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Title: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ THE CONCLUSION ★
Post by: Bolsters on March 16, 2016, 08:55:56 AM
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Scoreboard
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Bonus Star Rankings
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Concluding Post / Winner Announced (https://www.dreamtheaterforums.org/boards/index.php?topic=46458.msg2157210#msg2157210)

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(https://i1337.photobucket.com/albums/o669/bolsters/Roulette2/star-diamond2.png~original) Diamond Playlist (https://www.dreamtheaterforums.org/boards/index.php?topic=46458.msg2159237#msg2159237)
(https://i1337.photobucket.com/albums/o669/bolsters/Roulette2/star-gold.png~original) Gold Playlist (https://www.dreamtheaterforums.org/boards/index.php?topic=46458.msg2160830#msg2160830)


Results

Qualifier 1 (https://www.dreamtheaterforums.org/boards/index.php?topic=46458.msg2128782#msg2128782)  [Spotify Playlist (https://open.spotify.com/user/bolsters.s/playlist/37MWIZeRrsICkPNVY7Yzu0)] [spotify:user:bolsters.s:playlist:37MWIZeRrsICkPNVY7Yzu0]

Qualifier 2 (https://www.dreamtheaterforums.org/boards/index.php?topic=46458.msg2132609#msg2132609)  [Spotify Playlist (https://open.spotify.com/user/bolsters.s/playlist/3Hrs33CEG0Ju2u3klwySUZ)] [spotify:user:bolsters.s:playlist:3Hrs33CEG0Ju2u3klwySUZ]


Round 1 (https://www.dreamtheaterforums.org/boards/index.php?topic=46458.msg2135642#msg2135642)  [Spotify Playlist (https://open.spotify.com/user/bolsters.s/playlist/7uxNMfGKlYPiDOnqj1Bh4c)] [spotify:user:bolsters.s:playlist:7uxNMfGKlYPiDOnqj1Bh4c]

Round 2 (https://www.dreamtheaterforums.org/boards/index.php?topic=46458.msg2139134#msg2139134)  [Spotify Playlist (https://open.spotify.com/user/bolsters.s/playlist/7knmVIa35i8PcZx6IQKgMe)] [spotify:user:bolsters.s:playlist:7knmVIa35i8PcZx6IQKgMe]

Round 3 (https://www.dreamtheaterforums.org/boards/index.php?topic=46458.msg2142098#msg2142098)  [Spotify Playlist (https://open.spotify.com/user/bolsters.s/playlist/2M3983QXadJ86XDaxU57yI)] [spotify:user:bolsters.s:playlist:2M3983QXadJ86XDaxU57yI]

Round 4 (https://www.dreamtheaterforums.org/boards/index.php?topic=46458.msg2144827#msg2144827)  [Spotify Playlist (https://open.spotify.com/user/bolsters.s/playlist/0qxkWHEmt4CUj5gfAEN1lC)] [spotify:user:bolsters.s:playlist:0qxkWHEmt4CUj5gfAEN1lC]

Round 5 (https://www.dreamtheaterforums.org/boards/index.php?topic=46458.msg2148059#msg2148059)  [Spotify Playlist (https://open.spotify.com/user/bolsters.s/playlist/48KERwaUFr4IPrXTcp1Yoz)] [spotify:user:bolsters.s:playlist:48KERwaUFr4IPrXTcp1Yoz]

Round 6 (https://www.dreamtheaterforums.org/boards/index.php?topic=46458.msg2151342#msg2151342)  [Spotify Playlist (https://open.spotify.com/user/bolsters.s/playlist/30XjYMMV4J3LPgm5EDRdtY)] [spotify:user:bolsters.s:playlist:30XjYMMV4J3LPgm5EDRdtY]

Round 7 (https://www.dreamtheaterforums.org/boards/index.php?topic=46458.msg2154546#msg2154546)  [Spotify Playlist (https://open.spotify.com/user/bolsters.s/playlist/5Oh2MCd4EkZAH25J1CdAiE)] [spotify:user:bolsters.s:playlist:5Oh2MCd4EkZAH25J1CdAiE]

Round 8 (https://www.dreamtheaterforums.org/boards/index.php?topic=46458.msg2157161#msg2157161)  [Spotify Playlist (https://open.spotify.com/user/bolsters.s/playlist/3TnllI2MZ1z5B1TdMdt8Ip)] [spotify:user:bolsters.s:playlist:3TnllI2MZ1z5B1TdMdt8Ip]


Information

Banned Artists List (https://www.dreamtheaterforums.org/boards/index.php?topic=46458.msg2125069#msg2125069)

Rules (https://www.dreamtheaterforums.org/boards/index.php?topic=46458.msg2132279#msg2132279)

Submission Guidelines (https://www.dreamtheaterforums.org/boards/index.php?topic=46458.msg2125068#msg2125068)

Bonus Category Tips (https://www.dreamtheaterforums.org/boards/index.php?topic=46458.msg2128847#msg2128847)


First Roulette (https://www.dreamtheaterforums.org/boards/index.php?topic=44261.0) / Last.fm Profile (https://www.last.fm/user/Bolsters) / Last.fm Browsing Tip (https://www.dreamtheaterforums.org/boards/index.php?topic=46458.msg2125922#msg2125922)



Participants:
bl5150
Elite
Evermind
jingle.boy
senecadawg2
Shadow Ninja 2.0
splent
Tomislav95
Train of Naught
Tyrias
Fluffy Lothario
Nekov
Parama
Scorpion
Sir Walrus Cauliflower
twosuitsluke
wolfking


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Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 - Sign up now!
Post by: Bolsters on March 16, 2016, 08:56:04 AM
Welcome back, it's time for The Bolsters™ Roulette, v2!

This time I'm not restricting the number of participants and so everyone is welcome. The main competition will consist of 10 people, however if the number of interested parties is 11 or more there will be some qualifying rounds at the beginning to determine which 10 people make it through. If I'm not popular enough to get more than 10 people (very likely :lol), there will be no qualifying rounds.

Sign up below if you're interested in joining.
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 - Sign up now!
Post by: Crow on March 16, 2016, 09:20:15 AM
last time i tried to play to your tastes and failed miserably. i guess this time i'll yell yolo at the top of my lungs, send whatever the hell i want to, and fail even harder  :tup
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 - Sign up now!
Post by: Train of Naught on March 16, 2016, 09:22:26 AM
When will be rules etc. be revealed? I'm interested. Heh, joining anyway, I have some cool shit for you yo.
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 - Sign up now!
Post by: Tomislav95 on March 16, 2016, 09:29:21 AM
Count me in :tup
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 - Sign up now!
Post by: Nekov on March 16, 2016, 09:35:39 AM
I'm in
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 - Sign up now!
Post by: Sir Walrus Cauliflower on March 16, 2016, 09:42:22 AM
*snip* this time i'll yell yolo at the top of my lungs, send whatever the hell i want to *snip*
Same

Count me in
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 - Sign up now!
Post by: Big Hath on March 16, 2016, 09:44:35 AM
I think I'll sit this one out.  After getting 14 points in the first two rounds of your last roulette, I only got a total of 3 points in the final 5 rounds.  And those 3 points came in the last round after I had given up and sent you 6 songs to choose from.  :lol
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 - Sign up now!
Post by: Sacul on March 16, 2016, 10:26:53 AM
I won't participate this time - too much real life stuff, and little time for roulettes. :P
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 - Sign up now!
Post by: Tyrias on March 16, 2016, 10:55:39 AM
I'm interested in participating, but I have no clue about your music tastes. Well, except that you like Taylor Swift. Also I'll wait on the rules and Banned List before I decide.
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 - Sign up now!
Post by: Crow on March 16, 2016, 11:28:13 AM
the banned list is colossal iirc, which is probably why I had a hard time judging bolsters' tastes :lol
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 - Sign up now!
Post by: Shadow Ninja 2.0 on March 16, 2016, 01:06:44 PM
I'm in. I probably still have some shit you haven't heard.
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 - Sign up now!
Post by: Fluffy Lothario on March 16, 2016, 02:06:17 PM
Interested.
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 - Sign up now!
Post by: Scorpion on March 16, 2016, 03:55:43 PM
In.
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 - Sign up now!
Post by: bl5150 on March 16, 2016, 04:18:10 PM
I'll have a go.............try not to make it too complicated for us fogeys to understand  :biggrin:  I see a Bolsters roulette as almost the ultimate challenge - I have very little idea on distilling your breadth of taste down to a strategy , other than perhaps "go for stuff that's different"  :lol    It might come down to a synth pop battle between me and Chad . :hat
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 - Sign up now!
Post by: jingle.boy on March 16, 2016, 06:14:21 PM
I'm quite conflicted on this.  On the one hand, we've got a lot of compatibility in our tastes ... "SUPER" according to last.fm, and you did very well getting all the way to the finals in my 2nd Roulette.  On the other hand, when I look at some of the music you listen to recently, the bands  at the top of your last.fm stats, and what you sent after stumbling in my 3rd Roulette - man that was outside of my box - ... that suggests we are not a match.

You've got likely the most eclectic and wide ranging tastes here at DTF - it's like your a sheep in wolf's clothing - but which genres are the sheep, and which are the wolf.  Are you a prog/metal head, or do you lean towards pop/core/post?

So, I think I'm gonna accept, and fire with both barrels loaded full of prog and metal glory :2metal:  Then we'll see if that's to your liking, or if it's the stuff that Parama, Sacul, Tyrias, etc  have on that end of the musical spectrum will be more to your tastes.

:huckleberry:

I got Brent on my side already.  Ruslan, Tim, Kade... you with us?
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 - Sign up now!
Post by: Crow on March 16, 2016, 06:42:34 PM
both barrels loaded full of prog and metal glory :2metal: 
the stuff that Parama, Sacul, Tyrias, etc  have on that end of the musical spectrum will be more to your tastes.

well i mean i have one of my two barrels loaded with prog metal
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 - Sign up now!
Post by: jingle.boy on March 16, 2016, 06:47:33 PM
both barrels loaded full of prog and metal glory :2metal: 
the stuff that Parama, Sacul, Tyrias, etc  have on that end of the musical spectrum will be more to your tastes.

well i mean i have one of my two barrels loaded with prog metal

:pwnt:
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 - Sign up now!
Post by: Nekov on March 16, 2016, 06:59:33 PM
 :lol
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 - Sign up now!
Post by: Crow on March 16, 2016, 07:06:49 PM
:neverusethis:
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 - Sign up now!
Post by: Sacul on March 16, 2016, 07:16:01 PM
Parama 1 - Jingle.boy 0
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 - Sign up now!
Post by: Crow on March 16, 2016, 07:18:37 PM
i have now won as many rounds with jingle as i won rounds in bolsters' first roulette
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 - Sign up now!
Post by: splent on March 16, 2016, 08:08:04 PM
Sign me up please!
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 - Sign up now!
Post by: jingle.boy on March 16, 2016, 08:11:27 PM
Parama 1 - Jingle.boy 0

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Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 - Sign up now!
Post by: Bolsters on March 16, 2016, 09:07:44 PM
When will be rules etc. be revealed? I'm interested. Heh, joining anyway, I have some cool shit for you yo.
The rules for the main competition won't be revealed until it actually starts, but I have some information for everyone before you start sending songs for the qualifier rounds which I will probably post later today.

I won't participate this time - too much real life stuff, and little time for roulettes. :P
Am disappoint, but I understand. :sadpanda:

I'm quite conflicted on this.  On the one hand, we've got a lot of compatibility in our tastes ... "SUPER" according to last.fm, and you did very well getting all the way to the finals in my 2nd Roulette.  On the other hand, when I look at some of the music you listen to recently, the bands  at the top of your last.fm stats, and what you sent after stumbling in my 3rd Roulette - man that was outside of my box - ... that suggests we are not a match.
Well as you mention I have a wide range of tastes, and trying to hit on all of them might have been your mistake in my first roulette. But some of my favourite albums last year were Kingdom of Rock and Dracula: Swing of Death, and my favourite so far this year is Ghostlights. So it's not like my more recent foray into synths and pop has pushed out or taken over my love for rock and metal. I have plenty of gaps you could attempt to fill if you find them.

Also Last.fm's compatability is a joke anyway, it says I have 98% compatability with Sacul. :lol
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 - Sign up now!
Post by: Sacul on March 16, 2016, 09:15:44 PM
why is everyone taking the piss on me as of late  :sadpanda:

I'm also not playing because the banned list would be really cockblocking, and your tastes are harder to understand than mine  :P
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 - Sign up now!
Post by: Crow on March 16, 2016, 09:20:10 PM
why is everyone taking the piss on me as of late  :sadpanda:
bcuz of your awful roulette, obviously  :tup
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 - Sign up now!
Post by: Bolsters on March 16, 2016, 09:26:48 PM
why is everyone taking the piss on me as of late  :sadpanda:
I'm not taking the piss out of you, I'm taking the piss out of Last.fm. There's some crossover which is apparent by you sending some good stuff in my roulette and my recent success yours, but we are not musically 98% compatible in any universe. :P
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 - Sign up now!
Post by: wolfking on March 16, 2016, 09:53:00 PM
Righto, I'm in.
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 - Sign up now!
Post by: Crow on March 16, 2016, 09:58:40 PM
If I'm not popular enough to get more than 10 people (very likely :lol)

*reads this, looks somberly to the 16-player participant list after less than a day*
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 - Sign up now!
Post by: Bolsters on March 16, 2016, 10:41:08 PM
Yeah I thought I would get 10-12 at most. Glad to have more people whose hopes I can crush, though. :neverusethis:
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 - Sign up now!
Post by: Evermind on March 16, 2016, 10:44:10 PM
I got Brent on my side already.  Ruslan, Tim, Kade... you with us?

Sure thing. I've got to defend my crown, after all.
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 - Sign up now!
Post by: Tyrias on March 17, 2016, 03:35:23 AM
Yeah, whatever. I'll just try since nobody seems to have your tastes quite figured out. :lol
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 - Sign up now!
Post by: jingle.boy on March 17, 2016, 04:31:46 AM
If I'm not popular enough to get more than 10 people (very likely :lol)

*reads this, looks somberly to the 16-player participant list after less than a day*

18 now!  Holy shit... I hope I make it past qualifications.
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 - Sign up now!
Post by: Bolsters on March 17, 2016, 04:35:29 AM
18 now!  Holy shit...
I only see 16. I didn't forget anyone did I? :rollin
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 - Sign up now!
Post by: Evermind on March 17, 2016, 04:41:22 AM
If I'm not popular enough to get more than 10 people (very likely :lol)

*reads this, looks somberly to the 16-player participant list after less than a day*

18 now!  Holy shit... I hope I make it past qualifications.

I will definitely be quite embarrassed if I don't make it there.
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 - Sign up now!
Post by: Bolsters on March 17, 2016, 04:53:43 AM
Alright, so here's that information I said you would want to have before sending anything. If there are any stragglers who would like to join, I'll still be accepting people signing up for a few days but in the meantime everyone can start sending their submissions for the first qualifying round. Given the number of people who signed up, there will be two qualifying rounds.


Submitting

Bonuses

Before sending anything, you may want to consider the following. While there will be no round themes here, I have added seven optional bonuses, and your songs will receive bonus points if you send something that fits. You may receive only three of these bonuses throughout the roulette, you can net just one of them per song, and you personally can not aquire any of the bonuses twice. Since you can only be awarded three of the seven, it's up to you to decide which ones you want to go for (if any). These bonuses won't be available in the qualifying rounds so if you've got a good idea or three in mind, I'd suggest holding onto them until the main competition starts.

The seven bonuses are as follows:

I'll post a few clarifications and hints regarding these before the main competition starts.


Information

My Last.fm profile can be viewed here (https://www.last.fm/user/Bolsters) for those interested in that, and my first roulette here (https://www.dreamtheaterforums.org/boards/index.php?topic=44261.0). I don't consider my Last.fm to be 100% accurate in representing my tastes, but it may still prove useful.
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 - Sign up now!
Post by: Bolsters on March 17, 2016, 04:54:26 AM
Finally, here is the new and improved banned list. I've added quite a few things to this since my last roulette, but I've also taken a lot of things off - hopefully this gives some of you more options.


Banned Artists
Quote
30 Seconds to Mars
A Perfect Circle
A.C.T.
Abodean Skye
AC/DC
Ace of Base
Acke Hallgren
Adagio
Adrenaline Mob
Afro Celt Sound System
Agent Fresco
Alice Cooper
Alice in Chains
Allen/Lande
Alpha Rev
Alter Bridge
Amadeus Awad (& related Amadeus projects)
Amaranthe
Amorphis
Anathema
Android Lust
Andromeda
Angra
Apes With Hobbies
Arcane
Arcane Atlas
Arion
Arjen Anthony Lucassen
Ark
Atlas Genius
Audioslave
Avantasia
Avenged Sevenfold
Avril Lavigne
Ayreon
Banks
Bear McCreary
Beardfish
Bee Gees
Being
Belinda Carlisle
Beyond the Black
Beyond The Bridge
Big Big Train
Big Wreck
Bjřrn Riis
Black Label Society
Blackmill
Blanc Faces
Bliss
Blind Guardian
Blue Stahli
Bodies of Water
Bon Jovi
Bonnie Tyler
Broods
BT
Burnclear
Cain’s Offering
Caladan Brood
Carly Rae Jepsen
Celine Dion
Celldweller
Chicago
Chris Joss
CHVRCHES
Circle II Circle
Circle of Illusion
Cold Chisel
Corrosion of Conformity
Creedence Clearwater Revival
Crowded House
Damnation Angels
Dave Kerzner
David Gilmour
David Maxim Micic
Def Leppard
Dekadent
Delain
Derek Sherinian
Destiny Potato
Devin Townsend (& related Devin projects)
Diablo Swing Orchestra
Diabulus in Musica
Dire Straits
Disturbed
Down
Dragon
Dream Theater
Dreamtale
Duran Duran
E.S. Posthumus
Earthside
Echoes
Echosmith
Edenbridge
Edguy
Effloresce
Electric Light Orchestra
Ellie Goulding
Elton John
Emma Louise
Epica
Equilibrium
Escala
Europe
Eurythmics
Evanescence
Explorer’s Club
Fail Emotions
Fanticide
Fergie Frederiksen
Find Me
Fire Inc.
Flaming Row
Fleetwood Mac
Flying Colors
Foreigner
Foxes
Frameshift
Frost*
fun.
Genesis
Glass Mind
Gloryhammer
Gods of Eden
Guilt Machine
Guns N’ Roses
Gunship
Guy Pearce
Haamoja
HAERTS
HAIM
Haken
Hammerfall
Hans Zimmer
Headspace
Hybrid
Illusion Suite
Imagine Dragons
Incubus
Infected Mushroom
Inner Odyssey
IQ
Iron Maiden
It Bites
James LaBrie
Jim Steinman
Jimi Hendrix
Jimi Jamison
Jimmy Barnes
Joe Satriani
John Farnham
John Petrucci
Jolly
Jon Gomm
Jon Lord
Jordan Rudess
Jorn
Jorn Lande & Trond Holter
Journey
Julia Holter
Kamelot
Kansas
Karnivool
Karnya
Katatonia
Katy Perry
Kevin Gilbert
Killswitch Engage
Kingcrow
Kishi Bashi
Kiske/Somerville
KXM
L.R.S.
Lacuna Coil
Lake of Mind
Last in Line
Last Tribe
Laura Marling
Led Zeppelin
Leprous
Lesoir
Level 10
Level 42
Linkin Park
Liquid Tension Experiment
Liquid Trio Experiment
Lisa Loeb & Nine Stories
Live
London Grammar
Lonely Robot
Lorde
Lorne Balfe
Lost in Thought
Lykke Li
Madonna
Maestrick
Magic Pie
Magnus Karlsson (or Magnus Karlsson’s Free Fall)
Manditory
Marketa Irglova
Maroon 5
Masterplan
Matchbox 20
McAuley-Scenker Group
Meat Loaf
Metallica
Mew
Michael Giacchino
Mind Odyssey
Mindfuel
MindMaze

Moon Safari
Mr. Bungle
Mree
MS MR
múm
MuteMath
Ne Obliviscaris
Neal Morse
Night Ranger
Nightingale
Nightwish
Oceansize
Odd Logic
Opeth
Orphaned Land
OSI
Ozzy Osbourne
Pain of Salvation
Pandora’s Box
Pantera
Pantommind
Passion Pit
Peatbog Faeries
Peter Gabriel
Phantasma
Phil Collins
Pink Cream 69
Pink Floyd
Platypus
Plini
Porcupine Tree
Praying Mantis
Presto Ballet
Pretty Maids
Primal Fear
Project Arcadia
Psycrence
Pure Reason Revolution
Purity Ring
Pyramaze
Queen
Quietus
Rage Against The Machine
Red
Redemption
REM
Resurrection Kings
Revolution Renaissance
Revolution Saints
Rhapsody / Rhapsondy of Fire
Riverside
Robert Plant
Roxette
Roy Orbison
Rush
Russell Allen
Ryn Weaver
Santigold
Sarah Barielles
Savage Garden
Savatage
Scandroid
Sergey Golovin
Serious Black
Seventh Key
Seventh Wonder
Shadowquest
Shania Twain
Shattered Skies
Shineback
Shpongle
Sia
Sieges Even
Sigur Rós
Sithu Aye
Skyharbor
Slash / Slash feat. The Conspirators
Slash’s Snakepit
Solstafir
Sonata Arctica
SOTO
Sound of Contact
Soundgarden
Spock’s Beard
Star One
Starbreaker
Steam Powered Giraffe
Steve Perry
Steven Wilson
Sting
Stratovarius
Stream of Passion
Styx
Susanne Sundfřr
Sweet & Lynch
Symphony X
Taylor Swift
Tears for Fears
Temperance
Ten
Tennis
TesseracT
Thank You Scientist
The Black Mages
The Carpenters
The Choirboys
The Contortionist
The Corrs
The Dillinger Escape Plan
The Eagles
The Gentle Storm
The Glitch Mob
The Jelly Jam
The Naked and Famous
The Neal Morse Band
The Police
The Poodles
The Reign of Kindo
The Screaming Jets
The Trans-Siberian Orchestra
The Who
The Winery Dogs
Thoughts Factory
Three Lions
Thunderstone
To-Mera
Tool
Toto
Touchstone
Tove Lo
Transatlantic
Traveling Wilburys
Triosphere
Twilightning
Unisonic
Universe Effects
Van Halen
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Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 - Sign up and/or send Q1 songs now
Post by: Train of Naught on March 17, 2016, 05:14:02 AM
Nice, I can work with this. Plenty of holes to fill.

I also have a nice idea for 3 of the bonus "themes", were I to make it past the qualifiers. Will send today probably!
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 - Sign up and/or send Q1 songs now
Post by: Bolsters on March 17, 2016, 05:20:17 AM
Also, for convenience I will link be linking all important posts (including these two) in the OP.
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 - Sign up and/or send Q1 songs now
Post by: Elite on March 17, 2016, 05:23:34 AM
that banned list :lol
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 - Sign up and/or send Q1 songs now
Post by: bl5150 on March 17, 2016, 05:24:33 AM
Oh damn Kade - Guy Pearce is banned   :-\      Still plenty of Neighbours to submit though...........Kylie, Jason Donovan, Craig McLachlan, Stefan Dennis etc... :hat
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 - Sign up now!
Post by: jingle.boy on March 17, 2016, 05:31:29 AM
18 now!  Holy shit...
I only see 16. I didn't forget anyone did I? :rollin

No, you're right.  I didn't realize you had listed the participants alphabetically - so I was looking for Evermind and Tyrias at the bottom of your list... not seeing them, I thought they still needed to be added.

Banned list + submitting.... tl:dr (for now).
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 - Sign up and/or send Q1 songs now
Post by: Fluffy Lothario on March 17, 2016, 05:31:55 AM
Unless I'm a dumbass and I missed it: how many rounds?

And do we have to specify a certain bonus we're going for when we send a track, or will you decide if a song was applicable? Reason being, I can immediately think of multiple songs that fulfill like 3 or 4 of those categories at once, so do I have to say which one I'm going for, or is that song potentially up for any of those 3 or 4?
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 - Sign up and/or send Q1 songs now
Post by: bl5150 on March 17, 2016, 05:36:18 AM
Oi...........all the good shit I sent in Chad's roulette is banned  :lol
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 - Sign up and/or send Q1 songs now
Post by: wolfking on March 17, 2016, 05:39:57 AM
Oh damn Kade - Guy Pearce is banned   :-\      Still plenty of Neighbours to submit though...........Kylie, Jason Donovan, Craig McLachlan, Stefan Dennis etc... :hat

The fuck?!  :lol

I was always fond of McLachlan's couple of singles.  On My Own was a good Bon Jovi rip off.  That song Stefan Dennis did though was fucking GOLD!

How the fuck am I gonna find time to compete in two roulettes at once again?!  :(
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 - Sign up and/or send Q1 songs now
Post by: Tyrias on March 17, 2016, 05:46:20 AM
Maybe you won't make it past the qualifiers :angel:.
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 - Sign up and/or send Q1 songs now
Post by: wolfking on March 17, 2016, 05:47:46 AM
Maybe you won't make it past the qualifiers :angel:.

Except I'm a lot more keen to make an effort and do well in this roulette.
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 - Sign up and/or send Q1 songs now
Post by: Evermind on March 17, 2016, 05:51:29 AM
Maybe you won't make it past the qualifiers :angel:.

Except I'm a lot more keen to make an effort and do well in this roulette.

A lot more keen than you are in that another one you're playing? ;P
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 - Sign up and/or send Q1 songs now
Post by: bl5150 on March 17, 2016, 05:52:45 AM
Oh damn Kade - Guy Pearce is banned   :-\      Still plenty of Neighbours to submit though...........Kylie, Jason Donovan, Craig McLachlan, Stefan Dennis etc... :hat

The fuck?!  :lol

I was always fond of McLachlan's couple of singles.  On My Own was a good Bon Jovi rip off.  That song Stefan Dennis did though was fucking GOLD!

How the fuck am I gonna find time to compete in two roulettes at once again?!  :(

Well I have already given you some ideas.  Oh and that chick Melissa Whatserface did Read My Lips..................Marika (Con The Fruiterer's wife) did a cover version called Feed My Hips   :biggrin: .   Who said I don't know my quality pop music ? :metal
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 - Sign up and/or send Q1 songs now
Post by: wolfking on March 17, 2016, 05:56:02 AM
Maybe you won't make it past the qualifiers :angel:.

Except I'm a lot more keen to make an effort and do well in this roulette.

A lot more keen than you are in that another one you're playing? ;P

Hmmm.....well this is awkward!  :mehlin :lol

Sent I think.  Dave, I tried to send you a song in Spotify, I hope I did it right, let me know.

EDIT:  For some reason I have no sound when playing songs in Spotify at the moment, WTF?
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 - Sign up and/or send Q1 songs now
Post by: wolfking on March 17, 2016, 05:56:52 AM
Oh damn Kade - Guy Pearce is banned   :-\      Still plenty of Neighbours to submit though...........Kylie, Jason Donovan, Craig McLachlan, Stefan Dennis etc... :hat

The fuck?!  :lol

I was always fond of McLachlan's couple of singles.  On My Own was a good Bon Jovi rip off.  That song Stefan Dennis did though was fucking GOLD!

How the fuck am I gonna find time to compete in two roulettes at once again?!  :(

Well I have already given you some ideas.  Oh and that chick Melissa Whatserface did Read My Lips..................Marika (Con The Fruiterer's wife) did a cover version called Feed My Hips   :biggrin: .   Who said I don't know my quality pop music ? :metal

That Melissa chick was fucking sexy.
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 - Sign up and/or send Q1 songs now
Post by: Bolsters on March 17, 2016, 06:03:42 AM
Oh damn Kade - Guy Pearce is banned   :-\      Still plenty of Neighbours to submit though...........Kylie, Jason Donovan, Craig McLachlan, Stefan Dennis etc... :hat
:rollin

Unless I'm a dumbass and I missed it: how many rounds?
Well you might be a dumbass, I'm not really sure. :neverusethis: But I had not mentioned how many rounds there would be. There will be eight, or ten if you include the qualifying rounds.

And do we have to specify a certain bonus we're going for when we send a track, or will you decide if a song was applicable? Reason being, I can immediately think of multiple songs that fulfill like 3 or 4 of those categories at once, so do I have to say which one I'm going for, or is that song potentially up for any of those 3 or 4?
In cases like this, you will need to tell me which of the multiple bonuses your song qualifies for you want.

Sent I think.  Dave, I tried to send you a song in Spotify, I hope I did it right, let me know.
It worked perfectly.


Brent, feel free to send that Read My Lips song if you're looking for a quick exit. :biggrin:
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 - Sign up and/or send Q1 songs now
Post by: bl5150 on March 17, 2016, 06:09:38 AM
Brent, feel free to send that Read My Lips song if you're looking for a quick exit. :biggrin:

Alrighty then  :lol   Might keep it local in this 1st round though .  Is Kevin Bloody Wilson banned?  ;D   
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 - Sign up and/or send Q1 songs now
Post by: wolfking on March 17, 2016, 06:13:30 AM
Brent, feel free to send that Read My Lips song if you're looking for a quick exit. :biggrin:

Alrighty then  :lol   Might keep it local in this 1st round though .  Is Kevin Bloody Wilson banned?  ;D

Wa Wa Nee bitch!  Might send them round 2.
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 - Sign up and/or send Q1 songs now
Post by: Bolsters on March 17, 2016, 06:16:56 AM
Alrighty then  :lol   Might keep it local in this 1st round though .  Is Kevin Bloody Wilson banned?  ;D
I knew I'd forget something.
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 - Sign up and/or send Q1 songs now
Post by: TAC on March 17, 2016, 06:17:17 AM
Maybe you won't make it past the qualifiers :angel:.

Except I'm a lot more keen to make an effort and do well in this roulette.

A lot more keen than you are in that another one you're playing? ;P

Hmmm.....well this is awkward!  :mehlin :lol

Awkward is getting your ass kicked by a guy that's neither keen on it nor even trying!  :lol

Wa Wa Nee bitch!  Might send them round 2.

(https://badassmemes.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/not-again.jpg)
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 - Sign up and/or send Q1 songs now
Post by: wolfking on March 17, 2016, 06:18:56 AM
You asked for it Tim.

(https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/236x/06/ac/98/06ac98a0cc123dfde190daca1239788e.jpg)

Checkmate.
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 - Sign up and/or send Q1 songs now
Post by: bl5150 on March 17, 2016, 06:20:05 AM
:hifive:
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 - Sign up and/or send Q1 songs now
Post by: TAC on March 17, 2016, 06:21:19 AM
Do not use the word mate and that picture in the same post.



Pretty sure Bolsters would like to have his roulette back!

Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 - Sign up and/or send Q1 songs now
Post by: wolfking on March 17, 2016, 06:22:42 AM
:hifive:

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Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 - Sign up and/or send Q1 songs now
Post by: Evermind on March 17, 2016, 06:23:45 AM
Do not use the word mate and that picture in the same post.

:lol
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 - Sign up and/or send Q1 songs now
Post by: jingle.boy on March 17, 2016, 06:34:37 AM
"While you were reading 19 new replies have been posted".   :rollin

that banned list :lol

No kidding!  Guaranteed 20% of those names have never shown up on a banned list (other than Dave's 1st roulette) before. Just in the "B" alone - Bee Gee's, Belinda Carlisle!?!?!   :D

Oi...........all the good shit I sent in Chad's roulette is banned  :lol

iknowrite!

How the fuck am I gonna find time to compete in two roulettes at once again?!  :(

Isn't JJ's coming up soon too?   :lol

Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 - Sign up and/or send Q1 songs now
Post by: Train of Naught on March 17, 2016, 06:35:15 AM
Sent. No overthinking it this time, BAM!
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 - Sign up and/or send Q1 songs now
Post by: Tomislav95 on March 17, 2016, 06:43:06 AM
Sent. No overthinking it this time, BAM!
There is no Converge on banned list, hope you weren't faster than me :P
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 - Sign up and/or send Q1 songs now
Post by: Bolsters on March 17, 2016, 06:45:57 AM
Guaranteed 20% of those names have never shown up on a banned list (other than Dave's 1st roulette) before. Just in the "B" alone - Bee Gee's, Belinda Carlisle!?!?!   :D
Yeah the Bee Gees are alright. I only bother with One Night Only these days, though, and not often.

Belinda Carlisle fucking rocks, though. :metal
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 - Sign up and/or send Q1 songs now
Post by: Train of Naught on March 17, 2016, 06:48:29 AM
Sent. No overthinking it this time, BAM!
There is no Converge on banned list, hope you weren't faster than me :P
No, I reserved Converge for Evermind's roulette, this one is all yours  :tup
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 - Sign up and/or send Q1 songs now
Post by: jingle.boy on March 17, 2016, 06:51:52 AM
Belinda Carlisle fucking rocks, though. :metal

... said no one ever.

Sent - there are some GAPING holes in that banned list.  I gotta send a message confirming a few things - and hopefully jump on them before anyone else does.
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 - Sign up and/or send Q1 songs now
Post by: bl5150 on March 17, 2016, 07:04:40 AM
Did a shuffle................some Japanese rock/metal coming your way.   :)  :metal
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 - Sign up and/or send Q1 songs now
Post by: Nekov on March 17, 2016, 07:16:25 AM
Guaranteed 20% of those names have never shown up on a banned list (other than Dave's 1st roulette) before. Just in the "B" alone - Bee Gee's, Belinda Carlisle!?!?!   :D
Yeah the Bee Gees are alright. I only bother with One Night Only these days, though, and not often.

Belinda Carlisle fucking rocks, though. :metal

No one would send Belinda Carlisle anyways...
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 - Sign up and/or send Q1 songs now
Post by: Shadow Ninja 2.0 on March 17, 2016, 07:19:59 AM
sent
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 - Sign up and/or send Q1 songs now
Post by: Tyrias on March 17, 2016, 07:29:14 AM
Sent some awesome music.
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 - Sign up and/or send Q1 songs now
Post by: senecadawg2 on March 17, 2016, 07:30:59 AM
This thread is giving me whiplash.
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 - Sign up and/or send Q1 songs now
Post by: Nekov on March 17, 2016, 07:54:46 AM
Sent
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 - Sign up and/or send Q1 songs now
Post by: jingle.boy on March 17, 2016, 08:03:26 AM
This thread is giving me whiplash.

Iknowrite.  Buckle up for safety... she's moving quick.
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 - Sign up and/or send Q1 songs now
Post by: Bolsters on March 17, 2016, 08:17:45 AM
I've got half of the submissions already, not bad after just a few hours. :tup
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 - Sign up and/or send Q1 songs now
Post by: Crow on March 17, 2016, 08:46:20 AM
ok i guess i'll figure out something tonight
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 - Sign up and/or send Q1 songs now
Post by: jingle.boy on March 17, 2016, 12:03:56 PM
Geez... nothing in 3.5 hours??

:crypt:

 :lol
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 - Sign up and/or send Q1 songs now
Post by: Evermind on March 17, 2016, 12:09:07 PM
I've got a song in mind, but I really need to clarify some questions in PM first. I'm not sure how come this band is allowed. I mean, I got away with sending Pain of Salvation, Nightwish, Blind Guardian and IQ in the last roulette, but I didn't expect to not find this one in the banned list.
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 - Sign up and/or send Q1 songs now
Post by: jingle.boy on March 17, 2016, 12:28:36 PM
Yeah, I know... I want to send it too - assuming I make it into the next qual'n round.
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 - Sign up and/or send Q1 songs now
Post by: Elite on March 17, 2016, 12:37:23 PM
I'm trying to figure out how to send a song through Spotify. I don't think I can get it to work on my phone, so I'll try this when I get home.
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 - Sign up and/or send Q1 songs now
Post by: Evermind on March 17, 2016, 12:40:14 PM
Oh, yeah, Dave, just in case you forgot, Spotify doesn't work in my country so you'll be getting either YouTube or MEGA links.
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 - Sign up and/or send Q1 songs now
Post by: Elite on March 17, 2016, 12:43:42 PM
Or I could send some killer tunes for you instead :neverusethis:
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 - Sign up and/or send Q1 songs now
Post by: jingle.boy on March 17, 2016, 12:47:24 PM
Oh, yeah, Dave, just in case you forgot, Spotify doesn't work in my country so you'll be getting either YouTube or MEGA links.

Yeah... I noticed he neglected to include that (countries blocking it) as a reason people don't (can't) use Spotify
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 - Sign up and/or send Q1 songs now
Post by: Evermind on March 17, 2016, 12:49:26 PM
Well, he wrote that:

Quote
If the song you would like to send is not on Spotify, you are one of those poor saps who can't use Spotify for some reason, or you're simply stubborn and refuse to use it - you can PM links to me where I can stream your songs. This includes but is not limited to: Youtube, Bandcamp, Soundcloud, etc.

So, I guess that's me. Some reason indeed. :lol
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 - Sign up and/or send Q1 songs now
Post by: splent on March 17, 2016, 01:37:06 PM
Can I assume that anything on your banned list is music that you highly enjoy? Like there isn't anything on your banned list that is on there because they suck or something?
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 - Sign up and/or send Q1 songs now
Post by: senecadawg2 on March 17, 2016, 01:37:45 PM
Sent!
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 - Sign up and/or send Q1 songs now
Post by: splent on March 17, 2016, 01:57:09 PM
Well, sent. I think I sent something that floats your boat. I just hope to make it into the first round. I failed with Evermind's and Sacul's....
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 - Sign up and/or send Q1 songs now
Post by: jingle.boy on March 17, 2016, 02:02:22 PM
Well, sent. I think I sent something that floats your boat. I just hope to make it into the first round. I failed with Evermind's and Sacul's....

I hope you make it too... else you're going to develop a complex.
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 - Sign up and/or send Q1 songs now
Post by: Evermind on March 17, 2016, 02:11:30 PM
Well, I had too few open slots with too many contenders, no shame in not making it in mine. I liked that Kansas song a lot!
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 - Sign up and/or send Q1 songs now
Post by: Fluffy Lothario on March 17, 2016, 03:29:33 PM
These threads make me feel like such a Luddite, I don't have (an account with?) Spotify or any file sharing site.

I'm sending my songs on cassette by carrier pigeon.
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 - Sign up and/or send Q1 songs now
Post by: wolfking on March 17, 2016, 03:55:03 PM
A couple of other beauties on that banned list are Ace of Base and Celine Dion.  :rollin

Sorry Dave, but  :lol
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 - Sign up and/or send Q1 songs now
Post by: twosuitsluke on March 17, 2016, 04:00:46 PM
Not sure if I'm too late but I've sent one anyway, if you hate the song then feel free to leave me off. If you like prepare for lots of stuff you're not likely to hear discussed on DTF!!
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 - Sign up and/or send Q1 songs now
Post by: bl5150 on March 17, 2016, 04:32:36 PM
A couple of other beauties on that banned list are Ace of Base and Celine Dion.  :rollin

Sorry Dave, but  :lol

Damn -more to cross off my list.  But today it's "Friday"  :metal  And tomorrow's "Saturday"  :metal

Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 - Sign up and/or send Q1 songs now
Post by: wolfking on March 17, 2016, 04:33:43 PM
Then I'm pretty sure Sunday comes after that.
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 - Sign up and/or send Q1 songs now
Post by: Elite on March 17, 2016, 04:35:06 PM
In Australia maybe. Here it's still Thursday (for 25 more minutes though).
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 - Sign up and/or send Q1 songs now
Post by: wolfking on March 17, 2016, 04:37:20 PM
In Australia maybe. Here it's still Thursday (for 25 more minutes though).

oh
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 - Sign up and/or send Q1 songs now
Post by: bl5150 on March 17, 2016, 04:56:06 PM
(https://cdn.smosh.com/sites/default/files/legacy.images/smosh-pit/032011/franz.gif)
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 - Sign up and/or send Q1 songs now
Post by: Scorpion on March 17, 2016, 05:10:15 PM
Still deciding between two songs, will send something tomorrow.
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 - Sign up and/or send Q1 songs now
Post by: Train of Naught on March 17, 2016, 08:00:08 PM
(https://cdn.smosh.com/sites/default/files/legacy.images/smosh-pit/032011/franz.gif)
:rollin

This roulette is full of shitposts and I'm loving it.
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 - Sign up and/or send Q1 songs now
Post by: wolfking on March 17, 2016, 08:03:46 PM
Nothing shitpost about an almost naked Kip Winger.
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 - Sign up and/or send Q1 songs now
Post by: Crow on March 17, 2016, 08:04:23 PM
right, i guess i should look through and pick some stuff out

edit: dammit, you have solstafir on the banlist, that's disappointing  :lol
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 - Sign up and/or send Q1 songs now
Post by: Bolsters on March 17, 2016, 08:39:34 PM
Oh, yeah, Dave, just in case you forgot, Spotify doesn't work in my country so you'll be getting either YouTube or MEGA links.
Yeah it's cool, I know Spotify are jerks and haven't begun service in your country yet.

Yeah... I noticed he neglected to include that (countries blocking it) as a reason people don't (can't) use Spotify
He's the "poor sap". :lol

Can I assume that anything on your banned list is music that you highly enjoy?
Yes. There may be a few things on there where I don't really listen to the artist much anymore, but I am very familiar with their music, though. But there's nothing on there that I hate.

edit: dammit, you have solstafir on the banlist, that's disappointing  :lol
I listened to the album you posted in the album listening thread. I wasn't blown away or anything but I did like it enough to want to check them out some more.

Not sure if I'm too late but I've sent one anyway, if you hate the song then feel free to leave me off. If you like prepare for lots of stuff you're not likely to hear discussed on DTF!!
Nope, you're in. :tup
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 - Sign up and/or send Q1 songs now
Post by: Crow on March 17, 2016, 08:40:51 PM
yeah i wouldn't say kold is the best thing ever but i want their other albums regardless bcuz it's cool
also dang

would a song that has a cello throughout count as a song with orchestral/symphonic elements or do you mean like a full orchestra
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 - Sign up and/or send Q1 songs now
Post by: senecadawg2 on March 17, 2016, 08:46:23 PM
Coolest thing about Solstafir, in my opinion, is this really pretty music video to the song Fjara

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XmGdSOhBx8E (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XmGdSOhBx8E)

I'm not crazy about their music, but the combination of that song and the landscapes of Iceland really tickles my fancy.
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 - Sign up and/or send Q1 songs now
Post by: Bolsters on March 17, 2016, 09:47:41 PM
would a song that has a cello throughout count as a song with orchestral/symphonic elements or do you mean like a full orchestra
It doesn't have to be a full orchestra or symphony, but my preference is for ensemble. String quartets will also make the cut, or any song with more than one orchestral instrument.

As for single instruments, I may or may not accept them for that bonus. It depends on how "important" I think the instrument is to the song - if I get a fairly normal rock song with a violin that sounds like it's just been thrown in for the sake of it, I won't award the bonus to it. On the other hand if the song seems like it was built around the violin and that the song wouldn't work all that well without the instrument, I might let it pass. But if you want to be 100% sure you get the bonus, go with ensemble.
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 - Sign up and/or send Q1 songs now
Post by: Crow on March 17, 2016, 09:49:54 PM
alright i'll play to the side of the cautious and bank on getting into the roulette and sending it to you then so you can decide for yourself, i wanna send it either way though
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 - Sign up and/or send Q1 songs now
Post by: Bolsters on March 17, 2016, 09:59:43 PM
Here's a useful tip for anyone who wishes to look up artists in my Last.fm library. Since they updated the site with a beta design there's been no easy way to look up a particular artist in someone's library, but I discovered a trick to allow you to do it.

Essentially, you just have to take the following link and change the "Dream+Theater" part to whichever band it is you'd like to check up on, using + signs in place of any spaces. :tup

https://www.last.fm/user/Bolsters/library/music/Dream+Theater
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Post by: bl5150 on March 17, 2016, 10:03:28 PM
Here's a useful tip for anyone who wishes to look up artists in my Last.fm library. Since they updated the site with a beta design there's been no easy way to look up a particular artist in someone's library, but I discovered a trick to allow you to do it.

Essentially, you just have to take the following link and change the "Dream+Theater" part to whichever band it is you'd like to check up on, using + signs in place of any spaces. :tup

https://www.last.fm/user/Bolsters/library/music/Dream+Theater

it must be bad...........Kim Jong Il has come back from the dead to bitch about it on your profile.
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Post by: Evermind on March 17, 2016, 10:57:29 PM
Alright, my bands are approved. Will send my song when I get home.
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Post by: Crow on March 18, 2016, 12:02:23 AM
sent. plugging a hole on the banned list while i have the chance. will be disappointed if i don't make it to the main roulette but hey someone has to get cut so i'll be that someone
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Post by: twosuitsluke on March 18, 2016, 02:11:45 AM
Cool, glad I'm in. This will be my first roulette  ;D

Just a few quick questions, how heavy do you like your metal? What it is your view on punk/ska/reggae? I know you are a fan of The Black Mages but are you familiar with any of Nobuo Uematsu's other projects?

This is all assuming I get past the qualifiers!! I'm not planning on playing it safe though, if I do well I want it to be because I sent you something you like that you may never have been exposed to normally.

Oh, lastly, where in the world do you live?

Sorry for all the questions, still fairly new around these parts  :loser:
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Post by: Evermind on March 18, 2016, 02:15:23 AM
Oh, I also got a question. Is there a chance to get straight into the main competition after the first qualification round? Or regardless of how awesome my song is, I'll have to participate in both rounds?

My choice for this round will depend on the answer.
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Post by: Bolsters on March 18, 2016, 02:44:25 AM
how heavy do you like your metal?
Opeth is about as heavy as I get, and even then I prefer the stuff that has more atmosphere and melody than I do their truly heavier stuff. If you're familiar with them at all: I love Ghost Reveries/Watershed/Blackwater Park, but have never been able to get into albums like Deliverance. If you aren't familiar with Opeth I may have to revisit this answer. :lol

What it is your view on punk/ska/reggae?
There were a few popular punk songs I didn't mind when I was in high school around 1998-2002 but otherwise it's a genre I haven't been able to get into and thus don't listen to. Ska and reggae even less so.

I know you are a fan of The Black Mages but are you familiar with any of Nobuo Uematsu's other projects?
I've heard some of the Earthbound Papas stuff, but I didn't really like the direction he took with that project, after The Black Mages. Other than that I'm just familiar with some of his Final Fantasy soundtracks, everything from FFIII through to FFVI in particular.

Oh, lastly, where in the world do you live?
I'm from Australia.

Oh, I also got a question. Is there a chance to get straight into the main competition after the first qualification round? Or regardless of how awesome my song is, I'll have to participate in both rounds?
Nope, to get in you will have to survive both qualifying rounds.

However, at the end of the second qualifier I will be taking into account your submissions in both rounds. If you are right on the cut line in Q2 but killed it in the first round, I'll give you the edge. But that's the only advantage you get - if you send my favourite song in the first and come last in the second, you'll still get the axe. Still, if you do really well in the first qualifier this means you may be afforded some comfort for the second one.


Edit: since I haven't mentioned it yet: It appears that 17 is going to be the final number I have decided that I will eliminate three people after the first qualifying round, and four after the second.
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Post by: Evermind on March 18, 2016, 03:11:21 AM
Fine, I'll just send two awesome songs then. I've got no shortage of those.
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Post by: Elite on March 18, 2016, 03:39:59 AM
I have trouble deciding which of the awesome songs I have lined up I will send first. Expect my submission through your Spotify inbox in a few minutes.
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Post by: twosuitsluke on March 18, 2016, 03:57:21 AM
how heavy do you like your metal?
Opeth is about as heavy as I get, and even then I prefer the stuff that has more atmosphere and melody than I do their truly heavier stuff. If you're familiar with them at all: I love Ghost Reveries/Watershed/Blackwater Park, but have never been able to get into albums like Deliverance. If you aren't familiar with Opeth I may have to revisit this answer. :lol

What it is your view on punk/ska/reggae?
There were a few popular punk songs I didn't mind when I was in high school around 1998-2002 but otherwise it's a genre I haven't been able to get into and thus don't listen to. Ska and reggae even less so.

I know you are a fan of The Black Mages but are you familiar with any of Nobuo Uematsu's other projects?
I've heard some of the Earthbound Papas stuff, but I didn't really like the direction he took with that project, after The Black Mages. Other than that I'm just familiar with some of his Final Fantasy soundtracks, everything from FFIII through to FFVI in particular.

Oh, lastly, where in the world do you live?
I'm from Australia.

Ok thanks, that's all good to know. Yes, I'm a big fan of Opeth so I will use them as a guide to how heavy I will go.

I kind of agree about Earthbound Papas, but I still like some of their output.

I might not get far in this roulette but what I like about this forum is that there is a huge diversity of music that people are into. I'm just going to steer clear of Progressive Metal completely and instead go for just awesome music that I personally think has a little something for everyone, regardless of what genres are their favourite.
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Post by: jingle.boy on March 18, 2016, 05:58:57 AM
Here's a useful tip for anyone who wishes to look up artists in my Last.fm library. Since they updated the site with a beta design there's been no easy way to look up a particular artist in someone's library, but I discovered a trick to allow you to do it.

Essentially, you just have to take the following link and change the "Dream+Theater" part to whichever band it is you'd like to check up on, using + signs in place of any spaces. :tup

https://www.last.fm/user/Bolsters/library/music/Dream+Theater

It is.  It's been in "beta" for over a year?  And the "new" version removed a lot of basic features/functions.
it must be bad...........Kim Jong Il has come back from the dead to bitch about it on your profile.
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Post by: Train of Naught on March 18, 2016, 06:12:25 AM
I might not get far in this roulette but what I like about this forum is that there is a huge diversity of music that people are into. I'm just going to steer clear of Progressive Metal completely and instead go for just awesome music that I personally think has a little something for everyone, regardless of what genres are their favourite.
That's always cool to see, even as a participant. I must say I'm not as big of a risktaker in these things, so if I don't know the persons tastes too well I end up sending some prog anyway just to be safe, I did not send prog for this round though.
Usually I do an okay job of picking the right songs from an artist according to the host's tastes, but I do a shitty job of picking the right artists  :lol

I'm pretty relieved there's no way to get into the main competition after the first qualifier, I think I picked a solid song, but not a round winner. Still hoping to get that advantage though.
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Post by: twosuitsluke on March 18, 2016, 07:26:58 AM
I might not get far in this roulette but what I like about this forum is that there is a huge diversity of music that people are into. I'm just going to steer clear of Progressive Metal completely and instead go for just awesome music that I personally think has a little something for everyone, regardless of what genres are their favourite.
That's always cool to see, even as a participant. I must say I'm not as big of a risktaker in these things, so if I don't know the persons tastes too well I end up sending some prog anyway just to be safe, I did not send prog for this round though.
Usually I do an okay job of picking the right songs from an artist according to the host's tastes, but I do a shitty job of picking the right artists  :lol

I'm pretty relieved there's no way to get into the main competition after the first qualifier, I think I picked a solid song, but not a round winner. Still hoping to get that advantage though.

To be honest as I'm still new around here I'm still trying to suss out peoples tastes. The song I sent was a bit of a knee jerk reaction, I was listening to it when I decided to join. It is one of my favourite songs and I doubt many people will know it but I might take my time to pick a second qualifier (if I get through that is). This all depends on the reaction Bolsters has to my pick.

I'm going to take risks with genres outside of progressive metal though as I'm using this site to discover loads of bands as it is. I'm not going to have that much that isn't well known around here in terms of progressive metal so I will send all my other favourite shit.

Like I said, tastes seem pretty diverse around here so if I can be obsessed with progressive metal but still love reggae, ska, punk and other random genres I know there's bound to be others like me. Plus the songs I'll pick will be ones that I genuinely think everyone will find a little something they like.
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Post by: jingle.boy on March 18, 2016, 08:27:34 AM
WTH is "ska"?
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Post by: Evermind on March 18, 2016, 08:32:25 AM
twosuitsluke, dude, I'm glad you didn't sign up for my roulette. :lol

Sending my song in a few minutes.

WTH is "ska"?

We have a hockey team called SKA in Russia. Maybe that's it!
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Post by: Train of Naught on March 18, 2016, 08:34:10 AM
WTH is "ska"?
A genre that doesn't need post- or -core to be described.  :biggrin:
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Post by: Evermind on March 18, 2016, 08:36:10 AM
WTH is "ska"?
A genre that doesn't need post- or -core to be described.  :biggrin:

That doesn't mean it doesn't suck though. I mean, there are genres like shoegaze and dubstep. :biggrin:
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Post by: jingle.boy on March 18, 2016, 08:38:45 AM
WTH is "ska"?
A genre that doesn't need post- or -core to be described.  :biggrin:

(https://s2.quickmeme.com/img/5d/5d6768d2dbdf7b56cc7456c59337128d7af06073cb02d5b5f8cb601c07505b16.jpg)
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Post by: Bolsters on March 18, 2016, 08:41:02 AM
WTH is "ska"?
A genre that doesn't need post- or -core to be described.  :biggrin:
:clap:
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Post by: Big Hath on March 18, 2016, 08:43:07 AM
WTH is "ska"?

really? It had a pretty big "revival" in the 90's as ska-punk

No Doubt, Mighty Mighty Bosstones, Sublime, Reel Big Fish, etc
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Post by: twosuitsluke on March 18, 2016, 08:45:35 AM
twosuitsluke, dude, I'm glad you didn't sign up for my roulette. :lol

Sending my song in a few minutes.

WTH is "ska"?

We have a hockey team called SKA in Russia. Maybe that's it!

Each to their own guys. Personally I am the sort of person who will judge music on it's own merits and how it sounds, as opposed to pigeonholing it because of my preconceptions of what particular genres sound like. I would never rule out anything, and assume I wouldn't like it, because of the genre it is labelled as.

If I ever do a roulette I want a wide variety of whatever you guys can throw at me. I thought the point of a roulette was to potentially discover stuff out of your comfort zone.

Also for the record I wouldn't send all punk/ska/reggae, I was using it as an example because I like a wide variety of music.

Lastly part of the reason I decided to enter Bolster's roulette is because he happily admits to loving Taylor Swift (which could be considered uncool by some), I like people who are open about what they like regardless of what others think. It made me think he would be open to whatever I chuck his way.
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Post by: Bolsters on March 18, 2016, 08:45:50 AM
I've got all but three submissions so far. I'm going to bed now, but I'm going to start listening tomorrow regardless of whether the stragglers have submitted or not.

Edit: Just two now.
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Post by: bl5150 on March 18, 2016, 08:48:14 AM
WTH is "ska"?

really? It had a pretty big "revival" in the 90's as ska-punk

No Doubt, Mighty Mighty Bosstones, Sublime, Reel Big Fish, etc

Can't say that I have heard of any of them.

King told me about a band called Ska Simmetry.........do they count?
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Post by: Evermind on March 18, 2016, 08:49:56 AM
Each to their own guys. Personally I am the sort of person who will judge music on it's own merits and how it sounds as opposed to pigeonholing it because of my preconceptions of what particular genres sound like. I would never rule out anything and assume I wouldn't like it because of the genre it is labelled as.

If I ever do a roulette I want a wide variety of what you guys can throw at me. I thought the point of a roulette was to potentially discover stuff out of your comfort zone.

Also for the record I wouldn't send all punk/ska/reggae, I was using it as an example because I like a wide variety of music.

Lastly part of the reason I decided to enter Bolster's roulette is because he happily admits to loving Taylor Swift (which could be considered uncool by some), I like people who are open about what they like regardless of what others think. It made me think he would be open to whatever I chuck his way.

No worries man, I'm just fooling around. :tup

Sent. I admit I will be thoroughly baffled if this song gets me eliminated.
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Post by: Big Hath on March 18, 2016, 08:51:47 AM
WTH is "ska"?

really? It had a pretty big "revival" in the 90's as ska-punk

No Doubt, Mighty Mighty Bosstones, Sublime, Reel Big Fish, etc

Can't say that I have heard of any of them.

not even No Doubt/Gwen Stefani?
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Post by: bl5150 on March 18, 2016, 08:52:55 AM
I can picture Gwen Stefani but couldn't name a song.  Shameful I know  :biggrin:    It's likely I would know a song or two if I heard them.
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Post by: twosuitsluke on March 18, 2016, 08:53:58 AM
Each to their own guys. Personally I am the sort of person who will judge music on it's own merits and how it sounds as opposed to pigeonholing it because of my preconceptions of what particular genres sound like. I would never rule out anything and assume I wouldn't like it because of the genre it is labelled as.

If I ever do a roulette I want a wide variety of what you guys can throw at me. I thought the point of a roulette was to potentially discover stuff out of your comfort zone.

Also for the record I wouldn't send all punk/ska/reggae, I was using it as an example because I like a wide variety of music.

Lastly part of the reason I decided to enter Bolster's roulette is because he happily admits to loving Taylor Swift (which could be considered uncool by some), I like people who are open about what they like regardless of what others think. It made me think he would be open to whatever I chuck his way.

No worries man, I'm just fooling around. :tup

Sent. I admit I will be thoroughly baffled if this song gets me eliminated.

It's ok, no worries  ;) hopefully one day I will enter one of your roulettes and I'll give you the opportunity to eat your hat  :lol
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Post by: Big Hath on March 18, 2016, 08:56:57 AM
I can picture Gwen Stefani but couldn't name a song.  Shameful I know  :biggrin:    It's likely I would know a song or two if I heard them.

yeah probably  Spiderwebs, Don't Speak, Just a Girl, Sunday Morning, etc
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Post by: Evermind on March 18, 2016, 08:57:20 AM
It's ok, no worries  ;) hopefully one day I will enter one of your roulettes and I'll give you the opportunity to eat your hat  :lol

Either that or I'll give you 3/10. :lol
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Post by: jingle.boy on March 18, 2016, 09:05:09 AM
Each to their own guys. Personally I am the sort of person who will judge music on it's own merits and how it sounds, as opposed to pigeonholing it because of my preconceptions of what particular genres sound like. I would never rule out anything, and assume I wouldn't like it, because of the genre it is labelled as.

I'm with you there Luke, I'd just never heard of that style/genre before.  As for what it sounds like, I can dig it - hell, No Doubt/Tragic Kingdom made my first Top 50 list.  Great album.  And I do like the occasional thing outside of my normal comfort zone, but by-and-large, I know what I like, and I stick to it.
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Post by: twosuitsluke on March 18, 2016, 09:17:11 AM
Each to their own guys. Personally I am the sort of person who will judge music on it's own merits and how it sounds, as opposed to pigeonholing it because of my preconceptions of what particular genres sound like. I would never rule out anything, and assume I wouldn't like it, because of the genre it is labelled as.

I'm with you there Luke, I'd just never heard of that style/genre before.  As for what it sounds like, I can dig it - hell, No Doubt/Tragic Kingdom made my first Top 50 list.  Great album.  And I do like the occasional thing outside of my normal comfort zone, but by-and-large, I know what I like, and I stick to it.

I thought you were trolling lol, have you seriously never heard of Ska??
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Post by: jingle.boy on March 18, 2016, 09:19:34 AM
Each to their own guys. Personally I am the sort of person who will judge music on it's own merits and how it sounds, as opposed to pigeonholing it because of my preconceptions of what particular genres sound like. I would never rule out anything, and assume I wouldn't like it, because of the genre it is labelled as.

I'm with you there Luke, I'd just never heard of that style/genre before.  As for what it sounds like, I can dig it - hell, No Doubt/Tragic Kingdom made my first Top 50 list.  Great album.  And I do like the occasional thing outside of my normal comfort zone, but by-and-large, I know what I like, and I stick to it.

I thought you were trolling lol, have you seriously never heard of Ska??

I've seriously never heard of "ska".  I may have heard ska music, but I've never heard that term used to describe a style/genre.
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Post by: Nekov on March 18, 2016, 09:21:03 AM
Actually, don't take those bands as a reference for Ska (at least no doubt)

Here you have some ska (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ELq5Oxwcmfs)
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Post by: Big Hath on March 18, 2016, 09:24:41 AM
Actually, don't take those bands as a reference for Ska (at least no doubt)

Here you have some ska (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ELq5Oxwcmfs)

agreed.  I was giving examples of bands that are generally associated with the genre and with relatively larger appeal that I would have assumed someone around in the 90's might have heard of.  I wasn't trying to say they were the definition of the genre.
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Post by: Nekov on March 18, 2016, 09:28:21 AM
 :tup
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Post by: jingle.boy on March 18, 2016, 09:30:06 AM
Actually, don't take those bands as a reference for Ska (at least no doubt)

Here you have some ska (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ELq5Oxwcmfs)

Ok then.  Not unenjoyable - I wouldn't cringe if it was playing at a dinner/house party, but not anything I'd consciously or actively seek out or reach for to press play.
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Post by: Tyrias on March 18, 2016, 10:13:17 AM
twosuitsluke sounds like someone I'd love as a participant in a roulette, even if he ends up in last place :lol.
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Post by: Train of Naught on March 18, 2016, 10:22:07 AM
twosuitsluke sounds like someone I'd love as a participant in a roulette, even if he ends up in last place :lol.
This. You were the first one I thought of, with the Caravan Palace, Russkaja and whatnot  :lol a lot of fun to have someone like that in a roulette.

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Post by: Sacul on March 18, 2016, 10:25:33 AM
WTH is "ska"?
A genre that doesn't need post- or -core to be described.  :biggrin:

That doesn't mean it doesn't suck though. I mean, there are genres like shoegaze and dubstep. :biggrin:
Those two definitely suck :P
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Post by: twosuitsluke on March 18, 2016, 10:57:31 AM
twosuitsluke sounds like someone I'd love as a participant in a roulette, even if he ends up in last place :lol.
This. You were the first one I thought of, with the Caravan Palace, Russkaja and whatnot  :lol a lot of fun to have someone like that in a roulette.

Awwww shucks, thanks you guys  :blush

I'll see if I can stay the duration in someone's roulette and try to send completely different genres for each round. Would be a lot of fun.

Speaking of Caravan Palace, I saw them at Boomtown festival last year, my girlfriend is a huge fan, not something I would normally go for but after seeing them live I completely got into them. I've realised there is a pattern forming as I'm going through my library looking for potential roulette songs. All the ones I'm considering are bands that put on an incredible live show and are also mainly fusing multiple genres together. Good times, could get addicted to this.
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Post by: Scorpion on March 18, 2016, 11:27:20 AM
I have sent. Going the metal approach with this one, I just hope that it doesn't completely blow up in my face. :lol
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Post by: wolfking on March 18, 2016, 05:25:40 PM
I have sent. Going the metal approach with this one, I just hope that it doesn't completely blow up in my face. :lol

I didn't know there was any other way.
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Post by: jingle.boy on March 18, 2016, 07:08:48 PM
I have sent. Going the metal approach with this one, I just hope that it doesn't completely blow up in my face. :lol

I didn't know there was any other way.

Iknowright
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Post by: Crow on March 18, 2016, 07:40:44 PM
i didn't send metal

i probably will if i make it to the second prelim tho
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Post by: Bolsters on March 18, 2016, 09:27:17 PM
Everyone sans Sir Walrus Cauliflower has sent. But I'm listening to the playlist...right now! :metal
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Post by: Sir Walrus Cauliflower on March 18, 2016, 09:40:23 PM
Okay sorry I've been trying to send. I can't figure it out on mobile. Is it k if just pm you the song name? I won't have a pc until tomorrow. It's on Spotify.
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Post by: Crow on March 18, 2016, 09:40:33 PM
last.fm isn't scrobbling  :sadpanda:
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Post by: Bolsters on March 18, 2016, 09:41:27 PM
Okay sorry I've been trying to send. I can't figure it out on mobile. Is it k if just pm you the song name? I won't have a pc until tomorrow. It's on Spotify.
That's fine.

last.fm isn't scrobbling  :sadpanda:
I've got Spotify set to Private. :ninja:

Once Sir Walrus Cauliflower has sent, I will post the first blurred image, a completely original idea that I had.

Edit: Also, I want to get through these qualifiers quickly, so I'm not going to put too much time or effort into writeups for 17 songs. A couple of sentences at most is what you're all going to get.
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Post by: Sacul on March 18, 2016, 09:46:09 PM
I'm not going to put too much time or effort into writeups for 17 songs. A couple of sentences at most is what you're all going to get.
:tup
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Post by: Crow on March 18, 2016, 09:49:44 PM
it's a shame i can't just send you my worst stuff straight up so you can give the worst writeups to it
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Post by: Crow on March 18, 2016, 09:51:40 PM
just post the songs outright, i don't even care
i sent number city by coheed & cambria
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Post by: Bolsters on March 18, 2016, 09:55:47 PM
I probably blurred this too much and made it too hard but I don't care.

(https://i1337.photobucket.com/albums/o669/bolsters/Roulette2/blur-q1-1.png~original)
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Post by: Big Hath on March 18, 2016, 10:00:23 PM
I can actually tell what several of these are pretty easily
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Post by: Sacul on March 18, 2016, 10:04:28 PM
coheed and cambria - nuclear/number city (?)
caligula's horse
within temptation
Rival sons
nightingale?
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Post by: Crow on March 18, 2016, 10:06:58 PM
coheed and cambria - nuclear/number city (?)
i sent number city by coheed & cambria
:tup

anyways i can't actually get the picture to load  :lol
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Post by: Fluffy Lothario on March 18, 2016, 10:09:49 PM
Dream Evil
Muse - Butterflies and Hurricanes
Angels and Airwaves
M81?
Larry and his Flask? Is that a band?

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Post by: Sacul on March 18, 2016, 10:10:25 PM
Didn't read through the thread nor that message, and barely know the band so  :metal

 
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Post by: Bolsters on March 18, 2016, 10:12:58 PM
I'll have to make the next one harder, then.
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Post by: Sacul on March 18, 2016, 10:15:18 PM
Nocturnal rites?
Gojira?
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Post by: Bolsters on March 18, 2016, 10:16:00 PM
Gojira?
This one is most definitely incorrect.
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Post by: Crow on March 18, 2016, 10:18:28 PM
Within Temptation - See Who I Am
dunno this at all but nice

Epysode - Forgotten Symphony
no clue, youtube'd the song title to find the band

Dream Evil - Chasing the Dragon
never heard of it

Caligula's Horse - Rust
not the song i would have sent (firelight or marigold tbh) but a good one nonetheless

Larry and his Flask - Ready Your Roomates
could only make out the band name, youtube'd to find the song

The ???? Group - King For A Day
youtube won't help you now

Wildbirds & Peacedrums - The Offbeat
god bless youtube, i can't believe this showed up with such a common word

Coheed & Cambria - Number City
me

M83 - Ok Pal
I don't actually know this song, but this was just too easy

Caligula's Horse - Marigold
omg  :lol

Nocturnal Rites - Still Alive
dunno this either but i can read it

Muse - Butterflies and Hurricanes
this should be interesting

???? - ????
too blurred

Rival Sons - ????
i can only figure this one out because of Sacul, I can't read this one otherwise

Ghost Ship Octavius - Pendulum
youtube

Angels & Airwaves - can't tell tbh
dunno this either

???? - ????
nope, too blurred

got most of 'em at least
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 - Sign up and/or send Q1 songs now
Post by: Sacul on March 18, 2016, 10:19:26 PM
ghost ship oscillation - pendulum???

ok enough for today  :lol
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Post by: 425 on March 18, 2016, 10:23:53 PM
Number City is a cool song. Not what I would necessarily go with, even just from Descension, but it's cool. And it's one of those that's a bit creepy as to why it's cheery, given the subject matter.

That is all. I'm not in this roulette, I just wanted to comment on that.
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Post by: Crow on March 18, 2016, 10:25:44 PM
it's my fav from descension and maybe my fav of both afterman discs, i dunno, domino is tough competition

go back to judging the championship roulette now :P
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Post by: Sir Walrus Cauliflower on March 18, 2016, 10:33:15 PM
I sent Rust by Caligula's horse.
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Post by: 425 on March 18, 2016, 10:35:28 PM
it's my fav from descension and maybe my fav of both afterman discs, i dunno, domino is tough competition

go back to judging the championship roulette now :P

Parama:

Didn't even send anything.

-3.5/5


Domino is probably the best on either album. I like Sentry the Defiant, The Hard Sell and Gravity's Union.
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Post by: senecadawg2 on March 18, 2016, 10:37:45 PM
Last time I saw Coheed live, they were on tour with Thank You Scientist and the brass from the latter joined in for a special performance of Number City. Highlight of that show--really cool song.

Domino is great too, not sure how I'd rank that album. It's really consistent.
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Post by: Crow on March 18, 2016, 10:48:00 PM
aww man, i saw Coheed w/ TYS & Cursive and we didn't get Number City at all, i think we got Sentry from Afterman instead which is great sure but not one of the best
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Post by: Bolsters on March 18, 2016, 11:32:53 PM
The next one is going to be so blurry, you won't be able to tell that the image even contains words.
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Post by: Fluffy Lothario on March 18, 2016, 11:51:29 PM
*inserts blurry image of a pleasure weasel*
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Post by: Bolsters on March 19, 2016, 12:06:55 AM
Alright, since you already know 95% of it:

(https://i1337.photobucket.com/albums/o669/bolsters/Roulette2/blur-q1-n.png~original)


I'm not in this roulette
Why is that?
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 - Sign up and/or send Q1 songs now
Post by: 425 on March 19, 2016, 12:12:58 AM
Conflict of interest.

Nah, I didn't see that many holes in your banned list for me to jump through. A lot of the artists that I don't always expect DTFers to have, you have, probably because you have more of an inclination to pop than most. Anyway, I think I'd run out of artists to send you after about 5 rounds.
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 - Sign up and/or send Q1 songs now
Post by: Bolsters on March 19, 2016, 12:15:59 AM
Fair enough.
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Post by: 425 on March 19, 2016, 12:21:58 AM
If it was just a matter of you had an empty space, I might give it a shot, but I feel like when there's a qualifying round that if I do manage to make it through by sending one really good song in the qualifying round, I then get in trouble midway through when I run out of artists—so for your sake and the sake of competition, I don't want to try to compete for a spot if I feel that I'm going to underperform if I do get it.

But I will show up in this thread to comment on songs and to harass Parama as much as you want.
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Post by: Crow on March 19, 2016, 12:47:39 AM
joke's on you, i'm not making it past the qualifiers
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Post by: Sir Walrus Cauliflower on March 19, 2016, 01:00:58 AM
Honestly I think Rust and Turntail are the two best songs on the album. I burnt myself on firelight, but it is the song that got me into them.
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Post by: Train of Naught on March 19, 2016, 01:33:27 AM
Damn, some balls sending Rust.

I don't think I'd send anything off Bloom unless there was a round where I could send 2 consecutive songs (Bloom/Marigold) That transitions is just prog heaven. I don't think Rust can live up to that, even though I really like that song. I'm pretty sure Rust is Walrus' song. I definitely think Marigold is a better standalone track than Rust so whoever sent that might just edge out the Rust sender.

Epysode is probably Chad's? I've seen Nocturnal Rites and Dream Evil in Evermind's roulette though I don't remember who sent them.

Rival Sons is mine, pretty confident about it, though this seems like a very solid round.
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 - Sign up and/or send Q1 songs now
Post by: Bolsters on March 19, 2016, 02:03:33 AM
I suppose I should have posted this when I unveiled all of the songs...it's the Spotify playlist for the round. One song is missing however because it isn't available on Spotify.


https://open.spotify.com/user/bolsters.s/playlist/37MWIZeRrsICkPNVY7Yzu0

spotify:user:bolsters.s:playlist:37MWIZeRrsICkPNVY7Yzu0
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 - Sign up and/or send Q1 songs now
Post by: Elite on March 19, 2016, 02:31:13 AM
Some of these replies are awesome :lol Parama you crack me up.

I think Evermind sent Within Tenptation and jingly sent Epysode. That's all I got for now. Two people sending a song from the same album is funny though.
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 - Sign up and/or send Q1 songs now
Post by: Crow on March 19, 2016, 03:04:27 AM
be straight with me now y'all you guys just sent caligula's horse because bolsters is australian, yes?
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Post by: Evermind on March 19, 2016, 03:47:19 AM
Some of these replies are awesome :lol Parama you crack me up.

I think Evermind sent Within Tenptation and jingly sent Epysode. That's all I got for now. Two people sending a song from the same album is funny though.

This is spot on.

Out of the ones still not guessed, I can see Klone - Immersion, must be Tomislav who sent it. Epysode is totally Chad, Dream Evil is probably Nelson's and Kade must've sent Nocturnal Rites after it scored big in my roulette.

I'm pretty sure Rust is Walrus' song.

I'm pretty sure about that too especially since he outright said that on the previous page.
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Post by: Tomislav95 on March 19, 2016, 03:57:28 AM
Some of these replies are awesome :lol Parama you crack me up.

I think Evermind sent Within Tenptation and jingly sent Epysode. That's all I got for now. Two people sending a song from the same album is funny though.

This is spot on.

Out of the ones still not guessed, I can see Klone - Immersion, must be Tomislav who sent it. Epysode is totally Chad, Dream Evil is probably Nelson's and Kade must've sent Nocturnal Rites after it scored big in my roulette.

You must be wizard or something :neverusethis:
At least I sent different song :P
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Post by: Tyrias on March 19, 2016, 03:58:00 AM
I toyed with sending Within Temptation as well, but decided on Muse. I'm really curious what Bolsters will think, I can see this going both horribly or great.
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Post by: Evermind on March 19, 2016, 04:16:03 AM
Some of these replies are awesome :lol Parama you crack me up.

I think Evermind sent Within Tenptation and jingly sent Epysode. That's all I got for now. Two people sending a song from the same album is funny though.

This is spot on.

Out of the ones still not guessed, I can see Klone - Immersion, must be Tomislav who sent it. Epysode is totally Chad, Dream Evil is probably Nelson's and Kade must've sent Nocturnal Rites after it scored big in my roulette.

You must be wizard or something :neverusethis:
At least I sent different song :P

I have no idea what you're talking about. :neverusethis:

I toyed with sending Within Temptation as well, but decided on Muse. I'm really curious what Bolsters will think, I can see this going both horribly or great.

I'm pretty sure Within Temptation will do fine. He seems to like symphonic female-fronted metal. I think he's the only person I saw who has both Diabulus in Musica and Temperance on the banned list - not counting me, that is.
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Post by: twosuitsluke on March 19, 2016, 04:16:24 AM
I'll hold my hands up, I sent Larry and his Flask. They are pure god damn energy on stage. I saw them supporting someone else I could potentially send in this roulette and they tore the house down. I'm just hoping they come back to the UK to play some time soon.

Whether I'll get anywhere in this roulette or not is doubtful........

But I stand by my choice  :hat
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Post by: jingle.boy on March 19, 2016, 04:37:30 AM
You all get me pegged correctly.

As for the rest of the bands, hell, I only know a few of them.  These results are gonna be interesting.  Klone was somewhat interesting to me, I checked them out last year, and remember them to be very dark and Devy-like. 

But I stand by my choice  :hat

I also stood by Animotion.   :lol
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Post by: Evermind on March 19, 2016, 05:34:56 AM
So, what did Brent send? Ghost Ship Octavius? I just checked Pendulum (the song) and it's really great.
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Post by: Nekov on March 19, 2016, 06:07:46 AM
Since we're all coming clean, I sent Amason
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Post by: Tomislav95 on March 19, 2016, 06:14:16 AM
You all get me pegged correctly.

As for the rest of the bands, hell, I only know a few of them.  These results are gonna be interesting.  Klone was somewhat interesting to me, I checked them out last year, and remember them to be very dark and Devy-like. 

But I stand by my choice  :hat

I also stood by Animotion.   :lol
I don't know if your heard their newest(Here Comes the Sun) or older ones. Their older are groove metal and newest is quite different.
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Post by: Train of Naught on March 19, 2016, 07:38:58 AM
I'm pretty sure Rust is Walrus' song.

I'm pretty sure about that too especially since he outright said that on the previous page.
:lol not my brightest moment. Just came home from a long long night when I wrote that, and I didn't check anything exceot for the blurred pic.

I just checked Pendulum and it's really great.
That's nice, will send you some Pendulum with female vocals in your 6th round then.
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Post by: Evermind on March 19, 2016, 08:12:46 AM
I just checked Pendulum and it's really great.
That's nice, will send you some Pendulum with female vocals in your 6th round then.

I thought this will come up, hence the "(the song)" part. :lol
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Post by: Sir Walrus Cauliflower on March 19, 2016, 08:41:17 AM
I don't think I'd send anything off Bloom unless there was a round where I could send 2 consecutive songs (Bloom/Marigold) That transitions is just prog heaven. I don't think Rust can live up to that, even though I really like that song. I'm pretty sure Rust is Walrus' song. I definitely think Marigold is a better standalone track than Rust so whoever sent that might just edge out the Rust sender.

I prefer Rust in every way, but that's just me. One of the best things about Bloom imo is that every track works very well together as an album, but also individually. Rust just has some of grooviest riffs and fun stuff to play, and some very nice vocal melodies. Something about it just gets me.
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Post by: Train of Naught on March 19, 2016, 08:51:51 AM
Totally fair dude. I mean, as to speak for myself, I got Marigold in my last roulette and really liked it(8.5/10 I think), I thought it started very abruptly but made for a pretty good single nonetheless. Bloom on the other hand, I would probably never listen to individually, not following it up with Marigold would seem weird to me.

As for Rust, love it. Bolsters has DMM on his banned list I think so he's probably not afraid to hear some djent stuff thrown in either, I really love that little breakdown after the chorus. This is one of those bands where I honestly couldn't tell what aspect is the highlight for me, everything balances out perfectly.
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Post by: Sir Walrus Cauliflower on March 19, 2016, 08:54:44 AM
Exactly. As far as I'm concerned just about every song is absolutely wonderful, Rust just happens to be my favorite. That breakdown is a big reason actually. I actually flipped a coin between rust and Turntail because I couldn't decide  :lol
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Post by: Elite on March 19, 2016, 09:12:09 AM
Didn't I send you Marigold, ToN?

EDIT: Nope, just checked. Must have been a different roulette.
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Post by: Scorpion on March 19, 2016, 09:12:53 AM
So, what did Brent send? Ghost Ship Octavius? I just checked Pendulum (the song) and it's really great.

Nope, that was me.
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Post by: splent on March 19, 2016, 09:30:47 AM
I sent M83. Going a different route than many of you, I see. I hope that works to my advantage...
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Post by: jingle.boy on March 19, 2016, 10:33:30 AM
I sent M83. Going a different route than many of you, I see. I hope that works to my advantage...

I tried that last time, and Bolsters returned the favour.

We both failed miserably.
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Post by: Shadow Ninja 2.0 on March 19, 2016, 11:15:32 AM
Somebody figure out what the heck I sent, since I have no idea. :lol
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Post by: Scorpion on March 19, 2016, 11:16:30 AM
Somebody figure out what the heck I sent, since I have no idea. :lol

Angels and Airwaves, probably.
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Post by: twosuitsluke on March 19, 2016, 11:40:03 AM
As this is my first roulette I'm itching to find out if I crashed and burned at the first qualifier  :loser:

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Post by: Elite on March 19, 2016, 11:41:09 AM
You sent Rival Sons
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Post by: Shadow Ninja 2.0 on March 19, 2016, 12:19:40 PM
Somebody figure out what the heck I sent, since I have no idea. :lol

Angels and Airwaves, probably.

o yeah, that was it.
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Post by: bl5150 on March 19, 2016, 08:45:42 PM
So, what did Brent send? Ghost Ship Octavius?

Good band , but no.  I said earlier that I would send some Japanese stuff, so shouldn't be too hard from there  :)
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Post by: wolfking on March 20, 2016, 03:46:29 AM
I sent Nocturnal Rites.  Just sent what I just sent in Ruslan's roulette, cause I'm lazy.  :lol
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Post by: Bolsters on March 20, 2016, 05:13:30 AM
I sent Nocturnal Rites.  Just sent what I just sent in Ruslan's roulette, cause I'm lazy.  :lol
Nice to know you're putting in the effort. :lol


Anyway, I've got a few listens in now and have been ranking things as I go along. Quite a few of these tracks proved to be growers. This is a really strong round, loads of good stuff in here, I'm actually surprised how strong this round is. Anyway, I'm 90% sure I know who two of the eliminated players will be. The third, I'm not so sure about. I've got a tough decision to make here. :(

So. Who thinks they're being eliminated? :D
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Post by: twosuitsluke on March 20, 2016, 05:21:10 AM
Well I can't say I'm confident about knowing your musical tastes barring a few things. But I do have confidence in the mighty Larry and his Flask though  ;D

I've got my fingers crossed as I've got lots of cool things lined up if I make it through.
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Post by: Train of Naught on March 20, 2016, 05:27:37 AM
Can only comment on the songs I know/have listened to and they all feel like they'd do great with you. I think both Caligula's Horse songs should make it through pretty easily, even moreso since Arcane is apparently on your banned list too, still not sure which one will do better though, leaning more towards rust ATM.

That Coheed song was alright I guess, still not really into this band, and Domino the Destitute (I think that was the name) is easily my favorite from both Afterman albums.

Muse is an interesting choice, that's probably my #2 song off the album so good job on picking it  :tup not sure how it will fare with Bolsters though.

I think I checked out the Dream Evil and Nocturnal Rites songs during Evermind's roulette, I don't really remember them though so can't really comment.

I don't think my song is one of the growers, I feel like either you dig it or you don't, but hey - it could be. I doubt I'll go out but you mentioned the there's a tough choice to be made for the third elimination, so ya never know.
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Post by: twosuitsluke on March 20, 2016, 05:34:20 AM

That Coheed song was alright I guess, still not really into this band, and Domino the Destitute (I think that was the name) is easily my favorite from both Afterman albums.

I absolutely adore Coheed and Cambria, I was tempted to send a song of theirs at first but didn't want to go too obvious. Please don't judge them by those songs though dude. I love The Afterman albums but if I had sent a song in this roulette it would have been one of about 30 songs off their first 4 albums before anything off Afterman!!
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Post by: Train of Naught on March 20, 2016, 05:37:33 AM
I didn't. I judged them by all of the 4 albums that I've heard  :lol at some point I gotta draw a line. I don't dislike them, and unlike many, it's not just Claudio that wears on me, I've realized these guys are just not for me. I do enjoy some bands with similar-ish vocals like TYS and Mandroid Echostar.
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Post by: twosuitsluke on March 20, 2016, 05:49:05 AM
I didn't. I judged them by all of the 4 albums that I've heard  :lol at some point I gotta draw a line. I don't dislike them, and unlike many, it's not just Claudio that wears on me, I've realized these guys are just not for me. I do enjoy some bands with similar-ish vocals like TYS and Mandroid Echostar.

Fair enough, I know you had said you were going to check out their earlier albums, just wasn't sure if you had. I like TYS and ME but I only discovered them due to them being recommended for Coheed fans.

I've got to say though, it took me a LONG time for Coheed to click. I bought GA1 in 2006 after hearing Welcome Home but wasn't impressed, borrowed GA2 off a friend when that came out, still wasn't impressed. It was in 2009 when my girlfriends, best friends boyfriend was obsessed with them. He played me The Light and the Glass off their 2nd album and I started to get them. I gave GA1 another listen with the lyrics in front of me (I can picture the moment now) and I had a "Holy fuck, how did I not realise how awesome these guys are!!" epiphany moment. I've been increasingly obsessed since.
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 - Q1 Listening Underway
Post by: Evermind on March 20, 2016, 08:06:07 AM
Can only comment on the songs I know/have listened to and they all feel like they'd do great with you. I think both Caligula's Horse songs should make it through pretty easily, even moreso since Arcane is apparently on your banned list too, still not sure which one will do better though, leaning more towards rust ATM.

That Coheed song was alright I guess, still not really into this band, and Domino the Destitute (I think that was the name) is easily my favorite from both Afterman albums.

Muse is an interesting choice, that's probably my #2 song off the album so good job on picking it  :tup not sure how it will fare with Bolsters though.

I think I checked out the Dream Evil and Nocturnal Rites songs during Evermind's roulette, I don't really remember them though so can't really comment.

I don't think my song is one of the growers, I feel like either you dig it or you don't, but hey - it could be. I doubt I'll go out but you mentioned the there's a tough choice to be made for the third elimination, so ya never know.

You don't know Within Temptation? I thought you were Dutch.

Also, :lol at your personal user text.
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 - Q1 Listening Underway
Post by: jingle.boy on March 20, 2016, 08:20:09 AM
Not feeling very confident - considering you said you were kinda ambivalent about the first Epysode album.
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 - Q1 Listening Underway
Post by: Train of Naught on March 20, 2016, 08:27:01 AM
Can only comment on the songs I know/have listened to and they all feel like they'd do great with you. I think both Caligula's Horse songs should make it through pretty easily, even moreso since Arcane is apparently on your banned list too, still not sure which one will do better though, leaning more towards rust ATM.

That Coheed song was alright I guess, still not really into this band, and Domino the Destitute (I think that was the name) is easily my favorite from both Afterman albums.

Muse is an interesting choice, that's probably my #2 song off the album so good job on picking it  :tup not sure how it will fare with Bolsters though.

I think I checked out the Dream Evil and Nocturnal Rites songs during Evermind's roulette, I don't really remember them though so can't really comment.

I don't think my song is one of the growers, I feel like either you dig it or you don't, but hey - it could be. I doubt I'll go out but you mentioned the there's a tough choice to be made for the third elimination, so ya never know.

You don't know Within Temptation? I thought you were Dutch.

Also, :lol at your personal user text.
Correct. I know the band name and the fact they're dutch, but nothing more. I think I heard one or two songs, not really my thing.
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 - Q1 Listening Underway
Post by: Evermind on March 20, 2016, 08:36:10 AM
Well, it's just I thought they were kind of big in Netherlands. I talked with a local - a friend of Nem - and he said they were definitely bigger and more popular than Ayreon. Figured you would know them.

Anyway, I'm confident. No way my song is among the worst three here.
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 - Q1 Listening Underway
Post by: Nekov on March 20, 2016, 08:47:17 AM
I tried to play it safe but I'm not extremely confident. Wouldn't be surprised if I don't move on
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Post by: Fluffy Lothario on March 20, 2016, 08:48:28 AM
Other than the song I sent, I only know 2 other artists on the list, so I'm not making any assumptions.
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 - Q1 Listening Underway
Post by: Elite on March 20, 2016, 09:34:48 AM
Well, it's just I thought they were kind of big in Netherlands. I talked with a local - a friend of Nem - and he said they were definitely bigger and more popular than Ayreon. Figured you would know them.

They definitely are - or at least were. Ten, fifteen years ago they were huge. And don't know what they're up to nowadays to be honest. The Dutch scene has definitely shifted a bit over time.
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 - Q1 Listening Underway
Post by: Crow on March 20, 2016, 02:25:33 PM

That Coheed song was alright I guess, still not really into this band, and Domino the Destitute (I think that was the name) is easily my favorite from both Afterman albums.

I absolutely adore Coheed and Cambria, I was tempted to send a song of theirs at first but didn't want to go too obvious. Please don't judge them by those songs though dude. I love The Afterman albums but if I had sent a song in this roulette it would have been one of about 30 songs off their first 4 albums before anything off Afterman!!

really there's any number of great songs i could've sent, because coheed has many. Time Consumer, Devil in Jersey City, Everything Evil, Delirium Trigger, In Keeping Secrets, Three Evils, The Crowing, Backend of Forever, Al the Killer, The Light & The Glass, Welcome Home, anything from The Willing Well, No World For Tomorrow, Mother Superior, The End Complete, On the Brink, The Broken, Domino, Vic, Evagria, Sentry, The Hard Sell, Gravity's Union, Colors, Ghost, Peace to the Mountain

but anyways i went with the weird out-of-place track on only maybe their third or fourth best album

So. Who thinks they're being eliminated? :D
it's me
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 - Q1 Listening Underway
Post by: twosuitsluke on March 20, 2016, 02:34:50 PM

That Coheed song was alright I guess, still not really into this band, and Domino the Destitute (I think that was the name) is easily my favorite from both Afterman albums.

I absolutely adore Coheed and Cambria, I was tempted to send a song of theirs at first but didn't want to go too obvious. Please don't judge them by those songs though dude. I love The Afterman albums but if I had sent a song in this roulette it would have been one of about 30 songs off their first 4 albums before anything off Afterman!!

really there's any number of great songs i could've sent, because coheed has many. Time Consumer, Devil in Jersey City, Everything Evil, Delirium Trigger, In Keeping Secrets, Three Evils, The Crowing, Backend of Forever, Al the Killer, The Light & The Glass, Welcome Home, anything from The Willing Well, No World For Tomorrow, Mother Superior, The End Complete, On the Brink, The Broken, Domino, Vic, Evagria, Sentry, The Hard Sell, Gravity's Union, Colors, Ghost, Peace to the Mountain

but anyways i went with the weird out-of-place track on only maybe their third or fourth best album

So. Who thinks they're being eliminated? :D
it's me

So yea, you could have gone with any of the awesome tunes you mentioned (except Al the Killer, never understood the love for that song), how come you went with your pick?
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 - Q1 Listening Underway
Post by: Crow on March 20, 2016, 02:59:11 PM
it was implied that Number City was also on this list of awesome Coheed tunes. mostly i'm thinking of just sending bolsters a lot of songs with a lot of personality, assuming i make it past one round  :lol
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 - Q1 Listening Underway
Post by: twosuitsluke on March 20, 2016, 03:43:59 PM
So I've been checking out the competition and there is a bit of a trend (which my song is not part of  :lol) but also a handful that don't follow the trend. I've gotta say there is some really stella stuff here. My personal faves are easily Marigold by Caligula's Horse (Rust is really good too) and You Want To by Rival Sons.

Caligula's Horse have been on my radar for a while and I've heard a lot of good things but after hearing the two picks on here I think I will be picking up Bloom soon (love that artwork too).
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 - Q1 Listening Underway
Post by: Train of Naught on March 20, 2016, 03:52:56 PM
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Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 - Q1 Listening Underway
Post by: splent on March 20, 2016, 06:27:07 PM
Judging from two or three of your banned artists, I'm fairly confident. However, I'm not holding my breath, as I felt confident about submissions I sent Sacul only to be shit upon.
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 - Q1 Listening Underway
Post by: Evermind on March 20, 2016, 10:29:14 PM
Judging from two or three of your banned artists, I'm fairly confident. However, I'm not holding my breath, as I felt confident about submissions I sent Sacul only to be shit upon.

You and me both. Now that I think about it, it was kind of the trend in that roulette. :lol
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 - Q1 Listening Underway
Post by: Sacul on March 20, 2016, 11:30:25 PM
It's because you sucked at reading my tastes  :angel:
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 - Q1 Listening Underway
Post by: Tyrias on March 21, 2016, 02:38:32 AM
It's because your tastes are impossible to read :P.
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 - Q1 Listening Underway
Post by: Fluffy Lothario on March 21, 2016, 02:57:19 AM
If I ever do a roulette, my summary of my taste will look something like this:

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Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 - Q1 Listening Underway
Post by: wolfking on March 21, 2016, 05:41:20 AM
Not feeling very confident - considering you said you were kinda ambivalent about the first Epysode album.

Second album crushes the first though, I think you'd be right with your song.
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 - Q1 Listening Underway
Post by: bl5150 on March 21, 2016, 05:45:20 AM
I was ambivalent about both albums  ;D
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 - Q1 Listening Underway
Post by: wolfking on March 21, 2016, 06:01:18 AM
I was ambivalent about both albums  ;D

Second album is a big grower though I must say.  I could see you skipping past it pretty quickly Brent.
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 - Q1 Listening Underway
Post by: jingle.boy on March 21, 2016, 06:19:50 AM
Not feeling very confident - considering you said you were kinda ambivalent about the first Epysode album.

Second album crushes the first though, I think you'd be right with your song.

:lucien:
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 - Q1 Listening Underway
Post by: Bolsters on March 21, 2016, 08:17:50 AM
I intend to listen to the songs once more tomorrow (probably won't get time until the afternoon) and post results then.
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 - Q1 Listening Underway
Post by: Nekov on March 21, 2016, 08:26:11 AM
You're saying it takes you almost a week to listen to 17 songs and grade them? OMG THIS IS THE SLOWEST ROULETTE EVER WHAT IS WRONG WITH YOU?  >:(










:neverusethis:
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 - Q1 Listening Underway
Post by: Bolsters on March 21, 2016, 08:29:40 AM
Actually by the time I post the results tomorrow, it will have been almost exactly three days since I received the last of the songs and started listening.
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 - Q1 Listening Underway
Post by: Nekov on March 21, 2016, 08:32:29 AM
 :eek

You're either really good at this or have a lot of free time on your hands  :lol
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 - Q1 Listening Underway
Post by: Elite on March 21, 2016, 11:53:02 AM
I think both.
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 - Q1 Listening Underway
Post by: Bolsters on March 21, 2016, 08:48:12 PM
Or maybe I hate all of your songs and just want this to be over sooner.
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 - Q1 Listening Underway
Post by: splent on March 21, 2016, 08:51:15 PM
Or maybe I hate all of your songs and just want this to be over sooner.

Then just post the results now. :neverusethis:
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 - Q1 Listening Underway
Post by: Crow on March 21, 2016, 08:54:29 PM
i'm dying of not being cut. literally on life support. end me.
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 - Q1 Listening Underway
Post by: splent on March 21, 2016, 08:56:15 PM
At this point I'm probably cut, I fail at roulettes even more than parama :lol
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 - Q1 Listening Underway
Post by: Bolsters on March 21, 2016, 09:00:46 PM
Then just post the results now. :neverusethis:

Last place: splent

Last last place: Parama


















:neverusethis:
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 - Q1 Listening Underway
Post by: splent on March 21, 2016, 09:05:52 PM
YAAAS IM NOT LAST LAST


 :metal :metal :metal :metal
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 - Q1 Listening Underway
Post by: Crow on March 21, 2016, 09:06:23 PM
i did it, i savbed the worl
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 - Q1 Listening Underway
Post by: Bolsters on March 21, 2016, 10:27:56 PM
Okay, here are the results. All of the songs have been ranked from my favourite to least favourite, so you should have a good idea of how much I liked your song compared to the others. Although as I said this was a strong round and there weren't any truly bad songs here. Unfortunately, I have to stick to my guns and eliminate three of you, and another four in the next round. :omg:


Standing On Solid Ground
You have impressed enough this round to be in the top 10. You will have a slight advantage in the second qualifier under certain circumstances.

splent - M83 - Ok Pal

Evermind - Within Temptation - See Who I Am

jingle.chad - Epysode - Forgotten Symphony

wolfking - Nocturnal Rites - Still Alive

Elite - Caligula's Horse - Marigold

Sir Walrus Cauliflower - Caligula's Horse - Rust

senecadawg2 - Dream Evil - Chasing the Dragon

Parama - Coheed and Cambria - Number City

Shadow Ninja 2.0 - Angels & Airwaves - Heaven

bl5150 - Tak Matsumoto Group - King For A Day


On The Thin Ice
Your song was good enough to get through to the second qualifier and avoid elimination, but you weren't in the top 10, so you'll need to impress to make it past the next round.

Tomislav95 - Klone - Immersion

Tyrias - Muse - Butterflies and Hurricanes

Scorpion - Ghost Ship Octavius - Pendulum

Train of Naught - Rival Sons - You Want To


Fallen Through
The ice broke under your feet, you fell in and drowned - you have been eliminated from the roulette.

Nekov - Amason - Älgen

twosuitsluke - Larry and his Flask - Ready Your Roomates

Fluffy Lothario - Wildbirds & Peacedrums - The Offbeat



Alright, that's that. Those of you who made it through, start sending your songs for the second qualifying round.
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 - Q1 results in; send Q2 song NOW
Post by: Evermind on March 21, 2016, 10:32:45 PM
Haha, Larry and his Flask didn't make it.

Good to see Chad, Kade and Brent are through too.

So, now that I've got the second place in this round and considering I won your first roulette, I'll have to totally shit the bed in order to get eliminated, and that isn't happening. I think.
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 - Q1 results in; send Q2 song NOW
Post by: Crow on March 21, 2016, 10:33:30 PM
glad you liked it  :lol
now i actually have to think of a second song to send, darn

also no Number City is a unique song as far as Coheed goes, there's some brass in Peace to the Mountain but it's triumphant brass more than bouncy playful brass
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 - Q1 results in; send Q2 song NOW
Post by: Shadow Ninja 2.0 on March 21, 2016, 10:48:04 PM
sent
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 - Q1 results in; send Q2 song NOW
Post by: Bolsters on March 21, 2016, 10:57:01 PM
also no Number City is a unique song as far as Coheed goes, there's some brass in Peace to the Mountain but it's triumphant brass more than bouncy playful brass
That's a little disappointing.
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 - Q1 results in; send Q2 song NOW
Post by: bl5150 on March 21, 2016, 10:59:14 PM
Pretty much as I had expected.......very good, solid song but nothing brilliant.  Gets me through and allows me to get a read on what you liked without using any real ammo.  Good to see you through too Ruslan :hifive:
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 - Q1 results in; send Q2 song NOW
Post by: wolfking on March 21, 2016, 11:01:07 PM
Coolio.

Oh, told ya Chad.

Will send tonight.
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 - Q1 results in; send Q2 song NOW
Post by: Crow on March 21, 2016, 11:07:28 PM
also no Number City is a unique song as far as Coheed goes, there's some brass in Peace to the Mountain but it's triumphant brass more than bouncy playful brass
That's a little disappointing.
i'm sorry. it's just such a good song tho
now i have to find at least one more song to send so i can gain the right to send however many more songs that there are rounds for
or just send a dud and get kicked out  :lol
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 - Q1 results in; send Q2 song NOW
Post by: bl5150 on March 21, 2016, 11:35:10 PM
Good to see I managed to be the only one not on Spotify again  :hat  ;D

This time I'm sending a band that never fails to pop up in roulettes these days - might as well get it out the way :lol
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 - Q1 results in; send Q2 song NOW
Post by: Elite on March 21, 2016, 11:55:36 PM
Good, Marigold did better than Rust :biggrin:
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 - Q1 results in; send Q2 song NOW
Post by: Sir Walrus Cauliflower on March 22, 2016, 12:12:05 AM
Before I send this round, what's the limit for how many times we can send the same band during this roulette? Or do qualifying rounds not count towards that?
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 - Q1 results in; send Q2 song NOW
Post by: Bolsters on March 22, 2016, 12:14:34 AM
Before I send this round, what's the limit for how many times we can send the same band during this roulette? Or do qualifying rounds not count towards that?
Any artist that has already been sent is automatically banned, even if I didn't like it. The qualifying rounds most definitely count towards this. So, one.

The banned artists list post has a section for things banned during the roulette, which I will update now.
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 - Q1 results in; send Q2 song NOW
Post by: Sir Walrus Cauliflower on March 22, 2016, 12:17:36 AM
Alrighty cool. This adds some interesting strategy
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 - Q1 results in; send Q2 song NOW
Post by: Crow on March 22, 2016, 12:19:22 AM
ok i seriously need to figure out what kind of metal bolsters likes though

what i've picked up between this last round and the first roulette:
1. vaguely power/symphonic metal that's proggy
2. djent with a melodic lean

that's like all i know tho
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 - Q1 results in; send Q2 song NOW
Post by: Evermind on March 22, 2016, 12:22:46 AM
You mean I can't send Within Temptation ten times in a row? Damn.
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 - Q1 results in; send Q2 song NOW
Post by: Sir Walrus Cauliflower on March 22, 2016, 12:28:18 AM
I wanna send some instrumental stuff but ehhh I don't know if that's a good idea
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 - Q1 results in; send Q2 song NOW
Post by: Bolsters on March 22, 2016, 12:42:36 AM
I wanna send some instrumental stuff but ehhh I don't know if that's a good idea
Well there is an instrumental bonus category which I said I would post some tips on. If you don't want to hold on to the song in question for that bonus, I don't have a problem posting a sneak peek now:

Quote from: Future Bolsters
I think the two things that detract from instrumentals the most for me are firstly: If the song is predominently self-indulgent wankery, it's probably not going to appeal to me all that much. Secondly, I tend not to like it when an instrumental sounds like it should have vocals but doesn't.
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 - Q1 results in; send Q2 song NOW
Post by: Tomislav95 on March 22, 2016, 01:09:08 AM
Yay, I'm still in :D
Will have to dig deep for next round, I don't want to be eliminated now :P
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 - Q1 results in; send Q2 song NOW
Post by: Fluffy Lothario on March 22, 2016, 01:39:03 AM
Lol, last. Probably should have sent a different song.

Oh well, thanks for listening.
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 - Q1 results in; send Q2 song NOW
Post by: Train of Naught on March 22, 2016, 02:01:47 AM
Oh CRAP, did not expect to end so low!

OK I'm gonna get out the big guns, sending now.
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 - Q1 results in; send Q2 song NOW
Post by: Evermind on March 22, 2016, 02:16:25 AM
I just realized Green Carnation isn't banned and we can send one song without any length limit in the main competition.
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 - Q1 results in; send Q2 song NOW
Post by: Train of Naught on March 22, 2016, 02:21:26 AM
Quote from: Future Bolsters
I think the two things that detract from instrumentals the most for me are firstly: If the song is predominently self-indulgent wankery, it's probably not going to appeal to me all that much. Secondly, I tend not to like it when an instrumental sounds like it should have vocals but doesn't.

Damn, I didn't read future Bolsters' thoughts on instrumentals before sending. Ah, what the hell, this is not really an instrumental anyway, and I think it fits these demands alright, I need more than alright to get through though  :'(
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 - Q1 results in; send Q2 song NOW
Post by: Sir Walrus Cauliflower on March 22, 2016, 02:38:37 AM
I will send tomorrow. Gotta think on this. Glad you liked the CH songs though, bloom is absolutely wonderful.
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 - Q1 results in; send Q2 song NOW
Post by: Tyrias on March 22, 2016, 02:45:14 AM
Well, should have gone with Within Temptation after all. I toyed with this very song :P. Anyway, sent with a high chance I'll have to resubmit.
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 - Q1 results in; send Q2 song NOW
Post by: Bolsters on March 22, 2016, 03:36:58 AM
You know what, I don't think there's any reason to hold off on posting this until the end of the second qualifying round. So here are the tips & guidelines I wrote for the bonus categories to perhaps help some of you make the right choices when going for them.

As always, important information will be listed in the OP, so if you need to find this post later just look there.


Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 - Q1 results in; send Q2 song NOW
Post by: jingle.boy on March 22, 2016, 05:04:35 AM
Good to see I managed to be the only one not on Spotify again  :hat  ;D

This time I'm sending a band that never fails to pop up in roulettes these days - might as well get it out the way :lol

Oh fuck off!  I wanted to send them.
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 - Q1 results in; send Q2 song NOW
Post by: Bolsters on March 22, 2016, 05:16:08 AM
Well I allowed two Caligula's Horse songs in the first round, you can send a different song than him. But if a third person tries to send the band in question, they're shit out of luck. :biggrin:
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 - Q1 results in; send Q2 song NOW
Post by: jingle.boy on March 22, 2016, 05:26:36 AM
Well I allowed two Caligula's Horse songs in the first round, you can send a different song than him. But if a third person tries to send the band in question, they're shit out of luck. :biggrin:

Maybe... we'll see - unless someone else sends 'em in before I can submit.
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 - Q1 results in; send Q2 song NOW
Post by: Tyrias on March 22, 2016, 05:30:43 AM
Changed my entry. Hope that's fine, but I think I'd rather play it somewhat safe for now and not send the more hipster stuff :lol
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 - Q1 results in; send Q2 song NOW
Post by: wolfking on March 22, 2016, 05:35:06 AM
Round 2 sent.
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 - Q1 results in; send Q2 song NOW
Post by: Bolsters on March 22, 2016, 05:35:27 AM
Changed my entry. Hope that's fine, but I think I'd rather play it somewhat safe for now and not send the more hipster stuff :lol
I'm okay with people changing entries until I start listening. Once that happens, what you have sent is locked in.
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 - Q1 results in; send Q2 song NOW
Post by: Tyrias on March 22, 2016, 05:36:10 AM
Changed my entry. Hope that's fine, but I think I'd rather play it somewhat safe for now and not send the more hipster stuff :lol

Damn you Tomislav for sending the same song I wanted to send :lol. Risky it is, then.
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 - Q1 results in; send Q2 song NOW
Post by: Train of Naught on March 22, 2016, 05:40:27 AM
I think I need a miracle to not be eliminated, so by all means folks, send risky stuff.
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 - Q1 results in; send Q2 song NOW
Post by: bl5150 on March 22, 2016, 05:45:42 AM
Good to see I managed to be the only one not on Spotify again  :hat  ;D

This time I'm sending a band that never fails to pop up in roulettes these days - might as well get it out the way :lol

Oh fuck off!  I wanted to send them.

(https://www.reactiongifs.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/costanza-wink.gif)
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 - Q1 results in; send Q2 song NOW
Post by: splent on March 22, 2016, 05:49:51 AM
Wow I didn't expect to be ranked so high! That makes me feel a LITTLE bit better; although now I wish I held on to it :lol

Will send later.
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 - Q1 results in; send Q2 song NOW
Post by: wolfking on March 22, 2016, 05:51:26 AM
Anyone have any idea why there is no sound coming out of Spotify for me.  I play the song and the bar and song timer ticks along but no sound, WTF?!
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 - Q1 results in; send Q2 song NOW
Post by: Tomislav95 on March 22, 2016, 05:52:32 AM
Changed my entry. Hope that's fine, but I think I'd rather play it somewhat safe for now and not send the more hipster stuff :lol

Damn you Tomislav for sending the same song I wanted to send :lol. Risky it is, then.
First song that came to my mind after I read:
Quote

but it's probably worth noting that I have a soft spot for Celtic stuff.

And considering last round I think Bolsters will like it :tup
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 - Q1 results in; send Q2 song NOW
Post by: Tyrias on March 22, 2016, 05:57:39 AM
Changed my entry. Hope that's fine, but I think I'd rather play it somewhat safe for now and not send the more hipster stuff :lol

Damn you Tomislav for sending the same song I wanted to send :lol. Risky it is, then.
First song that came to my mind after I read:
Quote

but it's probably worth noting that I have a soft spot for Celtic stuff.

And considering last round I think Bolsters will like it :tup

That was why I wanted to send it as well ::)
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 - Q1 results in; send Q2 song NOW
Post by: Train of Naught on March 22, 2016, 06:06:37 AM
Anyone have any idea why there is no sound coming out of Spotify for me.  I play the song and the bar and song timer ticks along but no sound, WTF?!

Maybe it's playing on a different device, your phone or something? If that's the case click the volume icon to change the device to whatever you're using.

I'm having weird issues with Spotify as of lately too though so it may not be a coincidence. For me Spotify doesn't even open anymore (error 18), which means it's already running, but it still said that after I rebooted the PC so it makes no sense.
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 - Q1 results in; send Q2 song NOW
Post by: Bolsters on March 22, 2016, 06:07:28 AM
Anyone have any idea why there is no sound coming out of Spotify for me.  I play the song and the bar and song timer ticks along but no sound, WTF?!
Is the volume turned up? :neverusethis:

The only thing I can think of is maybe it's set to stream to another device. Spotify has a connect feature and can stream to compatible devices. If you have such a device on your network (such as your phone) it could be streaming to that instead of playing on the computer. Next to the volume control it should say Devices Available, or nothing at all. If it has something other than that written there, click it and select your computer.

Edit: despite being ninja'd I don't think this is possible anyway, since I just remembered that it's a premium feature.
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 - Q1 results in; send Q2 song NOW
Post by: jingle.boy on March 22, 2016, 06:47:40 AM
Anyone have any idea why there is no sound coming out of Spotify for me.  I play the song and the bar and song timer ticks along but no sound, WTF?!

No clue. Try reinstalling?  Use the Web Player?

Google has no solutions?
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 - Q1 results in; send Q2 song NOW
Post by: Nekov on March 22, 2016, 06:59:21 AM
Ah well, that was close. You guys have fun
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 - Q1 results in; send Q2 song NOW
Post by: senecadawg2 on March 22, 2016, 07:54:21 AM
Nice!

I'm not sure just yet what I'm going to send for the next round, but you'll have it before the end of the day
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 - Q1 results in; send Q2 song NOW
Post by: twosuitsluke on March 22, 2016, 08:17:25 AM
I crashed and burned but I stand by my choice. I did send Larry and his Flask without thinking about it too much because I love them so much. To be fair seeing them live was what made me love them.

I think next time I'll try and pick my song a bit more carefully (probably not though). I think I might possibly have a bit of a skewed view on what people want out of a roulette though, is it to discover new music of any genre from people who's tastes (progressive metal) cross over with theirs or to kind of fill in the blanks (in their banned list), as it were, with popular bands on this forum?

All said and done though this roulette had some great music in the first qualifier (particularly Caligula's Horse) that I will be checking.

Next one I enter, I'll either start more on the metal and of the spectrum, or send something really out there. It's 50/50. Good luck to all the guys still in, I'll be following along anyway.

Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 - Q1 results in; send Q2 song NOW
Post by: Bolsters on March 22, 2016, 08:31:30 AM
I think I might possibly have a bit of a skewed view on what people want out of a roulette though, is it to discover new music of any genre from people who's tastes (progressive metal) cross over with theirs or to kind of fill in the blanks (in their banned list), as it were, with popular bands on this forum?
I think different people have different expectations when running a roulette. I go in just wanting to discover new music to enjoy, whether it's something similar to what I already like that I have missed, or it's something I've overlooked that gets brought to my attention, or being exposed to something I wouldn't look for or think I would like. I do appreciate that you sent me something out of my comfort zone and tried to expose me to something I wouldn't normally look for, but the caveat to this approach is that it carries a higher risk. It just didn't pay off in this one instance, unfortunately.
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 - Q1 results in; send Q2 song NOW
Post by: splent on March 22, 2016, 08:54:02 AM
Sent. What I was thinking of sending was on your banned list, so I went with another choice; actually one I haven't heard in ages, and was like whoa this would be good to send to Bolsters so I did :lol
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 - Q1 results in; send Q2 song NOW
Post by: twosuitsluke on March 22, 2016, 11:16:51 AM
I think I might possibly have a bit of a skewed view on what people want out of a roulette though, is it to discover new music of any genre from people who's tastes (progressive metal) cross over with theirs or to kind of fill in the blanks (in their banned list), as it were, with popular bands on this forum?
I think different people have different expectations when running a roulette. I go in just wanting to discover new music to enjoy, whether it's something similar to what I already like that I have missed, or it's something I've overlooked that gets brought to my attention, or being exposed to something I wouldn't look for or think I would like. I do appreciate that you sent me something out of my comfort zone and tried to expose me to something I wouldn't normally look for, but the caveat to this approach is that it carries a higher risk. It just didn't pay off in this one instance, unfortunately.

I think that is how I would approach a roulette. I know what I sent was high risk and I think I will continue to do so. I'm not in it to win it, just to expose people to great music that could easily be missed due to the country you live in or popularity of said band.

There has been an incredible ska/punk scene in the UK over the last 10 years or more but it's all fairly underground and most people are unaware of it. Some quality bands though.

Might host a roulette later this year just to see what inspired tunes I'd receive.

Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 - Q1 results in; send Q2 song NOW
Post by: Train of Naught on March 22, 2016, 01:16:13 PM
1. I'll be happy to have you in my roulette (probably starts somewhere after upcoming summer), I've proven to be open to experimental and out of the ordinary stuff to a certain extent, it has paid off sometimes but also failed quite a bit. There's likely going to be a qualification round for that one aswell though.

2. If you want to run a roulette yourself you're better off signing up earlier than later, the current waiting list would take about 5-6 months I'd guess, until the person on bottom of the list is up.
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 - Q1 results in; send Q2 song NOW
Post by: Evermind on March 22, 2016, 01:22:57 PM
I'll either send in half an hour or just tomorrow. Will it be alright to send a song in 24 hours from now on? I'm just too tired right now to pick something.

I know this might be a little strange coming from me, probably my exhaustion is to blame, but... do you mind growls? :lol Think Epica.
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 - Q1 results in; send Q2 song NOW
Post by: Crow on March 22, 2016, 01:35:16 PM
wow now I don't have to ask about growls myself  :lol
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 - Q1 results in; send Q2 song NOW
Post by: wolfking on March 22, 2016, 03:06:37 PM
Anyone have any idea why there is no sound coming out of Spotify for me.  I play the song and the bar and song timer ticks along but no sound, WTF?!

Maybe it's playing on a different device, your phone or something? If that's the case click the volume icon to change the device to whatever you're using.

I'm having weird issues with Spotify as of lately too though so it may not be a coincidence. For me Spotify doesn't even open anymore (error 18), which means it's already running, but it still said that after I rebooted the PC so it makes no sense.

Anyone have any idea why there is no sound coming out of Spotify for me.  I play the song and the bar and song timer ticks along but no sound, WTF?!
Is the volume turned up? :neverusethis:

The only thing I can think of is maybe it's set to stream to another device. Spotify has a connect feature and can stream to compatible devices. If you have such a device on your network (such as your phone) it could be streaming to that instead of playing on the computer. Next to the volume control it should say Devices Available, or nothing at all. If it has something other than that written there, click it and select your computer.

Edit: despite being ninja'd I don't think this is possible anyway, since I just remembered that it's a premium feature.

Anyone have any idea why there is no sound coming out of Spotify for me.  I play the song and the bar and song timer ticks along but no sound, WTF?!

No clue. Try reinstalling?  Use the Web Player?

Google has no solutions?

Nothing has changed, it's on my PC and the volume is up.  Used it one day, worked fine, the next no sound, weird.  I don't know, I'll have a play around later on.
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 - Q1 results in; send Q2 song NOW
Post by: splent on March 22, 2016, 06:26:09 PM
Update and/or reinstall may e
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 - Q1 results in; send Q2 song NOW
Post by: twosuitsluke on March 22, 2016, 07:02:11 PM
1. I'll be happy to have you in my roulette (probably starts somewhere after upcoming summer), I've proven to be open to experimental and out of the ordinary stuff to a certain extent, it has paid off sometimes but also failed quite a bit. There's likely going to be a qualification round for that one aswell though.

2. If you want to run a roulette yourself you're better off signing up earlier than later, the current waiting list would take about 5-6 months I'd guess, until the person on bottom of the list is up.

Cheers dude. I should probably get my name added to the list. I got my name added on to the 'top 50 albums' list but still haven't gotten around to doing write ups. It's hard enough picking a top 50, let alone everything that goes with it!
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 - Q1 results in; send Q2 song NOW
Post by: Bolsters on March 22, 2016, 07:02:23 PM
I've got 9 out of 14 submissions thus far.


I'll either send in half an hour or just tomorrow. Will it be alright to send a song in 24 hours from now on? I'm just too tired right now to pick something.
Yeah, that's fine.


I know this might be a little strange coming from me, probably my exhaustion is to blame, but... do you mind growls? :lol Think Epica.
Growls/harsh vocals can be a bit hit or miss with me. The style used by Epica is acceptable in moderation however.
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 - Q1 results in; send Q2 song NOW
Post by: splent on March 22, 2016, 07:10:59 PM
1. I'll be happy to have you in my roulette (probably starts somewhere after upcoming summer), I've proven to be open to experimental and out of the ordinary stuff to a certain extent, it has paid off sometimes but also failed quite a bit. There's likely going to be a qualification round for that one aswell though.

2. If you want to run a roulette yourself you're better off signing up earlier than later, the current waiting list would take about 5-6 months I'd guess, until the person on bottom of the list is up.

Cheers dude. I should probably get my name added to the list. I got my name added on to the 'top 50 albums' list but still haven't gotten around to doing write ups. It's hard enough picking a top 50, let alone everything that goes with it!

Do it now. My names been on the list probably since October. Still waiting.. :lol
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 - Q1 results in; send Q2 song NOW
Post by: Crow on March 22, 2016, 07:27:09 PM
I know this might be a little strange coming from me, probably my exhaustion is to blame, but... do you mind growls? :lol Think Epica.
Growls/harsh vocals can be a bit hit or miss with me. The style used by Epica is acceptable in moderation however.
yeah that's what i thought

i might have trouble sending you any of the metal i've been into recently if this is the case  :lol
but i need to send metal, apparently i sent zero metal last roulette somehow
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 - Q1 results in; send Q2 song NOW
Post by: jingle.boy on March 22, 2016, 07:47:06 PM
Now that I've had a chance to read thru all the writeups and retort (other than Brent beating me to the punch on the band in question)...

Oh, told ya Chad.

Indeed you did.  Glad you enjoyed Dave.  Gonna take a different approach this round though.  And should I make it through to the main competition, I'm going to personally challenge myself to hit all 'bonus' themes - though I know there's only 3 (?) bonus points available.

I just realized Green Carnation isn't banned and we can send one song without any length limit in the main competition.

Did I miss this 'rule' somewhere?  If so Ruslan, hands off!  You know what I'm sending - I already checked that the band is not banned.  And this time, I mean it... I'm sending it.

Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 - Q1 results in; send Q2 song NOW
Post by: Crow on March 22, 2016, 07:47:53 PM
whoever sends LoDDoD in round 1 is the true winner of the roulette
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 - Q1 results in; send Q2 song NOW
Post by: splent on March 22, 2016, 08:32:25 PM
And should I make it through to the main competition, I'm going to personally challenge myself to hit all 'bonus' themes - though I know there's only 3 (?) bonus points available.

Me too.
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 - Q1 results in; send Q2 song NOW
Post by: jingle.boy on March 22, 2016, 08:35:26 PM
And should I make it through to the main competition, I'm going to personally challenge myself to hit all 'bonus' themes - though I know there's only 3 (?) bonus points available.

Me too.

Copy cat.
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 - Q1 results in; send Q2 song NOW
Post by: Crow on March 22, 2016, 08:36:57 PM
i'm going to send random crap that bolsters will arbitrarily decide fits the theme, sometimes
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 - Q1 results in; send Q2 song NOW
Post by: Bolsters on March 22, 2016, 08:38:17 PM
And should I make it through to the main competition, I'm going to personally challenge myself to hit all 'bonus' themes - though I know there's only 3 (?) bonus points available.
Me too.
You can do that if you want, but I'd recommend picking out which three you want the bonus points from because.....reasons. :neverusethis:

we can send one song without any length limit in the main competition.
Did I miss this 'rule' somewhere?  If so Ruslan, hands off!  You know what I'm sending - I already checked that the band is not banned.  And this time, I mean it... I'm sending it.
I guess you did. But I should tell you all that the longer the song is the less likely I am going to be to absorb it in the short time I will have to listen to it. I also won't be able to listen to it as many times as I would a shorter song. And if I'm being honest, I would actually prefer if no one sent anything longer than the 12 minute limit - I just wanted the option to be there.
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 - Q1 results in; send Q2 song NOW
Post by: jingle.boy on March 22, 2016, 08:48:26 PM
^ Yeah... but I've got these.

(https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/8392e9004b296f1fd4ebf6bf1c1e5485.jpg)
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 - Q1 results in; send Q2 song NOW
Post by: Crow on March 22, 2016, 09:07:28 PM
i couldn't find any metal i think you'd really like so i sent something else instead
goodbye all

i was gonna send caligula's horse but welp
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 - Q1 results in; send Q2 song NOW
Post by: splent on March 22, 2016, 09:13:09 PM
I think I have multiple songs that can fit under any of the bonuses. So... Idk what to do.

I have several possibilities. The more I review my playlists and music, the better I feel about this roulette. But I don't want to get ahead of myself. Last time I felt this way Sacul threw a monkey wrench at me.

Sorry Sacul. You tarnished my feelings about roulettes forever.
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 - Q1 results in; send Q2 song NOW
Post by: Crow on March 22, 2016, 09:13:45 PM
get revenge on him when you host your roulette
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 - Q1 results in; send Q2 song NOW
Post by: Sir Walrus Cauliflower on March 22, 2016, 10:25:32 PM
Well, sent. Everyone want to post what they sent or nah?

Also I know the anticipation of knowing who sent what is a big part of the fun of the roulette for some, so if there's anyone who would actually rather us not say what we sent, I get that.
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 - Q1 results in; send Q2 song NOW
Post by: Bolsters on March 22, 2016, 10:32:10 PM
Let's see if I can fail less with the blurred image thing, first.
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 - Q1 results in; send Q2 song NOW
Post by: Sir Walrus Cauliflower on March 22, 2016, 10:32:58 PM
Let's see if I can fail less with the blurred image thing, first.

Okay cool. Sorry I forgot that was a thing in this roulette. After that, do you mind?
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 - Q1 results in; send Q2 song NOW
Post by: Bolsters on March 22, 2016, 10:35:19 PM
Let's see if I can fail less with the blurred image thing, first.

Okay cool. Sorry I forgot that was a thing in this roulette. After that, do you mind?
Not at all.
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 - Q1 results in; send Q2 song NOW
Post by: Crow on March 22, 2016, 10:41:59 PM
i sent a song i've sent in a roulette before
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 - Q1 results in; send Q2 song NOW
Post by: Elite on March 23, 2016, 12:34:13 AM
I have not sent anything yet.
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 - Q1 results in; send Q2 song NOW
Post by: wolfking on March 23, 2016, 05:45:14 AM
I sent something metal.
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 - Q1 results in; send Q2 song NOW
Post by: TAC on March 23, 2016, 05:46:22 AM
What the fuck is Larry And His Flask?
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 - Q1 results in; send Q2 song NOW
Post by: wolfking on March 23, 2016, 05:50:42 AM
What the fuck is Larry And His Flask?

Something unmetal related I presume.
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 - Q1 results in; send Q2 song NOW
Post by: jingle.boy on March 23, 2016, 05:53:06 AM
What the fuck is Larry And His Flask?

An unwise choice.
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 - Q1 results in; send Q2 song NOW
Post by: wolfking on March 23, 2016, 05:55:14 AM
What the fuck is Larry And His Flask?

An unwise choice.

Yeah, probably something I should have sent in the first round of the championship roulette.  :lol
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 - Q1 results in; send Q2 song NOW
Post by: Evermind on March 23, 2016, 06:09:23 AM
It kind of sounds like some jazz band name.
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 - Q1 results in; send Q2 song NOW
Post by: twosuitsluke on March 23, 2016, 06:30:33 AM
Larry and his Flask were my fail  :lol

With no knowledge of Bolsters tastes other than the fact he likes Taylor Swift and The Black Mages I sent a song I love regardless.

It was a very unwise choice as it didn't get me far. They are one of the best live bands I have ever seen though. They brought an energy to the stage unlike any other. It's not often you have a band where all 6 members are drawing your eye to them on stage and playing with passion and energy.........so much energy it was infectious.

For a start the drummer played the whole show stood up and the double bass player was throwing shapes with said double bass like it was inflatable or something. He was playing the thing in the pit for a good portion of the show!! Bloody incredible band. Don't think many of you guys would really appreciate them though.
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 - Q1 results in; send Q2 song NOW
Post by: TAC on March 23, 2016, 06:38:58 AM
Luke, post a link to something cool then.
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 - Q1 results in; send Q2 song NOW
Post by: Train of Naught on March 23, 2016, 06:43:30 AM
I just listened to the song you sent.

It's fun, but I think it's completely fair to say it has a big chance of losing to the other songs on here. I have a handful of these kind of songs (not this genre, but kind of the same fun feel) but never use them in roulettes. As a host I think this kind of thing is just very hard to rate, how do you compare this song to Caligula's Horse? I could definintely see myself really liking this but it would never win a round, you know, it's hard to explain the reasoning behind it.

But in the end, I sent hard rock thinking it would be alright, and it ended up not getting me very far either  :lol assuming I need a miracle to make it past the second Q.
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 - Q1 results in; send Q2 song NOW
Post by: twosuitsluke on March 23, 2016, 06:47:07 AM
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=VoV5FzKVk2M

Here is an example of them live, I personally love the energy. When I saw them they were supporting Frank Turner, I love it when a support band can get you involved and invested when you know none of their songs. Sign of a great band in my opinion.
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 - Q1 results in; send Q2 song NOW
Post by: Tyrias on March 23, 2016, 06:53:30 AM
I just listened to the song you sent.

It's fun, but I think it's completely fair to say it has a big chance of losing to the other songs on here. I have a handful of these kind of songs (not this genre, but kind of the same fun feel) but never use them in roulettes. As a host I think this kind of thing is just very hard to rate, how do you compare this song to Caligula's Horse? I could definintely see myself really liking this but it would never win a round, you know, it's hard to explain the reasoning behind it.

I personally don't find it that hard to rate songs like these compared to others. I just rate on how much I enjoy them for what they're supposed to achieve, so you could get a high grade from me with a Symphonic Metal, Post Rock, Synth Pop or Folk song (just to give a few examples), as long as they achieve what they set out to do (and I have to like that thing as well, sending a Noise track is probably not gonna end all that well).

Regarding Larry and His Flask, I think I'd enjoy the hell out of them live but they don't do that much for me as a studio band. Might just be my current mood, it's afternoon here and I usually hate music in general for a few hours after lunch :lol.
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 - Q1 results in; send Q2 song NOW
Post by: twosuitsluke on March 23, 2016, 06:55:20 AM
I just listened to the song you sent.

It's fun, but I think it's completely fair to say it has a big chance of losing to the other songs on here. I have a handful of these kind of songs (not this genre, but kind of the same fun feel) but never use them in roulettes. As a host I think this kind of thing is just very hard to rate, how do you compare this song to Caligula's Horse? I could definintely see myself really liking this but it would never win a round, you know, it's hard to explain the reasoning behind it.

But in the end, I sent hard rock thinking it would be alright, and it ended up not getting me very far either  :lol assuming I need a miracle to make it past the second Q.

To be fair if I received Larry and his Flask (without ever hearing them) and Caligula's Horse in a roulette I would go for Caligula's Horse everytime I think. I know I'm biased towards LahF as their live performance made me fall in love with them (which you obviously don't get from a studio rendition of a song). I really should have done my homework if I wanted to progress in this roulette lol.

I was listening to it at the time I decided to enter the roulette and as a knee jerk reaction just thought "Larry and his Flask are amazing, everyone will love this, I'm going to win the roulette!!!!!"

Hindsight is a bitch and all that  :loser:
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 - Q1 results in; send Q2 song NOW
Post by: Sacul on March 23, 2016, 06:55:59 AM
Sorry Sacul. You tarnished my feelings about roulettes forever.
You played in one of the hardest, most frustrating roulettes ever and didn't end up in last place :P
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 - Q1 results in; send Q2 song NOW
Post by: twosuitsluke on March 23, 2016, 07:01:03 AM

Regarding Larry and His Flask, I think I'd enjoy the hell out of them live but they don't do that much for me as a studio band.

Basically I think you are spot on. Live they are amazing, unfortunately I let my personal experience seeing this band live get in the way of looking at the song objectively through the eyes (or ears) of someone who has no prior knowledge of this band. You live and learn  :lol
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 - Q1 results in; send Q2 song NOW
Post by: twosuitsluke on March 23, 2016, 07:04:27 AM
Lastly, before I spam this roulette too much talking about this band, I just want to leave this here.

(https://www.sedate-bookings.com/img/news/Photo%202%20-%20Larry%20and%20His%20Flask.jpg)

I'll look forward to entering all your roulette's soon  :hat
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 - Q1 results in; send Q2 song NOW
Post by: Evermind on March 23, 2016, 11:14:56 AM
Alright, sent. I think Dave might like this one less than that Within Temptation song, but I'll be flabbergasted if I'm eliminated with this one.
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 - Q1 results in; send Q2 song NOW
Post by: Crow on March 23, 2016, 11:21:58 AM
I've already secured an elimination spot so there are only 3 more to claim anyways
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 - Q1 results in; send Q2 song NOW
Post by: Bolsters on March 23, 2016, 07:22:36 PM
Everyone is now in, so here's the first blurred image. Good luck with this one, jerks.

(https://i1337.photobucket.com/albums/o669/bolsters/Roulette2/blur-q2-0.png~original)
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Post by: Crow on March 23, 2016, 07:27:25 PM
 :rollin
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 - Q1 results in; send Q2 song NOW
Post by: bl5150 on March 23, 2016, 07:30:07 PM
I think one of the bands is Blur.
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Post by: Sacul on March 23, 2016, 07:31:38 PM
So someone sent 70s Argentinian prog, nice  :corn
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 - Q1 results in; send Q2 song NOW
Post by: Crow on March 23, 2016, 07:38:45 PM
i sent music
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 - Q2 Listening Underway
Post by: Bolsters on March 23, 2016, 07:42:57 PM
Alright, here's the real one. :P

(https://i1337.photobucket.com/albums/o669/bolsters/Roulette2/blur-q2-1-aeiou.png~original)
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 - Q2 Listening Underway
Post by: Sacul on March 23, 2016, 07:47:52 PM
Caravan palace
rishloo
glen hansard?
Grimes
Lechuga - Entre 2 Mundos  :metal
gorillaz
Evanescence? Evergrey?
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 - Q2 Listening Underway
Post by: Crow on March 23, 2016, 07:55:28 PM
this is still significantly less fun than Q1's
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 - Q2 Listening Underway
Post by: jingle.boy on March 23, 2016, 08:37:48 PM
Pretty sure I see Evergrey - though I'll be damned to figure out what song it is with "of the"  Either way...   >:(  Probably Kade or Ruslan there that cockblocked me.  I was counting on using them.

I already know what Brent sent, and he knows mine - Kade might be able to pick mine out.
Circus Maximus - Abyss
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 - Q2 Listening Underway
Post by: Sir Walrus Cauliflower on March 23, 2016, 09:18:04 PM
I sent Rishloo - Just A Ride. It was between that, Romance of a Dead Kingdom, or Scissorlips. I couldn't decide if I wanted to use Rishloo in the qualifier but I figured it won't matter what I can still send if I get eliminated.
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 - Q2 Listening Underway
Post by: Crow on March 23, 2016, 09:20:13 PM
oh yeah and I sent
Gorillaz - El Manana

i don't expect to do well with it since it's a song i adore that i can totally see being meh to others
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 - Q2 Listening Underway
Post by: Sacul on March 23, 2016, 09:24:30 PM
I can see Bolsters complaining about the production  :P
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 - Q2 Listening Underway
Post by: Sir Walrus Cauliflower on March 23, 2016, 09:27:54 PM
Well honestly it's not their strong point. But their sound is very raw so it works
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 - Q2 Listening Underway
Post by: splent on March 23, 2016, 09:44:46 PM
What I sent is the most covered up.

i don't expect to do as well as I did in the first prelim, but barring this song unexpectedly bombing I am assuming it's good enough to go through to the next round and am deciding between several possibles for round 1.
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 - Q2 Listening Underway
Post by: Bolsters on March 23, 2016, 09:45:20 PM
I can see Bolsters complaining about the production  :P
Why?
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 - Q2 Listening Underway
Post by: Sacul on March 23, 2016, 09:58:26 PM
Well that was definitely something you complained about on my Burial and Janelle Monae submissions in your v1, and El Mańana doesn't precisely sound crystal clear :P
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 - Q2 Listening Underway
Post by: Crow on March 23, 2016, 10:00:41 PM
oh yeah, bolsters likes clean production

definitely not sending any black metal then
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 - Q2 Listening Underway
Post by: Bolsters on March 23, 2016, 10:07:28 PM
Well that was definitely something you complained about on my Burial and Janelle Monae submissions in your v1, and El Mańana doesn't precisely sound crystal clear :P
It sounded alright to me. ???
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 - Q2 Listening Underway
Post by: Crow on March 23, 2016, 10:07:49 PM
it sounded fine, he just hated it
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 - Q2 Listening Underway
Post by: Sacul on March 23, 2016, 10:21:47 PM
4 out of 5 is far from hating it  ::)
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 - Q2 Listening Underway
Post by: Crow on March 23, 2016, 10:22:50 PM
4 out of 5 is far from hating it  ::)
i meant bolsters, not you
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 - Q2 Listening Underway
Post by: Sacul on March 23, 2016, 10:24:46 PM
My reading comprehension doesn't work at these hours  :facepalm:
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 - Q2 Listening Underway
Post by: Evermind on March 23, 2016, 10:26:11 PM
Pretty sure I see Dynazty there.

I sent Evergrey.
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 - Q2 Listening Underway
Post by: Train of Naught on March 24, 2016, 02:15:14 AM
I actually thought you sent one of your solo songs! I see: Evermind - King of the Cockroach?

Lechuga - Entre 2 Mundos is mine of course :metal
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 - Q2 Listening Underway
Post by: Tyrias on March 24, 2016, 02:19:21 AM
I'm absolutely not surprised no one figured out my song or band so far.

#toohipsterforDTF #no regraz
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 - Q2 Listening Underway
Post by: Evermind on March 24, 2016, 02:24:34 AM
I actually thought you sent one of your solo songs! I see: Evermind - King of the Cockroach?

Lechuga - Entre 2 Mundos is mine of course :metal

:lol

Well, you're almost spot on regarding the amount of letters.

And no offense, but I think you'll be eliminated with this Lechuga song. :biggrin:
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 - Q2 Listening Underway
Post by: Elite on March 24, 2016, 02:25:02 AM
Of those that haven't been called out yet, I see Eluveitie and Blessed by a Broken Heart, two bands I only know by name.

Circus Maximus - Abyss

Nice catch!

---

I see quite a bunch of people calling out the song they've sent. So, is this what we do in this roulette now, tell each other what we have sent? :lol I'm more of a 'wait-and-see' kind of guy, but if everybody does it I'll adapt to that as well.
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 - Q2 Listening Underway
Post by: Evermind on March 24, 2016, 02:30:47 AM
Good find with Eluveitie, missed that one.

Well, if someone guesses my band / song from the picture, I will admit it was me who send that. Otherwise I'll be quiet about my songs.
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 - Q2 Listening Underway
Post by: Tomislav95 on March 24, 2016, 03:03:21 AM
Good find with Eluveitie, missed that one.

Well, if someone guesses my band / song from the picture, I will admit it was me who send that. Otherwise I'll be quiet about my songs.
I sent Eluveitie. Song with minimal amount of growls, one of their most popular (you probably know which one).
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 - Q2 Listening Underway
Post by: Evermind on March 24, 2016, 03:09:17 AM
A Rose for Epona? That's a nice one, you should make it through.
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 - Q2 Listening Underway
Post by: Train of Naught on March 24, 2016, 03:12:21 AM
Circus Maximus wasn't banned? So I could've sent Havoc
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 - Q2 Listening Underway
Post by: Tomislav95 on March 24, 2016, 03:16:58 AM
A Rose for Epona? That's a nice one, you should make it through.
:tup
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 - Q2 Listening Underway
Post by: Elite on March 24, 2016, 03:37:04 AM
Circus Maximus wasn't banned? So I could've sent Havoc

Or a good song by them instead.
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 - Q2 Listening Underway
Post by: Scorpion on March 24, 2016, 04:08:59 AM
Heck, Forging is better than Havoc.
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 - Q2 Listening Underway
Post by: wolfking on March 24, 2016, 05:04:35 AM
Pretty sure I see Evergrey - though I'll be damned to figure out what song it is with "of the"  Either way...   >:(  Probably Kade or Ruslan there that cockblocked me.  I was counting on using them.

I already know what Brent sent, and he knows mine - Kade might be able to pick mine out.
Circus Maximus - Abyss

You cockblock Blessed By A Broken Heart, didn't you?
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 - Q2 Listening Underway
Post by: Bolsters on March 24, 2016, 05:46:14 AM
Circus Maximus wasn't banned? So I could've sent Havoc
That's one of the songs from the new album that was released as a single, right? I remember thinking one of the two was okay but didn't like the other, not sure which one is which though. :lol I'd probably just have rejected either of them anyway since I listened to them not all that long ago.

You cockblock Blessed By A Broken Heart, didn't you?
I think it was in retaliation against Brent, who managed to cockblock him on something else first. :biggrin:
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 - Q2 Listening Underway
Post by: splent on March 24, 2016, 05:47:04 AM
No one has even attempted to guess mine. That said it's probably because the band is entirely covered up and only about four letters of the song are uncovered :lol
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 - Q2 Listening Underway
Post by: Train of Naught on March 24, 2016, 05:55:41 AM
Havoc is the one everyone hates. I like it alright but it's not great, one of the other singles, Pages, was very strong IMO, but it sure as hell isn't close to Abyss, great choice by Elite, one of my favorites, if not favorite off Isolate.
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 - Q2 Listening Underway
Post by: jingle.boy on March 24, 2016, 06:02:32 AM
Pretty sure I see Dynazty there.

I sent Evergrey.

You certainly do see Dynazty.  And I finally recognize that you sent Mark of the Triangle. 

You cockblock Blessed By A Broken Heart, didn't you?

:eyebrows:... just shut up and rock!   :lol

I think it was in retaliation against Brent, who managed to cockblock him on something else first. :biggrin:

Eggs Actly.
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 - Q2 Listening Underway
Post by: bl5150 on March 24, 2016, 06:05:06 AM
Yeah - Chad cock blocked Kade in retaliation against me :neverusethis:
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 - Q2 Listening Underway
Post by: Elite on March 24, 2016, 06:07:32 AM
Isolate is a really strong album overall and my favourite by them (with their debut not far behind). I considered holding on to CM so I could send a longer song (Architect of Fortune, Ultimate Sacrifice, Glory of the Empire, The 1st Chapter) later on in the roulette, but I figured Abyss would do well enough to get me into the main competition before someone else sends them.

So there, black on white, I sent that track indeed.
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 - Q2 Listening Underway
Post by: Evermind on March 24, 2016, 06:15:38 AM
Pretty sure I see Dynazty there.

I sent Evergrey.

You certainly do see Dynazty.  And I finally recognize that you sent Mark of the Triangle. 

 :tup

Anything from their latest was banned, by the way.
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 - Q2 Listening Underway
Post by: jingle.boy on March 24, 2016, 06:21:43 AM
I know.  At least I don't have to try and figure what to send from them now.  It's funny, that was the FIRST band I thought of as a big gaping hole when I saw the banned list.  Oh well, at least someone sent 'em.
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 - Q2 Listening Underway
Post by: Evermind on March 24, 2016, 09:06:22 AM
I know.  At least I don't have to try and figure what to send from them now.  It's funny, that was the FIRST band I thought of as a big gaping hole when I saw the banned list.  Oh well, at least someone sent 'em.

I was deciding between Mark of the Triangle and Misled. I figured he might not like any of these two too much, but with my good score in the first round, my victory in the first installment and people sending bands like Lechuga I think I've got more than a decent shot at getting through.
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 - Q2 Listening Underway
Post by: Train of Naught on March 24, 2016, 09:13:25 AM
I think you're making the Lechuga song out to be worse than it is to be honest, it's quite different for sure, but Bolsters does like the things David Maxim Micic puts out if I recall correctly. Lechuga worked together with DMM and has some elements that remind me of him very much, so I don't think it's that much of a long shot at all. I guess we'll see once results are in though.
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 - Q2 Listening Underway
Post by: Evermind on March 24, 2016, 09:15:23 AM
I think you're making the Lechuga song out to be worse than it is to be honest, it's quite different for sure, but Bolsters does like the things David Maxim Micic puts out if I recall correctly. Lechuga worked together with DMM and has some elements that remind me of him very much, so I don't think it's that much of a long shot at all. I guess we'll see once results are in though.

Never said I wasn't. :biggrin:
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 - Q2 Listening Underway
Post by: splent on March 24, 2016, 07:40:32 PM
Wow no one has commented on hours that's pretty incredible...

Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 - Q2 Listening Underway
Post by: Bolsters on March 24, 2016, 08:58:52 PM
I think all of the band/songs were guessed or revealed except for one or two, so I won't bother with another blurred image. Instead, here are the newest additions to the banned list.



Blessed By a Broken Heart
Caravan Palace
Circus Maximus
Dynazty
Eluveitie
Evergrey
Glen Hansard
Gorillaz
Grimes
Lechuga
Pallas
Rishloo
Tame Impala
Virgin Steele
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 - Q2 Listening Underway
Post by: Crow on March 24, 2016, 08:59:57 PM
well whoever sent bird of sorrow is prob in the main competition

i say that now and watch as bolsters doesn't like it
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 - Q2 Listening Underway
Post by: Bolsters on March 24, 2016, 09:09:48 PM
well whoever sent bird of sorrow is prob in the main competition
I wasn't sent Bird of Sorrow.
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 - Q2 Listening Underway
Post by: splent on March 24, 2016, 09:18:34 PM
well whoever sent bird of sorrow is prob in the main competition
I wasn't sent Bird of Sorrow.

It was the sequel Cat of Hunger
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 - Q2 Listening Underway
Post by: Crow on March 24, 2016, 09:21:52 PM
oh wow glen hansard has more than one song
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 - Q2 Listening Underway
Post by: Big Hath on March 24, 2016, 09:29:21 PM
well whoever sent bird of sorrow is prob in the main competition
I wasn't sent Bird of Sorrow.

It was the sequel Cat of Hunger

actually that was the prequel.  The sequel was Cat of Satisfaction.
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 - Q2 Listening Underway
Post by: Sacul on March 24, 2016, 09:29:48 PM
oh wow glen hansard has more than one song
Look like someone sent his song My Little Ruin  :P
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 - Q2 Listening Underway
Post by: Evermind on March 24, 2016, 10:27:57 PM
well whoever sent bird of sorrow is prob in the main competition
I wasn't sent Bird of Sorrow.

It was the sequel Cat of Hunger

actually that was the prequel.  The sequel was Cat of Satisfaction.

:lol :lol

Interesting choice with Virgin Steele.
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 - Q2 Listening Underway
Post by: Bolsters on March 25, 2016, 12:49:21 AM
Two listens in now. Overall this is a weaker round compared to the first, I guess most of you just didn't want to keep blowing the good stuff on prelims. Though having said that there's still some good shit in here.

Preliminary rankings have some surprising people sitting in the bottom four facing elimination. That could change in the next few days, however...or perhaps not? :biggrin:
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 - Q2 Listening Underway
Post by: Crow on March 25, 2016, 01:04:44 AM
well, i sent a better song this time than last time, so i should be fine i guess, oops
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 - Q2 Listening Underway
Post by: Evermind on March 25, 2016, 01:11:55 AM
Results this weekend then?
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 - Q2 Listening Underway
Post by: bl5150 on March 25, 2016, 01:12:32 AM
Wouldn't be surprised if it's me in the bottom group - was hoping to get through without touching my favourite Bolsters TM material , but perhaps not  :)    Qualifiers are a pain in the butt - in jingle's I wasted 2 of my highest rated songs in quals and in this one I have made a point of not doing that.  Maybe gone too far the other way  :blush

Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 - Q2 Listening Underway
Post by: Bolsters on March 25, 2016, 01:17:25 AM
I seem to have habit of sending pretty good stuff in qualifiers myself, stuff that is perhaps too good, so I can understand anyone wanting to avoid that.
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 - Q2 Listening Underway
Post by: Evermind on March 25, 2016, 01:22:57 AM
I probably should have saved Within Temptation for the main rounds, could've grabbed the symphonic bonus too. Evergrey I wouldn't have sent in the main competition anyway so that's fine. I guess it's possible I might be on the brink of elimination with that song, but I'm counting on my previous to make it through.
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 - Q2 Listening Underway
Post by: Train of Naught on March 25, 2016, 01:32:39 AM
To be honest I thought of saving Rival Sons for the main competition but I'm glad I didn't  :lol it did very well in other roulettes up until now, maybe should've sticked with the other song.
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 - Q2 Listening Underway
Post by: jingle.boy on March 25, 2016, 04:34:27 AM
Wouldn't be surprised if it's me in the bottom group - was hoping to get through without touching my favourite Bolsters TM material , but perhaps not  :)    Qualifiers are a pain in the butt - in jingle's I wasted 2 of my highest rated songs in quals and in this one I have made a point of not doing that.  Maybe gone too far the other way  :blush

Ditto... Wasted a "9" in Evermind's, and now below the cut line.  And I can totally see BBaBH not hitting the mark with Bolsters.  I hadn't even considered them - it was more of a 'rage' submission in retaliation to you beating me to the punch with Dynazty.  Though, if we're both at the bottom, that wouldn't have helped me anyway!   :lol
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 - Q2 Listening Underway
Post by: Bolsters on March 25, 2016, 04:46:52 AM
You know, he told me that my playlist has some 500 songs in it, and I believe him, so good luck making a dent in that anyway. :lol
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 - Q2 Listening Underway
Post by: bl5150 on March 25, 2016, 04:50:17 AM
Got a couple of days?  ;D  That's what happens when you talk about your "upcoming roulette" and it happens 6 months later.  :P

(https://s16.postimg.org/e88u0d9np/Capture1.png)

Dynazty isn't even in the list - just sick of seeing them in every roulette and wanted them out the way  :angel:
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 - Q2 Listening Underway
Post by: Train of Naught on March 25, 2016, 04:55:10 AM
Wow  :rollin

If I have a good sense of the hosts tastes (which I probably don't with Bolsters) I have maybe 20-30 artists in mind at most
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 - Q2 Listening Underway
Post by: Evermind on March 25, 2016, 04:59:03 AM
You know, he told me that my playlist has some 500 songs in it, and I believe him, so good luck making a dent in that anyway. :lol

That won't be of any help if he gets kicked out in this round. :lol
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 - Q2 Listening Underway
Post by: bl5150 on March 25, 2016, 05:00:21 AM
You know, he told me that my playlist has some 500 songs in it, and I believe him, so good luck making a dent in that anyway. :lol

That won't be of any help if he gets kicked out in this round. :lol

They'll all be on your EP  ;D (assuming I don't bomb this round)
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 - Q2 Listening Underway
Post by: Train of Naught on March 25, 2016, 05:06:29 AM
(https://i.imgur.com/xb2ZnOJ.png)
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 - Q2 Listening Underway
Post by: bl5150 on March 25, 2016, 05:10:53 AM
 :lol
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 - Q2 Listening Underway
Post by: Elite on March 25, 2016, 05:26:15 AM
^ How did you get that many copies of Haken's new album?
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 - Q2 Listening Underway
Post by: Evermind on March 25, 2016, 05:26:53 AM
^ How did you get that many copies of Haken's new album?

 :rollin
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 - Q2 Listening Underway
Post by: splent on March 25, 2016, 07:20:24 AM
Two listens in now. Overall this is a weaker round compared to the first, I guess most of you just didn't want to keep blowing the good stuff on prelims. Though having said that there's still some good shit in here.

Preliminary rankings have some surprising people sitting in the bottom four facing elimination. That could change in the next few days, however...or perhaps not? :biggrin:

if I go from having the top song in prelim 1 to having been eliminated before round 1 begins I'm going to be livid.

But yeah as everyone else stated I didnt want to use my best songs for you in the prelims.
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 - Q2 Listening Underway
Post by: jingle.boy on March 25, 2016, 07:25:09 AM
if I go from having the top song in prelim 1 to having been eliminated before round 1 begins I'm going to be livid.

You're definitely going to get a complex about Roulette participation.  Maybe you've got the musical equivalent of the yips?
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 - Q2 Listening Underway
Post by: splent on March 25, 2016, 07:31:45 AM
if I go from having the top song in prelim 1 to having been eliminated before round 1 begins I'm going to be livid.

You're definitely going to get a complex about Roulette participation.  Maybe you've got the musical equivalent of the yips?

Maybe :lol idk it's been a while since I've been able to participate in one because I missed genowyn's sign up and I got eliminated during everminds prelims. Don't want that to happen again.
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 - Q2 Listening Underway
Post by: Bolsters on March 25, 2016, 08:39:31 AM
Results this weekend then?
It's far more likely to be Monday.
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 - Q2 Listening Underway
Post by: Crow on March 26, 2016, 08:17:35 PM
:soon: ??  :angel:
i know it's sunday or something for you rn
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 - Q2 Listening Underway
Post by: Bolsters on March 26, 2016, 08:30:38 PM
Results this weekend then?
It's far more likely to be Monday.
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 - Q2 Listening Underway
Post by: Evermind on March 27, 2016, 03:40:57 AM
Results this weekend then?
It's far more likely to be Monday.

How to kill all the discussion in the thread: guide by Bolsters. :biggrin:
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 - Q2 Listening Underway
Post by: Bolsters on March 27, 2016, 03:44:30 AM
Results this weekend then?
It's far more likely to be Monday.
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 - Q2 Listening Underway
Post by: Elite on March 27, 2016, 03:51:54 AM
Maybe results on Tuesday then?
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 - Q2 Listening Underway
Post by: Bolsters on March 27, 2016, 05:50:23 AM
If anyone was interested in listening to what I was sent and hasn't done it themselves, the Spotify playlist has been added to the OP. A couple of them weren't on Spotify however.
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 - Q2 Listening Underway
Post by: splent on March 27, 2016, 06:48:52 AM
Results this weekend then?
It's far more likely to be Monday.
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 - Q2 Listening Underway
Post by: splent on March 27, 2016, 06:50:18 AM
Isn't it like 10 minutes to Monday there? ;)

J/K take your time it's still 7:50 AM Sunday where I am
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 - Q2 Listening Underway
Post by: Bolsters on March 27, 2016, 07:04:45 AM
You were spot on. 12:03am Monday morning now, but I haven't got shit for you.

I was considering posting the rules early instead of waiting until after the Q2 results were posted, so I'll do that before I go to bed.
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 - Q2 Listening Underway
Post by: Bolsters on March 27, 2016, 08:26:19 AM
Rules

Rather than points, players will be awarded various stars based on their performance. There's no head-to-head anymore - this time I will rank all of the songs I receive in a round, and the stars will be awarded based on where your song ranks. The four stars from last time will return but there are a couple of new stars aswell.

There are now seven additional bonus stars, which are awarded to any song that meets their criteria. You may receive only three of these bonuses throughout the roulette, you can net just one of them per song, and you personally can not aquire any of the bonuses twice. Since you can only be awarded three of the seven, it's up to you to decide which ones you want to go for (if any). The bonus stars are awarded along with any other stars your song qualifies for based on ranking. If you send a song that meets the requirements for multiple bonus stars, you must tell me which star you would like to be awarded for the song. To avoid any confusion, if you intend to obtain a bonus star for your song, tell me when you send it, even if the song in question is only eligible for one bonus. If you don't do this and I receive something that fits a bonus, I may ask you if you would like a bonus star for the song...but I am more likely to just not award you any bonuses for it at all. You've been warned.

The seven bonus stars are as follows:

And finally, two last stars...


Variability

In an attempt to make the bonus star system a little more interesting, I have decided to take a rather unusual approach to assigning their point values. Instead of having each of the stars being worth the same (that's too boring!), the seven stars will instead have a variable value. What does that mean? It means that the value of each star is determined by the number of people who have aquired it. So, all of the bonus stars will start out at the same value, but as more people collect any particular star, the number of points it is worth will begin to decrease. :eek

In the event that people get eliminated from the roulette for receiving three coal stars, any bonus stars they collected before being booted will no longer count towards this. So if someone with some bonus stars gets eliminated, the stars they had will go back up in value for everyone still in the game.


(https://i1337.photobucket.com/albums/o669/bolsters/Roulette2/star-table3b.png~original)
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 - Q2 Results :soon:
Post by: Evermind on March 27, 2016, 08:27:50 AM
I haven't even finished reading but I saw the amount of different starts and what the fuck is this. :lol
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 - Q2 Results :soon:
Post by: Bolsters on March 27, 2016, 08:29:57 AM
I haven't even finished reading but I saw the amount of different starts and what the fuck is this. :lol
More stars = More fun...right?!
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 - Q2 Results :soon:
Post by: Evermind on March 27, 2016, 08:31:57 AM
I haven't even finished reading but I saw the amount of different starts and what the fuck is this. :lol
More stars = More fun...right?!

I'm not complaining. It's cool to see the stars ranking system making its glorious return. I hoped we'll do rating system rather than ranking but hey, I'll live with it.

Coal stars are there just so Chad won't send you Animotion-like bands three times, right? :lol
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 - Q2 Results :soon:
Post by: Bolsters on March 27, 2016, 08:33:55 AM
Coal stars are there just so Chad won't send you Animotion-like bands three times, right? :lol
That's if he even makes it through the qualifiers. (https://i1337.photobucket.com/albums/o669/bolsters/Roulette/tardstar-emot.png~original)
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 - Q2 Results :soon:
Post by: Elite on March 27, 2016, 08:47:22 AM
Jeez, talk about making stuff complicated :lol
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 - Q2 Results :soon:
Post by: jingle.boy on March 27, 2016, 09:09:44 AM
Jeez, talk about making stuff complicated :lol

No shit. And people thought my Jeopardy roulette was complicated!
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 - Q2 Results :soon:
Post by: Sacul on March 27, 2016, 09:32:33 AM
Wait wait wait...
3 blackstars and they're out...
3...
Bowie died 3 days after the release of his last album...
...
Which is called ★...
your avatar is a blackstar...
...
I love chicken...
...
ARE YOU DAVID BOWIE, BOLSTERS?!?!  :o
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 - Sign up now!
Post by: bl5150 on March 27, 2016, 09:35:08 AM
try not to make it too complicated for us fogeys to understand  :biggrin:

(https://images.huffingtonpost.com/2015-08-10-1439188332-2404835-willis.jpg)
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 - Q2 Results :soon:
Post by: Train of Naught on March 27, 2016, 09:37:15 AM
I don't think I would like the stack/ranking method as much as rating. Whenever I do kinda well in roulettes it's with consistent scores, I hardly ever win rounds.

That being said, I'll probably be thrown out of this roulette in a couple hours so I ain't complaining  :lol
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 - Q2 Results :soon:
Post by: Crow on March 27, 2016, 10:38:49 AM
okay now i -really- want to be eliminated so i don't have to deal with this crap  :lol
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 - Q2 Results :soon:
Post by: Evermind on March 27, 2016, 10:55:13 AM
I don't think I would like the stack/ranking method as much as rating. Whenever I do kinda well in roulettes it's with consistent scores, I hardly ever win rounds.

That being said, I'll probably be thrown out of this roulette in a couple hours so I ain't complaining  :lol

Well, I won four rounds out of seven in his first roulette, and one other roulette I won (Buddyhunter's) was played with the ranking method too, so I guess I have a decent chance in this. A lot of songs I prepared could be round winners I think. In fact, I just realized how much I'm looking forward to play in this one. Been quite a long time since I played in the roulette where the host tastes are quite similar with my own. I just hope I'm not eliminated, because that would be a waste. Evergrey are a solid band and I love the song, and even if Dave doesn't like it, getting kicked because of one fuck up - and Mark of the Triangle isn't a fuck up by any means - when I nailed it with my performance most of the time in the past (the latest being a week ago in first qualifier) is just wrong.

okay now i -really- want to be eliminated so i don't have to deal with this crap  :lol

:lol

Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 - Sign up now!
Post by: TAC on March 27, 2016, 11:24:33 AM
try not to make it too complicated for us fogeys to understand  :biggrin:

(https://images.huffingtonpost.com/2015-08-10-1439188332-2404835-willis.jpg)

No shit! I'm seeing stars!
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 - Q2 Results :soon:
Post by: Tyrias on March 27, 2016, 11:29:55 AM
Well, I won't qualify anyway, so I won't have to bother with those rules. :lol
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 - Q2 Results :soon:
Post by: splent on March 27, 2016, 11:35:37 AM
Oh man I hope I qualify I'm intrigued
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 - Sign up now!
Post by: Evermind on March 27, 2016, 11:50:54 AM
try not to make it too complicated for us fogeys to understand  :biggrin:

(https://images.huffingtonpost.com/2015-08-10-1439188332-2404835-willis.jpg)

No shit! I'm seeing stars!

You're not even participating!

Wait... why aren't you participating?
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 - Q2 Results :soon:
Post by: wolfking on March 27, 2016, 05:37:43 PM
What the hell, my short attention span can't keep up with this, confusing as hell.
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 - Q2 Results :soon:
Post by: splent on March 27, 2016, 05:43:34 PM
Basically the more stars you get that aren't black the better.
But if you get bonus stars and a bunch of other people get the same bonus stars the bonus is less powerful.
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 - Q2 Results :soon:
Post by: wolfking on March 27, 2016, 05:49:41 PM
I'll just concentrate on sending some kick ass songs.
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 - Q2 Results :soon:
Post by: Crow on March 27, 2016, 05:56:00 PM
Basically the more stars you get that aren't black the better.
But if you get bonus stars and a bunch of other people get the same bonus stars the bonus is less powerful.
it sounds like each bonus is weighted differently too so some bonus stars might not be as valuable  :lol
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 - Q2 Results :soon:
Post by: jingle.boy on March 27, 2016, 06:42:29 PM
Basically the more stars you get that aren't black the better.
But if you get bonus stars and a bunch of other people get the same bonus stars the bonus is less powerful.
it sounds like each bonus is weighted differently too so some bonus stars might not be as valuable  :lol

I'm all for mixing it up with different or innovative roulette systems.  This one looks especially challenging in that - although the ranking is fairly straightforward, the scoring system is an unknown at best, and a moving target with the bonus themes. 

There is some merit to the KISS principle.

I'll just concentrate on sending some kick ass songs.

Me too... unless I'm given the boots.
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 - Q2 Results :soon:
Post by: splent on March 27, 2016, 07:42:26 PM
Well if I make it I know what song I'm sending for round one. I hope he posts before I go to bed in a couple of hours; knowing my luck he will post and I'll not make it or I'll make it and be blocked... Mrrrrrrerrrfrudjdjdlalqrlqjpfnqlflqblvrpvtltvw
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 - Q2 Results :soon:
Post by: Crow on March 27, 2016, 08:40:41 PM
free me from this roulette prison with results, bolsteretta
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 - Q2 Results :soon:
Post by: Bolsters on March 27, 2016, 08:41:44 PM
This reaction disappoints me.
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 - Q2 Results :soon:
Post by: splent on March 27, 2016, 08:59:15 PM
I want a cerulean star
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 - Q2 Results :soon:
Post by: Crow on March 27, 2016, 09:02:23 PM
disappointment is my country's main export
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 - Q2 Results :soon:
Post by: jingle.boy on March 27, 2016, 09:44:29 PM
This reaction disappoints me.

Well, it is kinda convoluted.  Simple people like simple things. 
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 - Q2 Results :soon:
Post by: Bolsters on March 27, 2016, 09:58:37 PM
All I've really done is take the standard ranking system that tons of people have used and put two spins on it - bonuses that fluctuate based on popularity, and a bonus for the best song in each category. Sure there are a lot of stars but seven of them are functionally identical, they are just separate so that they can eventually have different values.

I guess I should just scrap the v3 system now since it's more complicated and intricate than this is, besides also being a somewhat bizarre concept. :\


P.S. starting writeups now.
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 - Q2 Results :soon:
Post by: Evermind on March 27, 2016, 10:36:35 PM
Nah, you shouldn't. Besides, this one isn't really that complicated.

Hoped to read the writeups at the start of my working day, but they're not up yet. Oh well.
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 - Q2 Results :soon:
Post by: Sacul on March 27, 2016, 11:05:52 PM
The system is even more complex than the one in my first roulette :P
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 - Q2 Results :soon:
Post by: Bolsters on March 27, 2016, 11:15:54 PM
In

bl5150 - Dynazty - Falling

jingle.boy - Blessed By A Broken Heart - Shut Up and Rock

Tyrias - Tame Impala - The Less I Know The Better

Shadow Ninja 2.0 - Grimes - Flesh Without Blood / Life in the Vivid Dream

Tomislav95 - Eluveitie - A Rose For Epona

Evermind - Evergrey - Mark of the Triangle

senecadawg2 - Glen Hansard - My Little Ruin

splent - Pallas - Falling Down

Elite - Circus Maximus - Abyss

Train of Naught - Lechuga - Entre 2 Mundos


Out

Sir Walrus Cauliflower - Rishloo - Just a Ride

Parama - Gorillaz - El Manana

wolfking - Virgin Steele - Through Blood and Fire

Scorpion - Caravan Palace - Brotherswing


Final Participant List
bl5150
Elite
Evermind
jingle.boy
senecadawg2
Shadow Ninja 2.0
splent
Tomislav95
Train of Naught
Tyrias


Those of you who made it through can now start sending songs for the first proper round.
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 - Q2 Results :soon:
Post by: Crow on March 27, 2016, 11:19:30 PM
at least you won't have to be subjected to my weird metal  :tup
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 - Q2 Results :soon:
Post by: bl5150 on March 27, 2016, 11:22:20 PM
Haha - jingle and I were pretty convinced we were gawn.   I had started studying up for the next roulette on my list  :lol
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 - Sign up and/or send Q1 songs now
Post by: 425 on March 27, 2016, 11:22:56 PM
But I will show up in this thread to comment on songs and to harass Parama as much as you want.

joke's on you, i'm not making it past the qualifiers

Dammit Parama. Stop getting eliminated from roulettes so that I can stalk you in roulette threads and harass you, predominantly with Light of Day, Day of Darkness jokes.


Scorpion sent me that same song on his EP. I thought it was pretty weird, but there was something charming about it as well...
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★★ Q2 Results IN, send R1 if you made it through
Post by: Crow on March 27, 2016, 11:26:20 PM
i never really play these to score high, so it's no surprise i don't make it past qualifiers of people whose taste in metal is way different than mine  :lol

tbh if i sent you the kind of metal i've been listening to recently i'd score lowest in your inevitable second roulette

my second roulette is gonna be weeeeeird

unrelated this joke avatar was funny for a day but i wanna find a new one now, not just put up the beggars one again
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★★ Q2 Results IN, send R1 if you made it through
Post by: Bolsters on March 27, 2016, 11:29:41 PM
You're not even participating!

Wait... why aren't you participating?
Not enough chick music in his collection.

Hoped to read the writeups at the start of my working day, but they're not up yet. Oh well.
Sorry, I took a break in the middle.

at least you won't have to be subjected to my weird metal  :tup
Maybe I would have liked that? I don't know how weird it is but at least it wouldn't be generic.

Haha - jingle and I were pretty convinced we were gawn.   I had started studying up for the next roulette on my list  :lol
It was entertaining for me to watch you both squirm though, because I knew from the beginning that neither of you was going to be eliminated. :lol I hope you didn't delete the playlist.
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★★ Q2 Results IN, send R1 if you made it through
Post by: Evermind on March 27, 2016, 11:30:44 PM
Nice, that was about what I expected. Made it through without blowing my best songs in this round.
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★★ Q2 Results IN, send R1 if you made it through
Post by: Crow on March 27, 2016, 11:39:26 PM
i personally wouldn't call it repetitive since part of the joy of the track is listening in on all the different subtleties, and it's just two verses, two choruses, and the outro (which you liked, which would be the most likely part to call repetitive so i'm confused ??? ) but to be fair i like repetitive music in a sense anyways so

i kinda figured you'd at least like it but also figured probably not as strongly as i do, seriously close to calling it a 10/10 song  :lol
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★★ Q2 Results IN, send R1 if you made it through
Post by: Bolsters on March 27, 2016, 11:47:45 PM
i personally wouldn't call it repetitive since part of the joy of the track is listening in on all the different subtleties, and it's just two verses, two choruses, and the outro (which you liked, which would be the most likely part to call repetitive so i'm confused ??? ) but to be fair i like repetitive music in a sense anyways so
Yeah but instrumentation in the outro is fuller once it's all built up and there's more going on, I liked the strings there aswell.
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★★ Q2 Results IN, send R1 if you made it through
Post by: bl5150 on March 28, 2016, 12:25:29 AM
Alrighty then - after the success this round (and a few things I thought might have been an issue that weren't) I need to re-think a few things.  Have promoted a song for this round that I think might hit the same sort of spot with you.

Will send shortly
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★★ Q2 Results IN, send R1 if you made it through
Post by: Evermind on March 28, 2016, 12:51:48 AM
See, Kade, that's what you get for being keen on the roulette. :lol

So do you guys think anyone will get three coal stars? I think ToN may do it if he keeps going like that.

Also, glad that Splent made it. He wanted it so much.
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★★ Q2 Results IN, send R1 if you made it through
Post by: Scorpion on March 28, 2016, 01:10:25 AM
:( :(
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★★ Q2 Results IN, send R1 if you made it through
Post by: Elite on March 28, 2016, 01:21:24 AM
 :D :D :D
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★★ Q2 Results IN, send R1 if you made it through
Post by: Tyrias on March 28, 2016, 01:33:28 AM
I was not expecting to make it through :lol. But you're right about Tame Impala being big growers, when I first heard them I was like "wtf is this", 3 listens later I was shaking along in my chair.
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★★ Q2 Results IN, send R1 if you made it through
Post by: Train of Naught on March 28, 2016, 02:12:35 AM
I don't know if these are ranked based on both rounds and that this song just got me over the elimination line, or that you only barely liked it more than the lowest 4 songs, but hell yeah.  :metal

So do you guys think anyone will get three coal stars? I think ToN may do it if he keeps going like that.

 :rollin No more Rival Sons from me. I'll likely send soon.
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★★ Q2 Results IN, send R1 if you made it through
Post by: Bolsters on March 28, 2016, 02:18:08 AM
:( :(
I agree. :(

I don't know if these are ranked based on both rounds and that this song just got me over the elimination line, or that you only barely liked it more than the lowest 4 songs, but hell yeah.  :metal
The first round had no bearing on how I ranked anything in this round.
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★★ Q2 Results IN, send R1 if you made it through
Post by: Tomislav95 on March 28, 2016, 02:27:32 AM
I'm glad you liked my song :tup
I already sent you my submission, no need to think it through until I get 2 coal stars, right :lol
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★★ Q2 Results IN, send R1 if you made it through
Post by: Evermind on March 28, 2016, 02:30:55 AM
I don't know if these are ranked based on both rounds and that this song just got me over the elimination line, or that you only barely liked it more than the lowest 4 songs, but hell yeah.  :metal

So do you guys think anyone will get three coal stars? I think ToN may do it if he keeps going like that.

 :rollin No more Rival Sons from me. I'll likely send soon.

You should just keep a straight face and say you intentionally used weaker songs from your arsenal to get through and it all went just as you planned.

I think I know what I'll be sending for this round. Might grab a bonus and cockblock someone too.  :biggrin:
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★★ Q2 Results IN, send R1 if you made it through
Post by: Train of Naught on March 28, 2016, 02:48:34 AM
You should just keep a straight face and say you intentionally used weaker songs from your arsenal to get through and it all went just as you planned.
That's EXACTLY what I did.

Going with a 2016 song for the first time, this'll be interesting - and yeah, another risky move  :lol
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ Q2 Results IN, send R1 if you made it through ★
Post by: bl5150 on March 28, 2016, 03:14:44 AM
First try and song is banned (but not on list)............. >:(   ;D

Secondly sended.  :metal

Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ Q2 Results IN, send R1 if you made it through ★
Post by: Bolsters on March 28, 2016, 03:53:12 AM
Also, I tried to make the rules as clear as possible but if I failed and anyone would like clarification on something, all you have to do is ask.
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ Q2 Results IN, send R1 if you made it through ★
Post by: jingle.boy on March 28, 2016, 04:57:52 AM
All I've really done is take the standard ranking system that tons of people have used and put two spins on it - bonuses that fluctuate based on popularity, and a bonus for the best song in each category. Sure there are a lot of stars but seven of them are functionally identical, they are just separate so that they can eventually have different values.

I guess I should just scrap the v3 system now since it's more complicated and intricate than this is, besides also being a somewhat bizarre concept. :\

No, don't change it.  It *looks* more complicated than a standard roulette ON PAPER, but in practice, I'm sure people will get the hang of it.  I already identified right away a particular strategy that I think needs to be employed to maximize bonus points.  It's your roulette, you set the framework - fuck the haters.... though I don't think anyone was really hating, just fun banter about the complexity.  At a high level, you stack rank, and earn bonus points for using themes.  Pretty simple... but the devil is in the details.  I'm sure plenty of questions will come up along the way - hell, idiots like me even miss things that are pretty explicit (ie, allowed to send one >12 minute song). 

Haha - jingle and I were pretty convinced we were gawn.   I had started studying up for the next roulette on my list  :lol

Yeah... proof that when you over-think things, you get "slaughtered"   ;) :P  Shut Up and Rock was a spur of the moment 'rage submission' for Brent beating me to Dynazty.  And lookie there, we finish 1-2!

Oh, and I'm still gonna cover all 7 themes, and put all of you punks to shame while winning this thing.

(https://froggacuda.files.wordpress.com/2011/10/come-at-me-bro-owl.gif)
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ Q2 Results IN, send R1 if you made it through ★
Post by: wolfking on March 28, 2016, 05:06:06 AM
Fuck.  Well, I guess having a decent song the first time didn't mean fucking shit, whatever then.  Wasn't really keen on the star thing anyway.  Will still follow, good luck everyone.
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ Q2 Results IN, send R1 if you made it through ★
Post by: splent on March 28, 2016, 05:17:41 AM
Whew.

Sending now.
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ Q2 Results IN, send R1 if you made it through ★
Post by: bl5150 on March 28, 2016, 05:20:17 AM
Onya splent.  You realise by now of course that you're first roulette host wasn't that nasty after all , right?  ;D
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★★ Q2 Results IN, send R1 if you made it through
Post by: wolfking on March 28, 2016, 05:26:55 AM
See, Kade, that's what you get for being keen on the roulette. :lol

Looks like I have to stick with my 'fuck it, I ain't got time for this shit' approach.
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ Q2 Results IN, send R1 if you made it through ★
Post by: Bolsters on March 28, 2016, 05:29:32 AM
Fuck.  Well, I guess having a decent song the first time didn't mean fucking shit, whatever then.  Wasn't really keen on the star thing anyway.  Will still follow, good luck everyone.
I did mention the specifics, but essentially you had to be right on the cut line for the advantage to do you any good. You were too far below the line for it to matter. :-*

No, don't change it.  It *looks* more complicated than a standard roulette ON PAPER, but in practice, I'm sure people will get the hang of it.  I already identified right away a particular strategy that I think needs to be employed to maximize bonus points.  It's your roulette, you set the framework - fuck the haters.... though I don't think anyone was really hating, just fun banter about the complexity.  At a high level, you stack rank, and earn bonus points for using themes.  Pretty simple... but the devil is in the details.  I'm sure plenty of questions will come up along the way - hell, idiots like me even miss things that are pretty explicit (ie, allowed to send one >12 minute song). 
I had no intention of changing this one, but I am rethinking the v3. It was pretty ambitious and it was doubtful I would ever put it all together anyway. Maybe now I just won't bother, it was going to be a great deal of effort to create, I'd hate to do it and then everyone is just going to react with "What the fuck is this shit, Bolsters?!" and only four people actually want to play it. :lol

As for strategies in this one, I figured out a couple after I put it all together, it'll be interesting to see if you came up with one of those or a different one...and whether anyone else will employ the same strategies.
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ Q2 Results IN, send R1 if you made it through ★
Post by: Train of Naught on March 28, 2016, 05:34:39 AM
I have no problem with the approach of this roulette whatsoever. Actually, when signing up for this, I expected something more ambitious  :lol this is really nothing too crazy compared to the v1. It'll be the first time playing in a stack-rank roulette for me, and as it turns out so far, it won't be serving me well, I might just go out in a not-so-glorious fashion after the first 3 rounds.  :lol

I like to think the song I just sent is a strategy sorta-kinda, but really I just want the bonus points and if I have songs I would've sent regardless of the themes I certainly won't hold on to them.
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ Q2 Results IN, send R1 if you made it through ★
Post by: Bolsters on March 28, 2016, 05:39:17 AM
Just a reminder that I would like to be told when you expect a bonus star for your song (and which one, of course). I'm very likely to give you nothing if you don't. :D
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ Q2 Results IN, send R1 if you made it through ★
Post by: wolfking on March 28, 2016, 05:40:58 AM
I was fourth highest in the first qualifier (if they were even ranked), and no where near the 'on thin ice' category.  Parama and Cauliflower were also in the top tier yet all three of us get knocked out, obviously no advantage there.  Yet Train of Naught was on thin ice in Q1 and gets in 'just scraping through' in Q2????? WTF?

Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ Q2 Results IN, send R1 if you made it through ★
Post by: Bolsters on March 28, 2016, 06:02:01 AM
I was fourth highest in the first qualifier (if they were even ranked), and no where near the 'on thin ice' category.  Parama and Cauliflower were also in the top tier yet all three of us get knocked out, obviously no advantage there.  Yet Train of Naught was on thin ice in Q1 and gets in 'just scraping through' in Q2????? WTF?
Because I like ToN's song this round more than any of the four songs ranked underneath it. I liked it more than the one Sir Walrus Cauliflower sent, 100%, it wasn't a difficult decision. That's why ToN got through. The advantage was gaining some favour if I couldn't decide who to cut out of two people on the cut line.
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ Q2 Results IN, send R1 if you made it through ★
Post by: jingle.boy on March 28, 2016, 06:14:30 AM
Lol... last roulette was 11 pages in total.  This is at 14 pages so far, and we haven't even officially started.

I'm SO glad Splent made it - he'd probably have rage-quit all roulette-ing if he'd gotten the boots in qualification again!
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ Q2 Results IN, send R1 if you made it through ★
Post by: Bolsters on March 28, 2016, 06:41:24 AM
I'm sure the thread will die soon, it almost did once already.
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ Q2 Results IN, send R1 if you made it through ★
Post by: Evermind on March 28, 2016, 06:47:27 AM
I'm doing all I can to keep it alive. That's something I always appreciate people doing in my roulette thread, so I'm trying to do the same.

And maybe I won't cockblock anyone in this round, might as well give the person a chance to send this song first. All bets are off for the second round though.
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ Q2 Results IN, send R1 if you made it through ★
Post by: Shadow Ninja 2.0 on March 28, 2016, 06:50:29 AM
:woot: Glad you liked the song! I'd be interested to know what you think of some of her other stuff, since that song's really the only one I like. :lol

Also sent.
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ Q2 Results IN, send R1 if you made it through ★
Post by: Bolsters on March 28, 2016, 06:58:53 AM
:woot: Glad you liked the song! I'd be interested to know what you think of some of her other stuff, since that song's really the only one I like. :lol
Oh? So I may have to prepare myself for disappointment, then. :sad:
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ Q2 Results IN, send R1 if you made it through ★
Post by: splent on March 28, 2016, 07:07:11 AM
Lol... last roulette was 11 pages in total.  This is at 14 pages so far, and we haven't even officially started.

I'm SO glad Splent made it - he'd probably have rage-quit all roulette-ing if he'd gotten the boots in qualification again!

Yeah  not going to lie, I was genuinely worried. The fact that the song grow on him was lucky on my part. I sent that bad because I noticed he liked IQ…

 I'm gonna play it safe the next round or two just so that I can get some sort of foothold before I risk anything again
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ Q2 Results IN, send R1 if you made it through ★
Post by: Bolsters on March 28, 2016, 08:46:42 AM
I've got 7 of 10 so far.
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ Q2 Results IN, send R1 if you made it through ★
Post by: Sir Walrus Cauliflower on March 28, 2016, 08:53:01 AM
Aww darn. Oh well, I'm busy as far as life goes right now so I don't mind too much (not to mention all this star business :lol). Maybe next time. I'm glad you enjoyed the bands I sent and are going to check them out. My personal fav for Rishloo is Feathergun. I'll still be following this  :tup
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ Q2 Results IN, send R1 if you made it through ★
Post by: Evermind on March 28, 2016, 09:34:28 AM
Sent. Hopefully I cockblocked at least one of you.
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ Q2 Results IN, send R1 if you made it through ★
Post by: jingle.boy on March 28, 2016, 09:43:58 AM
Sent. Hopefully I cockblocked at least one of you.

:orly:
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ Q2 Results IN, send R1 if you made it through ★
Post by: Evermind on March 28, 2016, 10:32:38 AM
Sent. Hopefully I cockblocked at least one of you.

:orly:

Yeah, you are in this list.

(https://media.giphy.com/media/JwzZFkuGYsASY/giphy.gif)

I never saw you sending that band in any roulette though.
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ Q2 Results IN, send R1 if you made it through ★
Post by: Tyrias on March 28, 2016, 10:35:40 AM
Pretty certain it's not me  ::). Anyway; I went with something more poppy/grungy, and I hope you'll like it.
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ Q2 Results IN, send R1 if you made it through ★
Post by: splent on March 28, 2016, 11:22:48 AM
Onya splent.  You realise by now of course that you're first roulette host wasn't that nasty after all , right?  ;D

Haha nope. I think I'm starting to grasp this roulette thing a bit more. I hope to do at least as good as I did with Tom Bombadil's (2nd)...

I haven't done enough of these to cockblock anyone. I need to research more. Truth be told this is the first one I'm actually "researching" and looking at past ones, listening to songs that he liked/didn't like, instead of just saying "Oh I did good here's the next one" :lol I guess so far it's paying off :lol

I'm also getting my roulette ready even though I'm still like 3rd on the list. I'm going back and forth on themes (whether to use them or not) and have NO idea how I'm going to score. Since it's my first I want to be creative and fair but not overly complicated... I'm also unsure if I want to do qualifying rounds... that just seems pointless (no offense to any who do it, you have a system, I have mine)... I'd rather just have eliminations at certain points and possibly increase round numbers to accommodate numbers.
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ Q2 Results IN, send R1 if you made it through ★
Post by: Elite on March 28, 2016, 11:53:51 AM
Sent for the aquamarine star.
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ Q2 Results IN, send R1 if you made it through ★
Post by: Evermind on March 28, 2016, 11:55:34 AM
Cool, my song is for peridot one.
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ Q2 Results IN, send R1 if you made it through ★
Post by: splent on March 28, 2016, 12:32:42 PM
Sent for the aquamarine star.

 :omg: me too
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ Q2 Results IN, send R1 if you made it through ★
Post by: Train of Naught on March 28, 2016, 12:38:55 PM
Sent for the aquamarine star.

 :omg: me too
So did I  :lol we're already competing for the Pearl star then, if I understand the rules well enough.
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ Q2 Results IN, send R1 if you made it through ★
Post by: Crow on March 28, 2016, 12:53:43 PM
the aquamarine one will probably be the most popular since it's bolsters here
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ Q2 Results IN, send R1 if you made it through ★
Post by: Elite on March 28, 2016, 01:01:17 PM
The song I sent doesn't really have synths though. He might reject mine.
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ Q2 Results IN, send R1 if you made it through ★
Post by: Evermind on March 28, 2016, 01:37:55 PM
Sent for the aquamarine star.

 :omg: me too
So did I  :lol we're already competing for the Pearl star then, if I understand the rules well enough.

And while one of you is getting pearl star, the others are getting some reduced bonus star points.

Did anyone else send something with multiple vocalists?

Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ Q2 Results IN, send R1 if you made it through ★
Post by: Train of Naught on March 28, 2016, 01:41:11 PM
If anyone's getting the boot after three rounds, marking the most miserable, disappointing roulette performance in DTF history, it would probably be me. So I'm not really counting on the Pearl star :lol
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ Q2 Results IN, send R1 if you made it through ★
Post by: splent on March 28, 2016, 03:19:32 PM
 I'm surprised there isn't a brown star for the shittiest song
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ Q2 Results IN, send R1 if you made it through ★
Post by: Crow on March 28, 2016, 03:20:48 PM
If anyone's getting the boot after three rounds, marking the most miserable, disappointing roulette performance in DTF history, it would probably be me. So I'm not really counting on the Pearl star :lol
sup, you'd have to steal that one from my performance in Bolsters' first roulette and good luck with that one  :lol
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ Q2 Results IN, send R1 if you made it through ★
Post by: jingle.boy on March 28, 2016, 03:45:35 PM
Sent for the aquamarine star.

 :omg: me too
So did I  :lol we're already competing for the Pearl star then, if I understand the rules well enough.

Better than competing for a pearl necklace.

:zydarscouch:
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Post by: Tyrias on March 28, 2016, 04:37:11 PM
one question regarding the bonus stars: Can we send more then one song for the same category, and in the end you end up counting the better one? and what happens if I send songs for more than 3 stars?



(Yes, I realise those were actually kind of 2 questions)
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ Q2 Results IN, send R1 if you made it through ★
Post by: splent on March 28, 2016, 04:48:51 PM
one question regarding the bonus stars: Can we send more then one song for the same category, and in the end you end up counting the better one? and what happens if I send songs for more than 3 stars?



(Yes, I realise those were actually kind of 2 questions)

I would like to know as well because like a couple of people in this roulette I intend on sending at least one song that fits within each category.
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Post by: Bolsters on March 28, 2016, 08:52:46 PM
Can we send more then one song for the same category, and in the end you end up counting the better one?
No. Whichever song was awarded the star "keeps" the star. Even if you send another song for that category that is better, the star will stay attached to the first song. However if you for example have two songs in mind that could fit the ruby star you don't have to send whichever you think is better first - I'll only give you the star when you explicitly ask for it.

You choose when you receive the bonuses and for which songs, so it's up to you to choose wisely.

and what happens if I send songs for more than 3 stars?
Nothing, they will just be considered to be normal songs because you already have 3 bonus stars.
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Post by: senecadawg2 on March 28, 2016, 09:14:07 PM
Kind of complicated, I know, but I quite like the star idea. Interesting set up.

My only question for now: I know that the stars point values are going to shift as we continue, but for starters at least--how does the scoring for the Bronze (I think it was??)/Begrudging star work? Is that meant to be like half as many points as a Gold or Silver?

I'll send within the hour.
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ Q2 Results IN, send R1 if you made it through ★
Post by: Bolsters on March 28, 2016, 09:22:10 PM
I know that the stars point values are going to shift as we continue, but for starters at least--how does the scoring for the Bronze (I think it was??)/Begrudging star work? Is that meant to be like half as many points as a Gold or Silver?
It's worth "less". :P What I will say however is that those first five stars are all listed in order of most valuable to least valuable, so of those five stars, bronze is worth the least number of points.
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Post by: splent on March 28, 2016, 09:32:02 PM
How many people still need to submit?
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Post by: Bolsters on March 28, 2016, 09:32:45 PM
How many people still need to submit?
One.
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Post by: senecadawg2 on March 28, 2016, 09:46:25 PM
How many people still need to submit?
One.

None

Gimme the diamond!
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ Q2 Results IN, send R1 if you made it through ★
Post by: Bolsters on March 28, 2016, 09:55:27 PM
After looking more carefully at what I was sent, I've asked one person to resubmit. So, we're back to one. :lol
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Post by: Evermind on March 28, 2016, 10:30:45 PM
Shit, my cockblock strategy didn't work. Will send in a few minutes then. :lol
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Post by: Crow on March 28, 2016, 10:32:24 PM
we call that reverse-cockblocking
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Post by: Evermind on March 28, 2016, 10:39:19 PM
Cockblocked by the host, if that's even a thing.

Sent again.
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Post by: Bolsters on March 28, 2016, 11:06:45 PM
Blurry time.

(https://i1337.photobucket.com/albums/o669/bolsters/Roulette2/blur-r1-1.png~original)
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Post by: Evermind on March 28, 2016, 11:08:59 PM
Fourth is probably Anthriel - Promised Land.
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Post by: Elite on March 28, 2016, 11:26:20 PM
I can only see my own song :lol
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Post by: Evermind on March 28, 2016, 11:27:05 PM
Actually, let's take a shot on every entry:

Avatarium - Soul Mate
Gloryhammer - Storm of Blurred Mice
Kanye West Project - Ten Minutes Song
Anthriel - Promised Land
Bon Iver - Skating Ice
Taurus - Crawling
Andy van Something - Can't Write a Concise Song Title
my song
Cradle of Filth - Bones of God
Theatre - Die Die Die

Damn, I have no idea about any of these except Anthriel. :lol
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ More Stars = More Fun...Right?! ★
Post by: Bolsters on March 28, 2016, 11:33:53 PM
You were close on one of them.
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Post by: Elite on March 28, 2016, 11:37:16 PM
:lol

Mine is almost correct. This is cracking me up :lol
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Post by: Crow on March 28, 2016, 11:39:50 PM
"kanye west project" is killing me
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Post by: Train of Naught on March 28, 2016, 11:55:10 PM
 :lol

Mines the bottom one. So it's apparently Theatre - Die Die Die
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Post by: Bolsters on March 28, 2016, 11:57:57 PM
First impressions are not bad here. I can already see myself wanting to hand out a pink star or two to those just outside of the top 4.

These are the bonus stars being awarded in this round:

(https://i1337.photobucket.com/albums/o669/bolsters/Roulette2/aquamarine-big.png~original) (https://i1337.photobucket.com/albums/o669/bolsters/Roulette2/aquamarine-big.png~original)
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Post by: Evermind on March 28, 2016, 11:58:57 PM
:lol

Mines the bottom one. So it's apparently Theatre - Die Die Die

I was rather out of inspiration when I got to this one. :lol
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ More Stars = More Fun...Right?! ★
Post by: Elite on March 29, 2016, 12:59:12 AM
No aquamarine one for me. I'll get that one later, or I'll abstain, because of all bonus stars, they're worth the least now.
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Post by: splent on March 29, 2016, 05:44:03 AM
I guess I sent Taurus-Crawling :lol

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Post by: splent on March 29, 2016, 05:56:33 AM
Away There- Soul Man
Gary Numan- State of Occurance
Pinterest Project- "I Shared This" Song
Galadriel- Promised Land
Bon Iver- Skinny Love
my song
Anne the Princess- Coco Wheats are my Favorite
McLovin- This will never work
Band of Death- Shade of Blue
Mothre- Die Die Bee

Mine aren't as funny but I think I guessed one of them
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Post by: Elite on March 29, 2016, 05:58:32 AM
:lol
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Post by: Train of Naught on March 29, 2016, 06:01:00 AM
Good call on Skinny Love, I kinda see it. I thought for sure that would be banned though.

GUYS! No one is dying in my song, stop it :lol
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Post by: Evermind on March 29, 2016, 06:17:06 AM
Right, Skinny Love, not Skating Ice. But I guessed Bon Iver!

My song isn't Mclovin - This Will Never Work, but you got one word right.
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Post by: jingle.boy on March 29, 2016, 06:19:51 AM
Fourth is probably Anthriel - Promised Land.

How the fuck did you pick that up?  I couldn't even tell what that was!   :rollin

I'm not even going to bother trying to guess, as I'm sure as much as 1/2 of them are bands/songs I'll never figure out - that includes when the picture isn't blurred!  :neverusethis:
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Post by: Evermind on March 29, 2016, 06:22:37 AM
Fourth is probably Anthriel - Promised Land.

How the fuck did you pick that up?  I couldn't even tell what that was!   :rollin

I'm not even going to bother trying to guess, as I'm sure as much as 1/2 of them are bands/songs I'll never figure out - that includes when the picture isn't blurred!  :neverusethis:

Only figured that out because you sent me this song after my first roulette.

Speaking of that, you definitely do know my song.
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Post by: Tomislav95 on March 29, 2016, 06:25:38 AM
I sent Bon Iver and I had trouble seeing it on blurry picture. It's crazy how you manage to guess it :lol
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Post by: Bolsters on March 29, 2016, 06:28:00 AM
Good call on Skinny Love, I kinda see it. I thought for sure that would be banned though.
I've obviously heard of the band, but I don't know if I have ever listened to them before or not. So definitely not banned.
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Post by: Elite on March 29, 2016, 06:28:27 AM
Someone really has to send either Radiohead's or David Bowie's 'Blackstar', see if that nets you a black star.
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Post by: Elite on March 29, 2016, 06:31:08 AM
Look at this, there's more than enough songs to fill an entire EP in a certain round with songs titled 'Black Star' :lol

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Star

EDIT: Oh, Bolsters doesn't do EP-rounds  :-[
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Post by: jingle.boy on March 29, 2016, 06:39:50 AM
Fourth is probably Anthriel - Promised Land.

How the fuck did you pick that up?  I couldn't even tell what that was!   :rollin

I'm not even going to bother trying to guess, as I'm sure as much as 1/2 of them are bands/songs I'll never figure out - that includes when the picture isn't blurred!  :neverusethis:

Only figured that out because you sent me this song after my first roulette.


I remember.  I was just impressed you could tell based on what was showing.

No clue on yours.  Dr. Dre?
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Post by: Evermind on March 29, 2016, 06:43:02 AM
Did I ever send you Dr. Dre? :lol
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Post by: Train of Naught on March 29, 2016, 06:45:40 AM
You Will Never Know is a pretty good pick for Dr. Dre, but I personally would've picked something else, like "Some L.A. Niggaz" or "Pause 4 Porno"
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Post by: Elite on March 29, 2016, 06:48:21 AM
Oh god :lol

Dr. Dre, as well as the "Kanye West Project" in one round!
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Post by: Evermind on March 29, 2016, 06:50:53 AM
This calls for two coal stars in a single round! :lol
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Post by: senecadawg2 on March 29, 2016, 07:02:05 AM
What are the two stars posted below?

I'm color blind and can't distinguish between any of them.
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Post by: bl5150 on March 29, 2016, 07:04:13 AM
What are the two stars posted below?

I'm color blind and can't distinguish between any of them.

Aquamarine*2

The aquamarine star () is awarded to any song driven primarily by synths, pop music, or to any song that is electronic
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ More Stars = More Fun...Right?! ★
Post by: Elite on March 29, 2016, 07:04:23 AM
Well, they're the same ..

What sort of colorblind are you?
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Post by: jingle.boy on March 29, 2016, 07:31:17 AM
Well, they're the same ..

What sort of colorblind are you?

The kind that can't see colors?   ;D

Did I ever send you Dr. Dre? :lol

Is it Galahad?  The image below makes it look like two words in the band, and four words in the title though.
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ More Stars = More Fun...Right?! ★
Post by: Evermind on March 29, 2016, 07:35:58 AM
Yeah, the same song too.
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Post by: Elite on March 29, 2016, 07:42:54 AM
iirc there's more than one type of colourblind. People that can't see colours at all, but also people that can't distinguish between two similar colours (like blue/green or orange/yellow), that's why I asked.
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Post by: senecadawg2 on March 29, 2016, 07:49:37 AM
Well, they're the same ..

What sort of colorblind are you?

Yeah I wasn't clear... I got that those two were the same. I just meant that I can't distinguish between those two and any of the others.

iirc there's more than one type of colourblind. People that can't see colours at all, but also people that can't distinguish between two similar colours (like blue/green or orange/yellow), that's why I asked.

This is me. So, for example--Diamond, Silver, Pearl all blur together. Meaning that if I get one of them, I get the point values for all of them.
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Post by: Bolsters on March 29, 2016, 08:01:47 AM
This is me. So, for example--Diamond, Silver, Pearl all blur together. Meaning that if I get one of them, I get the point values for all of them.
(https://i1337.photobucket.com/albums/o669/bolsters/kobe-hilariously-confused-reaction-gif.gif~original)
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Post by: jingle.boy on March 29, 2016, 08:12:52 AM
iirc there's more than one type of colourblind. People that can't see colours at all, but also people that can't distinguish between two similar colours (like blue/green or orange/yellow), that's why I asked.

This is me. So, for example--Diamond, Silver, Pearl all blur together. Meaning that if I get one of them, I get the point values for all of them.

Seems fair.
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Post by: bl5150 on March 29, 2016, 08:16:51 AM
Re the aquamarine star , how are you defining "driven by pop" music.  To me "pop" = any sort of pop(ular) music that made Top 40 etc.....and when I was growing up that included hair metal  ;D
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Post by: jingle.boy on March 29, 2016, 08:18:54 AM
Re the aquamarine star , how are you defining "driven by pop" music.  To me "pop" = any sort of pop(ular) music that made Top 40 etc.....and when I was growing up that included hair metal  ;D

(https://replygif.net/i/1401.gif)

A valiant effort my friend.   :lol
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Post by: Bolsters on March 29, 2016, 08:23:23 AM
Re the aquamarine star , how are you defining "driven by pop" music.  To me "pop" = any sort of pop(ular) music that made Top 40 etc.....and when I was growing up that included hair metal  ;D
(https://i1337.photobucket.com/albums/o669/bolsters/Roulette2/star-aquamarine.png~original) Synth/Electronic: This one is a bit more broad since I didn't want a purely electronic category that only one or two people would exploit and get some easy high-valued stars from. On the synth side of things I will accept rock songs containing guitar, but the primary instrument must be a synth. Rush's mid-80's output is a good example, as is a lot of Van Halen stuff. I'm also accepting pop music here aswell but only if it is synth-driven; guitar-driven pop songs won't be eligible. On the electronic side a couple of tips: I find a lot of electronic music to be quite repetitive and I'm not fond of that, you'll do better to send songs with some variation in them. I'm a stickler for good production in general but especially so when it comes to electronica. Finally, I do like instrumental stuff but my favourite electronic albums generally feature vocals to some extent.
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Post by: bl5150 on March 29, 2016, 08:28:45 AM
Thanks Chad

(https://31.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m6ywy3ZAfv1qgz2tq.gif)


Sorry David - missed that.  I have plenty of synth driven stuff with guitars too -  60/40 so I might run a song or two by you if in doubt.   
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Post by: splent on March 29, 2016, 09:20:00 AM
I can't wait to hear the Kanye West Project
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Post by: Evermind on March 29, 2016, 10:06:27 AM
I'm not colorblind as far as I know, but I have trouble distinguishing diamond, silver and pearl stars too. I can see the diamond one if I try hard enough, but the latter two are very similar. Still, it's going to be obvious when the silver or pearl star is awarded.

Re the aquamarine star , how are you defining "driven by pop" music.  To me "pop" = any sort of pop(ular) music that made Top 40 etc.....and when I was growing up that included hair metal  ;D

(https://replygif.net/i/1401.gif)

A valiant effort my friend.   :lol

:lol
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Post by: splent on March 29, 2016, 10:34:20 AM
Is the pink star worth more than the bronze star?
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Post by: Bolsters on March 29, 2016, 07:33:56 PM
I'm not colorblind as far as I know, but I have trouble distinguishing diamond, silver and pearl stars too. I can see the diamond one if I try hard enough, but the latter two are very similar. Still, it's going to be obvious when the silver or pearl star is awarded.
They look nothing alike to me. Perhaps your screen's contrast/brightness settings make them look more similar to you.

Is the pink star worth more than the bronze star?
Yes.

Blurry time the second.

(https://i1337.photobucket.com/albums/o669/bolsters/Roulette2/blur-r1-2.png~original)
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Post by: splent on March 29, 2016, 07:46:51 PM
AWOL nation - Soul Man
gallowbraid - state of remembrance
bigbrested- beware of the doodle big
Anthriel - promised land
Bon Iver- skinny love
My song
Anne Von Tussle- come Hither and be Delivered
Galahad- dead on power line
Trail of Tears- Hades is bad
Levitre- bye bye gate
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Post by: Crow on March 29, 2016, 09:12:57 PM
Hades is bad
bye bye gate

ok this is the best roulette and i'm kind of mad i got cut  :'(
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Post by: Sacul on March 29, 2016, 09:36:58 PM
I only know Skinny Love out of those  :P
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Post by: Evermind on March 29, 2016, 10:30:00 PM
Trail of Murder - Shades of Art
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Post by: bl5150 on March 29, 2016, 10:45:43 PM
Trail of Murder - Shades of Art

Good get , although you have some insider knowledge.  :)  Like you I got cock blocked by the host  :lol  , so had to think on my feet and went with a band I have used before.
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Post by: Evermind on March 29, 2016, 10:54:50 PM
Trail of Murder - Shades of Art

Good get , although you have some insider knowledge.  :)  Like you I got cock blocked by the host  :lol  , so had to think on my feet and went with a band I have used before.

What did you try to send? I went with Phantasma - Enter Dreamscape first.
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Post by: bl5150 on March 29, 2016, 11:00:36 PM
I went with a band called The Poodles  - woof !
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Post by: Evermind on March 29, 2016, 11:02:02 PM
I went with a band called The Poodles  - woof !

Well I've heard Creator and Breaker (thanks to Chad) and it was not bad. I probably got the track name wrong but it's definitely "Something and Breaker".
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Post by: jingle.boy on March 30, 2016, 05:34:46 AM
Trail of Murder - Shades of Art

Good get , although you have some insider knowledge.  :)  Like you I got cock blocked by the host  :lol  , so had to think on my feet and went with a band I have used before.

What did you try to send? I went with Phantasma - Enter Dreamscape first.

Yeah... that would've been a big rock-block.  Was thinking that would be a great tune to send, and cover a couple of stars in one song.  Guess I'll scratch that one off.
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Post by: splent on March 30, 2016, 06:52:12 AM
Hades is bad
bye bye gate

ok this is the best roulette and i'm kind of mad i got cut  :'(

 To add insult to injury, I think both of those songs are covered by big Kanye West project
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Post by: Train of Naught on March 30, 2016, 06:59:49 AM
Hades is bad
bye bye gate

ok this is the best roulette and i'm kind of mad i got cut  :'(

 To add insult to injury, I think both of those songs are covered by big Kanye West project
I can confirm this. Don't wanna brag or anything but my cousin is the brother of The Big Kanye West Project's drummer, they played both of these songs as an encore when I was backstage at their latest tour.
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Post by: bl5150 on March 30, 2016, 07:01:28 AM
Hades Gate - Bye Bye Kanye would be better  :metal
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Post by: Evermind on March 30, 2016, 07:03:31 AM
Hades Gate - Bye Bye Kanye would be better  :metal

Just realized I pegged your song as Cradle of Filth first. :lol
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Post by: bl5150 on March 30, 2016, 07:35:16 AM
Hades Gate - Bye Bye Kanye would be better  :metal

Just realized I pegged your song as Cradle of Filth first. :lol

next round for my ballad star  ;)
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Post by: Bolsters on March 30, 2016, 07:36:16 AM
Hades Gate - Bye Bye Kanye would be better  :metal

Just realized I pegged your song as Cradle of Filth first. :lol

next round for my coal star  ;)
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Post by: splent on March 30, 2016, 12:40:41 PM
Hades Gate - Bye Bye Kanye would be better  :metal

Kanyegate - The Yeezy Scandal (Ima Let Ya Finish Remix)
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Post by: Crow on March 30, 2016, 12:44:42 PM
Kanye - TLOP v3.47121 beta
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Post by: Bolsters on March 30, 2016, 09:11:56 PM
(https://i1337.photobucket.com/albums/o669/bolsters/Roulette2/blur-r1-3.png~original)
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Post by: Crow on March 30, 2016, 09:14:59 PM
gallowbraid is a weird pick bcuz i would've though bolsters wouldn't like any kind of black metal at all  :lol
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Post by: Sacul on March 30, 2016, 09:16:05 PM
Anna Van Hausswolff - Come Wander with me & deliverance?
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ More Stars = More Fun...Right?! ★
Post by: Bolsters on March 30, 2016, 09:21:30 PM
gallowbraid is a weird pick bcuz i would've though bolsters wouldn't like any kind of black metal at all  :lol
The person who sent it noticed that Caladan Brood was on my banned list.
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ More Stars = More Fun...Right?! ★
Post by: Crow on March 30, 2016, 09:25:40 PM
well fair enough then  :lol
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ More Stars = More Fun...Right?! ★
Post by: splent on March 30, 2016, 09:43:54 PM
OMG gallowbraid is actually a band?!?! I totally thought I was making that up  :rollin
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ More Stars = More Fun...Right?! ★
Post by: Bolsters on March 30, 2016, 09:45:13 PM
well fair enough then  :lol
You aren't wrong though, black metal isn't my thing. For one, the production is generally horrendous. :lol Caladan Brood is one of a few anomolies where I like it somewhat despite it coming from a genre I don't listen to.
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ More Stars = More Fun...Right?! ★
Post by: splent on March 30, 2016, 09:46:50 PM
(https://i1337.photobucket.com/albums/o669/bolsters/Roulette2/blur-r1-3.png~original)

AWOL nation - soul wars
Gallowbraid- splent is awesome for guessing our name even if he doesn't know our music
Pinterest Crunch- lip Noodle eye
Le mitre- not too Late
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ More Stars = More Fun...Right?! ★
Post by: senecadawg2 on March 30, 2016, 10:08:45 PM
OMG gallowbraid is actually a band?!?! I totally thought I was making that up  :rollin

I had you pegged as a big Gallowbraid fan  ;)
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ More Stars = More Fun...Right?! ★
Post by: Bolsters on March 30, 2016, 10:13:55 PM
As for results, they will more than likely be posted tomorrow. I'm still having a hard time deciding where a couple of these songs will rank, one of the songs I still haven't even got a grasp on at all yet and so it's been sitting firmly at the bottom of the ranking - I like to give the songs I like the least more listens though so they have a better chance to grow on me, but I can't see this particular song moving up at all.

I'm also putting a lot of thought into where the pink star cutoff will be. On one hand I want to be a little more generous with them than I was in my first roulette, but I don't want to be handing out five of them every round either. The way I choose to award the pink stars this round is important as I need to be consistant about how I award them throughout the roulette, and how I do so here will define how they are awarded for the remainder. Anyway, one or two of you will probably have rather positive writeups but no pink stars, I'm not just going to hand them out to everything I like, it matters to what degree I like something.
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ More Stars = More Fun...Right?! ★
Post by: Evermind on March 30, 2016, 10:36:27 PM
Sounds like my song could be the one you didn't grasp.
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ More Stars = More Fun...Right?! ★
Post by: Train of Naught on March 31, 2016, 01:17:16 AM
WTF.. The Big Kanye West Project is actually Pineforest Crunch? Damn you Shadow Ninja

Apparently there's black metal in the game? Maybe no coal star for me then :metal
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ More Stars = More Fun...Right?! ★
Post by: Tomislav95 on March 31, 2016, 03:07:40 AM
WTF.. The Big Kanye West Project is actually Pineforest Crunch? Damn you Shadow Ninja

Apparently there's black metal in the game? Maybe no coal star for me then :metal
I would be surprised if someting as beautiful as Gallowbraid get coal star :-\ especially if Bolsters like Caladan Brood.
I realised that as much as most of black metal sounds awful due to it's production, atmospheric black metal is, to me, among most beautiful genres.
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ More Stars = More Fun...Right?! ★
Post by: Train of Naught on March 31, 2016, 03:21:12 AM
Yeah, I know, I kid.

If Alcest is any indication of what atmospheric black metal sounds like I bet I'll like Gallowbraid aswell. What I tend to love most about this type of music is when they blend in some acoustic stuff.
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ More Stars = More Fun...Right?! ★
Post by: Tomislav95 on March 31, 2016, 03:23:26 AM
Yeah, I know, I kid.

If Alcest is any indication of what atmospheric black metal sounds like I bet I'll like Gallowbraid aswell. What I tend to love most about this type of music is when they blend in some acoustic stuff.
Gallowbraid is very folky, not very similar to Alcest.
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ More Stars = More Fun...Right?! ★
Post by: Scorpion on March 31, 2016, 03:40:36 AM
Gallowbraid is basically 100% Agalloch worship, only not as good, imo.

Also dammit, I just had a song play on shuffle that would have probably been perfect for sending in this roulette. Oh well.
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ More Stars = More Fun...Right?! ★
Post by: Bolsters on March 31, 2016, 06:56:33 AM
Also dammit, I just had a song play on shuffle that would have probably been perfect for sending in this roulette. Oh well.
I'm sure I'll run a v3 eventually.
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ More Stars = More Fun...Right?! ★
Post by: senecadawg2 on March 31, 2016, 07:53:28 AM
Yeah, I know, I kid.

If Alcest is any indication of what atmospheric black metal sounds like I bet I'll like Gallowbraid aswell. What I tend to love most about this type of music is when they blend in some acoustic stuff.
Gallowbraid is very folky, not very similar to Alcest.

This is true. Alcest is more shoe gazey, and more recently not very black metal-influenced at all, while Gallowbraid is more folky. Both are really good, I think, but I wouldn't guarantee that fans of one would enjoy the other.
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ More Stars = More Fun...Right?! ★
Post by: Evermind on March 31, 2016, 11:23:25 AM
So do you guys think I would enjoy Gallowbraid?
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ More Stars = More Fun...Right?! ★
Post by: Tomislav95 on March 31, 2016, 11:28:09 AM
So do you guys think I would enjoy Gallowbraid?
No.
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ More Stars = More Fun...Right?! ★
Post by: senecadawg2 on March 31, 2016, 11:34:14 AM
So do you guys think I would enjoy Gallowbraid?

Ever listen to anything from Agalloch?
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ More Stars = More Fun...Right?! ★
Post by: Evermind on March 31, 2016, 11:34:44 AM
So do you guys think I would enjoy Gallowbraid?

Ever listen to anything from Agalloch?

No.
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ More Stars = More Fun...Right?! ★
Post by: senecadawg2 on March 31, 2016, 11:55:23 AM
Let's just say I'm not likely to send Gallowbraid in your roulette
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ More Stars = More Fun...Right?! ★
Post by: Evermind on March 31, 2016, 12:14:23 PM
Send something from them after the roulette then. I love folky stuff, and I may be tolerant to growls in some rare cases. Gallowbraid were on my radar for a long time, and I remember I wanted to check Stone of Remembrance since I saw people sending it in the roulettes.
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ More Stars = More Fun...Right?! ★
Post by: Tomislav95 on March 31, 2016, 12:47:15 PM
Send something from them after the roulette then. I love folky stuff, and I may be tolerant to growls in some rare cases. Gallowbraid were on my radar for a long time, and I remember I wanted to check Stone of Remembrance since I saw people sending it in the roulettes.
I think you'd like Caladan Brood more then :tup they are more like Summoning, more folky than Gallowbraid (I think). And Gallowbraid really sounds like Agalloch.
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ More Stars = More Fun...Right?! ★
Post by: Evermind on March 31, 2016, 12:52:08 PM
Well as I said, you're free to send your roulette leftovers to me, the ones you didn't have a chance to send or didn't dare because you thought I won't enjoy it. I will give them a listen after my roulette ends.
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ More Stars = More Fun...Right?! ★
Post by: jingle.boy on March 31, 2016, 09:00:47 PM
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Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ More Stars = More Fun...Right?! ★
Post by: Crow on March 31, 2016, 09:01:16 PM
really eager to get your coal star huh
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ More Stars = More Fun...Right?! ★
Post by: bl5150 on March 31, 2016, 09:02:13 PM
:impatient:
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ More Stars = More Fun...Right?! ★
Post by: Crow on March 31, 2016, 09:07:06 PM
whoa, bolsters is giving out two coal stars this round
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ More Stars = More Fun...Right?! ★
Post by: Bolsters on March 31, 2016, 09:11:06 PM
Nah, their songs just rank two places lower now.
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ More Stars = More Fun...Right?! ★
Post by: bl5150 on March 31, 2016, 09:18:22 PM
Well at least I know I wasn't last before adjustments anyway  ;D
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ More Stars = More Fun...Right?! ★
Post by: splent on March 31, 2016, 09:29:17 PM
I wouldn't mind seeing the results before I had to go to bed. I'm doing grades right now, so I'm going to check again when I'm done :lol
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ More Stars = More Fun...Right?! ★
Post by: Sacul on March 31, 2016, 09:49:15 PM
Sent!
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ More Stars = More Fun...Right?! ★
Post by: splent on March 31, 2016, 10:05:23 PM
Well I sent all my grades. Not to you. All except a first grade class for one school. I'm going there tomorrow so I can look and see where they're at.

I hate teaching between so many schools. So much.
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ More Stars = More Fun...Right?! ★
Post by: Bolsters on March 31, 2016, 10:13:52 PM
I have three writeups left to do and then I'm done. I'm taking a couple of minutes to procrastinate.
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ More Stars = More Fun...Right?! ★
Post by: Evermind on March 31, 2016, 10:26:29 PM
Nice, just arrived at work. Now I need to make some tea and I'm ready for the results.
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ More Stars = More Fun...Right?! ★
Post by: splent on March 31, 2016, 10:37:05 PM
I'm going to bed in a few minutes so I will either be happy or sad when I wake up :lol
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ More Stars = More Fun...Right?! ★
Post by: Sacul on March 31, 2016, 10:38:36 PM
I'm going to bed in a few minutes so I will be sad when I wake up inside  :sadpanda:
:o
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ More Stars = More Fun...Right?! ★
Post by: Bolsters on March 31, 2016, 10:41:27 PM
Round One Results

(https://i1337.photobucket.com/albums/o669/bolsters/Roulette2/star-diamond2.png~original) bl5150 - Trail of Murder - Shades of Art

(https://i1337.photobucket.com/albums/o669/bolsters/Roulette2/star-gold.png~original) jingle.chad - Anthriel - Promised Land

(https://i1337.photobucket.com/albums/o669/bolsters/Roulette2/star-silver.png~original)(https://i1337.photobucket.com/albums/o669/bolsters/Roulette2/star-aquamarine.png~original) Train of Naught - Lemaitre - Not Too Late

(https://i1337.photobucket.com/albums/o669/bolsters/Roulette2/star-silver.png~original)(https://i1337.photobucket.com/albums/o669/bolsters/Roulette2/star-aquamarine.png~original) splent - Tamaryn - Cranekiss

(https://i1337.photobucket.com/albums/o669/bolsters/Roulette2/star-pink.png~original) Shadow Ninja 2.0 - Pineforest Crunch - Cup Noodle Song

(https://i1337.photobucket.com/albums/o669/bolsters/Roulette2/star-pink.png~original) Evermind - Galahad - Empires Never Last

(https://i1337.photobucket.com/albums/o669/bolsters/Roulette2/star-pink.png~original) senecadawg2 - Gallowbraid - Stone of Rememberance

Tyrias - AWOLNATION - Soul Wars

Tomislav95 - Bon Iver - Skinny Love

(https://i1337.photobucket.com/albums/o669/bolsters/Roulette2/star-black.png~original) Elite - Anna Von Hausswolff - Come Wander With Me / Deliverance


Scoreboard
(https://i1337.photobucket.com/albums/o669/bolsters/Roulette2/score01.png~original)



Okay, so that's the end of round 1. Brent walks away with the first diamond star of the roulette whilst Chad gets the first gold star. Train and splent take the first silver stars and also the first two bonus stars, both aquamarine. I decided where I wanted to draw the line regarding pink stars for the roulette, and Shadow Ninja, Ruslan, and seneca's songs all made the cut. Tyrias and Tom will have to walk away with nothing, except perhaps a better idea of what to send next. Unfortunately the runner-up of my first roulette really missed the mark and so the other Rich has to take the first coal star of the roulette - hopefully his last? :justjen

Start sending me your round 2 submissions immediately.


(https://i1337.photobucket.com/albums/o669/bolsters/Roulette2/diamond-big.png~original)(https://i1337.photobucket.com/albums/o669/bolsters/Roulette2/gold-big.png~original)(https://i1337.photobucket.com/albums/o669/bolsters/Roulette2/silver-big.png~original)(https://i1337.photobucket.com/albums/o669/bolsters/Roulette2/silver-big.png~original)

(https://i1337.photobucket.com/albums/o669/bolsters/Roulette2/pink-big.png~original)(https://i1337.photobucket.com/albums/o669/bolsters/Roulette2/pink-big.png~original)(https://i1337.photobucket.com/albums/o669/bolsters/Roulette2/pink-big.png~original)
(https://i1337.photobucket.com/albums/o669/bolsters/Roulette2/aquamarine-big.png~original)(https://i1337.photobucket.com/albums/o669/bolsters/Roulette2/aquamarine-big.png~original)
(https://i1337.photobucket.com/albums/o669/bolsters/Roulette2/coal-big.png~original)
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ R1 results in; Start sending R2 songs ★
Post by: bl5150 on March 31, 2016, 10:42:47 PM
Me and the Chadmeister again :hifive:  :metal

Glad you liked it David.
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ R1 results in; Start sending R2 songs ★
Post by: Evermind on March 31, 2016, 10:44:52 PM
Ah, pink star in the very first round, just like the good old times. :lol

If the previous roulette is any indication, you guys don't have a chance of winning now.
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ R1 results in; Start sending R2 songs ★
Post by: Crow on March 31, 2016, 10:47:28 PM
(https://s27.postimg.org/70c89h0q9/Coal_cover.jpg)
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ R1 results in; Start sending R2 songs ★
Post by: Shadow Ninja 2.0 on March 31, 2016, 10:48:08 PM
Hooray you liked my song

Also I have sent.
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ R1 results in; Start sending R2 songs ★
Post by: splent on March 31, 2016, 10:56:50 PM
Ok I'll take it. I heard another song this week that I'm punching myself for not sending, but I'm sending now.

Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ R1 results in; Start sending R2 songs ★
Post by: jingle.boy on March 31, 2016, 11:01:49 PM
Me and the Chadmeister again :hifive:  :metal

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Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ R1 results in; Start sending R2 songs ★
Post by: Train of Naught on March 31, 2016, 11:04:40 PM
Not bad, not bad. Sadly I don't think there's brass as prominent as in this song on the EP, if at all. I really like it though, one of my favorite releases of the year so far. My favorite Lemaitre release is "Relativity 3".

I'll send in a couple hours probably, first time in a long time where I don't have my song figured out before results are up :lol
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ R1 results in; Start sending R2 songs ★
Post by: Bolsters on March 31, 2016, 11:08:48 PM
I forgot to post this, though it doesn't actually matter all that much yet. Here are the bonus star rankings.

(https://i1337.photobucket.com/albums/o669/bolsters/Roulette2/bonus-r1-1.png~original)

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Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ R1 results in; Start sending R2 songs ★
Post by: Tyrias on April 01, 2016, 12:57:11 AM
Well, better no star than a black one :P.

Also, I just got that you you can only get one of the bonus stars if the song gets another star as well.
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ R1 results in; Start sending R2 songs ★
Post by: Evermind on April 01, 2016, 12:59:43 AM
Also, I just got that you you can only get one of the bonus stars if the song gets another star as well.

Wait, what? I don't remember that in the rules.
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ R1 results in; Start sending R2 songs ★
Post by: Bolsters on April 01, 2016, 01:00:40 AM
Also, I just got that you you can only get one of the bonus stars if the song gets another star as well.
That's incorrect, I will award bonus stars to any song even if it isn't going to receive any other stars.
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ R1 results in; Start sending R2 songs ★
Post by: Tomislav95 on April 01, 2016, 01:04:56 AM
So I almost got coal star :o now I know what type of song nit to send in future rounds.
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ R1 results in; Start sending R2 songs ★
Post by: Tyrias on April 01, 2016, 01:07:54 AM
Also, I just got that you you can only get one of the bonus stars if the song gets another star as well.
That's incorrect, I will award bonus stars to any song even if it isn't going to receive any other stars.

Well, I guess my reading comprehension just after waking up sucks :lol.

Two questions regarding the world-music star: Does nordic folk count? and does a polka influence?
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ R1 results in; Start sending R2 songs ★
Post by: Elite on April 01, 2016, 01:11:24 AM
Ahw, what the hell.
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ R1 results in; Start sending R2 songs ★
Post by: Train of Naught on April 01, 2016, 01:35:58 AM
Very tempted to send a very long song for my one free pass length-wise, but I guess there's always a bigger risk with those. More to digest in the same amount of time..

EDIT: Scratch that, sent something else
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ R1 results in; Start sending R2 songs ★
Post by: Bolsters on April 01, 2016, 02:36:15 AM
Two questions regarding the world-music star: Does nordic folk count? and does a polka influence?
I'm not sure how nordic folk is differentiated from any other folk. I wouldn't consider folk in general to be world music but I don't really know how the nordic variety differentiates stylistically. The answer depends upon how significant the difference is. But I'm leaning towards no.

As for polka, I'm leaning towards allowing that.
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ R1 results in; Start sending R2 songs ★
Post by: Tyrias on April 01, 2016, 02:41:44 AM
Nice, you might just get something with strong polka infuences then some time in the future.
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ R1 results in; Start sending R2 songs ★
Post by: Bolsters on April 01, 2016, 06:23:42 AM
50% of the submissions have been received thus far.
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ R1 results in; Start sending R2 songs ★
Post by: jingle.boy on April 01, 2016, 06:24:59 AM
Dave... are/would you gonna link (or include) the above bonus theme rankings in the OP?
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ R1 results in; Start sending R2 songs ★
Post by: Bolsters on April 01, 2016, 06:40:50 AM
Dave... are/would you gonna link (or include) the above bonus theme rankings in the OP?
Yeah I should have done that. I'm on it.
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ R1 results in; Start sending R2 songs ★
Post by: senecadawg2 on April 01, 2016, 08:41:26 AM
Sent!
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ R1 results in; Start sending R2 songs ★
Post by: Evermind on April 01, 2016, 01:01:32 PM
Sent, hopefully I won't have to resend because I won't be there tomorrow. My song is available for at least two different bonus stars and it's more than 11 minutes in length. It also deserves some additional bonus points for some very particular reason.

We'll see how it goes.
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ R1 results in; Start sending R2 songs ★
Post by: Bolsters on April 01, 2016, 09:45:34 PM
I'm just waiting on one person now. No reason to hurry though, I won't be able to start listening until tomorrow afternoon/evening anyway.
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ R1 results in; Start sending R2 songs ★
Post by: Elite on April 02, 2016, 04:26:07 AM
Sorry, that's me. I was a little demotivated to send right away after receiving the coal star :lol
I have a busy weekend as well, but I'll try to send today!
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ R1 results in; Start sending R2 songs ★
Post by: Elite on April 02, 2016, 02:26:12 PM
Sent just now.
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ R1 results in; Start sending R2 songs ★
Post by: Bolsters on April 03, 2016, 09:46:44 PM
(https://i1337.photobucket.com/albums/o669/bolsters/Roulette2/blur-r2-1.png~original)
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ R2 has commenced ★
Post by: Sacul on April 03, 2016, 09:48:15 PM
I only recognize Euzen - The Stage  :metal
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ R2 has commenced ★
Post by: Evermind on April 03, 2016, 10:18:14 PM
Fourth is probably Lindsey Stirling - Shatter Me (feat. Lzzy Hale).

And I think the 7th one could be Anneke van Giersbergen - Drive.

And the 8th one is Almanac - Darkness / Hands are Tied. Insider's information once again.
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ R2 has commenced ★
Post by: Bolsters on April 03, 2016, 10:58:10 PM
The bonus stars being awarded this round: Two ruby and one aquamarine.

(https://i1337.photobucket.com/albums/o669/bolsters/Roulette2/ruby-big.png~original) (https://i1337.photobucket.com/albums/o669/bolsters/Roulette2/ruby-big.png~original) (https://i1337.photobucket.com/albums/o669/bolsters/Roulette2/aquamarine-big.png~original)
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ R2 has commenced ★
Post by: Evermind on April 03, 2016, 11:00:08 PM
Shit, someone else went with ruby. Can I change my bonus? :lol
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ R2 has commenced ★
Post by: Bolsters on April 03, 2016, 11:05:02 PM
Too late, I've already started listening. :P
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ R2 has commenced ★
Post by: Evermind on April 03, 2016, 11:08:54 PM
I don't want to change my song, only the bonus awarded. :P

Well, whatever, as long as I get at least a gold star this round.
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ R2 has commenced ★
Post by: bl5150 on April 03, 2016, 11:09:07 PM
The bonus stars being awarded this round: Two ruby and one aquamarine.

(https://i1337.photobucket.com/albums/o669/bolsters/Roulette2/ruby-big.png~original) (https://i1337.photobucket.com/albums/o669/bolsters/Roulette2/ruby-big.png~original) (https://i1337.photobucket.com/albums/o669/bolsters/Roulette2/aquamarine-big.png~original)

What happened to mine? 
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ R2 has commenced ★
Post by: Bolsters on April 03, 2016, 11:17:27 PM
Sorry, I forgot about it. I didn't get around to listening until today and had to check several songs for eligibility, I apparently didn't make a note of yours. So the bonus stars are actually: Two ruby, one aquamarine, and one peridot.

(https://i1337.photobucket.com/albums/o669/bolsters/Roulette2/ruby-big.png~original) (https://i1337.photobucket.com/albums/o669/bolsters/Roulette2/ruby-big.png~original) (https://i1337.photobucket.com/albums/o669/bolsters/Roulette2/aquamarine-big.png~original) (https://i1337.photobucket.com/albums/o669/bolsters/Roulette2/peridot-big.png~original)
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ R2 has commenced ★
Post by: Crow on April 03, 2016, 11:26:30 PM
i wonder who's getting the peridot star :neverusethis:
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ R2 has commenced ★
Post by: Tyrias on April 03, 2016, 11:38:33 PM
Shit, someone else went with ruby. Can I change my bonus? :lol
I'd be in favor, for totally unselfish reasons of course  :P
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ R2 has commenced ★
Post by: Crow on April 03, 2016, 11:39:51 PM
i just noticed, these are the colors of the roulette championship judges  :lol
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ R2 has commenced ★
Post by: Evermind on April 03, 2016, 11:41:04 PM
Shit, someone else went with ruby. Can I change my bonus? :lol
I'd be in favor, for totally unselfish reasons of course  :P

Well since there's peridot star too now, there's no point in changing my bonus anymore. :P
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ R2 has commenced ★
Post by: Evermind on April 04, 2016, 12:43:44 AM
Other guesses:

1: Knifeworld - Staring at the Sun
2: Anthriel - Cheat
5: Stigmata - Elevator
9: Dead Dried Fish - Where Are Seas
10: Mr. Big - Addicted to That Shit

3rd is mine and I think we've got the others.
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ R2 has commenced ★
Post by: Train of Naught on April 04, 2016, 12:49:30 AM
9: Dead Dried Fish - Where Are Seas
:lol

good job, you got one word right, 5 to go
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ R2 has commenced ★
Post by: Tyrias on April 04, 2016, 01:01:56 AM
Other guesses:

1: Knifeworld - Staring at the Sun
2: Anthriel - Cheat
5: Stigmata - Elevator
9: Dead Dried Fish - Where Are Seas
10: Mr. Big - Addicted to That Shit

3rd is mine and I think we've got the others.

Your 2 is my song, and you got one letter right  (the A). I'm sure you know the band, not so sure about the specific song.
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ R2 has commenced ★
Post by: Train of Naught on April 04, 2016, 01:08:36 AM
Árstíđir
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ R2 has commenced ★
Post by: bl5150 on April 04, 2016, 01:10:19 AM

10: Mr. Big - Addicted to That Shit



 :lol  I think you're right - Addicted To That Rush.
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ R2 has commenced ★
Post by: Evermind on April 04, 2016, 01:14:03 AM
Árstíđir

Yeah, guess so. I've listened to three albums of theirs, but I don't remember their names. Doesn't help some of them are not in English.
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ R2 has commenced ★
Post by: Train of Naught on April 04, 2016, 02:08:23 AM
Is the fifth one St. Lucia - Elevate? Freaking awesome. I think I saw this over at Noisey a year back or something. This has to be the aquamarine star of the round too.
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ R2 has commenced ★
Post by: splent on April 04, 2016, 06:45:08 AM
Is the fifth one St. Lucia - Elevate? Freaking awesome. I think I saw this over at Noisey a year back or something. This has to be the aquamarine star of the round too.

Yes, that's mine; but can't be aquamarine because I already used it last round. I'm a little miffed that I didn't use it for this song though.
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ R2 has commenced ★
Post by: Bolsters on April 04, 2016, 10:01:32 PM
Well you got most of them. This one should make getting the remainder much easier.

(https://i1337.photobucket.com/albums/o669/bolsters/Roulette2/blur-r2-2.png~original)
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ R2 has commenced ★
Post by: bl5150 on April 04, 2016, 10:19:27 PM
Phideaux - Micro Softdeathstar
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ R2 has commenced ★
Post by: Evermind on April 04, 2016, 10:24:12 PM
This one should make getting the remainder much easier.

Yeah right, especially that Arstidir song.  :lol

Phideaux - Micro Softdeathstar

 :tup
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ R2 has commenced ★
Post by: Tyrias on April 04, 2016, 11:35:09 PM
Right, only about 10 songs that would fit the song length for the Arstidir one ::).
No idea about any of the others.
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ R2 has commenced ★
Post by: Bolsters on April 04, 2016, 11:49:01 PM
Right, only about 10 songs that would fit the song length for the Arstidir one ::).
What does it matter to you? You sent it, you know what it is. :lol

But fine. It starts with S, and ends with hine. (https://i1337.photobucket.com/albums/o669/bolsters/Roulette/tardstar-emot.png~original)
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ R2 has commenced ★
Post by: Tyrias on April 05, 2016, 12:12:57 AM
Right, only about 10 songs that would fit the song length for the Arstidir one ::).
What does it matter to you? You sent it, you know what it is. :lol

But fine. It starts with S, and ends with hine. (https://i1337.photobucket.com/albums/o669/bolsters/Roulette/tardstar-emot.png~original)
It's just funny to see the others guessing and failing :lol
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ R2 has commenced ★
Post by: splent on April 05, 2016, 12:21:04 AM
Trinidad - Staring at the Sun
Phoenix - Shorter Underwear
Deadly Marcus Bachmann - Wheat Rustles

Kanye West Project - I poop out my butt

Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ R2 has commenced ★
Post by: Tomislav95 on April 05, 2016, 12:26:40 AM
Someone already guessed Staring at the Sun and it's correct but both of you are wrong about band. And I thought most of you would know that band and song :huh:
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ R2 has commenced ★
Post by: Crow on April 05, 2016, 12:28:29 AM
it's thrice :neverusethis:
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ R2 has commenced ★
Post by: bl5150 on April 05, 2016, 12:32:13 AM
Someone already guessed Staring at the Sun and it's correct but both of you are wrong about band. And I thought most of you would know that band and song :huh:

Threshold

and the Kanye one is I TALK out my butt.
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ R2 has commenced ★
Post by: Evermind on April 05, 2016, 12:43:49 AM
Someone already guessed Staring at the Sun and it's correct but both of you are wrong about band. And I thought most of you would know that band and song :huh:

Threshold

 :facepalm:

I was sure they are banned.
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ R2 has commenced ★
Post by: bl5150 on April 05, 2016, 12:46:26 AM
Deadly Circus Fire - Where It Lies
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ R2 has commenced ★
Post by: bl5150 on April 05, 2016, 12:53:34 AM
Someone already guessed Staring at the Sun and it's correct but both of you are wrong about band. And I thought most of you would know that band and song :huh:

Threshold

 :facepalm:

I was sure they are banned.

The trouble in this situation is that you never know whether (seeing they're pretty well known) they are missing for a reason.  I see holes all over the place in terms of hard rock/hair metal but I am cautious as I expect many have been heard and written off without purchase etc...
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ R2 has commenced ★
Post by: Bolsters on April 05, 2016, 01:04:09 AM
You (or anyone else for that matter) is/are free to ask me about any such holes. If I've heard anything from those artists I'll let you know.
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ R2 has commenced ★
Post by: Tomislav95 on April 05, 2016, 01:16:28 AM
I saw Headspace on banned list but I thought maybe you didn't hear Threshold with Damian.
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ R2 has commenced ★
Post by: jingle.boy on April 05, 2016, 05:56:08 PM
Someone already guessed Staring at the Sun and it's correct but both of you are wrong about band. And I thought most of you would know that band and song :huh:

Mother fucker!  I was just listening to that album today, and even considering that song.  :getoffmylawn:  But I probably would've gone with The Hours.  Staring at the Sun is such a great video - officially fan made too.

Oh well, another band bites the dust.
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ R2 has commenced ★
Post by: Bolsters on April 05, 2016, 09:43:53 PM
Just about everything has been revealed, so I might aswell just post the image like this.

(https://i1337.photobucket.com/albums/o669/bolsters/Roulette2/blur-r2.png~original)
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ R2 has commenced ★
Post by: Bolsters on April 06, 2016, 11:04:39 PM
Who wants results? Who do you think will be getting the coal star this round?
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ R2 has commenced ★
Post by: Train of Naught on April 06, 2016, 11:09:30 PM
Could be me to be honest. Definitely not as confident with this song, I do really like it though, but I could've given it some more thought after the first song was rejected.

I already know what I want to send for r3 too.
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ R2 has commenced ★
Post by: bl5150 on April 06, 2016, 11:12:28 PM
If I am getting the coal star then you can hold back the results  ;)
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ R2 has commenced ★
Post by: jingle.boy on April 06, 2016, 11:14:15 PM
If I am getting the coal star then you can hold back with the results  ;)

 :lol

But yeah... ditto for me.

Otherwise, bring it on, big boy.
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ R2 has commenced ★
Post by: Evermind on April 06, 2016, 11:23:09 PM
Could be me with a coal star if you failed to digest my song.
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ R2 has commenced ★
Post by: Crow on April 06, 2016, 11:24:33 PM
it's me. i got the coal star.
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ R2 has commenced ★
Post by: bl5150 on April 06, 2016, 11:27:05 PM
Could be me with a coal star if you failed to digest my song.

So if Bolsters doesn't like your song it is just because he has indigestion.  :neverusethis:
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ R2 has commenced ★
Post by: Bolsters on April 07, 2016, 12:06:57 AM
Could be me with a coal star if you failed to digest my song.
It was one of the more difficult ones to digest, I will say that.
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ R2 has commenced ★
Post by: Evermind on April 07, 2016, 12:08:33 AM
You're getting something really simple in the next round then. :D
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ R2 has commenced ★
Post by: Tyrias on April 07, 2016, 12:10:47 AM
Hyped for my first star :o.
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ R2 has commenced ★
Post by: Bolsters on April 07, 2016, 12:31:14 AM
Some kind of problem here.
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ R2 has commenced ★
Post by: Bolsters on April 07, 2016, 12:35:10 AM
Round Two Results

(https://i1337.photobucket.com/albums/o669/bolsters/Roulette2/star-diamond2.png~original)(https://i1337.photobucket.com/albums/o669/bolsters/Roulette2/star-ruby.png~original) Tyrias - Árstíđir - Shine

(https://i1337.photobucket.com/albums/o669/bolsters/Roulette2/star-gold.png~original) Shadow Ninja 2.0 - Lidsey Stirling - Shatter Me (feat. Lzzy Hale)

(https://i1337.photobucket.com/albums/o669/bolsters/Roulette2/star-silver.png~original)(https://i1337.photobucket.com/albums/o669/bolsters/Roulette2/star-peridot.png~original) bl5150 - Almanac - Darkness / Hands are Tied

(https://i1337.photobucket.com/albums/o669/bolsters/Roulette2/star-silver.png~original)(https://i1337.photobucket.com/albums/o669/bolsters/Roulette2/star-ruby.png~original) Evermind - Phideaux - Micro Softdeathstar

(https://i1337.photobucket.com/albums/o669/bolsters/Roulette2/star-pink.png~original) splent - St. Lucia - Elevate

(https://i1337.photobucket.com/albums/o669/bolsters/Roulette2/star-pink.png~original) Tomislav95 - Threshold - Staring At The Sun

(https://i1337.photobucket.com/albums/o669/bolsters/Roulette2/star-pink.png~original) jingle.boy - Mr. Big - Addicted To That Rush

(https://i1337.photobucket.com/albums/o669/bolsters/Roulette2/star-pink.png~original) senecadawg2 - Anneke Van Giersbergen - Drive

(https://i1337.photobucket.com/albums/o669/bolsters/Roulette2/star-aquamarine.png~original) Elite - Euzen - The Stage

(https://i1337.photobucket.com/albums/o669/bolsters/Roulette2/star-black.png~original) Train of Naught - Deadly Circus Fire - Where It Lies


Scoreboard
(https://i1337.photobucket.com/albums/o669/bolsters/Roulette2/score02.png~original)

Bonus Star Rankings
(https://i1337.photobucket.com/albums/o669/bolsters/Roulette2/bonus-r2-1.png~original)

(https://i1337.photobucket.com/albums/o669/bolsters/Roulette2/bonus-r2-2.png~original)



Okay, so that's the end of round 2. The rankings were a bit mixed around this time compared to last, so no one is really taking off too far ahead yet. The first pearl star is awarded, in the aquamarine category, and is currently being held by Train.

Start sending me your round 3 submissions yesterday.


(https://i1337.photobucket.com/albums/o669/bolsters/Roulette2/diamond-big.png~original)(https://i1337.photobucket.com/albums/o669/bolsters/Roulette2/gold-big.png~original)(https://i1337.photobucket.com/albums/o669/bolsters/Roulette2/silver-big.png~original)(https://i1337.photobucket.com/albums/o669/bolsters/Roulette2/silver-big.png~original)

(https://i1337.photobucket.com/albums/o669/bolsters/Roulette2/pink-big.png~original)(https://i1337.photobucket.com/albums/o669/bolsters/Roulette2/pink-big.png~original)(https://i1337.photobucket.com/albums/o669/bolsters/Roulette2/pink-big.png~original)(https://i1337.photobucket.com/albums/o669/bolsters/Roulette2/pink-big.png~original)
(https://i1337.photobucket.com/albums/o669/bolsters/Roulette2/ruby-big.png~original)(https://i1337.photobucket.com/albums/o669/bolsters/Roulette2/ruby-big.png~original)(https://i1337.photobucket.com/albums/o669/bolsters/Roulette2/aquamarine-big.png~original)(https://i1337.photobucket.com/albums/o669/bolsters/Roulette2/peridot-big.png~original)
(https://i1337.photobucket.com/albums/o669/bolsters/Roulette2/coal-big.png~original)
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ R2 results in; Start sending R3 ★
Post by: Evermind on April 07, 2016, 12:41:43 AM
Cool, I can live with silver star. Shame I lost To Tyrias though, if anyone else sends symphonic song I won't be getting the pearl star.
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ R2 results in; Start sending R3 ★
Post by: Tyrias on April 07, 2016, 12:42:56 AM
Nice, glad you liked it so much!
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ R2 results in; Start sending R3 ★
Post by: Bolsters on April 07, 2016, 12:44:30 AM
Seven pink stars already in two rounds. If this level of quality remains consistent, there's going to be a ton of those fucking things by the end. :lol
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ R2 results in; Start sending R3 ★
Post by: Train of Naught on April 07, 2016, 12:44:55 AM
Awesome! :lol Yea I should've thought about it longer, though in all honesty you probably would've gotten Deadly Circus Fire from me in the end anyway, I actually thought the middle section would be my downfall as I could see people feeling it's misplaced.

Since the coal stars don't hold any direct penalties to the scores I might even have done better than most of the pink star people this round :lol depending on how much that pearl star is worth.

Will send soon, I'm more confident about this one.
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ R2 results in; Start sending R3 ★
Post by: bl5150 on April 07, 2016, 12:49:00 AM
Always happy if I am up near the top in the rock/metal stakes.  If I get beaten by genres I am clueless about then hey...it's gonna happen in a Bolsters roulette  ;D
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ R2 results in; Start sending R3 ★
Post by: Evermind on April 07, 2016, 12:51:27 AM
Since the coal stars don't hold any direct penalties to the scores I might even have done better than most of the pink star people this round :lol depending on how much that pearl star is worth.

Yeah, you've done well this round. You probably should grab a few more of those coal ones in the next rounds.
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ R2 results in; Start sending R3 ★
Post by: Tyrias on April 07, 2016, 12:59:14 AM
You coule say that my diamond star "shines" beautifully ::)
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ R2 results in; Start sending R3 ★
Post by: Train of Naught on April 07, 2016, 01:01:52 AM
Since the coal stars don't hold any direct penalties to the scores I might even have done better than most of the pink star people this round :lol depending on how much that pearl star is worth.

Yeah, you've done well this round. You probably should grab a few more of those coal ones in the next rounds.
I'm way ahead of you, I already just sent my second coal star to Bolsters!

Hope he doesn't reject it, otherwise I might have to send something that isn't coal star worthy.
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ R2 results in; Start sending R3 ★
Post by: Crow on April 07, 2016, 01:07:48 AM
if i had actually made it into the roulette i'd probably have two coal stars by now with how stiff the competition is looking
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ R2 results in; Start sending R3 ★
Post by: Tomislav95 on April 07, 2016, 01:22:37 AM
Pink star, cool :)
I'll probably send in 12h from now, won't rush it. Listening to those songs that got best stars could be good, maybe I'll like them and also to figure Bolsters' taste better (I'm still not sure about what you may like, 4 rounds in).
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ R2 results in; Start sending R3 ★
Post by: Tyrias on April 07, 2016, 01:37:07 AM
I have too many songs for the rest of the roulette to actually be able to send them all, so I'm doing a relisten and sending the best of those. This round is already set ins tone, though.
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ R2 results in; Start sending R3 ★
Post by: bl5150 on April 07, 2016, 01:42:35 AM
Just deciding which atmospheric djent song to send...........there's a first time for everything  :biggrin:
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ R2 results in; Start sending R3 ★
Post by: Elite on April 07, 2016, 02:45:31 AM
Jeeeez, I'm doing terribly. Maybe I should just send some shite the next two rounds to eliminate myself :lol
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ R2 results in; Start sending R3 ★
Post by: Bolsters on April 07, 2016, 04:32:06 AM
Jeeeez, I'm doing terribly. Maybe I should just send some shite the next two rounds to eliminate myself :lol
I'd rather you just stop sending shite. (https://i1337.photobucket.com/albums/o669/bolsters/Roulette/tardstar-emot.png~original)


Also, I've made a (hopefully) easier to read scoreboard, by adding some horizontal lines.

(https://i1337.photobucket.com/albums/o669/bolsters/Roulette2/score02b.png~original)
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ R2 results in; Start sending R3 ★
Post by: Train of Naught on April 07, 2016, 04:53:45 AM
Here's a bold guess at the current standings:

1. bl5150
2. Shadow Ninja 2.0
2. jingle.boy
4. Tyrias
5. Train of Naught
6. splent
6. Evermind
8. senecadawg2
9. Tomislav95
10. Elite
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ R2 results in; Start sending R3 ★
Post by: Bolsters on April 07, 2016, 04:59:36 AM
Not even close.
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ R2 results in; Start sending R3 ★
Post by: Elite on April 07, 2016, 05:06:08 AM
Me in last place has to be correct though :lol

Unless of course a bonus star is worth more than a pink one.
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ R2 results in; Start sending R3 ★
Post by: Tyrias on April 07, 2016, 06:03:34 AM
Good question, when do we find out how much our stars are worth?
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ R2 results in; Start sending R3 ★
Post by: Elite on April 07, 2016, 06:04:11 AM
If his previous roulette was any indication, at the very end.
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ R2 results in; Start sending R3 ★
Post by: Bolsters on April 07, 2016, 06:06:23 AM
If his previous roulette was any indication, at the very end.
Correct.

You are free to speculate amongst yourselves as always, though. :angel:
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ R2 results in; Start sending R3 ★
Post by: Elite on April 07, 2016, 06:13:32 AM
Diamond - 90 points
Gold - 65 points
Silver - 40 points
Any bonus star - 30 points (minus 5 for every person after 5 that has received one)
Pearl - 55 points
Pink - 20 points



Coal star - 20000 points :neverusethis:
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ R2 results in; Start sending R3 ★
Post by: Shadow Ninja 2.0 on April 07, 2016, 06:49:15 AM
Glad you liked the song! I guess I figured it was more violin driven than synth driven, though.

Also sent.
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ R2 results in; Start sending R3 ★
Post by: Bolsters on April 07, 2016, 08:26:12 AM
Glad you liked the song! I guess I figured it was more violin driven than synth driven, though.
Aquamarine is also for electronica, so it would have qualified.

Diamond - 90 points
Gold - 65 points
Silver - 40 points
Any bonus star - 30 points (minus 5 for every person after 5 that has received one)
Pearl - 55 points
Pink - 20 points

Coal star - 20000 points :neverusethis:
This time, you didn't even get their order right. (https://i1337.photobucket.com/albums/o669/bolsters/Roulette/tardstar-emot.png~original)
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ R2 results in; Start sending R3 ★
Post by: senecadawg2 on April 07, 2016, 08:39:14 AM
Sent
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ R2 results in; Start sending R3 ★
Post by: splent on April 07, 2016, 09:11:32 AM
 Man, I was hoping for at least a silver. Oh well. I'm glad you liked it.

 I am not sure what I am going to send yet. I'm not sure if what I will send is going to have a bonus star or not, I am still trying to decide the direction of what I should send you. I have about 10 ideas  :lol
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ R2 results in; Start sending R3 ★
Post by: Bolsters on April 07, 2016, 09:17:17 AM
I'm not in a hurry, take your time.
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ R2 results in; Start sending R3 ★
Post by: Evermind on April 07, 2016, 09:27:54 AM
Man, I was hoping for at least a silver. Oh well. I'm glad you liked it.

I think my song edged out yours because it had a "star" in the title. :neverusethis:
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ R2 results in; Start sending R3 ★
Post by: Tomislav95 on April 07, 2016, 10:41:54 AM
Sent.
Bolsters, you got two PMs from me because I forgot to send the song in first message :lol

EDIT: I'm finally past <1 posts by day (I didn't write that much in first 3 years after registration)
(https://i.imgur.com/BawwoBP.png)
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ R2 results in; Start sending R3 ★
Post by: jingle.boy on April 07, 2016, 11:55:13 AM
Totally fair assessment on mine. I'll gladly take a Pink star for that one.

Going big this time - if you'll allow it ... and trust me, you want to allow it.  Ruslan and Jon would concur (and Rich I think too).
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ R2 results in; Start sending R3 ★
Post by: Evermind on April 07, 2016, 12:04:26 PM
Totally fair assessment on mine. I'll gladly take a Pink star for that one.

Going big this time - if you'll allow it ... and trust me, you want to allow it.  Ruslan and Jon would concur (and Rich I think too).

Didn't you go big in that previous round? :neverusethis:

Sending in a few minutes, just need to decide if I want the bonus or not.

Edit: and sent. Went for some great female-fronted symphonic metal power ballad. I'm sure Chad and Brent will approve.
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ R2 results in; Start sending R3 ★
Post by: splent on April 07, 2016, 01:56:47 PM
Debating between two songs. GAH.

And it may end up going in another direction. We shall see...
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ R2 results in; Start sending R3 ★
Post by: jingle.boy on April 07, 2016, 02:02:41 PM
Totally fair assessment on mine. I'll gladly take a Pink star for that one.

Going big this time - if you'll allow it ... and trust me, you want to allow it.  Ruslan and Jon would concur (and Rich I think too).

Didn't you go big in that previous round? :neverusethis:

:icy:
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ R2 results in; Start sending R3 ★
Post by: splent on April 07, 2016, 08:02:06 PM
Sent. Went in a completely different direction for this round, even what I was originally going to send.
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Post by: bl5150 on April 07, 2016, 08:30:21 PM
Will send this arvo
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Post by: bl5150 on April 07, 2016, 10:58:09 PM
sent my djent
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ R2 results in; Start sending R3 ★
Post by: Sacul on April 07, 2016, 11:01:51 PM
That Euzen song is excellent  :loser:
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ R2 results in; Start sending R3 ★
Post by: Bolsters on April 07, 2016, 11:05:22 PM
I'm just waiting on Elite to send now. Also I won't be able to listen to anything until later tonight, so I will verify bonus star eligibility then and let anyone know if their song is not eligible.

Also this round will probably be delayed somewhat, as I have received a 31 minute song.
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ R2 results in; Start sending R3 ★
Post by: Crow on April 07, 2016, 11:26:01 PM
plz don't send cassandra gemini in roulettes
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Post by: Evermind on April 07, 2016, 11:29:28 PM
Okay, now I know what Chad meant by going "big". :lol
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ R2 results in; Start sending R3 ★
Post by: Train of Naught on April 08, 2016, 12:07:37 AM
plz don't send cassandra gemini in roulettes
I wouldn't dare. I don't even praise it as much as most TMV fans do but I think the chorus is one of the best they've done. If I could somehow send the first two chapters and the second to last chapter without completely ruining the song I might've.

And to be honest I never thought The Mars Volta were roulette material anyway.
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ R2 results in; Start sending R3 ★
Post by: Crow on April 08, 2016, 12:15:02 AM
yeah tbh i don't really dig frances the mute in general, de-loused is their best but i like amputechture a lot more than frances regardless
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ R2 results in; Start sending R3 ★
Post by: Train of Naught on April 08, 2016, 12:29:01 AM
I love Frances, though I would never doubt anyone not liking it, I love the extended jams but they seem to really turn off people. That said, my favorite song on the album and favorite TMV song is L'Via L'Viaquez and I would like it even more without the outro.

De-loused is stellar, really impressive stuff seeing it's their first full length studio album. I can't see it passing Frances in my rankings but the #2 spot is pretty much set in stone.

Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ R2 results in; Start sending R3 ★
Post by: jingle.boy on April 08, 2016, 06:10:23 AM
Okay, now I know what Chad meant by going "big". :lol

:zydarscouch:
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ R2 results in; Start sending R3 ★
Post by: Evermind on April 08, 2016, 09:11:13 AM
Here's a bold guess at the current standings:

1. bl5150
2. Shadow Ninja 2.0
2. jingle.boy
4. Tyrias
5. Train of Naught
6. splent
6. Evermind
8. senecadawg2
9. Tomislav95
10. Elite

Just realized I can't share the same place with splent because his bonus star is worthless worth less than mine now. So I'm pretty sure I'm ahead of him.
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ R2 results in; Start sending R3 ★
Post by: Train of Naught on April 08, 2016, 09:19:04 AM
Yea, I didn't put enough thought in it, I just compared the stars and made a rough estimation of their worth, forgot about the bonus stars degrading thingy.

I'm not even gonna bother guessing, if I fail miserably with only 2 results in I can't imagine getting any closer when more stars come into play :lol
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ R2 results in; Start sending R3 ★
Post by: Elite on April 08, 2016, 09:25:00 AM
That Euzen song is excellent  :loser:

Indeed.

I'm just waiting on Elite to send now. Also I won't be able to listen to anything until later tonight, so I will verify bonus star eligibility then and let anyone know if their song is not eligible.

Also this round will probably be delayed somewhat, as I have received a 31 minute song.

I made up for that 31-minute song by sending a song under 3 minutes.
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ R2 results in; Start sending R3 ★
Post by: Train of Naught on April 08, 2016, 09:30:52 AM
Going for that diamond star, eh? (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ybGOT4d2Hs8)
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ R2 results in; Start sending R3 ★
Post by: splent on April 08, 2016, 09:34:42 AM
It's not mine. My song is 9 1/2 minutes.

I don't think I'm getting the diamond star. I'll settle for the cubic zirconia star.
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ R2 results in; Start sending R3 ★
Post by: Bolsters on April 08, 2016, 09:41:46 AM
Well you're all in and the bonus stars you have all asked for are acceptible. I'll post a blurry image tomorrow, but for now, here are the bonus stars being awarded in this round...

...Two ruby, one sapphire, two emerald, and one amethyst. :lol

(https://i1337.photobucket.com/albums/o669/bolsters/Roulette2/ruby-big.png~original) (https://i1337.photobucket.com/albums/o669/bolsters/Roulette2/ruby-big.png~original) (https://i1337.photobucket.com/albums/o669/bolsters/Roulette2/sapphire-big.png~original) (https://i1337.photobucket.com/albums/o669/bolsters/Roulette2/emerald-big.png~original) (https://i1337.photobucket.com/albums/o669/bolsters/Roulette2/emerald-big.png~original) (https://i1337.photobucket.com/albums/o669/bolsters/Roulette2/amethyst-big.png~original)
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ R2 results in; Start sending R3 ★
Post by: Evermind on April 08, 2016, 09:55:52 AM
Two more ruby? For fuck's sake, that means there will be four overall and I'm definitely not getting pearl. :lol
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ R2 results in; Start sending R3 ★
Post by: Elite on April 08, 2016, 09:58:38 AM
a pre 80's song huh? and a ballad? + two instrumentals. That will be interesting.
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ R2 results in; Start sending R3 ★
Post by: Tyrias on April 08, 2016, 10:18:51 AM
Liar! I asked for a garnet one and you refused me >:(.

Jk, I know it was quite a borderline case.

And I do hope the 2 ruby stars are worse than mine.
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ R2 results in; Start sending R3 ★
Post by: Elite on April 08, 2016, 10:23:49 AM
^ they are not. One at least isn't.
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ R2 results in; Start sending R3 ★
Post by: Evermind on April 08, 2016, 10:28:03 AM
Ballad star is mine.
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ R2 results in; Start sending R3 ★
Post by: Elite on April 08, 2016, 10:29:38 AM
No it's not.
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ R2 results in; Start sending R3 ★
Post by: Evermind on April 08, 2016, 11:23:13 AM
Huh, am I missing something perhaps?
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ R2 results in; Start sending R3 ★
Post by: Train of Naught on April 08, 2016, 11:34:15 AM
Yea, your ballad was rejected because there were too many power metal riffs in it, it took away from the overall ballad feel.
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ R2 results in; Start sending R3 ★
Post by: Evermind on April 08, 2016, 11:39:56 AM
Yea, your ballad was rejected because there were too many power metal riffs in it, it took away from the overall ballad feel.

Wouldn't be surprised if it was true, but I think I should've got a PM about it. :lol
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ R2 results in; Start sending R3 ★
Post by: Elite on April 08, 2016, 11:40:36 AM
I'm just messing with people in this roulette :lol
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ R2 results in; Start sending R3 ★
Post by: Tomislav95 on April 08, 2016, 12:03:51 PM
Ruby is mine.
I had planned to submit in three other categories but symphonic/orchestral song popped from nowhere and I couldn't not send it.
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ R2 results in; Start sending R3 ★
Post by: jingle.boy on April 08, 2016, 12:33:26 PM
Ya'll are cray cray.
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ R2 results in; Start sending R3 ★
Post by: Elite on April 08, 2016, 12:41:12 PM
Me the most. Eagerly awaiting the blurred lineslist.
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ R2 results in; Start sending R3 ★
Post by: senecadawg2 on April 08, 2016, 01:34:03 PM
Ya'll are cray cray.

Most of all for trying to get bonus stars in the first place.
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ R2 results in; Start sending R3 ★
Post by: Tyrias on April 08, 2016, 03:51:04 PM
Ballad star is mine.

Great, another category where I can steal the pearl star away from you!
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ R2 results in; Start sending R3 ★
Post by: Bolsters on April 08, 2016, 07:44:59 PM
(https://i1337.photobucket.com/albums/o669/bolsters/Roulette2/blur-r3-1.png~original)
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ R2 results in; Start sending R3 ★
Post by: splent on April 08, 2016, 08:46:19 PM
Firefly - Spanish Harlem
Mine
Guns as Garments - Yo Yo Girl Stand By Me
Joni Mitchell - Fire
The Kinks - Dirty Hobo
Dimming the Lamp - Drawing the State of Mortal Innocence
God is an astronaut - beware the Star
The Real Canter - Hours
Arcanum - Mortorium Exaudi
After School - Give Me A Smoke
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ R2 results in; Start sending R3 ★
Post by: jingle.boy on April 08, 2016, 09:01:29 PM
Dimming the Lamp - Drawing the State of Mortal Innocence


Not fucking bad!

Don't mind admitting this is mine, since a few of you already got it from me in prior roulette's.
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ R2 results in; Start sending R3 ★
Post by: Bolsters on April 08, 2016, 09:35:54 PM
I have completed my first listen. First impressions and all, so subject to change...but at the moment I feel that this is easily the weakest of the five rounds I've received thus far.
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ R2 results in; Start sending R3 ★
Post by: splent on April 08, 2016, 09:44:40 PM
I have completed my first listen. First impressions and all, so subject to change...but at the moment I feel that this is easily the weakest of the five rounds I've received thus far.

Not so many pink stars then?

I am not so confident anymore....
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ R3 has commenced ★
Post by: Tyrias on April 09, 2016, 02:54:07 AM
Great, that means I have a higher chance of keeping my pearl star and less competition in the other stars I will send eventually.

I hope you still like my song though :P.
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ R3 has commenced ★
Post by: Elite on April 09, 2016, 03:25:43 AM
Dimming the Lamp - Drawing the State of Mortal Innocence


Not fucking bad!

Don't mind admitting this is mine, since a few of you already got it from me in prior roulette's.

Dimension Act - Drawing the Lines of Mortal Existence
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ R3 has commenced ★
Post by: Evermind on April 09, 2016, 03:30:58 AM
I can only see Chad's song and mine, but what the hell:

Arena - Spurred Horses
Savory Bandit - Hanged by Earrings
Guns as Garments - Yo Yo Girl Stand By Me (going with Splent on this one :lol )
John Mitchell - Blue (I wanted to write "Blur" first but the last letter is obviously "e". I'm also reasonably sure it's not John Mitchell from Lonely Robot because he doesn't have any solo albums as far as I know.)
The Doors - Solid Hobo
Dimension Act - Drawing the Lines of Mortal Existence
God Is An Astronaut - Getting A Star
The Dear Hunter - Waves
Anthriel - Distorted Lights (let's see if I can squeeze Anthriel in every round)

The last song is mine and that should give you a rather good hint about the band. Oh, and I'm still rather confident about my song.
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ R3 has commenced ★
Post by: Elite on April 09, 2016, 03:35:14 AM
God Is An Astronaut - Getting A Star

How ironic it would be if this song got no star whatsoever :lol
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ R3 has commenced ★
Post by: Bolsters on April 09, 2016, 03:49:29 AM
If that's even the song title. :laugh:
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ R3 has commenced ★
Post by: Evermind on April 09, 2016, 03:55:49 AM
I bet it's not, but it was just too good an opportunity to miss.
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ R3 has commenced ★
Post by: Train of Naught on April 09, 2016, 04:22:22 AM
You got mine correct though, impressive guess, even I could barely make it out.

Evermind sent After the Burial!!! Hype ( it's probably After Forever or something but that sounds less fun)
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ R3 has commenced ★
Post by: Evermind on April 09, 2016, 04:41:21 AM
Wow, nice. Luckily it was from Act IV. I don't know any track names from other acts, and I remember like half of track names from Act IV only because I was reading about the album on Wikipedia when you sent me The Bitter Suite IV and V. :lol

Next week is a salary week... maybe I'll be able to find Act III or IV in the local record store. Not holding my breath for it though.
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ R3 has commenced ★
Post by: Train of Naught on April 09, 2016, 04:55:17 AM
Bolsters warned me TDH left a bad impression on him and I still went through with it :lol silly me, I've probably gone too far this time. I still stick by my "this band has something for everyone" statement though, but because of my poort judgement in Bolsters' taste in past rounds I think I should be less confident in this song than I am right now.
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ R3 has commenced ★
Post by: jingle.boy on April 09, 2016, 04:56:38 AM
Crap... I thought After Forever would've made the banned list.   Cry With A Smile.

I was going to guess the second to last to be Anubis, but I don't think the song title fits anything.  I certainly hope it's John Mitchell, not Joni Mitchell.   If it's the latter ... :o  I would've guessed the second one to be Saxon if Tim was playing here - and if Spencer hadn't already admitted it was his.
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ R3 has commenced ★
Post by: Bolsters on April 09, 2016, 04:59:03 AM
Crap... I thought After Forever would've made the banned list.
Maybe you should've actually checked the banned list, then? :P

I certainly hope it's John Mitchell, not Joni Mitchell.
Why?
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ R3 has commenced ★
Post by: bl5150 on April 09, 2016, 05:04:14 AM
Crap... I thought After Forever would've made the banned list.   Cry With A Smile.


I had that lined up for next round - asked about it this round but changed my mind at the last minute. 
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ R3 has commenced ★
Post by: Bolsters on April 09, 2016, 05:07:17 AM
I had that lined up for next round - asked about it this round but changed my mind at the last minute.
Did you have a song picked out?
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ R3 has commenced ★
Post by: Evermind on April 09, 2016, 05:10:37 AM
Yeah, Brent, I'm curious which song you were going to send.
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ R3 has commenced ★
Post by: bl5150 on April 09, 2016, 05:13:28 AM
I hadn't decided exactly but my initial thought was Cry Me A Smile
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ R3 has commenced ★
Post by: jingle.boy on April 09, 2016, 05:22:30 AM
Crap... I thought After Forever would've made the banned list.
Maybe you should've actually checked the banned list, then? :P

(https://replygif.net/i/156.gif)

I certainly hope it's John Mitchell, not Joni Mitchell.
Why?

No reason I guess.  I just finished reading the Neil Young writeups, and Joni is another 'out-there' Canadian singer-songwriter that I consider in the same class as Young.  But, this isn't Ruslan's roulette, so if it is Joni, it might do just fine here.
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ R3 has commenced ★
Post by: splent on April 09, 2016, 08:59:41 AM
Crap... I thought After Forever would've made the banned list.   Cry With A Smile.

I was going to guess the second to last to be Anubis, but I don't think the song title fits anything.  I certainly hope it's John Mitchell, not Joni Mitchell.   If it's the latter ... :o  I would've guessed the second one to be Saxon if Tim was playing here - and if Spencer hadn't already admitted it was his.

Yeah I wouldn't send Saxon for just anyone. :lol tbh I know who they are but haven't heard anything by them. Mine is not Saxon. Not even close :lol
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ R2 results in; Start sending R3 ★
Post by: jingle.boy on April 09, 2016, 09:42:25 AM
Firefly - Spanish Harlem
Mine
.
.
.

Arena - Spurred Horses
Savory Bandit - Hanged by Earrings
Guns as Garments - Yo Yo Girl Stand By Me (going with Splent on this one :lol )
John Mitchell - Blue (I wanted to write "Blur" first but the last letter is obviously "e". I'm also reasonably sure it's not .
.
.
.

Paying attention:  You suck at it.
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ R2 results in; Start sending R3 ★
Post by: Crow on April 09, 2016, 09:52:36 AM
Firefly - Spanish Harlem
oh, this is Foals - Spanish Sahara
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Post by: Elite on April 09, 2016, 10:05:44 AM
I can literally only see my own one (not guessed yet) and Chad's (Dimension Act), but The Dear Hunter looks right to me as well.
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ R2 results in; Start sending R3 ★
Post by: Evermind on April 09, 2016, 10:47:25 AM
Firefly - Spanish Harlem
Mine
.
.
.

Arena - Spurred Horses
Savory Bandit - Hanged by Earrings
Guns as Garments - Yo Yo Girl Stand By Me (going with Splent on this one :lol )
John Mitchell - Blue (I wanted to write "Blur" first but the last letter is obviously "e". I'm also reasonably sure it's not .
.
.
.

Paying attention:  You suck at it.

If you're getting at the fact there is "t" after "rme" on the pic, I noticed it. I just liked what splent suggested a lot. "Guns as Garments" made me laugh hard. :lol

If you're getting at something else, I'm clueless.
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ R3 has commenced ★
Post by: jingle.boy on April 09, 2016, 11:34:05 AM
What I'm getting at is that Splent admitted the second on the list was his; you guessed that the third on the list was his.

But now I realize that you're "going" with splent in the sense that you "agree" with him as opposed to guessing that this is his song.

Paying attention:  I suck at it.
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ R3 has commenced ★
Post by: Evermind on April 09, 2016, 11:37:05 AM
Or maybe...

English language: I suck at it. :lol
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ R3 has commenced ★
Post by: jingle.boy on April 09, 2016, 11:55:22 AM
Not when you use words like "grandiloquent".   Effectively.  :biggrin:
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ R3 has commenced ★
Post by: senecadawg2 on April 09, 2016, 12:04:34 PM
Stop making up words  ;)
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ R3 has commenced ★
Post by: Bolsters on April 09, 2016, 08:05:34 PM
(https://i1337.photobucket.com/albums/o669/bolsters/Roulette2/blur-r3-2.png~original)
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Post by: Crow on April 09, 2016, 08:10:51 PM
the god is an astronaut song is suicide by star
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ R3 has commenced ★
Post by: splent on April 09, 2016, 08:31:50 PM
Guile Von Turmette - Yo Yo (Girl Stand By Me)
The Shiloh - Senile Hobo
Arcane - Victorious Shoals
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ R3 has commenced ★
Post by: Elite on April 10, 2016, 03:50:51 PM
Oh look we have guessed everything
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ R3 has commenced ★
Post by: splent on April 10, 2016, 06:43:39 PM
Oh look we have guessed everything

Not mine  :angel:
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ R3 has commenced ★
Post by: Bolsters on April 10, 2016, 10:03:58 PM
(https://i1337.photobucket.com/albums/o669/bolsters/Roulette2/blur-r3-3.png~original)
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ R3 has commenced ★
Post by: Sacul on April 10, 2016, 10:07:08 PM
Guro Von Germeten - Fa Fa (Come Stand By Me)
Fixed  :smiley:
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ R3 has commenced ★
Post by: splent on April 10, 2016, 10:30:00 PM
The Alpha - Space hobo?
Archive - Distorted Angels?
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ R3 has commenced ★
Post by: Elite on April 10, 2016, 11:45:44 PM
Samuel Barber - Adagio for Strings

...seriously? :lol
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ R3 has commenced ★
Post by: Tyrias on April 11, 2016, 12:02:54 AM
Guro Von Germeten - Fa Fa (Come Stand By Me)
Fixed  :smiley:
Correct my good sir.
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ R3 has commenced ★
Post by: Elite on April 11, 2016, 12:46:54 AM
The diversity of music in this round is quite suprising.
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ R3 has commenced ★
Post by: Tomislav95 on April 11, 2016, 02:17:46 AM
The Alpha - Space hobo?
Archive - Distorted Angels?
I sent Archive  :tup
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ R3 has commenced ★
Post by: jingle.boy on April 11, 2016, 05:06:02 AM
The diversity of music in this round is quite suprising.

Why?  Given the tastes of our host, the makeup of the participants, I'm not surprised in the least.
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ R3 has commenced ★
Post by: Bolsters on April 11, 2016, 05:12:02 AM
I was going to do writeups tonight, but after listening to the songs again just now I found myself making quite a few changes to the ranking, even this far into the round. I also still haven't settled on who will be getting the coal star this time. So, I'm going to give these another listen tomorrow and hopefully the rankings will feel finalised, at which point I'll start typing up the results.
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ R3 has commenced ★
Post by: splent on April 11, 2016, 05:50:19 AM
Samuel Barber - Adagio for Strings

...seriously? :lol

Yeah seriously. it was a risk I'll admit.
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ R3 has commenced ★
Post by: Scorpion on April 11, 2016, 01:20:16 PM
Samuel Barber - Adagio for Strings

...seriously? :lol

Yeah seriously. it was a risk I'll admit.

It's a great piece, but not something I would ever send in a roulette.

Also, I think I prefer the choral transcription of it, but that might just be because I've actually had the ability to perform that one, that raises my appreciation for pretty much any kind of music.
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ R3 has commenced ★
Post by: splent on April 11, 2016, 02:27:06 PM
Samuel Barber - Adagio for Strings

...seriously? :lol

Yeah seriously. it was a risk I'll admit.

It's a great piece, but not something I would ever send in a roulette.

Also, I think I prefer the choral transcription of it, but that might just be because I've actually had the ability to perform that one, that raises my appreciation for pretty much any kind of music.

I've sung it too and it's just as chilling.

It's probably one of those that's either going to garner me a diamond star or a coal star. I hope it's the former and not the latter. I was trying to decide what to send and for some reason this popped up and I was just sucked into listening to the whole thing and I was in tears at the climax. I'm thinking hmmmm... maybe Bolsters would appreciate it. I may be completely wrong but hey you only live once.
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ R3 has commenced ★
Post by: Bolsters on April 12, 2016, 05:28:16 AM
Round Three Results

(https://i1337.photobucket.com/albums/o669/bolsters/Roulette2/star-diamond2.png~original)(https://i1337.photobucket.com/albums/o669/bolsters/Roulette2/star-sapphire.png~original) Evermind - After Forever - Cry With A Smile

(https://i1337.photobucket.com/albums/o669/bolsters/Roulette2/star-gold.png~original) Train of Naught - The Dear Hunter - Waves

(https://i1337.photobucket.com/albums/o669/bolsters/Roulette2/star-silver.png~original)(https://i1337.photobucket.com/albums/o669/bolsters/Roulette2/star-emerald.png~original) bl5150 - The Ralph - Space Hobo

(https://i1337.photobucket.com/albums/o669/bolsters/Roulette2/star-silver.png~original)(https://i1337.photobucket.com/albums/o669/bolsters/Roulette2/star-ruby.png~original) splent - Samuel Barber - Adagio for Strings

(https://i1337.photobucket.com/albums/o669/bolsters/Roulette2/star-pink.png~original)(https://i1337.photobucket.com/albums/o669/bolsters/Roulette2/star-ruby.png~original) Tomislav95 - Archive - Distorted Angels

(https://i1337.photobucket.com/albums/o669/bolsters/Roulette2/star-pink.png~original) Tyrias - Guro Von Germeten - Fa Fa (Come Stand By Me)

senecadawg2 - Foals - Spanish Sahara

jingle.boy - Dimension Act - Drawing The Lines of Mortal Existence

(https://i1337.photobucket.com/albums/o669/bolsters/Roulette2/star-emerald.png~original) Shadow Ninja 2.0 - God is an Astronaut - Suicide By Star

(https://i1337.photobucket.com/albums/o669/bolsters/Roulette2/star-black.png~original)(https://i1337.photobucket.com/albums/o669/bolsters/Roulette2/star-amethyst.png~original) Elite - Joni Mitchell - Blue


Scoreboard
(https://i1337.photobucket.com/albums/o669/bolsters/Roulette2/score03.png~original)

Bonus Star Rankings
(https://i1337.photobucket.com/albums/o669/bolsters/Roulette2/bonus-r3-1.png~original)

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So there we have it, the conclusion to Round 3. As far as ranking stars go, Brent has one diamond and two silver; Elite nothing; Evermind one diamond, one silver, and one pink; jingle.chad and Shadow Ninja are both at one gold one pink; seneca and Tomislav both sitting with two pink stars each; splent with two silver and one pink; Mr. Naught sitting on one gold and one silver; Tyrias one diamond and one pink. Hopefully you're all confused - who's on top? Who's doing well, and who isn't? It's hard for even me to say at this point.


(https://i1337.photobucket.com/albums/o669/bolsters/Roulette2/diamond-big.png~original)(https://i1337.photobucket.com/albums/o669/bolsters/Roulette2/gold-big.png~original)(https://i1337.photobucket.com/albums/o669/bolsters/Roulette2/silver-big.png~original)(https://i1337.photobucket.com/albums/o669/bolsters/Roulette2/silver-big.png~original)

(https://i1337.photobucket.com/albums/o669/bolsters/Roulette2/pink-big.png~original)(https://i1337.photobucket.com/albums/o669/bolsters/Roulette2/pink-big.png~original)
(https://i1337.photobucket.com/albums/o669/bolsters/Roulette2/ruby-big.png~original)(https://i1337.photobucket.com/albums/o669/bolsters/Roulette2/ruby-big.png~original)(https://i1337.photobucket.com/albums/o669/bolsters/Roulette2/sapphire-big.png~original)
(https://i1337.photobucket.com/albums/o669/bolsters/Roulette2/emerald-big.png~original)(https://i1337.photobucket.com/albums/o669/bolsters/Roulette2/emerald-big.png~original)(https://i1337.photobucket.com/albums/o669/bolsters/Roulette2/amethyst-big.png~original)
(https://i1337.photobucket.com/albums/o669/bolsters/Roulette2/coal-big.png~original)
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ R3 results are IN; Send R4 songs now ★
Post by: bl5150 on April 12, 2016, 05:35:54 AM
Glad to get away with that - I try to get out of my comfort zone (into areas of interest to the host and me not so much) at least once where applicable and that's a decent result. I had misgivings as soon as I sent it and I probably wasted my star a bit given my catalogue of instrumentals , but happy nonetheless.

And Ruslan cock blocked my next round submission with the #1 song , so still feeling "in the groove"  ;D
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ R3 results are IN; Send R4 songs now ★
Post by: Train of Naught on April 12, 2016, 05:44:57 AM
(The DEAR Hunter >:()

I'm glad I stuck by it, I was slightly anxiously awaiting results since you warned me and since you said this was the worst round juding by first impressions, but I was also secretly confident because I love every song on this album.  Waves is definitely not an anomoly, maybe you heard some of the heavier songs when you tried this band, and I definitely can't describe this album in a few words, but I think you'll like it.

It's not going too bad for me, just need to make sure I don't get 3 coal stars :lol will send soon.
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ R3 results are IN; Send R4 songs now ★
Post by: Evermind on April 12, 2016, 05:45:34 AM
Yeah, I saw this round is more diverse than usual and thought "nice, my symphonic metal song will definitely score big". I think Brent is in the lead and I'm in the second place.

Chad... if you're still intending to kick my ass, now is a good time to begin, or else you may end up being too late. :biggrin:
It's a blasphemy to rank this Dimension Act song this low though.

Everyone else, feel free to send two inferior ballads. I'd like to get one of those pearl stars.

Will send my song this evening.
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ R3 results are IN; Send R4 songs now ★
Post by: splent on April 12, 2016, 05:47:22 AM
Glad I could introduce you to some good classical music. I see how you can hear it as repetitive. The version I sent you was on the slower side (it is adagio after all) but a faster version would've ruined the mood of the piece. Had to go with Lenny's interpretation.

I'll send you something tonight (well tomorrow). Debating between some of the same songs I was debating sending you this past round :lol
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ R3 results are IN; Send R4 songs now ★
Post by: Bolsters on April 12, 2016, 05:52:58 AM
(The DEAR Hunter >:()
That's what I said.
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ R3 results are IN; Send R4 songs now ★
Post by: jingle.boy on April 12, 2016, 06:21:36 AM
Chad... if you're still intending to kick my ass, now is a good time to begin, or else you may end up being too late. :biggrin:
It's a blasphemy to rank this Dimension Act song this low though.

Yeah... first time that song hasn't received perfect or top marks.  Dem's tastes for ya. 
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ R3 results are IN; Send R4 songs now ★
Post by: Train of Naught on April 12, 2016, 06:22:41 AM
Touché

Sent
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ R3 results are IN; Send R4 songs now ★
Post by: Tyrias on April 12, 2016, 06:24:03 AM
Well, I can live with a pink star, although that's probably the worst score/ranking I ever got in a roulette with this song.

At least I got the symphonic pearl star, that's a nice plus I guess. Now here's to hoping people focus on other bonus stars where it's easier to get pearl.
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ R3 results are IN; Send R4 songs now ★
Post by: Shadow Ninja 2.0 on April 12, 2016, 06:44:46 AM
Sent
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ R3 results are IN; Send R4 songs now ★
Post by: Bolsters on April 12, 2016, 06:50:12 AM
The version I sent you was on the slower side (it is adagio after all) but a faster version would've ruined the mood of the piece.
Well I haven't heard the faster version, but I'm inclined to agree. The slower pace does set the mood in this one.

Yeah... first time that song hasn't received perfect or top marks.  Dem's tastes for ya.
Who else have you sent it to?
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ R3 results are IN; Send R4 songs now ★
Post by: Elite on April 12, 2016, 06:54:42 AM
:lol
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ R3 results are IN; Send R4 songs now ★
Post by: jingle.boy on April 12, 2016, 06:57:46 AM
Yeah... first time that song hasn't received perfect or top marks.  Dem's tastes for ya.
Who else have you sent it to?

Ruslan, Rich, and Jaffa (he rated it second).  Oh, and I sent parts III/IV to an absetnee poster - theseoafs... who ranked it second.
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ R3 results are IN; Send R4 songs now ★
Post by: Evermind on April 12, 2016, 07:00:20 AM
Yeah, I rated it 10/10. Too bad it was unofficial since you missed my first roulette.
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ R3 results are IN; Send R4 songs now ★
Post by: Elite on April 12, 2016, 07:13:37 AM
By the way, that Amethyst star is worthless as well this way :lol

I go for zero points, without being eliminated.
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ R3 results are IN; Send R4 songs now ★
Post by: Bolsters on April 12, 2016, 07:16:39 AM
Who else have you sent it to?
Ruslan, Rich, and Jaffa (he rated it second).  Oh, and I sent parts III/IV to an absetnee poster - theseoafs... who ranked it second.
(https://i1337.photobucket.com/albums/o669/bolsters/shrug.gif~original)

By the way, that Amethyst star is worthless as well this way :lol
What if I told you that you weren't coming last? :justjen
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ R3 results are IN; Send R4 songs now ★
Post by: Elite on April 12, 2016, 07:18:33 AM
Is my Amethyst & Aquamarine worth more than two pink stars?
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ R3 results are IN; Send R4 songs now ★
Post by: Tomislav95 on April 12, 2016, 07:46:31 AM
I'm glad you liked the song :tup yes, electronic/trip-hop elements are usually more prominent in their music and actually I was going to send their other song for synth/electronic star but went with Distorted Angels instead.

Also, it's funny, I didn't expect results so early because I forgot time zone difference between us is 8 hours :lol
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ R3 results are IN; Send R4 songs now ★
Post by: senecadawg2 on April 12, 2016, 08:08:23 AM
Is my Amethyst & Aquamarine worth more than two pink stars?

Probably. My pink stars are worth nothing.
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ R3 results are IN; Send R4 songs now ★
Post by: Tomislav95 on April 12, 2016, 09:41:12 AM
Sent.
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ R3 results are IN; Send R4 songs now ★
Post by: splent on April 12, 2016, 11:24:10 AM
I need TON to get some more coal stars so I can steal the pearl star  :biggrin:
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ R3 results are IN; Send R4 songs now ★
Post by: Crow on April 12, 2016, 11:28:44 AM
who's gonna be the first to send in some world music tho
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ R3 results are IN; Send R4 songs now ★
Post by: jingle.boy on April 12, 2016, 11:34:35 AM
I would... but if there isn't 2 others in that category, then there's no additional "pearl" bonus, so what's the point?  Of course I'm going on the assumption that there is value in the pearl star.  But, since we're all Col Clink here, maybe I will send something worldly.
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ R3 results are IN; Send R4 songs now ★
Post by: Crow on April 12, 2016, 11:37:15 AM
Uhhh the bonus stars have a value of their own  :lol
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ R3 results are IN; Send R4 songs now ★
Post by: splent on April 12, 2016, 11:53:31 AM
I am planning on a world song too, and have some ideas, but haven't found one solid enough imo.
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ R3 results are IN; Send R4 songs now ★
Post by: splent on April 12, 2016, 11:55:34 AM
The thing that irks me more than anything is that I'm 2nd in both of the categories I have bonuses in. Just like I've been 2nd in the highest roulette place I've been so far. Too many 2nds. The one time I'm first? During a qualification round that doesn't count. :lol

Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ R3 results are IN; Send R4 songs now ★
Post by: Train of Naught on April 12, 2016, 12:00:05 PM
You're saying that like 2nd place is terrible :lol I never managed to finish higher than third.

As for coal stars, don't worry man, just sent my second coal star this morning.
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ R3 results are IN; Send R4 songs now ★
Post by: jingle.boy on April 12, 2016, 12:15:06 PM
Uhhh the bonus stars have a value of their own  :lol

Right... but does the "pearl" star for ranking 1st in a given category come with any additional point(s)?  I don't recall knowing definitively if that's the case, or if it's just a star for pride or ego.

Basically, this the scoring systems is a roulette-within-a-roulette - no one knows where they're going to land until it's all over.  We can guess and probably be directionally correct, but there's no knowing until it's all over but the crying.
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ R3 results are IN; Send R4 songs now ★
Post by: Tyrias on April 12, 2016, 12:34:23 PM
Plot Twist: Only coal stars get you points.
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ R3 results are IN; Send R4 songs now ★
Post by: Elite on April 12, 2016, 12:41:08 PM
I win.
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ R3 results are IN; Send R4 songs now ★
Post by: Evermind on April 12, 2016, 12:45:23 PM
Send a very weird and unknown band. It's not in Dave's banned list, it's not in all the three Championship judges banned list... as I said, virtually unknown. Awesome song though.
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ R3 results are IN; Send R4 songs now ★
Post by: Evermind on April 12, 2016, 12:58:42 PM
Sorry for the double post, but I just looked at the calendar and it shows today (12th of April) is our host's birthday. I've no idea if it's true or not, but just in case:

Happy Birthday Bolsters!

(https://i.imgur.com/T5nOjpY.jpg)

Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ R3 results are IN; Send R4 songs now ★
Post by: splent on April 12, 2016, 01:18:33 PM
Wait there are birthday stars? My birthday is next week  :laugh:
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ R3 results are IN; Send R4 songs now ★
Post by: jingle.boy on April 12, 2016, 01:23:42 PM
Happy Birthday Dave!
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ R3 results are IN; Send R4 songs now ★
Post by: Tyrias on April 12, 2016, 01:24:48 PM
Happy Birthday! Uploading Roulette results on your birthday, that's what I call dedication :tup
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ R3 results are IN; Send R4 songs now ★
Post by: splent on April 12, 2016, 01:25:31 PM
Oh yeah, Have an awesome birthday dude. That was the first thing I should've said.

I'm tired. :lol
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ R3 results are IN; Send R4 songs now ★
Post by: Train of Naught on April 12, 2016, 01:26:05 PM
Happy days
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ R3 results are IN; Send R4 songs now ★
Post by: Tyrias on April 12, 2016, 01:26:39 PM
Oh wait, just realized results were uploaded yesterday in your time zone. Still nice I guess.
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ R3 results are IN; Send R4 songs now ★
Post by: Elite on April 12, 2016, 01:26:46 PM
Happy birthday!

I'm going to stall this roulette so that I may get a birthday star as well.
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ R3 results are IN; Send R4 songs now ★
Post by: Tomislav95 on April 12, 2016, 01:32:41 PM
Oh wait, just realized results were uploaded yesterday in your time zone. Still nice I guess.
12th was yesterday there, that means we missed his birthday :-\
Belated happy birthday :)
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ R3 results are IN; Send R4 songs now ★
Post by: TAC on April 12, 2016, 04:27:58 PM
Happy Birthday Bolsters!
A birthday star for you.
(https://www.harrisongreetingcards.net/images/PC7043_Happy_Bithday_Postcard.jpg)
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ R3 results are IN; Send R4 songs now ★
Post by: bl5150 on April 12, 2016, 05:06:43 PM
Happy Birthday David.

Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ R3 results are IN; Send R4 songs now ★
Post by: Bolsters on April 12, 2016, 10:18:08 PM
Thanks everyone. :tup


Right... but does the "pearl" star for ranking 1st in a given category come with any additional point(s)?  I don't recall knowing definitively if that's the case, or if it's just a star for pride or ego.
The coal star is the only one that has no point value. Pearl stars are indeed worth something.
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ R3 results are IN; Send R4 songs now ★
Post by: jingle.boy on April 13, 2016, 05:22:01 AM
Good to know!
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ R3 results are IN; Send R4 songs now ★
Post by: Bolsters on April 13, 2016, 05:31:12 AM
I'm just waiting on splent to send now.
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ R3 results are IN; Send R4 songs now ★
Post by: splent on April 13, 2016, 06:26:20 AM
 It's coming, probably within the hour
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ R3 results are IN; Send R4 songs now ★
Post by: Bolsters on April 13, 2016, 07:06:37 AM
Alright, everyone is in. I'll begin listening tomorrow. In the meantime, here is the first blurred image.

(https://i1337.photobucket.com/albums/o669/bolsters/Roulette2/blur-r4-1.png~original)

Also, these are the bonus stars being awarded in the round. There's just two this time: One sapphire star and the first garnet star.

(https://i1337.photobucket.com/albums/o669/bolsters/Roulette2/sapphire-big.png~original) (https://i1337.photobucket.com/albums/o669/bolsters/Roulette2/garnet-big.png~original)
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ R3 results are IN; Send R4 songs now ★
Post by: Evermind on April 13, 2016, 07:10:44 AM
What the hell? Mark Knopfler - Border Reiver?! Hopefully you'll like it even less than Dream of the Drowned Submariner! :lol

I think I also see Bent Knee there.
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ R3 results are IN; Send R4 songs now ★
Post by: Elite on April 13, 2016, 07:11:28 AM
I recognise nothing, could barely see my own song.

Edit: yes, Bent Knee - In God We Trust
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ R3 results are IN; Send R4 songs now ★
Post by: Evermind on April 13, 2016, 07:14:42 AM
I was actually thinking of sending Mark Knopfler again but now it's not an option. Tomislav (I'm sure it was you and not ToN), I hope you get coal star for this. :lol
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ R3 results are IN; Send R4 songs now ★
Post by: Elite on April 13, 2016, 07:15:23 AM
I hope anyone but me gets a coal star :lol
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ R3 results are IN; Send R4 songs now ★
Post by: Train of Naught on April 13, 2016, 07:17:59 AM
 :lol I wish. That was probably my least favorite from the songs you sent me, it would be more likely for me to send Pictured Within.

No, the one I sent is Clenching a Big Fist - Haken Sucks, the fifth
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ R3 results are IN; Send R4 songs now ★
Post by: Evermind on April 13, 2016, 07:19:41 AM
Closure in Moscow?
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ R3 results are IN; Send R4 songs now ★
Post by: Train of Naught on April 13, 2016, 07:20:58 AM
NO
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ R3 results are IN; Send R4 songs now ★
Post by: jingle.boy on April 13, 2016, 07:24:40 AM
First one is Lance King perhaps - gotta bet on Brent for that gonna guess it's Jon now
Unless he sent Mattador - Tired... and thus the Sapphire star
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ R3 results are IN; Send R4 songs now ★
Post by: Evermind on April 13, 2016, 07:35:28 AM
Yeah, Mattador - Tired is almost certainly Brent.
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ R3 results are IN; Send R4 songs now ★
Post by: Tomislav95 on April 13, 2016, 07:35:38 AM
I was actually thinking of sending Mark Knopfler again but now it's not an option. Tomislav (I'm sure it was you and not ToN), I hope you get coal star for this. :lol
Yes, I took big risk with this one :lol but great melodies + folk intrumental and Bolsters might like it. Also, it qualifies for world music star :tup
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ R3 results are IN; Send R4 songs now ★
Post by: jingle.boy on April 13, 2016, 07:43:17 AM
Yeah, Mattador - Tired is almost certainly Brent.

If it ain't your or me, then it's definitely him.
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ R3 results are IN; Send R4 songs now ★
Post by: bl5150 on April 13, 2016, 07:49:13 AM
Ruslan asked for a ballad  ;D
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ R3 results are IN; Send R4 songs now ★
Post by: Evermind on April 13, 2016, 08:11:09 AM
I asked for an inferior one! :D
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ R3 results are IN; Send R4 songs now ★
Post by: jingle.boy on April 13, 2016, 08:57:51 AM
I thought for a moment that I saw Faith No More in there too.... but it starts with "Fo" by the looks of things.

Below that one... The Cure?  The Cult?

I think bonus points should be awarded for the most correct guesses!   ;D
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ R3 results are IN; Send R4 songs now ★
Post by: splent on April 13, 2016, 09:27:58 AM
Lance Tigger - Oom Paaaa Pa
Mark Knoffler - In the Devient
Scare Me - Humanity
Bent Knee - In God We Trust
Clarity in Moscow - Hands Deep
Maneater - Spain
Matador - Cried
Mine
The Cure - Swansong
Power of Nil - Best Come to Them

Nothing silly this time came to my head :(

I thought for a moment that I saw Faith No More in there too.... but it starts with "Fo" by the looks of things.

Nope mine is not Faith No More, it DOES start with Fo though so it's Fo______ ___ _______
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ R3 results are IN; Send R4 songs now ★
Post by: Bolsters on April 13, 2016, 09:30:47 AM
I think bonus points should be awarded for the most correct guesses!   ;D
I did actually have ideas for a few other stars in mind, one of which I even made but ultimately decided to cut because I thought it made the roulette a bit convoluted. But I can assure you that this was not one of them. ::)
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ R3 results are IN; Send R4 songs now ★
Post by: Evermind on April 13, 2016, 10:11:15 AM
Alright, here's my take...

Lance Thrust - No Sex, Pa
Mark Knopfler - Border Reiver
Segregation - Humility
Bent Knee - In God We Trust
Closure in Moscow - Happy Song
Defeater - Slain
Mattador - Tired
Foster The Orphan - Paganini
The Fuck - Kingkong
Roach Gets In - Lust Comes at Dawn
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ R3 results are IN; Send R4 songs now ★
Post by: Shadow Ninja 2.0 on April 13, 2016, 10:12:32 AM
First one is Lance King perhaps - gotta bet on Brent for that gonna guess it's Jon now
Unless he sent Mattador - Tired... and thus the Sapphire star


The first song is mine.

You may interpret that however you like. :P
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ R3 results are IN; Send R4 songs now ★
Post by: Evermind on April 13, 2016, 10:14:28 AM
I think I interpreted it just fine then!
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ R3 results are IN; Send R4 songs now ★
Post by: Evermind on April 13, 2016, 10:26:50 AM
Alright judges, before I send, I've got a question... how much attention are you willing to spare for each song now there's only three of us? I've got a very complex song, power metal, progressive metal, orchestra, lots of overlaying vocals, harmonies, the storyline, lots of subtle textures and changes of pace, 14+ minutes long too. But it really requires multiple listens (and I mean not 4-5 listens, I mean 10+ listens) to take everything into account. At least that's how it was for me.

Just be honest here, if you ain't gonna bother, I'm going with something much shorter and accessible.
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ R3 results are IN; Send R4 songs now ★
Post by: Train of Naught on April 13, 2016, 10:28:42 AM
I think you're playing too many roulettes man, you're starting to get delusional, there's only one judge in this roulette.
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ R3 results are IN; Send R4 songs now ★
Post by: Evermind on April 13, 2016, 10:30:51 AM
Oh ffs. :rollin I saw "Bolsters" in the title and decided this was the best place to post it. That's what getting up at 5 A.M. does to you, I'm not in my best posting mode by the end of the day.

Gonna post it in the right roulette. I'll keep this one though, just for laughs. :lol
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ R3 results are IN; Send R4 songs now ★
Post by: Big Hath on April 13, 2016, 10:38:16 AM
I think you're playing too many roulettes man, you're starting to get delusional, there's only one judge in this roulette.

he's also listening to 6 EPs of ~30 minutes each in his own roulette  :rollin
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ R3 results are IN; Send R4 songs now ★
Post by: splent on April 13, 2016, 03:45:35 PM
This is beautiful lol

Evermind you were actually quite close on the band name
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ R3 results are IN; Send R4 songs now ★
Post by: Elite on April 13, 2016, 03:48:43 PM
Mine hasn't been guessed yet either. I love 'The Fuck - Kingkong' though :lol
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ R3 results are IN; Send R4 songs now ★
Post by: jingle.boy on April 13, 2016, 03:55:14 PM
Let's see ... Playing in all 4 active roulettes, and just wrapping up hosting his own (with 3 hrs of listening to do there. Talk about a glutton for punishment!
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ R3 results are IN; Send R4 songs now ★
Post by: Evermind on April 13, 2016, 09:02:12 PM
Well it's not my fault that all the awesome roulettes started at the same time.
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ R3 results are IN; Send R4 songs now ★
Post by: jingle.boy on April 13, 2016, 09:58:42 PM
Well it's not my fault that all the awesome roulettes started at the same time.

Tell me about it.  I'd be in four as well if RJ had started his on time.
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ R4 Underway ★
Post by: Bolsters on April 14, 2016, 08:20:05 AM
I might have made these too easy this time, but I can't be bothered redoing it.

(https://i1337.photobucket.com/albums/o669/bolsters/Roulette2/blur-r4-2.png~original)
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ R4 Underway ★
Post by: bl5150 on April 14, 2016, 08:31:40 AM
Scorpions - Humanity
Darkwater - Again
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ R4 Underway ★
Post by: Evermind on April 14, 2016, 08:52:48 AM
Happy Diet?  :lol
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ R4 Underway ★
Post by: Train of Naught on April 14, 2016, 09:05:59 AM
How you managed to guess "Closure In Moscow" with pretty much info in the first place is beyond me, especially since you seem to have no clue about the song name whatsoever :lol
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ R4 Underway ★
Post by: Crow on April 14, 2016, 09:36:24 AM
prob because he lives in moscow  :lol
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ R4 Underway ★
Post by: Evermind on April 14, 2016, 09:45:18 AM
:lol The band name just popped in my mind when I saw "Cl..." and that it was three words. Weird how this happens sometimes.

Oh right, nice one Brent, the Scorps entry is mine.
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ R4 Underway ★
Post by: Elite on April 15, 2016, 02:01:21 AM
I sent the Darkwater song.
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ R4 Underway ★
Post by: splent on April 15, 2016, 04:18:54 PM
 So… I am not anticipating a silver star, or a gold, and definitely not a diamond… I don't think I'm going to get Cole… I'm probably going to get pink, and if that...

Meh.
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ R4 Underway ★
Post by: Bolsters on April 15, 2016, 08:01:02 PM
I'm probably going to get pink, and if that...

Meh.
I could always just give you nothing instead. (https://i1337.photobucket.com/albums/o669/bolsters/Roulette/tardstar-emot.png~original)
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ R4 Underway ★
Post by: splent on April 15, 2016, 09:29:04 PM
I'm probably going to get pink, and if that...

Meh.
I could always just give you nothing instead. (https://i1337.photobucket.com/albums/o669/bolsters/Roulette/tardstar-emot.png~original)

My if that I meant if I get a star. Can't say I'm super confident. It's one of those songs I think you'll really enjoy or you'll think is really meh and then I'll kick myself for not sending one of the two others I was going to send.
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ R4 Underway ★
Post by: Bolsters on April 16, 2016, 05:35:50 AM
Round Four Results

(https://i1337.photobucket.com/albums/o669/bolsters/Roulette2/star-diamond2.png~original) Evermind - Scorpions - Humanity

(https://i1337.photobucket.com/albums/o669/bolsters/Roulette2/star-gold.png~original) Tyrias - Bent Knee - In God We Trust

(https://i1337.photobucket.com/albums/o669/bolsters/Roulette2/star-silver.png~original)(https://i1337.photobucket.com/albums/o669/bolsters/Roulette2/star-garnet.png~original) Tomislav95 - Mark Knopfler - Border Reiver

(https://i1337.photobucket.com/albums/o669/bolsters/Roulette2/star-silver.png~original) Elite - Darkwater - Again

(https://i1337.photobucket.com/albums/o669/bolsters/Roulette2/star-pink.png~original)(https://i1337.photobucket.com/albums/o669/bolsters/Roulette2/star-sapphire.png~original) bl5150 - Mattador - Tired

(https://i1337.photobucket.com/albums/o669/bolsters/Roulette2/star-pink.png~original) splent - Foster The People - Houdini

(https://i1337.photobucket.com/albums/o669/bolsters/Roulette2/star-pink.png~original) jingle.boy - Powerworld - East Comes To West

(https://i1337.photobucket.com/albums/o669/bolsters/Roulette2/star-pink.png~original) Shadow Ninja 2.0 - Landon Tewers - Ma and Pa

Train of Naught - Closure in Moscow - Happy Days

(https://i1337.photobucket.com/albums/o669/bolsters/Roulette2/star-black.png~original) senecadawg2 - The Cure - Lovesong


Scoreboard
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Bonus Star Rankings
(https://i1337.photobucket.com/albums/o669/bolsters/Roulette2/bonus-r4-1.png~original)

(https://i1337.photobucket.com/albums/o669/bolsters/Roulette2/bonus-r4-2.png~original)



Alright, so we're officially half way through now (if you don't count the qualifying rounds). The scoreboard is looking a bit mixed up but Ruslan manages to become the first person to be awarded a second diamond star...but hopefully (for the rest of you) he doesn't run away with the rest of them like he did the gold stars in my previous roulette. In other news Brent becomes the first person to lock in all three of his bonus stars.

Start sending me round 5 songs as soon as you can be bothered to.


(https://i1337.photobucket.com/albums/o669/bolsters/Roulette2/diamond-big.png~original)(https://i1337.photobucket.com/albums/o669/bolsters/Roulette2/gold-big.png~original)(https://i1337.photobucket.com/albums/o669/bolsters/Roulette2/silver-big.png~original)(https://i1337.photobucket.com/albums/o669/bolsters/Roulette2/silver-big.png~original)

(https://i1337.photobucket.com/albums/o669/bolsters/Roulette2/pink-big.png~original)(https://i1337.photobucket.com/albums/o669/bolsters/Roulette2/pink-big.png~original)(https://i1337.photobucket.com/albums/o669/bolsters/Roulette2/pink-big.png~original)(https://i1337.photobucket.com/albums/o669/bolsters/Roulette2/pink-big.png~original)
(https://i1337.photobucket.com/albums/o669/bolsters/Roulette2/sapphire-big.png~original)(https://i1337.photobucket.com/albums/o669/bolsters/Roulette2/garnet-big.png~original)
(https://i1337.photobucket.com/albums/o669/bolsters/Roulette2/coal-big.png~original)
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ R4 Results in; Send R5 songs ★
Post by: Train of Naught on April 16, 2016, 05:49:40 AM
I think I'm just, well, not sending this type of upbeat rock anymore at all, seems to really fall flat. Even if you're so-so about it, that's just not gonna cut it for me.

I noticed a lack of a certain band in the banned list so I'm waiting for a PM response, but I'll be sending soon.
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ R4 Results in; Send R5 songs ★
Post by: jingle.boy on April 16, 2016, 05:53:16 AM
1/2 way thru, and here's my best guess at the standings:

Evermind
Tyrias
Brent (I'm assuming that 1 gold > 2 silver)
Splent
Train of Naught (assuming that 1 silver > 2 pink)
Me / Shadow Ninja
Tomislav
Elite
Seneca

Even if 2 pink > 1 silver, I'm still in 5th place, and virtually no chance to win this with my current attempts to send the "best" song I can, so I'm going to spend the next four rounds and get all 7 themes in.

Will send shortly.
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ R4 Results in; Send R5 songs ★
Post by: Bolsters on April 16, 2016, 05:55:45 AM
You defintely have a shot at winning actually, but you'll need one or two diamond and/or gold stars to do it.

As for your guess at the standings...I'm not sure you are taking the bonus stars into account, so you're off in more than a few places.
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ R4 Results in; Send R5 songs ★
Post by: splent on April 16, 2016, 06:50:26 AM
The fact that you didn't like the cure song helps me with my submission choice. I'll send later.
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ R4 Results in; Send R5 songs ★
Post by: bl5150 on April 16, 2016, 06:54:18 AM
Hmm - expected a little better with that one and now need to pick things up a bit.  Will send shortly.
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ R4 Results in; Send R5 songs ★
Post by: senecadawg2 on April 16, 2016, 06:58:41 AM
Repetitive?

Have you heard Taylor Swift?
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ R4 Results in; Send R5 songs ★
Post by: Bolsters on April 16, 2016, 07:04:58 AM
Have you heard Taylor Swift?
No.
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ R4 Results in; Send R5 songs ★
Post by: Elite on April 16, 2016, 07:10:22 AM
The way you toss around those pink stars makes me believe they're the most worthless star out there.
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ R4 Results in; Send R5 songs ★
Post by: Bolsters on April 16, 2016, 07:11:26 AM
The way you toss around those pink stars makes me believe they're the most worthless star out there.
They aren't.
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ R4 Results in; Send R5 songs ★
Post by: Elite on April 16, 2016, 07:15:51 AM
No, there are coal stars as well.

And perhaps the bronze star is worth less too.
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ R4 Results in; Send R5 songs ★
Post by: jingle.boy on April 16, 2016, 07:18:30 AM
The way you toss around those pink stars makes me believe they're the most worthless star out there.
They aren't.

That would be coal :neverusethis:

In all seriousness, I think the bronze and theme stars are of the least actual value.  They're earned just for submitting something.  Here's my hypothesis:

Diamond
Gold
Pearl
Silver
Pink
Themed / Bronze

Pearl/Silver could be reversed, but this seems to make the most sense to me.  Who knows what the spread of "points" is between them though?  We'll find out when it's all over I guess.
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ R4 Results in; Send R5 songs ★
Post by: Tomislav95 on April 16, 2016, 07:37:33 AM
It looks like I didn't get coal star for Mark Knopfler :P
Will send something today.
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ R4 Results in; Send R5 songs ★
Post by: Bolsters on April 16, 2016, 07:47:02 AM
Diamond
Gold
Pearl
Silver
Pink
Themed / Bronze

Pearl/Silver could be reversed, but this seems to make the most sense to me.  Who knows what the spread of "points" is between them though?  We'll find out when it's all over I guess.
Makes sense perhaps, but it's still wrong. (https://i1337.photobucket.com/albums/o669/bolsters/Roulette/tardstar-emot.png~original)
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ R4 Results in; Send R5 songs ★
Post by: splent on April 16, 2016, 07:54:46 AM
Why are we even bothering guessing? He's not gonna tell...

Because it's (https://i1337.photobucket.com/albums/o669/bolsters/Roulette/tardstar-emot.png~original)

I'm still a little disappointed. I'm wondering if I sent a different song by FTP that it would have gone a different way for me (then again, it could have been worse... I was basing it on repetitiveness and different sounding) ... but this was the most different and most quirky of the three of four I was debating between.

If you aren't familiar with them, I do recommend checking them out, because they are one of my favorite groups in mainstream alt-pop right now.
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ R4 Results in; Send R5 songs ★
Post by: bl5150 on April 16, 2016, 08:19:59 AM
Sent.
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ R4 Results in; Send R5 songs ★
Post by: Bolsters on April 16, 2016, 08:29:36 AM
If you aren't familiar with them, I do recommend checking them out, because they are one of my favorite groups in mainstream alt-pop right now.
Anything that gets pink or better is on the list. Some things that were not awarded stars are on it too.
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ R4 Results in; Send R5 songs ★
Post by: splent on April 16, 2016, 08:33:41 AM
Sent. Let me know if you've heard it.
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ R4 Results in; Send R5 songs ★
Post by: Bolsters on April 16, 2016, 08:39:58 AM
Sent. Let me know if you've heard it.
Nope, you're good.
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ R4 Results in; Send R5 songs ★
Post by: jingle.boy on April 16, 2016, 08:58:05 AM
I'm gonna go all Chuck Norris on you guys, and send an multi-vocalist song that is an instrumental.   :metal
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ R4 Results in; Send R5 songs ★
Post by: Bolsters on April 16, 2016, 09:02:03 AM
I'm gonna go all Chuck Norris on you guys, and send an multi-vocalist song that is an instrumental.   :metal
(https://media.giphy.com/media/Y4zk8hrUAQvHW/giphy.gif)
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ R4 Results in; Send R5 songs ★
Post by: splent on April 16, 2016, 09:12:57 AM
I'm gonna go all Chuck Norris on you guys, and send an multi-vocalist song that is an instrumental.   :metal

(https://i0.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/000/173/576/Wat8.jpg?1315930535)
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ R4 Results in; Send R5 songs ★
Post by: bl5150 on April 16, 2016, 09:16:28 AM
Not a ballad is it Chad ?  :lol
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ R4 Results in; Send R5 songs ★
Post by: Shadow Ninja 2.0 on April 16, 2016, 09:24:40 AM
Sent.
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ R4 Results in; Send R5 songs ★
Post by: Tomislav95 on April 16, 2016, 09:36:18 AM
Sent.
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ R4 Results in; Send R5 songs ★
Post by: Bolsters on April 16, 2016, 09:38:32 AM
Nice, I've got six in already. :metal
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ R4 Underway ★
Post by: Evermind on April 16, 2016, 09:59:25 AM
Evermind - Scorpions - Humanity
Two diamond stars in a row...has your second conquest begun? Perhaps it has.

Perhaps it indeed has! I certainly hope so. Glad you liked the song.

I'll excuse the ending as you suggested since you mentioned that this was a concept album, so I'm guessing it will make sense when I listen to the album.

It won't, but I already got the diamond star for the song, so who cares. :lol The album is killer though, I definitely recommend it.

Regarding Border Reiver, well, this makes sense. I didn't really know you favor celtic influence and not strongly opposed to the country style at the time (otherwise I'd probably sent the title track from Privateering), and I was biased because Dream of the Drowned Submariner is probably my favourite Knopfler solo song. Border Reiver is my second favourite from Get Lucky though, my favourite song being So Far From the Clyde. I'm happy for Tomislav scoring a silver star with this song - especially since he didn't get to beat me in this round. Otherwise I would've been pissed off. :D

I definitely liked Mattador - Tired more than you (I rated it 9.5 and this is one of those ratings I'm sure about), but I can't complain about it. I just need someone to send another inferior ballad. Maybe Chad will send Fly to the Angels while he's at it. I could really use this pearl star.

Shadow Ninja 2.0 - Landon Tewers - Ma and Pa
  • When you first sent this, I thought the band name was a piss-take of "London Towers" but apparently that's the guy's name. :lol

This actually made me laugh when I read it on the train. :rollin

Regarding the stars: I think the amount of people claiming the bonus starts in particular category really matters. I think if there's only one guy in the category it's between silver and pink cost-wise, and if, say, there are four or five people in the category, it's worth less than bronze. It would add some value and purpose for picking the proper strategy. And I think the pearl star is worth a lot too. That's why I'm screwed in ruby category, but still hold a decent chance in the sapphire one.

I have a few songs I could send, but I need to listen to them a few times to pick one - and I'm really busy with rounding up my listens to EPs sent in my roulette, and other stuff too. I'm afraid I won't be able to send until tomorrow's evening, which is ~24-27 hours from now on. Sorry guys.
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ R4 Underway ★
Post by: Tomislav95 on April 16, 2016, 10:25:52 AM
Regarding Border Reiver, well, this makes sense. I didn't really know you favor celtic influence and not strongly opposed to the country style at the time (otherwise I'd probably sent the title track from Privateering), and I was biased because Dream of the Drowned Submariner is probably my favourite Knopfler solo song. Border Reiver is my second favourite from Get Lucky though, my favourite song being So Far From the Clyde. I'm happy for Tomislav scoring a silver star with this song - especially since he didn't get to beat me in this round. Otherwise I would've been pissed off. :D
I almost went with Kingdom of Gold from Privateering. Think I made good choice with Border Reiver though.
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ R4 Results in; Send R5 songs ★
Post by: Crow on April 16, 2016, 10:26:29 AM
in god we trust is probably my second-favorite off shiny-eyed babies but the whole album is pretty good.
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ R4 Underway ★
Post by: Evermind on April 16, 2016, 10:31:03 AM
Regarding Border Reiver, well, this makes sense. I didn't really know you favor celtic influence and not strongly opposed to the country style at the time (otherwise I'd probably sent the title track from Privateering), and I was biased because Dream of the Drowned Submariner is probably my favourite Knopfler solo song. Border Reiver is my second favourite from Get Lucky though, my favourite song being So Far From the Clyde. I'm happy for Tomislav scoring a silver star with this song - especially since he didn't get to beat me in this round. Otherwise I would've been pissed off. :D
I almost went with Kingdom of Gold from Privateering. Think I made good choice with Border Reiver though.

I honestly think Kindgom of Gold would've failed. It's probably my second favourite song from Privateering (after Submariner), but it seems Dave doesn't like Mark's voice and I think this ballad would've ended up in "good but nothing special category". Definitely good choice with Border Reiver.  :tup
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ R4 Results in; Send R5 songs ★
Post by: splent on April 16, 2016, 10:55:46 AM
I think you are right about the stars, Ruslan. However, I think that's where the pearl stars really come into play. I think a pearl star may be worth at least as much as if only one person were under a category, if not more. There's a risk there.

I'm holding off on my last star until closer to the end. I want a pearl star. I'm in 2nd place in two of the categories :lol
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ R4 Results in; Send R5 songs ★
Post by: Evermind on April 16, 2016, 10:58:36 AM
I'm holding off on my last star until closer to the end. I want a pearl star. I'm in 2nd place in two of the categories :lol

Yeah, I'm not sending my third star-worthy song until the Round 7 or probably Round 8. I've got a fair chance for pearl in ballad category, but you never know, someone can screw me over with one well-placed ballad entry. The last rounds will probably be insane and full of mind games on those bonuses.

I've got to say, I really like this whole idea about bonus themes and stars.
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ R4 Results in; Send R5 songs ★
Post by: Train of Naught on April 16, 2016, 11:07:12 AM
I too have planned my 2nd and 3rd bonuses for round 7 and 8 and I already know the songs. I hope we get like a short period of time where we can predict the final results between round 8 results and the final standings. This final round is going to be awesome.

Of course, there's a good chance of me not even being around by the time it arrives but we'll see past that :lol
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ R4 Results in; Send R5 songs ★
Post by: Sacul on April 16, 2016, 11:11:39 AM
in god we trust is probably my second-favorite off shiny-eyed babies but the whole album is pretty good.
Probably my third favourite, but yeah, the album is excellent - can't wait for the new one. Also, seeing Tyrias submit the band on roulettes makes me quite happy  :smiley:
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ R4 Results in; Send R5 songs ★
Post by: Tyrias on April 16, 2016, 11:31:09 AM
Nice, I'll gladly take the gold star for that one. It is one excellent song.

I'll send for this round soon, still deciding which particular song to send from the artist.

I have one more bonus round fixed in my head, and the other one I have an idea for, but I'm not sure if I still want that bonus category because there's quite a bit of competition already.
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ R4 Results in; Send R5 songs ★
Post by: Crow on April 16, 2016, 11:35:04 AM
in god we trust is probably my second-favorite off shiny-eyed babies but the whole album is pretty good.
Probably my third favourite, but yeah, the album is excellent - can't wait for the new one. Also, seeing Tyrias submit the band on roulettes makes me quite happy  :smiley:
i'm so mad that it's coming out in may because i've been stuck buying new releases every month for a while now, how awful
maybe i'll get the new hammock alongside it. dunno. didn't think the new hammock was all that great honestly, alright enough but eh
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ R4 Results in; Send R5 songs ★
Post by: Tyrias on April 16, 2016, 11:39:38 AM
Bent Knee are releasing a new album? Nice, I'll have to check that out.
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ R4 Results in; Send R5 songs ★
Post by: Sacul on April 16, 2016, 11:42:49 AM
I still have to check new hammock, I quite liked the singles.

And yes Tyrias, they are - check the avant-garde thread for some info and the new single  :smiley:
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ R4 Results in; Send R5 songs ★
Post by: Crow on April 16, 2016, 11:50:52 AM
i sort of like hammock at their most weightless and ethereal, which is not the direction they took on the new album. i mean sure there are tracks like that but there's a lot more tracks similar to the more upbeat ones on departure songs.
i mean it's still a hammock album tho so it's still gorgeous, but  :lol
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ R4 Results in; Send R5 songs ★
Post by: splent on April 16, 2016, 02:50:54 PM
I too have planned my 2nd and 3rd bonuses for round 7 and 8 and I already know the songs. I hope we get like a short period of time where we can predict the final results between round 8 results and the final standings. This final round is going to be awesome.

Of course, there's a good chance of me not even being around by the time it arrives but we'll see past that :lol

I hope so, you are standing in my way for a pearl :lol

I'm holding off on my last star until closer to the end. I want a pearl star. I'm in 2nd place in two of the categories :lol

Yeah, I'm not sending my third star-worthy song until the Round 7 or probably Round 8. I've got a fair chance for pearl in ballad category, but you never know, someone can screw me over with one well-placed ballad entry. The last rounds will probably be insane and full of mind games on those bonuses.

I've got to say, I really like this whole idea about bonus themes and stars.

Yep, that definitely influenced my submission :lol
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ R4 Results in; Send R5 songs ★
Post by: Bolsters on April 16, 2016, 10:08:21 PM
I hope we get like a short period of time where we can predict the final results between round 8 results and the final standings.
Yes, I was planning on doing this. I will probably give out some hints regarding the stars and scoring during rounds 7 and 8, aswell.
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ R4 Results in; Send R5 songs ★
Post by: Train of Naught on April 17, 2016, 02:17:46 AM
Cool, you've been pretty much no help with the question in Evermind's roulette, hoped to get some sneaky info from there too but 'No.' could've just meant "No, I can't confirm anything". I like the mystery behind it all though.

Oh yeah, sent yesterday. If I get a coal star, Parama is to blame, and if I get a positive result it was all me

Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ R4 Results in; Send R5 songs ★
Post by: Bolsters on April 17, 2016, 02:41:05 AM
I've revealed a few things already and I may reveal some more things before Round 7, if you ask the right questions.
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ R4 Results in; Send R5 songs ★
Post by: Evermind on April 17, 2016, 03:38:11 PM
Alright, it turned out I was really busy (and I still am) with my roulette. Would it be alright if I send the song tomorrow? I'm sorry for holding this up but I just didn't have any time to pick out the song.

I seriously apologize for the delay. :|
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ R4 Results in; Send R5 songs ★
Post by: Bolsters on April 17, 2016, 10:02:24 PM
Sure.
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ R4 Results in; Send R5 songs ★
Post by: Evermind on April 18, 2016, 11:11:48 AM
Okay, sent. Sorry for the delay, hopefully won't happen again.

Not too confident this time around, but I wanted to send this band in this roulette and now seemed like a good time. We'll see how it goes!
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ R4 Results in; Send R5 songs ★
Post by: Bolsters on April 18, 2016, 09:47:06 PM
I'll start listening later tonight. For now, here is the first blurred image:

(https://i1337.photobucket.com/albums/o669/bolsters/Roulette2/blur-r5-1.png~original)

There's only one bonus star being awarded this round, a garnet star.

(https://i1337.photobucket.com/albums/o669/bolsters/Roulette2/garnet-big.png~original)
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ R4 Results in; Send R5 songs ★
Post by: Evermind on April 18, 2016, 10:18:41 PM
The one I'm sure in is James Blake - Retrogade.

I think some of the bands are Thrice (Beggars?) and Xandria. Also could be Chelsea Wolfe.
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ R4 Results in; Send R5 songs ★
Post by: Crow on April 18, 2016, 10:20:46 PM
is the third one ihsahn? :neverusethis:
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ R4 Results in; Send R5 songs ★
Post by: Sacul on April 18, 2016, 10:35:55 PM
is the third one ihsahn? :neverusethis:
It really looks like it :lol

First one is Eisley - Mr Moon. Fourth might be Chelsea Wolfe but I don't recognise the song.
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ R4 Results in; Send R5 songs ★
Post by: Evermind on April 18, 2016, 10:37:06 PM
I'm pretty sure it doesn't look like Insahn. I'd say the second letter is L.
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ R4 Results in; Send R5 songs ★
Post by: splent on April 18, 2016, 11:01:19 PM
I'll start listening later tonight. For now, here is the first blurred image:

(https://i1337.photobucket.com/albums/o669/bolsters/Roulette2/blur-r5-1.png~original)

There's only one bonus star being awarded this round, a garnet star.

(https://i1337.photobucket.com/albums/o669/bolsters/Roulette2/garnet-big.png~original)

MY OFFICIAL GUESSES

Eighty - My Moon
Mine
Ihrylagin - cool I had Cheese
Chester Beene - Regla
Schuyler - the Redemption
Raccoon - Ariel
James Blake - Retrograde
Thrice - Beggars
Xander - Like I Went to The Grave of Louis
Millicent - Belting Is turning
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ R4 Results in; Send R5 songs ★
Post by: Crow on April 18, 2016, 11:04:13 PM
the second one legit looks like it could be Imogen Heap - Hide and Seek

how has bolsters not heard that tho
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ R4 Results in; Send R5 songs ★
Post by: jingle.boy on April 19, 2016, 12:12:54 AM
Is that Skid Row / I Remember You ??!! 
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ R4 Results in; Send R5 songs ★
Post by: Bolsters on April 19, 2016, 12:28:40 AM
Is that Skid Row / I Remember You ??!!
Maybe.
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ R4 Results in; Send R5 songs ★
Post by: jingle.boy on April 19, 2016, 12:41:45 AM
Is that Skid Row / I Remember You ??!!
Maybe.

Nah, I seriously doubt it now. I was looking on my phone earlier. Now that I see it on a bigger screen, I'm thinking not so much.
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ R4 Results in; Send R5 songs ★
Post by: bl5150 on April 19, 2016, 12:50:30 AM
I believe that's mine you're working on Chad.  i doubt anyone will know the band , but it's one word.
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ R4 Results in; Send R5 songs ★
Post by: Train of Naught on April 19, 2016, 01:14:24 AM
I'm pretty sure it doesn't look like Insahn. I'd say the second letter is L.

Thats definitely an 'h', my money is on Ihsahn aswell. Ihsahn is awesome though so nothing wrong with that
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ R4 Results in; Send R5 songs ★
Post by: Evermind on April 19, 2016, 01:22:05 AM
Oh, I got it. I though the band name is Insahn so I was sure it's not an "n". Could be "h", yes.

Raccoon - Ariel

So what do you guys think, does Blackmore look a bit like raccoon? :lol
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ R4 Results in; Send R5 songs ★
Post by: Tomislav95 on April 19, 2016, 01:51:21 AM
Oh, I got it. I though the band name is Insahn so I was sure it's not an "n". Could be "h", yes.

Raccoon - Ariel

So what do you guys think, does Blackmore look a bit like raccoon? :lol
Another band I never even considered but now I can see it could be good submission (Rainbow, not Racoon :P).
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ R4 Results in; Send R5 songs ★
Post by: Elite on April 19, 2016, 02:22:07 AM
It's: Ihsahn - Until I Too Dissolve

A track from his latest album
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ R4 Results in; Send R5 songs ★
Post by: Bolsters on April 19, 2016, 05:17:10 AM
(https://i1337.photobucket.com/albums/o669/bolsters/Roulette2/blur-r5-2.png~original)
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ R4 Results in; Send R5 songs ★
Post by: Crow on April 19, 2016, 08:56:07 AM
is the 5th one suspyre
i know they exist, so
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ R4 Results in; Send R5 songs ★
Post by: Elite on April 19, 2016, 09:04:15 AM
Looks more like Saffire to me, but I'm making that up.

Edit: apparently they exist.
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ R4 Results in; Send R5 songs ★
Post by: bl5150 on April 19, 2016, 09:08:03 AM
Looks more like Saffire to me, but I'm making that up.

Edit: apparently they exist.

 :tup
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ R4 Results in; Send R5 songs ★
Post by: Evermind on April 19, 2016, 09:16:46 AM
So...

Chelsea Wolfe - Retro
Saffire - My Redemption / His Redemption / The Redemption / One Redemption (one of these is bound to be right!)
Xandria - Like a Mist in the Grove of Dusk
Nice Shot - Believe in Browning
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ R4 Results in; Send R5 songs ★
Post by: Tyrias on April 19, 2016, 09:19:54 AM
So...

Chelsea Wolfe - Retro
Saffire - My Redemption / His Redemption / The Redemption / One Redemption (one of these is bound to be right!)
Xandria - Like a Mist in the Grove of Dusk
Nice Shot - Believe in Browning

Well, you got two letters right on that one, and one of them is already clearly visible ::).

I have no idea how you manage to actually read or guess those, whenever I'm looking at them I'll try to figure out a few and after 3 minutes I just say "screw it" because I can't read a thing.
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ R4 Results in; Send R5 songs ★
Post by: Sacul on April 19, 2016, 11:22:33 AM
That's Chelsea Wolfe's Reins :P

I wonder if Bolsters will like it tho, maybe not. It's excellent nevertheless.
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ R4 Results in; Send R5 songs ★
Post by: Tyrias on April 19, 2016, 11:30:04 AM
That's Chelsea Wolfe's Reins :P

I wonder if Bolsters will like it tho, maybe not. It's excellent nevertheless.

He liked the dreamy vocals of Tame Impala and the atmosphere of Arstidir, so I figured he might like this as well.

It’s quite different though.
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ R4 Results in; Send R5 songs ★
Post by: splent on April 19, 2016, 09:49:50 PM
Nosferatu - Believe in Morning
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ R4 Results in; Send R5 songs ★
Post by: Bolsters on April 19, 2016, 10:01:07 PM
I'm surprised no one's gotten that last one actually, despite how little of it is showing.
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ R4 Results in; Send R5 songs ★
Post by: Elite on April 20, 2016, 02:02:32 AM
Nevermore - Believe in Nothing
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ R4 Results in; Send R5 songs ★
Post by: Tomislav95 on April 20, 2016, 02:06:31 AM
Nevermore - Believe in Nothing
:tup
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ R4 Results in; Send R5 songs ★
Post by: Bolsters on April 20, 2016, 02:33:38 AM
That's just about everything now.

(https://i1337.photobucket.com/albums/o669/bolsters/Roulette2/blur-r5.png~original)
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ R4 Results in; Send R5 songs ★
Post by: Crow on April 20, 2016, 08:40:47 AM
i hope Redemption has a song named The Saffire
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ R4 Results in; Send R5 songs ★
Post by: Elite on April 20, 2016, 08:42:33 AM
There's apparently also a band called Beggars. I doubt they have a song name Thrice though.
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ R4 Results in; Send R5 songs ★
Post by: Tomislav95 on April 20, 2016, 09:45:13 AM
i hope Redemption has a song named The Saffire
I don't know if you're joking but in case you don't, they have song named Sapphire.
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ R4 Results in; Send R5 songs ★
Post by: splent on April 20, 2016, 10:12:48 AM
Man it's always such a buzzkill after all the guessing is done. I'm still waiting for the next submission by Kanye West Project. :neverusethis:
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ R4 Results in; Send R5 songs ★
Post by: Elite on April 20, 2016, 10:15:26 AM
Yeah, give us results quickly, so we can start guessing again. Or just give a random list of song names nobody has sent so we can keep guessing while waiting for results. PLEASE DAVID MAKE IT HAPPEN
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ R4 Results in; Send R5 songs ★
Post by: splent on April 20, 2016, 10:28:08 AM
Yeah, give us results quickly, so we can start guessing again. Or just give a random list of song names nobody has sent so we can keep guessing while waiting for results. PLEASE DAVID MAKE IT HAPPEN

When I do my roulette I have a plan for guessing songs... it will take longer... either people will have fun or they'll hate it :lol we shall see
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ R4 Results in; Send R5 songs ★
Post by: Crow on April 20, 2016, 10:31:37 AM
I'm listening to a song right now, what is it and who is it by?
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ R4 Results in; Send R5 songs ★
Post by: Train of Naught on April 20, 2016, 10:33:27 AM
splent is gonna do my treasure hunt idea, he will scatter notes with letters written on them all across the world, and we need to find them in order to guess the band
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ R4 Results in; Send R5 songs ★
Post by: Evermind on April 20, 2016, 10:55:06 AM
I'm still waiting for the next submission by Kanye West Project. :neverusethis:

Me too! :lol
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ R4 Results in; Send R5 songs ★
Post by: splent on April 20, 2016, 12:57:57 PM
splent is gonna do my treasure hunt idea, he will scatter notes with letters written on them all across the world, and we need to find them in order to guess the band

:lol You never know ;)
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ R4 Results in; Send R5 songs ★
Post by: Bolsters on April 20, 2016, 09:46:31 PM
(https://i1337.photobucket.com/albums/o669/bolsters/Roulette2/blur-e1-1.png~original)
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ R4 Results in; Send R5 songs ★
Post by: Sacul on April 20, 2016, 09:49:03 PM
Fair to Midland?
Soon :neverusethis:
Sylvan
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ R4 Results in; Send R5 songs ★
Post by: Evermind on April 20, 2016, 09:56:42 PM
Axiom
Fates Warning
Pathosray

What are we guessing again? :lol
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ R4 Results in; Send R5 songs ★
Post by: Bolsters on April 20, 2016, 09:57:55 PM
You got two of those right.
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ R4 Results in; Send R5 songs ★
Post by: Shadow Ninja 2.0 on April 20, 2016, 10:29:14 PM
Spheric Universe Experience
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ R4 Results in; Send R5 songs ★
Post by: jingle.boy on April 21, 2016, 12:29:23 AM
At Vance was at the top of the list.
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ R4 Results in; Send R5 songs ★
Post by: Bolsters on April 21, 2016, 01:01:02 AM
They still are.
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ R4 Results in; Send R5 songs ★
Post by: Elite on April 21, 2016, 01:03:31 AM
I can't see the image :(
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ R4 Results in; Send R5 songs ★
Post by: jingle.boy on April 21, 2016, 01:04:20 AM
Rather than Axiom, I'll go with Arion.
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ R4 Results in; Send R5 songs ★
Post by: Bolsters on April 21, 2016, 01:07:11 AM
Rather than Axiom, I'll go with Arion.
Nope.

What are we guessing again? :lol
Why don't you tell me? :laugh:


(https://i1337.photobucket.com/albums/o669/bolsters/Roulette2/blur-e1-2.png~original)
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ R4 Results in; Send R5 songs ★
Post by: Train of Naught on April 21, 2016, 03:25:38 AM
Soen?
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ R4 Results in; Send R5 songs ★
Post by: Bolsters on April 21, 2016, 03:27:18 AM
Correct.
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ R4 Results in; Send R5 songs ★
Post by: splent on April 21, 2016, 06:19:34 AM
Atlas?
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ R4 Results in; Send R5 songs ★
Post by: Bolsters on April 21, 2016, 07:56:38 AM
Round Five Results

(https://i1337.photobucket.com/albums/o669/bolsters/Roulette2/star-diamond2.png~original)(https://i1337.photobucket.com/albums/o669/bolsters/Roulette2/star-garnet.png~original) jingle.boy - Xandria - Like a Rose on the Grave of Love

(https://i1337.photobucket.com/albums/o669/bolsters/Roulette2/star-gold.png~original) Elite - Eisley - Mr. Moon

(https://i1337.photobucket.com/albums/o669/bolsters/Roulette2/star-silver.png~original) bl5150 - Saffire - The Redemption

(https://i1337.photobucket.com/albums/o669/bolsters/Roulette2/star-silver.png~original) Evermind - Rainbow - Ariel

(https://i1337.photobucket.com/albums/o669/bolsters/Roulette2/star-pink.png~original) Shadow Ninja 2.0 - Ihsahn - Until I Too Dissolve

(https://i1337.photobucket.com/albums/o669/bolsters/Roulette2/star-pink.png~original) Tomislav95 - Nevermore - Believe in Nothing

Tyrias - Chelsea Wolfe - Reins

senecadawg2 - James Blake - Retrograde

splent - Imogen Heap - Hide and Seek

(https://i1337.photobucket.com/albums/o669/bolsters/Roulette2/star-black.png~original) Train of Naught - Thrice - Beggars


Scoreboard
(https://i1337.photobucket.com/albums/o669/bolsters/Roulette2/score05.png~original)

Bonus Star Rankings
(https://i1337.photobucket.com/albums/o669/bolsters/Roulette2/bonus-r5-1.png~original)

(https://i1337.photobucket.com/albums/o669/bolsters/Roulette2/bonus-r5-2.png~original)



So there we have it. I would like you all to now send me songs that will be used as your submissions for the sixth round of this roulette.


(https://i1337.photobucket.com/albums/o669/bolsters/Roulette2/diamond-big.png~original)(https://i1337.photobucket.com/albums/o669/bolsters/Roulette2/gold-big.png~original)(https://i1337.photobucket.com/albums/o669/bolsters/Roulette2/silver-big.png~original)(https://i1337.photobucket.com/albums/o669/bolsters/Roulette2/silver-big.png~original)

(https://i1337.photobucket.com/albums/o669/bolsters/Roulette2/pink-big.png~original)(https://i1337.photobucket.com/albums/o669/bolsters/Roulette2/pink-big.png~original)
(https://i1337.photobucket.com/albums/o669/bolsters/Roulette2/garnet-big.png~original)
(https://i1337.photobucket.com/albums/o669/bolsters/Roulette2/coal-big.png~original)
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ R5 Results Posted - Send Moar Songs ★
Post by: Train of Naught on April 21, 2016, 08:07:55 AM
I'm just gonna go out on a bang, not sure how this will fare but the next round could very well be my last.

No regrets from me so far apart from the Deadly Circus Fire, but maybe I was pushing my luck with Thrice a bit after getting a positive response from the TDH song.
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ R5 Results Posted - Send Moar Songs ★
Post by: Bolsters on April 21, 2016, 08:11:25 AM
Oh, and here's the thing from that rather pointless deviation earlier. Figured out what they are yet?

(https://i1337.photobucket.com/albums/o669/bolsters/Roulette2/blur-e1.png~original)



In other news, there's only three rounds left and some of you haven't been going for bonus stars. So here's a reminder for all of you about that.


Assuming that all of you actually want three bonus stars:

The following people need to ask for a bonus in all three remaining rounds
senecadawg2

The following people need to ask for a bonus in two of the three remaining rounds
jingle.boy, Shadow Ninja 2.0,  Train of Naught, Tyrias

The following people need to ask for a bonus in one of the three remaining rounds
Elite, Evermind, splent, Tomislav95

The following people don't need to pay any attention to this, they have three bonus stars already
bl5150
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ R5 Results Posted - Send Moar Songs ★
Post by: splent on April 21, 2016, 08:21:15 AM
 Man, oh well. I guess considering this is around five and is the first real bust that I've had, I guess I shouldn't be surprised that it happened. It was going to happen sooner or later. I will send something more to your liking for the next round. I have a couple of ideas I'm playing with.
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ R5 Results Posted - Send Moar Songs ★
Post by: Tyrias on April 21, 2016, 08:23:20 AM
I'm convinced I have no idea about your tastes now :lol. The only 3 songs I know here are all damn great, and 2 of them (Chelsea Wolfe and James Blake) got nothing and the other one the coal star.

Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ R5 Results Posted - Send Moar Songs ★
Post by: Evermind on April 21, 2016, 08:23:41 AM
Yeah, fine by me. I was hoping for gold, but I'll take silver, especially since Brent got a silver too. Nice job Chad. Good that you didn't ask for a ballad star. :biggrin:

Funny how Brent and me are the only people who grabbed five non-bonus and non-coal stars in five rounds.  :tup
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ R5 Results Posted - Send Moar Songs ★
Post by: Tyrias on April 21, 2016, 08:26:57 AM
Oh, and after reading that Thrice write-up again I'm thinking I won't send what I had planned originally for the next round. Will think a bit about that.
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ R5 Results Posted - Send Moar Songs ★
Post by: Bolsters on April 21, 2016, 08:27:54 AM
I'm convinced I have no idea about your tastes now :lol.
This seems to be a rather common reaction during a Bolsters™ roulette. :lol
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ R5 Results Posted - Send Moar Songs ★
Post by: Train of Naught on April 21, 2016, 08:30:58 AM
Sent last round, goodbye fellas, this has been fun :tup and to splent: congrats on your pearl star
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ R5 Results Posted - Send Moar Songs ★
Post by: senecadawg2 on April 21, 2016, 08:33:01 AM
I'm convinced I have no idea about your tastes now :lol. The only 3 songs I know here are all damn great, and 2 of them (Chelsea Wolfe and James Blake) got nothing and the other one the coal star.

Yeah, I'm struggling here. Oh well...

Actually, never mind. I just sent and now I have 3 diamond pearls lined up. I can still win this thing.
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ R5 Results Posted - Send Moar Songs ★
Post by: Tyrias on April 21, 2016, 08:46:40 AM
3 diamonds and 2 pearls here, hopefully.

First one is a dubstep track.

Go hard or go home, they say.
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ R5 Results Posted - Send Moar Songs ★
Post by: Train of Naught on April 21, 2016, 08:53:31 AM
I promised myself at the start of this roulette to go out with some balls to the wall djent if I got 2 coal stars, but I pussy'd out.
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ R5 Results Posted - Send Moar Songs ★
Post by: Bolsters on April 21, 2016, 08:59:25 AM
I promised myself at the start of this roulette to go out with some balls to the wall djent if I got 2 coal stars, but I pussy'd out.
I do actually like some djent though.
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ R5 Results Posted - Send Moar Songs ★
Post by: Train of Naught on April 21, 2016, 09:10:28 AM
I know, but apart from the fact that I don't like sending all-time favorite songs because it can be annoying to see those get bashed - and this is one of those all-time faves - I gave the edge to the song I just sent, so far I've had a better reputation here with the less heavy stuff.
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ R5 Results Posted - Send Moar Songs ★
Post by: Crow on April 21, 2016, 09:16:31 AM
well, if you don't get a coal star this round, you can send the djent song next round :neverusethis:
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ R5 Results Posted - Send Moar Songs ★
Post by: Evermind on April 21, 2016, 09:20:17 AM
I suggest Elite and ToN both send the most awful tune they can think of, that should be fun to watch.
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ R5 Results Posted - Send Moar Songs ★
Post by: Train of Naught on April 21, 2016, 09:21:52 AM
No, the djent song is not an option here stop it :lol I still have two bonus stars to grant.

Also:

If I get a coal star, Parama is to blame, and if I get a positive result it was all me
This is your fault for turning me on to Beggars

Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ R5 Results Posted - Send Moar Songs ★
Post by: Crow on April 21, 2016, 09:33:04 AM
no, it's bolsters' fault for sucking tbh  :tup
there is nothing wrong with beggars.
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ R5 Results Posted - Send Moar Songs ★
Post by: Bolsters on April 21, 2016, 09:42:03 AM
I've got four submissions thus far.
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ R5 Results Posted - Send Moar Songs ★
Post by: Evermind on April 21, 2016, 09:43:23 AM
I'm not sure if I will be able to send today to be honest, I don't have a song planned (I do have a few of them lined up though) and I have some other business to attend. So it could happen that I will send tomorrow. But hey, I'll try my best to send as soon as I can.
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ R5 Results Posted - Send Moar Songs ★
Post by: Shadow Ninja 2.0 on April 21, 2016, 10:21:36 AM
Sent.
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ R5 Results Posted - Send Moar Songs ★
Post by: Elite on April 21, 2016, 10:40:46 AM
I suggest Elite and ToN both send the most awful tune they can think of, that should be fun to watch.

See who gets booted :lol

No way man, I'm winning this one!
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ R5 Results Posted - Send Moar Songs ★
Post by: Evermind on April 21, 2016, 11:26:18 AM
Wonder if I should go for peridot or amethyst star... got two songs I'm sure I will send, one peridot, one amethyst and I've got only one bonus star left to earn. Probably should wait this round out though. But that's where the chance of being cockblocked comes to play too.

Have I mentioned I love the way you handled bonuses? Very entertaining.

Edit: And sent. Let's see how my song fares in this round.
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ R5 Results Posted - Send Moar Songs ★
Post by: splent on April 21, 2016, 12:01:41 PM
Still having a hard time deciding what to send. jKLSDjglkasdjgl;kadjf;gkljad;lk
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ R5 Results Posted - Send Moar Songs ★
Post by: jingle.boy on April 21, 2016, 01:16:44 PM
I wouldn't say that I'd 'checked out'... just that my strategy changed.  Sending what I thought were the "best" songs clearly wasn't cutting it, so I figured wth... go back to my plan of sending great songs AND cover off all the themes.  Turns out, the latter strategy seemed to have worked this round. 

Hey, at least I'm not re-loading Animotion for the synth/pop star.   :biggrin:

I know exactly what I'm sending, and will do so when I can - at the airport flying home today, and have some work things to do first.
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ R5 Results Posted - Send Moar Songs ★
Post by: Evermind on April 21, 2016, 01:18:50 PM
I wouldn't say that I'd 'checked out'... just that my strategy changed.  Sending what I thought were the "best" songs clearly wasn't cutting it, so I figured wth... go back to my plan of sending great songs AND cover off all the themes.  Turns out, the latter strategy seemed to have worked this round. 

Hey, at least I'm not re-loading Animotion for the synth/pop star.   :biggrin:

I know exactly what I'm sending, and will do so when I can - at the airport flying home today, and have some work things to do first.

Wonder if it's still allowed since I sent my entry first. :biggrin:
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ R5 Results Posted - Send Moar Songs ★
Post by: splent on April 21, 2016, 01:56:05 PM
After looking at the rankings again I'm changing my strategy again...
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ R5 Results Posted - Send Moar Songs ★
Post by: jingle.boy on April 21, 2016, 02:29:35 PM

I know exactly what I'm sending, and will do so when I can - at the airport flying home today, and have some work things to do first.

Wonder if it's still allowed since I sent my entry first. :biggrin:

I'll shart myself if we sent the same band.
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ R5 Results Posted - Send Moar Songs ★
Post by: jingle.boy on April 21, 2016, 03:28:01 PM
And submitted.
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ R5 Results Posted - Send Moar Songs ★
Post by: Bolsters on April 21, 2016, 10:12:34 PM
Still having a hard time deciding what to send. jKLSDjglkasdjgl;kadjf;gkljad;lk
I can't find this artist on Spotify or Youtube, you're going to need to send me an MP3.
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ R5 Results Posted - Send Moar Songs ★
Post by: Crow on April 21, 2016, 10:15:00 PM
i think he meant this song
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ibmnN5Nfh4
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ R5 Results Posted - Send Moar Songs ★
Post by: Bolsters on April 21, 2016, 10:25:07 PM
By the way I've got 9/10 submissions thus far. I can't listen to anything right at this moment, so I will check your submissions for bonus star eligibility in a few hours.
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ R5 Results Posted - Send Moar Songs ★
Post by: Evermind on April 21, 2016, 10:25:55 PM
Don't miss the additional PM I just sent.
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ R5 Results Posted - Send Moar Songs ★
Post by: Bolsters on April 21, 2016, 10:26:37 PM
Don't miss my additional PM I just sent.
The one I already replied to? I doubt I'll miss it. :biggrin:
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ R5 Results Posted - Send Moar Songs ★
Post by: Evermind on April 21, 2016, 10:27:54 PM
Bastard. :lol I was 11 seconds late. Comes from slow typing on the phone.
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ R5 Results Posted - Send Moar Songs ★
Post by: splent on April 21, 2016, 10:29:13 PM
No the background music in this

https://youtu.be/6QuagplYxVM
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ R5 Results Posted - Send Moar Songs ★
Post by: Bolsters on April 22, 2016, 03:57:55 AM
Still waiting on that one person to send, but another has been asked to resubmit (cockblocked by the host :angel:).
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ R5 Results Posted - Send Moar Songs ★
Post by: Evermind on April 22, 2016, 04:01:47 AM
 :lolpalm:

Not sure how soon I'll be able to send another song to be honest.
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ R5 Results Posted - Send Moar Songs ★
Post by: Train of Naught on April 22, 2016, 04:10:53 AM
My peridot star has been rock-blocked :( youre missing out Taylorman, this means no djent from me this roulette
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ R5 Results Posted - Send Moar Songs ★
Post by: Elite on April 22, 2016, 04:14:37 AM
Still waiting on that one person to send.

I wonder who that is.. ::)
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ R5 Results Posted - Send Moar Songs ★
Post by: Bolsters on April 22, 2016, 05:53:50 AM
Still waiting on that one person to send.
I wonder who that is.. ::)
It could be absolutely anyone, really.
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ R5 Results Posted - Send Moar Songs ★
Post by: Elite on April 22, 2016, 06:16:45 AM
I'm sure he has sent by now though, nobody in this roulette is that careless (except Evermind when he's running a roulette at the same time).





















:neverusethis:
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ R5 Results Posted - Send Moar Songs ★
Post by: Evermind on April 22, 2016, 08:15:56 AM
So since you rejected my original tune, I'm now debating between sending an 18 minutes long song and shamelessly using a song I received in my roulette a few weeks ago.

You can expect to get my song in 3-4 hours.
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ R5 Results Posted - Send Moar Songs ★
Post by: jingle.boy on April 22, 2016, 08:39:34 AM
So since you rejected my original tune, I'm now debating between sending an 18 minutes long song and shamelessly using a song I received in my roulette a few weeks ago.

You can expect to get my song in 3-4 hours.

Well, if it was just a few weeks ago, it won't be one of mine.   :biggrin:
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ R5 Results Posted - Send Moar Songs ★
Post by: Evermind on April 22, 2016, 08:45:36 AM
It's not one of yours, but it's actually from the round before the elimination point. I hope Dave didn't listen to that double album thingy I sent out.
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ R5 Results Posted - Send Moar Songs ★
Post by: Train of Naught on April 22, 2016, 08:48:23 AM
I'm sure it's not one of mine because all my songs sucked :loser:

And the one good song I sent is from a banned artist
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ R5 Results Posted - Send Moar Songs ★
Post by: Bolsters on April 22, 2016, 08:48:43 AM
It's not one of yours, but it's actually from the round before the elimination point. I hope Dave didn't listen to that double album thingy I sent out.
I haven't listened to any of it.
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ R5 Results Posted - Send Moar Songs ★
Post by: Evermind on April 22, 2016, 08:51:41 AM
It's not one of yours, but it's actually from the round before the elimination point. I hope Dave didn't listen to that double album thingy I sent out.
I haven't listened to any of it.

You also said I probably cockblocked Chad with Serenity and ended up rejecting it. :lol
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ R5 Results Posted - Send Moar Songs ★
Post by: Bolsters on April 22, 2016, 08:56:29 AM
It's not one of yours, but it's actually from the round before the elimination point. I hope Dave didn't listen to that double album thingy I sent out.
I haven't listened to any of it.

You also said I probably cockblocked Chad with Serenity and ended up rejecting it. :lol
I thought they were a band I only listened to a few songs from, but I recognised your song within seconds when I played it. Turns out I actually know that whole album because I've listened to it a few times, along with a single spin of a couple of their others. So yeah, sorry about that, but I'm always looking for new stuff and I guess some of it I didn't remember enough at the time to actually put it on the banned list.
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ R5 Results Posted - Send Moar Songs ★
Post by: jingle.boy on April 22, 2016, 09:51:47 AM
It's not one of yours, but it's actually from the round before the elimination point. I hope Dave didn't listen to that double album thingy I sent out.
I haven't listened to any of it.

You also said I probably cockblocked Chad with Serenity and ended up rejecting it. :lol
I thought they were a band I only listened to a few songs from, but I recognised your song within seconds when I played it. Turns out I actually know that whole album because I've listened to it a few times, along with a single spin of a couple of their others. So yeah, sorry about that, but I'm always looking for new stuff and I guess some of it I didn't remember enough at the time to actually put it on the banned list.

Good thing I'd discarded my plans on using them.
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ R5 Results Posted - Send Moar Songs ★
Post by: splent on April 22, 2016, 10:57:14 AM
I hope I don't regret my submission. But I can't think of anything else to send :lol
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ R5 Results Posted - Send Moar Songs ★
Post by: Evermind on April 22, 2016, 11:30:51 AM
And sent. Bring that blurred picture on.
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ R5 Results Posted - Send Moar Songs ★
Post by: Crow on April 22, 2016, 11:37:00 AM
my name's blurrypic and I care what you think
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ R5 Results Posted - Send Moar Songs ★
Post by: Train of Naught on April 22, 2016, 11:46:18 AM
In my roulette, the pics are going to be so blurry no one will even notice I post them at all.
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ R5 Results Posted - Send Moar Songs ★
Post by: splent on April 22, 2016, 03:02:06 PM
 In my roulette, my pics will not be blurry. This will be for a reason… That you will soon find out :D
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ R5 Results Posted - Send Moar Songs ★
Post by: Bolsters on April 22, 2016, 07:26:51 PM
Here you go, then:

(https://i1337.photobucket.com/albums/o669/bolsters/Roulette2/blur-r6-1.png~original)
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ R5 Results Posted - Send Moar Songs ★
Post by: Crow on April 22, 2016, 07:28:06 PM
well the last one is Foxy Shazam - Oh Lord
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ R5 Results Posted - Send Moar Songs ★
Post by: splent on April 22, 2016, 07:28:13 PM
No funny ones right now. The one under mine is ELP
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ R5 Results Posted - Send Moar Songs ★
Post by: Bolsters on April 22, 2016, 09:41:35 PM
Bonus stars being awarded in this round are one each of the following: sapphire, amethyst, garnet, aquamarine, and peridot.

(https://i1337.photobucket.com/albums/o669/bolsters/Roulette2/sapphire-big.png~original) (https://i1337.photobucket.com/albums/o669/bolsters/Roulette2/amethyst-big.png~original) (https://i1337.photobucket.com/albums/o669/bolsters/Roulette2/garnet-big.png~original)
(https://i1337.photobucket.com/albums/o669/bolsters/Roulette2/aquamarine-big.png~original) (https://i1337.photobucket.com/albums/o669/bolsters/Roulette2/peridot-big.png~original)
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ R5 Results Posted - Send Moar Songs ★
Post by: Evermind on April 22, 2016, 10:08:57 PM
Hopefully the sapphire star song will suck.
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ R5 Results Posted - Send Moar Songs ★
Post by: Bolsters on April 22, 2016, 10:51:23 PM
Hopefully the sapphire star song will suck.
(https://i1337.photobucket.com/albums/o669/bolsters/Roulette2/jamaritard-star.gif~original)
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ R5 Results Posted - Send Moar Songs ★
Post by: Elite on April 23, 2016, 12:23:47 AM
No funny ones right now. The one under mine is ELP

Probably, if so then it's Karn Evil 9: First Impression Pt. 2
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ R5 Results Posted - Send Moar Songs ★
Post by: Train of Naught on April 23, 2016, 12:54:50 AM
I think I see Arcade Fire and Daughter, no clue about the songs though.
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ R5 Results Posted - Send Moar Songs ★
Post by: Bolsters on April 23, 2016, 12:56:13 AM
Only one of those is correct.
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ R5 Results Posted - Send Moar Songs ★
Post by: Elite on April 23, 2016, 12:56:24 AM
The top one is Damien Rice - 9 Crimes

Definitely no Arcade Fire in there
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ R5 Results Posted - Send Moar Songs ★
Post by: jingle.boy on April 23, 2016, 06:17:14 AM
Why does it seem like I often send the songs with the longest names?
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ R5 Results Posted - Send Moar Songs ★
Post by: Bolsters on April 23, 2016, 09:00:47 AM
Two listens in and I'm still getting the impression that this is going to be a tough group of songs to organise into a ranking.


Edit:
(https://i1337.photobucket.com/albums/o669/bolsters/Roulette2/blur-r6-2.png~original)
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ R5 Results Posted - Send Moar Songs ★
Post by: Shadow Ninja 2.0 on April 23, 2016, 09:34:56 AM
Just put mine at the the top and everything will be fine.
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ R5 Results Posted - Send Moar Songs ★
Post by: splent on April 23, 2016, 10:49:45 AM
Shona Zoltar - One Chance
Satan's Demon - Praeludium
Hubster Damn - Mulligan Cullar
Azurath - Angel
Nomenclature - Shine
Daughter - Meh
Mine
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ R5 Results Posted - Send Moar Songs ★
Post by: Crow on April 23, 2016, 10:54:21 AM
the second one is shooting star - last chance

thank you, evermind's roulette album
that was like one of the better ones too iirc
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ R5 Results Posted - Send Moar Songs ★
Post by: Sacul on April 23, 2016, 11:05:24 AM
I found literally only 4 great songs on that album, and half of those I already knew them  :tup
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ R5 Results Posted - Send Moar Songs ★
Post by: Train of Naught on April 23, 2016, 11:10:07 AM
Yeah that Dear Hunter song was pretty amazing huh

Is the fifth one Azedia by Tyrias maybe? (if correct this could be the aquamarine star)
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ R5 Results Posted - Send Moar Songs ★
Post by: Tomislav95 on April 23, 2016, 11:17:13 AM
Shona Zoltar - One Chance
Satan's Demon - Praeludium
Hubster Damn - Mulligan Cullar
Azurath - Angel
Nomenclature - Shine
Daughter - Meh
Mine
I hope Bolsters won't say the same :P
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ R5 Results Posted - Send Moar Songs ★
Post by: Tyrias on April 23, 2016, 12:03:56 PM
Yeah that Dear Hunter song was pretty amazing huh

Is the fifth one Azedia by Tyrias maybe? (if correct this could be the aquamarine star)
Correct on all accounts.
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ R5 Results Posted - Send Moar Songs ★
Post by: Evermind on April 24, 2016, 12:16:50 AM
I found literally only 4 great songs on that album, and half of those I already knew them  :tup

Funny thing is, I listened to that double album once again I think Time Immemorial is my least favourite from the whole bunch. :lol I mean, it's still very good, but it got through mostly because I didn't include anything from the EPs. Tastes!
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ R5 Results Posted - Send Moar Songs ★
Post by: Crow on April 24, 2016, 12:18:53 AM
i'm actually considering getting that damnation angels album because of the one listen i gave the one song

i dunno i need to connect with the symphonic metal side of DTF more, i have a vanden plas album in my cart too bcuz everyone was talking about them last year and the album was pretty cool i guess
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ R5 Results Posted - Send Moar Songs ★
Post by: Evermind on April 24, 2016, 12:29:59 AM
I haven't heard the Damnation Angels album yet but from what people are saying it's fantastic.

Which Vanden Plas you plan on buying? Their latest (Part II) was awesome, but if the price isn't too high, consider getting both parts at once. Listening to them back to back might be a bit daunting, but there are some recurring melodies from the first part on Part II, those really enhanced my experience.
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ R5 Results Posted - Send Moar Songs ★
Post by: Crow on April 24, 2016, 12:32:06 AM
i'm erring on the side of caution and getting the first chronicles now, but i can just y'know get the second one later
i assure you that even if i got them both i wouldn't be listening to them back to back anyways, so  :lol

plus if i'm familiar with the first before listening to the second i'll prob notice the recurring themes right away and go "wow that's cool"

like it took me about 3-4 listens of the astonishing until i noticed most of the recurring themes because i'm bad
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ R5 Results Posted - Send Moar Songs ★
Post by: Evermind on April 24, 2016, 12:34:30 AM
The second part is better in my opinion, but not much better. It just has more standouts. The first part is good in the beginning, and it gets awesome on tracks 8-10 for me. This is one of my favourite run of songs in the last few years.
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ R5 Results Posted - Send Moar Songs ★
Post by: Crow on April 24, 2016, 01:16:57 AM
recommend me another prog metal band you're a big fan of, i guess, easier to get recommendations than seek stuff out myself  :lol
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ R5 Results Posted - Send Moar Songs ★
Post by: Evermind on April 24, 2016, 01:38:18 AM
Tough to say, you already know most of the bands I'm a big fan of. Do you have Beyond the Bridge - The Old Man and the Spirit? That album made my Top 10.

Out of the relatively unknown and recent ones, I really liked Dimension Act - Manifestation of Progress (a mix of progressive metal and rock, the epic on the album is outstanding), Need - Orvam: A Song for Home (progressive metal with a heavier, darker edge), Amadeus Awad - Death is Just a Feeling (atmospheric progressive metal with some dark landscapes), Echoes - Nature / Existence and Thoughts Factory - Lost. These are in my regular rotation these days. You might find some of them quite generic though.

I'm sure I'll find a lot of great bands once I start listening to the bands people sent me in my roulette, pretty sure Damnation Angels and Redemption will make this list.
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ R5 Results Posted - Send Moar Songs ★
Post by: Crow on April 24, 2016, 01:46:43 AM
oh man, i just checked out a few tracks from that beyond the bridge album like an hour ago  :lol
maybe i'll give the entire album a spin then.

i'll check out a song or two from the rest i guess. the only dimension act song i found was the epic tho so that should be fun/not happening at this late of an hour
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ R5 Results Posted - Send Moar Songs ★
Post by: Evermind on April 24, 2016, 01:49:51 AM
Yeah, go for it. Not counting The Human Equation and The Theory of Everything, that Beyond the Bridge album is my favourite progressive metal album.

To make it easier with the other bands:

Dimension Act - Manifestation of Progress (Trailer #1 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PohIOJWxkoQ) / Trailer #2 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mITTsCFPKh0))
Need - Orvam: A Song for Home (Trailer :lol (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8cYY52BvYFU) / Album Opener (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0dNiUMFpnoo))
Amadeus Awad - Death is Just a Feeling (Behind the Scenes Trailer (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aowRMUGGsew))
Echoes - Nature | Existence (Album Opener (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SDJlD1a0cIk))
Thoughts Factory - Lost (Trailer (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gajQDu_Bg5E))
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ R5 Results Posted - Send Moar Songs ★
Post by: Crow on April 24, 2016, 02:19:28 AM
already youtubing up some of the songs but thanks
the need track I heard didn't do much for me, i may check out one more later just to make sure, dunno
the first amadeus awad song i listened to (opia) was not really a metal track (but i liked it) so i listened to the one after it too and it was pretty solid. anneke being on this is probably part of why you like it a lot i guess?  :P i'll probably check out this album in full, though. cd price on amazon is nutso tho and it's not on importcds either so i probably won't get to it for a while
echoes was okay, didn't care for the singer much and it didn't really stand out a lot, but okay
thoughts factory the song i found had a nice energy to it, the video was cheesy as heck tho but yeah, thought it was alright

probably only going to look into amadeus awad of all of these tbh but that's one more than i'd have looked into before
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ R5 Results Posted - Send Moar Songs ★
Post by: Bolsters on April 24, 2016, 06:10:36 AM
Dimension Act - Manifestation of Progress (a mix of progressive metal and rock, the epic on the album is outstanding)
Is it? :neverusethis:
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ R5 Results Posted - Send Moar Songs ★
Post by: splent on April 24, 2016, 06:15:59 PM
No one has guessed mine yet!

:yeahbaby:
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ R5 Results Posted - Send Moar Songs ★
Post by: Bolsters on April 24, 2016, 10:22:23 PM
What kind of star does everyone think they're going to get this time? Who's going to get the diamond star?
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ R5 Results Posted - Send Moar Songs ★
Post by: Crow on April 24, 2016, 10:22:52 PM
i will
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ R5 Results Posted - Send Moar Songs ★
Post by: Evermind on April 24, 2016, 10:30:28 PM
I think it's possible I get gold or diamond. It's also possible you didn't like my song at all, so who knows.
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ R5 Results Posted - Send Moar Songs ★
Post by: Bolsters on April 24, 2016, 10:45:06 PM
I think it's possible I get gold or diamond. It's also possible you didn't like my song at all, so who knows.
Yes those are the two possibilities.
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ R5 Results Posted - Send Moar Songs ★
Post by: Crow on April 24, 2016, 10:48:59 PM
prediction: first round with bronze stars
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ R5 Results Posted - Send Moar Songs ★
Post by: Bolsters on April 24, 2016, 10:52:14 PM
prediction: first round with bronze stars
Multiple? :justjen
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ R5 Results Posted - Send Moar Songs ★
Post by: Tomislav95 on April 25, 2016, 12:35:27 AM
I'm not sure about the song I sent anymore. I wouldn't be too surprised if I got no-star/coal star :\
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ R5 Results Posted - Send Moar Songs ★
Post by: Elite on April 25, 2016, 12:37:01 AM
I sent a happy song, so I get happy stars.
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ R5 Results Posted - Send Moar Songs ★
Post by: Evermind on April 25, 2016, 12:45:36 AM
I sent a happy song, so I get happy stars.

You and me both!
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ R5 Results Posted - Send Moar Songs ★
Post by: Bolsters on April 25, 2016, 02:46:29 AM
I sent a happy song, so I get happy stars.
You and me both!

(https://i1337.photobucket.com/albums/o669/bolsters/Roulette2/star-smiley-234.png~original)
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ R5 in progress ★
Post by: Train of Naught on April 25, 2016, 04:29:22 AM
I'll get no star since you feel bad for me and don't want to eliminate me yet
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ R5 Results Posted - Send Moar Songs ★
Post by: splent on April 25, 2016, 05:30:58 AM
I'm not sure about the song I sent anymore. I wouldn't be too surprised if I got no-star/coal star :\

This
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ R5 in progress ★
Post by: Shadow Ninja 2.0 on April 25, 2016, 06:39:03 AM
Honestly I have no idea, I think it could go either way.
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ R5 Results Posted - Send Moar Songs ★
Post by: Train of Naught on April 25, 2016, 06:45:45 AM
What kind of star does everyone think they're going to get this time?
Ehm.. I don't think this question was meant for you SN, the fixed one looks much more fitting:

What band does everyone think they've sent this time?
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ R5 in progress ★
Post by: Shadow Ninja 2.0 on April 25, 2016, 07:01:30 AM
 :lol
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ R5 in progress ★
Post by: Evermind on April 25, 2016, 07:08:17 AM
Well played. :lol
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ R5 in progress ★
Post by: Bolsters on April 25, 2016, 07:13:11 AM
Perhaps this will help.

(https://i1337.photobucket.com/albums/o669/bolsters/Roulette2/blur-r6.png~original)
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ R5 in progress ★
Post by: Evermind on April 25, 2016, 07:20:35 AM
Whoa, very obscure songs this time around except ELP. I only know Damien Rice and Daughter because I've got them in my roulettes.
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ R5 in progress ★
Post by: jingle.boy on April 25, 2016, 07:22:04 AM
Whoa, very obscure songs this time around except ELP. I only know Damien Rice and Daughter because I've got them in my roulettes.

Didn't you get Shooting Star too?
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ R5 in progress ★
Post by: Elite on April 25, 2016, 07:24:24 AM
Splent sent Eric Whitacre
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ R5 in progress ★
Post by: Train of Naught on April 25, 2016, 07:26:06 AM
The one under mine is ELP
I think you may be right rich

I only know Novembre and the Damien Rice song here :lol Novembre cause it's mine and Damien Rice because of my own roulette.
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ R5 in progress ★
Post by: Evermind on April 25, 2016, 07:27:23 AM
Whoa, very obscure songs this time around except ELP. I only know Damien Rice and Daughter because I've got them in my roulettes.

Didn't you get Shooting Star too?

Well, I didn't include it here because obviously I know the song I sent.
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ R5 in progress ★
Post by: jingle.boy on April 25, 2016, 07:33:45 AM
Whoa, very obscure songs this time around except ELP. I only know Damien Rice and Daughter because I've got them in my roulettes.

Didn't you get Shooting Star too?

Well, I didn't include it here because obviously I know the song I sent.

Ah... right.

Paying attention: I suck at it.
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ R5 in progress ★
Post by: Tomislav95 on April 25, 2016, 07:36:33 AM
I know Novembre, ToN definitely sent them (did you wrote it's your already? ). I wanted to send band from same genre but didn't know would host like it. So thank you for testing the water for me :lol
EDIT: oh, you did, right now.
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ R5 in progress ★
Post by: Train of Naught on April 25, 2016, 07:39:51 AM
Definitely the best scenario to try out of the ordinary things, having 2 coal stars with the posibility of going out any time :lol

Verne is 100% clean vocals though, and even though Bolsters surely enjoys some harsh vocals, I couldn't go through with it. Nothijngrad and Zenith were the other two songs I considered. 
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ R5 in progress ★
Post by: Elite on April 25, 2016, 07:41:42 AM
The one under mine is ELP
I think you may be right rich

I didn't even see that really, it was just an obvious thing.
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ R5 in progress ★
Post by: Tomislav95 on April 25, 2016, 07:43:22 AM
Definitely the best scenario to try out of the ordinary things, having 2 coal stars with the posibility of going out any time :lol

Verne is 100% clean vocals though, and even though Bolsters surely enjoys some harsh vocals, I couldn't go through with it. Nothijngrad and Zenith were the other two songs I considered.
I know Novembre only by name, maybe heard only 2-3 songs on YouTube. Recommend me an album, the doomier the better.
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ R5 in progress ★
Post by: Train of Naught on April 25, 2016, 07:49:43 AM
Materia for sure. You'll hear the song I sent right away too as it's the first one on the album. The Blue is my #2 album, you could go with that one aswell.
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ R5 in progress ★
Post by: Crow on April 25, 2016, 09:20:27 AM
elite wuz here
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ R5 in progress ★
Post by: Elite on April 25, 2016, 09:25:52 AM
this would be their best but providence has never done much for me, and it's like almost half the album so

Wrong thread :lol
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ R5 in progress ★
Post by: Crow on April 25, 2016, 09:32:28 AM
you can tell it's a monday
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ R5 in progress ★
Post by: splent on April 25, 2016, 02:17:20 PM
Splent sent Eric Whitacre

Maybe... ;)
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ R5 in progress ★
Post by: Elite on April 25, 2016, 02:33:35 PM
Quote from: splent
"DTF's resident music educator/conductor"

Yes, you did.
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ R5 in progress ★
Post by: splent on April 25, 2016, 02:37:48 PM
Quote from: splent
"DTF's resident music educator/conductor"

Yes, you did.

 No, it was Parama
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ R5 in progress ★
Post by: Crow on April 25, 2016, 02:45:19 PM
I sent harsh noise
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ R5 in progress ★
Post by: Bolsters on April 25, 2016, 08:39:07 PM
I plan to post results later tonight, approximately nine or ten hours from this post.
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ R5 in progress ★
Post by: jingle.boy on April 25, 2016, 09:31:44 PM
I have something to (hopefully) look forward to when I get up.
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ R5 in progress ★
Post by: splent on April 25, 2016, 09:56:41 PM
Me too.

Although the key word is hopefully. I'm anticipating everyone else getting diamond stars and me getting coal.

In all seriousness I would be completely happy with a pink star with mine. Or even no star. As long as it isn't coal.
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ R5 in progress ★
Post by: Bolsters on April 26, 2016, 03:47:19 AM
Round Six Results

(https://i1337.photobucket.com/albums/o669/bolsters/Roulette2/star-diamond2.png~original) Elite - Foxy Shazam - Oh Lord

(https://i1337.photobucket.com/albums/o669/bolsters/Roulette2/star-gold.png~original) Tomislav95 - Daughter - Youth

(https://i1337.photobucket.com/albums/o669/bolsters/Roulette2/star-silver.png~original)(https://i1337.photobucket.com/albums/o669/bolsters/Roulette2/star-garnet.png~original) Shadow Ninja 2.0 - Heather Dale - Mordred's Lullaby

(https://i1337.photobucket.com/albums/o669/bolsters/Roulette2/star-silver.png~original)(https://i1337.photobucket.com/albums/o669/bolsters/Roulette2/star-sapphire.png~original) senecadawg2 - Damien Rice - 9 Crimes

(https://i1337.photobucket.com/albums/o669/bolsters/Roulette2/star-pink.png~original) Evermind - Shooting Star - Last Chance

(https://i1337.photobucket.com/albums/o669/bolsters/Roulette2/star-pink.png~original) bl5150 - Saint Deamon - Pandeamonium

(https://i1337.photobucket.com/albums/o669/bolsters/Roulette2/star-pink.png~original)(https://i1337.photobucket.com/albums/o669/bolsters/Roulette2/star-aquamarine.png~original) Tyrias - Azedia - Agony

(https://i1337.photobucket.com/albums/o669/bolsters/Roulette2/star-pink.png~original)(https://i1337.photobucket.com/albums/o669/bolsters/Roulette2/star-amethyst.png~original) jingle.boy - Emerson, Lake and Palmer - Karn Evil 9 1st Impression, pt 2


(https://i1337.photobucket.com/albums/o669/bolsters/Roulette2/star-pink.png~original) Train of Naught - Novembre - Verne

(https://i1337.photobucket.com/albums/o669/bolsters/Roulette2/star-black.png~original)(https://i1337.photobucket.com/albums/o669/bolsters/Roulette2/star-peridot.png~original) splent - Eric Whitacre - Sleep


Scoreboard
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Bonus Star Rankings
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So that's round six. Ruslan manages to get his pearl star in the ballad category (barely) and jingle.chad gets the pearl from the world influence category. We've got just two rounds left now...who's been saving the best for last?


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(https://i1337.photobucket.com/albums/o669/bolsters/Roulette2/pink-big.png~original)(https://i1337.photobucket.com/albums/o669/bolsters/Roulette2/pink-big.png~original)(https://i1337.photobucket.com/albums/o669/bolsters/Roulette2/pink-big.png~original)
(https://i1337.photobucket.com/albums/o669/bolsters/Roulette2/pink-big.png~original)(https://i1337.photobucket.com/albums/o669/bolsters/Roulette2/pink-big.png~original)
(https://i1337.photobucket.com/albums/o669/bolsters/Roulette2/sapphire-big.png~original)(https://i1337.photobucket.com/albums/o669/bolsters/Roulette2/amethyst-big.png~original)(https://i1337.photobucket.com/albums/o669/bolsters/Roulette2/garnet-big.png~original)
(https://i1337.photobucket.com/albums/o669/bolsters/Roulette2/aquamarine-big.png~original)(https://i1337.photobucket.com/albums/o669/bolsters/Roulette2/peridot-big.png~original)
(https://i1337.photobucket.com/albums/o669/bolsters/Roulette2/pearl-big.png~original)(https://i1337.photobucket.com/albums/o669/bolsters/Roulette2/pearl-big.png~original)
(https://i1337.photobucket.com/albums/o669/bolsters/Roulette2/coal-big.png~original)
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ R6 Results are IN ★
Post by: Elite on April 26, 2016, 03:54:45 AM
Yes! I'm back in the game :biggrin:

--

One question: can the pearl star be stolen from someone if you send a better track?
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ R6 Results are IN ★
Post by: Bolsters on April 26, 2016, 04:00:18 AM
One question: can the pearl star be stolen from someone if you send a better track?
Yes, definitely. Only the top person in each category will have a pearl star. If I like your song more, I'll take it from whoever has it and give it to you. :biggrin:


As for bonus stars...

Assuming that all of you actually want three bonus stars:

The following people need to ask for a bonus in both remaining rounds
senecadawg2, Train of Naught

The following people need to ask for a bonus in one of the two remaining rounds
Elite, Evermind, jingle.boy, Shadow Ninja 2.0, Tomislav95, Tyrias

The following people don't need to pay any attention to this, they have three bonus stars already
bl5150, splent
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ R6 Results are IN ★
Post by: Evermind on April 26, 2016, 04:03:42 AM
Ehh, not even a silver. :( Pink is a small consolation when all five people in the round get those.

But hey, I've got my first pearl star! Everyone kindly stop sending ballads for a sapphire stars please.
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ R6 Results are IN ★
Post by: Bolsters on April 26, 2016, 04:08:59 AM
Ehh, not even a silver. :( Pink is a small consolation when all five people in the round get those.
Deciding between yours and seneca's songs for silver/pink was probably the most difficult decision I had to make this round.

Also I do think I'm being too generous with the pink stars, but I have to remain consistent across all rounds, so...
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ R6 Results are IN ★
Post by: Tyrias on April 26, 2016, 04:09:48 AM
Not even a comment on that awesome last 2 minutes?  :sadpanda:

Still, glad you liked it enough for a pink at least.
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ R6 Results are IN ★
Post by: Evermind on April 26, 2016, 04:10:22 AM
Oh, and also, I thought amethyst star was for pre-1979 songs. This song is from 1980 so I figured it won't qualify.
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ R6 Results are IN ★
Post by: Bolsters on April 26, 2016, 04:13:52 AM
Not even a comment on that awesome last 2 minutes?  :sadpanda:
They were pretty good. :P

Oh, and also, I thought amethyst star was for pre-1979 songs. This song is from 1980 so I figured it won't qualify.
I thought it was from 1979 because that's what it says according to Spotify. However now that I look it up properly I see that it is indeed from 1980. So, Spotify is apparently wrong.

From now on I'll look for a more accurate source to reference when people send me amethyst songs. ::)
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ R6 Results are IN ★
Post by: Evermind on April 26, 2016, 04:15:21 AM
Anyway, I'm waiting for the very last round to make a move for my last bonus star. I figure I'm not the only one.
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ R6 Results are IN ★
Post by: bl5150 on April 26, 2016, 04:15:28 AM
I have NFI what to send  :lol     Will have a listen to the songs of the round/read comments in the morning , cross check against what I have on me and see if anything clicks.  Will send something tomorrow arvo.
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ R6 Results are IN ★
Post by: Train of Naught on April 26, 2016, 04:18:42 AM
If The Reign of Kindo wasn't banned I would most likely send something off Play With Fire because that's literally what I'm doing this entire roulette :rollin

Need to think hard about this one.. there's a chance I won't go for the remaining bonus stars even, it's probably a big waste, but I don't have anything good that fits these teams honestly, the ones I do have could cost me the competition so I just hope I can keep that pearl star here.

Glad you kinda liked Novembre :biggrin:
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ R6 Results are IN ★
Post by: Evermind on April 26, 2016, 04:24:22 AM
Good idea ToN, leave those bonus stars alone. Though I suppose you can send for a garnet star, I have no interest in those and the category already has a pearl.  :biggrin:
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ R6 Results are IN ★
Post by: Tyrias on April 26, 2016, 04:28:30 AM
Good idea ToN, leave those bonus stars alone. Though I suppose you can send for a garnet star, I have no interest in those and the category already has a pearl.  :biggrin:

I think I'll be stealing your pearl away next round though, or at least try.

The good news is I'm probably getting coal this round. Figured that with the current standings (or at least how I interpret them), I don't have much to lose. I don't really care if I'm second or last. So, big risk incoming.
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ R6 Results are IN ★
Post by: Bolsters on April 26, 2016, 04:28:50 AM
Glad you kinda liked Novembre :biggrin:
Well I didn't kinda like it, I did like it. That's why you got a pink star. Though if I were to rank all of the pink stars (and no, I'm not going to actually do it :lol) it would probably be second or third from the bottom. Since I liked Verde more than one or two song(s) I previously gave pink to, it made sense to give you one aswell.



By the way if anyone has questions about the stars, I did say I would be more forthcoming during the final two rounds. So long as my answer doesn't explicitly reveal the values of any stars, I will more than likely answer it (or maybe not, but there's only one way to find out :biggrin:)
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ R6 Results are IN ★
Post by: Tomislav95 on April 26, 2016, 04:29:14 AM
Wow, I didn't expect a gold star, sweet :metal
For three rounds now I have this one band for last bonus star but I'm not sure would you like it at all (there are no similar bands on the banned list). I guess it's one of those love 'em or hate 'em bands.
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ R6 Results are IN ★
Post by: Train of Naught on April 26, 2016, 04:32:07 AM
Do I look like I have any "world music" at all? :lol Or pre 1980's music even.

The only star I'm considering is the instrumentals one, and maaaybe orchestra but the one I planned for that one is way too risky, so at worst I'll hold on to it until the last round.

Glad you kinda liked Novembre :biggrin:
Well I didn't kinda like it, I did like it. That's why you got a pink star. Though if I were to rank all of the pink stars (and no, I'm not going to actually do it :lol) it would probably be second or third from the bottom. Since I liked Verde more than one or two song(s) I previously gave pink to, it made sense to give you one aswell.



By the way if anyone has questions about the stars, I did say I would be more forthcoming during the final two rounds. So long as my answer doesn't explicitly reveal the values of any stars, I will more than likely answer it (or maybe not, but there's only one way to find out :biggrin:)
Ah cool, I hope now that I got my first pink I'm tied with Evermind for first place.
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ R6 Results are IN ★
Post by: Tyrias on April 26, 2016, 04:34:54 AM
So, questions:
Is a diamond or a pearl star worth more?
How do bonus stars lose their value when more participants send for that star? Is it "points awarded=total points/number of songs in that category" or something else?
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ R6 Results are IN ★
Post by: Evermind on April 26, 2016, 04:35:30 AM
Good idea ToN, leave those bonus stars alone. Though I suppose you can send for a garnet star, I have no interest in those and the category already has a pearl.  :biggrin:

I think I'll be stealing your pearl away next round though, or at least try.

Not cool, man, not cool at all. You know the more people are in the bonus category, the less points you get from the bonus stars, right? Maybe try peridot or emerald?
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ R6 Results are IN ★
Post by: Bolsters on April 26, 2016, 04:40:46 AM
Is a diamond or a pearl star worth more?
Diamond is worth more than pearl.

How do bonus stars lose their value when more participants send for that star? Is it "points awarded=total points/number of songs in that category" or something else?
I made a table that tells me what the stars are supposed to be worth when a particular number of people (from 1-10) have acquired it.
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ R6 Results are IN ★
Post by: Evermind on April 26, 2016, 04:45:54 AM
Is silver + pink star worth more than pearl? :D
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ R6 Results are IN ★
Post by: Bolsters on April 26, 2016, 04:59:04 AM
Is silver + pink star worth more than pearl? :D
If you're asking if the addition of the point values of those two stars is worth more than a single pearl, the answer is yes. Definitely. :lol

If you are asking if either of those two stars is worth more than pearl, the answer is that both of them are.
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ R6 Results are IN ★
Post by: Evermind on April 26, 2016, 05:07:40 AM
I was asking the former. Huh, this is intriguing. Didn't expect pearl to cost that low. Less than pink... Okay folks, go ahead and steal my pearl, I'll just get two remaining diamonds I guess.
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ R6 Results are IN ★
Post by: Bolsters on April 26, 2016, 05:18:10 AM
I was asking the former. Huh, this is intriguing. Didn't expect pearl to cost that low. Less than pink... Okay folks, go ahead and steal my pearl, I'll just get two remaining diamonds I guess.
Well look at it this way: Songs that have pearl stars attached are probably worth quite a bit already - diamond or gold usually for the song in the round, then the bonus star aswell. If pearl was worth too much it would be very unbalanced.
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ R6 Results are IN ★
Post by: Evermind on April 26, 2016, 05:24:27 AM
Yeah, I get it.

Got another good question that won't reveal basically anything - are all the star values integers or did you use decimals too? If it's the latter, are the decimal numbers related only to bonus stars?
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ R6 Results are IN ★
Post by: Bolsters on April 26, 2016, 05:31:39 AM
are all the star values integers or did you use decimals too?
Every star has a whole number as its value. This includes the changing values of the bonus stars.
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ R6 Results are IN ★
Post by: Evermind on April 26, 2016, 05:33:21 AM
Hmm, are there any identical star values then?
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ R6 Results are IN ★
Post by: Bolsters on April 26, 2016, 05:35:21 AM
Hmm, are there any identical star values then?
Possibly.
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ R6 Results are IN ★
Post by: Train of Naught on April 26, 2016, 05:36:38 AM
Here's a maybe-not-so-important question:

If one of us goes out in the most embarassing way possible: three coal star, will they get a mention during the prize ceremony like Parama got with the pink star the first time?
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ R6 Results are IN ★
Post by: Bolsters on April 26, 2016, 05:40:02 AM
If one of us goes out in the most embarassing way possible: three coal star, will they get a mention during the prize ceremony like Parama got with the pink star the first time?
You want one of those pink balloons now, do you? :biggrin:

I think the ceremony I did last time was rather pointless, so I hadn't planned on doing anything like that this time. I suppose if the winner requests it, I could make a big diamond star graphic with their name on it, but I'll likely leave it at that.
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ R6 Results are IN ★
Post by: Tyrias on April 26, 2016, 05:52:40 AM
I was asking the former. Huh, this is intriguing. Didn't expect pearl to cost that low. Less than pink... Okay folks, go ahead and steal my pearl, I'll just get two remaining diamonds I guess.
Well look at it this way: Songs that have pearl stars attached are probably worth quite a bit already - diamond or gold usually for the song in the round, then the bonus star aswell. If pearl was worth too much it would be very unbalanced.

Well, I'll have to rethink my strategy for the last bonus star then :lol.
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ R6 Results are IN ★
Post by: splent on April 26, 2016, 06:11:56 AM
Well fuck.

I thought about sending a few
Other choral tracks and should have sent one of those.

Kicking myself now because I'm doing poorly now.

I'll send something later. I'm mad at myself.

And I'm mad that everyone else got at least a pink.
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ R6 Results are IN ★
Post by: Tomislav95 on April 26, 2016, 06:15:55 AM
Hey Dave, there are two versions of Youth by Daughter and I think you heard one I like less :D check the other one(YouTube link I sent you), I think singing performance is better.
EDIT: And sent.
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ R6 Results are IN ★
Post by: Bolsters on April 26, 2016, 06:49:54 AM
Hey Dave, there are two versions of Youth by Daughter and I think you heard one I like less :D check the other one(YouTube link I sent you), I think singing performance is better.
I think you're right, this one seems a bit different to the one I listened to on Spotify.
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ R6 Results are IN ★
Post by: Shadow Ninja 2.0 on April 26, 2016, 06:54:08 AM
Sent.
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ R6 Results are IN ★
Post by: Tomislav95 on April 26, 2016, 07:02:05 AM
Hey Dave, there are two versions of Youth by Daughter and I think you heard one I like less :D check the other one(YouTube link I sent you), I think singing performance is better.
I think you're right, this one seems a bit different to the one I listened to on Spotify.
Version I sent is from Wild Youth EP and other version is from If You Leave, their first LP.
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ R6 Results are IN ★
Post by: Bolsters on April 26, 2016, 07:11:18 AM
Hey Dave, there are two versions of Youth by Daughter and I think you heard one I like less :D check the other one(YouTube link I sent you), I think singing performance is better.
I think you're right, this one seems a bit different to the one I listened to on Spotify.
Version I sent is from Wild Youth EP and other version is from If You Leave, their first LP.
Yeah I definitely listened to the LP version, although that EP is on Spotify aswell. Sorry about that...luckily the differences aren't significant enough that the song's ranking would have been different. :facepalm:
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ R6 Results are IN ★
Post by: Tomislav95 on April 26, 2016, 07:22:24 AM
Yeah I definitely listened to the LP version, although that EP is on Spotify aswell. Sorry about that...luckily the differences aren't significant enough that the song's ranking would have been different. :facepalm:
I'm glad you liked it no matter which one you heard :P I think EP version is more folky and some vocal melodies are different but not too much.
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ R6 Results are IN ★
Post by: jingle.boy on April 26, 2016, 07:23:11 AM
Dubstep > Karn Evil #9??

It's things like this that scream you and I are not a match.   :biggrin:

Instrumental coming up, and thus the completion of sending all 7 themes.  Just need to decide if I want to formally put it into the emerald bucket.
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ R6 Results are IN ★
Post by: Bolsters on April 26, 2016, 07:34:36 AM
Dubstep > Karn Evil #9??
To be fair, in this round I put several genres > Karn Evil #9. (https://i1337.photobucket.com/albums/o669/bolsters/Roulette/tardstar-emot.png~original)

Instrumental coming up, and thus the completion of sending all 7 themes.  Just need to decide if I want to formally put it into the emerald bucket.
I don't think you've covered all of them yet. Where is your ruby entry? Or peridot? Or aquamarine?
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ R6 Results are IN ★
Post by: Train of Naught on April 26, 2016, 07:37:57 AM
Sent a 36 minute instrumental
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ R6 Results are IN ★
Post by: Elite on April 26, 2016, 07:44:44 AM
Sent a 36 minute instrumental

:lol
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ R6 Results are IN ★
Post by: Bolsters on April 26, 2016, 07:47:48 AM
Except he didn't.
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ R6 Results are IN ★
Post by: Elite on April 26, 2016, 07:59:46 AM
Of course he didn't, it was an obvious reference to the Roulette Championship.
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ R6 Results are IN ★
Post by: jingle.boy on April 26, 2016, 08:28:20 AM
Dubstep > Karn Evil #9??
To be fair, in this round I put several genres > Karn Evil #9. (https://i1337.photobucket.com/albums/o669/bolsters/Roulette/tardstar-emot.png~original)

Instrumental coming up, and thus the completion of sending all 7 themes.  Just need to decide if I want to formally put it into the emerald bucket.
I don't think you've covered all of them yet. Where is your ruby entry? Or peridot? Or aquamarine?

My Xandria submission covered four themes - world, ballad, multi-vocalist, and orchestral (sorry, I can't remember off the top off my head which color is which theme); ELP covered keys/pre 1979.

Told you I was doing it in a very unique way.   :)
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ R6 Results are IN ★
Post by: Bolsters on April 26, 2016, 08:39:24 AM
My Xandria submission covered four themes - world, ballad, multi-vocalist, and orchestral
I suppose there's enough from each vocalist that it can qualify for that, but I don't think I would have awarded the orchestral star to it had you asked. All I remember is some background noise that sounded like strings, and I said that the influence had to be "significant" for a song to qualify. :P

So three on that, synth and pre-80's for ELP. That's five, you still need to send an instrumental and something symphonic/orchestral if getting all seven is your goal here.
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ R6 Results are IN ★
Post by: jingle.boy on April 26, 2016, 10:48:48 AM
My Xandria submission covered four themes - world, ballad, multi-vocalist, and orchestral
I suppose there's enough from each vocalist that it can qualify for that, but I don't think I would have awarded the orchestral star to it had you asked. All I remember is some background noise that sounded like strings, and I said that the influence had to be "significant" for a song to qualify. :P

So three on that, synth and pre-80's for ELP. That's five, you still need to send an instrumental and something symphonic/orchestral if getting all seven is your goal here.

I guess that finalizes my instrumental decision then!  I was gonna go a different route, but I've got ya covered.  The song I'll submitting was always on my radar.  I want to leave my final submission open to any possibility.
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ R6 Results are IN ★
Post by: splent on April 26, 2016, 11:00:07 AM
If my next submission gets coal (I don't think it will) I call shenanigans.
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ R6 Results are IN ★
Post by: Evermind on April 26, 2016, 11:28:25 AM
Sent for diamond star.

(You can read this in the "oppa gangnam style" rhythm.)
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ R6 Results are IN ★
Post by: Tomislav95 on April 26, 2016, 11:30:22 AM
 :lol
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ R6 Results are IN ★
Post by: Sacul on April 26, 2016, 12:21:26 PM
Sent a 36 minute instrumental
:2metal:

Oh man, playing on this roulette would have been awesome, but I'd have got 3 consecutive coal stars anyways, so...
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ R6 Results are IN ★
Post by: Tyrias on April 26, 2016, 01:07:26 PM
I'm so curious what Bolsters will say about my song this round. I discovered it completely randomly, and my first listen was basically alternating between "wtf is this" and "this is amazing".

It's not 36 minutes long, and neither is it an instrumental, though. So I guess I'm not winning in coolness points.
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ R6 Results are IN ★
Post by: TAC on April 26, 2016, 03:41:30 PM
IMO, Evermind should've won that round and been given every f'n star in the universe! But hey, that's just me...
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ R6 Results are IN ★
Post by: Train of Naught on April 26, 2016, 07:59:11 PM
It's not 36 minutes long, and neither is it an instrumental
Don't even bother man, my Stella is gonna own this round
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ R6 Results are IN ★
Post by: Bolsters on April 26, 2016, 09:33:48 PM
Waiting on one to send and one to resend.
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ R6 Results are IN ★
Post by: Crow on April 26, 2016, 09:36:48 PM
Send and Resend walk into a bar.
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ R6 Results are IN ★
Post by: Sacul on April 26, 2016, 09:39:53 PM
It's not 36 minutes long, and neither is it an instrumental
Don't even bother man, my Stella is gonna own this round
I'd give it all the possible stars expect the Coal one  :tup
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ R6 Results are IN ★
Post by: Bolsters on April 26, 2016, 10:18:43 PM
It's not 36 minutes long, and neither is it an instrumental
Don't even bother man, my Stella is gonna own this round
I'd give it all the possible stars expect the Coal one  :tup
The Omega Star? :omg:

(https://i1337.photobucket.com/albums/o669/bolsters/Roulette2/omega-star.gif~original)
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ R6 Results are IN ★
Post by: Sacul on April 26, 2016, 11:25:41 PM
Nah, the trve star.

(https://vignette3.wikia.nocookie.net/fantendo/images/4/49/Super_Star_NSMB2.png/revision/latest?cb=20120731024244)
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ R6 Results are IN ★
Post by: Evermind on April 27, 2016, 01:39:52 AM
IMO, Evermind should've won that round and been given every f'n star in the universe! But hey, that's just me...

I agree. Great song, that one.
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ R6 Results are IN ★
Post by: Bolsters on April 27, 2016, 09:03:37 AM
Waiting on one to send and one to resend.
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ R6 Results are IN ★
Post by: Elite on April 27, 2016, 09:21:16 AM
I had a hangover.
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ R6 Results are IN ★
Post by: Bolsters on April 28, 2016, 06:05:25 AM
I had a hangover.
I do hope that your judgement was not impaired when you selected something to send. ;)

Everyone is in now.
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ R6 Results are IN ★
Post by: Bolsters on April 28, 2016, 09:08:42 AM
The blur is real:

(https://i1337.photobucket.com/albums/o669/bolsters/Roulette2/blur-r7-1.png~original)



And of course, the bonus stars being awarded: sapphire, emerald, amethyst, and peridot. This also means that the final three pearl stars will be handed out in the emerald, amethyst, and peridot rankings. :o

(https://i1337.photobucket.com/albums/o669/bolsters/Roulette2/sapphire-big.png~original) (https://i1337.photobucket.com/albums/o669/bolsters/Roulette2/emerald-big.png~original) (https://i1337.photobucket.com/albums/o669/bolsters/Roulette2/amethyst-big.png~original) (https://i1337.photobucket.com/albums/o669/bolsters/Roulette2/peridot-big.png~original)
(https://i1337.photobucket.com/albums/o669/bolsters/Roulette2/pearl-big.png~original) (https://i1337.photobucket.com/albums/o669/bolsters/Roulette2/pearl-big.png~original) (https://i1337.photobucket.com/albums/o669/bolsters/Roulette2/pearl-big.png~original)
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ Working on R7 ★
Post by: Crow on April 28, 2016, 09:16:27 AM
second one is Wishbone Ash - Throw Down the Sword
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ Working on R7 ★
Post by: Evermind on April 28, 2016, 09:18:33 AM
Cozy Powell - Roach in the Drum Kit
Wishbone Ash - Throw Down the Sword
Pearl - This Star Sucks (but, actually, PelleK - Bag of Tricks)
Eisley - Colors
Defacto - When Daylight Dies
Ignea - Let's Wear Manteau
Waken Eyes - Exodus
(no idea) - Wings of Toddler And Cat
my song
ale - Drink Up, Bro

So some fucker decided to steal the pearl star from me... we'll see how it goes.
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ Working on R7 ★
Post by: Crow on April 28, 2016, 09:22:34 AM
ale - Drink Up, Bro
:rollin
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ Working on R7 ★
Post by: Bolsters on April 28, 2016, 09:32:18 AM
Alright, so something has been bugging me. I don't particularly like springing this on all of you, but I have to rectify something here even though I made no note of me eventually doing this in the rules at the start.

I've said several times already that I wanted to be consistent with handing out the pink sympathy stars, and I have to admit now that I feel that I have failed to do this. There are a number of songs already that I have not awarded stars to that I feel either got a raw deal, or are of the same quality as songs that were awarded pink stars. Therefore I intend to award a number of pink stars to songs from previous rounds to hopefully right this imbalance.

I know some of you already think there's too many pink stars and you joke about their apparent worthlessness, so I guess some of you are rolling your eyes at the idea of me handing out more of the things than I already have. But if it's a choice between having people feel that way, or having some people feeling like I've swindled them out of points they deserved, I'd very much rather people be bitching about the former.

So, during the beginning of this round I will also be relistening to the songs that were not awarded a star, and in some cases I will also relisten to the coal star songs. When I'm done with this, I will post a list of songs that will be retroactively awarded pink stars. As mentioned I already have several in mind that I want to give stars to, but I think it's only fair that I give all of the songs that were not awarded points a chance. So that's what I am going to do.



TL;DR version: I'm giving pink stars to some of the previous rounds' songs. Deal with it.
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ Working on R7 ★
Post by: Evermind on April 28, 2016, 09:38:12 AM
Well, I'm going to meh this for two reasons: I certainly won't get any more starts since I'm already at maximum (selfish, yes), and I think you should stick with your decisions whenever you made them. You didn't think that song should get a pink star at that moment? Well, tough luck.

I mean, what makes you so sure you know how to properly award pink stars now? You can re-listen and award some more stars for earlier rounds, find some grower songs, but what about Round 7 and 8? What if some of the grower songs are there? Will you be relistening to the Round 8 songs a few weeks later and postponing the final results until then? I guess no, because that's ridiculous. So, tough luck. I don't see why it should be any other way for any previous round.

But you're the host and it's your roulette... so I'll just stick to sending good songs and leave the decisions to you. :biggrin:
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ Working on R7 ★
Post by: Crow on April 28, 2016, 09:40:27 AM
retroactively remove pink stars from songs that got them and you think didn't deserve them :neverusethis:
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ Working on R7 ★
Post by: Shadow Ninja 2.0 on April 28, 2016, 09:40:48 AM
WHAT THE FUCK BOLSTERS I AM PISSED AS SILLY HECK ABOUT THIS


Actually wait I don't care. This is all fine with me, whatever you think is best. I dunno that it affects me much either way?
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ Working on R7 ★
Post by: splent on April 28, 2016, 09:41:04 AM
Colin Powell - Down in the Land of Gin
Wishbone Ash - Whatever Parama said
PellK - Watever Evermidn Said
Mine (Evermind was half right)
Defacto I think is correct
Igual - Le Jour Cocteau
Walrus Eyes - Jesus
Blur - Wind of Cinder and Ash
Blackwell - All Tears
alm - hero
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ Working on R7 ★
Post by: Crow on April 28, 2016, 09:42:13 AM
tbh tho the last one is alt-J - Taro
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ Working on R7 ★
Post by: Evermind on April 28, 2016, 09:43:27 AM
Colin Powell - Down in the Land of Gin

This is nice. :rollin
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ Working on R7 ★
Post by: Bolsters on April 28, 2016, 09:54:38 AM
I mean, what makes you so sure you know how to properly award pink stars now? You can re-listen and award some more stars for earlier rounds, find some grower songs, but what about Round 7 and 8? What if some of the grower songs are there? Will you be relistening to the Round 8 songs a few weeks later and postponing the final results until then?
It's not a matter of finding grower songs, it's about comparing songs with pink stars verses those that don't and making it consistent. I'm relistening to familiarise myself with the songs again, not find out if I like them more now than I did previously. I've received 111 songs so far, while I could certainly not listen to anything and just go with the ones I would like to give a pink star to on gut reaction, I don't think that's entirely fair.

It's hardly the first time anyone has relistened to previous rounds and given more points, either.
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ Working on R7 ★
Post by: Elite on April 28, 2016, 09:55:59 AM
I just think it's funny there are so many pink stars, yet not a single bronze star in the entire roulette.
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ Working on R7 ★
Post by: Evermind on April 28, 2016, 09:57:59 AM
It's hardly the first time anyone has relistened to previous rounds and given more points, either.

I know, and I never liked it. I usually avoid saying anything on that matter, but I'm really invested in this roulette, so I decided to comment on that. Anyway, it's your decision.
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ Working on R7 ★
Post by: Train of Naught on April 28, 2016, 09:59:15 AM
Bronze star worked pretty good in the v1 but I just think it's rare that there would be a round where he wouldn't like either of the 10 songs sent.
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ Working on R7 ★
Post by: Bolsters on April 28, 2016, 10:00:25 AM
I just think it's funny there are so many pink stars, yet not a single bronze star in the entire roulette.
It probably wasn't necessary to keep it. In the last roulette it was necessary because the songs scored based on how they rated against just one other song, so there were bound to be instances where both of the songs would be pretty average, and that's exactly what happened because I ended up handing a few of them out. This time however it's a ranking of every song I was sent, so in order for a single bronze star to appear, it would mean a minimum of 7 people missing the mark, simultaneously. I'm not surprised that it didn't happen, you guys aren't that bad at picking out songs for me (for the mostpart  :P)
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ Working on R7 ★
Post by: jingle.boy on April 28, 2016, 10:05:29 AM
Well, I'm going to meh this for two reasons: I certainly won't get any more starts since I'm already at maximum (selfish, yes), and I think you should stick with your decisions whenever you made them. You didn't think that song should get a pink star at that moment? Well, tough luck.

I mean, what makes you so sure you know how to properly award pink stars now? You can re-listen and award some more stars for earlier rounds, find some grower songs, but what about Round 7 and 8? What if some of the grower songs are there? Will you be relistening to the Round 8 songs a few weeks later and postponing the final results until then? I guess no, because that's ridiculous. So, tough luck. I don't see why it should be any other way for any previous round.

But you're the host and it's your roulette... so I'll just stick to sending good songs and leave the decisions to you. :biggrin:

100% agree with this.  If you're going to 'add' pink stars, then in theory you should also go back and potentially 'delete' pink stars.  My opinion is that when a round is over, it's over.  Scores are set - you can't put the toothpaste back in the tube.  People don't go back and re-score songs towards the end of the roulette.... 'ya know, that song really deserves an 8 now, not the 6 I gave it initially'.

I've said this before, but this is the fallacy of scoring systems vs stack ranking.  Scoring systems have the challenge of trying to score consistently across rounds.

But, as Evermind said - and I agree wholeheartedly - it's your roulette; you make the rules/conditions.
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ Working on R7 ★
Post by: Crow on April 28, 2016, 10:23:10 AM
I rescored a ton of songs in my roulette tbh
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ Working on R7 ★
Post by: jingle.boy on April 28, 2016, 10:29:02 AM
I rescored a ton of songs in my roulette tbh

I stand corrected then.  It doesn't typically happen though - at least, not that I've seen in the ones I played/followed.
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ Working on R7 ★
Post by: Evermind on April 28, 2016, 10:30:04 AM
Sacul also added some scores on re-listening.

But as far as I remember no one so far gave the songs a lower score than they actually had.
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ Working on R7 ★
Post by: Sacul on April 28, 2016, 10:35:49 AM
I felt tempted to do so, but it would have felt a bit unfair, thus when initially scoring, I went with lower scores in case I felt the tracks deserved something better in the relistens.
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ Working on R7 ★
Post by: Crow on April 28, 2016, 10:44:30 AM
there were some I really wanted to go back and lower the score of but I'm not that mean

well, I might be that mean nowadays
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ Working on R7 ★
Post by: splent on April 28, 2016, 11:11:22 AM
there were some I really wanted to go back and lower the score of but I'm not that mean

well, I might be that mean nowadays

Whenever you do a roulette my goal will be to get 0/10s from you and then you relisten to them and I win
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ Working on R7 ★
Post by: Bolsters on April 28, 2016, 10:39:27 PM
I wasn't really expecting this kind of reaction actually. I wouldn't be much of a host if I intentionally pissed off my contestants.

There is nothing about this in the rules I suppose plus it looks like it won't be all that well received by several people. So I've changed my mind, no do-overs.
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ Working on R7 ★
Post by: bl5150 on April 28, 2016, 10:40:55 PM
Ruslan just missed the champs by a point - better be nice or things could get ugly  :lol
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ Working on R7 ★
Post by: Bolsters on April 28, 2016, 11:00:49 PM
(https://i1337.photobucket.com/albums/o669/bolsters/Roulette2/blur-r7-2.png~original)
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ Working on R7 ★
Post by: Crow on April 28, 2016, 11:01:44 PM
someone sent Halsey? uuuggghh
also the first is Clint Mansell - Death is the Road to Awe
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ Working on R7 ★
Post by: Bolsters on April 28, 2016, 11:05:17 PM
someone sent Halsey? uuuggghh
So you're a fan then? :lol
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ Working on R7 ★
Post by: Crow on April 28, 2016, 11:07:14 PM
all i actually know is that awful, awful new americana song but everything i've heard about her suggests that's about par for the course
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ Working on R7 ★
Post by: Bolsters on April 28, 2016, 11:08:03 PM
I just realised that the third one looks like it could be "Bag of Dicks" :lol
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ Working on R7 ★
Post by: Evermind on April 28, 2016, 11:09:23 PM
I just realised that the third one looks like it could be "Bag of Dicks" :lol

So it actually wasn't PelleK - Bag of Tricks?
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ Working on R7 ★
Post by: Crow on April 28, 2016, 11:10:33 PM
really hope halsey gets coal star
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ Working on R7 ★
Post by: Bolsters on April 28, 2016, 11:12:25 PM
So it actually wasn't PelleK - Bag of Tricks?
It might be.
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ Working on R7 ★
Post by: Evermind on April 28, 2016, 11:14:29 PM
So it actually wasn't PelleK - Bag of Tricks?
It might be.

Well, since you didn't reveal it when I guessed it yesterday, I assume it isn't. :P
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ Working on R7 ★
Post by: Bolsters on April 28, 2016, 11:24:24 PM
Here are some star facts for you all to chew on.


As of the end of Round 6, if you were to add up the points of every star that has been awarded, all of the bonus stars (the seven gemstones and pearl) make up roughly 30% of the total.

The point value difference between a bonus star that only one person has and a bonus star that all ten of you have is roughly 300%.
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ Working on R7 ★
Post by: jingle.boy on April 29, 2016, 12:09:46 AM
So it actually wasn't PelleK - Bag of Tricks?
It might be.

Let me put your mind at ease. I sent an instrumenta with orchestral elements.

Here are some star facts for you all to chew on.


As of the end of Round 6, if you were to add up the points of every star that has been awarded, all of the bonus stars (the seven gemstones and pearl) make up roughly 30% of the total.

The point value difference between a bonus star that only one person has and a bonus star that all ten of you have is roughly 300%.
I have no idea what this means.   :D
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ Working on R7 ★
Post by: Bolsters on April 29, 2016, 02:55:50 AM
It means
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ Working on R7 ★
Post by: splent on April 29, 2016, 05:47:01 AM
really hope halsey gets coal star

I don't
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ Working on R7 ★
Post by: Bolsters on April 29, 2016, 05:49:01 AM
Can confirm that one of you is going to be disappointed. (https://i1337.photobucket.com/albums/o669/bolsters/Roulette/tardstar-emot.png~original)
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ Working on R7 ★
Post by: splent on April 29, 2016, 05:51:06 AM
Can confirm that one of you is going to be disappointed. (https://i1337.photobucket.com/albums/o669/bolsters/Roulette/tardstar-emot.png~original)

Well it's probably me then :lol

In my defense the song was quirky enough that it would have the possibility of you liking it but everyone else probably sent amazing songs and I've run out of ideas :lol
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ Working on R7 ★
Post by: Tyrias on April 29, 2016, 06:36:10 AM
Don't worry, I'm getting coal this round.


With a song as risky as I sent, I'm just going to be pessimistic. Only good surprises that way :lol
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ Working on R7 ★
Post by: Bolsters on April 29, 2016, 11:05:14 PM
Round Seven Results

(https://i1337.photobucket.com/albums/o669/bolsters/Roulette2/star-diamond2.png~original)(https://i1337.photobucket.com/albums/o669/bolsters/Roulette2/star-emerald.png~original) senecadawg2 - Clint Mansell - Death is The Road to Awe

(https://i1337.photobucket.com/albums/o669/bolsters/Roulette2/star-gold.png~original)(https://i1337.photobucket.com/albums/o669/bolsters/Roulette2/star-sapphire.png~original) Elite - alt-J - Taro

(https://i1337.photobucket.com/albums/o669/bolsters/Roulette2/star-silver.png~original) bl5150 - Defecto - When Daylight Dies

(https://i1337.photobucket.com/albums/o669/bolsters/Roulette2/star-silver.png~original) splent - Halsey - Colors

(https://i1337.photobucket.com/albums/o669/bolsters/Roulette2/star-pink.png~original) jingle.boy - PelleK - Bag of Tricks

(https://i1337.photobucket.com/albums/o669/bolsters/Roulette2/star-pink.png~original) Train of Naught - Waken Eyes - Exodus

(https://i1337.photobucket.com/albums/o669/bolsters/Roulette2/star-pink.png~original)(https://i1337.photobucket.com/albums/o669/bolsters/Roulette2/star-amethyst.png~original) Tomislav95 - Wishbone Ash - Throw Down The Sword

(https://i1337.photobucket.com/albums/o669/bolsters/Roulette2/star-pink.png~original) Evermind - Blackmore's Night - 25 Years

(https://i1337.photobucket.com/albums/o669/bolsters/Roulette2/star-peridot.png~original) Shadow Ninja 2.0 - Killer Be Killed - Wings of Feather and Wax

(https://i1337.photobucket.com/albums/o669/bolsters/Roulette2/star-black.png~original) Tyrias - Igorrr - Tout petit moineau


Scoreboard
(https://i1337.photobucket.com/albums/o669/bolsters/Roulette2/score07.png~original)

Bonus Star Rankings
(https://i1337.photobucket.com/albums/o669/bolsters/Roulette2/bonus-r7-1b.png~original)

(https://i1337.photobucket.com/albums/o669/bolsters/Roulette2/bonus-r7-2.png~original)



Well it's perhaps taken a little longer than I would have liked, but we are now entering the final round of the roulette. :o Ruslan, Chad, Tyrias and seneca all have one last bonus to go for, though it looks like Naught has given up on them. The standings at the moment are very interesting...take my word for it.


(https://i1337.photobucket.com/albums/o669/bolsters/Roulette2/diamond-big.png~original)(https://i1337.photobucket.com/albums/o669/bolsters/Roulette2/gold-big.png~original)(https://i1337.photobucket.com/albums/o669/bolsters/Roulette2/silver-big.png~original)(https://i1337.photobucket.com/albums/o669/bolsters/Roulette2/silver-big.png~original)

(https://i1337.photobucket.com/albums/o669/bolsters/Roulette2/pink-big.png~original)(https://i1337.photobucket.com/albums/o669/bolsters/Roulette2/pink-big.png~original)(https://i1337.photobucket.com/albums/o669/bolsters/Roulette2/pink-big.png~original)(https://i1337.photobucket.com/albums/o669/bolsters/Roulette2/pink-big.png~original)
(https://i1337.photobucket.com/albums/o669/bolsters/Roulette2/sapphire-big.png~original)(https://i1337.photobucket.com/albums/o669/bolsters/Roulette2/emerald-big.png~original)(https://i1337.photobucket.com/albums/o669/bolsters/Roulette2/amethyst-big.png~original)
(https://i1337.photobucket.com/albums/o669/bolsters/Roulette2/coal-big.png~original)
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ Entering the final, R8 ★
Post by: Evermind on April 29, 2016, 11:14:26 PM
Huh, I thought you'd like my song better. Guess Brent might be ahead of me now. Maybe my luck in roulettes ran out.
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ Entering the final, R8 ★
Post by: Crow on April 29, 2016, 11:15:23 PM
to be fair, i haven't listened to that specific halsey song and it might not be as bad
the lyrics look awful tho tbh
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ Entering the final, R8 ★
Post by: Shadow Ninja 2.0 on April 29, 2016, 11:19:30 PM
Yeah, I figured that one was kind of a wild card. Alas. Anyway, sent.

edit: Also if that's the same Igorrr song that Sacul sent in my roulette, I thought it was fantastic. I sort of have the same feeling about the electronic stuff, actually, the vocalist was just fantastic enough to really sell it.
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ R5 Results Posted - Send Moar Songs ★
Post by: bl5150 on April 29, 2016, 11:30:23 PM
Oh, and here's the thing from that rather pointless deviation earlier. Figured out what they are yet?

(https://i1337.photobucket.com/albums/o669/bolsters/Roulette2/blur-e1.png~original)



Sorry if I missed it - struggling to keep up with everything while away - but what was this all about?
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ Entering the final, R8 ★
Post by: Sacul on April 30, 2016, 12:05:07 AM
Also if that's the same Igorrr song that Sacul sent in my roulette, I thought it was fantastic. I sort of have the same feeling about the electronic stuff, actually, the vocalist was just fantastic enough to really sell it.
It's pretty awesome and doesn't deserve a Coal star at all  :metal
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ Entering the final, R8 ★
Post by: Train of Naught on April 30, 2016, 12:36:07 AM
I think I'm in last place :lol

Going to try and still get a second bonus star here.
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ Entering the final, R8 ★
Post by: Tyrias on April 30, 2016, 01:11:06 AM
Yeah, I was kind of expecting that.  :lol
At least I can agree on the top 2, those are 2 awesome songs.
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ Entering the final, R8 ★
Post by: Tomislav95 on April 30, 2016, 02:31:33 AM
I should be content with pink star and I am but there is something with me in those roulettes, I always send good song but rarely excellent one :lol
Will send something later.
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ Entering the final, R8 ★
Post by: Crow on April 30, 2016, 02:47:16 AM
you were like that in my roulette too, i don't think you ever sent a single song that i scored 9.0 or higher but you sent a lot of 8's and 8.5's  :lol
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ Entering the final, R8 ★
Post by: Tomislav95 on April 30, 2016, 03:00:58 AM
you were like that in my roulette too, i don't think you ever sent a single song that i scored 9.0 or higher but you sent a lot of 8's and 8.5's  :lol
In Evermind's too. Best scored song was the one I sent in first qualification round :facepalm:
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ Entering the final, R8 ★
Post by: Train of Naught on April 30, 2016, 03:18:41 AM
Yeah same here, I got a 9 for my qualification song. And then in the actual roulette every score ranged from 7 to 8 apart from the TDH one :lol

Maybe I should just join roulettes for the sole reason of sending The Dear Hunter because on all three occasions I sent them I got either #1 or #2 of the round.
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ Entering the final, R8 ★
Post by: Tomislav95 on April 30, 2016, 03:27:53 AM
Yeah same here, I got a 9 for my qualification song. And then in the actual roulette every score ranged from 7 to 8 apart from the TDH one :lol

Maybe I should just join roulettes for the sole reason of sending The Dear Hunter because on all three occasions I sent them I got either #1 or #2 of the round.
I made people check some of the bands I sent. As long as we're doing that it's cool even though we're not winning :tup

Sent.
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ Entering the final, R8 ★
Post by: Bolsters on April 30, 2016, 04:30:19 AM
to be fair, i haven't listened to that specific halsey song and it might not be as bad
the lyrics look awful tho tbh
Lyrics generally have to be either horrific or hilarious before I take any notice, or I have to listen to the song 100 times. The lyrics in Colors didn't really register.

Also if that's the same Igorrr song that Sacul sent in my roulette, I thought it was fantastic. I sort of have the same feeling about the electronic stuff, actually, the vocalist was just fantastic enough to really sell it.
I did like her. Maybe if Igorrr has some original tracks that she sings on I would like those, but this kind of electronica where someone just takes another song and puts beats to it doesn't appeal to me at all.

(https://i1337.photobucket.com/albums/o669/bolsters/Roulette2/blur-e1.png~original)
Sorry if I missed it - struggling to keep up with everything while away - but what was this all about?
Nope, never explained, didn't know anyone still cared. :lol I only made it because Elite asked for another blurred image. But these are just artists that are recommended to me by Last.fm.



I've gotten four submissions already, although one has been asked to resubmit. Two of the four submissions are from soundtracks, so I guess seneca's recent success has inspired some of you. :justjen
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ Entering the final, R8 ★
Post by: Tomislav95 on April 30, 2016, 04:49:18 AM
Actually, it has nothing to do with Seneca's result :lol I almost sent same song in last round.
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ Entering the final, R8 ★
Post by: Bolsters on April 30, 2016, 04:52:03 AM
Oh, I stand corrected then. :lol
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ Entering the final, R8 ★
Post by: splent on April 30, 2016, 06:07:00 AM
I'm pleasantly surprised, but you hinted at why I sent you the song in your write up. This song isn't one of my favorites either (I mean I like it but not as much as other synthy stuff I've sent you), but it has the same kind of vibe as Style by Taylor Swift with a touch of Lorde quirky vocal timbre so I'm like what the hey I'll try it. Glad you liked it.

I'll send round 8 and post my roulette intro rather shortly. I literally just got up and I'm not sure I'm staying up yet (I may go back to sleep... It's only 7am) :lol
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ Entering the final, R8 ★
Post by: splent on April 30, 2016, 06:10:58 AM
Would you be ok with me sending you an MP3 the final round? The song I want to send isn't available on Spotify or YouTube.
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ Entering the final, R8 ★
Post by: Bolsters on April 30, 2016, 06:14:14 AM
I'm pleasantly surprised, but you hinted at why I sent you the song in your write up. This song isn't one of my favorites either (I mean I like it but not as much as other synthy stuff I've sent you), but it has the same kind of vibe as Style by Taylor Swift with a touch of Lorde quirky vocal timbre so I'm like what the hey I'll try it. Glad you liked it.
It reminded me of something else actually...I might send it to you if you don't know it.

Would you be ok with me sending you an MP3 the final round?
Yes.
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ Entering the final, R8 ★
Post by: jingle.boy on April 30, 2016, 06:20:43 AM
The standings at the moment are very interesting...take my word for it.

(diamond + pink) vs 2 Silver is the main issue for first place.  Not to mention that Ruslan is has a pearl in 4-person bonus category vs Brent has it against 3 others.

For 3rd place, it's a matter of (gold + silver) vs 4 Pink ... Elite vs me.  I have 2 pearls in 3-person bonus categories though, so that makes me think I might be in 3rd place alone.  In either case, I'm happy with my song choices.

I'm really glad to see that no one got 3 coal stars. I think it would've been a drag to get the boots mid-way through the competition - if I'd have done that in mine, Dave not have made it to the final round!   :biggrin:

Gotta decide if I want to send a multi-vocalist song, or a ballad.  hhhhmmmm....  Who to take a notch out of??
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ Entering the final, R8 ★
Post by: Bolsters on April 30, 2016, 06:25:57 AM
I'm really glad to see that no one got 3 coal stars. I think it would've been a drag to get the boots mid-way through the competition - if I'd have done that in mine, Dave not have made it to the final round!   :biggrin:
(https://i1337.photobucket.com/albums/o669/bolsters/Roulette2/jamaritard-star.gif~original)

Gotta decide if I want to send a multi-vocalist song, or a ballad.  hhhhmmmm....  Who to take a notch out of??
Might want to check if you can beat either song at all, first. :P
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ Entering the final, R8 ★
Post by: jingle.boy on April 30, 2016, 06:35:50 AM
Gotta decide if I want to send a multi-vocalist song, or a ballad.  hhhhmmmm....  Who to take a notch out of??
Might want to check if you can beat either song at all, first. :P

(https://data.whicdn.com/images/32040534/original.gif)
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ Entering the final, R8 ★
Post by: splent on April 30, 2016, 06:40:41 AM
It could still happen. There's one more round! If Train gets coal that means I get pearl  :xbones :xbones
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ Entering the final, R8 ★
Post by: splent on April 30, 2016, 07:26:58 AM
Sent. Let me know if you got it.
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ Entering the final, R8 ★
Post by: Bolsters on April 30, 2016, 07:28:36 AM
Sent. Let me know if you got it.
Got it.
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ Entering the final, R8 ★
Post by: Train of Naught on April 30, 2016, 07:31:39 AM
It could still happen. There's one more round! If Train gets coal that means I get pearl  :xbones :xbones
You evil, evil man. Actually I went with something quite risky since a third coal star doesn't affect me as much in this last round, I'm ranked near the bottom anyways. Doesn't mean my song isn't fucking awesome though.
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ Entering the final, R8 ★
Post by: jingle.boy on April 30, 2016, 07:49:34 AM
Sent...

(https://thumbs.newschoolers.com/index.php?src=https://i256.photobucket.com/albums/hh171/Rowengartner/272909002.gif&size=400x1000)





















unless there's a tie!!!!
(https://i1337.photobucket.com/albums/o669/bolsters/Roulette2/jamaritard-star.gif~original)
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ Entering the final, R8 ★
Post by: Bolsters on April 30, 2016, 07:54:44 AM
unless there's a tie!!!!
Hard to say whether this is even possible, there's just too many moving parts and I don't even know which bonus stars the people who haven't sent yet will want. I wouldn't rule the possibility out.
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ Entering the final, R8 ★
Post by: Elite on April 30, 2016, 08:05:57 AM
So, Taro wasn't good enough to steal Evermind's pearl star? That's a shame, though I'm glad I got the gold one at least.
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ Entering the final, R8 ★
Post by: Bolsters on April 30, 2016, 09:37:42 AM
So, Taro wasn't good enough to steal Evermind's pearl star? That's a shame, though I'm glad I got the gold one at least.
It was a close call, and I just realised that I didn't update the sapphire standings (you were supposed to be between Evermind and seneca, not below seneca). Like I said, it was a grower. I've fixed that now.
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ Entering the final, R8 ★
Post by: Tyrias on April 30, 2016, 01:50:17 PM
Ok, the great thing about having zero chances of winning is that I can take a risk I normally really wouldn't.
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ Entering the final, R8 ★
Post by: Train of Naught on April 30, 2016, 08:08:19 PM
Ok, the great thing about having zero chances of winning is that I can take a risk I normally really wouldn't.
Exactly what I did :lol
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ Entering the final, R8 ★
Post by: Bolsters on May 01, 2016, 07:28:52 AM
All but two are in.
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ Entering the final, R8 ★
Post by: Evermind on May 01, 2016, 07:58:51 AM
One of them is me. I'll either send something in ~5 hours or tomorrow evening.
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ Entering the final, R8 ★
Post by: Evermind on May 01, 2016, 12:13:34 PM
Okay, I think my song is going to be the case of "go big or go home" approach. It will probably be my downfall too, but for once in this roulette, I'm sending something I actually love and not just like or appreciate. Originally I wanted to send that Joan Baez song I sent in the Championship, but screw that, you'll get one of my favourite songs of all time, and pre-70s to boot. 1969 to be exact. Whoever has that pearl star in pre-80s category, watch out...

Sent.
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ Entering the final, R8 ★
Post by: Elite on May 01, 2016, 12:28:22 PM
Sending within the next two hours
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ Entering the final, R8 ★
Post by: jingle.boy on May 01, 2016, 12:51:38 PM
Whoever has that pearl star in pre-80s category, watch out...

That's me... bring it on big-boy, cuz I'm stealing your Sapphire star.

:bringiton:
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ Entering the final, R8 ★
Post by: Elite on May 01, 2016, 02:29:52 PM
Sending within the next two hours

Sent just now, through Spotify.
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ Entering the final, R8 ★
Post by: Bolsters on May 01, 2016, 09:40:39 PM
Whoever has that pearl star in pre-80s category, watch out...

That's me... bring it on big-boy, cuz I'm stealing your Sapphire star.

:bringiton:
inb4 you steal each others' pearl stars and I don't need to move the graphics in the scoreboard at all.

Everyone has sent something now but one person has to resubmit.
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ Entering the final, R8 ★
Post by: Train of Naught on May 02, 2016, 04:14:55 AM
So have you already decided if my song counts towards a bonus star or do I go home with only the aquamarine one? :sadpanda:
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ Entering the final, R8 ★
Post by: Bolsters on May 02, 2016, 04:52:13 AM
So have you already decided if my song counts towards a bonus star or do I go home with only the aquamarine one? :sadpanda:
You can have the star you asked for.

Speaking of which, all of your submissions are locked in now, so here's the last batch of bonus stars being awarded: One each of ruby, sapphire, and emerald, along with two amethyst.

(https://i1337.photobucket.com/albums/o669/bolsters/Roulette2/ruby-big.png~original) (https://i1337.photobucket.com/albums/o669/bolsters/Roulette2/sapphire-big.png~original) (https://i1337.photobucket.com/albums/o669/bolsters/Roulette2/emerald-big.png~original)
(https://i1337.photobucket.com/albums/o669/bolsters/Roulette2/amethyst-big.png~original) (https://i1337.photobucket.com/albums/o669/bolsters/Roulette2/amethyst-big.png~original)

And the blur

(https://i1337.photobucket.com/albums/o669/bolsters/Roulette2/blur-r8-1.png~original)



Let's play a game. Three people who are participating can each post a single number between 1 and 20. If the numbers chosen match the point values of any stars, I will reveal to you which ones. :o
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ Entering the final, R8 ★
Post by: jingle.boy on May 02, 2016, 05:08:41 AM
11
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ Entering the final, R8 ★
Post by: Train of Naught on May 02, 2016, 05:11:08 AM
I see Long Distance Calling - Plans from their new album, great song.
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ Entering the final, R8 ★
Post by: Bolsters on May 02, 2016, 05:25:49 AM
11
This is the first entry. The answer will be posted when all three guesses have been made.
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ Entering the final, R8 ★
Post by: Tyrias on May 02, 2016, 05:42:22 AM
7
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ Entering the final, R8 ★
Post by: Bolsters on May 02, 2016, 05:43:17 AM
7
That's two.
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ Entering the final, R8 ★
Post by: splent on May 02, 2016, 05:58:44 AM
15
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ Entering the final, R8 ★
Post by: Bolsters on May 02, 2016, 06:02:24 AM
7
15
No stars have these values, I'm afraid. :P

11
This is the value of the gold star.

(https://i1337.photobucket.com/albums/o669/bolsters/Roulette2/gold-big.png~original)
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ Entering the final, R8 ★
Post by: Train of Naught on May 02, 2016, 06:07:19 AM
Are all the star values between 1 and 20?
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ Entering the final, R8 ★
Post by: Bolsters on May 02, 2016, 06:09:39 AM
Are all the star values between 1 and 20?
Yes.
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ Entering the final, R8 ★
Post by: jingle.boy on May 02, 2016, 06:18:58 AM
Are all star values between 1 and 15?
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ Entering the final, R8 ★
Post by: Bolsters on May 02, 2016, 06:59:12 AM
Are all star values between 1 and 15?
Yes.

And that's as far as you go with this question. ;)
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ Entering the final, R8 ★
Post by: Crow on May 02, 2016, 08:43:36 AM
the third one looks like Lord - New Horizons
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ Entering the final, R8 ★
Post by: Bolsters on May 02, 2016, 09:57:38 PM
(https://i1337.photobucket.com/albums/o669/bolsters/Roulette2/blur-r8-2.png~original)
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ Entering the final, R8 ★
Post by: Tomislav95 on May 03, 2016, 01:04:39 AM
Second is Deep Purple - April.
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ Entering the final, R8 ★
Post by: Evermind on May 03, 2016, 02:26:03 AM
It is indeed.

I also see Yes - And You And I. Also something that looks like "Winger - Little Kips" and "I Hate Dominici".
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ Entering the final, R8 ★
Post by: Tomislav95 on May 03, 2016, 03:34:12 AM
It is indeed.

I also see Yes - And You And I. Also something that looks like "Winger - Little Kips" and "I Hate Dominici".
I though it is Yes but I forgot name of the song is not You And I but And You And I. Good catch. I don't believe that's Winger. Maybe Weezer?
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ Entering the final, R8 ★
Post by: Bolsters on May 03, 2016, 03:37:28 AM
It's not Weezer, and Winger is banned.
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ Entering the final, R8 ★
Post by: Evermind on May 03, 2016, 03:39:22 AM
And Winger doesn't have a song called Little Kips too. :P
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ Entering the final, R8 ★
Post by: Elite on May 03, 2016, 03:50:45 AM
And You And I is seneca
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ Entering the final, R8 ★
Post by: jingle.boy on May 03, 2016, 05:23:56 AM
I Hold Dominion??  Dunno the band though.
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ Entering the final, R8 ★
Post by: Train of Naught on May 03, 2016, 05:37:34 AM
I Hold Dominion??  Dunno the band though.
I didn't expect you to :lol they're all harsh vocals except for a couple of songs, but this one is no exception. You got the song title right though :tup
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ Entering the final, R8 ★
Post by: Bolsters on May 03, 2016, 09:50:24 PM
(https://i1337.photobucket.com/albums/o669/bolsters/Roulette2/blur-r8-3.png~original)

Since this thread seems to have died in the arse - pick another number between 1 and 15.
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ Entering the final, R8 ★
Post by: Crow on May 03, 2016, 09:53:58 PM
2
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ Entering the final, R8 ★
Post by: Bolsters on May 03, 2016, 10:02:08 PM
There are no stars with a value of 2 points. :loser:
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ Entering the final, R8 ★
Post by: Sacul on May 03, 2016, 10:03:41 PM
3
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ Entering the final, R8 ★
Post by: Evermind on May 03, 2016, 10:05:12 PM
No stars with 7 and 2 points whatsoever? Even none of the bonus stars with reduced value?
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ Entering the final, R8 ★
Post by: Bolsters on May 03, 2016, 10:08:15 PM
No stars with 7 and 2 points whatsoever? Even none of the bonus stars with reduced value?
That's correct.
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ Entering the final, R8 ★
Post by: Evermind on May 03, 2016, 10:10:31 PM
I take it the bonus stars don't have 10 different values then.
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ Entering the final, R8 ★
Post by: Bolsters on May 03, 2016, 10:16:06 PM
I take it the bonus stars don't have 10 different values then.
Well there's only 7 of them so that would be impossible. (https://i1337.photobucket.com/albums/o669/bolsters/Roulette/tardstar-emot.png~original)

Also many of the stars have been awarded the same number of times, stars that have been awarded the same number of times will obviously have the same value. You guys did well evening out the bonus stars so there's not a whole lot of variety in their scores.
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ Entering the final, R8 ★
Post by: Evermind on May 03, 2016, 10:19:15 PM
I meant that one bonus star doesn't have 10 different values depending on how many people have sent for it, because the maximum amount is 14, there are no stars worth 2 and 7, and all the numbers are whole.

Or are we talking only about stars that are awarded now?
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ Entering the final, R8 ★
Post by: Bolsters on May 03, 2016, 10:22:23 PM
Or are we talking only about stars that are awarded now?
I'm talking about what the stars are worth right now, not their possible values. Obviously there's a wide range of possible scores the bonus stars could have had, but since this is the final round their values are now set. Some of the bonus stars certainly could have been worth 7 or 2, but none of them are.
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ Entering the final, R8 ★
Post by: Evermind on May 03, 2016, 10:24:59 PM
Ah, that makes sense. But then I don't know why anyone in their right mind would guess 2. :lol
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ Entering the final, R8 ★
Post by: Bolsters on May 03, 2016, 10:56:52 PM
This is what you've got so far:


15 - n/a
14
13
12
11 - (https://i1337.photobucket.com/albums/o669/bolsters/Roulette2/star-gold.png~original) Gold
10
9
8
7 - n/a
6
5
4
3
2 - n/a
1
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ Entering the final, R8 ★
Post by: Evermind on May 03, 2016, 11:05:57 PM
Well, my guess is:

Diamond - 13
Gold - 11
Silver - 8
Pink - 5
Bronze - 3
Bonus stars: from 10 to 1
Pearl - 3 or 4
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ Entering the final, R8 ★
Post by: Bolsters on May 03, 2016, 11:17:03 PM
Some of those are close.
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ Entering the final, R8 ★
Post by: Crow on May 03, 2016, 11:20:09 PM
Diamond - 14
Gold - 11
Silver - 9
Bronze - 5
Pink - 3
Pearl - 8
Bonus Stars - 3 to 5
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ Entering the final, R8 ★
Post by: Bolsters on May 03, 2016, 11:22:55 PM
Again some are close, although right now there's not a lot of opportunity to be wrong - for example diamond has to be 12, 13, or 14. :lol

Some corrections:
I previously said that pearl was worth less than pink
I also previously said that pink was worth more than bronze
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ Entering the final, R8 ★
Post by: Crow on May 03, 2016, 11:25:03 PM
well I didn't see any of those oops  :lol

Diamond - 14
Gold - 11
Silver - 9
Pink - 6
Pearl - 4
Bronze - 3
Bonus Stars - 3 to 5
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ Entering the final, R8 ★
Post by: Bolsters on May 03, 2016, 11:27:17 PM
If you add up all of the stars that have been awarded, gold stars make up 15% of the total.

All of the bonus stars (the seven gemstones and pearl) make up 28% of the total.
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ Entering the final, R8 ★
Post by: Evermind on May 03, 2016, 11:44:38 PM
These are rough numbers, right? Because if eight gold stars cost 88 and it's exact 15% of the whole amount, we get 586,(6) points total.
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ Entering the final, R8 ★
Post by: Bolsters on May 03, 2016, 11:45:47 PM
These are rough numbers, right? Because if eight gold stars cost 88 and it's exact 15% of the whole amount, we get 586,(6) points total.
Yes, I'm rounding off. So the actual percentage is a little above or below 15%.
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ Entering the final, R8 ★
Post by: Crow on May 03, 2016, 11:47:05 PM
7*11 = 77
77/.15 = 513.333 (approx 513)
If we account for slight error, this can round down to 512. This is important and I'm pretty sure this is case. This makes it 15.04%.

512 * .28 = 143.36, we can round this down to 143.

Then:
Ruby/Sapphire/Aquamarine = 4
Emerald/Amethyst/Garnet/Peridot = 5
Pearl = 5

(4*4*3) + (5*3*4) + (5*7) = 48 + 60 + 35 = 143

pretty sure of this tbh.
unless you're also factoring in round 8  :lol
the total # of points might be slightly too high, can't really tell, but it doesn't matter for the purposes of this calculation anyways
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ Entering the final, R8 ★
Post by: Evermind on May 03, 2016, 11:51:55 PM
Do we count round 8 or not?
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ Entering the final, R8 ★
Post by: Bolsters on May 03, 2016, 11:58:38 PM
Yes, I'm including round 8 in these figures.

Trying to account for the rounding probably won't work. The gold star percentage could be anything from 14.5% to 15.4% and that's not even accounting for additional digits beyond the decimal point.

Also I'm pretty sure I know how many pink stars will be awarded in round 8 but that is subject to change, so if I add or remove pink stars before the results are posted, that will also skew these numbers further.
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ Entering the final, R8 ★
Post by: Crow on May 04, 2016, 12:07:43 AM
11*8 = 88, 88/.15 = 587 approx.

587*.28 = 164 approx.

Ruby/Sapphire/Amethyst: 5 stars, least value - 4 pts
Aquamarine/Emerald: 4 stars, middle value - 5 pts
Garnet/Peridot: 3 stars, highest value - 6 pts
Pearl: 7 stars - 4 pts

(4*5*3) + (5*4*2) + (6*3*2) + (4*7) = 60 + 40 + 36 + 28 = 164 pts

so?
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ Entering the final, R8 ★
Post by: Bolsters on May 04, 2016, 12:10:15 AM
No.
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ Entering the final, R8 ★
Post by: Crow on May 04, 2016, 12:11:52 AM
thanks for nothing, bolsterino  :corn

7 and 3 for the last two respectively also works out to 163, which is basically the same thing, i guess
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ Entering the final, R8 ★
Post by: Evermind on May 04, 2016, 12:15:14 AM
I arrived to the same conclusion and it didn't work out when you added all stars up. Working on it.
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ Entering the final, R8 ★
Post by: Bolsters on May 04, 2016, 12:19:04 AM
Consider that both of the numbers you are using were rounded - the 28% is off aswell.
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ Entering the final, R8 ★
Post by: Crow on May 04, 2016, 12:23:43 AM
i mean, there's really a wide variety of possibilities with how big the spread is  :lol
anywhere from 568 to 606 total points which means anywhere from 156 to 173 points from bonus points so

w h a t e v e r  :corn
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ Entering the final, R8 ★
Post by: Bolsters on May 04, 2016, 12:25:48 AM
(https://i1337.photobucket.com/albums/o669/bolsters/Roulette2/jamaritard-star.gif~original)
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ Entering the final, R8 ★
Post by: Crow on May 04, 2016, 12:27:54 AM
why aren't all of those colored after the bonus stars tho
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ Entering the final, R8 ★
Post by: Evermind on May 04, 2016, 12:30:30 AM
How did you get 568 and 156? I've got 572 and 158 and my bonus stars add up to 157.

So if all three categories of bonus stars have different values:

Diamond - 12 or 13 (I think 13 is more likely)
Gold - 11
Silver - 8 (could be 9)
Pink - 4 (could be 5 but unlikely)
Pearl - 3
Bonus stars - 6/5/4
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ Entering the final, R8 ★
Post by: Bolsters on May 04, 2016, 12:31:08 AM
why aren't all of those colored after the bonus stars tho
Good idea but I can't be bothered to make it again.
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ Entering the final, R8 ★
Post by: Crow on May 04, 2016, 12:32:59 AM
How did you get 568 and 156? I've got 572 and 158 and my bonus stars add up to 157.
88/.154999999 = 567.7, round up to 568. The second is derived from the first so it's no wonder yours is larger  :lol
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ Entering the final, R8 ★
Post by: Evermind on May 04, 2016, 12:33:54 AM
But Dave said it's up to 15,4%, not to 15,49%.
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ Entering the final, R8 ★
Post by: Crow on May 04, 2016, 12:34:38 AM
But Dave said it's up to 15,4%, not to 15,49%.
yeah, because he's bad at math, and 15.49 rounds down to 15, not up to 16 :neverusethis:
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ Entering the final, R8 ★
Post by: Bolsters on May 04, 2016, 12:35:09 AM
But Dave said it's up to 15,4%, not to 15,49%.
I said it was up to 15.4% not taking into consideration additional digits after the decimal point. :P
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ Entering the final, R8 ★
Post by: Evermind on May 04, 2016, 12:36:39 AM
Well, alright then, this way it actually works because 157 fits in 156-172 gap.
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ Entering the final, R8 ★
Post by: Bolsters on May 04, 2016, 12:38:12 AM
You guys are close with all of this and some things have been correct, but the margin of error is throwing you off just a little bit.
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ Entering the final, R8 ★
Post by: Evermind on May 04, 2016, 12:40:10 AM
Anyway, my prediction - I get no stars besides amethyst / coal ones, Brent gets diamond and wins. Chad gets gold, steals my pearl and keeps his pearl in pre-80s and gets second place.
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ Entering the final, R8 ★
Post by: Bolsters on May 04, 2016, 12:41:07 AM
You have that little confidence in what you sent? :lol
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ Entering the final, R8 ★
Post by: Evermind on May 04, 2016, 12:44:45 AM
I have little confidence that you'll like it, actually. It's a great song, but knowing how you haven't been impressed with 60s-70s era, counting in the rough production and the fact the song is 12 minutes long with vocals entering somewhere after eighth minute... Yeah, I don't think you'll like it at all. :lol

But I love this song, and I'm glad I had a chance to share it, so I have no regrets.
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ Entering the final, R8 ★
Post by: bl5150 on May 04, 2016, 12:57:00 AM
That's the thing with a Bolsters roulette - nobody's confident :lol
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ Entering the final, R8 ★
Post by: Crow on May 04, 2016, 01:02:23 AM
You have that little confidence in what you sent? :lol
i sent el manana and got cut because of it, which means your tastes are wacky and nobody should have confidence ever
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ Entering the final, R8 ★
Post by: Evermind on May 04, 2016, 01:04:44 AM
I was pretty confident with After Forever and Scorpions - both got me a diamond, but then again, I was pretty confident with Blackmore's Night too and that got me 8th place in the round. :lol
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ Entering the final, R8 ★
Post by: bl5150 on May 04, 2016, 01:05:24 AM
I was pretty confident woth After Forever and Scorpions - both got me a diamond, but then again, I was pretty confident with Blackmore's Night too and that got me 8th place in the round. :lol

I was pretty confident about After Forever too  :\  :)
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ Entering the final, R8 ★
Post by: Bolsters on May 04, 2016, 01:09:55 AM
You have that little confidence in what you sent? :lol
i sent el manana and got cut because of it, which means your tastes are wacky and nobody should have confidence ever
I didn't mind that song though despite cutting you there.
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ Entering the final, R8 ★
Post by: Crow on May 04, 2016, 01:11:41 AM
i mean, it wasn't in the top 3 of the round though  :tup
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ Entering the final, R8 ★
Post by: Evermind on May 04, 2016, 04:22:22 AM
So by my count if me and Brent both get the same ranking-star and we both retain our pearl stars, he will be ahead of me because his bonus stars are worth more. I knew I should've picked peridot star in Round 2. :D

Obviously it won't matter because I'm pretty sure my song will be somewhere at the bottom of the rankings.
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ Entering the final, R8 ★
Post by: Bolsters on May 04, 2016, 04:55:20 AM
Round Eight Results

(https://i1337.photobucket.com/albums/o669/bolsters/Roulette2/star-diamond2.png~original) bl5150 - Long Distance Calling - Plans

(https://i1337.photobucket.com/albums/o669/bolsters/Roulette2/star-gold.png~original)(https://i1337.photobucket.com/albums/o669/bolsters/Roulette2/star-sapphire.png~original) jingle.boy - Lord - New Horizons

(https://i1337.photobucket.com/albums/o669/bolsters/Roulette2/star-silver.png~original)(https://i1337.photobucket.com/albums/o669/bolsters/Roulette2/star-ruby.png~original) Train of Naught - Xerath - I Hold Dominion

(https://i1337.photobucket.com/albums/o669/bolsters/Roulette2/star-silver.png~original)(https://i1337.photobucket.com/albums/o669/bolsters/Roulette2/star-amethyst.png~original) senecadawg2 - Yes - And You And I

(https://i1337.photobucket.com/albums/o669/bolsters/Roulette2/star-pink.png~original)(https://i1337.photobucket.com/albums/o669/bolsters/Roulette2/star-amethyst.png~original) Evermind - Deep Purple - April

(https://i1337.photobucket.com/albums/o669/bolsters/Roulette2/star-pink.png~original) Elite - Theodore Bastard - Umbraya Erze

(https://i1337.photobucket.com/albums/o669/bolsters/Roulette2/star-pink.png~original) splent - Worlds - Little Lens

Shadow Ninja 2.0 - Architects - Naysayer

Tomislav95 - Lera Lynn - The Only Thing Worth Fighting For

(https://i1337.photobucket.com/albums/o669/bolsters/Roulette2/star-black.png~original)(https://i1337.photobucket.com/albums/o669/bolsters/Roulette2/star-emerald.png~original) Tyrias - Estas Tonne - The Song of The Golden Dragon


Scoreboard
(https://i1337.photobucket.com/albums/o669/bolsters/Roulette2/score08b.png~original)

Bonus Star Rankings
(https://i1337.photobucket.com/albums/o669/bolsters/Roulette2/bonus-r8-1b.png~original)

(https://i1337.photobucket.com/albums/o669/bolsters/Roulette2/bonus-r8-2b.png~original)



Now that the final round is over, all that is left is to reveal the values of each star and announce the winner! ...Which I will do in a subsequent post. (https://i1337.photobucket.com/albums/o669/bolsters/Roulette/tardstar-emot.png~original)


(https://i1337.photobucket.com/albums/o669/bolsters/Roulette2/diamond-big.png~original)(https://i1337.photobucket.com/albums/o669/bolsters/Roulette2/gold-big.png~original)(https://i1337.photobucket.com/albums/o669/bolsters/Roulette2/silver-big.png~original)(https://i1337.photobucket.com/albums/o669/bolsters/Roulette2/silver-big.png~original)

(https://i1337.photobucket.com/albums/o669/bolsters/Roulette2/pink-big.png~original)(https://i1337.photobucket.com/albums/o669/bolsters/Roulette2/pink-big.png~original)(https://i1337.photobucket.com/albums/o669/bolsters/Roulette2/pink-big.png~original)
(https://i1337.photobucket.com/albums/o669/bolsters/Roulette2/ruby-big.png~original)(https://i1337.photobucket.com/albums/o669/bolsters/Roulette2/sapphire-big.png~original)(https://i1337.photobucket.com/albums/o669/bolsters/Roulette2/emerald-big.png~original)
(https://i1337.photobucket.com/albums/o669/bolsters/Roulette2/amethyst-big.png~original)(https://i1337.photobucket.com/albums/o669/bolsters/Roulette2/amethyst-big.png~original)
(https://i1337.photobucket.com/albums/o669/bolsters/Roulette2/coal-big.png~original)
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ R8 Results, Conclusion Imminent ★
Post by: Evermind on May 04, 2016, 05:01:52 AM
Yeah, expected that. Well, not exactly that, but expected that I won't win this one. Technically, I stole Chad's pearl too. :lol

So, congrats Brent I guess.

Edit: and I think Chad got ahead of me too, by exactly one point. Fucker. :lol
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ R8 Results, Conclusion Imminent ★
Post by: Bolsters on May 04, 2016, 05:04:44 AM
Technically, I stole Chad's pearl too. :lol
I guess, but if so seneca then stole it from you. :laugh:
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ R8 Results, Conclusion Imminent ★
Post by: Evermind on May 04, 2016, 05:06:32 AM
I might have had a shot in this if Nelson got two pinks in Round 6 and 8 and I got two silvers. Well, that's that.
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ R8 Results, Conclusion Imminent ★
Post by: Evermind on May 04, 2016, 05:08:58 AM
Oh, and I forgot you think that proper epics shouldn't end with fadeouts. I was doomed as soon as I sent this one. :lol
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ R8 Results, Conclusion Imminent ★
Post by: Tomislav95 on May 04, 2016, 05:10:32 AM
I fucked it up again :P
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ R8 Results, Conclusion Imminent ★
Post by: jingle.boy on May 04, 2016, 05:17:43 AM
Pretty clear that Brent has this in the bag.  Congrats dude.  'twas a well earned victory.

It shall be close for 2nd though... really not sure.

(2 x gold) + (2 x pearl) vs Diamond + (2 x silver)
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ R8 Results, Conclusion Imminent ★
Post by: Bolsters on May 04, 2016, 05:18:19 AM
Oh, and I forgot you think that proper epics shouldn't end with fadeouts. I was doomed as soon as I sent this one. :lol
That first section is amazing though.
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ R8 Results, Conclusion Imminent ★
Post by: Evermind on May 04, 2016, 05:20:15 AM
Pretty clear that Brent has this in the bag.  Congrats dude.  'twas a well earned victory.

It shall be close for 2nd though... really not sure.

(2 x gold) + (2 x pearl) vs Diamond + (2 x silver)

You also have a better set of bonus stars because garnet vs ruby.
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ R8 Results, Conclusion Imminent ★
Post by: jingle.boy on May 04, 2016, 05:24:43 AM
Oh, and I forgot you think that proper epics shouldn't end with fadeouts. I was doomed as soon as I sent this one. :lol

:hifive:... my one song that didn't earn any star!

I just went back and looked at all my rankings
First - once
Second - thrice
Third - once
Fifth - once
Seventh - twice
Eighth - twice

Not a lot of middle ground for my scores (other than that fifth).  Either really good, or pretty bad.
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ R8 Results, Conclusion Imminent ★
Post by: Bolsters on May 04, 2016, 05:25:14 AM
Alright, you can have the bonus stars.

(https://i1337.photobucket.com/albums/o669/bolsters/Roulette2/bonus-scaling-iseygv.png~original)
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ R8 Results, Conclusion Imminent ★
Post by: Train of Naught on May 04, 2016, 05:26:29 AM
Holy shit. I know this silver star basically means naught (nuggetz) for me at this point, but you can't imagine how happy I am to get a good score for this band, been loving them so much. The first three songs (I Hold Dominion being the first one) of the album are the most accessible stuff if you ask me, but the entire album is great. Not a big fan of the first album yet but II is also pretty great.

And the final standings.. I have absolutely no idea, I'll surely be near the bottom but I'm not sure if I'm deadlast yet. It's possible.
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ R8 Results, Conclusion Imminent ★
Post by: Evermind on May 04, 2016, 05:27:45 AM
Ah, so it's 6-6-5, not 6-5-4. Which means Chad has one point advantage in this department, not two. Pearl is definitely 3 points then. That means Chad and me are possibly tied for the second place.
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ R8 Results, Conclusion Imminent ★
Post by: splent on May 04, 2016, 05:28:51 AM
Since I'm the only one who got nothing higher than silver I think I lost
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ R8 Results, Conclusion Imminent ★
Post by: jingle.boy on May 04, 2016, 05:30:40 AM
(https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/236x/5c/05/d7/5c05d7dc4b350208dea70bc60b46114c.jpg)
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ R8 Results, Conclusion Imminent ★
Post by: Train of Naught on May 04, 2016, 05:32:21 AM
I just went back and looked at all my rankings
First - once
Second - thrice
Third - once
Fifth - once
Seventh - twice
Eighth - twice

Not a lot of middle ground for my scores (other than that fifth).  Either really good, or pretty bad.
Mine's a little more extreme :lol I've been 8th, 9th or 10th 4 times. And the others were 2nd, 3rd, 3rd and 6th.

EDIT: Oh and to Dave, that new Long Distance Calling is amazing, if you liked this one as much as you did, you'll love it.
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ R8 Results, Conclusion Imminent ★
Post by: Evermind on May 04, 2016, 05:35:09 AM
I've been 6th, 4th, 1st, 1st, 4th, 5th, 8th and 5th. Not too bad save for that 8th place in Round 7.

All I care about now is if Chad kicked my ass or vice versa.
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ R8 Results, Conclusion Imminent ★
Post by: Bolsters on May 04, 2016, 05:41:39 AM
And the final standings.. I have absolutely no idea, I'll surely be near the bottom but I'm not sure if I'm deadlast yet. It's possible.
You might be last, you might not be. But wherever you are, you're actually tied with someone else.

Ah, so it's 6-6-5, not 6-5-4. Which means Chad has one point advantage in this department, not two. Pearl is definitely 3 points then. That means Chad and me are possibly tied for the second place.
When I came up with the idea I made a bunch of tables with different ways to degrade the scores. But I found that the tables where the score dropped at every increment resulted in the difference between a star that few had collected and one that lots of people had was too great. I didn't know how well everyone would distribute themselves among the rankings, for all I knew people wouldn't give a shit and would just send for whichever categories they though they had the best songs for, resulting in some stars being far more popular. I didn't like the idea of stars that were too valuable and stars that were worthless, so I went for this table, where it has a steep rolloff at the beginning and then only changes in value every second row.

Also, pearl is worth 4 points.
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ R8 Results, Conclusion Imminent ★
Post by: Evermind on May 04, 2016, 05:46:42 AM
What? Either you fucked up the numbers then, or I did. All bonus stars add up to 187 then. No way it's 28% from the whole amount if 88 is 15%. You see, if 88 is 15%, 176 is 30%, and we have 187.

I have no idea anymore.
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ R8 Results, Conclusion Imminent ★
Post by: Bolsters on May 04, 2016, 05:52:19 AM
Maybe I just lied?
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ R8 Results, Conclusion Imminent ★
Post by: bl5150 on May 04, 2016, 05:52:58 AM
Whatever happens Ruslan there is no contest for best roulette analyst/special comments man  ;D
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ R8 Results, Conclusion Imminent ★
Post by: Bolsters on May 04, 2016, 05:53:56 AM
(https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/236x/5c/05/d7/5c05d7dc4b350208dea70bc60b46114c.jpg)
-100 points, you lose now.
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ R8 Results, Conclusion Imminent ★
Post by: Evermind on May 04, 2016, 05:55:26 AM
Maybe I just lied?

Eh, whatever then.
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ R8 Results, Conclusion Imminent ★
Post by: jingle.boy on May 04, 2016, 05:56:51 AM
Whatever happens Ruslan there is no contest for best roulette analyst/special comments man  ;D organizer who enjoys toying and fucking with everyone.

FTFY
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ R8 Results, Conclusion Imminent ★
Post by: Bolsters on May 04, 2016, 05:57:35 AM
Whatever happens Ruslan there is no contest for best roulette analyst/special comments man  ;D organizer who enjoys toying and fucking with everyone.

FTFY
(https://lindanee.files.wordpress.com/2015/01/black-kettle.jpg)
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ R8 Results, Conclusion Imminent ★
Post by: Bolsters on May 04, 2016, 06:15:04 AM
So every pretty much knows who won, so let's make it official:










(https://i1337.photobucket.com/albums/o669/bolsters/Roulette2/diamond-bl51502.png~original)(https://i1337.photobucket.com/albums/o669/bolsters/Roulette2/diamond-brent2.png~original)


I wasn't sure if you'd prefer the formal or informal, so I made both, even though these images are worthless. Congratulations Brent, you've won!


(https://i1337.photobucket.com/albums/o669/bolsters/Roulette2/congratstar1.png~original)


You definitely deserved this win. You were without doubt one of the most consistent players - one of only two people to get a second diamond star, one of only two people to be awarded a non-bonus star in every round, and while you didn't get a single gold star you did manage to get four silver, more than anyone else. You seemed to have dialed into my tastes a lot more easily than anyone else did, as you were the only person who didn't really falter at any point. Whether it was straight up hard rock, a surprising djent entry, or something with a bit of atmosphere, you managed to impress in every round. Infact, the song I liked the least from you was one that I got in the qualifiers, so you made all the right choices it seems.



Alright, for everyone else...here's the big reveal. First up is what you've all been waiting for the mostthe least probably: all of the star values laid out.

(https://i1337.photobucket.com/albums/o669/bolsters/Roulette2/star-values-final-oawufb.png~original)

Next up is the table I used to keep track of everything. This shows how many points everyone had, and has everyone ranked. Click to see it in its original size, as the forum resizes it.

(https://i1337.photobucket.com/albums/o669/bolsters/Roulette2/score-final-qwroyz.png~original)

Finally if anyone cares, a fancy pie chart showing point distribution of all the stars. Again just click to see it in its original size, if you care.

(https://i1337.photobucket.com/albums/o669/bolsters/Roulette2/star-piechart-apkms.png~original)





(https://i1337.photobucket.com/albums/o669/bolsters/Roulette2/star-1g.png~original) (https://i1337.photobucket.com/albums/o669/bolsters/Roulette2/star-2g.png~original) (https://i1337.photobucket.com/albums/o669/bolsters/Roulette2/star-3g.png~original) (https://i1337.photobucket.com/albums/o669/bolsters/Roulette2/star-4g.png~original) (https://i1337.photobucket.com/albums/o669/bolsters/Roulette2/star-5g.png~original) (https://i1337.photobucket.com/albums/o669/bolsters/Roulette2/star-6g.png~original) (https://i1337.photobucket.com/albums/o669/bolsters/Roulette2/star-7g.png~original) (https://i1337.photobucket.com/albums/o669/bolsters/Roulette2/star-8g.png~original)

(https://i1337.photobucket.com/albums/o669/bolsters/Roulette2/killer_star.png~original) THE END (https://i1337.photobucket.com/albums/o669/bolsters/Roulette2/killer_star.png~original)
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ THE CONCLUSION ★
Post by: Evermind on May 04, 2016, 06:18:34 AM
Yeah, 4 points for pearl fucked me up. If it was three, we would've been both at the second place.

Don't worry Chad, I'll get back at you at Kade's.
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ THE CONCLUSION ★
Post by: TAC on May 04, 2016, 06:22:18 AM
Wow, that looks confusing.  :lol
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ THE CONCLUSION ★
Post by: Train of Naught on May 04, 2016, 06:24:45 AM
Damn, not getting that third bonus really cost me :lol I don't care about the standings though, fun roulette! I really liked the format, expecting more stars on the third installation of this though.

Congrats to bl5150!
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ THE CONCLUSION ★
Post by: Tyrias on May 04, 2016, 06:28:23 AM
Nice, not last despite my underwhelming performance in the second half of this.
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 - Sign up now!
Post by: bl5150 on May 04, 2016, 06:31:57 AM
Thanks David - it was a fun ride.

I see a Bolsters roulette as almost the ultimate challenge

............and I was never confident at any stage :lol   Just plugged away and consistency won the day I suppose.   

Now watch me stuff up the other couple where I do have some sort of confidence in what I have to send :lol  Then again I might win em all and retire unified , undisputed champ :neverusethis:

Thanks everyone for a fun roulette
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ THE CONCLUSION ★
Post by: Bolsters on May 04, 2016, 06:35:26 AM
Yes, thank you to everyone for participating. I might have gotten more great stuff from some people, but everyone managed to send me a couple of things that I loved and look forward to checking out.

Infact, I kept a record of that...this is my next year or two I think. :lol



M83 - Hurry Up, We're Dreaming
Within Temptation - The Silent Force
Epysode - Fantasmagoria
Nocturnal Rites - Grand Illusion
Caligula's Horse - Bloom
Dream Evil - Dragonslayer
Coheed and Cambria - The Afterman Descension
Angels & Airwaves - I-Empire
Tak Matsumoto Group - TMG 1
Klone - Here Come the Sun
Muse - Absolution
Ghost Ship Octavius - s/t
Rival Sons - Head Down
Amason - Sky City
Dynazty - Sultans of Sin
Blessed By A Broken Heart - Feel The Power
Tame Impala - Currents
Grimes - Art Angels
Eluveitie - Helvetios
Evergrey - In Search of Truth
Glen Hansard - Didn't He Ramble
Pallas - XXV
Circus Maximus - Isolate
Lechuga - s/t
Rishloo - Living as Ghosts with Buildings as Teeth
Gorillaz - Demon Days
Trail of Murder - Shades of Art
Anthriel - The Pathway
Lemaitre - 1749
Tamaryn - Cranekiss
Pineforest Crunch - Make Believe
Galahad - Empires Never Last
Gallowbraid - Ashen Eidolon
Árstíđir - Hvel
Lindsey Stirling - Shatter Me
Almanac - Tsar
Phideaux - Doomsday Afternoon
St. Lucia - When The Night
Threshold - March of Progress
Mr. Big - s/t
Anneke Van Giersbergen - Drive
After Forever - s/t
The Dear Hunter - Act IV: Rebirth in Reprise
The Ralph - Delimiter
Leonard Bernstein - Barber's Adagio and Other Romantic Favourites
Archive - Axiom
Guro Von Germeten - Come Stand Before Me
Foals - Total Life Forever
Dimension Act - Manifestation of Progress
God is an Astronaut - All is Violent, All is Bright
Scorpions - Humanity Hour I
Bent Knee - Shiny Eyed Babies
Mark Knopfler - Get Lucky
Darkwater - Calling The Earth to Witness
Mattador - Save Us From Ourselves
Foster The People - Torches
Powerworld - Human Parasite
Landon Tewers - Dead Kid
Xandria - India
Eisley - The Valley
Saffire - From Ashes To Fire
Rainbow - Stranger In Us All
Nevermore - Dead Heart in a Dead World
Ihsahn - Arktis.
Foxy Shazam - s/t
Daughter - If You Leave
Heather Dale - Avalon
Damien Rice - 9
Shooting Star - s/t
Saint Deamon - Pandeamonium
Azedia - Life Goes On
Emerson, Lake and Palmer - Brain Salad Surgery
Novembre - Materia
Clint Mansell - The Fountain OST
alt-J - An Awesome Wave
Defecto - Excluded
Halsey - Badlands
PelleK - Bag of Tricks
Waken Eyes - Exodus
Wishbone Ash - Argus
Blackmore's Night - The Village Lanterne
Long Distance Calling - TRIPS
Lord - Set in Stone
Xerath - III
Yes - Close to the Edge
Deep Purple - s/t
Theodore Bastard - Vetvi
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ THE CONCLUSION ★
Post by: jingle.boy on May 04, 2016, 06:41:06 AM
Yeah, 4 points for pearl fucked me up. If it was three, we would've been both at the second place.

Yeah, stealing that Sapphire, and have you NOT steal the Amethyst made all the difference.  Close one there dude.

And interesting that Dimension Act made the 'check-it-out' list without earning even a pink.   :biggrin:  Also cool how Rich got two coal stars, but still finished 4th.  Talk about being hot and cold!

As usual, the real winner is the host - and the loser is their wallet.
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ THE CONCLUSION ★
Post by: splent on May 04, 2016, 06:43:32 AM
 Right in the middle. Actually a little surprised that I'm is high. That was fun though
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ THE CONCLUSION ★
Post by: Bolsters on May 04, 2016, 06:45:22 AM
And interesting that Dimension Act made the 'check-it-out' list without earning even a pink.
Well there were three things that detracted from that song for me: Overlong medley intro, excessive amount of instrumental sections, fadeout at the end. I liked what was going on in the song for the mostpart and I figured the other songs on the album might not have these shortcomings, so I added it.

Also, the next few days I will be working on some "best-of" spotify playlists for those interested in that sort of thing. I'll post them once they're done.
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ THE CONCLUSION ★
Post by: Train of Naught on May 04, 2016, 06:47:36 AM
Cool that despite having a lot of 'good but not great' ratings that ended up being on the lower half of the results still got you to check out albums, like Rival Sons, Novembre and Lechuga. Maybe my lowsy song-picking skills will be compromised. :biggrin:
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ THE CONCLUSION ★
Post by: Evermind on May 04, 2016, 07:14:13 AM
I hate Spotify playlists.
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ THE CONCLUSION ★
Post by: Bolsters on May 04, 2016, 07:21:26 AM
I hate Spotify playlists.
I'd do what you did, but I only have about 15 songs as files. If I can be bothered I could try to make a Youtube playlist aswell, but I doubt everything would be on there.
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ THE CONCLUSION ★
Post by: Elite on May 04, 2016, 07:31:06 AM
Nice finish. :tup

Will comment more later
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ THE CONCLUSION ★
Post by: jingle.boy on May 04, 2016, 08:04:23 AM
And interesting that Dimension Act made the 'check-it-out' list without earning even a pink.
Well there were three things that detracted from that song for me: Overlong medley intro, excessive amount of instrumental sections, fadeout at the end. I liked what was going on in the song for the mostpart and I figured the other songs on the album might not have these shortcomings, so I added it.

There's only 3 other songs on the album, and some of the themes persist.  Worth checking out (imo)

Also, the next few days I will be working on some "best-of" spotify playlists for those interested in that sort of thing. I'll post them once they're done.

I'll do so, as long as theres a "non sacul/parama" or  :metal playlist.   :biggrin:
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ THE CONCLUSION ★
Post by: Bolsters on May 04, 2016, 08:10:20 AM
I'll do so, as long as theres a "non sacul/parama" or  :metal playlist.   :biggrin:
I briefly considered making two playlists like that actually, but I'm not going to. :laugh: You'll just have to hit the skip button if your curiosity isn't piqued by a track. The two playlists will be called Diamond and Gold and rather predictably they will contain my 50 favourite songs of the roulette; 1-25 in Diamond and 26-50 in Gold. So people who just want to hear the top 25 can do that and if anyone actually cares about the next 25 there's a second playlist for them.

I will be attempting to sort the songs in a way that makes the playlists flow, but I'm not sure how well that will work out given the range of styles I received, so I will probably give up. But I will try it out.
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ THE CONCLUSION ★
Post by: Tomislav95 on May 04, 2016, 09:11:52 AM
Congratulations, bl5150 :tup
Dave, this roulette was really fun, I liked this star format :D
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ THE CONCLUSION ★
Post by: Sacul on May 04, 2016, 09:35:39 AM

I'll do so, as long as theres a "non sacul/parama" or  :metal playlist.   :biggrin:
Maybe just a "non parama" one, I haven't played on this :lol
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ THE CONCLUSION ★
Post by: Crow on May 04, 2016, 09:37:24 AM
for what it's worth, jingle, both the songs i sent are great
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ THE CONCLUSION ★
Post by: Evermind on May 04, 2016, 09:47:01 AM
I hate Spotify playlists.
I'd do what you did, but I only have about 15 songs as files. If I can be bothered I could try to make a Youtube playlist aswell, but I doubt everything would be on there.

Nah, don't bother. Just posting my thoughts here.

Glad all of my entries ended up in the list to check. You've mostly got the right albums, I think these will be most suited to your tastes except Deep Purple (I think you will appreciate something of their later, 70s Gillan-fronted catalogue more, but their s/t was my #11 album of all time, so yeah, check it out), Phideaux (I think Number Seven is a better album overall and certainly much more eclectic too - don't give up on Phideaux if you don't like Doomsday Afternoon), and perhaps Blackmore's Night (try The Secret Voyage if you aren't too fond of Village Lanterne, though I've got to say, Village Lanterne is awesome too).

And interesting that Dimension Act made the 'check-it-out' list without earning even a pink.
Well there were three things that detracted from that song for me: Overlong medley intro, excessive amount of instrumental sections, fadeout at the end. I liked what was going on in the song for the mostpart and I figured the other songs on the album might not have these shortcomings, so I added it.

There's only 3 other songs on the album, and some of the themes persist.  Worth checking out (big time)

Fixed that for me.
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ THE CONCLUSION ★
Post by: splent on May 04, 2016, 10:54:18 AM
What I plan to do at the end is putting them in spotify playlists, but at least post the songs on here so that those who don't have spotify can still create the playlists.
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ THE CONCLUSION ★
Post by: Tomislav95 on May 04, 2016, 11:56:41 AM
Everything I checked from this roulette so far was in my taste so I should check the rest when I find some time. In terms of music, this was the best roulette I participated in.
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 - Sign up now!
Post by: jingle.boy on May 04, 2016, 11:59:40 AM
So, I think I'm gonna accept, and fire with both barrels loaded full of prog and metal glory :2metal:  Then we'll see if that's to your liking, or if it's the stuff that Parama, Sacul, Tyrias, etc  have on that end of the musical spectrum will be more to your tastes.

:huckleberry:

:hifive: :hifive: to my fellow metal-heads for finishing 1-2-3.
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 - Sign up now!
Post by: Evermind on May 04, 2016, 12:05:42 PM
:hifive: :hifive: to my fellow metal-heads for finishing 1-2-3.

Yeah, looking at the Top 3, I'm glad the metal-heads have dominated this one and I'm honored to be in such a noble company here. :hifive:
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ THE CONCLUSION ★
Post by: Bolsters on May 04, 2016, 10:12:37 PM
What I plan to do at the end is putting them in spotify playlists, but at least post the songs on here so that those who don't have spotify can still create the playlists.
Yeah, I had every intention of posting the tracklists.
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ THE CONCLUSION ★
Post by: Bolsters on May 07, 2016, 05:01:13 AM
Alright, here's the Diamond playlist. I was going to wait until I had both ready but it'll probably be a few days before Gold is done, and most (all?) of you probably only care about the Diamond playlist anyway.

I have attempted to order the tracks as best I could so that they flow reasonably well, it works in some places but not others.

(https://i1337.photobucket.com/albums/o669/bolsters/Roulette2/star-diamond2.png~original) Bolsters v2 Roulette - Diamond Playlist (https://open.spotify.com/user/bolsters.s/playlist/6eqQYqjgh7AyqKXiPwnyyN) [spotify:user:bolsters.s:playlist:6eqQYqjgh7AyqKXiPwnyyN]


Tracklist

Clint Mansell - Death is the Road to Awe (senecadawg2)
Árstíđir - Shine (Tyrias)
Long Distance Calling - Plans (bl5150)
Almanac - Darkness
Almanac - Hands Are Tied (bl5150)
Blessed by a Broken Heart - Shut Up and Rock (jingle.boy)
Scorpions - Humanity (Evermind)
Foxy Shazam - Oh Lord (Elite)
Bent Knee - In God We Trust (Tyrias)
Daughter - Youth (Tomislav95)
Eisley - Mr. Moon (Elite)
The Dear Hunter - Waves (Train of Naught)
Tame Impala - The Less I Know the Better (Tyrias)
Lemaitre - Not Too Late (Train of Naught)
Lindsey Stirling - Shatter Me (feat. Lzzy Hale) (Shadow Ninja 2.0)
M83 - OK Pal (splent)
Pineforest Crunch - Cup Noodle Song (Shadow Ninja 2.0)
Yes - And You And I (senecadawg2)
Lord - New Horizons (jingle.boy)
Anthriel - Promised Land (jingle.boy)
Defecto - When Daylight Dies (bl5150)
Trail of Murder - Shades of Art (bl5150)
After Forever - Cry With A Smile (Evermind)
Xerath - I Hold Dominion (Train of Naught)
alt-J - Taro (Elite)
Xandria - Like a Rose on the Grave of Love (jingle.boy)



(https://i1337.photobucket.com/albums/o669/bolsters/Roulette2/star-diamond2.png~original) Diamond Playlist - Youtube Version (https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLmfyH3GJcjeKQUZg7nWYrymjodyBx873Y)

Missing from the Youtube playlist:
Almanac - Darkness
Almanac - Hands are Tied
Defecto - When Daylight Dies




Running time: 2 hours 10 minutes

Italicised tracks are not available on Spotify.

And since some of you will probably tally them up anyway ::):

bl5150      4
jingle.boy      4
Elite      3
Tyrias      3
Train of Naught   3
Evermind      2
senecadawg2      2
Shadow Ninja 2.0      2
Tomislav95   1
splent      1
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ THE CONCLUSION ★
Post by: jingle.boy on May 07, 2016, 05:06:13 AM
:fistpump:

Will follow and play at some point - and surely hit skip a few times.   :biggrin:  But I'm sure I'll be pleasantly surprised/shocked at some of the tunes as well.
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ THE CONCLUSION ★
Post by: jingle.boy on May 07, 2016, 05:21:34 AM
Oh... and availability of certain tracks will vary by region - for instance, Humanity - Hour I is available in Canada.
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ THE CONCLUSION ★
Post by: Bolsters on May 07, 2016, 05:26:40 AM
Oh... and availability of certain tracks will vary by region - for instance, Humanity - Hour I is available in Canada.
I don't know how to find things that aren't available in my region. I've seen albums with blackened playlists before if I follow a link, but things like that (understandably) don't show up in search results.
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ THE CONCLUSION ★
Post by: Train of Naught on May 07, 2016, 05:27:52 AM
This just shows how damn inconsistent I was :lol last place but still got 3 of my songs to be good enough for the diamond playlist, cool. I may give this a spin soon, quite a few songs I don't know here.
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ THE CONCLUSION ★
Post by: Bolsters on May 07, 2016, 05:29:05 AM
This just shows how damn inconsistent I was :lol last place but still got 3 of my songs to be good enough for the diamond playlist, cool. I may give this a spin soon, quite a few songs I don't know here.
I'm still working on it, but I'm pretty sure you'll end up having 0 songs in the Gold playlist. :lol
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ THE CONCLUSION ★
Post by: Train of Naught on May 07, 2016, 05:37:46 AM
No shock there, the only way for that to happen is if you include Novembre - Verne which was #9 of the round :lol not counting Exodus since including a 19 minute song in a playlist like this is a bit ridiculous.
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ THE CONCLUSION ★
Post by: Bolsters on May 07, 2016, 05:41:46 AM
I forgot about Exodus actually, it has a decent chance of being added, I'm not sure yet. I've got about 41 songs I have to narrow down to 25 at the moment, some will be easy to dismiss but others not so much. I'm not worried about songs lengths at all - I've already shared one two-hour playist and I've got another of similar length in the works...I doubt anyone who's actually bothering to listen to both of these will care about another 15 minutes or so. :lol
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ THE CONCLUSION ★
Post by: Bolsters on May 07, 2016, 06:03:34 AM
I haven't forgotten those of you who can't use Spotify...here's a Youtube playlist of everything that I could find on there, with just the following tracks missing:

Almanac - Darkness
Almanac - Hands are Tied
Defecto - When Daylight Dies



(https://i1337.photobucket.com/albums/o669/bolsters/Roulette2/star-diamond2.png~original) Diamond Playlist - Youtube Version (https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLmfyH3GJcjeKQUZg7nWYrymjodyBx873Y)
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ THE CONCLUSION ★
Post by: jingle.boy on May 07, 2016, 06:05:26 AM
unsurprisingly, two songs submitted by Brent.   :lol
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ THE CONCLUSION ★
Post by: Bolsters on May 07, 2016, 06:21:10 AM
inb4 Ruslan can't view half of those videos in the Youtube playlist anyway due to region blocking.
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ THE CONCLUSION ★
Post by: jingle.boy on May 07, 2016, 06:51:36 AM
inb4 Ruslan can't view half of those videos in the Youtube playlist anyway due to region blocking.

Meanwhile in Russia....

:zeltar:
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ THE CONCLUSION ★
Post by: splent on May 07, 2016, 07:27:04 AM
I'm so mad STILL that I sent OK Pal for the first qualifier. If only I knew...
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ THE CONCLUSION ★
Post by: Evermind on May 07, 2016, 07:29:51 AM
inb4 Ruslan can't view half of those videos in the Youtube playlist anyway due to region blocking.

Meanwhile in Russia....

:zeltar:

:lol

I checked and the only one isn't available is Anthriel - Promised Land, but I know this song anyway so no big deal.
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ THE CONCLUSION ★
Post by: jingle.boy on May 07, 2016, 08:03:14 AM
inb4 Ruslan can't view half of those videos in the Youtube playlist anyway due to region blocking.

Meanwhile in Russia....

:zeltar:

:lol

I checked and the only one isn't available is Anthriel - Promised Land, but I know this song anyway so no big deal.

9.5 if I recall.  That song/band/album continues to slay.  Can't wait for their new release (hopefully this year)
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ THE CONCLUSION ★
Post by: Bolsters on May 10, 2016, 04:43:21 AM
Finally, here's the Gold playlist.

(https://i1337.photobucket.com/albums/o669/bolsters/Roulette2/star-gold.png~original) Bolsters v2 Roulette - Gold Playlist (https://open.spotify.com/user/bolsters.s/playlist/50bQ1z664bT2YPc44MLz0v) [spotify:user:bolsters.s:playlist:50bQ1z664bT2YPc44MLz0v]


Tracklist

PelleK - Bag of Tricks (jingle.boy)
Within Temptation - See Who I Am (Evermind)
Darkwater - Again (Elite)
Saffire - The Redemption (bl5150)
Epysode - Forgotten Symphony (jingle.boy)
The Ralph - Space Hobo (bl5150)
Saint Deamon - Pandeamonium (bl5150)
Coheed and Cambria - Number City (Parama)
Foster The People - Houdini (splent)
St. Lucia - Elevate (splent)
Tamaryn - Cranekiss (splent)
Halsey - Colors (splent)
Grimes - Flesh Without Blood (Shadow Ninja 2.0)
Grimes - Life in the Vivid Dream
Rainbow - Ariel (Evermind)
Shooting Star - Last Chance (Evermind)
Dynazty - Falling (bl5150)
Deep Purple - April (Evermind)
Gallowbraid - Stone of Rememberance (senecadawg2)
Mark Knopfler - Border Reiver (Tomislav95)
Eluveitie - A Rose For Epona (Tomislav95)
Heather Dale - Mordred's Lullaby (Shadow Ninja 2.0)
Theodore Bastard - Umbraya Erze (Elite)
Damien Rice - 9 Crimes (senecadawg2)
Phideaux - Soft Microdeathstar (Evermind)
Samuel Barber - Adagio for Strings (splent)



(https://i1337.photobucket.com/albums/o669/bolsters/Roulette2/star-gold.png~original) Gold Playlist - Youtube Version (https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLmfyH3GJcjeK8goDL_zGGSvvngj_nB6MI)

Missing from the Youtube playlist:
None!



Running time: 2 hours 24 minutes

Italicised tracks are not available on Spotify.


The tally for the Gold playlist:

Evermind      5
splent      5
bl5150      4
jingle.boy      2
Elite      2
senecadawg2      2
Shadow Ninja 2.0      2
Tomislav95   2
Parama      1
Tyrias      0
Train of Naught   0


Tally for both:

bl5150      8
Evermind      7
jingle.boy      6
splent      6
Elite      5
senecadawg2      4
Shadow Ninja 2.0      4
Tomislav95   3
Tyrias      3
Train of Naught   3
Parama      1
Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ THE CONCLUSION ★
Post by: Bolsters on May 10, 2016, 11:41:23 PM
While I'm tallying things:


(https://i1337.photobucket.com/albums/o669/bolsters/Roulette2/star-diamond2.png~original) Diamond Playlist

Round 1      4
Round 8      4
Round 2      3
Round 7      3
Qual. 2      2
Round 3      2
Round 4      2
Round 5      2
Round 6      2
Qual. 1      1


(https://i1337.photobucket.com/albums/o669/bolsters/Roulette2/star-gold.png~original) Gold Playlist

Round 6      4
Qual. 1      3
Qual. 2      3
Round 4      3
Round 1      2
Round 2      2
Round 3      2
Round 5      2
Round 7      2
Round 8      2


Diamond + Gold

Round 1      6
Round 6      6
Round 8      6
Qual. 2      5
Round 2      5
Round 4      5
Round 7      5
Qual. 1      4
Round 3      4
Round 5      4

Title: Re: Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ THE CONCLUSION ★
Post by: Train of Naught on May 11, 2016, 01:34:47 AM
The tally for the Gold playlist:
Train of Naught   0
:-[

Anyway thanks for the lists, the diamond playlist seems a little more fitting to my tastes so I'll give that one a listen.