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Whoops! Here you go! The entries, ordered by game:

• Chip's Challenge - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OTDNECHVtoQ
• Descent - Level 22 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XlM70skwXCI
• Need for Speed Hot Pursuit 2 - Going Down On It - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MdnKcuIYwZI
• One Step Back - Rains Will Fall - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M1mQ7Kxn1AA
• Triangle Strategy - Adversity - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LSsA_qieIB4

Deadline is the 28th of June!

Reminder: deadline is the 28th of June!

And now, the results!

1. ratammer - Triangle Strategy - Adversity - 15 points
2. orangedragonfire - One Step Back - Rains Will Fall - 11 points
3. commodorejohn - Descent - Level 22 - 9 points
4. LingEarth - Chip's Challenge - 8 points
5. somitomi - Need for Speed Hot Pursuit 2 - Going Down On It - 7 points

Full votes:

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Shout out to how the scoreboard looked when only me and orangedragonfire had voted:

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Anyway, congratulations to me

ODF, you can host if you want, but since you did it last time you can pass it on to John if you'd like.

I'll pass it on. John, if you would, present the next challenge, please.

Certainly :) The theme for this round is dating yourself - submit a song from the year you were born! (Bonus no-points if it hit the charts in your birth month!) Please have your entries submitted by the morning of Monday, Jul. 11th, Pacific time!

I'm not sure if I know any songs from my birth year.

Does a cover released in the right year still count, if the original was from earlier?

LingEarth wrote: ↑Sun Jul 03, 2022 12:21 pm I'm not sure if I know any songs from my birth year.

Does a cover released in the right year still count, if the original was from earlier?

Go look at the charts! You'll see things you recognise. I'd bet the cover would count.

LingEarth wrote: ↑Sun Jul 03, 2022 12:21 pmDoes a cover released in the right year still count, if the original was from earlier?

Sure!

Or a cover that didn't come out that year, but it's a cover of a song from my birth year?

That should be fine too :)

Sorry I missed the last round, would have liked to enter that one

Not sure what I'll be able to come up with for this one

ratammer wrote: ↑Sun Jul 03, 2022 2:11 pmGo look at the charts! You'll see things you recognise.

You underestimate how sheltered my childhood was.

(Yeah, I should be able to find something, though. It's an opportunity to find music I haven't heard before. Thanks for the clarifications about covers, john. )

~48 hr. notice! Get your submissions in before Monday morning!

Last reminder! Submission deadline is tomorrow morning!

Alright, here are the submissions, ordered ASCIIbetically by URL! Voting ends the morning of Monday, Jul. 18th - remember, you can vote even if you didn't submit an entry!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4jMI3U15qlY - Asia - "Anytime" (1994)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SMhwddNQSWQ - "Weird Al" Yankovic - "Dare To Be Stupid" (1985)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wCQfkEkePx8 - Fools Garden - "Lemon Tree" (1995)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y0ugnZfHHCE - Pixies - "Alec Eiffel" (1991)

~60 hr. reminder! If your votes aren't in by Monday morning, your entry will be disqualified!

Aaaand the results! A good showing all-'round, and congratulations to somitomi, who may take the next round away!

Wow, thanks!

I actually had an idea for the next round already: mashups! Send me anything that's two different songs edited together into one cohesive piece of music. Submissions will be enumerated after the 25th of July.

Does it have to be exactly two songs or can it use more than that? Also, congrats!

ratammer wrote: ↑Tue Jul 19, 2022 5:49 am Does it have to be exactly two songs or can it use more than that? Also, congrats!

It can be more, but not less. Also, thanks

Reminder that tomorrow is the last day to submit a song for this round.

All right, signups for Mashup Mafia are finished, if you did get a role PM, let me know.

Setup details
This is an open setup with the following role names in it:

• Race of Shapes
• One Bourbon, One Scotch, One Beer
• Hamilton Polka
• The Starting Line
• Wellerman vs Ievan Polkka
• Stayin' Alive In The Wall

Sample role PM
You are [role name] and you are vanilla town. You win when the best song is selected from the submissions.
Voting
You may vote by sending the mod a list of the roles organised in descending order of awesomeness. The player with the most votes is declared the winner at the end of the day.
Deadlines
Day 1 lasts until the 2nd of August. During the day, you may talk in thread, but you don't have to. Any private chats are night chats.

...What

Votecount:

ratammer: -1 (heuristically_alone)
With 6 people alive it takes 6 votes to determine the winner.

D1 ends in approximately 30 hours