i might swap my 5th and 6th playlists, and use the worst playlist ever™ this time.
Hey, I figured out what the secret is to making these DI playlists...
Put good fucking songs on it!
Anything with Arnold is great.
I actually sincerely enjoy a lot of that dude's movies.
Haha yes I probably will look stupid.
I don't actually know the secret. I don't actually know a damn thing.
I know the secret. Copy a previous winning playlist
I know the secret. Copy a previous winning playlist
Concepts = easy win.
True fact. I'm living proof, actually.
Damn you concepts for stealing the last place thunder!
Ideas that motivate the creation of a list is cool, I enjoy reading about why that choice was made and how it connects to everything and whatnot. If you're creative enough to string something like that together, awesome... some people even make whole narratives and shit, more power to them. Personally, I think it can restrict your choices in what to do and make listening to it a little tedious. If you like the songs and some thought went into their placement, then it's all gravy... but it shouldn't be overshadowed by everything else, you know?
I still maintain that it was given too much importance last time around and made the whole experience less fun for me and for others, in addition to other factors, but whatever. I'm incredibly psyched for this to start up.
So my DI4 list contributed to the downfall of the tournament?
No offense to those who enjoy it, because, if you can make it work, it's fairly epic, but yes, the whole idea of it last time round killed the game for me. In fact, it's still killing it for me a little. This time round I tried to make sure all the songs on the list were really songs I loved, and not what I thought people wanted to hear (though I don't think I achieved that last time when i tried lol). But the more I listen to my list, the more nervous i'm getting, because it's very me.
So my DI4 list contributed to the downfall of the tournament?
Most definitely.
Maybe I have a jaded opinion because I've "won" one of these things before, but it should be about making something that you like. Sure, it's a competition and you want to succeed, but catering to other people really takes the fun out of it, too. I've been accused of that in the past... not much else you can do other than tell that person to go fuck themselves and try and have fun.
You can't help but like what you like, so just roll with it, you know?
I hate to keep sounding like a broken record, but I don't want this to hurt anyone's experience with it this time around as it did to some last time.
Maybe I have a jaded opinion because I've "won" one of these things before, but it should be about making something that you like.
I see where you're coming from and it makes sense. I want to have fun with it, and I'm sure once my list is finally officially in I'll feel better about it, since I can't change it. I haven't changed the order since I sent it off to Chass for her to listen to, but the temptation is overwhelming, especially since I listened to your list. It's not that I want to chage the songs, it's the order of the songs I'm not comfortable with, and I just CAN'T for the life of me figure out what to do.
Personally, I think you're off-base for assuming that those of us who are attempting to do a little more with our playlists than just "have fun" are catering to others or dislike what we're doing. And that's really how your post comes off, to me anyway. Folks can view the tournament however they please, but I feel like I'm being bunched into these stereotypes and don't particularly care for it.
Hey Little Chopin, stop being so obtuse.