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Grojlach · 08-30-2004, 03:51 AM

It doesn't work.
It would only work if we had a more extensive line-up of participating music buffs, but as it is now, it's too specialised (some people are most likely capable of discerning every single lyric of Linkin Park, Taproot, Staind, AFI or whatever these mediocre bands are called; but when it comes to the most well known Joy Division song, of a band whose musical legacy will outlive those of any of the aforementioned bands blindfolded, it's suddenly too difficult (?) for them.

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But seriously, taste around here differs too much to have a "healthy" competition - lyrics posted by me for example are usually guessed by Melusine, Barry, Hierophant or dplax, while lyrics posted by Shadowhound or Bozos attract a wholly different audience. Not taking the odd cheater into account, there's little interaction between such subgroups in this topic (apart from "I don't know, give us a clue") - so when the few posters with a similar taste don't know the answer (or are offline for a few days), no one else will figure it out, either.
So sure, we can give it another shot, I may even participate. I'm afraid it will only take a few days before we have yet another status quo, though.

[ 08-30-2004, 06:40 AM: Message edited by: Grojlach ]

08-30-2004, 03:51 AM	#6
Grojlach Zartan Join Date: May 2, 2001 Location: Ulpia Noviomagus Batavorum Age: 44 Posts: 5,281	It doesn't work. It would only work if we had a more extensive line-up of participating music buffs, but as it is now, it's too specialised (some people are most likely capable of discerning every single lyric of Linkin Park, Taproot, Staind, AFI or whatever these mediocre bands are called; but when it comes to the most well known Joy Division song, of a band whose musical legacy will outlive those of any of the aforementioned bands blindfolded, it's suddenly too difficult (?) for them. [img]tongue.gif[/img] But seriously, taste around here differs too much to have a "healthy" competition - lyrics posted by me for example are usually guessed by Melusine, Barry, Hierophant or dplax, while lyrics posted by Shadowhound or Bozos attract a wholly different audience. Not taking the odd cheater into account, there's little interaction between such subgroups in this topic (apart from "I don't know, give us a clue") - so when the few posters with a similar taste don't know the answer (or are offline for a few days), no one else will figure it out, either. So sure, we can give it another shot, I may even participate. I'm afraid it will only take a few days before we have yet another status quo, though. [ 08-30-2004, 06:40 AM: Message edited by: Grojlach ]