How many times have you accurately predicted the outcome by the way
Almost every year. The last couple have been pretty hard to predict though. Didn't bet this year as I was saving as much cash as poss for Japan, and the odds for Sweden winning were not worth it by the time I actually thought about betting.
The best song almost always wins, so i's quite easy to predict a winner if you know the songs. Most people don't hear any until the day of the final though.
Damien wrote:The best song almost always wins, so i's quite easy to predict a winner if you know the songs. Most people don't hear any until the day of the final though.
When did that start happening? The song that won in 2007 was garbage. Also, I had Sweden that year (whose song was way better btw), can I please get paid now?
Damien wrote:The best song almost always wins, so i's quite easy to predict a winner if you know the songs. Most people don't hear any until the day of the final though.
When did that start happening? The song that won in 2007 was garbage. Also, I had Sweden that year (whose song was way better btw), can I please get paid now?
Yeah that was a very off year. Vampires Are Alive should have won!
Damien wrote:The best song almost always wins, so i's quite easy to predict a winner if you know the songs. Most people don't hear any until the day of the final though.
Best song is subjective. Unless you've got one or two good songs amidst a sea of crap, I don't see how you can predict it based on that. If it was "most popular" that would be easier to follow, but if no one's heard of it anyway, that wouldn't seem to work. Guess you just have the same taste as the judges.
It's hard to explain. My favourite song barely ever wins but it's not being my favourite that makes me pick it out as the best. It's usually a song that stands out and above all overs... except for the year Fei was talking about. Serbia made their contest debut and Swept it away. Apparently that artist was huge in Eastern Europe though.
Unrelatededly, the current Humble Bundle is highly novel in that Nintendo joined up and you pay what you want for Wii U and 3DS downloadable games instead of for Steam games.
I don't have any of the Wii U games, so I'm certainly getting it. I'm paying $10 so that I get a couple extra games that you don't get if you pay less than that. However, I don't have a 3DS, so I will end up with some download codes for games that I doubt I'll ever be able to play. If anyone has a 3DS (Damien?) but isn't planning to get the whole Humble Bundle, I could pass along those codes to you (unless there ends up being something that ties everything to one Nintendo account).
Looks like the 3DS-only games (ie, not including cross-platform which I can play on Wii U) are "Woah Dave!", "Mighty Switch Force!", and "Moon Chronicles", and possibly more as more will be added to the bundle sometime in the next few days.
EDIT: Actually, looks like I get separate codes for the 3DS and Wii U versions of cross-platform games, so it currently includes "OlliOlli" and "SteamWorld Dig" too.
SingStar is a fucking mess now. They tried to make it seem fresh and new and ended up ruining it, making it buggy as hell, then abandoning updates and support. Not bitter at all
Lord Golbez wrote:Whoa! Vibing_V! When's the last time you posted? Make sure to post again tomorrow!
And congratulations on your chai!
I think I posted in this thread a couple years ago randomly. But mostly not for aaaaaaaaaaaages. Scared to think how long ago.
OMG Godo you saved that!!! Haha awesome.
You were my saviour. I had fun playing Serious Sam on that machine. I owe you! Maybe I can mail you some cookies or something.
Do you still drive trucks?
Edit: upon closer inspection I now see why you saved that tidbit. lol