Level 99

Harpy Brothday to you all! Sephfire, keep up the amazing work with Extra Credits. Doing the gaming community right with that show.

Oh, glorious, Beatdrop: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9nl2wf7gyzg

It's actually because its in the process of emerging from the mountain. Now we build...downwards. MORE GOLD. Edit: OCR and OCAD aren't the same entity, though. Besides, why sully their server with our smut when we can wallow in it without disturbing them? It's WIN WIN! Do both: build the Taj Mahal on the regular server, construct flying phallus rocket on OCAD.

Oh hey, we just got another donation! For a very significant amount! We're 3/4 of the way to our original goal! Killer news, y'all. Also, there may, there JUST MAY...be some posters.

Quoted for absolute truth. *mashes the repeat button*. While I personally prefer your more upbeat chippy-only works to your jazz works, your jazz stuff is still sublime. I would have liked to had it be a bit longer but, then again, great songs bear repeating. Keep up the good work!

The Mighty Golden Phallus of Ocad, thank you Beatdrop. Also, I was wondering what all that racket was through the walls of my house. Then i realized Beatdrop made a BEAT GENERATOR, or Drum Machine, out of redstone. YOU KIDS SHUT OFF THAT INFERNAL NOISE!

NiGHTS "...have you ever thought about flying?" Article by: Level 99 Pictured from: Sonic Riders: Zero Gravity Created by: Sega First appearance: 1996 Bio NiGHTS is a resident of the dream world, where he spends time playfully flying through the air, performing acrobatics, and playing an invisible flute. He is an androgynous being whose appearance and abilities can change depending on a given situation, such as morphing into a bobsled in a snow area and a dolphin when underwater. While usually kind and chivalrous, he is also a bit of a prankster, playing jokes and startling people. He is a 1st Level Nightmaren: a creature created by the ruler of the realm of Nightmare, Wizeman. NiGHTS rebelled against his creator after Wizeman tried to take over Nightopia, the Utopian dreamscape that exists as a paradise for people while they are asleep. After dissent, he was imprisoned inside the Ideya Palace, a cage with a barrier that can only be passed by someone who holds Ideya (colorful orbs representing aspects of human personality). It is at this point that, in the town of Twins Seeds, two children start to have nightmares. Claris and Elliot fall asleep and imagine their worst fears before happening upon the realm of Nightopia. Both of the dreamers find NiGHTS imprisoned, and since they have their Ideya, help him escape. The dreamers "dualize" (become one) with NiGHTS, and with the power of flight at their command, take on Wizeman snd his henchmen for the fate of Nightopia. NiGHTS has a complicated relationship with the other 1st Level Nightmaren, Reala, whose abilities are nearly identical to his own. While NiGHTS is curious and playful, Reala is cold and obedient, never questioning Wizeman's orders to imprison his equal and capture Nightopia. Reala is second in command underneath Wizeman, and proves to be one of the most difficult challenges to overcome. With the design of NiGHTS, Sonic Team deliberately made the character androgynous. According to Takashi Izuka: "He is a mirror of the child's personality, so when the children dream, they become him. So from a boy's point of view, NiGHTS will be a boy, from a girl's point of view, NiGHTS will be a girl". Assignment of gender, such as in this bio, is merely reflective of the assignments people have put on the character themselves. Selected game appearances === Saturn === NiGHTS Into Dreams... (1996) Christmas NiGHTS into Dreams... (1996) === Wii === NiGHTS Journey of Dreams... (2007) References Wikipedia - "Nights (character)" Wikipedia - "Nights into Dreams..." Wikipedia - "Nights: Journey of Dreams" NiGHTS: Into Dreams instruction manual NiGHTS: Journey of Dreams instruction manual NiGHTSintoDreams.com - "Bio: NiGHTS"

The Damned, bug me on IRC about the listening party, aight? Either I will host it or will organize the time and give instructions on how whoever should host it.

Oops forgot to mention the WAV thing was added recently, sorry about the confusion.

Happy Basudai! May you both continue to rock as hard as you can handle!

There is no such thing as a perfect release, no matter how close things come to it. First, let me point you in this direction: http://ocremix.org/info/Album_Project_Guidelines Those are the general guidelines for OCR albums. As you can see, there is a quality bar, and there are required items for release. These requirements are updated from time-to-time, so anyone running a project is expected to keep up-to-date with what is going on. As Pokemon was an extremely long running project, there were some issues that cropped up. FLACs are considered a courtesy, generally, though there is a high preference for it. With this album, some FLACs just did not exist. Album projects are evaluated before posting to make sure that they reach the required quality bar as well. As for the incorrect files, that was a mistake somewhere down the line, not something due to the ball being dropped, since the FLAC included was of the correct version. It was quickly caught after release and it's been heavily posted pretty much anywhere people can look if they want the artist's preferred version. Protodome is right in that the two versions were super-close and it is very easy to get some of these things confused. I've not personally seen or heard any of the corruption or corrupted files people are talking about. That should have answered pretty much all of your questions and concerns.

*hits that ridiculously trite and annoying Red button from Staples at work* "THAT WAS EASY!" Yes, it is THAT easy. And this place is indeed awesome.

It's official: some OCADfag needs to make a Minecraft texture pack replacing all the animals with cohosts and all the badguys with crabs. I, for one, welcome our new anthropomorphic on-fire arrow-shooting crab overlords. And thanks, none of us is still technically alive after all this time You and me both, pal. I bought it two weeks ago and was like "meh, this ain't really interesting." Then I spent another half an hour with it. And then three hours. And then I looked at my hands, and thought "my god, what have I done?". I will indeed check out Chez Beatdrop, and soon I will have to construct Casa de Level 99. I'm thinking of making a 20-floor hotel! With Blackjack! AND HOOKERS!

I spent, like, 30 minutes testing the server before unleashing it unto the world. I'm going to be very interested in seeing what all is going to exist next time I log in. Also, let me know who needs admin-ing.

In light of recent events, I feel compelled to quote the following: Some damage has already been done, but I am hoping that no further is.

Episode 51 - Side-Scrolling Rave Party Beatdrop comes on and tells us how disgusting Hawaiian food is and how much David sucks at his job. Also, info on the OCAD Minecraft server.

Every single time a person questions the judges panel with votes like this, its basically spitting in the face of the hard work these people do, and questioning their qualifications to do what they do best. Shut the fuck up, Brandon. Fishy, this shows that you rocked hardcore back then, and only got better with time as you began to hone your skills. Great job.

Sony only has so much money and so many lawyers. I'm skeptical about their ability to pool the resources on all fronts right now, especially with the NGP hype-train trying to get started. I realize the legal and marketing departments are separate entities, but how much money is Sony willing to burn simultaneously with all this going on? I'm quite surprised that customs really IS holding the PS3 shipments, and it could be the wake-up call Sony has been hitting the snooze button on for a while.

Fishy pretty much nailed it. The project has been going on for so long that some people submitted finals to the project director in MP3 form and, when the time came that WAVs were requested, the raw project files or WAV renders no longer existed. The project was released with what lossless files existed. I can't speak to the issue with flac decompression because I've never had that issue whatsoever. -------------------- I'll likely be going through and doing a track-by-track review at some point, but I'll also say a few things now. This album serves to show me the extent to which people have grown, changed, and improved over the last four-to-five years. With a project that ran as long as this, you can hear how "old" some songs sound. It's an album that shows its age but it's not a bad album in the least. In fact, I think the album serves a parallel to the actual Pokemon game series. It started somewhat humbly, with good core and great creative ideas. Over time, those ideas were polished to a mirror shine, and the music has not changed as much as it has matured. Same thing with this project: if Battle for the Badge represents some of the first material for the project, and Bullet for my Pillowswine repesents some of the latest, the amount of heart and devotion is equal for both. As a love-letter to Pokemon-series music, this album does its job incredibly well. It may not have all the slickest production, tightest timing, or greatest performance on every track, but the whole is greater than the sum of its parts. Without a doubt, there are some fantastic tracks to hear, and any fan of the music of the series will find joy in listening. Kudos and congratulations to all those involved in the project, and take a well-deserved break to recharge your batteries and rest your Pokemon. Your effort value is beyond comprehension.

That's my fault. SORRY!

The Damned did not ask me, so I did not. The listening parties are usually done only at the director's request, so...go talk to him about it