# New Music Game Season #2

**URL:** <https://community.goactuary.com/t/new-music-game-season-2/4000>\
**Category:** Games\
**Tags:** music, thread-games\
**Created:** [September 15, 2021, 2:48pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/new-music-game-season-2/4000 "2021-09-15T14:48:53Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 20\
**Page:** 1

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**Author:** ![IPD](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/ipd/32/179_2.png) [@IPD](https://community.goactuary.com/u/IPD)\
**Post date:** [September 15, 2021, 2:48pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/new-music-game-season-2/4000/1 "2021-09-15T14:48:54Z")

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**Welcome to the New Music Game Season #2**

This will be a 10 week season!

Anybody can join at any time. Just because you missed a round does not mean you can never join. The more the merrier.

**The rules are simple:**  
Each week or so mod (IPD) will submit a theme (examples: songs with no lyrics, songs under 80bpm, etc)  
**You will need to:**  
::: Submit one song (including the artist) to me via PM to me that fits into the theme :::  
**You may never:**  
::: Submit a song **by an artist that has already been used** in this game. At any point. Ever. (Artists cannot be reused. Songs can if covered by a different artist):::

Once I collect the entries after a few days (no strict time on that but probably like a week or less I dunno we’ll see how the game goes) I will post a poll in ABC order with all the songs that were submitted that week. I won’t say who submitted them.

At that point, vote for a song that is not the one you submitted. It can be for any reason. It can be your favorite. It can be because it elicited nostalgia. Maybe you are happy you were introduced to it, I dunno you do you. **Your vote will count as long as you have ever submitted a song in this game at any point, any season, or have posted in the thread at some point before the poll is released**

**Scoring:**  
After a few days I will award points to posters who get the most votes for their songs. The number of songs (n) will determine the number of winners I give points to equal to n/4 rounded up. The amount of points will equal 2x+1 to first place (where x = number of winners), and then 2 fewer points to each subsequent winner. So for instance with 9 participants I will give the winner 7 points, 2nd place 5 points, and 3rd place 3 points. Ties will split the points evenly. You cannot earn any points if you got 0 votes.

**Exceptions/Special Rules:**

- If two participants submit a song by the same artist in the week I will allow it, as long as it’s not the same song. If it’s the same song then I will reject the 2nd submittal.
- You can submit the same song from previous rounds if it’s a cover with a different artist.
- If a song has multiple artists, the “main” artist will count at the mod’s discretion.
- If you have multiple accounts please only use one alt to play.

There’s no ultimate winner, but I will keep a tally of cumulative points. Submitting youtube videos of the song is appreciated. Discussion of music and the songs submitted is also encouraged!

[Link to Season 1](https://community-new.goactuary.com/t/new-music-game/3021?u=ipd) (winner @YankeeTripper)

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**Author:** ![IPD](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/ipd/32/179_2.png) [@IPD](https://community.goactuary.com/u/IPD)\
**Post date:** [September 15, 2021, 2:49pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/new-music-game-season-2/4000/2 "2021-09-15T14:49:06Z")

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Round 1 - Submit a song that makes you happy - [Poll in post #15](https://community-new.goactuary.com/t/new-music-game-season-2/4000/15?u=ipd)  
Round 2 - Submit a song where the lyrics do not match the beat - [Poll in post #47](https://community-new.goactuary.com/t/new-music-game-season-2/4000/47?u=ipd)  
Round 3 - Submit a song without a 4/4 time signature - [Poll in post #75](https://community-new.goactuary.com/t/new-music-game-season-2/4000/75?u=ipd)  
Round 4 - Submit a song with at least 6 consectuive "Na"s - [Poll in post #131](https://community-new.goactuary.com/t/new-music-game-season-2/4000/131?u=ipd)  
Round 5 - Submit a pump up song - [Poll in post #157](https://community-new.goactuary.com/t/new-music-game-season-2/4000/157?u=ipd)  
Round 6 - Submit a song by a British artist - [Poll in post #183](https://community-new.goactuary.com/t/new-music-game-season-2/4000/183?u=ipd)

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**Author:** ![IPD](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/ipd/32/179_2.png) [@IPD](https://community.goactuary.com/u/IPD)\
**Post date:** [September 15, 2021, 2:49pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/new-music-game-season-2/4000/3 "2021-09-15T14:49:22Z")

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Artists no longer allowed to be picked (weekly winners will have a link to the song here, otherwise you can find the songs used throughout the thread in the polls):

**50 Cent**  
**Aerosmith**  
**AFI**  
**The Alan Parsons Project**  
**The Aquabats**  
**Arrogant Worms**  
**Avalanche**  
**Bad Company** [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xdvI4G11eBk](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xdvI4G11eBk)  
**Beach Boys**  
**The Beatles**  
**Black Sabbath**  
**Bliss n Eso**  
**Blue Oyster Cult**  
**Bon Jovi**  
**Bruce Springsteen**  
**The Cardigans**  
**Charlie Dore**  
**Chevelle** [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=trinU3VD1Zo](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=trinU3VD1Zo)  
**Chris Malinchak and Kiesza** [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pFlum-\_TfMk](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pFlum-_TfMk)  
**Class**  
**Cowboy Junkies**  
**Cream**  
**Dadi Freyr**  
**The Darkness**  
**Daughtry**  
**Dave Brubeck Quartet** [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tT9Eh8wNMkw](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tT9Eh8wNMkw)  
**David Bromberg** [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XoJf5EWNBho](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XoJf5EWNBho)  
**Dead Can Dance**  
**Delgados**  
**Dexys Midnight Runners**  
**Digital Underground**  
**Dramarama**  
**Dropkick Murphys**  
**Ed Sheeran**  
**Electric Light Orchestra**  
**Elton John**  
**Eric Johnson** [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aiRn3Zlw3Rw](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aiRn3Zlw3Rw)  
**Fairport Convention**  
**The Five Fairsteps**  
**The Flashbulb**  
**Flight of the Conchords**  
**Flogging Molly**  
**Florence and the Machine**  
**Foster the People**  
**The Fratellis - Flathead** [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fz2ZDeTYgTs](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fz2ZDeTYgTs)  
**Freddy Fender**  
**Gary Jules**  
**Glen Hansard** [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k8mtXwtapX4](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k8mtXwtapX4)  
**Gorillaz**  
**The Grateful Dead**  
**Haddaway**  
**Hail Mary Mallon**  
**Heart**  
**Ida Maria**  
**InsideOut**  
**The Interrupters** [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q7Ol-YDS4Jc](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q7Ol-YDS4Jc)  
**J Geils Band**  
**Jeff Buckley**  
**Jefferson Airplane**  
**Jimi Hendrix Experience**  
**Joe Cocker**  
**Joe Satriani**  
**Joe Strummer & The Mescaleros**  
**John Cafferty & The Beaver Brown Band**  
**John Denver** [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1vrEljMfXYo](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1vrEljMfXYo)  
**John Williams**  
**Johnny Paycheck**  
**Jose Feliciano**  
**Julieta Venegas** [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tIpzfs5tBJU](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tIpzfs5tBJU)  
**Kenny Rogers**  
**The Lathums**  
**League of Legends**  
**Led Zeppelin**  
**Lil Dicky**  
**Linkin Park**  
**Lustra**  
**Mana**  
**Maneskin**  
**Martin Briley**  
**Maynard Ferguson**  
**Metallica** [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tAGnKpE4NCI](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tAGnKpE4NCI)  
**Michael Jackson**  
**The Mighty Mighty Bosstones**  
**The Misfits** [https://youtu.be/F39UP1mjAnc](https://youtu.be/F39UP1mjAnc)  
**Molly Hatchet**  
**Motley Crue**  
**My Chemical Romance** [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RRKJiM9Njr8](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RRKJiM9Njr8)  
**Nano**  
**Nas** [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1FSv-rIKt1U](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1FSv-rIKt1U)  
**Nena**  
**Newton Faulkner**  
**Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds**  
**Nine Inch Nails**  
**Norman Greenbaum** [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AZQxH\_8raCI](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AZQxH_8raCI)  
**NRBQ**  
**Oasis**  
**Of Monsters and Men**  
**Olivia Rodrigo**  
**One Direction**  
**Owl City**  
**Ozzy Osborne**  
**Pachelbel**  
**PCCB**  
**Pearl Jam**  
**Peter Gabriel**  
**P!nk**  
**PJ Harvey**  
**Powfu**  
**Prince**  
**The Proclaimers**  
**Protest the Hero**  
**Queen** [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fJ9rUzIMcZQ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fJ9rUzIMcZQ)  
**Ramin Djawadi**  
**Ray Stevens** [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K16fG1sDagU](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K16fG1sDagU)  
**Reel Big Fish**  
**Rodrigo y Gabriela**  
**The Rolling Stones** [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O4irXQhgMqg](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O4irXQhgMqg)  
**Samantha Fish** [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UPjSsvj6mlg](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UPjSsvj6mlg)  
**Say Anything**  
**Scatman John**  
**Seether**  
**Shakalabbits**  
**Sixpence None the Richer**  
**Snarky Puppy**  
**Soft Cell**  
**Stealers Wheel**  
**Steam**  
**Stevie Nicks & Don Henley**  
**Sting**  
**Streetlight Manifesto**  
**The Struts** [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GcvBnhq0lFA](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GcvBnhq0lFA)  
**Sufjan Stevens**  
**The Summer Set**  
**Swans**  
**Taking Back Sunday**  
**Ten Years After**  
**Tenacious D**  
**The Thamesmen**  
**They Might Be Giants**  
**Thin Lizzy**  
**TobyMac**  
**Tom Jones**  
**Tom Walker**  
**T’Pau**  
**WALK THE MOON** [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6JCLY0Rlx6Q](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6JCLY0Rlx6Q)  
**The Wallflowers**  
**Warren Zevon**  
**Weezer**  
**The Who**  
**Wild Cherry**  
**Will Smith**  
**Wilson Pickett**  
**Wolfmother**  
**Wu-Tang Clan**  
**Yaz**  
**Yes**

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**Author:** ![IPD](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/ipd/32/179_2.png) [@IPD](https://community.goactuary.com/u/IPD)\
**Post date:** [September 15, 2021, 2:49pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/new-music-game-season-2/4000/4 "2021-09-15T14:49:32Z")

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| Player | TotScore | Score/Wk | 3-2-1 Score | 3-2-1/Wk | WksPlayed | WksScored | Rd1 | Rd2 | Rd3 | Rd4 | Rd5 | Rd6 | Rd7 |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| IPD | 24.00 | 3.43 | 10 | 1.43 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 5 |
| YankeeTripper | 22.50 | 3.21 | 11 | 1.57 | 7 | 6 | 1.5 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 |
| OutdoormanNowActuary | 10.33 | 1.72 | 7 | 1.17 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 0 | | 1.33 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| OldTimer | 9.67 | 1.61 | 6 | 1.00 | 6 | 2 | 0 | | 2.67 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| MayanActuary | 9.00 | 1.29 | 7 | 1.00 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2.67 | 1.33 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| Kat987 | 8.42 | 1.40 | 6 | 1.00 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 0.75 | 2.67 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Rastiln | 4.08 | 0.68 | 5 | 0.83 | 6 | 4 | | 0.75 | 0 | 1.33 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| AbstractActuary | 3.25 | 0.46 | 3 | 0.43 | 7 | 3 | 1.5 | 0.75 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Marcie | 2.33 | 0.33 | 3 | 0.43 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.33 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Celalta | 1.75 | 0.58 | 2 | 0.67 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0.75 | | | | | 1 |
| DeepPurple | 1.33 | 0.44 | 2 | 0.67 | 3 | 1 | | | | 1.33 | 0 | 0 | |
| ALivelySedative | 1.33 | 1.33 | 2 | 2.00 | 1 | 1 | | | | 1.33 | | | |
| Vorian\_Atreides | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | | | |

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**Author:** ![IPD](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/ipd/32/179_2.png) [@IPD](https://community.goactuary.com/u/IPD)\
**Post date:** [September 15, 2021, 2:49pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/new-music-game-season-2/4000/5 "2021-09-15T14:49:42Z")

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Artists brought back into the season 2 pool from season 1:  
Billy Joel  
The Corrs  
Daughtry  
Eminem  
Guns N Roses  
Johnny Cash  
Michael Jackson  
Nirvana  
Snow Tha Product  
Sublime  
Weird Al Yankovic

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**Author:** ![IPD](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/ipd/32/179_2.png) [@IPD](https://community.goactuary.com/u/IPD)\
**Post date:** [September 15, 2021, 3:03pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/new-music-game-season-2/4000/7 "2021-09-15T15:03:38Z")

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Prior Season Participants:  
@YankeeTripper  
@DeepPurple  
@Marcie  
@OutdoormanNowActuary  
@AbstractActuary  
@Kat987  
@Vorian_Atreides  
@Rastiln

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**Author:** ![IPD](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/ipd/32/179_2.png) [@IPD](https://community.goactuary.com/u/IPD)\
**Post date:** [September 15, 2021, 3:04pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/new-music-game-season-2/4000/8 "2021-09-15T15:04:24Z")

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Prior Season Participants:  
@OldTimer  
@Celalta  
@MayanActuary  
@BG5150  
@soyleche  
@IPD

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**Author:** ![IPD](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/ipd/32/179_2.png) [@IPD](https://community.goactuary.com/u/IPD)\
**Post date:** [September 15, 2021, 3:08pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/new-music-game-season-2/4000/9 "2021-09-15T15:08:11Z")

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We are starting out general and easy for round 1:

**Submit a song that makes you happy**

Try to get you entry in by Friday. Week 1 might be a little longer depending on how things go.

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**Author:** ![Vorian\_Atreides](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/vorian_atreides/32/65623_2.png) [@Vorian\_Atreides](https://community.goactuary.com/u/Vorian_Atreides)\
**Post date:** [September 15, 2021, 5:49pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/new-music-game-season-2/4000/10 "2021-09-15T17:49:43Z")

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I wonder if Pharrell Williams will show up . . .

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**Author:** ![MayanActuary](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/mayanactuary/32/8794_2.png) [@MayanActuary](https://community.goactuary.com/u/MayanActuary)\
**Post date:** [September 15, 2021, 5:59pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/new-music-game-season-2/4000/11 "2021-09-15T17:59:23Z")

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I briefly considered a song with the word “Happy” in the title (though not that one)

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**Author:** ![YankeeTripper](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/yankeetripper/32/946_2.png) [@YankeeTripper](https://community.goactuary.com/u/YankeeTripper)\
**Post date:** [September 15, 2021, 7:54pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/new-music-game-season-2/4000/12 "2021-09-15T19:54:04Z")

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Interesting - I searched a few lists and a number of common ones came up but I gotta say one list I found of “Happy Upbeat Songs” had a few umm interesting choices.  
I mean Lightning Crashes by Live, Luca by Suzanne Vega and Semi-charmed Life by Third Eye Blind are all good songs but I’d hardly consider the themes of a mother dying in child birth, a song about child abuse and a song about meth addition to be “happy upbeat songs” but OK.

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**Author:** ![IPD](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/ipd/32/179_2.png) [@IPD](https://community.goactuary.com/u/IPD)\
**Post date:** [September 17, 2021, 2:27pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/new-music-game-season-2/4000/13 "2021-09-17T14:27:55Z")

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We are up to 9 entries, can we get at least one more by the end of the day?

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**Author:** ![OldTimer](https://community.goactuary.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/o/8797f3/32.png) [@OldTimer](https://community.goactuary.com/u/OldTimer)\
**Post date:** [September 17, 2021, 2:39pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/new-music-game-season-2/4000/14 "2021-09-17T14:39:52Z")

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Ten

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**Author:** ![IPD](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/ipd/32/179_2.png) [@IPD](https://community.goactuary.com/u/IPD)\
**Post date:** [September 17, 2021, 9:28pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/new-music-game-season-2/4000/15 "2021-09-17T21:28:49Z")

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_Poll ([view on site](https://community.goactuary.com/t/new-music-game-season-2/4000/15))_

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**Author:** ![YankeeTripper](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/yankeetripper/32/946_2.png) [@YankeeTripper](https://community.goactuary.com/u/YankeeTripper)\
**Post date:** [September 20, 2021, 3:12am UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/new-music-game-season-2/4000/16 "2021-09-20T03:12:44Z")

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This one turned out kind of easy vote as there was only one song I wasn’t familiar with, that I liked, and it made me happy.

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**Author:** ![IPD](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/ipd/32/179_2.png) [@IPD](https://community.goactuary.com/u/IPD)\
**Post date:** [September 20, 2021, 6:31pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/new-music-game-season-2/4000/17 "2021-09-20T18:31:01Z")

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Not an easy vote for me.

That said, I am still trying to figure out the criteria for how I vote.

Important:  
-I Like the song  
-Fits the Category

Could be important:  
-New to Me  
-Nostalgia feeling of a song I already know  
-Miscellaneous gut choices

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**Author:** ![Rastiln](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/rastiln/32/77682_2.png) [@Rastiln](https://community.goactuary.com/u/Rastiln)\
**Post date:** [September 20, 2021, 6:38pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/new-music-game-season-2/4000/18 "2021-09-20T18:38:35Z")

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Aw, I was on vacation and didn’t see Round 1. My bad though. Voting soon.

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**Author:** ![IPD](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/ipd/32/179_2.png) [@IPD](https://community.goactuary.com/u/IPD)\
**Post date:** [September 20, 2021, 7:33pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/new-music-game-season-2/4000/19 "2021-09-20T19:33:12Z")

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I added multiple songs from this round to my general spotify playlist

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**Author:** ![Vorian\_Atreides](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/vorian_atreides/32/65623_2.png) [@Vorian\_Atreides](https://community.goactuary.com/u/Vorian_Atreides)\
**Post date:** [September 20, 2021, 8:39pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/new-music-game-season-2/4000/20 "2021-09-20T20:39:53Z")

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> [@IPD](#):
>
> Fits the Category

Seems a very subjective criteria . . .

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**Author:** ![OldTimer](https://community.goactuary.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/o/8797f3/32.png) [@OldTimer](https://community.goactuary.com/u/OldTimer)\
**Post date:** [September 20, 2021, 9:28pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/new-music-game-season-2/4000/21 "2021-09-20T21:28:44Z")

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Especially this round.

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