Jim & Yahtzee's Rhymedown Spectacular: A Tale of Two Poets

Defeated Detective

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Listening to the sing song voices of men like Yahtzee and Jim
Using video game articles as references for metaphors and prose
Really made me feel happy and giddy, and that's quite a dose
Oh what a joy, I can't wait for more!
Modern day bards, that's both Yahtzee and Jim
 

Chessrook44

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As an OCD person who always pays attention to the numbers of how long things go, repetitiveness, and making sure it always hits the same notes at the same points (One two three FOUR, five six sev EIGHT, because seven has two syllables and that can ruin the exactitude of the pattern) I have to say... Jim did it well and a nice job with the poetry. Yahtzee though... he started off strong, but it wasn't long before he seemed to lose track, the rhymes not showing up where they should have, and sometimes not even showing up at all. Or if they did I didn't notice them.

But then, I'm crazy. Gyahay.
 

RJ 17

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Too...beautiful....they should have sent a poet....

Oh wait...
 

Daaaah Whoosh

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Both poems were great, but I'd like to see Yahtzee's written down. The rhyme scheme, if it was regular, was very difficult to follow. I thought it was a limerick at first, like his Wolfenstein review, but now I'm not so sure.
 

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*snap snap snap snap*
Digging the hep open mic coffeehouse vibe here, Escapist. Looking forward to more.
(Comment is best read in a sleepy public radio voice.) :)
 

Triaed

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Bravo, gentlemen!
Bringing up the internet's average one notch at a time
I liked Ben's italic stance and Jim's snazzy bowler
 
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Gedichte schreiben, eine vollendete kunst
und zwei junge herren die dieses
performen in tiefster inbrunst,
welch vernüngen, welch kindliche freude in mir
im gegensatz zu manch anderem
genannt von diesen beiden heut hier

^^

i dont think i cant wirte poems in english, i cant do good in german either^^
but i try to translate this into english, but rhyme it will not^^

to write poems, a masterful art
and these two young men are performing with deepest ardour
which delight, which childlike glee inside me
-compared to some things
those two spoke about today
 

1nfinite_Cros5

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To Yahtzee and Jim we all shouted "Make us more!
This new show is great, it's something we adore
Listening to your grumblings and ramblings of video game lore
Takes us back to when we enjoyed poetry at the young age of four!"
 

Azaraxzealot

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Eh...
When I think about an epic combination of two Escapist giants, I WANT to see discussion between the two, to see sparks fly, to see how worlds (opinions) collide basically. This is just disappointing to me. While the satire was indeed scathing, I would only come back weekly if these two spent their energies having discussions and debates or even playing Co-Op games together while doing live commentary..

This just seems like a huge missed opportunity :(
 

TAGM

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I finally worked out - with poetry,
any angry request garners more sympathy
So I say in this verse - This vid was the shit
and what I demand is much more just like it

And if you don't meet this, I'll kick down your door
and verbally lash you with hatred and scorn
then I find iron chairs and tie you both - Wow!
That was getting too violent - maybe I should calm down.

(And before you say, reader, that Wow makes no rhymes
with down, and together they make verbal crimes,
I kindly ask you to go stick it; you see
It's a five minute job - so I hereby decree

That I don't really care if it's good, bad, or worse
I'm not spending hours on this little verse
It's simply a case that I want to look clever
without adding effort into this small endeavor!

Oh what, is that sad? Don't act so above me,
for I know you were thinking, in some small degree
of doing the same, except smaller and lame
how did I know? Well, we're all the damn same!)

P.S. for precautions, I'll say this right here,
So I don't end up in health meter arrears:
Any insult I wrote was just for a laugh,
so don't take it seriously, 'cause most of it's crap!
 

joeman098

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What the fuck is yahtzee doing with out a hat! And jim has a hat! what kind of shit you guys trying to pull! lol i enjoyed it though cant wait to see more
 

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Well, this was a pleasant surprise. I'm all for more Jim & Yahtzee on the site. Hope this turns into a mainstay.