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Acrophobia #41 - Unwritten Song Titles (ROUND 1)


Dolorous Gabe

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ROUND SIX RESULTS

 

1 - Runaway Imp (The Demon Monkey’s Favorite Eunuch). A buddy/road musical by Roberts War Hammerstein

Author: AssHat

Points: 1+1 +1+1+1

Total: 5 + 5 = 10

 

2 - Only Mothers Forgive All Sins

Author: Fragile Bird

Points: 2+2+1+2+2+3

Total: 12 + 5 = 17

 

3 - Bolting Relieved Him - by the Little Birds Children's Choir

Author: rocksniffer

Points: 1+3+3+1+2 +2

Total: 12 + 5 = 17

 

4 - Oh Merciless Fathers and Sons - by the Blue Bard

Author: Howlin’ Howland

Points: 1+1 +1

Total: 3 + 5 = 8

 

5 - Bloody Red Hands - by The Guilty Parties

Author: Castellan

Points: 1+1 +1+1+1+3

Total: 8 + 5 = 13

 

6 - Of Monsters, Fathers and Slaughters - An epic poem describing all of Tyrion’s crimes by Galyeon of Cuy

Author: Lilac & Gooseberries

Points: 3+1+3+1 +2

Total: 10 + 5 = 15

 

7 - Rise Inmates, Thieves, Demon Monkeys, Fly East! - Wicked 

Author: RhaenysBee

Points: 1 +2

Total: 3 + 5 = 8

 

8 - Repaid is the Debt, My Father, Eternally - The Last of the Reynes

Author: Julia H.

Points: 1+1 +1+3+2+1

Total: 9 + 5 = 14

 

I think some great titles got fewer points than they deserved due to the high overall quality of the round’s entries, so everyone gets an extra 5 points. Rhaenys, my apologies, I genuinely laughed out loud when I read yours and thought it would do better. We should have tried the other one instead.

 

1 Fragile Bird  78 + 17 = 95

2 AssHat Ahai  74 + 10 = 84

3 Julia H.  68 + 14 = 82

4 Castellan  58 + 13 = 71

5 Howlin’ Howland  54 + 8 = 62

6 rocksniffer  40 + 17 = 57

7 RhaenysBee  47 + 8 = 55

8 Lilac & Gooseberries  37 + 15 = 52

9 a free shadow  35

10 Jez Bell  25

 

Is it a bird? Is it a plane? Can it be caught with a butterfly net and a dream?

 

Tallies, check ‘em - cos I’m only human after all

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ROUND SEVEN VOTING

 

Normally I’d say vote for 3 with only 7 entries but I don’t like to change things too much on the final round. So let’s continue with FOUR votes

 

1 - Today We Serve “Vermillion Lunch” - The Mutineers

2 - Anybody Here...Only Corpses! - by The Ravens featuring Sam the Slayer

3 - Mormont Over, Out. - Mutiny

4 - Adieu, House of Cold - by Otava Yo

5 - A Host of Cowards (aka A Hell of Cold) - a song for two opposing voices by Alaric of Eysen

6 - And Honor only cried - sung by Dolorous Edd

7 - As Hunger Overcomes Crows - Wildling Folksong 

 

It ends when it ends.

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5 hours ago, AssHat Ahai said:

I liked Rhaenys’ acronym the best, but Galyeon of Cuy was too perfect of a singer choice by L&G.

and having someone compose 'an epic poem describing all of [his] crimes' was too accurate a fate for Tyrion.

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Every time I look at the list I change my mind about which one I like best, I genuinely think I could pick every one of them. My apologies to the  two people who did not get a vote, your entries are great, but there are only 4 votes to give. <3

1st.    7 - As Hunger Overcomes Crows - Wildling Folksong

2nd.  2 - Anybody Here...Only Corpses! - by The Ravens featuring Sam the Slayer 

3rd.   4 - Adieu, House of Cold - by Otava Yo 

4th.   5 - A Host of Cowards (aka A Hell of Cold) - a song for two opposing voices by Alaric of Eysen

I wasn't sure if I should pick #5 or not, because of the double entry. I like A Host of Cowards on it's own, why is there the second entry? I choose to ignore the aka! And I liked the two opposing voices.

 

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56 minutes ago, Fragile Bird said:

I wasn't sure if I should pick #5 or not, because of the double entry. I like A Host of Cowards on it's own, why is there the second entry? I choose to ignore the aka! And I liked the two opposing voices.

The two opposing voices is the point. The alternative title alludes to the alternative viewpoint (of the mutineers). It isn't two entries at all. It's one song, the alternative title is simply to bring depth to the central idea of it.

 

I chose to allow it because I thought it clever. Blame me if you like.

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3 minutes ago, Dolorous Gabe said:

The two opposing voices is the point. The alternative title alludes to the alternative viewpoint (of the mutineers). It isn't two entries at all. It's one song, the alternative title is simply to bring depth to the central idea of it.

 

I chose to allow it because I thought it clever. Blame me if you like.

Ahhhh! Thank you for explaining that!

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ROUND SEVEN RESULTS

 

1 - Today We Serve “Vermillion Lunch” - The Mutineers

Author: AssHat Ahai

Points: 1+1 +1

Total: 3 + 5 = 8

 

2 - Anybody Here...Only Corpses! - by The Ravens featuring Sam the Slayer

Author: rocksniffer

Points: 1 +3+1+2+1+1+2

Total: 11 + 5 = 16

 

3 - Mormont Over, Out. - Mutiny

Author: RhaenysBee

Points: 1 +2+1+2+1+3+2

Total: 12 + 5 = 17

 

4 - Adieu, House of Cold - by Otava Yo 

Author: Julia H.

Points: 1+1 +1+2+1

Total: 6 + 5 = 11

 

5 - A Host of Cowards (aka A Hell of Cold) - a song for two opposing voices by Alaric of Eysen

Author: Castellan

Points: 1+1 +1+1+1+1

Total: 6 + 5 = 11

 

6 - And Honor only cried - sung by Dolorous Edd

Author: Fragile Bird

Points: 1 +3+3+3+3+1+3 +3

Total: 20 + 5 = 25

 

7 - As Hunger Overcomes Crows - Wildling Folksong 

Author: Howlin’ Howland

Points: 1+1 +1+2+1+2+3+1

Total: 12 + 5 = 17

 

Clear winner in the final round but all the titles were strong so I’m giving everyone another 5 bonus points.

 

Congratulations to Fragile Bird 

 

1 Fragile Bird  95 + 25 = 120

2 Julia H.  82 + 11 = 93

3 AssHat Ahai  84 + 8 = 92

4 Castellan  71 + 11 = 82

5 Howlin’ Howland  62 + 17 = 79

6 rocksniffer  57 + 16 = 73

7 RhaenysBee  55 + 17 = 72

8 Lilac & Gooseberries  52

9 a free shadow  35

10 Jez Bell  25

 

Massive thanks to everyone who took part in the game. You all played extremely well. Reading your brilliant ideas coming in each week was a treat.

:cheers:

 

Finally (or, should that read shamelessly?), I'd really appreciate it if any of you wonderful people could give my band Wonderland Trip a like on the social media (big thanks to rocksniffer for already having done this).

We're currently doing a big re-release of past songs and are gearing up to release some new material over the next few months, including a song I wrote, with some serious promotion. A big post is coming tomorrow with further details (edit: okay, maybe at some point this week depending on when the songs are due to go live on the big music platforms).

For the record Wonderland Trip songs are very, very different to my folksy takes on Westerosi songs linked in my signature box

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