[SotW] Song of the Week - WEEK 200 Voting/WEEK 201 Nominating

SOTW TURNS 200!
Gaze upon our works, ye mighty, and despair!!

Week 200 Voting is closed tighter than a medieval chastity belt.
Week 201 Nominating is so closed it's almost open.

Results:
1). [22] Darius Premium Box -Rebirth- - VISIONNERZ
2). [15] World of Goo Soundtrack - Red Carpet Extend-o-matic
3). [14] Jet Moto 3 (Game Rip) - Khumbu Ice Falls
4). [8] Futari no FantaVision Original Soundtrack - expositor [advanced] ~ single replay
5). [7] Yu-Suzuki produce Power Drift - Side Street
6). [6/5] Cu-On-Pa SFC (Game Rip) - Alien Planet
7). [6/3.5] Sonic Shuffle (Game Rip) - With go V-Train
8). [0] All Sounds of Burai - Peace

SotW, This Is Your Life:
It's been a long road getting here; what better time than Week 200 to remember some of the speed bumps and potholes along the way:

Week 50 (March 7 2006) - Coincidentally the first SotW after the 2006 crash, and the beginning of a brave new era. No more separate threads for nominating and voting. Expansion to other internet nerdsites. Mo0 made the voting threads instead of me, threads that pushed SotW tardiness to levels we've only now reached again.

Week 100 (July 17 2007) - More changes. Music streams now, even though the [mp3] tags make it sound like ass 47% of the time. I've taken over thread management, introducing the concept of commemorating SotW anniversaries with big letters and blatantly homosexual colors. CHz seized control of the SotW apparatus in a bold coup and started rewarding winners with big gold letters.

Week 150 (November 4 2008) - SotW has taken on its recognizable modern form. The current crew is more or less assembled, but there are still oddities. The spoiler tags telling newbz how to vote are still a dream. Voting at STC lingers on like a festering appendix, ready for amputation.

Through it all, one astonishing fact emerges: despite all the tardy threads and two week voting periods and BSC hiatuses, we've managed to do roughly 50 SotW's a year, the bare minimum to be worthy of the name. Happy 200, everybody!

Tracks:
Get the Flash Player to play this audio file: All Sounds of Burai - Peace
Get the Flash Player to play this audio file: Cu-On-Pa SFC (Game Rip) - Alien Planet
Get the Flash Player to play this audio file: Darius Premium Box -Rebirth- - VISIONNERZ
Get the Flash Player to play this audio file: Futari no FantaVision Original Soundtrack - expositor [advanced] ~ single replay
Get the Flash Player to play this audio file: Jet Moto 3 (Game Rip) - Khumbu Ice Falls
Get the Flash Player to play this audio file: Sonic Shuffle (Game Rip) - With go V-Train
Get the Flash Player to play this audio file: World of Goo Soundtrack - Red Carpet Extend-o-matic
Get the Flash Player to play this audio file: Yu-Suzuki produce Power Drift - Side Street

Voting Rules:
Voters must distribute 6 points among the 8 nominees, giving points to at least 3 songs, giving no song more than 3 points, and giving no more than one of their choices 3 points. Possible ways of voting include:

Spoiler:

"Traditional"
Song1 - 3 pts.
Song2 - 2 pts.
Song3 - 1 pt.

"Even Stevens"
Song1 - 2 pts.
Song2 - 2 pts.
Song3 - 2 pts.

"Tough Decision"
Song1 - 2 pts.
Song2 - 2 pts.
Song3 - 1 pt.
Song4 - 1 pt.

"Nomination Bias"
Song1 - 3 pts.
Song2 - 1 pt.
Song3 - 1 pt.
Song4 - 1 pt.

"Indecisive"
Song1 - 2 pts.
Song2 - 1 pt.
Song3 - 1 pt.
Song4 - 1 pt.
Song5 - 1 pt.

"Shotgun Spread"
Song1 - 1 pt.
Song2 - 1 pt.
Song3 - 1 pt.
Song4 - 1 pt.
Song5 - 1 pt.
Song6 - 1 pt.

Notes:
Please remember to upload your nominations to the SotW server! Uploaded noms mean a faster, smoother SotW experience for everyone. Server information:

Spoiler:

* Host: ftp.sotw.info
* Username: nominations@sotw.info (that is the actual username; not an e-mail address)
* Password: gff
* Port: 21

Week 201 Nominating:
The Nominations Queue can be found here.
The rules for nominating can be found here.

Jam it back in, in the dark.

All Sounds of Burai - Peace Decent Genesis/Sonic style chiptune. Doesn't have much of a hook, though.

Cu-On-Pa SFC (Game Rip) - Alien Planet Has a really interesting spacey texture that makes it more enjoyable than it otherwise should be.

Darius Premium Box -Rebirth- - VISIONNERZ Everyone has been either ranting or raving about this one so far this week. I guess I fall somewhere in between; some parts (especially the ones with vocals) really clicked while others felt like not a whole lot was happening.

Futari no FantaVision Original Soundtrack - expositor [advanced] ~ single replay Mellow elevator ("mellowvator") muzak, with only a few jazzy flashes to recommend it.

Jet Moto 3 (Game Rip) - Khumbu Ice Falls Like a more traditional version of Visionnerz, with the same pluses and minuses.

Sonic Shuffle (Game Rip) - With go V-Train A bit blasé, but has some nice moments before the loop.

World of Goo Soundtrack - Red Carpet Extend-o-matic Really strange transition from the intro to the meat of the song, but once it gets going it's a lot of fun.

Yu-Suzuki produce Power Drift - Side Street Okay synthy rock with a few neat touches.

The Point Spread
Red Carpet Extend-o-matic - 3 pts.
Alien Planet - 1 pt.
Visionnerz - 1 pt.
Side Street - 1 pt.

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