Necrus Revisited (Part Three) REVEAL Thread

Kolido

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Necro

In 16th place with 1 point

The purple tin

Aquatic Ambience from Donkey Kong Country

Again, much like the Die Hard music from before it this just doesn’t really call out to me that I must play this game. I found this very boring if I’m honest.

JP Liz V1

I thought bottom for me in this round, happy you enjoyed and liked Necro

Necro

And in FIRST Place, picking up 16 points…


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Placebo - Every You Every Me (F1 2000)

Cracking track this, just a great song even if it’s not massively associated with gaming it was very hard to justify anything else submitted being ahead of this… so basically I don’t have to. A great pick.

cee_jay

fixXxer wrote: »

Portal and Portal 2 are some of the cleverest and funniest games you could ever play.

So I've been told. I don't really play computer games, but there's a big fan in the house, and he often plays this from it. It's one of the game tunes he plays on the regular that I don't hate.

:eek: Genuinely thought I was coming last here, Placebo can be a bit of a marmite band and I figured there was no way I was beating the Crash Bandicoot theme!!

I actually had a completely different song chosen initially (from googling the Grand Theft Auto soundtracks) but figured I'd stick with something I remembered from a game I had actually played, way back in the days of my (second-hand) Playstation (the only Sony console I've ever had!)

Necro

So our scoretable for tonight

Position Name Song Score
1st Homer J. Fong Placebo - Every You Every Me 16
2nd JP Liz V1 Mortal Kombat Theme 15
3rd ShaneU Undertale - Megalovania 14
4th cee_jay Portal - Still Alive - End Credits Theme 13
5th Trigger Song 2 - Blur 12
6th Necrina Skyrim Theme 11
7th Also Starring LeVar Burton Bad Religion - You 10
8th Barna77 Final Fantasy 7 - Golden Saucer Theme 9
9th Electric Nitwit Cities - Beck (from Sound Shapes) 8
10th Irish Aris Lacuna Coil-Swamped  7
11th ari101 The XX - Intro 6
12th Sawduck Persona 5 - Last Surprise 5
13th fixXxer Dan Bull - 21 Heroes 4
14th Deja Boo Crash Bandicoot Theme 3
15th Kolido Die hard trilogy - Airport Terminal 2
16th the purple tin Aquatic Ambience from Donkey Kong Country 1


And how does our combined table look right now....


Name Improved by Video Video Game Music Song from a genre not usually listened to Song from a Musical 90s Round TV Themes Driving Miss Walrus Scene Music In My Hometown Summer Choons Total
Deja Boo 12 3 15
Also Starring LeVar Burton 8 10 18
Kolido 15 2 17
ShaneU 16 14 30
the purple tin 10 1 11
Homer J. Fong 5 16 21
Necrina 14 11 25
JP Liz V1 12 15 27
Sawduck 4 5 9
cee_jay 13 13 26
ari101 9 6 15
Barna77 2 9 11
Irish Aris 7 7 14
Trigger 11 12 23
fixXxer 3 4 7
Electric Nitwit 6 8 14


So with 8 rounds to go its SHANEU that leads the way by three points

JP Liz, cee_jay and Necrina aren't too far off top spot either..


Long, Loooonnnnnngggg way to go yet though


I'll be back tomorrow with Round 3.... Same bat time, Same Bat Channel!! (We'll be taking a break Friday for Rikand's Walrus however)

Necro

So folks.....

Did you play to my tastes here and go pop music or country (some of the more disliked genres around these neck of the woods)? Or perhaps you just played it straight and went with stuff you liked but wouldn’t normally… some examples for me.

I guess we will find out at 9pm tomorrow night

Also Starring LeVar Burton

Have we done a Best Video Game Tournament.

That'd be a fun one.

I doubt my limited knowledge of Video Games would make me a very good host for it, so just throwing the idea out there...

ShaneU

Necro wrote: »

In 16th place with 1 point

The purple tin

Aquatic Ambience from Donkey Kong Country

Again, much like the Die Hard music from before it this just doesn’t really call out to me that I must play this game. I found this very boring if I’m honest.

Love this!

ShaneU

Also Starring LeVar Burton wrote: »

Have we done a Best Video Game Tournament.

That'd be a fun one.

I doubt my limited knowledge of Video Games would make me a very good host for it, so just throwing the idea out there...

Been thinking about doing this. just didn't think they're would be enough interest.If you haven't played ya game It's not like a song you haven't heard that you can click play on

Also Starring LeVar Burton

ShaneU wrote: »

Been thinking about doing this. just didn't think they're would be enough interest.If you haven't played ya game It's not like a song you haven't heard that you can click play on

Yeah, thats true, its a bit more niche in that sense, but then again there have been greatest movie tournaments where nobody has seen all the movies, and a lot of the time would vote based on synopsis or whatever, which could work with games also (vote for the one you'd be most interested in playing if you don't know either kind of deal). There'll be enough mass appeal games that people will be familiar enough with I think. The early rounds might be a bit slower as more obscure games get weeded out, but I'd say as the tournament goes on and you're left with some of the more heavy hitters it would be interesting to see what came out on top.

You don't necessarily need to ask for nominations, you could select the more obvious mass appeal stuff, and then have a couple wildcard rounds or something so people could nominate anything you may have missed that they feel deserved inclusion. I'd say there's a few FG regulars who'd be interested in playing something along those lines anyway. Is there a Video Gaming forum here? Could find some interested parties there too?

ShaneU

Necro wrote: »

Are you kidding me, I was so close to submitting the song To Zanarkand from FFX but I thought you would call it boring (for the video game round)

Necro

ShaneU wrote:

Are you kidding me, I was so close to submitting the song To Zanarkand from FFX but I thought you would call it boring (for the video game round)

Love FFX music, probably my second fave after FF7

Barna77

ShaneU wrote: »

All the scenery represents the different beats in the song, did you not get that Necro? Great video. (Chemical brothers)

That.

Necro wrote: »

In 8th place with 9 points

Barna77

Final Fantasy 7 - Golden Saucer Theme

Tbh, you could have picked pretty much ANY other track from FF7 and it would likely have been top 3 material. Boss theme, Main battle theme, Jenova them, One Winged Angel just wins the category straight up - just not this one. I dunno, it’s so sickly sweet and squealing at points it just puts me off. It’s still much better than what most games have these days but yeah, you could have been much higher :P

ShaneU wrote: »

Ah love the golden saucer song

After spending hours and hours in the Golden Saucer, I had to submit it. That or Rufus Welcome
I started playing the PS4 remake. Had a laugh when Barrett does the victory fanfare



Someone mentioned Tetris....

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=umEDct4BoGc

fixXxer

Someone might fix the link as I'm on my phone but here it is

https://youtu.be/I8LnIY8rOCA

So good.

ari101

fixXxer wrote: »

Someone might fix the link as I'm on my phone but here it is

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I8LnIY8rOCA

So good.

Link updated

Necro

Just getting set up for Round 3 now folks.... kicking off in about 5 mins or so!!

Necro

In 13th place with 4 points

Cee_jay

Belfast - Orbital

I suppose this is sort of relaxing. I’m just not gone on really long electronic instrumentals (unless it’s dance or trance) unfortunately so I sort of kept skipping this in the playthroughs and it ended up here.

Necro

In 12th place with 5 points

JP Liz V1

Luciano Pavarotti - Nessun Dorma

I dunno, this one sort of started a good bit higher but started trending downwards towards the end of my relistens due to familiarity. It’s a fab song. Fantastic voice. I just preferred other entries I suppose.

ari101

Necro wrote: »

In 13th place with 4 points

Cee_jay

Belfast - Orbital


*SNIP

I suppose this is sort of relaxing. I’m just not gone on really long electronic instrumentals (unless it’s dance or trance) unfortunately so I sort of kept skipping this in the playthroughs and it ended up here.

Thought for a minute I was 13th, then I realised I submitted this to something else :pac: I love this!

Necro

In 11th place with 6 points

Necrina

Rammstein – Du Hast

I expected this to be better, I really did. Maybe I was spoiled by Mein Heartz Brant but I just didn’t enjoy this as much as I expected to. This would have been the one Rammstein track I’d have heard of as well but while it was ok, it didn’t really do much else for me.

Necro

In 10th place with 7 points

Sawduck

Montserrat Caballe - O mio Bambino caro

Yeah I much prefer this to Nessun Dorma. It seems not too many are a fan of the opera genre :P This was a nice track and one I hadn’t listened to in a good while.

Necro

In 9th place with 8 points

Irish Aris

Megadeth-Skin O' My Teeth

I did expect to get a bit of the heavier type of rock that I wouldn’t be as familiar with. There’s not really any comparison to Du Hast here imo, this is a much better song which is reflected in the rankings.

Necro

In 8th place with 9 points

Trigger

Just give me a reason – Pink ft. Nate Reuss

Pink is a great artist but actually I think it’s Nate that drags this song up another notch, just an incredible voice. The duet is on point too. I’d certainly listen to this genre regularly so I’m very familiar with the song but that doesn’t detract from it too much here. Very nice choice. And it’s not Pearl Jam – SHOCK HORROR :pac:
This song has also been submitted in another category... will it do better or worse there I wonder?

Necro

In 7th place with 10 points

Barna77

TLC - No Scrubs

Again, another song I’m HUGELY familiar with and the genre in particular. Not sure what I can say really in the case of this track that hasn’t been said already, it’s certainly a choon. Has to lose marks because I’m so familiar with it mind. Not too many mind...

Necro

In 6th place with 11 points

Deja Boo

The Black Crowes - She Talks To Angels

This is a fun little track that I just really enjoyed each listen through of this round. Very close to squeezing into the top 3 equation here, but missed out in the end unfortunately. Great choice!

Necro

In 5th place with 12 points

Also Starring LeVar Burton

DJ Fresh ft. Sian Evans (Radio Edit) – Louder

This is a cracking track again, I had heard it a couple of times in passing but just really enjoyed it every time it came on in the listen throughs. The last 30 secs or so are awesome as well.

cee_jay

ari101 wrote: »

Thought for a minute I was 13th, then I realised I submitted this to something else :pac: I love this!

In this Walrus? Not looking too good for you in that round joke!

ari101

cee_jay wrote: »

In this Walrus? Not looking too good for you in that round joke!

:pac: Thankfully something else entirely

Necro

In 4th place with 13 points

Electric Nitwit

Don't Stop Moving - S Club 7

Always liked this track, even did a fundraising mime related dance to it. Thankfully all such evidence has been completely destroyed in a mysterious fire a few years ago…. :P Anyways yeah this was a real good entry and fitted the category well for the entrant given their normal tastes

Necro

And that brings us right up to our remaining 6, in no particular order - 4 of these guys were here just last night as well....



The purple tin

Kolido

Ari101

fixXxer

Homer J. Fong


And…

ShaneU

ari101

Why do I feel like this doesn't bode well

ari101

Necro

In 14th place with 3 points

The purple tin

Miley Cyrus – Wildflowers

A Tom Petty cover… sneaky sneaky tpt :pac: I actually really like Miley Cyrus and I think she gets a lot of flack for her extra curricular activities but is in fact really talented. But…. I did not like this track. It was a poor cover and just all a bit safe and boring unfortunately.

ShaneU

Necro wrote: »

And…

ShaneU

oh I'm getting the LeVar spot now? :pac:

Necro

In 3rd place with 14 points

ShaneU

NF - Lost (feat. Hopsin)

This is a cracking track. Really enjoyed it from start to finish. Big fan of rap anyways and wasn’t familiar with these guys so thanks for this entry!

That's 3 top 3's in a row for Shane... can he keep it up?

fixXxer

Necro wrote: »

In 3rd place with 14 points

ShaneU

NF - Lost (feat. Hopsin)

This is a cracking track. Really enjoyed it from start to finish. Big fan of rap anyways and wasn’t familiar with these guys so thanks for this entry!

That's 3 top 3's in a row for Shane... can he keep it up?

Love NF, great pick.

Necro

n 14th place with 2 points

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Little Roy - Come As You Are

Covers aren’t doing too well it seems… I really didn’t like this. Firstly it’s a rather poor knock off of the original and secondly… reggae :pac: I don’t mind some Marley from time to time but that’s about the height of my investigation into the genre.. yeah this just didn’t work for me.

ari101

Necro

In second place with 15 points

fixXxer

Lady Gaga & Beyonce – Telephone

This is a blast from the past, haven’t heard it in ages Back when Gaga was a trendsetter instead of slumming around with Ariana Grande etc. YES CEE_JAY I'M STILL NOT OVER IT :pac::pac: Again it’s not something I’d (EVER... no really... EEEEVVVVVVEEERRRR) expect to be submitted by this entrant on a normal basis so it’s a great choice for this category.

Necro

So it's ari101 and Kolido left....

cee_jay

Necro wrote: »

In second place with 15 points

fixXxer

Lady Gaga & Beyonce – Telephone

This is a blast from the past, haven’t heard it in ages Back when Gaga was a trendsetter instead of slumming around with Ariana Grande etc. YES CEE_JAY I'M STILL NOT OVER IT :pac::pac: Again it’s not something I’d (EVER... no really... EEEEVVVVVVEEERRRR) expect to be submitted by this entrant on a normal basis so it’s a great choice for this category.

I'M STILL NOT OVER YOUR HATRED FOR THAT SONG

Necro

In 14th place with 1 point

Kolido

Beats International - just be good to me

And on the flip side to loving Shane’s entry, I just hated this. It’s so slow and repetitive and I just ended up flicking to the next song about halfway through towards the end of the listens. Sorry brah!

Necro

Meaning......

In 1st place with 16 points



Ari101



Stay - So Bad

*Insert Chris Hemsworth shrug* I’m not even sorry!




I think I might actually love K-Pop because I’ve had a few tracks submitted to various Walruses and loved them all. Y’all are only sorry ye didn’t think of it, be honest :pac:

ari101

I'm waiting for the other shoe to drop, too much of a certain game well... is 2 + 2 really = to 4?

Necro

*re-reads criteria for this round*

Necro wrote: »

and secondly… reggae :pac: I don’t mind some Marley from time to time but that’s about the height of my investigation into the genre..

Also Starring LeVar Burton

I'm glad I finished so high, some great songs in this.

My problem is there are so few genres I don't like.

Dance is one I'd listen to least, so went with that.

ari101

Woohoo, trying to find a gif of Matt Damon cheering on Mars when he makes contact via pathfinder - well it's not happening so how about a high five!

Necro

So how does that leave our table?

First our round table


Position Name Song Score
1st ari101 Stay - So Bad 16
2nd fixXxer Lady Gaga & Beyonce - Telephone 15
3rd ShaneU NF - Lost (feat. Hopsin) 14
4th Electric Nitwit Don't Stop Moving - S Club 7 13
5th Also Starring LeVar Burton DJ Fresh ft. Sian Evans (Radio Edit) - Louder 12
6th Deja Boo The Black Crowes - She Talks To Angels 11
7th Barna77 TLC - No Scrubs 10
8th Trigger Just give me a reason - Pink 9
9th Irish Aris Megadeth-Skin O' My Teeth 8
10th Sawduck Montserrat Caballe - O mio Bambino caro 7
11th Necrina Rammstein - Du Hast 6
12th JP Liz V1 Luciano Pavarotti - Nessun Dorma 5
13th cee_jay Belfast - Orbital 4
14th the purple tin Miley Cyrus _ Wildflowers 3
15th Homer J. Fong Little Roy - Come As You Are 2
16th Kolido Beats International - just be good to me 1


And our overall scores....


Name Improved by Video Video Game Music Song from a genre not usually listened to Song from a Musical 90s Round TV Themes Driving Miss Walrus Scene Music In My Hometown Summer Choons Total
Deja Boo 12 3 11 26
Also Starring LeVar Burton 8 10 12 30
Kolido 15 2 1 18
ShaneU 16 14 14 44
the purple tin 10 1 3 14
Homer J. Fong 5 16 2 23
Necrina 14 11 6 31
JP Liz V1 12 15 5 32
Sawduck 4 5 7 16
cee_jay 13 13 4 30
ari101 9 6 16 31
Barna77 2 9 10 21
Irish Aris 7 7 8 22
Trigger 11 12 9 32
fixXxer 3 4 15 22
Electric Nitwit 6 8 13 27


ShaneU has a nice little lead after three top 3 finishes in a row, 12 points ahead of both Trigger and JP Liz.

There's very very little seperating the other 5 places below that though and with only three rounds in the books, this is a marathon not a sprint...


Taking tomorrow off for Rikand's Walrus (also I'm getting muh second vaccine jab in the morning WOOOP!)

But I plan to do the musical round on Saturday evening circa 8pm if nothing else is going on in the forum...


Definitely my favourite round I think so very excited about it