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RE: Thumb War V3 (Beware of Ninjas) - Marburg - 04-26-2014
(04-26-2014, 12:15 AM)NOVA-5 Wrote: Was thinking on the Highwayman myself & was going to post Adam & The Ants - Stand And DeliverWell, I shot Sterlin a PM outlining some rule formalizations to make this all less random & more game like...we'll see how it goes after he takes a look. The Adam & The Ants tune, as fine as it is, seems out of left field since it's not about vibe, but simply nothing more than linking words in the song titles from post post
to keep in with that vibe but thought I best not & changed my mind.
So a split coming in for a starter for ten.
The Damned - Dark Asreroid
Eurithmics - This City Never Sleeps
Bauhaus- Dark Entries
Three Days Grace- Never Too Late
Talking Heads- Stay Up Late
Now, the next guy has to come up with 4 tunes
::Edit- now with more color::
RE: Thumb War V3 (Beware of Ninjas) - NOVA-5 - 04-26-2014
Dear me, that was a tough one!
Bauhaus - The Three Shadows
The Cure - Three imaginary boys
Siouxsie and the Banshees - Bring me the Head of the Preacher Man
Dusty Springfield - Son of a Preacher Man
RE: Thumb War V3 (Beware of Ninjas) - NOVA-5 - 04-26-2014
Damnit, double post!
Burg, fancy something slightly different via PM, just a one off? been wanting to ask you for a while now.
RE: Thumb War V3 (Beware of Ninjas) - Marburg - 04-26-2014
Elvis Costello- Complicated Shadows
The Cure- Boys Don't Cry
Pink Floyd- Bring The Boys Back Home
Pixies- Nimrod's Son
Nirvana- Son Of A Gun
Btw, the idea a few posts ago is to keep within the words of the song titles only...but sure, shoot me a PM...you never need to ask Bro!
RE: Thumb War V3 (Beware of Ninjas) - SMGSterlin - 04-26-2014
Oh dear... This is starting to go deep.
Welp, I'm game.
Coldplay - White Shadows
Billy Joel - Don't Ask Me Why
Ozzy - Mama I'm Coming Home
Kansas - Carry On My Wayward Son
Aerosmith - Janie's Got a Gun
And to add a tier...
Nitro - Machine Gunn Eddie
EDIT: Fixed.
RE: Thumb War V3 (Beware of Ninjas) - Marburg - 04-26-2014
Heh! Except you were supposed to add a sixth tier after I added a fifth.
I'ma go pour some coffee & have a smoke, then I'll post up & try to better explain the rule changes for everyone that I wanna try & implement.
Maybe use the next day or so as a dry run with it in the hopes of getting the idea of this thing to click w/ more people
RE: Thumb War V3 (Beware of Ninjas) - SMGSterlin - 04-26-2014
Ah, I skipped one by accident, my bad, fixed it.
RE: Thumb War V3 (Beware of Ninjas) - Marburg - 04-26-2014
OK. First off, many moons ago, "Thumb War" was a thread that Zapp created after he & I were randomly messing around in Joe's "Epic Tunes" thread for a while. The rules were pretty fast & loose:
1- "Post a song title from an artist that shares one or more words with the song title above you"
2- "If you can't think of a song from another artist that shares one or more words with the song above you, it's cool to post a different song from the same artist"
Since then, Sterlin's resurrected the game a couple times & I always get a kick out of it...problem is, it's never really been a forum game.
I'd like to try & change that to make it more like a Jenga game by formalizing a few things & giving it consequences.
So. Just for the official record, it works like this:
The idea is to start with a single song.
For this example, I'll use:
Jane's Addiction- Mountain Song
The next poster is expected to post any two songs from any artists that have the words "Mountain" & "Song" in 'em, like,
Led Zeppelin- Misty Mountain Hop
and
Hangdogs- The Gun Song
It's important to keep in mind that even though it doesn't matter which specific word you choose to focus on in the song title when making your post, it can only be a word somewhere in the song title itself...you cannot substitute a word from the Artist or Band name.
Remember: Song titles only!
Also, no using articles for tune linking like 'a' 'is' 'and' & 'the' etc.
Moving on.
The second poster, having stacked "Mountain" & "Song" from the first post like this:
Led Zeppelin- Misty Mountain Hop
Hangdogs- The Gun Song
the next poster is then expected add another song to the list.
For this example, the 1st song in the new stack needs to be any song from any artist that includes "Misty" "Mountain" or "Hop"
The second song needs to have either "Gun" or "Song" in the title, like:
The Pogues- Misty Morning, Albert Bridge
The Beatles- Happiness Is A Warm Gun
Then, the third song added to the stack can include "Happiness" "Warm" or "Gun"
Bush- Warm Machine
The next poster would be required to post 4 separate songs from any artist, the next would need 5 separate songs from any artist...and so on & so on & so on.
It will obviously get harder & harder as the stack grows from post to post, so when there's a song somewhere in the list above you that you can't link a word in the title with, you "crash the stack" Jenga-style and are required to start over with any single song specifically from the artist that stumped you, no matter where they appeared in the post above you & everyone begins again.
It's also considered a stack crasher if you miscount the list & fail to add the next tier, in which case, the next poster can pick any one song from any artist in that stack.
Get it?
Any suggestions on how to improve these new rules are more than welcome. PM me with 'em if ya got 'em
RE: Thumb War V3 (Beware of Ninjas) - Marburg - 04-26-2014
(04-26-2014, 03:27 AM)SMGSterlin Wrote: Oh dear... This is starting to go deep.
Welp, I'm game.
Coldplay - White Shadows
Billy Joel - Don't Ask Me Why
Ozzy - Mama I'm Coming Home
Kansas - Carry On My Wayward Son
Aerosmith - Janie's Got a Gun
And to add a tier...
Nitro - Machine Gunn Eddie
The Replacements- White & Lazy
Smash Mouth- Why Can't We Be Friends?
Bear McCreary- Something Dark Is Coming
The Killers- Carry Me Home
Korn- Got The Life
Pink Floyd- Welcome To The Machine
The Wonder Stuff- Welcome To The Cheap Seats
RE: Thumb War V3 (Beware of Ninjas) - Kontrazec (Somni) - 04-27-2014
Striker - The White Knight
Tito & Tarantula - Betcha Can't Play
Lamb of God - Now You've Got Something To Die For
Brother Ali - Take Me Home
Jimi Hendrix - You Got Me Floatin'
Exodus - Shovel Headed Kill Machine
AC/DC - Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap
Reel Big Fish - Talk Dirty To Me
Did am I do it rite