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Phthisis needs to stop stealing TO's avatar.

That reminds me...couldn't the "view decision" link be integrated as a tab as well? And if it was direct-posted, then the tab just won't show up, just like the link. Or maybe you could have both the tab and the link. Bah, I dunno. Just an idea.

Georgasmaster doesn't have much in the way of reverb himself, sadly. I find that odd, considering his accompaniment has a considerable amount of reverb itself. As for Myf...you just have to bug him a little more.

I really don't think you need to worry about the volume of the vocals...it sounds just fine to me. As for reverb, couldn't you ask Georgasmaster to do it for you? Or possibly Mythril Nazgul? Other than the reverb, I think this is very close to being done. The low notes could still use some work, but I don't think they'll be terribly distracting if you leave them alone. Also, this isn't a big deal, but I personally think it might sound better without the vocals at 4:08; to me it sounds like that section should be more of a peaceful instrumental interlude, so the vocals sort of intrude on the peacefulness and break the mood. The vocals at 4:29 are fine though, since the song picks back up with the drums and such. Maybe you could replace them with the ones at 4:08 or something along those lines. I do like the additions to the solo at 2:32. The "I love you so" is a little cheesy, but I can deal with that. And the "smile" is much better. This mix gets better every time, and I can't wait to hear the finished version. Keep it up!

He told me he'd be back in a week...that was a month ago.

Haha, I like the MSPainted hair.

June is a mistranslation. The Japanese track title is "October Mermaid."

It was removed because it looks goofy with other stylesheets.

Pleasure doing business with you, sir.

No proxies here, but it looks like the image shows up fine now.

Yoga Fire? It takes talent to come up with a pun worse than mine. P.S. You forgot to turn off anti-hotlinking on your site.

Haha, since when did your wingmen support you anyway? You're always the one saving them. Personally, I think WiFi alone would be worth buying this for. I've been waiting for online Starfox multiplayer for a long time.

Indian BURN!

Told us what? From what I'm reading, the controls could have been improved, but the game itself is still enjoyable. And 81% on Gamerankings isn't what I'd call a disaster either.

Dude, that bum still owes me 10 bucks! Or was it the other way around? Either way, I hope he takes some time away from buying hookers and cocaine to chat someday. gl to you, GL.

Thanks for the reply, djp. Okay, so from what I've seen so far, there's already a mechanism of sorts in place for determining whether or not the game in question has a chiptune soundtrack. If it does, it provides links for downloading the appropriate file, and if not, nothing is shown at all (besides the ChipAmp propaganda ). So instead of displaying nothing, perhaps a little "catch-all" message can be shown such as "Chiptunes not available for this game, see links tab for additional resources" or something to that effect. Basically, a generic blurb that indicates that either that the term is not applicable, or that the files are simply not hosted on OCR. I think that would cover most of our bases.

This is an admirable goal, but I'm sure there's a way to do this *without* spreading blatant FUD (I suppose "misinformation" is a more accurate term but "FUM" just doesn't have the same ring to it). Could you elaborate? The parenthetical 's' should cover multiple source tunes. If you mean that the page will only display the tunes from one game, I don't think it's any more of an inaccuracy than listing the mix itself under a single game, and is an understandable limitation. I don't see any sacrifice in accuracy or convenience associated with using "Source Tune(s)" or simply "Source(s)". I'm not even talking about the "pure definition"; I actually don't mind if people gloss over the technicalities and use the term to refer to SNES music, since it's still considered "oldschool." And like I already said, I think the line between "remix" and "arrangement" is fuzzy enough that using the shorter and more popular word was justified. However, the very spirit and meaning of "chiptune" is destroyed and rendered nonsensical if you start inexplicably using it to describe the music of World of WarCraft or Morrowind. At that point you aren't promoting "chiptunes" at all! How would you react if you were engaged in a conversation with someone who claimed they loved chiptunes and cited Guild Wars as an example? And I will respect it, but I implore you to reconsider yet again. Edit: Which is used by "only" 85% of Internet users.

Haha, nice Photoshop skills, Txai.

Like I said, I'm for keeping the name ChipAmp (it's definitely catchy), but I'd like to see a more accurate label substituted for the current "chiptunes" tab, and less careless usage of the term elsewhere on the site.

I think what bothers me more than the name ChipAmp is the underlying mentality evident throughout the site that "chiptune" is synonymous with "source tune." In many cases this is a correct assumption, but what if the source is Redbook, or orchestrated, or an acoustic performance? It becomes less a matter of semantics and more an issue of propagating a completely erroneous notion (or what some people might refer to as "F[oul]ed Up Disinformation"). Of course, I realize that OCR is probably the sole reason the word "remix" is used interchangeably with "arrangement" these days, but there were good and valid reasons for that decision. I'm okay with the name "ChipAmp" as it's simple, memorable, and gets the basic idea across; but labeling the source tune tab as "chiptunes" is misleading, and I see no advantage in this case, since it's neither a more convenient nor more entrenched term than "source tune" (or merely "source") is. It really doesn't make sense for a game like "Beyond Good & Evil" to have a "chiptunes" tab.

I *tried* to point out in that initial description that some of the formats aren't truly "chiptunes", but ultimately this distinction is unimportant to the target audience, which is the average user who doesn't really care whether emulation or sample-playback is involved. I realize this, but I feel a site with an actual focus on the subject should set the example by using the correct terminology. Otherwise, it'd be like Digitally Imported referring to all electronic music as "techno."

ChipAmp is cool and all, but aren't SPC and PSF sample-based formats? Seems like a bit of a misnomer.

Collab sounds good. As for Portal, I think I'll leave that for someone else to pick up for now. If it still hasn't been claimed near the end of the project, I'll probably whip up a solo arrangement real quick.

I'm pretty sure lots of people would say the same for FF7. Face it, you like the pain.

That must explain why you enjoy playing Dragon Quest VIII.