Battle of the Bits

Detroit V a go!

Wed, 1 Jul 2009 20:43:59 -0700

I'm happy to announce the 5th annual Detroit BotB international remix competition and party showcase. This year we will be hosted at Cliff Bell's 2030 Park Avenue on Friday, July 31st. Also on the bill is Jamie Register and the Glendales CD release party.

MC Blank and DJ B-Knox will start presenting the samples and remixes at 10pm. If you have a remix and are there in person please come and talk to us. We'll make sure to play your submission in case there is too much music to fit into our timeslot. The winner will be announced around 11pm.

I've been working hard trying to get BotB running smooth! ^__^; The sample submission engine is good to go and sample voting is right around the corner. We're ready! I can feel it!! \=D/ =o

Bad Snake Hair Day - VSTi compo

Thu, 21 May 2009 19:36:42 -0700

We're trying something different again. Sorry to all Mac/*NIX users but this one seems windows only. Mayhaps I'll be working on the site, allowing source file attachments to the mp3 uploads.

Favorites are back. So those of you who missed Favorites during Winter Chip 4 and Scobey Core can go back and be properly proper. Mayhaps someday you'll be able to edit them! ;D/

Pir8 Break remix compo

Thu, 30 Apr 2009 21:31:10 -0700

Who doesn't like a pirate? People who fear swavy villains, that's who! C'mon, BotBrs, let's give the world what for!! Yaaarrg!!

Pir8 Break -- 7 days & 2 samples
http://battleofthebits.org/arena/Battle/338/Pir8+Break/

I don't mean for BotB to be lagging with things to do. I keep getting distracted by fine tweekings and other projects. But as long as I do a little here, a little there it will keep adding up to something somehwere. ^__^'

BotB 2.0 is COMPLETE!!

Wed, 1 Apr 2009 18:41:20 -0700

jajjaja belated April Fool's!! =P I've spent the past couple days revamping the site, giving it a facelift. Songs, previously thought lost in Limbo, have returned. Both the Arena and BotBr Profiles now actually helps you find these old songs too!

Thanks to all who participated in Winter Chip IV!! Keeping BotB's engine up to speed throughout the compo was a bit overwhelming. I'm glad we pulled through with only a few negligible problems.

Next up : OHCs!!! All n00bz!! \=D/

Immediate Resluts

Sun, 29 Mar 2009 20:42:38 -0700

The tally worked but the display sucks.

Winter Chip IV resluts are up.

Winter Chip IV -- Get Yer Votes ON!!

Wed, 11 Mar 2009 16:46:07 -0700

We've got 87 chiptunes ready for your hearts, ears and opinions. Hoping to get at least 20 votes per track but we'll see. If we really need it there will be an extension on the voting period. =D/

WC4 Voting Right Around teh Corners

Mon, 9 Mar 2009 22:34:48 -0700

At this moment we have one hour left for Winter Chip IV submissions. I'm tired and never coded a voting module. This is not an EPIC FAIL however!! I have the day off tomorrow! =P/

Winter Chip IV open for Submissions!!

Tue, 24 Feb 2009 06:43:41 -0700

We've been testing the waters the past couple days. Things seem to be working. More features coming soon with cosmetic minor tweakings almost daily. This new engine is saucy, it's been simmering for eons. ;D

We also have a special NES ROM flier made to spam this competition. Download it, check it on pouet, or simply do the youtube. Special thanx going out to Miau & Ui for making this NES ROM invitro!!

BotB 2.0 and Winter Chip IV

Sat, 31 Jan 2009 14:41:56 -0700

the Good News
Welcome to BotB's new engine. It's been up a while now, but it hasn't been until now that there's enough code to start a new thread/newz. ^__^; With BotB's new engine framework, developing features shall refrain from such previous procedural coding nightmares. I have high hopes all of BotB's old features will be up and running, better than before, within a month (but BotBrs shall see o__O).

This launch of a BotB 2.0 is a perfect example of why one should spend a year unemployed. School of hard knocks, noobs!! The functions are compartmentalized, the objects bootstrapped and the database is redesigned. BotB is now employing AJAX for slot loading. Also, BotB's count on MySQL calls is down to 20% from before due to my redundancy killing code. That means faster page loads for every BotBr!! =D/

the Bad News
7 avatars were lost, most likely ones uploaded in the 9 days before the upgrade.
2 OHC battles are missing entry data but will sustain a recovery.
OHC engine does not exist yet! =( But it is a high priority!!

Winter Chip IV
This year we have 16 different formats. A BotBr can post one entry to each format. How many think you can do?!?!? xD Although this compo was announced about a week ago "submitting entries" is still not available. Hopefully, I'll have that going before the Stupor Bowl tomorrow!!

all noobs!!!!! \=D/

A New Year, A New Compo

Mon, 12 Jan 2009 20:35:17 -0700

...and no new engine yet! :P

But for the duration I offer BongO FeET, a 3 day surprise remix.

Then, Winter Chip 4 whether we got a new engine up and running or not! \=D/