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    Black Friday

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    Gonna go see a movie, hang out with some friends, and possibly play some tabletop RPGs for a bit. I'll probably go shopping tomorrow.

    Black Friday is evil, and I specifically got off of work for it. I had to work yesterday, but it was totally worth it.

    Sony Exploits Brazil

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    Whoa. NNY. Where the hell have you been?

    Unfortunately though, this really isn't just a game industry thing. If you ask me, it's the reason behind DVD region coding, and those "not for sale outside of X country" labels on a lot of textbooks.

    There's really little reason to pay that kind of price tag... just import it.

    VGMix Revival

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    I won't make any claims about what the purpose of these two sites ACTUALLY are about, but rather I'll state my perceptions of what they APPEAR to be about. Here's the way I see it:

    Since I started visiting OCR back in '01, my impression of the site is that its purpose is to showcase high-quality video game remixes to the public. While there are some useful WIP functions (and they have been improving too), the focus is on what the judges panel passes.

    VGMix, seemed to focus on WIPs and helping people improve their mixes via its community. Yes, you could go there, just download the top rated songs and call it a day, but the focus was on reviews and improvement.

    Obviously there is crossover. While both have showcasing and WIP-review features, OCR is better at showcasing, and VGMix was better at WIPs... or to overgeneralize, OCR's specialty is on the listener, while VGMix was on the artist. Both sites were decent at both jobs, they just each had they're own forte.

    It's my opinion, that while the Workshop forum improvements discussed here are great (I really like them and I'm looking forward to making use of them if implemented), OCR will never be as good at WIPs as VGMix, unless it becomes the MAIN focus of the site... which frankly, I think would be a very bad thing.

    This is why a site like VGMix is needed, IMO. Not to replace OCR, but to complement her. I've always gone to OCR for the high-quality stuff (and I'm much more active over here than I ever was at VGMix), but VGMix was always a much more helpful when it came to improving my skillz.

    VGMix Revival

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    So have a site half-done for years and not letting someone else step in (even temporarily) just to get the ball moving again is so hard a concept? I totally get that VGMix is his baby and he wants freedom to do what he wants, but the current product is that what is done is left to stagnate.

    I know...you can't blame the guy for having an idea, trying to get it done, and halfway through the opportunity for greatness in the form of composing popular mainstream game soundtracks knocks on the door that he would have been stupid to walk away from. My reasoning is that he's gotta realize with his current schedule, that the site will never get done if he doesn't have others come in and work on it in his stead. So, while he might not be working on it directly and that might take a bit of the joy away, at least the site would be finished with all the grand ideas they originally had for his version. (there was a lot too, if I remember correctly) It's not like it wouldn't be his site anymore, either. If the plans and ideas were his, and he has them all drawn up and just doesn't have the time to code them, it's still his stuff....just with another person's manpower helping out.

    I'm not saying I agree with his decision, but it is his to make (no matter how poor of a decision I think it is).

    I study filmmaking and do a lot of other AV and music stuff on the side. One thing I can tell you is that the creative world is chalk-full of perfectionists who like to do everything themselves instead of delegating, even if they NEED to delegate. I've never talked to the guy, but virt seems like he's that type of person. I'm not trying to rag on him (I have to fight it sometimes, because I'm that type as well), I'm just saying I think I understand where he's coming from.

    VGMix Revival

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    Yeah, damn Virt for becoming successful and being too busy with his own life to dink with finishing VGMix 3.

    Seriously though, I'm surprised nobody from his team stepped up and took the reigns, or that Virt didn't try passing it on to someone else to take over. If enough people got involved, it could be finished before too long, I'm sure.

    If I recall, I believe the reason virt hasn't passed on the torch to someone else is that he's still rather attached to the site and has plans for it. It's just that those plans aren't getting implemented due to his schedule.

    VGMix Revival

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    I've also felt the need for a site with the same functionality as vgmix, so I've created a revival of my own. http://remixed.vg is a project I've been working on to hopefully fill the void. I take feature suggestions and I'm working through a list of obvious features that need to be implemented. The site is still very much in development and I'm adding features all the time.

    As for web programming, Latency is right. vgmix could be entirely recreated in about a month by someone who understands MVC development from the ground up. Web security has also come a long way since 2003 and is very well documented.

    This looks pretty cool. Is there any chance for any kind of WIP feature like VGMix had? I miss that about VG Mix.

    Do you play as a male or female in a game, given a choice?

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    ITT:

    "I play as females because I promote gender equality."

    "I play as females because I'm horny and like girlbutts."

    "I/you play as males/females because I'm/you're gay."

    I'm going to show my nerd here. If I'm designing a character, I'll generally come up with a personality and a backstory beforehand, so gender pretty much matches whatever idea feels the most inspired (like Undead Cyborg Abe Lincoln in the trial for City of Villains). In video games, I'd say it's 50/50 girls/guys... in table top games (if those are considered part of the discussion too) it's about 10/90 girls/guys, because getting into character as the opposite sex is difficult and weirds some people out.

    In fighting games, I play whoever's stats I like best, though that's often females because I prefer speed over power (Chun Li, Samus, and Seung Mina FTW).

    No sidebar?

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    So I'm gone for a few days, and when I come back, the sidebar is gone. Maybe I missed something obvious here, but WTF happened? Was the whole sidebar thing just an elaborate ruse to get all the unmod overreacters to leave the site? Am I going to get the banhammer for not liking the new sidebarless design?

    (BTW, I'm fine with the site design sidebar or not. I'm just going to have to get used to the change.)

    I'm getting married

    in General Discussion

    Posted

    Congrats Sam, but I disagree with Dhsu. I recommend you not have babies unless they help your music... which might not be too likely.

    Maybe he could sample baby cries and autotune them... it could be a remix of Carlie's theme from Seiken Densetsu 3 or something.

    Anyways, mega-congrats.

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