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LeonhartFour posted...

The Portal games are short enough that it's easy to believe someone who likes those games would play through them more than once.

Last months GoTM Replay was Portal and this month is Portal 2. So thats probably worth like 3-4%. Kidding of course

I've been working on this for the last few days, so I figured I'd share.

Volume 1: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1-j_i512WgFHJz5tRCzppC-xP53SE-ckwZijkZ69R-V0/edit?usp=sharing
Volume 2: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/14RdacTY25DlLSypOR4yqywgW-B6lFMzCFJ2cmh_b0pM/edit?usp=sharing
Volume 3: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1iJCSVX0EGSL5PynjSosX2V2KCZ0WT2dpW_yfgMRi2WI/edit?usp=sharing

I was inspired by MetalmindStats, and wanted an easy way to figure out the ranking and compatibility, without needing to do a bunch of manual calculations. It should work for up to like 25 users and 100 albums without modification. Plus, it should work even when a user doesn't rank all the albums.

All I have to do is fill in the RawData sheet and the other sheets get computed automatically.

• The ComputedData sheet has the rankings using a simple average. The W-L-T thing might be a little bit too much for Sheets and my brain to handle, so I didn't attempt to figure that out.
• The Compatibility_1v1 sheet has dropdowns that let you pick 2 users and see their rankings, the differences (color coded so red=more, green=less), the total difference, and the average.
• The Compatibility_All sheet is kind of the same thing but showing all the users in one table. There's a dropdown to pick a user, and then you'll see their differences, total difference, and average difference versus every other user. Again, with color coding since I'm a visual person.

Hopefully this is of some interest to someone other than myself. I'm sure there's simpler/better ways to do some of this stuff but, well, I'm no Sheets expert!

If you notice any errors or have any comments (like, "oh god my eyes, the colors!") let me know.

Leonhart4 posted...

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/poll/6860-25-years-later-who-is-your-all-time-favorite-original-mortal

It doesn't show up under previously run polls since it's worded differently

A lot of Reptile fans must be Sonya fans

Leonhart4 posted...

Oh hey, we haven't had a favorite MK character poll in 5 years

Results haven't changed much!

5? Dont you mean 18?

And Sonya has doubled her percentage!

Jakyl25 posted...

Ok, so does that mean the only reason we feel more empathy for a dog in pain than a bug is because of how they express it?

Also size. Think about people who dont want to squish a big bug because they can feel the innards getting crushed.

Saw a poll while walking past a TV playing a news station that Oz has closed the gap since July

1. I Want It That Way
2. Larger Than Life
3. The One
4. Back to Your Heart
5. Show Me the Meaning of Being Lonely
6. It's Gotta Be You
7. Don't Wanna Lose You Now
8. Don't Want You Back
9. I Need You Tonight
10. No One Else Comes Close
11. The Perfect Fan
12. Spanish Eyes

Already talked about this one a bit, so my last remarks are that this one is more boring than it is bad.

While I enjoyed Hamilton, I'm not a big fan of covering musicals here. A musical is meant to be watched, especially if you're not familiar with it.

BlueCrystalTear posted...

Hamilton is great, but I hate ranking something with so many tracks. It's too much of a chore and stops being enjoyable. There's a reason I don't nominate anything over an hour long - because I only get one or two listens to such albums.

Also this.

In regards to changing the nomination process, the 3 user week, 1 competitive week thing sounds good to me. I'm all for mixing it up and keeping things interesting.

I'll listen to anything, so I'm not too concerned about people's choices being too obscure. Honestly, my personal "hit to miss" rate probably isn't too different between artists I'd never heard of versus the "classics". I do think we've trended a little more obscure since Cycle 1 but it hasn't been egregious.

I've thought it's a little weird that we haven't yet covered artists like Led Zeppelin, Queen, David Bowie, The Beach Boys, The Rolling Stones, Stevie Wonder, etc. The thing is, for me, while I've heard many of their various singles, I've never actually listened to a full album from any of those artists! Surely I'm not the only one....right....?

Zelda

Im interested in seeing it (and probably will) but not super hyped or anything like that.

A contest isn't going to move the needle, so why bother spending the time and money.

There's just a couple thousand of us old timers riding this site to its grave (however long that may be). All we have left is to amuse ourselves.

It's stunning to me just how un-fun this album is. It's just so many schmaltzy, slow ballads. I know BSB were considered the more "mature" boy band compared to NSYNC but jeez... I had to flip through their first album again, and it's got more upbeat fun songs, as well as the better slow ballads. Still a bunch of filler there too but it would have been a better choice, IMO.

(I'll post a ranking tomorrow after subjecting myself to a 3rd listen.)

Wow, Metallica didn't just win, they dominated!

UltimaterializerX posted...

The Disney+ model is a fail. It has only worked for WandaVision.

What If works as episodic content too!

You definitely need to give Bat out of Hell a listen! Its stupid and fun and ridiculous.

My remarks on those 4 left are Awesome, Okay!!, Alright, and Bleh. Not necessarily in that order.

Weve got Metallica, Japanese Breakfast, Faith No More, and Linkin Park left.

Jubilee just kind of sneaking up there

ChaosTonyV4 posted...

You can just play those games ON the Deck

Wellnot quite. Im working on my Game Pass game backlog right now. Plus Im about to commit myself to a Xenoblade Chronicles play through on Switch. So not necessarily a lot of PC gaming time for the next few months.

Did you get the 256 or 512gb one?

Im tempted to get one but Ive already got so many games to play. Maybe if I wait long enough a Gen 2 will be announced

LiquidOshawott posted...

Theyre like a heavy metal version of Meat Loaf

I can see why it ranked high but it just felt too cheesy for me

Oh fuck! Well that explains a lot for me, lol! Bat out of Hell is an all timer for me. Love the cheese!

Im sure Fools more dedicated music board crew would go nuts at Avenged Sevenfold beating The Beatles!

Its gain Senate, remove filibuster, pass national abortion ban, announce retirement.

Kong

Its a TV show about superheroes and you guys are worried about a distinctions amongst lawyer specialities!

I get it but also CMON! (He says tongue in cheek.). I suppose different people find their suspension of disbelief shattered by different things.

Lion

Aladdin

Castlevania

I dont think Id think twice about Kirby > X.

colliding posted...

Endgame came out a year before Covid.It's time we stop making the afterglow excuse.

I dont disagree.

But what if I told you that the MCU will never, ever have a high as amazing as that again? Could you live with the Phase 4 quality of the shows/movies?

BOOO at blink so low! You guys hate fun ;)

Surprised that So beat Face Value. I guess it does have the better singles...

MetalmindStats posted...

I'd also like to calculate our compatibility scores, but that's obviously way more work, and I've lacked the time tonight.

Would like to see this if you get an opportunity. The outlier probably gets roughly at the same thing?

ZenOfThunder posted...

I can say I have enjoyed all the shows so far because I am a Marvel simp but from an actual quality standpoint almost this entire phase has been really disappointing. I don't think I've been blown away once (in a good sense. Ms. Marvel punching a hole in the ground that goes to the non-existent "Jersey City docks" made me scream louder than I did watching the first Avengers movie)

I feel like that sums up my general thoughts as well.

It's impossible to truly judge, but I've wondered how much of that is just that everything looks a little subpar in the afterglow of Infinity War and Endgame. Those 2 movies have cast such a long shadow that in some ways I feel like I'm still waiting for something to "break out into the light".

First listen done.

This album is closing in on 25 years old!!! As if I needed another indicator of my increasing slide into middle age.

It's amusing to me how we can unironically (at least I think the nom was unironic?) cover an album like Millennium or Spice. Could you ever imagine our late 20s-late 30s selves EVER wanting to cover stuff like that back during it's time period? You would be a pariah among your friend group.

Millennium is probably the absolute apex of that late 90s boy band / TRL era. The hits from this album were inescapable back in the day. Especially if you're someone like me who had sisters who were directly in the Backstreet Boys demographic. So I've heard this album before, though I didn't remember much other than those initial few songs.

My impressions? This is okay. The more upbeat singles are catchy enough but most of the slower, more ballad-like songs weren't doing much for me.

After that first listen I went back to listen to their self titled debut. I realized that THAT was the Backstreet Boys album I was more familiar with (again, SISTERS). It's the album that contains Everybody, that one Backstreet Boys song that you were allowed to say "the Backstreet Boys suck but that one's kind of okay".

What's crazy to me is that Backstreet Boys first album was 1996 and it was 3 years before Millennium came out in 1999. Maybe it took time for them to get momentum going, as I don't remember when they had their breakout single. But that seems like a crazy long time to come up with a follow up, even owing for the slower pace of culture back then.

I like how "breezy" She-Hulk has been. I suspect that's going to take a turn towards the normal MCU climax nonsense soon.

In for Hellblade, which is currently on Game Pass.

Should be in for Xenoblade too. ...Not sure that's the best idea or that I'll finish it, but I'll likely give it a shot.

MetalmindStats posted...

I'm not sure I entirely agree with this, certainly at least in as much as Sucker Punch feels a lot less manufactured to me than I'd expect from those comparisons. Perhaps that's simply because I seem to like it more than most of us do, though.

I should clarify that I'm not making any judgement on talent versus those late 90s artists. Certainly there is many times only a tangential relationship between talent and popularity/success. I don't know if Sigrid is also the songwriter for her music like Lorde or Swift. It's not something I usually pay attention to, though people usually let you know when the pop singer is also the songwriter.

I guess my feeling is that Sucker Punch isn't anything..."special". I'm not super big on Lorde but I know she's held in high regard for that general time of pop. I think Future Nostalgia is likely to stand the test of time and be regarded as a classic of the era. I could totally be wrong about Sigrid/Sucker Punch though! Who knows!

I hate that this all makes me sound much more negative than my feelings on the album. I've not listened to next week's album yet but I'm skeptical that I will enjoy it more than this one.

1. Don't Kill My Vibe
2. Sucker Punch
3. In Vain
4. Strangers
5. Mine Right Now
6. Don't Feel Like Crying
7. Basic
8. Level Up
9. Never Mine
10. Dynamite
11. Sight of You
12. Business Dinners

I'm going to echo a lot of others sentiments here when I say that this is just the definition of poppy pop. And I'm totally fine with that, especially after the last few weeks, because that's a type of music I tend to like. And I enjoyed this, but only to the level of "like". Ultimately though, I feel like this is going to be one of those super ephemeral albums that's completely enjoyable in the moment but leaves no lasting mark.

To put it another way (and I'm casting my eyes towards next week's BSB album), Sigrid is an artist you'd find hanging out on the lower end of TRL's Top 10. Maybe you'd see one of her songs spike up to 4-5 after she appeared on the show, but not someone who would be fighting with BSB/NSync/Britney/Christina for that top spot. It's an album that's derivative of an era, not defining it.

Oh shit! Almost forgot about this! Need ti do that last listen now

Wow, Singularity dead last by a good margin Kinda sucks to see but still super glad we got to listen to it.

Not surprised by VAST being down there.

LinkMarioSamus posted...

Want to ask who here has read The Godfather? I did and couldn't get the films out of my mind the whole time. You'd never believe Coppola disdained the novel from how faithful his movies are, though he was probably just putting a class act.

I read it a few years back. The one thing I remember was the stuff about certain peoples private areas. This was not explicitly talked about in the movies.

Portal beated!

Just an absolute classic. I love the framing and the twist. Plus it's short and sweet, as a one sitting game.

I'll nominate Portal 2, just because now I want to play that one again too.

Skater

Starcraft

So I don't forget, nominate:

Hellblade
The Pathless

I like the idea of roguelikes more than I usually like playing them.

The big exceptions are Rogue Legacy and Hades. Rogue Legacy is so mindless I could do other things while playing it. Havent tried the sequel yet. And Hades is just amazing.

Dead Cells is a damn fine playing game. But when I went back to do another run, I quickly realized I didnt care anymore. Which never happened with Hades. I played dozens of runs just for fun, even after getting the 10 completed runs ending.

Did a 2nd listen yesterday.

Sight of You sounds like such a Coldplay song. Listen to it but imagine Chris Martin singing instead. It was driving me crazy!

Half

Jakyl25 posted...

Astros Playroom

THIS! A nice light, easy game that shows you some of the controller functionality no one else will ever use.

UshiromiyaEva posted...

The Special Master that Trump managed to get seems to be pretty firmly siding AGAINST Trump on all claims.

Probably not what they were hoping for!

Cant the judge ultimately go I dont give a fuck what the Special Master said?

Isnt the game here just to delay the process as long as possible?

I probably eat too much dessert. On the other hand, I maybe have 2 sodas a month so maybe that balances it out some.