Many of you have heard of the NG Audio Deathmatch competition that is currently going on. It's quite a large success, and Darklight17 and I are planning on making one annually (till, of course, 2012 :P). Since I thought it's better now than later, here's a thread for ideas and suggestions that we can use for the NGADM 2010 (which will be held towards the end of summer) and we'll also be needing more judges too. Here are our ideas so far:
* More judges, as you already know. We're planning to go for around 5. Darklight17 and I will be the judges as usual, I don't know if SBB is willing to judge for the NGADM 2010 as well, and we'll be needing a few more judges. We're looking for people who have good knowledge in music. People who know how to judge, i.e.: they don't give a lower score to a song because it has a bad name or because it's a genre that they don't like, for example. We need harsh judges, people who can point out the problems and suggest how to fix them without beating around the bush. Just something to point out: harsh does not mean you give low scores automatically, and you never give out 10's unless the song is made by a music god. Harsh means you simply say what the problems are and say what the good things are, and you don't beat around the bush or not mention some problems because you think that it might offend the author. We don't want one-liners for reviews, and we don't need essays either (*Blush* :P), so if you're a judge, you'll have to find a way to write an organised, well-written, helpful and not-so-small/large review So yeah, anyone who's willing to judge can PM me and I'll fill him/her in with the details :).
* We're thinking of giving more time to the competitors, but we're not too sure. Was 2 weeks enough? If not, what's the ideal time?
* We might add this thing called a 'bonus round' which happens after around Round 3 or something. All of the competitors so far will be given a random task, such as, remix a particular song, make a song in a particular genre which is rarely made on NG, make a song in one of your opponent's genres, make a song which evokes a particular mood, make a song completely out of presets that come with your DAW, make a song out of percussion instruments, etc. The losers won't be excluded from the competition, but the winners get something such as 3 extra points in their Round 4 total, for example. Any suggestions for prizes, and more importantly, is a 'bonus round' a fun idea, or just a waste of time?
* We're possibly going to make auditions. We'll make a seperate thread where people post their best song. Once 32 people post their best song, a deadline is determined and people can continue posting their best song until that deadline is reached. So, for example, 32 people post their best song in the thread on, say, the 15th September. Then, the deadline would be, say, the 25th of September. Another 20 people post their best song, making a total of 52 people. Then, we choose the best 32 out of those 52 people based on their best song and those 32 are the people to take part. Is it really necessary, or would it be unfair?
* There's a chance we'll make the judging periods more flexible. For example, in Round 1, where 32 people will take part, we'll make the judging period 5 days, then in Round 2 it will be 4 days, Round 3 is 3 days, Round 4 is 2 and Round 5 is 1 day. This is because with the addition of more judges, it could be harder to push all of them to finishing so many songs in only 2 days, so just in case one of the judges can't review everything in only two days, at least there would be more than 2 days depending on the number of songs, which should be enough time. Is it OK if you wait for this long?
* We might improve the prize to the losers having to review 2 of the winner's songs instead of 1. Is it too much, or too little? If so, what's the best amount?
* This idea needs your opinions: should we make it that every competitor must post 5 genres he might make and each round, one of those 5 would be randomly picked for him to make a song out of, or is it useless? This is becuase we're trying to keep the deadlines fixed, instead of some people who may finish earlier having more time to make a song than the people who take more time to do a song. Should we do this?
* Obviously, the first post of the competition will be more organised, with more warnings saying that if a competitor doesn't think s/he can make a song in the time-restrictions of the competition, then s/he needn't apply, and we'll update the first post with any suggestions/rules you all come up with and with any of the above ideas you agree with.
We need your feedback on the above ideas, and any suggestions are welcome, even from people who never took part in the NGADM, but for said people, please familiarize yourself with the NGADM rules before posting ideas.
...In other words, yes, the rules of the next NGADM are up to you.
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