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Why don't you compete in the ID contests?
ok so we're trying to figure out what could be done to get a larger participation / make things more fun for everyone...
if you don't enter the ID contests...why not? and if it's something you would like to do, but don't...what would improve things?
discuss...
Hard drive space...
I dont feel like downloading music samples.
Plus Trance Id's arent my strong suit.All other genres yes, but my Trance is out of date.Plus if you win you have to run the next contest...le hassle
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| Originally posted by all-nite-freak Hard drive space... I dont feel like downloading music samples. Plus Trance Id's arent my strong suit.All other genres yes, but my Trance is out of date.Plus if you win you have to run the next contest...le hassle |
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| Originally posted by Floorfiller well see the complaint these days is that it's not enough trance. and i'm sure if you didn't want to make the next contest...the runner up might be willing to the other issue of hard drive space...well i dunno...it's only like 10mb or so |
i actually thought about participating this current one, but it kinda puts you off when you see the results so far so soon and sand leaper is leading so much that no one will ever catch him. and i'm really fucking busy atm too, but maybe i will participate, if i can find the time.
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| Originally posted by skip i actually thought about participating this current one, but it kinda puts you off when you see the results so far so soon and sand leaper is leading so much that no one will ever catch him. and i'm really fucking busy atm too, but maybe i will participate, if i can find the time. |
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| Originally posted by Floorfiller so unless you feel you can win...you don't really feel like participating? what if the scoreboard was withheld until the end of the competition? |
just wondering, is there much cheating involved in the contests? i mean of two people cooperate and help eachother out. is this common?
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| Originally posted by RebeL9 just wondering, is there much cheating involved in the contests? i mean of two people cooperate and help eachother out. is this common? |
To be honest, I dont want to take the time.
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| Originally posted by weymouth To be honest, I dont want to take the time. |
. though i bet you'd do pretty decent weymouth ...
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| Originally posted by Floorfiller so unless you feel you can win...you don't really feel like participating? what if the scoreboard was withheld until the end of the competition? |
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| Originally posted by skip well i know i will never win, so it's not that really. it's just somehow lame IMO that the first time the pre results are posted is so soon. IMO it should go to at least half way before posting those. |
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| Originally posted by Floorfiller yeah i can see what you're saying. i mean they are usually updated in the next day or so probably mostly because some of us are pretty competitive about it hehe . so aside from that...track selection a problem at all? do you think if we maybe we had two contests...maybe like a "contest winners ID contest" and one for people that haven't won yet, that more people would be interested? or would that make people feel dumber or something? would that make you feel more like you had a chance to win? |
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| Originally posted by all-nite-freak I dont want to feel like the kid on the short bus, so if i compete i want to against the best.How about doing them solely based on genre... 1 week trance 1 week house 1 week.... everyone has their strong suits and you would probably get many different winners this way. I pwn minimal and tech ftwwwwwwwwwwww |
One thing I think.
Fair dos to Jan for winning it all the time, but how many has he made now? 6 or 7?
Time for him to step down and stop winning, I reckon. Or at least say 'the person below me can do the next comp'.
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| Originally posted by THE_Chris One thing I think. Fair dos to Jan for winning it all the time, but how many has he made now? 6 or 7? Time for him to step down and stop winning, I reckon. Or at least say 'the person below me can do the next comp'. |
Well, SandLeaper has passed on some contests to give a chance for others to win.
And about the cheating, I doubt it happens very often. I think the host of the competition would figure it out anyway...
Maybe the scoreboard should only be updated once or twice a week to keep the suspension...
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| Originally posted by GroundLine Well, SandLeaper has passed on some contests to give a chance for others to win. And about the cheating, I doubt it happens very often. I think the host of the competition would figure it out anyway... Maybe the scoreboard should only be updated once or twice a week to keep the suspension... |
Yeah its a good idea in theory, and would be fairer, but imagine trying to get 3 or 4 people to all submit IDs at a certain time to the organiser. It just wouldnt happen 
At least with one person controlling the contest like it is now, everything is done under their terms. They put it up when they're ready. No waiting weeks for the one fool to give the controlling person their 10 IDs.
Course there'd also be the problem of correcting. Who corrects the samples? The overall winner or the person who submitted the 10 IDs? If its the latter, then the overall winner has to send about 5 PMs for every 1 he receives, just to make sure everyone has the samples. Having one person correcting would be easier, but then the other people would fight, as THEY'D want to correct their own genre.
Tis a good idea, but knowing people in general and knowing this place for a few years, I'd say it would be far too much trouble
Perhaps we could try genre-specific ID comps tho. Like having a Trance competition and a Main competition. Then the next month having a Psy competition and a Main competition. Just to keep things different. It would be harder to organise, but might work.
The only other thing I can think up off the top of my head is timing. I think a month is too long. Two weeks would be ok. Face it, everyone downloads the samples straight away and works on them. Then they come back to them 2 days before the comp ends. Cutting down to 2 weeks would be better I reckon.
Just a few thoughts 
Or another idea could be to post the scoreboard, but keep the top 3 and their scores hidden. That way people would know what they need to do, without being overly worried about not having a chance.
yeah i agree probably too hard to organize hehehe
but maybe some kind of genre-specific comp sometime i dunno...
...or DJ specific. Do an Armin ID comp, with about 30 tracks that Armin has played. Then do a PvD one. something like that.
Then there'd be no more fights about genres 
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| Originally posted by THE_Chris ...or DJ specific. Do an Armin ID comp, with about 30 tracks that Armin has played. Then do a PvD one. something like that. Then there'd be no more fights about genres |
True... I guess the current format is pretty ok, I just wish people would stop moaning so much about why they're not doing well
I still reckon a month is too long. 2 weeks would be ok. Maybe 2 weeks of comp then 2 weeks off.
Also, dont show the top 3 or 5 on the scoreboard. Let those people know by PM though. But dont tell anyone else.
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