9. It's very odd to be sent an artist that I myself have sent in other roulettes.
If that's ain't cheating, I don't know what is!
I don't get ariich's reasoning for allowing songs he's already familiar with.
To clarify, I don't know these songs. But the artist has one EP that I like a lot (and have rated 4 stars) and have sent in a couple of other roulettes before. Usually when I rate am artist at least 4 stars at least once I do quite a dive into their other work but in this case I didn't really explore much for some reason.
In general though, yes unless I've been sent and positively reviewed a song in a previous roulette then as long as it's not on a banned album I'll accept it. If it's not on a banned album then I almost certainly don't know it well (or occasionally I do somewhat but was never drawn to check out the album), plus the multi song submissions mean I've never received a submission where I've already heard every song before so I'm always getting new stuff plus stuff I've not given much of a chance. I like having a clear rule when or comes to the banlist and this works really well.