Last Topic: 6:46:04pm, 02/13/2023
Last Post: 7:11:25pm, 09/28/2022
There are some changes I'm thinking about doing this year. If you have others, feel free to suggest them for discussion. We have a fairly standardized and "rigid" contest in VGMC, so I think it makes sense to have BOST be more mutable and wacky. I'm not married to any suggestions and will leave changes to be made by popular support (last time went pretty well IMO); I just suggest taking the mindset that changes are fun and interesting for a less "serious" contest like this. For reference for last time's rules, go to EL OH GEE faqs dot com and search "[BOST] Best OST Contest 5 - Announcement and Pre-Contest Discussion Thread"
1. Last BOST we had two tiers of songs in a given soundtrack, so songs that nominators considered stronger could be saved for later in the contest. I think this created a bit of a weird dynamic, where people were kinda torn between "gaming the system" and using strong songs early to get better chances at getting far, and also having most of the strongest tracks not even show up because their soundtracks died before they could be used. I suggest going back to full randomness, which could be more natural in a sense. Plus, random is fun as a general rule
2. If you're going to change your lineup for a nomination, just ask your supporters if it's ok first in the topic like a day before doing it. just to be cool ;)
3. Eligibility for songs will be extended to current VGMC rules. This is something that will happen. What is up in the air is whether that should extend to songs that don't even play in game (after all, they're still part of the OST!). I think a fair middle-ground would be that the majority (at least 4) songs have to be VGMC eligible, and the rest can be album-only arranges... so long as you don't have the originals in your set as well
4. You still can't nominate BOST champion soundtracks, but if you nominate a game that's been in, try to make most of your tracks unique. At least aim for the songs that weren't used in BOST 5. Probably won't make this a concrete rule, but hey! If it really is a contender for the best soundtrack, it should have a good bench of backups.
think that's all i got for now. discuss as you will. or don't. i'm not your mom
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