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We could always get Will super drunk, then get him to record a solo whilst in that state. Then after he wakes up, remembering nothing that he did the night of recording tell him that he has to compete with a secret challenger and make a solo against the same track. Bam. Willrock having a competition with himself. It would be epic.

To add to that point, take a look at how things are currently run on Newgrounds.com. A public voting system is ripe for abuse - the people that gather the audience are generally the people that are willing to promote themselves by either spending every day ranking their own song as high as possible or by advertising their work endlessly - quite often even good tracks get buried behind the tracks that people spend the time to pimp. Because OCR has a quality panel that every single track is run through, everything is roughly at the same tier as everything else (at least most of the music from 2006 on; the standards have risen steadily over the years), so there is no need for another voting system for the sake of quality control. You shouldn't be looking for the 'best' song, because every track that is on here is very well done, and there's no way that a crowd of people will be able to tell you what your favorite piece will be, since at this level of production it's entirely up to everyone's personal taste. So yeah, the big 'problem' with the site is that everything is really well done. Not a problem that we mind having, I don't think.

DS still needs to vote on that last round. He alone can determine the victor of that bout - your team only has a single vote more than my team and Rozo's team, Brandon (and if my teammates had voted I would've swept the floor with ya both ). Though that does nothing more than boost one person or another's ego a notch - the top three spots tally the same overall, anyway. Darkesword will one day set things right in this forgotten land of WCRG 2011. Or so it has been told in legends.

Unless I'm mistaken, that guy just defended sexual harassment by saying that's just the way it is. For the sake of my sanity, please tell me I'm mistaken, somehow, because that was just... ugh. I can see defending cursing on a game like that, but really, making gender based insults? That's just fucked up.

I can understand the confusion, but this isn't a game remix, is it? It's a remix from the anime with the intent of using it in a game, correct? That belongs in the 'Originals WIP' forum, as it's not a remix from a video game, hence the move. Eh, may as well give you some feedback, too. The drums are really pretty good - I like the tight sound of the bass, in the context of the mix. The samples are pretty good, too - a lot of the electronic instruments give a nice, open feeling to the whole soundscape. There is a lot going on in the track, and unfortunately that does create a muddy soundscape, especially in the mids/lower mids of the EQ range. I'd suggest removing an instrument or two in that range when the track gets cluttered, or even move some of the instruments to a higher register. I don't know the source (a link to it is generally courteous, in a WIP thread - not everyone watches Naruto), so I can't say how the arrangement compares. Structurally speaking, though, the song on it's own is coherent and isn't boring, so that's certainly a good thing. Yeah, my biggest gripe with this is the production - the mud in the soundscape is mucking it up pretty consistently. Clean up your sounds and you'd have a really neat track, here. Also, yeah, Video Game remixes are for remixes of games, not of soundtracks with the intent of making them into game music. That's why the thread is moved - I do hope you make some game remixes sometime, though, as you could make something pretty neat, I suspect.

Light said that if X ever lost control there would be no force on Earth that could stop him. So yeah, there's that.

This is a thread for speculation - if we wanted to portray reality from the games, Needle Man would be far more powerful than the other bosses from MM3, even though he shoots sewing needles at the blue bomber...

Yeah, that works better. It's still a bit awkward, but it resolves well enough. Sweet mix, man.

I had this discussion with someone else earlier, but Centaur Man has the potential to be the most destructive of all the robot masters. Why? Let me ask you - what IS his power? Well, when you fight him, he can teleport, shoot bullets and stop time. When you use his power, however, it just destroys everything on screen. The report on him doesn't help (it says his power is 'UNKNOWN'), so at this point we must draw conclusions. He's a robot master who can destroy virtually anything in the flash of an instant in any given area, stop time and freakin' teleport. As there is nothing known about his power, we can fill in the blanks with whatever we want and say that's what he's doing, giving him the potential to be more destructive than any other robot master in existence. He's like a blank check for our imaginations.

I think I love this. The section at about 2:45 (I think - Tindeck doesn't have a timeline) that changes keys is throwing people off, though (including myself). If I recall correctly, the source actually does drop down to that area for a section, but not at that particular spot. I would consider changing that back into the original key. Otherwise, this is fucking awesome.

I see what you did there. I think Mars would make Napalm Man's and Bomb Man's weapons look like pea shooters, in comparison, but I'm not sure if stardroids count as robot masters... They WERE a part of the Mega Man Classic mythos, though, so they might.

Yes, I think most people here would agree with that. That's also considered sexist - that stigma had no reason to be there other than the fact that girls shouldn't do things that guys like to do. The perpetuation of that idea is a form of sexism. Just saying, is all.

Reminds me of when my brother and I would play x-com and save the game after every single turn/every passing day, no matter what happened. Similar concept - you get very attached to units because they could die the next mission, and such, and really changes the way you see a game like that. Too bad I don't play Pokemon - I might enjoy trying something like that.

Damn, that sounds fun. Shame I don't have the cash flow to justify going up there, right now.

Well, since you've posted most of your other tracks in other threads a workaround would be to link to your different threads (rather than to the actual YT tracks).

Unsealed would likely be rejected on the grounds that it's a medley and not a cohesive track. OCR is stringent on that front. It's length wouldn't hold it back, on it's own, though. The reason DjP was questionable with tracks longer than 7 minutes is because long tracks have a very difficult time not sounding repetitive, not sounding like a medley AND sticking close enough to the source(s) to remain within the submission standards. If there is a song that's long, not repetitive, sounds like a cohesive, single entity (and not like multiple songs put together) AND the source is recognizable then given that it's production was up to par it would likely be passed.

Yeah, I think Monobrow pretty much said everything that needed to be said, here. I would be annoyed at the large pictures, but actually by complete accident I learned that on my mouse wheel I can scroll fucking sideways by tapping the mouse wheel side to side. In-fucking-credible. Dexie does have a point. Zero Suit Samus makes sense dressing like that - it's her undergarments to her more complicated suit. On the other hand, that means that if she's running around in her 'Zero Suit', she's running around in her underwear. So... yeah, you're playing a female character in her underwear. Mmm, I'd argue in Zero Mission it made contextual sense - her armor was taken away. That's about it, though. A little better than running around in her bra, like the Super Metroid version would have been reduced to.

I'm all ears, at this point.

Two internet killers - to my knowledge, ACTA has already been pushed through and continues to spearhead into the international community.

Oh come on it was just asking for that.

Whether or not it's a good thing, yeah, that's technically 'sexist'. Whether or not it's acceptable is another issue entirely, but people who are trying to reduce everyone's 'sexist' argument (and for that matter racist) to 'it's violent/hateful' is really simplifying the argument and creating strawmen, in the process. There are plenty of things that could still be hurtful to society in one way or another without being spiteful or violent. No I haven't heard of it... wow, that's incredibly gay.

... what? That's not even close to what anyone is saying in thi what the hell are you talking about? Well, since you pulled a picture where a woman's nipples are punching through her suit... thing, let's roll with it. Post a corresponding picture where the detailed outline of a mans dick can be seen through his tight spandex pants in a video game. If you find that picture, then proceed to tell me that it wouldn't make you feel uncomfortable to be forced to look at the character's junk for the whole game. Some men would probably be able to do that without any issue (and some others could even enjoy it), but that would seriously reduce the male gamer base from playing the game, overall... which is analogous to one problem with hardcore gaming and women.

No it's not. It's the act of treating someone differently based solely on the fact that they're a part of another race. Similarly, sexism is the act of treating someone differently based solely on the fact that they're a part of another gender. Hatred and intolerance are certainly a part of these ideas, but they certainly don't cover the entire gamut.

That's because we're talking about gaming in an online gaming forum. There aren't that many women to talk about the issue because women generally are not as interested in gaming as men. The fact that I could count the women I know on this forum on the fingers of my hands should only serve to reinforce this. Catering to men only further removes real women from our medium, which really, really sucks for everyone involved in the end, male and female alike. If you claim that there is no problem with females being removed from the medium in this manner, let me ask if you've ever heard this question before... "You're a gamer? Why don't you go out and get a girlfriend, instead?" or the like. See, if women were able to partake in the activity as much as men then you wouldn't need to give up or hide your passion in order to balance your love life, as it could be an activity you share with them. There are exceptions to this where women actually do enjoy gaming with their boyfriends, and it's wildly awesome when you find someone like that, but it's still a rare exception - most women still do not want to be around men when they're enjoying games, which isn't ideal when it comes to relationships. Wouldn't it be nice if being an active gamer didn't mean often finding difficulty holding a relationship due to not spending enough time with your girlfriend? Give that some thought before you claim there's no harm in alienating the female audience - most other activities (even other male dominated activities such as playing a contact sport) don't have this stigma on them. That's at least one thing that's a horrible consequence to sexism in gaming that even affects us male gamers negatively.

Draconator, don't worry about whether or not it's an OCReMix style track - he's just trying to show off his work on this forum. Nothing wrong with covers as long as he's not planning on submitting it to the site (which he didn't make any claim to). I also don't hear too much trouble with the chords - they work fine where they are. Personally, I liked the sexy organ-like synths combined with the snapping of the fingers - it gives it a nice bedroom vibe. The piano doesn't fit as much with that vibe, but otherwise I think this was a nice little track. Thanks for sharing - it was pretty good.