Dubstepforum.com

C 4
F 2

Electric_Head wrote:Project EX - don't give up brother.

Not giving up yet, we'll see how it goes.

It's interesting cause it is true. The moment you switched to a post voting system not only did the number of entries drop but so did the votes. I don't know exactly what that means, it could have just been a slow couple of months. You could always try going back to the poll system and see if it jumps back up. If it does then there's some reason why no one wants to participate on a post voting system. Maybe it has something to do with people not feeling comfortable voting for themselves openly as they don't want to seem overly confident or a bit egotistical. Would be nice to get some opinions from those who have abandoned the contest these last couple months.

Vote for charlie

JBE wrote:The moment you switched to a post voting system not only did the number of entries drop but so did the votes... Maybe it has something to do with people not feeling comfortable voting for themselves openly as they don't want to seem overly confident or a bit egotistical.

Some users (myself included) have believed for a while now that there was a serious case of fradulent voting taking place...maybe the change in voting system has 'scared' off the cheats into not entering due to their tracks not being successful on merit alone.

Purely a theory, not pointing fingers etc etc...but contrast it with the Sample Pack contest this month where we have had only 4 entries and no examples of rampant voting despite the 'old' system...which would narrow down the field of selection given whose entered that vs. who hasn't entered this.

If you get me

wub wrote:

JBE wrote:The moment you switched to a post voting system not only did the number of entries drop but so did the votes... Maybe it has something to do with people not feeling comfortable voting for themselves openly as they don't want to seem overly confident or a bit egotistical.

Some users (myself included) have believed for a while now that there was a serious case of fradulent voting taking place...maybe the change in voting system has 'scared' off the cheats into not entering due to their tracks not being successful on merit alone.

Purely a theory, not pointing fingers etc etc...but contrast it with the Sample Pack contest this month where we have had only 4 entries and no examples of rampant voting despite the 'old' system...which would narrow down the field of selection given whose entered that vs. who hasn't entered this.

If you get me

I'm sure that has something to do with a few lost entries, but for awhile we were getting like 10-14 entries every month. Sometimes more. I'd hate to think that that many people were fraudulently voting.

C 5
F 2

JBE wrote:You could always try going back to the poll system and see if it jumps back up. If it does then there's some reason why no one wants to participate on a post voting system.

It's worth a try, will do next month.

The poll allows for voter fraud tho.. I'd rather have 10 legitimate voters than 40 voters who are actually just people making a bunch of accounts

ehbrums1 wrote:The poll allows for voter fraud tho.. I'd rather have 10 legitimate voters than 40 voters who are actually just people making a bunch of accounts

Lets make a poll for whether we sould use a poll or not

its simple. we kill the fraud men

BloomingAudioLife wrote:its simple. we kill the fraud men

i get that reference

Voting closed.

Once again congratulations to JBE/Noktrnal.

4th win, nice. 2nd time two in a row. Going for the first ever hattrick?

Great job everyone

JBE, that tune is amazing! Good job!

I'll have to step in next time to prevent the 3-fer.

jrisreal wrote:JBE, that tune is amazing! Good job!

Thanks man, I appreciate that. I definitely need to do better mixing on it at some point. I'm hearing a lot of distortion and clipping on it that I don't like.

Electric_Head wrote:I'll have to step in next time to prevent the 3-fer.

I guess I'll have to try and step things up a bit more next month.

I'm bringing the big guns.

A bit off topic but oh well. I'll probably have to go back to using Twisted Psykie since I just received an email asking me to stop using the name Noktrnal. Which kinda sucks cause I liked it and it kinda suited my music. I didn't realize someone was already using it cause when I searched it on google, google changed my search term and I didn't see it. Oh well, fuck it, it's just a name.

Chooses name that's already taken #yolo

JBE wrote:The moment you switched to a post voting system not only did the number of entries drop but so did the votes... Maybe it has something to do with people not feeling comfortable voting for themselves openly as they don't want to seem overly confident or a bit egotistical.

Hasn't all 3 comps on here been pretty low on entries recently?Also i will freely admit i voted for my own tracks in both comps apart from when i was up against tunes i thought were better(outdropts)In the end if your tunes better and you prefer it then why not?

wub wrote:
Some users (myself included) have believed for a while now that there was a serious case of fradulent voting taking place...maybe the change in voting system has 'scared' off the cheats into not entering due to their tracks not being successful on merit alone.

Purely a theory, not pointing fingers etc etc...but contrast it with the Sample Pack contest this month where we have had only 4 entries and no examples of rampant voting despite the 'old' system...which would narrow down the field of selection given whose entered that vs. who hasn't entered this.

If you get me

Now i just want to state the only reason i haven't entered in the last 2 is the first i was working a remix for a lady i wanted really to focus on and this one if i'm honest i have lost inspiration for some reason.I haven't touched my daw for best part of 3 weeks,started with an ear ache and now it is branching into fuck all motivation to do anything musical.
The voting was fishy and to be completely honest i was surprised i won the first because i should not have got past outdropt's tune whatsoever but fraudulent voting for me was not how i got past.
I am only posting this as i won the two with the fishy voting so don't want suspicious minds starting.I gonna make a point of entering the next one now to demolish you all and prove a point haha.
I have 3 remixes to work now that i just cannot be bothered with,i'm even contemplating selling my studio and focusing on my career.Sort of losing the love for it a bit tbh,fuck nows why.

I'll buy the room, just the room

I didn't enter because I haven't been making music, and I moved. Sort of on a vacation. Maybe entries will rise once summer ends?