Non-metal Themed Mixtape Game

[CiG]

Song A: "-5 points for not being on theme"
Song B: "+1 point for being on theme"

You should be less vague. What?

 

[Baroque]

You should be less vague. What?

More points are taken away for being off theme than are given for being on theme. We should be more consistent. For example offer a total of 3 points possible for theme, 7 points for enjoyment of song, something like that.

Or 5 and 5. Either way it should be consistent

 

[dwellerINTHEdark]

You should be less vague. What?

He's implying your scale is off. Points for theme are minimal, but if a song is off theme the score gets raped.

 

[Serjeant Grumbles]

More points are taken away for being off theme than are given for being on theme. We should be more consistent. For example offer a total of 3 points possible for theme, 7 points for enjoyment of song, something like that.

Or 5 and 5. Either way it should be consistent

I don't believe in automatic points for being on theme. So long as it fits the theme, I simply rate it on its own merits, with the possibility of extra credit if it really nails the theme. If there's a song that I believe deserves a 2/10, I don't want to give it any additional points simply for following the rules.

 

[Carpe Mortem]

Crap. Dropped the ball again, life is busy lately. My bad @Funerary_Doom

 

[no country for old wainds]

More points are taken away for being off theme than are given for being on theme. We should be more consistent. For example offer a total of 3 points possible for theme, 7 points for enjoyment of song, something like that.

Or 5 and 5. Either way it should be consistent

merely being on theme is hardly a challenging requirement, it no more deserves a reward than not pissing the bed this morning. i'm happy to reward particularly creative or fitting choices though.

 

[CiG]

More points are taken away for being off theme than are given for being on theme. We should be more consistent. For example offer a total of 3 points possible for theme, 7 points for enjoyment of song, something like that.

Or 5 and 5. Either way it should be consistent

What old wainds and Serjeant Grumbles said.
Also how do you even know that I took 5 points away for being off theme? I don't specify how many points are given or taken, ever.

 

[Funerary_Doom]

@dwellerINTHEdark hey, so that leadbelly track is supposed to be Cotton Fields not Midnight. I just changed it on the list and in the original post.

No worries @Carpe Mortem

 

[no country for old wainds]

oh yeah i should probably edit my score, but i much prefer 'midnight special' anyway so i doubt it'll change that much.

 

[dwellerINTHEdark]

@dwellerINTHEdark hey, so that leadbelly track is supposed to be Cotton Fields not Midnight. I just changed it on the list and in the original post.

No worries @Carpe Mortem

That's why I labeled it the song formerly known as midnight special

 

[Funerary_Doom]

Oh okay, i was wondering if that mightve been why but i was slacking and didnt change it until later on so figured to mention i did lol

 

[Vegard Pompey]

Nirvana - Sliver
6/10

Nozomi Aoki - Longing
Nice contrast. Haven't seen this anime but I want to now, this is gorgeous.
8/10

The Beach Boys - Surf's Up
Not a big Beach Boys fan. Wilson's busy arrangements tire me out.
6/10

The Smashing Pumpkins - Disarm
5/10

Nomeansno - Dad
Reminds me that Korn - Daddy would have also been a fitting pick for this theme. Not sure if I should be disappointed or relieved that it isn't here.
9/10

Birdbrain - Youth of America
7/10

The Queers - Ursula Finally Has Tits
4/10

Whitney Houston - Greatest Love of All
No.
2/10

Avatarium - Moonhorse
I wouldn't rate this very high in the correct mixtape game.
1/10

Leadbelly - Cotton Fields
I guess these are the kind of songs you submit when you're 50 years old.
5/10

The Cure - A Forest
You could argue that authorial intent isn't enough to qualify a song as fitting the theme if there's nothing in the lyrics to indicate it, but then again compared to the trees we're all children.
8/10

Tom Waits - Kentucky Ave
Nope, I still don't like Tom Waits.
3/10

Wu-Tang Clan - C.R.E.A.M.
I fundamentally don't understand hip-hop but I guess this is alright.
6/10

 

[CiG]

Leadbelly - Cotton Fields
I guess these are the kind of songs you submit when you're 50 years old.
5/10

He's implying your scale is off. Points for theme are minimal, but if a song is off theme the score gets raped.

Because at the very least the song should be on theme, after all that's the whole point, so it doesn't deserve points in and of itself, unless you would otherwise rate it extremely low I think in that case it deserves points at the very least for being on theme.

Being off theme however defeats the whole purpose of the game and therefore deserves to be heavily penalised, same with blatantly choosing songs of the wrong genre.

Not really hard to understand for anybody willing to think longer than it takes for them to have their feelings hurt because their choice was likely scored harshly.

Dumbfux.

 

[Phylactery]

Reminds me that Korn - Daddy would have also been a fitting pick for this theme. Not sure if I should be disappointed or relieved that it isn't here.

I had to stop myself submitting it as a troll submission this round. Was hoping someone else was sick enough to do it.

 

[dwellerINTHEdark]

Because at the very least the song should be on theme, after all that's the whole point, so it doesn't deserve points in and of itself, unless you would otherwise rate it extremely low I think in that case it deserves points at the very least for being on theme.Being off theme however defeats the whole purpose of the game and therefore deserves to be heavily penalised, same with blatantly choosing songs of the wrong genre.Not really hard to understand for anybody willing to think longer than it takes for them to have their feelings hurt because their choice was likely scored harshly.
Dumbfux.

Dude you asked for clarification haha

 

[CiG]

Indeed.

 

[no country for old wainds]

Wu-Tang Clan - C.R.E.A.M.
I fundamentally don't understand hip-hop but I guess this is alright.
6/10

i'm pretty picky but i like it quite a lot sometimes. any of these take your fancy? most of these were gateway songs for me (one or two are lame lyrically but examples of how good it can sound musically at least):

Spoiler

 

[CiG]

I think "Gangsta's Paradise" is one of the best introductions anybody could hope to have when it comes to hip hop, unless of course you're age caused you to hear older hip hop first.

 

[Satanstoenail]

Cypress Hill - Black Sunday was where a lot of people I know started. Helps if you're a massive stoner though

 

[CiG]

Fuck, that reminds me how much I love the production on Temple Of Boom.