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OHW Challenge SAMPLE: John Fred v. Devo
| Rotblatt Mar 27 2006 05:12 PM |
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John Fred calls out Devo (sponsor: Rotgut).
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| Rotblatt Mar 27 2006 05:17 PM Edited 1 time(s), most recently on Mar 27 2006 05:44 PM |
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Okay, so since I can't create my alter ego Rotgutt without admin approval, I'm just going to PRETEND to be him.
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| cooby Mar 27 2006 05:18 PM |
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So then, do the rest of us vote?
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| Rotblatt Mar 27 2006 05:24 PM |
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Not yet. I'm trying to do that cool Edgy formatting thing.
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| Edgy DC Mar 27 2006 05:24 PM |
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Rotblatt just called Rotblatt a douchebag.
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| Willets Point Mar 27 2006 05:28 PM |
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George Carlin would point out that douchebag is used only for describing females while scumbag is used for males.
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| Rotblatt Mar 27 2006 05:29 PM Edited 1 time(s), most recently on Mar 27 2006 05:44 PM |
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Remember: for the first matchup, vote for the song you like BEST. For the second, vote for the song you like LEAST.
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| Rotblatt Mar 27 2006 05:33 PM Edited 1 time(s), most recently on Mar 27 2006 05:40 PM |
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wow, but it's hard to find this song.
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| Edgy DC Mar 27 2006 05:40 PM |
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I like "Whip It" most.
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| cooby Mar 27 2006 05:43 PM |
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I like "Judy in Disguise" most, and not very much at that.
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| Rotblatt Mar 27 2006 05:45 PM |
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"Whip It" wins best.
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| Zvon Mar 27 2006 06:17 PM |
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"Judy In Disguise" vs. "Whip It" "Judy In Disguise"
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| Rotblatt Mar 28 2006 10:30 AM |
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So normally, we'd get at least 24 hours, but since this is just a sample, I'm calling the contest now.
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| RealityChuck Mar 28 2006 12:43 PM |
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Now I'm really confused.
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| cooby Mar 28 2006 12:45 PM |
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I used to get "Judy in Disguise" and "Lucy in the Skys" mixed up when I was little
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| Edgy DC Mar 28 2006 12:46 PM |
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Because, if I understand correctly, the goal is to find the one-hitleiest of the one-hit wonders, and rank everybody behind them, not by their overall quality, but by their one-hitliness.
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| Rotblatt Mar 28 2006 01:21 PM |
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Like Edgy says, the Aristotelean ideal of a One-Hit Wonder is a band with only one good hit, surrounded by a bunch of crappy songs. The first challenge is to determine which band has a bigger hit. In this case, they were equal. The second challenge is to determine which band's next-best song is WORSE, thus proving that they are, in fact, a one-hit wonder and not, say, a two-hit wonder. Or the Beatles. So in this case, while Devo and John Fred's hits were deemed equal, Devo's second-best song, Satisfaction, was better than John Fred's, meaning that John Fred has a better claim to being a one-hit wonder than Devo. Does that make sense, or is it still unclear?
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| RealityChuck Mar 28 2006 02:19 PM |
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I understand better, but it'd be easy to stack the deck with a real shitty song by another group:
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| Rotblatt Mar 28 2006 02:33 PM |
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Well, it would if the the challenger didn't get to pick the counter song. So if I'm the sponsor of Norman Greenbaum and I'm challenging the Beatles, I get to pick whatever Beatle song I want for the counter matchup--and it's not going to be Revolution Number 9. The sponsor of the Beatles then picks the Greenbaum counter song.
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| RealityChuck Mar 28 2006 04:23 PM |
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OK, but what happens when it Norman Greenbaum vs. John Fred and his Playboy Band? No one's ever heard the second choice, so no one can really make a decision.
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| sharpie Mar 28 2006 04:30 PM |
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I've heard "Canned Ham"
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| Rotblatt Mar 28 2006 05:15 PM |
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Yeah, that's true. I was thinking that they'd cancel each other out, so if you haven't heard either song, you'd vote tie. . . If, on the other hand, you've heard one song, but not the other, I don't know what you'd do--I suppose vote the song you knew, unless you absolutely hated it.
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| TheOldMole Mar 28 2006 07:41 PM |
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I guess I'll just take your glasses.
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