Song of the Week - Chocobo's Happy Christmas precedent debate

I'm leaning towards the "other" option Dr. Uzuki proposed but with some elements of the "no" option (if that makes sense). I think some sort of standard obscurity filter should be in place to sieve out the established popular tracks (like FF and Chrono). More might be added along the way (as was the case with Katamari). But in situations like "Chocobo's Happy Christmas," where the source material is very well known but the arrangement less recognized, I think we should just let the track's eligibility be opened for discussion and perhaps use a poll to determine the outcome if opinions are very divided. However, I wouldn't be sure that another Chocobo Dungeon track would be allowed for nomination just because "Chocobo's Happy Christmas" got the green light. I think it partly depends on the participants' views and opinions as well.

With regards to arrangements, I don't think something like Soule's "Square Variation" should be allowed. The track did recieve a lot of publicity (on GFF as well). I figure many GFF members have personally sought the track out, partly because Soule is a well recognized composer and Terra's theme is very well loved (much, much, much, much more than the chocobo theme, I believe). I'm on the opinion that there are situations when a composer's popularity might work together with/against the popularity of an arranged track's source material to modulate the arrangement's obscurity level. So yeah, as with Dr. Uzuki, I don't think source material is the one and only factor that determines a track's obscurity. Like what some of my professors love to say, it's a multifactorial problem.

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I'm going with option 2, as well. It's kind of the middle ground for me and provides some leeway without going overboard. I think. But some degree of flexibility might be nice to allow certain exceptional cases to make the final cut (can't think of any at the moment).

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