Jim & Yahtzee's Rhymedown Spectacular: To Kill a Microsoft-bird

[Legion]

I will be honest, I didn't like Yahtzee's this week. The point was good, but the rhyming method kept throwing me.

Jim's was fantastic, especially the last line.

Jim won, primarily because Yahtzee was disqualified for not making a poem. His was just a story. Seriously, where was the rhyming, the pattern, anything? YAHTZEE FAILED THIS WEEK.

While listening to yahtzee's I heard maybe 2 rhymes during the story. I dont know if its due to his timing or what but it just wasnt up to snuff.

He used alternate lines (I forget the technical term, rhyming couplets perhaps?):

There once was a man called James.
He was a little bit flash.
His favourite past time was games.
Which he purchased with his cash.

It requires a certain pacing to work, and with the pirate speech I found it difficult to keep with it.

 

[FightingFurball]

Jim has the voice of an angel. Those little fat baby ones.

cupids then
Next thing he will stalk the roofs in underwear shooting arrows at random people spreading love

Anyway it looked like he was extremely happy

 

[Callate]

Jim's got a surprisingly good singing voice, within his normal range.

I liked Yahtzee's too, but apparently the pirate voice is a bit too harsh for his vocal cords.

 

[Vicioussama]

Jim won, primarily because Yahtzee was disqualified for not making a poem. His was just a story. Seriously, where was the rhyming, the pattern, anything? YAHTZEE FAILED THIS WEEK.

While listening to yahtzee's I heard maybe 2 rhymes during the story. I dont know if its due to his timing or what but it just wasnt up to snuff.

You guys realize poetry doesn't HAVE to rhyme right? Though it is called the Rhymedown sooo lol. Conflicting.

 

[StormShaun]

I swear if you guys do it this week ... *Looks up*

Oh mother fu-
I'm sure you guys know this ... deep down inside your souls, this isn't a competition. =_=

OT: I like both this week.
They had a different theme going this week with great topics to go with it.
Though I like the irony at the end of the first, but I felt the heat coming from the last one. XD

EDIT: I see that some/the majority didn't treat this as a competition ... my hope is being restored!

 

[jackdaniel0001]

So Microsoft is Alduin? Sony is Dragonborn?

 

[ellers07]

Long shall Jack Tretton's name be sung and his deeds immortalized...

It is funny how quickly things have changed. Sony's initial reveal was not very good and now they're heroes. It's not even that they did anything particularly well, they just didn't do anything horribly wrong. It's really quite sad. Sony didn't win me over, but Microsoft converted me to Sony. I was strictly a 360 user, but when I finely do get a new console it definitely will not be an Xbox and unfortunately for them, it seems like I'm not even close to being alone.

 

[Imp_Emissary]

Jim has the voice of an angel. Those little fat baby ones.

Spoiler: Cherubs

That was beautiful Jim! Thank you.

Yahtzee's was a bit unconventional, but ya can tell he tried to make it entertaining. Seemed to be sick. Poor guy.
Was pretty good anyway.

Captcha: for whom does the bell toll?

It tolls for the Xbone. ;p

 

[templar1138a]

Nice poems. Good singing Jim, but unfortunately the drums didn't match the rhythm of your song.

 

[Dr. Mongo]

And yet another reason to thank god for Jim.

That song was simply beautiful.

 

[IKWerewolf]

Two clever pieces... although Yathzee needs to choose a better voice that doesn't choke him to death.

 

[Shinsei-J]

Oh that was too good.
I think I cried a little at the end of Jim's song.

 

[Charli]

Both great, but I'm staying in camp Jim for this one. A ballad of unparalleled beauty my good man!

 

[Narfo]

I got chills listening to Jim's ballad.

 

[Mumorpuger]

I really hate the fact people have to declare a winner every week between these two excellent pieces of work.

 

[redknightalex]

That was the best piece so far and, for the first time, I really think Jim had the better piece. I never knew that he could sing like that!

 

[saxman234]

This is the best show on the escapist, every week this show makes me laugh. Thanks Yahtzee and Jim!

 

[JimB]

To those who have brought it up, I say given that Yahtzee has never been shy about cutting out footage, I think we can assume that the coughing was part of the joke.

Two laugh out loud entries this week, Messrs. Croshaw and Sterling. Stay the course, for you're doing excellently.

 

[Clovus]

Jim won, primarily because Yahtzee was disqualified for not making a poem. His was just a story. Seriously, where was the rhyming, the pattern, anything? YAHTZEE FAILED THIS WEEK.

Outside of couplets, ABAB is one of the most basic rhyme schemes. Yahtzee's first poem also used it or something more complicated than couplets. A later one was so extremely sing-songy / Dr Seuss that I wondered if he made it that way on purpose in response to these "It doesn't even rhyme!" posts. Of course, poems don't have to rhyme either.

 

[Weaver]

The ballad of Jack Tretton was incredible.