Guess the Score Game

One day someone has to set an intense action sequence to that track from PORTRAIT OF A LADY - 'Phantasms of Love'. That would so work.

Look at those titles!
I would have just gotten one point anyway.

Me, I'm just playing for the heck of it, but I like the detail of going for track titles as well.
And it makes sense to me: the more details you know, the more points you garner.
Sure you could run a "guess the film" contest as well, and that could certainly be entertaining.
But even though I generally do piss-poorly, I do prefer the more intricate games.

Hehe, thanks BhelPuri; nice smiley! Would be nice if pictures would show automatically though.

Peter

Guess it's a taste issue. I love pictures, makes the threads varied and it's fancy when you can post composer pictures and CD covers, and use various smilies from across the net. Perhaps for people with a 12k modem it takes too long to load, but besides that I really can't see the problem.

Peter

Interesting point Thor. As a matter of fact I jokingly asked Michael if I could get at least one point for guessing John Williams for all clips.


Theoretically I would say the more one gambles, the more effort it is so points can be earned. Why not? It's called guess-the-score after all, not know-the-score, right?

Speaking for myself, when I play the game I like to keep it music related, rather than a gamble. If the clip is slow for instance, I would guess a love theme, or when it sounds like a finale, I would guess the end credits or something near the end, you get the idea. Of course I have done some random guesses as well, but it just isn't fun to do, so I would never go on until I got the right one.

This is where I understand Demetris' point: with the track titles, is it about gambling or about filmmusic knowledge? Although again I'd say the same goes for score title when you only know the composer! I have no problem with people gambling in the game. But as I just explained for myself I enjoy it most when it has something to do with what I know about filmmusic, like guessing composers by the style of music, or guessing track titles by the kind of clip. (Whether I'm good at it is a different thing of course...)

I know your question was a theoretical one and my theoretical answer would be that everyone is allowed to guess on until they get a full score, but I think we all agree it is only fun while it still has something to do with filmmusic knowledge and I am certain that's how the game is played, also with guessing the track titles!

On a more practical level: I experienced that some people who put up a game only allowed one guess per PM (per clip composer, score, track of course), while others let me (in despair ) guess three titles at once and counted one right. That raises an interesting question too whether there should be a rule for that or not. I think it's fair to say one guess at a time to make sure the efforts are equal.

My ideal game:

10 clips.
Has a theme.
I post who's entered their answers, but I don't post the points they've got.
Give 1 point for knowing/guessing the right score.
Give one point for knowing/guessing the right composer.
Only allow 3 guesses for each.

...but as I'm too lazy to make games, it doesn't really matter!

Hehe, I like your hypothetical thinking Steven.


Interesting!

But no. What would be the point in that? And do people really enjoy taking a fourth, fifth, sixth guess? I think three is already about where people give up. Or not?

Poo.
My games
- will always have a theme.
- have points for everything and Cool Titles for people getting things wrong in a spectacular way.
- will allow for as many guesses as you want.
- automatically deduct 50% of Michael's points (which won't stop him from winning anyway).
- will see Steven participate only to beat Bregt.
- will have Timmer always saying he'll play (though he never actually will).

This is all non-negotiable.

edit

I was just kidding around, Tim.

Cool rules! I would go for that....except that it's also interesting to know the points before the very end.

I understand that it's easy to give up after a few tries if you're trying to guess the composer or score and don't have a clue. However, it's different with track titles. If you have an Amazon page open, for example, with the complete track listing for the soundtrack that you have already guessed correctly, you could just go through it step by step if there were no limitations.....e.g. "is it main titles"? no, is it "donald steals the umbrella"? no, is it "the pissing contest"? no etc. untill you finally hit it.

Woohoo, new game!!!

Will give the clips a swirl this eve when I have done my daily reading.

Peter

For 5 bonus points will I or won't I play this new game?