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My game website link:

www.cygnes.homestead.com

Sorry, I can't even remember when I last updated it, but everything is (sadly) still current on it.

For some strange reason I like Jesus Christ Superstar. If you haven't seen it I'd say don't waste your time if you don't like hippie 70's rock opera (which I don't but I find this movie strangely appealing).

Oui.

I linked Billy to a copy of Billy once and after about a minute they just stopped talking altogether. So much for intelligent conversation.

Ok, my game's in 256 colors, and I'm using the latest version of AGS (2.55 I guess it is), but that doesn't really have anything to do with it since it's been an issue in every version I've used.

When I import something with black in it, it always shows up as slightly gray, which really stands out against black background pictures (which are pure black), and I need the pictures to blend together. Is there something I should do to the palette or something? Maybe import the graphics differently?

Thanks!

What has TNN turned into? Now it's the "First network for men"? What does that even mean? I haven't watched TNN for awhile, but I guess a lot changes when you don't have cable anymore. So is it supposed to be an adult cartoon channel now? Didn't it used to be for kids? Now there's shows called "Stripperella"?! I've just asked like 50 questions in a row!?

[Trapezoid Quote:]

Discussion:
Dark Stalkey: I never said I only listen to classical; there's other stuff I like. But what I meant is that there isn't much music in general that has any significance, regardless of how "infectious" it is, and that a lot of classical music is included in that category. But I'd also wager to say that about half of all classical music composed actually has any significance.

Trapezoid Quote:"Besides, don't black belts often end up getting their asses whooped when they go up against uneducated brawlers?"

This kind of ties into something I said earlier about breaking the rules, that you shouldn't break them until you master them. The black belts have mastered the rules and the uneducated brawlers just break them. The brawlers beat the black belts because the latter is still following the rules, so in order for the black belt to defeat the brawler, he must intelligently break the rules also. OK, enough philosophy (if you could even call it that).

Competition:

I would like to thank all applicants and just say that it was difficult to choose because all three pieces were quite good.

And the winner is... EldKatt! for his lovely bagpipe rendition. Go ahead and start a new competition thread.

And so ends the two-month-old tune contest.  8)


EDIT: I just thought of something clever:

Kung Fu is to Jackie Chan as music is to N'sync  

I like it. Reminds me of the artwork from Roald Dahl books.

Just to throw another suggestion in, didn't someone mention New Hampshire a while ago? I can't remember who.

yeah ok, I'm done ranting.

Now will someone PLEASE enter this contest?

Undergroundling: I never said "no theory" = garbage. I said that breaking the rules before you master them = possible garbage. I think there's a big difference. Also, I think that Trapezoid's as well as most music I hear posted here contains theory in it. It's obviously not intentional, but composers who listen more than they read about music can do theoretical things aurally without knowing exactly what the techics of it are.



Archangel: It may seem like I'm patronizing, but I really don't know much in the way of popular or alternative music on the radio and such. But I used the term "ultraspecific label" because I think it is kind of rediculous to have so many subgenres and people getting really anal about which you choose to label things, as you have shown.

Well, in that section of the post I WAS talking to Trapezoid and HIS music, and it still isn't insulting if you actually understand it.

Your big argument seems to be that I insulted him by calling his music heavy metal. I already explained the rock/metal phrase, and I don't have anything against people who write heavy metal, so what exactly ARE you talking about?

EDIT: This post is in response to Archangel's.

Woah, this whole thing has been completely misinterpreted. I never insulted Trapezoid's  music, and the only reason I said I was talking to Trapezoid was in response to the pronoun post. I meant the pronoun was referring to Trapezoid, so therefore I was talking to him. You can't just take everything out of context and use it against me.

What was interpreted as insulting Trapezoid's music was this part, right? :

"I personally believe that you can't break the rules without mastering them first, so you can go ahead and try, but chances are it will be worthless garbage."


I never said anything he wrote was garbage, just it MIGHT be if he did what I referenced to.

Is there anything else you misinterpreted that I need to explain?

Maybe it's because I was talking to Trapezoid  :o

I fail to see the significance of your response.

[Archangel quote:]

Well, I didn't mean to say that music has to be significant. I like listening to fun music that doesn't particularly have much value, but if that was all music was, it would kind of suck.

Archangel quote: "You instantly assume that he must be a heavy metal artist,"
I didn't really assume that. I used the phrase rock/metal because I didn't know what kind of ultraspecific label Trapezoid liked to categorize his music as.
And I have heard his music.
You seem to be the only one making assumptions.


Trapezoid: A synthesizer would be electronic, and not a native ethnic instrument (as in a traditional instrument). Plus synthesizers are used all over the world, so it doesn't even comply to the "ethnic" aspect.

Hey, you guys had the chance to complain about the rules sometime in March, and nobody said anything. It's not my fault NOBODY has entered. It can't move on until someone enters.

But sereously, what's so hard about these rules? I mean make something that sounds ethnic, that was my goal. The technical stuff (which I thought was pretty limited), just supported it, and if you didn't understand it then making anything that sounded even slightly ethnic would probably adhere to the rules without you even knowing it.

And Trapezoid, I'm really sick of hearing all kinds of crap against theory and technical music stuff. What do you think music is, some unstructured blob of sound? I personally believe that you can't break the rules without mastering them first, so you can go ahead and try, but chances are it will be worthless garbage.

But I also believe you can go overboard with theory (which I don't consider this contest to do).

But now that I think about it, I'd say half the stuff doesn't even apply to whatever kind of rock/metal music you might write. I'm speaking from a classical standpoint (which I feel is one of the few significant kinds of music), so yeah, you can complain about technical stuff in music like rock etc. but for classical or folk or something, it's almost a necessity.

His breastplate looks like it's floating off his shoulder on one end, and it's covering his neck like it's choking him or something. Other than that, I'd say my first impression of it was that it looked kind of messy. You could try to clean up around the edges by making it more symmetrical, but what do I know about art.

Ok, sorry, I was away for a little bit. You guys can still enter if you want. There's no way this competition can advance if nobody enters.

And someone asked a question about adding a flat 6th or something: go ahead, it doesn't have to strictly conform to that guideline.

Ok, and now to go on to the discussion, might I bring up "The Rite of Spring" as an example (you know I really think I talk about this piece too much). Well, I wouldn't exactly say it "sounds good" much of the time, but that's not the point of music. I'm acutally surprised nobody has mentioned this, but music is expression. The Rite of Spring portrays what is intended brilliantly, but a lot of people don't like it because it doesn't "sound good". If you look at music that way it loses all meaning besides the superficial consonance that people like to hear. And that's all I have to say about that.

"Good composers don't borrow, they steal." - Igor Stravinsky

Even Beethoven "stole" things from other composers.

For an erect penis, he doesn't look very happy.