DarkeSword

Not E for Everyone. Choose again.

Agreed. 3D Land was incredible.

Just wait for me.

Tango doesn't turn into a cat, so no, it doesn't make any sense.

Don't bother with a google doc, I'll track everything later.

That's not what they meant by family members. What they meant was that you could designate about 10 people on LIVE as your "family" and share your game library with them. Basically instant demos for your friends. Like, I could set you as a part of my "family" and when I bought Halo 5 or something, you could download the game as well and play for a limited amount of time before being asked to buy it yourself. As for what's wrong with demos: nothing really, except some studios don't even bother making them. This would have side-stepped that by just providing a digital download of any full game and putting a time-lock on it. Not as good as what people assumed it was going to be, but not as bad as people are making it out to be either.

Yeah I agree. Also the lyrics are just too specific to the movie. "Is this the fifties, or 1999?" "Please don't drive 88, don't wanna be late again..."

Just wanna remind everyone: there's no limit on participants this year. I know I talked about cutting things down to six or eight teams when we were doing the first one, but I think it's better to just let everyone join in. Sign-ups are still open and will be open for quite a while, so make sure you spread the word on all your social networks like Twitter and Facebook. Remember, all you need to do to join is have a team of three! I also have not started tracking what people have put down for their draft picks, so feel free to edit and change your picks as much as you want. I will be copying everything down closer to when the draft will take place (sometime in July) and I will let you all know when you have to lock your picks in.

Well of course, Alan Silvestri's score is the most memorable and really makes the movie. But I just think it's interesting that even though "Back in Time" is specifically a Back to the Future song (the lyrics directly reference events in the movie), the "Power of Love" like it represents the movie more. One of my favorite musical moments is during "Earth Angel," where George finally kisses Lorraine and then Silvestri's strings just RUSH in playing the chords.

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Yeah I ask for five because with a lot of people, it's very possible to go all the way down the list.

Even though Huey Lewis wrote "Back in Time" specifically for Back to the Future, I feel that "Power of Love" is far more emblematic of the movie. Thoughts?

You need to post five, not three.

Busy week. Round 5 music will just go up with round 6.

not gonna do it The enemy's gate is down. Please call facilities so they they can put it back up.

No, Gamestop is going to be one of the reseller partners for used Xbox One games. It seems to be a weird misconception, but MS isn't killing used games with Xbox One, they're just controlling them more and changing how the process works.

You really need to stop saying things like this. It's very mean-spirited.

I'm going to go ahead and close this thread. We've already got two threads about Xbox One and PS4, and a lot of the discussion happening here is also happening in those threads. Brad, you seem pretty set on getting an Xbox One anyway. If you want to find out more about PS4, hit up the PS4 thread.

Team names aren't required right now, just your draft picks. But they do need to be Mega Man themed when you pick them. If I told you anything about the twist, it wouldn't be a twist. Sheesh.

Nope. Only themes from the games listed, please.

WCRG is going to start in July, and that will last about three months. I don't have anything planned after that yet, so you can start FFCC around October, I think.

The Wily Castle Remix Gauntlet 2013 Presented by the OverClocked ReMix Forums Introduction In the year 20XX (minus 2), the Robot Masters banded together to rebel against the evil Dr. Wily. It was a hard-fought battle, and not everyone survived, but they prevailed in the name of everlasting peace. Or so they thought. Now with the help of The Walt Disney Company, Dr. Wily has returned, and the Robot Masters must once again come together to fight through the remix gauntlet, made up of classic Capcom-Disney stages. Raise arms, Robot Masters, and fight for everlasting peace! The Story So Far... The Robot Masters fought through the jungles of Pirate Island and scaled Moliarty's Tower. At the very top, in the control room, they found that the nefarious Dr. Wily, fed up with Disney's machinations, used the rocketship hidden at the jungle tower to escape the Earth. The doctor was searching for something—or someone—to help him take his castles back! He went to The Moon! High up in his secret moon base, he managed to put out a call for aid to his old, space-faring allies, the Stardroids. Striking from orbit, they loosened the hold Disney had on Wily's castles, intent on helping the not-so-good doctor reclaim his former empire. After a long and arduous fight, the Robot Masters managed to drive the Stardroids back, away from Earth. In the wake of the battle against the Stardroids, Dr. Wily recovered stasis pods he hid in his castles long ago. They contained robotic fighters still loyal to him; robots designed to fight the Blue Bomber himself! Mega Man's Rivals were reactivated, and they decided to punish the Robot Masters for betraying Dr. Wily! But with the Rivals vanquished, Dr. Wily was forced to activate the prototype of what would undoubtedly be his greatest creation. Zero had been awakened. The Robot Masters fought desperately, and Zero had only just been driven back. In the wake of the devastation, Dr. Wily regained full control of the Wily Castles. The weakened Robot Masters had to go after the dreaded doctor himself. But all was not lost: Dr. Light sent help. Mega Man, Proto Man, and Duo arrived on the scene to help the Robot Masters in the final push to defeat Dr. Wily. No more theme parks! No more robotic interlopers! With the help of the Blue Bomber and the other heroes, the Robot Masters fought through the Gauntlet and defeated Dr. Wily once and for all! The dust has settled, and a new sun rises. The Robot Masters have fought and won a hard-earned peace. Thank you, Robot Masters! Current News Final scores are as follows: The Beat Masters - 79 The Handsome Devils - 75 Flying Dog Platform - 52 Robot Master Royalty - 42 Concrete Men 2.0 - 38 Hard Men 2.0 - 37 The Robutt Masters - 31 Rush Riders - 21 The Gobots - 19 Capitals of Science - 15 The Average Joes - 12 The Robot Museum - 10 Army of Metools - 8 Energy Tank - 7 Congratulations to The Beat Masters for their victory, and congratulations to all of the participants for another great competition! The Scoreboard and Voting Tallies can be viewed here. Come hang out in the #wcrg IRC channel for informal discussions, impromptu listening parties, and general Mega Man discussion. Releases Block 1: When You Wish Upon a Star Round 1 - Adventures in the Magic Kingdom - Pirate Island Round 2 - Darkwing Duck - Moliarty's Tower Round 3 - DuckTales - The Moon Block 2: The War for Wily's Castles Round 4 - Mega Man V - The Stardroids Round 5 - Mega Man 7, II, 10 - The Rivals Round 6 - Mega Man X-X7, Command Mission - Everything Becomes Zero Block 3: Dr. Wily's Revenge Round 7 - Mega Man 8 - Wily Tower 1 Round 8 - Mega Man 3 - Wily Stage 2 Round 9 - Mega Man 2 - Wily Stage 1 Final Round: Everlasting Peace Round 10 - Mega Man 6 - Ending Theme Previous Competitions The Grand Maverick Remix Battle 2012 The Wily Castle Remix Gauntlet 2011 The Grand Robot Master Remix Battle 2011 The Grand Maverick Remix Battle 2010 The Grand Robot Master Remix Battle 2010 About The Wily Castle Remix Gauntlet (WCRG) is a team-based remix competition. Each remixer will choose a Robot Master, and then remixers will form teams of three. The competition is divided into blocks. Each block is divided into three one-week-long rounds, and there are three blocks in the competition. At the start of every round, I will reveal the Gauntlet theme, and the team-members will decide who will be the remixer for that round. Remixers can only take one round per block. The chosen remixer will then write a single remix using both their Robot Master's theme and the Gauntlet theme for that round. The other team members are allowed to help with production, playing instruments, and arrangement ideas, but the chosen remixer must act as the primary artist/arranger. The easiest way to think of this is that you are taking turns remixing for your team every week. Please note that artists are allowed to utilize session musicians and performers who are not involved with the competition, but those musicians and performers should not be heavily involved in the arrangement of the entry. At the end of the round, voters will rank their top three entries, and placing entries will receive points based on where they place relative to other teams. At the end of the competition, points will be tallied, and the team with the most points wins. Submissions and File Name Rules All entries must be sent to me (DarkeSword) via PM on the forums. Please include your team name and the round number in the subject line of your PM. I encode all MP3s myself, so please send me your submissions in 16bit, 44.1KHz WAV format. Do not send MP3s. Please do not use MediaFire as a host for your entry. I recommend Dropbox or SoundCloud. File names for the final round must be in the following format: Team Name - Artist - Title (Robot Master, Robot Master, and Robot Master at The End). For example: Everlasting Peace - DarkeSword - Imitation System (Fake Man, Break Man, and Snake Man at The End).mp3 If one team member helps you with your entry in a significant way and you want to give him or her credit, add his or her name as follows: Everlasting Peace - DarkeSword feat. OA - Imitation System (Fake Man, Break Man, and Snake Man at The End).mp3 If both team members help you with your entry in a significant way and you want to give them credit, add their names as follows: Everlasting Peace - DarkeSword feat. OA & DragonAvenger - Imitation System (Fake Man, Break Man, and Snake Man at The End).mp3 Notes: I will tell you exactly what you need to write for the Gauntlet Theme part of the file name every week. Robot Master names are two words. Centaur Man, not Centaurman. Robot Master names and Gauntlet Themes need to be capitalized properly. Team names, artist names and remix titles can be whatever case you want, but team names and artist names must be consistent from round to round. Put spaces on both sides of the hyphens between Team Name, Artist, and Title. I am dead serious about file names guys. You need to make sure you follow the format exactly, because I use the file names to make sure that all the metadata is correct when I re-tag everything properly. It is a massive pain sitting there renaming, re-spacing, and reformatting so that everything works properly with mp3tag's file-name-to-tag tools, and ultimately it means that when you all do it right, I can get the music up for voting way faster. If you or your team repeatedly submits remixes with bad file names, you will be disqualified from further rounds, I will award you no points, and may Dr. Light have mercy on your souls. Voting Rules and Guidelines Voting is conducted publicly in the social group. Every week, a thread will be created for the most recently completed round of remixing. Voters should post their top three remixes in the thread as follows: First place choice remix name Second place choice remix name Third place choice remix name Things to keep in mind when voting: Everyone is allowed (and encouraged) to vote. Competitors should not place their own team's remix in their rankings, regardless of whether they are the remixers for that round or not. However, by voting, they will earn a first place vote for their team's remix. If you are on a team, you must post what team you are on in your vote so I can make sure your team gets your voting bonus. If you do not specify your team, I cannot guarantee that your team will receive a voting bonus. 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 make an actual decision for each choice, meaning, you cannot declare a draws or a ties for different places. This will be counted as not voting and your vote will not be counted. Do not post reviews in the voting thread. Compile your reviews for a round into a single post in this thread. Post only once in each voting thread. Everyone must adhere to the Competitions Code of Conduct. FAQ So do I just pick a Robot Master? Is it first-come-first-served? I'll be doing a draft for Robot Master selection. If you're planning on participating, please post a list of five Robot Masters you're interested in claiming, in the order of preference. Choose any Robot Master from the following games: Mega Man 1-6 (NES) Mega Man 7 (SNES) Mega Man 8 (PSX/Saturn) Mega Man 9-10 (DLC) Mega Man and Bass (SNES/GBA) Mega Man Powered Up (PSP) 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 Robot Master for the competition. Every team member must post their own five picks. Are you assigning teams or do we get to make our own? I won't be assigning teams. Please feel free to form a team with your friends or artists that you already work well with. Can we have team names? Team names must be specifically Mega Man themed. Your team name can't just be a generic video game, music, or robotics reference. Team names must be 1-3 words long. A number counts as a word. Team names can't contain characters that are invalid for file names. \ / : * ? " < > | Team names must be rated E for Everyone. This means no alcohol, drug use, sex, or excessive-violence references. Some examples of good team names: The Yellow Devils, Team Metool, ENERGYTANK, etc. Wait, so we have to all collaborate every week on a remix? Not at all. The whole idea is that each team member will take their turn at remixing. Collaboration is not required at all; in fact, I really want to avoid one single guy carrying the entire team every week throughout the competition. That's not how this is supposed to work, and I'm trusting everyone to play by the rules and make sure that the primary remixer is changing every round. How many rounds are there? Rounds are grouped into blocks. We will be doing three blocks this year, so that works out to nine rounds. There is also the possibility for extra rounds either in between blocks or at the end. I have not made any decisions regarding those yet. 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 Photoshop, that would be a big help. Also spread the word and let the internet know what's going on.