Author Topic: Evermind's Third Roulette v. Final Round Results (Read 71926 times)

TAC · « **Reply #1015 on:** March 31, 2019, 06:10:29 AM »

Quote from: jingle.boy on March 31, 2019, 05:07:17 AM

Thankfully I've got a couple of days to figure out a band for greatest hits. I'm literally racking no my brain trying to think of an act I have with more than a few albums that isn't banned. I might have to look back to the days before you were born.

You are a lucky fucking DOG!

jingle.boy · « **Reply #1016 on:** March 31, 2019, 06:23:22 AM »

Quote from: wolfking on March 31, 2019, 05:25:49 AM

Jeez, 30 minutes of music from the same band across 3 albums. Now that is a challenge.

Considering the banned list, no fucking shit. I've probably got a dozen or so non-banned artists I could've considered ... but they've only had 2 albums.

TAC · « **Reply #1017 on:** March 31, 2019, 06:27:42 AM »

Quote from: Evermind on March 31, 2019, 05:10:24 AM

I think it may have something to do with my original dislike of growls, and I think Children of Bodom was pretty much the first band with harsh vocals I was introduced to, and well, when I say "introduced to", I mean I've listened to a song or two about ten or twelve years ago, don't even remember what songs they were.

So I guess what I'm saying is that I already had the image of the band in my head, and this song actually sounded pretty much as I expected it to sound, confirming this not quite favourable impression of the band I had.

So sending a Growlie Greatest Hits might be risky..?

Evermind · « **Reply #1018 on:** March 31, 2019, 06:41:08 AM »

Quote from: TAC on March 31, 2019, 06:27:42 AM

Quote from: Evermind on March 31, 2019, 05:10:24 AM
I think it may have something to do with my original dislike of growls, and I think Children of Bodom was pretty much the first band with harsh vocals I was introduced to, and well, when I say "introduced to", I mean I've listened to a song or two about ten or twelve years ago, don't even remember what songs they were.

So I guess what I'm saying is that I already had the image of the band in my head, and this song actually sounded pretty much as I expected it to sound, confirming this not quite favourable impression of the band I had.

So sending a Growlie Greatest Hits might be risky..?

I wouldn't say so. I can't think of any bands beyond CoB and Manowar that I have preconceived notions about.

Although if it's 40 minutes of nothing but growls, it may turn out to be a bad idea. I honestly don't know. Depends on the music I guess.

Quote from: jingle.boy on March 31, 2019, 06:23:22 AM

Quote from: wolfking on March 31, 2019, 05:25:49 AM
Jeez, 30 minutes of music from the same band across 3 albums. Now that is a challenge.

Considering the banned list, no fucking shit. I've probably got a dozen or so non-banned artists I could've considered ... but they've only had 2 albums.

Well, Puppies' banned list was also pretty huge and everyone managed. I'm sure there is at least one good band you guys can dig for this one.

jingle.boy · « **Reply #1019 on:** March 31, 2019, 07:40:58 AM »

Yeah, digging around a bit this morning, and it seems I've got a good number of options.

The Walrus · « **Reply #1020 on:** March 31, 2019, 07:42:38 AM »

Quote from: Evermind on March 31, 2019, 03:24:46 AM

All three songs are in, going to listen to them now and then a few more times later in the day. Results coming in the evening, the rest of you folks, get your Greatest Hits compilations ready.

Have a hangman btw:

senecadawg2: __________ _____ ___ - _______o_
Indiscipline: M______ M___'_ _____ ____ - ______o__
Kattelox: ____ ___o - _o_o_ _____

Letters guessed: MO

Luoto waits 2
Bolsters waits 3

Gimme moR! *heavy devy riff*

Evermind · « **Reply #1021 on:** March 31, 2019, 07:46:47 AM »

senecadawg2: ____r_tt__ ____r ___ - _____t_o_
Indiscipline: M___r__ M___'_ __rt_ ____ - ____t_o__
Kattelox: _r__ ___o - _o_or _____

Letters guessed: MORT

Bolsters waits 1
Kattelox waits 2
TAC waits 3

How's the new Devin btw? Haven't had the time to listen yet.

TAC · « **Reply #1022 on:** March 31, 2019, 07:53:49 AM »

The Walrus · « **Reply #1023 on:** March 31, 2019, 08:01:56 AM »

Quote from: Evermind on March 31, 2019, 07:46:47 AM

How's the new Devin btw? Haven't had the time to listen yet.

I don't know!

TAC · « **Reply #1024 on:** March 31, 2019, 09:41:15 AM »

Quote from: Evermind on March 31, 2019, 06:41:08 AM

Quote from: TAC on March 31, 2019, 06:27:42 AM
Quote from: Evermind on March 31, 2019, 05:10:24 AM
I think it may have something to do with my original dislike of growls, and I think Children of Bodom was pretty much the first band with harsh vocals I was introduced to, and well, when I say "introduced to", I mean I've listened to a song or two about ten or twelve years ago, don't even remember what songs they were.

So I guess what I'm saying is that I already had the image of the band in my head, and this song actually sounded pretty much as I expected it to sound, confirming this not quite favourable impression of the band I had.

So sending a Growlie Greatest Hits might be risky..?

I wouldn't say so. I can't think of any bands beyond CoB and Manowar that I have preconceived notions about.

Although if it's 40 minutes of nothing but growls, it may turn out to be a bad idea. I honestly don't know. Depends on the music I guess.

Hmm..

I have a Growlie Greatest Hits and a Clean Greatest Hits. The Growlie GH has much better music IMO. I think you'll like both, but I'm not sure the Clean one will stand out in the group..

Can I use my Wild Card??

TAC · « **Reply #1025 on:** March 31, 2019, 10:17:22 AM »

Sent for the Greatest Hits Round!!

Evermind · « **Reply #1026 on:** March 31, 2019, 10:22:16 AM »

Quote from: TAC on March 31, 2019, 10:17:22 AM

Sent for the Greatest Hits Round!!

As one of your Greatest Hits is literally the same song you sent me in Round 2, I'm afraid you'll have to come up with something else.

Crow · « **Reply #1027 on:** March 31, 2019, 10:22:34 AM »

Evermind · « **Reply #1028 on:** March 31, 2019, 10:24:19 AM »

senecadawg2: ___ar_tt__ A___r ___ - A____t_o_
Indiscipline: Ma__r__ Ma__'_ _art_ _a__ - ____t_o__
Kattelox: Ar__ ___o - _o_or _____

Letters guessed: MORTA

Kattelox waits 1
TAC waits 2
Parama waits 3

Luoto · « **Reply #1029 on:** March 31, 2019, 10:24:30 AM »

Sent for round 8

Evermind · « **Reply #1030 on:** March 31, 2019, 10:25:40 AM »

Quote from: Luoto on March 31, 2019, 10:24:30 AM

Sent for round 8

Yup, you're good. The trick is not to send the song you already sent me in one of the previous rounds like Tim did!

I also know who's going to make it and who isn't, but I'll hold off posting results for another hour or two.

TAC · « **Reply #1031 on:** March 31, 2019, 10:30:47 AM »

I'm so fucking stupid!

Next band incoming ~~shortly~~ Sent!

Crow · « **Reply #1032 on:** March 31, 2019, 10:42:35 AM »

well now we know what TAC sent for round 8

Evermind · « **Reply #1033 on:** March 31, 2019, 10:44:32 AM »

Nah, he changed the band.

It was pretty hilarious though.

TAC · « **Reply #1034 on:** March 31, 2019, 10:53:02 AM »

Did Indiscipline send Marky Mark's Party Band?

Indiscipline · « **Reply #1035 on:** March 31, 2019, 11:54:20 AM »

It was banned.

The Walrus · « **Reply #1036 on:** March 31, 2019, 12:04:51 PM »

Eagerly awaiting my execution at the hands of the Evermind.

Evermind · « **Reply #1037 on:** March 31, 2019, 12:14:18 PM »

Ask and you shall receive.

Tiebreaker Results:

Indiscipline: Manfred Mann’s Earth Band – Questions

Easily my favourite song out of three here. Good vocals and great vocal melodies. From the sound of it, I bet it’s somewhere from 80s or even 70s, but as someone in the YouTube comments said, “good music doesn’t have an expiration date”, and I agree. This was a solid tune that grabbed me from the first listen. Nice ballad.

senecadawg2: Cigarettes After Sex – Affection

This reminds me of Goldfrapp – Stranger with its sultry atmosphere—definitely a whiskey and cat music. Not a mindblowing song, but it’s nice and relaxing, a good example of a chill song. I would’ve loved a bit more diverse or memorable vocal melodies, but this is still fine enough for you to make it.

Kattelox: Arch Echo – Color Wheel

Man, do you have giant balls sending me an instrumental in a tiebreaker. This is kind of nice, like, better than Nil by Mouth or Enigma Machine, but also not fantastic like Ommadawn was. As far as the instrumentals go, it’s nice—I especially like the quiet moments with keyboards driving the song forward—but unfortunately it’s not really enough to compete with the other two songs, although it was kind of close between this song and Affection.

Kattelox, on one hand I expected you to send me some great power metal, but I understand your reluctance to go that route after your first two songs didn’t score too well. It was interesting to see you coming up with those different genres from pop to jazz to death metal to instrumental progressive goodness. I guess our tastes are a bit more different than I initially suspected—something that I began noticing while playing in your second roulette. It was quite fun though—I could never guess where your next song would take me. Here’s your ranking (the bands I’m going to check out are bolded):

1.   Equilibrium - Unbesiegt
2.   Sons of Seasons - Yesteryears
3.   Indica – Eerie Eden
4.   Savage Circus – Evil Eyes
5.   Arch Echo – Color Wheel
6.   Aquaria – And Let the Show Begin
7.   Benny Goodman – Sing Sing Sing
8.   Florence + The Machine – No Light, No Light

Evermind · « **Reply #1038 on:** March 31, 2019, 12:14:32 PM »

Round 8: Greatest Hits

Round 8 requires each one of 8 remaining participants to send a number of songs from the same band, essentially making it a Greatest Hits compilation. The idea is shamelessly stolen from Puppies’ roulette, only I don’t want it to be too long, so the requirements for this are as follows: all songs should be by the same band, the minimum length of the compilation is 30 minutes, the length limit is 50 minutes, and the songs should come from at least three different albums.

I totally expect this round to take longer than usual, so please try and send for this round in 72 hours from now on.

Just a reminder: from this point onwards, the scores don't matter. It's basically a playoff system now. The match-ups are as follows (the tiebreakers between upper places were decided based on the strength of your latest submission):

Luoto vs. senecadawg2
TAC vs. Indiscipline
Puppies_On_Acid vs. wolfking
LordCost vs. jingle.boy

Let's do this!

Crow · « **Reply #1039 on:** March 31, 2019, 12:18:13 PM »

katt's new icon:

TAC · « **Reply #1040 on:** March 31, 2019, 12:19:11 PM »

Ooohh..matchups!

The Walrus · « **Reply #1041 on:** March 31, 2019, 12:23:38 PM »

Damn.

Yeah, when I realized the power metal wasn't scoring well, I just did what I did in Pup's roulette, which is the equivalent of playing darts blindfolded. Our tastes are definitely quite a bit different; I was actually hoping the Arch Echo song would be nice enough to get me through to GH which is where I was gonna go nuts. Maybe next time. This was fun! Thanks for letting me play

Evermind · « **Reply #1042 on:** March 31, 2019, 12:29:20 PM »

You can still send your compilation though! I'm fairly sure Tyrias planned to send his even if he was eliminated. I'll listen either after the roulette, or during the last two rounds if I find the time.

The Walrus · « **Reply #1043 on:** March 31, 2019, 12:33:19 PM »

Well, since Pup's concept album fell through (sorry Pup

) I'll try. No promises though

Crow · « **Reply #1044 on:** March 31, 2019, 12:38:04 PM »

puppies you never reviewed the bonus album i sent you either

Indiscipline · « **Reply #1045 on:** March 31, 2019, 03:40:08 PM »

Saved by the wonderful voice of mister Chris Thompson!

Tim, I have my Andrew Toney jersey ready

King Puppies and the Acid Guppies · « **Reply #1046 on:** March 31, 2019, 09:00:02 PM »

Quote from: Kattelox on March 31, 2019, 12:33:19 PM

Well, since Pup's concept album fell through (sorry Pup ) I'll try. No promises though

I'm still waiting......

Quote from: Parama on March 31, 2019, 12:38:04 PM

puppies you never reviewed the bonus album i sent you either

I just got home from vacation. I'll be getting to it soon hopefully.

King Puppies and the Acid Guppies · « **Reply #1047 on:** March 31, 2019, 11:13:02 PM »

So I basically have 4 different Greatest Hits albums made up (well technically 5, but someone stole Enslaved out from under me

). Anyways, I'm not sure how to pick. Do I go with the more moody, emotional artist. Or do I go with the melodic, but heavy. Or maybe the more technical and varied. Or should I go with the catchier, more hook oriented band.....?

Crow · « **Reply #1048 on:** March 31, 2019, 11:19:28 PM »

melodic but heavy

ps PM me what bands you're deciding between, i'll tell you which one i think evermind would like most and since i'm guaranteed to be wrong you can safely pick one of the others

Evermind · « **Reply #1049 on:** April 01, 2019, 03:15:58 AM »

I like this idea.

You can also consider what Kade would send and go either similar or opposite direction.

News: Dreamtheaterforums.org is a place of peace. ...except when it is a place of BEING ON FIRE!!!

Author Topic: Evermind's Third Roulette v. Final Round Results (Read 71926 times)