| Introduction In another universe there is a man named ‘Wall Ross’, and he has no idea how to search for his own music. He’s actually kinda fuzzy on what music is actually, he just knows that he likes it. Anyways, Wall Ross has hired me to recommend some songs to him, and because I’m a lazy prick I’ll be subcontracting searching for the songs to all of you and just rating them myself. You may think ‘Why don’t you just grab random songs then?’, but you see, Wall Ross is a particular man. He needs songs to fit what he’s currently doing or he won’t be satisfied and I won’t be paid. So I’m going to need you to send in songs fitting certain categories (because, again, this is too much work for me) in order to be rated and forwarded to Wall Ross. Scoring All songs will be scored on a scale of 0.0 to 10.0 points based on how much I liked them and will receive between 0.1 and 3.0 points depending on how well I think it fits the theme, with an extra point being awarded to whoever fit the theme the best that category. You can also receive an extra half a point if the artist is someone I’ve heard of but don’t listen to and a whole point if I’ve never heard of the artist. This bonus will be reduced to zero if I’ve received a submission by this artist in an earlier category. This makes for a total maximum score of 15.0 points and a minimum of 0.1 points per round. Note: Every single player’s lowest category score will be dropped. So if you can’t think of anything for a category then don’t worry, you have one chance to catfail without any consequences. Musical Preferences: As for genres I hate, I don’t have many (yet, you guys may give me more), but I loathe country and anything that sounds like generic Top 40 pop. Rap tends to be hit or miss. As for music I like you can look through the banned artists section to get a better picture of that, but I’m open to most genres. In general I like metal and songs with aggressive instrumentals and/or vocals but it’s not a requirement. Screamo is nice as long as it’s not grating. EDM like Madeon or Porter Robinson and chill hip-hop like Nujabes are great. Mashups are cool too. I’ve been meaning to listen to more vocal kei, ska, and punk if anyone feels like sending that in. I like Eurobeat and Touhou remixes but I’ve heard A LOT of them. Well-tuned vocaloids are fine, bad vocaloid music makes me want to burn my ears off like nothing else. I listen to more music in Japanese than in English but this isn’t necessarily a musical taste thing, just hobbies. Music in any language is fine as long as I can find the lyrics somewhere. If I can’t then your score will suffer a minor bump downwards. (Although if you’re trying to cover up for terrible lyrics, congrats, you’ve damage controlled well.) Banned Artists/Songs: I’ll check submissions and inform you if they violate this banlist ahead of time, so no, you don’t need to check this fully, just glance over it once. IOSYS
TaNaBaTa Akatsuki Records Shibayan Records s3rl Moe Shop Triple-Q nakinkyo Nujabes Eve PinnochioP Araki (he’s an utaite, songs which he’s covered are fine as long as they aren’t his version) MAN WITH A MISSION Trevor Moore Tenacious D Ninja Sex Party Queen Bon Jovi Porter Robinson UtsuP Saya no Uta OST Kaiji OST Yuru Yuri OST Yuru Camp OST Anime openings/endings from 2016 or later. Anything from this playlist or this one or even this one Anything I’ve submitted to a past walrus. Any of the category examples or anything I’m going to use as a header. (The headers are cat titles, you can’t send them in by mistake.) You can message me songs or questions on Kongregate, Mafia Universe, Smogon, , or at BLOODY#1832 on discord. If your song doesn’t fit the category it’s a cat fail. Cat fails don’t get points. If you think your song may be a cat fail, tell me ahead of time so I can check or risk getting told without much time to fix it. All songs must be submitted in one of three forms: Youtube link; Soundcloud link; or a link to a download the song in FLAC, MP3 320, or MP3 V0 format. I need all songs at least three days before each category’s reveal. Preferably I’d like all songs earlier than that, but that’s the hard deadline. All of the songs I show as examples I like and fit the category fairly well. The songs for the category titles may or may not fit the category, I just think the titles fit. If you want to get maximum theme points then pay attention to the flavor text. There is a hard limit of 20 minutes on the length of any song. Please, PLEASE, don’t make it your goal in life to hit this every round or I’ll have to shorten it for everyone or delay judging. Anything under 10 minutes I generally won’t mind. Yes my scores will be arbitrary for the most part. It’s hard to quantify how much you like a song or set an incredibly consistent scoring system up. Feel free to yell “ROBBED” and such, but any actual complaints about my scoring will be promptly ignored. It’s for fun, the scores will reflects my tastes, you get the program. |
| Categories 1: Romeo and Cinderella Wall Ross has just fallen in love with a beautiful lady, Wallrina, and he needs a song to properly confess his love to her. Luckily none of our songs exist in his universe, so she won’t realize he didn’t write it himself. Wall Ross wants to confess on their universe’s Christmas Eve, so the deadline is the midnight of March 20th, CST. For this category send in a love song. If you want full score on the theme send in a song whose lyrics are speaking positively about the emotion (ie not about heartbreak, divorce, cheating, that kind of thing), but any sort of song about love will work. Ylvis - Someone Like Me (YT: Ylvis - Someone Like Me [Official music video HD])
PinocchioP - I'm Glad You're Evil Too (YT: PinocchioP - I'm glad you're evil too / ピノキオピー - きみも悪い人でよかった)
TaNaBaTa - Love-Colored Girl (YT: [TaNaBaTa] Love-Colored Girl SUBBED)
Carlito - Who's That Boy (YT: Carlito - Who's That Boy)
Wall Ross’s confession was accepted, much to his happiness, but Wallrina has to move to (the parallel universe’s) New York City tonight! Now Wall Ross is busy wallowing in his depression at home on Christmas Eve and wants some sad songs to listen to while he does so. For this category send in a sad song. The sadder I think it is the more points you’ll get on the theme. This applies to both sound and lyrics, but I’ll probably put more weight on the sound unless the lyrics are singing about gumdrops and unicorns to sad piano or something. Pearl Kyoudai - Hitori Bocchi (YT: Pearl Kyoudai - Hitori Bocchi with Lyrics | English Subbed)
Ashtar Command - Deadman's Gun (YT: Deadman's Gun performed live by Ashtar Command (Red Dead Redemption))
Hikaru Utada - Apple and Cinnamon (YT: Hikaru Utada - Apple & Cinnamon (+lyrics))
Tamaru Yamada - Scarborough Fair (YT: SukaSuka OST Scarborough Fair by Tamaru Yamada)
Wall Ross has picked himself up after a few very depressing days, and has decided to travel to New York himself to surprise Wallrina and reunite with his one true love! Before he starts his journey he wants some songs to listen to about destinations he might visit or the things he might do there. For this category send in a song that’s about a place, region, or local custom (if you do this last option, provide more info with the submission). Maximum theme points will be awarded for submissions where the lyrics are about the place and don’t just mention them and for songs where instrumentation matches the location. (ie Music about Russia sounding Russian or music about Oktoberfest sounding German) The Bangles - Walk Like an Egyptian (YT: The Bangles - Walk Like an Egyptian (Video Version))
Men At Work - Down Under (YT: Men At Work - Down Under (Video))
MAN WITH A MISSION - Dead End in Tokyo (YT: MAN WITH A MISSION - Dead End in Tokyo)
Dschinghis Khan - Moskau (YT: Dschinghis Khan - Moskau 1979)
Wall Ross has travelled from his hometown of Wall City to the airport, and has prepared to board the first plane to Mexico (the tickets were cheaper than to New York) but he has one problem… he’s afraid of flying! Wall Ross needs to get over his fear of flying before the plane leaves tomorrow, and to do that he’s going to need to get acclimated by listening to some songs about flying. Preferably not scary ones. For this category send in a song with lyrics about airplanes, flying, space, or the sky. Maximum theme points will be awarded to songs that paint flying in a positive light and/or that are mainly about flying. Wall Ross has overcome his fear of flying and arrived in Mexico City! Now that he’s out of the airport however, he is scared for… other reasons. Wall Ross is pretty sure he heard a few gunshots, there’s a guy snorting weird powder over there, and a lot of people look very scary. In order to stay safe in Mexico City, Wall Ross wants to listen to some songs about this kind of stuff in order to learn more about it. For this category send me songs about crime, drugs, gangs, and/or the ghetto. For maximum theme points send in songs that are focused on several of these rather than just doing drugs or committing a crime. No, alcohol and cigarettes are not being counted for drugs here unless there’s something illegal going on. (Such as brewing alcohol illegally) Wall Ross has learned a lot after a few days in Mexico, and now he’s trying to find a way into the US. The only problem is that he’s almost broke (he didn’t think this out well) and has nobody he knows in Mexico. He was prepared to cut his losses and see if he couldn’t find a way back home, but then he found a flyer! “8th Annual DJ Versus Competition, Mexico City. Winner gets to do a live mix in El Paso, Texas all expenses paid!” Well, it looks like Wall Ross just found his ticket into the US. But first he needs to learn how to DJ and win the competition! For that he’ll want some songs that show off good mixing or how to get a crowd pumped up and involved. For this category send in songs mixed by DJs (preferably live) or songs where the crowd gets pumped up. More theme points are given for songs where both of these are present and for how technically impressive the mixing is and/or how pumped up/involved the crowd is. NOTE: You can submit long DJ sets, but please give timestamps for which part of the set I need to listen to. Transitions are important, so it’s fine to include more than normal, I’d rather I listen to parts of three songs than have some of the most creative parts cut off. Help me, ERINNNNN!! Live (YT: Help me, ERINNNNNN!! （ビートまりお） 東方ライブ映像)
Porter Robinson - Flicker x Connect (YT: Porter Robinson's "Flicker" X Claris "Connect")
The Seattle Symphony - Baby Got Back (YT: "Baby Got Back:" Sir Mix-A-Lot with the Seattle Symphony)
dj-Jo - X.U. feat. Un3h (dj-Jo Remix) Live Version (YT: dj-Jo @ The Geek Easy - Propeller Anime 10th Anniversary - October 22, 2016)
Wall Ross managed to study a lot in time for the competition, winning his way into doing a set in a club in El Paso, Texas! He’ll even get paid a little bit for it! Wall Ross packed his stuff and within the week was in El Paso, Texas, where he played a great set. After the show, while thinking to himself about how to get to New York City, Wall Ross started talking to himself. A man overheard him and said that he was in charge of a small transport business, and that he was willing to let Wall Ross drive a shipment he had going out to West Virginia, but that he’d need to talk to him first and get to know him. Wall Ross accepted and they started talking, but then the man asked what Wall Ross liked. Wall Ross was very confused by this question. Well, he liked Wallrina, but he couldn’t really think of anything else at the moment. He just did the DJ stuff to get here, and he’s not sure what the man wants to hear. Wall Ross quickly excused himself to the bathroom, and now he’s trying to brainstorm what he likes and needs songs urgently to give him ideas. For this category send in songs about people liking something such as an item, an activity, or anything really. Alternatively you can send in a song about something you like. [No, you liking the artist doesn’t count unless they spend the whole song talking about themselves.] (Songs about something you in particular like will score 0.1 on theme points unless they meet the other requirement, but are easier to submit.) Little Girls - Oingo Boingo (YT: Little Girls - Oingo boingo)
Kanye West & Lil Pump ft. Adele Givens - "I Love It" (YT: Kanye West & Lil Pump ft. Adele Givens - "I Love It" (Official Music Video))
Oomuro Sakurako - Kirai ippai x Suki ippai (YT: YuruYuri♪♪ - Kirai ippai x Suki ippai)
Sir Mix-A-Lot - Baby Got Back (YT: Sir Mix-A-Lot - Baby Got Back)
Wall Ross managed to talk to the man without too much trouble after figuring out a few things he could say he liked and is now trucking all the way from Texas to West Virginia. The only problem is that he isn’t used to being a trucker and this is kinda tough on him. He’s going to need some instrumental music to keep him awake while driving without distracting him too much with lyrics. For this category send in any song that’s completely instrumental. Everyone will start at 3.0 theme points for this category and lose a whole point every single time someone says something. This caps at 0.1 theme points, and if there are more three lyrics throughout the song then sorry, it’s a catfail instead. There will be no winner for the extra theme point unless something stands out as matching the theme extremely well, which I doubt anything will. Wall Ross managed to deliver the truck to West Virginia without too much trouble, but when he delivered the load he heard some noises coming from inside the crate while unloading it. He opened up the crate, afraid that someone was trapped inside, and found a metal man inside. Confused, he cautiously asked it what it was, and that’s when he was introduced to Mr. Roboto. Mr. Roboto is a state of the art machine, a combination of metal and man, and he really doesn’t to be sold off to help bottle Coca Cola. Wall Ross and Mr. Roboto struck a deal. Mr. Roboto will get Wall Ross to New York City and in exchange Wall Ross won’t deliver him. Mr. Roboto then told Wall Ross to “Hop on.” gesturing to his shoulders. Wall Ross, confused, jumped on and then Mr. Roboto blasted off into the sky, beginning to travel towards New York City. Now Wall Ross is sorta scared (he’s still not completely over his fear of flying) and confused, and he needs some songs about robots and technology to understand this! For this category send in songs about robots, computers, or other marvels of modern technology. Songs about futures either utopian or dystopian due to technology are also acceptable. Maximum theme points will be awarded to songs that focus the most on positive uses of futuristic technology and/or robots. Daft Punk - Technologic (YT: Daft Punk - Technologic)
Steins Gate OP - Hacking into the Gate(is about time travel) Mr. Roboto flew Wall Ross to New York City, and then went on his way. Now Wall Ross is finally in New York City, and is ready to visit Wallrina! Er, or he WOULD be, but… he’s not sure where she lives. Well, Wall figures that he’s done well keeping this visit a surprise so far and that it’s alright to contact her now to figure out where she lives, but… how exactly is he supposed to do that? He could write a letter (although he has nowhere to send it to), call her, send her an email, or maybe even send something by carrier pigeon. Wall Ross wants to listen to some songs about communication to figure out what the most appropriate way to do this is. For this category I want you to send me a song about any method of communication. Messages in bottles, phones, morse code, letters, they’re all fair game here. Wall Ross decided to call Wallrina and… it turns out she has a boyfriend in New York City. She only accepted Wall Ross’s confession because she was moving and thought it would make him feel better. Wall Ross, depressed, thought about leaving New York City, but… no, no, he can’t do that! He came so far and did so much to get here! He’s going to find Wallrina’s real boyfriend and beat him up! Once he does that Wallrina will know that Wall Ross is the better candidate! The only thing he needs to do first is find a badass song to set the fight to! For the this category I want you to send a song that would be an awesome theme to set a fight to. Wall Ross valiantly went to fight Wallrina’s boyfriend and… well, he got his ass kicked. His battle music and two hours of research into fighting didn’t seem to help him much. He limped away, defeated, falling into the depths of despair when he realized something. It didn’t matter if he had Wallrina. He traveled all the way to New York City and achieved a lot along the way. So what if he doesn’t have a girlfriend! Wall Ross thinks he’s awesome and that’s all that matters! Now he just needs some music to keep this thought in his head so he doesn’t get depressed again. For this category send in motivational songs that talk about having pride in oneself, how special/awesome you are, or that tell you to be in a good mood. You get more theme points if, just like this category title, you’re supposed to do this in the face of sadness. Chaos;Head ED - Super Special (YT: chaos head ED full ►Super Special◄)
Joe Esposito - You're The Best Around (YT: Joe Esposito You're The Best Around)
Aimee Blackschleger - Light Your Heart Up (YT: Aimee Blackschleger - Light your heart up)
IOSYS - Miracle Hina (YT: IOSYS - Miracle∞Hinacle english subs)
The deadline for the first cat is midnight, March 20th, CST. 1. BrainpanSonata (aka KnightsOfCydonia)
3. DaLetterEl 4. Aladyyn 5. shubaka17 6. Myzozoa 7. LordQuas 8. Lebossle 9. Robert Alfons 10. Newcomb 11. Zack 12. Manasi 13. Owner Of A Lonely Heart 14. Energy 15. EvanManManMan 16. Viggorous 17. Moose. 18. qwertyuiopazs |
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