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Thu 25 Jul

 

92 Harry Styles — Sign Of The Times

61 Clean Bandit ft. Zara Larsson — Symphony

45 Camila Cabello ft. Young Thug — Havana +4

24 Dua Lipa — New Rules -6

 

Happy Birthday @TQR, sorry but this game is more important than presents.

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25/07/24

 

92 Harry Styles — Sign Of The Times

65 Clean Bandit ft. Zara Larsson — Symphony +4

45 Camila Cabello ft. Young Thug — Havana 

18 Dua Lipa — New Rules -6

 

Happy birthday @TQR, but no. Sorry 

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25/07/24

 

92 Harry Styles — Sign Of The Times

65 Clean Bandit ft. Zara Larsson — Symphony

49 Camila Cabello ft. Young Thug — Havana +4

12 Dua Lipa — New Rules -6

 

Happy birthday @TQR, but...well, you know where I'm going with this.

 

I listened to all the remaining 5 last night and still think they could all have gone through. Would have accepted Rockabye's defeat as I'd forgotten the Sean Paul bit which sullies an otherwise lovely song. It really pains me to get rid of Dua's debut(?) hit, because it's great, but Havana deserves it more for me. And, I'll be honest, last night might have been the first time I've heard Sign of the Times from start to finish (I've heard the various bits before), and I'll accept it deserves a spot in the final. He's made some decent tunes has Harry since he ditched the rest of them.

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Pfffft yeah alright then, just end the fucking round and get a new batch in. Ideally before I sod off to bed.

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Thu 25 Jul

 

93 Harry Styles — Sign Of The Times  +1

67 Clean Bandit ft. Zara Larsson — Symphony  +2

50 Camila Cabello ft. Young Thug — Havana  +1

06 Dua Lipa — New Rules -6

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25/Jul/2024

 

93 Harry Styles — Sign Of The Times

67 Clean Bandit ft. Zara Larsson — Symphony

54 Camila Cabello ft. Young Thug — Havana +4

 

00 Dua Lipa — New Rules -6

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Righto, that'll do. On we go. Last qualifier before the final! 29 down to 4.

 

2018-19

 

Thu 25 Jul

 

21 Calvin Harris & Dua Lipa — One Kiss +1

21 Demi Lovato ft. Clean Bandit — Solo +1

21 Benny Blanco, Halsey & Khalid — Eastside +1

21 Stormzy — Vossi Bop +1

20 Eminem ft. Ed Sheeran — River

20 Drake — God’s Plan

20 Rudimental ft. Jess Glynne, Macklemore & Dan Caplen — These Days

20 Lil Dicky ft. Chris Brown — Freaky Friday

20 Drake — Nice For What

20 Jess Glynne — I’ll Be There

20 Baddiel, Skinner & The Lightning Seeds — Three Lions

20 Drake — In My Feelings

20 Calvin Harris & Sam Smith — Promises

20 Dave ft. Fredo — Funky Friday

20 Lady Gaga & Bradley Cooper — Shallow

20 Ariana Grande — Thank U, Next

20 Ladbaby — We Built This City

20 Ava Max — Sweet But Psycho

20 Ariana Grande — 7 Rings

20 Ariana Grande — Break Up With Your Girlfriend, I'm Bored

20 Lewis Capaldi — Someone You Loved

20 Lil Nas X — Old Town Road

20 Ed Sheeran & Justin Bieber — I Don't Care

20 Shawn Mendes & Camila Cabello — Senorita

20 Ed Sheeran ft. Khalid — Beautiful People

20 Ed Sheeran ft. Stormzy — Take Me Back To London

20 Tones And I — Dance Monkey

20 Ladbaby — I Love Sausage Rolls

14 George Ezra — Shotgun -6

 

I've never seen such a pile of shit in all my life. I've managed to give 1 point to every song in this round I like. The rest, absolute jizz. Shotgun, in my honest opinion, is the worst song of the decade, and yes I even include LadCunty in that.

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24/7/24 (still the 24th for me)

 

22 Lil Nas X — Old Town Road +2

22 Baddiel, Skinner & The Lightning Seeds — Three Lions +2

21 Calvin Harris & Dua Lipa — One Kiss

21 Demi Lovato ft. Clean Bandit — Solo

21 Benny Blanco, Halsey & Khalid — Eastside 

21 Stormzy — Vossi Bop 

20 Eminem ft. Ed Sheeran — River

20 Drake — God’s Plan

20 Rudimental ft. Jess Glynne, Macklemore & Dan Caplen — These Days

20 Lil Dicky ft. Chris Brown — Freaky Friday

20 Drake — Nice For What

20 Jess Glynne — I’ll Be There

20 Drake — In My Feelings

20 Calvin Harris & Sam Smith — Promises

20 Dave ft. Fredo — Funky Friday

20 Lady Gaga & Bradley Cooper — Shallow

20 Ariana Grande — Thank U, Next

20 Ladbaby — We Built This City

20 Ava Max — Sweet But Psycho

20 Ariana Grande — 7 Rings

20 Ariana Grande — Break Up With Your Girlfriend, I'm Bored

20 Lewis Capaldi — Someone You Loved

20 Ed Sheeran & Justin Bieber — I Don't Care

20 Shawn Mendes & Camila Cabello — Senorita

20 Ed Sheeran ft. Khalid — Beautiful People

20 Ed Sheeran ft. Stormzy — Take Me Back To London

20 Ladbaby — I Love Sausage Rolls

14 George Ezra — Shotgun 

14 Tones And I — Dance Monkey -6

 

Dance Monkey is the worst No.1 of all time and one of the worst songs ever.

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7/24/2024 (8:29 PM EST)

 

24 Lil Nas X — Old Town Road +2

22 Baddiel, Skinner & The Lightning Seeds — Three Lions

22 Lady Gaga & Bradley Cooper — Shallow +2

21 Calvin Harris & Dua Lipa — One Kiss

21 Demi Lovato ft. Clean Bandit — Solo

21 Benny Blanco, Halsey & Khalid — Eastside 

21 Stormzy — Vossi Bop 

20 Eminem ft. Ed Sheeran — River

20 Drake — God’s Plan

20 Rudimental ft. Jess Glynne, Macklemore & Dan Caplen — These Days

20 Lil Dicky ft. Chris Brown — Freaky Friday

20 Drake — Nice For What

20 Jess Glynne — I’ll Be There

20 Drake — In My Feelings

20 Calvin Harris & Sam Smith — Promises

20 Dave ft. Fredo — Funky Friday

20 Ariana Grande — Thank U, Next

20 Ladbaby — We Built This City

20 Ava Max — Sweet But Psycho

20 Ariana Grande — 7 Rings

20 Ariana Grande — Break Up With Your Girlfriend, I'm Bored

20 Lewis Capaldi — Someone You Loved

20 Ed Sheeran & Justin Bieber — I Don't Care

20 Shawn Mendes & Camila Cabello — Senorita

20 Ed Sheeran ft. Khalid — Beautiful People

20 Ed Sheeran ft. Stormzy — Take Me Back To London

14 Ladbaby — I Love Sausage Rolls -6

14 George Ezra — Shotgun 

14 Tones And I — Dance Monkey

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7/25/2024 

 

24 Lil Nas X — Old Town Road 

22 Baddiel, Skinner & The Lightning Seeds — Three Lions

22 Lady Gaga & Bradley Cooper — Shallow 

22 Calvin Harris & Dua Lipa — One Kiss +1

22 Demi Lovato ft. Clean Bandit — Solo +1

22 Benny Blanco, Halsey & Khalid — Eastside +1

22 Stormzy — Vossi Bop +1

20 Eminem ft. Ed Sheeran — River

20 Drake — God’s Plan

20 Rudimental ft. Jess Glynne, Macklemore & Dan Caplen — These Days

20 Lil Dicky ft. Chris Brown — Freaky Friday

20 Drake — Nice For What

20 Jess Glynne — I’ll Be There

20 Drake — In My Feelings

20 Calvin Harris & Sam Smith — Promises

20 Dave ft. Fredo — Funky Friday

20 Ariana Grande — Thank U, Next

20 Ladbaby — We Built This City

20 Ava Max — Sweet But Psycho

20 Ariana Grande — 7 Rings

20 Ariana Grande — Break Up With Your Girlfriend, I'm Bored

20 Lewis Capaldi — Someone You Loved

20 Ed Sheeran & Justin Bieber — I Don't Care

20 Shawn Mendes & Camila Cabello — Senorita

20 Ed Sheeran ft. Khalid — Beautiful People

20 Ed Sheeran ft. Stormzy — Take Me Back To London

12 Ladbaby — I Love Sausage Rolls -2

12 George Ezra — Shotgun -2

12 Tones And I — Dance Monkey -2

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7/25/2024 

 

24 Lil Nas X — Old Town Road 

22 Baddiel, Skinner & The Lightning Seeds — Three Lions

22 Lady Gaga & Bradley Cooper — Shallow 

22 Calvin Harris & Dua Lipa — One Kiss

22 Lewis Capaldi — Someone You Loved +2

22 Demi Lovato ft. Clean Bandit — Solo 

22 Benny Blanco, Halsey & Khalid — Eastside 

22 Stormzy — Vossi Bop 

20 Eminem ft. Ed Sheeran — River

20 Drake — God’s Plan

20 Rudimental ft. Jess Glynne, Macklemore & Dan Caplen — These Days

20 Lil Dicky ft. Chris Brown — Freaky Friday

20 Drake — Nice For What

20 Jess Glynne — I’ll Be There

20 Drake — In My Feelings

20 Calvin Harris & Sam Smith — Promises

20 Dave ft. Fredo — Funky Friday

20 Ariana Grande — Thank U, Next

20 Ladbaby — We Built This City

20 Ava Max — Sweet But Psycho

20 Ariana Grande — 7 Rings

20 Ariana Grande — Break Up With Your Girlfriend, I'm Bored

20 Ed Sheeran & Justin Bieber — I Don't Care

20 Shawn Mendes & Camila Cabello — Senorita

20 Ed Sheeran ft. Khalid — Beautiful People

20 Ed Sheeran ft. Stormzy — Take Me Back To London

14 George Ezra — Shotgun +2

12 Tones And I — Dance Monkey 

06 Ladbaby — I Love Sausage Rolls -6

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25.07.2024

 

26 Calvin Harris & Dua Lipa — One Kiss   +4

24 Lil Nas X — Old Town Road 

22 Baddiel, Skinner & The Lightning Seeds — Three Lions

22 Lady Gaga & Bradley Cooper — Shallow 

22 Lewis Capaldi — Someone You Loved 

22 Demi Lovato ft. Clean Bandit — Solo 

22 Benny Blanco, Halsey & Khalid — Eastside 

22 Stormzy — Vossi Bop 

20 Drake — God’s Plan

20 Rudimental ft. Jess Glynne, Macklemore & Dan Caplen — These Days

20 Lil Dicky ft. Chris Brown — Freaky Friday

20 Drake — Nice For What

20 Jess Glynne — I’ll Be There

20 Drake — In My Feelings

20 Calvin Harris & Sam Smith — Promises

20 Dave ft. Fredo — Funky Friday

20 Ariana Grande — Thank U, Next

20 Ladbaby — We Built This City

20 Ava Max — Sweet But Psycho

20 Ariana Grande — 7 Rings

20 Ariana Grande — Break Up With Your Girlfriend, I'm Bored

20 Ed Sheeran & Justin Bieber — I Don't Care

20 Shawn Mendes & Camila Cabello — Senorita

20 Ed Sheeran ft. Khalid — Beautiful People

20 Ed Sheeran ft. Stormzy — Take Me Back To London

14 George Ezra — Shotgun 

14 Eminem ft. Ed Sheeran — River   -6

12 Tones And I — Dance Monkey 

06 Ladbaby — I Love Sausage Rolls 

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25.07.2024

 

26 Calvin Harris & Dua Lipa — One Kiss

24 Lil Nas X — Old Town Road

24 Ariana Grande — Thank U, Next +4

22 Baddiel, Skinner & The Lightning Seeds — Three Lions

22 Lady Gaga & Bradley Cooper — Shallow 

22 Lewis Capaldi — Someone You Loved 

22 Demi Lovato ft. Clean Bandit — Solo 

22 Benny Blanco, Halsey & Khalid — Eastside 

22 Stormzy — Vossi Bop 

20 Drake — God’s Plan

20 Rudimental ft. Jess Glynne, Macklemore & Dan Caplen — These Days

20 Lil Dicky ft. Chris Brown — Freaky Friday

20 Drake — Nice For What

20 Jess Glynne — I’ll Be There

20 Drake — In My Feelings

20 Calvin Harris & Sam Smith — Promises

20 Dave ft. Fredo — Funky Friday

20 Ava Max — Sweet But Psycho

20 Ariana Grande — 7 Rings

20 Ariana Grande — Break Up With Your Girlfriend, I'm Bored

20 Ed Sheeran & Justin Bieber — I Don't Care

20 Shawn Mendes & Camila Cabello — Senorita

20 Ed Sheeran ft. Khalid — Beautiful People

20 Ed Sheeran ft. Stormzy — Take Me Back To London

14 George Ezra — Shotgun 

14 Eminem ft. Ed Sheeran — River

14 Ladbaby — We Built This City -6

12 Tones And I — Dance Monkey 

06 Ladbaby — I Love Sausage Rolls

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I'm passing this round, only know 4 of them (one of which was on its 4th or 5th reissue since 1996), none of which inspire me to listen to any of the others. The eldest (pop-music listening) young womble had b*ggered off to Uni by this point which reduced my exposure to this stuff considerably. Enjoy.

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25th July

 

26 Calvin Harris & Dua Lipa — One Kiss

26 Lil Nas X — Old Town Road +2

24 Stormzy — Vossi Bop +2

24 Ariana Grande — Thank U, Next

22 Baddiel, Skinner & The Lightning Seeds — Three Lions

22 Lady Gaga & Bradley Cooper — Shallow 

22 Lewis Capaldi — Someone You Loved 

22 Demi Lovato ft. Clean Bandit — Solo 

22 Benny Blanco, Halsey & Khalid — Eastside

20 Drake — God’s Plan

20 Rudimental ft. Jess Glynne, Macklemore & Dan Caplen — These Days

20 Lil Dicky ft. Chris Brown — Freaky Friday

20 Drake — Nice For What

20 Jess Glynne — I’ll Be There

20 Drake — In My Feelings

20 Calvin Harris & Sam Smith — Promises

20 Dave ft. Fredo — Funky Friday

20 Ava Max — Sweet But Psycho

20 Ariana Grande — 7 Rings

20 Ariana Grande — Break Up With Your Girlfriend, I'm Bored

20 Ed Sheeran & Justin Bieber — I Don't Care

20 Shawn Mendes & Camila Cabello — Senorita

20 Ed Sheeran ft. Khalid — Beautiful People

20 Ed Sheeran ft. Stormzy — Take Me Back To London

14 George Ezra — Shotgun 

14 Eminem ft. Ed Sheeran — River

14 Ladbaby — We Built This City

12 Tones And I — Dance Monkey 

 

 

00 Ladbaby — I Love Sausage Rolls -6

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25/7/2024

 

26 Calvin Harris & Dua Lipa — One Kiss

26 Lil Nas X — Old Town Road 

24 Jess Glynne — I’ll Be There +4

24 Stormzy — Vossi Bop 

24 Ariana Grande — Thank U, Next

22 Lady Gaga & Bradley Cooper — Shallow 

22 Lewis Capaldi — Someone You Loved 

22 Demi Lovato ft. Clean Bandit — Solo 

22 Benny Blanco, Halsey & Khalid — Eastside

20 Drake — God’s Plan

20 Rudimental ft. Jess Glynne, Macklemore & Dan Caplen — These Days

20 Lil Dicky ft. Chris Brown — Freaky Friday

20 Drake — Nice For What

20 Drake — In My Feelings

20 Calvin Harris & Sam Smith — Promises

20 Dave ft. Fredo — Funky Friday

20 Ava Max — Sweet But Psycho

20 Ariana Grande — 7 Rings

20 Ariana Grande — Break Up With Your Girlfriend, I'm Bored

20 Ed Sheeran & Justin Bieber — I Don't Care

20 Shawn Mendes & Camila Cabello — Senorita

20 Ed Sheeran ft. Khalid — Beautiful People

20 Ed Sheeran ft. Stormzy — Take Me Back To London

16 Baddiel, Skinner & The Lightning Seeds — Three Lions -6

14 George Ezra — Shotgun 

14 Eminem ft. Ed Sheeran — River

14 Ladbaby — We Built This City

12 Tones And I — Dance Monkey 

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25/7/2024

 

30 Calvin Harris & Dua Lipa — One Kiss +4

26 Lil Nas X — Old Town Road 

24 Jess Glynne — I’ll Be There

24 Stormzy — Vossi Bop 

24 Ariana Grande — Thank U, Next

22 Lady Gaga & Bradley Cooper — Shallow 

22 Lewis Capaldi — Someone You Loved 

22 Demi Lovato ft. Clean Bandit — Solo 

22 Benny Blanco, Halsey & Khalid — Eastside

20 Drake — God’s Plan

20 Rudimental ft. Jess Glynne, Macklemore & Dan Caplen — These Days

20 Lil Dicky ft. Chris Brown — Freaky Friday

20 Drake — Nice For What

20 Drake — In My Feelings

20 Calvin Harris & Sam Smith — Promises

20 Dave ft. Fredo — Funky Friday

20 Ava Max — Sweet But Psycho

20 Ariana Grande — 7 Rings

20 Ariana Grande — Break Up With Your Girlfriend, I'm Bored

20 Ed Sheeran & Justin Bieber — I Don't Care

20 Shawn Mendes & Camila Cabello — Senorita

20 Ed Sheeran ft. Khalid — Beautiful People

20 Ed Sheeran ft. Stormzy — Take Me Back To London

16 Baddiel, Skinner & The Lightning Seeds — Three Lions

14 George Ezra — Shotgun 

14 Eminem ft. Ed Sheeran — River

14 Ladbaby — We Built This City

06 Tones And I — Dance Monkey -6

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25/Jul/2024

 

30 Calvin Harris & Dua Lipa — One Kiss

26 Lil Nas X — Old Town Road

24 Lady Gaga & Bradley Cooper — Shallow +2

24 Lewis Capaldi — Someone You Loved +2

24 Jess Glynne — I’ll Be There

24 Stormzy — Vossi Bop

24 Ariana Grande — Thank U, Next

22 Demi Lovato ft. Clean Bandit — Solo

22 Benny Blanco, Halsey & Khalid — Eastside

20 Drake — God’s Plan

20 Rudimental ft. Jess Glynne, Macklemore & Dan Caplen — These Days

20 Lil Dicky ft. Chris Brown — Freaky Friday

20 Drake — Nice For What

20 Drake — In My Feelings

20 Calvin Harris & Sam Smith — Promises

20 Dave ft. Fredo — Funky Friday

20 Ava Max — Sweet But Psycho

20 Ariana Grande — 7 Rings

20 Ariana Grande — Break Up With Your Girlfriend, I’m Bored

20 Shawn Mendes & Camila Cabello — Senorita

20 Ed Sheeran ft. Khalid — Beautiful People

20 Ed Sheeran ft. Stormzy — Take Me Back To London

16 Baddiel, Skinner & The Lightning Seeds — Three Lions

14 George Ezra — Shotgun

14 Eminem ft. Ed Sheeran — River

14 LadBaby — We Built This City

14 Ed Sheeran & Justin Bieber — I Don’t Care -6

06 Tones And I — Dance Monkey

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25/7/24

 

30 Calvin Harris & Dua Lipa — One Kiss

26 Lil Nas X — Old Town Road

24 Lady Gaga & Bradley Cooper — Shallow

24 Lewis Capaldi — Someone You Loved

24 Jess Glynne — I’ll Be There

24 Stormzy — Vossi Bop

24 Ariana Grande — Thank U, Next

22 Demi Lovato ft. Clean Bandit — Solo

22 Benny Blanco, Halsey & Khalid — Eastside

20 Baddiel, Skinner & The Lightning Seeds — Three Lions +4

20 Drake — God’s Plan

20 Rudimental ft. Jess Glynne, Macklemore & Dan Caplen — These Days

20 Lil Dicky ft. Chris Brown — Freaky Friday

20 Drake — Nice For What

20 Drake — In My Feelings

20 Calvin Harris & Sam Smith — Promises

20 Dave ft. Fredo — Funky Friday

20 Ava Max — Sweet But Psycho

20 Ariana Grande — 7 Rings

20 Ariana Grande — Break Up With Your Girlfriend, I’m Bored

20 Shawn Mendes & Camila Cabello — Senorita

20 Ed Sheeran ft. Khalid — Beautiful People

20 Ed Sheeran ft. Stormzy — Take Me Back To London

14 George Ezra — Shotgun

14 Eminem ft. Ed Sheeran — River

14 LadBaby — We Built This City

14 Ed Sheeran & Justin Bieber — I Don’t Care 

00 Tones And I — Dance Monkey -6

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I'll skip this one.  The only ones I know are hideous.  I'd be in if I could swap my upvotes for downvotes :lol:

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22 minutes ago, Toast said:

I'll skip this one.  The only ones I know are hideous.  I'd be in if I could swap my upvotes for downvotes :lol:

 

Tbh I'm not sure I blame you and GUB for skipping this round. It's an awful set. I know all of them, only 4 of them are worthy of points IMO and one of those (Vossi Bop) is mostly because of the line "I could never die, I'm Chuck Norris, Fuck the government and Fuck Boris".

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26 minutes ago, Toast said:

I'll skip this one.  

Meh! Me too. One I would downvote every time and the other I’d upvote. Don’t know a lot of them. 

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Fucking hell I'm gonna have to give people two votes a day at this rate.

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42 minutes ago, Toast said:

I'll skip this one.  The only ones I know are hideous.  I'd be in if I could swap my upvotes for downvotes :lol:

 

13 minutes ago, Paul Bearer said:

Meh! Me too. One I would downvote every time and the other I’d upvote. Don’t know a lot of them. 

 

Is there actually anything in the rules that says you absolutely have to use all your points? (i.e. don't use the up ones). Anyway, seems against the spirit even if there isn't.

I actually highlighted all of them in the last round and did 'search google' and played them for a bit - the best of them were 'banal and derivative' to me - the worst? Let's not eh?

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23 minutes ago, En Passant said:

Is there actually anything in the rules that says you absolutely have to use all your points? Anyway, seems against the spirit even if there isn't.

 

It has always kind of been a rule to use all of the +4 and -6 you are given, though the rules as Book, Wannamaker and I have written them have just said "every day you can give +4 and -6...". None of us have said 'must'. The main thing that matters is that the scores are a net negative, otherwise the game may not move. Might be an idea, for fairness, to keep the net negative of -2; so a choice of +0/-2, +1/-3, +2/-4, +3/-5, +4/-6.

 

Voting for the least worst isn't that difficult, even if it's only out of the ones you know. It's preferable that players familiarise themselves with them all but tbh, if you don't know them, that indicates lack of cultural impact, which is arguably grounds to ignore/remove them anyway.

 

But, contrary to popular belief, I'm not a dictator, so I'll allow not using the whole allocation if that's what everyone wants to do. Let me know what you think, everyone.

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