Don Blake wrote:shank carvin wrote:TepaphoneMP wrote:Interesting perspective. I dunno if you're aware that posting links in the original thread is how it is done in the SP battles, the UGHH battles, and the Stones Throw battles.
its not a perspective fella thats how it works here on MPC FORUMS, you should know youve submitted before? 
Its definately the best way to do it. else you get people spamming their soundclouds all over the thread(like what is starting to happen).
As someone who's been battling a good bit in the last 6-7 months, this is the view I've formed of group beat battles in general and their flow: One enters the battle because they like making beats and possibly because the idea of being challenged to flip a sample not of their choice piques their interest. Maybe they're also keen on hearing and learning different approaches from other people. There could be many reasons, but people are usually pretty stoked when they've finished their beat. They probably even want other battle participants to hear it, and might also be excited to hear what others have come up with.
Enter the current setup for MPCBB with a holding tank on the group page. I'm not saying it's bad or stupid because I'm aware of the spam problem. There were group beat battles before Soundcloud was the primary avenue for sharing our music, and the way things worked back then on the forums was that participants would post links in the thread so people could hear all the beats. The group page started off as just a convenience - a nice one that I am not suggesting we give up.
So lets take it back to what appears to be the root of the problem - spam on the group page. Could we re-evaluate the option of delegating Soundcloud mods to handle the spam problem? I would volunteer if I'd be able to select someone as a backup for when I'm unavailable.
It seems to me that things would flow a bit smoother around here if we could mainline the beats to peoples ears since that's what it is all about.
