Bahamut

I'd be down - I anticipated that the MAGFest experience would be completely different with the hotel room issue, and was super frustrated by the hotel booking process/expense (it's bad that 6 nights in central London was cheaper than 3 nights at the Gaylord...), so I rage quit going essentially...plus getting a lot of pile on vitriol by MAGFest staffers when I tried to suggest options to improve the process based on basically every other event I participate/attempt to participate in that have the exact same issues but solve them in a reasonable fashion several months before the atrocious booking process was announced. IMO such a meetup shouldn't be tethered to a con, and should probably rotate locations so as to give a better chance of others in the community to join in, as well as give fresh sights/stuff to do. I also recommend being flexible with dates since ideally we could pick dates that work best for the community/aren't as expensive to travel on. I'd definitely be up for helping out covering some costs & would be willing to fly out to such an event.

Man, its been a while - first off I'd like to apologize for everyone for dropping the ball on this. I could not give this the attention it deserved ultimately, especially after embarking on my career almost 5 years ago. I'm in a good place now, but way too exhausted & busy to do much except maybe build websites, my domain of expertise. I'm glad to see that it has sped up to completion over the past year! I am excited to see what everyone has whipped up .

Heads up @Kanthos and @theshaggyfreak, your gifts will be arriving late.

I just sent out all the matches (except to @Mikayan - enable messages or let me know how I can relay it!) - happy giving!

I'm going to do the matchings a little later when I get home - you can still sign up in the meantime, but once I lock it down, I am likely doing the pairings/sending out the PMs.

Last day to join in the fun! Tomorrow I will do the randomization and match people - for the curious, I open sourced my matching implementation: https://github.com/wesleycho/secret-santa

Bumping this up - got until Wednesday!

Sorry for the delay, but Secret Santa 2016 is on! Here's the link to the form for filling out the info for those who want to be in for this year: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScJZjziyf9So7YLJ5wZpwJPGUgadbo1yt1JSe3x0kOB_QGnxA/viewform?entry.1808221956&entry.638850218&entry.1915050529&entry.937992033&entry.1702689183&entry.1855666434 Please fill out the form before November 23rd if you want to be a part of it. An annual reminder - please don't fret too much over spending money for the Secret Santa. Some of the most creative gifts can be free! Please try to be thoughtful though. People participating: Bahamut BardicKnowledge Capa Langley Cosmic Prism DragonAvenger Esperado Flexstyle GSO Hyperion5182 JenZ Kanthos kitty Koriantor Miyakan Obtuse ProjectSpam prophetik music pu_freak Rexy Sixto The Damned The Nikanoru TheShaggyFreak Wiesty wildfire

Damn, Lashmush did Kefka and Lavos? Taking on some big songs there

Informally, you have to create a proposal and send it to staff with a rough estimated timeline, initial artist list for tracks, summary of album concept, and desires for what the album will require. I'd talk with a staff member more versed on these things though, I've been out of the loop for years .

Just note, we'll need a quick turnaround (aiming to have the music 100% done by the end of the ~6 months, will release as is at that point), but I would absolutely love for this to be done - I'm fine with it if you are.

Almost every time I leave a forum tab open and I get a notification, I see a weird character pop up on the title where it should say ([number of notifications]) - this is on Firefox on Windows 10, and Chrome on OS X.

@evktalo: shooting for six 2 month check-ins currently, dates haven't been formalized yet, but expect them sometime next week. @Odai: We had an artist on the project already, but I think we may need another since this is a Square game (which means we need lots of custom artwork).

Just marked you guys down for Danger and @Sagnewshreds for Flight Into the Unknown

@Neblix & @Hipnotyk: done

Mainly I want the music to sound organic, but otherwise, no particular restrictions.

Oh yeah, that's not a problem at all

Depends on what you have in mind .

dannthr - what track would you like to do? Jay - I'll mark you down, I'm sure finding the live instrumentation you want will be possible. I know Doug mentioned to me he'd be willing to collab when I talked to him last week, and there are a couple of violinists around the community. I'll help contact people you need if you want.

Let me know what you end up wanting to tackle!

I officially rebooted the Secret of Mana project as an official OCR project, and now I am in search of dedicated musicians for the album! See the tracklist here. I am also on the hunt for an energetic co-director who can critique tracks, keep a close eye on each person's progress, and help put their stamp on keeping the quality bar high. Edit: Co-director found, artists still welcome

Hello everyone! I am back to help contribute to the community, and the next new album project I previously was getting together was for Secret of Mana. After a couple of years of mostly absence, I return to finish this good work up! This was started originally with the aim of getting it out in time for the 20th anniversary of Secret of Mana, but it came and went, and real life kept me too busy. Directors: Bahamut, pu_freak Here is the tracklist: 01 - Fear of the Heavens (claimed by Ergosonic) 02 - A Curious Tale (claimed by Hylian Lemon) 03 - Phantom and a Rose (claimed by zyko) 04 - Together Always (claimed by Hakstock) 05 - Fond Memories 06 - Into the Thick of It (claimed by Ergosonic) 07 - The Color of the Summer Sky (claimed by Rexy) 08 - Dancing Animals (claimed by Guifrog) 09 - Distant Thunder (claimed by halc) 10 - The Little Sprite (claimed by Audio Fidelity, bustatunez, DrumUltimA, Jeff Ball, Abi Coffer) 11 - It Happened One Evening (claimed by Guifrog) 12 - In the Dead of Night 13 - Mystic Invasion (claimed by evktalo) 14 - Secret of the Arid Sands 15 - What the Forest Taught Me (claimed by Harmony & djpretzel) 16 - A Wish 17 - Spirit of the Night (claimed by RebeccaETripp) 18 - Did You See the Ocean (claimed by Ergosonic) 19 - Danger (claimed by Sagnewshreds & jnWake) 20 - Calm Before the Storm (claimed by PabloComa) 21 - The Wind Never Ceases 22 - Flight of the Unknown (claimed by Sagnewshreds) 23 - Eternal Recurrence (claimed by pu_freak) 24 - The Legend (claimed by Devastus) 25 - A Bell is Tolling (claimed by Chernabogue) 26 - A Curious Happening 27 - Monarch on the Shore 28 - The Dark Star (claimed by Darangen) 29 - Prophecy (claimed by Sbeast) 30 - Steel and Snare 31 - Whisper and Mantra (claimed by RebeccaETripp) 32 - Ceremony (claimed by Radiowar) 33 - Morning is Here 34 - Leave Time For Love (claimed by GaMetal) 35 - Still of the Night (claimed by Ergosonic) 37 - The Oracle (claimed by The Legendary Zoltan) 38 - A Conclusion 39 - I Won’t Forget (also rearranged in Seiken Densetsu 3 - Where Angels Fear to Tread) 40 - One of Them is Hope 41 - Meridian Dance (claimed by Fishy) 42 - Now Flightless Wings (claimed by Mikeaudio) 43 - The Second Truth From the Left (claimed by Sir Jordanius) 44 - I Closed My Eyes (claimed by dannthr) Red means claimed, but no WIP Green means claimed, with a rough WIP Purple means claimed, with a good progress WIP Magenta means claimed, with a near completion WIP Blue means the final wav is in my hands More info to come shortly, but feel free to message me about unclaimed tracks (sources linked in tracklist) & proof of quality (if unposted mixer).

Just noting that we're at 13 final wavs out of 26 tracks currently . I got two wavs in the past week, and there are several others close. I'll be starting website work sometime in March & creating something special.

Microsoft Edge is what comes with Windows 10 - I'm not seeing a crash FWIW, sounds like something else is causing it (my version is a vanilla version of Edge).