle of Who Could Care Less
Army
Song For The Dumped
Brick

One of my favorite songs of all time, by any artist.   Wonderful.
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's Problem Sleuth Roulette: Black Liquid Sorrow
Post by: LithoJazzoSphere on February 02, 2024, 12:23:25 PM
The whole batch is quite good.
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's Problem Sleuth Roulette: Black Liquid Sorrow
Post by: Shadow Ninja 2.0 on February 02, 2024, 12:58:27 PM

Nicek Creek / Celebrants; Robin and Marian; To the Airport; Where the Long Line Leads; Going Out

I mean not exactly, but I get what you're going for. :lol

Updated:

twosuitsluke: Avenged Sevenfold
    1: G
    2: (O)rdinary
    3: (D)eath
    4: Cosmic

lonestar: BAND-MAID
    1: Thr_ll
    2: _la_
    3: Sham_les
    4: Do_'t _ou tell ME
    5: Domination

??: _ahtram
    1: _orther_ ___ds
    2: The _ol_

ariich: Fjokra
    1: Love, Thrust, Burn
    2: _et Amo__st _t
    3: ______te Loo_s
    4: _s__ho _or the Sa_e o_ _t

Stadler: Lynyrd Skynyrd
    1: _or___' _or M_A
    2: Gimme Back My Bullets
    3: The Needle And The Spoon
    4: Tuesday's Gone

Crow: Victory Over the Sun
    1: The _old o_ Ha____ _oth___
    2: Madel__e _e_om___ _ud_

Sacul: Gustavo Cerati
    1: Puente
    2: Bocanada
    3: Paseo Inmoral
    4: Arte_a_to

TAC: Reliqa
    1: I Don't Know What I Am
    2: The Halfway Point
    3: The Ritualist
    4: E.O.D.

??: Blue Food
    1: _oo__eme_
    2: T_te-_-T_te
    3: _l___ard __ a S_here

LithoJazzoSphere: Dirt Poor Robbins
    1: The Hollywood Song
    2: Welcome to Lady Hell
    3: To the Heights
    4: No Land Beyond

Buddyhunter1: Year of the Goat
    1: Ira
    2: Gula

hefdaddy42: Nickel Creek
    1: Celebrants
    2: Robin And Marian
    3: To the Airport
    4: Where the Long Line Leads
    5: Going Out...

??: ___or_ O_to_us
    1: D____e R__ht (__ D M__or)
    2: D_s_o_ra__!
    3: Se__ure o_ _hara_ter
    4: Trash _sla_d

wolfking: Keep of Kalessin
    1: Katharsis
    2: Kolossus
    3: Throne of Execration

King Postwhore: Ben Folds Five
    1: One Angry Dwarf and 200 Solemn Faces
    2: Battle of Who Could Care Less
    3: Army
    4: Song for the Dumped
    5: Brick

??: The Last Dinner Party
    1: Nothing Matters
    2: My Lady of Mercy
    3: Sinner
    4: On Your Side

Guessed letters: ETUDMSORHLA
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's Problem Sleuth Roulette: Black Liquid Sorrow
Post by: jingle.boy on February 02, 2024, 12:59:18 PM
I Shmegland'd myself!
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's Problem Sleuth Roulette: Black Liquid Sorrow
Post by: hefdaddy42 on February 02, 2024, 01:19:38 PM
I Shmegland'd myself!
Aw shit, man.
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's Problem Sleuth Roulette: Black Liquid Sorrow
Post by: TAC on February 02, 2024, 01:22:34 PM
Nahtram
Northern Winds
The Wolf


Is this Chad?


Nahtram is amazing instrumental metal! :metal
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's Problem Sleuth Roulette: Black Liquid Sorrow
Post by: jingle.boy on February 02, 2024, 01:44:49 PM
Nahtram
Northern Winds
The Wolf


Is this Chad?


Nahtram is amazing instrumental metal! :metal

At your service.  I'm surprised it took you this long - considering you are the one that introduced them to me.
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's Problem Sleuth Roulette: Black Liquid Sorrow
Post by: TAC on February 02, 2024, 01:46:28 PM
Nahtram
Northern Winds
The Wolf


Is this Chad?


Nahtram is amazing instrumental metal! :metal

At your service.  I'm surprised it took you this long - considering you are the one that introduced them to me.

I haven't really been on DTF today.  But I am now!!!

Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's Problem Sleuth Roulette: Black Liquid Sorrow
Post by: TAC on February 02, 2024, 01:48:59 PM
Cyborg Octopus
Trash island



Workin' For The MCA
Shameless
Thrill
The Gold Of having Nothing
Madeline Becoming Judy
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's Problem Sleuth Roulette: Black Liquid Sorrow
Post by: twosuitsluke on February 02, 2024, 01:50:30 PM
Cyborg Octopus

Bloody hell, I should've got that. Great band.
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's Problem Sleuth Roulette: Black Liquid Sorrow
Post by: King Postwhore on February 02, 2024, 02:01:46 PM
I Shmegland'd myself!
Aw shit, man.

This pleases me. 
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's Problem Sleuth Roulette: Black Liquid Sorrow
Post by: LithoJazzoSphere on February 02, 2024, 03:20:05 PM
Madeline Becoming Judy

I really like the intro on this one. 
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's Problem Sleuth Roulette: Black Liquid Sorrow
Post by: soupytwist on February 03, 2024, 05:09:04 AM
Lizzo stole sent Dirt Poor Robins.

It's actually the third roulette I've sent them in since you sent them to me, so they're mine now too.  :p  Consider your submission a success!

It's not like I didn't steal them from SoundscapeMN first  ;D
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's Problem Sleuth Roulette: Black Liquid Sorrow
Post by: ariich on February 03, 2024, 05:50:49 AM
Yeah but Soundscape discovers literally every artist first. :P
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's Problem Sleuth Roulette: Black Liquid Sorrow
Post by: jingle.boy on February 03, 2024, 06:32:08 AM
Yeah but Soundscape discovers literally every artist first. :P

You misspelled Ministro.
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's Problem Sleuth Roulette: Black Liquid Sorrow
Post by: Shadow Ninja 2.0 on February 03, 2024, 03:26:17 PM
I guess I can post the whole thing now.

twosuitsluke: Avenged Sevenfold
    1: G
    2: (O)rdinary
    3: (D)eath
    4: Cosmic

lonestar: BAND-MAID
    1: Thrill
    2: Play
    3: Shambles
    4: Don't you tell ME
    5: Domination

jingle.boy: Nahtram
    1: Northern Winds
    2: The Wolf

ariich: Fjokra
    1: Love, Thrust, Burn
    2: Get Amongst It
    3: Infinite Loops
    4: Psycho For the Sake of It

Stadler: Lynyrd Skynyrd
    1: Workin' For MCA
    2: Gimme Back My Bullets
    3: The Needle And The Spoon
    4: Tuesday's Gone

Crow: Victory Over the Sun
    1: The Gold of Having Nothing
    2: Madeline Becoming Judy

Sacul: Gustavo Cerati
    1: Puente
    2: Bocanada
    3: Paseo Inmoral
    4: Artefacto

TAC: Reliqa
    1: I Don't Know What I Am
    2: The Halfway Point
    3: The Ritualist
    4: E.O.D.

King Puppies and the Acid Guppies: Blue Food
    1: Boogiemen
    2: Tête-À-Tête
    3: Blizzard in a Sphere

LithoJazzoSphere: Dirt Poor Robbins
    1: The Hollywood Song
    2: Welcome to Lady Hell
    3: To the Heights
    4: No Land Beyond

Buddyhunter1: Year of the Goat
    1: Ira
    2: Gula

hefdaddy42: Nickel Creek
    1: Celebrants
    2: Robin And Marian
    3: To the Airport
    4: Where the Long Line Leads
    5: Going Out...

Dr. DTVT: Cyborg Octopus
    1: Divine Right (In D Minor)
    2: Discobrain!
    3: Seizure of Character
    4: Trash Island

wolfking: Keep of Kalessin
    1: Katharsis
    2: Kolossus
    3: Throne of Execration

King Postwhore: Ben Folds Five
    1: One Angry Dwarf and 200 Solemn Faces
    2: Battle of Who Could Care Less
    3: Army
    4: Song for the Dumped
    5: Brick

soupytwist: The Last Dinner Party
    1: Nothing Matters
    2: My Lady of Mercy
    3: Sinner
    4: On Your Side

I'll probably post first impressions tomorrow. Hopefully some of these songs grow on me, I'm feeling pretty lukewarm on a lot of them right now.
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's Problem Sleuth Roulette: Black Liquid Sorrow
Post by: Crow on February 03, 2024, 03:31:40 PM
(https://media.tenor.com/WuG5qhJkNU8AAAAi/dancing-letter-letter-g.gif)(https://media.tenor.com/dkCwZF-ltCQAAAAi/dancing-letter-letter.gif)(https://media.tenor.com/EXVZaqMH6HIAAAAi/dancing-letter-letter-d.gif)
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's Homestuck roulette: you can only die in lava
Post by: Shadow Ninja 2.0 on February 04, 2024, 09:19:42 AM
First impressions. Three submissions have two impressions, one impression is shared by two submissions. As always, remember that these are only first impressions. There's still time for me to start hating your tracks more. Never give up hope.

[1] This feels like it's appealing to my love for Between the Buried and Me. [Dr. DTVT - Cyborg Octopus]
[2] You've done it again. [soupytwist - The Last Dinner Party]
[3] I wish this had vocals. [jingle.boy - Nahtram]
[4] I wish this didn't have vocals. [King Postwhore - Ben Folds Five]
[5] This is heavier than I was expecting. [lonestar - BAND-MAID]
[6] This is exactly as heavy as I was expecting. [wolfking - Keep of Kalessin]
[7] I love the violin. [hefaddy42 - Nickel Creek]
[8] The weirder this gets, the more I'm into it. [ariich - Fjokra]
[9] You're not necessarily the last person I would have expected to send me djenty nu metal, but it's close. [TAC - Reliqa]
[10] I like the western vibe of this. [Buddyhunter1 - Year of the Goat]
[11] Could this be the perfect soupy submission? [LithoJazzoSphere - Dirt Poor Robins]
[12] This is pleasant, but I'm not sure any of it's grabbing me. [Sacul - Gustavo Cerati]
[13] This is a style I like, but usually I prefer it either more aggressive or more melodic. [Crow - Victory Over the Sun]
[14] This is proof that I both like and dislike jazz. [King Puppies and the Acid Guppies - Blue Food]
[15] This is more experimental than I expect from them. [twosuitsluke - Avenged Sevenfold]
[16] It's not groundbreaking, but it is fun. [Stadler - Lynryd Skynyrd]
[17], [19] I love the big band sections. [King Puppies and the Acid Guppies - Blue Food], [King Postwhore - Ben Folds Five]
[18] This might have the best instrumental track of the roulette. [hefdaddy42 - Nickel Creek]
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's Homestuck roulette: you can only die in lava
Post by: TAC on February 04, 2024, 09:21:34 AM
Hopefully it's 2, but it could be 9.

Hopefully not 12. :lol
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's Homestuck roulette: you can only die in lava
Post by: soupytwist on February 04, 2024, 09:26:27 AM
Maybe 16.

11 will be Lizzo!!
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's Homestuck roulette: you can only die in lava
Post by: TAC on February 04, 2024, 09:28:46 AM
Wolfking is 4 and Nahtram is 18.

Did Crow send country western??

Stadler is 16.
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's Homestuck roulette: you can only die in lava
Post by: Shadow Ninja 2.0 on February 04, 2024, 09:37:14 AM
Hopefully it's 2, but it could be 9.

Hopefully not 12. :lol

Are you sure you want 2? There's no guarantee it's referring to last round's entry.

9 is you.

Maybe 16.

11 will be Lizzo!!

No and yes. It was just too fun to pass up the opportunity to give someone else that impression. :lol

Wolfking is 4 and Nahtram is 18.

Did Crow send country western??

Stadler is 16.

The only one of these that's right is 16.
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's Homestuck roulette: you can only die in lava
Post by: King Puppies and the Acid Guppies on February 04, 2024, 09:37:48 AM
I feel like a lot of these could apply to mine, but if I had to pick one, maybe 14?
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's Homestuck roulette: you can only die in lava
Post by: soupytwist on February 04, 2024, 09:45:37 AM
OK.

2 or 12.
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's Homestuck roulette: you can only die in lava
Post by: Sacul on February 04, 2024, 09:51:42 AM
12
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's Homestuck roulette: you can only die in lava
Post by: Buddyhunter1 on February 04, 2024, 09:53:40 AM
10?
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's Homestuck roulette: you can only die in lava
Post by: lonestar on February 04, 2024, 09:56:26 AM
5,10, or 12?
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's Homestuck roulette: you can only die in lava
Post by: jingle.boy on February 04, 2024, 10:56:03 AM
Wolfking is 4 and Nahtram is 18.


I wish.  I'll bet it's 3.
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's Homestuck roulette: you can only die in lava
Post by: Shadow Ninja 2.0 on February 04, 2024, 12:15:22 PM
I feel like a lot of these could apply to mine, but if I had to pick one, maybe 14?

14 is yours, and there is at least one other that applies to yours. :P

OK.

2 or 12.

2 is yours! But what do I mean by it, hmm....

12

Sure, you can have that one.

10?

Yeah, I'm pretty sure it's the only submission that could plausibly fit. :lol

5,10, or 12?

Stop being greedy, you only get one. But yes, it's 5.

Wolfking is 4 and Nahtram is 18.


I wish.  I'll bet it's 3.

(https://media1.tenor.com/m/QdXlGjynt2wAAAAC/correct-plankton.gif)
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's Homestuck roulette: you can only die in lava
Post by: King Puppies and the Acid Guppies on February 04, 2024, 12:17:51 PM
I feel like a lot of these could apply to mine, but if I had to pick one, maybe 14?

14 is yours, and there is at least one other that applies to yours. :P

8 or 17?
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's Homestuck roulette: you can only die in lava
Post by: Sacul on February 04, 2024, 12:21:00 PM
Hell yeah bottom of the round again :metal
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's Homestuck roulette: you can only die in lava
Post by: Shadow Ninja 2.0 on February 04, 2024, 12:26:42 PM
I feel like a lot of these could apply to mine, but if I had to pick one, maybe 14?

14 is yours, and there is at least one other that applies to yours. :P

8 or 17?

17 is you, although it also applies to one other submission this round.

Hell yeah bottom of the round again :metal

You've never been the bottom of a round so far. :lol You're in the top half of the scoreboard!

Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's Homestuck roulette: you can only die in lava
Post by: King Postwhore on February 04, 2024, 12:33:48 PM
8 or 15?
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's Homestuck roulette: you can only die in lava
Post by: twosuitsluke on February 04, 2024, 12:45:00 PM
Mine's gonna be 4
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's Homestuck roulette: you can only die in lava
Post by: Crow on February 04, 2024, 12:59:24 PM
6 is obviously mine :corn
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's Homestuck roulette: you can only die in lava
Post by: ariich on February 04, 2024, 01:13:30 PM
[8] The weirder this gets, the more I'm into it.
This one maybe? None of the other unguessed ones seem to fit very well!
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's Homestuck roulette: you can only die in lava
Post by: lonestar on February 04, 2024, 01:43:44 PM
Cool, heavier than expected is never a bad thing in my book, and I did say they describe themselves as the 'impossibly hard rocking maid band'
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's Homestuck roulette: you can only die in lava
Post by: Sacul on February 04, 2024, 02:06:34 PM
Hell yeah bottom of the round again :metal

You've never been the bottom of a round so far. :lol You're in the top half of the scoreboard!
Now I'll go into the bottom half then :lol
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's Homestuck roulette: you can only die in lava
Post by: wolfking on February 04, 2024, 05:26:28 PM
6?
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's Homestuck roulette: you can only die in lava
Post by: Shadow Ninja 2.0 on February 04, 2024, 07:21:35 PM
8 or 15?

Nope! I don't think yours is that weird. :lol

Mine's gonna be 4

I can see why you might think that, but it's not yours!

6 is obviously mine :corn

Nope. Yours isn't even heavy! :lol

[8] The weirder this gets, the more I'm into it.
This one maybe? None of the other unguessed ones seem to fit very well!

You don't like the violin in your songs?

(it is 8)

Cool, heavier than expected is never a bad thing in my book, and I did say they describe themselves as the 'impossibly hard rocking maid band'

I mean I'm not actually sure what a maid band is, but they definitely rock pretty hard.

6?

:2metal:

Results should be tomorrow, barring any unforeseen disasters that require my attention.
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's Homestuck roulette: you can only die in lava
Post by: wolfking on February 04, 2024, 07:24:24 PM
 :metal
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's Homestuck roulette: you can only die in lava
Post by: King Postwhore on February 04, 2024, 07:25:08 PM
Son of a  :lol
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's Homestuck roulette: you can only die in lava
Post by: King Postwhore on February 04, 2024, 07:26:07 PM
13?
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's Homestuck roulette: you can only die in lava
Post by: Shadow Ninja 2.0 on February 04, 2024, 07:28:21 PM
King I swear I'm not intentionally targeting you in this roulette. :lol  I'd only do that to TAC.

4 is you, but 19 is also you too.
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's Homestuck roulette: you can only die in lava
Post by: TAC on February 04, 2024, 07:29:52 PM
Hopefully some of these songs grow on me, I'm feeling pretty lukewarm on a lot of them right now.


Results should be tomorrow, barring any unforeseen disasters that require my attention.

Enough of this round already, apparently.
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's Homestuck roulette: you can only die in lava
Post by: King Postwhore on February 04, 2024, 07:30:46 PM
Hey. No worries. You like what you like. I just love being open to new music. 
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's Homestuck roulette: you can only die in lava
Post by: TAC on February 04, 2024, 07:31:06 PM
King I swear I'm not intentionally targeting you in this roulette. :lol  I'd only do that to TAC.

4 is you, but 19 is also you too.

The guy can't ever pick out his impression. I swear he doesn't even listen to his own submissions.
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's Homestuck roulette: you can only die in lava
Post by: TAC on February 04, 2024, 07:31:32 PM
Hey. No worries. You like what you like. I just love being open to new music.

Would you stop it, you pansy.
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's Homestuck roulette: you can only die in lava
Post by: Shadow Ninja 2.0 on February 04, 2024, 07:32:53 PM
Hopefully some of these songs grow on me, I'm feeling pretty lukewarm on a lot of them right now.


Results should be tomorrow, barring any unforeseen disasters that require my attention.

Enough of this round already, apparently.

:lol Well results are always on Monday, except for that one time I fucked up. But I thought we all agreed not to bring that up again.

Hey. No worries. You like what you like. I just love being open to new music. 

For sure, and I appreciate so many of you guys who are clearly on different pages than me being good sports and playing my game. Especially since I basically bullied you and TAC into joining. :lol
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's Homestuck roulette: you can only die in lava
Post by: TAC on February 04, 2024, 07:34:04 PM
Does that mean my djenty nu metal tanked? :lol
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's Homestuck roulette: you can only die in lava
Post by: King Postwhore on February 04, 2024, 07:35:16 PM
Nobody bullies baby in a corner.  :lol
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's Homestuck roulette: you can only die in lava
Post by: King Puppies and the Acid Guppies on February 04, 2024, 07:35:40 PM
Nobody bullies baby in a corner.  :lol
Tim won't get this. :corn
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's Homestuck roulette: you can only die in lava
Post by: Shadow Ninja 2.0 on February 04, 2024, 07:36:57 PM
Does that mean my djenty nu metal tanked? :lol

You'll find out tomorrow! Your last submission did really well, though. Believe in yourself.
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's Homestuck roulette: you can only die in lava
Post by: TAC on February 04, 2024, 07:41:47 PM
(https://www.standupcomedyclinic.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/Stuart-Smalley-1.jpg)
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's Homestuck roulette: you can only die in lava
Post by: King Postwhore on February 04, 2024, 07:43:33 PM
Nobody bullies baby in a corner.  :lol
Tim won't get this. :corn
[/quote

]I know and it pleases me.   :lol
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's Homestuck roulette: you can only die in lava
Post by: TAC on February 04, 2024, 07:46:35 PM
Nobody bullies baby in a corner.  :lol
Tim won't get this. :corn
[/quote

]I know and it pleases me.   :lol

I mean, I may not get it (I actually do  :P), but at least I could quote it properly.
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's Homestuck roulette: you can only die in lava
Post by: TAC on February 04, 2024, 07:46:56 PM
Fuck! :lol
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's Homestuck roulette: you can only die in lava
Post by: Shadow Ninja 2.0 on February 04, 2024, 07:49:09 PM
(https://i.imgur.com/DQS8iYk.png)
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's Homestuck roulette: you can only die in lava
Post by: Crow on February 04, 2024, 08:27:35 PM
6 is obviously mine :corn

Nope. Yours isn't even heavy! :lol
*looks at what i sent you*
*looks back at this comment*

huh? gwuh? wha?
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's Homestuck roulette: you can only die in lava
Post by: King Puppies and the Acid Guppies on February 04, 2024, 08:28:58 PM
Nobody bullies baby in a corner.  :lol
Tim won't get this. :corn
[/quote

]I know and it pleases me.   :lol

I mean, I may not get it (I actually do  :P), but at least I could quote it properly.
(https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/original/001/228/324/4a4.gif)
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's Homestuck roulette: you can only die in lava
Post by: Crow on February 04, 2024, 08:30:51 PM
[1] This feels like it's appealing to my love for Between the Buried and Me.
[4] I wish this didn't have vocals.
[7] I love the violin.
[13] This is a style I like, but usually I prefer it either more aggressive or more melodic.
[15] This is more experimental than I expect from them.
[18] This might have the best instrumental track of the roulette.

well it's not 7, 15, or 18 bcuz 1. if there is violin it's barely prominent 15. this implies familiarity which i doubt you'd have 18. no instrumental track in sight

i guess it -could- be 4 but like. the vocals are barely a part of the sound, you can't really hear them much even when they do show up so  :lol
i'm gonna go with either 1 or 13, proooobably the latter but idk

also given what a lotta people have said about the A7X album and some of what i've experienced of it the vocals comment could be about that one  :lol
the experimental one too honestly
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's Homestuck roulette: you can only die in lava
Post by: wolfking on February 04, 2024, 08:35:29 PM
6 is obviously mine :corn

Nope. Yours isn't even heavy! :lol
*looks at what i sent you*
*looks back at this comment*

huh? gwuh? wha?

I'm intrigued.  I'm going to listen to yours right now and see who's right.
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's Homestuck roulette: you can only die in lava
Post by: wolfking on February 04, 2024, 08:48:46 PM
Yeah, I wouldn't call it heavy.  At times it's abrasive and quite full on, but I'd wouldn't use the term 'heavy' for this style.  Interesting band though for sure.
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's Homestuck roulette: you can only die in lava
Post by: Crow on February 04, 2024, 09:02:45 PM
i guess? :shrug:
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's Homestuck roulette: you can only die in lava
Post by: King Postwhore on February 04, 2024, 09:50:00 PM
Nobody bullies baby in a corner.  :lol
Tim won't get this. :corn
[/quote

]I know and it pleases me.   :lol

I mean, I may not get it (I actually do  :P), but at least I could quote it properly.

Shut it, you. Did I get that right?  Lol
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's Homestuck roulette: you can only die in lava
Post by: ariich on February 04, 2024, 11:49:23 PM
Nobody bullies baby in a corner.  :lol
Tim won't get this. :corn
[/quote

]I know and it pleases me.   :lol

I mean, I may not get it (I actually do  :P), but at least I could quote it properly.

Shut it, you. Did I get that right?  Lol
No. :lol Your original misquote is now transferring through and infected all subsequent quotes.

The Kingitis is spreading!
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's Homestuck roulette: you can only die in lava
Post by: King Postwhore on February 05, 2024, 04:08:40 AM
 :lol

I spread like wildfire.   :lol
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's Homestuck roulette: you can only die in lava
Post by: hefdaddy42 on February 05, 2024, 07:08:06 AM
7, possibly 4 or 18
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's Homestuck roulette: you can only die in lava
Post by: Shadow Ninja 2.0 on February 05, 2024, 07:34:52 AM
6 is obviously mine :corn

Nope. Yours isn't even heavy! :lol
*looks at what i sent you*
*looks back at this comment*

huh? gwuh? wha?

We must have very different definitions of heavy. Sure there's the Imperial Triumphant section, but that's really short and is more just noisy than heavy. I'd describe it as atmospheric more than anything. Also yes you're 13.

7, possibly 4 or 18

7 and 18 are you!

Also I've updated the whole thing since it was basically completely guessed anyway. Results eventually.
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's Homestuck roulette: you can only die in lava
Post by: soupytwist on February 05, 2024, 08:02:51 AM

OK.

2 or 12.

2 is yours! But what do I mean by it, hmm....


6/10
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Post by: hefdaddy42 on February 05, 2024, 08:28:14 AM
7, possibly 4 or 18

7 and 18 are you!
:metal
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Post by: Shadow Ninja 2.0 on February 05, 2024, 05:55:02 PM
ROUND 4 RESULTS



wolfking

Keep of Kalessin

Katharsis
Kolossus
Throne of Execration

5 points


This is some pretty nice death-ish(?) metal, and I feel like there’s actually a faint hint of power metal in this one as well, in the occasional choir bits or the dramatic speech section of Throne of Execration. I actually enjoy this well enough, but there’s not too much about it that really grabs me, and I think it’s because, even moreso than Sworn, the heavy sections are really straight forward blasting on drums and guitars without much variation to give the songs some color. Then the breaks in the heaviness I feel aren’t super strong either; the end of Throne of Execration goes on a bit, and the clean vocal sections don’t really grab me much. Despite being at the bottom of the round (well, tied with four other entries, this one is just listed first), I didn’t dislike this at all, it just didn’t strike me much beyond being pretty nice metal.



jingle.boy

Nahtram

Northern Winds
The Wolf

5 points


Here’s another entry that I didn’t dislike at all, it just failed to really engage me beyond being pretty good. Like I said, one of the main issues with this for me, and my main issue with a lot of instrumental metal in general, is that it just feels like it needs vocals. There’s a lot of neat stuff here, some pretty headbangy riffs, but most of it feels like an epic buildup that never really pays off. If this had some Wintersun-style soaring melodies and roaring screams, it would be killer. As is, it’s nice enough, but I often find my attention drifting away until another neat riff comes up.



King Postwhore

Ben Folds Five

One Angry Dwarf and 200 Solemn Faces
Battle of Who Could Care Less
Army
Song for the Dumped
Brick

5 points


King, I’m going to take soupy’s ‘most mistreated’ title in this roulette and reassign it to you. :lol  You totally switched it up this round and had the misfortune of stepping right into one of my pet peeves: Ben Folds. Not as a musician, he’s great, but as a singer. Seriously, he has no business singing anywhere. His voice is pretty thin and weak and most of the time I don’t feel like he’s writing melodies that suit his capabilities. The kind of fast/quirky style of most of these songs I think could work for someone with a lot of character to their voice, but Ben is definitely not that guy. That said, musically this stuff is all good and often great. I like the prominence of piano in the rockier stuff, and I absolutely love the big band bits in Army. I’m also guessing Army was later in their career, because his voice has evened out a bit and works pretty well, and Brick feels much more like it was written for what his voice is able to do.

To be honest, it’s mainly a mark of how much I like Army that this has the score it has. :lol



Crow

Victory Over the Sun

The Gold of Having Nothing
Madeline Becoming Judy

5 points


Yeah so I like some atmospheric black metal, but like I said, I generally like it to have some metally aggression, or be kind of melodic and soundscapey, and this doesn’t really do either one. It’s not bad, and there’s some interesting moments, like the brief synthy bit or the spacey outro in Madeline Becoming Judy, but I find that the super thin production and way in the background vocals really neuters any sort of aggression it might have. Which isn’t inherently bad, but I don’t find the rest of it to be particularly engaging. The Gold of Having Nothing just sort of has saxophone or guitar arpeggios for a while, and Madeline Becoming Judy has some sort of standard black metal riffing, but it’s mixed so that I’m mainly listening to the drums and bass. It’s got interesting pieces but it doesn’t add up to a whole for me.



twosuitsluke

Avenged Sevenfold

G
(O)rdinary
(D)eath
Cosmic

6 points


When this new album came out I heard quite a bit about it, so I checked out a song or two and my reaction was essentially the same as it had been in the past: the vocals just didn’t really do anything for me. They didn’t have the kind of power I expect in heavy music. That’s more or less still true here; he just sounds really strained and weak in a lot of places, and there’s also the really weird, dry vocals that sound like they came from a completely different place. It’s like A7X released this album instrumentally, M. Shadows heard it on the radio and was like oh hell no, and recorded himself mumble talking into his phone and overlaid it. It’s a really strange choice.

That said, there’s still some interesting stuff here. I really like the electronics and vocoder effect in (O)rdinary, (D)eath is a strange sort of ballad where his vocals almost work for me, and then Cosmic is just amazing. Everything he’s doing vocally just seems to work, and instrumentally the back half is stunning. I don’t think this is going to change my feelings on the band overall, but it has at least introduced me to one totally killer song.



lonestar

BAND-MAID

Thrill
Play
Shambles
Don’t you tell ME
Domination

6 points


This is definitely heavier than I was expecting; these riffs are pretty chunky. That’s my favorite part of this, the big hard rock riffs and slamming drums. Domination is especially good, with some brief shreddy guitar. The weak point for me is the vocals; obviously she can sing, but I don’t find anything particularly memorable in the vocal lines. I think part of the problem is the way the riffing either goes away or gets pushed pretty into the background during the choruses; for me, the best part of the songs is getting sacrificed, when maybe some more active guitar work in those bits could have filled out the vocals a bit more. I did like this quite a bit, but it’s missing something to make me really love it.



Stadler

Lynyrd Skynyrd

Workin’ for MCA
Gimme Back My Bullets
The Needle and the Spoon
Tuesday’s Gone

6 points


I’m pretty sure this is the first time I’ve ever heard any Lynyrd Skynyrd songs, despite that being a felony in Alabama. I suppose it’s more or less what I would have expected them to sound like; pretty fun southern rock. There’s a lot of nice guitar work, although what works the most for me is the slower, bluesy stuff in Tuesday’s Gone. The vocals are solid and the songs are pretty catchy. I’m not completely bowled over with any of this, but with the exception of Tuesday’s Gone, which I think goes on a bit too long, I’m never bored with any of it either.



Sacul

Gustavo Cerati

Puente
Bocanada
Paseo Inmoral
Artefacto

6 points


Instrumentally and mood-wise, this is pretty varied and interesting. From the start I thought it was going to mostly sit in that softer new-wavey space, but there’s big guitar swells in Puente, kind of grungey rockiness in Artefacto, some mellotron sounding thing (probably just a mellotron, realistically) on Bocanada; the music keeps moving and always stays interesting. But like several other submissions, what keeps this from scoring higher is I can’t really get anything from the vocal melodies (with the exception of Puente, which I really like). He’s clearly a good singer, but the vocal lines themselves seem to just kind of be there. Which is too bad, because the music backing him is great.



Buddyhunter1

Year of the Goat

Ira
Gula

7 points


Initially this suffered the same problem a lot of other submissions had, but on my last few listens I started getting the vocal melodies in my head and really enjoying them, although I’d liked the singer’s voice from the beginning. That sort of really wide vibrato seems like the kind of thing that wouldn’t work most of the time, but it really suits the Western-y Ira, and I’m surprised by how well it works on the much rockier Gula. Musically, there’s some really nice guitar work, but nothing overstays its welcome. I feel like the songs never quite live up to the promise of the first half of Ira, but this is pretty enjoyable all around.



King Puppies and the Acid Guppies

Blue Food

Boogiemen
Tête-À-Tête
Blizzard in a Sphere

7 points


So here’s my call on jazz, at least up to this point: tight, big band sections rock, and freeform noodling bits where trumpets or saxophones squeak random notes for a while suck. Not that this is pure jazz, but it seems like the right place to crystallize those ideas since this has both. I really love the poppy/funky stuff with the horn section behind the vocalist in most of Boogiemen and Blizzard in a Sphere. But the noodle stuff at the end of Boogiemen, or the intentionally off-key stuff in the mid-song break of Tête-À-Tête really detract from it for me. This evens out to a pretty good but not amazing score, even though there’s a lot here I really love.



TAC

Reliqa

I Don’t Know What I Am
The Halfway Point
The Ritualist
E.O.D.

7 points


I Don’t Know What I Am is awesome. It’s so frenetic and goes through so many different sounds; here’s some nu metal, some djenty riffing, some shredding, here’s a random electronic interlude, and the vocalist is always moving with it and managing to fit in everywhere. She sings, she belts, she raps, she almost goes into some metalcore screams at some points. I don’t think any of the other songs quite stand up to that first track, but there’s still an impressive variety of sounds going in. I don’t think the half-rap in The Halfway Point totally works, and E.O.D. seems a bit less inspired than the rest, but in general there’s so much going on in the fairly short run times that nothing wears out its welcome.



ariich

Fjokra

Love, Thrust, Burn
Get Amongst It
Infinite Loops
Psycho For the Sake of It

7 points


On my first listen of this I wasn’t really into Love, Thrust, Burn (the main chorus, ‘we love the voices,’ etc. actually kind of annoys me, for whatever reason), and I thought I sort of had an idea what the rest of the stuff would sound like based on that. But then it got really weird and I started to get into it. This is really the type of weird stuff I tend to like most; it’s frenetic, it’s quirky, it could do anything at any time, but at the root it’s still catchy as hell. The chorus of Infinite Loops, the weird rapping on Get Amongst It, basically everything on Psycho For the Sake of It (my favorite of the four), it all just gets in your head and sticks there. The only reason this is as low as it is is because I still just don’t seem to like Love, Thrust, Burn at all. I wish I could quantify what it is that bugs me, since that would be more useful than just saying I don’t like it, but, well, I just don’t like it. :lol



soupytwist

The Last Dinner Party

Nothing Matters
My Lady of Mercy
Sinner
On Your Side

8 points


You know, when you look at the whole roulette, you’ve really just been an upward trend the entire time. This is another classic soupy submission, in that it sounds exactly like the kind of music I’m looking for. It’s kind of dreamy, it’s dramatic, and the vocals are great, both the main vocalist and the harmonies, or the big choir-y sections on My Lady of Mercy (I assume they’re all singing, but maybe it’s just the main singer layering her voice a bunch of times? I can’t really tell). Your hard work has paid off at last, can’t wait to hear your 9 scoring submission next time!



Dr. DTVT

Cyborg Octopus

Divine Right (In D Minor)
Discobrain!
Seizure of Character
Trash Island

8 points


This is totally nuts in the best way possible. The vocalist has completely lost his mind and he’s pulling the rest of the band along with him. I love that crazy BTBAM stop-on-a-dime-and-completely-change-gears energy it has. It’s heavy as shit, but it’s never doing the same thing for more than a few seconds so nothing ever wears on you, and it could easily just drop into a funk section or have some saxophones pop up out of nowhere. Like I mentioned, the vocalist is amazing in all the different harsh styles he’s doing, or the clean-but-gritty yells. The only real weak point is the totally clean vocals, although those are relatively sparse throughout the songs. This is probably the most fun submission this round, and definitely the best band name.



LithoJazzoSphere

Dirt Poor Robins

The Hollywood Song
Welcome to Lady Hell
To the Heights
No Land Beyond

9 points


I’ve seen this band posted about a few times, and I’d marked them on my to check out at some point list, although I generally pause looking into new stuff while doing a roulette so I don’t accidentally snipe someone out of a good submission. They sound pretty different from what I was expecting, actually, they’re pretty rocky (even with an unexpectedly great guitar solo on To the Heights), they’re kind of electronic, they’re satirically bombastic, it’s all over the place. I’m finding that ability to move between different sounds is something I really like, whether within a single song or across several. Like almost always though, the vocals are the key for me, and the singer here is great. She doesn’t quite go into the Dear Hunter-style I was expecting, except for on Welcome to Lady Hell, but that’s not a complaint because she’s uniformly fantastic across the board in all the styles she pulls out.

(sorry soupy)



hefdaddy42

Nickel Creek

Celebrants
Robin and Marian
To the Airport
Where the Long Line Leads
Going Out…

9 points


Apologies to all the other instrumentals submitted so far, but you just can’t compete with violin. I love well-done folk music, and this group is just fantastic. There’s a ton of richness and depth to their sound, despite having relatively few instruments in the mix. I love the neoclassical (if that’s the right term) sound of Robin and Marian, and the way they build from the sedate, restrained playing to the short part where they all just go nuts on their instruments and then pull it back again. That said, the best song here, and probably the best of the round, is To the Airport. The melodies, the harmonies, that amazing arpeggiating violin part that comes in and out, it’s just amazing all around. Really, the only detractor for me is the chorus for Where the Long Line Leads that I find a bit goofy, although I do really like the the more energetic vocal approach in contrast to the other songs.

The stakes were pretty high on this one, since Hef said this was one of his favorite groups, and I would have felt bad giving it a bad score. Although I’ve given plenty of all your favorite bands low scores. :lol  But I did feel bad about it. Just not bad enough to not do it.

STANDINGS

King Puppies and the Acid Guppies   31
ariich   30
Dr. DTVT   30
soupytwist   28
lonestar   27
LithoJazzoSphere   27
TAC   25
hefdaddy42   25
Sacul   25
wolfking   24
Buddyhunter1   23
jingle.boy   23
Stadler   23
Crow   22
twosuitsluke   22
King Postwhore   19

All right, send for round 5! Deadline will be 7 PM on Thursday in local Shadow Ninja time. We’re rocking and rolling and we're already halfway through this roulette! How’s everyone feeling? Please feel free to submit any praise for the roulette directly to me, Shadow Ninja. My assistant TAC will handle all complaints.

Round 4 playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1Dkc8QNZwBGc0k3cDRVBlK

The only song missing is Psycho for the Sake of It from Rich's submission which is absent from Spotify for some reason. You should check out the playlist because you might find some really cool stuff, but more importantly because I told you to.
Title: Re: SN's HS roulette: web bots signing up for emails & duplicating potted plants
Post by: Buddyhunter1 on February 05, 2024, 06:36:08 PM
Not bad, still at the bottom, oh well :lol

Sent a long one.
Title: Re: SN's HS roulette: web bots signing up for emails & duplicating potted plants
Post by: wolfking on February 05, 2024, 06:36:28 PM
Oof again!!  :facepalm:
Title: Re: SN's HS roulette: web bots signing up for emails & duplicating potted plants
Post by: TAC on February 05, 2024, 06:36:44 PM
Hmm...thinking about what to send next.
Title: Re: SN's HS roulette: web bots signing up for emails & duplicating potted plants
Post by: hefdaddy42 on February 05, 2024, 06:39:40 PM
:djhef:
Title: Re: SN's HS roulette: web bots signing up for emails & duplicating potted plants
Post by: King Postwhore on February 05, 2024, 07:06:34 PM
Poop.
Title: Re: SN's HS roulette: web bots signing up for emails & duplicating potted plants
Post by: Shadow Ninja 2.0 on February 05, 2024, 07:14:55 PM
Not bad, still at the bottom, oh well :lol

Sent a long one.

Sorry, that was a spreadsheet error. For some reason it's lagging on grabbing values from the other sheets I've set up unless I manually refresh the formulas. Dumb. Scores should be fixed now.

Oof again!!  :facepalm:

Sorry man. :lol  I don't think of myself as particularly hard to please, but from feedback it does seem kind of incomprehensible when I'm going to like something vs. when I won't.

Hmm...thinking about what to send next.

Jazz, clearly.

:djhef:

:kingshmeg:

Poop.

One day there will be justice for you, King. I've fired the asshole who gave you that score and I can assure you he will not be back.
Title: Re: SN's HS roulette: web bots signing up for emails & duplicating potted plants
Post by: TAC on February 05, 2024, 07:16:28 PM
Not bad, still at the bottom, oh well :lol

Sent a long one.

Sorry, that was a spreadsheet error. For some reason it's lagging on grabbing values from the other sheets I've set up unless I manually refresh the formulas. Dumb. Scores should be fixed now.


My score is the same though! :lol
Title: Re: SN's HS roulette: web bots signing up for emails & duplicating potted plants
Post by: Shadow Ninja 2.0 on February 05, 2024, 07:18:43 PM
Whoops, you're right. Looks like you've got too many points. I'll fix it, don't fret.
Title: Re: SN's HS roulette: web bots signing up for emails & duplicating potted plants
Post by: hefdaddy42 on February 05, 2024, 07:23:46 PM
To the Airport is absolutely one of my favorite songs by Nickel Creek as well.
Title: Re: SN's HS roulette: web bots signing up for emails & duplicating potted plants
Post by: Sacul on February 05, 2024, 07:26:25 PM
I'm pretty sure the mellotron on Bocanada is also a sample of Focus' Eruption. Also, he's got some wonderful vocal melodies, you're just too 'murican to appreciate them :P
Title: Re: SN's HS roulette: web bots signing up for emails & duplicating potted plants
Post by: lonestar on February 05, 2024, 07:27:00 PM
Interesting take, I've never heard anyone say that Saiki's vocals bring it down. Oh well.


Sent yo.
Title: Re: SN's HS roulette: web bots signing up for emails & duplicating potted plants
Post by: King Postwhore on February 05, 2024, 07:34:03 PM
I had a good chuckle. OK. Got to figure out because Wednesday night I'm seeing Mr. Big with Rumborak. 
Title: Re: SN's HS roulette: web bots signing up for emails & duplicating potted plants
Post by: TAC on February 05, 2024, 07:36:59 PM
Sent!
Title: Re: SN's HS roulette: web bots signing up for emails & duplicating potted plants
Post by: Buddyhunter1 on February 05, 2024, 07:51:18 PM
Not bad, still at the bottom, oh well :lol

Sent a long one.

Sorry, that was a spreadsheet error. For some reason it's lagging on grabbing values from the other sheets I've set up unless I manually refresh the formulas. Dumb. Scores should be fixed now.

WE'RE SO BACK

Not gonna change my submission though. :biggrin:
Title: Re: SN's HS roulette: web bots signing up for emails & duplicating potted plants
Post by: Shadow Ninja 2.0 on February 05, 2024, 07:54:15 PM
To the Airport is absolutely one of my favorite songs by Nickel Creek as well.

It's just a perfect song, honestly. No weak points and there's nothing missing.

I'm pretty sure the mellotron on Bocanada is also a sample of Focus' Eruption. Also, he's got some wonderful vocal melodies, you're just too 'murican to appreciate them :P

I feel like a sizable portion of the music I listen to is from Scandinavia, so I'm not sure this actually holds up. :lol  It would be an interesting thing to track with the spreadsheet, though, scores for American groups vs. non-American ones.

Interesting take, I've never heard anyone say that Saiki's vocals bring it down. Oh well.


Sent yo.

Well to be specific it's the vocal lines themselves. She's definitely not a bad singer.
Title: Re: SN's HS roulette: web bots signing up for emails & duplicating potted plants
Post by: LithoJazzoSphere on February 05, 2024, 07:57:01 PM
Excellent, my impromptu idea panned out this time!  Normally when I send artists I've already sent in other roulettes I try and space them out, since I'd already send a different song to Jamesman a few weeks ago, but I had a hunch and it paid off. 

And finally a good score for Nickel Creek.  They never work when I send them, but Hef has magical powers I don't. 

I’m also guessing Army was later in their career, because his voice has evened out a bit and works pretty well

Heh, that's actually quite early in his career.  I imagine I'd have the same issue getting into him now and am glad I already did so a couple decades ago, as his voice is definitely a limiting factor. 
Title: Re: SN's HS roulette: web bots signing up for emails & duplicating potted plants
Post by: Crow on February 05, 2024, 08:04:21 PM
why are you ariich now
Title: Re: SN's HS roulette: web bots signing up for emails & duplicating potted plants
Post by: LithoJazzoSphere on February 05, 2024, 08:05:37 PM
I feel like a sizable portion of the music I listen to is from Scandinavia, so I'm not sure this actually holds up. :lol  It would be an interesting thing to track with the spreadsheet, though, scores for American groups vs. non-American ones.

I'm almost tempted to go back and check this on mine, because I often feel like my listening habits have an anti-home court bias. 
Title: Re: SN's HS roulette: web bots signing up for emails & duplicating potted plants
Post by: King Puppies and the Acid Guppies on February 05, 2024, 08:12:42 PM
why are you ariich now
I have no idea what you are talking about.
Title: Re: SN's HS roulette: web bots signing up for emails & duplicating potted plants
Post by: Shadow Ninja 2.0 on February 05, 2024, 08:13:58 PM
hahaha holy shit
Title: Re: SN's HS roulette: web bots signing up for emails & duplicating potted plants
Post by: LithoJazzoSphere on February 05, 2024, 08:16:15 PM
I'm half-tempted to become part of roulette history.
Title: Re: SN's HS roulette: web bots signing up for emails & duplicating potted plants
Post by: King Postwhore on February 05, 2024, 08:17:16 PM
I've never seen Rich swear. This pleases me to no end.
Title: Re: SN's HS roulette: web bots signing up for emails & duplicating potted plants
Post by: Sacul on February 05, 2024, 08:17:33 PM
 :corn
Title: Re: SN's HS roulette: web bots signing up for emails & duplicating potted plants
Post by: jingle.boy on February 05, 2024, 08:19:29 PM
I knew that was coming.  I think non-vocals are to you as non-English vocals are to me.  Oh well, I tried.  I might pull out one more round possibly, but for now ... time for the Costanza approach

I'm half-tempted to become part of roulette history.

You actually need a lead in order to blow it.
Title: Re: SN's HS roulette: web bots signing up for emails & duplicating potted plants
Post by: King Puppies and the Acid Guppies on February 05, 2024, 08:23:38 PM
My guess is, Rich is going to wake up, have a little chuckle, then change all our usernames and avatars to something unpleasant. Or just bust out the :banhammer:
Title: Re: SN's HS roulette: web bots signing up for emails & duplicating potted plants
Post by: jingle.boy on February 05, 2024, 08:24:00 PM
Oh jesus... how many more people are gonna go all Ariich with their avatar?  This isn't going to be confusing at all.  I'm just gonna call all of you Ariich.
Title: Re: SN's HS roulette: web bots signing up for emails & duplicating potted plants
Post by: King Postwhore on February 05, 2024, 08:26:17 PM
My guess is, Rich is going to wake up, have a little chuckle, then change all our usernames and avatars to something unpleasant. Or just bust out the :banhammer:

I just sent him on Instant Messanger his prefect new avatar. 
Title: Re: SN's HS roulette: web bots signing up for emails & duplicating potted plants
Post by: LithoJazzoSphere on February 05, 2024, 08:26:40 PM
I'm half-tempted to become part of roulette history.

You actually need a lead in order to blow it.

Oof, I'm not safe in any thread now...
Title: Re: SN's HS roulette: web bots signing up for emails & duplicating potted plants
Post by: Crow on February 05, 2024, 08:29:49 PM
why are you ariich now
I have no idea what you are talking about.
why are you ariich now
Title: Re: SN's HS roulette: web bots signing up for emails & duplicating potted plants
Post by: Crow on February 05, 2024, 08:30:11 PM
:corn
why are you ariich now
Title: that's one of the only seinfeld episodes i remember
Post by: Shadow Ninja 2.0 on February 05, 2024, 08:31:19 PM
I knew that was coming.  I think non-vocals are to you as non-English vocals are to me.  Oh well, I tried.  I might pull out one more round possibly, but for now ... time for the Costanza approach

I'm half-tempted to become part of roulette history.

You actually need a lead in order to blow it.

Sneak back into a place you were fired from? I don't really know how that's going to work for this.
Title: Re: SN's HS roulette: web bots signing up for emails & duplicating potted plants
Post by: LithoJazzoSphere on February 05, 2024, 08:32:02 PM
ariich is the 28 Days Later origin point confirmed. 
Title: Re: that's one of the only seinfeld episodes i remember
Post by: jingle.boy on February 05, 2024, 08:32:47 PM
I knew that was coming.  I think non-vocals are to you as non-English vocals are to me.  Oh well, I tried.  I might pull out one more round possibly, but for now ... time for the Costanza approach

I'm half-tempted to become part of roulette history.

You actually need a lead in order to blow it.

Sneak back into a place you were fired from? I don't really know how that's going to work for this.

If every instinct I have is wrong ... then the opposite must be right.
Title: Re: SN's HS roulette: web bots signing up for emails & duplicating potted plants
Post by: Sacul on February 05, 2024, 08:34:16 PM
:corn
why are you ariich now
Why aren't you ariich now
Title: Re: SN's HS roulette: web bots signing up for emails & duplicating potted plants
Post by: King Postwhore on February 05, 2024, 08:36:07 PM
I'm an old veteran,  I bow to no one.


Yes, I ripped of a famous line and augmented it. 
Title: Re: that's one of the only seinfeld episodes i remember
Post by: Shadow Ninja 2.0 on February 05, 2024, 08:37:08 PM
I knew that was coming.  I think non-vocals are to you as non-English vocals are to me.  Oh well, I tried.  I might pull out one more round possibly, but for now ... time for the Costanza approach

I'm half-tempted to become part of roulette history.

You actually need a lead in order to blow it.

Sneak back into a place you were fired from? I don't really know how that's going to work for this.

If every instinct I have is wrong ... then the opposite must be right.

Oh, now that might actually be a solid strategy.
Title: Re: SN's HS roulette: web bots signing up for emails & duplicating potted plants
Post by: wolfking on February 05, 2024, 09:04:49 PM
What the fuck is going on?  :lol
Title: Re: SN's HS roulette: web bots signing up for emails & duplicating potted plants
Post by: Buddyhunter1 on February 05, 2024, 09:06:20 PM
My brother is in Caligula's Horse
Title: Re: SN's HS roulette: web bots signing up for emails & duplicating potted plants
Post by: lonestar on February 05, 2024, 09:11:18 PM
 :rollin
Title: Re: SN's HS roulette: web bots signing up for emails & duplicating potted plants
Post by: wolfking on February 05, 2024, 09:19:06 PM
:corn
why are you ariich now
Why aren't you ariich now

If I become Ariich now it means I win the roulette right?
Title: Re: SN's HS roulette: web bots signing up for emails & duplicating potted plants
Post by: Shadow Ninja 2.0 on February 05, 2024, 09:20:34 PM
Yeah, but at this point the trophy's going to be divided into so many pieces it'll basically be worthless.
Title: Re: SN's HS roulette: web bots signing up for emails & duplicating potted plants
Post by: King Postwhore on February 05, 2024, 09:21:14 PM
My brother is in Caligula's Horse

 :lol
Title: Re: SN's HS roulette: web bots signing up for emails & duplicating potted plants
Post by: Evermind on February 05, 2024, 09:23:57 PM
My brother is in Caligula's Horse

 :rollin
Title: Re: SN's HS roulette: web bots signing up for emails & duplicating potted plants
Post by: Crow on February 05, 2024, 09:33:13 PM
My brother is in Caligula's Horse
why are you ariich now
Title: Re: SN's HS roulette: web bots signing up for emails & duplicating potted plants
Post by: Buddyhunter1 on February 05, 2024, 10:09:42 PM
My brother is in Caligula's Horse
why are you ariich now

I'm just trying to fit in.
Title: Re: SN's HS roulette: web bots signing up for emails & duplicating potted plants
Post by: twosuitsluke on February 06, 2024, 12:09:56 AM
My brother is in Caligula's Horse

 :rollin

Quality post.

Congrats Sacul/Shadow Ninja/Puppies/Buddy

My real confusion was why Rich was telling me that I have to send for the next round in Shadow Ninja's roulette, and then responding to his own question about Puppies watching any good movies, as if he was Puppies.
Title: Re: SN's HS roulette: web bots signing up for emails & duplicating potted plants
Post by: ariich on February 06, 2024, 12:25:02 AM
I say, what the devil is going on in here?

:ariich:
Title: Re: SN's HS roulette: web bots signing up for emails & duplicating potted plants
Post by: twosuitsluke on February 06, 2024, 12:31:23 AM
The DTF Cloning Project has come to fruition.
Title: Re: SN's HS roulette: web bots signing up for emails & duplicating potted plants
Post by: King Puppies and the Acid Guppies on February 06, 2024, 12:35:32 AM
I say, what the devil is going on in here?

:ariich:
:neverusethis2:
Title: Re: SN's HS roulette: web bots signing up for emails & duplicating potted plants
Post by: soupytwist on February 06, 2024, 01:33:18 AM
Ohh it's getting spicy in here - and he who controls the spice controls the universe!
Title: Re: SN's HS roulette: web bots signing up for emails & duplicating potted plants
Post by: twosuitsluke on February 06, 2024, 01:37:02 AM
Rich, if I'd just sent Cosmic on it's own would my score have been a 7 or 8? Is this an example of when less could've been more? Glad to see there's no denying the awesomeness of Cosmic though.
Title: Re: SN's HS roulette: web bots signing up for emails & duplicating potted plants
Post by: Shadow Ninja 2.0 on February 06, 2024, 06:04:24 AM
My brother is in Caligula's Horse

 :rollin

Quality post.

Congrats Sacul/Shadow Ninja/Puppies/Buddy

My real confusion was why Rich was telling me that I have to send for the next round in Shadow Ninja's roulette, and then responding to his own question about Puppies watching any good movies, as if he was Puppies.

 :rollin :rollin

Rich, if I'd just sent Cosmic on it's own would my score have been a 7 or 8? Is this an example of when less could've been more? Glad to see there's no denying the awesomeness of Cosmic though.

Also yes, it probably would have been an 8.
Title: Re: SN's HS roulette: web bots signing up for emails & duplicating potted plants
Post by: twosuitsluke on February 06, 2024, 06:06:16 AM
I'll keep that in mind for future rounds. I have a habit of trying to fill the 20 minutes, but I should probably avoid that strategy.
Title: Re: SN's HS roulette: web bots signing up for emails & duplicating potted plants
Post by: Indiscipline on February 06, 2024, 06:15:30 AM
Wow

Are those A for Ariich masks?
Title: Re: SN's HS roulette: web bots signing up for emails & duplicating potted plants
Post by: hefdaddy42 on February 06, 2024, 07:18:14 AM
And finally a good score for Nickel Creek.  They never work when I send them, but Hef has magical powers I don't. 
In fairness, I have magical power that no one else has.

However, in this case, I think it was just the right band and the right recipient.  I was merely the vehicle.
Title: Re: SN's HS roulette: web bots signing up for emails & duplicating potted plants
Post by: Dr. DTVT on February 06, 2024, 08:28:20 AM
I remember about 12 years ago a forum member went on vacation and about 50 of us changed our avatar to theirs. 
Title: Re: SN's HS roulette: web bots signing up for emails & duplicating potted plants
Post by: hefdaddy42 on February 06, 2024, 08:58:29 AM
I remember about 12 years ago a forum member went on vacation and about 50 of us changed our avatar to theirs.
Sounds familiar...
Title: Re: SN's HS roulette: web bots signing up for emails & duplicating potted plants
Post by: lonestar on February 06, 2024, 10:30:15 AM
I remember about 12 years ago a forum member went on vacation and about 50 of us changed our avatar to theirs.

That was mizzl, right? That shit was hilarious
Title: Re: SN's HS roulette: web bots signing up for emails & duplicating potted plants
Post by: jingle.boy on February 06, 2024, 10:38:09 AM
A bunch of us went all Winger on Tim during his Winger round.
Title: Re: SN's HS roulette: web bots signing up for emails & duplicating potted plants
Post by: twosuitsluke on February 06, 2024, 10:47:27 AM
A bunch of us went all Winger on Tim during his Winger round.

And some of you REALLY committed to it, until extremely recently.
Title: Re: SN's HS roulette: web bots signing up for emails & duplicating potted plants
Post by: jingle.boy on February 06, 2024, 11:12:51 AM
A bunch of us went all Winger on Tim during his Winger round.

And some of you REALLY committed to it, until extremely recently.

I think Big Hath still has it as his.
Title: Re: SN's HS roulette: web bots signing up for emails & duplicating potted plants
Post by: LithoJazzoSphere on February 06, 2024, 04:04:34 PM
I'll keep that in mind for future rounds. I have a habit of trying to fill the 20 minutes, but I should probably avoid that strategy.

The problem is, what if "Cosmic" had been his least favorite?
Title: Re: SN's HS roulette: web bots signing up for emails & duplicating potted plants
Post by: Shadow Ninja 2.0 on February 06, 2024, 04:06:32 PM
Yeah I was going to say, it's a tough call to make, because (especially with me, apparently) you never what's going to strike right, so having a bit of variety can potentially reduce your risk a bit. But if there's a case where you have one or two songs that are clearly much better than everything else, it might be a good idea to send only those, rather than just padding out the extra time because you can.
Title: Re: SN's HS roulette: web bots signing up for emails & duplicating potted plants
Post by: LithoJazzoSphere on February 06, 2024, 04:12:51 PM
I just can't conceive of sending a band that had so little music I actually liked that I'd feel I needed to include "filler", not counting the semi-humorous sub-minute track I sent in the first round. 
Title: Re: SN's HS roulette: web bots signing up for emails & duplicating potted plants
Post by: Shadow Ninja 2.0 on February 06, 2024, 04:16:46 PM
I don't know, I can think of a number of groups that have one or two songs I love, but nothing else that I find interesting at all.

The other possibility could be that you like a lot of the music, but think 'Shadow Ninja is really only going to like this one song,' although I'm not sure anyone is sending stuff in with that level of confidence in what I'm going to enjoy :lol
Title: Re: SN's HS roulette: web bots signing up for emails & duplicating potted plants
Post by: LithoJazzoSphere on February 06, 2024, 04:20:28 PM
There are lots of those artists for me, but personally they would never be on my consideration list to send in a multi-song block format.  There are plenty of other single-song roulettes for that. 
Title: Re: SN's HS roulette: web bots signing up for emails & duplicating potted plants
Post by: wolfking on February 06, 2024, 04:49:37 PM
Sent.
Title: Re: SN's HS roulette: web bots signing up for emails & duplicating potted plants
Post by: Crow on February 06, 2024, 05:23:20 PM
I say, what the devil is going on in here?

:ariich:
why aren't you ariich
Title: Re: SN's HS roulette: web bots signing up for emails & duplicating potted plants
Post by: King Postwhore on February 06, 2024, 06:03:27 PM
I say, what the devil is going on in here?

:ariich:
why aren't you ariich

That's OG, single ariich.

Rich, post the picture.
Title: Re: SN's HS roulette: web bots signing up for emails & duplicating potted plants
Post by: twosuitsluke on February 07, 2024, 02:25:11 PM
Ninja, I've updated the playlist from the last round with my submissions for this round. Let me know if you need me to send the link again :tup
Title: Re: SN's HS roulette: web bots signing up for emails & duplicating potted plants
Post by: ariich on February 07, 2024, 03:42:18 PM
In all the ariich-cloning shenanigans, I totally forgot that results got posted and I'm supposed to send something. :lol Will send shortly.

Glad you overall liked Fjokra, but yeah can't really explain your dislike of Love, Thrust, Burn, it's probably my favourite of the lot. :lol I get that the chorus isn't anything very interesting, but it's fine and only appears a couple of times in the first of the song which mainly serves to set up the more emotional second half which I love.
Title: Re: SN's HS roulette: web bots signing up for emails & duplicating potted plants
Post by: LithoJazzoSphere on February 07, 2024, 04:06:33 PM
can't really explain your dislike of Love, Thrust, Burn, it's probably my favourite of the lot. :lol

This is exactly why I don't like putting all my eggs in one basket.  :)
Title: Re: SN's HS roulette: web bots signing up for emails & duplicating potted plants
Post by: Dr. DTVT on February 07, 2024, 05:21:08 PM
I remember about 12 years ago a forum member went on vacation and about 50 of us changed our avatar to theirs.

That was mizzl, right? That shit was hilarious

Yes, that’s who it was.
Title: Re: SN's HS roulette: web bots signing up for emails & duplicating potted plants
Post by: TAC on February 07, 2024, 06:20:16 PM
I don't remember that at all.
Title: Re: SN's HS roulette: web bots signing up for emails & duplicating potted plants
Post by: Shadow Ninja 2.0 on February 07, 2024, 07:59:14 PM
Ninja, I've updated the playlist from the last round with my submissions for this round. Let me know if you need me to send the link again :tup

Nope, you're good, I've still got the one from last time.

In all the ariich-cloning shenanigans, I totally forgot that results got posted and I'm supposed to send something. :lol Will send shortly.

Glad you overall liked Fjokra, but yeah can't really explain your dislike of Love, Thrust, Burn, it's probably my favourite of the lot. :lol I get that the chorus isn't anything very interesting, but it's fine and only appears a couple of times in the first of the song which mainly serves to set up the more emotional second half which I love.

Yeah, maybe the chorus soured me on the rest of the song, because I wasn't super into the rest of it either, although there were definitely some cool moments.

Also some stats because I finally wrote the equations to get standard deviation for individual song lengths. Actually kind of interesting how consistent things have generally been, although for whatever reason song length variability seemed to go down a fair amount from round 1 to round 2. I'm tracking stats for each participant individually as well, so I may make some graphs comparing people's personal stats (submission length, average song length, etc.) to the overall average and see if that reveals anything interesting.

(https://i.imgur.com/IXcsL3e.png)
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's statistics roulette: dude come get the ruler check this out
Post by: hefdaddy42 on February 08, 2024, 09:47:05 AM
Playlist sent!
Title: Re: Sacul only has an hour to send
Post by: Shadow Ninja 2.0 on February 08, 2024, 05:23:47 PM
Last call for Sacul.
Title: Re: Sacul only has an hour to send
Post by: LithoJazzoSphere on February 08, 2024, 07:49:56 PM
Just pick two songs at random from here.

https://rateyourmusic.com/charts/top/album/all-time/g:progressive%2drock/loc:argentina/
Title: Re: Sacul only has an hour to send
Post by: Sacul on February 08, 2024, 08:10:32 PM
Sorry, I got busy watching a movie with a friend, I've just sent.
Title: Re: Sacul only has an hour to send
Post by: LithoJazzoSphere on February 08, 2024, 08:18:56 PM
I'm using my overtake points to take down ariich.

Oh wait, wrong roulette...
Title: Re: Sacul only has an hour to send
Post by: TAC on February 08, 2024, 08:26:35 PM
Sorry, I got busy watching a movie with a friend, I've just sent.

A three day movie??
Title: Re: Sacul only has an hour to send
Post by: LithoJazzoSphere on February 08, 2024, 08:29:12 PM
They were watching The Cure For Insomnia.
Title: Re: Sacul only has an hour to send
Post by: Sacul on February 08, 2024, 08:51:00 PM
Nah we were having a marathon of Sátántangó, Love Exposure, Tie Xi Qu: West of the Tracks, and some Scorcese films :neverusethis:
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja roulette: the prosecution sees no coin (hangman)
Post by: Shadow Ninja 2.0 on February 09, 2024, 07:27:11 AM
HANGMAN

??: V____ ____
    1: _'v_ _____ ___ _________ __ __a__ ___
    2: ___ _arr___ _____
    3: ____ra

??: _ara_____/A__a_ ____
    1: _____

??: _________
    1: Ar__ _______ (__a_. ______r ______)
    2: ___a__
    3: _a_______ _ar____
    4: _ar___a_ R__ (__a_. ____ __r___)

??: ___ra_ Ar_______
    1: ________
    2: ________
    3: _____a____a_

??: ____ __a__
    1: ________ ______
    2: ______ __a_
    3: _av_ a ______ _a___ __ __
    4: ___ __ __ ______

??: _a_a_____ ____ra
    1: _a______ R___a_
    2: ___ _ ____r__a__
    3: _a__ ___ ___
    4: V______
    5: ___ ____ __ _____r_a

??: R__ _a____ ____a_
    1: _ar___ ______
    2: _a___r _a__
    3: ______ __ a Va_a___
    4: ___a__

??: ___ Av___ _r____r_
    1: ________ _____
    2: _ A__ __v_ A__ ___
    3: A_____r __ _a_____
    4: ____ _r__ __ar_
    5: __ _ar_ ________

??: V______ __ A__a____
    1: ______
    2: _a___r ___ __rr__a__
    3: ___a______ A____

??: ___r__ __ ___ ____
    1: ____ __r A R___
    2: ______' __ ____ ___ _______
    3: _a__ __ ____
    4: ___ ___ ___

??: A___a_ A___a
    1: __r_! __r_! __r_!
    2: A_ar_
    3: _a___r __ ________
    4: _r___ A_a__

??: A_ A___ra__ ________
    1: _________ __ _____

??: _______
    1: ___v____ _ar_ __ _ar
    2: _______ ______r_ __r ___ ______r_...
    3: __ __a_ _____ _ar__
    4: A___r____

??: ____r__
    1: _a_____
    2: ___ar__ ___ __r_

??: _a___ __
    1: ___ R___ __ _____
    2: _____ _____
    3: __r_
    4: ____ __a___

??: A_________
    1: ____ __ ____ _a____
    2: ______a__

Guessed letters: RVA

I considered filling this with nonsense entries just to mess with you guys, and then I did that.
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja roulette: the prosecution sees no coin (hangman)
Post by: hefdaddy42 on February 09, 2024, 07:27:48 AM
R
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja roulette: the prosecution sees no coin (hangman)
Post by: King Postwhore on February 09, 2024, 07:28:42 AM
V
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja roulette: the prosecution sees no coin (hangman)
Post by: jingle.boy on February 09, 2024, 07:40:18 AM
A pro favor.
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja roulette: the prosecution sees no coin (hangman)
Post by: Shadow Ninja 2.0 on February 09, 2024, 07:44:16 AM
updated
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja roulette: the prosecution sees no coin (hangman)
Post by: TAC on February 09, 2024, 07:49:47 AM
T
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja roulette: the prosecution sees no coin (hangman)
Post by: twosuitsluke on February 09, 2024, 07:58:54 AM
An Abstract Illusion, probably Wolfking
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja roulette: the prosecution sees no coin (hangman)
Post by: Stadler on February 09, 2024, 07:59:40 AM
Wait, what?  Mine wasn't guessed in 12 minutes?  :) :) :) :) :)
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja roulette: the prosecution sees no coin (hangman)
Post by: Shadow Ninja 2.0 on February 09, 2024, 09:14:41 AM
An Abstract Illusion, probably Wolfking

Yes, but no.

??: V___t ____
    1: _'v_ _t___ __t ____t____ t_ t_a__ ___
    2: T__ _arr___ _____
    3: __t_ra

??: _ara_____/A__a_ ____
    1: _____

??: _______t_
    1: Ar__ _______ (__at. ______r __t___)
    2: ___at_
    3: _a______t _ar____
    4: _ar___a_ R__ (__at. ____ __r___)

??: ___ra_ Ar___t__t
    1: ________
    2: _______t
    3: ____ta____a_

??: ____ __att
    1: ____t___ _____t
    2: __tt__ __a_
    3: _av_ a __tt__ _a_t_ __ __
    4: T__ __ __ T_____

??: Ta_a_____ ____ra
    1: _a___t__ R_t_a_
    2: ___ _ ____r_ta__
    3: _a__ t__ ___
    4: V______
    5: T__ ____ __ ___t_r_a

??: R__ _a____ ____a_
    1: _ar___ ______
    2: _at__r _a__
    3: ______ __ a Va_a___
    4: ___a__

??: T__ Av_tt _r_t__r_
    1: ________ ___t_
    2: _ A__ __v_ A__ ___
    3: A__t__r __ _a_t___
    4: ____ _r__ __art
    5: __ _ar_ ________

??: V______ __ At_a_t__
    1: ______
    2: _a_t_r t__ __rr__a__
    3: ___a______ A____

??: ___r_t __ t__ ___t
    1: ____ __r A R__t
    2: __tt__' __ __t_ T__ _______
    3: _a_t T_ ____
    4: T__ ___ ___

??: A___a_ A___a
    1: __r_! __r_! __r_!
    2: A_ar_
    3: _a_t_r __ ________
    4: _r___ A_a__

??: An Abstract Illusion
    1: _____t___ __ ____t

??: _______
    1: ___v__t_ _ar_ __ _ar
    2: ______t ______r_ __r t__ ______r_...
    3: __ T_at ____t _art_
    4: A_t_r____

??: ____r__
    1: _a___t_
    2: T__ar__ t__ __r_

??: _a___ __
    1: T__ R__t __ _____
    2: _____ _____
    3: __r_
    4: ____ __a___

??: A_t_______
    1: ____ __ ____ _a____
    2: ____t_a__

Guessed letters: RVAT
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja roulette: the prosecution sees no coin (hangman)
Post by: TAC on February 09, 2024, 09:16:42 AM
I was going to send An Abstract Illusion in Rd 2 but scratched it because Fires In The Distance did so sucky. Watch it score big time here.  :lol
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja roulette: the prosecution sees no coin (hangman)
Post by: TAC on February 09, 2024, 09:17:27 AM
Do I see Vylet Pony, which would be Crow.
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja roulette: the prosecution sees no coin (hangman)
Post by: lonestar on February 09, 2024, 09:22:23 AM
Abstract Illusion is Puppies?


Also can I get an E please?
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja roulette: the prosecution sees no coin (hangman)
Post by: ariich on February 09, 2024, 09:24:06 AM
I was going to send An Abstract Illusion in Rd 2 but scratched it because Fires In The Distance did so sucky. Watch it score big time here.  :lol
Abstract has a more expansive, progressive sound than Fires so I could see them potentially doing better.

It's Skeletons of Light. Probably Kade (EDIT: Oops, ignore).

Title: Re: Shadow Ninja roulette: the prosecution sees no coin (hangman)
Post by: ariich on February 09, 2024, 09:24:52 AM
King sent the Avett Brothers.
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja roulette: the prosecution sees no coin (hangman)
Post by: ariich on February 09, 2024, 09:33:35 AM
Vylet songs are the same as the ones I got sent:
1. I've still got something to teach you
2. The Carrion Child
3. Futura

Avett songs are a different selection but include:
Another is Waiting
Kick Drum Heart
No Hard Feelings
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja roulette: the prosecution sees no coin (hangman)
Post by: LithoJazzoSphere on February 09, 2024, 12:26:32 PM
I was going to send An Abstract Illusion in Rd 2 but scratched it because Fires In The Distance did so sucky. Watch it score big time here.  :lol

I mean, if ariich had sent them...
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja roulette: the prosecution sees no coin (hangman)
Post by: Shadow Ninja 2.0 on February 09, 2024, 12:34:43 PM
Oh, I guess I should update this.

Crow: Vylet Pony
    1: i've still got something to teach you
    2: The Carrion Child
    3: Futura

??: _ara_____/A__a_ ____
    1: __ee_

??: _____e_t_
    1: Ar__ E__e__e (_eat. __e__er __te__)
    2: ___ate
    3: _a_e____t _ar____
    4: _ard__a_ Red (_eat. ____ __rd__)

??: Spiral Architect
    1: ________
    2: E__e___t
    3: ____ta___ead

??: ____ __att
    1: ____t___ ____et
    2: __tt_e _ead
    3: _ave a __tt_e _a_t_ __ _e
    4: T__ __ __ T____e

??: Ta_a_____ ____ra
    1: _ad__t__ R_t_a_
    2: ___ _ __der_ta_d
    3: _a_e t_e ___
    4: V______
    5: T_e ____ __ ___ter_a

LithoJazzoSphere: Red Handed Denial
    1: _ar___ ____e_
    2: _at_er _a_d
    3: ____ed __ a Va_a___
    4: ___a_e

King Postwhore: The Avett Brothers
    1: __eed___ ___te
    2: _ A_d __ve A_d ___
    3: Another is Waiting
    4: Kick Drum Heart
    5: No Hard Feelings

??: Visions of Atlantis
    1: Clocks
    2: Master the Hurricane
    3: Melancholy Angel

??: ___r_t __ t_e _e_t
    1: ___e __r A Re_t
    2: __tt__' __ __t_ T_e ___e_e_
    3: _a_t T_ ____
    4: T_e __d __d

??: A___a_ A___a
    1: __re! __re! __re!
    2: A_ar_
    3: _a_ter __ D______e
    4: _reed A_a__

King Puppies and the Acid Guppies: An Abstract Illusion
    1: Skeletons of Light

Stadler: Genesis
    1: Eleventh Earl of Mar
    2: Unquiet Slumbers for the Sleepers...
    3: In That Quiet Earth
    4: Afterglow

??: ___er_d
    1: _a__et_
    2: T__ard_ t_e __re

??: _a__e __
    1: T_e Re_t __ ____e
    2: __ee_ ____d
    3: __r_
    4: ___d __a_e_

??: A_t___e___
    1: ____ __ ____ _a____
    2: ____t_a__

Guessed letters: RVATED
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja roulette: the prosecution sees no coin (hangman)
Post by: Sacul on February 09, 2024, 12:40:49 PM
D
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja roulette: the prosecution sees no coin (hangman)
Post by: TAC on February 09, 2024, 12:46:35 PM
Genesis
Eleventh Earl Of Mar
Unquiet Slumbers For The Sleepers
In The Quiet Earth
Afterglow

Sent By Stadler
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja roulette: the prosecution sees no coin (hangman)
Post by: jingle.boy on February 09, 2024, 12:47:11 PM
Spiral Architect

That's Wolfking
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja roulette: the prosecution sees no coin (hangman)
Post by: twosuitsluke on February 09, 2024, 12:53:31 PM
Red Handed Denial, sent by Litho
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja roulette: the prosecution sees no coin (hangman)
Post by: Stadler on February 09, 2024, 12:58:36 PM
Genesis
Eleventh Earl Of Mar
Unquiet Slumbers For The Sleepers
In The Quiet Earth
Afterglow

Sent By Stadler

14 minutes. Great.   :) :) :) :) :)
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja roulette: the prosecution sees no coin (hangman)
Post by: wolfking on February 09, 2024, 01:14:08 PM
Spiral Architect

That's Wolfking

That's Wrong.
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja roulette: the prosecution sees no coin (hangman)
Post by: hefdaddy42 on February 09, 2024, 01:35:09 PM
Spiral Architect
That's a name I haven't heard in a long time.
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja roulette: the prosecution sees no coin (hangman)
Post by: TAC on February 09, 2024, 01:39:10 PM
Visions Of Atlantis
Freedom
Master The Hurricane
Melancholy Angel


Is this Chad?
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja roulette: the prosecution sees no coin (hangman)
Post by: Shadow Ninja 2.0 on February 09, 2024, 01:48:18 PM
D

Granted.

Genesis
Eleventh Earl Of Mar
Unquiet Slumbers For The Sleepers
In The Quiet Earth
Afterglow

Sent By Stadler

Yep.

Spiral Architect

Yes.

That's Wolfking

That's Wrong.

Red Handed Denial, sent by Litho

Yep.

Visions Of Atlantis
Freedom
Master The Hurricane
Melancholy Angel


Is this Chad?

Nope.
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja roulette: the prosecution sees no coin (hangman)
Post by: LithoJazzoSphere on February 09, 2024, 02:06:12 PM
Spiral Architect
That's a name I haven't heard in a long time.

I guess only having one album killed their momentum.  People were all over it here 20 years ago. 
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja roulette: the prosecution sees no coin (hangman)
Post by: jingle.boy on February 09, 2024, 02:28:15 PM
Spiral Architect
That's a name I haven't heard in a long time.

I guess only having one album killed their momentum.  People were all over it here 20 years ago.

Apparently it was wrong ... or Shadow just forgot to populate it.
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja roulette: the prosecution sees no coin (hangman)
Post by: Shadow Ninja 2.0 on February 09, 2024, 02:28:39 PM
fuck
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja roulette: the prosecution sees no coin (hangman)
Post by: hefdaddy42 on February 09, 2024, 02:35:37 PM
Spiral Architect
That's a name I haven't heard in a long time.

I guess only having one album killed their momentum.  People were all over it here 20 years ago.
Oh, I remember.
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja roulette: the prosecution sees no coin (hangman)
Post by: King Puppies and the Acid Guppies on February 09, 2024, 03:56:22 PM
I know who sent Spiral Architect, but only because said person accidentally pm'd me before sending the PM to Shadow.
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja roulette: the prosecution sees no coin (hangman)
Post by: Shadow Ninja 2.0 on February 09, 2024, 04:02:08 PM
In fairness, it was difficult to tell us apart for a while there.
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja roulette: the prosecution sees no coin (hangman)
Post by: wolfking on February 09, 2024, 04:37:45 PM
Spiral Architect
That's a name I haven't heard in a long time.

I guess only having one album killed their momentum.  People were all over it here 20 years ago.

I have that CD.  It was okay, didn't blow me away personally.
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja roulette: the prosecution sees no coin (hangman)
Post by: TAC on February 10, 2024, 04:27:39 PM
S
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Post by: Sacul on February 10, 2024, 04:31:37 PM
F
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja roulette: the prosecution sees no coin (hangman)
Post by: LithoJazzoSphere on February 10, 2024, 04:35:37 PM
Monuments - "Arch Essence (feat. Spencer Sotelo)", "Cardinal Red (feat. Mick Gordon)". 
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja roulette: the prosecution sees no coin (hangman)
Post by: LithoJazzoSphere on February 10, 2024, 04:38:43 PM
Spirit of the West - "Home For a Rest", "Last To Know", "Puttin' Up With the Joneses", "The Old Sod" - jingle.  Gonna give this a spin actually, been meaning to check them out of late. 

Edit:  Ah yeah, listening to "Home For a Rest", this one of my kinds of fun.  More on this later...

Visions of Atlantis is probably soupy.

Animal Alpha - "Fire! Fire! Fire!", "Master of Disguise", "Breed Again", "Alarm" - ariich. 
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja roulette: the prosecution sees no coin (hangman)
Post by: King Puppies and the Acid Guppies on February 10, 2024, 07:25:42 PM
Spirit of the West is either Jingle or Luke.
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja roulette: the prosecution sees no coin (hangman)
Post by: Shadow Ninja 2.0 on February 10, 2024, 07:33:42 PM
Crow: Vylet Pony
    1: i've still got something to teach you
    2: The Carrion Child
    3: Futura

??: _ara_____/As_a_ ____
    1: __ee_

??: Monuments
    1: Arch Essence (feat. Spencer Sotelo)
    2: ___ate
    3: _a_es__ft _ar____
    4: Cardinal Red (feat. Mick Gordon)

??: Spiral Architect
    1: S_______
    2: E__ess_t
    3: F___ta___ead

??: ____ __att
    1: ___st___ S__set
    2: __tt_e _ead
    3: _ave a __tt_e Fa_t_ __ _e
    4: T__ _f __ T____e

??: Ta_a__s__ ____ra
    1: Sad_st__ R_t_a_
    2: ___ _ __dersta_d
    3: Fa_e t_e S__
    4: V_s___s
    5: T_e ____ _f __ster_a

LithoJazzoSphere: Red Handed Denial
    1: _ar___ ____es
    2: Fat_er Sa_d
    3: ____ed __ a Va_a___
    4: S__a_e

King Postwhore: The Avett Brothers
    1: __eed___ ___te
    2: _ A_d __ve A_d ___
    3: Another is Waiting
    4: Kick Drum Heart
    5: No Hard Feelings

soupytwist: Visions of Atlantis
    1: Clocks
    2: Master the Hurricane
    3: Melancholy Angel

jingle.boy: Spirit of the West
    1: Home For A Rest
    2: Puttin' Up With The Joneses
    3: Last To Know
    4: The Old Sod

ariich: Animal Alpha
    1: Fire! Fire! Fire!
    2: Alarm
    3: Master of Disguise
    4: Breed Again

King Puppies and the Acid Guppies: An Abstract Illusion
    1: Skeletons of Light

Stadler: Genesis
    1: Eleventh Earl of Mar
    2: Unquiet Slumbers for the Sleepers...
    3: In That Quiet Earth
    4: Afterglow

??: ___er_d
    1: _a__ets
    2: T__ards t_e __re

??: _a__e __
    1: T_e Rest _s ___se
    2: S_ee_ S___d
    3: __r_
    4: ___d __a_es

??: A_t___es_s
    1: ____ _f F___ _a___s
    2: ____tfa__

Guessed letters: RVATEDSF

Updated. Most likely won't do first impressions this time, because I was busier than normal on Friday and didn't really jot anything down. Maybe I'll do third impressions.
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja roulette: the prosecution sees no coin (hangman)
Post by: TAC on February 10, 2024, 07:40:47 PM
John Hiatt
Lipstick Sunset
Have A Little Faith In Me
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja roulette: the prosecution sees no coin (hangman)
Post by: TAC on February 10, 2024, 07:44:28 PM
Omnirod
Towards the core
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja roulette: the prosecution sees no coin (hangman)
Post by: Crow on February 10, 2024, 08:01:43 PM
Parannoul/Asian Glow - Wheel
buddy, presumably
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja roulette: the prosecution sees no coin (hangman)
Post by: Shadow Ninja 2.0 on February 11, 2024, 08:19:21 PM
Crow: Vylet Pony
    1: i've still got something to teach you
    2: The Carrion Child
    3: Futura

Buddyhunter1: Parannoul/Asian Glow
    1: Wheel

lonestar: Monuments
    1: Arch Essence (feat. Spencer Sotelo)
    2: Opiate
    3: Makeshift Harmony
    4: Cardinal Red (feat. Mick Gordon)

Dr. DTVT: Spiral Architect
    1: Spinning
    2: Excessit
    3: Fountainhead

hefdaddy42: John Hiatt
    1: Lipstick Sunset
    2: Little Head
    3: Have a Little Faith in Me
    4: Tip of My Tongue

wolfking: Takayoshi Ohmura
    1: Sadistic Ritual
    2: Now I Understand
    3: Face the Sky
    4: Visions
    5: The Hill of Wisteria

LithoJazzoSphere: Red Handed Denial
    1: Carbon Copies
    2: Father Said
    3: Locked in a Vacancy
    4: Solace

King Postwhore: The Avett Brothers
    1: Bleeding White
    2: I And Love And You
    3: Another is Waiting
    4: Kick Drum Heart
    5: No Hard Feelings

soupytwist: Visions of Atlantis
    1: Clocks
    2: Master the Hurricane
    3: Melancholy Angel

jingle.boy: Spirit of the West
    1: Home For A Rest
    2: Puttin' Up With The Joneses
    3: Last To Know
    4: The Old Sod

ariich: Animal Alpha
    1: Fire! Fire! Fire!
    2: Alarm
    3: Master of Disguise
    4: Breed Again

King Puppies and the Acid Guppies: An Abstract Illusion
    1: Skeletons of Light

Stadler: Genesis
    1: Eleventh Earl of Mar
    2: Unquiet Slumbers for the Sleepers...
    3: In That Quiet Earth
    4: Afterglow

twosuitsluke: Omnerod
    1: Magnets
    2: Towards the Core

Sacul: Jamie xx
    1: The Rest is Noise
    2: Sleep Sound
    3: Girl
    4: Loud Places

TAC: Autonoesis
    1: Moon of Foul Magics
    2: Nightfall

Went ahead and revealed the whole thing since it seems like guessing has died out. Results should happen tomorrow at the time results normally happen.
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja roulette: the prosecution sees no coin (hangman)
Post by: TAC on February 11, 2024, 08:29:33 PM
Awesome! That's a lot of listening!
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja roulette: the prosecution sees no coin (hangman)
Post by: twosuitsluke on February 12, 2024, 02:01:16 AM
TAC, that Autonoesis album  :hefdaddy
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja roulette: the prosecution sees no coin (hangman)
Post by: Shadow Ninja 2.0 on February 12, 2024, 10:19:09 AM
Awesome! That's a lot of listening!

Every round has pretty much sat around 4:40 in total, which is a fair amount of listening since I do four full listens for every round, but I find it's not actually that hard to do with my schedule. I work from home Friday and Monday, so I can just listen through stuff while I work, and then on the weekends it's easy to just put stuff on throughout the day as I'm doing other stuff; chores, reading, playing video games, etc. If I get off schedule I'll be in trouble, because I can't really listen while I'm physically at work and then I'd have to spend my entire evening listening, which realistically I probably just wouldn't want to do.
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja roulette: the prosecution sees no coin (hangman)
Post by: TAC on February 12, 2024, 01:45:31 PM
TAC, that Autonoesis album  :hefdaddy

We'll see.. :lol
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja roulette: the prosecution sees no coin (hangman)
Post by: twosuitsluke on February 12, 2024, 02:00:42 PM
TAC, that Autonoesis album  :hefdaddy

We'll see.. :lol

I'm sure Litho will have a theory on how it will track, but I just know it's damn fucking good :metal
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja roulette: the prosecution sees no coin (hangman)
Post by: LithoJazzoSphere on February 12, 2024, 02:22:02 PM
I remember listening to them during your roulette, but I haven't heard them since then.  You and TAC are a bit more into that extreme thrash sound than I am.
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja roulette: bruce bombardi trophy for best pile squad (r5 results)
Post by: Shadow Ninja 2.0 on February 12, 2024, 05:50:17 PM
ROUND 5 RESULTS



Dr. DTVT
   
Spiral Architect   
Spinning
Excessit
Fountainhead

3 points


I’ve known about Spiral Architect for ages, because every now and then someone will bring them up as an example of extreme technicality, and I’ve listened to at least one of their songs before (Insect), and I found them, yes, to be very technically impressive, but also not musically memorable in any way. That’s really what I’m feeling here; sonically it reminds me a lot of Cynic or Gordian Knot, but without any of the songwriting chops. I don’t mind listening to it, but with a few exceptions, none of it stands out or makes any kind of impression on me. The vocals aren’t particularly strong either; the guy’s going for a John Arch kind of thin wailing with awkward phrasing, and honestly I just find it kind of annoying most of the time. They didn’t manage to interest me even back when I was super into prog, so I think they’re probably just not for me.



twosuitsluke

Omnerod   
Magnets
Towards the Core

4 points


I heard about these guys on the progmetal subreddit not long ago, where people were really singing their praises and some were comparing them to Devin Townsend, so I was pretty interested to see what they’re like. Unfortunately I think it’s just not really my jam. I don’t think I’m ever going to enjoy that super low, downtuned riffing style, at least when it’s the primary sound and not just used as a contrast. It’s one of the reason a lot of djent just doesn’t work for me; I feel like it just makes the music so colorless. The vocals are the same sort of thing, the harsh vocals mostly stick with the really low growls, and then the melodies for the clean vocal sections, like the first half of Towards the Core, just feel really awkward for the most part. There’s stuff I like here, like the end of Magnets where the music and vocals both step out of their normal zone, but it’s just not really enough to make the rest of it really work for me.



ariich
   
Animal Alpha   
Fire! Fire! Fire!
Alarm
Master of Disguise
Breed Again

5 points


Musically I like this, vocally I’m kind of half and half. The nasally half-singing style isn’t far enough from stuff I normally enjoy, but here it just comes across as sort of whiney tonally and doesn’t really work for me. The middle two songs, Alarm and Master of Disguise mostly go for a Brutus-y belting against the walls of guitars and cymbals, and that style I do find myself really enjoying, but the bookends pull it down a fair bit for me. I could see this being something that grows on me, though.



Crow
   
Vylet Pony   
i've still got something to teach you
The Carrion Child
Futura

5 points


As is usually the case with me, my biggest issue is the vocals. They’re… fine, but the phrasing of most of it just seems kind of odd in a way I find rather distracting. I probably wouldn’t even notice that if the melodies were grabbing me, but honestly I don’t find too much to hold on to here. It’s not bad, they come and go, but it doesn’t make much of an impression on me. It’s kind of a shame the vocals are so prominent, because absent that, I’m enjoying a lot of the music. I like the heavy stuff on The Carrion Child, or the Homestuck Squiddle section on Futura, and there’s a lot of richness to the overall sound.
   


Sacul
   
Jamie xx   
The Rest is Noise
Sleep Sound
Girl
Loud Places

5 points


I like The Rest is Noise a lot. It’s very spacey and kind of ethereal, and I like how it keeps morphing and bringing new sounds in and out while still maintaining the same overall feel. The other three songs are sort of similar in style, but for whatever reason they all seem to have some sort of detuning effect on one of the main synth lines, or vocals, or something. I could how that might be useful in some music, but to me, for a style that seems to be all about retreating into the background and just creating a mood, it’s weird to have out of tune or off-key stuff constantly coming in and distracting you, especially when it’s coming from sort of the primary melodic voice of the music.



TAC
   
Autonoesis   
Moon of Foul Magics
Nightfall

6 points


Most black metal kind of goes for that ‘recorded in a forest’ sound, but on Moon of Foul Magics it’s more like the vocalist is lost in a cave somewhere and we’re just hearing his echoing yells. I don’t necessarily mind that approach, but it does render the vocals almost a non-entity for the song. The instrumental work is really good, the riffing is nice but varies enough to stay interesting, the solo near the end is great, but the lack of a strong vocal presence makes the overall impression mostly like instrumental metal for me, in that it’s good but feels like it’s missing a critical component. The vocal effect is less present on Nightfall, but I think it’s also a lot less musically interesting, all of which evens out to a sort of middling score, even though a lot about this is really good.



wolfking
   
Takayoshi Ohmura   
Sadistic Ritual
Now I Understand
Face the Sky
Visions   
The Hill of Wisteria

6 points


This is pretty strong all around. I’m not super into guitar shred just on its own (outside Buckethead), but sandwiching all the vocal songs it works pretty well, and there’s a lot of nice, heavy riffing throughout the songs. The vocalist puts in a really good, midway between classic and power metal performance. Nothing’s quite pushing this into great territory for me, but it’s enjoyable all the way through without any major weaknesses.



hefdaddy42
   
John Hiatt   
Lipstick Sunset
Little Head
Have a Little Faith in Me
Tip of My Tongue

6 points


This is some really nice singer/songwriter kind of stuff. Lipstick Sunset in particular I absolutely love. He’s got a great voice, but the real star for me is the slide guitar in the background that comes to the forefront occasionally; just really sublime. Have a Little Faith in Me is a piano ballad with a really great vocal performance that really works for me too. Tip of my Tongue is nice as well, and the funkier Little Head is pretty fun, but while I enjoy them well enough, nothing quite elevates them to the realm of incredible.

(Also hef, you can’t keep telling me every artist you send me is your favorite to get good scores, I’m contractually obligated to be equally cruel to everyone)



Buddyhunter1
   
Parannoul/Asian Glow   
Wheel

6 points


This has got an interesting, post-rocky kind of sound. It reminds me quite a bit of Mono, although this frequently gets more instrumentally frenetic than Mono does. I like the variety of sounds and moods here, from really soft to post-rock walls of guitars to (relatively) quite heavy. It’s all pretty nice to listen to, the music’s performed well and the vocals are good, but I’m not sure it really feels coherent to me as an entire song, probably because I don’t feel like there’s actually 15 minutes worth of ideas here; that one main vocal melody gets repeated quite a lot throughout the song. On the other hand, this just be another one that needs more time than roulette songs normally get. It’s at least interesting enough that I imagine I’ll continue listening to see if it opens up a bit more for me.



King Puppies and the Acid Guppies
   
An Abstract Illusion   
Skeletons of Light

7 points


This is an instance where the super deep harsh vocals actually do work for me; because they’re used relatively sparingly throughout the song, they don’t become monotonous or overwhelming and instead bring a nice intensity and contrast to it. I like how even though this is clearly a progressive death metal track, probably about half the track isn’t really heavy at all. The atmospheric bits are done really well, and I have to compliment the clean vocals as well; they’re fairly simple, but they’re really effective. I think the flow is one of the song’s strongest points; it keeps moving from section to section which keeps it interesting, but it all feels natural. Honestly, I think this mostly just suffers from being a 16 minute song because it usually takes me a while to completely get my head around long songs. If I did 6 listens each round, I could see this becoming an 8 or a 9.



lonestar

Monuments   
Arch Essence (feat. Spencer Sotelo)
Opiate
Makeshift Harmony
Cardinal Red (feat. Mick Gordon)

7 points


The evidence for ‘just send metalcore’ being a winning strategy continues to stack up. The harsh vocals here are fucking stellar; he does pretty deep roars, the usual metalcore screams, and some pretty high shrieks on Arch Essence, and it’s all brutal as hell. The clean vocals are pretty nice too, although I do think they tend a bit too far into that overproduced poppy sound a lot of metalcore seems to do, maybe just because the balance between harsh and clean in the songs seems tipped too much towards clean. This is also more proof that I don’t hate all djent; I think it’s the lack of dynamics in the guitar that tend to kill that style for me, but this is always moving and it never gets stuck just banging out downtuned, odd-timed riffs over and over.

As a side note, Mick Gorden is the Doom guy, right? I saw a clip from some sort of video game award show where he played a song, and suddenly the whole crowd was at a djent show and kind of clearly didn’t know how to feel about it. :lol



Stadler

Genesis   
Eleventh Earl of Mar
Unquiet Slumbers for the Sleepers...
In That Quiet Earth
Afterglow

7 points


Like I mentioned, I’ve almost definitely heard at least a few Genesis songs at some point, but don’t remember anything about them. This is sort of what I would have expected them to sound like; proggy, weird song structures, and unconventional sounds and instruments, but at the same time it’s not exactly what I thought, because it’s still pretty grounded and engaging. This sounds like Phil Collins singing, so maybe this is at the point where prog fans stopped liking them because they got too poppy, but for me it’s a really nice balance. The instrumental tracks accomplish the somewhat rare feat of making me enjoy instrumental tracks; they’re not just excuses for solos, and the vocals are really strong on the other two songs as well, both in terms of performance and melody. Eleventh Earl of Mar drags on a bit more than is actually justified, I think, but overall I’m surprised by how much I enjoyed this.



jingle.boy
   
Spirit of the West   
Home For A Rest
Puttin' Up With The Joneses
Last To Know
The Old Sod

7 points


This is just really damn fun music. I don’t have a lot of ‘folk drinking songs’ in my library (maybe Alestorm?) but that upbeat, fast pace with the flutes or whatever it is on Home For A Rest and The Old Sod just really work for me, and then the funkier Puttin’ Up With The Joneses and the ballady Last To Know really give a nice variety to the tracks. The only real downside for me is I feel like each track goes on a bit longer than it needs to, it feels like they all start repeating themselves near the end. But overall I’m really enjoying this. Keep Constanza-ing your submissions, you may be onto something. :lol



LithoJazzoSphere
   
Red Handed Denial   
Carbon Copies
Father Said
Locked in a Vacancy
Solace

7 points


Metalcore scoring high in this roulette? This has got to be a first. Honestly, I could have nearly combined this writeup with lonestar’s; even though the bands have quite a few differences, the stuff I like is mostly the same. The harsh vocals and the riffs in the heavy sections are huge and brutal, the way they ought to be; the clean vocals are really strong too, though again verge on being too poppy for me. Solace is a nice change of pace at the end of the playlist, although I do feel like the lack of harshes really cuts out the strongest part of their sound for me.



soupytwist
   
Visions of Atlantis   
Clocks
Master the Hurricane
Melancholy Angel

8 points


Honestly, I’m kind of surprised I haven’t gotten more power metal in this roulette so far. I’ve straight up said I fucking love it. Maybe I’ve just already got all the best power metal on my banned list already? I do listen to Pathfinder, so that’s a strong possibility. Anyway, this has really got everything I love about power metal; it’s fast, it’s over the top and epic, it’s got big soaring vocals and huge melodies. It’s also nice to hear this style with a woman singing, which as I mentioned in my writeup for Seven Spires isn’t something I hear done very often. I think the guy who appears occasionally to sing isn’t nearly as good, but he’s not bad and he doesn’t show up much, so it’s not a big deal. Not much to say critically here, honestly, this is just fun music that’s right up my alley.



King Postwhore
   
The Avett Brothers   
Bleeding White
I And Love And You
Another is Waiting
Kick Drum Heart
No Hard Feelings

8 points


I’m really into this. I don’t know exactly what this would be classified as, it’s sort of alt-rock-ish, but there’s a strong indie feel to it as well, primarily in the vocals. He’s got a lot of that Dear Huntery showiness to his voice on Bleeding White or Kick Drum Heart, but he’s equally convincing on the slower ballad of I And Love And You. I love the variety of sounds they have, both on different songs and even within each song itself, I love the really prominent piano, and I really love the energy they’ve got on most of these tracks. The only weak point for me is No Hard Feelings, which isn’t bad at all, but feels like it drags on a little and isn’t as strong as the rest of the tracks.



STANDINGS
King Puppies and the Acid Guppies   38
soupytwist   36
ariich   35
lonestar   34
LithoJazzoSphere   34
Dr. DTVT   33
TAC   31
hefdaddy42   31
wolfking   30
jingle.boy   30
Stadler   30
Sacul   30
Buddyhunter1   29
Crow   27
King Postwhore   27
twosuitsluke   26


OK, that's it for round 5, feel free to send for round 6! Submissions will be due at 7 PM Thursday in local Shadow Ninja time, or approximately 72 hours from the time this post was made. I'm going to get the round 5 playlist made in a few minutes (minus the Spiral Architect tracks, which aren't available), and then I think I'll add all the playlists to one of the first posts so they're easily available. Then I'll try to update the 'banned during roulette' post, which I usually forget about after round 1.
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja roulette: bruce bombardi trophy for best pile squad (r5 results)
Post by: wolfking on February 12, 2024, 05:58:08 PM
I'll take that after the last two rounds.  Definitely nothing new, but a great, enjoyable album.
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja roulette: bruce bombardi trophy for best pile squad (r5 results)
Post by: TAC on February 12, 2024, 05:58:59 PM
Fair enough writeup. No clue what to send next.
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja roulette: bruce bombardi trophy for best pile squad (r5 results)
Post by: Buddyhunter1 on February 12, 2024, 05:59:23 PM
Already sent, zip zoom
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja roulette: bruce bombardi trophy for best pile squad (r5 results)
Post by: wolfking on February 12, 2024, 05:59:28 PM
No clue what to send next.
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja roulette: bruce bombardi trophy for best pile squad (r5 results)
Post by: King Puppies and the Acid Guppies on February 12, 2024, 06:04:18 PM
Pulling away from Ariich, but now Soupy is trying to run me down.  :corn
Title: Re: that said i will never cease transcribing existence rivets
Post by: Shadow Ninja 2.0 on February 12, 2024, 06:09:49 PM
Anything could potentially score well, except apparently for jazz.

Also, I will say there's one band I'm fairly surprised no one's tried to send me, because I feel like it could be a near-guaranteed 9, maybe a 10. But I won't give you any more information on that. :P

Also also, I put the round playlists in the Homestuck gif post.

Reserved in case I need another post for something. Maybe I'll just put a different Homestuck gif here every day.

(https://i.imgur.com/dvhbQx3.gif)

Also I'll put the Spotify playlists here.

Round 1: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/4DrRErHPCbFioSQKV0N3ps
Round 2: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/46sPYYFTKKmkFeTTPaYvt1
Round 3: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5x31vynhN8NcKIswCaA1Oq
Round 4: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1Dkc8QNZwBGc0k3cDRVBlK
Round 5: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/7Aj5jvuDD1bdCG0m6WIW7h
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja roulette: bruce bombardi trophy for best pile squad (r5 results)
Post by: King Postwhore on February 12, 2024, 06:18:43 PM
Hey, hey!  Nice!! 
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja roulette: bruce bombardi trophy for best pile squad (r5 results)
Post by: lonestar on February 12, 2024, 06:21:26 PM
Interesting result...and plays nicely into my planned submissions, although the next round is a bit of a chance lol...

Title: Re: that said i will never cease transcribing existence rivets
Post by: wolfking on February 12, 2024, 06:28:24 PM
Also, I will say there's one band I'm fairly surprised no one's tried to send me, because I feel like it could be a near-guaranteed 9, maybe a 10. But I won't give you any more information on that. :P

This could literally mean anything but I see one glaring hole that I'll submit.
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja roulette: bruce bombardi trophy for best pile squad (r5 results)
Post by: King Postwhore on February 12, 2024, 06:46:34 PM
And sent!
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja roulette: bruce bombardi trophy for best pile squad (r5 results)
Post by: Crow on February 12, 2024, 06:50:42 PM
rackin' up them 5's :corn
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja roulette: bruce bombardi trophy for best pile squad (r5 results)
Post by: LithoJazzoSphere on February 12, 2024, 07:26:32 PM
Huh, after a disastrous start, I might actually have a shot now if I can just get Puppies to blow it...  (https://i.imgur.com/0bul0dA.gif)

I wanted "Solace" to show more range to their sound.  Too much risk if each song sounds too similar.  If I'd had 21 minutes and you were a more nondescript host, I'd have considered adding "Wanderer", a sort of jazzy instrumental to give variety.  I didn't seriously consider it for obvious reasons, but maybe it might work unexpectedly well, perhaps give it a listen on the side sometime. 
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja roulette: bruce bombardi trophy for best pile squad (r5 results)
Post by: King Puppies and the Acid Guppies on February 12, 2024, 07:44:21 PM
Huh, after a disastrous start, I might actually have a shot now if I can just get Puppies to blow it...  (https://i.imgur.com/0bul0dA.gif)
This next round will be telling, based on what I sent. We'll see. If it doesn't do well, I'm going to have to change my round 7 submission.
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja roulette: bruce bombardi trophy for best pile squad (r5 results)
Post by: Sacul on February 12, 2024, 07:54:48 PM
Huh, I hadn't noticed the out of tune stuff, to me it all sounds great anyway :lol. I know exactly what to send now.
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja roulette: bruce bombardi trophy for best pile squad (r5 results)
Post by: Sacul on February 12, 2024, 08:33:03 PM
Sended.
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja roulette: bruce bombardi trophy for best pile squad (r5 results)
Post by: soupytwist on February 13, 2024, 01:23:55 AM
Pulling away from Ariich, but now Soupy is trying to run me down.  :corn

This is nosebleed territory for me.  My normal Roulette performance is to start very badly and maybe recover to midtable at best by the end!
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja roulette: bruce bombardi trophy for best pile squad (r5 results)
Post by: Dr. DTVT on February 13, 2024, 06:05:39 AM
We all send power metal this round?
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja roulette: bruce bombardi trophy for best pile squad (r5 results)
Post by: hefdaddy42 on February 13, 2024, 07:02:17 AM
(Also hef, you can’t keep telling me every artist you send me is your favorite to get good scores, I’m contractually obligated to be equally cruel to everyone)
:lol

I lack the gene that most DTFers have that gives the compulsion to rank things.  If I like something at all, it's automatically one of my favorites lol

How many rounds is this thing again?
Title: Re: that said i will never cease transcribing existence rivets
Post by: Shadow Ninja 2.0 on February 13, 2024, 07:09:05 AM
Also, I will say there's one band I'm fairly surprised no one's tried to send me, because I feel like it could be a near-guaranteed 9, maybe a 10. But I won't give you any more information on that. :P

This could literally mean anything but I see one glaring hole that I'll submit.

That's the point, I'm not trying to be helpful, I just want to make you guys worry about it. :lol

We all send power metal this round?

This would be glorious.

(Also hef, you can’t keep telling me every artist you send me is your favorite to get good scores, I’m contractually obligated to be equally cruel to everyone)
:lol

I lack the gene that most DTFers have that gives the compulsion to rank things.  If I like something at all, it's automatically one of my favorites lol

How many rounds is this thing again?

8 rounds total.
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja roulette: bruce bombardi trophy for best pile squad (r5 results)
Post by: King Postwhore on February 13, 2024, 07:09:53 AM
He'll run out of favorite bands to send by the 7th round.
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja roulette: bruce bombardi trophy for best pile squad (r5 results)
Post by: hefdaddy42 on February 13, 2024, 07:19:03 AM
We all send power metal this round?
Not me.

He'll run out of favorite bands to send by the 7th round.
Not likely.
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja roulette: bruce bombardi trophy for best pile squad (r5 results)
Post by: King Postwhore on February 13, 2024, 07:33:22 AM
I know.  I see you post 17,000,000 albums you listen daily.
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja roulette: bruce bombardi trophy for best pile squad (r5 results)
Post by: hefdaddy42 on February 13, 2024, 07:44:34 AM
I know.  I see you post 17,000,000 albums you listen daily.
They suck.
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja roulette: bruce bombardi trophy for best pile squad (r5 results)
Post by: King Postwhore on February 13, 2024, 07:47:10 AM
 :lol

Title: Re: Shadow Ninja roulette: bruce bombardi trophy for best pile squad (r5 results)
Post by: Stadler on February 13, 2024, 08:02:45 AM
I just sent Hef's favorite band to ShadowNinja, so all is right with the world.  :)
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja roulette: bruce bombardi trophy for best pile squad (r5 results)
Post by: hefdaddy42 on February 13, 2024, 08:21:57 AM
I just sent Hef's favorite band to ShadowNinja, so all is right with the world.  :)
:lol

Yes, but which favorite?
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja roulette: bruce bombardi trophy for best pile squad (r5 results)
Post by: Shadow Ninja 2.0 on February 13, 2024, 07:49:54 PM
Huh, after a disastrous start, I might actually have a shot now if I can just get Puppies to blow it...  (https://i.imgur.com/0bul0dA.gif)

I wanted "Solace" to show more range to their sound.  Too much risk if each song sounds too similar.  If I'd had 21 minutes and you were a more nondescript host, I'd have considered adding "Wanderer", a sort of jazzy instrumental to give variety.  I didn't seriously consider it for obvious reasons, but maybe it might work unexpectedly well, perhaps give it a listen on the side sometime.

Yeah, your algorithm is starting to hone in. It also goes to show that 'bad' scores aren't really a death sentence, since things can swing wildly from round to round.

I'll also mark it as one to check out. My rough rule of thumb is that 7s and higher fall under 'music good enough for me to own,' so for all those submissions I should end up checking out more of their work, and probably buying a bunch of CDs because someone has to keep the industry afloat and that's just how I roll.

Huh, I hadn't noticed the out of tune stuff, to me it all sounds great anyway :lol. I know exactly what to send now.

0:32-0:35 in Sleep Sound is a good example of what I'm talking about, although maybe I'm describing it weirdly. Maybe it's just jazz, which would explain my dislike, but it's just sort of offputting to me melodically.
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja roulette: bruce bombardi trophy for best pile squad (r5 results)
Post by: LithoJazzoSphere on February 13, 2024, 08:32:33 PM
0:32-0:35 in Sleep Sound is a good example of what I'm talking about, although maybe I'm describing it weirdly. Maybe it's just jazz, which would explain my dislike, but it's just sort of offputting to me melodically.

That's definitely a bit out of tune, almost assuredly by design.  They're probably going for an otherworldly vibe.
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja roulette: bruce bombardi trophy for best pile squad (r5 results)
Post by: Shadow Ninja 2.0 on February 14, 2024, 05:18:40 PM
I think at this point I've got all but three submissions, although I haven't tossed everything into the spreadsheet yet to make sure. I'm working from home tomorrow instead of Friday because I'm having some furniture delivered, so I'll do the first listen on everything I have then, and then pick up the last few on Friday. No rush to anyone who hasn't sent yet, you still have until Thursday evening like normal, but if for some reason you feel your submission will score better if it's in the same first listen group as everything else, you can send it to me between now and tomorrow morning.
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja roulette: bruce bombardi trophy for best pile squad (r5 results)
Post by: twosuitsluke on February 14, 2024, 05:57:01 PM
Dude, I've updated my playlist, so you have my songs for the next round. I have absolutely nothing to lose, so taking more risks.
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja roulette: bruce bombardi trophy for best pile squad (r5 results)
Post by: Shadow Ninja 2.0 on February 14, 2024, 06:26:33 PM
Yeah, we haven't been in sync at all so far. :lol  But if you could send King Gizzard for every round, you'd be winning this thing easily.

Also just checked your playlist, and the first three songs seem to be unavailable to me for some reason. Maybe it's a region lock? If they're available on Youtube that'll work, or if nothing else you can send me mp3 files.
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja roulette: bruce bombardi trophy for best pile squad (r5 results)
Post by: twosuitsluke on February 14, 2024, 09:28:31 PM
Just sent you a PM dude
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja roulette: bruce bombardi trophy for best pile squad (r5 results)
Post by: hefdaddy42 on February 15, 2024, 07:08:05 AM
Hail Mary sent lol
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja roulette: bruce bombardi trophy for best pile squad (r5 results)
Post by: ariich on February 15, 2024, 09:10:47 AM
Sorry Shadow, had a hectic week and a half but should be good to send tonight at the latest!
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja roulette: bruce bombardi trophy for best pile squad (r5 results)
Post by: Shadow Ninja 2.0 on February 15, 2024, 10:43:13 AM
Yeah no worries man, you're all good. Honestly since I'm doing most of the first listen today and I'll be in the office most of tomorrow you should be fine even if you don't get it to me until tomorrow evening.
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja roulette: bruce bombardi trophy for best pile squad (r5 results)
Post by: ariich on February 15, 2024, 03:24:53 PM
Sent!
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja roulette: bruce bombardi trophy for best pile squad (r5 results)
Post by: TAC on February 15, 2024, 03:32:21 PM
Ready to hang a man!!
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja roulette: bruce bombardi trophy for best pile squad (r5 results)
Post by: wolfking on February 15, 2024, 04:42:27 PM
Ready to hang a man!!

I have also come to try and hang a man.
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja roulette: bruce bombardi trophy for best pile squad (r5 results)
Post by: LithoJazzoSphere on February 15, 2024, 04:48:25 PM
Sacul already hung me, so maybe it's time for scramble again.  :p
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja roulette: bruce bombardi trophy for best pile squad (r5 results)
Post by: King Postwhore on February 15, 2024, 04:48:43 PM
I'm hung.
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja roulette: bruce bombardi trophy for best pile squad (r5 results)
Post by: TAC on February 15, 2024, 04:51:09 PM
I'm hung.

You misspelled dung.
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja roulette: bruce bombardi trophy for best pile squad (r5 results)
Post by: Shadow Ninja 2.0 on February 15, 2024, 05:15:46 PM
Sacul already hung me, so maybe it's time for scramble again.  :p

Hey man, I don't have a spreadsheet for scramble. I'll try to get hangman up pretty soon.
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja roulette: bruce bombardi trophy for best pile squad (r5 results)
Post by: Shadow Ninja 2.0 on February 15, 2024, 05:28:31 PM
HANGMAN????

??: _ana__e
    1: ___erd_men___n _a_a__
    2: _a_e_ __ ____a_n
    3: _e __e _a_ - Ear__ __mmer _er___n
    4: _ard_n Me, _ _a_e __ __ N__

??: __r__ ___n_ __ _r___
    1: __e _a____r
    2: E__er_ _n _r___er_
    3: __re __rm_
    4: ___er_a
    5: Da_ __ __e ____a__e

??: N__, N__
    1: _re_____r__
    2: ____e, ___
    3: __. __.
    4: _e_ara_e R__m_
    5: __read

??: Children of Bodom
    1: ______ __e Rea_er
    2: ___en_ N____, __d_m N____
    3: _a_e_reeder
    4: ______nder
    5: _____n_ __e __ad___

??: ____d_ __ran_
    1: __e De___e
    2: ___ __rn_n_ __n_
    3: _a_e _n__ __e ___d

??: M___ae_ _enn
    1: ___ ____e
    2: _een __e D____r
    3: _n A___ma___
    4: N_ M___
    5: ____e _r___

??: A_ __e Dr__e-_n
    1: Ar_ar_ena_
    2: __ee__a__ _a____e_
    3: En___ade
    4: __aran__ned

??: __e__ea ____e
    1: _arr__n ____er_
    2: _____er_ _n __e E___ __am_er
    3: _ra__ ___e
    4: __ __e __re__, ___ard_ __e _ea
    5: __e M___er R_ad

??: __n_ _ra_n
    1: _n_r_
    2: __me_ne __ _a_e
    3: _ra___ead
    4: ____er _a__e
    5: __e D_m_nan_ __e_

??: __ ___dn____
    1: ___n_ A_a_n
    2: __e ___ and __e __rd
    3: __e _ear

??: __ea_ _r___
    1: A__ _e Need __ a Dream
    2: _an'_ ____ __ ___ _'m __nna _r_
    3: _a_ __ __e __r_d
    4: _'__ _e ____ ___ __n____
    5: ____e_

??: AN___ M____
    1: _a_er-______n_ D_n__a_r
    2: ____a____r
    3: __ar__rd __ __e ______ __e__ar ____em
    4: Ma__er __ __e _n__er_e

??: ____e __e __ee__
    1: ___ Are _e
    2: __de A_a_e
    3: Re____
    4: __rr__ane

??: _an_a____ Ne_r___
    1: ___ __n_
    2: ___r _e_ __ __erra_ed
    3: __e_e Are M_ _r_end_
    4: __a____ _am__r_er_

??: _e________
    1: ___n_
    2: __e _a_n_ _e__nd __e R__er
    3: __e ___r_ __ __n_er__me
    4: _a_ and A__

??: Ar__ ____r_e
    1: A___e'_ Re__a_ran_ Ma__a_ree

??: Dream_e__
    1: __rd _a_e MR_A _n M_ ____
    2: M_dern _r__e___e
    3: _________n ___e _ea_
    4: R_e de N_m_ (____d _a_e _een _e__er, _____d _a_e _een M_re)

Guessed letters: DARNEM
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja roulette: bruce bombardi trophy for best pile squad (r5 results)
Post by: Sacul on February 15, 2024, 05:32:02 PM
D for Damn
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja roulette: bruce bombardi trophy for best pile squad (r5 results)
Post by: wolfking on February 15, 2024, 05:34:49 PM
A
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja roulette: bruce bombardi trophy for best pile squad (r5 results)
Post by: LithoJazzoSphere on February 15, 2024, 05:36:04 PM
R.
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja roulette: bruce bombardi trophy for best pile squad (r5 results)
Post by: Crow on February 15, 2024, 05:38:20 PM
N for DARN
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja roulette: bruce bombardi trophy for best pile squad (r5 results)
Post by: Dr. DTVT on February 15, 2024, 05:42:49 PM
E

Also, two rounds ago I said I had the most badass band name.  This round I have the most awesome song title.
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja roulette: bruce bombardi trophy for best pile squad (r5 results)
Post by: Buddyhunter1 on February 15, 2024, 05:51:09 PM
M
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja roulette: bruce bombardi trophy for best pile squad (r5 results)
Post by: Sacul on February 15, 2024, 05:58:27 PM
K for DARKNEM(O)
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja roulette: bruce bombardi trophy for best pile squad (r5 results)
Post by: lonestar on February 15, 2024, 06:05:28 PM
T!!
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja roulette: bruce bombardi trophy for best pile squad (r5 results)
Post by: Shadow Ninja 2.0 on February 15, 2024, 06:06:05 PM
E

Also, two rounds ago I said I had the most badass band name.  This round I have the most awesome song title.

As someone who has seen all the song titles, I can confirm this. :lol

Also updated.
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja roulette: bruce bombardi trophy for best pile squad (r5 results)
Post by: lonestar on February 15, 2024, 06:09:04 PM
Children of Bodom
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja roulette: bruce bombardi trophy for best pile squad (r5 results)
Post by: Shadow Ninja 2.0 on February 15, 2024, 06:17:52 PM
Children of Yes.
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja roulette: bruce bombardi trophy for best pile squad (r5 results)
Post by: King Postwhore on February 15, 2024, 06:19:10 PM
What up G.
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja roulette: bruce bombardi trophy for best pile squad (r5 results)
Post by: LithoJazzoSphere on February 15, 2024, 06:25:30 PM
CoB not banned?  Fascinating.  I assume you've heard them and they just never quite clicked? 
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja roulette: bruce bombardi trophy for best pile squad (r5 results)
Post by: Shadow Ninja 2.0 on February 15, 2024, 06:27:34 PM
Nah, just never got around to them as far as I know. Also I'll update with the other guessed letters in a bit, but you guys should do some more song and artist guessing before 75% of the letters are filled out, it's too easy then. :lol  Especially if Evermind wakes up.
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja roulette: bruce bombardi trophy for best pile squad (r5 results)
Post by: LithoJazzoSphere on February 15, 2024, 06:39:51 PM
Luke probably sent them.
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja roulette: bruce bombardi trophy for best pile squad (r5 results)
Post by: TAC on February 15, 2024, 06:51:07 PM
Children of Bodom

Wolfking

Follow The Reaper
Silent Night, Bodom Night
Hatebreeder
Sixpounder
Kissing The Shadows

Title: Re: Shadow Ninja roulette: bruce bombardi trophy for best pile squad (r5 results)
Post by: wolfking on February 15, 2024, 06:51:37 PM
Children of Bodom

Wolfking

Yes.
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja roulette: bruce bombardi trophy for best pile squad (r5 results)
Post by: TAC on February 15, 2024, 06:56:23 PM
I edited in the songs..
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja roulette: bruce bombardi trophy for best pile squad (r5 results)
Post by: TAC on February 15, 2024, 06:59:40 PM
At The Drive-In
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja roulette: bruce bombardi trophy for best pile squad (r5 results)
Post by: LithoJazzoSphere on February 15, 2024, 07:06:09 PM
Another band I'd have assumed he'd know, but I guess everyone has blind spots. 
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja roulette: bruce bombardi trophy for best pile squad (r5 results)
Post by: TAC on February 15, 2024, 07:07:06 PM
Dreamwell

Lord Have MRSA on my soul
Modern Grotesque
Blighttown Type Beat
Rue de Noms (Could've been better, should've been more)

Title: Re: Shadow Ninja roulette: bruce bombardi trophy for best pile squad (r5 results)
Post by: TAC on February 15, 2024, 07:15:32 PM
Cheap Trick....sent by Stadler

All We Need Is A Dream
Can't Stop It But I'm Gonna Try
Way Of The World
I'll Be With You Tonight

Title: Re: Shadow Ninja roulette: bruce bombardi trophy for best pile squad (r5 results)
Post by: LithoJazzoSphere on February 15, 2024, 07:19:28 PM
Lord Have MRSA on my soul

 :lol   Is this what DTVT was talking about?

Cheap Trick....sent by Stadler

All We Need Is A Dream
Can't Stop It But I'm Gonna Try
Way Of The World
I'll Be With You Tonight


I'll have to give these a shot myself. 
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja roulette: bruce bombardi trophy for best pile squad (r5 results)
Post by: King Postwhore on February 15, 2024, 07:31:47 PM
I love Cheap Trick. I've seen them 10 times live.
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja roulette: bruce bombardi trophy for best pile squad (r5 results)
Post by: TAC on February 15, 2024, 07:35:03 PM
I love Cheap Trick. I've seen them 10 times live.

I saw them in '88 or '89. I've never gotten into them.
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja roulette: bruce bombardi trophy for best pile squad (r5 results)
Post by: Sacul on February 15, 2024, 07:35:35 PM
Another band I'd have assumed he'd know, but I guess everyone has blind spots.
You'll get mad with my submission then :lol
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja roulette: bruce bombardi trophy for best pile squad (r5 results)
Post by: TAC on February 15, 2024, 07:37:35 PM
Hanabie sent by Lonestar

I'm not fucking translating all of those songs.
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja roulette: bruce bombardi trophy for best pile squad (r5 results)
Post by: King Postwhore on February 15, 2024, 07:39:11 PM
Hanabie sent by Lonestar

No way I could translate all of those songs.

FTFY
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja roulette: bruce bombardi trophy for best pile squad (r5 results)
Post by: Shadow Ninja 2.0 on February 15, 2024, 08:16:50 PM
At The Drive-In
Another band I'd have assumed he'd know, but I guess everyone has blind spots. 

I've heard of them, but as far as The Mars Volta go, I think Deloused in the Comatorium is a masterpiece and outside that they've got some great songs but aren't consistently good, so checking out their proto-form was sort of on the 'check this out eventually' list.

Lord Have MRSA on my soul
:lol   Is this what DTVT was talking about?

Actually no. That one's pretty good too, though.


lonestar: Hanabie
    1: ___erd_men___n Ga_a__
    2: Ta_e_ __ ____a_n
    3: _e t_e Ga_ - Ear__ __mmer _er___n
    4: _ard_n Me, _ _a_e T_ G_ N__

??: __r_t __gn_ __ _r__t
    1: T_e _a____r
    2: E__ert _n Tr__ker_
    3: __re __rm_
    4: ___er_a
    5: Da_ __ t_e ____a__e

??: N__, N__
    1: _re___t_r__
    2: ____e, T__
    3: __. __.
    4: _e_arate R__m_
    5: T_read

wolfking: Children of Bodom
    1: Follow the Reaper
    2: Silent Night, Bodom Night
    3: Hatebreeder
    4: Sixpounder
    5: Kissing the Shadows

??: ____d_ T_rant
    1: T_e De__ge
    2: T__ __rn_ng __n_
    3: _a_e _nt_ t_e ___d

??: M___ae_ _enn
    1: __g ____e
    2: _een t_e D__t_r
    3: _n A_t_mat__
    4: N_ M_t_
    5: ____e Tr_t_

??: At t_e Dr__e-_n
    1: Ar_ar_ena_
    2: __ee__a_k _a____e_
    3: En___ade
    4: __arant_ned

??: __e__ea ____e
    1: _arr__n ____er_
    2: _____er_ _n t_e E___ __am_er
    3: _ra__ ___e
    4: T_ t_e __re_t, T__ard_ t_e _ea
    5: T_e M_t_er R_ad

??: K_ng _ra_n
    1: _ntr_
    2: __me_ne T_ _ate
    3: _ra_k_ead
    4: __tter Ta_te
    5: T_e D_m_nant __e_

??: _K G__dn_g_t
    1: T__nk Aga_n
    2: T_e ___ and t_e __rd
    3: T_e _ear

Stadler: Cheap Trick
    1: All We Need is a Dream
    2: Can't Stop It But I'm Gonna Try
    3: Way of the World
    4: I'll Be With You Tonight
    5: ____e_

??: ANG__ M____
    1: _a_er-____t_ng D_n__a_r
    2: ____a____r
    3: _tar__rd __ t_e ___t__ _te__ar ___tem
    4: Ma_ter __ t_e _n__er_e

??: ____e __e __ee__
    1: ___ Are _e
    2: __de A_ake
    3: Re___t
    4: __rr__ane

??: _anta_t__ Negr_t_
    1: ___ __ng
    2: ___r _e_ __ __errated
    3: T_e_e Are M_ _r_end_
    4: __a_t__ _am__rger_

??: _e________
    1: G__nt
    2: T_e _a_nt _e__nd t_e R__er
    3: T_e ___r_ __ __ntert_me
    4: _ak and A__

??: Ar__ G_t_r_e
    1: A___e'_ Re_ta_rant Ma__a_ree

??: Dreamwell
    1: Lord Have MRSA On My Soul
    2: Modern Grotesque
    3: Blighttown Type Beat
    4: Rue de Noms (Could Have Been Better, Should Have Been More)

Guessed letters: DARNEMKTG
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja roulette: bruce bombardi trophy for best pile squad (r5 results)
Post by: Sacul on February 15, 2024, 08:22:00 PM
ANGUS McSIX - Master of the universe

King Train?
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja roulette: bruce bombardi trophy for best pile squad (r5 results)
Post by: TAC on February 15, 2024, 08:29:24 PM
OK Goodnight
Think Again
The Fox And The Bird
The Bear


....is this Buddy again?
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja roulette: bruce bombardi trophy for best pile squad (r5 results)
Post by: King Postwhore on February 15, 2024, 08:30:08 PM
OK Goodnight
Think Again
The Fox And The Bird
The Bear


....is this Buddy again?


RJ?
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja roulette: bruce bombardi trophy for best pile squad (r5 results)
Post by: Dr. DTVT on February 15, 2024, 09:28:58 PM
Chelsea Wolfe

The Mother Road
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja roulette: bruce bombardi trophy for best pile squad (r5 results)
Post by: lonestar on February 15, 2024, 09:36:22 PM
OK Goodnight
Think Again
The Fox And The Bird
The Bear


....is this Buddy again?


RJ?

I already got outed for Hanabie
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja roulette: bruce bombardi trophy for best pile squad (r5 results)
Post by: twosuitsluke on February 16, 2024, 12:13:06 AM
Kade, great selection of Bodom songs. You can't really go wrong with anything from Hatebreeder/Follow the Reaper/Hate Crew Death Roll. Personally I think I would've swapped Kissing the Shadows out for Downfall, but either way amazing songs that I should've sent!
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja roulette: bruce bombardi trophy for best pile squad (r5 results)
Post by: wolfking on February 16, 2024, 04:08:31 AM
Kade, great selection of Bodom songs. You can't really go wrong with anything from Hatebreeder/Follow the Reaper/Hate Crew Death Roll. Personally I think I would've swapped Kissing the Shadows out for Downfall, but either way amazing songs that I should've sent!

I was actually toying with swapping Shadows for Bodom Beach which is a personal favourite.  Downfall is awesome but I never rated it as high as most others.
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja roulette: bruce bombardi trophy for best pile squad (r5 results)
Post by: wolfking on February 16, 2024, 04:10:05 AM
At the Drive-In.
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja roulette: bruce bombardi trophy for best pile squad (r5 results)
Post by: wolfking on February 16, 2024, 04:17:53 AM
Bloody Tyrant

The Deluge
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja roulette: bruce bombardi trophy for best pile squad (r5 results)
Post by: wolfking on February 16, 2024, 04:19:25 AM
Now, Now

Separate Rooms
Threads
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja roulette: bruce bombardi trophy for best pile squad (r5 results)
Post by: twosuitsluke on February 16, 2024, 05:42:49 AM
Kade, great selection of Bodom songs. You can't really go wrong with anything from Hatebreeder/Follow the Reaper/Hate Crew Death Roll. Personally I think I would've swapped Kissing the Shadows out for Downfall, but either way amazing songs that I should've sent!

I was actually toying with swapping Shadows for Bodom Beach which is a personal favourite.  Downfall is awesome but I never rated it as high as most others.

Well, there literally isn't a bad song on those three albums, so all choices are valid. Bodom Beach Terror would also have been a great pick.
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja roulette: bruce bombardi trophy for best pile squad (r5 results)
Post by: Stadler on February 16, 2024, 06:21:04 AM
I love Cheap Trick. I've seen them 10 times live.

AMAZING band. That they are still going strong is a testament to their love of what they do. 
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja roulette: bruce bombardi trophy for best pile squad (r5 results)
Post by: hefdaddy42 on February 16, 2024, 08:34:02 AM
I wager that no one here with the possible exception of LithoJazzoSphere has even heard of my submission, much less listened to him lol.
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja roulette: bruce bombardi trophy for best pile squad (r5 results)
Post by: Buddyhunter1 on February 16, 2024, 08:51:50 AM
Dreamwell is Crow

OK Goodnight
Think Again
The Fox And The Bird
The Bear


....is this Buddy again?

Shadow's being slow to update so yup, it's me
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja roulette: bruce bombardi trophy for best pile squad (r5 results)
Post by: TAC on February 16, 2024, 09:22:18 AM
I love Cheap Trick. I've seen them 10 times live.

AMAZING band. That they are still going strong is a testament to their love of what they do.

I totally respect them. They just don’t do anything for me.
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja roulette: bruce bombardi trophy for best pile squad (r5 results)
Post by: Shadow Ninja 2.0 on February 16, 2024, 12:50:26 PM
In the office and I don't want to use my phone to do the spreadsheet, so no updates until I get home.

At the Drive-In.
Bloody Tyrant

The Deluge
Now, Now

Separate Rooms
Threads

These are all correct though.
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja roulette: bruce bombardi trophy for best pile squad (r5 results)
Post by: wolfking on February 16, 2024, 12:52:05 PM
I see now Tim picked At the Drive in well before I.
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja roulette: bruce bombardi trophy for best pile squad (r5 results)
Post by: LithoJazzoSphere on February 16, 2024, 01:06:56 PM
Luke sent King Prawn. 

Another band I'd have assumed he'd know, but I guess everyone has blind spots.
You'll get mad with my submission then :lol

Chelsea Wolfe

The Mother Road


Yeah, so I assume this is you.  I don't mind at all.  I'm leery about sending her too often in roulettes because she doesn't often do that well.  It's hard to capture her properly in a single song, though at least with 20 minutes of them, that's about as good as you can do in this form.  I'm quite happy if her fanbase expands even if I don't get points for it.  Anyway, the other songs are:

"Carrion Flowers"
"Whispers in the Echo Chamber"
"Crazy Love"
"To the Forest, Towards the Sea"

Pretty good set. 
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja roulette: bruce bombardi trophy for best pile squad (r5 results)
Post by: Stadler on February 16, 2024, 02:24:02 PM
I love Cheap Trick. I've seen them 10 times live.

AMAZING band. That they are still going strong is a testament to their love of what they do.

I totally respect them. They just don’t do anything for me.

I can see you not digging some of the tunes, and not sure Robin Zander is your speed, but I'm a bit surprised you're not higher on Rick Nielson.  He's a really underrated player and draws on a lot of influences that you like.
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja roulette: bruce bombardi trophy for best pile squad (r5 results)
Post by: Shadow Ninja 2.0 on February 16, 2024, 03:14:55 PM
OK real update:

lonestar: Hanabie
    1: Hyperdimension Galaxy
    2: Tales of Villain
    3: Be the Gal - Early Summer Version
    4: Pardon Me, I Have To Go Now

??: __r_t __gn_ o_ _ro_t
    1: T_e _a__our
    2: E__ert _n Tr__ker_
    3: __re _orm_
    4: ___er_a
    5: Da_ o_ t_e _o__a__e

??: Now, Now
    1: _re___tor__
    2: _u__e, Too
    3: O_. __.
    4: Separate Rooms
    5: Thread

wolfking: Children of Bodom
    1: Follow the Reaper
    2: Silent Night, Bodom Night
    3: Hatebreeder
    4: Sixpounder
    5: Kissing the Shadows

??: Bloody Tyrant
    1: The Deluge
    2: T_o _urn_ng _un_
    3: _a_e _nto t_e _o_d

??: M___ae_ _enn
    1: __g _ou_e
    2: _een t_e Do_tor
    3: On Automat__
    4: No M_t_
    5: __o_e Trut_

King Puppies and the Acid Guppies: At the Drive-In
    1: Arcarsenal
    2: Sleepwalk Capsules
    3: Enfilade
    4: Quarantined

Sacul: Chelsea Wolfe
    1: Carrion Flowers
    2: Whispers in the Echo Chamber
    3: Crazy Love
    4: To the Forest, Towards the Sea
    5: The Mother Road

twosuitsluke: King Prawn
    1: _ntro
    2: _omeone To _ate
    3: _ra_k_ead
    4: __tter Ta_te
    5: T_e Dom_nant __e_

Buddyhunter1: OK Goodnight
    1: Think Again
    2: The Fox and the Bird
    3: The Bear

Stadler: Cheap Trick
    1: All We Need is a Dream
    2: Can't Stop It But I'm Gonna Try
    3: Way of the World
    4: I'll Be With You Tonight
    5: _o__e_

??: ANGUS McSIX
    1: _a_er-__oot_ng D_no_aur
    2: ____a___ur
    3: _tar_ord o_ t_e ___tu_ _te__ar ___tem
    4: Master of the Universe

??: ____e __e __ee__
    1: _ou Are _e
    2: __de A_ake
    3: Re_o_t
    4: _urr__ane

??: _anta_t__ Negr_to
    1: _o_ _ong
    2: _our _e_ __ O_errated
    3: T_e_e Are M_ _r_end_
    4: __a_t__ _am_urger_

soupytwist: Fellowship
    1: Glint
    2: The Saint Beyond the River
    3: The Hours of Wintertime
    4: Oak and Ash

??: Ar_o Gut_r_e
    1: A___e'_ Re_taurant Ma__a_ree

Crow: Dreamwell
    1: Lord Have MRSA On My Soul
    2: Modern Grotesque
    3: Blighttown Type Beat
    4: Rue de Noms (Could Have Been Better, Should Have Been More)

Guessed letters: DARNEMKTGOU
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja roulette: bruce bombardi trophy for best pile squad (r5 results)
Post by: Sacul on February 16, 2024, 03:17:53 PM
O
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja roulette: bruce bombardi trophy for best pile squad (r5 results)
Post by: wolfking on February 16, 2024, 03:47:41 PM
U
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja roulette: bruce bombardi trophy for best pile squad (r5 results)
Post by: ariich on February 16, 2024, 03:55:58 PM
Soupy sent Fellowship.
    1: Glint
    2: The Saint Beyond the River
    3: The Hours of Wintertime
    4: Oak and Ash
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja roulette: bruce bombardi trophy for best pile squad (r5 results)
Post by: ariich on February 16, 2024, 04:00:34 PM
Also some missing songs:

Hanabie
    1: Hyperdimension Galaxy
    2: Tales of Villain
    3: Be the Gal - Early Summer Version
    4: Pardon Me, I Have To Go Now

At the Drive-In
    1: Arcarsenal
    2: Sleepwalk Capsules
    3: Enfilade
    4: Quarantined

At the Drive-In could be Puppies, or was he guessed already?
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja roulette: bruce bombardi trophy for best pile squad (r5 results)
Post by: Shadow Ninja 2.0 on February 16, 2024, 04:07:42 PM
All correct, updated.

Edit: it went to a new page, reposting here:

lonestar: Hanabie
    1: Hyperdimension Galaxy
    2: Tales of Villain
    3: Be the Gal - Early Summer Version
    4: Pardon Me, I Have To Go Now

??: __r_t __gn_ o_ _ro_t
    1: T_e _a__our
    2: E__ert _n Tr__ker_
    3: __re _orm_
    4: ___er_a
    5: Da_ o_ t_e _o__a__e

??: Now, Now
    1: _re___tor__
    2: _u__e, Too
    3: O_. __.
    4: Separate Rooms
    5: Thread

wolfking: Children of Bodom
    1: Follow the Reaper
    2: Silent Night, Bodom Night
    3: Hatebreeder
    4: Sixpounder
    5: Kissing the Shadows

??: Bloody Tyrant
    1: The Deluge
    2: T_o _urn_ng _un_
    3: _a_e _nto t_e _o_d

??: M___ae_ _enn
    1: __g _ou_e
    2: _een t_e Do_tor
    3: On Automat__
    4: No M_t_
    5: __o_e Trut_

King Puppies and the Acid Guppies: At the Drive-In
    1: Arcarsenal
    2: Sleepwalk Capsules
    3: Enfilade
    4: Quarantined

Sacul: Chelsea Wolfe
    1: Carrion Flowers
    2: Whispers in the Echo Chamber
    3: Crazy Love
    4: To the Forest, Towards the Sea
    5: The Mother Road

twosuitsluke: King Prawn
    1: _ntro
    2: _omeone To _ate
    3: _ra_k_ead
    4: __tter Ta_te
    5: T_e Dom_nant __e_

Buddyhunter1: OK Goodnight
    1: Think Again
    2: The Fox and the Bird
    3: The Bear

Stadler: Cheap Trick
    1: All We Need is a Dream
    2: Can't Stop It But I'm Gonna Try
    3: Way of the World
    4: I'll Be With You Tonight
    5: _o__e_

??: ANGUS McSIX
    1: _a_er-__oot_ng D_no_aur
    2: ____a___ur
    3: _tar_ord o_ t_e ___tu_ _te__ar ___tem
    4: Master of the Universe

??: ____e __e __ee__
    1: _ou Are _e
    2: __de A_ake
    3: Re_o_t
    4: _urr__ane

??: Fantastic Negrito
    1: How Long
    2: _our _e_ __ O_errated
    3: T_e_e Are M_ _r_end_
    4: __a_t__ _am_urger_

soupytwist: Fellowship
    1: Glint
    2: The Saint Beyond the River
    3: The Hours of Wintertime
    4: Oak and Ash

??: Arlo Guthrie
    1: Alice's Restaurant Massacree

Crow: Dreamwell
    1: Lord Have MRSA On My Soul
    2: Modern Grotesque
    3: Blighttown Type Beat
    4: Rue de Noms (Could Have Been Better, Should Have Been More)

Guessed letters: DARNEMKTGOU
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja roulette: bruce bombardi trophy for best pile squad (r5 results)
Post by: Sacul on February 16, 2024, 04:37:49 PM
Fantastic Negrito:
How Long?
[something] Hamburguer
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja roulette: bruce bombardi trophy for best pile squad (r5 results)
Post by: Dr. DTVT on February 16, 2024, 05:16:58 PM
Arlo Guthrie
Alice’s Restaurant Massacree

I can’t keep track of who all is in this roulette.  You figure out who sent it.
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja roulette: bruce bombardi trophy for best pile squad (r5 results)
Post by: Shadow Ninja 2.0 on February 17, 2024, 09:11:29 AM
All correct.

There's something a little strange about this set of submissions, I'm kind of surprised no one's noticed it yet.
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja roulette: bruce bombardi trophy for best pile squad (r5 results)
Post by: TAC on February 17, 2024, 09:14:04 AM
7 of them have 5 damn songs and and 7 more have 4. Lots of songs!!
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja roulette: bruce bombardi trophy for best pile squad (r5 results)
Post by: Shadow Ninja 2.0 on February 17, 2024, 09:16:36 AM
How many have less than 4?
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja roulette: bruce bombardi trophy for best pile squad (r5 results)
Post by: TAC on February 17, 2024, 09:22:17 AM
How many have less than 4?

3!
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja roulette: bruce bombardi trophy for best pile squad (r5 results)
Post by: TAC on February 17, 2024, 09:22:50 AM
We have 17 sets of songs for 16 people
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja roulette: bruce bombardi trophy for best pile squad (r5 results)
Post by: Shadow Ninja 2.0 on February 17, 2024, 09:28:01 AM
Interesting.
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja roulette: bruce bombardi trophy for best pile squad (r5 results)
Post by: TAC on February 17, 2024, 12:42:12 PM
(https://media.tenor.com/lx-XoJTUo-4AAAAj/john-egbert-homestuck.gif)
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja roulette: bruce bombardi trophy for best pile squad (r5 results)
Post by: LithoJazzoSphere on February 17, 2024, 12:52:04 PM
Michael Penn - "Seen the Doctor", "No Myth", "On Automatic", "Big House", "Whole Truth". 

While She Sleeps - "Revolt", "Hurricane", "Wide Awake", "You Are We". 
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja roulette: bruce bombardi trophy for best pile squad (r5 results)
Post by: ariich on February 17, 2024, 01:19:16 PM
First Signs of Frost
    1: The Saviour
    2: Expert In Trickery
    3: Wire Forms
    4: Siberia
    5: Day of the Collapse
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja roulette: bruce bombardi trophy for best pile squad (r5 results)
Post by: Shadow Ninja 2.0 on February 17, 2024, 03:14:11 PM
All correct, and I'll go ahead and post the full thing. I kind of thought people would figure out my bogus submission a lot quicker. :lol

lonestar: Hanabie
    1: Hyperdimension Galaxy
    2: Tales of Villain
    3: Be the Gal - Early Summer Version
    4: Pardon Me, I Have To Go Now

LithoJazzoSphere: First Signs of Frost
    1: The Saviour
    2: Expert in Trickery
    3: Wire Forms
    4: Siberia
    5: Day of the Collapse

Shadow Ninja 2.0: Now, Now
    1: Prehistoric
    2: Lucie, Too
    3: Oh. Hi.
    4: Separate Rooms
    5: Thread

wolfking: Children of Bodom
    1: Follow the Reaper
    2: Silent Night, Bodom Night
    3: Hatebreeder
    4: Sixpounder
    5: Kissing the Shadows

TAC: Bloody Tyrant
    1: The Deluge
    2: Two Burning Suns
    3: Pace Into the Void

King Postwhore: Michael Penn
    1: Big House
    2: Seen the Doctor
    3: On Automatic
    4: No Myth
    5: Whole Truth

King Puppies and the Acid Guppies: At the Drive-In
    1: Arcarsenal
    2: Sleepwalk Capsules
    3: Enfilade
    4: Quarantined

Sacul: Chelsea Wolfe
    1: Carrion Flowers
    2: Whispers in the Echo Chamber
    3: Crazy Love
    4: To the Forest, Towards the Sea
    5: The Mother Road

twosuitsluke: King Prawn
    1: Intro
    2: Someone To Hate
    3: Crackhead
    4: Bitter Taste
    5: The Dominant View

Buddyhunter1: OK Goodnight
    1: Think Again
    2: The Fox and the Bird
    3: The Bear

Stadler: Cheap Trick
    1: All We Need is a Dream
    2: Can't Stop It But I'm Gonna Try
    3: Way of the World
    4: I'll Be With You Tonight
    5: Voices

Dr. DTVT: ANGUS McSIX
    1: Laser-Shooting Dinosaur
    2: Sixcalibur
    3: Starlord of the Sixtus Stellar System
    4: Master of the Universe

ariich: While She Sleeps
    1: You Are We
    2: Wide Awake
    3: Revolt
    4: Hurricane

hefdaddy42: Fantastic Negrito
    1: How Long
    2: Your Sex Is Overrated
    3: These Are My Friends
    4: Plastic Hamburgers

soupytwist: Fellowship
    1: Glint
    2: The Saint Beyond the River
    3: The Hours of Wintertime
    4: Oak and Ash

jingle.boy: Arlo Guthrie
    1: Alice's Restaurant Massacree

Crow: Dreamwell
    1: Lord Have MRSA On My Soul
    2: Modern Grotesque
    3: Blighttown Type Beat
    4: Rue de Noms (Could Have Been Better, Should Have Been More)
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja roulette: bruce bombardi trophy for best pile squad (r5 results)
Post by: LithoJazzoSphere on February 17, 2024, 03:17:35 PM
What's the story with Now, Now then?  I'm a bit tied up with other stuff (including my top 50) to really delve into the artists I'm less or unfamiliar with.
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja roulette: bruce bombardi trophy for best pile squad (r5 results)
Post by: King Postwhore on February 17, 2024, 03:23:49 PM
Lith, you know those Michael Penn songs?
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja roulette: bruce bombardi trophy for best pile squad (r5 results)
Post by: LithoJazzoSphere on February 17, 2024, 03:28:08 PM
As far as I know I've never heard of him.  I might have to check them out, as well as Stadler's (since Cheap Trick got a shoutout in my top 50 roots/influences), and hef's, since he mentioned me possibly knowing them (I don't). 
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja roulette: bruce bombardi trophy for best pile squad (r5 results)
Post by: King Postwhore on February 17, 2024, 03:43:57 PM
He's the older brother of Sean Penn, the actor  & is married to musician, Aimee Mann.
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja roulette: bruce bombardi trophy for best pile squad (r5 results)
Post by: TAC on February 17, 2024, 03:44:41 PM
He's the older brother of Sean Penn, the actor  & is married to musician, Aimee Mann.

Hey, keep it down now.
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja roulette: bruce bombardi trophy for best pile squad (r5 results)
Post by: LithoJazzoSphere on February 17, 2024, 03:54:57 PM
He's the older brother of Sean Penn, the actor  & is married to musician, Aimee Mann.

Aha.  Guest on the unfairly maligned "Time Stand Still", and Community turned me onto "Wise Up", an excellent song.  Never really explored much else yet though. 
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja roulette: bruce bombardi trophy for best pile squad (r5 results)
Post by: King Postwhore on February 17, 2024, 04:01:30 PM
Yup, yup.
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja roulette: bruce bombardi trophy for best pile squad (r5 results)
Post by: Dr. DTVT on February 17, 2024, 05:16:38 PM
He's the older brother of Sean Penn, the actor  & is married to musician, Aimee Mann.

Aha.  Guest on the unfairly maligned "Time Stand Still", and Community turned me onto "Wise Up", an excellent song.  Never really explored much else yet though.

That song was also used to great effect in the movie Magnolia.
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja roulette: bruce bombardi trophy for best pile squad (r5 results)
Post by: King Postwhore on February 17, 2024, 05:19:59 PM
Yup. I absolutely loved seeing him live with his wife. That tour, they had a person who was a comedian talk between songs. What an experience.
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja roulette: bruce bombardi trophy for best pile squad (r5 results)
Post by: TAC on February 17, 2024, 05:24:15 PM
Yup. I absolutely loved seeing him live with his wife. That tour, they had a person who was a comedian talk between songs. What an experience.

Was his name Teller?
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja roulette: bruce bombardi trophy for best pile squad (r5 results)
Post by: King Postwhore on February 17, 2024, 05:25:48 PM
I wish I could remember. It was such a unique show.
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja roulette: bruce bombardi trophy for best pile squad (r5 results)
Post by: TAC on February 17, 2024, 05:32:03 PM
Nevermind lol

You missed it.
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja roulette: bruce bombardi trophy for best pile squad (r5 results)
Post by: LithoJazzoSphere on February 17, 2024, 05:32:16 PM
He's the older brother of Sean Penn, the actor  & is married to musician, Aimee Mann.

Aha.  Guest on the unfairly maligned "Time Stand Still", and Community turned me onto "Wise Up", an excellent song.  Never really explored much else yet though.

That song was also used to great effect in the movie Magnolia.

Ah, maybe Dan Harmon was even trying to reference that, I haven't seen that film.  Hmm, Wikipedia says based on the demo of it that it was originally for Jerry Mcguire, but just put it on the soundtrack rather than in the film since the full version of the song overwhelmed the scene it was supposed to be in. 
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja roulette: bruce bombardi trophy for best pile squad (r5 results)
Post by: Shadow Ninja 2.0 on February 17, 2024, 05:39:13 PM
What's the story with Now, Now then?  I'm a bit tied up with other stuff (including my top 50) to really delve into the artists I'm less or unfamiliar with.

They're an indie rock band that had album in 2012 that's one of my all-time favorites. Never really managed to get anyone else into the band, apart from my brother, though.

I thought it'd be funny to stick a decoy in the hangman and they seemed like a classic Shadow Ninja submission. Although it's possible I've never actually sent them to anyone. :lol

He's the older brother of Sean Penn, the actor  & is married to musician, Aimee Mann.

Aha.  Guest on the unfairly maligned "Time Stand Still", and Community turned me onto "Wise Up", an excellent song.  Never really explored much else yet though. 

Time Stand Still is amazing, and the guest vocals are great too. I even like the silly, extremely 90s music video.

Yup. I absolutely loved seeing him live with his wife. That tour, they had a person who was a comedian talk between songs. What an experience.

Was his name Teller?

Don't worry, I got it. :lol
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja roulette: bruce bombardi trophy for best pile squad (r5 results)
Post by: LithoJazzoSphere on February 17, 2024, 05:56:12 PM
Do you have a playlist link for this round?
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja roulette: bruce bombardi trophy for best pile squad (r5 results)
Post by: King Postwhore on February 17, 2024, 06:10:38 PM
 :lol

Let me boast the shows I've seen. Lol I love talking about the shows I've seen. Just joy in my heart.
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja roulette: bruce bombardi trophy for best pile squad (r5 results)
Post by: Shadow Ninja 2.0 on February 17, 2024, 06:11:29 PM
Do you have a playlist link for this round?

Not yet, but I will. I normally throw them together as I'm writing up results, because I'm a procrastinator and that's as far as I can push it before people start taking songs out of their playlists. :lol

:lol

Let me boast the shows I've seen. Lol I love talking about the shows I've seen. Just joy in my heart.

I can confirm this. I started a band yesterday and King was already outside waiting to hear us play.
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja roulette: bruce bombardi trophy for best pile squad (r5 results)
Post by: King Postwhore on February 17, 2024, 06:19:53 PM
I would totally travel to see this.

The stories of my musical life and those musical moments are everything to me.

I'm a guitarist who loves writing songs.
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's first impressions roulette: compensation, adequate
Post by: Shadow Ninja 2.0 on February 18, 2024, 01:12:51 PM
OK, here's some first impressions. I noticed I had jotted down a number of one word impressions among the others as I was going through the songs the first time, so I decided to really commit to it. I'm kind of stretching in some places. :lol

[1] Eerie [Sacul - Chelsea Wolfe]
[2] Interminable [jingle.boy - Arlo Guthrie]
[3] Fun [Stadler - Cheap Trick]
[4] Dumb [Dr. DTVT - ANGUS McSIX]
[5] Emo [LithoJazzoSphere - First Signs of Frost]
[6] :2metal: [wolfking - Children of Bodom]
[7] Weird [twosuitsluke - King Prawn]
[8] Rich Buddyhunter1 - OK Goodnight
[9] Schizophrenic [lonestar - Hanabie]
[10] Epic [soupytwist - Fellowship]
[11] Funky [hefdaddy42 - Fantastic Negrito]
[12] Pleasant [King Postwhore - Michael Penn]
[13] Folky [TAC - Bloody Tyrant]
[14] Hardcore [Crow - Dreamwell]
[15] :metal [ariich - While She Sleeps]
[16] Emblematic [King Puppies and the Acid Guppies]

Results will be tomorrow, as they always are, with zero exceptions that anyone is aware of.
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's first impressions roulette: compensation, adequate
Post by: TAC on February 18, 2024, 01:29:36 PM
Well, I'd love 6 or 15, but I'm probably 7 or 9.
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's first impressions roulette: compensation, adequate
Post by: lonestar on February 18, 2024, 01:41:02 PM
Let's start with either 3 or 9?
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's first impressions roulette: compensation, adequate
Post by: Sacul on February 18, 2024, 01:47:32 PM
Either 1 or maybe 7
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's first impressions roulette: compensation, adequate
Post by: wolfking on February 18, 2024, 01:52:24 PM
COB has to be 6 or 15?
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's first impressions roulette: compensation, adequate
Post by: King Postwhore on February 18, 2024, 01:58:19 PM
13?
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's first impressions roulette: compensation, adequate
Post by: King Puppies and the Acid Guppies on February 18, 2024, 02:29:18 PM
I will only accept 6, 9, 14, or 15  :)
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's first impressions roulette: compensation, adequate
Post by: Shadow Ninja 2.0 on February 18, 2024, 02:35:50 PM
Well, I'd love 6 or 15, but I'm probably 7 or 9.

Congrats, you're none of those!

Let's start with either 3 or 9?
Either 1 or maybe 7

Yep.

COB has to be 6 or 15?

:2metal:

13?

Nope.

I will only accept 6, 9, 14, or 15  :)

OK, but then I have to give your real one to someone else, which could have unforeseen consequences.

Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's first impressions roulette: compensation, adequate
Post by: TAC on February 18, 2024, 02:37:12 PM
Emo or folky?
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's first impressions roulette: compensation, adequate
Post by: lonestar on February 18, 2024, 02:39:02 PM
A very fitting impression, hopefully it's on the positive side of it. :lol
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's first impressions roulette: compensation, adequate
Post by: King Puppies and the Acid Guppies on February 18, 2024, 02:40:42 PM
I will only accept 6, 9, 14, or 15  :)

OK, but then I have to give your real one to someone else, which could have unforeseen consequences.
Fine, I guess I will take another one... 7 or 10 maybe?
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's first impressions roulette: compensation, adequate
Post by: King Postwhore on February 18, 2024, 02:57:28 PM
12 or 8.
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's first impressions roulette: compensation, adequate
Post by: wolfking on February 18, 2024, 03:55:06 PM
COB has to be 6 or 15?

:2metal:

:2metal::2metal::2metal:
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's first impressions roulette: compensation, adequate
Post by: LithoJazzoSphere on February 18, 2024, 04:10:42 PM
#3 or #5?
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's first impressions roulette: compensation, adequate
Post by: Shadow Ninja 2.0 on February 18, 2024, 08:27:57 PM
Emo or folky?

Folky is you. Reminded me a bit of Equilibrium.

A very fitting impression, hopefully it's on the positive side of it. :lol

We'll see tomorrow, but there's plenty of music I love that I'd describe as schizophrenic, so it doesn't necessarily indicate my feelings one way or the other.

I will only accept 6, 9, 14, or 15  :)

OK, but then I have to give your real one to someone else, which could have unforeseen consequences.
Fine, I guess I will take another one... 7 or 10 maybe?

Still nope! I don't intentionally make yours cryptic. :lol

12 or 8.

 :tup

#3 or #5?

5!
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's first impressions roulette: compensation, adequate
Post by: hefdaddy42 on February 18, 2024, 08:31:47 PM
11
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's first impressions roulette: compensation, adequate
Post by: King Puppies and the Acid Guppies on February 18, 2024, 09:23:01 PM
So mine is 4? :lol
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's first impressions roulette: compensation, adequate
Post by: LithoJazzoSphere on February 18, 2024, 09:32:39 PM
#3 or #5?

5!

Anything emo or -core is generally a bit out of my wheelhouse, but I have slowly built an increasing arsenal of stuff that does work for me, so hopefully it works in reverse as well. 
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's first impressions roulette: compensation, adequate
Post by: Crow on February 18, 2024, 10:05:10 PM
probably hardcore :corn
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's first impressions roulette: compensation, adequate
Post by: soupytwist on February 18, 2024, 11:02:29 PM
I'm going to go for 3.
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's first impressions roulette: compensation, adequate
Post by: ariich on February 19, 2024, 01:10:16 AM
Probably 14 or 15?
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's first impressions roulette: compensation, adequate
Post by: King Postwhore on February 19, 2024, 03:22:57 AM
16?
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's first impressions roulette: compensation, adequate
Post by: Shadow Ninja 2.0 on February 19, 2024, 08:51:55 AM
11

Yes.

So mine is 4? :lol

Still no!

probably hardcore :corn

I'm going to go for 3.

Probably 14 or 15?

16?

Yes, no, yes, and I already gave you one, why are you back here asking for more?
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja roulette: bruce bombardi trophy for best pile squad (r5 results)
Post by: Stadler on February 19, 2024, 09:18:24 AM
Nevermind lol

You missed it.

Well-played, friend, well-played.  :) :)
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja roulette: bruce bombardi trophy for best pile squad (r5 results)
Post by: Stadler on February 19, 2024, 09:19:24 AM
:lol

Let me boast the shows I've seen. Lol I love talking about the shows I've seen. Just joy in my heart.

You and me both; at some point we're going to get into a do-loop at a bar and they'll have to ask us to leave.   :)
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's first impressions roulette: compensation, adequate
Post by: Stadler on February 19, 2024, 09:20:43 AM
I'm going with FOUR.  4.  IIII.   IV.   
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's first impressions roulette: compensation, adequate
Post by: King Puppies and the Acid Guppies on February 19, 2024, 10:50:43 AM
Then, can I have 3?
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's first impressions roulette: compensation, adequate
Post by: Shadow Ninja 2.0 on February 19, 2024, 11:37:46 AM
I'm going with FOUR.  4.  IIII.   IV.

Then, can I have 3?

No and no. :lol  I'll go ahead and reveal them all in a bit since results are fairly imminent anyway.
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's first impressions roulette: compensation, adequate
Post by: King Postwhore on February 19, 2024, 12:37:23 PM
 :lol
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's first impressions roulette: compensation, adequate
Post by: twosuitsluke on February 19, 2024, 12:41:28 PM
I'm going with FOUR.  4.  IIII.   IV.

If you're 4, IIII, IV then I'm 6, IIIIII, VI
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's first impressions roulette: compensation, adequate
Post by: Dr. DTVT on February 19, 2024, 04:57:06 PM
Well, that’s the last time I read your posts about what you like.
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's first impressions roulette: compensation, adequate
Post by: Shadow Ninja 2.0 on February 19, 2024, 05:09:22 PM
You might want to wait a few minutes before you commit to that. :lol
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's first impressions roulette: compensation, adequate
Post by: Shadow Ninja 2.0 on February 19, 2024, 05:13:46 PM
ROUND 6 RESULTS


jingle.boy

Arlo Guthrie

Alice’s Restaurant Massacree

2 points


OK, I realize I brought this on myself by telling you to stick with the Constanza strategy, but I don’t really like anything about this. It’s not really a song, it’s just a guy telling a story while a guitar plays the same thing over and over in the background. I don’t find the story to be that interesting or funny, and the delivery isn’t anything remarkable that would make it special. There’s one or two moments that will get a bit of laugh out of me, but then I look at the runtime and realize I have another 12 minutes of this thing to listen to. It just seems to go on forever. Listening through this four times in full nearly broke me psychologically.



TAC

Bloody Tyrant

The Deluge
Two Burning Suns
Pace Into the Void

5 points


I like the folky influence on this, although I think the mix is a little weird, where bagpipe or whatever it is mostly just seems to blare on top of the other stuff instead of being integrated in. The harsh vocals are pretty good, although I think they get a bit monotonous after all while. That’s really the main detractor for me; apart from a few interlude-y bits, there’s just not enough variation in the music. It stays in the same mode for most of each song’s runtime, and even though it’s a fun sound, I don’t think it’s enough to make the songs memorable on its own.



King Puppies and the Acid Guppies

At the Drive-In

Arcarsenal
Sleepwalk Capsules
Enfilade
Quarantined

4 points


This isn’t really very typical post-hardcore; the guitar work in particular still has that Mars Volta-esque constant motion and improvisation feeling, but it’s still ultimately emblematic of my main issues with post-hardcore in general: vocals, and clean vocals more specifically. Cedric is just never approaching anything resembling a melody in these songs. The music is interesting, but I don’t think it really stands on its own without the vocals, and these songs are pretty vocal-heavy as it is anyway. There’s a lot that I like here, particularly in the less frenetic instrumental breaks, but it’s not enough to make the songs work for me as a whole.



Crow

Dreamwell

Lord Have MRSA On My Soul
Modern Grotesque
Blighttown Type Beat
Rue de Noms (Could Have Been Better, Should Have Been More)

5 points


The sound of this is pretty interesting, in terms of how black metal influenced it seems to be, in the harsh vocal approach and the relentless drumming in the heavier bits, but unfortunately it pulls other influences from black metal, namely the shit production. A lot of the guitars and drums are just too thin to have the punch the heavy sections need. I still enjoy those sections a decent bit, but I think they’re really held back by it, and then the cleaner vocal sections, like I seem to say for so much post-hardcore, just don’t seem to be that interesting or memorable. They’re there, and they’re not bad, but I don’t remember anything about them when the songs are over.



LithoJazzoSphere

First Signs of Frost

The Saviour
Expert in Trickery
Wire Forms
Siberia
Day of the Collapse

6 points


This is nice stuff, that for me seems a bit more towards emo than strict metalcore (which isn’t a negative, I like plenty of emo stuff). The instrumental work is nice, the guitar work is varied, the clean vocals and the screams are done really well. It’s all quite enjoyable to listen to, but none of it is totally clicking or striking me beyond being pretty good music. That results in sort of a middling score, even though I feel like I’m going to go back to this in the future, because it might just be a not listening to it at the right time kind of thing and I feel it could really grow on me.



King Postwhore

Michael Penn

Big House
Seen the Doctor
On Automatic
No Myth
Whole Truth

6 points


Yeah, my first impression of this was that it’s pretty pleasant stuff, and that’s still where I am now. Michael’s got a nice voice (timbre-wise he reminds me a lot of Roine Stolt, interestingly (which is a positive as far as I’m concerned)), there’s some nice melodies (particularly On Automatic), the instrumentation is nicely varied but never showy, sitting somewhere between rock and indie. The only drawback for me is that most of the songs have slightly less ideas than runtime, and most seem to end up repeating themselves a bit before the end. It’s still a nice listen overall though.



wolfking

Children of Bodom

Follow the Reaper
Silent Night, Bodom Night
Hatebreeder
Sixpounder
Kissing the Shadows

7 points


Honestly, :2metal: pretty much sums it up. This is nice, tight melodic death metal. It’s heavy, it’s riffy, it’s shreddy but not overbearingly so (the guitar/keyboard tradeoff in Kissing the Shadows I particularly enjoy). The harsh vocals are good, the cleans in Hatebreeder and Sixpounder are pretty nice; not amazing, but not bad and nice for contrast. I don’t think the band has either the raw intensity of early In Flames or the great melodic sense of later Dark Tranquillity to elevate them for me, but it’s still nice headbanging metal that sits pretty much right in my comfort zone.



Buddyhunter1

OK Goodnight

Think Again
The Fox and the Bird
The Bear

7 points


I really enjoy the richness of the musical palette here; there’s a lot of different styles, from proggy to folky to metal, and they all sound really full. They also have a strong focus on melody, which is often what kills a lot of the Dream Theater worship bands out there for me. The Fox and the Bird is especially good, with really great vocals and melodies. It also has the least of the proggy metal sections, which are the main thing I’m not totally sold on. They’re definitely not bad, but they don’t quite stand out much for me either, which again I think is just due to how much of this style of music I’ve listened to over the years.



Dr. DTVT

ANGUS McSIX

Laser-Shooting Dinosaur
Sixcalibur
Starlord of the Sextus Stellar System
Master of the Universe

7 points


To be clear, I mean ‘dumb’ as a positive here. One of the great things about metal to me is how inherently ridiculous it is, while being awesome at the same time, and power metal really takes that idea to heart. This is pretty stupid even among power metal bands, which is what I love about it. The lyrics are as moronic as they are amazing, the vocals are great and perfectly over the top. Honestly, the drawback for me is it doesn’t actually feel metal enough most of the time. A lot of the time the guitars either get hidden behind the vocals and keyboards, or they’re just sort of in midtempo plodding chug mode. The songs are a ton of fun as is, but if there was a bit more speed and riff to them they could knock Pathfinder off the throne.



ariich

While She Sleeps

You Are We
Wide Awake
Revolt
Hurricane

8 points


I know I’ve classified a whole bunch of things as ‘Shadow Ninja music’ so far, but this kind of metalcore is really just exactly my style. It’s heavy and the guitar work is varied enough to stay interesting but doesn’t go into overly techy or djent territory, the screams are great, and particularly importantly the clean vocals are strong and the melodies really work for me, especially on You Are We, although they’re good throughout the four songs. Nothing quite stands out enough to push this up to a 9, but it’s pretty close.

Also worth mentioning just sort of as a side note that listening to this inspired: heaviness in music for me almost always requires a full, clean (as in distinct), huge guitar and drums sound. If it’s thin or trebly or turns into mush with the other instruments, it stops being heavy and just becomes noisy. It’s probably kind of late in the roulette for me to be giving you all this kind of information :lol  but I hadn’t even thought too much about how this might not be the same way everyone else processes music.



Sacul

Chelsea Wolfe

Carrion Flowers
Whispers in the Echo Chamber
Crazy Love
To the Forest, Towards the Sea
The Mother Road

8 points


I think the atmosphere is the best part of this; it’s all so dark and eerie. It’s got edges of industrial, a sort of dark indie sound on Crazy Love, and the structures are really unpredictable. Like always I’m a vocals guy, and Chelsea (if she’s the singer and that’s not just the name of the band) sounds great across these tracks, carrying that unsettling atmosphere along with her melodies and delivery. I actually really like the ambient whale sounds on To the Forest, Towards the Sea as well. I can see how a lot of this stuff might come across as kind of disjointed, but it’s totally working for me.



twosuitsluke

King Prawn

Intro
Someone To Hate
Crackhead
Bitter Taste
The Dominant View

8 points


OK first of all there’s a story here. The first three songs were blocked on Spotify for me for some reason. The first one just a 30 second or so intro, no big deal, and I was able to find Someone to Hate on youtube, but Crackhead remains unattainable for some reason, so I’m just scoring the ones I was able to listen to.

But all that aside, this is a really interesting sound. While I was trying to find a way to hear Crackhead (which is locked down impossibly tight), I saw that apparently this is a ska band? I guess I don’t really know what ska sounds like, but maybe this is it. It’s sort of half-rapping, half punky yelling with unconventional instrumentation (violin and trumpet appear on different songs) and a ton of energy, and the overall result is something I’m actually really into. The vocals are kind of thin a lot of the time, but it seems to work for this style (with the exception of the often repeated ‘the dominant view,’ which is pretty annoying). Now I just have to listen to Crackhead.



lonestar

Hanabie

Hyperdimension Galaxy
Tales of Villain
Be the Gal - Early Summer Version
Pardon Me, I Have To Go Now


8 points


Schizophrenic is definitely a good thing in this case. A lot of metalcore bands have that sort of dichotomy just built into them, but I think this goes a bit further, with the surprisingly brutal heavy sections going straight into the really cutesy/poppy bits. I think they’ve got the balance right by leaning more towards the heavy stuff which I generally find to be the more interesting part of this style, but the clean sections are strong as well, except the few times they go into the super high-pitched chipmunk anime sound, which I have always hated and will always hate, forever. But luckily that’s fairly minimal.



Stadler

Cheap Trick

All We Need is a Dream
Can’t Stop It But I’m Gonna Try
Way of the World
I’ll Be With You Tonight
Voices

8 points


Stadler tried to game the system by saying his submission was one of hef’s favorite bands, and it seems to have paid off. :lol  Honestly nothing about this really stood out to me initially, and I’m not often into this sort of straight forward softer rock, but a few listens in I just realized how damn catchy every song is. The vocals are super smooth and effortless, except where they’re rockier but still effortless. I’m especially into the Moody Blues-y Voices (or least the Long Distance Voyager-y Voices, since that’s the only MB album I’m really familiar with). The instrumental work is nice, but it never gets in the way of the songs. It’s just fun all around.



soupytwist

Fellowship

Glint
The Saint Beyond the River
The Hours of Wintertime
Oak and Ash

9 points


This is pretty much perfect power metal. It’s got the speed that I love, the huge melodic choruses and soaring vocals, the epic keyboard backdrop. I want to mention the vocalist in particular, since I’m such a vocals-first kind of guy, and this might honestly be my favorite vocalist from the roulette so far, or at the very least among the top few. He’s sort of unconventional for power metal in how smooth and restrained he is in the lower register, but it just works incredibly well here, and he can definitely shoot up into the stratosphere when he needs to, and that contrast gives the songs a lot of depth. Glint is probably the best track since it just seems to do everything, but I really like the uber-melodic The Saint Beyond the River or the Dragonforce-esque speed metal of Oak and Ash. Hours of Wintertime is weaker than the other three, but still quite nice.

Can’t wait till next round when I receive only metalcore and power metal. :lol



hefdaddy42

Fantastic Negrito

How Long?
Your Sex Is Overrated
These Are My Friends
Plastic Hamburgers

9 points


At last. Shadow Ninja music.

OK yeah I’ve never heard of this guy before I don’t think, or probably even this entire style. :lol  It’s pretty funky, but it’s also surprisingly varied, from bluesy guitar solos to the southern rock-y Plastic Hamburgers to R&B style crooning or the absolute foot-stomper of These Are My Friends (might be my favorite song of the round). Music aside, even though it’s great, the real hero is the vocalist who is just a total blast to listen to. He puts so much character into everything, and he moves through so many different sounds and pulls them all off fantastically. Even though you strategically said he wasn’t one of your favorites, he probably should be. :lol



STANDINGS
soupytwist   45
ariich   43
King Puppies and the Acid Guppies   42
lonestar   42
Dr. DTVT   40
LithoJazzoSphere   40
hefdaddy42   40
Stadler   38
Sacul   38
wolfking   37
Buddyhunter1   36
TAC   36
twosuitsluke   34
King Postwhore   33
Crow   32
jingle.boy   32



Round 6 done! Round 7 submissions due 72 hours from now, as always.

Round playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/52U5jNzVIk1WO539XFiuqz
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's first impressions roulette: compensation, adequate
Post by: TAC on February 19, 2024, 05:21:44 PM
Oof, that was bloody, tyrant.
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's first impressions roulette: compensation, adequate
Post by: Crow on February 19, 2024, 05:22:22 PM
(https://media.tenor.com/JD-y9a5fHBsAAAAi/dancing-number-dancing-letter.gif)

i'm running out of bad music to send you so i might have to start sending good music soon
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's first impressions roulette: compensation, adequate
Post by: wolfking on February 19, 2024, 05:24:27 PM
Expected a bit more to be honest.  Ah well.
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's first impressions roulette: compensation, adequate
Post by: twosuitsluke on February 19, 2024, 05:25:52 PM
Oh hell yeah! Fucking love King Prawn (obviously) and yea, they kinda defy genre. They were part of the early 00s skacore/ska pink scene in the UK, but they mix in hop hop, metal, dub to mention a few.

I really want you to hear Crackhead now, as it's kinda the best exhibition of their many styles.

Litho may actually have an MP3 of it that he can send you, as I sent it to him in his last roulette as well.
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's first impressions roulette: compensation, adequate
Post by: lonestar on February 19, 2024, 05:28:58 PM
Oh my...how bout that?? Fun fact about Hanabie, the high pitched chipmunk is basically Yukina's normal speaking voice (who's like 4'9 on a tall day), and she's the one that does all the growling. The other mid vocal is done by the guitarist. They're insanely fun live. Your assessment should play very nicely into my Rd 7 submission...
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's first impressions roulette: compensation, adequate
Post by: King Postwhore on February 19, 2024, 05:29:39 PM
OK. Time to dig in again.
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's first impressions roulette: compensation, adequate
Post by: wolfking on February 19, 2024, 05:35:56 PM
Sent.
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's first impressions roulette: compensation, adequate
Post by: Crow on February 19, 2024, 05:41:38 PM
i'm running out of bad music to send you so i might have to start sending good music soon
found some more bad music to send nvm
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's first impressions roulette: compensation, adequate
Post by: Shadow Ninja 2.0 on February 19, 2024, 06:19:11 PM
Expected a bit more to be honest.  Ah well.

7's pretty good. 7 is basically the threshold where I consider music good enough that I should own it.

I do think I may have got my scaling set wrong in the first round, though, since it seems nearly impossible to give something a 10, even stuff I'm really into. Maybe we'll have one before the end.

Oh hell yeah! Fucking love King Prawn (obviously) and yea, they kinda defy genre. They were part of the early 00s skacore/ska pink scene in the UK, but they mix in hop hop, metal, dub to mention a few.

I really want you to hear Crackhead now, as it's kinda the best exhibition of their many styles.

Litho may actually have an MP3 of it that he can send you, as I sent it to him in his last roulette as well.

I guess I should listen to more ska. Honestly I even tried Amazon because at that point I was annoyed that I couldn't listen to the song anywhere and I figured I could just do a 99 cent mp3 download, and they didn't even have that! I don't know what's in this music that's so essential to keep from American ears.

Oh my...how bout that?? Fun fact about Hanabie, the high pitched chipmunk is basically Yukina's normal speaking voice (who's like 4'9 on a tall day), and she's the one that does all the growling. The other mid vocal is done by the guitarist. They're insanely fun live. Your assessment should play very nicely into my Rd 7 submission...

That would be really fun to see live I think, her growls are fucking brutal. It kind of reminds me of Kyo from Dir en Grey, who's a small dude but his voice is massive.

i'm running out of bad music to send you so i might have to start sending good music soon
found some more bad music to send nvm

Thank goodness.
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's first impressions roulette: compensation, adequate
Post by: hefdaddy42 on February 19, 2024, 06:22:53 PM
Hell yeah  :metal

Nice move, Stadler lol
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's first impressions roulette: compensation, adequate
Post by: lonestar on February 19, 2024, 06:27:29 PM


Oh my...how bout that?? Fun fact about Hanabie, the high pitched chipmunk is basically Yukina's normal speaking voice (who's like 4'9 on a tall day), and she's the one that does all the growling. The other mid vocal is done by the guitarist. They're insanely fun live. Your assessment should play very nicely into my Rd 7 submission...

That would be really fun to see live I think, her growls are fucking brutal. It kind of reminds me of Kyo from Dir en Grey, who's a small dude but his voice is massive.




Here's a clip where Yukina dived off the stage onto me, I'm the bald spot dude with both my arms in the air...

https://www.facebook.com/watch/?ref=saved&v=333592429182183 (https://www.facebook.com/watch/?ref=saved&v=333592429182183)
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's first impressions roulette: compensation, adequate
Post by: TAC on February 19, 2024, 06:48:40 PM
Here's a clip where Yukina dived off the stage onto me, I'm the bald spot dude with both my arms in the air...

https://www.facebook.com/watch/?ref=saved&v=333592429182183 (https://www.facebook.com/watch/?ref=saved&v=333592429182183)


More like she carefully placed herself on top of ten sets of arms, but the way you described is it much better. :lol
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's first impressions roulette: compensation, adequate
Post by: lonestar on February 19, 2024, 07:03:17 PM
Here's a clip where Yukina dived off the stage onto me, I'm the bald spot dude with both my arms in the air...

https://www.facebook.com/watch/?ref=saved&v=333592429182183 (https://www.facebook.com/watch/?ref=saved&v=333592429182183)


More like she carefully placed herself on top of ten sets of arms, but the way you described is it much better. :lol

It sounds more epic my way....  :lol


Funny thing is, at the Whisky they have a ton of signs saying "No Stage Diving" and she had been jumping off every stage on the tour, so we were all wondering whether she would here. It was a rowdy show beginning to end, can't wait for June.
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's first impressions roulette: compensation, adequate
Post by: TAC on February 19, 2024, 07:18:00 PM
Here's a clip where Yukina dived off the stage onto me, I'm the bald spot dude with both my arms in the air...

https://www.facebook.com/watch/?ref=saved&v=333592429182183 (https://www.facebook.com/watch/?ref=saved&v=333592429182183)


More like she carefully placed herself on top of ten sets of arms, but the way you described is it much better. :lol

It sounds more epic my way....  :lol

 :lol
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's first impressions roulette: compensation, adequate
Post by: LithoJazzoSphere on February 19, 2024, 08:27:25 PM
Hmm, kind of at a crossroads.  If my next one does well and has me in range, I have a new idea for the final round.  If not, I may try something riskier. 

At least Chelsea Wolfe did well.  Kind of annoying to lose to two artists I like in the same round in two separate roulettes at the same time, but to be fair, at least Sacul I think appreciated her work even before I did. 

I really want you to hear Crackhead now, as it's kinda the best exhibition of their many styles.

Litho may actually have an MP3 of it that he can send you, as I sent it to him in his last roulette as well.

Honestly I even tried Amazon because at that point I was annoyed that I couldn't listen to the song anywhere and I figured I could just do a 99 cent mp3 download, and they didn't even have that! I don't know what's in this music that's so essential to keep from American ears.

Actually, King Prawn was one I was able to find myself.  It wasn't available through the normal channels, but I have other ways.  But with The King Blues "Everything Happens For a Reason", even those ways failed me (at least in a time frame of trying to manage dozens of other songs for various EPs), so Luke had to e-mail the MP3.  But just PM me an e-mail address if you want "Crackhead" and Luke doesn't have it.  Just don't ask about the first half of the word, I definitely don't have that. 
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's first impressions roulette: compensation, adequate
Post by: King Puppies and the Acid Guppies on February 19, 2024, 08:54:43 PM
Wait, was I supposed to get 4 or 5 points? Also, I demand a recount! Also also, I'm going to change my submission for next round.
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's first impressions roulette: compensation, adequate
Post by: King Puppies and the Acid Guppies on February 19, 2024, 09:19:29 PM
And I'm glad I went back and looked at your last roulette, I was about to send the 3 exact same songs I sent to you in round 6 last time, which did not go over very well. :lol
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's first impressions roulette: compensation, adequate
Post by: Shadow Ninja 2.0 on February 19, 2024, 09:25:27 PM
Wait, was I supposed to get 4 or 5 points? Also, I demand a recount! Also also, I'm going to change my submission for next round.

4, sorry for the false hope, I just fucked up the formatting. :lol  But you're still basically at the top so I don't need to feel too remorseful. Also no problem, just let me know whenever it's updated.

And I'm glad I went back and looked at your last roulette, I was about to send the 3 exact same songs I sent to you in round 6 last time, which did not go over very well. :lol

Damn, I should really add Type O to the banned list. I love like two of their songs, and on everything else their shitty guitar sound just kills it for me. Maybe I should make a secondary banned list for 'bands I've heard enough to think I don't like, but not enough to ban every song,' in case people want to try changing my mind on stuff. Which could happen. Maybe one day I'll like Iron Maiden.

Actually, King Prawn was one I was able to find myself.  It wasn't available through the normal channels, but I have other ways.  But with The King Blues "Everything Happens For a Reason", even those ways failed me (at least in a time frame of trying to manage dozens of other songs for various EPs), so Luke had to e-mail the MP3.  But just PM me an e-mail address if you want "Crackhead" and Luke doesn't have it.  Just don't ask about the first half of the word, I definitely don't have that. 

lol thanks for the offer and I respect you for setting healthy boundaries. It turns out I can buy the CD for a very reasonable price, though, so I'll probably just do that, since I know that I like it and I'm a crazy person who still buys CDs.
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's first impressions roulette: compensation, adequate
Post by: King Puppies and the Acid Guppies on February 19, 2024, 11:54:06 PM
Playlist updated, this should go badly. :corn
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's first impressions roulette: compensation, adequate
Post by: twosuitsluke on February 20, 2024, 12:44:56 AM
Will my score potentially go up if you like Crackhead then? It's not like it will make any difference to me winning this thing.

Guess I'll send you some more skacore in this roulette.
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's first impressions roulette: compensation, adequate
Post by: soupytwist on February 20, 2024, 02:27:03 AM
Never been in contention in a roulette this close to the finish line, let alone leading!  ....and with such an obvious route to potential victory (power metal!) it'll be silly to send anything else.

Sent (non power metal).
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's first impressions roulette: compensation, adequate
Post by: Stadler on February 20, 2024, 05:48:39 AM
Hell yeah  :metal

Nice move, Stadler lol

What should I send now, Hef?  :) :) :) :) :)
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's first impressions roulette: compensation, adequate
Post by: hefdaddy42 on February 20, 2024, 08:46:32 AM
Hell yeah  :metal

Nice move, Stadler lol

What should I send now, Hef?  :) :) :) :) :)
Let me think about it lol
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's first impressions roulette: compensation, adequate
Post by: Sacul on February 20, 2024, 08:55:27 AM
Hell yeah, glad Chelsea did well. She's so awesome and does many styles, all with that unique eerie atmosphere.
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's first impressions roulette: compensation, adequate
Post by: Buddyhunter1 on February 20, 2024, 10:59:36 AM
Sent! It's all downhill from here. :neverusethis:
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's first impressions roulette: compensation, adequate
Post by: hefdaddy42 on February 20, 2024, 03:12:08 PM
Sent.  We'll see what happens.
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's first impressions roulette: compensation, adequate
Post by: ariich on February 20, 2024, 04:06:08 PM
Sent, and then sent again with the playlist link because I am very clever boy.
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's first impressions roulette: compensation, adequate
Post by: hefdaddy42 on February 20, 2024, 07:24:21 PM
Hell yeah  :metal

Nice move, Stadler lol

What should I send now, Hef?  :) :) :) :) :)
Lionel Richie
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's first impressions roulette: compensation, adequate
Post by: King Postwhore on February 20, 2024, 07:29:46 PM
Hell yeah  :metal

Nice move, Stadler lol

What should I send now, Hef?  :) :) :) :) :)
Lionel Richie

Dancing on the Ceiling is against the forum rules.
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's first impressions roulette: compensation, adequate
Post by: King Puppies and the Acid Guppies on February 20, 2024, 07:37:09 PM
Hell yeah  :metal

Nice move, Stadler lol

What should I send now, Hef?  :) :) :) :) :)
Lionel Richie

Dancing on the Ceiling is against the forum rules.
I thought that was vacuuming the ceiling.... :)
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's first impressions roulette: compensation, adequate
Post by: King Postwhore on February 20, 2024, 07:39:22 PM
I can barely spell. Nevermind vacuuming upside down.
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's first impressions roulette: compensation, adequate
Post by: Sacul on February 21, 2024, 04:57:40 AM
Sent
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's first impressions roulette: compensation, adequate
Post by: hefdaddy42 on February 21, 2024, 06:47:04 AM
Hell yeah  :metal

Nice move, Stadler lol

What should I send now, Hef?  :) :) :) :) :)
Lionel Richie

Dancing on the Ceiling is against the forum rules.
WTF that's a great song.
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's first impressions roulette: compensation, adequate
Post by: King Postwhore on February 21, 2024, 08:27:51 AM
It is. I was just joking about dancing on ceilings.   
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's first impressions roulette: compensation, adequate
Post by: Shadow Ninja 2.0 on February 21, 2024, 03:11:20 PM
Will my score potentially go up if you like Crackhead then? It's not like it will make any difference to me winning this thing.

Guess I'll send you some more skacore in this roulette.

Well I probably wouldn't hear it until after the roulette's over, but sure, if I really like it I'll posthumously adjust your score. :lol

Also, I think I've got all but two submissions. Still a day to go on the clock so no hurry, just keeping you apprised.
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's first impressions roulette: compensation, adequate
Post by: twosuitsluke on February 22, 2024, 04:00:04 AM
Shadow Ninja, I've updated my playlist with my songs for this round :tup
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's waiting for hangman roulette
Post by: Shadow Ninja 2.0 on February 22, 2024, 04:35:08 PM
OK all entries appear to be received, I'll load them into the spreadsheet and get some hangman going in a bit.
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's no longer waiting for hangman roulette
Post by: Shadow Ninja 2.0 on February 22, 2024, 05:52:25 PM
HANGMAN

??: _____
    1: __ ______
    2: ______
    3: _________ ______

??: ____ ___ ________ff
    1: _________ C____
    2: ___c_____
    3: ___ __________ _________ _f ___c___

??: _____'_ ______c ______
    1: ____? __ b_ _____
    2: ___ B_______ _f ___ ___
    3: __ ___ C_____ _______ ___c__

??: _____
    1: F___ ____
    2: ____ _____
    3: _'_ _____ ____
    4: ____ __ ____

??: _____ __b___
    1: C____ __ __
    2: ________
    3: __ F_____
    4: _____c____ ___ ____ ________

??: ___ _______ _____
    1: C______ _____
    2: ____ ____ ____
    3: ___ __c_
    4: ________

??: F____ ___ ___
    1: ____ ____
    2: F________
    3: ___ ____ ___
    4: __ ______ ______

??: _________
    1: __________
    2: __c____ _______ _______
    3: ____________

??: ______ __c__ C__b
    1: ___________
    2: __ __ ___ ___

??: ____
    1: ____ ____ ____
    2: ____ ________ ____
    3: _c__
    4: B_b_ ______ _____ __

??: _______
    1: ____ __
    2: F____ ___ ____ F____
    3: ____c _____

??: __________ _____
    1: ___ ______ _f ___ ________
    2: ___

??: __________
    1: B__c_ ______
    2: _________

??: ____ ____c_____ ___
    1: _________
    2: _______ __ __
    3: __ ___ ___ _____

??: C_____c_ C______
    1: ___'_ _____ __
    2: _____ ___ C__'_, C____
    3: ______ _______, ___ff_c ________, _____ ______
    4: _-___-_______
    5: C__c___ __ ___ ______

??: _________
    1: ___-__-___
    2: ___
    3: __ -_____-
    4: _____

Guessed letters: QCBF
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's no longer waiting for hangman roulette
Post by: King Postwhore on February 22, 2024, 05:55:19 PM
F for Tim.
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's no longer waiting for hangman roulette
Post by: Crow on February 22, 2024, 06:15:12 PM
Q for Q
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's no longer waiting for hangman roulette
Post by: King Postwhore on February 22, 2024, 06:43:05 PM
Q for Q

Don't bring John de Lancie into this!
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's no longer waiting for hangman roulette
Post by: TAC on February 22, 2024, 06:43:38 PM
C for Joe.
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's no longer waiting for hangman roulette
Post by: King Puppies and the Acid Guppies on February 22, 2024, 06:50:42 PM
Q for Q

Don't bring John de Lancie into this!
(https://media.tenor.com/pRXQO0tXlEIAAAAM/playing-the-trumpet-q-star-trek.gif)


Also I'll take a B
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's no longer waiting for hangman roulette
Post by: King Postwhore on February 22, 2024, 06:56:27 PM
C for Joe.

 :lol. Glorious.

Love you, bro.
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's no longer waiting for hangman roulette
Post by: Shadow Ninja 2.0 on February 22, 2024, 07:00:01 PM
Updated.
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's no longer waiting for hangman roulette
Post by: TAC on February 22, 2024, 07:00:12 PM
C for Joe.

 :lol. Glorious.

Love you, bro.

(https://media3.giphy.com/media/naAaDvbAoOYdW/200w.gif?cid=6c09b9521wbtb0fe6xi77dgqirwmvmqg1esn5lh1t7b5rfra&ep=v1_gifs_search&rid=200w.gif&ct=g)
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's no longer waiting for hangman roulette
Post by: King Postwhore on February 22, 2024, 07:01:09 PM
That's right you cat hater.
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's no longer waiting for hangman roulette
Post by: TAC on February 22, 2024, 07:01:42 PM

??: ____ ___ ________ff
    1: _________ C____
    2: ___c_____
    3: ___ __________ _________ _f ___c___


Love Me Adamschiff sent by Stadler.
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's no longer waiting for hangman roulette
Post by: King Puppies and the Acid Guppies on February 22, 2024, 07:01:53 PM
That's right you cat hater.
:rollin
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's no longer waiting for hangman roulette
Post by: TAC on February 22, 2024, 07:03:28 PM
We're off to a great start here.  :lol


How about a T?
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's no longer waiting for hangman roulette
Post by: King Postwhore on February 22, 2024, 07:05:11 PM
 :lol
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's no longer waiting for hangman roulette
Post by: lonestar on February 22, 2024, 07:09:53 PM

??: ____ ___ ________ff
    1: _________ C____
    2: ___c_____
    3: ___ __________ _________ _f ___c___


Love Me Adamschiff sent by Stadler.

 :lol
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's no longer waiting for hangman roulette
Post by: King Puppies and the Acid Guppies on February 22, 2024, 07:11:48 PM
- First Aid Kit
Stay Gold
Fireworks
The Last One
My Silver Lining

Soupy sent this probably
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's no longer waiting for hangman roulette
Post by: lonestar on February 22, 2024, 07:15:38 PM
T!!
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's no longer waiting for hangman roulette
Post by: TAC on February 22, 2024, 07:16:30 PM
T!!

Yeah, we need more T's. The more the better!!  :lol
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's no longer waiting for hangman roulette
Post by: Dr. DTVT on February 22, 2024, 08:00:51 PM
A for asshole
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's no longer waiting for hangman roulette
Post by: Shadow Ninja 2.0 on February 22, 2024, 10:21:25 PM
Going to bed, here's an update.

??: __r__
    1: __ __t___
    2: R____r
    3: _________ ______

Sacul: Anna von Hausswolff
    1: Mountains Crave
    2: Discovery
    3: The Mysterious Vanishing of Electra

Buddyhunter1: death's dynamic shroud
    1: What? to be human
    2: The Bleeding of the Sun
    3: In the Clouds Hearing Voices

??: _a___
    1: Fade Away
    2: _ta_ ____g
    3: _'_ __tta T___
    4: R___ _t ___r

??: _a___ __b___
    1: C___r __ __
    2: _____a_t
    3: __ Fra___
    4: __rr_ca___ a__ _a__ Gr__a___

??: T__ __a_t__ ___t_
    1: C____r_ Ra___
    2: ____ ____ ____
    3: T__ Rac_
    4: T_ta____

soupytwist: First Aid Kit
    1: Stay Gold
    2: Fireworks
    3: The Last One
    4: My Silver Lining

??: ______r__
    1: T____a_ar_
    2: __ct_r_ Gr_____ __t___g
    3: __r__tra____

??: Somali Yacht Club
    1: Sightwaster
    2: Up in the Sky

??: _a_a
    1: ____ ____ _a__
    2: _ar_ ________ Ra__
    3: _c__
    4: Bab_ R_a___ _____ __

jingle.boy: Triumph
    1: Hold On
    2: Fight the Good Fight
    3: Magic Power

??: __at______ ___ga
    1: T__ __r___ _f _a_ _a_g_t_r
    2: ___

??: _r_a_gra__
    1: B_ac_ ___ra_
    2: _______t_

??: __r_ _r__c_____ __t
    1: ___art_r_
    2: ____t_r __ __
    3: __ Ar_ T__ _____

??: C_ar__c_ C_ar_t_
    1: __t'_ ____t __
    2: T____ ___ Ca_'t, C__at
    3: __a___ ______g, Traff_c _t_____g, __at_ ___a__
    4: _-___-__r____
    5: Ca_c_r_ __ t__ _at_r_

??: ________a
    1: A_A-T_-RA_
    2: ___
    3: __ -__T__-
    4: __RA_

Guessed letters: QCBFTAGR
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's no longer waiting for hangman roulette
Post by: Buddyhunter1 on February 22, 2024, 10:39:50 PM
G
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's no longer waiting for hangman roulette
Post by: King Puppies and the Acid Guppies on February 22, 2024, 10:46:01 PM
- Anna von Hausswolff
Mountains Crave
Discovery
The Mysterious Vanishing of Electra

Probably Dacul
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's no longer waiting for hangman roulette
Post by: King Puppies and the Acid Guppies on February 22, 2024, 11:05:31 PM
- Triumph
Hold On
Fight the Good Fight
Magic Power

This is Jingle. Great song choices too!
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's no longer waiting for hangman roulette
Post by: lonestar on February 22, 2024, 11:07:57 PM
- Triumph
Hold On
Fight the Good Fight
Magic Power

This is Jingle. Great song choices too!

If I listed my top 5 songs for 12 year old me, Magic Power and Hold On would probably be a strong #1 and #2
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's no longer waiting for hangman roulette
Post by: King Puppies and the Acid Guppies on February 22, 2024, 11:24:14 PM
I think I see songs titled, Fade Away or maybe Fall Away, also The Beginning of the End.
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's no longer waiting for hangman roulette
Post by: ariich on February 23, 2024, 02:44:23 AM
Somali Yacht Club
    1: Sightwaster
    2: Up In The Sky
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's no longer waiting for hangman roulette
Post by: twosuitsluke on February 23, 2024, 02:55:05 AM
Death's Dynamic Shroud

What? To Be Human
The Bleeding of the Sun
In the Clouds Hearing Voices

They're a Buddy band aren't they?
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's no longer waiting for hangman roulette
Post by: King Puppies and the Acid Guppies on February 23, 2024, 04:33:53 AM
Death's Dynamic Shroud

What? To Be Human
The Bleeding of the Sun
In the Clouds Hearing Voices

They're a Buddy band aren't they?
Oh that's what that is...  :lol
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's no longer waiting for hangman roulette
Post by: King Postwhore on February 23, 2024, 06:10:47 AM
Somali Yacht Club
    1: Sightwaster
    2: Up In The Sky

What a great band name.
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's no longer waiting for hangman roulette
Post by: Shadow Ninja 2.0 on February 23, 2024, 08:02:45 AM
I think I see songs titled, Fade Away or maybe Fall Away, also The Beginning of the End.

Updated, all correct except this.
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's no longer waiting for hangman roulette
Post by: King Puppies and the Acid Guppies on February 23, 2024, 10:53:06 AM
How about an R
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's no longer waiting for hangman roulette
Post by: Crow on February 23, 2024, 11:35:47 AM
Death's Dynamic Shroud

What? To Be Human
The Bleeding of the Sun
In the Clouds Hearing Voices

They're a Buddy band aren't they?
lmao, i was considering these guys for this very round :lol
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's no longer waiting for hangman roulette
Post by: Buddyhunter1 on February 23, 2024, 11:52:07 AM
Death's Dynamic Shroud

What? To Be Human
The Bleeding of the Sun
In the Clouds Hearing Voices

They're a Buddy band aren't they?
lmao, i was considering these guys for this very round :lol

:metal

Is Darklife still the only album of theirs you know?
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's no longer waiting for hangman roulette
Post by: Shadow Ninja 2.0 on February 23, 2024, 01:09:15 PM
How about an R

Granted.
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's no longer waiting for hangman roulette
Post by: TAC on February 23, 2024, 01:29:38 PM
S
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's no longer waiting for hangman roulette
Post by: Sacul on February 23, 2024, 01:54:24 PM
Can't believe nobody asked for the D
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's no longer waiting for hangman roulette
Post by: Dr. DTVT on February 23, 2024, 02:04:46 PM
E for Eh-hole, the Canadian version of asshole.
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's no longer waiting for hangman roulette
Post by: TAC on February 23, 2024, 04:07:11 PM
E for Eh-hole, the Canadian version of asshole.

Don't you mean C for Chad?
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's no longer waiting for hangman roulette
Post by: Crow on February 23, 2024, 05:34:08 PM
Is Darklife still the only album of theirs you know?
i've checked out some other stuff but none of it did much for me (and i don't even love darklife on the whole all that much either, hence why i didn't end up sending them  :lol)
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's no longer waiting for hangman roulette
Post by: King Postwhore on February 23, 2024, 05:37:23 PM
Can't believe nobody asked for the D

As Steven Wright said about his socks, "I go by thickness."
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's no longer waiting for hangman roulette
Post by: Shadow Ninja 2.0 on February 23, 2024, 06:03:18 PM
??: __r_s
    1: __ __t___
    2: R____r
    3: ____s___s __s__e

Sacul: Anna von Hausswolff
    1: Mountains Crave
    2: Discovery
    3: The Mysterious Vanishing of Electra

Buddyhunter1: death's dynamic shroud
    1: What? to be human
    2: The Bleeding of the Sun
    3: In the Clouds Hearing Voices

Stadler: Oasis
    1: Fade Away
    2: Sta_ ____g
    3: _'_ __tta T__e
    4: R___ _t __er

??: _as__ _sbe__
    1: C__er _e __
    2: E_e__a_t
    3: __ Fra_es
    4: __rr_ca_es a__ _a__ Gre_a_es

??: T_e __a_t__ E__te
    1: C____re Ra__s
    2: E_es ___e __e_
    3: T_e Race
    4: T_ta____

soupytwist: First Aid Kit
    1: Stay Gold
    2: Fireworks
    3: The Last One
    4: My Silver Lining

??: ___s_ere_
    1: Ts___a_ar_
    2: __ct_r_ Gr____s __t___g
    3: __restra__e_

??: Somali Yacht Club
    1: Sightwaster
    2: Up in the Sky

??: _a_a
    1: ____ __ee _a__
    2: _ar_ S__s___e Ra__
    3: Sc__
    4: Bab_ Rea___ ___es _e

jingle.boy: Triumph
    1: Hold On
    2: Fight the Good Fight
    3: Magic Power

??: Deathspell Omega
    1: T_e S_r__e _f _a_ _a_g_ter
    2: ___

TAC: Dreamgrave
    1: B_ac_ S__ra_
    2: _____e_ts

wolfking: Mors Principium Est
    1: _e_art_re
    2: ___ster __ _e
    3: _e Are T_e S_ee_

??: C_are_ce C_ar_t_
    1: _et's S___t __
    2: T__se ___ Ca_'t, C_eat
    3: _ea___ ______g, Traff_c St_____g, _eat_ S__as_
    4: _-___-__rs___
    5: Ca_cer_ __ t_e _ater_

??: _e______a
    1: A_A-TE-RAS
    2: _E_
    3: __ -E_TE_-
    4: __RA_

Guessed letters: QCBFTAGRSE
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's no longer waiting for hangman roulette
Post by: TAC on February 23, 2024, 06:05:28 PM
Oasis....Stadler?
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's no longer waiting for hangman roulette
Post by: Crow on February 23, 2024, 06:07:03 PM
Dreamgrave, which I think was a TAC band when i was sent them?
Mors Principum Est which is probably puppies idk
Deathspell Omega which is  :yeahright
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's no longer waiting for hangman roulette
Post by: TAC on February 23, 2024, 06:08:22 PM
MPE could be Wolfking too.
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's no longer waiting for hangman roulette
Post by: Shadow Ninja 2.0 on February 23, 2024, 06:33:55 PM
Oasis....Stadler?

Yep.

Dreamgrave, which I think was a TAC band when i was sent them?
Mors Principum Est which is probably puppies idk
Deathspell Omega which is  :yeahright

Mostly yes.

MPE could be Wolfking too.

Yes.
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's no longer waiting for hangman roulette
Post by: lonestar on February 23, 2024, 06:59:46 PM
Clarence Clarity

Let's Shoot Up
Those Who Can't, Cheat
Meadow Hopping, Traffic Stopping, Death Splash
1-800-Worship
CancerTM in the Water
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's no longer waiting for hangman roulette
Post by: Buddyhunter1 on February 23, 2024, 07:01:01 PM
Clarence Clarity

Let's Shoot Up
Those Who Can't, Cheat
Meadow Hopping, Traffic Stopping, Death Splash
1-800-Worship
CancerTM in the Water

Crow or Ariich?
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's no longer waiting for hangman roulette
Post by: Dr. DTVT on February 23, 2024, 07:04:02 PM
Bottom one is Nemophilia, which is obviously Chef

First song is AMA-TE-RAS.

You folks can figure out the rest
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's no longer waiting for hangman roulette
Post by: lonestar on February 23, 2024, 07:13:27 PM
Bottom one is Nemophilia, which is obviously Chef

First song is AMA-TE-RAS.

You folks can figure out the rest

Nemophila...no second 'I'...
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's no longer waiting for hangman roulette
Post by: ariich on February 23, 2024, 11:25:54 PM
Clarence Clarity

Let's Shoot Up
Those Who Can't, Cheat
Meadow Hopping, Traffic Stopping, Death Splash
1-800-Worship
CancerTM in the Water

Crow or Ariich?
Not me, could be Sacul.

Interested to see what Shadow thinks!
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's no longer waiting for hangman roulette
Post by: Luoto on February 23, 2024, 11:26:15 PM
Mors Principium Est

Departure
Monster In Me
We Are the Sleep
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's no longer waiting for hangman roulette
Post by: Crow on February 23, 2024, 11:28:17 PM
Clarence Clarity

Let's Shoot Up
Those Who Can't, Cheat
Meadow Hopping, Traffic Stopping, Death Splash
1-800-Worship
CancerTM in the Water

Crow or Ariich?
Not me, could be Sacul.

Interested to see what Shadow thinks!
dw it was me so the guess was half right  :lol
i sort of tried to go easy with my picks (no will to believe :lol) but, who knows what shadow will think, i still can't get a good read on him (obviously)
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's no longer waiting for hangman roulette
Post by: Shadow Ninja 2.0 on February 24, 2024, 10:28:02 AM
The only thing I like is power metal.

Also updated:

??: __r_s
    1: __ __t___
    2: R____r
    3: ____s___s __s__e

Sacul: Anna von Hausswolff
    1: Mountains Crave
    2: Discovery
    3: The Mysterious Vanishing of Electra

Buddyhunter1: death's dynamic shroud
    1: What? to be human
    2: The Bleeding of the Sun
    3: In the Clouds Hearing Voices

Stadler: Oasis
    1: Fade Away
    2: Sta_ ____g
    3: _'_ __tta T__e
    4: R___ _t __er

??: _as__ _sbe__
    1: C__er _e __
    2: E_e__a_t
    3: __ Fra_es
    4: __rr_ca_es a__ _a__ Gre_a_es

??: T_e __a_t__ E__te
    1: C____re Ra__s
    2: E_es ___e __e_
    3: T_e Race
    4: T_ta____

soupytwist: First Aid Kit
    1: Stay Gold
    2: Fireworks
    3: The Last One
    4: My Silver Lining

??: ___s_ere_
    1: Ts___a_ar_
    2: __ct_r_ Gr____s __t___g
    3: __restra__e_

??: Somali Yacht Club
    1: Sightwaster
    2: Up in the Sky

??: _a_a
    1: ____ __ee _a__
    2: _ar_ S__s___e Ra__
    3: Sc__
    4: Bab_ Rea___ ___es _e

jingle.boy: Triumph
    1: Hold On
    2: Fight the Good Fight
    3: Magic Power

??: Deathspell Omega
    1: T_e S_r__e _f _a_ _a_g_ter
    2: ___

TAC: Dreamgrave
    1: Black Spiral
    2: Monuments

wolfking: Mors Principium Est
    1: Departure
    2: Monster in Me
    3: We Are The Sleep

Crow: Clarence Clarity
    1: Let's Shoot Up
    2: Those Who Can't, Cheat
    3: Meadow Hopping, Traffic Stopping, Death Splash
    4: 1-800-Worship
    5: Cancer™ in the Water

lonestar: Nemophila
    1: AMA-TE-RAS
    2: _E_
    3: __ -E_TE_-
    4: __RA_

Guessed letters: QCBFTAGRSE
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's no longer waiting for hangman roulette
Post by: lonestar on February 24, 2024, 10:43:54 AM
Black Spiral
Monuments
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's no longer waiting for hangman roulette
Post by: Shadow Ninja 2.0 on February 24, 2024, 10:54:19 AM
Black Spiral
Monuments

What the fuck, they were sent two rounds ago. Who's policing this shit?
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's no longer waiting for hangman roulette
Post by: lonestar on February 24, 2024, 10:57:45 AM
 :lol
Title: Re: can't think of a new thread title
Post by: King Postwhore on February 24, 2024, 11:12:16 AM
 :lol
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's no longer waiting for hangman roulette
Post by: Dr. DTVT on February 24, 2024, 12:06:48 PM
Black Spiral
Monuments

What the fuck, they were sent two rounds ago. Who's policing this shit?

There are too many people and too many pages of posts to keep track of everything.  That said, it wasn’t me.
Title: Re: can't think of a new thread title
Post by: Shadow Ninja 2.0 on February 24, 2024, 06:47:41 PM
Nah, I'm just messing around, it's a song title this time instead of the band. No one's tried sending a repeat artist yet and I'm generally pretty good about remembering stuff from past roulettes as well, although not always.
Title: Re: can't think of a new thread title
Post by: Shadow Ninja 2.0 on February 25, 2024, 05:19:42 PM
Completed:

Dr. DTVT: Kyros
    1: In Motion
    2: Rumour
    3: Illusions Inside

Sacul: Anna von Hausswolff
    1: Mountains Crave
    2: Discovery
    3: The Mysterious Vanishing of Electra

Buddyhunter1: death's dynamic shroud
    1: What? to be human
    2: The Bleeding of the Sun
    3: In the Clouds Hearing Voices

Stadler: Oasis
    1: Fade Away
    2: Stay Young
    3: I'm Outta Time
    4: Roll It Over

hefdaddy42: Jason Isbell
    1: Cover Me Up
    2: Elephant
    3: 24 Frames
    4: Hurricanes and Hand Grenades

LithoJazzoSphere: The Phantom Elite
    1: Conjure Rains
    2: Eyes Wide Open
    3: The Race
    4: Titanium

soupytwist: First Aid Kit
    1: Stay Gold
    2: Fireworks
    3: The Last One
    4: My Silver Lining

ariich: Whispered
    1: Tsukiakari
    2: Victory Grounds Nothing
    3: Unrestrained

twosuitsluke: Somali Yacht Club
    1: Sightwaster
    2: Up in the Sky

King Postwhore: Dada
    1: Dizz Knee Land
    2: Mary Sunshine Rain
    3: Scum
    4: Baby Really Loves Me

jingle.boy: Triumph
    1: Hold On
    2: Fight the Good Fight
    3: Magic Power

King Puppies and the Acid Guppies: Deathspell Omega
    1: The Shrine of Mad Laughter
    2: III

TAC: Dreamgrave
    1: Black Spiral
    2: Monuments

wolfking: Mors Principium Est
    1: Departure
    2: Monster in Me
    3: We Are The Sleep

Crow: Clarence Clarity
    1: Let's Shoot Up
    2: Those Who Can't, Cheat
    3: Meadow Hopping, Traffic Stopping, Death Splash
    4: 1-800-Worship
    5: Cancer™ in the Water


lonestar: Nemophila
    1: AMA-TE-RAS
    2: ZEN
    3: 炎天 -ENTEN-
    4: OIRAN

Results tomorrow! Then we'll begin the final round and our long collective nightmare will draw to a close.
Title: Re: can't think of a new thread title
Post by: ariich on February 26, 2024, 01:53:14 AM
I was very confused by this thread title - I literally went searching for your roulette and couldn't find it, and had to scan through all threads started by you to find it. :lol
Title: Re: can't think of a new thread title
Post by: hefdaddy42 on February 26, 2024, 07:13:53 AM
 :lol
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's Homestuck roulette: making a killing in the lohacse
Post by: Shadow Ninja 2.0 on February 26, 2024, 07:30:27 AM
Bonus points are awarded for being able to find the thread when it's in low profile mode.
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's Homestuck roulette: making a killing in the lohacse
Post by: King Postwhore on February 26, 2024, 08:16:15 AM
I saw the title and clicked on it wondering what this was.  :lol
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's Homestuck roulette: making a killing in the lohacse
Post by: TAC on February 26, 2024, 09:20:24 AM
I was not fooled.
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's Homestuck roulette: making a killing in the lohacse (r7 results)
Post by: Shadow Ninja 2.0 on February 26, 2024, 04:50:10 PM
I changed the title early to be an asshole.

Should be up within an hour though.
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's Homestuck roulette: making a killing in the lohacse (r7 results)
Post by: Shadow Ninja 2.0 on February 26, 2024, 06:11:56 PM
ROUND 7 RESULTS



King Puppies and the Acid Guppies

Deathspell Omega

The Shrine of Mad Laughter
III

3 points


I guess I don’t really get this style, it just feels like stuff stacked on top of stuff without thought for how it meshes together, and the end result is just a sort of noisy mush. The drums are frenetic but they’re not mixed like they’re a supporting instrument so they get in the way of everything else. The guitars wander around doing all sorts of stuff, but never settle into anything interesting, and the harsh vocals seem not particularly good and also weirdly disconnected from the music, like they’re a commentary track over everything else. The first track and especially the second one also have a fair amount of quiet, interlude-y bits, but they also don’t really do anything, it’s just some blank space with some creepy sounds in the background. I don’t hate this, but I also don’t know how to get anything out of it.



TAC

Dreamgrave

Black Spiral
Monuments

4 points


Similar to Deathspell Omega, the baseline style here just doesn’t really work for me. The harsh vocals aren’t very good, and the female vocals in the background are an interesting idea but melodically I don’t find them particularly interesting and they don’t feel like they meld with the rest of the music. Monuments is much more clean vocal-focused, and unfortunately the melodies just feel completely lacking there as well, although I do like the Serj Tankian bits near the end. I guess the songs feel a bit directionless to me, even though some of the individual interlude bits are actually really cool, like the piano into the synth solo in Black Spiral.



LithoJazzoSphere

The Phantom Elite

Conjure Rains
Eyes Wide Open
The Race
Titanium

5 points


There’s nothing about this that I actively dislike, I just can’t seem to connect to any of it in a meaningful way. On paper I like this sort of metal, there’s some heavy riffing, a good vocal performance, and a sort of modern/electronic tinge, but execution-wise there’s just something missing for me. The melodies don’t really do anything for me, and instrumentally it often goes into plod mode for the choruses, although the faster, riffier stuff in the non-vocal sections doesn’t really move me either. I don’t know, I can’t really explain it, it’s just not clicking at all.



Stadler

Oasis

Fade Away
Stay Young
I'm Outta Time
Roll It Over

5 points


This is perfectly nice rock music, but I think it’s lacking any sort of standout feature for me. The vocal performance is fine, not super strong but works well enough, the music is solid enough but isn’t really doing anything to take it out of the background. There’s definitely a few good hooks in here, but I find they tend to get repeated way too much. The main melody of Roll it Over, for instance, is quite good, but it feels played out by the end of the song because there’s not much else that stands out. I will say that I really like I’m Outta Time, though; I think his voice works much better in this context rather than pretending he’s a rock singer, and with an interesting lead to the song, the music works great as a support even though it’s still not doing anything exceptional.



twosuitsluke

Somali Yacht Club

Sightwaster
Up in the Sky

5 points


The real downfall of most of this type of stoner rock/metal for me is ideas seem to get stretched out far thinner than they should be. Sightwaster, for instance, is mostly instrumental and it’s fine, but like most instrumental music I find that it just feels like regular music that forgot to add any vocals, and Up in the Sky is sort of the same, even though there’s more vocals they don’t vary much, and just crop up for a bit and then go away for some more decent but not exciting stoner-y guitar wandering. It’s a shame, because the brief section at the end of Sightwaster where the half-yelled vocals come in is genuinely fantastic. I wish they would have turned that into a song.



Crow

Clarence Clarity

Let's Shoot Up
Those Who Can't, Cheat
Meadow Hopping, Traffic Stopping, Death Splash
1-800-Worship
Cancer™ in the Water

5 points


This one is kind of frustrating because there’s a lot of ideas I like here, but they’re pretty consisently either buried or surrounded by stuff I find really annoying. Let’s Shoot Up is one of two tracks I’d say I like. The main vocal melody is good; it’s broken up weirdly like someone chopped it into bits and rearranged it, but I actually dig that, and the semi-random musical shifts largely work as well. What doesn’t work for me is when those shifts take it into something that sounds detuned, like Those Who Can’t, Cheat, or dissonant, or just plain noisy like 1-800-Worship where (like Deathspell Omega) there’s just a bunch of stuff playing on top of each other. I don’t mind chaos, but I do need to to be musical chaos. That’s really the frustration for me, because a lot of stuff here I like, like the weirdo kazoo + vocoder intro to Meadow Hopping, it just gets drowned by the stuff I don’t. Cancer in the Water is where everything comes together; it’s still chaotic, but everything is in tune and melodic and works together. I genuinely love that song, I wish the rest of this was more like it.



Sacul

Anna von Hausswolff

Mountains Crave
Discovery
The Mysterious Vanishing of Electra

5 points


Mountains Crave is a great song, with a really unique pipe organ backing, great vocal melodies and a great vocal performance. I really like this sort of Susanne Sundforcore when it’s done well. Discovery is a 7 minute instrumental build up with a sort of interesting section right at the end, but feels a bit like a wasted opportunity. The Mysterious Vanishing of Electra has a cool PJ Harvey vibe, but then it just sort of does the same thing for the whole runtime, and the singer relies way too much on that woooooo up to the really high pitch trick. It’s cool once, over and over it gets pretty tiring.



Dr. DTVT

Kyros

In Motion
Rumour
Illusions Inside

6 points


I really like the core sound these guys have, it’s like 80s pop but with more engaging instrumentals. In Motion and Rumour are both really good, the melodies are catchy and the vocalist’s got a great voice, and the music keeps changing up enough to keep it interesting, but not so much that it takes over and distracts from the song. Illusions Inside kind of goes the other way; the vocal melodies aren’t nearly as strong and it feels like there’s a lot less sonic depth to them, and the instrumental work is less interesting, especially the weird fuzzy/industrial riffs that crop occasionally, they feel really out of place tonally. It seems like I should pick up the album the first two are from, and give the last one a miss.



Buddyhunter1

death's dynamic shroud

What? to be human
The Bleeding of the Sun
In the Clouds Hearing Voices

6 points


I really like a lot of the sound here, but I think a lot of the best ideas get kind of bogged down in repetition. Like, What? to be human has the great ‘I can’t do it - I’m only human’ buildup, and when they get the end, they just decide to squander it by repeating ‘human’ over and over again at different pitches. Why? It just kills all the momentum of the song. In the Clouds Hearing Voices is similar in how it repeats the main nonsense lyrics melody, but it is actually a pretty good melody so it sort of works. Musically I also find them to be oscillating between interesting and kind of boring; the pseudo-orchestral stuff I really like, the plodding electric maybe-guitar really suck the energy away. The Bleeding of the Sun is the best track here, maybe because it’s structured like an actual song, although there’s less of the off-the-wall weirdness that I did like in the other tracks. I wish they could bring those two together and drop the uninspired stuff. I seem to remember you saying different band members play on different albums, is there one that has just the stuff I like, or am I always going to be taking the bad with the good?



King Postwhore

Dada

Dizz Knee Land
Mary Sunshine Rain
Scum
Baby Really Loves Me

6 points


I definitely like this sort of grunge/post grunge (pre-post grunge?) sound when it’s done well. The upbeat (for grungey stuff) Dizz Knee Land has really great vocal melodies and understated guitar work and it really works for me, although the instrumental break in the middle feels really out of place and kind of forced. Mary Sunshine Rain and Scum pull it down for me, they’re not terrible, but the vocal lines aren’t as interesting, and they’ve got that characteristic almost unpleasant grungey style of harmonies that’s never really worked for me. But then we’re back to being great again with Baby Really Loves Me which starts with quiet, eerie guitars and vocals and builds into grungey heaviness and a surprising guitar solo. I’m giving this a middling score since that how it evens out, but the two tracks I like I think are really strong.



wolfking

Mors Principium Est

Departure
Monster in Me
We Are The Sleep

7 points


This is just really good, solid metal. Harsh vocals are great, guitars are heavy, and it’s varied enough to stay interesting but nothing ever feels forced or random. In particular I like how the guitar keeps riffing underneath the vocal sections, where I feel like a lot of metal dumbs down the guitar parts when there’s vocals in top, which sometimes works, but often for me at least ends up robbing the songs of momentum. That’s probably one of the things that drew me to prog music in the first place; that sense that every instrument is doing its own thing rather than just sitting back. I guess nothing quite pushes this into the higher scoring zone, but the flipside is there’s really no weaknesses here, it’s just quality all the way through.



ariich

Whispered

Tsukiakari
Victory Grounds Nothing
Unrestrained

7 points


That Wintersun-y power metal influence in the keyboard work is right up my alley (actually the Japanese influence feels kind of Wintersun-y too, weirdly). It’s a simple equation, the more power metal something is, the more I like it. :lol It’s best used on Tsukiakari, where they give time to really build those epic sections. But this is still mainly a melodeath band, and the riffing and the harsh vocals are really killer everywhere, and the unconventional Japanese instruments both mix into the metal surprisingly well, and give it a really unique flavor (for all that I just compared it to Wintersun, they’re still pretty different). The only thing that doesn’t really work for me is the (shockingly) power metally clean vocals on Victory Grounds Nothing; this is a very specific thing to dislike, but I rarely find that sort of ‘medieval bar song’ type of melody works for me, for whatever reason. The rest of it, though… :metal



jingle.boy

Triumph

Hold On
Fight the Good Fight
Magic Power

7 points


This is what Rush would sound like if they’d been a bit less proggy and bit more straight forward arena rocky, and it’s a really great. The vocalist (Rik Emmett? Am I remembering that right?) isn’t super powerful, but he puts so much energy into it and he’s got a nice, Steve Perry-ish smoothness on the really melodic lines. The music’s great too, it never plods or stagnates, but it doesn’t get in the way of great songs either. Fight the Good Fight I’m not totally in love with, there’s some really nice guitar soloing but vocally it’s not as strong as the other two, but the other two are really damn strong, and I feel like it might grow on me.



hefdaddy42

Jason Isbell

Cover Me Up
Elephant
24 Frames
Hurricanes and Hand Grenades

7 points


Goddamn this guy is a great singer. He’s not necessarily much of a wailer, but there’s just so much feeling that he puts across when he’s singing. The lyrics are really good, like you mentioned, enough that I actually noticed whereas I’m normally not paying that much attention to lyrics. Maybe that’s why I don’t like a lot of country stuff, because the relatively stripped down instrumentation draws more attention to the voice, and a lot of country lyrics are just kind of stupid? Or it could have nothing to do with that, who the hell knows. The point that I’m wandering away from is that I really like this, or the first three tracks at least. Hurricanes and Hand Grenades isn’t terrible, but that sort of style (the name of which I’m completely blanking on now) rarely works for me. It just feels sort of hokey, I guess? In contrast to the rest of the songs here which feel really directly sincere.



lonestar

Nemophila

AMA-TE-RAS
ZEN
炎天 -ENTEN-
OIRAN

8 points


Originally for first impressions I was going to do a band each submission reminded me of, but then I ended up being really busy and had to focus on work that Friday so I didn’t end up following through on that, but the group I was going to compare this one to is Dir En Grey. Not necessarily musically, but just in terms of her harsh vocals; it’s a really interesting strained kind of scream I hardly ever hear outside of Kyo, and she sounds fantastic. Like you suspected, this stuff is just really up my alley. I love the heavy core brutality, and I think they get the balance right by leaning more into that, but the clean sections are really nice too, and there’s some really great shredding which I really like when it’s used sparingly like this.



soupytwist

First Aid Kit

Stay Gold
Fireworks
The Last One
My Silver Lining

8 points


Soupy, you’ve done it again. :lol This is just really lovely stuff, it’s got a really lush, full sound even though it’s relatively sparse instrumentally. I can’t tell whether they sing lead on different tracks or if one always sings lead and the other harmonizes, so I’ll just say that whoever is singing has a really great, expressive voice. This all sits pretty comfortably in the indie rock zone, but it’s got more range than a typical band in that genre does, and it’s that kind of variety that really seems to get me interested a lot of the time. You’re kind of running away with the roulette at this point, honestly, just got to nail that last submission! (no pressure)


STANDINGS:
soupytwist   53
ariich   50
lonestar   50
hefdaddy42   47
Dr. DTVT   46
King Puppies and the Acid Guppies   45
LithoJazzoSphere   45
wolfking   44
Stadler   43
Sacul   43
Buddyhunter1   42
TAC   40
twosuitsluke   39
jingle.boy   39
King Postwhore   39
Crow   37


All right everyone, that's a wrap on round 7, and now it's time for the final round of the roulette! In technical sense some of you are extremely dead beyond hope of resuscitation, but on the other hand, who gives a shit? It's not like I was actually going to give out that cash prize anyway, so what do you have to lose? Besides, I might decide to award 20 points to someone next time, or zero out TAC's score for fun. Anything can happen. Submissions will be due at roughly 7:00 this Thursday evening in local shadow ninja time, so feel free to over or underthink your final submission as much as seems reasonable to you.

Round playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3hGmwbff85I47MI3a56RRK
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's Homestuck roulette: making a killing in the lohacse (r7 results)
Post by: Crow on February 26, 2024, 06:14:40 PM
here's how i can still win:
Title: legally i don't know if i can commit to this
Post by: Shadow Ninja 2.0 on February 26, 2024, 06:16:38 PM
here's how i can still win:

If you send me something next round that scores a 10, I will give this whole thing to you and I do not give a fuck.
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's Homestuck roulette: making a killing in the lohacse (r7 results)
Post by: Crow on February 26, 2024, 06:18:30 PM
I promise i will not be doing that.
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's Homestuck roulette: making a killing in the lohacse (r7 results)
Post by: King Puppies and the Acid Guppies on February 26, 2024, 06:23:34 PM
Cool, I've completely imploded my chances of winning this thing over the last 2 rounds. :lol

I'll find some more crappy music for you for the next round.  :corn
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's Homestuck roulette: making a killing in the lohacse (r7 results)
Post by: lonestar on February 26, 2024, 06:29:43 PM
Awww, I feel like we just became besties.. Praise for my favorite band of late is always a quick way to my heart. Yeah, hidden beneath all that Japanese cuteness and what not, Nemophila has two serious world class shredders in Hazuki and Saki, and the drummer shouldn't be overlooked either, she's got mad skills. Just a great band all around, and really wonderful people to boot.


Gonna take a bit to pick this round in case Soupey totally shits the bed.
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's Homestuck roulette: making a killing in the lohacse (r7 results)
Post by: hefdaddy42 on February 26, 2024, 06:32:22 PM
Glad you liked Jason Isbell!
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's Homestuck roulette: making a killing in the lohacse (r7 results)
Post by: Shadow Ninja 2.0 on February 26, 2024, 06:34:45 PM
Awww, I feel like we just became besties.. Praise for my favorite band of late is always a quick way to my heart. Yeah, hidden beneath all that Japanese cuteness and what not, Nemophila has two serious world class shredders in Hazuki and Saki, and the drummer shouldn't be overlooked either, she's got mad skills. Just a great band all around, and really wonderful people to boot.


Gonna take a bit to pick this round in case Soupey totally shits the bed.

At last. I started this roulette for the sole purpose of becoming friends with lonestar, and it's finally paid off. All this music I listened to, all that nonsense I typed. Justified. Vindicated.
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's Homestuck roulette: making a killing in the lohacse (r7 results)
Post by: lonestar on February 26, 2024, 06:39:45 PM
:hug:
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's Homestuck roulette: making a killing in the lohacse (r7 results)
Post by: TAC on February 26, 2024, 06:45:31 PM
Oh shit...that did awful.  :lol

OK, will send in a bit..
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's Homestuck roulette: making a killing in the lohacse (r7 results)
Post by: Dr. DTVT on February 26, 2024, 07:10:22 PM
I didn’t read write-ups, I just sent a band I feel is under appreciated instead of sending the ally-oop that would be Charlie Griffiths.
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's Homestuck roulette: making a killing in the lohacse (r7 results)
Post by: King Postwhore on February 26, 2024, 07:34:48 PM
I wish they had my favorite Dada album on Spotify. I wonder why that album isn't there?
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's Homestuck roulette: making a killing in the lohacse (r7 results)
Post by: Buddyhunter1 on February 26, 2024, 07:37:48 PM
Quote
I seem to remember you saying different band members play on different albums, is there one that has just the stuff I like, or am I always going to be taking the bad with the good?

Yeah I dunno, repetition is a pretty key component of their style so that might be a consistent sore spot with you. Of the two albums I sent stuff from, Midnight Tangerine is a lot more song-focused, though it's also one of their least weird ones in terms of sound. It's great though!
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's Homestuck roulette: making a killing in the lohacse (r7 results)
Post by: LithoJazzoSphere on February 26, 2024, 09:14:57 PM
Hmm, getting heavily diminishing returns on the relatively harder stuff.  Or maybe The Phantom Elite covers Phantom Elite's songs poorly and you heard the wrong versions?  Anyway, time to try something that could bomb, or could soar, I'm definitely out of the running at this point. 
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's Homestuck roulette: making a killing in the lohacse (r7 results)
Post by: Shadow Ninja 2.0 on February 26, 2024, 09:48:52 PM
Hmm, getting heavily diminishing returns on the relatively harder stuff.  Or maybe The Phantom Elite covers Phantom Elite's songs poorly and you heard the wrong versions? Anyway, time to try something that could bomb, or could soar, I'm definitely out of the running at this point.

:lol I don't know why I keep doing that. I've even noticed it a few times, but for some reason I always type it that way.
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's Homestuck roulette: making a killing in the lohacse (r7 results)
Post by: King Puppies and the Acid Guppies on February 26, 2024, 09:57:04 PM
I have to say, I have no idea why I didn't think to send First Aid Kit after sending Monica Heldal. They pretty much go hand in hand. :facepalm:
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's Homestuck roulette: making a killing in the lohacse (r7 results)
Post by: LithoJazzoSphere on February 26, 2024, 09:59:41 PM
First Aid Kit is cool, but this is one time where Norway beats the Swedes. 
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's Homestuck roulette: making a killing in the lohacse (r7 results)
Post by: King Puppies and the Acid Guppies on February 26, 2024, 11:33:33 PM
First Aid Kit is cool, but this is one time where Norway beats the Swedes.
Oh I agree, but I should have known they would be right up Shadow's alley.
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's Homestuck roulette: making a killing in the lohacse (r7 results)
Post by: soupytwist on February 27, 2024, 01:26:15 AM
I love Scandinavia in general, in fact we have a cruise booked for Norwegian Fjords in May!

OK.  3 point lead one round left - I think I'm going to play it safe?  Although (The) Phantom Elite scoring only a 5 has me a little worried about my selection.
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's Homestuck roulette: making a killing in the lohacse (r7 results)
Post by: wolfking on February 27, 2024, 03:42:15 AM
Nice!
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's Homestuck roulette: making a killing in the lohacse (r7 results)
Post by: King Puppies and the Acid Guppies on February 27, 2024, 10:00:33 AM
I love Scandinavia in general, in fact we have a cruise booked for Norwegian Fjords in May!
I'm super jealous!
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's Homestuck roulette: making a killing in the lohacse (r7 results)
Post by: twosuitsluke on February 27, 2024, 03:20:12 PM
Ninja, my songs for this last round are in my playlist :tup

I love Scandinavia in general, in fact we have a cruise booked for Norwegian Fjords in May!
I'm super jealous!

Yea, me too! I really want to travel Norway listening exclusively to Enslaved.
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's Homestuck roulette: making a killing in the lohacse (r7 results)
Post by: TAC on February 27, 2024, 03:27:49 PM
I love Scandinavia in general, in fact we have a cruise booked for Norwegian Fjords in May!
I'm super jealous!

Yes definitely. We've looked at those cruises before, but have never pulled the trigger.
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's Homestuck roulette: making a killing in the lohacse (r7 results)
Post by: Shadow Ninja 2.0 on February 27, 2024, 08:55:58 PM
I love Scandinavia in general, in fact we have a cruise booked for Norwegian Fjords in May!

OK.  3 point lead one round left - I think I'm going to play it safe?  Although (The) Phantom Elite scoring only a 5 has me a little worried about my selection.

If you score at least a 7, you cannot be beat unless someone else scores a 10 which has yet to happen in the roulette.

Honestly even if you tank it you've still got a decent shot, depending on how the other high scorers do.
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's Homestuck roulette: making a killing in the lohacse (r7 results)
Post by: King Puppies and the Acid Guppies on February 27, 2024, 09:04:51 PM
I've added songs for this round to the playlist! :corn Looking forward to another 3 or 4  :)
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's Homestuck roulette: making a killing in the lohacse (r7 results)
Post by: Shadow Ninja 2.0 on February 27, 2024, 09:08:28 PM
Well I like your confidence. :lol
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's Homestuck roulette: making a killing in the lohacse (r7 results)
Post by: soupytwist on February 28, 2024, 02:26:33 AM
I love Scandinavia in general, in fact we have a cruise booked for Norwegian Fjords in May!
I'm super jealous!

Yes definitely. We've looked at those cruises before, but have never pulled the trigger.

Being from the England this isn't a massive time/money sink.  The whole cruise is only a week - 4 stops at various Flords towns/villages.  Did it about 8 years ago and the ship broke down and we missed the final two stops  :facepalm:

I love Scandinavia in general, in fact we have a cruise booked for Norwegian Fjords in May!

OK.  3 point lead one round left - I think I'm going to play it safe?  Although (The) Phantom Elite scoring only a 5 has me a little worried about my selection.

If you score at least a 7, you cannot be beat unless someone else scores a 10 which has yet to happen in the roulette.

Honestly even if you tank it you've still got a decent shot, depending on how the other high scorers do.

I would probably feel somewhat more confident if I wasn't being hunted by Lonestar and Ariich two of the most successful roulette players on this forum!

I'll being sending this afternoon.
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's Homestuck roulette: making a killing in the lohacse (r7 results)
Post by: lonestar on February 28, 2024, 10:05:09 AM
I'm in... Way too busy at work to out serious thoughts into this one, so let's hope a combination of me striking gold and both Rich and Soupy taking a massive dump gives me the game.
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's Homestuck roulette: making a killing in the lohacse (r7 results)
Post by: Sacul on February 28, 2024, 11:04:35 AM
Sent my last 5 points entry :metal
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's Homestuck roulette: making a killing in the lohacse (r7 results)
Post by: Shadow Ninja 2.0 on February 28, 2024, 06:32:24 PM
All entries but one are locked and loaded.
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's Homestuck roulette: making a killing in the lohacse (r7 results)
Post by: Shadow Ninja 2.0 on February 28, 2024, 09:48:15 PM
Also, some stats now that (almost) every submission is in.

(https://i.imgur.com/wx1lMKP.png)

Interesting how consistent a lot of this is across the board, although overall the total length of music submitted has generally trended down as the roulette went on. Interestingly the number of songs doesn't really correlate very strongly with that, although I haven't run a linear regression yet to get a line of best fit and correlation coefficient.

The standard deviation for submission length has also stayed quite steady, excepting for round 8, which possibly indicates an equation error, or hopefully a dataset that technically includes a 0 minute submission at the moment. A little over 37 hours of music submitted in total in this roulette, which maps to about 149 hours of listening for four full listens. That obviously doesn't include listening while composing writeups or the more substantial amount of listening I've done after the round is over and I'm free to listen to my favorites as much as I want without being unfair to the others.

I'd still like to give each submission a few tags (metal/nonmetal, different subgenres, song length, American/non) to chart against the score and see what kind of intelligence we can glean, apart from the fact that I like metalcore, power metal, and simple indie songs. I'll probably end up following up on this mainly after the roulette is over and I've got all the data to sift through. I'll do the now-popular updates on stuff I've checked out further as well, so that someone other than Rich will give a shit about my stat posts. :lol
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's Homestuck roulette: making a killing in the lohacse (r7 results)
Post by: ariich on February 28, 2024, 11:36:55 PM
I'll be sending this morning. :)

And yeah I love stats posts!

Yes the standard deviation oddity will be because of a zero - once you have mine it'll correct itself. Also interested to see the trends between all the different players. Has Litho sent >19 minutes every round again? :P
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's Homestuck roulette: making a killing in the lohacse (r7 results)
Post by: ariich on February 29, 2024, 04:24:44 AM
Sent!
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's Homestuck roulette: making a killing in the lohacse (r7 results)
Post by: twosuitsluke on February 29, 2024, 06:32:40 AM
Has Litho sent >19 minutes every round again? :P

I heard one round he only sent 19:57, what a jabroni.
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's Homestuck roulette: making a killing in the lohacse (r7 results)
Post by: King Postwhore on February 29, 2024, 06:42:13 AM
 :lol
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's Homestuck roulette: making a killing in the lohacse (r7 results)
Post by: King Puppies and the Acid Guppies on February 29, 2024, 10:08:41 AM
Has Litho sent >19 minutes every round again? :P

I heard one round he only sent 19:57, what a jabroni.
Did you just turn into The Iron Sheik?  :lol
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's Homestuck roulette: making a killing in the lohacse (r7 results)
Post by: LithoJazzoSphere on February 29, 2024, 10:23:18 AM
I did send one that was 19:41.  :neverusethis:

I think three of mine were over 19.  Why send three good songs when you can send four?
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's Homestuck roulette: making a killing in the lohacse (r7 results)
Post by: twosuitsluke on February 29, 2024, 10:28:16 AM
Has Litho sent >19 minutes every round again? :P

I heard one round he only sent 19:57, what a jabroni.
Did you just turn into The Iron Sheik?  :lol

(https://i.pinimg.com/originals/dd/05/71/dd0571d3fbd97fab4380da0f9cabdaa0.gif)
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's Homestuck roulette: making a killing in the lohacse (r7 results)
Post by: Shadow Ninja 2.0 on February 29, 2024, 10:46:36 AM
Stadler's submission last round was 19:59 which is the maximum I've gotten I think. :lol  Apart from a few over 20 minutes that I had to reject and ask to be revised.

Also everything is in now, hangman will appear whenever I get home and run the randomizer.
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's Homestuck roulette: making a killing in the lohacse (r7 results)
Post by: Stadler on February 29, 2024, 11:51:39 AM
Stadler's submission last round was 19:59 which is the maximum I've gotten I think. :lol  Apart from a few over 20 minutes that I had to reject and ask to be revised.

Also everything is in now, hangman will appear whenever I get home and run the randomizer.

 :metal :metal :metal :metal
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's Homestuck roulette: making a killing in the lohacse (r7 results)
Post by: lonestar on February 29, 2024, 12:03:58 PM
Stadler's submission last round was 19:59 which is the maximum I've gotten I think. :lol  Apart from a few over 20 minutes that I had to reject and ask to be revised.

Also everything is in now, hangman will appear whenever I get home and run the randomizer.

 :metal :metal :metal :metal

First time in a while that you can celebrate longevity I'd imagine...
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's Homestuck roulette: Sayonara Lemonsnout
Post by: Shadow Ninja 2.0 on February 29, 2024, 03:22:45 PM
HANGMAN

??: _________
    1: ____ ___
    2: _____ __ ___ ___
    3: ____ ____

??: ______
    1: _____ __ ___ _____ ____
    2: _____ ___ _____'_ ___
    3: __ ___ _________ __ _____ _______

??: _____________
    1: ________
    2: ________ ________
    3: ______

??: _________
    1: ___ ____
    2: ____ _____
    3: _______

??: _____
    1: ___ ______ __ ____
    2: _____ __ ___________
    3: _______ ____

??: __ _________
    1: ___________
    2: _______
    3: __ _______, ____ ____
    4: ___ ___ __ ____

??: _____
    1: ______
    2: ___ ___ __ _______
    3: ________ __ __ _____
    4: _ ___ _______
    5: __ ______

??: __________
    1: ___ ____
    2: ____ ___ _______
    3: _______
    4: ____ _____
    5: __ _____ __

??: _____ _____
    1: _______ __ ____
    2: ___
    3: ___'__ _____ ____ ____ ___'__ ____

??: _____ __________
    1: _______
    2: ________
    3: ________ _________

??: _____ ______
    1: _________ _________
    2: ___ __________ ________
    3: ________________ ______
    4: __________

??: _____ ________
    1: __ __ __
    2: _____ ____ ___ _ ____
    3: ___________

??: ____ ____
??: ___ ____________
??: ______ ___ _______

??: ___ __________
    1: _______ __________
    2: _____ ___ ______
    3: _____
    4: ____ _____ ______
    5: __________
    6: _____ ____ _______

??: _____
    1: ______ ____
    2: _____ ____
    3: ____ __ ________ ____ _______ (___ __________ _____)
    4: ________ ______ ____ _____

??: ____ __ ______
    1: _'__________
    2: __ ___ ___ ____ ______ ____
    3: __ ___ ____ __ ____ _____
    4: ___ _______ __ _____ ___

??: ___ ____
    1: _____ _ ____ ___
    2: _____ ___'__ ____
    3: ___ ____
    4: ______ __ ______
    5: ___ _____ __
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's Homestuck roulette: Sayonara Lemonsnout
Post by: King Puppies and the Acid Guppies on February 29, 2024, 03:23:58 PM
How about an R
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's Homestuck roulette: Sayonara Lemonsnout
Post by: ariich on February 29, 2024, 03:25:46 PM
??: ____ ____
??: ___ ____________
??: ______ ___ _______
Something has gone wrong or you're messing with us again!

Also A!
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's Homestuck roulette: Sayonara Lemonsnout
Post by: Shadow Ninja 2.0 on February 29, 2024, 03:34:25 PM
My subterfuge lasted only two posts. :lol Also I like how you're pulling an Evermind and showing you already know what the entry is without bothering to solve it.

??: _________
    1: ____ _AR
    2: __DA_ __ ___ DA_
    3: __A_ ____

??: __a___
    1: A____ __ ___ __r_d _r__
    2: __d_r ___ __a__'_ ___
    3: A_ ___ Dar______ __ ____r __a____

??: ___d____a____
    1: __a___r_
    2: __a____r _a___r_d
    3: ___a__

??: ______ar_
    1: ___ ____
    2: ___d __a__
    3: _______

??: Angra
    1: The Temple of Hate
    2: Winds of Destination
    3: Morning Star

??: Ad _________
    1: _______a___
    2: A___a__
    3: __ _______, ___r _a__
    4: ___ ___ __ ____

??: ___A_
    1: ____d_
    2: ___ _a_ _r A_____r
    3: __ra____ __ __ __ar_
    4: A ___ _____r_
    5: __ _r_a__

??: __r_____ad
    1: A__ ____
    2: _a__ Da_ _______
    3: __a____
    4: D___ _a__r
    5: __ _arr_ __

??: _r___ D_a__
    1: __r____ __ ____
    2: ___
    3: ___'r_ ____a _a__ __a_ ___'__ D___

??: _a___ R___ard___
    1: __arr__
    2: ______ra
    3: _r_a____ Da__a____

??: D____ __r__r
    1: Dr_a___d_ D________
    2: ___ __r_______ ____r___
    3: ____rd________a_ ______
    4: _r_d____rd

??: _____ _r____r_
    1: __ __ __
    2: __r__ D___ a_d a Da__
    3: _a____ar___

??: __r_ ___r
    1: ___ _____rra__a_
    2: D_____ a_d _______

??: ___ __a_____r_
    1: _a_____ __________
    2: _arr_ ___ _a___r
    3: ____d
    4: __r_ _____ _r____
    5: ________a_
    6: _____ ___r _r_____

??: _____
    1: D___r_ R___
    2: _____ Da__
    3: ____ __ __r____r __a_ _______ (___ __________ _____)
    4: __r_r___ Ar___d ___r __ar_

??: _a__ __ ______
    1: _'__a___a_r_
    2: D_ ___ ___ ___r ___r__ _a__
    3: __ ___ _a__ __ ___r __a__
    4: ___ ____d__ __ _____ ___

??: ___ _ar_
    1: _____ _ ___d ___
    2: _____ ___'r_ ____
    3: _ad ____
    4: ______ __ ___r__
    5: A__ ____d __

Guessed letters: RAD
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's Homestuck roulette: Sayonara Lemonsnout
Post by: ariich on February 29, 2024, 03:36:01 PM
Also I like how you're pulling an Evermind and showing you already know what the entry is without bothering to solve it.
Oh, no I don't - I just noticed that the formatting was off. :lol
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's Homestuck roulette: Sayonara Lemonsnout
Post by: ariich on February 29, 2024, 03:37:26 PM
Also Angra and how did I not notice they weren't banned?
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's Homestuck roulette: Sayonara Lemonsnout
Post by: TAC on February 29, 2024, 03:40:43 PM
T
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's Homestuck roulette: Sayonara Lemonsnout
Post by: Shadow Ninja 2.0 on February 29, 2024, 03:41:12 PM
Oh, lol. Well now I've highlighted the bullshit entry for everyone. Maybe I should throw in two or three more to confuse everyone again.
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's Homestuck roulette: Sayonara Lemonsnout
Post by: ariich on February 29, 2024, 03:42:04 PM
Angra songs:
    1: The Temple of Hate
    2: Winds of Destination but with a typo?
    3: Morning Star
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's Homestuck roulette: Sayonara Lemonsnout
Post by: Sacul on February 29, 2024, 04:19:36 PM
I'll ask for the final D
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's Homestuck roulette: Sayonara Lemonsnout
Post by: Shadow Ninja 2.0 on February 29, 2024, 04:32:11 PM
Rad.
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's Homestuck roulette: Sayonara Lemonsnout
Post by: TAC on February 29, 2024, 04:34:27 PM
??: _________
    1: ____ _AR
    2: __DA_ __ ___ DA_
    3: __A_ ____

Lonestar!



Also:
Jason Richardson
Ad Infinitum




And you forgot my T
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's Homestuck roulette: Sayonara Lemonsnout
Post by: LithoJazzoSphere on February 29, 2024, 04:40:50 PM
Ad Infinitum is ariich.

Jason Richardson is lonestar.
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's Homestuck roulette: Sayonara Lemonsnout
Post by: Shadow Ninja 2.0 on February 29, 2024, 04:43:27 PM
??: _________
    1: ____ _AR
    2: __DA_ __ ___ DA_
    3: __A_ ____
Lonestar!
Ad Infinitum is ariich.

Jason Richardson is lonestar.

Nope.

And you forgot my T

I didn't forget, I just don't want you to have it.
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's Homestuck roulette: Sayonara Lemonsnout
Post by: King Postwhore on February 29, 2024, 04:49:11 PM
L
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's Homestuck roulette: Sayonara Lemonsnout
Post by: lonestar on February 29, 2024, 04:57:37 PM
Richardson is Jingle
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's Homestuck roulette: Sayonara Lemonsnout
Post by: hefdaddy42 on February 29, 2024, 05:00:02 PM
I as in igloo
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's Homestuck roulette: Sayonara Lemonsnout
Post by: Dr. DTVT on February 29, 2024, 07:02:55 PM
F for fail
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's Homestuck roulette: Sayonara Lemonsnout
Post by: Shadow Ninja 2.0 on February 29, 2024, 07:45:29 PM
Updated.

??: LOVEBITES
    1: __L_ _AR
    2: T_DA_ I_ T__ DA_
    3: __A_ ____

TAC: Hwaino
    1: A____ _f t__ __rld Tr__
    2: __d_r T__ __a_t'_ ___
    3: At The Darkening of Their Heavens

??: _i_d_i__a____
    1: _tal__r_
    2: __at___r _att_r_d
    3: ___a__

wolfking: Wolfheart
    1: T__ ___t
    2: __ld Fla__
    3: T______

??: Angra
    1: The Temple of Hate
    2: Winds of Destination
    3: Morning Star

??: Ad Infinitum
    1: Unstoppable
    2: Animals
    3: My Justice, Your Pain
    4: See You In Hell

??: __IAI
    1: I__id_
    2: ___ _a_ _r A__t__r
    3: _trai__t T_ __ __art
    4: A ___ _i_t_r_
    5: __ _r_at_

??: __rti___ad
    1: All _i__
    2: _alf Da_ _l__i__
    3: _la_ti_
    4: D___ _at_r
    5: __ _arr_ __

Buddyhunter1: Greet Death
    1: _ir_l__ _f __ll
    2: ___
    3: ___'r_ ____a _at_ __at ___'__ D___

jingle.boy: Jason Richardson
    1: __arr__
    2: I__i__ra
    3: _r_a_i__ Da__ati__

??: Di___ __r_ir
    1: Dr_a__id_ D__i_i___
    2: T__ __r___ti__ _ff_ri__
    3: I_t_rdi____i__al ____it
    4: _r_d____rd

hefdaddy42: Punch Brothers
    1: __ __ __
    2: T_r__ D_t_ a_d a Da__
    3: Familiarity

??: __r_ ___r
    1: T__ ___t_rra__a_
    2: D__i__ a_d ___ti__

??: The Flatliners
    1: _al_i__ __ll__ti__
    2: _arr_ t__ _a___r
    3: _l__d
    4: __r_ _____ Tr__l_
    5: _______tal
    6: ____t ___r _r_i___

??: _ti__
    1: D___rt R___
    2: _____ Da__
    3: L___ I_ _tr____r T_a_ ___ti__ (T__ ___ifi___t _____)
    4: F_rtr___ Ar___d ___r __art

??: _a__ _f ___t__
    1: L'i_a_i_air_
    2: D_ __t L_t ___r __irit _a__
    3: i_ t__ _a__ _f ___r l_a__
    4: t__ _i__d__ i_ _t_i_ ___

Stadler: The Cars
    1: Since I Held You
    2: _i___ ___'r_ ____
    3: Sad Song
    4: Moving in Stereo
    5: All Mixed Up

Guessed letters: RADTLIF
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's Homestuck roulette: Sayonara Lemonsnout
Post by: TAC on February 29, 2024, 07:46:24 PM
Wolfheart sent by Wolfking
The Flatliners?
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's Homestuck roulette: Sayonara Lemonsnout
Post by: TAC on February 29, 2024, 07:48:09 PM
Greet Death...is that Buddy?


LOVBITES.....not Lonestar??
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's Homestuck roulette: Sayonara Lemonsnout
Post by: King Puppies and the Acid Guppies on February 29, 2024, 07:55:13 PM
The Cars
- All Mixed Up
- Moving In Stereo
- Sad Song
- Since I Held You

not sure what the other song is...
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's Homestuck roulette: Sayonara Lemonsnout
Post by: LithoJazzoSphere on February 29, 2024, 07:56:04 PM
The Cars is Stadler.

Hwaino - "At the Darkening of Their Heavens" - TAC.
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's Homestuck roulette: Sayonara Lemonsnout
Post by: TAC on February 29, 2024, 07:59:56 PM
Punch Brothers-Familiarity
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's Homestuck roulette: Sayonara Lemonsnout
Post by: LithoJazzoSphere on February 29, 2024, 08:00:59 PM
That's hef.

Ad Infinitum songs are "See You In Hell", "Unstoppable", "Animals", "My Justice, Your Pain".  Pretty good set. 
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's Homestuck roulette: Sayonara Lemonsnout
Post by: Shadow Ninja 2.0 on February 29, 2024, 08:07:44 PM
Wolfheart sent by Wolfking
The Flatliners?

Greet Death...is that Buddy?

The Cars
- All Mixed Up
- Moving In Stereo
- Sad Song
- Since I Held You

not sure what the other song is...

The Cars is Stadler.

Hwaino - "At the Darkening of Their Heavens" - TAC.

Punch Brothers-Familiarity

That's hef.

Ad Infinitum songs are "See You In Hell", "Unstoppable", "Animals", "My Justice, Your Pain".  Pretty good set. 

Yes to all of these. Why are you guys guessing a bunch of songs from a submission but doing them out of order? It's so much harder for me to check each one! :lol

LOVBITES.....not Lonestar??

Not lonestar. And I'm not enough of a dickhead to not give it to you even though you misspelled it, but I'm exactly enough of a dickhead to still point it out.

All updated.
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's Homestuck roulette: Sayonara Lemonsnout
Post by: LithoJazzoSphere on February 29, 2024, 08:16:55 PM
Dimmu Borgir - "The Serpentine Offering".
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's Homestuck roulette: Sayonara Lemonsnout
Post by: Crow on February 29, 2024, 08:17:36 PM
nobody gonna point out the blatantly obvious Dimmu Borgir? well then i will :corn
also Sting
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's Homestuck roulette: Sayonara Lemonsnout
Post by: LithoJazzoSphere on February 29, 2024, 08:23:32 PM
Portishead - "All Mine", "Half Day Closing", "We Carry On", "Plastic", "Deep Water" - Sacul. 

KOIAI - "Straight To My Heart".

Zero Hour - "The Subterranean".

Did soupy sent Ad Infinitum?
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's Homestuck roulette: Sayonara Lemonsnout
Post by: King Postwhore on February 29, 2024, 08:42:57 PM
Stads with the Cars.
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's Homestuck roulette: Sayonara Lemonsnout
Post by: lonestar on February 29, 2024, 08:57:30 PM
Ooh, someone other than myself sent a J-metal band...how exciting!!!

Lovebites songs are...

Today is the Day
Holy War
Swan Song


And I'd guess it's Rich who sent them.
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's Homestuck roulette: Sayonara Lemonsnout
Post by: ariich on February 29, 2024, 11:10:17 PM
I finally sent some power metal. :metal
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's Homestuck roulette: Sayonara Lemonsnout
Post by: Shadow Ninja 2.0 on March 01, 2024, 10:38:09 AM
Updated:

ariich: LOVEBITES
    1: HOLY WAR
    2: TODAY IS THE DAY
    3: SWAN SONG

TAC: Hwaino
    1: A____ _f t__ __rld Tr__
    2: __d_r T__ __a_t'_ ___
    3: At The Darkening of Their Heavens

??: _i_d_i__a____
    1: _tal__r_
    2: __at___r _att_r_d
    3: ___a__

wolfking: Wolfheart
    1: T__ ___t
    2: __ld Fla__
    3: T______

??: Angra
    1: The Temple of Hate
    2: Winds of Destination
    3: Morning Star

soupytwist: Ad Infinitum
    1: Unstoppable
    2: Animals
    3: My Justice, Your Pain
    4: See You In Hell

??: KOIAI
    1: I__id_
    2: ___ _a_ _r A__t__r
    3: Straight To My Heart
    4: A ___ _i_t_r_
    5: __ _r_at_

??: Portishead
    1: All Mine
    2: Half Day Closing
    3: Plastic
    4: Deep Water
    5: We Carry On

Buddyhunter1: Greet Death
    1: _ir_l__ _f __ll
    2: ___
    3: ___'r_ ____a _at_ __at ___'__ D___

jingle.boy: Jason Richardson
    1: __arr__
    2: I__i__ra
    3: _r_a_i__ Da__ati__

??: Dimmu Borgir
    1: Dr_a__id_ D__i_i___
    2: The Serpentine Offering
    3: I_t_rdi____i__al ____it
    4: _r_d____rd

hefdaddy42: Punch Brothers
    1: __ __ __
    2: T_r__ D_t_ a_d a Da__
    3: Familiarity

??: Zero Hour
    1: The Subterranean
    2: D__i__ a_d ___ti__

??: The Flatliners
    1: _al_i__ __ll__ti__
    2: _arr_ t__ _a___r
    3: _l__d
    4: __r_ _____ Tr__l_
    5: _______tal
    6: ____t ___r _r_i___

??: Sting
    1: D___rt R___
    2: _____ Da__
    3: L___ I_ _tr____r T_a_ ___ti__ (T__ ___ifi___t _____)
    4: F_rtr___ Ar___d ___r __art

??: _a__ _f ___t__
    1: L'i_a_i_air_
    2: D_ __t L_t ___r __irit _a__
    3: i_ t__ _a__ _f ___r l_a__
    4: t__ _i__d__ i_ _t_i_ ___

Stadler: The Cars
    1: Since I Held You
    2: _i___ ___'r_ ____
    3: Sad Song
    4: Moving in Stereo
    5: All Mixed Up

Guessed letters: RADTLIF
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's Homestuck roulette: Sayonara Lemonsnout
Post by: hefdaddy42 on March 01, 2024, 11:29:10 AM
V as in Victory
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's Homestuck roulette: Sayonara Lemonsnout
Post by: King Puppies and the Acid Guppies on March 01, 2024, 11:34:15 AM
H for Hef is my daddy!
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's Homestuck roulette: Sayonara Lemonsnout
Post by: hefdaddy42 on March 01, 2024, 12:14:29 PM
H for Hef is my daddy!
:lol
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's Homestuck roulette: Sayonara Lemonsnout
Post by: LithoJazzoSphere on March 01, 2024, 12:18:06 PM
OK.  3 point lead one round left - I think I'm going to play it safe?  Although (The) Phantom Elite scoring only a 5 has me a little worried about my selection.

Yeah, Phantom Elite and Ad Infinitum occupy similar sonic spaces for me, and hopefully not for Shadow Ninja.  :lol   Ad Infinitum being more symphonic, Phantom Elite a bit more power-prog leaning.  I can't remember if I've ever sent Ad Infinitum or not in a roulette yet, ariich usually beats me to it. 
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's Homestuck roulette: Sayonara Lemonsnout
Post by: Evermind on March 01, 2024, 12:23:03 PM
I had Phantom Elite lined up for Chad's. Then I noticed he had a couple scrobbles on his last.fm for it, and then I realized how easy it would be to guess in the hangman. :lol
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's Homestuck roulette: Sayonara Lemonsnout
Post by: ariich on March 01, 2024, 12:40:59 PM
I love Ad Infinitum but I wasn't sure Shadow would go for the more Nightwish-esque side of symphonic metal as opposed to straight up power metal.

That's my only real shot here. :lol
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's Homestuck roulette: Sayonara Lemonsnout
Post by: LithoJazzoSphere on March 01, 2024, 12:51:04 PM
They're on the more tenuous side of symphonic metal anyway, they write the songs for just the band instrumentation first and hire someone to add orchestration later on.  As opposed to Holopainen who seems to write orchestral scores first and tacks the band and vocals on at the end increasingly these days. 
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's Homestuck roulette: Sayonara Lemonsnout
Post by: Shadow Ninja 2.0 on March 01, 2024, 12:52:01 PM
I like Nightwish. I really only care for the two Anette albums, though. Tarja doesn't do anything for me, and Floor is incredible but Tuomas has only written boring music for her so far.

Updated:

ariich: LOVEBITES
    1: HOLY WAR
    2: TODAY IS THE DAY
    3: SWAN SONG

TAC: Hwaino
    1: Ashes of the World Tree
    2: Under The Beast's Sun
    3: At The Darkening of Their Heavens

??: _i_d_i__a____
    1: _tal__r_
    2: _hat_v_r _att_r_d
    3: ___a__

wolfking: Wolfheart
    1: The Hunt
    2: Cold Flame
    3: Tyhjyys

??: Angra
    1: The Temple of Hate
    2: Winds of Destination
    3: Morning Star

soupytwist: Ad Infinitum
    1: Unstoppable
    2: Animals
    3: My Justice, Your Pain
    4: See You In Hell

lonestar: KOIAI
    1: Inside
    2: One Way Or Another
    3: Straight To My Heart
    4: A New Picture
    5: My Breath

??: Portishead
    1: All Mine
    2: Half Day Closing
    3: Plastic
    4: Deep Water
    5: We Carry On

Buddyhunter1: Greet Death
    1: Circles of Hell
    2: Bow
    3: You're Gonna Hate What You've Done

jingle.boy: Jason Richardson
    1: __arr__
    2: I_hi__ra
    3: _r_a_i__ Da__ati__

??: Dimmu Borgir
    1: Dreamside Dominions
    2: The Serpentine Offering
    3: Interdimensional Summit
    4: Vredesbyrd

hefdaddy42: Punch Brothers
    1: __ _h __
    2: Thr__ D_t_ a_d a Da_h
    3: Familiarity

??: Zero Hour
    1: The Subterranean
    2: D__i__ a_d V__ti__

??: The Flatliners
    1: _al_i__ __ll__ti__
    2: _arr_ th_ _a___r
    3: _l__d
    4: H_r_ _____ Tr__l_
    5: _______tal
    6: ____t ___r _r_i___

??: Sting
    1: Desert Rose
    2: Seven Days
    3: Love Is Stronger Than Justice (The Munificent Seven)
    4: Fortress Around Your Heart

??: _a__ _f ___th_
    1: L'i_a_i_air_
    2: D_ __t L_t ___r __irit _a__
    3: i_ th_ _a__ _f ___r l_av_
    4: th_ _i__d__ i_ _thi_ ___

Stadler: The Cars
    1: Since I Held You
    2: _i___ ___'r_ ____
    3: Sad Song
    4: Moving in Stereo
    5: All Mixed Up

Guessed letters: RADTLIFVH
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's Homestuck roulette: Sayonara Lemonsnout
Post by: Evermind on March 01, 2024, 12:53:29 PM
As opposed to Hopolainen who seems to write orchestral scores first and tacks the band and vocals on at the end increasingly these days.

Isn't the Nightwish guy Holopainen? :) I don't disagree though.
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's Homestuck roulette: Sayonara Lemonsnout
Post by: LithoJazzoSphere on March 01, 2024, 12:53:47 PM
So Portishead isn't Sacul?  Interesting.

As opposed to Hopolainen who seems to write orchestral scores first and tacks the band and vocals on at the end increasingly these days.

Isn't the Nightwish guy Holopainen? :)


Yes.  I kind of assumed he was a household name here, but maybe he isn't?
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's Homestuck roulette: Sayonara Lemonsnout
Post by: Shadow Ninja 2.0 on March 01, 2024, 12:54:49 PM
No it is, you guys just guess a hundred things at once and keep editing your posts. I'm lucky to get what I do. :lol
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's Homestuck roulette: Sayonara Lemonsnout
Post by: LithoJazzoSphere on March 01, 2024, 12:56:57 PM
I usually just keep editing until I notice another post has appeared below mine. 
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's Homestuck roulette: Sayonara Lemonsnout
Post by: Evermind on March 01, 2024, 01:01:09 PM
As opposed to Hopolainen who seems to write orchestral scores first and tacks the band and vocals on at the end increasingly these days.

Isn't the Nightwish guy Holopainen? :)


Yes.  I kind of assumed he was a household name here, but maybe he isn't?

Yeah, I was just pointing out you've got his surname wrong. I mean, no big deal, I'm apparently still in the auditor/Indi's roulette/hangman mode.
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's Homestuck roulette: Sayonara Lemonsnout
Post by: LithoJazzoSphere on March 01, 2024, 01:06:39 PM
Oh, I typed it too fast and skim-edited it even faster I guess.  :lol   Is there a name for a Spoonerism within a word as opposed to between two words, or is it still just a Spoonerism?  Because that's what it looks like I did.  Hmm. 
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's Homestuck roulette: Sayonara Lemonsnout
Post by: Stadler on March 01, 2024, 01:09:02 PM
Sting:

1: Desert Rose
2: Seven Days (AWESOME song)
3: Love Is Stronger Than Justice (The Munificent Seven)
4: Fortress Around Your Heart
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's Homestuck roulette: Sayonara Lemonsnout
Post by: soupytwist on March 01, 2024, 01:37:38 PM
OK.  3 point lead one round left - I think I'm going to play it safe?  Although (The) Phantom Elite scoring only a 5 has me a little worried about my selection.

Yeah, Phantom Elite and Ad Infinitum occupy similar sonic spaces for me, and hopefully not for Shadow Ninja.  :lol   Ad Infinitum being more symphonic, Phantom Elite a bit more power-prog leaning.  I can't remember if I've ever sent them or not in a roulette yet, ariich usually beats me to it.

It was a toss up between Ad Infinitum or Edge of Paradise - I feel Melissa's vocals are a safer bet though (and Visions of Atlantis got me an 8 earlier).  Probably should have just gone with Alestorm though  ;D
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's Homestuck roulette: Sayonara Lemonsnout
Post by: ariich on March 01, 2024, 01:37:46 PM
Filling in some gaps:

TAC: Hwaino
    1: Ashes of the World Tree
    2: Under The Beast's Sun
    3: At The Darkening of Their Heavens

wolfking: Wolfheart
    1: The Hunt
    2: Cold Flame
    3: Tyhjyys

??: KOIAI
    1: Inside
    2: One Way Or Another
    3: Straight To My Heart
    4: A New Picture
    5: My Breath

Also this is surely lonestar?!
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's Homestuck roulette: Sayonara Lemonsnout
Post by: ariich on March 01, 2024, 01:38:18 PM
OK.  3 point lead one round left - I think I'm going to play it safe?  Although (The) Phantom Elite scoring only a 5 has me a little worried about my selection.

Yeah, Phantom Elite and Ad Infinitum occupy similar sonic spaces for me, and hopefully not for Shadow Ninja.  :lol   Ad Infinitum being more symphonic, Phantom Elite a bit more power-prog leaning.  I can't remember if I've ever sent them or not in a roulette yet, ariich usually beats me to it.

It was a toss up between Ad Infinitum or Edge of Paradise - I feel Melissa's vocals are a safer bet though.   Probably should have just gone with Alestorm though  ;D
She's amazing and I have no issue losing to her. :P
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's Homestuck roulette: Sayonara Lemonsnout
Post by: ariich on March 01, 2024, 01:44:04 PM
Sting is probably King.

More gap filling!

Buddyhunter1: Greet Death
    1: Circles of Hell
    2: Bow
    3: You're Gonna Hate What You've Done

??: Dimmu Borgir
    1: Dreamside Dominions
    2: The Serpentine Offering
    3: Interdimensional Summit
    4: Vredesbyrd
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's Homestuck roulette: Sayonara Lemonsnout
Post by: King Postwhore on March 01, 2024, 01:57:54 PM
Rich is correct 
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's Homestuck roulette: Sayonara Lemonsnout
Post by: Shadow Ninja 2.0 on March 01, 2024, 02:04:05 PM
What do you know about it, you don't even listen to Dimmu Borgir!

All correct, will update sometime soon.
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's Homestuck roulette: Sayonara Lemonsnout
Post by: King Puppies and the Acid Guppies on March 01, 2024, 02:13:07 PM
Good ol Demon Burger :)
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's Homestuck roulette: Sayonara Lemonsnout
Post by: ariich on March 01, 2024, 02:14:44 PM
The idea of Joe chilling out to some Dimmu Borgir amuses me for some reason.
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's Homestuck roulette: Sayonara Lemonsnout
Post by: lonestar on March 01, 2024, 02:25:03 PM

??: KOIAI
    1: Inside
    2: One Way Or Another
    3: Straight To My Heart
    4: A New Picture
    5: My Breath

Also this is surely lonestar?!

Bout time someone got this...btw when you do your dive into Li-Sa X band on your roulette review, these are the albums you need to check out. This is what the Li-Sa X Band morphed into, same two guitarists and they added a new singer and Kanade Soto on drums. I think the bassist is Lisa's brother.
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's Homestuck roulette: Sayonara Lemonsnout
Post by: King Puppies and the Acid Guppies on March 01, 2024, 02:25:26 PM
Wait, Dacul sent Portishead but didn't send Glorybox?

(https://i.pinimg.com/originals/34/53/7f/34537f05816bca3f525f6c8859e4aba6.gif)
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's Homestuck roulette: Sayonara Lemonsnout
Post by: Shadow Ninja 2.0 on March 01, 2024, 02:31:54 PM
Evermind sent it in my last roulette.
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's Homestuck roulette: Sayonara Lemonsnout
Post by: twosuitsluke on March 01, 2024, 02:51:29 PM
The idea of Joe chilling out to some Dimmu Borgir amuses me for some reason.

The idea of Joe trying to spell Puritanical Euphoric Misanthropia amuses me even more (what a fucking record by the way, Holy shit!).
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's Homestuck roulette: Sayonara Lemonsnout
Post by: Stadler on March 01, 2024, 03:02:50 PM
The idea of Joe chilling out to some Dimmu Borgir amuses me for some reason.

I read that twice before I realized it was "AMUSES" not "AROUSES". 
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's Homestuck roulette: Sayonara Lemonsnout
Post by: ariich on March 01, 2024, 03:03:47 PM
The idea of Joe chilling out to some Dimmu Borgir amuses me for some reason.

I read that twice before I realized it was "AMUSES" not "AROUSES". 
I mean, that too.

:eyebrows:
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's Homestuck roulette: Sayonara Lemonsnout
Post by: TAC on March 01, 2024, 03:04:14 PM
The idea of Joe chilling out to some Dimmu Borgir amuses me for some reason.

I read that twice before I realized it was "AMUSES" not "AROUSES".

It can say whatever you want it to say.
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's Homestuck roulette: Sayonara Lemonsnout
Post by: King Postwhore on March 01, 2024, 05:48:08 PM
The idea of Joe chilling out to some Dimmu Borgir amuses me for some reason.

Ii like a few of their tunes.
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's Homestuck roulette: Sayonara Lemonsnout
Post by: Shadow Ninja 2.0 on March 01, 2024, 08:32:02 PM
OK, time for some statistics!

(https://i.imgur.com/UitPv7M.png)

Shockingly, Litho is not the participant with the highest average submission length, as a surprise contender came up from behind to steal his crown. In addition, note Stadler's absolutely insane standard deviation of only 18 seconds. This of course warrants rearranging the table to look at standard deviation.

(https://i.imgur.com/EmnqQev.png)

Now we can clearly who's hewing very closely to their strategy vs. who's completely freewheeling it in terms of submission length.

At this point, of course, I know what you're thinking. Obviously, we could calculate an average standard deviation across everyone, and then compare everyone's individual standard deviations to that. That is, we could determine everyone's average deviation from the average standard deviation. We all agree this is a very interesting prospect, and so of course I have done it.

(https://i.imgur.com/msbavct.png)

I thought about going another level deeper, but I'll spare you all for now. :lol Next I'll see about making some graphs for submission length vs. score to see if there's any merit behind a particular strategy (there probably won't be).
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's Homestuck roulette: Sayonara Lemonsnout
Post by: King Puppies and the Acid Guppies on March 01, 2024, 10:15:48 PM
I didn't realize my standard deviation was so high.  :lol
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's Homestuck roulette: Sayonara Lemonsnout
Post by: ariich on March 01, 2024, 11:37:24 PM
The top 3 players going into the final round all have high standard deviations (meaning a wide range of different submission lengths) which supports the notion of prioritising quality over quantity.
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's Homestuck roulette: Sayonara Lemonsnout
Post by: King Puppies and the Acid Guppies on March 02, 2024, 12:29:08 AM
The top 3 players going into the final round all have high standard deviations (meaning a wide range of different submission lengths) which supports the notion of prioritising quality over quantity.
I was right up there too, until I decided to shoot myself in the foot 2 rounds ago, then shoot myself in the other foot last round.  :lol
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's Homestuck roulette: Sayonara Lemonsnout
Post by: Shadow Ninja 2.0 on March 02, 2024, 10:46:16 AM
Rich you're totally right, looking at average score vs. standard deviation makes a lot more sense than looking a straight score vs. submission length.

(https://i.imgur.com/M4y9xgm.png)

It seems to imply pretty weak correlation, if any, though. Which is weird because just looking at it I feel like I see a trend, but maybe that's just the illusion having the highest value happen to be on the top right.
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's Homestuck roulette: Sayonara Lemonsnout
Post by: TAC on March 02, 2024, 10:47:20 AM
The only trend I see is me sucking.
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's Homestuck roulette: Sayonara Lemonsnout
Post by: King Puppies and the Acid Guppies on March 02, 2024, 11:17:12 AM
The only trend I see is me sucking.
So nothing out of the ordinary :neverusethis:
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's Homestuck roulette: Sayonara Lemonsnout
Post by: ariich on March 02, 2024, 01:57:00 PM
It seems to imply pretty weak correlation, if any, though. Which is weird because just looking at it I feel like I see a trend, but maybe that's just the illusion having the highest value happen to be on the top right.
I dunno, I would say the line is steeper than I might have expected actually. It's not a tight regression but that's to be expected unless you'd expect variety of submission lengths to have a very direct effect on the scores, which would be... weird. :lol But realistically it's a second-order effect that correlates with other characteristics of what people send, for example (as I suggested before) people choosing what they consider the songs you'll like most rather than maxing out the 20 minute limit.
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's Homestuck roulette: Sayonara Lemonsnout
Post by: Shadow Ninja 2.0 on March 02, 2024, 03:48:05 PM
That a good point, I guess I'm just not completely convinced I couldn't get a similar level of correlation with completely random values. I was going to test that but then got bogged down in the details. :lol

Also, solved hangman:

ariich: LOVEBITES
    1: HOLY WAR
    2: TODAY IS THE DAY
    3: SWAN SONG

TAC: Hwaino
    1: Ashes of the World Tree
    2: Under The Beast's Sun
    3: At The Darkening of Their Heavens

LithoJazzoSphere: Mind.in.a.box
    1: Stalkers
    2: Whatever Mattered
    3: Escape

wolfking: Wolfheart
    1: The Hunt
    2: Cold Flame
    3: Tyhjyys

King Puppies and the Acid Guppies: Angra
    1: The Temple of Hate
    2: Winds of Destination
    3: Morning Star

soupytwist: Ad Infinitum
    1: Unstoppable
    2: Animals
    3: My Justice, Your Pain
    4: See You In Hell

lonestar: KOIAI
    1: Inside
    2: One Way Or Another
    3: Straight To My Heart
    4: A New Picture
    5: My Breath

Sacul: Portishead
    1: All Mine
    2: Half Day Closing
    3: Plastic
    4: Deep Water
    5: We Carry On

Buddyhunter1: Greet Death
    1: Circles of Hell
    2: Bow
    3: You're Gonna Hate What You've Done

jingle.boy: Jason Richardson
    1: Sparrow
    2: Ishimura
    3: Breaking Damnation

Dr. DTVT: Dimmu Borgir
    1: Dreamside Dominions
    2: The Serpentine Offering
    3: Interdimensional Summit
    4: Vredesbyrd

hefdaddy42: Punch Brothers
    1: My Oh My
    2: Three Dots and a Dash
    3: Familiarity

Shadow Ninja 2.0: Zero Hour
    1: The Subterranean
    2: Demise and Vestige

twosuitsluke: The Flatliners
    1: Calming Collection
    2: Carry the Banner
    3: Bleed
    4: Here Comes Treble
    5: Monumental
    6: Count Your Bruises

King Chefwhore: Sting
    1: Desert Rose
    2: Seven Days
    3: Love Is Stronger Than Justice (The Munificent Seven)
    4: Fortress Around Your Heart

Crow: Gang of Youths
    1: L'imaginaire
    2: Do Not Let Your Spirit Wane
    3: in the wake of your leave
    4: the kingdom is within you

Stadler: The Cars
    1: Since I Held You
    2: Since You're Gone
    3: Sad Song
    4: Moving in Stereo
    5: All Mixed Up

And results will be up on Monday! Hope everyone's had fun. It's definitely been a good time for me, although I am looking forward to getting these weekend hours back. :lol
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's Homestuck roulette: Sayonara Lemonsnout
Post by: King Postwhore on March 02, 2024, 03:51:12 PM
Rich guessed my entree. 
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's Homestuck roulette: Sayonara Lemonsnout
Post by: TAC on March 02, 2024, 03:52:24 PM
Rich guessed my entree.

What is this, the dinner roulette??
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's Homestuck roulette: Sayonara Lemonsnout
Post by: King Postwhore on March 02, 2024, 04:04:30 PM
The songs are tasty.
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's Homestuck roulette: Sayonara Lemonsnout
Post by: Dr. DTVT on March 02, 2024, 06:16:59 PM
I don’t think anyone pegged me to a band all roulette.  Maybe if jingle had a wider taste I could have gotten some more anonymity points.
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's Homestuck roulette: Sayonara Lemonsnout
Post by: Shadow Ninja 2.0 on March 04, 2024, 07:17:14 AM
As the prophecy foretold:

March 4th is the day I post final results, lock it in.

Results :soon:
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's Homestuck roulette: Sayonara Lemonsnout
Post by: lonestar on March 04, 2024, 07:26:01 AM
Man... Between this, Indy results and the start of the bassists list, I'm gonna get my fill of popcorn today...

 :corn
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's Homestuck roulette: Sayonara Lemonsnout
Post by: hefdaddy42 on March 04, 2024, 07:27:22 AM
As the prophecy foretold:

March 4th is the day I post final results, lock it in.

Results :soon:
:lol
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's Homestuck roulette: Sayonara Lemonsnout
Post by: ariich on March 04, 2024, 07:55:09 AM
:corn
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's Homestuck roulette: Sayonara Lemonsnout
Post by: lonestar on March 04, 2024, 07:59:23 AM
Congrats Rich
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's Homestuck roulette: Sayonara Lemonsnout
Post by: ariich on March 04, 2024, 08:19:58 AM
:lol If only. While not impossible, it seems unlikely either of us will make up three points on soupy.
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's Homestuck roulette: Sayonara Lemonsnout
Post by: lonestar on March 04, 2024, 08:21:15 AM
:lol If only. While not impossible, it seems unlikely either of us will make up three points on soupy.

I'm hoping for a three way tie
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's Homestuck roulette: Sayonara Lemonsnout
Post by: soupytwist on March 04, 2024, 08:24:16 AM
:lol If only. While not impossible, it seems unlikely either of us will make up three points on soupy.

I can see myself getting a 5 (like Lizzo with Phantom Elite).  Which open it up for one or both of you to win or it could also end in a tie.   :D
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's Homestuck roulette: Sayonara Lemonsnout
Post by: hefdaddy42 on March 04, 2024, 08:25:59 AM
:lol If only. While not impossible, it seems unlikely either of us will make up three points on soupy.

I'm hoping for a three way
Same
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's Homestuck roulette: Sayonara Lemonsnout
Post by: lonestar on March 04, 2024, 08:28:25 AM
:eyebrows:
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's Homestuck roulette: Sayonara Lemonsnout
Post by: LithoJazzoSphere on March 04, 2024, 08:41:09 AM
:lol If only. While not impossible, it seems unlikely either of us will make up three points on soupy.

I can see myself getting a 5 (like Lizzo with Phantom Elite).  Which open it up for one or both of you to win or it could also end in a tie.   :D

Nah, you are overdue a win.  ;)
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's Homestuck roulette: Sayonara Lemonsnout
Post by: ariich on March 04, 2024, 09:32:58 AM
:lol If only. While not impossible, it seems unlikely either of us will make up three points on soupy.

I can see myself getting a 5 (like Lizzo with Phantom Elite).  Which open it up for one or both of you to win or it could also end in a tie.   :D
Just seems unlikely you'd score so low with how good Ad Infinitum are.

Now watch you get a 5 but RJ and I fail to score more than 7 anyway. :lol
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's Homestuck roulette: Sayonara Lemonsnout
Post by: Buddyhunter1 on March 04, 2024, 09:34:40 AM
Shadow is going to love Greet Death even more than I do and I'm gonna fucking win
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's Homestuck roulette: Sayonara Lemonsnout
Post by: Shadow Ninja 2.0 on March 04, 2024, 09:37:18 AM
:lol If only. While not impossible, it seems unlikely either of us will make up three points on soupy.

I'm hoping for a three way
Same

:eyebrows:

You sick fucks, keep this filthy degeneracy out of my thread unless I'm invited.
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's Homestuck roulette: Sayonara Lemonsnout
Post by: King Puppies and the Acid Guppies on March 04, 2024, 09:54:12 AM
:lol If only. While not impossible, it seems unlikely either of us will make up three points on soupy.

I'm hoping for a three way tie
I'm hoping you all bomb this round and I zoom back to the top!  :corn
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's Homestuck roulette: cruxploder countdown
Post by: LithoJazzoSphere on March 04, 2024, 09:55:20 AM
:lol If only. While not impossible, it seems unlikely either of us will make up three points on soupy.

I can see myself getting a 5 (like Lizzo with Phantom Elite).  Which open it up for one or both of you to win or it could also end in a tie.   :D
Just seems unlikely you'd score so low with how good Ad Infinitum are.

Scoring 5 points with Hiromi seemed unlikely with how good she is as well, but SN's tastes have proven unreliable.  :p
Title: i mean it shouldn't actually be ten hours
Post by: Shadow Ninja 2.0 on March 04, 2024, 10:10:50 AM
Hey, I warned everyone at the start. :lol

Also:

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Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's Homestuck roulette: cruxploder countdown
Post by: King Puppies and the Acid Guppies on March 04, 2024, 10:14:50 AM
(https://media4.giphy.com/media/bkcYElQQVstXFsr4yL/200w.gif?cid=6c09b9526xl7v00l3c6gu0ir2a7i6p3myxjyi49q67ehe0ar&ep=v1_gifs_search&rid=200w.gif&ct=g)
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's Homestuck roulette: cruxploder countdown
Post by: lonestar on March 04, 2024, 10:21:27 AM
 :corn
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's Homestuck roulette: cruxploder countdown
Post by: Shadow Ninja 2.0 on March 04, 2024, 10:28:02 AM
(https://i.imgur.com/zp3xmQs.gif)
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's Homestuck roulette: cruxploder countdown
Post by: lonestar on March 04, 2024, 06:10:17 PM
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Title: actually i'm just finishing writeups now
Post by: Shadow Ninja 2.0 on March 04, 2024, 06:34:19 PM
too impatient, roulette cancelled
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's Homestuck roulette: cruxploder countdown
Post by: TAC on March 04, 2024, 06:35:09 PM
God. Can we start over?
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's Homestuck roulette: cruxploder countdown
Post by: Shadow Ninja 2.0 on March 04, 2024, 06:45:36 PM
ROUND 8 RESULTS


jingle.boy

Jason Richardson

Sparrow
Ishimura
Breaking Damnation

3 points


Yeah, I’m not big on instrumental metal and I’m not a big fan of djent, so instrumental djent just does nothing for me at all. Even non-djenty instrumental metal tends to send pretty empty and non-melodic, and djent I find tends to eschew most melody in favor of that staccato offbeat riffing, so there’s really just nothing for me to grab onto here. It doesn’t go so far that it becomes annoying to me and it’s well-performed, but I just get almost nothing out of it apart from the occasional idea, like the synthy outro of Ishimura which I did really enjoy.

You said you and I weren’t a match at the start, and the results have more or less born that out :lol but I appreciate you giving it a shot anyway, and you did send me some stuff I really enjoyed (Spirit of the West who I’d never even heard of, Triumph who I probably would never have checked out on my own, and TSO who frankly I should have listened to more already). You’re always welcome to play in my future roulettes, although after this one you may not want to. :lol



Sacul

Portishead

All Mine
Half Day Closing
Plastic
Deep Water
We Carry On

3 points


I’ve heard about Portishead for ages as one of the best trip-hop bands, and I’ve been sent around 40 minutes of their music at this point, and I cannot for the life of me figure out what the big deal with this group is. It’s got the trappings of trip-hop, sure, but there’s hardly any melody to be found in these tracks which just leaves them feeling empty, and half the time when there is a melody it’s kind of grating and annoying, Like Plastic or Deep Water. I like the idea of the overall sound, but without decent songs to fill it in, that sort of super tinny, high-end production just kind of wears on my ears. There’s stuff I like in here, like the driving beat and main building melody of We Carry On or the hyper-processed drums on Plastic, but it’s so buried in stuff I don’t like that it’s not rescuing the songs for me.

I think you’ve always been one of the most up-and-down participants in my roulettes. You often send me stuff that I don’t like at all (please stop sending Boris :P), but you also often send amazing stuff I’ve never even heard of. Nils Frahm, Igorrr, Infected Mushroom, Refused, I’ve gotten a lot of great music from you, and there’s a few more from this roulette that’ll join that rank. (Chelsea Wolfe, George Clanton, Viagra Boys)



ariich

LOVEBITES

HOLY WAR
TODAY IS THE DAY
SWAN SONG

4 points


Instrumentally this is definitely my kind of thing, but vocally it’s just not working for me at all. I’ve never been into that Bruce Dickinson-inspired heavy vibrato wailing style (Iron Maiden isn’t on the banned list because I like them), and she’s pretty much doing that for the entire runtime of every track. I mean props to her for keeping it up, I’m sure that’s not easy, but it’s also just not something I enjoy listening to, and I don’t feel like the melodies are really there to back it up. It’s kind of funny that I’m giving you your lowest score so far for a genre I explicitly told everyone to send, but I swear I’m not doing it intentionally. :lol

It’s great having you back for this roulette after you stomped the last one. :lol We weren’t totally on the same page last time when it came to heavy stuff, and that’s sort of continued this time, but I think you found a lot more common ground, and especially on quirky/indie stuff I feel like we are either totally in tune, or you just get exactly what I’m going to be into, and I appreciate how varied your submissions are (even when I give them bad scores :P).



King Puppies and the Acid Guppies

Angra

The Temple of Hate
Winds of Destination
Morning Star

5 points


Stylistically this sounds like a mix of prog metal and 90s-style power metal, which unfortunately kind of puts me at odds with it to start with. I’m much more a fan of the modern, hyper melodic Dragonforce-y power metal than the older stuff. I wasn’t a huge fan of Andre Matos in Avantasia so Angra was never really on my radar of stuff to check out, and I assume this is the replacement guy (Edu Falschi?), and he’s not really doing anything for me either. He either sounds kind of thin and weak on the high stuff or goes into that same Bruce Dickinson thing that I don’t care for. It’s a lot of instrumentally varied than most power metal, that’s the prog metal coming through, but for me that justs makes it less focused and interesting. I like my power big and sing-songy, and outside of a few moments I’m not really getting that here. It’s cool hearing Kai Hansen and Hansi Kursch, of course, but Hansen I find more miss than hit and while Hansi always sounds incredible, I don’t find what he’s doing to be very melodically interesting. (Also I swear I heard the Vanden Plas guy in there at one point)

OK I know you’re kind of disappointed with your performance in the latter half of the roulette, but honestly I’ve just been thrilled that you sent me so much stuff that I absolutely loved, after we never completely clicked in my last roulette. For whatever reason, sort of like Rich, we seem to be kind of incompatible on metal stuff, but everywhere else you were cleaning house. Also, where can I get Monica Heldal CDs? Do they exist?



Buddyhunter1

Greet Death

Circles of Hell
Bow
You're Gonna Hate What You've Done

5 points


I’m really torn on this, honestly. I come so close to being really into this, and then I lose it. I think it’s the ultra fuzzy, plodding distorted guitar parts that do it in for me. When it’s just the clean guitars and the vocals (mainly the lower voiced guy, although the other one isn’t bad), I find the overall atmosphere to be incredibly absorbing. But so much of this is covered up by that fuzzy guitar; it doesn’t have enough punch to bring any sort of aggression to the songs, but it’s also too plodding and kind of dull to do anything for them melodically either. Plus it nearly drowns out the really amazing guitar solo at the end of You’re Gonna Hate etc. So I don’t know. I may end up listening to this more just for a bits I like because I really like them, and maybe I’ll get into the rest of it.

You’ve played in several of my roulettes and I’ve played in at least one of yours, and I feel like I still have no idea what kind of music you listen to. :lol I think you had the curse of sending me stuff that wouldn’t grow on me until later; both Chapel of Disease and the Parannoul/Asian Glow I’m more into now than I was when I scored them, and I’m interested in checking out death’s dynamic shroud, even if I have to tolerate the annoying stuff because there was a lot of really unique sounds in there. Hopefully you’ll play the next time I do a roulette so I can give you more middling scores. :lol



Stadler

The Cars

Since I Held You
Since You're Gone
Sad Song
Moving in Stereo
All Mixed Up

5 points


I think there’s maybe just not enough going on here for me. The songs are pretty simple instrumentally, which isn’t bad in itself; I like a lot of really simple stuff (more than people realize, probably, judging by how little quiet indie stuff I was sent), but it’s missing something special to make it stand out. Normally, for me at least, that would be the vocals, and here they’re fine, but they’re not super strong. I do really like the Moody Blues-y choir bits on All Mixed Up, and the synth-heavy chorus on Sad Song does really work for me. I don’t know, I’ve sort of gone back and forth on how much I’m into this. It might grow on me, who knows.

You know, probably as much to your surprise as anyone else’s, you’ve sent me quite a bit of stuff I really like. Often even in the submissions I didn’t love overall, there was at least one track I did (UFO, Fish), and both Genesis and Cheap Trick surprised me by how much I was into them, when I probably would never have checked out either of them if left to my own devices. (And you didn’t even send KISS this time :lol)



soupytwist

Ad Infinitum

Unstoppable
Animals
My Justice, Your Pain
See You In Hell

6 points


This does end up feeling pretty similar to Phantom Elite to me, but the vocal melodies are definitely working for me more here, although they occasionally border on being a bit too… modern metally is the best way I have to describe it, like on My Justice, Your Pain. Definitely not bad, but also doesn’t feel super exciting to me, which hurts the songs a bit because for the most part there’s not too much going on that takes center stage; the guitars just kind of chug in the background, and the symphonic bits are nice but are a bit more of a flourish than a structural element. I guess it’s just not quite standing out enough for me overall, even though she definitely has a fantastic voice.

Soupy, I don’t think we’d ever even interacted before you joined this roulette, so it’s really incredible how well you’ve managed to nail my tastes, or maybe we just have the exact same taste. Even your lower scoring submissions I’ve usually loved one or two tracks from (Seven Spires, The Amazing Devil, Creeper), and then you’ve just had a lot of bullseyes. I don’t know that there’s any artist you sent this round that I won’t check out at least a little bit more, which I don’t know that I can say for anyone else.



TAC

Hwaino

Ashes of the World Tree
Under The Beast's Sun
At The Darkening of Their Heavens

6 points


This one is kind of weird, because it’s written like it’s supposed to be atmospheric black metal, with really melodic instrumentation, but then the harsh vocals are way up front in the mix. They’re not particularly good, and without heavy riffy guitar work they’re not delivering a lot of aggression, but the way they’re placed forces you to pay attention to them over the background instrumentation. Which in my view is a real shame, because most of that stuff is really beautiful. There’s the cascading guitars, violins and (maybe?) cello, and actually the brief clean vocal section in Under the Beast’s Sun is fantastic, and a lot of the non-vocal sections, like the spacey beginning of At the Darkening etc. are really great as well. If they’d put the vocals way in the background as a texture rather than up front I think this could have been nearly perfect atmospheric black metal, but the vocals really drag it down

I’m glad you joined this roulette, even though you weren’t given a choice. :lol We’re rarely on the same page, but you still managed to find some stuff I really enjoyed. Reliqa and especially Meursault weren’t the kind of submissions I expected to get from you, but I was really into them, especially Meursault which is still one of the best submissions I’ve gotten in the whole roulette. The next time you do a roulette I’ll join and send you Steam Powered Giraffe again.
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's Homestuck roulette: cruxploder countdown
Post by: Shadow Ninja 2.0 on March 04, 2024, 06:46:18 PM
lonestar

KOIAI

Inside
One Way Or Another
Straight To My Heart
A New Picture
My Breath

6 points


I’m sort of mixed on this one. The first two songs seem to be mostly straight forward pop-ish rock, which is fine, but doesn’t really stand out in any way from a huge swath of that style of music, apart from having some occasional fancy guitar work, which is really nice. Straight To My Heart is much more interesting, with Polyphia-style mathy guitar work jutxaposed with poppy vocals, and then A New Picture goes even further with its drop-on-a-dime switches between riffy shred and a sort of offbeat piano driven pop sound. I’m really into both of those tracks, and then My Breath is somewhere in the middle; stylewise it’s more like the first two, but it’s also just a lot catchier and more fun. So this ends up with a middle of the road score, but a lot of this I’m really into.

Just looking at the submittals and scores from the roulette, you might conclude that female-fronted metalcore was a good way to game the system, but actually 90% of those were just your submissions. :lol I’ve never had you in one of my roulettes before, but you sent a lot of really killer stuff, particularly on the metalcore side, but Gacharic Spin and Bloodywood I liked a lot and loved some, so I’ll be checking them out further as well. At least if I can figure out how to get a Gacharic Spin CD, which has been breaking my brain lately.



hefdaddy42

Punch Brothers

My Oh My
Three Dots and a Dash
Familiarity

6 points


This is a really fun listen, since I don’t have too much else in my music library that sounds like this. I think it just never quite goes from good into great for me. The songs are a bit too freeform and don’t totally come together, so while there’s bits I really like and I enjoy the listen all the way through, I don’t end up taking too much of it with me. My Oh My is probably the most complete song here, and perhaps not coincidentally is also my favorite. The vocalist is still great and really fun to listen to, and the mandolin + cello makes for such an unconventional but enjoyable instrumental section. The other two songs have a lot of good stuff too, but like I said don’t feel totally coherent to me.

Hef, I’m glad you broke your years-long roulette fast to join this one, even if I did immediately give you a crappy score on the first round. :lol You’ve sent a lot of artists that I not only wasn’t familiar with, but probably hadn’t even listened to anything in their entire genre. That’s one of the best parts of roulettes; people send me stuff I know I never would have heard on my own.



King Postwhore

Sting

Desert Rose
Seven Days
Love Is Stronger Than Justice (The Munificent Seven)
Fortress Around Your Heart

6 points


Desert Rose is an incredible song. The main Middle-Eastern sounding melody is just so cool; it sounds unconventional, but it’s still super catchy. His vocals across the song are great, and the music doesn’t draw attention to itself but it’s a perfect backdrop for the song, all the non standard instruments really give it a unique feel. Unfortunately, I feel like the rest of the songs are a bit of a letdown. They’re a perfectly nice listen, but I don’t find anything especially remarkable about them. Sting’s vocals are solid, the music’s fine, but it just sounds like any number of pretty decent new wavey rock songs. Desert Rose, though…. Damn. That’s where most of these points came from. :lol

Similar to Stadler, you’ve had a habit of getting mid-range scores but with at least a song or two that I really liked, with Dada or Michael Penn, and you even managed to find a Ben Folds song I loved, even if I’m still not sold on him overall. And the Avett Brothers are just a great find that I’ll definitely be checking out further. I appreciate you joining this roulette even though I bullied you into it, you’ve had a great attitude about it even though we’re often on pretty different musical pages. Also, technically, your score is tied with TAC’s now, but I’ll bump him down if you want. Just give me the word, I don’t give a shit.



wolfking

Wolfheart

The Hunt
Cold Flame
Tyhjyys

7 points


The intro riff to Cold Flame is one of the headbangiest guitar parts I’ve heard in ages. I don’t know if it’s the riff itself, the guitar tone, or what, but holy shit it’s brutal. This all sits pretty comfortably in the melodic death metal realm, but there’s a good bit of variety, like the acoustic parts of the Hunt or the entire Tyhjyys which sort of sounds like a 5 minute outro, and I mean that in a positive way. It’s the big ringing guitars, combined with the killer solo at the end; it feels like the end of some big epic. The vocals maybe pull it down a little for me; they’re not bad, but they’re not incredible and feel a bit one-note, which is too bad since the rest of the music decidedly isn’t, but I still really enjoyed this.

I swear I mean this in a positive way, but you have been really solid this entire roulette. :P Honestly, you had a few submissions I wasn’t super into, but for the most part you’ve pretty consistently sent me really kickass metal. Brymir is a band that feels almost custom-made for me, and I’m looking forward to hearing the entire Sworn album (if I can find a CD, which seems to be a common theme for me lately). Hopefully I don’t completely bomb in your roulette. :lol



LithoJazzoSphere

Mind.in.a.box

Stalkers
Whatever Mattered
Escape

7 points


Is this the first electronic submission I’ve gotten in this roulette so far? I think it might be. I really love the vocoder effect on the vocals; I think it’s a perfect fit for this kind of music and it gives them such an interesting sound. Whatever Mattered has some (mostly) vocoder-less parts and they’re not really working for me as much, although it does make a nice contrast for when the vocoder comes back. Honestly I really like the core sound here a lot, the only real negative for me is the songs sometimes give a bit too much space before something interesting happens again, particularly on Whatever Mattered where I feel like some spacey synth wandering could probably have been lost without much detriment.

I’m honestly not sure if your method has been sending me stuff you like, or just trawling through hundreds of gigabytes of music for stuff you think will match my tastes, but either way you’ve done a pretty good job of finding stuff I enjoy. Not every submission has been a bullseye, but there have been at least a few (Dirt Poor Robins is still one of the best submissions of the roulette), and you rarely sent me something I wasn’t into at all.



Crow

Gang of Youths

L'imaginaire
Do Not Let Your Spirit Wane
in the wake of your leave
the kingdom is within you

8 points


OK I see you’ve taken my complaints about dissonance on board and given me possibly the most melodic thing ever. :lol This is just so incredibly smooth, especially Do Not Let etc., the vocalist is amazing and it’s impressive how this song can be nearly 8 minutes without a ton of variation in the vocal melodies and still be totally engaging all the way through. The other two songs aren’t quite as good, but they’re a nice bit of variety; the upbeat tempo contrasts nicely, and the kingdom is within you is especially impressive for the amount of stuff it has going on without becoming overwhelming. And the intro track was also great. I kind of wished it went on longer, to be honest.

You know, it’s kind of gratifying to see that you find my taste in music as baffling as I find yours. :lol I don’t know what you listen to. I don’t know how you listen to it. I don’t understand where some of this stuff comes from. But I’m always interested to hear what you send, even if I don’t like it, and it’s great when we find those rare moments of accord. Someday I want to run a joint roulette with you where people have to send music we both like. I think it’d be hilarious.



Dr. DTVT

Dimmu Borgir

Dreamside Dominions
The Serpentine Offering
Interdimensional Summit
Vredesbyrd

8 points


I’ve known about Dimmu Borgir for ages; I checked them out many years ago and didn’t like them at all, but that was back before I’d gotten into harsh vocals, and it just never occurred to me that my initial dislike would probably have changed. The first track suffers from standard black metal shit production, which really holds it back, but fortunately on subsequent tracks they seem to have figured out that guitars need some punch in order to be heavy, and everything else is awesome. The songs are unconventionally structured so you never know what’s going to happen next, which is something I really like when it’s done well, they’re heavy but not without variation, and the harsh vocals are fantastically brutal, more in the Ihsahn camp of raw-throated yelling than sometimes-typical black metal shrieks. Also is that ICS Vortex on the Serpentine Offering? I almost always like his voice, and he sounds great here, the clean vocals are a great contrast.

Yeah honestly I don’t really know what kind of music you listen to. :lol But you’ve sent some truly killer stuff in this roulette. Electric Callboy especially, possibly even moreso now that I’ve watched their music videos, which are hilarious, but also stuff like Author & Punisher that I probably wouldn’t have given much of a chance if I hadn’t committed to listening to it in the context of a roulette but ended up really enjoying, or Dimmu Borgir who I might have just gone on assuming I still disliked.



twosuitsluke

The Flatliners

Calming Collection
Carry the Banner
Bleed
Here Comes Treble
Monumental
Count Your Bruises

8 points


This is just so much fucking fun. I love the energy and the tempos of this, it’s heavy but it’s a lot more punk than metal. The vocals aren’t super polished, but they’re really strong and they really suit this kind of music perfectly, and in contrast to my issues with a lot of punk-influenced stuff there’s actually a strong melodic sense to them. The melodies aren’t particularly complex but they’re pretty catchy and feel kind of unconventional for this style of music, but they really work well with the songs. 

Luke, we have just not been in sync at all for most of this roulette, so I’m glad we finally started to find some common ground. I have ordered that King Prawn CD, so assuming US customs doesn’t try to stop it from reaching our soil and spreading its dangerous message, I’ll let you know what I think, and you introduced me to Avenged Sevenfold’s Cosmic, which honestly I probably would never have listened to on my own but is a totally killer track. Plus we’re both Gizz-heads, swimming in a sea of Philistines. :lol
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's Homestuck roulette: cruxploder countdown
Post by: Shadow Ninja 2.0 on March 04, 2024, 06:46:33 PM
FINAL STANDINGS

soupytwist   59
lonestar   56
ariich   54
Dr. DTVT   54
hefdaddy42   53
LithoJazzoSphere   52
wolfking   51
King Puppies and the Acid Guppies   50
Stadler   48
Buddyhunter1   47
twosuitsluke   47
Sacul   46
Crow   45 & 4/10
King Postwhore   45.01
TAC   45
jingle.boy   42



CONGRATULATIONS SOUPYTWIST
:friday: :hefnotoad: :ariich2: :hifive: :hug: :myungwoot: :onfire: :scio: :squee: :woot: :2metal: :metal :duncan:


And thank you everyone for playing! I had a lot of fun and I listened to a lot of good music. Hopefully you guys enjoyed it as well, I managed to keep it to 1 week per round which feels like the ideal pace to me. Feel free to continue sending me cool music you find if you want to, if left to my own devices I may just listen to the same múm album over and over for weeks on end.

Round playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3M3jo3TWeXk9xdzv4pPssw

All right, that's it, Shadow Ninja out. See you guys in my next roulette ten years from now.

:shadowninja:
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's Homestuck roulette: cruxploder countdown
Post by: TAC on March 04, 2024, 06:48:29 PM
Thank you Konrad! Glad to play for sure. I mean, I sucked it big time, but it's all good.
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's Homestuck roulette: cruxploder countdown
Post by: Shadow Ninja 2.0 on March 04, 2024, 06:50:04 PM
Fuck, I should have ended on a Homestuck gif. Gotta stay on brand here.

(https://i.imgur.com/FpyuEsP.gif)

^Me, flying away.
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's Homestuck roulette: cruxploder countdown
Post by: wolfking on March 04, 2024, 06:50:27 PM
What a surprise a 7!!  :metal

Glad you enjoyed some of my stuff though, definitely some things there to chew on.  Thanks for running, has been fun!
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's Homestuck roulette: cruxploder countdown
Post by: King Puppies and the Acid Guppies on March 04, 2024, 07:18:54 PM
King Puppies and the Acid Guppies

Angra

The Temple of Hate
Winds of Destination
Morning Star

5 points


Stylistically this sounds like a mix of prog metal and 90s-style power metal, which unfortunately kind of puts me at odds with it to start with. I’m much more a fan of the modern, hyper melodic Dragonforce-y power metal than the older stuff. I wasn’t a huge fan of Andre Matos in Avantasia so Angra was never really on my radar of stuff to check out, and I assume this is the replacement guy (Edu Falschi?), and he’s not really doing anything for me either. He either sounds kind of thin and weak on the high stuff or goes into that same Bruce Dickinson thing that I don’t care for. It’s a lot of instrumentally varied than most power metal, that’s the prog metal coming through, but for me that justs makes it less focused and interesting. I like my power big and sing-songy, and outside of a few moments I’m not really getting that here. It’s cool hearing Kai Hansen and Hansi Kursch, of course, but Hansen I find more miss than hit and while Hansi always sounds incredible, I don’t find what he’s doing to be very melodically interesting. (Also I swear I heard the Vanden Plas guy in there at one point)

OK I know you’re kind of disappointed with your performance in the latter half of the roulette, but honestly I’ve just been thrilled that you sent me so much stuff that I absolutely loved, after we never completely clicked in my last roulette. For whatever reason, sort of like Rich, we seem to be kind of incompatible on metal stuff, but everywhere else you were cleaning house. Also, where can I get Monica Heldal CDs? Do they exist?
Damn, I should have sent Manticora. I had a playlist all ready to go and then sent Angra as soon as I saw they weren't banned.

Manticora is a much more modern sounding power metal band. Especially on their last 4 albums. Not quite as wild as Dragonforce, but definitely melodic....just on the darker side.

As far as Monica Heldal CDs, I have no idea. I just have digital downloads.

I found this on Amazon (https://www.amazon.com/Ravensdale-Monica-Heldal/dp/B08XD8TVMQ/ref=sr_1_1?dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.6FotJG_6TzfTDJz5Vrzsmfz5v38U76NLUD9G8yFOt9vGjHj071QN20LucGBJIEps.e7B7x25YwnVbESjYYv59I63tQ9EfLmDtDlw-0YjLIuc&dib_tag=se&qid=1709604894&refinements=p_32%3AMonica+Heldal&s=music&sr=1-1)

Might have to trawl Discogs. I noticed there are some sealed copies for sale of all her albums for not too terrible prices.
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's Homestuck roulette: cruxploder countdown
Post by: Shadow Ninja 2.0 on March 04, 2024, 07:22:43 PM
Discogs is a lifesaver, honestly, for a person who's neurotically required to buy CDs. I've bought a ton of stuff from all over the world, and had zero issues with damaged or missing stuff.

Thank you Konrad! Glad to play for sure. I mean, I sucked it big time, but it's all good.

Hey you didn't do that bad. :P You're at least on par with my stellar performance in your roulette. :lol

What a surprise a 7!!  :metal

Glad you enjoyed some of my stuff though, definitely some things there to chew on.  Thanks for running, has been fun!

Hey, consistent 7s in a game where the highest score I routinely give out is an 8 is pretty good.
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's Homestuck roulette: soupy ascends to god tier
Post by: Crow on March 04, 2024, 07:36:39 PM
wholly unsurprised that the most normal thing i send you scores the highest :lol
i could send better music i just usually choose not to in favor of more interesting/weird stuff
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's Homestuck roulette: cruxploder countdown
Post by: soupytwist on March 04, 2024, 07:44:26 PM
Well it's 2am here in the UK and I'm awake to check out these results! (Thanks for making me wait  :P).   I'd kind off convinced myself I'd cocked up on this final round and the Roulette Supervillain would swoop in and pick me off!  So it's a genuinely super cool feeling to actually win one of these things.   

Shadow I think you are right I'm not sure we have interacted much if at all in these forums, I generally hover in the Movie/TV area and only ventured out more recently,  but as I said in my first submission your banned list contained a ton of stuff that lined with my tastes!  So thanks for running this and giving me my first (and I suspect only) win.

Since I became a frontrunner round 5 or 6'ish I've been thinking if I did win I'd put myself forward for  the waiting list to run one of these things myself hopefully later in the year.  So yeah I guess that's going to happen now!  (It'd be pretty cool if you'd join Shadow, no pressure  ;D)

As always I enjoy do these roulettes but obviously this one is extra special because I'm the fucking winna bitches!!!  So suck it everyone   :loser: :loser:

 ;D :yarr
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's Homestuck roulette: cruxploder countdown
Post by: lonestar on March 04, 2024, 07:47:27 PM
lonestar

KOIAI

Inside
One Way Or Another
Straight To My Heart
A New Picture
My Breath

6 points


I’m sort of mixed on this one. The first two songs seem to be mostly straight forward pop-ish rock, which is fine, but doesn’t really stand out in any way from a huge swath of that style of music, apart from having some occasional fancy guitar work, which is really nice. Straight To My Heart is much more interesting, with Polyphia-style mathy guitar work jutxaposed with poppy vocals, and then A New Picture goes even further with its drop-on-a-dime switches between riffy shred and a sort of offbeat piano driven pop sound. I’m really into both of those tracks, and then My Breath is somewhere in the middle; stylewise it’s more like the first two, but it’s also just a lot catchier and more fun. So this ends up with a middle of the road score, but a lot of this I’m really into.

Just looking at the submittals and scores from the roulette, you might conclude that female-fronted metalcore was a good way to game the system, but actually 90% of those were just your submissions. :lol I’ve never had you in one of my roulettes before, but you sent a lot of really killer stuff, particularly on the metalcore side, but Gacharic Spin and Bloodywood I liked a lot and loved some, so I’ll be checking them out further as well. At least if I can figure out how to get a Gacharic Spin CD, which has been breaking my brain lately.


Yeah, Koiai is still finding their sound, but the two guitarist are definitely top notch. Based on what you said, you may want to check out Li-Sa X's first few songs, it's 4 singles with the same guitarist but a different singer, and they're all top notch. All the core bands I sent have at least two or three albums (I think you'll dig the majority of Nemophila's stuff especially, they hit like that on all three albums), Bloodywood just has the one. Gacharic Spin I think has seven, and they're sound is all over the board, they're easily the most diverse and unique band I know of. For their physical copies, CDJapan is your best friend. (unfortunately you'll have to deal with Japanese shipping, which can cost almost as much as the albums). Glad you enjoyed what I send, and thanks for having me!!
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's Homestuck roulette: soupy ascends to god tier
Post by: King Postwhore on March 04, 2024, 07:55:57 PM
Bump Tim below me.  :lol
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's Homestuck roulette: soupy ascends to god tier
Post by: Shadow Ninja 2.0 on March 04, 2024, 08:05:21 PM
wholly unsurprised that the most normal thing i send you scores the highest :lol
i could send better music i just usually choose not to in favor of more interesting/weird stuff

Well someone fucking has to. :lol And you never know, sometimes it might work. Clarence Clarity's overall score aside, I love Cancer in the Water, and the Monika Roscher Bigband is a complete hit.

Although yeah, like I said, I think maybe people underrate how much I like relatively simple stuff, or maybe most other people here just don't listen to much of the stuff. But a good chunk of my listening is just really quiet, simple indie stuff.

Well it's 2am here in the UK and I'm awake to check out these results! (Thanks for making me wait  :P).   I'd kind off convinced myself I'd cocked up on this final round and the Roulette Supervillain would swoop in and pick me off!  So it's a genuinely super cool feeling to actually win one of these things.   

Shadow I think you are right I'm not sure we have interacted much if at all in these forums, I generally hover in the Movie/TV area and only ventured out more recently,  but as I said in my first submission your banned list contained a ton of stuff that lined with my tastes!  So thanks for running this and giving me my first (and I suspect only) win.

Since I became a frontrunner round 5 or 6'ish I've been thinking if I did win I'd put myself forward for  the waiting list to run one of these things myself hopefully later in the year.  So yeah I guess that's going to happen now!  (It'd be pretty cool if you'd join Shadow, no pressure  ;D)

As always I enjoy do these roulettes but obviously this one is extra special because I'm the fucking winna bitches!!!  So suck it everyone   :loser: :loser:

 ;D :yarr

:2metal:

Also hell yeah, I'll join. I don't know that I'll send you anything good, but I'll join. :lol

lonestar

KOIAI

Inside
One Way Or Another
Straight To My Heart
A New Picture
My Breath

6 points


I’m sort of mixed on this one. The first two songs seem to be mostly straight forward pop-ish rock, which is fine, but doesn’t really stand out in any way from a huge swath of that style of music, apart from having some occasional fancy guitar work, which is really nice. Straight To My Heart is much more interesting, with Polyphia-style mathy guitar work jutxaposed with poppy vocals, and then A New Picture goes even further with its drop-on-a-dime switches between riffy shred and a sort of offbeat piano driven pop sound. I’m really into both of those tracks, and then My Breath is somewhere in the middle; stylewise it’s more like the first two, but it’s also just a lot catchier and more fun. So this ends up with a middle of the road score, but a lot of this I’m really into.

Just looking at the submittals and scores from the roulette, you might conclude that female-fronted metalcore was a good way to game the system, but actually 90% of those were just your submissions. :lol I’ve never had you in one of my roulettes before, but you sent a lot of really killer stuff, particularly on the metalcore side, but Gacharic Spin and Bloodywood I liked a lot and loved some, so I’ll be checking them out further as well. At least if I can figure out how to get a Gacharic Spin CD, which has been breaking my brain lately.


Yeah, Koiai is still finding their sound, but the two guitarist are definitely top notch. Based on what you said, you may want to check out Li-Sa X's first few songs, it's 4 singles with the same guitarist but a different singer, and they're all top notch. All the core bands I sent have at least two or three albums (I think you'll dig the majority of Nemophila's stuff especially, they hit like that on all three albums), Bloodywood just has the one. Gacharic Spin I think has seven, and they're sound is all over the board, they're easily the most diverse and unique band I know of. For their physical copies, CDJapan is your best friend. (unfortunately you'll have to deal with Japanese shipping, which can cost almost as much as the albums). Glad you enjoyed what I send, and thanks for having me!!

Thanks for playing man, it was great having you! Will do on the recs and if any of these bands are selling CDs at shows you go to, just pick some up for me and I'll pay you back. :lol

Bump Tim below me.  :lol

It's done. I never make a promise I won't keep.

Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's Homestuck roulette: soupy ascends to god tier
Post by: TAC on March 04, 2024, 08:08:29 PM
Oh great. Now I can see up his skirt...and it's not pretty.
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's Homestuck roulette: cruxploder countdown
Post by: Crow on March 04, 2024, 08:09:13 PM
Crow   45
King Postwhore   45.01
TAC   45
also i guess my actual score is 45.02?  :rollin
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's Homestuck roulette: cruxploder countdown
Post by: Shadow Ninja 2.0 on March 04, 2024, 08:11:15 PM
Motherfuck. Fixed. Anyone else want some extra points while I'm at it?

Crow   45 & 4/10
King Postwhore   45.01
TAC   45
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's Homestuck roulette: soupy ascends to god tier
Post by: King Postwhore on March 04, 2024, 08:12:34 PM
Oh great. Now I can see up his skirt...and it's not pretty.

The breeze feels great.
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's Homestuck roulette: cruxploder countdown
Post by: lonestar on March 04, 2024, 08:12:47 PM
Motherfuck. Fixed. Anyone else want some extra points while I'm at it?


I'll take 3.000000001 pts please...
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's Homestuck roulette: soupy ascends to god tier
Post by: Shadow Ninja 2.0 on March 04, 2024, 08:28:30 PM
FINAL STANDINGS
lonestar   52.999999999

(https://i.imgur.com/0hvkCY8.gif)
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's Homestuck roulette: soupy ascends to god tier
Post by: Buddyhunter1 on March 04, 2024, 09:06:31 PM
Man, I love Greet Death's distorted guitars, that tone makes me wanna take a shower (in a good way). You might like their EP New Low, it cuts most of the distortion for more clean/acoustic instrumentation and the songs are still great.

Thank you for having me! Yeah, the scores were middling, but you're at least one of the people on here I can send my weird shit to and there's at least a chance you'll like it. :lol

That Chapel Of Disease album is awesome, definitely check it out and their new one from last month. Parannoul is great too, especially To See The Next Part Of The Dream.

For death's dynamic shroud I'd start with the two albums I sent songs from. I'll Try Living Like This is also great though it's definitely a weirder, more atmospheric one. Their fan club release from last month is also one of their best - it's not on streaming but I can hook you up if you want it :biggrin:
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's Homestuck roulette: soupy ascends to god tier
Post by: LithoJazzoSphere on March 04, 2024, 09:41:08 PM
Congrats soupy!

LithoJazzoSphere

Mind.in.a.box

Stalkers
Whatever Mattered
Escape

7 points


Is this the first electronic submission I’ve gotten in this roulette so far? I think it might be. I really love the vocoder effect on the vocals; I think it’s a perfect fit for this kind of music and it gives them such an interesting sound. Whatever Mattered has some (mostly) vocoder-less parts and they’re not really working for me as much, although it does make a nice contrast for when the vocoder comes back. Honestly I really like the core sound here a lot, the only real negative for me is the songs sometimes give a bit too much space before something interesting happens again, particularly on Whatever Mattered where I feel like some spacey synth wandering could probably have been lost without much detriment.

I’m honestly not sure if your method has been sending me stuff you like, or just trawling through hundreds of gigabytes of music for stuff you think will match my tastes, but either way you’ve done a pretty good job of finding stuff I enjoy. Not every submission has been a bullseye, but there have been at least a few (Dirt Poor Robins is still one of the best submissions of the roulette), and you rarely sent me something I wasn’t into at all.

Figures the best thing I sent is the one band that soupy sent to me in mine last year.  :lol  Totally makes sense now. 

I got the idea for sending m.i.a.b. from you sending And One in Sacul's.  They're not exactly the same, but I have a truckload of that sort of thing, though I frequently worry it won't do well in roulettes.  I might try some of it in Buddy's upcoming one though. 

Mostly my strategy was pretty reactive to things you'd put in the other writeups, they made me cross a bunch of candidates off my list, and add others I wasn't initially thinking about. 

Since I became a frontrunner round 5 or 6'ish I've been thinking if I did win I'd put myself forward for  the waiting list to run one of these things myself hopefully later in the year.  So yeah I guess that's going to happen now!

Ooh, looking forward to that.  I have a suspicion I'll wind up sending stuff I don't normally get to send in other roulettes. 

wholly unsurprised that the most normal thing i send you scores the highest :lol
i could send better music i just usually choose not to in favor of more interesting/weird stuff

Well someone fucking has to. :lol And you never know, sometimes it might work.

The funny thing is that you initially struck me as being kind of similar to Crow, and I had a bunch of stranger music picked out.  Turns out you are somewhat more like ariich in actuality, so I went a bit more conventional.  I get thrown by people who say they like weird music in their OP's, but when I send it, it's not the kind of weird they're looking for half the time.  Someday the stars will align in some other roulette. 

It was fun playing, I might send a post-roulette submission that I almost sent several times except that a writeup would send me in a different direction. 
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's Homestuck roulette: soupy ascends to god tier
Post by: Shadow Ninja 2.0 on March 04, 2024, 10:04:26 PM
Yeah, it's definitely a specific brand of weird. Like, for reference, this (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2GvVwVnlpB8) is one of my all time favorite songs. But other people have a pretty different idea of weird, I suppose. I still like music to be in tune, I still don't like shit production. Stuff can be weird and still catchy and fun, which most of the time is probably what's going to resonate with me most, like the Igorrr song Sacul sent me forever ago (tout petit moineau), or even something like múm that's not abrasive or atonal in the slightest but is still pretty strange to most listeners (as I've found out from the people I've tried to introduce them to).

But at the same time, for all I talk about melody, The Dillinger Escape Plan is probably my favorite band, and they're often completely non melodic, so maybe I'm just a bunch of contradictions.

Also, random fact, The Beatles aren't on my banned list. I kind of expected someone to try sending them.
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's Homestuck roulette: soupy ascends to god tier
Post by: LithoJazzoSphere on March 04, 2024, 10:14:50 PM
Yeah, the weird I like isn't usually "fun" per, se. 
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's Homestuck roulette: soupy ascends to god tier
Post by: Crow on March 04, 2024, 10:23:02 PM
i mean, you did pretty well in my weird round, anyways  :corn
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's Homestuck roulette: soupy ascends to god tier
Post by: Shadow Ninja 2.0 on March 04, 2024, 10:32:59 PM
Man, I love Greet Death's distorted guitars, that tone makes me wanna take a shower (in a good way). You might like their EP New Low, it cuts most of the distortion for more clean/acoustic instrumentation and the songs are still great.

Thank you for having me! Yeah, the scores were middling, but you're at least one of the people on here I can send my weird shit to and there's at least a chance you'll like it. :lol

That Chapel Of Disease album is awesome, definitely check it out and their new one from last month. Parannoul is great too, especially To See The Next Part Of The Dream.

For death's dynamic shroud I'd start with the two albums I sent songs from. I'll Try Living Like This is also great though it's definitely a weirder, more atmospheric one. Their fan club release from last month is also one of their best - it's not on streaming but I can hook you up if you want it :biggrin:

Whoops I forgot to reply to this. Getting tired. time for bed

Appreciate the recs, and is some kind of blood pact required to take you up on that offer? If so, I'm in. If not, I'm still in but slightly less excited about it. :lol
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's Homestuck roulette: soupy ascends to god tier
Post by: ariich on March 05, 2024, 12:30:43 AM
Oops. :lol

Yeah we align well when avoiding metal, except maybe metalcore and post-hardcore I guess which has gone quite well in both roulettes. For other metal styles though, I seem to have an incredible knack for finding a specific feature you actively dislike. :lol

Anyway still pleased to have done well and sent some stuff you liked a lot! Whenever the next one is, I'll try and remember to stick with metalcore and non-metal.

Oh and congrats soupy, very well deserved!
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's Homestuck roulette: soupy ascends to god tier
Post by: twosuitsluke on March 05, 2024, 05:17:03 AM
Cheers for running this dude! I may have sucked hard qt times, but the finale confirmed my suspicions, I should've been sending more punky stuff from the start. Glad you liked The Flatliners. Try and give Cavalcade a go, it's an all time top 50 record for me, it's so damn good, and for all the reasons you stated.
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's Homestuck roulette: soupy ascends to god tier
Post by: Sacul on March 05, 2024, 05:21:19 AM
I completely disagree about Portishead having no melody, they're just not 'Murican enough for you :P

Thanks for having me! Yeah I seem to keep sending some of the worst and best music in roulettes recently :lol. But that's just me trying to push the host into listening to cool new stuff. Congrats soupy!
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's Homestuck roulette: soupy ascends to god tier
Post by: Stadler on March 05, 2024, 07:23:04 AM
That was great fun! Thanks for having me! 
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's Homestuck roulette: soupy ascends to god tier
Post by: Buddyhunter1 on March 05, 2024, 07:41:12 AM
Appreciate the recs, and is some kind of blood pact required to take you up on that offer? If so, I'm in. If not, I'm still in but slightly less excited about it. :lol

I was gonna say you can just send me a PM and ask for the mp3s but I'll take your blood too, fuck yeah
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's Homestuck roulette: cruxploder countdown
Post by: hefdaddy42 on March 05, 2024, 09:18:11 AM
hefdaddy42

Punch Brothers

My Oh My
Three Dots and a Dash
Familiarity

6 points


This is a really fun listen, since I don’t have too much else in my music library that sounds like this. I think it just never quite goes from good into great for me. The songs are a bit too freeform and don’t totally come together, so while there’s bits I really like and I enjoy the listen all the way through, I don’t end up taking too much of it with me. My Oh My is probably the most complete song here, and perhaps not coincidentally is also my favorite. The vocalist is still great and really fun to listen to, and the mandolin + cello makes for such an unconventional but enjoyable instrumental section. The other two songs have a lot of good stuff too, but like I said don’t feel totally coherent to me.
Glad you liked it, but I actually thought you would like this more than Nickel Creek.  I got it backwards lol


Hef, I’m glad you broke your years-long roulette fast to join this one, even if I did immediately give you a crappy score on the first round. :lol You’ve sent a lot of artists that I not only wasn’t familiar with, but probably hadn’t even listened to anything in their entire genre. That’s one of the best parts of roulettes; people send me stuff I know I never would have heard on my own.
My pleasure!  I'm glad you liked some of the weird stuff I like!
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's Homestuck roulette: soupy ascends to god tier
Post by: Shadow Ninja 2.0 on April 02, 2024, 06:17:40 PM
As was foretold, I have returned, bearing stats and music updates. I meant to get to this sooner, but I've been surprisingly busy lately, and I tend to check out new music pretty slowly when I'm not in roulette mode anyway, so expect updates to drag on for years until my next roulette starts.

OK, let's start with the good stuff. I went through and tagged every entry as either metal or nonmetal and then compared the amount that scored more than a 7 versus those that didn't, to see if there were any trends. Here's the results:

(https://i.imgur.com/eNw90SE.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/GtvmNn7.png)

And then here's the two together in a bar chart to make it easier to contrast:

(https://i.imgur.com/vY4rX4k.png)

This appears to suggest there was an advantage to sending nonmetal entries, but the margin is so small I think it's probably statistical noise, especially considering how many judgment calls went into classifying something as metal versus anything else. For example, I put Moron Police as metal because I feel like they share a huge amount of their DNA with progressive metal, even though they're also quite different and not particularly heavy, whereas UFO I considered nonmetal, since they're not, but at the same time they're not really 'lighter' than Moron Police are. Which leads to the conclusion that's no discernible difference in scoring whether you stick exclusively to the metal portion of the periodic table or not.

Also, so people will actually read this post, I ordered a bunch of CDs from the artists you sent me (because that's how I listen to music), based in part on how much I liked the artist, but also took into account price, availability, and whether I happened to think of it when I was clicking buttons online. So here's some brief thoughts on some of the albums I've listened to so far.

Fellowship - The Saberlight Chronicles

This is really right up my alley, it's super fun, catchy power metal that's very silly but also endearingly sincere. It's not super varied, but I guess I find I tend to like that in power metal; just stick to the big melodies and fast guitars, and they really nail that. I think you made a good choice in your song selection; Glint and The Saint Beyond the River are pretty clearly the best songs on the album, but there's no real weak points either, and I enjoy this all the way through. I think this is their only album so far, but I definitely grab the next one whenever it's out.

The Last Dinner Party - Prelude to Ecstasy

Another debut album, and I'm really enjoying this one too. When Rich tried to send this to me he described it as part baroque pop, which wasn't a term I was familiar with but exactly captures the impression from the music that I would have described as refined or stately, but I wasn't sure if that was a genre thing or just because they're British. I really enjoy the sense of dramatics that all the songs have, either the bombast of songs like Caesar on a TV Screen or the quieter, atmospheric stuff like On Your Side. The only real downside for me is I think sometimes they get a bit too bombastic, or at least they're not quite able to balance the bombast properly and it ends up sounding a bit messy. But it's still really strong, especially for a first album.

Electric Callboy - Tekkno

This is exactly what it seems to be, and I love it. This is really just the perfect combination of styles for me, I really can't fault any of it and it's something I can put on almost any time and enjoy. Their songs are just so damn fun, and the balance between the pop and the metalcore is perfect. I also highly recommend everyone go watch some of their music videos, they're clearly just having the time of their lives making them and playing their music and it makes an already stellar group even more enjoyable.

Dirt Poor Robins - Firebird

I downloaded all the Dirt Poor Robins albums from Bandcamp (well, almost all, it seems like some of them were released in pieces and then in full, so I just got the full ones, but I'm not sure if I've missed some extra tracks in there somewhere) since I wasn't able to find any CDs, although if any ever pop up let me know, I will definitely grab them. Firebird's the only one I've listened to so far, though, and I'm really digging it. I never really pay attention to the stories of these sorts of narrative albums, and this is no different, but as I mentioned I really love that vaudevillian sound that this sort of storytelling lends itself to. The album is also surprisingly varied, and I don't feel like every track has fully sunk in yet, but their sound is really unique and absorbing and I expect to listen to this one a lot more.

Emily Jane White

This was a post-roulette submission Litho sent me that I've also been listening to off and on. I really love this dark indie/folk sound; it almost feels like music crafted specifically for me. I'm not in love with every song (Heresy hasn't quite clicked with me), but the advantage of being out of the roulette is I don't feel obligated to give equal attention to all the tracks and can just listen to what I like the most. Battle Call and Drowned I really like, but Show Me the War in particular is just amazing; something about the atmosphere and her voice and the main melody I find completely entrancing. It's hard to say exactly how I'd score this since I'm out of the roulette mindset now, but I'd think it would have been an 8 or so.

If anyone else has submissions they considered sending but decided against for whatever reason, feel free to shoot them my way as well, and I'll check them out too, in my normal slow way. I've got a number of other albums, but I'll end this here for now because I'm tired of typing, and also so I'll still have material for post #105 of silly stats I've put together.

Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's Homestuck roulette: obama's rap solo
Post by: LithoJazzoSphere on April 02, 2024, 10:38:10 PM
Glad to hear DPR is connecting.  The full version of Deadhorse is probably my favorite of theirs.  Also check out my question and Soundscape's response (though of course it was soupy who earned points for them) about DPR's discography when I asked about it after a round in my own roulette, it was useful.

https://www.dreamtheaterforums.org/boards/index.php?topic=51832.msg2980597#msg2980597 (https://www.dreamtheaterforums.org/boards/index.php?topic=51832.msg2980597#msg2980597)

Fascinating, if only I'd sent Emily and not Hiromi, I'd have potentially ended up in 3rd place.   :corn   (Though of course it probably would have shifted my entire strategy going forward).  I'll probably cook up something similar in the next few days that I might have also considered sending to see if that would have been an anomaly or if I was sitting on a goldmine.   :justjen
Title: Re: Shadow Ninja's Homestuck roulette: soupy ascends to god tier
Post by: soupytwist on April 03, 2024, 04:01:42 AM


Fellowship - The Saberlight Chronicles

This is really right up my alley, it's super fun, catchy power metal that's very silly but also endearingly sincere. It's not super varied, but I guess I find I tend to like that in power metal; just stick to the big melodies and fast guitars, and they really nail that. I think you made a good choice in your song selection; Glint and The Saint Beyond the River are pretty clearly the best songs on the album, but there's no real weak points either, and I enjoy this all the way through. I think this is their only album so far, but I definitely grab the next one whenever it's out.

New one is definitely coming this year  :metal   In the meantime ff you are craving more power metal in a similar vain to Fellowship, a band called 'Glyph' released their debut last week called 'Honor, Power, Glory' it's 30 minutes of solid cheese music (not as good as Fellowship, but worthy of a listen).

And agree with Lizzo - Deadhorse is DPR's best IMO too.