wait…
wait really?
Banshee Kaa wins?
dead
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Fwiw i find the attention seeking annoying and the explanation is borderline meaningless. The idea of a gender difference is in the way the song sounds, not the person who wrote the song.
I highly approve of posthumous penalties now. This was kind of an interesting way to assess the penalties
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This was my other choice:
I also like this one but didn’t think it would do well because it’s not that different from the original, although maybe better than last place:
Gonna go enjoy this Princess Bride thingy now
I’m really not sure which emoji expresses my emotions right now.
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This was what I thought of right away with this category.
I hate the trolling aspect of this but whatever
I listened to the original version where every single word is sung by Miley Cyrus, a biologically female human being. The BBB version is sung by what I can only assume is a biological male.
I don‘t see how this does not fit the category or deserves a penalty.
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This was my second choice. I love this song and think it’s probably a better overall cover, but think Leaving has a more emotional punch.
Yeah - I can see the technicality of it, but I am of the opinion that Yuv doesn’t deserve a penalty.
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I think penalty is fine
It’s clear that he wanted a female singing a male part or vice versa
He could have just ranked it 8th with no drama; this was just to add flair to the reveal
The other penalty is harsher as it was obscure trivia
We shouldn’t have to wiki our songs
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I don’t mind the position thats the whole point of having your entry judged. I don’t “deserve” any position. But it is a fun, very non-cynical activity.
To drag it out like that is annoying for no reason other than trolling, which i can get just about anywhere else online.
the explanation about deciding the penalty is just insulting. You had 3 weeks to do so. If you weren’t sure about your ranking take another day. The use of the word “penalty” is dumb here.
I’m totally find with 2nd place. Music is weird to me nowadays, but I don’t think Mark Ronson actually sings any of his songs…they are all like this. He’s a writer/producer.
It is a male singing a female part
He claims he didnt want that, he wanted a man singing a song that is fully credited to a woman. Ronson doesn’t sing.
Oh, then I don’t get either penalty lol
The updated scoring is below:
PLEASE Check that your score is correct for this one. Places posted as 8th downward should have moved up 2 places from where they were originally posted. If that makes sense.
I would prefer that people not do this in the future. If you want to mess with people, just add comments like “I had this ranked at 1st but then moved it down here to 5th because …”. It worked for me.
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I can see how revealing the penalties later adds a different tilt to the game, and I am sure NBZ had no intention of ruffling feathers. That said, as the wise Pauwl says let’s reveal any penalties at the time the track is revealed from here on out.
As for the reveal itself, thanks to NBZ. Clearly a lot of time went into it, and I for one appreciate you finding time to reveal given you haven’t even had cell reception for large periods. Covers are always a fun category and I found some new tracks in this one.
Tomorrow we have Mr cassette with some guitar greatness!
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I did struggle with that a lot, but I also feel like I explicitly covered in in the description of my category. If I hadn’t, I would not have penalized anyone. I’ve mellowed a lot, but I have generally been a huge rules nit. I still use my turn signal when I can’t see any other cars.
I basically felt that if I assessed a penalty to seities, I had to give one to Yuv and this was something that I was still processing as I was doing my reveal.
Last place was a troll job, but not the penalties. I legitimately went back and forth on what I should do, even as I was revealing. I get that I see the world differently. The eye test stuff in the mental health thread should be evidence of that. I’m sorry that I didn’t think of a way to ask for advice on how to handle what I have felt was a legitimate quandary.
I am legitimately thinking of going to Las Vegas in a couple of days to get some work in and I wanted to get this out before I went because I didn’t want to let people down by dying before I do a reveal. Is that a sign that I shouldn’t go, that I am feeling stress that is leading me to unwise decisions?
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I’m listed with 12 points here. I don’t think I got that (but who knows with this reveal).
I had the Within Temptation song that was revealed to be 4th place, so unless it got moved up two spots post mortem, I think my score is not quite correct.
It was moved up 2 spots post mortem. The posted 1st and 2nd got moved to 8th and 7th place respectively.
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