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Yeah, Crystal Snail was an awesome theme. Hence why I chose that as my Maverick the last round. Well, that and the fact that it had pretty complicated meters, and it created a situation where my opponents would get messed up trying to mix my theme with theirs. I'm awesome like that.

Interesting switch-up in the middle there, going from MM3 to MM2 - an interesting approach to the themes, there. Kind of an odd transition, though :/. Please keep your personal music threads in this forum, though. Double posting in here and in Community is spamming.

Haha, I love that write-up. "This is not a challenge! 7+ minutes will create more scrutiny in the panel! (DON'T) DO IT!!" This is an epic track, though. Seriously pushes everything and more in your face, and I love every minute of it. I... don't have much to say about it, really - the fact that OCR bend it's rules around just so it could include the mix should give you a hint as to how awesome it is.

no there isn't don't kid yourself

I don't know if this counts or not, but there's a remix that has a pretty heavy 'Dies Irae' presence, as well. May or may not be relevant, but it's cool, regardless (gotta thank Dhsu for pointing that one out to be a few years back ).

As per the rules, please don't mark something as 'Mod Review' unless you feel it's in a state that you can submit the music. Mod Review is not there to mark music that you feel needs a critique, but for music that you feel could be submitted to OCR and want to know what a judge might say about the track. Everyone wants people to critique their music on here. Don't abuse the system to try to get a few extra critiques for yourself, please, as that adds an unnecessary workload for the Workshop Moderators. I'll comment on the song later - there are significant improvements, but I'm a bit busy working on other things to give you a detailed response.

Nah, the next compo is the GMRB. It would've been a nice segue, though.

One day I will get to this. Unfortunately not now, but this Contra Hard Core had one of the best soundtracks on the system. That and Castlevania: Bloodlines. Both amazing games on the Sega with the music to back them up.

Well, newbie drum tracks are specifically shot down in the submissions page, so that's well covered. Your question covers a bit of a grey area on here. It's really something that's taken on a case-by-case basis on here. If the samples are used in a creative way that contribute to the track without dominating the track, then it will probably be alright. The best approach to take is to make the track and bring it to one of the moderators or judges and asking them if it's acceptable. There's no hard and fast rule against sampling the music - you'll just have to use your intuition and ask if the samples are being used in a creative and non-obstructive manner for the rest of your remix. If they're supplementary in nature and are not too prevalent (the standards do specify the music shouldn't primarily be made of game SFX, which includes sampled music), then go for it. Just check in with someone before you submit, is all.

... I never even thought of it that way. Hahaha... In all seriousness, though, it's primarily due to the fact that the neck lengths of a violin/viola are quite small in comparison to a standard guitar, so it's much easier to travel along the neck & between strings when there's a fifth between strings.

Epic picture. It IS Emu's birthday now though, right? I'm allowed to celebrate now without getting the dreaded stopwatch treatment? Alright good, happy birthday, man!

I know this isn't strictly Battletoads, per se, but Level 99 and I have a Battletoads & Double Dragon remix that might help ease your Battletoads malnourishment. I don't have anything directly from the Battletoads game, but I have seen a few things floating around with the surfing theme in the WIP boards, some time ago. Jarski had one up in particular that was pretty neat, but he took it down. Hit him up and see if he could provide the track for you. Hope this helps get you some Battletoads satisfaction.

Another thought - when lining up either your compo or his (pending on who starts what first), either of you could be mindful of who's in what bracket, then place people in a bracket that's the alternate to the weeks that the person is mixing in the other compo. I hope that's coming across clearer than I think it is.

Man, Coop has a lot of power in regards to these matters. Well, I'll take a little initiative and say Happy Birthday anyway. He'll get here, soon enough, and when he does he'll validate my birthday wishes.

Sure, there are plenty of people on here that could put out as good (or better) quality than you're suggesting (me included). KingYakko is using General MIDI as his output. Most of us use some better quality samples to make our music sound as good as can be. What are you asking people to do, how much usic should be produced, is there any pay involved, etc.?

A mystery unlocked, after three years of participating actively on this site. Thanks a lot, I have no clue why I couldn't figure that out.

Nah, I can see the video alright. Personally, I'm glad to see more people interested in the oldest musical game that I can think of. Makin' more people aware of this is always fun. Also, I'm glad you found another recording of the Battle Trenches - I seriously couldn't find anything.

Sam Ascher-Weiss chiptunes are accompanied by the talented piano work of... Sam Ascher-Weiss. You're playing with yourself, and I eargasmed because of it. Can't wait for the release.

Or get 64 people to sign up, and have this incredibly ironic naming convention for the compo - Sonic 64.

I'm sorry for the poor Gauntlet video - the one I previously used was taken down, for some reason, and I can't find anything better, right now.

HA. I wanted to get a finished version of this track up, since the one in the compo was not as nice as I wanted it to be, production-wise. I tried to ninja the d/l link before Darkesword posted the zip, but I was a few hours too late for that. I'm a nice guy, so I'll share the much improved version for everyone to listen to, anyway - I didn't want to post this before voting was over, though, since I didn't want to skew the votes (it's only fair - I didn't finish it proper on time). Magnus Divinicus Chiptunicus For those wondering, the themes used are Mega Man 3 and , Magnet Man, , and from Chrono Trigger (because schala). No, not everything from every source is used, and I do borrow more heavily from some sources than others, as I did try to make this a coherent piece of music without it becoming a medley. I hope that doesn't turn too many people off to it. Alright, enjoy the sexy music.

Kansas isn't a city, silly, it's a state. And no, I'm not near Kansas.

Haha, I remember talking about this at length in this ol' thread. has a pretty nice quote of that track. FFIX's Ipsen Castle quotes it as well, iirc.Yeah, I'd like to find as many as these as possible, so keep them coming.

Wow. Hey Darkesword, you have absolute power over how this match will end. This is easily the closest match in the competition, with nearly a three way tie. Not that it matters point-wise (as the first three places are awarded the same, this time), but it's still quite awesome how it turned out. Nice way to end the compo, everyone.