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Do You Trust The Scoring System At Song Rooms (Noraebang)?

 
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ABC KID



Joined: 14 Sep 2007

PostPosted: Mon Jul 05, 2010 8:00 pm    Post subject: Do You Trust The Scoring System At Song Rooms (Noraebang)? Reply with quote

For those that have ever been to a song room and seen points awarded out of 100, how reliable do you think they are?

Sometimes, I think it is completely random just to make it more fun. I especially feel like this when it gives me 100, considering I truly can't sing!

However, there are occasions where it does seem more accurate. A truly great performance sometimes gets 100 and a very poor performance gets in the 80's or lower. However, there seems to be no consistency.

What do you think? Accurate or random?
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8 years down



Joined: 16 Dec 2009

PostPosted: Mon Jul 05, 2010 8:05 pm    Post subject: Re: Do You Trust The Scoring System At Song Rooms (Noraebang Reply with quote

ABC KID wrote:

Sometimes, I think it is completely random just to make it more fun.



I've seen people stop singing half way through the song and still get 90s.
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prideofidaho



Joined: 19 Mar 2008

PostPosted: Mon Jul 05, 2010 8:11 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I have a terrible singing voice (was kicked out of Catholic choir - yes, they can kick you out), and I routinely get 90+ scores. Don't believe everything. If they told the truth there would be lots of tears in those rooms.
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Perceptioncheck



Joined: 13 Oct 2008

PostPosted: Mon Jul 05, 2010 8:59 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

prideofidaho wrote:
I have a terrible singing voice (was kicked out of Catholic choir - yes, they can kick you out), and I routinely get 90+ scores. Don't believe everything. If they told the truth there would be lots of tears in those rooms.


Very Happy Me too! I've scored in the 90s, and I'm so bad I wasn't even allowed in the choir at elementary school. In fact, I can clear a room with my singing in about twenty seconds. I've come to think of it as a bit of a skill.
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Yaya



Joined: 25 Feb 2003
Location: Seoul

PostPosted: Mon Jul 05, 2010 9:00 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

The score seems more related to how LOUD one sings than how well.
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koreangoldfishie



Joined: 09 Dec 2009
Location: Korea

PostPosted: Mon Jul 05, 2010 9:22 pm    Post subject: Noraebangs are owned by Lutherans Reply with quote

This is amazing! We may be on to something here because I TOO am Catholic and was kicked from my church choir. And my elementary school Glee Club, too. I propose that either:

a) Catholics can't sing
or
b) The Church hates good singers and tries to crush their spirits when they are young.

Interesting.
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egrog1717



Joined: 12 Mar 2008

PostPosted: Mon Jul 05, 2010 9:32 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Might have something to do with how many words you sing, not how you sing them?
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cincynate



Joined: 07 Jul 2009
Location: Jeju-do, South Korea

PostPosted: Mon Jul 05, 2010 9:35 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I farted in the microphone and got a 100. I sang beautifully and got a 66.
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rollo



Joined: 10 May 2006
Location: China

PostPosted: Mon Jul 05, 2010 10:46 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

most important post in Daves history!!!!!! A question that has consumed many a soul . We demand the truth!!
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DorkothyParker



Joined: 11 Apr 2009
Location: Jeju

PostPosted: Mon Jul 05, 2010 11:15 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I never even noticed the score; I am too busy being a badass rockstar.
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rollo



Joined: 10 May 2006
Location: China

PostPosted: Tue Jul 06, 2010 12:16 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

I have scored in the HIGH 90"s so I assume that these machines are accurate, but are they really? . Could this be a clever korean trick to lure foreigners into drinking more soju and to convice them to like korea. Truth will set us free.
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DorkothyParker



Joined: 11 Apr 2009
Location: Jeju

PostPosted: Tue Jul 06, 2010 4:26 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

I think more research is necessary. Tie a pink glitter bandanna around your skinny jeans, Kids, cuz shit just got real.
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ABC KID



Joined: 14 Sep 2007

PostPosted: Tue Jul 06, 2010 7:08 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Perceptioncheck wrote:
prideofidaho wrote:
I have a terrible singing voice (was kicked out of Catholic choir - yes, they can kick you out), and I routinely get 90+ scores. Don't believe everything. If they told the truth there would be lots of tears in those rooms.


Very Happy Me too! I've scored in the 90s, and I'm so bad I wasn't even allowed in the choir at elementary school. In fact, I can clear a room with my singing in about twenty seconds. I've come to think of it as a bit of a skill.


Yes, the machines routinely give in the 90s regardless of ability but I guess part of my question is whether they actually differentiate in terms of quality. For example will a good performance score around 98/99/100 whereas a weaker performance may score 92/93 perhaps?

By the way, they don't always give high scores. A few year's ago, a truly abysmal performance by my mom scored 58 I think it was AND she was lucky to get that!
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CentralCali



Joined: 17 May 2007

PostPosted: Tue Jul 06, 2010 8:06 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I have two theories on the automated noraebang scoring system.

  1. All it tracks is if you start making noise at the beginning of the word highlighting and stop making noise at the end of the word highlighting. You could be a screech owl and still peg 100. It doesn't check if you hit the right note or if you're even close to it.
  2. If the machine rates my singing at 89 or lower, then it's just a random generator. If it rates my singing at 90 or above, then it's a great machine with incredible programming to recognize my awesome talent!
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