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Steben

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  1. So, I've had my copy of Antigravity for about a month now, and tonight's the first time I've really had to sit down and listen to it.

    Okay, so tonight's the first time I've bothered to. Y'know. Whatever. :-P

    In any case, it's a lot of fun. Thanks Zircon, I've decided it's the perfect soundtrack to studying elementary Spanish and watching coverage of O.J. Simpson on CNN. And I'm sure many other activities too. :-D

  2. Yep. Incredibly obscure. I had actually found that article, but apparently the rest of the world didn't care about it.

    Actually, if you view an archived version of pokemon.com from Summer 2000, you see a reference to it and a link, but I think the actual contest was done via Flash, so it's not archived.

    Thanks for your help, though.

  3. So, this is a stretch, but. Does anybody remember anything about a fantasy Pokémon league that Nintendo put on seven years ago, in the summer of 2000? I believe it was put on to promote the release of the first Pokémon Stadium game.

    If anyone has a link to perhaps some sort of article covering it, or has a suggestion on where to look, that'd be great. I'm currently researching obscure fantasy sports leagues, and wanted to add it to my list.

  4. Some sort of security deposit could be required. That way if someone loses a game or whatever, the deposit is given to the person who loaned the game.

    What I'd be worried about is what happens when the postal service screws up, and then both parties accuse the other of lying when the receiver claims he never got his game.

  5. I'm aware that this won't be OCR-quality. Maybe if I get a good recording I can put it on VGmix (if it ever returns).

    Alternately, I'll need to put a lot more effort into it and cut out more of the beginning, unarranged stuff, and replace it with more original material. The problem arises when you consider that this will get next-to-no-rehearsal-time, since it's for an unofficial performance, and we can only commit so much sectional time to it.

    EDIT: This isn't a huge enough update to warrant a double-post. However, I worked on it this afternoon. I probably spent more time taking stuff out than adding anyway.

    http://www.auburn.edu/~clontsc/smb_2.mp3

  6. This is something I'm whipping up for the Auburn University trombone section. At every home football game we have a chance to, we hold a "trombone show" in the school amphitheater. Basically, it's just a chance for us to warm up and play a few school tunes before our real performances in the football stadium.

    However, this year we're actually gonna have a few original tunes to play for the show. And, while no one in my section knows about it yet, I've got an arrangement of my own that I'm working on. Yeah, it's the Super Mario theme we know and love.

    http://www.auburn.edu/~clontsc/smb.mp3 <- this is an MP3 recording of the Finale score.

    The first 40 seconds or so is a nearly exact transcript of the Mario theme (transposed to b-flat), with repeated parts taken out, and the baseline brought up an octave so it's, y'know, playable on trombone. That's really just there to get drunk people's attention. The fun begins at 0:40, where I've actually written some original stuff.

    FYI, at 1:14, a first trombone plays the first measure alone, to which a second trombone replies with the second measure, and then the whole section comes back in on the third measure.

    The stuff from 1:20 on is just filler for the moment. That's the basic melody I want to cover at the end of the piece, but I'll do something more interesting with it later.

    What do you guys think? I hope to get an actual recording of this. It should be easier to swing than, say, my Katamari on the Rocks arrangement, since I only need my own section to perform it. This could even be done by a trombone quintet. Also, it's a lot more recognizable than Katamari Damacy, so I can get some support to get it recorded a lot easier, I hope.

    I'll probably post the score and parts to this piece once it's finished on my website.

  7. So, all this talk of the Subspace Emissary. Am I the only one who's getting flashbacks of Super Mario Bros. 2/USA?

    I know this is totally not likely. But. I think it'd be pretty cool if at the ending of the Subspace Emissary adventure mode, we find out that Wart is behind the Ancient Minister's plots. He's tired of always being overlooked over the past two decades, while Bowser gets all the credit.

    Hey, until December, I can dream, right?

  8. I see. It would definitely make sense to just rename the game "Pokemon Red/Blue" or "Pokemon Red & Blue" then, unless there's other game-specific data that's actually relevant to the site database.

    Agreed. Of course, yellow needn't be included as it was actually released later.

    But, I also recognize it's not a huge enough deal to warrant making a fuss about it. If you're looking for a mix from Pokemon Blue, you'll find Pokemon Red. But looking into the future, you'd run into similar problems with Silver/Gold, Ruby/Sapphire, Diamond/Pearl, and other multicolor games. Which of those came first?

    Sorry, I just thought I'd try out this jdgfgtdatabase hate. Or something. How'd I do?

  9. The arrangement of Katamari on the Rocks I did for marching band (with Rainman DX's help with percussion) is pretty close to the original. Pretty much all of the stuff I've done could be considered transcription, with the exception of a pep band piece I wrote once that took the Water level music from Sonic Rush and gave it a "Louie Louie" vibe.

    I really need to get back into that game, but I haven't done anything since I arranged Snakes on a Plane for marching band back last January.

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