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Old 03-27-2013, 05:57 PM   #48
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Default Re: Song Corrections Thread

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Originally Posted by noname219 View Post
Concerning romanized japanese titles, there's no rule atm (I don't recall bmah nor any other admin saying something about this), so I proposed the title that seems to be the most used. Danzai Yamaxanadu makes more sense because it's the correct romanized name of the original japanese name...
Thinking about this, I believe it should stay only for that reason. I leaved the proposition, but added a note.

I can image a rule concerning japanese titles : we should always use the original name, even if it's in japanese. Correct romanized title can be used if it's impossible to display japanese characters.
As for other language system (cyrillic, korean, chinese), original name is first, then a correct translated version if the characters cannot display.
For special characters (@, /, $, etc.), first the original name, then a modified version if the characters cannot display.



That, is extremely useful... Thanks a lot.
EDIT : Gathered all the data and compared all the songs :
Jamais Vu : 4:15 -> 2:27 (-1:48)
Dendrite : 3:31 -> 2:18 (-1:13)
The Essential : 3:28 -> 2:15 (1:13)
Humanism : 4:06 -> 2:59 (1:07)
Face in the Gutter : 2:40 -> 1:43 (0:57)
{A Change of Season} : 3:39 -> 2:46 (0:53)
Final Fantasy 3 Boss : 2:17 -> 1:27 (0:50)
You will die : 2:54 -> 2:08 (0:46)
Cruel Whole (Abelcain Remix) : 3:56 -> 3:16 (0:40)
Dragon Slayer : 2:30 -> 1:50 (0:40)

Clash on the Big Bridge : 3:58 -> 4:12 (+0:14)
Homosexual Love Scene : 2:12 -> 2:25 (+0:13)
Chase You Down : 3:50 -> 4:01 (+0:11)
Keep It Short : 2:02 - 2:12 (+0:10)
Calling : 2:03 -> 2:12 (+0:09)
Feeling This REMIX : 1:48 -> 1:57 (+0:09)
{Lazy Summer Days} : 1:15 -> 1:24 (+0:09)
Mathsma Attack : 3:28 -> 3:37 (+0:09)
The Gateway : 1:30 -> 1:38 (+0:08)
5 songs with a 7 second difference


EDIT 2 : Btw, only 229 songs have the correct displayed length. 15%.

EDIT 3 : Made a spreadsheet (https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/...aTXlHNGc#gid=0)

Concerning the genres, I think they are outdated and need a revamp.
Arcade itself isn't a musical genre (just like Misc or Dance) so, a lot of songs can be transferred to other categories.

There were some suggestions made last month, like using difficulties instead, but I do like the classic names. We could have a clean-up and add other song styles; breakcore, house, chiptune, IDM, trance or techno for example. We could even remove the Dance category.

EDIT : Btw I do like Silvuh's icons, but they should have only 1 character, to keep a unity between them.
Seriously, the genres of all these songs is 100% irrelevant and even as far as subjective (just because it is somewhere online does not make it a fucking genre, I'm sorry but this drives me absolutely mad what the fucking ass is cutie pop?)

Screw the idea of sorting by genre entirely. Sort it by difficulty, a way that actually makes some deal of sense and is significantly less subjective.
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