Guess the Score Game

I agree with Demetris. Can we have a vote or something?

Edit: Scratch that. I think it should be up to the person who makes the clips... but still, I'd prefer a game where "guessing" the track titles isn't part of it.

How about when a theme is repeated in very similar ways 735 times in a single score?

Exactly.

C'mon Bregt, sometimes it's very frustrating to try and find the right track, it usually takes a lot of time and effort (yes, I'm very lazy, so what!?).

Naming the cue isn't really about testing your memory (which is what the game is about, right?), it's mostly about whether or not you can be arsed to find the cue from the score, the score that you already know what film it's from!

It may even encourage more people to play if they knew they only had to 'guess' the score and composer?

When I make a game some day in the future I think I'll do it without track titles, but it probably needs more clips to spread the points out a bit. But it's up to the maker of the game how to do it, I'll dig it either way. With track titles it's more challenging and takes a bit more effort, which can be fun but also a pain if you don't have the time.

Peter

You get added together twice and you still don't get 1st place?.....bummer!

I vote for keeping the titles in.

It's good to try and guess the actual scores and knowing the tracks are good for people who know the score well - or a prepared to put the time in to searching for the cue.

BTW, Demetris. That's one of the most gratuitous examples of swearing I've seen here so far. Was it really necessary?

Totally agree. Apart that some people will probably be held back by the fact that they'll need to waste time to find the specific track title in order to get full marks, naming the specific track title doesn’t showcase any memory abilities nor musical abilities no any abilities whatsoever, imo. Apart if you want to reward those who are less lazy than others or something?

Thanks, Demetris.

I do use the "F-word" myself - I just thought that it was unnecessarily blatant. There are more imaginative ways of implying what you meant!!

Not to be unkind, but if you really knew some of the scores where you threw up your hands and said 'who cares about the track title' thing, you would have had no trouble getting them. Without the track title thing, you and BhelPuri might actually have the same score, despite the fact that he actually put some work into it.



Then your lifestyle condemns you to do poorly in this game, my Norwegian friend.

Alan rises the scale:

- Plindboe - 22 points
- BhelPuri - 20 points
- Bregt - 15 points
- Falkirkbairn - 13 points
- Demetris - 12 points
- Thor - 11 points
- Tommy Boy - 10 points
- Reza - 9 points
- AntiNeutrino - 8 points
- Tommy Boy - 7 points
- BobDH - 6 points
- Bregje - 4 points

I'm not your boy.
When I win, I will be your god.

Surely one of the ridiculous rationalisations I've seen in the 10 minutes I've been awake today. (Though I'd be surprised if it's bettered in the day to come.) What do you mean it doesn't showcase any memory abilities or musical abilities or any abilities whatsoever? How do half the players remember them week after week? Do you think they get the answers in the mail or something?

I meant Demetris provided a rationalisation (ie. tried to make sense) for why track titles shouldn't be asked for. But his rationalisation made no sense.

Made sense to me. You're not gonna know the cue title if you don't know the name of the score first. Once you know the score, then you can either rely on your memory to serve in telling you the name of the track, or you can simply and laboriously search the album. The latter does not take showcase musical skills or memory abilities. It proves you're not lazy.

That's right D, I got your back!

Yes, but Demetris decided to add to those: 'or any other abilities'.

You talk as though I started this trend, rather than simply participate in it.



It wasn't name calling, so I feel no need to apologise. I said your argument was ridiculous, not you. In fact you started the name calling by describing me as 'geeky'. (And somewhere, an angel lost its wings when one soundtrack collector called another 'geeky'.) As to the argument: I invite you to consider your original illogical statement that no ability whatsoever (musical or memory or any ability) what demonstrated by those who looked up track titles. That is a rationalisation that does not follow. Perhaps it was a bit strong to call it ridiculous, but you must remember: in previous games, I have figured out track titles for scores I've never even heard, just based on the theme of the game. So obviously I've found a way to make it work without going out and buying CDs.