Liontamer

Hi I hope my way of submitting my song is right and ok. Remixername: ilixifi Jürgen Brunner thejotman@gmx.at www.ilikescifi.com userid: 44449804 Game: FZero (Snes) track: Mute city -- www.sangriaboys.tk ------------------------------------------------------------- http://snesmusic.org/v2/download.php?spcNow=fz - "Mute City" (fz-09.spc) Recording quality was decent, but that and the EQing could use some work. I didn't hear anything related to the source tune for quite a while. If anything, the intro sounded vaguely like "Silence". The performance had a cool rough quality to it, but something tighter probably would have been more effective. The Mute City melody only showed at up 2:19 of a 3:17 long track. You need to have way more of the source tune involved in the arrangement (IMO, at least 50% of the track), and not just bookended onto a wholly original track. Interesting track, but too much of it had little to do with F-Zero explicitly. NO

Pimpness! Congrats Greg. I liked the first track the best. The second one, I've heard those drumloops before so I went "BAH!"

Some clarifications: 1) The intro is not Bach. The intro is Megadeth in the style of Bach, and is not in the public domain. A non-VGM song being in the public domain or not is also irrelevant to the current standards. 2) The usage of a non-VGM song fitting comfortably with the arranged game music should never be a reason to overlook the amount of usage. Any capable musician should be able to effectively weave in arrangement ideas from non-VGM songs into the game arrangement. It can't be treated as a violation only when executed poorly. The standards say, "Any incorporation or arrangement of source material not from games (mainstream, classical, etc.) should be extremely limited." I'm asking Dave to chime in since, 1) the amount of mainstream song usage is too high for "extremely limited" and 2) djp's initial opinion on this scenario was that it would be a violation. So basically, he's at a crossroads where he has an otherwise YESable track butting heads with a subjectively written rule, one that's relatively recent and pretty untested. Let's see what call is made by the guy who specifically wrote this rule, and potentially clear up some ambiguity. It might result in the wording being modified due to the collective vote OR this one's not gonna make it due to the amount of Megadeth coverage.

I'll admit, I didn't care much for the idea until I saw José's stuff. As much as I appreciate other ideas, José's base looks the coolest. The font for the names could be cooler, but otherwise, clearly the most polished and creative idea. I wouldn't put forum avatars on anything; copyright violation.

Here's to another International Women's Day baby! Keep up the good work, and hopefully you'll include Carrie doing vocals on some music in the future! For anyone that hasn't checked it out yet, you want to see “Narrative Evolved: Video Games and Storytelling”!

Personal preferences have nothing to do with judging. I gave OverCoat's "Path-ology" a 5 at Ormgas, but I vehemently NOed it, and it shouldn't have passed given how little of the source material was actually in it.

The irony is not lost on me, by the way. I've listened to every ReMix, so my list of personal favorites is pretty comprehensive: http://oc.ormgas.com/votesshow.php?user=8&vote=5 For the ones at the tip top, in order of artists: Metal Gear Solid 2 'Big Shell West Bristol', Tsugunai 'Static Wonderland', Awesome 'Game Over (Cheeze Mix)', Suikoden 2 'Reminiscence (Deep Sleep)', Shivers 'Cerebral Rose Jam', and Stormlord 'Seneca's Marble Pack Edit'. Looking at my list, I realize why I push people hard to download every OC ReMix regardless of what game it's arranging. If you don't, you will miss out on something amazing. Y'all n00bs out there, don't make that mistake!

Nah, that's right in that we all have that sex ladder. Ladder Theory clarifies the deal on why we wouldn't go after a girl even though we use only one ladder: http://www.laddertheory.com/yesvirginia.htm Barring reason 1 (being gay), changes in the status for #2 and #3 are generally how a woman moves up that ladder. For someone you're genuinely not interested in, they're at the bottom of the ladder or your cutoff point for having sex is really really high on the ladder. But there's no separate one.

Nothing wrong with using in-game voice samples. Much like any idea or technique though, don't overdo it. That's not from a "this is a violation" point of view, but rather a "keep it tasteful" point of view.

Nah, you're misunderstanding what I'm saying. I don't know your friends, how long they've been dating, or how strong their relationships are. Nonetheless, moving from long-time friends to dating isn't as common as you're making it out to be. I can get into it later, but there are always extenuating circumstances that can explain what the dynamic was before they became more serious (e.g. how close and knowledgeable of each other they were as friends, how aloof the guy was, either party having hangups or low standards that would encourage them to settle). I was friends with The Lady for 4 years before we ever went out, but it's not because I was pining at her for 4 years. Once I realized I was down, I stopped functioning as her friend and immediately switched gears. I also didn't say that pursuing a friendship under non-romantic terms is a perfectly valid way to lead to dating. It's valid in the same way that you could learn to fly a plane through watching action films. Could you potentially do it? Maybe, but highly unlikely. Would I recommend you do it that way when there are clearly better ways? No. What I'm saying is that because you don't want to DATE to get to know people, trying to learn more about the person "your way" through being their friend is currently your only option, and thus, by default, your best one. But it's a statistically bad option, and you should change it. Part of it may be (and I hate to play psych but am gonna try to infer something anyway), is that you don't wanna come across as a dog and like "all the other guys". In a way, you're denying your attraction. When you're saying "I don't know if I'm interested until I get to know them", that's inadvertently a lie. What you really mean is "I'm interested, but I don't know if I'll still be interested once I get to know them." That's more forthcoming. After all, there must be a reason to justify using a friendship explicitly to research them. Well, congratulations, it's because they passed your physical attraction test, and now you wanna worm up in it. As a male, being the friend of a girl is only OK if you don't have any interest in dating her. When you have no other motives or expectations, that's when it's truly all about friendship. Since this isn't your case, no matter how you want to spin it, I'd recommend you don't attempt to go the friend route. If you simply ASK a girl for her home phone number, the acceptance or rejection there removes ambiguities in a lot less time than if you're trying to be buddy buddy. And let's say you do ask for a date and get it. When you go out, there are a myriad of things you can learn about the girl's attraction level to you not only through the success or failure of conversation, but also her reaction to the venue as well as her body language in that date setting, things you can't learn with that level of accuracy by being buddies. Nothing you quoted contradicted anything I said about Ladder Theory being accurate. When I'd heard of it, it was a great supplement/verification of what I already knew.

Based off what you said, yes, you did miss out on being slapped by your girlfriend. But the injuries that rack up in cheerleading still made it the right choice, IMO.

That's correct. Check out the judges decision on it.

Don't be stupid. Ladder Theory just explains some aspects of attractions and relationships, it doesn't tell you HOW to actually do a good job in a relationship. I never even heard of Ladder Theory until 4 years after getting my shit straight. Nonetheless, it's great, and pretty much all true, albeit stating things in a different way.

The only think I don't like about Kwed's layout is that there's nothing designating game arrangements from demo arrangements. But yes, everyone should be going to RKO and DLing everything they have.

I offered it in the first post; I knew it would be fun! Yeah, Off-Top has that advice thread, but watching most of those guys in action is like the blind leading the blind.

Please Banhammer, don't hurt 'em! Happy Birthday, Ryan!

Nah, I'm right. Besides, we're not really discussing the same topic. The only thought I had walking away from your blog post, Doug, was "Man, he sure knows how to pick 'em."

It was an interpretive, well-put-together arrangement. The rules haven't changed much. I'll just attribute those last two comments to some sort of Hispanic racism versus trackers and Swedes.

Congratulations, Matt!

Doesn't matter what it is, I read them all. I don't mind when we receive lengthy submissions letters. Nah, that's a bad reason to NO a submission. Like zircon said, personal preference is just one potential bias we have to put aside. That's what intense physical attraction is. When you first meet someone, you mentally size them up. There aren't really many exceptions. If they pass your physical attraction test, they're potential dating material. That doesn't mean you'll necessarily try to move forward with that (especially if you have no other info to go on). I'm just saying that based on physical looks only, you quickly lump the person into either yes or no on whether they're potentially date-able. You're doing this whether you realize it or not. That's fine, that's what you should do. I certainly haven't said otherwise. You yourself just don't want to use dates for that; that's also fine. Many people though will ask girls out just off the physical attraction test, using dates as a forum for learning more about them and deciding if it'll go anywhere. To many, beauty is a very compelling factor; enough so, that they don't need more info than to pursue something romantic. They'll fill in the blanks later. There's nothing wrong with being friends when you're not compelled to want a romantic relationship with that person. But once you truly know you want to pursue a relationship, you have to drop the pretense of friendship now that your feelings have changed, and you ask the person out on a date. That's where most guys makes the wrong decision and stay the friend, not wanting to rock the boat. Under no circumstances should you continue playing the role of the friend and suppressing your own interest after you know you'd want to date the person. When you act as a friend despite wanting more, you're basically saying to a girl "Don't think of me as a romantic interest. We don't have those kind of interactions."

Happy birthday to former workhorse judge, Brandon "Harmony" Bush, the crooning-est black man alive, and my twin brother in the community! He's now reached the age of OOOOOOOOOOOOOLD!

Bah. Also, here's to older women! Happy birthday, Jill! Looking forward to the album!

I just got my copy of our interview in the mail this afternoon, Dan, thanks a lot for sending it my way, I really appreciate it. Maybe one of the Js can host my scan of the print article. I'm definitely looking forward to the full transcript eventually going up!

I think he knows that.

Lemme clarify. If you meet a girl, you want to pursue a romantic relationship from the start, and you try "friends first", that's stupid and only works in films. It's stupid to suppress what you're actually after and have the girl classify you as "just a friend." That's basic Ladder Theory and wholeheartedly against a "friends first" philosophy. For the following, keep in mind this is because you're honestly not interested, not because you're bullshitting with "friends first" and hiding your interest. In zircon's case, and also my own, if you meet a girl and you're not pursuing a romantic relationship with her, then it's more than fine to be friends. But if and when you realize that you now want to pursue a romantic relationship, AND you get legitimate signals from her that she wants the same (very rare, and usually something guys don't realize is required for this to work), the friend dynamic from you then needs to be dropped in favor of dating. I don't know of anyone of any age who finds someone that way. No, dating is just the courting process after you've decided to pursue a romantic relationship. It doesn't matter when, where, how or how often you've met the other person. Not to sound insulting, but meeting and talking for the first time as a date is a blind date, clearly not understood as typical dating, but a subclass of dating. Ok. Yeah, I think the nature of the submitted music has the potential to change. Many people born in the late 80s and early 90s probably got started in the 4th generation of consoles, while some younger kids that you may hear in the next 2-3 years started gaming in the 5th generation of consoles. Still, with retrogaming so strong nowadays with it going legit, I don't think people getting into ReMixing the classics will die off. Retrogaming covers this somewhat, so the more melodic older stuff should still get some attention. Also, every time I have even minor doubts about the resourcefulness of the community, they collectively come out with some good interpretive material. So on that level, working with music into the 6th generation of consoles and beyond shouldn't be a problem that dramatically messes with the amount of ReMixes we'll receive. It'll be prohibitive to a significant amount of musicians due to a lack of MIDIs compared to older games, but I think we'll be OK.