An interesting round, for sure. This round was unusual; all the songs were very good, but for the first time I didn't feel like there was a clear winner. This was a hard ranking to do, given that I didn't want to give any of these songs 1 point (or 7 points, for that matter). This also means that my writeups will be very boring this time around. Deal with it.
Regardless, on to the fun stuff.
7th placeNominator: Elite
Song: Forevermore
Artist: Gov't Mule
I hated to put this one here, especially since it seemed like Elite really loves this song, but that's the way the pieces fell. I liked this song, particularly the melodic progression during the verses, but it didn't speak to me so much as the others. Bummer, man.
1 point.
6th placeNominator: WindMaster
Song: All Out of Peaches
Artist: Galactic Cowboy Orchestra
An interesting instrumental, for sure. It's sort of repetitive for the first couple minutes, but it's the instrumental theme that comes in at 1:40 that really ties this piece together and makes it worth listening to. Taken altogether, this is a very enjoyable tune. Have
2 points.
5th placeNominator: MasterShakezula
Song: Cities
Artist: Talking Heads
Groovy, dude.
3 points.
4th placeNominator: lonestar
Song: Common Ground
Artist: IQ
This was my introduction to IQ. I liked it.
A very ambient piece with subject matter to match. It's melodically strong and musically interesting. Have
4 points.
3rd placeNominator: jingle.boy
Song: Unearth the Truth
Artist: Flaming Row
jingle told me that if I didn't give this song at least 4 points, I didn't deserve to be on a prog metal message board. Well, I'm still here, so that should tell you something, huh?
This is a good tune. I particularly enjoy the chorus; there's just something about the melody that really hits me. Great instrumentation. Favorite moment was the crazy riff at 2:40. Have
5 POINTS!
2nd placeNominator: kingshmegland
Song: More of a Climb, Less of a Walk
Artist: This Day and Age
Another great sonic rock piece from his highness. The delayed guitar sounds great. This kind of tune just puts you in a trance. Anyway,
6 points.
1st placeNominator: Nekov
Song: Little Talks
Artist: Of Monsters and Men
Ah, a wonderful little tune. Very pleasant, very catchy. Nekov said to me that he got this in his roulette and couldn't stop listening to it; I certainly see why. As a matter of fact, I think I'll listen to it now...
7 points.
BONUSES!Rumpelstiltskin: Unsurprisingly, most participants got the bonus. The answer, for those of you who didn't get it, is on the DTF Facebook group, in the DTF names-Facebook names document.
jingle.boy, WindMaster, Lonestar, MasterShakezula, and Elite each get
2 best-friendship points. Nekov gave it an admirable shot, telling me my name was "Nathan?", but that, unfortunately, was not correct. kingshmegland gets
1 acquaintanceship point for getting my last name right but my first name wrong (it's Ricky, not Robert.
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ESP2:
Participant Bet Score Points
Nekov 4 7 +4
kingshmegland 5 6 +5
jingle.boy 6 5 -6
lonestar 4 4 +4
MasterShakezula 2 3 +2
WindMaster 2 2 +2
Elite 4 1 -4
1. kingshmegland - 27 + 6 + 5 + 1 = 39
2. Nekov - 23 + 7 + 4 = 34
3. MasterShakezula - 22 + 3 + 2 + 2 = 29
4. lonestar - 17 + 4 + 4 + 2 = 27
5. WindMaster - 20 + 2 + 2 + 2 = 26
6. Elite - 20 + 1 - 4 + 2 = 19
7. jingle.boy - 16 + 5 - 6 + 2 = 17
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ROUND 7 - IT'S ANOTHER FUCKING OPEN ROUNDSPECIAL FUCKING SCORINGDeadline: I DON'T KNOW ANOTHER 48 FUCKING HOURS (Friday, July 20 @ 9:00 PM Central Time)SPECIAL FUCKING SCORING: It's a traditional end-of-roulette wager. You must bet at least one point, and you can bet up to the number of points you currently have.
I will still rank songs. The participants who get 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place will win their wager; the participants who get 5th, 6th, and 7th place will lose their wager; and the participant who gets 4th place will not win or lose any points.
No points will be given out based on ranking this time around.
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