Buddyhunter1's Roulette v4: Post-Roulette Updates: Sacul

[King Postwhore]

I've never heard that term.  I expect some alt kid who only makes games for the lesser stations. 


"Man, I don't want to get big.  Just want people to mellow with my game."

What are we talking about?

[Crow]

The dev's first game, Environmental Station Alpha, is one of my all time faves though

That's the same guy? Neat. Heard of that game but never played it.

By the way my roulette is cancelled, this is now an indie game discussion thread

Play Celeste

[TAC]

Play Celeste

Hear that, King?

[Buddyhunter1]

Play Celeste

Oh, I have. It's probably in my top 3 games of all time.

[Crow]

We are like fellow
Never got the last 5 golden strawberries I needed but I'm hype for chapter 9

[Buddyhunter1]

Never got the last 5 golden strawberries I needed

You got like, more than two? Chill, man. Just beating all the C-Sides is hard enough.

[Crow]

i played the game over a hundred hours lol 
it's way fun
anyways results results kill the heretic

[senecadawg2]

Sent something atmospheric, in case I survive the night.

[TAC]

Sent something atmospheric, in case I survive the night.

I'm not sending until I see how the tiebreaker goes.

[Buddyhunter1]

anyways results results kill the heretic

Will have them up in a few hours.

[Crow]

   

[Buddyhunter1]

---ROUND 2 TIEBREAKER RESULTS---

1st Place: kingsmegland
Southern Empire - Goliath's Moon

First Impressions: I liked some parts of this, but as a whole it seemed pretty corny.

I wasn't super into this one, but hey, it ended up being my favorite of the three. Instrumentally it's pretty good, aside from some really goofy-sounding synths in the verses... not sure what they were thinking there. Some of the funkier-sounding guitar and bass lines are a nice touch. On the more negative side, the lyrics are fucking awful. Like, really bad. Even for prog concept album standards. Lyrics don't usually matter to me as much as the instrumental (which another of these write-ups will exemplify), but man, I'd be lying if I said they didn't hamper my enjoyment of this song at least a little bit. As far as particular sections of the song are concerned, the choruses have a ton of energy and are definitely the highlight. I could have done without the quieter middle section of the song; I found it to be pretty boring. As a whole, the song was alright, but the lyrics could have used a rewrite or two. Or three. Or being thrown into the trash bin and never spoken of again.


2nd Place: TAC
Testament - Throne Of Thorns

First Impressions: The cheese was strong with this one.

Ooh boy, more cheese! I just can't take the vocals here seriously. At best they sound like someone putting on their best James Hetfield impression, and during the more spoken-word bits they sound absolutely ridiculous. The "lyrics" during those parts are pretty laughable, as well. Compositionally, this song's passable, but really uninteresting. The riffs could have been a lot stronger, the chorus is really weak, and nothing really sticks out to me as being particularly noteworthy. Some of the instrumental sections are alright; the guitar solo in the middle is decent. Outside of that, I'm struggling to think of things I liked, so I'll just leave it at that.


3rd Place: senecadawg2
Jason Isbell - Cover Me Up

First Impressions: Yeah, I don't know. I can definitely see the appeal here. I'm just not sure if it does anything for me, personally.

I mentioned earlier that lyrics don't usually matter to me in a song as much as the instrumental and the other aspects of the vocals. It's likely for that reason that singer / songwriter music has just never appealed to me whatsoever. I can appreciate good lyrics, and this song definitely is great in that department. That said, if the rest of the song does nothing for me, it's not going to click with me, which is a problem for songs like this where the lyrics essentially are the whole song. I'm not saying this song should have had more elaborate instrumentation, as it likely wouldn't have worked here; I'm saying that music where the musical composition isn't the focus just doesn't appeal to me. 95% of this song is just vocals and some minimal guitar work, and I didn't particularly like either. The vocal melodies are solid, but the texture of his voice isn't really my thing. There are some extremely subtle instrumental additions towards the end of the song, which is a nice touch, but even then the instrumentation doesn't reach a point that's engaging to me. I'm happy this song moves you so much, and I can certainly see how it would, but I'm sad to say it's just not for me.



No new artists banned.



---THE SCORE SO FAR---

1: Sacul - 26 [PERKS USED: RANKING SWAP]
2: Cyril - 25 [PERKS USED: RANKING SWAP]
3: Nekov - 24 [PERKS USED: RANKING SWAP]
4: Puppies_On_Acid - 23 [PERKS USED: DOUBLE POINTS]
4: Kattleox - 23 [PERKS USED: DOUBLE POINTS]
6: Tomislav95 - 19
7: Ruba - 17
8: DTA - 16
9: jingle.boy - 14 [PERKS USED: RANKING SWAP]
9: Stadler - 14 [PERKS USED: DOUBLE POINTS]

In Danger

11: TAC - 12 [PERKS USED: DOUBLE POINTS]
11: kingshmegland - 12 [PERKS USED: DOUBLE POINTS]

Eliminated

13: senecadawg2 - 12 [PERKS USED: DOUBLE POINTS]
14: Evermind - 9 [PERKS USED: DOUBLE POINTS, RANKING SWAP]


Well, I don't think any of us expected that two of the former champions would be the first to go. Thanks again for playing and for sending what you were able to send.
And with that, TAC and kingshmegland are off the hook... for now. Send in your atmospheric submissions for round 3!
As a reminder, two more people will be eliminated after this round!

[Buddyhunter1]

Oh, and here's the updated participant rankings based on the tiebreaker.

TAC
1: Anabasis - Human Supremacy Illusion
2: Testament - Throne Of Thorns
3: Stormlord - Mediterrania

senecadawg2
1: Downfall Of Gaia - The Grotesque Illusion Of Being
2: Primordial - Gallows Hymn
3: Jason Isbell - Cover Me Up

kingshmegland
1: Mile Marker Zero - 2001
2: Southern Empire - Goliath's Moon
3: Karnivool - Goliath

[Crow]

rip jay-jay

go listen to If We Were Vampires at least that one's real good

[King Postwhore]

Made it by a hair! Alright. Got a song to send. WITH GREAT LYRICS!

[senecadawg2]

rip jay-jay

go listen to If We Were Vampires at least that one's real good

Theyre all real good, and some are exceptional, but only if youre the kind of person who prefers lyrics to musical composition.

Fair enough though, I was half-expecting this one to bomb. I just knew i wouldve regretted not sending Isbell if i got eliminated while trying to cater to Buddy's tastes.

[TAC]

Damn! Glad you liked it!

Sending something atmospheric shortly.

EDIT: Sent!

[The Walrus]

Goliath's Moon is kinda corny but Throne of Thorns freaking rocks.

[Crow]

how many are we still waiting on for round 3 anyways 
i feel like i sent roughly 5 years ago

[Buddyhunter1]

Nobody. First impressions and hangman

[Crow]

 

expectation: you complain about the production and say it makes the rest of the song suck

[Buddyhunter1]

Stop sending me low-fi garage rock demos, Cyril

[Buddyhunter1]

---ROUND 3 FIRST IMPRESSIONS---

Definitely hits the atmosphere it was going for. I wasn't really into it at first, but it did get better after a couple minutes.

Well, that was very long and uninteresting.

Maybe a little melodramatic, but quite pretty.

I had zero expectations going into this one, given the other songs I've heard from this band. It wasn't too bad.

I'm not sure if I enjoyed all of the sounds being melded together here, but the end result sure is hypnotic.

This kinda just felt like background music to me.

I quite enjoyed the vaguely-sinister and doomy mood of this one.

The atmosphere didn't seem very pronounced on my first listen, and the heavy elements didn't sound all that great. This better be a grower.

Very pretty, but maybe a bit too minimalistic.

I think I liked the first half better than the second, but I definitely enjoyed this one overall.

This sounds fantastic; I love the musical influences and the cosmic vibe here.

After a single listen I have absolutely nothing good nor bad to say about this one.




Cyril: ____tr_l L_r_ - _ R___r __ T__ L____ __ __ ______t_ _r________
Puppies_On_Acid: _lt_r __ _l_____ - __ _ ___b
Kattleox: ____ - _t_r__ __ __r___
Nekov: ____ T__r___ - __r_
DTA: R____ _t_lt - L_ttl_ __tt___ B_ T__ ___
jingle.boy: _l_t___ - T__rt___ R___l_t____
Tomislav95: T__t__l___t_r - ____
Sacul: ____ _ ____ L___ - Bl______l
Stalder: Tr___ - _r___ __ ____t_r
Ruba: T_r_ ____ - ___t_r
kingshmegland: _l__ __t___ R____ - L___ ____l_t_r
TAC: __r___ - _____


Guessed characters: T, B, L, R

[TAC]

Did you even listen to my song?


T for Tiebreaker!

[Buddyhunter1]

Did you even listen to my song?

Nah I knew it was gonna be bad so I just didn't bother

Yes I did, it's not like it was very long. And the first impressions are written immediately after only one listen.

[TAC]

---ROUND 3 FIRST IMPRESSIONS---

Definitely hits the atmosphere it was going for. I wasn't really into it at first, but it did get better after a couple minutes.

Well, that was very long and uninteresting.

Maybe a little melodramatic, but quite pretty.

I had zero expectations going into this one, given the other songs I've heard from this band. It wasn't too bad.

I'm not sure if I enjoyed all of the sounds being melded together here, but the end result sure is hypnotic.

This kinda just felt like background music to me.

I quite enjoyed the vaguely-sinister and doomy mood of this one.

The atmosphere didn't seem very pronounced on my first listen, and the heavy elements didn't sound all that great. This better be a grower.

This one blows

I think I liked the first half better than the second, but I definitely enjoyed this one overall.

This sounds fantastic; I love the musical influences and the cosmic vibe here.

After a single listen I have absolutely nothing good nor bad to say about this one.

I found mine!

[King Postwhore]

B for "TAC's a Bitch!"

[senecadawg2]

L for let me back in

[TAC]

R for "Kingshmegland is Right!"

[King Postwhore]

 

[TAC]

Stadler sent Train-Drops Of Jupiter
DTA sent Roine Stolt-Little Cottage By The Sea
Puppies sent Altar Of Plagues-As A Womb

[Buddyhunter1]

Cyril: ____tr_l L_r_ - _ R___r __ T__ L____ __ __ ______t_ _r________
Puppies_On_Acid: Altar Of Plagues - As A Womb
Kattleox: ____ - _t_r__ __ __r___
Nekov: ____ T__r___ - __r_
DTA: Roine Stolt - Little Cottage By The Sea
jingle.boy: _l_t___ - T__rt___ R___l_t____
Tomislav95: Todtgelichter - Neon
Sacul: ____ _ ____ L___ - Bl______l
Stalder: Train - Drops On Jupiter
Ruba: T_r_ ____ - ___t_r
kingshmegland: _l__ __t___ R____ - L___ ____l_t_r
TAC: __r___ - _____


Guessed characters: T, B, L, R

[Crow]

Todtgelichter - Neon

altar of plagues is pretty good tho the album is basically just, that song four times which... i dunno i'm not fully satisfied with it 

anyways mine's "long and uninteresting"

also lol @ that train song, i actually like that song but i dunno how much it fits this theme

[TAC]

altar of plagues is pretty good tho the album is basically just, that song four times which... i dunno i'm not fully satisfied with it 

[Crow]

oh give me A while i'm here