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How about if album's are just released as soon as they are ready? I wouldn't want to wait an additional week or whatever just so this album could be released on the 1st of March.

Yeah, in elimination-style compos, the last few weeks of overlap only matter if you're one of the finalists, and even then, assuming you have enough participants, you can do like Darke does for the Mega Man compos and do alternating weekly brackets, so that if a finalist happens to be in the Sonic compo, he/she can just ask to me moved to the second bracket. FYI - I'm really excited about this one.

SuperiorX and DarkeSword - are you guys going to coordinate so this compo doesn't overlap with any Mega Man ones?

Yes, it was.

Damn, and I thought your WCRG version was awesome. This one is markedly more crisp and clean. Thanks for sharing before subbing!! It totally rocks!

Wow, awesome, that was quick! Looking forward to hearing it!

These sound great as lossless (FLAC). Is the bitrate capped out at 320 kbps even for the FLAC, or is there a difference in quality between the 320 kbps MP3 and the FLAC? Also, more people need to put up links to lossless versions of their songs!!!

Well, then it looks like I owe you an apology:smile:.

Magnus Divinicus Chiptunicus – Caught this one on NewGrounds before Darke put the songs up. Really love it, too. Great blending of all of the themes, and you did it using the Wily Machine source as the backbone to make it sound like a final battle between Wily and your team’s three robot masters was in progress (and then WTF Schala shows up). Probably my #1 vote this round. Excellent work. In the Reading of this title, you hereby agree that all your base are belong to Wily – I really liked this one, but it was bothering me the whole week because this song hasn’t gotten a single vote. Not even a #3 spot. Sure everyone was quick to complement the production, but still, no votes. Was it because Block Rockmen Beats were positioned such that it would be very difficult for the team to lose? Nah, that couldn’t be it. Then, thinking back to other criticisms that WillRock’s received throughout the various compos, I realized something. WillRock’s really good at bringing out the hidden character of a source and making it explode. Kind of like the samurai class in Final Fantasy Tactics. He starts with a simple katana (or source music), and makes a big fiery dragon come out. The problem is that he has to focus on one source to really make this happen. Example: Showdown. I absolutely love this one, but I remember at the time that it was first unveiled that people criticized it for underusing Flash Man. And they were right. Flash Man was a very small part of the mix, but it didn’t matter. The song rocked. It took Tornado Man to a whole new level. With four different source themes, it gets really tricky. The song has several different movements it goes through, but each one kind of feels incomplete. I still really liked it overall, but my guess is to why it hasn’t gotten any votes is because it doesn’t feel as cohesive as songs where you’ve had fewer sources to work with or focused more heavily on one song over another. Anyhow, an unnecessarily long title gets an unnecessarily long review. Still really fun track to listen to, and probably going to be in my top 3. EDIT: Rexy did vote for this song, but it may very well change (and likely will). Sorry Rexy, I've gotten used to ignoring your votes until after voting closes. Sweet Wet Nectar – Fun arrangement to listen to, and very well-executed. I think I just realized that I’m a bit put off by live instruments in remixes (it was unconscious) because, as an inevitable consequence of using them, they just don’t sound as crisp as mouse-only arrangements. Anyhow, the point is that this song is so enjoyable that it definitely overcame that handicap. I’m thinking this one is #2. Great job! From the East – Man, I reeeeeeally wish you would finish this one. It started so well that it made it all the more painful that I knew it was going to end halfway through. Both parts are well done enough, but it’s basically like two songs that were hastily stitched together at the last minute. Please please PLEASE finish this one!! (also @Main Finger, you have to finish “I didn't have time to make this song The Song”) Amp – Fun song. Very dramatic, too, and jumps all over the place. You definitely nailed it with this one, and I wish I had another spot to give to you. You’ve gotten tons of votes so far, so my #3 vote wouldn’t made all that much of a difference anyhow. Great stuff again. Nice work! Bubble Man’s Requiem – Chiptunes again. I like. I don’t really have a lot to add to what’s been said, but this one is really fun. Again, I ran out of spots or else I would vote for this one. I’m guessing Rexy is hoping that you don’t stage another ninja comeback near the end of the voting, and this song is good enough that it may just be able to pull it off. Really fun tune, nice work! When Robots Collide – I really liked the arrangement and the style here. Trumpet + rock? Yes! The sound just seemed a bit muffled for me, though. I think if it were cleaned up and made a bit crisper, I would have definitely voted for this one. Here’s hoping to see such a version. Great work, nonetheless! Shinespark Glacier – I think someone said that this sounded like a Diddy Kong Racing level. I actually think it sounds more like a Metroid level (“shinespark” kind of helps the imagery, too). I also agree with what someone said earlier about using new synth sounds in this one. I really dig it. I think that there are some production issues (maybe the samples could be a little cleaner), but otherwise it’s a pretty solid arrangement and it’s great to see you come so far. Hope to see you in the GMRB and the GRMRB!!

I really dig this one. I actually have really liked a lot of your mixes, especially Wily's Shroom Castle. I really hope that you participate in the next Mega Man compo!

That sucks, but it happens. I still hope to hear a finished product from you, though!!

While I'm really excited to hear the new mixes, I'm disappointed that some teams weren't able to put something together or weren't able to put the time they wanted into it. Hopefully those teams who felt like they didn't have enough time can finish up and post them in the WIP forums. With so many sources used, there's definitely the potential for the mixes to be pretty epic.

X4 was flippin' incredible, especially coming off of the SNES X games. It was probably the primary inspiration for my purchasing a PSX, actually, and it didn't disappoint!

Awesome, I LOVE that theme! I actually just recently pulled out my old Saturn to be able to play through Tengu Man's stage with that music. The bonus was playing through and remembering that there are fights against Cut Man and Wood Man in the game.

Where do you live, exactly? On a separate note, I might have some interest in attending a Twin Cities get together, schedule permitting, but because of work and family (ten month old baby), I can't really do anything geographically beyond that.

Yeah, the Mall isn't anything special if you actually live around here. The Twin Cities themselves aren't anything spectacular, especially in the winter/early spring, but if you wanted to wait until May and you could arrange a boat ride on Lake Minnetonka, that would be a lot of fun for people.

Okay, so a guy who is currently indicted for copyright infringement in the U.S. (and who is currently living in the U.K. and the U.S. is seeking extradition for) is telling everyone else in the U.S. and the U.K. to freak out that the U.S. is going to do the same thing to them. This guy is just trying to push his own agenda by fear-mongering. What he says is going to happen is not actually going happen, and for several reasons. Legally, it is difficult to prove, beyond a reasonable doubt, that a user who has downloaded one or a couple of copyrighted works off of MegaUpload actually did so intentionally (the required mindset under the criminal statute). It's too hard to track IP addresses to a single individual at times. Practically, it would be impossible for the Justice Department to go after every single person whose ever downloaded a copyrighted work off of MegaUpload. There are millions of them. I could see them possibly trying to go after some of the worst offenders, but, it would be too hard to track those people down, and even if it weren't, the above legal complications may prove too burdensome. Politically, there's no way the Justice Department would do it. I mean, seriously, the political fallout from the Jamie Thomas incident was bad enough. Do you have any idea how badly would Obama lose if he actually, as this Chicken Little is claiming, went after every single user who has ever downloaded something from MegaUpload? It's just not going to happen. It is disturbing that the Justice Department has those servers, but honestly, I find it highly, highly unlikely that they are going to do anything with it. This guy has his own interests he's trying to push, and that's why he's trying to make everyone else afraid.

To me, a big part of the decline in music is because media conglomerates are producing "music" to specifically cater to a narrow demographic to increase sales in other areas (clothes, DVDs, random plastic crap, etc). That, and I guess things like American Idol (or Pop Idol to you Brits) have made music about making money (i.e. through advertising) rather than letting bands and artists make music as an actual form of expression. Thus, the homogeneity of today's music. If corporations backed off and actually let musicians do their thing, the quality of music would definitely increase.

Quoted for truth. Showdown really gives me an energy infusion at the end of my runs. Also, check out some of WillRock's unposted stuff from the GRMRB 2010 and 2011, and GMRB 2010. DarkeSword has an archive of them in this post. I recommend a few in particular: Time Stopper Countdown To Infinity Bleets Of Lightning Pull The Plug EDIT: I should also mention TheGuitahHeroe's song from the first round of GRMRB 2011 "Blowin'em Outta the Water"