Fixing Song Title Inconsistencies

**Xx{Midnight}xX** · 08-6-2012, 07:26 PM

Re: Fixing S.S.H. Song title Inconsistencies

I'd like to see them titled properly because isn't that what we're supposed to be doing in the first place?

Also I recall I think it was Bmah in the TB chat saying there were a lot of misnamed songs in FFR.

**Coolboyrulez0** · 08-6-2012, 07:28 PM

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I concur with you completely, Middie. We should respect the author and HIS naming imo.

Also yes bmah is correct there are some fixes needed to current song names... I do recall making a list when Tass was still admin but he basically ignored it and said it was of no big concern... prick.

**Winrar** · 08-6-2012, 07:36 PM

Re: Fixing S.S.H. Song title Inconsistencies

+1

**bmah** · 08-6-2012, 07:43 PM

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I'm definitely going to change all incorrect song names in the near future. However, several older songs will require a name change that is nearly or completely different from their current names. Old-time players may struggle to recognize the names of the songs they were familiar with. As such, a front page announcement on these changes will probably be made.

It all starts by compiling a comprehensive list, so please help us out.

Note: songs with extremely long names cannot be fully encompassed, so they have been truncated. Don't bother with these ones.

**Coolboyrulez0** · 08-6-2012, 07:45 PM

Re: Fixing S.S.H. Song title Inconsistencies

Awesome news!

If you would like I could add some more changes of artists I personally know the song titles to be false. (to the current op)

I guess a re-naming of the thread should be in order then to not just limit it to SSH

**qqwref** · 08-6-2012, 07:57 PM

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As for all those SSH names: nope, this is stupid. It's exactly like the debate we had several months back about renaming classical pieces - all you're doing is adding extra information (in this case, the name of the video game the original remix is from) that makes the song titles longer without making it any easier to find what you're looking for. We might as well start adding newgrounds ID numbers to all the generic techno songs on the site.

As for Sharpnel: Good call, those two should be fixed

**Coolboyrulez0** · 08-6-2012, 07:57 PM

Re: Fixing S.S.H. Song title Inconsistencies

Originally posted by MrPopadopalis25

so does that mean foreign language song titles are going to be all either translated into english or left in their native languages or romaji or whatevs?

I personally prefer the kanji but I think the game might not be capable of handling these (which it's 2012 -- every flash game I know supports foreign characters and special characters)

if not romaji I'd assume.

**bmah** · 08-6-2012, 07:58 PM

Re: Fixing S.S.H. Song title Inconsistencies

List everything you can find, but be aware that not everything may be fixed, due to redundancy, overly long song names, etc. For instance, it looks like many S.S.H. song titles include the game name the song originated from, which seems rather unnecessary and in some cases, too long.

**Coolboyrulez0** · 08-6-2012, 07:59 PM

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Originally posted by qqwref

As for all those SSH names: nope, this is stupid. It's exactly like the debate we had several months back about renaming classical pieces - all you're doing is adding extra information (in this case, the name of the video game the original remix is from) that makes the song titles longer without making it any easier to find what you're looking for. We might as well start adding newgrounds ID numbers to all the generic techno songs on the site.

Wrong -- it's the actual song names given by the artist not "extra information" lmfao

at least make them consistent by adding all or remove all game prefixes not this hodgepodge of half-this, half-that.

also yes all the classical pieces SHOULD be fixed they are atrocious but seeing as I am not an expert in that specific field of music I'll leave it to more capable persons to fix it.

Also, bmah... What to do about wrong ARTISTS? haha (I know 2 cases right off of my head)

**qqwref** · 08-6-2012, 08:00 PM

Re: Fixing S.S.H. Song title Inconsistencies

Originally posted by Coolboyrulez0

I personally prefer the kanji

because it's sooooo awesome to try to talk about songs with titles written in unreadable ideograms

Originally posted by Coolboyrulez0

Wrong it's the actual song names given by the artist not "extra information" lmfao

No, it's definitely extra information. For instance, "F-Zero ~ Big Blue v2". Obviously they're just listing the game name (and I guess in some cases the actual composer) first - the title of the song itself is Big Blue v2 (-> Big Blue for FFR purposes, since we use v# to signify chart versions). Just because they choose to label their songs that way doesn't mean that's the way the song titles ought to be written.

**Coolboyrulez0** · 08-6-2012, 08:03 PM

Re: Fixing S.S.H. Song title Inconsistencies

Originally posted by qqwref

because it's sooooo awesome to try to talk about songs with titles written in unreadable ideograms

No, it's definitely extra information. For instance, "F-Zero ~ Big Blue v2". Obviously they're just listing the game name (and I guess in some cases the actual composer) first - the title of the song itself is Big Blue v2 (-> Big Blue for FFR purposes, since we use v# to signify chart versions). Just because they choose to label their songs that way doesn't mean that's the way the song titles ought to be written.

Lmfao dude what's wrong with your attitude.

God are you an annoying poster, holy shit -- I said romaji is perfectly fine unless you dont know what that means.

also mfw you dictate the artist how to label their songs... are you this dumb or just trolling? (ps: i addressed this in both ways possible and you fail to read that removal is totally a valid option. oops illiteracy fail)

I can call my next tune "qqwref is a ****** - super mario. bros theme remix (CBR edit)" and you can't do shit about it.

@MrPop: yeah I think so too but isn't it sad that a (flash) game in 2012 can't support special characters? haha

**TC_Halogen** · 08-6-2012, 08:09 PM

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Mermaid Island -> Higemaru Makaijima ~ Mermaid Island

Being that you actually know the title of this song, I feel like it's necessary to ask you if you have this song. I got this song from a ITG pack (Tachyon Alpha) and converted the .ogg (already lossy) to .mp3 (even more lossy). Do you have a better quality audio file that could be added to the .swf?

I can take the beatbox and adjust the audio as necessary so that it can be added to the game without issues, it would just be up to bmah/JX to add it for me.

**Plan_Bsk81127** · 08-6-2012, 08:15 PM

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I dont see a point in this. The songs are just fine how they are now.

**qqwref** · 08-6-2012, 08:16 PM

Re: Fixing S.S.H. Song title Inconsistencies

For anyone who's having trouble following, my argument is essentially this: it's more important for titles to be useful to players than for them to be "technically correct". Whenever there's a conflict between those two - and this is one of those times - useful titles should always come first.

Originally posted by Coolboyrulez0

Lmfao dude what's wrong with your attitude.

God are you an annoying poster, holy shit -- I said romaji is perfectly fine unless you dont know what that means.

also mfw you dictate the artist how to label their songs... are you this dumb or just trolling? (ps: i addressed this in both ways possible and you fail to read that removal is totally a valid option. oops illiteracy fail)

I can call my next tune "qqwref is a ****** - super mario. bros theme remix (CBR edit)" and you can't do shit about it.

umad?

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