hmmm true the composition thread has started to bet neglected but would the admins pick a new mod. i mean apart from the music side everything seems to be running smoothly. (up until its holiday time) but they just need to pick someone who is frequently active reliable and is willing to spend their time for the forum. (im lookin your way al) :ph34r:

=P . . sorry Sephiroth, but madmazda and I nominate Gnomish for music mod!

Yessum :yes: I'd do it, but I just don't have the spare time to make the commitment because of the RP, and Gnomish is very active in the music forum and gives good feedback to the other composers, not to mention being a prolific composer himself ;) I think he and michael would work well together :D

How about the return of the "Dating Thread"? It could be fun, especially for married couples and people who are still courting :whistle:

Hmm, I just maybe have been suggesting that in the past..
It could be fun, all we need is another section to run.

Also if memory serves me right She also had a "date of the month" thing going.
Lets see if people are interested.

You know the ichigos pair up thread mod team were thinking about reviving the dating thread (if it gets approved)! We're just finalising what the heck is going on. I was going to suggest that too after we sorted out the details but since you said it first alone, I might as well say it now. What do the mods and admin think?

*wants Zero's set*

We have enough couples to get it started... only we need the 3 signatures from above and a suitable mod to run it (preferably a girl imo)

Originally posted by Alone@Jun 12 2005, 08:50 PM
*wants Zero's set*

We have enough couples to get it started... only we need the 3 signatures from above and a suitable mod to run it (preferably a girl imo)
If it's only one mod I vote Fob for it.

I don't think we need a new mod at the moment. And its useless to have a mod dedicated to one thread.

Unless what you mean by mod is a regular member who just looks after the thread.

^ like karieh (sp.?) looks after the couples thread;

IF there is going to be something like that it would have to be like Excel's dating game at anime-neko, so if there's going to be something like that I want the person to do it to have known Excel and continue the game the same way she had it.

thats the idea

Edit: ok, what i just said is stupid. I can understand that we should countinue the game as She had, but i don't think we should freeze it in that state. We must allow for new and interesting ideas, that she might have missed. Freezing everything as it was is not good...

I never got to finish... (_ _)

Originally posted by Angelic@Jun 13 2005, 09:01 AM
IF there is going to be something like that it would have to be like Excel's dating game at anime-neko, so if there's going to be something like that I want the person to do it to have known Excel and continue the game the same way she had it.
Living in the past isn't going to change anything...(not intended to be offensive)

working by your rules cuts out just about everyone but for a few odd survivors. :mellow:

I suggested a mod for that specific area because spoony doesn't want to have to read through all of those threads as well.

so.... are we gonna do it? its your decision *sits down and waits for decision*

The pair-up thread team are ready to carry it out if the thread is formatted by a moderator I think. The moderator's will need time to discuss the possiblitly because it's quite a big thing. We should just wait until they make a decision but they should post to tell us if they are discussing it.

It appears as if the download counter is a bit erroneous at times. I've noticed that when I just post a new composition of mine, the counter reads 0. However, after clicking on the song only once to listen to it, it immediately jumps to 2 counts. Why is this? It can't be that someone else just pops in and clicks it, then darts out of the thread, because it's all done within just a few seconds' time. I've noted this on several occasions. Am I crazy? :P Please check into this.

I bet someone else clicked it

maybe we should have some sort of awards, at the end of the year or so...

best member
best set

that sort of stuff

We did have that at the beginning of the year actually. We had an Ichigo's Award cermony type thing, with best sig maker, friendliest member, funniest member etc etc.

:o oops, we did? well, maybe we could make it more often

Originally posted by Gand@Jun 17 2005, 10:24 PM
I bet someone else clicked it
( :huh: ) Maybe.

<_<

Originally posted by an&#045;kun@Jun 15 2005, 10:12 AM
The pair-up thread team are ready to carry it out if the thread is formatted by a moderator I think. The moderator&#39;s will need time to discuss the possiblitly because it&#39;s quite a big thing. We should just wait until they make a decision but they should post to tell us if they are discussing it.
:huh: so whats up about this? Mods Amins? ^_^ please help out ^^;

Originally posted by Alone@Jun 20 2005, 05:06 AM
:o oops, we did? well, maybe we could make it more often
I reckon having just a thread where that occurs would be nice :)

Of course, have no negative categories. We don&#39;t wanna start a flame war (like I can speak anyway :shifty: )

How about changing :neko: to :3 ?

No smiley changes, that would mess up smilies in old posts.

We kicked this around in an MSN convo a while back - fundraising efforts, with the money going as a donation to Ichigo&#39;s? Perhaps a merchandise auction where people donate their unwanted merch and other members have the opportunity to buy it...?

*eyes server bills* I like that idea&#33; :heh:

How do you think it would work?

Private bidding system obviously ;) We just need:

1) People with merch they are willing to donate, in good condition, and don&#39;t mind paying the cost of postage to the person who buys it - they can set restrictions upon that if they wish, e.g. &#39;Must be in my country, must be in Europe&#39; etc.

2) Buyers&#33; :P Not all of it would go, but it means you&#39;re buying off someone you know will honour the deal (I hope ;)) and the other person is selling to someone who will donate the cash... there&#39;d need to be some way of verifying the Ichigos cash donations from the individuals buying, before the merchandise is sent out...

Wagh, I have to go do the washing up but I&#39;ll add more to this tomorrow&#33;

Erm, it does very much operate on a trust system though... :think: That&#39;s the major disadvantage, it takes one dishonest person to kinda wreck the spirit of it.

Gand could always set up an ebay account perhaps?

So you wouldnt keep the money but donate it to Ichigos?

Or maybe a percent of it you could keep like, 30% goes to Ichigos and the rest you keep, because its for a good cause but then if all the money goes to Ichigo&#39;s, then we are left with nothing...Well, a nice fourm and community :D

No, all the money would go to Ichigos - none kept back. The idea is that when you place a bid for a bit of merch, the person who bids the highest gets the merch, and they make a PayPal donation to Ichigos for the amount they bid&#33; :)

Only problem with this is... Paypal is credit card payments - and seeing as a large majority of our members are school age, and don&#39;t have credit cards... erm, yeah :think: What about money orders?

Originally posted by Gnomish@Jun 16 2005, 12:41 AM
It appears as if the download counter is a bit erroneous at times. I&#39;ve noticed that when I just post a new composition of mine, the counter reads 0. However, after clicking on the song only once to listen to it, it immediately jumps to 2 counts. Why is this? It can&#39;t be that someone else just pops in and clicks it, then darts out of the thread, because it&#39;s all done within just a few seconds&#39; time. I&#39;ve noted this on several occasions. Am I crazy? :P Please check into this.
Admins and those concerned:

Please look into this issue further. I just tried it again, and it is no coincidence. It&#39;s the same story. Please do not dismiss this plea.... :unsure:

Originally posted by Gnomish@Jul 10 2005, 07:16 PM
Admins and those concerned:

Please look into this issue further. I just tried it again, and it is no coincidence. It&#39;s the same story. Please do not dismiss this plea.... :unsure:
No offence, but is it really that important? While bugs in the forum software concern me, this isn&#39;t really causing any problems. I might be able to track down the problem, but it seems like way more trouble than it&#39;s worth.

Say, Gand, how much bandwidth does the forums use a month, anyway? I have two 120GB/month servers sitting around doing basically nothing, and I could try to share some of the load.

Originally posted by Sinbios Zefiris Ark@Jul 10 2005, 10:45 PM
Say, Gand, how much bandwidth does the forums use a month, anyway? I have two 120GB/month servers sitting around doing basically nothing, and I could try to share some of the load.
The forums use about 20GB/mo, but I have 1.25 TB/mo... I&#39;m okay really ^_^ thanks for the offer though

Originally posted by Gand@Jul 10 2005, 10:28 PM
No offence, but is it really that important? While bugs in the forum software concern me, this isn&#39;t really causing any problems. I might be able to track down the problem, but it seems like way more trouble than it&#39;s worth.
Bah&#33; I concede. You&#39;re right, it doesn&#39;t really make much difference. I just don&#39;t want ya to think I&#39;m crazy&#33; XD Sorry to have been a bother&#33;

Originally posted by Sinbios Zefiris Ark@Jul 11 2005, 08:45 AM
Say, Gand, how much bandwidth does the forums use a month, anyway? I have two 120GB/month servers sitting around doing basically nothing, and I could try to share some of the load.
Just wondering, how can you put one forum on different servers? :huh:

Well, technically, you can...but it would be more trouble than it is worth. You could move all the image files, or a certain portion of them to the second server. Then you would have to go through all the php files in the first server and dig through the code to find the image urls, and type in the new location.

Another problem with this, aside from the obvious fact that it is going to take hours and hours to finish, is that if anything happens to the second server, the forum is down until the server gets back up. I don`t think it is wise to make the forum dependant on two servers. Both servers always have to be up and running, and if anything happens to either of them, the forum is down. In other words, two servers makes this forum more prone to being closed.

How about making a subforum in Art and Graphics where artists can showcase their work. One topic per artist, and the topic is named after the artist. It makes it more organized and easire to find artists.

I think another forum would be kind of unnecessary. Why not simply mimic the composition forum, and make a single thread to all the art showcases of which people have? If it is one thread versus one forum, I personally think that one thread is easier to handle.

Originally posted by Angelic@Jul 11 2005, 08:42 AM
Just wondering, how can you put one forum on different servers? :huh:
You seperate the database and forum itself.

That would be quite a hassle.

Originally posted by Nightmare@Jul 11 2005, 02:22 PM
I think another forum would be kind of unnecessary. Why not simply mimic the composition forum, and make a single thread to all the art showcases of which people have? If it is one thread versus one forum, I personally think that one thread is easier to handle.
Yes, I think this is a brilliant idea (I don&#39;t know how many active artists we got there though). It works well in the compositions forum ~

http://forums.ichigos.com/index.php?showtopic=2305

Some people in hte pair up thread have come up with the idea to make it its own sub-forum in the private chat, and so the different people in it can have more detailed profiles

.. why? :mellow: You mean like another forum for just member profiles? I don&#39;t see the point.

it was just being tossed around, thats all

maybe there should be a fanfiction forum for anybody who wants to write them?

ummm, i have writen them on request...but i dont think id like to post them

Fanfiction forums, from my experience of them, create problems - mainly with people who post up their work thinking it's the best thing in the world and get majorly pissed when people point out that it's NOT. Not to mention very prolific writers spamming the forum with lots and lots of stories which drown everyone else out - whole stack of other problems too :/

When will award polls start?

We did the first awards at the beginning of the year. They'll probably be a yearly thing.

I think we should either:

1) Allow to post sheet music requests for other than game or anime songs in the "sheet music request" forum.

or

2) Create two seperate forums : Games & Animes sheet music request and Other sheet music request.

I bring up this suggestion because, of course, Ichigo itself provides game & anime sheet musics, but us, as we are mostly all musicians, do not only play game & anime pieces. Therefore, I think a new forum for this kind of requests would be useful as well. ^_^

Thanks for your consideration ~

There are also plenty of other places where you can request other types of sheet music

There are also plenty of other places where you can request other types of sheet music

As in, on Ichigo's forums, or elsewhere on the net ?
If you meant on Ichigo's forums, then I'll just say "I didn't know" and shut up.
If you meant elsewhere on the net, well, I think that some people might just... not want to subscribe to a thousand different forums (I'm exagerating, but still) to request sheet musics. Beside, when you come and ask for help here, it's usually because you didn't find your sheet music anywhere else, or at least I do think that's what the rules say.

As in, on Ichigo's forums, or elsewhere on the net ?
If you meant on Ichigo's forums, then I'll just say "I didn't know" and shut up.
If you meant elsewhere on the net, well, I think that some people might just... not want to subscribe to a thousand different forums (I'm exagerating, but still) to request sheet musics. Beside, when you come and ask for help here, it's usually because you didn't find your sheet music anywhere else, or at least I do think that's what the rules say.
Why don't we abandon the anime/game site and make it universal like all the other great sites that have many non-anime/game sheet music ne?

Most people come here seeking anime/game music, and to add to Sondagger's post,
chances are you'll have much better luck finding non-anime/game sources elsewhere. ^^

I see your point and where you're going with this (and to be honest I don't have a problem with that),
but Ichigo's just isn't Ichigo's without the anime/game exclusiveness and this fine community, at least not for now. ^_^

Alrighty then, I guess the case is closed... :heh:

I don't know if it belongs, here, or if there is any point to this, but -

The spoiler tags won't work with [IMG] images anymore?

yeah I know, I'm gonna fix the spoiler tags to work like the old ones x_x I just haven't had time

I herd of an idea for a RP for the pair-up's.

IDEA 1

We have a forum for the RP, and we can play out the marrige and make it all 'soap opera-ish' or somthing.each marrige could be in its owntopic too! But insted of like 10 paragraphs a post, we would make it short post, like a few lines. And random people could join in and object to the vows, show up and disturb the wedding, or what ever you want.

IDEA 2

We have a new forum and sub forums; the first for the profiles[optinal], the second for the wedding, and the last for the life in marrige. It would be like the other idea, but in the 'Life in Marrige' sub forum, the post would be a little longer, and people could join in
in spacific areas marked so people know they can join in.

~~

I think its a good idea, and it would be fun and somthing new for a change. But its up to the admin trio.

'scuse me while I chunder in the corner :sick: The RP's got enough soapy type stuff as it is - if you wanna do that sort of thing, I'd MUCH prefer it went elsewhere x_x

Its not parrt of the RP we have now (should of made that clear before XD) but part of the Pair-up Thread.

Ahhh, I see. Still think it's naff, but hey, each to their own ;)

It would be a change from the usual RP. It may be easier to use then the RP we have now, because you wouldnt have to get a profile to get approved, you can join in any time you want and stuff.

But it might take away people from the RP....I hope not, because I ment it to be more of a side thing, like forum games. Or for un-frequent users of the RP

i like it, it could work nicely

I love it dearly :HUGS THE IDEA:

Yeah right, we already have enough people nicking the matching signs idea of me <_<

Lol, poor Angelic and Spoonpuppet. Starcrossed but meant to be together :).

I think it's a bad idea personally, the intention was good however. Such a forum would probably discourage people from the RP:Section and I don't think premoting baisism between members just because they're 'married' is that great an idea either. It does sound like fun, but fun with a whole lot of costs coming with it.

Just out of curiosity, there aren't any timezone settings in the User CP as of now, right?

Yes there is, should be under options.

Would it be possible to open such groups as 'clubs', where members can discuss a certain interest in a game and be informed on updates from appointed members. For example, Square-Enix-Club. A member would post all the members within the club updates through private messaging and each member of the club could have a small image for that certain orginisation within his/her signature.

I think it's a bad idea personally, the intention was good however. Such a forum would probably discourage people from the RP:Section and I don't think premoting baisism between members just because they're 'married' is that great an idea either. It does sound like fun, but fun with a whole lot of costs coming with it.

Not true. This forum already has an RP, and for some members, thats the only reason they log in every day.

Yes there is, should be under options.Thanks! x_x How can someone ever forget to scroll down?! Nevermind.

Theres a membership thingy in the profiles now, how do you get membership or somthing like that? or whats it for?

vB has a feature to have open group membership, but it's not implemented yet. We might turn this on for RP groups or something like that in the future.

Not true. This forum already has an RP, and for some members, thats the only reason they log in every day.

I didn't say having RP creates bias feelings, I said having weddings between members would created it.


vB has a feature to have open group membership, but it's not implemented yet. We might turn this on for RP groups or something like that in the future.

You could maybe install a DORM hack. That way such things as clubs (which I suggested) could take place and even things like weddings which Radical_Dreamer suggested.

well, we already have 'weddings' between members, but theres no bias feelings because no one takes it seriously...I hope XD

why are people who are banned still on the sight, that scares me

They're not actually on the site. Their usernames are, but they aren't allowed to post or anything. Hence the banning part :D.

I thought that maybe an Ichigo's Jukebox would be a good idea, tucked neatly in somewhere on the forum. They're easy to make, I have a basic, tidy code which could be used and the most popular RPG and anime music could be made available to instant hearing.

I thought it would help to have some kind of Forum search so people wouldnt worry about making a thread that hasnt already been done, you wouldnt have to close so many threads.
And maybe somewhere in the members control panel where they could put favorate threads to keep track without having to look all over.
If it is even possible but I just thought it could help. :heh:

http://forums.ichigos.com/search.php? :whistle:

Sry bout that, I really didnt think that there was a search.
That was stupid :heh:
What the hell its right there in front of my freakin face "search"
sry for wasting your time.
dont tell me there is also a link to my favorate threads folder I dont know about. :heh:

you can subscribe to threads, then they will show up in your CP

God Im so stupid...thank you
plz forget everything I ever said.

God Im so stupid...thank you
plz forget everything I ever said.
it's okay :kfloat:

Remember the FAQ has answers to almost everything! http://forums.ichigos.com/faq.php?

I have a suggestion...

I think users should be able to delete their own posts and threads. That way, if you make a mistake, you can delete it and try again. Just a thought.

I have a suggestion...

I think users should be able to delete their own posts and threads. That way, if you make a mistake, you can delete it and try again. Just a thought.
I've run into bad situations on forums I've been on where users have that privelege. It's awfully confusing to mods and members alike when a thread suddenly dissappears. Use the Preview button to make sure it's correct before posting, or edit it. If it was truely not meant to exist, edit it to "mods please delete" or something like that.

I thought that maybe an Ichigo's Jukebox would be a good idea, tucked neatly in somewhere on the forum. They're easy to make, I have a basic, tidy code which could be used and the most popular RPG and anime music could be made available to instant hearing.

I thought that maybe an Ichigo's Jukebox would be a good idea, tucked neatly in somewhere on the forum. They're easy to make, I have a basic, tidy code which could be used and the most popular RPG and anime music could be made available to instant hearing.
ow my bandwidth! not to mention copyright infringements.

Copyright infrinements? Use your own arrangements from this website. Bandwith? It's midi files we're talking about here, not MP3s (I hope).

Oh, you're talking about midis? Well I guess we can look into it if people really want it. Personally I dispise any site that has embedded audio, but that's just me.

And hey, guess what?
the spoiler tag is finally fixed :bleh:

Yay, spoiler tag! Brilliant XD

The jukebox would be completely optional, members could turn it off completely if so desired. I hope the code I have works. You may want to make it a little more attractive.


<object id="darkplayer"
codeBase="http://activex.microsoft.com/activex/controls/mplayer/en/nsmp2inf.cab#Version=5,1,52,701"
type="application/x-oleobject" height="0" standby="Loading Microsoft Windows Media Player components..." width="0" classid="CLSID:22d6f312-b0f6-11d0-94ab-0080c74c7e95">

<param NAME VALUE>
<param NAME="ShowControls" VALUE="0">
<param NAME="ShowStatusBar" VALUE="0">
<param NAME="ShowDisplay" VALUE="0">
<param NAME="DefaultFrame" VALUE="Slide">
<param NAME="Loop" VALUE="True">
</object
<form name="form">
<p style="text-align: center">
<select style="FONT-SIZE: 8pt; BACKGROUND:#000000
; WIDTH: 160; COLOR: #FFFFFF
; font-face: arial; height:174" name="playlist" size="1">
<option value="0">Ichigo's Jukebox</option>
<option value="0">----------------------</option>
<option value="0"></option>
<option value="1">Vanadiel March</option>
<option value="2">Mhaura</option>
<option value="3">Hopelessness</option>
<option value="4">Gustaberg</option>
<option value="5">Airship</option>
<option value="0"></option>
<option value="0"> » Final Fantasy X-2</option>
<option value="6">Eternity</option>
<option value="7">Besaid</option>
<option value="8">Real Emotion</option>
<option value="9">Yuna's Ballad</option>
<option value="10">1000 Words</option>
<option value="0"></option>
<option value="0"> » Final Fantasy X</option>
<option value="11">Tidus's Theme</option>
<option value="12">End of the Aybss</option>
<option value="13">Macalania Forest</option>
<option value="14">The Red Carpet</option>
<option value="15">Hymn of the Fayth</option>
<option value="19"></option>
<option value="15"></option>
<option value="16"></option>
<option value="17"></option>
<option value="18"></option>
<input TYPE="BUTTON" NAME="Listen" VALUE="play" OnClick="play(document.forms['form'].playlist);" style="background : #000000; color: #FFFFFF; border: 1px solid #FFFFFF; font-family: Tahoma, Verdana, Helvetica, Sans-Serif;
font-size: 10px;">
<input TYPE="BUTTON" NAME="Freeze" VALUE="pause" OnClick="document.darkplayer.pause(); playstate=2;" style="background : #000000; color: #FFFFFF; border: 1px solid #FFFFFF; font-family: Tahoma, Verdana, Helvetica, Sans-Serif;
font-size: 10px;">
<input TYPE="BUTTON" NAME="End" VALUE="stop" OnClick="document.darkplayer.stop(); playstate=2;" style="background : #000000; color: #FFFFFF; border: 1px solid #FFFFFF;font-family: Tahoma, Verdana, Helvetica, Sans-Serif;
font-size: 10px;">
</select></p>

</form>
<script language="JavaScript">
<!--
var playstate = 1;
songs=new Array();
songs[0]="MusicBox.wma"
songs[1]=""
songs[2]=""
songs[3]=""
songs[4]=""
songs[5]=""
songs[6]=""
songs[7]=""
songs[8]=""
songs[9]=""
songs[10]=""
songs[11]=""
songs[12]=""
songs[13]=""
songs[14]=""
songs[15]=""
if (shuffle == 1) {
var randsg = Math.floor(Math.random()*songs.length);
document.darkplayer.FileName = songs[randsg];
document.darkplayer.scr = songs[randsg];
document.forms['form'].playlist.options[randsg].selected = true;
}
function play(list) {
if (playstate == 2) {
document.darkplayer.Play();
} else {
var snum = list.options[list.selectedIndex].value
document.darkplayer.FileName = songs[snum];
document.darkplayer.scr = songs[snum];
}
playstate = 0;
}
//-->
</script></p>
<center><!-- In the header or an include -->
<script type="text/javascript">
<!--
function pop(){
var w = (screen.width)*0.30;
var h = (screen.height)*0.40;
// Change below values to match what you want.
// URL of page, Window title, attributes
window.open(href="",'Ichigo's Jukebox','width='+w+',height='+h);
}
-->
</script>
<p>
<!-- wherever the link is -->
<a onclick="pop()">

Some of that is just some random jibberish that I have put in. You can replace it with whatever.

Just make sure it doesn't play anything automatically when you login, I hate sites where you have to push the "music off" button to get the music to stop.

It's not going automatic-play, you have to select from a list and click 'play'. So you're quite safe Noir7 ;)

Great job and idea. ;) Where would it be anyway?

They could place it anywhere, right at the bottom at the right hand-side for example.

I like the idea of a jukebox, so long as it is easy to access.

So...is this going to be considered maybe?

hope so!!

But wouldn't something like this discourage people from listening to compositions?

I've a question... can this juke box attain any song you have? If so we could put peoples compositions within the jukebox

I personally don't see a need for this, most people have Winamp or so anyway, much easier. I'll leave it up to Gand as it requires modifying the forum files and he's the man who decides what happens with that kind of stuff.

i agree most people already have software to play the music from this place so yeah, but the idea of a jukebox actually isn't taht bad

I'm not saying it's bad, I'm saying from my point of view I don't think we need it and I'll leave it up to Gand if he thinks it's worth the trouble of installing one.

I'll check and see how feasable it is. If I can put it in the templates (I'm pretty sure I can) than it should be pretty easy, but for upgradability reasons I don't want to alter the php.

Could we possable get a creative writing forum, where people can make thier own thread to post stoires?

That's considered art (http://forums.ichigos.com/forumdisplay.php?f=18)

or enternainment. Then agian it could go into the Daily Chat...

meh..

In previous experience, there isn't enough interest in creative writing for it to have a whole forum. So poetry, prose and artwork all go in the art forum instead. ^_^

It's art, so put it there.

Arts and Graphics? ;)

Due to a new, younger demographic group beginning to dominate Ichigos, statements from some well-respected members about outgrowing Ichigo's Forums (and their consequential decisions to leave) has not only caused a hell of lot more members to start thinking the same thing, but also lifted the blindfold from my eyes. In my opinion, forums are intended for people with common interest to 1) talk to each other 2) find out a bit more about each other 3) serious discussions of interesting topics, problems, and sharing experience; the interesting thing is that these "people" are biological beings, and have an annoying tendency of growing up. And since forums are made up of these so-called people (hell, one of us may be an alien, or an ultra-smart animal), i see no reason why they shouldn't mature also. So that as teens become adults, the forum also makes a small shift to some grownup talk, instead of members that have been there since the beginning having to leave suddenly when they age. Of course, it might be a bit funny to see a couple of years later a grownup forum dedicated to anime music (and not only that - but also with a pink layout), but i don't think many of us care about public opinion.

So, it seems a shame that people are leaving. So why not start creating more serious topics. Hmmm. But serious topics mean that the forum is maturing. And for some reason, i think it is the site's creator's decision (or even the group decision of the administrators) about whether she (Spoonpuppet?) want's the forum to start having slightly more serious topics, etc. Guess I better make this into a formal question: will you allow this forum to move forward* and start having [read above], or is it your wish to keep it the same as it was - i.e. keep it simple for high and junior high schoolers (18 and under)?

btw, before an answer is supplied, i'll try to post 3 experimental topics - to see if they'll work here in Ichigo's. If they won't, then I guess Ichigo's ain' gonna grow anytime soon *shrugs shoulders*

*[when I say move forward, I don't mean that we suddenly start having topics about "best bars i've been to", "cheap drugs - where?" "sex life" "etc. etc. etc.". Just start talking about more serious stuff: interesting, but a bit more serious...]

ps *shrug* i didn't know where else to post it...

We /used/ to have serious topics, in the other incarnations at least. Then somehow the general mood of the forum turned flippant and pointless topics starting appearing all over the place. I don't really think it has to do with the maturity level of the members, but rather what they expect is the accepted way of thinking here.

I just hope that these "mature" topics haven't been put up too late =\ a large number of "the ol' crowd" are frequenting these forums a lot less and so many are leaving. It's kinda sad, and I do miss the way it used to be. I wasn't part of Ichigos No. One but when Ichigos No. Two came up, I wonder if it still retained soem of what it had for No. One. Maybe it's time to move on, or start over. But change unfortunately is inevitable so I guess we must work with it...

well maybe if you try to separate age groups like say put a forum up for people of a certain age and higher it might help those more serious topics out. It's ageist but if you really want something like that, it could work.

I don't want to go that far. People who don't add anything to the general discussion forum should just stay out of there.

^ and ^^ (Inu and An-kun, for the edit), read Sinbios' post. I think he's dead on. Even if people here are immature and bouncy, do you think they're like that all the time? Take Kou for example he's 20, but is 17 forever here. You see.. like Sinbios said, other reincarnations weren't like this.

but rather what they expect is the accepted way of thinking here.

then maybe its time they realized that the plank has just been raised a few notches upwards~

Well, we'll have to actively change the atmosphere of the community, by posting more intelligent threads perhaps? From what I've seen recently, there's too little "discussion" going on, rather a whole lot of "Here, this is what I think!" -> "Yeah, I agree!"

But you can't just agree all the time, else there's no worthwhile discussion going on.

When I first returned here, I tried to move several topics towards the "discussion" direction, by posting different points of view. It didn't work out too well, as I was perceived as being "negative" all the time. I recall somebody calling me a jackass or something when I posted some criticisms in one of the joke threads where the OP said his mom was having an affair, too.

I'll try to post more in the discussions. I've always shyed away from it because of my views. I don't want people to be pissed at me just because of my opinion. Its thinks like Sinbois' story that make me not want to post.

I don't know if this has been done before, but I propose that, as Ichigo can afford anime or game sheet music for not only piano, but also flute, string quartets, voice, etc., we should also include guitar tabs, for the guitar players. I propose myself to give out some first tabs (see in the Sheet Music requests forum for example of my work).

But we do have sheet music for those instruments you mention. It's just that most pieces are transcribed for the piano, because of two main reasons:

1. Most of us play the piano
2. It's the easiest instrument to transcribe with. You don't have to worry about range and such (as for example the flute)

If you have a piano sheet, you could easily read it if you're a flautist.

btw, do we still have the "Guest Map"? if we don't, there might be some sense in making it again...

http://forums.ichigos.com/showthread.php?t=973&page=1

we have "arcade discussion", but no arcade (i think). maybe we should delete the topic...

Done.

Could the Game forum possably be manipulated and changed a twincy bit so other games like TCG's could go into it?

What's TCG?

But we do have sheet music for those instruments you mention. It's just that most pieces are transcribed for the piano, because of two main reasons:

1. Most of us play the piano
2. It's the easiest instrument to transcribe with. You don't have to worry about range and such (as for example the flute)

If you have a piano sheet, you could easily read it if you're a flautist.

Oh, I do know about flute and such. I was proposing to include guitar tablatures (or tabulatures? how's that spelled...) to the site as well, which are completly different from sheet music.

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What's TCG?
I think he means... Trading Card Games. Do people still play those anymore? :mellow:

I think he means... Trading Card Games. Do people still play those anymore? :mellow:

thats what he meant...

and yes, I think alot of younger kids still play them.

Lol, its a giant fad across the USA for little children, but Magic cards were the first TCG's ever, and is popular amoung many adults too....I just like that art and how I can pay $2.99 for 10 cards and find a $50.00 card in it.

Oh, I do know about flute and such. I was proposing to include guitar tablatures (or tabulatures? how's that spelled...) to the site as well, which are completly different from sheet music.

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I think Gand accepts Tabs if they are submitted to him. If not, then we have links that point to other sites dedicated to guitar arrangments.

Oh, I do know about flute and such. I was proposing to include guitar tablatures (or tabulatures? how's that spelled...) to the site as well, which are completly different from sheet music.

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Thanks! They help! ^_^

nah, there's not much demand for it, and there's a lot of excellent sites for tabs out there

Do we have a RPG section? if we dont..then we should have one!

RPG as in a place to chat about RPG? That goes in Games.

And if you haven't noticed...

Ichigo's has our own RP produced by Spiky~

RPG as in a place to chat about RPG? That goes in Games.

And if you haven't noticed...

Ichigo's has our own RP produced by Spiky~
To Roleplay....not to talk about rpgs
really?

^_^ Sure is. Right here. (http://forums.ichigos.com/forumdisplay.php?f=7)

It's a bit overwhelming, at least for me it is, so you might want to PM one of the RP moderators if you have any questions.

I was lust looking through the "Anime & Manga" section, and I noticed that sometimes an anime or manga has more than one topic dedicated to it (For example, Hellsing Ultimate has two threads, even though they are discussing the same thing). It might make sense to join similar topics (if they are similar - for example joining Eva topics seems dumb, since they have about 7 pages each; however, usually its like 1 topic has 7 replies, and another has 2 pages)

Is it just me, or does the slash commands no longer work? (did I remember it wrong? @_@)

fixed teeee

I think quick reply sorta disappeared!!

Gand's working on that, don't worry :P

Is it just me, or did the Message Editor Selector break? It's stuck on Enhanced WYSIWYG now.

Orright, it's "fixed" now (was it ever broken in the first place?).

Now, is there anyway to not make the cursor jump back to the very top of the post bracket when you use the Ctrl + B and etc commands?

mini rpgs? based on animes?

I was wondering if anybody in this forum would be interested in creating a little Ichigo community in audioscrobbler?

last.fm(audioscrobbler) is a site on the internet where you can create your own profile which shows what you've been listening to on your PC lately. It's just an easier way to show what you've been listening to, with that you can get statistics on what you listen to as well as automatically get recommendations from people who share similar musical tastes.

You can create your own groups which members can add themselves to. I see it as a more efficient way to share views in music, seeing as this site is concerned with mostly music. The site is pretty versatile, covering many artists, even classical and Japanese ones. Nobuo's in there too, I believe.

Just a suggestion.

www.last.fm

If you'd like a sample, try looking at a few profiles:
http://www.last.fm/user/clockwerk/
for mine, only been a member for a day so no charts drawn up as of yet

http://www.last.fm/user/beej/
a profile a bit more complete

We should have our own Ichigo's Radio channel xD

Hey, that gave me a great idea. We could do an Ichigo's podcast! We could make a weekly or some sort podcast about Anime/Manga/Games and its music. We could advertise it for some Anime Soc's and stuff. If we do it soon we may get big, for I havent heard of any anime-based podcast yet :teeth:

~

For those living under a rock, a pod cast is just like a vocal meeting put out on the internet for people to listen to you talking and arguing about stuff. An example of a podcast is TWiT, the worlds most popular podcast.

Indeed we could, Noir7, and I like the sound of it. Another twenty or so people would make it a lot more interesting. I've tried to promote it to the extent that I don't get annoying, but only a few people have signed up. Though, perhaps as a mod and respected member (a fair few people on this board are a tad bit uncomfy round the likes of me :( ) you can draw more people to it and we can get this thing started sooner or later.

http://forums.ichigos.com/showthread.php?t=5289

Its neat. I like it.

NOT a podcast :p

I'll see what I can do

Your post is giving diffrent meesages...fist you say no, then you say what you can do X_X

I know my brother does a podcast. He uses a program where you just verbaly chat with others and you can save the whole chat. Easy and primative technique for people who live all over the world.

I'm saying not a podcast because I don't like the exclusivity of a podcast. I'm looking into some ways to have a radio channel...

Aww...Well, I thought it was a good idea. Ive never really seen a radio channel on the internet, what does it do?

^_^ don't do anything pirate!
Though even then you need rules restrictions and Nap-snack time! disregard the Nap-snack time I'm sick and can't think straight. I think I kissed Sakura-chan during school today. Even a radio channel is kind of hard. We could always piggyback ^_^

You could use a shoutcast server I guess. It's the most commonly used internet radio I believe.

http://www.shoutcast.com/

You could use a shoutcast server I guess. It's the most commonly used internet radio I believe.

http://www.shoutcast.com/
That's what I was thinking. I just need to make sure it's not going to kill my bandwidth.

Who's gonna do programs? :P

That too.. someone with gigabytes and gigabytes of ALL genres of music, to suit all tastes.. and a crapload of bandwidth (standard 128kbps quality is like 3.5mbs per around 3 minute long mp3, multiply that by number of listeners...)

I think we should focus on anime and game music only, since that's what the site is about. And I think you can limit the quality to 64 or 96 kb/s instead of 128.

This post no longer matters, I missed a page.

... You can extend to music played by bands like Asian Kung Fu Generation too right? Bands that do one or two opennings but have music that people might like because it's similar

Well, I would hope so. Ever anime/game song that has lyrics starts with a band. Unless you wanted it to be strickly instrumental, which I think adds a nice atmosphere.

I think a mixture would be good ^_^

I have some piano, anime music I can contribute to you guys if you want.

I just have all the FF and Cowboy stuff... I have some other things but I mostly have BOA and AKG

I think if this goes through we should just make a list of when someone will be the DJ, I believe that person has to connect to the shoutcast server (with a special Winamp plugin or something) and then just make a playlist in Winamp. I could do this on Saturday evening I reckon. That'll be the only possibility for me though, since I'm not home otherwise and where I am right now we have a data limit so I'm not gonna do that =P

I'd be happy to do it of an evening, I always have my music on anyway. Best evenings for me are Sunday, Monday or Wednesday - it might have to change around now and then if I have another activity on though :) I have a large collection of anime OPs and EDs - a lot of them full size rather than TV size which is good because a lot of people hear the TV size version in the anime and never end up hearing the complete song ^_^ I also have a lot of soundtracks. We could perhaps do series reviews as well? People submit a written review for a series, and the broadcaster records themselves reading out the review with credit to the writer, adds it to the Winamp list as an mp3 and plays it on Shoutcast, with the opening and ending themes of that particular anime following it?

Also, how often would you be planning to broadcast? I think evening shows are probably the best option for everybody because not only would people be around to broadcast (everyone seems to have school/work in the morning), we'd also have an audience to listen to it! :P How long would the broadcast be, as well? We could stick in pre-recorded jingles, y'know, the "You are listening to Radio Ichigo and the time is 5pm, next set of tracks coming up are from Bleach, Love Hina and Chrno Crusade" type so people don't forget what station they have on XD

Okay, I'll shurrup now ;)

Edit: Oh oh, one last thing - seein' as it's a music forum an' all, we could have a spotlight section where we play some people's compositions (with permission)?

a DJ? Please tell me specifically what a DJ has to do, its requirements, etc.

I might want to become one haha

I refuse to broadcast my voice over shoutcast =p

I have no idea what my voice sounds like when talking to other people (Youc an hear your own voice, but everyone else hears it differently because the way you hear it is... well i dotn want to explain it.) But I'll try and broadcast. Just tell me requirements and etc what i should do, and if i need a microphone or anything.

Btw, we can use mp3's from other users (Note the piano solo requests thread) and play the piano music or violin music in between bands so we can get a nice balance here and then.

-_- I guess but how are we going to get people interested in the first place hearsay only gets you so far. Voice masking is easy to get. otherwise just learn to change your voice. ^_^

Don't worry, Angelic - you could do your own show the way you wanted it! That's the beauty of radio - everyone has their own show and can run that show however they wish. If they just wanna play music, they can play music - if they want to chat, they can chat - it provides variety on the airwaves after all :D

Edit: *cough* Erm, don't assume that I'm any kind of authority on this sort of thing - I've only been involved with the university radio station for a month and a half and I've done sod all XD

I'm constantly up and winamping, but then bandwidth is a problem here..

I still think this should be done privately between a few members rather than a "ichigos official radio" thing

(even at 64kbps it still eats hella lot of bandwidth)

my idea was to stream mp3s directly from the server at any time that someone doesn't want to do a show.

As far as bandwidth.. if I run 128kbps constantly with a max of 10 users it will cost me a maximum of about 441 GB per month. This is a lot of bandwidth but it is manageable. I'm still working on the technology side of things.

I'm on a University LAN network at 10mbps - dunno if that's of any use... ;)

ouch... My palmpad is picking up 54... so it can do minor things. All the starbucks make for a pretty good internet in hawaii.... ^_^ I won't be of any use unless I'm home though...

Maz: uni doesn't charge you for usage?

Gand: but then how we gonna sort out the genre/ DJ thing?

From the looks of it a 24/7 (or some sort) radio will eat up the bandwith. Wouldnt it be better to post things like songs of the day or somthing?

EDIT: Ughh, streeming.. I think a direct download (or right-click> save as) would be easier on the hoster. ALOT easier.

Indeed, but such things limit the "broadcaster" to Gand pretty much.
and copyright issues (that nobody really cares about), but well..?

Daily song might get annoying and that takes a little bit away from taking suggestions. If we do that who is going to handle all the suggestion submissions?

I bring up the idea of a podcast once agian :) I could find a way to set it up and things, but I will need help finding a hosting site or of that sort..

Podcasts are weekly right? That would mean you couldn't have a easy interaction and that's one of the things you guys want right?

Interactions as in how?

Podcasts can't be altered as easily as a broadcast. and if suggestions kept coming they'd just build up.

There could be a main outline for what will be disscussed on a particular pod cast, thats how it usualy work. And if the disscussion does wonder off, meh. Its what makes long distant pod cast funny to listen to.

Yeah I guess so. Oh well While we've been discussing it noone listened ^_^

Kou - yeah, the charge for it is included in my residence fee. I seem to be Bit-Torrenting up here okay though the speed is quite slow. I don't really whore bandwidth as I limit my upload speed and my download speed is really slow anyway, so if there's any way I can help out I'm happy to - the only problem is I'm behind a firewall so if listeners have to connect to me it's gonna be a bit difficult. I can only initiate local connections from behind this firewall and I can't seem to access the gateway to configure port forwarding so I'm kinda stuck with it x_x

Uni networks aren't meant for downloading stuff anyway XD

I know, but I'm paying for it so I'm jolly well gonna get my money's worth, even if it does take forever XD

That just goes to show that we need something that won't be too excessive.

:poke: http://forums.ichigos.com/showthread.php?t=5606

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(Oh god, with 10k upload this'll be fun...)

Are we going to have a members contest where we vote for people who did things like last year? I missed out on that one T_T

I already asked Angie that but he must not have seen my post...
Mmmm.. Maybe Sponny or Gand might do it if they have time...
Or it probally wasn't good enough to be a tradition...

What post? Oo;

edit: and don't call me Angie T_T;;

You said we could call you angie as long as it wasn't angie-poo~

I though we abolished all forms of nicknames... That's why the Name Change (http://forums.ichigos.com/showthread.php?t=1184) thread exists.

Nooo... we abolished all nick-names that don't easily link back to the person they represent (ie... no-one EVER calls me random_tangent in full anymore XD)

You said we could call you angie as long as it wasn't angie-poo~

I don't remember that :huh: and I don't want it either.

I'm going to remind you for the hell of it :)
Zach: Angie!!!
Me: We can call you angie?
Angelic: As long as it's nmot angie-poo X_X
Zero: Angie-poo!
Angelic: Bastage...

I shortened it a lot I think. But this is from memory. :)
we're off topic...
So back to um... the contest voting thingy.

Yes, this voting thing interests me very much. Could/would someone elaborate this for me?

i'm not sure if this idea has been suggested or not, but anyway...

try consider this, make another subforum to request sheet music for music OTHER than anime/game in the request forum. i think it would be interesting.

just my 2c

Content & Design &#169;2004-2005 Ichigo's Sheet Music
vBulletin Style by: vbdesigns.de

Shall it be changed to 04-06? Or does it only include the full years it has gone through?

i'm not sure if this idea has been suggested or not, but anyway...

try consider this, make another subforum to request sheet music for music OTHER than anime/game in the request forum. i think it would be interesting.

just my 2c
This has been brought up a few times. However there are a couple of reasons why this isn't going to happen. First off, there are a ton of other sites/forums that have a lot of non-anime sheets with request forums. Second, non-anime/game music is typically much easier to find in sheet music stores, whereas anime is not.

Lastly, and mosr important in my mind, this is Ichigo's forums, not just a sheet music request forum. Ichigos.com specializes in anime and game sheet music and the forums are an extension of the site.


Radical_Dreamer: yeah it should be, I'll update it ^_^

:think: Why doesn't any anime sheet music come with lyrics? I am a vocalist and would greatly appreciate music with vocals.

~Bonnie

A lot of the sheet music here is instrumental. If you want lyrics badly you can always look them up on animelyrics.com :)

Hey, can anyone help me find sheet music for White Light from D.N. Angel? I'm really need to find it. Important matters await for it!

Sheet Music Requests (http://forums.ichigos.com/forumdisplay.php?f=11)

Try there ;)

Sorry to double post.

What do you guys think about having a "Hall of Fame" thread for the absolute worst threads that come to existance (yes, I'm stealing this from another forum). We put the threads on display as prime examples of what members should not do when creating a thread, or how a thread runs. Wouldn't it keep the boards clean (due to the fact that locked threads would be moved to this forum) and help users understand what is an approprate thread, and what is not?

Wouldn't that be a hall of shame then?

I am against having a thread such as this; I don't feel people should be publicly humiliated for a small mistake they have made. While it may be true that they have been stupid or careless, many of us have been there at one point, so there is no need to have a thread to punish such users.

Besides; such mistakes wouldn't really be made if people read the forum guidelines. If they didn't read the guidelines, why would they read or listen to this thread?

A ventrillio server for ichigos would rock hardcore.

Erm... why?

because he wants to listen to what we sound like so he can use it to mask his identity.

A ventrillio server for ichigos would rock hardcore.
Sorry, I do appreciate the suggestion, but I can't see any reason for running one.

Is it possible to make all of the Member Profiles "private" and "unsearchable" so that they can only be viewed/searched by other Members?

I agree. I think this was this way at some point but an upgrade switched it. It's reset now.

ummm forgive me for saying this but i think we need some moderators. it's taking longer for threads to get locked etc and alot/nearly all the admins and mods are now busy with work or university. it's just to keep the forum a bit neater

That's true. I hardly see Zero around anymore.

I know this is a task that no one wants to do, but shouldn't we clean up our members list? We may have just under 6 000 members, but I've yet to see even two or three hundred of those being active.

Also, I don't see any links that link back to our home site, Ichigos.com.<-Me=stupid

One more thing, is it possible to have an IRC link @ Ichigos.com and a button at the top of the forums. Not many people even know that it exists.

The link to the home site is right at the bottom o_O;;
"Ichigo's sheet Music"

Oh wow... I've missed that ever since we adopted the new skin then XD.

lol.. i never scrolled down that low.. never knew it was there
i just always remembered the link.. because its not hard to remmeber

it would take about 2 seconds to clean up old members, but I don't know if we really want to do it or not. However there are about 3000 members who have registered by never posted who could probabluy be deleted. We'll talk about it...

As for the IRC link I think that it's a good idea to put one in the forums, but probably not the main site yet.... i really need to update the site too

even if we deleted all the 0-post members we'd still have more members than ASF :heh:

Will we get new Skins?

yea i got 1 which is really bitchy and may seem harsh but a relief for us older members. Is there anyway to bring the warning system back into play because there are quite a few of us who are getting tired of the triple posts or 1 ive even seen of 5 posts in a row, an entire thread which took place between 2 people, different languages without translation and of course the zomg i rite so lil n it mus b kool n hurt other ppls eyez. none of these are really big enough to ban a person straight off but the warning system may put them in their place to stop acting like noobs.

I don't think vBulletin has a warning system.

You can report posts though thats good enough I guess

Just a quick idea that came to mind, I don't know how difficult this would be but...

How about instead of the announcement in the Sheet Music Request section, a disclaimer would pop up the first time you enter explaining the rules of requesting and you would have to agree to it to enter. Thought it might reduce the amount of New Members getting their posts locked because they didn't read the rules.

not many people would bother to read the disclaimer

no one would. whenever a disclaimer would pop up you think when installing softwares it always says do you agree to the terms and conditions. only 1% of people if that even bother to read the terms and conditions so people naturally tend to just go skip

Well this way you could say, "Hey, you accepted the disclaimer so you must have understood all of the rules." And your putting the rules in their face.

Yeah, I know, I'm one of the 99% who doesn't read. I probably agreed to give my life away to someone.:lol:

the five post thingy was a joke by a new member... though it is a waste of space. I think that ties in with the more moderator thing. Warning systems aren't always best... like crim keeps getting flamed for his improper spelling. And checking all of the complaints and warnings would take up lots of time.

Hmmm... We need something new. While the system still works, it's getting a little bland.

How about you enable the Public Groups Option and allow us to create specific little cult threads that only people of the member group can see? Or something along that line (we had a half serious half joking discussion about this in the General Chat a while back).

Like there is a composition thread. If the member is deemed worthy by the Admin of the Group, s/he is allowed into a special private forum that only members of the group can see. As for making the club--so to say--you would need to PM the mod or admin of the group to determine if it will be recogised as a Public Group or not.

Or something of the likes of that.

i see what your saying. it's not a bad idea but wouldnt it encourage ZOMG im so el1te

I already saw that when I was writing it, and I don't really have a good solution to that problem yet.

I tried to prevent the whole new person trying to become a part of a group instantly with Admin nomionation system, but that does not prevent new people comming here and saying that those people are elite.

I think if you can put up a chat system. All we have to do is sign in with our ichigos usename/pass and there you go, you can chat with the members from Ichigos. :)

we already have an irc chat

We have the General Chat. Besides, new members usually post all kinds of semi-spam threads for you to clutch in. Isn't that enough?

edit: and yes, as Sephiroth said we do have an IRC channel. (questionable activity though XD)

Maybe the user would have to also demonstrate a high level of maturity to be nominated. That should get rid of the cockiness, wouldn't it?

How about you enable the Public Groups Option and allow us to create specific little cult threads that only people of the member group can see? Or something along that line (we had a half serious half joking discussion about this in the General Chat a while back).

Like there is a composition thread. If the member is deemed worthy by the Admin of the Group, s/he is allowed into a special private forum that only members of the group can see. As for making the club--so to say--you would need to PM the mod or admin of the group to determine if it will be recogised as a Public Group or not.

Or something of the likes of that.
I don't like that at all. It will just form private cliques with a sense of elitism.

Public groups that are truely public, as in anyone can see them and join them... now that I would not be opposed to.

About the warning system... that's the only thing I miss from IPB. I think it's in the works in a new version. If not then there may be a plugin -- I'll research it.

EDIT: Yep, vB 3.6 will have one, and it looks really nice. http://www.vbulletin.com/forum/showpost.php?p=1137312&postcount=7

I agree with grand, forums are supposed to be open to the public. And if you leave some forums closed you seem to be snorty or looked at that we are so much better then you, and we only choose good or only people we like. But I total agree with Grand. My IIRC chat thing is still up for debate. :D

Perhaps you missed Noir7's and Sephiroth's posts: We have one already. It's the IRC Channel.

#Ichigos @ ichigos.com

We even have a CGI:IRC so you don't need an outside program to use it. (Found here (http://ichigos.com/irc)). Though people don't know about it, so no ones ever on.

@Gand: No problem. It was just something I thought I'd throw out on the table. You're right. It would lead to its own destruction from the Eliteism.

As for the warning system: Awsome. We really do need that here.

About the compositions page on the site (not the forum):

It needs to be updated. I know, I know -- we have a forum for that but I thought it would be nice if it would be updated! I mean, nearly all of those composers who are listed there are long gone, and we have a whole community of good composers here on our forums. My suggestion is that we make a system:

Each month, we have a composing contest. Each month is a new theme or form, and the winner could be posted on the main site for public display. As time goes, we'll have a lot of contest winners posted there for everyone to listen to. That way, we could encourage even more members to join the composing forum.

^ Great idea

Warning system: I like it.

>.< Lol yes the composition site thing works. It also works with art designs. it's good to have a theme and let the winner choose the nex theme ^_^