Poll: Mayes Muses- Good or Bad?

[Meemaimoh]

and she's relatively attractive ( and we all know how rare that is, for a gamer girl, anyway)

Wow. There's so much that's not cool about that sentence.

I personally don't like her songs, mostly because I don't think games are a serious enough matter to warrant the genuine serenading she gives them - humorous songs would work a lot better. She's pretty good, but it feels like a weird clash of flavours to me.

 

[DustyDrB]

This is really inappropriate.

People make threads like this about Yahtzee every day.

 

[Doctor VonSexMachine]

Don't mind me, I'm just here for the internet white knights.

[No, I don't like her videos. But I don't watch any of the animated videos either, nor do I watch the one about girls playing D&D.]

 

[Kud]

Meh, she is ok.

I don't personally like her type of music, but I am sure there are quite a few people who do.

She should stay on the Escapist though.

 

[Judgement101]

She's ok, she is trying something origional to the site and is doing a relitively decent job. I think her songs are ment to appeal to a specific group of people. In my opinion her songs are good but repetitive.

 

[okogamashii]

I'd rather stab myself in the ear than listen to another one of her songs.

 

[Enigma6667]

A lot of her songs are rather meh, but I think that a few of her songs are really really really good. My favorites are Mass Effect 2, The Sims 3, and Velvet Assassin. And she at least writes her own material, and it's rather impressive how she's pretty much just a one-girl band and does all the instruments, and seeing how there are quite an amount of instruments (Glockenspiel, anyone?) it's impressive.

I say keep her. She's garnered enough fans to make her an album, so I don't see why she should be "canceled".

At least it's better than that god-awful I Hit It With My Axe show. We all have our own tastes.

 

[zombiesinc]

Until reading this thread, I hadn't really listened to her. And from what I had listened to, I didn't really enjoy her videos.

But after watching a few more, I can appreciate what she's doing, and that's enough for me. It's not personally my style, or preferred type of entertainment on here, but I can tell she puts an effort into what she does and appreciates the support/feedback she's given.

 

[Nautical Honors Society]

At least she isn't as bad as "I hit with my axe"...

I have only heard the Yahtzee song, which was pretty good.

So she is ok, good enough to keep around I guess.

 

[Bigsmith]

At least she isn't as bad as "I hit with my axe"...

I do agree. I mean who thought it was a good idea to film DnD sessions, ITS DOESN'T WORK LIKE THAT!!!!!!!!!! (this is coming from a Dnd Dungeon master and player perspective)

Ot: I don't think she's bad; the last song about a game I listened to was the Sims 3 one, other then that it was the love song which was pretty good. But at the end of the day I really wouldn't be able to do any better so I'm not in a position to put her down.

 

[Tdc2182]

This is really inappropriate.

People make threads like this about Yahtzee every day.

Which are also inappropriate, but it is a well known fact that he is the most popular thing here.

 

[Semitendon]

and she's relatively attractive ( and we all know how rare that is, for a gamer girl, anyway)

Wow. There's so much that's not cool about that sentence.

I personally don't like her songs, mostly because I don't think games are a serious enough matter to warrant the genuine serenading she gives them - humorous songs would work a lot better. She's pretty good, but it feels like a weird clash of flavours to me.

What, exactly, is " not cool" about that sentence?

I can assume that you are approaching this from several view points.

1. You take issue with Mayes being labeled as "relatively attractive".

But, that's a general statement, and isn't insulting to her. She is relatively attractive. When I say things like "relatively" I generally intend it to mean, relative to the concepts of attractiveness held by the average person. Meaning, that I may or may not find her attractive, but it's reasonable to assume that a significant number would.

2. ( most likely) You take issue with the idea that "relatively attractive" female gamers are rare.

I can only speak from experience and observation, but this seems true. Of course, there is someone who would find the most hideous girl "attractive", but speaking from a relative standpoint ( which I did) the average female gamer is not attractive. Does this mean that there aren't attractive female gamers? No. Does this mean that most female gamers are ugly? No. It means that relative to societal concepts, the average female gamer, is average lookng. Hence, the word "average".

But, attractive implies being above average, which is rare no matter what you are talking about, unless it's an industry devoted to looks, like Hollywood, or fashion. In the game, comic, and otherwise "nerd" industries, focus is placed on concepts, story, and personality, rather than materialistic looks, so it is a rarity to find someone who focuses on both personality and physical attractiveness. So, I intend no insult, just a simple statement of fact.

 

[Naheal]

Not a big fan, but folks may come here for her, so may as well keep her around

 

[blarghblarghhhhh]

You guys are kind of jerks for saying some of the things your saying about her. I would love to see you make a song that every single person on this website will find entertaining.

I wouldn't really say they're being jerks. They're merely voicing their opinions: believe it or not, they are actually allowed to do that. I'm not a huge fan of Myers. I find her music repetitive, drawn out, and quite dull. Evidently, people don't dislike her that much as well over 150 votes have gone to 'keeping her around.'

So we have different tastes in music. That doesn't make us 'jerks' as you so eloquently put it. I personally find Jon Lajoie and GoRemy to be freakin' hilarious: I realize -- and respect -- that not everyone will find them as funny as I do.

Im not saying people are jerks because they dont like her music. Im saying there jerks for openly posting a poll basically asking if we think she should be removed from the site or not. If this was a forum from a website that she didnt belong to then it would be different.

 

[Disaster Button]

I like her, but her music just doesn't attract me. There's nothing wrong with it, I'm not even opposed to that type of music, but it just doesn't draw me in. I don't see why she can't stay though.

 

[Seth Smith]

and she's relatively attractive ( and we all know how rare that is, for a gamer girl, anyway)

Wow. There's so much that's not cool about that sentence.

I personally don't like her songs, mostly because I don't think games are a serious enough matter to warrant the genuine serenading she gives them - humorous songs would work a lot better. She's pretty good, but it feels like a weird clash of flavours to me.

What, exactly, is " not cool" about that sentence?

I can assume that you are approaching this from several view points.

1. You take issue with Mayes being labeled as "relatively attractive".

But, that's a general statement, and isn't insulting to her. She is relatively attractive. When I say things like "relatively" I generally intend it to mean, relative to the concepts of attractiveness held by the average person. Meaning, that I may or may not find her attractive, but it's reasonable to assume that a significant number would.

2. ( most likely) You take issue with the idea that "relatively attractive" female gamers are rare.

I can only speak from experience and observation, but this seems true. Of course, there is someone who would find the most hideous girl "attractive", but speaking from a relative standpoint ( which I did) the average female gamer is not attractive. Does this mean that there aren't attractive female gamers? No. Does this mean that most female gamers are ugly? No. It means that relative to societal concepts, the average female gamer, is average lookng. Hence, the word "average".

But, attractive implies being above average, which is rare no matter what you are talking about, unless it's an industry devoted to looks, like Hollywood, or fashion. In the game, comic, and otherwise "nerd" industries, focus is placed on concepts, story, and personality, rather than materialistic looks, so it is a rarity to find someone who focuses on both personality and physical attractiveness. So, I intend no insult, just a simple statement of fact.

Are you a tax attorney or something?

 

[Semitendon]

and she's relatively attractive ( and we all know how rare that is, for a gamer girl, anyway)

Wow. There's so much that's not cool about that sentence.

I personally don't like her songs, mostly because I don't think games are a serious enough matter to warrant the genuine serenading she gives them - humorous songs would work a lot better. She's pretty good, but it feels like a weird clash of flavours to me.

What, exactly, is " not cool" about that sentence?

I can assume that you are approaching this from several view points.

1. You take issue with Mayes being labeled as "relatively attractive".

But, that's a general statement, and isn't insulting to her. She is relatively attractive. When I say things like "relatively" I generally intend it to mean, relative to the concepts of attractiveness held by the average person. Meaning, that I may or may not find her attractive, but it's reasonable to assume that a significant number would.

2. ( most likely) You take issue with the idea that "relatively attractive" female gamers are rare.

I can only speak from experience and observation, but this seems true. Of course, there is someone who would find the most hideous girl "attractive", but speaking from a relative standpoint ( which I did) the average female gamer is not attractive. Does this mean that there aren't attractive female gamers? No. Does this mean that most female gamers are ugly? No. It means that relative to societal concepts, the average female gamer, is average lookng. Hence, the word "average".

But, attractive implies being above average, which is rare no matter what you are talking about, unless it's an industry devoted to looks, like Hollywood, or fashion. In the game, comic, and otherwise "nerd" industries, focus is placed on concepts, story, and personality, rather than materialistic looks, so it is a rarity to find someone who focuses on both personality and physical attractiveness. So, I intend no insult, just a simple statement of fact.

Are you a tax attorney or something?

No, I am not.

I am a person who tries to explore all avenues of reasonable possibility, taking into consideration others perspectives, which is then worded into a statement expressing my personal opinion, subjective reality, and my best attempts at logic.

This means, because I have already considered multiple responses to anything I might say, my words are adjusted to theoretically eliminate the vast majority of mundane objections.

In general, ( and particularly, in real life) this style serves me well. I have failed to use it successfully in the past, but I have enjoyed enough success with it, that I will no doubt continue to use it until I am senile.

 

[Reagus]

Thing is though, i'm willing to bet that this is the song of hers with the most views purely because of the Yahtzee references, which I think is a bit cheap tbh.

I mean, Yahtzee had a guest apperaence of Doomsday Arcade, but you didn't see it called "Episode 35: Ghouls of Mars, and Yahtzee"