Wednesday, April 2, 2008

I'm sure you've all (what, one-two of you?) noticed that I've been absent for a while. Well, school is hitting me hard now, along with trying to find a job, and some other crap that I'd rather not talk about with you guys.

Anyways, I'm sorry for not following through with MyOidol, to be honest though, there were only 2 entrees, and it didn't feel right having it with just two people. I'll hold onto your entree though refi, it'll be your's for the next round (which I guess is this round?). Anyways, I'll be around a lot more come summer (mid-may, abouts). I'll poke my head in from time to time to check PMs and the such.

Expect some new fan art when I come back to, it should be some one piece stuff (much better than most of my kirby drawings [especially those last ones... those were kinda shameful]). Maybe some YuYu Hakusho.

Well... I'll see ya 'round.
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Tuesday, March 18, 2008

I'm back in the states now, and the only thing on my mind is getting a copy of smash bros. brawl. As a number of you might know, I've had it reserved since October... y'know, the original release date, and I'm highly eager to tear into some fighting action.

I realise that my grades may take a hit from this undertaking, but I feel it's worth it.

On the idol newsfront: We have 2 songs in, my own and another returning contestant Tiggerola (she sings quite well, and is more than worthy competition for any of us). Deadline is still pushed back until the end of the month, so feel free to flood me with entrees ^^

Now, to visit some people. I know I've been lacking in that, but to be fair, I only got about 10 min of computer time overseas (the girls needed to check their myspaces -.-;)
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Monday, March 10, 2008

I´m in Belgium AAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!

And their keyboards are arranged really weird.
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Tuesday, March 4, 2008

So uh... MyO was down last night, so I couldn't update then >.>

I leave for Belgium on Thursday... nothing too special about that. I'll be gone until the 18thish and I... haven't received a single song yep, uh huh... including mine though, so I'm probably gonna extend the due date for that a month or so, cause when I get back I can focus on advertisements and what not. Right now I'm swamped with preping to leave the country (it's not so simple O.o)

A note about the weather here... we had a high of 74 today -.- when just a few days ago we had a high of 34. This isn't normal people!!! It's t3h Ndz of t3h wurld!!! This of course also meens that the school has graciously activated the AC in the buildings, keeping them at a nice 40 degrees ^^ cudos for me. I could go into all of the reasons why I like warm weather outside and cold inside, but let's just say I like the cold and enjoy a warm breeze.

Euphamisms baby yeah~ (Austine Powers voice)
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Sunday, February 24, 2008

You'll notice a change in background and music. I've been playing a bit too much guilty gear, and have been rewatching .hack, so that explains both.

2 weeks until I leave the country, will I be missed?

Anyways, keep workin' on those songs. I'll try to stop by sites when I have a spare moment.
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Thursday, February 14, 2008

I suppose some sort of valentine's day post should happen. So uh... I'll leave you with a quote from me.

"I made you a snow heart (we had snow today ^^ [shut up, we're in the middle of a quote]), and I carried it to you, in my pocket all the way. But, to my dismay, on this warm winter's day, it sadly went and melted ;_;"

Now uh... let me get back to my gift (bow chicka bow wow [SMACK!] owwy)
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Tuesday, February 12, 2008

Anybody else missing half of the buttons in the backroom? Maybe I should report that.

Anyways, summing up all of the MyO Idol info so far.

What can you SING (yes sing, no playing instruments)?

Generally, you can sing anything, technically we're not even restricting the language barrier. Though uh... we do ask you to send in the original version of the song along with your voiceover in order for us to compare and judge properly. Oh, and no rap, or cursing. We all have potential for linguistic feats, but this is about singing, not poetry.

How am I supposed to record myself?

Well, that depends on what you have at hand, and/or how much money you're willing to spend. I met a "professional" (these guys do it for fun and not money >.> weirdos) fansub person at a convention, and he suggests that everyone go out and get top shelf recording software and a studio microphone. I however, say go to

http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=6235

(Oh yeah, singled it out for ease of highlighting). Once you have that, grab yourself a microphone (if you have one already, SU~PER). If you don't have a microphone (then what's wrong with you!? I kid, I kid) there are a few solutions. Go down to your local music shop and buy one ($20 at most, don't let them rip you off), bug a friend who has one to let you use it until you're done (exactly what I'm doing this time), or... I don' know, record it on a camera or something and audacity should be able to grab the sound file from it. Then, with mic in hand (preferably somewhere near the mouth region) sing to your heart's content (you did press record right? -.- do it all over again). Save to mp3 format, and e-mail it to me.

But, sir, what is your e-mail?

Well... you people on here should know where the link to e-mail someone is on someone's site. But, on the off chance that some of you aren't as observant as others, send the file in an attachment to me at brian.prater.06@cnu.edu Again, please be discrete, I open these e-mails in class and I don't need something overly embarrassing being spotted by women I may be wooing (wooing's the word, courting would require looking for an actual relationship [there was no reason to say that] just educating the masses [or making us look bad] look) Back on subject. A simple "Hey, how ya doin'?" or "What're you wearing" will be just fine. If the lyrics seem a little hard to understand... (sing a new son[WHACK]) please provide me with the lyrics in text format in the e-mail.

How are we bing judged oh great and powerful one?

That's an easy one, you judge yourselves. (What, wouldn't everyone vote for themselves [alla Pirates 3]) You'd think, but just as Cap'n Jack startled everyone, I often don't vote for myself in these situations (so long as we're honestly outdone [yeah, if I feel I'm the best singer, I'm voting for me] We voted for Angel Zakuro last time [>.> we probably shouldn't say that, it was a tie... we made it that way!?] crud -.-) Ok ok, voting is also open to the masses though (that would be everyone that visits your sites, and possibly more!), so the votes will certainly outnumber the participants (unless some freak accident/miracle happens and EVERYONE somehow participates).

Anything else?

When is the deadline for sending in our production?

I've set it for mid March, I'll be off in Belgium from the 7th to the... 17thish, maybe 16th. Either way, I'm REALLY flexible with the deadline. However, when the hammer falls and voting begins, there will be no more entrees. Besides, does it really take a month to record a song?

Why is the deadline so far away for submitting a song?

Look, some of us lead busy lives (granted, I know a few who don't), but really, the deadline is out there because we give time for advertizing to get around (remember, I count on you guys to get the word out, since admins can't spare time with the change over to version vibrant! [I really don't get that name by the way] save it for a ranting time). Anyways, mid to late March is when everything is due.

Are bribes expec(woah!) *ahem* accepted?

No, and no. What for anyways? I can't hedge the votes, and I most certainly can't make you sound better (yes we can [shatup O.o]). Here's one thing though, I notice people are more likely to vote for the person who's site they listen to the songs on (unless there's a skill gap, in which case popularity doesn't win over [w00t for bumbing the system!] yeah uh... woot...), so, place the playlist on your site for voting from your visitors, and the odds are in your favor for their votes. Mind you, everyone will do this, so it's only a slight advantage (specially for... people who get a LOT more visits than some of us [too bad I can't point digital fingers... *points at refi-chan and angelZ] well, maybe I can).

Playlist?

OH yeah, the playlist with all of the entrees on it will be hosted through imeem. That being said, a lot of people seem to not have access to it (mainly cause they're surfing instead of doing classwork [*highfive!*]). This obstructs a lot of votes, so go ahead and refer those people to me if you want, and I'll e-mail them the mp3 files with all the songs. A little risky, but I'll go that far for my contest. Another problem with imeem... their !@#$ing song cuts. I have to find a clever way to name the songs so that it isn't tagged as a popular (or copyrighted) song and gets the full song cut down to a 30 second snippit. They did that to my rendition of Margarittaville, even though I renamed it MyOrittaville and I don't sound a thing like Mr. Buffet.

S'that it? It's 1:40 here and I've got 2 quizes tomorrow... back to back. Yeah, I'll call it now. Any other questions feel free to PM me. If you want the condensed version...

Deadline: Mid to late March
Format for sending: mp3 file to brian.prater.06@cnu.edu
Song type: Anything but rap, and nothing with excessive vursing
Advertizing: Yeah, go back a few posts and grab one of the wonderful posters sent in by past contestants. Slap it up on your site and refer people to me.



Night all

Revbem: Logging out
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Saturday, February 9, 2008

Yarg! I'm updating from my PS3 browser!!! It takes an annoying amount of time to type anything in this stupid thing, so I'll leave you all with a short message.

I turn 20 years old as of this coming Sunday. Woohoo~ A rather uneventful birthday if I may say so. Just another year between 18 & 21. Man, can't wait till next year's party, there will be no admittance under 18 (if you catch my drift ^^;).

Anyways I'm goin' to bed now,this form of typing is frustrating me...
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Wednesday, February 6, 2008

The current accepted advertisements are as fallows...





Sorry Arty, the garaa one was a bit... well... let's not threaten potential participants eh?

As for a due date for the songs... we'll put it at when I get back from Belgium. That'll be mid March. That gives us a little over a month to find bunches of people, and get songs turned in.

So, feel free to use these and send in more pictures, when you see one you like, go ahead and start refering your readers to me and I'll get them set up (unless you want to do that, which is also perfectly fine).

Cra~p, I have a paper to write -.- Later all.


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Oh right, anyone notice my new avatar? I know I loved that Luffy one, but this is my FFXI character Revbem. He's not dressed in his job's traditional attire (supposed to be a brd... no armor, just charisma boosts and whatnot), I have him in melee gear and some snazzy sunglasses ^^. Some people look down on that, but they don't play the game for fun like I do.
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Monday, February 4, 2008

Yes, I would like to start the... 3rd round!?! Or are we on the 4th!?1!

Anyways, for j00 n00bs out there (I say this in the most loving way possible of course). MyO Idol is a singing contest (that would mean no instruments >.> singing skill not exactly required to participate either), that I started up about a year and a half ago I guess. What you do... is go here

audacity.sourceforge.net

(no worries, it's a safe site with no viruses)

Once you have the recording software down, find your nearest microphone, plug it into your machine, hit record and start singing your favorite song (well, maybe not favorite). This is really just for fun, but the winner will given a fabulous (possibly non-existant) prize! Oh, and bragging rights until the next round.

Currently Angel Zakuro and I are the reigning champions (due to a tie in votes which we hope won't happen this time [j00 r goin' down! ^^])

*ahem* anyways, record your beautiful music in mp3 format, send it attached to an e-mail to me at brian.prater.06@cnu.edu (please... don't send me bad stuff, only your entry or a nice hello or something).


ARTY!!!! Posters NAO!!! You make really good ones. If anyone else would like to make advertisements for the event go ahead, send me a link, I'll approve it, and we'll post 'em up everywhere!

Ok, paper writing time.

Later
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