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starla makes some great points, and everything she said would drastically help any compo, I'd think. The real problem here stems from the fact that OCR doesn't have a real built-in compo system, and thus no real way to manage a compo, so that responsibility relies heavily on the organizer themselves. Does OCReMix NEED a compo system? Arguably no. Compos aren't really the focus of OCR, and while it would make things easier on the participants and the organizers, it's definitely not a priority. As starla said, ThaSauce has a compo system, and it's not perfect by any means, but it certainly helps to some extent. Really though the significant factor here hasn't the compo system, or where the thread is, but the organizer. There's a number of other tools the organize can use to promote, and give updates. twitter updates, Facebook Pages/Events, signatures, there's a lot that people can do to get the word out there. OCR could theoretically give compos more of a focus, but that's not really what OCR is about. I'd rather see OCR put more emphasis on Workshop remixes than compos, though they're both very helpful to the growth of musicians. Really this would require some research, and usability/design studies to REALLY nail it, because there's no easy answer right now for OCReMix, but there's plenty that the organizers and participants can do. There is also an RSS feed for every public forum as a default feature in vBulletin. That means that the compos forum has that as well. Edit: This doesn't seem to be working as intended. It defaults back to Discussion no matter what. Perhaps djp could give more insight on this. So what do you need to help compos with the resources that are available now? Make a signature promoting AND explaining the compo Make the compo AS REGULAR AS POSSIBLE Listening parties help artists get a sense of community and instant feedback on their work. Positive reinforcement will make them more likely to re-enter Facebook Fan pages with regular updates Twitter pages with regular updates Facebook events, through the Fanpage, made BEFORE the end of the compo (some people change the dates 1 event, but a lot of people hate that, so I don't recommend that) A templated FIRST POST for every compo, with your current round, description of the round, link to or description in the of the compo. Links to the twitter, facebook, and event A sticky/announcement of these kind of tips for compo organizers in the compos forums This is just the stuff off the top of my head. Surely other people could come up with more, new ideas, but EVERYTHING mentioned so far could help compos out on a USER level.

So THIS is why you stopped just shy of getting exalted with all the Goblin Cartels. A noble sacrifice.

I answered a question similar to this on Yahoo! answers recently: http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=Ao3w0GEP.6c5.BTDTyIDB.3ty6IX;_ylv=3?qid=20110103131523AAcUhuu Using this thread as a reference: http://ocremix.org/forums/showthread.php?t=1468

Hate to break it to you bro, but: http://ocremix.org/forums/showthread.php?t=33840&highlight=Kickstarter+Covers

I was listening to some Jedi Mind Tricks when I really no one mentioned the Army of Pharaohs Blood Tears song:

Just an update guys, but Nerdapalooza has just announced this years discounted rates for the hotel. The discount is $89/night in the Nerdapalooza block. Additionally the first 100 to reserve with the Nerdapalooza discount at the Orlando Airport Marriott will receive a 10% discount to the hotel’s restaurant for one meal at their stay. There's a little added bonus for any one who decides to get signed up early (assuming there's not 100 people booked already o.O) There's 2 ways to book your room right now: Either call 407-851-9000 or their toll-free number of 1-800-380-6751 and ask for 5th Annual Nerdapalooza Group Block. -or- Reserve online at this link, which will automatically take you to the Orlando Airport Marriott website with the discount code of nernera entered as the discount code.

It's been done ALL over the internet already using the "Fried-Egg" thing. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=agoapiToLAM Ark Music Factory even did it themselves.

In Florida, it's not really. Alcohol can only be sold in an liquor store. A lot of grocery stores here will have another store attached to them (but not within the actual same store) that sells alcohol. So ya'know...that's the equivalent of having "GameStop" and "GameStop 4 Adults"...which...sounds like a-...nm

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=agoapiToLAM HATS OFF TO ARK MUSIC FACTORY FOR THIS ONE.

Sounds like a typical Saturday morning for me.

srsly, I'd touch her junk and show her where the dick's at FOR SURE. Also: IT'S FUCKING FRIDAY, GUYS. GET EXCITED.

I searched Google News, and this is the only thing I could find relevant to this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ySPe0rQaPx4 In it he doesn't say it's inevitable, but he says it's a "Chernobyl in the making." From what I understand, Chernobyl used graphite as a neutron moderator. This was double bad because as the core heated up, so did the moderator, and graphite is also flammable, so everything gets too hot, boom, 25% of the core itself shoots up through the roof into the atmosphere, and well...massive radiation. In Japan, they use water as a neutron moderator. As the core heats up, the neutron moderator becomes inactive, which makes the reactions stop, which should in turn stop the core from heating up at a rapid pace. Also water won't EXPLODE from getting too hot. Darkesword could probably clarify, but that's just the situations as I understand them.

Fucking LOVE Ke$ha.

I had the same problem. She wakes up, gets in the car to go to school, school is then immediately not even mentioned and then it's Friday night? Why not just start the song AFTER SCHOOL? That would've made more sense. They also mention the bus twice, but she doesn't even RIDE THE BUS DDDDDD:

We were talkin' about this at work earlier. WHO'S GONNA DO EVERYONE'S BALLER HOOKS NOW? D: Apparently he's been deteriorating for awhile. He had a stroke awhile back.

http://www.businessweek.com/news/2011-03-13/hydrogen-explosion-at-japan-s-fukushima-dai-ichi-no-3-reactor.html This does not bode well at all Also, from the article: Now, that's not fallout they're talking about, but am I to understand this is something different than what was previously said about the main concern being the nuclear waste getting into the water supply?

To answer this question, if you come the week before Nerdapalooza, it'll be 4th of July week. In all likelihood Orlando will be EXTREMELY busy during that time, which is why we avoid it for Nerdapalooza in general. The week itself would probably not be as bad, but I'd really advise just staying the week after.

That soccer one was pretty much the best thing ever.

None of the above. Yes.

Let's be honest here. She could be putting out some of the best songs EVER and the videos would be better than the songs. Just get naked. Geez. Post edited to improve thread quality: I agree with Flare4War

what? Yes!

Ohai. Also: yeaaa I'm prolly going to look into this one... I don't know how I feel about it being made easier. On one hand I'm feel like "man, what a bunch of babies", but on the other hand I feel like...how often to Japanese gamers complain about difficulty? o.o

lol, man rough theme is ROUGH. Not that it's a hard theme to fill it's just...cold bloodeddd

I honestly can't tell anymore if it's about cutscenes, or trailers, or what can be attained in modern graphics engines. Title =! Subject =! context