ThanksCopying @Bluesbomber because he was interested in this draft but got here late. Just letting you know another draft might be forming, so keep an eye out!
Yes or even a theme like: songs of 94, what my college dorm sounded like, at the club, etc.I'm probably in. So if I understand correctly it's 7 rounds of 2 different playlists of 90s music? Like one could be best U2 songs from the 90s and the other could be like country our rap greatest hits?
Dibs on "Closer"?Yes or even a theme like: songs of 94, what my college dorm sounded like, at the club, etc.
It's actually the best pick for everyone of those categories.Dibs on "Closer"?Yes or even a theme like: songs of 94, what my college dorm sounded like, at the club, etc.
Yeah, I can definitely help out if you do that.I can do the startup, spreadsheet set up, calling people out aspect of it, and will do that tomorrow morning if everyone likes but I'm not in here too much during the day so I'd have to pass off the keeping it moving and basic data entry responsibilities to pip, rock, krista, whoever. Hasn't been an issue in the past, that was the set up for the 458 round monstrosity where I was banned for half of it. It takes a village etc.
Wow, you nailed thatIt's actually the best pick for everyone of those categories.
I'll do what I can but I'm in the busiest part of the year for work and will be until mid-November.I can do the startup, spreadsheet set up, calling people out aspect of it, and will do that tomorrow morning if everyone likes but I'm not in here too much during the day so I'd have to pass off the keeping it moving and basic data entry responsibilities to pip, rock, krista, whoever. Hasn't been an issue in the past, that was the set up for the 458 round monstrosity where I was banned for half of it. It takes a village etc.
Oof. Then don't do the nineties. That was...a bad decade.I may be more in the draft bossing mood next week.
The biggest problem with the draft concept is still that drafters will lock into their mixes early and there probably won't be any sniping.
What if one of the mixes has to be comprised totally of US Top 40 hits?
Oof. Then don't do the nineties. That was...a bad decade.
I may be more in the draft bossing mood next week.
The biggest problem with the draft concept is still that drafters will lock into their mixes early and there probably won't be any sniping.
What if one of the mixes has to be comprised totally of US Top 40 hits?
I feel like one of my planned mixes could definitely involve sniping.
It all depends on what others choose as their theme.
I considered having everyone declare their theme in round 1. Then for their second mix, each drafter would have to pick from the set of themes already nominated by others. So you'd end up with some themes with multiple competitors. If that makes any sense.
Maybe sniping is her theme.It all depends on what others choose as their theme.
Maybe sniping is her theme.It all depends on what others choose as their theme.
I thought about this a few days back, actually. She's probably posted and I've missed it, but it seems she's on a break.Where is @simey, by the way?
Cute.To lighten the drafting mood... I missed out on those cute orange-white boys, but now might get these two instead: https://www.petfinder.com/cat/dylan-and-danny-52065820/or/springfield/adoptable-felines-ca2831/
I've only had one cat since de-clawing was (rightly, IMO) outlawed, but that one cat tore my house to shreds. Do you have issues with your cats destroying anything made of fabric?To lighten the drafting mood... I missed out on those cute orange-white boys, but now might get these two instead: https://www.petfinder.com/cat/dylan-and-danny-52065820/or/springfield/adoptable-felines-ca2831/
I think most seemed ok with @Eephus 90s mix idea.So is the takeaway here there's still no consensus and we're punting this to next week?
I'm starting to think we just fire off another genrepalooza...
I don't know if sniping is important but given the overlap of a lot of drafters I would imagine there would be some sniping with just your initial idea.I may be more in the draft bossing mood next week.
The biggest problem with the draft concept is still that drafters will lock into their mixes early and there probably won't be any sniping.
What if one of the mixes has to be comprised totally of US Top 40 hits?
I've only had one cat since de-clawing was (rightly, IMO) outlawed, but that one cat tore my house to shreds. Do you have issues with your cats destroying anything made of fabric?
I thought about this a few days back, actually. She's probably posted and I've missed it, but it seems she's on a break.
Keep me updated on this. I guess there's a trade-off, but that last cat I had was a sociopath. He ripped up every window blind and tore my brother's arm open. He would pounce on people from angles I didn't know he could get to. I returned him to the rescue center and they made me feel like #### for doing do. It's scared me off of rescuing another.Oh yeah, I'm resigned to the fact I'll never have nice furniture again. Some of them don't scratch but it seems like always one of them is a scratcher. I did order a new couch and 1.5 chair a couple of months ago that I think will have fabric they can't destroy. I managed to find a couch once - once - in a microfiber that was indestructible, and I'm hoping this will be the second.
Keep me updated on this. I guess there's a trade-off, but that last cat I had was a sociopath. He ripped up every window blind and tore my brother's arm open. He would pounce on people from angles I didn't know he could get to. I returned him to the rescue center and they made me feel like #### for doing do. It's scared me off of rescuing another.
Have you tried putting a scratching post next to each favorite target?Oh yeah, I'm resigned to the fact I'll never have nice furniture again.
Yes.Have you tried putting a scratching post next to each favorite target?
The cat I had before Kermit The Home Destroyer was awesome. It was when I was dating Mata Hari and it was her ex's cat (she already had two in her apartment and didn't have room for a third). His name was Junior and he was chill - not a mean bone in his body. He didn't have that aloofness that a lot of cats have, but he also wasn't always up in your ####. He was older ( I think maybe 10 or 11) and his kidneys gave out. The day after my father died. We had to put him down. That wasn't a great weekend.Oh no! I feel bad about that rescue, as I'm sure they knew he had issues. The vast majority of cats are able to be trained/rehabilitated on behavior issues, but there are a few that just can't be helped. We had one at the shelter where I did most of my volunteer work in Chicago that had to be kept in his own separate room and would literally attack every person he dealt with. He would act nice enough for a little while and then BAM, really hard bites. He bit me and drew blood through my jeans. He was a four-paw declaw, though, and those are usually the worst in terms of stuff like that.
All of my cats have been rescues, and you know that's quite a large number over the years. 99% of them are awesome.
Speaking of which, going to Tacoma tonight at 10 pm to meet someone in the parking lot of a Taco Time and pick up a couple of cats isn't the weirdest thing I've ever done, but it's also not not weird.
Hey! The week before last I had to go out of town for 8 days. I tried to get on here at the beginning of this week, and got some Invision Board type message that blocked me. Thursday I got my Moderna booster and flu shot, and about 10 hours later I got aches, chills, and fever throughout the night, and then into yesterday. I'm feeling better today, although I have a lingering headache that may or may not be tied to the vaccine.I thought about this a few days back, actually. She's probably posted and I've missed it, but it seems she's on a break.
I'm in good shape for the shape I'm in. So, did you adopt Danny and Dylan?Hope she's doing OK.
krista4 said:Speaking of which, going to Tacoma tonight at 10 pm to meet someone in the parking lot of a Taco Time and pick up a couple of cats
simey said:I'm in good shape for the shape I'm in. So, did you adopt Danny and Dylan?
cat adoption alliteration.
very specialized.
I missed this. Happy birthday, Doc Oc. Keep on rockin' in the free world!krista4 said:Happy birthday, @Dr. Octopus!!
Maybe from the charts but the 90s had a bunch of new rock bands. Rage Against the Machine,Tool,Monster Magnet,Clutch,PJ Harvey as well as Nirvana and the whole grunge scene.Eephus said:It was definitely a transitional decade for the Pop charts. Rock 'n Roll pretty much disappeared in the years before Y2K.
I noticed, and then became fixated on Taco Time. There was one here back in the 80s and 90s, and eventually the owners sold the property/building to Walgreens. There has never been another one in NC. It seems there are none along the Eastern Seaboard. Anyway, I worked near it in the late 90s, and I'd get some tacos (and mexi fries sometimes) from there for lunch about every other week. I didn't know until now that it is a chain (and cat handoff).I'm glad someone noticed.
Maybe from the charts but the 90s had a bunch of new rock bands. Rage Against the Machine,Tool,Monster Magnet,Clutch,PJ Harvey as well as Nirvana and the whole grunge scene.
"This is Their Best Song" Draft.
Every artist is only eligible to be picked once. You are drafting what you deem their best song.
This draft is genius because:
- HOT TAKES - it's basically custom made for hot takes - we want to make our statements and go against consensus probably in a lot of cases, that's part of the fun of it. If you want to get the consensus pick, you better go really early which brings us to...
- SNIPING - We all know each other's tastes now, we share a lot of favourites but we probably very infrequently agree on what any given bands #1 song is. Which brings us to...
- SHTICK - Are you going to leave me The Hold Steady or grab your version of their best song early. Are you going to pick from the bottom of Krista's Beatles list or the end of Pip's Neil Young list for ####s and giggles? Who's to say!
I may have had some beers with football but I think this idea is hilarious.