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<blockquote data-quote="Wik" data-source="post: 5119904" data-attributes="member: 40177">I don't use music in my games, and I'm not really keen on having it present at games I play at, either.&nbsp; It's not that I dislike music - actually, it's the exact opposite.&nbsp; Music is too much of a distraction.If I'm making the playlist and a new song comes on, I'll often stop and mention the song, or where it's from.&nbsp; Or draw attention to it, or some random fact about it... such as &quot;Howard Shore wrote this for one of the LotR movies, but it wasn't included in the film's score, but you'll hear it at hockey games and on tv commercials all the time&quot;.&nbsp; and so on, and so forth.&nbsp; Plus, I have a hard time divorcing the music from the original intent - if I'm playing the battle theme from Gladiator, then I won't feel right unless the current scene involves a large-scale battle of some sort (a fight against a few lizardfolk doesn't count).I'm even worse if someone else put the list on.&nbsp; If I identify the music, I'm fine (and I'm actually pretty good at divorcing it, as a player - I won't act more battle-like in an RPG scene simply because the original music was set to a fight scene).&nbsp; But if I don't know the music, I'll have to interrupt the game and ask &quot;hey, what music is this?&quot; If I don't, I spend all my attention on the music, and not the game.Now imagine if it's a mixed set of tunes, and I'm unfamiliar with, say, half the songs.&nbsp; <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f61b.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":P" title="Stick out tongue&nbsp; &nbsp; :P"&nbsp; data-smilie="7"data-shortname=":P" />For what it's worth, I do this outside of gaming, too.&nbsp; In fact, just last night on a first date, I'd stop everytime a new song came on in the coffee shop.&nbsp; The music was really quiet, so I'd perk my head up, catch a line or two... and if I knew the song, I was back in date mode.&nbsp; If I didn't... I kept listening until I identified it or realized I didn't know it.Luckily, the date thought this made me interesting for some reason.&nbsp; Poor broad.&nbsp; <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink&nbsp; &nbsp; ;)"&nbsp; data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" />Moral of the story:&nbsp; Music can totally enhance your games.&nbsp; But it can be a distracting influence for weirdos such as myself.&nbsp; <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)"&nbsp; data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /></blockquote>

[QUOTE="Wik, post: 5119904, member: 40177"] I don't use music in my games, and I'm not really keen on having it present at games I play at, either. It's not that I dislike music - actually, it's the exact opposite. Music is too much of a distraction. If I'm making the playlist and a new song comes on, I'll often stop and mention the song, or where it's from. Or draw attention to it, or some random fact about it... such as "Howard Shore wrote this for one of the LotR movies, but it wasn't included in the film's score, but you'll hear it at hockey games and on tv commercials all the time". and so on, and so forth. Plus, I have a hard time divorcing the music from the original intent - if I'm playing the battle theme from [i]Gladiator[/i], then I won't feel right unless the current scene involves a large-scale battle of some sort (a fight against a few lizardfolk doesn't count). I'm even worse if someone else put the list on. If I identify the music, I'm fine (and I'm actually pretty good at divorcing it, as a player - I won't act more battle-like in an RPG scene simply because the original music was set to a fight scene). But if I don't know the music, I'll have to interrupt the game and ask "hey, what music is this?" If I don't, I spend all my attention on the music, and not the game. Now imagine if it's a mixed set of tunes, and I'm unfamiliar with, say, half the songs. :P For what it's worth, I do this outside of gaming, too. In fact, just last night on a first date, I'd stop everytime a new song came on in the coffee shop. The music was really quiet, so I'd perk my head up, catch a line or two... and if I knew the song, I was back in date mode. If I didn't... I kept listening until I identified it or realized I didn't know it. Luckily, the date thought this made me interesting for some reason. Poor broad. ;) Moral of the story: Music can totally enhance your games. But it can be a distracting influence for weirdos such as myself. :) [/QUOTE]

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