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| Topic | Rank the Tracks Week 49: Tom Waits' Rain Dogs (+ Dua Lipa results) |
| MetalmindStats 02/13/22 1:56:26 AM #26 |
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| Topic | Do you like this character? Day 1368: The Mandalorian (The Mandalorian) |
| MetalmindStats 02/10/22 1:40:41 PM #34 | Yes, based on the first season alone. Also, I would like to sign up for a user select poll if you're still accepting new sign-ups. --- "I believe in a universe that doesn't care and people who do." pronouns: she/her or they/them | never knows what to say |
| Topic | Rank the Tracks Week 48: Dua Lipa's Future Nostalgia (+ Fleet Foxes results) |
| MetalmindStats 02/05/22 8:36:37 PM #24 | Mr Lasastryke posted... I hope it's not because we're offended by a young woman singing about sex in 2022 >_> In all due seriousness, there's not a single song here I don't like (with my top seven being outright great IMO), and something has to be last. Also, that something was never going to be Boys Will Be Boys; for me, its placement and deviation from the rest of Future Nostalgia only enhances its impact.
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| Topic | Rank the Tracks Week 47: Fleet Foxes (+ VU&N results) |
| MetalmindStats 01/30/22 1:10:37 AM #32 |
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| Topic | January Game of the Month Club ft. Telltale Batman, DOOM II, and Hitman 2 (2018) |
| MetalmindStats 01/25/22 1:14:16 PM #54 | KCF0107 posted... We had two Ace Attorney games toward the end of last yearWhoops, my bad. Well, I guess I was right about the original trilogy at least >_> Anyways, I'd actually like to denominate Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney, as I don't feel ready to commit to a playthrough topic or anything similar right now. I'll also support Cat Quest. --- "I believe in a universe that doesn't care and people who do." pronouns: she/her or they/them | never knows what to say |
| Topic | Rank the Tracks Week 46: Velvet Underground & Nico (+ Superunknown results) |
| MetalmindStats 01/22/22 11:51:10 PM #38 |
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| Topic | Wordle |
| MetalmindStats 01/18/22 5:46:18 PM #40 | Wordle 212 4/6 Wordle 213 5/6 I found Wordle only yesterday through a different community, and it's already well on its way to becoming a part of my daily routine. --- "I believe in a universe that doesn't care and people who do." pronouns: she/her or they/them | never knows what to say |
| Topic | January Game of the Month Club ft. Telltale Batman, DOOM II, and Hitman 2 (2018) |
| MetalmindStats 01/17/22 3:27:23 AM #27 | I finally started DOOM II, beating Levels 1-7. The change away from an episodic structure is certainly interesting. The way I tend to play, it means I'll have to consciously let myself restart from scratch upon death sometimes, as indeed I already have. Otherwise, diminishing returns were inevitable, and this batch of levels generally felt samey, but the DOOM formula still holds up. I'll also use the first of my nominations on Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney right now, since we've apparently never had any Ace Attorney games for GotM? Am I just missing something here? --- "I believe in a universe that doesn't care and people who do." pronouns: she/her or they/them | never knows what to say |
| Topic | Rank the Tracks Week 45: Soundgarden's Superunknown (+ Supertramp results) |
| MetalmindStats 01/16/22 1:31:09 AM #33 | neonreaper posted... had a death in my family so wasnt able to spend the time I wanted to write it up - this is an obvious amazing album and was on my shortlist to nominate for my weekOh no, my condolences. --- "I believe in a universe that doesn't care and people who do." pronouns: she/her or they/them | never knows what to say |
| Topic | Rank the Tracks Week 45: Soundgarden's Superunknown (+ Supertramp results) |
| MetalmindStats 01/16/22 1:11:37 AM #32 |
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| Topic | Rank the Tracks Week 44: Supertramp's Breakfast in America (+ Lorde results) |
| MetalmindStats 01/09/22 2:26:17 AM #28 |
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| Topic | Contest Stats and Discussion - Part 1368 |
| MetalmindStats 01/06/22 4:37:56 PM #372 | Mac Arrowny posted... It just feels like people cared about RE8 a lot more - I've seen a lot more people say RE8 was their favorite game of 2021 than people who'd say Tsushima was their fave of 2020.I don't even disagree with that, but I'm inclined to think it's an artifact of our bubble. These big-name, well-liked Sony exclusives always seem to be a much bigger deal among the general gaming public than here on B8, plus they're exactly the types of games that fit the GotY image voters tend to have in their heads. GameFAQs at large is probably somewhere between us and, say, IGN in that regard. For what it's worth, using the 1:30 PM PT update for Dread/RE8, based on KP's 2020 X-Stats, and assuming RE8 = RE7:
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| Topic | Do you like this character? Day 1358: Miles Morales (Spider-Man) |
| MetalmindStats 01/04/22 10:24:13 PM #25 | Based on Spider-Verse alone, yes. --- "I believe in a universe that doesn't care and people who do." pronouns: she/her or they/them | never knows what to say |
| Topic | Name a User and I'll Rate Them Out of 100 |
| MetalmindStats 01/04/22 3:37:59 PM #25 | ZenOfThunder --- "I believe in a universe that doesn't care and people who do." pronouns: she/her or they/them | never knows what to say |
| Topic | Contest Stats and Discussion - Part 1368 |
| MetalmindStats 01/03/22 2:25:13 PM #271 | I still haven't read a reasonable explanation for the scenario where 999 and VLR each made 2015 as 15-seeds, then VLR went up to a 10-seed in 2020 even as 999 missed the field entirely. An unpublicized two-game-per-series cap obviously doesn't help, and I have an extremely hard time believing the two games naturally went on totally different nomination trajectories. As far as I see it, Allen either filtered out lesser installments of series in some less obvious way, or he overlooked 999 being a 2010 release in North America, unlike Bayonetta and HGSS. For what it's worth, the other three 2015 entrants to miss 2020 were Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate and Splatoon (obviously obsoleted by their respective follow-ups) and Super Mario Maker (likely obsoleted by its sequel, which perhaps was subsequently subjected to whatever Allen did to flush out overrepresented franchises). I can believe that ZTD likewise affected 999 more than VLR for whatever reason, but it having done so to the extent 2020 implied at face value seems unlikely. --- "I believe in a universe that doesn't care and people who do." pronouns: she/her or they/them | never knows what to say |
| Topic | Rank the Tracks Week 43: Lorde's Melodrama (+ Coeur de pirate's Roses results) |
| MetalmindStats 01/01/22 7:42:41 PM #24 |
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| Topic | Dec. Game of the Month Club ft. DOOM, Guardians of Galaxy, Unpacking, and Spyro |
| MetalmindStats 12/31/21 4:11:37 AM #85 | I worried I wouldn't manage it this month, but after an old-fashioned binge of Inferno in its entirety, Metal has beaten DOOM nary a moment too soon. As that sentence betrays, I think id nailed the gameplay loop and general game feel to the point of practical perfection here (in the game as a whole, that is). Plus, the level design at least felt more recursive and less constrained in Episode 3 than before. What an achievement this must have been in 1993 to feel so compulsively playable even by today's standards (antiquated aspects be damned), on top of all its innovation. The post-session headaches were worth it - albeit with the crucial caveat that carrying over weapons and ammo made for a power trip more often than not. I feel like I ought to clear each level on its own someday, not to mention the bonus episode... --- "I believe in a universe that doesn't care and people who do." pronouns: she/her or they/them | never knows what to say |
| Topic | Best New Character 2021 - Mobius/Katie Heisenberg/Kena 067/199 Giulia/Rinwell |
| MetalmindStats 12/28/21 11:58:32 PM #24 | Katie - - - If my bracket burns on the pyre of my vote, so be it. --- "I believe in a universe that doesn't care and people who do." pronouns: she/her or they/them | never knows what to say |
| Topic | Rank the Tracks Week 42: Coeur de pirate's Roses (+ Brand New results) |
| MetalmindStats 12/25/21 6:00:49 PM #25 | Happy holidays to all who participate in Rank the Tracks! ---
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| Topic | Dec. Game of the Month Club ft. DOOM, Guardians of Galaxy, Unpacking, and Spyro |
| MetalmindStats 12/25/21 1:06:41 AM #60 | I beat Episode 2 last night, and with it comes an admission, an observation, and some thoughts to tie the two together. The admission: I made liberal use of the ability to save (which may or may not have been in the original shareware episodes; I wouldn't know) and reload upon death towards the latter half of the episode in particular. Carrying over weapons and ammo minimized the frustration of having to try surviving the whole length of a level over and over again, but it likewise minimized the strain on my lacking skills. Someday I'll try to beat each level on its own, but not this month. With my opinions now thoroughly discredited, the observation: Doom's sense of speed seems second to none, and that's with not much more than a sprint. Strafing the Cyberdemon at the end (which I didn't take advantage of saving to tackle) was a real highlight, forcibly freeing me from the grip of formula and the typically conservative play it fostered. And the thoughts: The all-important adrenaline in Doom (and perhaps in FPSes in general - I don't have the experience to comment) mainly stems from the interplay of flow and challenge. I've partially disrupted that equilibrium on both ends as an attempt to ameliorate for the more severe effects my lacking skills would otherwise have. (Now I get what people refer to when they talk about playing games 'right', even if I don't necessarily agree with the concept.) Yet the game feel still shines through amidst it all, sans steep enough situational awareness and reaction time requirements to overwhelm me. Anyways, I won't be finishing Episode 3 before the drawing, so I'll nominate Wandersong and support Doom II right now. --- "I believe in a universe that doesn't care and people who do." pronouns: she/her or they/them | never knows what to say |
| Topic | Best New Character of 2021! - [NOMINATIONS] |
| MetalmindStats 12/22/21 5:36:02 PM #87 | Katie Mitchell should be in with three nominations, from FelinFine, Mythiot, and I. --- "I believe in a universe that doesn't care and people who do." pronouns: she/her or they/them | never knows what to say |
| Topic | B8's 8th Annual Steam Secret Santa |
| MetalmindStats 12/22/21 5:13:26 PM #96 | Soviet went way overboard and gifted me Momodora III, Oxenfree, Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney Trilogy, Into the Breach, and Wandersong, all from my wishlist! (I guess I'll have to make an Ace Attorney playthrough topic when I get around to starting it, huh?) Thank you very much! I still need to settle on and send out my Secret Santa's gifts. --- "I believe in a universe that doesn't care and people who do." pronouns: she/her or they/them | never knows what to say |
| Topic | Best New Character of 2021! - [NOMINATIONS] |
| MetalmindStats 12/21/21 8:19:12 PM #64 | Aaron Mitchell (The Mitchells vs. the Machines) Anna (Together Together) Katie Mitchell (The Mitchells vs. the Machines) Matt (Together Together) ...Maybe someday I'll watch more than a select few movies and/or play any games the year they come out. :| --- "I believe in a universe that doesn't care and people who do." pronouns: she/her or they/them | never knows what to say |
| Topic | Rank the Tracks Week 41: Brand New's The Devil and God... (+ Rush's MP results) |
| MetalmindStats 12/19/21 5:14:57 PM #43 | Giggsalot posted... (the takes above calling this emotionally opaque are baffling and fascinating to me, i couldn't disagree more)I should clarify - when I called it obtuse, I was not dinging its vulnerability, the way Lacey evidently bared his soul in its creation. I used the word mostly to indicate how personally inaccessible I found it in spite of those characteristics. Snake5555555555 posted... Don't feel bad, I'm just glad you gave it a chance and to be honest, I think walking away from this album conflicted and even a little empty is a perfectly valid feeling to have from this album.Thank you, though the reason I feel bad is because I came into this week prejudiced against it, and I struggled to shake that lens even after three listens. --- "I believe in a universe that doesn't care and people who do." pronouns: she/her or they/them | never knows what to say |
| Topic | Rank the Tracks Week 41: Brand New's The Devil and God... (+ Rush's MP results) |
| MetalmindStats 12/19/21 4:33:53 AM #38 |
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| Topic | Rank the Tracks Week 41: Brand New's The Devil and God... (+ Rush's MP results) |
| MetalmindStats 12/18/21 1:50:11 AM #32 | Seanchan posted... It's also an album that makes me feel "lyrically deaf". As in, the words on a lot of the songs are just not reaching my brain with any level of comprehension of overall meaning.This has also approximated my experience with it so far, for what it's worth. --- "I believe in a universe that doesn't care and people who do." pronouns: she/her or they/them | never knows what to say |
| Topic | Do you like this character? Day 1355: Ice Climbers (Ice Climber) |
| MetalmindStats 12/15/21 4:05:43 PM #27 | Yes, they're a really neat concept and design for a Smasher, and I've actually played a bit of their original game too. --- "I believe in a universe that doesn't care and people who do." pronouns: she/her or they/them | never knows what to say |
| Topic | Rank the Tracks Week 40: Rush's Moving Pictures (+ The Hurting results) |
| MetalmindStats 12/11/21 9:06:21 PM #30 |
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| Topic | I can still ignore preferred pronouns if they are Fae/Faer right |
| MetalmindStats 12/11/21 6:43:05 PM #81 | ChichiriMuyo posted... Anyone that says they thinks they're actually a fairy or an elf or whatever is clearly taking the piss or in need of some guidance.Others have already covered the case for respecting neopronouns, but as someone quite active in certain communities with users of neopronouns, I think I can at least address this part. In my experience (key words), a person who goes by fae/faer isn't necessarily saying fae's a fairy. Rather, faer personal sense of gender likely has something to do with faeries/fae folk. And of course, there's neopronouns (ze/zir, ve/ver, just to name two sets) that have no particular correlation with any established noun. --- "I believe in a universe that doesn't care and people who do." pronouns: she/her or they/them | never knows what to say |
| Topic | My brother committed suicide and passed last night. |
| MetalmindStats 12/10/21 9:41:56 PM #34 | My condolences. I hope things go as well as possible for you and your family from here. --- "I believe in a universe that doesn't care and people who do." pronouns: she/her or they/them | never knows what to say |
| Topic | Dec. Game of the Month Club ft. DOOM, Guardians of Galaxy, Unpacking, and Spyro |
| MetalmindStats 12/08/21 7:44:20 PM #21 | I started and finished Knee Deep in the Dead today. I never could figure out how to get past a certain part of Phobos Lab my previous times playing DOOM (which were via the Steam version's reportedly poor DOS Box emulation), but it sure left a good impression on me. Today inevitably didn't quite live up to those memories, even with my not-quite-as-subpar shooting and secret-finding skills. I still found DOOM simply a fun game to play, though, no relativity required. I certainly wasn't expecting the ending of Phobos Anomaly, either! --- "I believe in a universe that doesn't care and people who do." pronouns: she/her or they/them | never knows what to say |
| Topic | Contest Stats and Discussion - Part 1368 |
| MetalmindStats 12/07/21 4:47:29 PM #151 | squexa posted... I'd find it hard to rationalize KH boosting randomly in 2015, since that makes so little sense to me.My personal theory is that both KHs suffered from voters taking the GotD title seriously, as they seem to be well-liked but not really beloved, and it feels like there's been a certain related stigma surrounding the series since day 1. --- "I believe in a universe that doesn't care and people who do." pronouns: she/her or they/them | never knows what to say |
| Topic | Contest Stats and Discussion - Part 1368 |
| MetalmindStats 12/05/21 1:37:06 PM #105 | It's worth noting that Persona 4 Golden (clearly a more similar remake than FF7R) made GotD 2, while Super Street Fighter II Turbo (likewise) would have made BGE 2 alongside the original Street Fighter II without us add-replacing Mortal Kombat II in over it. Also, I don't really see where 2020 has the strength in games this site cares about to get 7-10 entrants into even a contest with nominations beginning today. First off, it's absolutely important to consider that 2020 isn't brand-new anymore - it's older now than the similarly weak 2014 was circa BGE 3, a year which had a more reasonable 7 entrants of its own at the time. The shoo-ins, as far as I see it, are FF7R, Ghost of Tsushima (which was our actual GotY runner-up), Hades, and New Horizons. Everything else looks debatable at best, whether because it's a type of game we don't really care about (ex. 13 Sentinels, sort of Doom and Ori), because it's a type of game we should have cared about (ex. Cyberpunk, TLoU 2), or in Persona 5 Royal's case, because it's not hugely distinct from the original. Speaking of new games, my takes: plasmabeam posted... (6) Metroid Dread vs. (11) MGS4
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| Topic | Rank the Tracks Week 39: Tears for Fears' The Hurting (+ Steely Dan results) |
| MetalmindStats 12/05/21 1:59:03 AM #35 | I didn't have as much time this week as I would've liked, so I in turn won't quite have as much to say as I would've liked. (Mainly, my observations on individual songs would've been rather surface-level.)
As an adult, I've found that such traits are only part of the picture; on The Hurting in particular, emotions roil beneath a calm surface, and I always have been fond of a good contrast. I know the whole 'smooth, mainstream music about mental turmoil' thing isn't exactly groundbreaking; my most obvious point of reference is The Police (also among my favorite artists), who were on top of the music world about the time Tears for Fears emerged. Yet amidst all the polish, The Hurting somehow still feels like the ineffably singular product of an unusually personal, vivid artistic vision, especially by debut standards - and perhaps it's no wonder knowing that Curt and Roland had full freedom to work in their comfort zone here. It's almost akin to a concept album without that format's limitations, even, an aura later (also excellent) Tears for Fears albums have failed to replicate for me. Of course, some might argue - and have, in The Hurting's time - that the songwriting here exudes too much adolescent angst to be taken altogether seriously. However, it works for me (and, it seems, most of us) exactly because it's not overblown in the way of a Pretty Hate Machine. Even more importantly, the lyrics strike a chord with my own experiences, layers I discerned only when I began to unpack my own childhood and who I am in general, hand-in-hand. That Tears for Fears sets such words against their contribution to the synth-pop trend of the early 80s only accentuates the parallels in its way. All of it (no song spared) is catchy, cohesive music with real substance and a sense of timelessness, an appealing contradiction not found in abundance in a sub-genre I nonetheless enjoy. --- "I believe in a universe that doesn't care and people who do." pronouns: she/her or they/them | never knows what to say |
| Topic | Post Each Time You Beat a Game: 2021 Edition Part II |
| MetalmindStats 12/04/21 9:18:20 PM #74 | Hexcells & Hexcells Plus & Hexcells Infinite (PC) I'm posting these all at once because they feel rather like parts of a whole to me, even though each new game's mechanics restart from the beginning. Anyways, the entire trilogy essentially takes Minesweeper on a hex grid as its base and proceeds to crib significant elements from Picross, which should have been right up my alley. The key word there is 'should', and to be fair, I've never treated Minesweeper as much more than an occasional, albeit fun diversion. Alas, I'm not inclined to return to any of the games' campaign levels anytime soon, if ever. I think their audiovisual and level design was just too abstract for me to latch onto, at least to a point. The tedium of clearing every level sans mistakes didn't help matters, by the end of which I (albeit as a poor puzzle-solver) was second-guessing my every move lest I learn I had overlooked something. Doing so was admittedly unnecessary, but I found I might as well have because even guessing safely - or more often, from memory - tended to break any challenge present in even the most complex levels. I did appreciate how the chimes associated with marking hexes felt adaptive to my actions (seemingly becoming louder the bolder/more impactful a given action was on my part), however. Infinite's puzzle generator is a whole other matter, but not because it meaningfully impacts my merely mildly favorable overall opinion on the trilogy. The resulting (easy) levels have all felt samey, being full-size checkerboards nominally deploying all of Infinite's mechanics that give themselves up without even having to guess. It's impressive to a point, but it feels more like a novelty than something with lasting value for someone like me, liable as I am to get frustrated at myself over my failures. I am nonetheless compelled to push on with puzzle generator levels until I've cleared 60 for Infinite's final achievement. Though I'm not usually a completionist, that's solely because games tend to have achievements that I need outside help to get and/or achievements well beyond my existing skill level. In sum, these are three solid (and cheap) games for logic puzzle fans, and I probably would have liked them more if I weren't, well, me. (A case in point is that it's been so long since I've beaten or even seriously played a game.) --- "I believe in a universe that doesn't care and people who do." pronouns: she/her or they/them | never knows what to say |
| Topic | B8's 8th Annual Steam Secret Santa |
| MetalmindStats 12/02/21 7:59:57 PM #10 | I will also return. https://store.steampowered.com/wishlist/id/MetalmindStats/#sort=order My computer can handle most things, and my profile has info about what I've played and enjoyed before. --- "I believe in a universe that doesn't care and people who do." pronouns: she/her or they/them | never knows what to say |
| Topic | Rate the VG Story Day 167: Portal 2 |
| MetalmindStats 11/29/21 12:25:21 AM #17 | 7 The characters are certainly fun(ny) and very well-written, individual moments are often inspired, but the narrative arc is somewhat perfunctory. That last point seems to be why I simply don't think of Portal 2 as a game with a great story, regardless of its great details. --- "I believe in a universe that doesn't care and people who do." pronouns: she/her or they/them | never knows what to say |
| Topic | Rank the Tracks Week 38: Steely Dan's Can't Buy a Thrill (+ Moby's Play results) |
| MetalmindStats 11/27/21 11:43:53 PM #29 |
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| Topic | Rank the Tracks Week 38: Steely Dan's Can't Buy a Thrill (+ Moby's Play results) |
| MetalmindStats 11/24/21 2:09:13 AM #12 | CasanovaZelos posted... Is anyone even trying to a buy a thrill this week?I've already started myself, for what that's worth. In fact, I'd have reached my standard quota by now with more to come but for a couple near misses. Also, as a minor heads-up for next week's topic, you omitted the first s in Tears for Fears. --- "I believe in a universe that doesn't care and people who do." pronouns: she/her or they/them | never knows what to say |
| Topic | Nov. Game of the Month Club ft. Metroid Dread, SaGa Frontier, and Forgotten City |
| MetalmindStats 11/23/21 10:45:55 PM #41 | I will Nominate Hexcells and Support Doom. --- "I believe in a universe that doesn't care and people who do." pronouns: she/her or they/them | never knows what to say |
| Topic | Snake Ranks Anything Horror Related Vol. 6 *THE RANKINGS* (Extra Spooky Edition) |
| MetalmindStats 11/23/21 8:34:59 PM #197 | At last, it returns! The suspense was killing me! --- "I believe in a universe that doesn't care and people who do." pronouns: she/her or they/them | never knows what to say |
| Topic | Rank the Tracks Week 37: Moby's Play (plus Since I Left You results) |
| MetalmindStats 11/20/21 9:30:08 PM #28 | ChainLTTP posted... Play pretty much allowed electronica to become seen as an "intellectual" and emotional genre in the US mainstream (the Brits were already 5-10 years ahead of us with Aphex Twin et al). It seems crazy now but before it this was not a musical form taken as a serious art form by most.Thank you for the answer, but that wasn't really what I was talking about. I guess my point was more like, why is this album specifically the one that convinced Americans to take electronica seriously, etc? And maybe the answer to that really is as simple as an awful lot of people feeling differently about Play than I do, or perhaps I don't get it because I wasn't really there for it. Whatever the case, I also suspect my lack of knowledge of music theory let me down. --- "I believe in a universe that doesn't care and people who do." pronouns: she/her or they/them | never knows what to say |
| Topic | Rank the Tracks Week 37: Moby's Play (plus Since I Left You results) |
| MetalmindStats 11/20/21 4:38:39 PM #24 |
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| Topic | List every Pokemon that's been your favorite at one point |
| MetalmindStats 11/14/21 6:18:28 PM #64 | Blastoise Heracross Metagross Starmie (for at least the past decade) I think it might be Chikorita now, though. --- "I believe in a universe that doesn't care and people who do." pronouns: she/her or they/them | never knows what to say |
| Topic | Rank the Tracks Week 36: The Avalanches' Since I Left You (+ Speak Now results) |
| MetalmindStats 11/13/21 11:41:50 PM #38 |
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| Topic | What Is Any Of This? |
| MetalmindStats 11/12/21 12:36:41 PM #33 | MZero posted... you might just be the newest person hereAre we reckoning by account creation date or total overall length of time on B8? Asking for a friend. --- "I believe in a universe that doesn't care and people who do." pronouns: she/her or they/them | never knows what to say |
| Topic | transience's top 100 games -- almost 2022 edition. |
| MetalmindStats 11/11/21 12:48:10 AM #25 | StartTheMachine posted... I like Celeste, but here's hoping for a better number one !!smh Also, I'm looking forward to following along, even though I probably won't comment much. --- "I believe in a universe that doesn't care and people who do." pronouns: she/her or they/them | never knows what to say |
| Topic | Rank the Tracks Week 36: The Avalanches' Since I Left You (+ Speak Now results) |
| MetalmindStats 11/08/21 8:08:49 PM #18 | MetalmindStats posted... I'm not sure any non-Tears for Fears album has resonated with me personally to a greater degree.Non-VGM, I should add, as certain albums of video game music have also impacted me more. I guess I don't internally think of VGM as being in the same category as music not made to accompany another artistic medium. --- My own first listen of Since I Left You has already shown me it's easy to zone out to as a whole - and not so easy to evaluate individually, but I'm far from the first to feel it's by design rather than a downside. --- "I believe in a universe that doesn't care and people who do." pronouns: she/her or they/them | never knows what to say |
| Topic | Rank the Tracks Week 36: The Avalanches' Since I Left You (+ Speak Now results) |
| MetalmindStats 11/07/21 11:05:02 PM #14 | Seanchan posted... I know this might be asking too much, but I was hoping we'd get a little more background on the nominations and/or why the user decided upon their choices.Sure, I can say a few things about why I chose these three albums specifically. First off, I should mention that albums aren't my usual music consumption medium, and they especially weren't before I started participating in Rank the Tracks. I am quite a casual music fan, if that didn't make it obvious. Seanchan posted... As someone without the broad background in music I'm looking at those 3 and, I'm thinking....all 3 are 80s albums?All broadly in the decade's pop-oriented mainstream, at that, and it's by design. The 80s are certainly my favorite decade for music (plus, I feel they're underrepresented in our choices to date), and I'm fond of many of the chart-toppers in particular, in part because I grew up listening to them. With that background out of the way,
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| Topic | Rank the Tracks Week 35: Taylor Swift's Speak Now (+My Head is an Animal result) |
| MetalmindStats 11/07/21 5:22:00 PM #46 |
(And of course, now I feel especially bad for holding this week's tally up, so sorry.) --- "I believe in a universe that doesn't care and people who do." she/her or they/them | never knows what to say |
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