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At 10/16/12 11:33 AM, TomFulp wrote: We've done charity stuff in the past like with Power of Three - we should do another jam where everyone gives a % of earnings to a charity account. We could then have a one-month follow-up where we announce how much money the JAM raised so far. Could bring a better spirit to the whole thing.

Well, if memory serves me correctly, the Power of Three was never finished?
It would be definitely something worth hosting again though.

At 10/16/12 09:09 AM, TomFulp wrote: 48 just works for the weekend but I'd love to have some longer jams, especially week-long jams. A lot more people could carve out time to make something if they had a week - even if they didn't dedicate the full week.

A weeklong jam would be great. I did the 7DFPS jam in June and it was really cool to see everyone's progress updates every day. With more time everyone was more relaxed and had time to comment on how people's ideas were developing, it was pretty cool.

Congrats to the Elvidian team, they did a beautifull game!
Well looking at all the submissions it was pretty obvious that they were going to win but IMO saying the runner ups would be a lot better for all the teams, since there were no official judge reviews and thats fine considering the time it took to reveal the winners, revealing the runner ups would be the best way to let the highest rated teams in the contest know they did a good job and also giving some tips on where to get the right inspiration for the next Game Jam.
And also fellow musicians even though few of us are mentioned in the reviews of the games i played all the of them and music was generally really good!

At 10/16/12 12:25 PM, Step wrote: I'm pretty surprised at the amount of complaints that JAZZA's on the winning team again. His team is amazing, they deserve it and whoever doesn't want to stand for it should just grow a pair and accept it. I'm sure he and his team worked hard on their game just like everyone else did. Instead of asking for the bar to be lowered for more fairness...

I think people were more demoralized by them winning a third time in a row than anything. I don't think a single person suggested they be exempted. It won't be much fun when everyone gives up and it's only them submitting will it? You 'grow a pair' and take the attitude elsewhere. Almost everyone in this thread has been totally reasonable and has avoided confrontation. If you're happy, you should express it, if a majority is unhappy, they all should express it. It's not a crime to say "Hey, I didn't have fun this time."

Don't try to stir up the coals on a cooled fire, please.

At 10/16/12 12:34 PM, MSGhero wrote: Charity is always a good idea.

Also, we should stop blaming Jazza. The real culprit is zeedox and those damn backgrounds.

sarcasm...mostly ;)

Haha, lets get our pitchforks and torches :P We know who to go after now.

All I know is I wish I was a part of their team :P But my other hand is filling up faster.

At 10/16/12 01:11 PM, DivoFST wrote:
And also fellow musicians even though few of us are mentioned in the reviews of the games i played all the of them and music was generally really good!

We audio peoples never get any credit :p It comes with the territory

At 10/16/12 02:30 PM, ZStriefel wrote:

At 10/16/12 01:11 PM, DivoFST wrote:
And also fellow musicians even though few of us are mentioned in the reviews of the games i played all the of them and music was generally really good!

We audio peoples never get any credit :p It comes with the territory

Haha, what a rip off. Well to be fair, the few comments on our game almost all mentioned how great the music was. And our music WAS great. Musicians amaze me.

At 10/16/12 01:28 PM, Hyptosis wrote: I think people were more demoralized by them winning a third time in a row than anything. I don't think a single person suggested they be exempted. It won't be much fun when everyone gives up and it's only them submitting will it? You 'grow a pair' and take the attitude elsewhere. Almost everyone in this thread has been totally reasonable and has avoided confrontation. If you're happy, you should express it, if a majority is unhappy, they all should express it. It's not a crime to say "Hey, I didn't have fun this time."

Don't try to stir up the coals on a cooled fire, please.

I am honestly not trying to start a fight. I'm only stating my opinion, and my opinion is that getting demoralised, losing confidence or feeling annoyed about JAZZA's victory is pointless and totally the wrong way to look at it. JAZZA and his team are talented and experienced. They deserve their victory and whoever loses confidence over them winning three times in a row is being overly sensitive or has the wrong attitude towards the game jam. As I said, the right attitude is to take that victory as motivation to get better because that ultimately produces the best result for the whole game jam and for yourself.

At 10/16/12 02:45 PM, Hyptosis wrote:

Haha, what a rip off. Well to be fair, the few comments on our game almost all mentioned how great the music was. And our music WAS great. Musicians amaze me.

Ha, gotta admit.. your game definitely wins for best music ;D

At 10/16/12 11:33 AM, TomFulp wrote: We've done charity stuff in the past like with Power of Three - we should do another jam where everyone gives a % of earnings to a charity account. We could then have a one-month follow-up where we announce how much money the JAM raised so far. Could bring a better spirit to the whole thing.

I would love that :D

At 10/16/12 11:26 AM, ZStriefel wrote:
Call me crazy, but I know I'm not the best at what I do. And that pushes me forward to learn, and practice my craft more and more. When someone is better than me, I get freakn motivated, not discouraged. But maybe thats just me..

It's not just you, guy.. EXP is worth more than any store credit you could strive for!

Hey I won something too

At 10/17/12 03:57 PM, Emrox wrote: Hey I won something too

You can't play, next year! >:(

j/k

At 10/16/12 04:22 PM, Step wrote: I am honestly not trying to start a fight. I'm only stating my opinion, and my opinion is that getting demoralised, losing confidence or feeling annoyed about JAZZA's victory is pointless and totally the wrong way to look at it. JAZZA and his team are talented and experienced. They deserve their victory and whoever loses confidence over them winning three times in a row is being overly sensitive or has the wrong attitude towards the game jam. As I said, the right attitude is to take that victory as motivation to get better because that ultimately produces the best result for the whole game jam and for yourself.

I like a little competition, but I love it when I get pounded into the ground. That means I have more people I can badger with questions, and more to learn :3

I look at the stuff I did a few weeks ago and go "wow, look at how much i've grown! I though I was good before, but now..."
and if you look at it like that, then all you see if yourself getting better ^.^
though you gotta watch your ego with that ;)

the only thing that kills me is when I submit something I start looking at all the flaws in it and go "oh, man, they're gonna hate it" - then I start putting down my own creation in the hopes that all the negative i'll get hurts less.