Three Titles

jack · Post by **jack** » Tue Feb 01, 2005 6:18 pm

i think there's a conspiracy theory that certain people are trying to run up the 2 fight numbers in order to force a change.

just a theory. a conspiracy one.

roymond · Post by **roymond** » Tue Feb 01, 2005 6:25 pm

jack shite wrote:it's nice to have someone in charge that can weather the weather.

Did you mean "weather the whether"?

I download all songs for a week into the same playlist, so listening doesn't change with more or less fights, but the review angle is harder and I agree that being in the small fight hurts in that respect. But then again, I've found the small fights to have a tighter community, more neighborly-like with fewer car alarms at night.

j$ · Post by j$ » Tue Feb 01, 2005 6:43 pm

Kinda off-topic, and in a friendly, chatty kind of way, I think 10-12 songs is the optimum songfight size. Any smaller tends to scare off reviewers (which i've never quite got) and any bigger, and the quality of reviews overall tends to diminish, understandably.

Not that it amounts to a hill of beans etc etc, but I wonder if anyone agrees with me on that. there's always a first time ...

j$

jack · Post by **jack** » Tue Feb 01, 2005 7:06 pm

while i tend to agree with you j$, i've never really understood people complaining about reviewing big fights. sure it's a chore if you try to do it in one sitting. but it's like lasagna, just because you make a pan don't mean you have to eat the whole thing in one straight sitting. it still tastes good the next day. i reviewed this "big" fight this week. 25 songs. yeah, i was overwhelmed. so i listened to 8. then i went out and got some dinner. then i came back and did 8 more. then i watched some TV. then later i did 8 more. and it still collectively took maybe an hour and i gave everyone a discerning listen. and my song was 40 seconds and has gotten one review. (thanks TT)

it's like roymond said, the size is pretty irrelevant. listen (and review) as many or as few as you like or have time for. there's no prize. but if you have time to send in a song, you can't say you don't have time to review your fight.

Leaf · Post by **Leaf** » Wed Feb 02, 2005 12:23 am

jack shite wrote: it's like roymond said, the size is pretty irrelevant. listen (and review) as many or as few as you like or have time for. there's no prize.

Why am I now aroused....

Kamakura · Post by **Kamakura** » Wed Feb 02, 2005 4:07 am

jack shite wrote:lasagna, just because you make a pan don't mean you have to eat the whole thing in one straight sitting. it still tastes good the next day

It tastes good, but re-heated lasagna just isn't quite the same or as good as the when first served... Mmmm.

j$ · Post by j$ » Wed Feb 02, 2005 4:16 am

Kamakura wrote:
jack shite wrote:lasagna, just because you make a pan don't mean you have to eat the whole thing in one straight sitting. it still tastes good the next day
It tastes good, but re-heated lasagna just isn't quite the same or as good as the when first served... Mmmm.

Yes, and bad or good, lasagne tastes pretty much the same with every mouthful ...

j$

roymond · Post by **roymond** » Wed Feb 02, 2005 7:26 am

Leaf wrote:
jack shite wrote: it's like roymond said, the size is pretty irrelevant. listen (and review) as many or as few as you like or have time for. there's no prize.
Why am I now aroused....

I guess there'd be a prize if size was relevant

Adam! · Post by **Adam!** » Mon Feb 07, 2005 10:41 pm

Awesome and unexpected

jack · Post by **jack** » Mon Feb 07, 2005 11:51 pm

i can't even read the yellow title in my browser. any chance it could be a little less yellow?

Leaf · Post by **Leaf** » Tue Feb 08, 2005 12:15 am

this is a warped universe....

These fights BETTER BE POPULATED!!!!

ahhh.... it all reeks of sarcasm... but I like sarcasm.

Caravan Ray · Post by **Caravan Ray** » Tue Feb 08, 2005 12:21 am

I didn't vote for 4 titles. I hate choice.

j$ · Post by j$ » Tue Feb 08, 2005 3:44 am

Leaf wrote: These fights BETTER BE POPULATED!!!!

Actually for me that's entirely not the point. Once I complete my graph proving that songfight attendance is seasonal (factoring in the occasional particularly inspiring, or particularly tricky title variable) all will become clear. You think I'm joking ...

But suffice it to say, I expect these fights should be each half the size of the current ones, with a few extra because of the novelty value. That's what happened when we went to three fights - big numbers first couple of fights, and then the Summer hit (well, specifically July) and the numbers tailed off. Although even at the 'smallest' there were 25-30 fighters, which isn't a bad showing.

It's not about the number of people fighting, it's about not being able to give focused, useful reviews when you hit song 19 of 27, and it's some bloke on a jew's harp while a TTS says 'Poop! God! Dog! Poop!' over and over again ....

Post by **Spud** » Tue Feb 08, 2005 9:33 am

jack shite wrote:i can't even read the yellow title in my browser. any chance it could be a little less yellow?

It has been suggested in another thread that if you highlight it, it becomes quite easy to read.

jack · Post by **jack** » Tue Feb 08, 2005 9:41 am

Spud wrote:
jack shite wrote:i can't even read the yellow title in my browser. any chance it could be a little less yellow?
It has been suggested in another thread that if you highlight it, it becomes quite easy to read.

yeah? it would also be better if it was less yellow too.

of course i could just ignore it too.

c hack · Post by **c hack** » Tue Feb 08, 2005 9:59 am

jack shite wrote: yeah? it would also be better if it was less yellow too.

But then it wouldn't be #FFFF00. And once you stray from the mathmatical yellow, it becomes an issue of perception. Is it yellow? Is it brown? Where do you draw the line, Jack? Where do you draw the line???

Post by **Spud** » Tue Feb 08, 2005 10:20 am

It's a conceptual thing, Jack. You don't want to to sacrifice the concept, do you?

jack · Post by **jack** » Tue Feb 08, 2005 10:36 am

Spud wrote:It's a conceptual thing, Jack. You don't want to to sacrifice the concept, do you?

i'm willing to sacrifice the concept in order to make the concept work.

Adam! · Post by **Adam!** » Tue Feb 08, 2005 10:52 am

j$ wrote:
Leaf wrote: These fights BETTER BE POPULATED!!!!
Actually for me that's entirely not the point. Once I complete my graph proving that songfight attendance is seasonal all will become clear. You think I'm joking ...

Johnny, just a question: Has anyone ever debated this idea? I've seen you mention the "overall SF attendance is not related to the # of titles" theory several times; has anyone ever argued against this? I'm just curious because you've frequently defended it, but from whom?

Also, your prognostications are almost certainly correct.

j$ · Post by j$ » Tue Feb 08, 2005 11:45 am

Puce wrote:Johnny, just a question: Has anyone ever debated this idea? I've seen you mention the "overall SF attendance is not related to the # of titles" theory several times; has anyone ever argued against this? I'm just curious because you've frequently defended it, but from whom?

Well, in this instance ... Leaf, who on seeing the double-sized issue that is this upcoming fight, suggsted it had better be populated? Oh, meeting ... will finish this later ....

j$

Adam! · Post by **Adam!** » Tue Feb 08, 2005 12:35 pm

j$ wrote:
Puce wrote:Johnny, just a question: Has anyone ever debated this idea?
Well, in this instance ... Leaf, who on seeing the double-sized issue that is this upcoming fight, suggsted it had better be populated?

I'm sure that was just a jab at the FM's obstinate independence.

Adam! · Post by **Adam!** » Tue Feb 15, 2005 10:30 am

The current fights are the perfect size, imo. You guys are awesome.

Three Titles

You want 3 fights?