Brandon Strader

Nice picks, but please choose Edgar OR Sabin, on the other hand it is fine to represent both Zorn and Thorn. Unless you want to just choose one. Need help choosing a character theme? Click here. ^ Also added to first post. Let's keep the lists coming!

This is the place to post your picks. I believe anyone deserves Terra but everyone and their mother has already remixed it. Hopefully people don't vote based on the popularity of a character or their theme, so anything like that is open for anyone to grab. As for being in the Darkness bracket, hopefully you are lucky. I need to ask DarkeSword how he randomized it, but all of the brackets and matchups should be 100% random.

I've just created the competition thread for this, so please make your character lists here: http://ocremix.org/forums/showthread.php?p=943683 This is probably not going to go as smoothly as it does when DarkeSword does it, but I am going to do my best, and I appreciate your patience and support. KentaKurodani suggested I list some Character themes for people who may not be so familiar with FF, and it could also serve as a bit of guidance for what this compo is all about. So here are some characters, and their themes -- not ALL of them, but some of the main ones. Check the first post in the compo thread for details!

Final Fantasy: Crystal Clash Presented by the OverClocked ReMix Forums Introduction Now is our time to do the Final Fantasy: Crystal Clash tournament! The goal of this competition is to choose a single character theme from the main numbered Final Fantasy series and then mix that with your opponent's theme. This will provide some interesting combinations and some fantastic music from you, the artists! The "loser" of each round will have their crystal shattered, but there are not truly losers to this competition - everyone's a winner! Join us in #ocrcompo on irc.esper.net, a chatroom run by DarkeSword. Need help choosing a character theme? Want to see the current choices of participants? Click here. Find your personalized signature for the compo here! Current News DOWNLOAD THE FINALS!! On January 26th, Tuberz McGee and Eino Keskitalo will enter the final round, and only one will emerge victorious. The remixing for that round will end on Groundhog Day, then a voting period of 1 week to determine the final winner of the competition. VOTING ENDS on the 10TH!!!!! Collaborations with and contributions from outside artists are allowed, but the primary artist must be the actual competitor. Remember to submit WAV files, not MP3s. Check the Voting and Results section of this post for voting rules and guidelines. Brackets The Light Match-Ups and Bracket Image The Darkness Match-Ups and Bracket Image Round Downloads Round 1 - Light Bracket Round 2 - Darkness Bracket Round 3 - Light Bracket Round 4 - Darkness Bracket Round 5 - Light Bracket Round 6 - Darkness Bracket Final Fantasy Crystal Clash - Finals Voting and Results Voting takes place at the FFCC social group, here on the forums. Things to keep in mind when voting: Everyone is allowed (and encouraged) to vote. The most important thing to consider when voting is how well the remix incorporates and arranges both themes. Production and enjoyability should also be considered. You are required to vote in each battle taking place during the round. If you don't, none of your votes will be counted for that round. You are not required to vote in battles that have a competitor advancing by default (in the case of missed deadlines or resignation). Generally, a voting thread for these battles will not be made. You are required to make an actual decision between two competitors for each battle, meaning, you cannot declare a draw or a tie. This will be counted as not voting and your other votes for other battles will not be counted. You are allowed (and encouraged) to vote for your own entry when voting in your own remix battle. Do not post reviews in the voting thread. Compile your reviews for a round into a single post in this thread. Post the name of the remixer you're voting for in boldface text. Post only once in each voting thread. Everyone must adhere to the Competitions Code of Conduct. Submission All entries must be sent to me (Brandon Strader) via PM on the forums. Please include the name of your bracket and the round number in the subject line of your PM. I will be encoding all MP3s myself, so please send me your submissions in WAV format. Do not send MP3s. File names must be in the following format: Remixer - Title (Remixer's Character vs. Opponent's Character).wav Example: DarkeSword - Snow Problem (Snow vs. Vivi).wav Note that versus is abbreviated with a period (e.g. Snow vs. Vivi, not Snow vs Vivi). Your artist name and mix title can be whatever capitalization you want but the Character names must be capitalized properly (e.g. Zidane, not XxZiDaNexX). Properly formatted file names make it much easier for me to tag everything properly, which ensures good, consistent metadata on all the files that will be distributed to voters. You must adhere to this file name standard. If you don't, I will seriously consider disqualifying you, and I don't think anyone wants to be disqualified just because they couldn't name their file properly. FAQ How does it work? You, the remixer, choose any Character from a main numbered Final Fantasy game (no spinoffs or sequels). Choose wisely, because this will be your Character throughout the entire tournament. Once all competitors choose their Characters, they'll be matched up with an opponent. When the round begins, remixers will have one week to write a "vs. remix;" that is to say, a remix featuring the themes of their own Character and their opponent's Character. When the round ends, a public voting period of one week will be conducted for each battle. The tournament will be single-elimination, with two brackets competing on alternating weeks to make things manageable. There will be a Light Bracket and a Darkness Bracket. All participating competitors and voters will adhere to the Competitions Code of Conduct. So do I just pick a Character? Is it first-come-first-served? I'll be doing a draft for Character selection. If you're planning on participating, please post a list of three Characters you're interested in claiming, in the order of preference. Once everyone posts their lists, I'll go through and assign everyone their first-pick, resolving any conflicts with a coin-toss and moving down the lists as necessary. You will only be assigned one Character for the competition. Some characters don't have their own themes. Does this include related boss themes? If the boss is featured as a character in the game (such as Sephiroth or Kuja) and have their own theme, then yes. When does it start? The draft/recruitment period will last two weeks or so, so tell your friends and get people to participate! I'm shooting for 16 remixers, but if we get 24 or 32 that'd be phenomenal. Once we have the minimum amount, I'll gauge how much more interest there is and go from there. I'm not a remixer but I want to take part somehow. What can I do to help? We need sigs and artwork and stuff, so if you're good with the Photoshops, that would be a big help. What about Chocobo Dungeon/Lightning Returns/Dirge of Cerberus/etc? This tournament is limited to the main numbered Final Fantasy series. Did you steal the layout for this thread and all the ideas from DarkeSword? Borrowed, steal is a strong word What if we don't want to use a Blackberry because they are stupid and pointless? These are company-wide, Dwight.

I'm not being defensive, I'm just pointing out that this is really the dumbest possible thing that a whole page of this thread could have been derailed about. People can't play mp3s on the ps4. Well good! Use your smartphone or iPod or iPad or Kindle or pretty much any other device in your home that is not specifically made for gaming. Yes, that was nothing short of brilliant

Nintendo fanboys are hilarious. "Ohnooo it doesn't have mp3s or whatever DLNA is this is a killing blow to Sony! All hail blockbuster seller weeu weeu! Wiiu! It has mp3s! It have dlna!!!!!!! Why you not buy it??"

On the one hand I wanna say limit it to maybe 10 to 15 tracks and have only the best but on the other other hand that would mean I wouldn't be on it

Nintendo monetizes Let's Plays on youtube so I'm not surprised they'd put some free fan arrangements on in their store. Just sayin. I'm actually surprised they aren't monetizing those or asking the arrangers to pay them

"teen agent album oh screw that WAIT LIMITED EDITION PHYSICAL ALBUM I MUST BUY THIS NOW, NOW, NOW" that's how it works isn't it?

We all been workin' on Danse Macabre 2 since the first Danse Macabre came out on Halloween last year!

Hey Larry I got more Nicolas Cage black metal for you to go along with Vampire's Kiss

If the other albums were licensed could they be sold?

Yaaaay it's a good thing tomorrow is payday I gotta put money in the bank to cover dis!

You should link me to the torrent when it pops up! Uhh... so I can see if my song is titled right (Breach) in the torrent For no other reason.

FF2 and FF3 will remain free. Sonic CD on the other hand, will require annual payments of my boot to your arse

I do have a question, you posted this on Soundcloud, could you also post it other places? Youtube? OCR frontpage (mixposts)? oops double post

You're not even getting 3 year old poop that's been waiting, you're getting BRAND NEW STUFF!!!