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$:`. the votes calculating and comments pasting was a whole .':$
$: $ load of pain once again just because last week i had _totally_ $ :$
$` $ no time to make a program for it. oh well. i will eventually, $ '$
: $ i guess. meanwhile - sorry about one more few hours delay :). $ :
: $ for a good 4-5 hours, between a piece of ham and a cup of really $ :
` $ nasty tea i was doing it all... manually... pity moi. :D $ '
$ the votes... i finally came with a scheme to avoid non-fair $
$ voting at least somewhat. read about it in the updated file $
$ 'crueliz.nfo' , under 'voting' subject . email me if you have $
$ any questions or comments. $
$ this time though, i think the placing is quite fair :) . $
$ oh and by the way, in case you are wondering why are the $
$ scores so 'neat' (i.e ending with a 000 or 500) , that is just $
$ because we had exactly 20 votes (actually 21 voters minus 1 $
$ vote for each composer for himself), so making the average $
$ was dividing the sum of votes by 20, hence the neat numbers. :) $
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$ $ [. 1.] hnz-jeux.xm Hunz (18.1000)
$ $ [. 2.] war_star.xm WAVE (16.8500)
$ $ [. 3.] yb-kfc.it Yannis Brown (15.9500)
$ $ [. 4.] tf_pmih.xm The Fear (15.0500)
$ $ [. 5.] mr_ethis.it Mick Rippon (14.7500)
$ $ [. 6.] takeme.xm Tu-Plang (14.4500)
$ $ [. 7.] ari-plan.it Stalker (13.8500)
$ $ [. 8.] laos.xm Stinger (13.3500)
$ $ [. 9.] lep-cook.xm Lepra (12.8500)
$ $ [.10.] cr2salad.xm Mild (10.4500)
$ $ [.11.] chintake.it Beek ( 9.1500)
$ $ [.12.] low.it Motiv ( 8.5500)
$ $ [.13.] r_aztec.xm Ryan Sprott ( 6.4000)
$ $ [.14.] dkfrown.xm Decker ( 6.2000)
$ $ [.15.] pacman.it TigerHawk ( 6.1000)
$ $ [.16.] cccbel.xm BelGarion ( 4.0000)
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$ $ . C O M M E N T S .
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$ $ [. 1.] hnz-jeux.xm Hunz (18.1000)
$ $
$ $ * Great Melody.
$ $ * Sonic the hedgehog music!
$ $ * A very nice game tune NOT by WAVE :) Amazing :)
$ $ * too good
$ $ * Fantastic Panning, Good to hear some "non-standard" chord
$ $ progressions.
$ $ * Love the song, has a great rhythm, great lead, plays with yer ears
$ $ * rules. quite a few tracks though! (i didn't take off for this)
$ $ * Amazing tune! what's "magasin de jeux"? :)
$ $ (note from c.c.: that means "game shop" i believe.)
$ $ * Amazing groove, Not the strongest melody, but the theme in pos.
$ $ 0E-11 & 18-1F is great! Lovely atmosphere ¶:D
$ $ * That tune kicks so much I have no words to describe it. The mixing
$ $ is AWESOME. The chord progression RULES. The melodies are GRAND.
$ $ That tune is made in so great and professional way, I'd be damned
$ $ I'd say it's Wave if I didn't know that Hunz made it :) . Hunz!
$ $ You rock! Keep making more of that totally AMAZING stuff!!!
$ $ * Everything in this tune was perfect. Percussion and transitions
$ $ especially. Hunz rules. My personal favorite in the pack.
$ $ * Great. Intellegent structure. Subtle.
$ $ * awesome. very impressive.
$ $ * Smooth, funky little tune. Another excellent Hunz song. I _really_
$ $ like this song. Good drums. Good chords. Nice lead, a bit out of
$ $ tune? Ah...there we go. Better. Cool bridge, and nice crisp second
$ $ half. I have no complaints with this song except the fade ending.
$ $ Still gets my highest vote tho. I gotta grab this guy before
$ $ someone else does...
$ $ * excellent tracking, the style wasn't my taste though.
$ $
$ $ [. 2.] war_star.xm WAVE (16.8500)
$ $
$ $ * That tune was good, what else can be expected from Wave?
$ $ * More original than a lot of your songs, which is good! :)
$ $ * Man, you did it again!
$ $ * YES WAVE RULES!!!! (like always)
$ $ * Very very catchy! Good to hear a slightly different style than
$ $ your usual.
$ $ * good song, but it just doesn't go anywhere, has a good beat,
$ $ but no real melody...
$ $ * amazing, as always. keep at it!
$ $ * Great tune! You mean Star Wars, no? :)
$ $ * ¶:D
$ $ * Great precussion, nice melodies and the mixing is perfect as
$ $ usual :D.
$ $ * Who am I to give wave advice? Well done. The *only* reason anyone
$ $ would want to upgrade to cubic player 2.0 is that it plays this
$ $ tune correctly while previous versions screw it up. (I judged it
$ $ in FT2, tho)
$ $ * Love melody ideas. Nice implementation
$ $ * love the bass line.
$ $ * Wave writes more than one style!! Nice tune. Bit repetetive. Good
$ $ leads of course. Overuse of rez. :) Still, as always, Wave's
$ $ quality is excellent. Good ending.
$ $ * PHAT mixing again
$ $
$ $ [. 3.] yb-kfc.it Yannis Brown (15.9500)
$ $
$ $ * Good tune, but seemed to lack something.
$ $ * 2 words - FUN..KY
$ $ * Funky and original but just a little lacking
$ $ * all around pretty good
$ $ * Nicely Funkified, tuned, and keeps a melody and harmony, great
$ $ piece!
$ $ * nice.
$ $ * Good chords..
$ $ * Very good musically. Nice work! ¶:D
$ $ * Great funky tune :).
$ $ * Yannis, you do chicken right.
$ $ * Great Tracking, enjoyable, bit long.
$ $ * HAAAAhahahaha! Another "Don't Wear Sweaters" auto +1 point song!
$ $ Nice use of trumpet! Very nice! Cool organ. Good drums. Could use
$ $ a drum fill now and then tho...oh, there we go. "Ask and ye shall
$ $ recieve" I guess. :) An all around cool tune. Could use a bit
$ $ more variation tho. The bass is mostly the same. Wow this song is
$ $ really long! Nice flutey part. Well used rez. Okay end.
$ $ * phat leads
$ $
$ $ [. 4.] tf_pmih.xm The Fear (15.0500)
$ $
$ $ * This tune was very good.
$ $ * Nice neo-dunish tune
$ $ * What was that ending?
$ $ * not too bad
$ $ * ooh.. I like good ambient jungle! but why did you have to do THAT
$ $ at the end? Needs slightly stronger backing too.
$ $ * good for a drum track, but needs more substance
$ $ * typical thefear tune.
$ $ * Up-to-date style. Nice atmosphere ¶:)
$ $ * Really a great song, mind the last few patterns :D . The drums
$ $ are ace!
$ $ * Amazing tune. I can chill to this for hours. Make a 4 hour
$ $ remix of this.
$ $ * Great tone, like percussion. Poor ending!
$ $ * killer drums, last few pats scared me :)
$ $ * Interesting intro...very spacey. Another song that doesn't go
$ $ anywhere fast enough. No real leads...drums get very repetetive.
$ $ Ending is very frightening.
$ $ * cool beatz, warm pads
$ $
$ $ [. 5.] mr_ethis.it Mick Rippon (14.7500)
$ $
$ $ * Good tune. :)
$ $ * Short (duh) but interesting...original beat :)
$ $ * your only problem is that this song is WAY too short
$ $ * too too short
$ $ * Had an ok beat, but nothing special to it, never went anywhere...
$ $ * really phat, nice use of samples.
$ $ * uah!eah!aeh! GREAT tune!
$ $ * Yes! Groove me down! ¶:D
$ $ * Typical MickRip :) . Even though the tune is short and generally
$ $ based on one pattern, I liked it very much :D.
$ $ * Cool tune. Someone finally used that AWFUL VOC!!! +1 point
$ $ automatically for creative use of the voc! :) Strange techno
$ $ stuff. Doesn't really go anywhere tho, and it's kinda short.
$ $ * tracking ok, utter shite
$ $
$ $ [. 6.] takeme.xm Tu-Plang (14.4500)
$ $
$ $ * Regular techno tune.. bah.
$ $ * Simplistic and unoriginal
$ $ * good
$ $ * Needs some variation. Good use of resonyx sample tho. And good
$ $ panning.
$ $ * Has so*** much potential right in the beginning but is ruined
$ $ by drums and reznotik...
$ $ * inventive. nice beat.
$ $ * Original & surprised groove(s) ¶:)
$ $ * Has a cool fresh feel to it, even though it's repetitive and to
$ $ weird at times :)
$ $ * Weird song, sorta like m4v-josh.xm, well tracked, but I couldn't
$ $ get into the ambience. The harder part in the middle is really
$ $ interesting. The ending is too abrupt.
$ $ * Nice perc. Bit repetitive, but very nice.
$ $ * Decent intro. Cool speed techno tune. Despite a lack of complexity
$ $ I kinda like this. Still, it needs to go somewhere new faster...
$ $ It just builds and builds. No real lead. Sudden change is ok, but
$ $ it's not really even a change. This needs more variety.
$ $ * well done and all, but you can't do demotrance :)
$ $
$ $ [. 7.] ari-plan.it Stalker (13.8500)
$ $
$ $ * Good beginning, lacked a good ending.
$ $ * Interesting, pretty good for 2 hours
$ $ * Great over all song, and great rhythm, good lead
$ $ * nice, creates the desired atmosphere (i guess)
$ $ * Great tune! Poor bass..
$ $ * sounds like crystal tears
$ $ * Nice mood. ¶:)
$ $ * Very nice and atmospheric.
$ $ * nice sound, good texture. Lovely Progressions
$ $ * Cool intro...Interesting "Happy" little tune. This lead CRIES
$ $ OUT for a good echo (the little pings). Oooh...now it's getting
$ $ eerie! :) Reminds me of "Blaster Master" for some reason. Good
$ $ bridge. Okay ending. Your last one was better. ;)
$ $ * decent. nice chords
$ $
$ $ [. 8.] laos.xm Stinger (13.3500)
$ $
$ $ * Can't say anything about it - a great tune.
$ $ * Nicely done, good beat, resisted the temptation to turn into
$ $ techno trash :) Bit repetitive though (did you already know
$ $ that? :) )
$ $ * too slow starting
$ $ * Strange.
$ $ * repetitive, but mellow enough that its ok, and still a good tune
$ $ * i want your body!@#
$ $ * Standard ¶:>
$ $ * Nice feel to it.
$ $ * Solid, nice, and very kyoot. I wish you did more with the
$ $ melodies and varied the rythmn more.
$ $ * Nice but predictable
$ $ * nice drums, weak beginning.
$ $ * Decent intro, little too long. Nice drums. Very nice, mellow feel.
$ $ Lead neads to come in now...still waiting...there we go. Took a
$ $ bit too long. Nice once it's there tho. Ace drums in bridge to
$ $ second half!!
$ $
$ $ [. 9.] lep-cook.xm Lepra (12.8500)
$ $
$ $ * Good tune, but too repetitive.
$ $ * A bit repetitive but sounds nice.
$ $ * You can stop practicing now
$ $ * has a good beat, and nice rhythm, way way way too repetitive...
$ $ * typical lepra tune.
$ $ * Nice usage of the Resonance-sound.
$ $ * Repetitive but nice structured, solid drums... good tune, but
$ $ feels like it's unfinished.
$ $ * Very good, short and cheezy. [cheezy as hell :)] Why did you
$ $ make this a 24 channel tune when you don't use anywhere near
$ $ 24 channels?
$ $ * Nice sound, good feel
$ $ * Meh...techno tune. Drums are static, snare too loud. They don't
$ $ change. Rezonatrix is used okay. Needs more variation. Totally
$ $ average.
$ $ * Lepra Miles? :) too short
$ $
$ $ [.10.] cr2salad.xm Mild (10.4500)
$ $
$ $ * Nice tune overall.
$ $ * Simplistic and cheesy
$ $ * a bit strange, but then, your stuff usually is.
$ $ * too short
$ $ * Orchestration could be slightly better.
$ $ * Great song, great beat, great lead, creative, its not repetitive,
$ $ love it!
$ $ * cool! great use of effects. i want more :)
$ $ * Good tune..
$ $ * Just too standard ¶:I
$ $ * Nice average technoey thingy.
$ $ * wrong notes, bad direction, boring, poor perc.
$ $ * a tad too repetitive. it didn't hold me.
$ $ * Nice. Good drums. Nice chords, cool lead, drums a bit repetative.
$ $ Interesting "bubbly" style. Nice slide into organ! Aww...you
$ $ should have only used it once. Eew...we all know how I feel about
$ $ fade endings.
$ $
$ $ [.11.] chintake.it Beek ( 9.1500)
$ $
$ $ * Good :>
$ $ * The chinese must have disagreed with your stomach! :) Kind of
$ $ weird
$ $ * Ick, hate, hate, kill, kill
$ $ * Never did like chip songs, and this one is no different
$ $ * sounds like some old c64 gametune. nice style. i like this!
$ $ * This guy must've heard c64 music before ¶:I
$ $ * Crude but very nice song.
$ $ * poor melody and no direction
$ $ * impressed by Beek again!
$ $ * Uhm...odd intro. Weird pans. Hmmm...too busy. Melodies don't
$ $ always work. Too loud, too. Stuff sounds oddly distorted. Better
$ $ luck next time.
$ $ * noisy
$ $
$ $ [.12.] low.it Motiv ( 8.5500)
$ $
$ $ * Melody didn't vary enough.
$ $ * Kind of boring and lacking a few things...
$ $ * Had potential to be a great tune, but lost when its lead went
$ $ outta tune
$ $ * ack, don't vomit on me!
$ $ * "low" quality. ¶:(
$ $ * Chord progression is ok. Everything could be improved though.
$ $ * Boring, Bad musical sense, nice percussion
$ $ * Coolio intro. The samps in this pack led to a lot of dark,
$ $ "minor-ish" songs. Uhh...lost me w/ that wierd drum thing. If
$ $ you're gonna retrig your samps, make sure you lower the note
$ $ directly afterwards in volume. Don't like the trumpet lead.
$ $ Song never really goes anywhere. Fade...that doesn't even STOP
$ $ completely?!?!? Eeeeeew...
$ $ * good attempt in breakbeatz...practice
$ $
$ $ [.13.] r_aztec.xm Ryan Sprott ( 6.4000)
$ $
$ $ * Average tune.
$ $ * Very simplistic and lacking much
$ $ * What was that ending? Was the file corrupted or something?
$ $ I had to count you down a couple points because of that.
$ $ * one word: Ending
$ $ * good piece, somewhere between trance and hiphop, I like it, nice
$ $ ways to use the samples, very creative
$ $ * As many points as channels ¶:Þ
$ $ * That last pattern made me wonder why didn't Triton put noise
$ $ filter into Ft2. :P
$ $ * Undeniably strange, yet tolerable.
$ $ * Crap.
$ $ * Interesting intro. Rez doesn't sound quite right in parts. Does
$ $ this song go anywhere? Ugh...out of tune lead. "Bleeps" are a bit
$ $ better. If that snare build went anywhere...oh well. Ugh, what
$ $ was THAT?!?! The end is uh...well... terrifying to be honest.
$ $ * chingate!@#! :)
$ $
$ $ [.14.] dkfrown.xm Decker ( 6.2000)
$ $
$ $ * Overused Rezo's.
$ $ * Bad techno, very very uninteresting
$ $ * too basic
$ $ * Eek. Tune them samples.
$ $ * while the echo effect is nice, the song is repetitive and doesn't
$ $ really have anywhere to go
$ $ * loud, noisy, uninventive. blah.
$ $ * 1989 House doesn't appeal to me ¶:(
$ $ * Overused rezo :) not too bad though.
$ $ * Nice rythmn, melody doesn't work though. "A" for effort.
$ $ * Ugly, out out tune.
$ $ * Ugh...lead = not good, rest of it is okay as techno goes. Leads
$ $ are out of tune. Flute out of tune. God this is _really_ out of
$ $ tune at parts.
$ $ * this could've been a pretty decent minimalistic acidtune but you
$ $ had to go and screw it up with that mindless shitty noise :I
$ $
$ $ [.15.] pacman.it TigerHawk ( 6.1000)
$ $
$ $ * It was ok.. but...uhh..<shrug> :)
$ $ * Pretty simplistic and disharmonic
$ $ * samples don't work together
$ $ * Tuning maybe?
$ $ * Nice use of stereo, great with headphones, half way between
$ $ downbeat and mellow, kinda cool :)
$ $ * scary.
$ $ * Nice try ¶:O
$ $ * You need practice.
$ $ * bad everthing.
$ $ * Ugh...bad organ. Sounds like a Vanilla Ice song at the beginning.
$ $ Too many crashes. Bleh. This song really doesn't do anything for
$ $ me, sorry. Ugh. Too hectic. No reverb on drums. No real harmony
$ $ or melody, just a bunch of notes.
$ $ * awful use of samples
$ $
$ $ [.16.] cccbel.xm BelGarion ( 4.0000)
$ $
$ $ * Noise Pollution is bad.
$ $ * Ouch
$ $ * Try something simple first.
$ $ * nice beat to it, but the chip lead just kills it
$ $ * i should beat you for making me listen to this!@#
$ $ * what?... ¶:(
$ $ * Don't say I did not *try* to find harmony in this song. But hell,
$ $ I didn't!
$ $ * You should try harder and lay off the crackpipe.
$ $ * No charisma, ugly mix, bland
$ $ * Interesting drums. Chip tune sound but can't tell if it's
$ $ intentional. No harmony. Drums get repetative. This took 13
$ $ channels?!?! Ending's okay...
$ $ * blah, noise
$ $
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$ $ . V O T E R S .
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$ $ Airog, Beek, BelGarion, Cruel Creator, Decker, Higher Being,
$ $ Hunz, Insightful Idiot, Lagioto, Lepra, Mick Rippon, Mild, Motiv,
$ $ Ryan Sprott, Shaithis, Stalker, Stinger, The Fear, TigerHawk,
$ $ WAVE, Yannis Brown.
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