Who won the NP war?

[Anonymous]

We've had NP wars in the chatroom ever since the first two people (Freaky and LooseCannon, if I remember correctly) had NP tags. But what began as a normal, civilised NP war tonight became an unusually violent and breathtakingly bloody world war. When it was finally over, nobody could determine who had actually won it. Everybody nominated someone else, and we finally came to the conclusion that we had to ask you, fellow board members, to vote for who won. What follows is the entire playlist, colour-coded so you can easily recognise which track was played by which member.
I opted to exclude Forostar and Maidenfreak from the list, because the former left very soon and the latter entered very late. Invader also left after a while, but he was actively participating for quite a while, so I think it's fair to leave him in.

* Hunlord NP: Manowar: Warriors Of The World - Warriors Of The World
* national_acrobat np: Queen - The Show Must Go On [04:35m/128Kbps/44KHz]
* Shadow NP: Rush - Xanadu (from "", )
* Invaders np: Iced Earth - Pure Evil
* LooseCannon np: Trans-Siberian Orchestra - Different Wings
* Perun NP: Iced Earth - Burning Times
* LooseCannon np: Judas Priest - Electric Eye
* SinisterMinisterX np: Blaze - Stare At The Sun (from "Silicon Messiah", 2000)
* national_acrobat np: Nino Rota/ Bruno Nicolai - Titoli - Ritorno Dall'Elba [02:29m/128Kbps/44KHz]
* Hunlord NP: Stainless Steel - Light The Fire
* Perun NP: Stainless Steel - Light The Fire
* LooseCannon np: Black Sabbath - Heaven and Hell
* national_acrobat np: Nino Rota/ Bruno Nicolai - Marcia Scozzese [02:55m/128Kbps/44KHz]
* Invaders np: Black Sabbath - Paranoid (live)
* SinisterMinisterX np: Bruce Dickinson - Book Of Thel (from "The Chemical Wedding", 1998)
* Hunlord NP: Nena - 99 Luft Balloons
* Perun NP: Dio - Rainbow In The Dark
* national_acrobat np: Nino Rota/ Bruno Nicolai - Waterloo-Waltz [04:22m/128Kbps/44KHz]
* Invaders np: Guns N' Roses - Sweet Child o' Mine
* SinisterMinisterX np: Deep Purple - Child In Time [live] (from "Made In Japan", 1972)
* Hunlord NP: Paul Di'Anno: Christmas Songs - Santa Claus Is Coming To Town
* LooseCannon np: Iced Earth - Travel in Stygian (Alive in Athens)
* Perun NP: UFO - Doctor Doctor
* national_acrobat np: Pink Floyd - In The Flesh [04:16m/128Kbps/44KHz]
* SinisterMinisterX np: Eminem - Just Don't Give A Fuck (from "The Slim Shady LP", 1999)
* Hunlord NP: Savatage: Ghost In The Ruins - A Tribute T... - When The Crowds Are Gone
* Shadow NP: Thin Lizzy - The Boys Are Back in Town (from "", )
* Invaders np: Guns N' Roses - Patience
* SinisterMinisterX np: Helloween - Keeper of the Seven Keys (from "Keeper Of The Seven Keys, Part II", 1988)
* Perun NP: Bruce Dickinson - Silver Wings
* national_acrobat np: Led Zeppelin - In The Evening [06:50m/128Kbps/44KHz]
* LooseCannon np: AC/DC - TNT
* Shadow NP: Jethro Tull - One Brown Mouse (from "Heavy Horses", 1978)
* SinisterMinisterX np: Iced Earth - Damien (from "Horror Show", 2001)
* national_acrobat np: Iron Maiden - For The Greater Good Of God [09:24m/128Kbps/44KHz]
* Perun NP: W.A.S.P. - Animal (Fuck Like a Beast)
* Invaders np: Helloween - Halloween
* LooseCannon np: Twisted Sister - I Wanna Rock
* SinisterMinisterX np: Judas Priest - Diamonds And Rust (from "Sin After Sin", 1977)
* Shadow NP: Genesis - Firth of Fifth (from "Selling England By the Pound", 1973)
* Perun NP: Nomad Soul - Demons of The Past
* SinisterMinisterX np: Kiss - God Of Thunder (from "Destroyer", 1976)
* LooseCannon np: Halford - Metal Gods (live)
* national_acrobat np: Black Sabbath - After Forever [05:25m/128Kbps/44KHz]
* Perun NP: Blind Guardian - Time Stands Still (At The Iron Hill)
* Invaders np: Deep Purple - Perfect Strangers
* SinisterMinisterX np: Led Zeppelin - Since I've Been Loving You (from "Led Zeppelin III", 1970)
* LooseCannon np: Iron Maiden - Paschendale
* Hunlord NP: Bruce Dickinson: Accident Of Birth - Road To Hell
* national_acrobat np: Motörhead - Going To Brazil [02:33m/128Kbps/44KHz]
* Invaders np: Iron Maiden - Mission From 'Arry
* Perun NP: Iron Maiden - Como Estais Amigos
* SinisterMinisterX np: Pink Floyd - Shine On You Crazy Diamond (Part I-V) (from "Wish You Were Here", 1975)
* Shadow NP: Syd Barrett - Baby Lemonade (from "", )
* LooseCannon np: Metallica - Master of Puppets
* national_acrobat np: Praying Mantis - Captured City [05:31m/128Kbps/44KHz]
* Hunlord NP: Exodus: Fabulous Disaster - The Toxic Waltz
* Hunlord NP: Iron Maiden: The X Factor - Judgement Of Heaven
* national_acrobat np: Deep Purple - Strange Kind Of Women [live] [09:52m/128Kbps/44KHz]
* Shadow NP: Yes - Yours Is No Disgrace (from "The Ultimate Yes ~ 35th Anniversary Collection Disc 1", 2003)
* Perun NP: AC/DC - You Shook Me All Night Long
* SinisterMinisterX np: Queen - The March Of The Black Queen (from "Queen II", 1974)
* Invaders np: Metallica - The Four Horsemen
* LooseCannon np: Black Sabbath - Iron Man
* SinisterMinisterX np: Rainbow - Kill The King (from "Long Live Rock 'N' Roll", 1978)
* Hunlord NP: Queen - Who Wants To Live Forever
* Perun NP: Deep Purple - Pictures Of Home
* Invaders np: Iced Earth - A Question of Heaven
* national_acrobat np: Ozzy Osbourne - Mr. Crowley [04:57m/128Kbps/44KHz]
* LooseCannon np: Blaze - Soundtrack of My Life
* SinisterMinisterX np: The Rolling Stones - You Can't Always Get What You Want (from "Let It Bleed", 1969)
* Hunlord NP: Manowar: Kings Of Metal - Blood Of The Kings
* Perun NP: Black Sabbath - Children Of The Grave
* Shadow NP: Uriah Heep - Easy Livin (from "", )
* LooseCannon np: Savatage - One Child
* SinisterMinisterX np: Rush - YYZ (from "Moving Pictures", 1981)
* national_acrobat np: Dilated Peoples - Live On Stage [04:43m/128Kbps/44KHz]
* Shadow NP: Led Zeppelin - Kashmir (from "", )
* Invaders np: Iron Maiden - The Nomad
* Hunlord NP: Kreator: Pleasure to Kill - Pleasure To Kill
* Perun NP: Rush - Something For Nothing
* LooseCannon np: Judas Priest - The Green Manalishi (With the Two-Pronged Crown)
* national_acrobat np: Paolo Conte - Sparring Partner [04:11m/128Kbps/44KHz]
* SinisterMinisterX np: Twisted Sister - Under The Blade (from "Under The Blade", 1982)
* Perun NP: Dio - Holy Diver
* LooseCannon np: Iron Maiden - Powerslave
* SinisterMinisterX np: Venom - Witching Hour (from "Welcome To Hell", 1981)
* Hunlord NP: Iron Maiden: Seventh Son Of A Seventh Son - Only The Good Die Young
* national_acrobat np: Angel Witch - Angel Witch [03:25m/192Kbps/44KHz]
* Invaders np: Iron Maiden - Seventh Son of a Seventh Son
* SinisterMinisterX np: Iron Maiden - Hallowed Be Thy Name [live] (from "Live After Death", 1985)
* LooseCannon np: Megadeth - Hangar 18
* Perun NP: B L A Z E - The Brave
* SinisterMinisterX np: Metallica - Creeping Death (from "Ride The Lightning", 1984)
* national_acrobat np: Iron Maiden - The Evil That Men Do [04:40m/128Kbps/44KHz]
* Hunlord NP: Hammerfall: One Crimson Night - Glory To The Brave (Live)
* Shadow NP: Queen - Innuendo (from "", )
* LooseCannon np: Iced Earth - I Died For You
* Perun NP: Bruce Dickinson - Tears Of The Dragon
* SinisterMinisterX np: Led Zeppelin - In My Time Of Dying (from "Physical Graffiti", 1975)
* Hunlord NP: Iced Earth: Horror Show - Dracula
* national_acrobat np: Megadeth - A Tout Le Monde [04:22m/128Kbps/44KHz]
* LooseCannon np: Queen - Mustapha
* SinisterMinisterX np: Deep Purple - Black Night (from "In Rock", 1970)
* Perun NP: Iron Maiden - Brighter Than A Thousand Suns
* Shadow NP: Rush - The Trees (from "", )
* SinisterMinisterX np: Black Sabbath - Sabbath Bloody Sabbath (from "Sabbath Bloody Sabbath", 1973)
* LooseCannon np: Queensrÿche - Anarchy-X
* national_acrobat np: Nomad Soul - Tell Me Why [03:26m/192Kbps/44KHz]
* Perun NP: Blue Oyster Cult - (Don't Fear) The Reaper
* Hunlord NP: Iron Maiden: Brave New World - The Thin Line Between Love And Hate
* SinisterMinisterX np: AC/DC - Hells Bells (from "Back In Black", 1980)
* LooseCannon np: Iron Maiden - The Clansman
* national_acrobat np: B L A Z E - Identity [05:25m/128Kbps/44KHz]
* SinisterMinisterX np: Iron Maiden - Killers (from "Killers", 1981)
* LooseCannon np: Iced Earth - The Coming Curse
* Shadow NP: Frank Zappa - Brown Shoes Don't Make It (from "Tinsel Town Rebellion", 1981)
* Perun NP: Iron Maiden - Virus
* national_acrobat np: AC/DC - Fire Your Guns [02:55m/128Kbps/44KHz]
* LooseCannon np: Judas Priest - Living After Midnight
* SinisterMinisterX np: Metallica - Cure (from "Load", 1996)
* SinisterMinisterX np: Twisted Sister - Heavy Metal Christmas (Twelve Days Of Christmas) (from "A Twisted Christmas", 2006)
* national_acrobat np: Van Halen - Top Jimmy [03:01m/128Kbps/44KHz]
* Hunlord NP: Testament: The Legacy - Over The Wall
* Perun NP: Annihilator - Alison Hell
* national_acrobat np: Iron Maiden - Roll Over Vic Vella [04:48m/128Kbps/44KHz]
* LooseCannon NP: Iron Maiden - Brave New World
* SinisterMinisterX np: Rush - Freewill (from "Permanent Waves", 1980)
* Hunlord NP: Testament: The Ritual - Return To Serenity
* Shadow NP: Pink Floyd - Comfortably Numb (from "", )
* SinisterMinisterX np: Iron Maiden - To Tame A Land (from "Piece Of Mind", 1983)
* national_acrobat np: Deep Purple - Highway Star [live] [06:43m/128Kbps/44KHz]
* LooseCannon np: Bruce Dickinson - Darkside of Aquarius
* Perun NP: Jimi Hendrix Experience - All Along the Watchtower

 

[LooseCannon]

I won.

 

[Forostar]

I opted to exclude Forostar and Maidenfreak from the list, because the former left very soon and the latter entered very late.

Very soon? Let's just honestly say I didn't have much response, heh.

 

[SinisterMinisterX]

Let's present this in a different light. Here's the songs listed by NP-Warrior:

Hunlord:
Manowar: "Warriors Of The World", "Blood Of The Kings"
Stainless Steel: "Light The Fire"
Nena: "99 Luft Balloons"
Paul Di'Anno: "Santa Claus Is Coming To Town"
Savatage: "When The Crowds Are Gone"
Bruce Dickinson: "Road To Hell"
Exodus: "The Toxic Waltz"
Iron Maiden: "Judgement Of Heaven", "Only The Good Die Young", "The Thin Line Between Love And Hate"
Queen: "Who Wants To Live Forever"
Kreator: "Pleasure to Kill"
Hammerfall: "Glory To The Brave" (live)
Iced Earth: "Dracula"
Testament: "Over The Wall", "Return To Serenity"

national_acrobat:
Queen: "The Show Must Go On"
Nino Rota/Bruno Nicolai: "Titoli / Ritorno Dall'Elba", "Marcia Scozzese", "Waterloo-Waltz"
Pink Floyd: "In The Flesh"
Led Zeppelin: "In The Evening"
Iron Maiden: "For The Greater Good Of God", "The Evil That Men Do", "Roll Over Vic Vella"
Black Sabbath: "After Forever"
Motörhead: "Going To Brazil"
Praying Mantis: "Captured City"
Deep Purple: "Strange Kind Of Woman" (live), "Highway Star" (live)
Ozzy Osbourne: "Mr. Crowley"
Dilated Peoples: "Live On Stage"
Paolo Conte: "Sparring Partner"
Angel Witch: "Angel Witch"
Megadeth: "A Tout Le Monde"
Nomad Soul: "Tell Me Why"
Blaze: "Identity"
AC/DC: "Fire Your Guns"
Van Halen: "Top Jimmy"

Shadow:
Rush: "Xanadu", "The Trees"
Thin Lizzy: "The Boys Are Back in Town"
Jethro Tull: "One Brown Mouse"
Genesis: "Firth of Fifth"
Syd Barrett: "Baby Lemonade"
Yes: "Yours Is No Disgrace"
Uriah Heep: "Easy Livin"
Led Zeppelin: "Kashmir"
Queen: "Innuendo"
Frank Zappa: "Brown Shoes Don't Make It" (live)
Pink Floyd: "Comfortably Numb"

Invader:
Iced Earth: "Pure Evil", "A Question Of Heaven"
Black Sabbath: "Paranoid" (live)
Guns N' Roses: "Sweet Child o' Mine", "Patience"
Helloween: "Halloween"
Deep Purple: "Perfect Strangers"
Iron Maiden: "Mission From 'Arry", "The Nomad", "Seventh Son Of A Seventh Son"
Metallica: "The Four Horsemen"

LooseCannon:
Trans-Siberian Orchestra: "Different Wings"
Judas Priest: "Electric Eye", "The Green Manalishi With The Two-Pronged Crown", "Living After Midnight"
Black Sabbath: "Heaven and Hell", "Iron Man"
Iced Earth: "Travel in Stygian" (live), "I Died For You", "The Coming Curse"
AC/DC: "T.N.T."
Twisted Sister: "I Wanna Rock"
Halford: "Metal Gods" (live)
Iron Maiden: "Paschendale", "Powerslave", "The Clansman", "Brave New World"
Metallica: "Master of Puppets"
Blaze: "Soundtrack of My Life"
Savatage: "One Child"
Megadeth: "Hangar 18"
Queen: "Mustapha"
Queensrÿche: "Anarchy-X"
Bruce Dickinson: "Darkside of Aquarius"

Perun:
Iced Earth: "Burning Times"
Stainless Steel: "Light The Fire"
Dio: "Rainbow In The Dark", "Holy Diver"
UFO: "Doctor Doctor"
Bruce Dickinson: "Silver Wings", "Tears Of The Dragon"
W.A.S.P.: "Animal (Fuck Like a Beast)"
Nomad Soul: "Demons of The Past"
Blind Guardian: "Time Stands Still (At The Iron Hill)"
Iron Maiden: "Como Estais Amigos", "Brighter Than A Thousand Suns", "Virus"
AC/DC: "You Shook Me All Night Long"
Deep Purple: "Pictures Of Home"
Black Sabbath: "Children Of The Grave"
Rush: "Something For Nothing"
Blaze: "The Brave"
Blue Oyster Cult: "(Don't Fear) The Reaper"
Annihilator: "Alison Hell"
Jimi Hendrix: "All Along the Watchtower"

SinisterMinisterX:
Blaze: "Stare At The Sun"
Bruce Dickinson: "Book Of Thel"
Deep Purple: "Child In Time" (live), "Black Night"
Eminem: "Just Don't Give A Fuck"
Helloween: "Keeper of the Seven Keys"
Iced Earth: "Damien"
Judas Priest: "Diamonds And Rust"
Kiss: "God Of Thunder"
Led Zeppelin: "Since I've Been Loving You", "In My Time Of Dying"
Pink Floyd: "Shine On You Crazy Diamond (Part I-V)"
Queen: "The March Of The Black Queen"
Rainbow: "Kill The King"
Rolling Stones: "You Can't Always Get What You Want"
Rush: "YYZ", "Freewill"
Twisted Sister: "Under The Blade", "Heavy Metal Christmas (Twelve Days Of Christmas)"
Venom: "Witching Hour"
Iron Maiden: "Hallowed Be Thy Name' (live), "Killers", "To Tame A Land"
Metallica: "Creeping Death", "Cure"
Black Sabbath: "Sabbath Bloody Sabbath"
AC/DC: "Hells Bells"

 

[Hunlord]

Per and myself. We played Stainless Steel, end of.

Except I played it first, sooooooooooooooo....

 

[Forostar]

In these kind of wars, you can only generate the applause machine when an oldie is played, which took away some of the fun for me.

My tip to someone who wants to join this war:
Throw in OLD songs (just get a dusty encyclopedia, or type in bandnames on internet: you don't even need to know the tracks to realize how famous they are) and then you'll make a chance to be heard, and perhaps even to win.

Either keep throwing in newer songs and try to be happy with the lack of replies!

BTW: I played 7th Son! 

 

[Onhell]

I still stand by my vote to SMX. I had a good feeling he won reading through the War Log, but his breakdown by warrior confirmed it... he beat you tards into submission.

 

[LooseCannon]

We almost had Perun there.  Then he dropped Brighter Than A Thousand Suns.  Bastards.

 

[Albie]

SMX played Creeping Death - that song is the very best song played by anyone at any time (aside from one or two Maiden songs).

But not enough album plays for my liking.

 

[national acrobat]

For the record, I'll just say that I was at a disadvantage, as I only have a few albums loaded onto PC, I practically played everything I could.

So vote me!

 

[SinisterMinisterX]

I voted LC, mainly because I think it's unfair to vote for myself here ... even though I think I won.

 

[Anomica]

Pray explain something to an np-noob: on what criteria are we to vote for a winner? In other words, how am I to decide who the hell is the winner in this contest? Song volume? I always prefer quality to quantity... What basis for winning? Oh, and what does the winner recieve? I might not want to award the wrong person something nice

 

[char_da_harlot]

I voted for Perun.  Why?  Because he is the only one who had a UFO song!  You rock!

 

[national acrobat]

If I'd known someone else was going to vote for Perun, I wouldn't have done so myself.

 

[Invader]

It was over by the time SMX threw in Hallowed Be Thy Name.  We should form a UN (United NP-Warriors) that bans such harsh weapons.

Oh, and yes, SMX won.  You can't fight the greatest song in the world, period. 

 

[Forostar]

Pray explain something to an np-noob: on what criteria are we to vote for a winner? In other words, how am I to decide who the hell is the winner in this contest? Song volume? I always prefer quality to quantity... What basis for winning? Oh, and what does the winner recieve? I might not want to award the wrong person something nice

I already explained this.

 

[Onhell]

It was over by the time SMX threw in Hallowed Be Thy Name.  We should form a UN (United NP-Warriors) that bans such harsh weapons.

Oh, and yes, SMX won.  You can't fight the greatest song in the world, period. 

AND Keeper of the Seven Keys, bold move by an atheist

 

[Anonymous]

Oh yeah, Nush won, in my opinion.

 

[Powergirl81]

I voted for LC cuz his songs were the ones I recognized the most, plus he played Pasch!

But on SMX's end, he played Freewill and YYZ, 2 Rush classics!

Char, you like UFO? My hubby just LOVES them, esp. cuz Michael Schenker was part of them back in like...1979-80 or something? I'm surprised NO ONE played any Scorpions...

 

[char_da_harlot]

I voted for LC cuz his songs were the ones I recognized the most, plus he played Pasch!

But on SMX's end, he played Freewill and YYZ, 2 Rush classics!

Char, you like UFO? My hubby just LOVES them, esp. cuz Michael Schenker was part of them back in like...1979-80 or something? I'm surprised NO ONE played any Scorpions...

Yes PG, your hubby and I like the same music.  When you were telling me what you got him for Xmas, I was wishing you were my wife.  Just kidding.  Lets see if my daughter pulls through for me this Xmas? 

I knew you were going to vote for LC, PG.  He was my second choice.