Lyrical Leanings - The Inaugural Game

tusk

Thanks to the wonderful 'tayto lover' for sponsoring this game.

There's a fantastic thread over on AH where you write out some lyrics that should give a song away, and people like it if they know what it is. If you haven't checked it out, you're missing out! https://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2057986558&page=91

Well, we're gonna gamify it now! With the inaugural Lyrical Leanings game (please help with better names :P )



How it works:

Step 1: PM me 1 line of a song lyric that you think could win you the game by having the most participants know the song.
Step 2: I'll post the lyrics so there's a level of anonymity for the reveal.
Step 3: Participants like lyrics that give the song away for them.
Step 4: Profit I mean win. The winner is the participant with the most likes. All player/lyric combos will be revealed at the end of the game.

Le Rules:

1. Only one entry per participant. If you wanna change, only your latest entry will count.
2. Lyrics must not contain the name of the song. i.e. you can't submit 'And after all, you're my Wonderwall'
3. Each participant should only like those lyrics that give the song away for them.
4. Non-participants shouldn't like the lyric posts while the game is ongoing. You may like them once the winner is declared.

This is a first shot, so I'm keeping it open in terms of genre etc. And I'm sure we'll learn a few things as we go along.

Hopefully people are interested. I'd like to hit at least 15 entries before closing the signups.

tusk

tayto lover wrote: »

And when no Hope was left in sight
On that stary stary night

You forgot to read the op :P

Electric Nitwit

I'm in

For a completely open round I guessed I needed to press the big red button and bring out the big guns

tayto lover

tusk wrote: »

You forgot to read the op :P

Sorry.

I’m in.

quickbeam

About 99/100 lyrics in the AH thread I didn't know so I don't expect much of me this game.

Deja Boo

I am in even though I've no clue about most of the lyrics in ah...


I haven't time to review the rules or enter at the moment (will send a pm later in the day if that is ok). Thanks

tusk

No rush I'll keep signups open for at least the week

Me Me!!

Ted_YNWA

Entry sent in.

tusk

7 entries so far, 2 sets of 2 that are very similar...

you people are too good at sheep

Ted_YNWA

tusk wrote: »

7 entries so far, 2 sets of 2 that are very similar...

you people are too good at sheep

Some games are good, some games are baaaaaaa'd

osh

Entry in

Mam of 4

In , I love this song , ye better love it too

bottlebrush

entry sent

Do you pick a song from any year?

tusk

Strawberry Milkshake wrote: »

Do you pick a song from any year?

First game, so it's completley open. You can pick any song. The only stipulation being , it must have lyrics haha

gammygils

Yep. Count mé in

I'm in!
Looking for inspiration now....

tusk

Some absolutely hilarious ones in do far lads. I'm expecting a lot of high marks.

Whoever runs the next one might want to restrict the theme a bit :pac:

tusk

19 Heads in so far. Nice one

miamee

How many have chosen the same song? :pac:

tusk

miamee wrote: »

How many have chosen the same song? :pac:

There's three now with the same song and 2 with another

Kolido

tusk wrote: »

There's three now with the same song and 2 with another

But have they choosen the same line. That could be the difference

Mam of 4

Kolido wrote: »

But have they choosen the same line. That could be the difference

Excellent point Kolido !

Deja Boo

Shall we choose alternate songs? Say the first in gets the original song and the others choose alternates? Or everyone choose a top song, with 2 alternates, in case the first was picked already.

There's plenty of good songs to choose from I am happy to change mine if needed.

tusk

Deja Boo wrote: »

Shall we choose alternate songs? Say the first in gets the original song and the others choose alternates? Or everyone choose a top song, with 2 alternates, in case the first was picked already.

There's plenty of good songs to choose from I am happy to change mine if needed.

I'm weary of people having to resubmit, but if you want to add an alternative just in case, then that's grand.

Maybe a rule we can implement going forward, and for future games. Good shout!

Deja Boo

tusk wrote: »

I'm weary of people having to resubmit, but if you want to add an alternative just in case, then that's grand.

Maybe a rule we can implement going forward, and for future games. Good shout!

Gotchya ... whatever makes it easier, cos I can't imagine how y'all score these things as well as you do!

Ectoplasm

tusk wrote: »

I'm weary of people having to resubmit, but if you want to add an alternative just in case, then that's grand.

Maybe a rule we can implement going forward, and for future games. Good shout!

Maybe in future games people who submit the same song get their thanks divided by the number of duplicate entries? Could add a bit of a challenge to find a unique song. Or use that rule in an alternative version.

tusk

Ectoplasm wrote: »

Maybe in future games people who submit the same song get their thanks divided by the number of duplicate entries? Could add a bit of a challenge to find a unique song. Or use that rule in an alternative version.

Oooh I like it!

tusk

Wow! 25 Sign ups so far!

I was not expecting this to take off as much

I'll leave sign ups open for the day. Then we can do the reveal thread tomorrow.

I'm thinking I'll post all the lyrics in the morning, and give people until the evening to get their likes in.

Clarabel

tusk wrote: »

Oooh I like it!

Not this time, for I am 100% sure mine is a duplicate

tusk

Clarabel wrote: »

Not this time, for I am 100% sure mine is a duplicate

Nah rules won't change from what's outlined in the OP for this game.

Maybe you should leave it open for 24 hours?
A lot of people may only get on late at night?

Green&Red

Clarabel wrote: »

Not this time, for I am 100% sure mine is a duplicate

Absolutely guaranteed mine is also

Clarabel

Green&Red wrote: »

Absolutely guaranteed mine is also

I wonder are ours the same? Oh exciting. Extra prizes tusk if we guessed that we picked the same song?????

tusk

bubblypop wrote: »

Maybe you should leave it open for 24 hours?
A lot of people may only get on late at night?

Fair point. Thanks

tusk

Clarabel wrote: »

I wonder are ours the same? Oh exciting. Extra prizes tusk if we guessed that we picked the same song?????

Now i have to go check hahaha.

Maybe we'll have special prizes for different things... Who knows....

Green&Red

Clarabel wrote: »

I wonder are ours the same? Oh exciting. Extra prizes tusk if we guessed that we picked the same song?????

Mollyb60

I'm in. We'll see how this goes.

Tammy!

And we definitely can't thank our own lyrics ye?

I won't but I don't trust the others in here 🙂

Baggly

JeanL wrote: »

And we definitely can't thank our own lyrics ye?

I won't but I don't trust the others in here ��

tusk

JeanL wrote: »

And we definitely can't thank our own lyrics ye?

I won't but I don't trust the others in here 🙂

Thanks for the reminder. This will be clearly stated on the reveal thread. Any shenanigans will result in lost points.

Sign ups still open?

sKeith

tusk wrote: »

Thanks for the reminder. This will be clearly stated on the reveal thread. Any shenanigans will result in lost points.

Why would you state that? Seems like a weird thing to state.

tusk

sKeith wrote: »

Why would you state that? Seems like a weird thing to state.

Why do you say that?

sKeith

tusk wrote: »

Why do you say that?

Show me any of your posts that you have thanked.

tusk

sKeith wrote: »

Show me any of your posts that you have thanked.

I'll be posting all the lyrics myself so they're anonymous so people would be able to thank them

tusk

[Deleted User] wrote: »

Sign ups still open?

Yep I think we're up to 28 now

sKeith

tusk wrote: »

I'll be posting all the lyrics myself so they're anonymous so people would be able to thank them

Right, didn't think of that.


Why can you not thank your own lyrics then. Whats the reason for not doing it.


You clearly know what song it is.


You thank the post if you can ID the song from the lyrics. If gerry and rosie posted the same lyrics, and you psoted those lyrics, neither gerry or rosie are allowed to thank the lyrics, even though they can ID the song.


It makes more sense if everybody just thanks the post were they can ID the song from the words in the post, never mind if they contributed those lyrics or not.

tusk

sKeith wrote: »

Right, didn't think of that.


Why can you not thank your own lyrics then. Whats the reason for not doing it.


You clearly know what song it is.


You thank the post if you can ID the song from the lyrics. If gerry and rosie posted the same lyrics, and you psoted those lyrics, neither gerry or rosie are allowed to thank the lyrics, even though they can ID the song.


It makes more sense if everybody just thanks the post were they can ID the song from the words in the post, never mind if they contributed those lyrics or not.

Fair point. It was something I wasn't sure on. But you've made a clear case for it.

Learning process for the new game and all that

If anyone has any other suggestions please feel free to flag them. Like I say this is the first try, so I'm making it up as I go hahah

Collie D

I presume we should include the title of the song in the PM we send you? Although if it’s not obvious we’re probably already on a losing entry.