Shadow Wolf

I'd have to go back and replay to make a comparison, but as I remember, SMB3 had slightly tweaked controls compared to the first two. In SMB, the split second you stopped pressing right on the D-pad, Mario stopped moving. In SMB3, there was just the tiniest bit of a slide when you let up. This is VERY evident in Super Mario World for the SNES, and even more so in Super Mario 64. Basically it was a simulation of forward momentum. Also, the jumps in SMB were very rudimentary, and as the algorithms were improved in SMB3, jumps were much more fluid, the arc was larger, and it made more sense as to how the character moved. How many times have you missed a jump in SMB because the arc you're expecting him to make is just slightly off? So what you're saying about the physics is true. Basically as Nintendo invented new and better ways to simulate real life physics such as momentum and arcs, the characters began to respond in a way that was more in line with the natural world, and hence more in line with the natural instincts of players as to how mass is supposed to move. In essence, I don't think the controls were more responsive, you responded to them better because they made more sense.

I like what Dave's going for here. I think one of the key things to push for with OCR is the actual community aspect of things. We have amazing music, we have a wonderful format and structure for review and posting of mixes, and an amazing group of people carrying that out. Kindly hold your peace if you don't agree with the last sentence. But the point is, the technical side of the OC Remix community is largely taken care of. So the next thing to focus on is how to better interconnect the users with each other. Dave has pushed for this with the addition of all kinds of different contact tags for forum profiles, and I think the blogs would be an interesting next step. I can't say how personal any of the blogs would get with people from all over the world reading them, but as I said before, they would be a wonderful place for the mixers to sort of put in their two cents in a place that's directly grounded and connected with OC Remix. Then a user such as me doesn't have to resort to Google to find, for instance, Zircon's homepage (if he even has one.) All those things can be placed directly in his blog, much like a personalized and expanded profile page. Another thing I would LOVE to address. I've noticed a lot of the judges literally begging for users to review both WIPs and posted mixes. It never occurred to me how vitally important that was until I started composing myself. I intend to remedy my lack of involvement there soon. But here's the thing... Is there a way to create a review template to facilitate the review of mixes? Basically, the people listening to mixes are gonna fall into one of three categories. 1. People that just don't care to review mixes. There's nothing you're going to do about this group. 2. People who want to review mixes, but lack any knowledge of music theory, and therefore feel their input wouldn't be very helpful beyond saying it sounded good. (This would be me.) 3. People with a basic to firm grounding in music theory that are capable of offering valuable technical advice and critique to a mixer. In all three of these categories, you'll find people who don't have a lot of time. So what if we had a review template where, for instance, group 2 could simply rate overall sound, production, replayability, personalization, and evidence of the original theme on a 5 star scale. Then they could leave whatever comments they feel they need to. This would also allow more experienced musicians (group 3) to nitpick different areas of the mix in separate ratings. Maybe production got a 5 of 5, but interpretation gets a 2. It clarifies what area of the mix people are having issues with, and what areas specifically a mixer needs to work on. Furthermore, aggregating the ratings then allows a mixer to get a very quick overview of what people think of his/her mix. But the main objective is that having a review template allows a much more user friendly and less time consuming way for people to review a mix. They don’t have to figure out what to say, because it’s already broken up for them. One last thing. I am NOT referring to a public ratings system. In fact, I think it might be a good idea to make the numbered score available only to the mixer, and post the comments somewhere else. Although I don’t have the first clue how to do this myself, I know enough to know it’s a farily implementable system. Good God this got long. But there it is.

I think they're a great idea, at least for remixers to have their own corner of the site. I'd pay for one if I had the money to pay for anything, but even keeping gas in the car is a trick right now.

Steamboy = not the most creative name ever, but I'll definitely check a movie if it has a good soundtrack. But yeah, this score CD is 58 minutes of epic badassness. Not only that, Warner has said they'll consider releasing a 90 minute complete cut of the score if they get enough response from this one. An now I shall continue watching Transformers. Generation 1.

OK, so I got the Transformers Score the second it dropped yesterday. Ever since I saw it on July 7th, I've wanted to hear ONE song again: The bit that played when Bumblebee signalled the Autobots and they dropped into Earth's atmosphere. I loved it in the theater. So I throw it into iTunes, and what do I find? It's called Arrival to Earth. Click play. Not only was it as absolutely amazing as I remembered, Steve Jablonsky was allowed to do a complete album cut for every song on this CD, so it's 5.5 bloody minutes long! I also found out this song is referenced in most of the others on the CD, effectively making it the theme song for the movie. Didn't notice when I was watching it. For me at least, every song on this CD is somewhere between great and mind blowing. I love soundtracks like this. Basically, I found out the unbelievable awesomeness of the movie itself was distracting me from an utterly amazing cinematic score. MAD props to Steve Jablonsky. What did you guys think? Oh one more thing. If you'd like to discuss Transformers in their numerous and sundry incarnations, this is not the thread you're looking for. Start one in Unmod. EDIT: My age is showing. Since Unmod hasn't been there for roughly a year, try OffTop.

Oh fuck yeah. I feel perfectly comfortable with a supercomputer in Redmond knowing my interests and storing all my personal files for easy access anywhere in the world! Yeah! Cuz that way, people don't even have to actually hack into my computer! They can just hack a public kiosk, pull up the networking histories, and grab the files of me and anyone else who's been using it! Microsoft has really given us a brave new world. God bless them. Fuckers.

Best First Post ever in the history of threads. This is swiftly turning into an awesome thread of retro UnMod proportions. However. I feel the need to point out that if the shittyjudgefgth8 ever stopped around here, the universe would INSTANTANEOUSLY implode on itself, kinda like when you divide by zero. Shittyjudgefgth8 is what makes OC Remix OC Remix. That, and non black black dudes who aren't very good at taming lions.

Hey SWEET! I didn't know we had OCR folks on Stormreaver! I'll drop my wii number as soon as I care enough to go upstairs and get it. For now: World of Warcraft (Stormreaver server) Karthantos - level 48 Human Paladin Mahktal - level 23 Draenei Mage Shemhar - level 10 Night Elf Druid (Tortheldrin server) Skrahl - level 6 Undead Warlock P.S. Can we get a World of Wacraft wntry in the ClanOCR database please? kthxbye.

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I'm insinuating that a shitty post got deleted. Along with my response to it, because it no longer made sense without a context. People can deduce whatever they like, I really couldn't give a shit.

LOL, I forgot you know all the right people. Now everyone gets to read your post and go "What the hell is she talking about?"

To be honest, I don't know because I've never heard Hajime.

This is pretty cool... I was in iTunes listening to an internet radio station, and a song starts playing... I think "Wow, this sounds like Jill Goldin. So I tab over, and guess what? It's Jill Goldin, aka our beloved Pixietricks! I love seeing this kind of thing... The longer I hang out at OCR, the more mainstream your names are becoming. Obviously since Jill's already doing things like singing for Civ 4, an internet radio station isn't a big deal, but it's awesome to see our artists getting exposure.

Oh my God, QFE. That soundtrack is Jerry Goldsmith's finest work, with MAYBE the exception of the DS9 main theme.

Actually, I'm pretty sure the name Plisskin was a tribute to a Kurt Russell movie. I can't remember the title for the life of me, but I was at Wal-Mart one day flipping through the 5 dollar DVD rack, and I found some old early 90's movie starring Kurt Russell with a mullet, and his character's name was Snake Plisskin. He was also a special agent. I shit you not. That's just too close to be complete coincidence to me. The name Snake of course came from Metal Gear (It's a popular fictional codename anyways) but the Plisskin thing... come on. I'll IMDB it and see if I can find what it was. Furthermore, I submit that they're plagiarizing two legged Arabian jumping cows for the next game. Edit: Pardon me, it was spelled Plissken. Here they Are: Escape from New York (1981): http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0082340/ Escape from L.A. (1996): http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0116225/ So I saw the sequel, I didn't know about the first one. Maybe even the name Snake was a tribute. Or MAYBE, it was STOLEN. But a word like Snake can't be copyrighted. So it's cool. Another Edit: Holy shit, he only has one eye too. This is getting weird. Just for giggles: From a plot synopsis of Escape from LA on Wikipedia: "Cuervo also knows the secret "world code", (which is 666), that can activate all the satellites and knock out power for the entire Earth." Is anyone else thinking Spaceballs? That sounds like the combination to some idiot's suitcase! More from Wikipedia: Initially, Snake refuses to get involved, but to ensure his compliance, Snake was secretly infected with the man-made Plutoxin 7 virus which will kill him within hours. If he completes the mission, Snake will be given the antidote. cough FOXDIE hack cough.... .....Snake sneaks into the city with a nuclear-powered mini submarine..... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Escape_from_L.A. This is here because a.) It looks just like Snake from MGS, and b.) The patch is over the other eye and I find that amusing.

ZOMG Tappy r teh flunkhax nd faild English 111.

That's what I'm sayin... I love MGS, I've beaten it at least 4 times, AND I downloaded the OST. I don't remember ever hearing it.

It's aight Flik. Just for Kakariko Prom, you forever etched your name in the annals of OC Awesomeness. And the principal's door.

Fuck off Trenth. I didn't say it wasn't in there. I was asking where the hell it was.

Slightly off-topic, but was the Metal Gear Solid theme even IN Metal Gear Solid? Because I played the whole game for PS1 and never heard it. The first time I ever heard it was in Metal Gear Solid 2, which led me to believe Williams composed it in 2001. But then I bought MGS VR Missions for the PS1, and the theme IS in there, credited to Tappy. I know Tappy composed MGS, but I don't remember seeing the theme.

Oh schnap, I got told. Sorry, I was going off info someone else gave me. I don't really care for anime and I know almost nothing about it. The only reason I would darken the doorstep of Nekocon was if OCR WAS there. Oh well.

I know Nekocon is mostly an anime convention, but there's all kinds of games there too. So is there a reason from on high that OC Remix has never had reppazentin' at Nekocon? It's the biggest anime convention on the east coast, 45 minutes from my house.

I didn't care for the Pirates 2 OST. The problem was that every last song lightly referenced the theme, but never once in the movie did they just full on play the theme, with the exception of the credits. The theme was never on the OST, except in remix form, which means the longest theme cut available is the final track from the OST for the first movie. That clocks in at a little over a minute and a half.

Sweet. I'd like to be able to just commit, but it depends on my financial situation come the end of December. So we'll see how it rolls.

Hey guys. What's the room situation look like up there? Is it pretty much locked down at this point? I think I'm gonna try to make it, I just need to sort some things out.