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Quick Informal Poll on the Concerts
Robert Khoo
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Just curious...
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I would just like to be put in the "Please don't invite MC Chris next year" camp.
I just don't think he fits well with the PAX setting... again.. personally.
edit: oh and feel free to rank if you'd like.
I respect your opinion, but you simply can't deny how the audience as a whole reacted to MCChris. He very much fit in.
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When I left and when I came back, there seemed to be plenty of people enjoying the show, so I think it would be a shame not to invite him back.
Conney Lin though, while very talented, was the least entertaining act as far as I'm concerned. The Video Game Pianist had a lot more variety and played similar songs better.
You do have a point...
I guess I should reword that as "he doesn't fit in with what i think PAX represents" =P
Yes I'm aware how stupid that statement is...
Anyway, my point stands. I just wanted my singular voice to be heard in case there was a multitude of others who agreed with me.
Also, my rankings (only for the second day cause i missed the first)
1. Minibosses
2. Connie Lin
10. MC Frontalot (he was fun, but had I seen the first night I'm sure I would have preferred some of them to him)
at the very bottom. MC Chris.
Yeah. She's great, but she needs to learn a few more songs.
Like some Chrono Trigger.
Last year I would have said the Minibosses being the first time I had seen them, although they still rocked this year it just wasnt as memorable this year. They kept asking for requests and other then the chanting of Contra they pretty much ignored all the other requests and played almost the exact same set as they did last year, they even started with Mega Man 2 and ended with Metroid again...
Connie Lin was my least favorite overall though, Im just not much of a fan of Final Fantasy and slow piano music is a great way to lull someone to sleep(I actually fell asleep during her performance last year) so I chose to leave and come back when the real concert started.
It seems pretty apparent that a lot of the hating (mine included) is brought on by genre tastes. What are the chances of dividing the bands based on genre next year? I think that would be pretty sweet.
You could have a hip-hop night, a rock night, and then awesome piano music in the afternoon or something.
They played Punch-Out! which I requested since the beginning...I dunno if they played that last year or not.
1. chris
2. Front
3. Minibosses
4. Optimus
5. Videogame Pianist
6. Neskimos
7. Connie Lin
That's not to say Connie was bad, just that she was my least favourite.
Aside from that, Minibosses were the highlight, along with both nights for piano, followed by frontalot and optimus rhyme.
I'm not overly into rap or hiphop at all, but I didn't mind it....even bought a usually-functional frontalot cd, although I couldn't find the minibosses to get a disc from them at all.
Optimus Rhyme put on the most amazing set of the night. Holy fuck, it was outstanding.
No, but for me at least, it's mostly because they didn't play enough games I was familiair with.
2. NESkimos. Rocked my fucking socks off. Great follow up to Optimus Rhyme.
3. McFrontalot. I had a hard time deciding who should get #3, but it definately goes to the 'Front.
4. Optimus Rhyme. I liked these guys alot, even though i'm still getting used to their more mellower style of rap.
5. Video Game Pianist. He was pretty cool, and I like him more than Conney Linn.
6. Conney Linn. Eh.
I'm not going to rank the Minibosses, since I didn't stick around to watch all of their set. My back was killing me from standing on too much concrete all day, so I went back to my hotel.
2. Optimus
3. Minibosses
Pretty much how I would lay it out. I missed every concert last year so, I can't compare them, but Front really came prepared and did the job plus he's easily one of the nicest guys I met.
I thought they sound a lot better than the crap-quality recordings I've heard in the past, but at the same time they felt overhyped to me. They also didn't play blades of steel or a boy and his blob and that made me sad.
Next year it would be really cool to have the Advantage or some of the Japanese metal bands that do video game music (the Black Mages, for instance) perform.
For PAX, there are enough people who really get into it, so I think they're good in that respect.
heh, I yelled that out a couple times myself, not really expecting them to play it but it would have been cool if they did.
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Someone made a face at me for yelling a boy and his blob, it's my buddy's favorite game and I was hoping to hear those two notes in all their rocked out glory!
I only saw Sat's stuff and since people are making lists & hierarchies here's mine.
1. mc chris (worked the crowd like none other)
2. minibosses (sounded tight, but too much distortion on the bass)
3. piano chick (she was wicked talented, just very chill for the amount of adrenaline in the night)
4. karaoke (I've never heard such a huge pop for someone FINALLY hitting the right pitch in a song)
50. mc frontalot (I couldn't hear his mic, the backup guy sounded clearer, I just wasn't into it)
Agreed.
1. You could tell they had specific songs they improved from last year, and they wanted to share it with us.
2. 'Takes a lot of work transcribing those songs from games to guitar/dums. They only have so many that are high quality enough to play.
3. The encores from chris, doubled with Meydenbouer's time limit, shortened the performance.
4. They didn't play every song requested, because they did play most of the songs that a large number of people requested. A boy and his blob would have been awesome, but if only two people requested it, compared to the thirteen who requested something else, the something else will get played. And theres the chance they hadn't made the song.
5. I Love metroid. It made me so happy that it was the finale' both years, and I hope it gets played in the future. And did anyone else noticed how much they improved it?
6. Ghosts and Goblins kicked ass. I'm glad I screamed that one, or it wouldnt have been played (even though I screamed Ghouls and Ghosts, on accident.)
They cast a shadow like a sundial in the morning light. It was half past 10.