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Post by Darkest Hour on Sept 11, 2021 3:11:32 GMT -5
I feel like such a black sheep amongst the list thus far lol. The results should be rather intersting. Unpredictable rankdowns are the best rankdowns to me as it gives the reason why the rankdown is made in the first place lol
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Post by Darkest Hour on Sept 12, 2021 5:02:03 GMT -5
I don't get any requests for extending the deadline so the submission is closed. This is the final participants list: 1. Darkest Hour 2. trilogy 3. aerodynamite 4. HamedM1 💔 5. tim 6. razorshark 7. peacebone 4 days will be spent for reveal, but they are not consecutive and depend on how fast I made the graphs. Anyway, here are the pre-reveal questions: 1. What will be the #1? 2. What will be the last? 3. What will be the top 5? 4. What will be the bottom 5? 5. For the multiple song entries from the same artist, which song will perform the best? a. Bonkers vs The Power b. East Star vs Night Train vs Spell Bound c. Baba O'Riley (Alan Wilkis Remix) vs Won't Get Fooled Again (Cato Remix) 6. What is your favorite discovery (if you have)? 7. Any other comments?
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Post by Darkest Hour on Sept 18, 2021 1:47:46 GMT -5
Sorry for the delay in the reveals but life happens. I am currently preparing the reveals of 42-31 and they should be done later today (US time zone). I am really hoping for at least one answer of pre-reveal questionnaire though. trilogy aerodynamite HamedM1 💔 tim razorshark peacebone
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Post by Deleted on Sept 18, 2021 1:59:33 GMT -5
very much expecting a galvanize win for this
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Post by Darkest Hour on Sept 18, 2021 23:13:39 GMT -5
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Post by Darkest Hour on Sept 18, 2021 23:17:54 GMT -5
It's still Saturday on some time zones right? Anyway The Power is the last place and HamedM1 💔 , razorshark and I lose last place ranks already. Admittedly, DJ Fresh is not a particularly good artist and The Power is just obnoxiously loud. It's the few songs that I would skip quickly in game.
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Post by Darkest Hour on Sept 18, 2021 23:31:09 GMT -5
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Post by Darkest Hour on Sept 18, 2021 23:36:28 GMT -5
Every rankdown has that one song that nobody really likes enough but not that hated but ends up near the bottom. This is the one for this rankdown. Look at the trajectory graph. After I gave this song the highest rank out of all participants, it only went downhill there. To be fair, it is dubstep with rather simple buildup and just a song played twice, but 2012 me definitely found it amazing and it's too hard to look back to these songs objectively now.
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Post by Darkest Hour on Sept 18, 2021 23:37:29 GMT -5
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Post by Darkest Hour on Sept 18, 2021 23:47:30 GMT -5
The first of the three Silent Code songs out is East Star and it is in bottom three. I enjoy this drum and bass song for what it is. It's far from the best song of this type here but it shouldn't be the first Silent Code song out. Maybe being Youtube only hurts its chance? (And I think there is a full version of this song on artist's topic page on Youtube, but choices are made)
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Post by Darkest Hour on Sept 18, 2021 23:48:31 GMT -5
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Post by Darkest Hour on Sept 18, 2021 23:51:22 GMT -5
I don't think anyone would be surprised Green Day being out early because their triple albums era is not well-liked anywhere. I think it is serviceable but quite generic. It is probably chosen for the soundtrack because of the lyrics, just like quite a lot of the songs here lol
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Post by Darkest Hour on Sept 18, 2021 23:52:06 GMT -5
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Post by Darkest Hour on Sept 18, 2021 23:57:29 GMT -5
Contact rounds up the bottom five and tim and trilogy 's last place are eliminated. The chorus is fire but the rapping left a bit to be desired.
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Post by Darkest Hour on Sept 18, 2021 23:59:17 GMT -5
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Post by tim on Sept 19, 2021 0:03:06 GMT -5
Oh. And this is why I didn't even attempt to do the pre-reveal questions because this genre just isn't my forte.
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Post by Darkest Hour on Sept 19, 2021 0:04:49 GMT -5
Unfortunately for tim , Unconsolable became his first top 3 loss in the rankdown, while the rest of us put it in our bottom half ranks. It's mainly due the top 3 rank that makes this escape bottom 5. This just doesn't suit the vibe of a racing game OST imo. It is a bit lethargic, and I always found the singing of the chorus to be awkward. It is still better than whatever this group offered later like Renegades.
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Post by Darkest Hour on Sept 19, 2021 0:06:39 GMT -5
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Post by Darkest Hour on Sept 19, 2021 0:15:04 GMT -5
A remix of a The Who song is out. I still have no idea what the original sounds like, but this remix has never spiked my interest in listening to the original. It's quite a lazy remix aside from the decent drums (that is probably) from the original. That and the build doesn't lead to anything amazing.
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Post by Darkest Hour on Sept 19, 2021 0:17:09 GMT -5
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Post by Darkest Hour on Sept 19, 2021 0:30:28 GMT -5
And the other remix of The Who song is out. This has a more driving beat that is more suitable for the game. Interestingly four of us rank this higher than the other one.
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Post by Darkest Hour on Sept 19, 2021 0:31:15 GMT -5
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Post by Darkest Hour on Sept 19, 2021 0:44:07 GMT -5
Just saw the music video for Love Someone Else it is a decently funny one. The music is pretty fine. razorshark loses a top 10 while aerodynamite loses the last place.
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Post by Darkest Hour on Sept 19, 2021 0:45:36 GMT -5
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Post by Darkest Hour on Sept 19, 2021 0:52:27 GMT -5
Spell Bound is the second song from Silent Code leaving the rankdown. Basically aerodynamite and razorshark tanked each of their favs here. I think this song would be better if there are less vocal tbh.
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Post by Darkest Hour on Sept 19, 2021 0:54:46 GMT -5
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Post by tim on Sept 19, 2021 0:56:47 GMT -5
I was actually in a rather bad mood as I was finalizing my list for this rankdown, so hence why I might've ranked this song higher than I normally would have otherwise.
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Post by Darkest Hour on Sept 19, 2021 1:00:46 GMT -5
Sometimes I feel the vocals are not mixed well in Bad Mood and the guitars are mixed too front, at least it's my impression of this song during the gameplay.
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Post by Darkest Hour on Sept 19, 2021 1:01:33 GMT -5
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Post by Darkest Hour on Sept 19, 2021 1:08:56 GMT -5
Shake the Dust is the final song revealed in this set. Some vocals here may be rough and the melody feels relatively basic.
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