Liontamer

Just droppin' this here. I'm DEFINITELY not a feminist, and agree with the rationale of this Onion op-ed. Feminists like Aneeta Sarkesisnans [sic] clearly want to eliminate all men. http://www.theonion.com/articles/i-dont-support-feminism-if-it-means-murdering-all,37301/

http://ocremix.org/info/Frequently_Asked_Questions#Why_aren.27t_the_ReMixes_ranked_by_popularity.2Fratings.3F Alpha nav may make a comeback. We're also (slowly, just like everything we work on working on expanding the tagging system to integrate genre/mood/instrument tags into the site, but that's a ways away. Something randomly promoting new artists could be cool. I'd love to hear more ideas about discovery that aren't best/toplists/most popular.

AFAIK, I don't see the APE tag anywhere in MP3tag, but I've Googled some instances of people complaining they couldn't edit that kind of tag out. Will see if stripping the tags and reapplying them would get rid of an APETAGEX.

Yep, it wasn't us... it was YOU!

Load them in MP3tag, sort by comment, look through the ones where the comments start with http://, then determine what you don't need.

Yep. They're roughly slotted chronologically with when they were first posted (which was back before OCR used ID #s).

Of course. We got what we could from it.

Yeah, we'll see if we can find the old writeups before we can add the pages. If djp can't locate the original writeups, we'll add some new comments to go along with the pages. djp just needs some time to search his backups. That said, I'm really hyped that they're all back!

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I don't know how to deal with those. Don't dispute it further because if you do and it's rejected, you (wrongly in this case) will get copyright strikes. I don't know how to get a human being to resolve it. We can investigate further at some point, but it's just a point of annoyance for now.

It's all a matter of degrees, yes. Game journalism does have ethics/transparency improvements it needs, so Gamergate will help in that regard, but that movement is overall less helpful and more misguided due to the other fears that have been too much of a part of it. The other stuff that's being protested -- women/minority developers and fears of "social justice warrior" progressive changes -- the people against that can't stop it, they'll only hasten it by reacting with fear, threats, and harassment. Being remotely anywhere in the ballpark on only 1 out of 3 core points is pretty bad. To me, Gamergate here would would be like a bunch of people coming into OCR, claiming 1) the judges are all corrupt and only approve the ReMixes they like or are from their friends by quoting positive/negative judging comments, and 2) the judges approve "objectively bad music like dubstep/rap/metal" to pursue an SJW all-genre inclusion agenda, then also complaining that 3) the submissions take too long to be judged. And those people harassing you and staff to "fix" our judging policies. Well, one out of those three issues has a point. But if you base an anti-OCR Judgegate movement assuming all three things are right, and a lot of vitriol gets used on points 1 & 2, well...

http://www.clickhole.com/article/summary-gamergate-movement-we-will-immediately-cha-1241 IMO, The Onion nailed it. Gamergate on the whole is getting nothing productive done so far. Also, I saw about Dale North leaving Destructoid. I'm sure we'll hear more about it at some point, but I dunno if he's leaving over that guy that was fired a year ago, even though that blacklisting claim against Niero seemingly has some legs to it given the letter of Florida law as claimed by whoever put up that information. Seems more like Dale left over interpersonal things, but it's only a guess. If Dale still wants to do gaming news, he'll find somewhere like Polygon or Verge or whatever, I don't doubt that.

Why are you using that line on me? I don't believe it's 100% trolls/harassers. I don't know how large the group is, but there's definitely a segment of GamerGate supporters who: 1) aren't harassing people; 2) aren't threatened by female game developers or more diverse depictions of women in games; 3) want a higher standard of ethics in games journalism. But the ethical people in GamerGate who have had 0 to do with the trolling and death threats should probably ditch #GamerGate as a hashtag and move to #GamerEthics or something new so that they can continue that effort without the baggage of the trolls who use it as smokescreen to harass. I'm sure it's out there, but I haven't really seen anyone gather a big list of issues to fix re: payola/unprofessionalism in gaming journalism (and proven examples of corruption in action). I'd love to see a good one. TotalBiscuit's talked about broader issues like exclusive advance reviews and stuff like that, where there's much more pressure/incentive to rate a game highly. And there's of course the Jeff Gerstmann controversy from a while back. Does anyone document the number of exclusive advance reviews various outlets have, or how outlets have rated games they had ad campaigns for, and keep track of other metrics like that?

That's stupid and conspiratorial. He should probably shut up about it.

Agreed with Vinnie with his concerns on the lead vocals. Also, the piano sounds extra unrealistic, and the dynamics are pretty flat for such a short piece due to the texture always having the same overall intensity. Is that brass or strings for that part at :53? Either way the sample there didn't sound realistic either, though it wasn't a dealbreaker since it was just accenting things. If you can't get the voice triggering to not sound so rigid, you can see if XPRTn00by would wanna provide more stuff. It sounds like a good WIP/sketch of an unfinished mix as far as mapping out the structure, but it ain't a contender yet. Needs more realism and dynamics FTW. NO (resubmit)

What did you think? Post your opinion of this ReMix.

No way! DAT ORIGINAL THO. ------------------------ Shut the door. S'over. https://twitter.com/PaulMcCartney/status/523084349215109121

Argle just can't admit I'm like a bald, chocolate version of Vega. Mighty fine. P.S. "Bald Chocolate Vega." I smell OLR mix title.

True. Dave did find a couple of minor discrepancies in the MP3s we're corralling for the next torrent. No cred there.

I'm not just a pretty face and MP3 tagging nerd.

I'll frame it in different terms. I don't believe cultural criticism is equivalent to fighting for equal rights. However, justified agitation and provocation for better treatment is the common thread. Thanks for the clarification. She's definitely not Malcolm X. I don't think she has the weight, scope, or impact of the civil rights leaders mentioned or that she's a civil rights crusader; X and Friedan are merely very famous examples of social agitators. But when you make the implication that Sarkeesian's lengthy analyses will be forgotten in the gaming community, that's less likely to be true due to YouTube and digital distribution. Students of the '60s didn't have it, so they couldn't reach the number of people that, like it or not, she's definitely reaching. Obviously, critiquing fiction is smaller potatoes, but in gaming she has the potential to have a meaningful, positive impact on the overall depiction of women in games, even if it's not immediate and not on her terms. That's why I don't mind if her approach or conclusions are imperfect; other smart, insightful people in games can apply what works and discard what doesn't. Sad as it is to say -- as I believe the threats are mostly terroristic bluster (that need to be taken seriously for safety's sake) -- let's ALSO hope she doesn't get shot like Malcolm X. It's unreal, almost absurdist, that it's gone this far with the nature of the threats.

I'll weather the oncoming storm.

Yep. Malcolm X and Betty Friedan are good examples. They didn't ruin society for blacks and women due to their extreme personalities, they ultimately advanced it. No one speaking out right now is going to "ruin" things for gaming.

You've interpreted my POV fairly accurately, but yes, I'm more optimistic. I don't have an opinion, but for the sake of argument, let's assume you're 100% right in your framing of Sarkeesian's mindset (that her brand of feminism is akin to pursuing the elimination of pornography). If that was the case, I can't say I mind her feminism being the wrong wave and/or if her goals were zero-sum. I mean, I'd rather she was fully pragmatic, but is pornography going anywhere? It's not. The positive aspects of her rhetoric (i.e your tweaked version of what should be the core messaging) will ultimately be the takeaways. It's kind of like looking at the Bible, Torah or Koran; there are some fundamentalists, but most of the faithful will pick and choose the ideals they identify with and ignore what doesn't work for them. In gaming, I think that means "I just want more games that have positive women role models. I'll ignore the ones I already wasn't interested in." I just don't see writing in games undergoing a massive level of immediate change; you'd almost certainly have to see other entertainment (TV/film/music) change first before that trickled down to games. To me, the positive end result will fall somewhere below the most extremist interpretation of Sarkeesian's goals. If someone wants to interpret that as me "endorsing patriarchy", they can misrepresent me all they want. My ultimate opinion is that positive change will occur slowly but surely. I think it'll turn out fine. The 60s were a more divisive and dangerous "shit show" with bigger stakes, but American society gradually emerged as something better and more inclusive after the upheaval. Gaming will be the same way. The outcry raised against Sarkeesian's videos and women in games from GamerGate's troll segment will eventually backfire, and it will eventually lead to more women and inclusion in game development, more well-rounded depictions of women in games, and more maturity in the medium, all while the usual stuff we see in gaming also stays around for those audiences (who will also remain influential).

Well said!