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I guess that means laptops are the way to go should you need to replace your computer. Power surges = just relying on the battery during the downtime, so should be more convenient, but don't quote me on that o_O

Addressing Cold Steel and their troubles in getting in contact with Nekofrog - I've seen him in IRC a few times over the past couple of days, so if you got a moment swing by #ocremix and see what's going on. Alternatively, if you're on Youtube you can find him there too (same name and everything). I know you guys can pull together

Remove the http:// from the end of the link and you're golden. I'm sure Darke would notice and edit the link appropriately. And yes, like Brandon before me

Ben, if you need any help for anything this week, let me know. Though, after Wednesday I'll be unavailable music-wise due to me attending my brother's graduation, so bear that in mind. And onto round 2's works. Last place, here I come! *_*

This is gonna own! I'll be sure to get to work on a wip over the coming weeks

Being in England myself, the GMT time would be 17:00. Hope that helps [EDIT: Bah, I've just realised I messed up the file naming specifications by one word. Re-submitted.]

Damn, less than 12 hours to go and there's only 2 entries including my own? Where the hell is everyone? o_O

Will vote later today. I'm finally getting my picks set in stone

Guys, please. There's only one person around here that's supposed to lecture little Neblix and that's big brother Darke. Understood?

Done and will submit in the morning. >:] My name is R, comma, ex-ay I likes to play the keyboard all sweet-lay I'm in Bad Guy Robots and we take no shizz, But I ain't even know whose round this is! o_O

So in regards to the mixer assignment, we still need to know who's playing for the Blue Bomber Brotherhood this week. Does anyone know who's stepping up for them?

Haha, I even had that kind of thought when listening to the track's progress during Brandon's last day of working on it. IRC quotation time: Anyway, will check the tracks out throughout the day. May even be a good distraction from my own progress this week too

Hahaha, very common choice. And nicely played too. x) As stated earlier, I shall be playing for the Bad Guy Robots this week. Bring it on!

Not a very tactful response though; it's meant to put many of those so-called 'top watched Youtubers' to shame. But at least we now understand exactly where it ended up being leaked. So, what are the likelihoods of staffing around guitarbackingtrack.com being any saner than Youtube's (and their lack thereof)?

It's unfortunate that Elipzo couldn't make it, but at the same time we're glad that someone as initially enthusiastic like yourself is set to give this a shot. Welcome to the game, Mr. L!

I'm not sure what the stance is on ID3 tags, but it may help Darke if you fill it appropriately. I suggest you check the tags for past Mega Man themed competitions for some guidance. As for the bit rate, if there's no specific instructions then go with whatever encoding you're most comfortable with. Usually my preference is with VBR level 2 at 160-320kbps, but it's all up to you unless stated.

I'm tempted to go in there and comment, but you guys keep telling "not to feed the trolls". But it must be some troll if the view count has ended up in six digits already. What can be done about it? EDIT: Stuff that, bit the bullet and went with a friendly (and still non-inflammatory) remark. Will quote it here: And I see someone else already beat me to the punch with a straighter remark. This'll be interesting to see the results for, supposedly. EDIT 2: That reply was quick: And then I asked him which 'backing site' he got it from - seems weird to take one of Sixto's works without any trace of his credit. So far being gentle is working because he didn't scrap any of my comments just yet =P

Well, going from my perspective I feel that one can't exist without another. I started out listening to remixes of scores that I'm already familiar with, or remixes for games that I already played; then when I became aware of more games and checked out their scores the scope for familiar scores would expand. In the event of a game you've already played (or if not played but have witnessed the BGM's presence via someone else playing it e.g. a Let's Play on Youtube), I have a tendancy to listen more for interpretation. An artist has a vision in mind, and they are sure to create that vision to match what that piece of BGM meant for them. Which in turn, would also draw in nostalgia for that purpose. Because they've understood the song even outside of a musical context, they are driven by the feelings inside to create something worthwhile for fellow fans of the game. But if they're remixing something for a game which BGM placement for them is shrouded in mystery, it's all up for interpretation and just making it sound as polished as possible, though sometimes at the expense of cutting the feel of the original. Then if people enjoy it it might encourage a spread of players for said game and witness the original in action. So yes, for the most part it seems to be interpretation, but in a lot of cases both that and nostalgia can exist at the same time. If we didn't have the passion for videogames of the past and present, then why the bloody hell are we here?

It already happened before. Let me state that the original OLR version was a classic if only for the lyrical content and sheer imaginative drive. Taking into account the origins, the updated version here actually shows a much more polished and thorough backing arrangement to compliment the timeless vocals, and definitely is a defining component of Shael's style for sure. I got to say though that in spite of this, I thought the vocal delivery wasn't quite as enthusiastic or in-your-face as the original OLR version, which does make it a little bit disappointing somehow; but in spite of this, I am thankful that the legend of Juese has surfaced onto OCR. So way to go Shael, Suzu and Z for contributing to an awesome Halloween night

So I guess this means we need the Skull Men to decide who's mixing first. Looks like that team is going to have a track record for being fashionably late.

I believe you're 1 hour behind, so that would be 11am for you. But with clocks going back over the weeks in different parts of the world, this might be difficult to pinpoint exact times, so I say go for a threshold of 2 hours before the deadline to have it ready just in case

Sent my wip in earlier this evening. Hope you get it, Rozo

Letting you know that I WILL send you my first wip tomorrow! I have all the details down in this sketch, just need to tidy it up (and even sleep on it) before I send it off x_X

There's a dire lack of Castlevania coverage here. I say you add more to that somewhere... (shameless self-promotion ftw) Nevertheless, here's to a chilling weekend in more ways than one! Props for the setlist buildup