Heya, is there still the possibility of entry-lengths being extended to 8 mins this year?
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After passing it around with the judges, we will be keeping the 3-6 minute range for this compo. Assuming we get around the same amount of entries as last year, it could become too long to judge and evaluate entries if everyone hit the 8 minute mark.
May I plz judge
Sorry, the judging panel has already been established.
For the fan favorite voting system, What if you had 3 votes that were equal, but you could vote for something multiple times? So you could spread your votes to 3 separate entries, you could vote for one entry you really like 3 times, or you could vote for one entry twice and one entry once.
That’s not a bad idea, as it wouldn’t force someone to rank all the entries they want to vote for if they don’t want to. But it also may be confusing to implement, and I think more people would be inclined to simply cast votes to three entries. Still, having multiple votes alone could help with alleviating ties...I would go up to 5, probably.
I think I will finally participate in something this time around
@LD-W @Random-storykeeper Ahh fair enough, I'll have to not do any extra-long intro's then haha
Looks interesting, I'm not much of a composer but it'd be cool to give this a shot
6 DAYS!
I would love to try, not even for the prize(not that i dont need it lol) but to test myself.
Hoo boi, I am lookin' forward to this >:)
Would it be possible to use multiple Art Portal submissions in 1 entry?
Interesting question. It would be best if it were kept to one art submission as an inspiration.
@ChordsInMotion @Random-storykeeper Alrighty, will do :)
its 11:07
also can i be a judge
Good luck everyone!
Question. While I know the song should be original work, would it be ok if it was inspired by say a fan drawing?
Your song can be inspired by fanart from the Art Portal (as long as the art satisfies the other requirements), but the song itself cannot be a remix, ie. it must be an original composition.
@Random-storykeeper Understood.
I think that it's very difficult to prove that a song was started or finished before the jam started. I could've entered a song I finished in early February and submitted that in late May. How can you detect this form of cheating?
There is no way to completely ensure that no one will cheat during these competitions. Sometimes, the obvious can be filtered out - for instance, someone submitting a track that was made before the start of the submissions period will lead to instant disqualification. After that, it often comes down to the honour system. If it is revealed or discovered that the user did cheat in the contest, then they get disqualified. But I think cheating doesn't really do any good for anyone in the contest - I mean, a large part of entering a music compo is for a user's own self progress, to challenge themselves and further their craft. I would hope that everyone who participates simply doesn't take an entry they made several years ago and use that as a submission, but I can't 100% detect anything, just the most egregious offenses.
I know you deleted both my protest comment on the forum as well as my apology later on. That shows what you and your judges are. After what you and they put me through I can honestly say that even if I didn't get people to follow suit, I still got the last laugh. The song you rejected for being "Too long." based off a rule you neglected to inform me or anyone for that matter until after the fact, has grown very popular over the last few months. I tried to be the better person, but now instead of apologizing to you two, I feel you two owe me apology.
Let me say this first, only audio mods can delete your posts, and your behavior and attitude on the situation was unsportsmanlike to the point that the mods felt it deserving to strike then from the records. Attacking RSK personally with this continued behavior is also something the mods will not tolerate. Sure you can laugh, but it's of no inconvenience to see people holding grudges removed from the audio portal or website.
I am not a judge on the AIM but I've been involved with the situation so let me attempt to help you understand the situation better so you can learn from this and move forward in life.
1) From the beginning the rules clearly said that songs cannot be longer than 6 minutes, but can be close because songs that could be a second or two over could be allowed. You decided to be 20 seconds over which clearly was not an attempt to keep the song within 6 minutes in length, but there are other offenses in question.
2) with the fact that your song is outside if the rules that were laid out, your entry was deemed illegal for the contest but the judges would have allowed modification (and even more ruling clarity). They (not just RSK) extended mercy out of the heart that they didn't want to flat out DQ you and let you continue to be in the contest.
3)In light of the fact that you broke the rules, and the judges wanted to work with you to have a suitable entry, you have stated that you cannot confirm to such rules because "no one should give up their artistic freedom to conform to the rules of a compo". This is the hill you decided to die on. There are many examples, numerous examples, in artistic history when creators have thrived under rules or constraints. The saying I hear repeated instead is "limitations breed creativity." Not just limitations in time allowed, but even with software in the past allowing creators to only have a number of sounds/instruments/details in video games as one example
4) So now you broke the rules, refused mercy from the judges, chose not to comply, and continue to berate RSK personally through posting your grudges to forums to this posting made by RSK. Even with all the previous points being made, this act of unsportsmanlike conduct is intolerable and I take personally as a previous contest host myself.
Drooskuna
@Drooskuna @Random-storykeeper Alright, thanks for the heads-up. Gonna see if I can get scouted in time