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    Mega Man: The Wily Castle Remix Gauntlet 2011

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    For everyone saying that Lidawg's track was too short, I was actually fine with it on a substance level. To me the structure/direction (and even length) could be considered somewhat similar to Cyril's own "Ninth Fight" on Back in Blue (or even
    , lol), and even then I felt this was Lidawg's tightest playing yet capped off with a rather enjoyable interpretation - probably one-sided towards Wily more than Knight though, but still very fun. Easy consideration for my top 3 :)

    In regards to short tracks, considering the DoD minimal requirement is 2 minutes in length for a serious entry, I don't see it as a big deal. What DOES make me feel uneasy for wanting to keep in my music playlist is if it's shorter than that, or bobs closer to 1 minute in length, but again as long as the substance is there for me, I'd take it :wink:

    To each their own, I suppose.

    If you look at Txai's third round track in the GMRB 2010: clocking in at 2:17, but still winning the round against prophetik handily.

    It's not that a low length is an automatic disqualifier. It's that the song just has to kick that much more ass if it's short.

    Mega Man: The Wily Castle Remix Gauntlet 2011

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    Posted

    "Derailed at Wily Temple" wasn't good enough to get a review? :whatevaa:

    Whoopsies, I guess I forgot one!

    Derailed at Wily Temple - I really actually enjoyed this one. Great arrangement, great production, and just a really fun mix; I really like the distortion (I think that's what it is) effect. Your songs throughout the compo have been great at creating the soundscape of a train level in a Mega Man game, which fits perfectly for Charge Man. The title fits this one well, too, since you can see it being used after the train has crashed and the player is charging into the final level. Awesome work!

    Mega Man: The Wily Castle Remix Gauntlet 2011

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    Whew, been really busy this week. Finally time for reviews!

    Splash Damage - Best one yet, Brandon. Still trying to decide where it fits into in my ranking [EDIT: looks like it's #4 :sad:], but it's up there. Reminds me a lot of Vurez's Odyssey at the Falls. Great stuff, and it looks like it's going to win this round!!

    Mega Breeze - Another new direction for WillRock, and I like it. Very ethereal soundscape, which is definitely something new for Mr. Rock. I was kind of unsure about it when I first heard it, but it's really grown on me throughout the week and I think it may be my favorite so far from this round (and definitely my favorite of WillRock's from this compo). Nice finish!

    flames of youth - I don't get sick of your mellow stuff. You are able to keep it original-sounding enough, too. This one reminds me of "hard day's night," which was my favorite from GRMRB 2011. It's one is a close second, despite your earlier complaints about it.

    Final Stand in the Castle - If not for the short length of this one, it would have broken into the top 3. It's definitely one of the cleaner sounding mixes of yours, and the arrangement is really great, too. The length, again, is the only complaint I have. Really nicely done. I would love to see a longer version emerge!

    We Were Once Robots; Then We Took A Megaman To The Knee - Another song that would have made this round way more difficult than it already is if it were a minute or so longer. But I really have to say that this one is awesome. Just a spectacular improvement over your earlier stuff. You've come such a long way since the GRMRB Exhibition Match. I would really enjoy seeing a longer version of this one, but it's pretty awesome how it is now.

    Disconnect - Your style has really grown on me throughout the compo. In fact, The Fall is one of my top 15 or so songs from WCRG 2011. Where I used to hate lyrics, I've come to love the cheesiness. That said, while Disconnect isn't quite as catchy to me as The Fall, it's still very well done, and it has a great arrangement to it. Nicely done, and I'll be watching your stuff more closely going forward!

    Night Train to the Deep Jungle - Very Apocalypse Now. Very fitting for Search Man, I suppose. While this one isn't quite as aligned to my personal tastes as I Dreamt of a Man with Two Heads, it may actually be more well done as far as production and arrangement goes. Great job, and great improvement over the past couple of months!

    Raging Reptile - [at the Disco?]. Anyhow, awesome stuff. Looking back, I have noticed a great injustice: I never voted for any of your songs. Yet, I have been listening to them a lot. Although a third place vote does not completely balance out my karmic debt, I nonetheless am going to proceed with that plan. I really enjoyed this and all of your other mixes from this compo. Thanks for the awesome musics!!

    Mega Man: The Wily Castle Remix Gauntlet 2011

    in Competitions

    Posted

    You saw quite a few more participants, I saw quite a few less pages.

    I still don't understand. I was saying that because there were more participants after GRMRB 2010, there were more people participating in the discussion thread, and therefore there were more pages. I don't get why it's a big deal that there's a lot more discussion going on.

    Ironically, this pointless back and forth is adding more pages to this thread.

    Mega Man: The Wily Castle Remix Gauntlet 2011

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    Posted

    203 pages for this thread. GRMRB 2011 had 128.

    GRMRB 2010 had 53. Why? Because people didn't post every single fraction of a thought they had about the competition. No one posted about how they thought voting should work. No one got butthurt that they didn't win, or post depressed thoughts about how their reputation was at stake if they lost.

    There were also quite a few more participants in all subsequent competitions since GRMRB 2010. Moreover, it's better if people get their opinions out there and addressed than keeping silent and withdrawing from the community.

    And personally, to me, GRMRB 2010 had way better music than any of the other competitions.

    Eh. Like others have said, music is subjective, but, although 2010 had some great stuff, 2011 had some really phenomenal songs. Best of all, both GRMRB 2011 and WCRG 2011 have introduced some great artists to the OCR scene.

    Anyhow, great mixes this round, and the whole compo. The perceived problems with the compo (thread discussions, voting, etc) have been dramatically overblown.

    Keep churning out those awesome songs, everyone!

    Stop Online Piracy Act

    in General Discussion

    Posted

    What would be the implications to satire/parody television shows and records (I.e. SNL, Daily Show, Leno/Letterman/Conan/Kimmel, Weird Al, MAD magazine, The Onion, 8-Bit Theater, etc.) It's reaching for the Internet, but would a SOPA/PIPA law brush past other mediums also? I haven't examined the legislation.

    The current legislation impacts online content only. The penalties are specifically tailored to IP online (i.e. the civil penalties are DNS's being blocked, removed from search engine indexes, and cut off financially, the criminal penalties are imposed for streaming any song that is copyrighted for which the mandatory license fee is greater than $1000 (there's no license fee that, to my knowledge, would be less than $1000).

    Stop Online Piracy Act

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    That being said, I'm (obviously) not for SOPA, but I've heard people try to defend it. Most people try to avoid the 5th Amendment issues because, well, they're very obvious. What I've read / heard the most is that it's essentially no worse than the USA PATRIOT Act, so it must be ok (which is glaring for its own reasons).

    The First Amendment issues are more egregious (and the Fifth Amendment issues are mostly incidental to the First Amendment ones).

    As far as SOPA being worse than the PATRIOT Act, they are different. Not really comparable.

    The reason why SOPA is meeting so much opposition when the PATRIOT Act didn't is because SOPA's impact is much broader (yes, the PATRIOT Act has some pretty severe Due Process violations, but they've only thus far been applied narrowly, whereas SOPA will destroy the Internet).

    Also, SOPA isn't the result of people having IP rights. It's the product of corporations abusing those rights and of money's impact on politics. Instead of abolishing all IP rights, we should just ban politicians from owning private property the second that they are elected until the day they die.

    Mega Man: The Wily Castle Remix Gauntlet 2011

    in Competitions

    Posted

    *notices that her track wasn't in orlounge's top 3 and is currently struggling in the votes overall*

    Thank you so much :cry:

    Sorry, it was a very tough choice! Your song is still one of my favorites from the round (and actually, it's probably your best from the competition), but I only get to pick three. There are two others in addition to yours that I wanted to vote for, but I had to narrow it down.

    Also, I wouldn't say that yours is struggling overall...

    EDIT:

    Also... who the hell cares about votes..? This is basically a popularity contest anyway :P

    Maybe some people vote for the remixer, not the remix, but I listened to the mixes a lot this week. A. lot. This was a very hard vote for me...probably the hardest in the whole compo so far.

    Gario got my #1 because he really outdid himself. By far his best work in this compo, and definitely reflected the spirit of Magnet Man's theme perfectly.

    The other two weren't as clear of winners to me as Drag Me Up (to Heaven) was. Not because they weren't good, but because there are so many other excellent mixes this round. I went for Cruise Control because it felt like it gave Napalm Man some excellent treatment (and I really like that theme), and I picked Subarctic Nightfall as my #3 because, in spite of it's technical and production flaws, I really enjoyed the style of it (looking back, I kind of wish that I had voted for Northern Lights because that one really grew on me and it's now one of my favorites from the entire competition).

    It was painful for me to not include some of the songs because they were added to my playlists along with my top three, but, like I said, we only get three spots.

    Mega Man: The Wily Castle Remix Gauntlet 2011

    in Competitions

    Posted

    Synthesize This! – Definitely a departure from your normal style, but I’m definitely likin’ it! Plant Man’s theme works well in this style, too. I was a little worried near the beginning of the song that it wasn’t going to blend the two themes together very well, but from 0:50 proved that wrong. Nice fadeout, too. This one’s in the “top three contender” category right now.

    Cruise Control – Pretty epic rock remix. Really diggin’ it. Nice melding of the two themes, too. Also, nice integration of the WillRock solo. I almost didn’t notice it (and not because it wasn’t great, but because it wasn’t used for the rest of the song to take a vacation, it was fluidly added in). Not much more to say about it, I guess. Very solid piece.

    Drag me Up (to Heaven) – Chiptune goodness from Gario. I like the change of pace you used in this song. It seems to work well with Magnet Man’s theme, and the Wily theme was inserted so well that you almost don’t notice the transition. Great stuff. You guys aren’t making it easy for me to pick a top 3.

    Tomahawk's Final Chapter – Pretty much echo Ecto here. A little jarring with the voiceovers, but I do love the weirdness of it. Solid arrangement with some small production issues.

    Towering Shade – Definitely not like your normal arrangements, but I do like it. Like Ecto said, it’s a bit dry and conservative. Filling it out a little bit would do wonders for it, and I would love to hear it after it’s been through the WIP forums.

    Subarctic Nightfall – This reminds me quite a bit of a song from the first Armored Core game (good thing). Great chillout stuff, and just a great improvement overall since the start the compo. A big reason why I love these things (aside from all of the great music). Keep it up!

    Top This – Probably liking this one the most of your three entries. Nice dance arrangement with all of the craziness. Adding it to the pile of songs that may make it into my top three. Gotta stew on them all for a bit.

    Ivory Tower – Nice piano arrangement! Not that much to say about this one except that I am very impressed that you were able to arrange the two themes on the piano so expertly. Adding it to the pile…

    Current Events – Yeah, Ecto, I can tell you like weird sounding stuff. But I really dig this, so I guess I like weird sounding stuff, too. Nice job on making those sound effects sound random, but still have them actually arranged. Adding to the pile of “possible top three”, but I have to admit that it’s nearer to the top. Nice work!

    Electropuncture – Man, SuperiorX, you’ve come a long way since the start of this compo. Very nice blending of the two themes. The first transition is seamless. Just so many great sounds going on in here, and they are all well-integrated. Great use of chiptunes and Mega Man SFX. Adding it to the “top three” pile!

    The Return of Gangsta Man – I really like this one. This is actually probably my favorite of yours from the compo so far. Can’t really explain why. I guess it seemed a little less jarring than some of your earlier ones. Great style choice. Now we just need someone to create a 8-bit picture of Gangsta Man to go along with the song.

    Well, I can’t decide right now. I have some inkings on my top songs, but I have to listen some more to be able to make a concrete decision.

    Great mixes this round!!

    The Hobbit

    in General Discussion

    Posted

    Sweet song in the trailer! Looking forward more trailers and stuff.

    Fun fact, I watched the Fellowship of the Ring last evening. :)

    Theatrical, or extended edition?

    Because extended edition is the only way to fly (not because I'm a particularly rabid Tolkien fan, but because the extended editions feel like much more complete movies, plot-wise).

    The Hobbit

    in General Discussion

    Posted

    Just so everyone is aware, this is only part 1 of 2 (2013 will be part two).

    I'm not sure how they're going to break it down, but there's going to be a lot more stuff from Tolkien's lore that wasn't in the Hobbit connecting this story to LotR. Also, they're going to dig more deeply into the side story in the Hobbit about Gandalf disappearing for awhile to go drive "the necromancer" out of southern Mirkwood (it turns out to be Sauron).

    Anyhow, part 1 looks awesome!

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