"Grabbag" fan remix contest

[iceman57]

1st April 2008 (5 years birthday of Duke Nukem 3D code).
Submissions could be closed at midnight (GMT+1), but I don't think we'll have more contesters till this time ...

So now (and this is not an April fish).....................................



Our contesters in alphabetical order :

Bobthefish : http://www.soundclick.com/bands/page...songID=6332454
Carbohydrom : http://carbohydrom.free.fr/music/Car...klear_Duke.mp3
Nukkus : http://rapidshare.com/files/88589996...rtion.mp3.html
tGz : http://www.vgmix.com/download.php?mo...21&song_id=312
Vertexguy : http://www.vertexguy.com/music/tributes/CPK-dukejam.mp3

Just send a note such as "MyFavoriteName +1" and we'll count the points...

In my opinion, 2 weeks offers enough time to all boardmembers to vote so deadline of Friday 11st April sounds good (Mariokart release in europe yeahh).
Afterwhat I'll require winners name and postmail adress in order to prepare expeditions.

Additionnally, for the people that didn't win anything... as I'm back from Berlin Germany, so I bought some rocks of Berlin wall.
So any contester out of the last quarter will get a piece of rock, everyone will get a "prize".

Reminder of the prizes :
- 1st Prize, "OBUT" petanque set because you've "BALLS OF STEEL"
- 2nd Prize, "KEM" plastified poker deck to always "BET ON DUKE"
- 3rd Prize, "MALABAR" (french popular ones) bubblegums pack (but does FDA agree ?) to "CHEW BUBBLEGUMS"
- 4th Prize (Jury special), The Mystery Prize that'd "SHAKE IT BABY"

- Extra prize for non winners, A small rock (with official certificate) of the Berlin wall because you lost, but you "ROCK" anyway.

I'm of course open to any comment (^_^)


________________
Regards from Paris, France.
Benoit, webmaster of http://www.icemanpage.com
Manager of the "Hokuto No Doom" project

[Nukkus]

lol, i doubt i'll ever win

[bobthefish]

ok, some good news and bad news:
first the bad. i noticed at school today that the link to my duke theme went dead. i have just re-uploaded it. im really sorry if you experienced this, and hope you dont take this into account of voting

and good news,
it seems that my cover did well on soundclick!
it hit #2 on the metal coversongs a while back. (i didnt even tell anyone but you guys here about it. im really surprised. i didn't think it was that good)


EDIT: MAKE SURE you use the HI-FI link on Soundclick. this is way better sounding, as the low fi is re-incoded by soundclick for slower internet connections and sounds like crap

[iceman57]

That surprised me, because the link was correct this afternoon.
Do you think you can make me a copy of your song for my archives (this is the only one I didn't have), then I may offer a backup pack of all contesters...

People may D/L it and listen to it in train, on the toilets, while working on an Excel sheet... and so many other ways and decide their vote easily.

Whatever, the window is large enough to allow people to vote and send possible (kind and constructive) comments.

Concerning hope to win or not (that's the question)...
Well, basically with this extra Berlin wall "rock", every of our 5 contesters will win something...

Now I hope that they'd be few replies and votes from the 3DR forum community.
(Just to make look this vote better than a post communist country election )

Contesters could of course vote for themselves, or offer their vote to another contester (fairplay rocks !)
Vote is of course only allowed to 3DR forum members, as they need to be registered to post their vote here.

LET'S VOTE !
__________________

Regards from Paris, France
Benoit, webmaster of http://www.icemanpage.com
Manager of the "Hokuto No Doom" project

[bobthefish]

Originally Posted by iceman57

That surprised me, because the link was correct this afternoon.

i tried it from school, and it just wouldnt work. maybe its my school's proxy, i dunno. normally i can listen to sound click at school. but thats weird, cause i could listen to all my other songs. all i can say is "TECHNOLOGY SUCKS!"


well, not really, but it knows how to be annoying.

anyways vote for me +1

[iceman57]

I saw that you're now #2 on "Metal" "cover song"...
In my opinion, kick #1 Mario3 ass with an atomic boot is just a matter of hours, their live recorded sound is too noisy and saturated...

[bobthefish]

Originally Posted by iceman57

I saw that you're now #2 on "Metal" "cover song"...
In my opinion, kick #1 Mario3 ass with an atomic boot is just a matter of hours, their live recorded sound is too noisy and saturated...

oh ive tried to kick em lol. my other duke cover was #2 for a while also. that mario 3 has been there for over a year now.

[Nukkus]

Nukkus +1.
the only damn vote i'm gonna get cuz my song is crap, plus i've had horrible luck lately, a tree fell on my car >_<

[iceman57]

Note that we're April 3rd (GMT+1) and that you're bumper to bumper with BobTheFish.
Since my last note, every contester will now win some prize (heavy or small), and in my opinion this is great...

I sent a PM to around 20 people that wrote a word on this thread since the beginning and to Mr Siegler for information.
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Concerning your car matter, I'm in car industry, so could easily understand the costs to fix it.
That means you're typing on your keyboard and that you're fine and not injured. That's certainly the most important, isn't it...

[Hudson]

Carbohydrom +1

[Micki!]

I think all of them are great...
But in the end my vote goes for Vertexguy...

so:
Vertexguy +1

[iceman57]

Dopefish7590, sent me an e-mail as he is temporary banned due to some April fools.
He wrote : "Woa, I didn't see the new bobthefish version... Itrocks. I think Ill go for that one"

Dopefish7590 : BobTheFish +1

[iceman57]

I really had an issue to choose for my vote, and I'd really like to thank all our contesters.
Find here my review...

BobTheFish :
I'm smashed by the fact that in just some weeks he built a really nice and clear sound, and copied by hear the forever video theme.
I really like when a sound is like cristal and the soudwave effects.

Carbohydrom :
Heavy and clear, with many mixer guitars and a punk rythm drums...
Made years I've this song on my office playlist and heard it hours while filling Excel sheets and that's maybe why I want to create such fan contest.

Nukkus :
Made exclusively for the fan contest, I really think that for an underwater level that'll fit perfectly the ambiance to fight with octobrains with a scuba system.

tGz :
Chiptune always reminds me my youth while crossing my pals to play on Amstrad 6128 and other oldies games... nostalgia forever !

Vertexguy :
Additionnal samples increases the immersion in his song...
While watching his Youtube videos, fingers are sometimes not enough to play guitar and he use a sixth finger to complete his solos, simply amazing, fast, accurate, just need a better sampling rate to reach perfection.


So vote is hard to decide but... Iceman57 : Carbohydrom +1

[LiquiD]

Can i be a contestant? I made something ages ago...

http://www.duke4.net/download.php?view.14

Yatta can you fix the link so people can just listen to it without having to download it?

Thanks.

[bobthefish]

seeing as im probably not gunna get many votes, +1 for me. (if i had more time to work on it, ide be much better off)
EDIT: i just noticed that TGZ has no votes. you can change my vote to a vot for his, as he deserves at least on for his effort.

Originally Posted by iceman57

I really had an issue to choose for my vote, and I'd really like to thank all our contesters.
Find here my review...

BobTheFish :
I'm smashed by the fact that in just some weeks he built a really nice and clear sound, and copied by hear the forever video theme.
I really like when a sound is like cristal and the soudwave effects.

Carbohydrom :
Heavy and clear, with many mixer guitars and a punk rythm drums...
Made years I've this song on my office playlist and heard it hours while filling Excel sheets and that's maybe why I want to create such fan contest.

Nukkus :
Made exclusively for the fan contest, I really think that for an underwater level that'll fit perfectly the ambiance to fight with octobrains with a scuba system.

tGz :
Chiptune always reminds me my youth while crossing my pals to play on Amstrad 6128 and other oldies games... nostalgia forever !

Vertexguy :
Additionnal samples increases the immersion in his song...
While watching his Youtube videos, fingers are sometimes not enough to play guitar and he use a sixth finger to complete his solos, simply amazing, fast, accurate, just need a better sampling rate to reach perfection.


So vote is hard to decide but... Iceman57 : Carbohydrom +1

btw, just so you know. i made my cover for this contest specifically.

[Yatta]

Originally Posted by LiquiD

Can i be a contestant? I made something ages ago...

http://www.duke4.net/download.php?view.14

Yatta can you fix the link so people can just listen to it without having to download it?

Thanks.

Our host doesn't allow uploading it that way. It has to be in a ZIP format. Sorry loov.

[JimBravura]

I would vote for Bobthefish....
...but I would really like to download the song since it's kick-ass!

Deleted.

Subject to change if Bobthefish allows his song to be downloaded, that is...

EDIT:

Bobthefish + 1 FTW

[bobthefish]

Originally Posted by JimBravura

I would vote for Bobthefish....
...but I would really like to download the song since it's kick-ass!

So... tGz +1

Subject to change if Bobthefish allows his song to be downloaded, that is...

it isnt already?

i set it to download yesterday because of voting.

heh, ill check again, but i could have sworn it was.


EDIT:
found out waht was wrong. i didnt confirm it. try here: http://www.soundclick.com/bands/page...songID=6332454
if you STILL cant download it, ill put it up somewhere else.

[iceman57]

Dear board members,

Well well well, the only think that I could say after seeing how evoluted this contest and the different posts is "he he he, what a mess".
I didn't suppose that it'll be so flaming for the vote period, but it seems that as for any vote, there's some collateral damages (^_^)
_________

As I'm the organisator of this fan contest, I'll try to clarify some points as would made an ODCE or UN member...
So... tact and diplomacy.

Concerning additionnal contesters

Dear Liquid, basically, the votes are now open and you were informed about this contest since the beginning.
Consequently, you couldn't normally join the contest, that's why I each time tried to put deadline with valid window time.

But I'm not a radical inquisitor, so in order to offer you a way, here is my purposal.
In any competition such as Cannes Festival, you've a "competition" and "out of competition".
So my purposal is that you offer your creation but couldn't contest for the 4 "big" prizes, only stay in "out of competition".

I bringed back 3 Berlin wall samples in my luggage, so if you agreed this purposal, you may win (if the board members estimate that your creation rocks) a small piece of Berlin wall rock at the end of the contest.

Hope you'll agree this purposal.
Kind regards.

PS : I hope this wont open a pandora box and will generate thousands of new contesters... I only have 3 samples.


Concerning votes

Well, I could suppose that most of you are over the legal age of respective countries.
So you certainly voted once...

Once the vote is in the box, well normally it's sealed till the end of the election, so I supposed that all of you simply vote for your favorite.

Trying to bring back your vote from the box, may look this contest a an african or post cosmunist country election massive fraud.
Include some conditions to change your vote is as lobbying, and not really admitted, so this must be a joke

So here is my purposal, as I'm not radical inquisitor (blah blah blah see up )

-> Edit all the posts concerning your votes one for all (while they still could be edited), and then consider them as definitive.

I'll extract a copy of board page on April 11 night (before to play Mariokart ).... and then count the points, afterwhat we'll have our winners.

Additional note

All comments and votes welcome.
Have a pleasant hearing of the contesters creations and for the other nice links that may appear on this thread.


Regards from Paris, France.
Benoit, webmaster of http://www.icemanpage.com

[JobivanHiob]

Vertexguy +1

[iceman57]

Originally Posted by bobthefish

if you STILL cant download it, ill put it up somewhere else.

It ask to be a soundclick member

Basically I wouldn't like to register on all website on earth when I want to get a file...
Can you please put it on Rapidshare, Megaupload or any other free hoster ?...

Then I'll include it in my contest archives (^_^)

[bobthefish]

Originally Posted by iceman57

It ask to be a soundclick member

Basically I wouldn't like to register on all website on earth when I want to get a file...
Can you please put it on Rapidshare, Megaupload or any other free hoster ?...

Then I'll include it in my contest archives (^_^)

not rapidshare or megaupload. they make you wait a while. here is a sendspace link (if you are to archive the mp3, i would like the Creative Commons included from my soundclick page.
http://www.sendspace.com/file/w1jlis

please ignore the mp3 name. i just kept updating a concept mp3 i did and never bothered to render to a new one.

EDIT: damn im an idiot!
i forgot to put in the id tags!
anyways, if you know how put the artist as "Chris Bulman"

[iceman57]

Originally Posted by LiquiD

Can i be a contestant? I made something ages ago...
http://www.duke4.net/download.php?view.14
Yatta can you fix the link so people can just listen to it without having to download it?

Thanks.

Liquid :
Wow, impressive !! (especially the intro).
I couldn't D/L in the office (file transfert under survey ) so just heared it now while watching TV...
If you agree my purposal and if the other board members estimate that your sound is nice enough you'll get your Berlin wall piece of "rock" at the end of the contest.

BobTheFish :
Concerning song download, that's only for personnal archive, and I already added "Chris Bulman" in the song name.

[JimBravura]

Thanks a lot! This song would be great for the 10k.

Vote changed.

[iceman57]

"Up in the sky... Look!!?? ... It's a bird ?! It's a plane ?! No... it's super special prize !!!!"


What could it be, and who will be our #4 to get it ??... What a mystery (^_^)

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[Nukkus]

i hope it's a duke3d mousepad. or a duke porcelin statue

[LiquiD]

I want a prize! Come on I have been really sick and haven't been to the fourms for 3 months due to a severe allergy and heart condition!

If you can please make an exception I composed that piece in 2002. :O

I probably have no chance of winning anyway i guess since I don't know how many votes. Yatta you should have nominated me

Oh well. If you can't add me to the comp then let me know what you can do.
Thanks iceman.

[iceman57]

Originally Posted by LiquiD

I want a prize! Come on I have been really sick and haven't been to the fourms for 3 months due to a severe allergy and heart condition!

If you can please make an exception I composed that piece in 2002. :O
I probably have no chance of winning anyway i guess since I don't know how many votes. Yatta you should have nominated me

Oh well. If you can't add me to the comp then let me know what you can do.

Thanks iceman.

Need to see replies from other contesters from the board...
Basically I've no objections for such exceptions (as I'm not contesting), but they are contesting

I just planned the costs and whatever we've more contesters that didn't change a thing for me...
The maximum could be 8 contesters, afterwhat I'll be out of stock for prizes.

As this contest is just for fun, you could easily be added.
My main issue is also that the #81 post could no more be edited

Note that they are only 20 people that saw this thread since the beginning and which I sent a PM.
So those who already voted may not give you their votes...
Some voters may not see your creation till the voting window ends.
That's quite complicated for you to win a big prize while starting a week later to contest.

Let's see other contesters notes... (Nukkus, Bob ?... your opinion)

Otherwise, that'd be a rock from Berlin's wall (with its certificate) as announced in my purposal. A piece of history, that's quite nice, isn't it ?
#5 and following will get those rocks, so every contester will get some funny prize.

What do you think about ?...

[iceman57]

Originally Posted by Nukkus

i hope it's a duke3d mousepad. or a duke porcelin statue

The mystery picture is made from the prize photography
Time to sleep, 3h30 AM, quite hard to survey US board for me...

[iceman57]

Originally Posted by bobthefish

oh ive tried to kick em lol. my other duke cover was #2 for a while also. that mario 3 has been there for over a year now.

Soundclick says :

» highest in sub-genre: # 1 (2,024 songs currently listed in Metal > Cover Songs)
» today's position in sub-genre: # 2 in Cover Songs

3 cheers for Bob !!
You made it, reached the highest rank in your sub-genre, you finally kicked Super Mario's ass with Duke's atomic boots

[bobthefish]

Originally Posted by iceman57

Soundclick says :

» highest in sub-genre: # 1 (2,024 songs currently listed in Metal > Cover Songs)
» today's position in sub-genre: # 2 in Cover Songs

3 cheers for Bob !!
You made it, reached the highest rank in your sub-genre, you finally kicked Super Mario's ass with Duke's atomic boots

yay!

thx dude!

thats a first too. none of my songs have made it to #1 on their charts b4.

[Ramen4ever]

Carbohydrom + 1

Although an "All + 1" would be more fitting.

P.S can I still vote?

[jagguar20]

Bobthe fish +1


But everyone really did an outstanding job!

[bobthefish]

Originally Posted by iceman57

"Up in the sky... Look!!?? ... It's a bird ?! It's a plane ?! No... it's super special prize !!!!"


What could it be, and who will be our #4 to get it ??... What a mystery (^_^)

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is it beer?

lol

it has somthing to do with "shake it baby" doesnt it.

[The Commander]

Originally Posted by bobthefish

it has somthing to do with "shake it baby" doesnt it.

shakeitbabynj9.jpg

ha ha ha

[iceman57]

Originally Posted by Ramen4ever

Carbohydrom + 1

Although an "All + 1" would be more fitting.

P.S can I still vote?

Vote to this fan contest is open to any 3DR board member.

You can only offer one vote (see details up concerning the voting "mess" )
You can modify your vote till your post is editable.
You can also offer your (constructive) comments on the different artist, or links to your own creation, videos or other fan remixes...

Concerning the mystery prize, it's not a drink
(I may have FDA issue, I had wine rejected recently that costed me 50 USD for nothing, the package made a round trip )

Let's vote !!

[iceman57]

3 days to go... (^_^)

[iceman57]

April 11, contest is now over... while playing online Mariokart for Wii

Reminder :
- 1st Prize, "OBUT" petanque set because you've "BALLS OF STEEL"
- 2nd Prize, "KEM" plastified poker deck to always "BET ON DUKE"
- 3rd Prize, "MALABAR" (french popular ones) bubblegums pack (but does FDA agree ?) to "CHEW BUBBLEGUMS"
- 4th Prize (Jury special), The Mystery Prize that'd "SHAKE IT BABY"

So here are the results... (if I counted well)

BobTheFish : 1st Prize (balls of steels)
Carbohydrom : 2nd Prize (KEM poker deck)
Vertexguy : 3rd Prize (Bubblegums)
Nukkus : Sprecial Prize

Extra winner (wow everybody wins, that's Disneyland here, everyone's happy and smiling and dancing ) :
tGz : Berlin wall rock
Liquid : Berlin wall rock

For all our winner, be gentle to PM me or e-mail me (or both ) your Postmail adress and country.
[email protected]

Also discover finally the special prize, a stainless steel shaker and you'll really "shake it baby" !!! :



Kind regards from Paris, France.
Benoit, webmaster of http://www.icemanpage.com
Proud organisator of this Grabbag fan contest

[Nukkus]

Shaken, not Stirred.

[iceman57]

Postmail adress collection under progress...

Get a reply from Mr St John for an "audio" quotation.
He offered a reduced cost for the contest first prize, but this was to late as I already purchased them and planned the prizes since a long time.

Really kind guy (^_^)