The Grand Maverick Remix Battle
ONE BIG ZIP WIT ALL DA REMIXES
ARMORED ARMADILLO (Txai) HAS WON THE GRAND MAVERICK REMIX BATTLE
Spiral Pegacion (Willrock) has won the X Bracket
Armored Armadillo (Txai) has won the Zero Bracket
Head over to the Social Group to check out the competition history.
The Grand Maverick Remix Battle is upon us! It's the fall season of the year 21XX, and Mavericks of all shapes and sizes, colors and creeds are converging at OCR to duke it out in a battle of musical supremacy!
The GMRB is a tournament where competing remixers choose a Maverick's stage theme from any of the mainline Mega Man X games. Remixers are matched up against each other and are tasked with writing a "Versus" remix, utilizing the theme of the Maverick they've chosen as well as the theme of their opponent. Remixers are given a week to prepare their track and winners are decided by community vote. The winning remixer moves on to the next round.
I've decided to run the GMRB differently from the GRMRB; there will be no losers/revenge bracket this time around. Things got too confusing, unmanageable, and it all ended up running way too long, so we'll be doing straight-up single-elimination this time. Remixers will be grouped into two brackets: the X Bracket and the Zero Bracket, and these brackets will have their mixing and voting stages on alternate weeks (i.e. when X Bracket remixers are having their mixes voted on, Zero Bracket remixers will be working on their tracks).
If eliminated remixers wish to have exhibition matches, I have no problem with that, but they will have no bearing on the competition outcome.
Maverick selection will not be first-come-first-serve; this time around we'll be running a draft. Here's how it's going to work: if you wish to participate, please post a reply in this thread with a list of three Mavericks you'd like to claim, in order of preference. Once the draft period is over and we have enough participants, I'll randomize the list of participating remixers and assign your tracks based on preference. Hopefully each remixer posting a list of three should be enough to avoid and conflicts.
This spring's Grand Robot Master Remix Battle ended up being absolutely amazing; hopefully the Grand Maverick Remix Battle will yield similar results.
Participants are locked. We have 16 Mavericks.
VOTING NOTES:
Voting is open to the public. Please vote!
Please remember to cast a vote for EVERY battle taking place in the voting period, otherwise your votes won't be counted. Every battle in the week should have the same number of votes at the end of the voting period.
There are no specific rules governing how you should make your picks, but when voting, please keep in mind a couple of things:
How well does the artist incorporate both themes into a single piece of music?
How well is the remix produced/performed?
How enjoyable is the remix?
Finally, while it's not required, please consider leaving a small review of both tracks in the battle when casting your vote. As an artist, it's always nice to get a little feedback.
SPECIAL NOTES:
Songs not allowed: Sigma/Doppler/Endboss Stages, Intro Stages, etc. You need to choose a song that's associated with one of the 8 main mavericks in each game.
Bubble Crab and Tidal Makoeen (Duff McWhalen) will be considered the same song for the draft.
Any mavericks from Mega Man X5 will have their Japanese names used, because naming Mavericks after the members of Guns 'N Roses was stupid as hell and Capcom USA should be ashamed.
Please keep in mind that you're not picking three songs to remix; you're just giving me your first choice and two backups in case there are duplicates.
Don't worry if you're new. Just participate.