Gabe's L's
Gaming and Musical Theatre Homophones
Monstercat
100

The first WISTA show I worked on

What is Cinderella?

100

A table ____ is usually done before rehearsals begin. Also, gamer slang for predicting what your opponent is about to do.

What is read?

100

Monstercat is an EDM record label founded in 2011 in this Canadian city, which shares its name with the song that won the Eurovision Song Contest in 1974.

What is Waterloo?

200

The only one of Shakespeare's four great tragedies I haven't read 

What is Othello?

200

Fast songs have a high _____ and slow songs have a low _____. Similarly, offensive strategies have a high _____ and defensive strategies have a low _____.

What is tempo?

200

This masked DJ debuted with Monstercat in 2016. Just one year later, he would collab with Selena Gomez, and Khalid, Bastille, and Chvrches soon after.

Who is Marshmello?

300

My cat's name, translated

What is Marshmallow?

300

____theatre is the "play-within-play" phenomenon. For gamers, this refers to the characters and strategies that are trending in high-level play.

What is meta?

300

Irish DJ Noisestorm released this tropical-inspired banger in 2018. He animated the iconic music video himself using Unreal Engine. 

What is Crab Rave?

400

I have a phobia of this bug. Their adult stage bothers me a little less.

What is a caterpillar?
400

Belting into a microphone may cause it to ____. In a shooter, it's when you quickly expose part of your body from behind cover

What is peak/peek?

400

I like to make myself believe that Didrick's "Ready to Fly" from 2018 is one of the greatest love songs of the last 10 years, largely due to the vocal performance of Adam Young, better known as the lead singer of this band whose breakout hit dropped in 2010.

What is Owl City?

500

This iconic third-level spell deals 8d6 damage to creatures within a 20-foot radius sphere or half as much on a successful Dexterity save

What is Fireball?

500

An actor who understudies multiple roles. In a shooter: to leave cover in a way that exposes your entire body.

What is swing?

500

Before the acapella version paired with a dancing Klee from Genshin Impact was all over TikTok in 2022, Monstercat artist Vicetone's remix of Tony Igy's "Astronomia" was associated with men from Ghana dancing while collectively carrying this on their shoulders.

What is a coffin?

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