zircon Posted August 25, 2008 Share Posted August 25, 2008 I'm away from home, so I don't have my normal template, so here's the abbreviated post! 8/25 - Quarterfinals have begun. We've got SIX artists with seven songs this month, which is really amazing. Our best month yet! Only the top twenty of each category made it this far. 8/29 - We made it with six songs into the semifinals... awesome job, everyone (remixers and voters alike.) Let's keep up the momentum and shoot for three songs by ReMixers in the final round. 8/31] - We're in the finals now, though with only one track this month: sgx - Coactive (Hollidayrain Trance Remix). Grats! Give him some love, all (the below list consists of members that made it to the semis) Jewbei - Aqualight - Club/Dance pixietricks - Shadows (zircon Remix) - Club/Dance Siamey - Sidewinder - Club/Dance Skrypnyk - Untitled - Techno/Ambient sgx - Coactive [Hollidayrain Trance remix] - Club/Dance zircon - Rainforest Majesty - New Age/World If I missed anyone, let me know! LINKS TO JUDGE To listen to and judge music in the categories we are competing in, click the links below. http://www.ourstage.com/judge --- Read this before judging! * When you judge, you are presented with two randomly selected songs. You must listen to at least 15 seconds of each, and then select which you like more, or if they are the same to you. Once you vote, you are presented with another pair. You cannot select any given song to vote for, you have to wait until you are randomly given that song as part of a pair. * Once you listen to 15 seconds of a given song in a round (eg. quarterfinals, semifinals, finals) you do NOT have to listen to it again! This makes your votes go very quickly after you have heard all the entries in a category. * Vote honestly and your vote will count for more. Don't just pick "same" for everything and vote up OCR artists "by far". Other songs deserve to be judged too. The best way to support OCR artists (and OurStage itself) is to not try to game the system. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShinnyMetal Posted August 25, 2008 Share Posted August 25, 2008 yay! awesome! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sole Signal Posted August 25, 2008 Share Posted August 25, 2008 Good luck all! I dropped from 7th to 33rd on the last day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zircon Posted August 27, 2008 Author Share Posted August 27, 2008 Voting is a little weak so far this month, standings have barely moved. C'mon, guys! sgx and Jill haven't made it into the quarterfinals for a few months, and Skryp has yet to rank high as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sgx Posted August 27, 2008 Share Posted August 27, 2008 Standings haven't moved at all as far as I can tell. At least watching me and siamey's....this is weird. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jillian Aversa Posted August 27, 2008 Share Posted August 27, 2008 Yeah, nothing has moved at all for us either. Then again, I haven't cast my votes yet. Will do soon! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kanthos Posted August 27, 2008 Share Posted August 27, 2008 I definitely won't have time to vote in the semis and probably not in the finals either, but good luck to you all! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bahamut Posted August 27, 2008 Share Posted August 27, 2008 I definitely won't have time to vote in the semis and probably not in the finals either, but good luck to you all! I probably won't be able to vote either, although I might have a smidgen of time tonight (if so, it'd be my only free night this whole week). School is already killing me with all of the things I have to do . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zircon Posted August 27, 2008 Author Share Posted August 27, 2008 Whoops!!! No one told me Siamey had made it also. He's been added with his song "Sidewinder" in Club/Dance. Wow; six ReMixers and seven songs in the quarterfinals. This is probably our best month ever, but we need y'all to do anything you can to support the fan-based judging system of OurStage. No fan input = standings don't move Also, a quick correction, my track "System" did not make it this month in Techno/Ambient, it was actually "The Art of Zen" that did in that category. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drack Posted August 27, 2008 Share Posted August 27, 2008 Playing devil's advocate here. Doesn't recruiting votes go against the ideas of OurStage, to let the best song win? This strikes me as turning a legitimate competition into a popularity contest. Even if you said "Go to OurStage and vote for whatever music YOU think is the best" this is a community obviously highly biased in favor of OCR. I'm sure all contestants do it, and I'm not proposing a solution, just, as I said, playing devil's advocate. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sole Signal Posted August 27, 2008 Share Posted August 27, 2008 Playing devil's advocate here.Doesn't recruiting votes go against the ideas of OurStage, to let the best song win? This strikes me as turning a legitimate competition into a popularity contest. Even if you said "Go to OurStage and vote for whatever music YOU think is the best" this is a community obviously highly biased in favor of OCR. I'm sure all contestants do it, and I'm not proposing a solution, just, as I said, playing devil's advocate. Heh, you're a couple months late, man. This discussion has gone down many times before. Hope to get some votes in this weekend for ya'll. It'll be interesting to see who wins Club/Dance. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sgx Posted August 27, 2008 Share Posted August 27, 2008 Rankings finally moved. We're all doing pretty well in the club genre. It's gonna be tough to beat zirc/jill's track - it's a pretty crowdpleasing ditty I'd say. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jillian Aversa Posted August 28, 2008 Share Posted August 28, 2008 OurStage glitch for the win! Luckily, the votes cast before *were* counted, they just hadn't updated the rankings. By the way, did you guys see this video in Quinn's EJ Blog? ^-^ http://blog.ourstage.com/2008/08/25/youngheart-newport-folk/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Siamey Posted August 29, 2008 Share Posted August 29, 2008 Thanks for rallying the OCR troops to vote. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kitty Posted August 29, 2008 Share Posted August 29, 2008 Playing devil's advocate here.Doesn't recruiting votes go against the ideas of OurStage, to let the best song win? This strikes me as turning a legitimate competition into a popularity contest. Even if you said "Go to OurStage and vote for whatever music YOU think is the best" this is a community obviously highly biased in favor of OCR. I'm sure all contestants do it, and I'm not proposing a solution, just, as I said, playing devil's advocate. As Audix mentioned already, you're a little late in that debate. Search the forums for the other OurStage topics and you'll see why that not only "recruiting" votes legal, but actually encouraged by OurStage itself. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zircon Posted August 29, 2008 Author Share Posted August 29, 2008 Thanks for rallying the OCR troops to vote. No prob, bro. Your track this month is good! Edit: Semifinals began, and just about everything made it.. except my "Art of Zen" Weird, considering it was #1 for basically the entire month, then shot down to #20 during the QFs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jillian Aversa Posted August 29, 2008 Share Posted August 29, 2008 This is great. Congrats for making it to semis, fellas! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VerSus22 Posted August 29, 2008 Share Posted August 29, 2008 Congrats Andrew, Jill and the other 4 ReMixers who made it. Best of luck to reach the finals!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhiJayy Posted August 29, 2008 Share Posted August 29, 2008 except my "Art of Zen" Weird, considering it was #1 for basically the entire month, then shot down to #20 during the QFs. What!? That's to bad. I like that song. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jillian Aversa Posted August 29, 2008 Share Posted August 29, 2008 I think the standings are frozen again. Nothing has changed in the two categories I've been watching (Club/Dance and New Age/World) since I went to bed last night. :3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dhsu Posted August 29, 2008 Share Posted August 29, 2008 For people who didn't see Atmuh's post or haven't noticed themselves by now, they might be interested to know that Protricity is in the semi-finals of New Age as well with "Desolation v1.1". I understand some might not consider him "OCR" anymore, but it's still a cool track, so if you like it you should give it your support. It would be a shame to have politics get in the way of enjoying good music. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Siamey Posted August 30, 2008 Share Posted August 30, 2008 For people who didn't see Atmuh's post or haven't noticed themselves by now, they might be interested to know that Protricity is in the semi-finals of New Age as well with "Desolation v1.1". I understand some might not consider him "OCR" anymore, but it's still a cool track, so if you like it you should give it your support. It would be a shame to have politics get in the way of enjoying good music. <shitstorm> lol ill be back to add the closing tag later. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sgx Posted August 31, 2008 Share Posted August 31, 2008 I'm surprised at the standings for the semis in club/dance....Didn't think I'd win and I didn't go asking for votes in my normal places like I did the last three times I got through semis. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jillian Aversa Posted August 31, 2008 Share Posted August 31, 2008 Good luck in finals! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sgx Posted September 1, 2008 Share Posted September 1, 2008 We tore it up in 35th place! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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