TheVideoGamer

Just my opinion, but I don't think there's anything wrong with either of those 2 new rules you suggested. Stopping at the 6th gen makes the compo more inclusive in regard to skill ceiling, sound quality and VST/libraries requirements. PRC is already dedicated to lesser-known games, which means that if you went with popular VGM instead, it'd make both compos complementary rather than a challenge not to step on each others toes every round.
Bit of advice tho: if you're gonna helm any kind of community event, it is literally your job as an organizer to plan for a successful turnout. Starting with (and I've said it a few times already) advertising your compo to make sure there is participation. In the age of Discord servers, especially when contestants come from the same artist pool in a buried forum subsection, relying on the same 3 people to carry every event, year after year, isn't realistic. Everyone's interests shift, as do life's priorities and even enthusiasm has limits.

Thanks, I really needed to bounce my ideas back and forth with at least one person.  I must admit to being rather sleep deprived yesterday and not entirely sober.  I probably should've taken a step back, but at least something constructive came out of it. Good to see that both my suggestions weren't so off-base after all.
I guess, the initial concern going through my befuddled brain yesterday, was that if I made this about popular games only, PRC might lose whatever gains it made the last few rounds lol.  But, MnP does need a unique draw and it needs to be it's own thing.  Simply being "conservative" has probably hurt more than helped it. 
I'll consider hopping back onto the OCR Discord, if only to post updates on MnP rounds etc. My "engaging" skills are something more to be desired.  I edited out the musings I had here earlier.  Seemed a bit too self defeating.
 
 

Stuff Mc Stufferson.

Make it all Chrono Trigger and Final Fantasy all the time.

Wow...good timing.  I just set up a Poll.  Care to vote on it? It's confidential**

BAH. 
I'm doing what I should have done yesterday and saved us all a headache! 
A Poll!!
Check top-wise on the Post!

1 more day to deadline...which I will extend right now.  I will do a 2-day extension, since this might be the last time we hear a modern-ish tune at MnP.  Depending on how the Poll goes...Sorry on the inconsistencies here, folks.  I think this is the better approach though, letting you guys vote on changes, if any.
Guess I'll leave the Poll open for 2 weeks or so.

2 day extension
Deadline: July 31st Wed @ 1PM
Vote Ends: August 4th Mon @ 1 PM

HoboKa has DIED.  AKA, he started up a new Poll.  Then he Died again.  MAH BOI.  So many Edits.  So many Ideas. 
 
 
 

Too many Dodongos...So many Edits...So many Big Mack's for Boi's Dinner.  Please vote.  Or else I will make MnP a YouTube Poop Only Competition....which isn't a bad idea, but it might cause the world to self destruct. 
 

I decided to move the Poll to something outside of the Rounds Pages.  Anonymous votes.  I will send PM notifications to everyone relevant to the Compo Scene.  And try and get some votes in.  Sorry for the hassle OCR community.  But as Bundeslang pointed out: participation is down, so I figured that I'd try out something. 

He did use the piano though...I think that counts.
Especially in the context of PRC.

Actually I only used one of the drum loops. Speaking of which, you said all the samples except for one were from the original game. I wonder, how did they isolate the drum loops from the rest of the song? Were they just there on the game disc as separate files?
Yeah, this is definitely the kind of thing I would do for PRC but not MNP.
Also, thanks for the kind words. I was pretty happy with what I was able to achieve this time around. I added a few original riffs to the remix, which I'm not sure what I'll do with. Maybe I'll spin them off into new original songs or reuse them in other remixes. I do agree that the violins are too loud when they first enter, but I think the right solution is to turn up the other stuff (only before they come in) instead of turning them down, which achieves a more consistent volume level across the track and a more dynamic mix overall. I tried that after the deadline and it worked, at least to my ears.

He did use the piano though...I think that counts.
Especially in the context of PRC.

Though using the samplepack was more or less the point of this round, @Dextastic track was really amazing. Congrats on the win!

That round was soo hard and the votes were so close !
Congrats @Dextastic for your first place !

That wooden spine (spine??  Spoon) is now MINE.  Muahahahah.  So who wants to go spooning?  Also, where's my 2nd place plunger from last round?

Results time
TheVideoGamer and Evktalo both submitted a bonus song.
HoboKa got 13 points and gets the last place wooden spoon.
AxLR gathered 16 points, bringing him the second place. 
And the winner of PRC411 is Dex with 19 points!!.
Dex, you are the winner and may pick a source for PRC413. Send the source to me (with a MID/MP3 file, otherwise send a second source with a MID file) by PM, other options are PM me @ ThaSauce or by e-mailing to bambombim@gmail.com (I prefer a PM @Ocremix). Send your sources as fast as you can, but before next Wednesday (5 August 2020), 11:00 AM ThaSauce time (18:00 UTC, 19:00 GMT).
You may select any source from any game, but not a source with an OverClocked remix or a source which has been used in PRC before. An overview of the past PRC's can be found in the following links (I recently updated this site):
http://sites.google.com/site/bambombim/prc
http://bambombim.googlepages.com/PRCRemixList.doc (also downloadable via the link above).
 
http://compo.thasauce.net/rounds/view/prc411 for the votes and comments.
I also uploaded the song by Evktalo to ThaSauce

Maybe all this talk has made them hungry haha...
Who's up for a Big Mac?
 

Nice bonus, evktalo! That piano sounds sinister in a cool way when it's downtuned like that.

The People's Remix Competition 412
PRCv17-10

Hello everyone and Welcome to the People's Remix Competition!
DJ Mokram claimed the victory in an interesting round (410) with four participants and a bonus mix. He picked the source for this round.
 
Source: Super Valis IV (SNES) - Vecanti
MIDI File
MP3 File
Source Information
 
ThaSauce link: Click here to submit
 
The deadline is Wednesday August 12th 2020 at 10:59 am ThaSauce time (18:00 UTC, 19:00 GMT), check the ThaSauce page for the exact time left. Make sure that the song is uploaded to ThaSauce or that there’s a download link posted in this thread. 
You may enter as many mixes as you like and work with as many people as you like on each mix. You are free to create a second ThaSauce account for that if you use ThaSauce, it's needed to be able to upload a second remix if you use ThaSauce. Of course you can also upload it somewhere else and put a download link in this thread.
Do not make qualitative comments on an entry until the results of the vote have been posted in this thread.
Mixers cannot vote for themselves but if they vote they receive a free first place vote added onto their score.
The winner of this round may select the source for PRC414, the rounds after next round.
The winner of PRC410, DJ Mokram, who picked this source, can only participate by submitting a Bonus Mix. His vote is doubled in the voting stage. 
You can find the full rules list at this page as well.
 
GOOD LUCK!
 
PRC Home Page

It's weird that this thread has 30k views and the other remix threads tend to get around 1k. Any ideas why?

Maybe it's because nobody's heard of a McDonald's video game before?

Here's my bonus entry! I managed to have some fun with the samples.
https://www.dropbox.com/s/412o7yh0nmjk6g3/valtava-20200723-wip.mp3?dl=0

Voted! Let's hope we can keep the participation streak going.
 
Happy to help.