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Aeronautical Vigilante · 08-07-2006, 04:43 AM

All right... I mentioned this in another thread and now I'm thinking about it quite a bit... Waaay back during the first 'zero hour days' of 6.0 back around March 2005 (I sincerely thought 7.0 was imminent back then!), I proposed the idea of monthly (or bimonthly) DDR Original Simfile Contest competitions. I think jammitch! was the one who pointed out how insane this could be... Numbered OSCs (the main line) would simply be once maybe a year if we were to do this, with the bimonthly competitions being quick affairs with theme limitations, streamlined judging, and (hopefully!) smaller numbers of entries. Think Tournamix 4+ or the Best of Tournamix sessions.

Now, here's the thing. I'm specifically bringing this up when BlueSS is not around so that I get community opinions, as untainted as possible. I want to know what people think of the idea of regular OSC mini competitions, and if they have ideas for themes. Here's some I've thought of:
* Old School: Songs must be from Tournamix 1, 2, or 3, or DDR OSC 1.
* Anime: Duh. Songs from or inspired by anime series.
* Video Game Soundtracks: Similarly obvious, but unlike some similar projects, any rhythm game that's not a foot game (Guitar Hero/Freaks, Beatmania, Gitaroo Man) would be valid.
* Movies: (US/Canada/Europe) Songs from or inspired by movies.
* Obscurities: Songs from independent labels (predominantly unrelated to the Big Five).
* Off-Kilter: Songs that aren't in 4/4 or similar timings (think DM Ashura's Seven or GO, though those two would be specifically barred).
* Creative Commons: All content must be available under a Creative Commons license with at least the priviledges of BY-NC-SA.
* Solo: See the current planned Challenge Round.
* Doubles: All about two pads at once, man.
* Keyboard: Could be combined with other themes. At least one a year would have this stipulation attached ideally.

You see my ideas, now if you guys can post some of your own (or constructive reasons this is a bad idea), that would be nice. I just want to start another line of discussion to influence my thinking about this - getting a small number of songs to pull out during down times would be nice.

08-07-2006, 04:43 AM	#1
Aeronautical Vigilante Penguins can't fly! Aeronautical Vigilante is offline Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Alaska Aeronautical Vigilante's Collection Posts: 468 Marketplace Rating: 0	Okay, so, an idea or ten. All right... I mentioned this in another thread and now I'm thinking about it quite a bit... Waaay back during the first 'zero hour days' of 6.0 back around March 2005 (I sincerely thought 7.0 was imminent back then!), I proposed the idea of monthly (or bimonthly) DDR Original Simfile Contest competitions. I think jammitch! was the one who pointed out how insane this could be... Numbered OSCs (the main line) would simply be once maybe a year if we were to do this, with the bimonthly competitions being quick affairs with theme limitations, streamlined judging, and (hopefully!) smaller numbers of entries. Think Tournamix 4+ or the Best of Tournamix sessions. Now, here's the thing. I'm specifically bringing this up when BlueSS is not around so that I get community opinions, as untainted as possible. I want to know what people think of the idea of regular OSC mini competitions, and if they have ideas for themes. Here's some I've thought of: * Old School: Songs must be from Tournamix 1, 2, or 3, or DDR OSC 1. * Anime: Duh. Songs from or inspired by anime series. * Video Game Soundtracks: Similarly obvious, but unlike some similar projects, any rhythm game that's not a foot game (Guitar Hero/Freaks, Beatmania, Gitaroo Man) would be valid. * Movies: (US/Canada/Europe) Songs from or inspired by movies. * Obscurities: Songs from independent labels (predominantly unrelated to the Big Five). * Off-Kilter: Songs that aren't in 4/4 or similar timings (think DM Ashura's Seven or GO, though those two would be specifically barred). * Creative Commons: All content must be available under a Creative Commons license with at least the priviledges of BY-NC-SA. * Solo: See the current planned Challenge Round. * Doubles: All about two pads at once, man. * Keyboard: Could be combined with other themes. At least one a year would have this stipulation attached ideally. You see my ideas, now if you guys can post some of your own (or constructive reasons this is a bad idea), that would be nice. I just want to start another line of discussion to influence my thinking about this - getting a small number of songs to pull out during down times would be nice. __________________ Someday, I will find the flying machine!