The B&C Best Albums of 2013 Thread

[LemonMelon]

My guess was even more impressive since I had to work in the confines of Peef's deluded mind.

 

[mikal]

Hey a quick question: I noticed mikal's list only had 10 albums. Is that allowed? I thought you had to list 15, didn't know you could spread more points among fewer albums.

May affect how I finish my list.

Shit. I missed that rule. I'll edit mine tomorrow.

 

[PhilsFan]

I guess I've allowed it this time. I hate it and think it's cheating the system but I don't feel like putting forth the effort of arguing over it.

Mikal, you're not the only one to do this. I think four lists have ten albums (three plus the one where five albums got "zero" votes).

 

[lazarus]

l DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO HERE, GUYS.

I wasn't trying to get anyone in trouble, but obviously if you list less albums, you're weighting the ones you did pick heavier than everyone else's. So it's going to skew the results.

Sorry, Peef.

 

[PhilsFan]

Sure, that math stuff. But whatever. It's just a stupid fucking list.

 

[bono_212]

If Laz had been paying attention, he'd have realized that I pointed this out yesterday

 

[LMP]

If Laz had been paying attention, he'd have realized that I pointed this out yesterday

Were you listening to the National at the time? Then that insight is NULL & VOID.

 

[lazarus]

Looks like Trouble did Find You.

All of you.

 

[bono_212]

Were you listening to the National at the time? Then that insight is NULL & VOID.

Definitely living in a National-free zone over here at the time.

 

[iron yuppie]

l DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO HERE, GUYS.

I wasn't trying to get anyone in trouble, but obviously if you list less albums, you're weighting the ones you did pick heavier than everyone else's. So it's going to skew the results.

Sorry, Peef.

If you're concerned about the weights, you could just use a proportion of the points for ten albums or whatever, so basically you would have 67 points to spread out over 10 rather than 100 over 15.

 

[LemonMelon]

It's only fair. People who do 10 instead of 15 are 2/3rds of a person.

 

[cobl04]

I don't see the big deal. Not everyone can listen to nine million albums a year. I'll have my list on the 5th my time, so 4th for most of y'all.

 

[bono_212]

No one's calling into question whether only rating ten is valid, it's whether a person ranking ten albums should get the same number of points to work with. By default, if they get the same number, there are less albums they're giving less points to and more albums they're giving more points to, so it's ever so slightly skewed.

 

[mikal]

If you guys want me to put 5 more albums on my list, I'm still not including The National.

 

[u2popmofo]

I'm going to use a flame thrower on anyone who doesn't include 15.

 

[Danny Boy]

If you're concerned about the weights, you could just use a proportion of the points for ten albums or whatever, so basically you would have 67 points to spread out over 10 rather than 100 over 15.

I thought about that, but then someone ranking 15 albums could give 95 points to their top 10. If it were up to me, I would just deduct one point from albums 6-10.

 

[Danny Boy]

I'm going to use a flame thrower on anyone who doesn't include 15.

This is also an excellent solution.

 

[bono_212]

+1

 

[lazarus]

If you guys want me to put 5 more albums on my list, I'm still not including The National.

 

[lazarus]

I'm listing 7 albums. The first 6 get 15 points each, and the last one gets 10.

See you all in hell.

 

[Danny Boy]

I'm listing 7 albums. The first 6 get 15 points each, and the last one gets 10.

See you all in hell.

This is exactly why we need a rule.

 

[lazarus]

A shame no one was Protecting This House.

 

[PhilsFan]

I'm going to use a flame thrower on anyone who doesn't include 15.

Who told you they invented that? You've suddenly became a very dangerous man now that you've graduated from the musket. Shit.

 

[phanan]

I don't think it will make much of a difference in the end. We'll still have the same winner.

 

[iron yuppie]

Looks like Trouble did Find You.

All of you.

We're all just pretending to like the album anyway.

 

[mikal]

If I were to vote for the band "Baritone Coldplay", would that vote count for The National?

Sent from my Nexus 5 using U2 Interference mobile app

 

[iron yuppie]

Well, a few National songs do have piano, so that's obviously an accurate description.

 

[lazarus]

Maybe it's a good thing that Peef never finished the Bowie survivor.

 

[mikal]

Well, a few National songs do have piano, so that's obviously an accurate description.

 

[nielsgov]

I remember you really liking High Violet, mikal. What happened?