Lurker > jcgamer107

Well I'm a lot less worried about playing Washington now LOL

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So uhhh....does Clemson not have a quarterback? I'm used to this being a Michigan problem.

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It was sick seeing the basketball team at the Big House today. Please heal fast Ronnie Bell, he was looking so great until the injury.

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Top 5 horror movie soundtracks? Have I nommed that before?

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Full Throttle posted...

jokes on more than half of you.. the correct answer is a MOSQUITO which kills nearly a MILLION people a year sucking on peoples blood to survive as humans only intentionally kill other humans at nearly 400,000 a year as it only counts intentional murders not unintentional, accidents or rightful killings.

Hmmm I dunno, I don't think most of those mosquito deaths are intentional though

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jcgamer107 posted...

Alert: the boat is being rowed

Alert: nevermind

LeonhartFour posted...

man that's twice so far Milton has had a wide open guy deep and has overthrown him

Yeah good luck with that guy

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Alert: the boat is being rowed

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azuarc wasn't even home. he was playing Magic the Gathering at his buddy's store, which is extremely easy to verify

That's Numberwang

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_alskXDxcVY
truly incredible first points of the season

PrinceReva posted...

Assuming you mean Dylan, when he was at Michigan I wanted him to start from arrival

Same. Hoping McNamara is good this year, he's shown potential.

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Wow I gotta catch up, I haven't seen Revelations either

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https://youtu.be/y2zUdseGr6o

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DeepsPraw posted...

Graham, watch out! A pooooiiiisonous snake!

Get out of my head

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Bucs

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I'd like to sign up for the user cycle so I can go again in 6 months

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omg I would just DIE

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Chemical Plant would be a fine winner

Aquatic Ruin > Chemical Plant > Casino Night > Oil Ocean > Emerald Hill > Hill Top > Mystic Cave > Wing Fortress > Metropolis > Sky Chase

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Clearly inspired by the sub-20 I just got

https://youtu.be/MbIPeZAgILE

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tag

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Thanks for the kind words about the Underground cover! I was up really late that night playing it over and over until I got a good take

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RIP best zone

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According to Ben, the band had originally recorded 15 tracks for their self-titled debut album, but later trimmed it down to 12 after their management informed them that "15 songs is a big ask for a first album." Had these 3 songs (Emaline, Eddie Walker and Tom & Mary) - which later appeared on the album Naked Baby Photos - been included here, I would have considered this possibly the greatest album of all-time. As it stands it's still top 25 for me, one that really set the bar for piano rock at the time.

There is some serious musicianship on display here, with all the tracks (to my knowledge) being recorded live. Ben's unpolished singing voice is polarizing, but to me it really works, maybe in part because I feel like *I* could sing like that lol. Actually my top 3 solo artists - Ben Folds, Jack White and Elliott Smith - all have singing voices that are pretty rough around the edges, but the songwriting is so strong and unique that I think they pull it off. Something about that makes the music more appealing - knowing that the musician feels a need to sing the words they wrote, regardless of "traditional" singing talent. Gives the songs more character and honesty.

There are no bad songs here. Even my last-place track is like a 7/10. Ben Folds really got me back into playing piano as an adult, and this is by far the album I learned the most songs off of, having half of them memorized at one point.

1) The Last Polka

Somehow a polka in a minor key is one of the most intense break-up songs ever written. Ben's desperate vocals soar over the band's furiously-paced performance. A bombastic and cathartic portrayal of a doomed relationship.

Here's one of their strongest performances of it, with some extra piano flair. Ben's really putting in work here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rXllND_LRf0

2) Underground

Ben is so great at these unlikely music & lyric combinations. Here you have a euphoric, almost honky-tonk dance tune about punk rock posers, that shifts styles multiple times and is arguably making fun of its own fanbase a little. With the falsetto back-up vocals and jazzy outro, it's just way too much fun.

Fun fact - this is the one cover off this album I've recorded:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BY45CXIxNi0

3) Philosophy

Ben's piano skills and signature moves are on full display here, from the rich opening riff to the closing Rhapsody in Blue homage & fist slams. The band absolutely crushed this on Jools Holland:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X3kI4MYfCLI

4) Jackson Cannery - One of the best debut tracks ever, it grabs your attention from the opening chord and sets the tone for the rest of the album with its high energy, reflective bridge and 3-part harmonies.

5) Alice Childress - an incredibly poignant track that still shows off quite a bit of musicality, with a bridge that could make you cry. Named after a mental patient who threw water at Ben's ex.

6) Boxing - featuring perhaps the most powerful lyric on the album: sometimes I punch myself hard as I can, yelling 'nobody cares', hoping someone will tell me how wrong I am. a heartbreaking waltz about the inevitable deterioration of the body.

7) Best Imitation of Myself - I can't believe this isn't even in my top half, but the album's so loaded. Not the most musically complex, but features deeply relatable lyrics for anyone who's felt like they need to appear a certain way socially, sung with real conviction.

8) Video - quite a mature and dark song, considering Ben supposedly wrote it at 16. Very epic bridge, and lyrics that are becoming even more relevant as time goes on.

9) Sports & Wine - not the most memorable track, but a lot of fun and doesn't overstay its welcome. Impressively fast piano.

10) Uncle Walter - Awesome fuzz bass and closing piano solo. More tongue-in-cheek lyrics about that rambling elderly relative everyone has.

11) Where's Summer B.? - simple, fun and catchy; more of a 'standard' pop song compared to the others. Ben's voice sounds great here I think.

12) Julianne - not terrible but a little too lo-fi garage rock for me. Featuring Ben barely enunciating some of the lyrics, and bags of empty bottles being dropped on a hard floor.

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I prefer the single-player version for all 3, but this remix of the 2P version of Mystic Cave by analoq is really good:

https://youtu.be/27E9CG5JsQ8

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Alright all 6 of these are great

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wooooooooo I'll rank these soon

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#1 Sonic 2
#2 SML2: 6 Golden Coins
#3 Kirby's Dreamland
#4 X-Men Arcade

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What a disaster

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Wing Fortress is good! Get rid of the autoscroller

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#1 Sonic the Hedgehog
#2 Mickey's Dangerous Chase
#3 TMNT 3: Manhattan Project
#4 Turtles in Time
#5 Simpsons Arcade
#6 Captain America and the Avengers
#7 Castlevania II: Belmont's Revenge
#8 Final Fantasy Adventure

Amazing year for Beat 'em ups

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The most crushing moment in gaming is realizing Metropolis Zone has a 3rd act

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#1 Myst
#2 TMNT 3: Radical Rescue

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PrinceKaro posted...

Even including Spirited Away, it is still Ponyo

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