Murmeli Walan

Awesome to hear. England is one of my top favorites, so I hope you can make something really great. I look forward to a WIP!

Really? Nice! I'm glad I that you didn't think it was too weird that I didn't take the top copy of VotL because the case was nicked up haha.

Oh yeah? Around the World is so cool, djp didn't even bother mentioning it at the Otakon panel. FACE! In all seriousness, though. What Mae says is very true: I have a deep passion for Kazuo Sawa's Super Dodge Ball soundtrack. I'm so proud of the work of all the artists who have provided for the project so far as well as anyone who showed interest in this album. If you're interested, follow the links in Mae's post to the Around the World project thread. And while you're at it, check out No Balls, No Glory, too!

My first Otakon was awesome, and the OCReMix panel was easily the highpoint of my entire weekend. The medley video was very well produced (Nice Work, Jose!) and the Dire Dire Docks remix game was clever (any chance that the "OtaMix" will be posted on the forums?) The two friends that I dragged along to the panel had actually never heard of OCR, but they became quick converts thanks to the Legend of the Mystical Ninja and Okami remixes in the video. Oh, and in case you were wondering, I was the guy who had to sing "Hillbilly Rodeo" for the trivia contest. I degregated myself for the VotL cd/cd-rom set, which I already downloaded for free anyway. How's that for devotion?

Yeah, I won't. But saying I would makes for a slightly humorous post.

If I see you there, I will hump you within reason.

This woman speaks the truth. I'm very proud of the both of you, and I can't wait for the day that those tracks are posted on the front page. But we still have to finish the project before that can happen, so let's get things moving! I encourage anyone who's interested to make a post here or sending Mae and myself a PM.

So yeah, I'm going to Otakon. I can't wait for the OCR panel. Add me to the first post, or I will cry due to lack of internet recognition.

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So yeah, I'mma be there, too. Paid my 55 bucks and everything.

Really, I'm just tired and I don't want to argue about if this is fake or not. I just hope it's fake because this looks like another retarded "gimmick" to try to bring back the near-dead Sonic franchise. Don't get me wrong, the image looks professional as hell, I just don't want to see it happen.

I've been following Sage for years, and I always look forward to the new fangames. It's kinda upsetting that it looks like Sonic Team Jr. isn't going to have anything regarding the final Sonic Robo Blast 2 game, but it looks like the expo will be another great success this year.

We've been there before: Plus, as a jaded Sonic fan, I just can't get my hopes up for the character anymore. @Linkjing: Hey, last month's issue was the first to unveil Mega Man 9, so it's not like this isn't believable or anything.

Until the issue comes in my mailbox, I call fake. ...bonus points for using a TAS quote, though...

Here's the official word from the otakon website: I am very excited to hear this. I'll totally be there, and for you old school BEERMIX fans, I just might bring along my kazoo.

And already there's a remix out there of this game. http://www.wiiware-world.com/news/2008/07/mega_man_9_cover_song

I have no clue what your project is, and I've never played FFVII. Color me interested.

That's funny, I heard the song through JoCo's website, and didn't realize someone from OCR had something to do with it, much less Shael. Awesome.

I'm going. It'll be my first Otakon, and I'm excited as hell. I'll probably wear a costume on Saturday, if I can get it around.

Nah, I'm pretty sure I didn't get a wav from you. I can only see the mp3 version in my project files. So yeah, real life's being a real bitch to me as of late...again...but I'll still make sure this moves along in a more timely manner from now on.

Awesome. Good to hear. (The .wav submission, I mean. Not your roommate getting surgery.)

So yeah, one week left. And how many people have checked in with me? Two, three? It's not pretty.

So the mix that you just PM'd me is the cut that the panel accepted? If so, then excellent. You're taken care of on this mix, then.

Well, I know that you had your computer crash a while back, and you probably don't have the project files from your remix. Just send me the highest quality version of the Kenya mix that you have. The important thing here is that the file you send me is the absolute final version of the remix, and there won't be any more changes to it.

May 21, 2008: So guess what? Looks like we got beat to the punch. Mustin and the Bad Dudes have put together their own SDB tribute album and released it recently. It's called "No Balls, No Glory" and you can download it over at www.noballsnoglory.net I just finished listening to the album, and I can easily say that it's one of my favorite fan remix albums to date. I'll have my personal review up later today. However, it leaves me with a big question: what do I do with Around the World? Mustin was able to get together some real big names in the game remix community for his album, including a few that I tried to recruit without success. Hell, he even found support from the team that's putting together the upcoming Super Dodge Ball Brawlers for the Nintendo DS. I'm sure I wouldn't be given the time of day if I tried contacting a company like that. So what do I do here? Do I tuck my tail between my legs and go crawling away? No, I just can't do that. I really have a deep love and appreciation for Super Dodge Ball and Sawa's soundtrack. For me to just cancel this project would be selfish to me and unfair to the artists that I did recruit. At the same time, however, I can't just sit here and ignore the album while it idles like it has for the past couple years. If anything, the No Balls, No Glory album has inspired me to march ahead and get this album finished. I have some big ideas floating around in my head now about how Around the World can possibly hang with the Bad Dudes album. But to do that, I need to take care of the project's loose ends that have be bothering me as of late. Today, I'm ordering a restart of the Around the World project. I have ideas in my mind for which artists to contact next, but I'm putting that on the back burner. The first thing that needs to be done is to deal with the languishing list of artists that either never sent me final versions of their tracks or updates to works in progress. I am setting a current remixer deadline for this coming Friday the 13th, June 13th. This is exactly three weeks from this Friday. This is what I want: if you are listed as Yes or No on the track listing above, then I want an updated WIP. If you are listed as DONE, then I want a FINAL VERSION of the track sent to me in an uncompressed .wav format. ANYONE ON THE LIST WHO FAILS TO MEET THOSE REQUIREMENTS BY JUNE 13TH WILL BE BOOTED FROM THE PROJECT. After the Friday the 13th deadline, when we'll concentrate on filling in the remaining track list slots. ONCE AGAIN, THE DEADLINE TO TURN IN EITHER A FINAL UNCOMPRESSED .WAV OF YOUR TRACK OR AN UPDATED WIP IS ON FRIDAY, JUNE 13TH, THREE WEEKS FROM THIS FRIDAY. ANYONE WHO FAILS TO MEET THIS DEADLINE WILL BE REMOVED FROM THE ALBUM. I will personally try to get into contact with all of my artists about the deadline. I know that some of you who finished their songs a long time ago may not have those project files around anymore, we'll discuss this soon. For now, I want this project to start moving again. Edit: holy crap, I just realized that the Around the World project is so old, they were talking about it on VGDJ. And I mean the Aurora/Rayza VGDJ, too.