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Epignosis 
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 Posted: September 26 2009 at 06:41 |
Well, I guess World of Warcraft is a bit more popular than me.  
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Pekka
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Posted: September 26 2009 at 06:43 |
 progkidjoel wrote:
THE INCIDENT ain't bad, but its not brilliant either. I thoroughly enjoyed the people who placed it in their top 5 PT albums, considering its been around for... Only 2 weeks today. |
I've got no problem placing it in my Top 2 PT albums. Though I've only heard about half of their output.
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progkidjoel
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Posted: September 26 2009 at 06:44 |
^^
I can't imagine how much whoever profits from World Of Warcraft makes per month... Seriously crazy. They've got like 12 million players, who all pay 14.95 USD a month.
Thats 179400000 USD a month. I don't even know how to say that number in words
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Epignosis
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Posted: September 26 2009 at 06:52 |
progkidjoel wrote:
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I can't imagine how much whoever profits from World Of Warcraft makes per month... Seriously crazy. They've got like 12 million players, who all pay 14.95 USD a month.
Thats 179400000 USD a month. I don't even know how to say that number in words |
That's 179 million, four hundred thousand. Not that hard. 
I don't make quite that much on album sales. 
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VanderGraafKommandöh
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Posted: September 26 2009 at 06:53 |
Elitist Jerks Forums
Sounds like P.A.
Edited by James - September 26 2009 at 06:54
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progkidjoel
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Posted: September 26 2009 at 06:55 |
Epignosis wrote:
progkidjoel wrote:
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I can't imagine how much whoever profits from World Of Warcraft makes per month... Seriously crazy. They've got like 12 million players, who all pay 14.95 USD a month.
Thats 179400000 USD a month. I don't even know how to say that number in words |
That's 179 million, four hundred thousand. Not that hard. I don't make quite that much on album sales. |
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Epignosis
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Posted: September 26 2009 at 07:00 |
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I suspect I will be changing my four star rating of Fear of a Blank Planet to five.
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progkidjoel
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Posted: September 26 2009 at 07:02 |
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I suspect I will be changing my four star rating of Fear of a Blank Planet to five.
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Really?!
I'd rank it as the band's all-time low... 3 stars for me right now.
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Epignosis
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Posted: September 26 2009 at 07:06 |
progkidjoel wrote:
Epignosis wrote:
I suspect I will be changing my four star rating of Fear of a Blank Planet to five.
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Really?!
I'd rank it as the band's all-time low... 3 stars for me right now. |
I would have given it a three based on my first impression when it first came out (it was my first album by that band). I couldn't see what all the fuss was about.
After further listening, I found myself genuinely enjoying it and really appreciating the concept, as it were (being able to relate to it as a teacher and all).
I still had problems with "Sleep Together" and "Way Out of Here," which I still consider to be the weakest two songs on the album, but now I'm beginning to get into those more also.
All said, Deadwing is still my favorite by a mile.
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progkidjoel
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Posted: September 26 2009 at 07:10 |
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^^Deadwing is much better than FOABP IMO, although it still seems lacking to me. I can't pick anything I don't like about it, although it doesn't blow me away like alot of the band's other work.
Have you got Up The Downstair?
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VanderGraafKommandöh
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Posted: September 26 2009 at 07:11 |
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Way Out of Here is irritating vocally. So much so, it annoys me!
Deadwing is the weakest I've heard but admittedly, I have only heard Deading, FoaBP and their live album Coma Divine.
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Epignosis
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Posted: September 26 2009 at 07:12 |
progkidjoel wrote:
^^Deadwing is much better than FOABP IMO, although it still seems lacking to me. I can't pick anything I don't like about it, although it doesn't blow me away like alot of the band's other work.
Have you got Up The Downstair? |
I lack on the early works.
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VanderGraafKommandöh
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Posted: September 26 2009 at 07:12 |
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progkidjoel
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Posted: September 26 2009 at 07:13 |
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Epignosis
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Posted: September 26 2009 at 07:16 |
Nobody talks much about "Mellotron Scratch." 
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progkidjoel
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Posted: September 26 2009 at 07:18 |
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Nobody talks much about "Mellotron Scratch."
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The outro (the vocal overlays) in Mellotron Scratch are genius, and its a great track overall... I feel the title-track is insanely under-appreciated, and I'd go as far as to say its better than Arriving Somewhere But Not Here.
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Epignosis
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Posted: September 26 2009 at 07:19 |
progkidjoel wrote:
Epignosis wrote:
Nobody talks much about "Mellotron Scratch."
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The outro (the vocal overlays) in Mellotron Scratch are genius, and its a great track overall... I feel the title-track is insanely under-appreciated, and I'd go as far as to say its better than Arriving Somewhere But Not Here. |
The title track is my favorite. 
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The Sleepwalker
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Posted: September 26 2009 at 07:22 |
Epignosis wrote:
progkidjoel wrote:
Epignosis wrote:
I suspect I will be changing my four star rating of Fear of a Blank Planet to five.
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Really?!
I'd rank it as the band's all-time low... 3 stars for me right now. |
I would have given it a three based on my first impression when it first came out (it was my first album by that band). I couldn't see what all the fuss was about.
After further listening, I found myself genuinely enjoying it and really appreciating the concept, as it were (being able to relate to it as a teacher and all).
I still had problems with "Sleep Together" and "Way Out of Here," which I still consider to be the weakest two songs on the album, but now I'm beginning to get into those more also.
All said, Deadwing is still my favorite by a mile.
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 FOABP is a fantastic album I think, though I a also think Sleep Together is weak compared to the other songs on there. I do really like Way Out Of Here though. The concept is very interesting too, I agree with you, and for me as a kid it probably is just as interesting as for you being a teacher.
"X-box is a god to me A finger on the switch
My mother is a bitch My father gave up ever trying to talk to me"
That line says is incredibly true. As I kid I gamed quite a lot, and this really was the way I started to think of my parents, and my father did almost gave up trying to talk to me. Then my xbox broke and I somehow didn't feel the need to get a new one (instead of that I got myself a guitar)... now the relationship between me and my parents is as good as it could be. But really, when I look back I see how much I was "addicted" to such a stupid gaming device... the thing sort of absorbed me (which sounds pretty creepy, doesn't it?).
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progkidjoel
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Posted: September 26 2009 at 07:24 |
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Epignosis
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Posted: September 26 2009 at 07:26 |
floydispink wrote:
Epignosis wrote:
progkidjoel wrote:
Epignosis wrote:
I suspect I will be changing my four star rating of Fear of a Blank Planet to five.
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Really?!
I'd rank it as the band's all-time low... 3 stars for me right now. |
I would have given it a three based on my first impression when it first came out (it was my first album by that band). I couldn't see what all the fuss was about.
After further listening, I found myself genuinely enjoying it and really appreciating the concept, as it were (being able to relate to it as a teacher and all).
I still had problems with "Sleep Together" and "Way Out of Here," which I still consider to be the weakest two songs on the album, but now I'm beginning to get into those more also.
All said, Deadwing is still my favorite by a mile.
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FOABP is a fantastic album I think, though I a also think Sleep Together is weak compared to the other songs on there. I do really like Way Out Of Here though. The concept is very interesting too, I agree with you, and for me as a kid it probably is just as interesting as for you being a teacher.
"X-box is a god to me A finger on the switch
My mother is a bitch My father gave up ever trying to talk to me"
That line says is incredibly true. As I kid I gamed quite a lot, and this really was the way I started to think of my parents, and my father did almost gave up trying to talk to me. Then my xbox broke and I somehow didn't feel the need to get a new one (instead of that I got myself a guitar)... now the relationship between me and my parents is as good as it could be. But really, when I look back I see how much I was "addicted" to such a stupid gaming device... the thing sort of absorbed me (which sounds pretty creepy, doesn't it?). |
I know what you mean.
My sister-in-law was over here one day while I had that song playing...when that line came along, she told me she was offended and that I needed to turn it off because "he called his mother a B!"
I complied, but was completely disappointed, as I always am, when people fail to keep things in context.
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