Sloonei entered the RYM Record Co. offices quietly through the backdoor, as was his custom and proceeded unseen to Conference Room 6 where he had called a meeting. He entered to a sea of confused faces. The memo that had been sent out had explained the circumstances, but there were few who understood.
The employees of the record company were to join their neighbors at the Syndicate Schemes Gaming Company to help with an innovative new gaming process they had hatched up.
"But we're a music company. What do we have to do with these silly games?" Strawhenge asked the question that was on everybody's mind, but Sloonei paid it no attention.
"I hope you all notified your families that you might be late coming home tonight. I hear this could take a long time."
The confused looks intensified in silence.
"Oh yeah, one more thing!" Sloonei chimed in, "They want to know what our favorite songs are."
"What!?"
"Pick 3."
Option 1: "Who Is It?" Option 2: "Girls Just Want to Be with the Girls" Option 3: "Cities" Option 4: "The Overload" Option 5: "Moon Rocks" Option 6: "Stay Up Late" Option 7: "Radio Head" Option 8: "Mr. Jones"
"The catch is we're not allowed to have any ties. If your opinion forces your favorite song to be tied with another, you need to get a new opinion," Sloonei warned before exiting, his grimacing coworkers cursing him under their collective breath.
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"I'm not 100% sure that Diiny isn't the last scum playing the best scum game of anyone's career " --Job "sleepystalinist" May
"The serial killer has made it clear that he doesn't want to win this game at all and is instead interested in killing town reads exclusively. Whoever he is, he has no idea what he's doing and is probably going to blow the game for himself." --JaggedJimmyJay
I remember seeing a pictorial guide on the subject of surviving in a room with RDW. Try and make yourself as gazelle-like as possible. Let him caress you. All will be well
"I'm not 100% sure that Diiny isn't the last scum playing the best scum game of anyone's career " --Job "sleepystalinist" May
"The serial killer has made it clear that he doesn't want to win this game at all and is instead interested in killing town reads exclusively. Whoever he is, he has no idea what he's doing and is probably going to blow the game for himself." --JaggedJimmyJay
Yes, what have we to do with silly, silly games? We, the community of http://rateyourmusic.com want only serious discussions. Nothing superfluous at all!
Diiny, I have so many formatting options here. Oh, oh so many. So many.
Metalmarsh89 wrote:I placed one vote on "The Overload" for now to not create a tie.
Also, just want to mention that I currently have more posts than JaggedJimmyJay.
Enjoy it while it lasts. Is it true that post counts are generally lower here or do I have that the other way around?
"I'm not 100% sure that Diiny isn't the last scum playing the best scum game of anyone's career " --Job "sleepystalinist" May
"The serial killer has made it clear that he doesn't want to win this game at all and is instead interested in killing town reads exclusively. Whoever he is, he has no idea what he's doing and is probably going to blow the game for himself." --JaggedJimmyJay
Golden wrote:Metalmarsh, why are you wearing underpants on your face?
He's clearly playing to the Talking Heads theme, god. It's a luchadore mask to reflect David Byrne's favourite sport.
"I'm not 100% sure that Diiny isn't the last scum playing the best scum game of anyone's career " --Job "sleepystalinist" May
"The serial killer has made it clear that he doesn't want to win this game at all and is instead interested in killing town reads exclusively. Whoever he is, he has no idea what he's doing and is probably going to blow the game for himself." --JaggedJimmyJay
Metalmarsh89 wrote:I placed one vote on "The Overload" for now to not create a tie.
Also, just want to mention that I currently have more posts than JaggedJimmyJay.
Enjoy it while it lasts. Is it true that post counts are generally lower here or do I have that the other way around?
Let's look at RYM #86 (my first game on RYM) as an example. Almost 4,000 posts for 20 players. Our full games (anywhere from 20-30 players, thought sometimes more) generally range between 3,000-7,000 posts. So yes, I guess you could say that RYM gets more posts in their games, but I don't know if #86 qualifies as the average game or not.
Strawhenge wrote:Oh man, I should really be a piss head and put sirengif as my signature.
I actually wanted to compliment you on your current one, repping the rym philosophy
"I'm not 100% sure that Diiny isn't the last scum playing the best scum game of anyone's career " --Job "sleepystalinist" May
"The serial killer has made it clear that he doesn't want to win this game at all and is instead interested in killing town reads exclusively. Whoever he is, he has no idea what he's doing and is probably going to blow the game for himself." --JaggedJimmyJay
Strawhenge wrote:Oh man, I should really be a piss head and put sirengif as my signature.
I actually wanted to compliment you on your current one, repping the rym philosophy
Well, I mean, axiom, am I right?
Well said, I stand corrected
How would TS guys sum up your collective philosophy/axiomatic truth?
"I'm not 100% sure that Diiny isn't the last scum playing the best scum game of anyone's career " --Job "sleepystalinist" May
"The serial killer has made it clear that he doesn't want to win this game at all and is instead interested in killing town reads exclusively. Whoever he is, he has no idea what he's doing and is probably going to blow the game for himself." --JaggedJimmyJay
Strawhenge wrote:Oh man, I should really be a piss head and put sirengif as my signature.
I actually wanted to compliment you on your current one, repping the rym philosophy
Well, I mean, axiom, am I right?
Well said, I stand corrected
How would TS guys sum up your collective philosophy/axiomatic truth?
Oh no, I wasn't correcting you! I was in agreement!
Your choice of language was more succinct that mine, apologise for nothing!
This is one of the most English conversations I've ever had and you're a Yank, what's going on here?
"I'm not 100% sure that Diiny isn't the last scum playing the best scum game of anyone's career " --Job "sleepystalinist" May
"The serial killer has made it clear that he doesn't want to win this game at all and is instead interested in killing town reads exclusively. Whoever he is, he has no idea what he's doing and is probably going to blow the game for himself." --JaggedJimmyJay