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Message no. 1
From: Ubiquitous <weberm@*******.net>
Subject: [SR2] Gaming music (was Re: olympics )
Date: Wed, 24 Jul 1996 12:12:35 -0400 (EDT)
At 03:14 AM 7/16/96 +1000, Wynd wrote:
>Gurth wrote:

>> Anyway, since this looks like a "what kind of music do you play while
>> gaming" thread,
>
>The X-Files music makes great backing for when your team is wandering
>through a nest of sleeping bugs and similar scenarios.

Hmm, I've never played music when I game; it's too distracting!
Besides, it drowns out whatever's on the TV.
(One of my players is a hockey-phile and wanders off while waiting her turn)

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"I dyde shyte thre grete toordes." Fables of Aesop,
Caxton translation,
V15 1484
Message no. 2
From: C J Anderson <nitehawk@******.net>
Subject: Re: [SR2] Gaming music (was Re: olympics )
Date: Wed, 24 Jul 1996 11:24:50 -0500
Ubiquitous wrote:
>
> At 03:14 AM 7/16/96 +1000, Wynd wrote:
> >Gurth wrote:
>
> >> Anyway, since this looks like a "what kind of music do you play while
> >> gaming" thread,
> >
> >The X-Files music makes great backing for when your team is wandering
> >through a nest of sleeping bugs and similar scenarios.
>
> Hmm, I've never played music when I game; it's too distracting!
> Besides, it drowns out whatever's on the TV.
> (One of my players is a hockey-phile and wanders off while waiting her turn)
> My two cents, or less.... I use Star Trek Astral Symphony or the
Crimson Tide soundtrack. Crimson Tide seems to set the proper mood and
adrenaline level.

C J

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Message no. 3
From: Dvixen Vidi Vici <dvixen@****.spydernet.com>
Subject: Re: [SR2] Gaming music (was Re: olympics )
Date: Wed, 24 Jul 1996 09:43:57 -0700 (PDT)
> At 03:14 AM 7/16/96 +1000, Wynd wrote:
>Gurth wrote:
>
>> Anyway, since this looks like a "what kind of music do you play while
>> gaming" thread,
>
>The X-Files music makes great backing for when your team is wandering
>through a nest of sleeping bugs and similar scenarios.

Our group listens to (checks CD's...)
Nine Inch Nails, during combat stuff,
A. McIssac (Fine (tm) Thank You Very Much), during planning, meets, uzw..
Cult, General purpose,
Clannad, When the GM is getting too cocky.
Garbage (I like playing Stupid Girl whenever one of the players does
something real stupid. It gets played lots. Nobody's clued in)
Forever Knight Soundtrack - Adds some tension,
VR5 Soundtrack - for the decker. :)
Paperboys - for when the characters are relaxing. (like if.)

--
AJ Schaafsma Dvixen@****.spydernet.com
This post in no way reflect the opinions of the myriad voices in my head.

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Message no. 4
From: Stephen Delear <shadow@***.com>
Subject: Re: [SR2] Gaming music (was Re: olympics )
Date: Wed, 24 Jul 1996 16:42:16 -0500 (CDT)
On Wed, 24 Jul 1996, Ubiquitous wrote:

> At 03:14 AM 7/16/96 +1000, Wynd wrote:
> >Gurth wrote:
>
> >> Anyway, since this looks like a "what kind of music do you play while
> >> gaming" thread,
> >
> >The X-Files music makes great backing for when your team is wandering
> >through a nest of sleeping bugs and similar scenarios.
>
> Hmm, I've never played music when I game; it's too distracting!
> Besides, it drowns out whatever's on the TV.
> (One of my players is a hockey-phile and wanders off while waiting her turn)

Actually I know a GM who has a TV with closed captioning so that she can
turn the sound off and those players who want can still watch without the
sound interfering with her game.


Stephen
Austin, TX


>
> --
> "I dyde shyte thre grete toordes." Fables of Aesop,
> Caxton translation,
> V15 1484
>
>
>
Message no. 5
From: rhoded01@******.STCLOUD.MSUS.EDU (Ahzmandius)
Subject: Re: [SR2] Gaming music (was Re: olympics )
Date: Wed, 24 Jul 1996 20:05:38 -0600 (CST)
Concrete Blonde
Danzig
Carmina Burana
Mortal Kombat Soundtrack
Cranberries
The Crow Soundtrack
Ministry
Bob Marley
Reservoir Dogs Soundtrack
Kitaro
Tomita
Monty Python
The Blue up?
and
Babes in Toyland
Message no. 6
From: "Gurth" <gurth@******.nl>
Subject: Re: [SR2] Gaming music (was Re: olympics )
Date: Thu, 25 Jul 1996 12:39:18 +0100
Ubiquitous said on 12:12/24 Jul 96...

> Hmm, I've never played music when I game; it's too distracting!
> Besides, it drowns out whatever's on the TV.
> (One of my players is a hockey-phile and wanders off while waiting her turn)

I've no problems with music, but only at low volume -- I don't want to
have to scream to make myself heard :) but I always turn any TVs off while
gaming, it's too distracting. Even MTV, because I catch myself watching
the videos instead of concentrating on the game and the players.

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Message no. 7
From: Helge Diernaes <ecocide@***.econ.cbs.dk>
Subject: Re: [SR2] Gaming music (was Re: olympics )
Date: Sat, 27 Jul 1996 16:49:41 +0200 (METDST)
On Thu, 25 Jul 1996, Gurth wrote:

> I've no problems with music, but only at low volume -- I don't want to
> have to scream to make myself heard :) but I always turn any TVs off while
> gaming, it's too distracting. Even MTV, because I catch myself watching
> the videos instead of concentrating on the game and the players.

Same here; I'm orignally a non-bigcity boy, so I grew up with relative
silence, but my #"$#&Q"#$% players are bigcity adults, who have lived
with it all their lives - they get restless and anxious if no music is
heard.
So I keep low volume cds like "The conquest of Paradise - Vangelis" for
the inrun music, several Sade CD's for the running around, gathering
information, and some Norweigan Bel Canto albums for the more tense
no-run activites and the run activities, to name my favorites :)

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Regards,

Silhouette

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