For those who are not aware of the concept:
The idea is to go to the page of your number one artist, and follow the link of it's number one similar artist, then repeating that for this artist and so on, noting down each artist as you go. Do this until you've got to 50 artists (not including your number one). If you get any repeats, just go to the second similar artist or the nearest one that you haven't already had.
Let the carnage begins!
1. Slayer (\m/ indeed)
2. Pantera
3. Megadeth
4. Metallica
5. Iron Maiden
No surprises so far...
6. Judas Priest
7. Black Sabbath
8. Ozzy Osbourne
9. Guns N' Roses
10. AC/DC
11. Led Zeppelin
Oh, no!! Now I can forsee that the thing is going to go the same way as the previous..
12. Pink Floyd
13. The Beatles
14. The Rolling Stones
15. The Who
16. Cream
17. Eric Clapton
18. Dire Straits
19. Mark Knopfler
Been there.
20. Soul Survivor
Bingo! We have arrived at the labyrinth with no exit... You know the rest:
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36. פורטיסחרוף
I've been thinking.. Whether it is possible NOT to end up like this?? It's hard to prove at the moment, but I will utter a new "Great Theoreme of 50 Similar Artists Game":
I believe that if your artist somehow connects to The Beatles, You have no way to avoid your fate and go to sunny warm Land of Israel.. I also believe, that every artist connects with The Beatles in less than 50 steps. I need more data to analyse and to prove it though.
Note that the order of Similar artists is changing constantly, so this theoreme may become obsolete very soon..
Share your thoughts on this, I'll appreciate it!