[SotW] Song of the Week - WEEK 279 Voting/WEEK 280 Nominating

3 points: FUTARINO FANTAVISION ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK - gigantic ~ vs stage 3, 4 [out of orbit]
2 points: Time Trax (PAL Genesis Game Rip) - Location 2: The Laboratory / Location 5: Building Site / Location 7: The Forest
1 point: Everybody Votes Channel (Game Rip) - Menu
?!: Maninology - Sandbox Wars

Regarding Elorin's post in the last thread about Song of the Week dying:

I think it's not just SotW participation that's going down, I get the feeling that Gamingforce as a whole is getting smaller. And I think it's even bigger than just Gamingforce, it seems that people are moving away from internet forums in general, using facebook, twitter, reddit, etc. instead.

As for myself, the only interesting part of Gamingforce is the BSC and SotW. And when there is no BSC going on, SotW doesn't provide enough activity to warrant visiting the site on a daily basis. And if I don't visit it daily, then my visits quickly become irregular and I forget about the thing completely.

I don't know about other people but I pretty much only visit sites that will give me something to do every time I get there. So my internet activity includes checking my e-mails, reddit and the audiosurf website. I someone wants me to keep coming back, they need to provide daily activity (audiosurf website), integrate their content into a site that I go to anyways (reddit) or send me their updates (e-mail, rss).

I'm not running out of things to nominate, and I'm not getting bored of VGM or anything, for me, it's merely the choice of platform (and occasional real-life business getting in the way) that keeps me from participating on a regular basis. If it were up to me, I'd investigate if it is possible to host SotW on the gamemusic subreddit. Advantages would include the number of people visiting the place growing steadily and people with browsing habits similar to myself keeping being engaged. Of course, you'd have to get involved with the moderators there in order to get some place in the topbar or sidebar with a link to the thread, since regular threads would be pushed out after a few days. I don't know if it's viable and/or preferable, just wanted to throw it out there, this being the kind of thing that would keep people like me coming back.

I'll check my library for tracks from 1992 later, maybe I can come up with a nomination.

Jam it back in, in the dark.

Originally Posted by CHz

We've got seven 1992 noms. Anyone got an eighth?

I'm sorry, I was checking my library, and the only tracks from 1992 are from various BSCs and SotW, so I wouldn't really know what to nominate...

There's nowhere I can't reach.