Why don't you compete in the ID contests?

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Posted by Lebezniatnikov on Jul-23-2006 22:26:

I downloaded one about a year ago, but found myself only knowing like 2... which kind of put me off it. I'm afraid I'm a bit too much of a newb.

Posted by THE_Chris on Jul-23-2006 22:27:

Not doing well is no excuse for not entering

Posted by Psy-T on Jul-24-2006 00:03:

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Originally posted by Gauss
In that case the ID contest should have a more defined goal... Winner should be either the one who IDs the biggest number of tracks by already knowing them or the one who IDs the biggest number of tracks by haunting them down thanks to, for example, googling lyrics or recognizing certain artist's style.

and what's to stop you from claiming you identified exclusively tracks you already knew or the opposite?

Posted by Psy-T on Jul-24-2006 00:09:

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Originally posted by GroundLine
But I feel that the contest's are a way of getting to think about the music, try to find out whose style it is and explore their productions until you find the correct answer.

how about this instead: try to find out whose style it is, which label that they released on does it fit the most, and take a random guess at which track it might be?

under a different set of rules knowing the label something was originally released on could be worth some points, maybe half a point for guessing the release it's on too.

downloading the entire catalog of a particular artist on the other hand is disgraceful in a contest that is directly relavant to honour and skill (unless this is a skill particularily sought in a contest, which should be specifically mentioned in it's disclaimer in that case).

Posted by Gauss on Jul-24-2006 00:12:

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Originally posted by Psy-T
and what's to stop you from claiming you identified exclusively tracks you already knew or the opposite?

Ahh, I knew I forgot to mention something in my post... Yes, that's right, there's no way to prove someone's cheating. But that way it's pointless to host ID contests one way or another so I suppose it should stay as it is. I'm having fun participating no matter I know for a fact that I won't win, but who cares? It's all about fun, isn't it?

Posted by Psy-T on Jul-24-2006 00:24:

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Originally posted by Gauss
Ahh, I knew I forgot to mention something in my post... Yes, that's right, there's no way to prove someone's cheating. But that way it's pointless to host ID contests one way or another so I suppose it should stay as it is. I'm having fun participating no matter I know for a fact that I won't win, but who cares? It's all about fun, isn't it?

fun & ego.

Posted by Gauss on Jul-24-2006 00:26:

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Originally posted by Psy-T
fun & ego.

Ego? To some people, maybe... But not to me.

Posted by SYSTEM-J on Jul-24-2006 00:33:

quote:
Originally posted by Gauss
Ego? To some people, maybe... But not to me.

THE_Chris. It's all about ego to that guy.

Posted by Cobalt on Jul-24-2006 00:45:

quote:
Originally posted by GroundLine
True, everybody locked in a controlled environment would be the most fair way.

But I feel that the contest's are a way of getting to think about the music, try to find out whose style it is and explore their productions until you find the correct answer.

What fun is it just to ramble up a list of stuff you know?

What would it be like if one piece of each answer was provided ahead of time?

Posted by isoterra on Jul-24-2006 01:59:

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Originally posted by Psy-T
fucking hell, if i suppose for a second even that all the winners up till now have used that method, the id contest can fuck right off.

hmm, i only entered the once earlier.. but i always assumed the whole challenge of it was to go to any length necessary to get the answers (without asking other people). i couldn't see it being much of a fun contest if it was purely knowledge based since it would only be the elite few dominating each time.. having to work for the high scores is better, imho.

and 137 points.. i guess that isn't bad for a first time easier than i thought it would be

Posted by Psy-T on Jul-24-2006 03:04:

if that's the case, fuck the id contest, let's play "name the subgenre" instead

Posted by THE_Chris on Jul-24-2006 09:35:

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Originally posted by SYSTEM-J
THE_Chris. It's all about ego to that guy.

Yeah getting into double figures for points or having at least 2 people below me is mindblowingly awesome

Posted by isoterra on Jul-24-2006 13:25:

quote:
Originally posted by Psy-T
if that's the case, fuck the id contest, let's play "name the subgenre" instead

??

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