Make an ass of yourself, foa-style

[fire_of_avalon]

EoFF Karaoke.

It's coming.

But this time it'll be a little different. A little more competitive.

Sign up below to participate. When it looks like we're gonna have sufficient participation I'll post up the structure of the event. If only a couple of people are gonna participate it'll be a free-for-all.

Remember, the point of this event isn't about skill level, it's about what uniqueness you bring to the table. The best karaoke isn't always the one where you think "Why isn't this person famous?!" it's the ones with the highest entertainment value.

Participants
BoBBles
PG
Wolfy
Crop
Pikele
Gexy
Jiri
Bubba
Cim
starlet (the ringer!)
Kali
Dan Dan!

Okay! Here's the format and rules for EoFF Karaoke!

Round 1: Player's Choice
You can sing any song your little heart desires as long as the lyrics are more or less work safe. Swear filter exists for a reason, so if you drop an F-bomb or two a la You Oughta Know by Alanis Morrissette, that's okay. If you roll up in my PM box with Straight Outta Compton by NWA your submission will not be accepted. It's an awesome song and the karaoke version would be amazing so if you want to send it to me as a present, that's great.

There will be no eliminations in the player's choice round. This round is for funsies.

Round 2: foa screws you
In round 2 I'll be selecting songs for each of the contestants. I'm going to base this on one part your previous choice, one part your abilities and one part whimsy. Expect genre crossing. Expect country western music. Expect all sorts of fun.

In this round lame participants are invited to drop out so the real competitors can get on with being badasses. We will make fun of you, mercilessly.

In this round elimination will begin. Basically we'll set up a poll and the 2-4 players (depending on whether or not anyone drops out) with the least amount of votes will not go on to the next round. Which will be...

Round 3: Duets
During round 3 I will assign partners or trios. It's up to you to figure out the most creative way to sing together. Maybe you record a Y!M voicechat session, maybe you make a music video. Be creative.

You will be allowed to sing your own songs for this round. Two duets or trios will be eliminated, pollster style.

Round 4: Killer Karaoke Classics
The remaining players will be assigned to sing karaoke classics that will be revealed in-thread. This will be a head to head competition between the top two or three players from the entire event. The karaoke champion will be crowned based on member votes and will receive a prize from foa! What is the prize? This is the prize! (http://www.drjays.com/shop/P1073024/hip-hop-accessories/microphone-pendant.html?utm_source=cse&utm_medium=googlebase&utm_campaign=hip-hop-accessories - men&utm_term=1073024 - microphone-pendant)

Here are some basic rules:

1) You have to be the person singing.
2) You can use any background music you like, you can even play your own, or you can just go a capella.
3) You can upload your own songs, send them to me and I'll upload them, or use vocaroo.com.
4) DO NOT POST SUBMISSIONS IN THREAD. If you want you can post random songs and other fun records, but don't post your final song selection and don't post your final version of karaoke.
5) Be creative, be entertaining. Make this worth it!

All submissions for round 1 should be sent to me no later than Tuesday 12 noon EST.

[Loony BoB]

Is it safe to assume that we will get to choose our own songs? If so, I am totally up for this.

[fire_of_avalon]

In one part of the event, yes.

:radred:

[APolaris]

Umm, what?

[Loony BoB]

In one part of the event, yes.

:radred:
:shifty: Hmmm... well, so long as I can have a go at that round, I'm game. I'm not sure about the other rounds, though. :p Will have to see!

[Peegee]

Oh boy oh boy

should PG participate?

The next person gets to decide.

[fire_of_avalon]

Basically you sign up to record yourself singing a song. We have fun.

EDIT: In response to APolaris.

Also foas say yes, PG.

[Peegee]

Basically you sign up to record yourself singing a song. We have fun.

Really? I fantasized we would go into a ventrilo server and make an ass out of everybody who wants to idle.

Your way is cool too. Sign me up.

[APolaris]

I have nothing to record with. Otherwise, I'd Rickroll you all.

If we have that east coast meetup and if it involves real karaoke, can we have karaoke wars? Pleeeeeeeeeeeeeeease?

[Peegee]

I have nothing to record with. Otherwise, I'd Rickroll you all.

If we have that west coast meetup and if it involves real karaoke, can we have karaoke wars? Pleeeeeeeeeeeeeeease?

:( I want to meet APolaris.

[APolaris]

I have nothing to record with. Otherwise, I'd Rickroll you all.

If we have that west coast meetup and if it involves real karaoke, can we have karaoke wars? Pleeeeeeeeeeeeeeease?

:( I want to meet APolaris.

... WHO ARE YOU?! Are you trying to kidnap me? AIIIIIIIEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

[Wolf Kanno]

Fine, I'll sing up. :ffvising:

[Peegee]

I have nothing to record with. Otherwise, I'd Rickroll you all.

If we have that west coast meetup and if it involves real karaoke, can we have karaoke wars? Pleeeeeeeeeeeeeeease?

:( I want to meet APolaris.

... WHO ARE YOU?! Are you trying to kidnap me? AIIIIIIIEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

yes

[Crop]

It's about time I made a name for myself here. I'm in like flint.

[Pike]

I'll do it. Maybe. I'll think about it. :kakapo:

[G13]

I'm sick and losing my voice. Sure, why not. :monster:

[Jiro]

This can only end badly.

You know I'm in. :aimsun:

[Bubba]

My song choice is "Hard to Handle" (Black Crowes vrsion). I may not win any prizes for the most amusing entry... but I'm confident that I'll kick all your arses

[CimminyCricket]

I'll try c:

[sharkythesharkdogg]

This is going to get interesting.

[starlet]

I'm game. I do Karaoke on sunday nights anyway. :kakapo:

[NorthernChaosGod]

I demand the winner be made to sing Queen.

[fire_of_avalon]

You don't make the rules in this game, toots.

[Peegee]

what if we talk like this?
what if i sang you a song?
i gave my love a chicken//it had no bone
mmm chicken

[Kalilung]

We need more chicks!

I hear and I sign up. :D

[starlet]

I demand the winner be made to sing Queen.


How about The Darkness - I Believe In A Thing Called Love (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sRYNYb30nxU)?

[NorthernChaosGod]

I demand the winner be made to sing Queen.


How about The Darkness - I Believe In A Thing Called Love (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sRYNYb30nxU)?
That's not nearly as hard to do as a lot of Queen songs. :p

[APolaris]

I demand the winner be made to sing Queen.

Are you kidding? I'm willing to bet "Fat Bottomed Girls" is one of the most requested songs for karaoke wars.

[NorthernChaosGod]

I don't get what I could be kidding about.

[Jiro]

Shawty had dem apple bottom jeans jeans boots with tha furrr
da whole club was lookin at herrrr

Just warming up ya dig

[DK]

Go on then.

[Loony BoB]

I need to remember to bug Danielle into joining in. She's always interested in this sort of thing.

[fire_of_avalon]

Well hurry up cause we're gonna kick it off this weekend.

[Crop]

Well hurry up cause we're gonna kick it off this weekend.

Wait what?! I'll have to drop out :( I can't do it until the weekend after next. I'm currently in a very public setting with a bunch of strangers.

[Pike]

Well hurry up cause we're gonna kick it off this weekend.

Wait what?! I'll have to drop out :( I can't do it until the weekend after next. I'm currently in a very public setting with a bunch of strangers.

It's just like real karaoke!

[Peegee]

Everybody but PG should drop out. I like not having competition.

[fire_of_avalon]

*hip bump*

Please see the first post for rules and format!

[Wolf Kanno]

This should be interesting... I don't know how I would go about doing the duet portion, but that's assuming I don't get eliminated by that point, which is unlikely.

[Crop]

Tuesday? Goddamn it, I would have rocked this so hard. I would have won!

[fire_of_avalon]

CROP CROP CROP CROPITY CROP , do it right now. What better do you have to do.

[Crop]

Cim?! :mad:

I'm currently in a ward with 5 other guys, Doctors and Nurses around as well. I'm not really in a position to start belting out any karaoke songs.

[fire_of_avalon]

I have no idea why I typed Cim. You have full permission to kick me in the knee.

[Peegee]

I know round one is just for fun but there's just too many songs I want to sing!

[CimminyCricket]

It's because she's fallen in love with me and can't get me out of her head. ;D

[sharkythesharkdogg]

Twas meant to be.


Maybe you should karaoke "Secret Lovers".

[Peegee]

btw guise:

i already gave foaffles my round one entry. I expect she won't post it until tuesday (glare) thus not giving anybody else any spoilers!

now i can go back to practicing love me tender and killing me softly instead of singing whatever it was i sang dozens of times and going crazy.

[NorthernChaosGod]

>round 2
nope.avi

[Peegee]

Actually I think it's hilarious, but that's because I only started singing so I'm not a snob about it.

I expect foaffles to make me sing rap or country. Or Opera. oh god if you make me sing opera I will die

[DK]

This isn't my entry for the first round or anything, but I found it a couple of days ago totally on accident, and I've been looking for it for years and thought it was lost forever. But I thought I would share it anyway, just because. This is what you're up against, just sit back and take in this pure talent.

This is me and lonny bob destroying a true classic. And yes, the high pitched screaming at about 2:30 is me. Like I said homies, pure talent. (http://www.sendspace.com/file/lvfzpx)

We so got this, Towns. :cool:

[starlet]

I have no idea how I'm gonna record this...my cameras batteries died and I cant find the charger anywhere...

[Madonna]

Ever was I the fan of Coffee and GB.

[Jiro]

Why can't you have an elimination first round, that way I can go out before I ruin my reputation completely. I'll try and find a song I can sort of sing and then upload it.

[Wolf Kanno]

I need to figure out when I'm going to record, but I decided I'm going to start with something amusing. :shifty:

[Laddy]

Could I perhaps enter? :cool:

[fire_of_avalon]

Yep

[Laddy]

I sent mine and it is bad.

[Wolf Kanno]

Mine is pretty awful, and I couldn't find music so its all a capella, which just makes it sound worse. :chuckle:

[Kalilung]

I like mine. :3 But maybe it's not so entertaining as fun for me to sing, perhaps.

[Jiro]

I'm torn between two songs, and I imagine I'm quickly running out of time. But I'm sleepy and need a nap :(

[Loony BoB]

When is the deadline?

EDIT: Today? Ah, crap. Looks like my efforts to learn a tricky song have gone to waste. :(

[Jiro]

Oh god I submitted one. Oh god. I just threw my voice on top of the song and for some GODDAMN MOTHERFUCKING REASON it's not perfectly synchronised but you'll deal. Just make sure you don't listen to it too quiet otherwise you won't hear the music and you'll only hear me and oh god that will make us both want to kill ourselves.

[sharkythesharkdogg]

I forgot about this AND the movie thread. I'm a bad man. :(

[fire_of_avalon]

You weren't gonna sing for me anyway! I know better than that.

Bitches y'all are failing me. You have until 7pm EST.

[Jiro]

How many entries do you have? Don't tell me I'm going to win by default.

[sharkythesharkdogg]

You weren't gonna sing for me anyway! I know better than that.

Bitches y'all are failing me. You have until 7pm EST.

You KNOW my phobia of singing in a public setting. I've sung for you (and am still dealing with the shame), but singing for multiple people to hear will take some convincing.

[Loony BoB]

I will attempt to do this tonight, although I can't promise anything. I'm booked up 'til around 10pm tonight. I'll try to squeeze a song in between the time I get home and the time the Champions League game starts. I still need to perfect the song, though... it's proving a little more troublesome for me to master than the previous one. I've been practicing a lot, though! Even in my head, to make sure I know the lyrics!

[Jiro]

oh fer smurf's sake gentlemen, none of us can sing to save ourselves and so you should just bash out a rendition, tape it up and mail it to foa dear and let the games begin. We can all soothe our personal shame with laughter from the fact that everyone else is just as bad. :p

[NorthernChaosGod]

Lol. I should do one this afternoon.
*thinks of songs*

[Loony BoB]

oh fer smurf's sake gentlemen, none of us can sing to save ourselves and so you should just bash out a rendition, tape it up and mail it to foa dear and let the games begin. We can all soothe our personal shame with laughter from the fact that everyone else is just as bad. :p
I don't know if you heard my submission from last time around, but if I screw up when doing this, it's not just bad singing, it's a case of "oh crap, this guy sings so fast, where the hell am I, oh God, I need to start over... again." On this one, the guy doesn't sing as fast as last time but he does change the pacing of his lines constantly so I need to ensure that I can keep up with them. And it's still pretty fast. None of this "regular karaoke" crap for me! I likes me a challenge.

Bad singing is guaranteed. Actually singing the song is the part I'm struggling with. xD

[fire_of_avalon]

Daniel goddammit you MAKE time for me. ;__________;

[Peegee]

C'mon the first entry is FOR FUN. Just sing something. Sing the alphabet song ffs. Sing it A Capella. Use Vocaroo. Done.

[Loony BoB]

I'll do my best, foa!

And I'm pretty sure it's the one solo round that where you get to sing a song of your choice, so I'm going to sing the song of my choice, dammit.

[DK]

Got mine in, after running through about 7 different songs trying to pick one to go with. But I am pleased with the end product. I managed to mask my horrible singing voice by choosing this song as well, which is a bonus.

[Loony BoB]

Finally managed it. Didn't get it done perfect, but it's good enough. You guys might not appreciate it when you hear it, that's for sure, but for me this is quite the achievement. xD About on par with my entry from last time, personally.

14 takes. >_>;

[Agent Proto]

I know I haven't join to participate but I did manage to sing something and have it recorded! :D Click here to listen. (http://kiwi6.com/file/6ax7q815c2)

Commence the mockery!

[CimminyCricket]

Give me a little past 7pm! PLEASE?! I just discovered Vocaroo and that makes this easier. xD

[Iceglow]

Give me some time FoA I spoke to Dak and promised a convict bro some solidarity here. Now what song shall I sing?

[Loony BoB]

White & Nerdy.

[DK]

IDK why it matters getting a deadline extension done on this round, no one is getting eliminated anyway. Megan should just post her post at the same time she was gonna, and then any other stragglers have until then to finish up and join in. If they haven't by then then bugger 'em, especially Steve, I refuse to have this thread turn into the DF thread again. :colbert:

[Iceglow]

Fuck you I'm done and submitted. I didn't do a version of white and nerdy, I did a song I actually know completely for the first attempt (did submit my very first attempt at doing it too so god knows Dak owes me) Might do "I like big butts and I cannot lie" for the next one. Depends. That or something equally awesome.

[Jiro]

That's a bro move, much appreciated Steve! It's probably still better than mine but that's a'ight, we'll get through this.

I can't believe Loony BoB is trying to be smurfing tricky. You better be able to sing good mang.

[Iceglow]

'Tis cool Dak, bro's do this for each other and I know you'd do the same for me!

[CimminyCricket]

I'm a super loser and will have a super late submission :C

[Pike]

I forgot about this because I am terrible. :( (And also kind of having a bad day.)

[Peegee]

foaffles y u no sing thread

[fire_of_avalon]

I did.

[Wolf Kanno]

I'm curious about results.

[fire_of_avalon]

There's another thread for round 1. I'd link to it but I'm too sleepy.

[Loony BoB]

That's a bro move, much appreciated Steve! It's probably still better than mine but that's a'ight, we'll get through this.

I can't believe Loony BoB is trying to be smurfing tricky. You better be able to sing good mang.
I can't sing even close to 'good'. That's why I do tricky songs! It makes it more entertaining for me. Of course, it helps that the song is my favourite song at the moment and I wanted to learn how to sing it anyway. :D The only real tricky thing about it is the constant change of pace and the lack of time to catch your breath. And there is literally no moment to swallow saliva build-up, which meant that a few of my early takes ended very close to the end. I hate saliva.

[Wolf Kanno]

So when is the FoA screws you round beginning?

[NorthernChaosGod]

I want foa to screw me.

[Loony BoB]

:tumble:

[sharkythesharkdogg]

So when is the FoA screws you round beginning?


I want foa to screw me.


Isn't that the only reason anyone is playing this game?

[fire_of_avalon]

I certainly hope not. Cause really, no one wants that.

[Peegee]

I want foa to screw me.

meet her first sheesh. intarnet crush ftl...w...desu.

[NorthernChaosGod]

So when is the FoA screws you round beginning?


I want foa to screw me.


Isn't that the only reason anyone is playing this game?
Yes.

But seriously, when is next round?

[Peegee]

So when is the FoA screws you round beginning?


I want foa to screw me.


Isn't that the only reason anyone is playing this game?
Yes.

But seriously, when is next round?

Are you even in the competition?

[Laddy]

I tried to sing dramatically so it would funnier. I both tried but not at all.

[NorthernChaosGod]

So when is the FoA screws you round beginning?


I want foa to screw me.


Isn't that the only reason anyone is playing this game?
Yes.

But seriously, when is next round?

Are you even in the competition?
No, I'm just enjoying the contest.

[fire_of_avalon]

I should send out assignments tonight, just a day behind.

I have a lot on my plate so have some patience. ;__________;

[sharkythesharkdogg]

*taps feet, and glares*