hey i made weekly! *pats myself on the back*

when is this competition going to be judged? i wanna see all the scores for all the songs

At 7/26/06 01:57 PM, HouseMasta wrote:

when is this competition going to be judged?

He who lurks will learn ;)

contest entry closes a soon as aug. begins. The judges should be set and start judging then. I think some of the judges already are working in on the songs, so hopefully we´ll have a quick final result (i will set a deadline for the judges to be max 5 days, hopefully it´ll be less). As soon as this contest is over, a new one will be launched. I´ll make a PM about final result + the MAC aug addition, all in one (its a pain in the ass having to copy/paste everyone in the list... there´s about 80 users or so in that list :-/

thanks a bunch!

so I assume judges have been decided then?

Ive pmed everyone who have voulenteered/been asked to judge, not everyone have responded. It does looks like there might be need for a couple of more though.
Six judges have accpeted so far, im awaiting reply for six more. Never wrong to have a few backup judges though...

if you wish to judge, please PM me :)

Oh man i found out about this just in time and im almost done my totally kick ass song too...... sign me up rucklo!

I didn't know we were supposed to PM, alright i'll send a PM, be a back up judge.

Wow, this is coming together VERY well

Some asshole reviewed my song and said

"Its sounds good i believe u Could have done more better"

I've been zero voted before, but not reviewed by a complete idiot like this.

:/

At 7/26/06 06:19 PM, AmeerThePrince wrote: Some asshole reviewed my song and said

"Its sounds good i believe u Could have done more better"

I've been zero voted before, but not reviewed by a complete idiot like this.

/

You think you got it bad?

At 7/26/06 06:19 PM, AmeerThePrince wrote: Some asshole reviewed my song and said

"Its sounds good i believe u Could have done more better"

I've been zero voted before, but not reviewed by a complete idiot like this.

/

I don't really see the offense mate.
He just said that he believed you could have done better.
I've seen people do "U SUX LAWLLAWL111" reviews.
So I don't really think this is such a violation.

At 7/26/06 06:22 PM, Love_Hate_War wrote:

At 7/26/06 06:19 PM, AmeerThePrince wrote: Some asshole reviewed my song and said

"Its sounds good i believe u Could have done more better"

I've been zero voted before, but not reviewed by a complete idiot like this.

/

You think you got it bad?

Gawd, I geuss is what happens when zero votes review .

At 7/26/06 06:23 PM, _Arbiter_ wrote: I don't really see the offense mate.
He just said that he believed you could have done better.
I've seen people do "U SUX LAWLLAWL111" reviews.
So I don't really think this is such a violation.

yeh but it wasnt really constructive was it?

At 7/26/06 06:19 PM, AmeerThePrince wrote: Some asshole reviewed my song and said

"Its sounds good i believe u Could have done more better"

I've been zero voted before, but not reviewed by a complete idiot like this.

/

are you stupid?there have been much worse reviews done. here ill go and give you an example on oneif you want.

At 7/26/06 06:31 PM, Love_Hate_War wrote: yeh but it wasnt really constructive was it?

Points taken, and kudos for the thought.
But I still believe that an opinion is better than regular flaming.
Even though I'd be slightly annoyed by the fact that there was no
fundamental grounds to prove those statements.
But meh.

At 7/26/06 06:33 PM, darkkloud wrote:

At 7/26/06 06:19 PM, AmeerThePrince wrote:

I've been zero voted before, but not reviewed by a complete idiot like this.

are you stupid?there have been much worse reviews done. here ill go and give you an example on oneif you want.

Ok Mr. Grammar, thanks for being do quick to respond.

do quick? wtf are you talking about?

At 7/26/06 07:28 PM, darkkloud wrote: do quick? wtf are you talking about?

umm im pretty sure he ment SO quick... lol

sorry for the dub post action but my song is now done and I gotta get it submitted...

Enigma

its a real trancey dance track....

Being drunk FTW it´s 5.30 in teh morrnin here lololol beer.

Contest entries so far;

Darkkloud - Misantropia
Heavy Metal-Black Death

Dj_Fanta5t1c - Bass Force (Short Mix)
Techno

Syntrus - Hypoallergenic Slime
Techno

Deflektor76 - Contest song
Classical

MusicalRocky - Introduction, Rondo et Scherzo
Classical

Metaljonus - Forbidden Love-Metaljonus
Miscellaneous

-OCON- - Crying for Love (Remix)
Trance

Love_Hate_War - Broken Wings Part 1
Heavy Metal - Metal

SoulStrings - _-/|While Heaven Burns
Classical

nightvision - Each Step
Trance

AmeerThePrince - Real Folk Blues
Blues

Watercolour - Cocaine
Ambient - IDM, ambient, industrial

Grumbleduke - Dryad Whispers
Classical

Simon_F - Ballade no.1 in F minor
Classical

Kaija - Hear My Prayer
Ambient

VegetarianMeat - Peaceful Crimson
Ambient

cat_bastards - Diarrhea Of Death
Heavy Metal

DarKsidE_555 - *+ *...Frozen...*+ *
Heavy Metal - Metal

Realmguys - Star Stealing Girl CC
Video Game

§Arbiter§ - Dark Winds
Classical

AdmiralConquistador - Beyond Repair
House

dj_padman - Berzerker
Drum N Bass

PedroMancuso - The Nasty Nice Fairy
Miscellaneous

Haiasi - Dark Heaven
Techno - Trance

HouseMasta - || TranceMasta ||
Trance

-Steve- - (\/) <Impossible> (\/)
New Wave

(next time, please put a link in the post itself to the correct song. The reason for this is mainly because it´s easy to oversee the post when searching for contest entries. It´s not always I update the entry-document as soon as theres a new entry. nightvision can tell you all bout this :) Also it saves some time getting the correct link, with the correct submission on top! Thanx for participating ;)

tedJohnston - Valiant X
Video Game

Flashburn - Enigma
Dance

That´s like 28 subs so far, how the hell would i know, im durnk and fiuckin tired, get of my back LOLOLOL

I´ll get back to PM´s and judging and stuff when i sober up, ok?! (not like u have a fucking choise, lol?!) tee hee.

Sweet jesus that's a list.

Don't any of you have lives?

<3 AF/AP

At 7/26/06 08:08 PM, Flashburn wrote: umm im pretty sure he ment SO quick... lol

Well that kinda backfired ... let's try to stay on topic here guys.

Rucklo: So wait ... if I've been reading all this right, some of the judges are also contestants? That should not be allowed. I mean, someone could just discreetly judge someone else's submission poorly just so theirs will do better. I understand that you're doing the multi-judging system where a song will be judged by X number of judges, but still ... having some of the contestants as judges just isn't right.

I'm NOT accusing anyone of anything here, I am just saying that the possibility exists for something like that to happen. I know our community is small and that we all think that we're on the level, but it doesn't always work out that way.

Also Rucklo, I think contestants should be able to make notes on their songs that would be passed onto the judges about their songs, notes that contain background, special info, story, context, etc. behind the song. So as an example, notes I would make on my song are:

Valiant was one of the first songs I wrote. It was actually inspired by ParagonX9's Defcon Zero, but it almost immediately took on a life of its own. Though it was one of the first melodies I ever composed, it is still one of my favorites today. I was aiming to create sort of a fusion 16-Bit/Modern-Day video game song. The style is very heavily 16-Bit, but you will hear lots of instruments in there that are not traditional 16-Bit sounds. Also, I wanted to simulate the environment of a vintage analog video game console, and so I added lots of tape compression to many elements of the song. The way the song sounds muffled is intentional and not an issue with quality/mp3-compression, so please do not dock points there as it was intended to sound that way. All in all, the song is a way for me to express my video game roots, which really began with the 16-Bit consoles of the day; Genesis, Super Famicom, etc.

I like to go overboard. ; ) Anyways, these are just some suggestions. Obviously, I have no right to make any because of the fact that I am coming into the competition literally in the last three days and because I've been gone for six months, so feel free to take or ignore any of them. This contest was a great idea, and the whole Sig. Pic prize thing is genius. it's nice to finally see someone taking a little action around here.

Sorry to overwhelm you Rucklo ... I know you're busy enough as it is, and I guess my essay-posts aren't much help. :P Good luck everyone with the contest!

waaaah,
i'm the only dick head with 'misc' as my genre.
could you change it to 'experi-mental' please rucklo good sir?
thanks

;ped

my entry:) - http://www.newground..377609&sub=56829

At 7/27/06 02:01 AM, tedJohnston wrote:

At 7/26/06 08:08 PM, Flashburn wrote: umm im pretty sure he ment SO quick... lol

Well that kinda backfired ... let's try to stay on topic here guys.

Rucklo: So wait ... if I've been reading all this right, some of the judges are also contestants? That should not be allowed.

Of course it´s not allowed. I have decided six judges so far, and none of them are in the contest (i think... *goes and doublechex... no it´s clear :)
The ones who have voulenteerd to be judges AND have a submission in the contest will have to decide wether to stay in the contest as a competetor, or a judge IF THEY GET ASKED TO JUDGE!
I will send ut PM´s to the ones in question, actually I think i´ve already told them that they have to decide what they want, and then i´ll decide deending on how many submissions there are (or if i´m getting bribed lolol).
I think this have been mentioned in earlier posts as well.

Also Rucklo, I think contestants should be able to make notes on their songs that would be passed onto the judges about their songs, notes that contain background, special info, story, context, etc. behind the song.

This is a great idea, and its also something I´ve been thinking about, to be honest.
I decided against it cause i wanted to keep things simple. the music itself is to be judged, not the story behind, if you understand what I mean. However, I DO belive that many of you guys agrees that it would be cool (since one only get a few sentences when submitting the song...) but it would require a few extra rules, and have no place is this contest.

HOWEVER, as you guys probably are aware, G9 will podcast the top 10 (I would belive it to be top 10 since there are so many contestants... G9 tell me off if I´m wrong ;) I belive he wanted the top ten submissions to actually include a short commentary of their song, and that he would read that in up before each submission. I´ll have to check the G9 podcast thread and communicate with him before saying something stupid and invalid :)

I like to go overboard. ; ) Anyways, these are just some suggestions. Obviously, I have no right to make any because of the fact that I am coming into the competition literally in the last three days and because I've been gone for six months,

Of coures you have the right to come with suggestions, wveryone has the right to come with suggestions, and all suggestions are welcomed of course. I intend on improving the contest and making it better and better, of course. I´m very greateful for every suggestion that comes in, it proves we have an active crew there on the AF! :)
(however I will decide what is to be used and not, so don´t get pissed of if i reject your suggestions ;)

Sorry to overwhelm you Rucklo ... I know you're busy enough as it is,

Yeah im so fucking busy i go drink in hte middle of the week until it´s 5.30 in the morning (apparently...) :-D but my head says >:(
Nice to have ya back mate ;)

At 7/27/06 04:11 AM, PedroMancuso wrote: waaaah,
i'm the only dick head with 'misc' as my genre.
could you change it to 'experi-mental' please rucklo good sir?

I´ll put 'experi-mental' as sub genre, cry baby :)

is "experi-mental" what you want, or is it "experimental"?

I´ve recieved a couple of PM´s i havent checked yet, ill get back to that later on... now i have to recover from drinking too much alcohol last night/this morning :( yer not forgotten :)

Here´s a PM i recieved from G9 by the way;

At 07/26/06 03:29 PM, G9 wrote: Dear Rucklo:

I am leaving this Sunday, away from my computer and hence podcast work until August 12. This week, the competition is still going on, no? So basically next week, starting the 31st winners will start to be drawn... so don't be surprised if I make no response or replies to this forum.

Thanks,
G9

This mean the podcast for the MAC6 - July wont be out until after 12 of aug.

Of course it´s not allowed.

Okay, good then. Great, I just wasted time in everyone's lives because of that ...

This is a great idea, and its also something I´ve been thinking about, to be honest.
I decided against it cause i wanted to keep things simple.

Well, with my song it's more of a technical issue because some people have expressed concerns saying things like, "Is this compressed at a really low bitrate?" when really, I intentionally wanted to make it sound like an old analog machine. But I understand your reasons for keeping it simple, and I agree that it's probably best for the first time around.

Yeah im so fucking busy i go drink in hte middle of the week until it´s 5.30 in the morning (apparently...) :-D but my head says >:(

LOL.

Cool. This contest is fuh realz y'all! a;owieurljashdf09324u2qoi4lekwr!!!!1

Thats alot of entries, i'd like to help out by judging.

At 7/27/06 01:36 PM, MaestroSorrow wrote: Thats alot of entries, i'd like to help out by judging.

pm me plz :)

(so i remember that you do want to after i come home from what drunkenness ill get tonight... on my way out right now :)

i figure your drunk alot huh?it seems like every couple posts, you say that ur fucked up lol.

I have a question, can somebody submit a collab they worked with, if another person here is a judge? For example, if I collabed with somebody, and they want to enter the contest, can they enter that piece even though i'm a judge?