Ano ang folk epic in tagalog version

Been following some ppop genre (bg/gg) for awhile now and here are my thoughts so far:

2024.05.16 11:46 Tililly Been following some ppop genre (bg/gg) for awhile now and here are my thoughts so far:

  1. Bini — good branding I appreciate na halatang pinag-isipan each girl na isasali sa group. They fit so well together despite different personalities. I think safe to say they all can sing, and I personally think very well-balanced sila. They each have their own strength— some are really good vocalists, some good dancers, and others are very marketable talaga that helps promote their group.
I think atleast for now, mas bagay talaga sakanila ang opm bubblegum pop. I’ve heard their english songs pero in my opinion they shine best in bubblegum pop. The genre fits their age, brand and yung singing voice nila (atleast for now). Maybe then can try darker, cute/sexy, mature and other concepts in the coming years. Pero for now that theyre still in the process of establishing their name, mas okay na magstick sila sa formula na nagwork. Also I hope na the management maintain the quality production for the girls.
  1. SB19 — I don’t think I need to say more. They have established their name already and I think there’s no way but up for them. Esp now that they have control over managing their career and all. I hope to see them even bigger and sana next concert they invest on the production kasi I’m very impressed sa mga MVs nila. Even their songs. I’ve only been a fan for less than a month and I’m very shookt at their works so far. Galing and very talented, sana mamaximize nila. And bring new concepts sa filipino mass. 
    Also I want to mention, maganda rin mga english songs nila. It sound natural (i’m sorry i hate opm na in english, tapos hindi ballad, na inooverpronounce english words or oa sa diction/pilit yung accent, nakakadistract. kaya I prefer opms in tagalog)
  2. ALAMAT — love their songs!! I do agree na need to work on they synchronization. Konting linis pa. I love their concept din but ang mahirap kapag may specific concept ka is pano mo mamementain and masusustain yung concept mo in the coming years without sounding the same every song. So I’d love to see them take that challenge. I hope to hear more good songs from them in the future. Have no comment on their live performances pa because I mostly listen lang to them.
  3. G22 — been loving their newly released songs so far, OSL and I Hate Boys. You can hear from their songs na they really are vocally gifted. I saw some comments na di nila gusto discography ng G22. Imo, okay naman. They remind me of 2ne1— edgy. I think the problem is hindi maganda branding nila. Parang hindi pa alam ng management kung ano niche nila or look na bagay sakanila. Individually, they’re good. Pero as a group, hindi ko talaga magets anong concept nila. Everytime lumalabas sila sa fyp ko, nastress ako ng v slightt bc they don’t look uniformed. From their makeup look to their styling, mej parang random unless they have custom costumes. I think yun yung nappreciate ko sa BINI because they are 8 girls with different personalities, but nagagawan ng paraan to style them differently and still look cohesive as a group. I hope management invest on them. And sa mvs din nila, they need better production. Better stylists and HMUA. From a business pov, branding is as much important, if not more, than the product itself. They already have it. They just need the management to work better.
  4. VXON — I haven’t personally watched their MVs and listened to their songs alot. Pero I have watched them live (diko pa sila kilala that time). Very talented and grabe yung stage presence. To me, very important kasi na you’re not only talented but good performer as well. Nakakahatak kasi ng audience yung energy ng artist. And mababait din sila in person. (I got to see them up close and personal and had a little chat with them) I hope they make it big.
Yun lang so far, can’t wait to dive deep pa sa other ppop groups. I hope magtuloy tuloy success ng ppop. :D pls do share your thoughts, I wanna hear it too!
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2024.05.16 05:40 sagingsagingsaging Mr. Miguel Dumaual's bloomtalk on Bini's rise to fame

Mr. Miguel Dumaual's bloomtalk on Bini's rise to fame
me catching up on bini’s achievements and records broken in the past 6 months
https://i.redd.it/2m0y0wdqlp0d1.gif
so i think i know when it shifted, but i might be wrong as an absentee bloom for the most part of their ⚡️breakout⚡️ year — it’s the combination of 3 years worth of readily accessible media showing the girls’ discipline, talent and charisma, and bini finding the right sound at the right time — the right time being aforementioned (aforementioned??!) kyotik videos going viral and pulling filo kpop fans kampana girls, 1k pamasahe, kinulang demo version, snow white spoken word, mama mary naglakad, kumpisal sa aparador, watergirl abante babae, red haired girl with a deep voice, tol kamutin mo nga likod ko, order taker sa wish bus, gta npc kyotik thread, etc by the time these unserious posts went viral, there was already a wealth of bini content that casual fans could consume and potentially turn them into actual blooms.
the best part is bini had just released another bubblegum pop song 🏝️ reflecting their newfound signature sound that pantropiko is #1 and breaking records 6 months after its release gives you an idea when kpop fans-turned-blooms and the general public embraced bini — but that embracing i think wouldn’t have happened if pantropiko weren’t a brilliantly written and produced track track — which brings us back to their signature sound.
the first time bini went truly viral was the na na na tiktok trend (pagpupugay kay chonk!!), and that was their cue to stick to what worked: tagalog bubblegum pop with bright visuals (sorry, strings dance version huhu mahal kita) new blooms and pantropiko enjoyers didn’t have to wait long for a song in the same vein.
lagi, na na na, kinikilig, i feel good, karera, then boom! talaarawan ep led by salamin salamin which took their popularity further then you have the older hmtu doing numbersss across platforms which shows that bini has leeway to expand their sound to slower tagalog songs. we already have that variety in talaarawan — na na nandito lang and ang huling cha cha. so may pang sayaw, meron ding pang soft hours so there. that concludes my thesis (thesis??!) on the shift that made bini household names seemingly overnight. thanks for coming to my bloomtalk 😄🌸
🔗 link to X/Twitter Thread
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2024.05.16 01:48 zenreads ABYG pina delete ko yung bday greetings?

pls take note na di to full story and for context lang din is may (medyo big) argument na kami ng bf ko abt sa isang babae na pinagselosan ko pero naging okay na din, pero once in a while ma bring up din yun whenever like ma mention yung topic or the likes and ma resolve din naman agad
the thing is bday nung nakaraan ng girl at nag ask yung bf ko if okay lang mag greet siya tapos sabi ko oo, i thought mag greet lang siya via chat or if mag story man yang simple lang masyado. pagkakita ko kinabukasan nun, nag greet pala like nag story ng parang collage tapos na parang na trigger yung ano tapos sabi ko na i delete niya tapos sinunod niya din so thats that
pero ive been thinking, gago move ba yun? pure lang naman intentions niya dun and kasi friends din sila. And in my defense, since parang iffy and sensitive yung topic, nag sabi na yung bf ko na if di ko gusto or what mag sabi lang ako if ipapa delete ko ba
naiisip ko kasi na ang gago ko naman since parang mababaw lang masyado tapos bday greetings lang naman yun hahahaha
sorry in advance if mahirap intindihin or parang ano lang masyado yung pag tagalog ko hahahaha and kung madaming butas yung story, gusto ko lang talaga ng outsider's pov tungkol dito
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2024.05.15 17:50 Beginning-Agency1381 Working Abroad vs Working in PH

Hello folks.
1st time ko magpo-post dito and medyo mahaba pero I hope mabasa niyo hanggang dulo kasi nahahati na utak ko sa mga pinaggagawa ko sa life lol. Please, please kahit isa sana mabigyan ako ng advice.
Way back 2021 pa ako nag plan na mag-work (kahit anong job) in Japan. I got interested because of anime and at the same year nag-start din ako mag aral ng Nihongo. Jan to May 2021 wala ako work (longest I've been unemployed since 19 ako) and ang laking dagok talaga niya sa mental health ko lalo na with the way my family was treating me like shit because 'di ako nakakapag-abot na ng pera. I gained 20kilos from 55kg and was just worse I've ever been when it comes to my mental health. I chose Japan to work kasi gusto ko mag restart sa buhay and they're more introvert friendly compared here imo. Sa isip ko ng 2021 na pagod nako sa lahat, sa pamilya ko, trauma from my heartbreak nung 2019, tas pandemic pa so sabi ko iiwan ko na lahat sa Pinas para magwork sa Japan.
Yung mental health ko was still deteriorating until early 2023. Pero yun 2022 I got worse bec I tried smoking cigarettes to ease my pain. 2022 walang pagbabago sa isip ko na sa Japan ko padin balak igrow career ko kung ano man mapasukan ko dun kasi sa isip ko padin na wala nako mapapala sa Pinas. Since 2019 na heartbreak ko til 2023, wala din ako nakilalang bago kahit friends so yun.
Tas eto na nagbago lahat nung 2023. My 10 yr old dog died around Feb then our puppy we got after our elder dog died after a month din. Dun din ako nagkaroon ng health scare kasi super unhealthy ko and dun din lumala utang ko because of stress. Nagkakautang nako since 2022 pero nung 2023 umabot ng 200k yung debt ko from gcash to banks kasi yung stress relief na ginawa ko is over spending especially sa food. Tas yung bahay namin binabaha nung rainy season kasi nabubulok na bubong sa maliit namin na bahay tas inanay din yung babang part ng bahay like super daming kamalasan. But for some reason, nagiging ok ako mentally. Na imbes na mag dwell ako sa mga bad things, mas na-focus ako na ganito talaga ang life di palagi sunshine and rainbows etc. Feeling ko yung struggles ko nung 2023 made me wake up at made me tired of focusing on negative things ganun. Dito rin ako nagkaroon ng happy crush around Jan 2023, almost 4 years after ako iwanan. So feeling ko nagkakabuhay na ulit ako. Na parang unti-unti ng lumiliwanag ung tinatahak ko na path.
Sep 2023 this crush of mine asked me among with other friends na kumain sa labas. Di naman kami nag date kasi lagi ako nagsasama pag inaaya niya ako since di pako comfortable kasi simula 2019 sinara ko na talaga sarili ko sa mga bagong tao. Around this time din yung mga acquaintances before unti-unti ko na nagiging friends so para akong kabibe na unti-unti bumubuka after telling myself na di na ako makikipag friends ulit lalo na sa lalaki. All in all, 2023 was a great year for me kasi para akong nag mature.
2024 nagkaroon ako ng new set of friend group tas nag swimming kami netong April and siguro masasabi ko na since 2019, dun ako nakaramdam ng saya ulet. Na kahit di maiwasan na may mangyayaring di maganda sa buhay eh ang saya saya mabuhay.
I'm sorry if magulo pero I just wanted to give a background sa main issue ko for 6 months na. Na naguguluhan ako if itutuloy ko pa mag abroad? Na sakin kasi personally kiber ako sa magagarbong bahay, latest cars etc. Na gusto ko lang ng simpleng buhay. Na mamamatay din naman ako sa huli so bakit ko kailangan magfocus na padamihin pera ko? I'm genuinely contented sa kung ako now tho I'm sure my parents won't agree as they're already labeled me na tamad at walang patutunguhan sa buhay with the way I act now. Tsaka yun single ako wala ako mga anak na binubuhay (wala po ako balak mag pamilya) at ayaw ko maging bread winner ng family kahit panganay ako. Like selfish na kung selfish pero gusto ko lang mabuhay para sa sarili ko.
So iniisip ko ano pa bang sense na magpapa alipin ako sa ibang bansa if eto na yung gusto ko sa buhay na as much as possible na kahit 25 pa lang ako eh gusto ko kasama ko lang mga tao sa buhay ko? Parang ayaw ko na lumayo kase haha. Sabi ko nga sa isang friend ko, mas ok na ako sa probinsya na buhay na kahit di kumita ng malaki eh makakain at away sa lahat ng pressure sa Manila. Mas importante na din kasi sakin to spend time and create memories with people here kaysa maging newbie sa ibang bansa. Pero almost all of my friends know my plans na. Na siguro nahihiya ako to back out kasi nag eexpect sila na aalis ako sometime this year ganun. Na nahihiya na ako sa parents ko kasi 2 years na din nila alam na nagbabalak na ako. Siguro masaya lang ako kaya ganito ako mag isip pero kasi kuntento na talaga ako now, na if ever sa Pinas ko na lang gusto igrow yung career ko tas visit visit na lang ako sa Japan ganun. Sana po mapakinggan ako kasi ayaw ko siya iopen kahit sa closest friends ko muna since I'm still deciding din. PLS HELP HUHUHU
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2024.05.15 17:04 Beginning-Agency1381 Working Abroad vs Working in PH

Hello folks.
1st time ko magpo-post dito and medyo mahaba pero I hope mabasa niyo hanggang dulo kasi nahahati na utak ko sa mga pinaggagawa ko sa life lol. Please, please kahit isa sana mabigyan ako ng advice.
Way back 2021 pa ako nag plan na mag-work (kahit anong job) in Japan. I got interested because of anime and at the same year nag-start din ako mag aral ng Nihongo. Jan to May 2021 wala ako work (longest I've been unemployed since 19 ako) and ang laking dagok talaga niya sa mental health ko lalo na with the way my family was treating me like shit because 'di ako nakakapag-abot na ng pera. I gained 20kilos from 55kg and was just worse I've ever been when it comes to my mental health. I chose Japan to work kasi gusto ko mag restart sa buhay and they're more introvert friendly compared here imo. Sa isip ko ng 2021 na pagod nako sa lahat, sa pamilya ko, trauma from my heartbreak nung 2019, tas pandemic pa so sabi ko iiwan ko na lahat sa Pinas para magwork sa Japan.
Yung mental health ko was still deteriorating until early 2023. Pero yun 2022 I got worse bec I tried smoking cigarettes to ease my pain. 2022 walang pagbabago sa isip ko na sa Japan ko padin balak igrow career ko kung ano man mapasukan ko dun kasi sa isip ko padin na wala nako mapapala sa Pinas. Since 2019 na heartbreak ko til 2023, wala din ako nakilalang bago kahit friends so yun.
Tas eto na nagbago lahat nung 2023. My 10 yr old dog died around Feb then our puppy we got after our elder dog died after a month din. Dun din ako nagkaroon ng health scare kasi super unhealthy ko and dun din lumala utang ko because of stress. Nagkakautang nako since 2022 pero nung 2023 umabot ng 200k yung debt ko from gcash to banks kasi yung stress relief na ginawa ko is over spending especially sa food. Tas yung bahay namin binabaha nung rainy season kasi nabubulok na bubong sa maliit namin na bahay tas inanay din yung babang part ng bahay like super daming kamalasan. But for some reason, nagiging ok ako mentally. Na imbes na mag dwell ako sa mga bad things, mas na-focus ako na ganito talaga ang life di palagi sunshine and rainbows etc. Feeling ko yung struggles ko nung 2023 made me wake up at made me tired of focusing on negative things ganun. Dito rin ako nagkaroon ng happy crush around Jan 2023, almost 4 years after ako iwanan. So feeling ko nagkakabuhay na ulit ako. Na parang unti-unti ng lumiliwanag ung tinatahak ko na path.
Sep 2023 this crush of mine asked me among with other friends na kumain sa labas. Di naman kami nag date kasi lagi ako nagsasama pag inaaya niya ako since di pako comfortable kasi simula 2019 sinara ko na talaga sarili ko sa mga bagong tao. Around this time din yung mga acquaintances before unti-unti ko na nagiging friends so para akong kabibe na unti-unti bumubuka after telling myself na di na ako makikipag friends ulit lalo na sa lalaki. All in all, 2023 was a great year for me kasi para akong nag mature.
2024 nagkaroon ako ng new set of friend group tas nag swimming kami netong April and siguro masasabi ko na since 2019, dun ako nakaramdam ng saya ulet. Na kahit di maiwasan na may mangyayaring di maganda sa buhay eh ang saya saya mabuhay.
I'm sorry if magulo pero I just wanted to give a background sa main issue ko for 6 months na. Na naguguluhan ako if itutuloy ko pa mag abroad? Na sakin kasi personally kiber ako sa magagarbong bahay, latest cars etc. Na gusto ko lang ng simpleng buhay. Na mamamatay din naman ako sa huli so bakit ko kailangan magfocus na padamihin pera ko? I'm genuinely contented sa kung ako now tho I'm sure my parents won't agree as they're already labeled me na tamad at walang patutunguhan sa buhay with the way I act now. Tsaka yun single ako wala ako mga anak na binubuhay (wala po ako balak mag pamilya) at ayaw ko maging bread winner ng family kahit panganay ako. Like selfish na kung selfish pero gusto ko lang mabuhay para sa sarili ko.
So iniisip ko ano pa bang sense na magpapa alipin ako sa ibang bansa if eto na yung gusto ko sa buhay na as much as possible na kahit 25 pa lang ako eh gusto ko kasama ko lang mga tao sa buhay ko? Parang ayaw ko na lumayo kase haha. Sabi ko nga sa isang friend ko, mas ok na ako sa probinsya na buhay na kahit di kumita ng malaki eh makakain at away sa lahat ng pressure sa Manila. Mas importante na din kasi sakin to spend time and create memories with people here kaysa maging newbie sa ibang bansa. Pero almost all of my friends know my plans na. Na siguro nahihiya ako to back out kasi nag eexpect sila na aalis ako sometime this year ganun. Na nahihiya na ako sa parents ko kasi 2 years na din nila alam na nagbabalak na ako. Siguro masaya lang ako kaya ganito ako mag isip pero kasi kuntento na talaga ako now, na if ever sa Pinas ko na lang gusto igrow yung career ko tas visit visit na lang ako sa Japan ganun. Sana po mapakinggan ako kasi ayaw ko siya iopen kahit sa closest friends ko muna since I'm still deciding din. PLS HELP HUHUHU
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2024.05.14 14:09 CutiePie031323 Paano gumaling sa pang i English?

Guys, please help me. I am a graduate of BSIT, kakaresign ko lang at currently nag aaral ako nang prof ed para makapag take nang LET. Every Saturday lang ang pasok namin at online lang and madami akong oras kasi sa bahay nalang at at suportado nang partner ko yung pag aaral ko. btw magka live in kami. Dahil madami akong oras, gusto ko gumaling sa pag i English. mahina loob ko at mahiyain. Na iinitimidate ako sa iba kong classmate na mga professional na at diretso ang english nila, pag tinawag ako ni prof ay tagalog ang explanation ko dahil nahihiya ako ma wrong grammar. Hindi kasi na improve yung pag e english ko dahil hindi ko binigyan nang importansya nung nag aaral ako, at yung environment ko rin naman is hindi rin mga pala english.
Paano ba mag umpisa, ano dapat bilhin na books or dapat mag enroll ba ako. Gusto ko maging fluent at confident sa pag e english. Babasahin ko po lahat nang adviae nyo, Salamat.
Gusto ko gumaling sa pag e english, feeling ko kasi mas maraming opportunity pag english speaking.
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2024.05.14 00:39 Upbeat-Papaya2430 We need an ai history hyenas cuz this thing improves by the day but still not there

History Hyenas: The Ancient Greeks
Chris Distefano: "What's up, cuzzy wuzzies! Welcome to another wild episode of History Hyenas. I'm Chrissy Chaos, and with me, as always, is Yannis Pappas, aka Yanni Long Days. Today, we're diving into the ancient Greeks. Strap in, because this is going to be wilder than a Dionysian festival!"
Yannis Pappas: "Yeah, baby! The ancient Greeks – the original philosophers, warriors, and drama queens. They gave us democracy, the Olympics, and, let's not forget, those crazy myths. Zeus turning into a swan to seduce someone? That's classic Greek wildness right there."
Chris: "Right? So let's kick it off with their democracy. Athens, around the 5th century BC, was where democracy was born. But it wasn't like today's democracy. Only free men who were citizens could vote. Women, slaves, and foreigners? No chance. It was like an ancient boys' club."
Yannis: "Yeah, they had this thing called the Assembly, where citizens could speak their minds and vote on issues. But it was direct democracy – no representatives. Imagine if we did that today. We'd have millions of people yelling over each other on Zoom."
Chris: "And speaking of yelling, those Greek philosophers loved a good debate. Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle – these guys were the OGs of thinking deep thoughts. Socrates was all about asking questions and making people think. Too bad it got him sentenced to death. He had to drink hemlock, which is like the ancient Greek version of getting canceled."
Yannis: "Right! And don't forget about the Spartans, the ultimate badasses of ancient Greece. They were all about discipline, strength, and military prowess. Kids were taken at age seven to train in the agoge, a brutal system that made them warriors. They were the original 'this is Sparta!' crew."
Chris: "And then we have the culture – the art, theater, and literature. They invented drama with tragedies and comedies. People like Sophocles and Aristophanes were writing plays that are still performed today. Imagine if Netflix existed back then – we'd have epic Greek binge-watching sessions."
Yannis: "And the mythology, bro! The gods and goddesses – Zeus, Hera, Poseidon, Athena. They were like the dysfunctional family of Mount Olympus. Their stories were wild – affairs, battles, and transformations. It’s like Greek mythology was the first soap opera."
Chris: "And let's not forget the Olympics. The ancient Greeks started it all. Every four years, athletes from different city-states would compete in events like running, wrestling, and chariot racing. And they did it all in the nude. Talk about leaving nothing to the imagination."
Yannis: "So there you have it, folks. The ancient Greeks – they were wild, they were wise, and they laid the foundation for so much of Western culture. From democracy to drama, they did it all. Now go out and tell someone about the crazy Greek myths or how Socrates got canceled by drinking hemlock."
Chris: "And remember, stay wild, stay curious, and keep listening to History Hyenas. We'll see you next time, cuzzy wuzzies!"
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2024.05.13 19:11 Neurotheologist [Fo3] Can the Epic Games version of FO3 GOTY be modded to work with FOSE?

I've got the FO3 GOTY Edition from the Epic Games Store. The game client is version 1.0.7.4, and it installs and runs as delivered by Epic, but I'm trying to add some mods to improve it. The problem is that, for example, FOSE will only work with version 1.0.7.3, so I'm using the "Fallout Anniversary Patcher" to downgrade the game to that version. That executes with no problem - it saves the game .exe file as a "backup" (Fallout3_backup.exe) and creates the new, downgraded Fallout3.exe file. From that point on, the new Fallout3.exe file will not execute. I fire it up, the cursor flashes for a moment, and then nothing else happens. If I manually fire up the Fallout3_backup.exe file, it executes without a problem.
Yes, before doing this, I started the game up to generate the .ini files. I have only the English version installed, and it sits in the "Fallout 3 GOTY English" directory. If I try to install FOSE, the installer seems to work but the game will no start. I've uninstalled everything, deleted the game files, and started over numerous times (with various packs of mods that I whittled down to just one, in the hopes of getting anything to work). I can get the basic install to work, but I can't get any mods to work with this version from Epic, and that's the only Fallout game I have.
In rummaging through Nexus, I'm seeing things like "Fallout3 WinXP-7-8-10 Multicore Threading 4GB LAA with 4GB FOSE Setup" and "Large Address Aware Enabler for FO3" but I'm afraid I'm just looking at more unproductive rabbit holes.
I've thought about buying FNV from Epic Games Store just to get the new engine and so I can jump on the TTW bandwagon, but I'm not doing that if the root cause here is Epic and something they did to the executable that's making it unmoddable.
What can you esteemed, and far more experienced folks, offer as insights and advice? Thanks in advance!
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2024.05.13 17:17 WyzeCam Fix-It Friday - May Update #1 - 5/13/24

Fix-It Friday - May Update #1 - 5/13/24
Hey everyone,
I know we are running a bit late with this update and I do apologize. I was trying to make sure I could get as many updates as possible. I do not have updates on the new issues yet, but I want to get out the updates I have on the previous ones. I hope to have updates on the new issues soon. For now, let’s get to it. Here is our Fix-It Friday update:
  • Let’s Take a Look at Some Previous Submissions -
Forum - Users are not able to connect to Live Stream if they are not on the same local network as the camera
We have been unable to replicate this but know it is affecting many. We have reached out to some of you to help us. If anyone has a camera affected by this and it is easily accessible, please replicate the issue and send in a log, post the log number here and we will push a firmware to the device that will allow us to get the type of log we need. We will then have you create microSD card logs and have you email them to us. If you are willing to do that let me know. Start with sending us a log and giving me the log number.
In the Wyze app, go to Account > Wyze Support > Submit a Log. Select your device from the dropdown menu. Then fill in the description box with the date, time, and time zone of the most recent time you noticed this issue and a description of what’s happening. Make sure the Send Logs option is selected and then submit your log. When you have the log number, please post it and tag me so I can get it to the right folks.
Core - Sometimes Event Videos are not clickable, you will need to click on the one above or below it and then swipe to it
Is this still happening to you, if so let me know.
Reddit - When clicking on microSD from the Event Tab it says there is no microSD installed
The engineers are looking into the logs that have been submitted so far, but we could still use some more. Can you submit a log and let me know the log number?
In the Wyze app, go to Account > Wyze Support > Submit a Log. Select your device from the dropdown menu. Then fill in the description box with the date, time, and time zone of the most recent time you noticed this issue and a description of what’s happening. Make sure the Send Logs option is selected and then submit your log. When you have the log number, please post it and tag me so I can get it to the right folks.
Forum - Wyze Cam Outdoor has a forced cooldown period of 1-minute even with Cam Plus and "No Cooldown" setting enabled
This issue is still being investigated. If you have sent in a log and have not given me the log number, please post it here. If you have not sent one in, please send in a log following the instructions below.
In the Wyze app, go to Account > Wyze Support > Submit a Log. Select your device from the dropdown menu. Then fill in the description box with the date, time, and time zone of the most recent time you noticed this issue and a description of what’s happening. Make sure the Send Logs option is selected and then submit your log. When you have the log number, please post it and tag me so I can get it to the right folks.
Core - No Events showing on the Events tab
Please let me know if this is still affecting you, I believe it is still affecting some.
Discord - Wyze Sense Hub not reconnecting on its own
We are still looking into these reports, can you let me know how often this happens and what you do to get it to recover currently?
Core - Wyze Video Doorbell v1 notifications have images turned 90 degrees
I have seen reports from some users saying this is still an issue. If this is still happening to you please submit a log ang give me the log number. Also let me know specifically what app version and firmware version you are running.
In the Wyze app, go to Account > Wyze Support > Submit a Log. Select your device from the dropdown menu. Then fill in the description box with the date, time, and time zone of the most recent time you noticed this issue and a description of what’s happening. Make sure the Send Logs option is selected and then submit your log. When you have the log number, please post it and tag me so I can get it to the right folks.
Forum - Wyze Thermostat drops offline often
We have found a possible solution for this and are working to get it in an upcoming firmware release.
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2024.05.13 07:34 Spirited_Leading_113 Usapang Life in progress, akala ko hanggang dito na lang.

I really thought na hanggang dito na lang ako, after I graduated college naging tambay talaga ako for 6 years, imagine at the age of 25 palamunin pa rin ng parents, every time dumarating yung mga bills sa bahay I turned blind eye as if I can’t do anything about it financially in tagalog terms kinakapalan ko na lang mukha ko, pero deep inside nahihiya ako kaya I always offered na utusan nila ako magbayad sa office. Those days I was so uncertain ano mangyayari sakin in the next 5 years.
Until one day napagod na lang ako sa routine and decided to move out from my parents house and find work that triggered chains of events in my life, 1 year job hunting na fit sa pinag aralan ko, mahirap kaya nag extra extra muna sa loob ng 1 year, naka ilan trial and error ako mag hanap ng work na fit sakin until nakahanap ako.
Fast forward sumasahod na edi I experienced to spend sa mga luho pinagdaanan ko rin yung mga kamunduhan na bagay ONS dito Fubu doon, date dito date doon until nagkaroon ng relationship pero toxic naman, dumating sa point na yung sahod ko pang bayad lang ng loans plus bills at sa mga walang kwentang relationship, dumadaan lang sa palad ko yung sahod, nag try mag business pero mas lalo nabaon sa utang. 6 years ganun ang routine.
During financial my struggle and after my toxic relationships, I found a good partner, a nice relationship, umabot sa point na nag tulungan kami sa mga financial problems namin kasi may mga utang din siya, fast forward naging okay financial status namin kaya nakakuha kami ng house and lot and dito na kami nakatira, yes may struggles and challenges pa rin pero at least masasabi ko may naging progress yung buhay namin and from here we can start to a more better life.
What are the lessons? Ito yung mga lessons na nakuha ko from my experience.
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2024.05.12 16:29 CyborgeonUnit123 What is the best TV Box that you can recommend? What your currently TV Box and how's the experience?

Matagal na ko nagtititingin ng TV Box sa online. Kaya lang lagi ko rin nakakalimutan mga specs tapos pagtingin ko ulit, phased out or wala na. Habang tinata-type ko 'to, wala rin talaga ako matandaan. Basta ang idea ko lang ay yung sa XiaoMi, yung Mi Box, yung mga Google Chromecast at yung mamahaling Apple TV.
Sa totoo lang, malaki screen ng TV namin pero bulok. Like nagoyo lang talaga kami sa screen size kasi hindi pa kami marunong tumingin ng specs before. Kaya idadaan na lang sa TV Box para gumanda.
Youtube na lang kasi silbi niya and medyo nakakaumay na rin. Hindi na kasi kaya mag-Netflix kasi Nougat Version pa.
Alam ko kasi TV Box na lang magsasalba rito. Kaya ano kaya mare-recommend niyo?
Sa ngayon kasi Netflix lang din naman nasa isip namin and optional yung ibang Streaming Apps like Viu, Bilibili, Prime Video, HBO and Disney+.
Pero kung may maisa-suggest kayo na as in worth it talaga siya, dahil sa ganitong features or ganyan.
Kung Android TV Box, gusto ko sana yung latest din para matagal-tagal magagamit currently kasi Android 14 na. May ganu'n ba sa TV Box?
Kung Apple TV naman kasi, isa lang naman choice pero masyadong mahal pero kung worth it talaga, why not din. May gumagamit ba nu'n dito?
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2024.05.12 04:37 asthenia_920 34 [M4F] Could you show me dear? Something I'm not seeing, something infinitely interesting?

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ABOUT ME
ABOUT YOU (ASIDE FROM THE TYPICAL MABAIT, MAGALANG, ETC.)
Please note na hindi naman ako strict sa mga sinabi kong hinahanap ko. Yan lang yung mga gusto ko sanang qualities, pero wala naman kaso if hindi nasunod. Ang importante lang saken is masarap kang kausap, may respeto sa iba, mahilig sa music, and simple lang na tao. I don't mind if thicc/plus size ka, you're allergic to pets, naapakan mo na yung buhok mo, or kasing height kita -- as long as nasunod yung apat na nabanggit ko. And believe it or not, kahit madami na akong sinabi tungkol sa akin eh tip of the iceberg pa lang yan LOL. I have tons and tons of stories for you. So hopefully, magkwento ka din ng tungkol sa buhay mo. Kasi I'm interested to know more about you.
So, I can't wait to meet you! :)
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2024.05.11 21:13 SanderSo47 Directors at the Box Office: Wes Craven

Directors at the Box Office: Wes Craven
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Here's a new edition of "Directors at the Box Office", which seeks to explore the directors' trajectory at the box office and analyze their hits and bombs. I already talked about a few, and as I promised, it's Wes Craven's turn.
Craven earned a master's degree in philosophy and writing from Johns Hopkins University. He subsequently bought a 16mm film camera and began making short movies. His friend Steve Chapin informed him of a messenger position at a New York City film production co, where his brother, future folk-rock star Harry Chapin worked. He started in the industry as a sound editor, before transitioning as a porn director. He said he made "many hardcore X-rated films" under pseudonyms. And then he transitioned into directing for the big screen.
From a box office perspective, how reliable was he to deliver a box office hit?
That's the point of this post. To analyze his career.

It should be noted that as he started his career in the 1970s, some of the domestic grosses here will be adjusted by inflation. The table with his highest grossing films, however, will be left in its unadjusted form, as the worldwide grosses are more difficult to adjust.

The Last House on the Left (1972)

"Mari, seventeen, is dying. Even for her, the worst is yet to come."
His directorial debut. The film stars Sandra Peabody, Lucy Grantham, David Hess, Fred J. Lincoln, Jeramie Rain, and Marc Sheffler. The plot follows Mari Collingwood, a teenager who is abducted, raped, and tortured by a family of violent fugitives led by Krug Stillo on her seventeenth birthday. When her parents discover what happened to her, they seek vengeance against the family, who have taken shelter at their home.
Craven, who had no money at the time, was put on the job of synchronizing dailies for Sean S. Cunningham's Together. They became friends, and Hallmark Releasing gave them $90,000 to make another film. Craven considered a hardcore film, but decided to tone it down a bit. The idea for this film came from Ingmar Bergman's The Virgin Spring, and Craven wanted to make a film in which the violence would be shown in detail onscreen, as he felt that many popular films of the era, such as Westerns, glamorized violence and the "vigilante hero", and gave the public a misleading representation of death in the wake of the Vietnam War.
The film attracted negative media attention for its heavy graphic content, and there were calls for some theaters to drop the film. But you know, bad buzz is still buzz and that translated to a pretty good run in theaters, earning up to $3 million in its initial run. Even to this day, the film is polarizing due to its violence and themes. But Craven just made his name well known.
  • Budget: $90,000.
  • Domestic gross: $3,100,000. ($23.1 million adjusted)
  • Worldwide gross: $3,100,000.

The Hills Have Eyes (1977)

"A nice American family. They didn't want to kill. But they didn't want to die."
His second film. The film stars Susan Lanier, Michael Berryman and Dee Wallace. The film follows the Carters, a suburban family targeted by a family of cannibal savages after becoming stranded in the Nevada desert.
Craven wanted to make a non-horror, but he found that his investors only wanted films with graphic content. At the New York Public Library, Craven checked the library's forensics department, and learned of the legend of Sawney Bean - the alleged head of a 48-person Scottish clan responsible for the murder and cannibalization of more than one thousand people. He drew influences from this, The Texas Chain Saw Massacre and The Grapes of Wrath. Craven also had to cut a lot of scenes to avoid getting an X rating.
The film once again drew negative attention for its violence. But it made over $25 million at the box office, which was an even bigger success than House. It subsequently earned a cult following.
  • Budget: $700,000.
  • Domestic gross: $25,000,000. ($128.8 million adjusted)
  • Worldwide gross: $25,000,000.

Deadly Blessing (1981)

"Pray you're not blessed."
His third film. It stars Ernest Borgnine, Maren Jensen, Susan Buckner, and Sharon Stone, and tells the story of a strange figure committing murder in a contemporary community that is not far from another community that believes in ancient evil and curses.
It received negative reviews, but it was another box office success for Craven.
  • Budget: $3,000,000.
  • Domestic gross: $8,279,042. ($28.4 million adjusted)
  • Worldwide gross: $8,279,042.

Swamp Thing (1982)

"Science transformed him into a monster. Love changed him even more!"
His fourth film. Based on the DC Comics character created by Len Wein and Bernie Wrightson, it stars Louis Jourdan and Adrienne Barbeau. It tells the story of scientist Alec Holland who is transformed into the monster known as Swamp Thing through laboratory sabotage orchestrated by the evil Anton Arcane. Later, he helps a woman named Alice Cable and battles the man responsible for it all, the ruthless Arcane.
The film made $2.5 million domestically, despite mixed reviews.
  • Budget: N/A.
  • Domestic gross: $2,500,000. ($8 million adjusted)
  • Worldwide gross: $2,500,000.

A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984)

"If Nancy doesn't wake up screaming, she won't wake up at all."
His fifth film. It stars Heather Langenkamp, John Saxon, Ronee Blakley, Johnny Depp, and Robert Englund. The film's plot concerns a group of teenagers who are targeted by Freddy Krueger, an undead child killer who can murder people through their dreams, as retribution against their parents who burned him alive.
The film was inspired by several newspaper articles printed in the Los Angeles Times in the 1970s about Hmong refugees, who, after fleeing to the United States because of war and genocide in Laos, Cambodia, and Vietnam, suffered disturbing nightmares and refused to sleep. Some of the men died in their sleep soon after. This, along with the song "Dream Weaver" by Gary Wright, motivated Craven to craft a horror film focused on people dying through their sleep.
The film's villain, Freddy Krueger, is drawn from Craven's early life. One night, a young Craven saw an elderly man walking on the sidepath outside the window of his home. The man stopped to glance at a startled Craven and walked off. This served as the inspiration for Krueger. Initially, Fred Krueger was intended to be a child molester, but Craven eventually characterized him as a child murderer to avoid being accused of exploiting a spate of highly publicized child molestation cases that occurred in California around the time of the film's production. He settled on the name Freddy Krueger, which was based on a childhood bully of his.
The process of writing the film went smoothly, the real problem was finding a studio. Craven sent it to most studios, and all rejected it. The first studio to show interest was Disney, but Craven declined their offer as they wanted a more toned-down kid-friendly PG-13 flick. When Paramount and Universal also turned it down, Craven decided to go to the independent studio New Line Cinema. The studio only distributed films, but they agreed in financing the film. As they lacked the financial resources for the production, New Line had to turn to external financiers.
Despite opening in just 165 theaters, the film earned $1.2 million in its opening weekend, making it clear that it would be an immediate box office success. It eventually closed with $25 million domestically, and $57 million worldwide. It received critical acclaim, and has been referred as one of the best and most influential slashers ever made. Freddy Krueger would soon be hailed as one of the most emblematic figures of horror, and Craven quickly earned a reputation as a horror legend. But most importantly, it was the beginning of New Line Cinema as a studio, which is why it's referred as "the house that Freddy built."
The film would later spawn a franchise, although Craven wouldn't direct any of the "sequels." Why the quotation marks? We'll get to that later on.
  • Budget: $1,100,000.
  • Domestic gross: $25,624,448. ($77 million adjusted)
  • Worldwide gross: $57,185,134.

The Hills Have Eyes Part II (1985)

"So you think you're lucky to be alive."
His sixth film. The sequel to The Hills Have Eyes, it stars Tamara Stafford, Kevin Spirtas, John Bloom, Michael Berryman, Penny Johnson, Janus Blythe, John Laughlin, Willard E. Pugh, Peter Frechette and Robert Houston. It follows a group of bikers who become stranded in the desert and find themselves fighting off a family of inbred cannibals who live off the land.
The film was shot on a very low budget, and it simply ended prematurely because they ran out of funds. There are no box office numbers available, but it received awful reviews.

Deadly Friend (1986)

"There's no one alive who'll play with the girl next door."
His seventh film. Based on the novel Friend by Diana Henstell, it stars Matthew Laborteaux, Kristy Swanson, Michael Sharrett, Anne Twomey, Richard Marcus, and Anne Ramsey. Its plot follows a teenage computer prodigy who implants a robot's processor into the brain of his teenage neighbor after she is pronounced brain dead; the experiment proves successful, but she swiftly begins a killing spree in their neighborhood.
Craven wanted to make a PG-rated science fiction film, with a similar tone to Starman, hoping to prove that he could make something that wasn't horror-themed. An unfinished version of the film was screened to a test audience of Craven's fanbase, and it was poorly received for its lack of violence and gore like his previous films. So WB decided to rewrite the film, adding more scenes with tons of gore. This made the final film appear tonally jumbled, and it went from easy PG to struggling to not get an X rating.
The film was poorly received for its story and inconsistent tone. It also marked a huge flop at the box office, not even hitting $10 million. Craven lost interest in the film after WB inserted their own version, and he has since disowned the film.
  • Budget: $11,000,000.
  • Domestic gross: $8,988,731. ($25.6 million adjusted)
  • Worldwide gross: $8,988,731.

The Serpent and the Rainbow (1988)

"Don't bury me, I'm not dead!"
His eighth film. It stars Bill Pullman, and is loosely based on the life of ethnobotanist Wade Davis, recounting his experiences in Haiti investigating the story of Clairvius Narcisse, who was allegedly poisoned, buried alive, and revived with a herbal brew which produced what was called a zombie.
The film received mixed reactions, but it was a much needed box office success for Craven.
  • Budget: $7,000,000.
  • Domestic gross: $19,595,031. ($51.7 million adjusted)
  • Worldwide gross: $19,595,031.

Shocker (1989)

"No more Mr. Nice Guy."
His ninth film. It stars Michael Murphy, Peter Berg, Cami Cooper, and Mitch Pileggi, and follows a serial killer who uses electricity to come back from the dead and carry out his vengeance on the football player who turned him in to the police.
Another mixed bag for Craven, but it was still profitable.
  • Budget: N/A.
  • Domestic gross: $16,554,699. ($41.6 million adjusted)
  • Worldwide gross: $16,554,699.

The People Under the Stairs (1991)

"In every neighborhood, there's one house that adults whisper about and children cross the street to avoid."
His tenth film. It stars Brandon Adams, Everett McGill, Wendy Robie, and A. J. Langer. The plot follows a young boy and two adult robbers who become trapped in a house belonging to a neighborhood's crooked landlords after breaking in to steal their collection of gold coins as the boy learns a dark secret about them and what also lurks in their house.
After a slate of mixed performers, the film received Craven's best reviews since Elm Street. To the surprise of Universal, it was also a box office success.
  • Budget: $6,000,000.
  • Domestic gross: $24,204,154. ($55.5 million adjusted)
  • Worldwide gross: $31,347,154.

Wes Craven's New Nightmare (1994)

"This time, the terror doesn't stop at the screen."
His 11th film. The installment in the A Nightmare on Elm Street franchise, it stars Robert Englund, Heather Langenkamp, Miko Hughes and John Saxon. The film is not part of the same continuity as previous films, and it portrays Freddy Krueger as a fictional movie villain who invades the real world and haunts the cast and crew involved in the making of the films about him.
While Craven co-wrote the franchise's third installment, Dream Warriors, he wasn't that involved with the rest of the franchise. He wanted to make a deliberately more cerebral film than recent entries to the franchise, as he considered them as being cartoonish, and not faithful to his original themes. Specifically, he wanted Freddy to resemble his original vision: far darker and less comical. To reinforce this, the character's make-up and outfit were enhanced, with one of the most prominent differences being that he now wears a long blue/black trenchcoat. In addition, the signature glove was redesigned for a more organic look, with the fingers resembling bones and having muscle textures in between.
The film received high praise, and was considered as the best film in the franchise since the original (it was Englund's favorite). But the franchise has been bleeding interest at the box office, and New Nightmare unfortunately had to suffer. It was profitable, but it became the lowest grossing film in the franchise.
  • Budget: $8,000,000.
  • Domestic gross: $18,090,181. ($38.1 million adjusted)
  • Worldwide gross: $19,721,741.

Vampire in Brooklyn (1995)

"A comic tale of horror and seduction."
His 12th film. It stars Eddie Murphy, Angela Bassett, Allen Payne, Kadeem Hardison, John Witherspoon, Zakes Mokae, and Joanna Cassidy. It follows a Caribbean vampire who seduces a Brooklyn police officer who has no idea that she is half-vampire.
The film had awful reviews, and despite the presence of a huge star like Eddie Murphy, it disappointed at the box office. Craven really needed a hit.
  • Budget: $8,000,000.
  • Domestic gross: $19,751,736. ($40.4 million adjusted)
  • Worldwide gross: $34,951,736.

Scream (1996)

"Someone has taken their love of scary movies one step too far."
His 13th film. It stars David Arquette, Neve Campbell, Courteney Cox, Matthew Lillard, Rose McGowan, Skeet Ulrich and Drew Barrymore. Set in the fictional town of Woodsboro, California, Scream's plot follows high school student Sidney Prescott and her friends, who, on the anniversary of her mother's murder, become the targets of a costumed serial killer known as Ghostface.
As he was trying to make it in the industry, Kevin Williamson watched a Turning Point documentary about serial killer Danny Rolling which he said left him unsettled. Williamson later noticed an open window, armed himself with a knife, and called his friend for support. The pair began discussing horror characters that had resonated with them such as Freddy Krueger and Jason Voorhees. This experience prompted Williamson to start developing a concept wherein a girl is haunted by a caller.
He started writing a film titled Scary Movie, and even left an outline for possible sequels. The concept was part of an era where there was debate over the influence of cinematic violence on audience, with Williamson coming up with a brilliant line "movies don't create psychos, movies make psychos more creative." It was inspired by many 1980s slashers, even though the genre was on decline by that point. His characters were intentionally designed to be knowledgeable about these horror films and their typical elements, with the intention of creating a unique killer who was not only aware of horror film clichés but also exploited them for his own advantage.
While Williamson struggled with his previous films, this script was part of a bidding war with the studios, to the point that Oliver Stone himself wanted to direct it. Miramax (through Dimension Films) bought the script, and Williamson made some rewrites to scale back the violence. Bob Weinstein also wanted to change the name, as he believed the audiences would think the film is a comedy.
The studio considered Danny Boyle, Tom McLoughlin, Sam Raimi, Robert Rodriguez, George A. Romero, Quentin Tarantino, and Anthony Waller as prime candidates to direct the film, but they all preferred to view the film as a comedy. Wes Craven was considered, but the studio believed he couldn't direct a satire. Craven also wasn't planning on directing it, as he wanted to focus on more mainstream films to salvage his career. Craven's assistant Julie Plec (who would collaborate with Williamson on The Vampire Diaries) convinced him in helming the project. By signing, Craven decided to get back some of the gore that was missing in the previous drafts.
A huge contrast to the horror films of the era was that the film had established actors as the leads, as Craven and Williamson wanted to prove that no character was safe. Drew Barrymore had already starred in a few recognizable names, Neve Campbell was on the hit show Party of Five, Rose McGowan was known for Encino Man and The Doom Generation, David Arquette, Matthew Lillard and Skeet Ulrich were recognizable supporting characters, and Courteney Cox obviously was known for Friends. Vince Vaughn and Natasha Lyonne were the preferred choices for Billy and Tatum, but external problems caused them to drop out.
After viewing the dailies raw footage, the Weinsteins criticized the quality of Craven's work as "workmanlike at best", believing it lacked tension and had an inconsistent tone. The Weinsteins also disliked the mask design, and said Barrymore lacked sex appeal because of the pageboy hairstyle she had chosen. While filming the final fight, Campbell's stuntwoman accidentally stabbed Ulrich with an umbrella tip, missing the protective vest he was wearing and hitting the site of an open heart surgery Ulrich had as a child. During post-production, Harvey Weinstein decided to name the film as Scream based on the Michael and Janet Jackson song.
In a surprising move, the Weinsteins decided to release the film during the holiday season as counter-programming, offering teenagers an alternative to more traditional holiday fare. The decision was unpopular with the cast and crew, with Williamson expecting the film to fail. The film opened with $6.4 million and finishing in fourth place, leading analysts to consider the film as a bomb.
But the film just kept growing.
Buoyed by positive word of mouth, the Weinsteins increased marketing and the film managed to increase in its second and third weekends. It closed with $103 million domestically and $173 million worldwide, becoming the highest grossing slasher film ever and Craven's highest grossing film ever. The film received critical acclaim for its characters and writing, and has since been deemed as one of the most influential horror films of all time. It rekindled interest in horror, resurrected Craven's career and launched the careers of Williamson and the cast.
  • Budget: $15,000,000.
  • Domestic gross: $103,046,663. ($245.4 million adjusted)
  • Worldwide gross: $173,046,663.

Scream 2 (1997)

"Someone has taken their love of sequels one step too far."
His 14th film. The sequel to Scream, it stars David Arquette, Neve Campbell, Courteney Cox, Sarah Michelle Gellar, Jamie Kennedy, Laurie Metcalf, Jerry O'Connell, Elise Neal, Timothy Olyphant, Jada Pinkett, and Liev Schreiber. The film takes place two years after the first film and again follows the character of Sidney Prescott, along with other survivors of the Woodsboro massacre, at the fictional Windsor College in Ohio where they are targeted by a copycat killer using the guise of Ghostface.
As Williamson already had plans for sequels, the idea was for Sidney to attend college while being stalked by a copycat Ghostface killer. As filming began, Williamson's script had four killers: Derek, Hallie, Cotton Weary, and Nancy Loomis. But after Williamson transferred his script to the production, it was leaked onto the Internet in full, revealing the identity of the killers and a large amount of the involved plot. This resulted in the production continuing to film with only a partial script while Williamson conducted extensive rewrites, changing much of the film's finale, the identities of the film's killers and drastically altering the roles of other characters such as Randy Meeks and Joel. With a short deadline, Williamson couldn't fully compromise on the final script, forcing Craven to fill in the gaps himself. So the film was one of the very first cases where the Internet leaked major aspects of a film.
As the Weinsteins wanted the film ready for December, it was able to capitalize on the audience's word of mouth to the original. It opened with $32 million in its first weekend, almost five times as big as the original, and the biggest December debut. It didn't hold as great as the original due to the competition, such as Titanic, but it still made $172.3 million worldwide, almost matching the original's gross. It also received very positive reviews, and so a profitable franchise was already underway.
  • Budget: $24,000,000.
  • Domestic gross: $101,363,301. ($237.2 million adjusted)
  • Worldwide gross: $172,363,301.

Music of the Heart (1999)

"She gave them a gift they could never imagine. They gave the system a fight it would never forget."
His 15th film. The film stars Meryl Streep, Aidan Quinn, Angela Bassett, Gloria Estefan, Jane Leeves, Kieran Culkin and Jay O. Sanders. The film is a dramatization of the true story of Roberta Guaspari, who co-founded the Opus 118 Harlem School of Music and fought for music education funding in New York City public schools.
After seeing the documentary Small Wonders, Craven was inspired to make a full-length film about Guaspari. Madonna was originally signed to play the role of Guaspari, but left the project before filming began, citing "creative differences" with Craven. When she left, Madonna had already studied for many months to play the violin. Streep learned to play Bach's Concerto for 2 Violins for the film. The project marked a huge departure for Craven; it was his first and only film to be rated PG, and his only one to not be horror or thriller.
It received generally positive reviews, but it bombed at the box office. It received 2 Oscar nominations for Best Actress and Best Original Song, the only Craven film to get any noms.
  • Budget: $27,000,000.
  • Domestic gross: $14,859,394. ($27.8 million adjusted)
  • Worldwide gross: $14,936,407.

Scream 3 (2000)

"The most terrifying scream is always the last."
His 16th film. The third installment in the Scream franchise, it stars David Arquette, Neve Campbell, Courteney Cox Arquette, Parker Posey, Patrick Dempsey, Scott Foley, Lance Henriksen, Matt Keeslar, Jenny McCarthy, Emily Mortimer, Deon Richmond, and Patrick Warburton. The film's story takes place one year after the previous film's events and follows Sidney Prescott, who has gone into self-imposed isolation following the events of the previous two films but is drawn to Hollywood after a new Ghostface begins killing the cast of the film within a film Stab 3.
The plans for a sequel were already underway since Williamson sold the script, although Williamson still didn't write a script yet. When the Weinsteins approached him to write the film, Williamson was already busy with many projects (including his directorial debut), and was unavailable to perform his duties. He only made a 20-page outline wherein Ghostface would return just as production on a fictional film Stab 3 would be filmed. His plan was to show the killers were part of a Stab fan club (this idea would later be adapted into his show, The Following). With Williamson not available, Ehren Kruger was tasked in writing.
Shortly before production began on the film, the Columbine High School massacre took place, and many parties began looking for reasoning behind the shooters' actions and there came an increased scrutiny on the role of the media in society, including video games and film, and the influence it could have on an audience. With production of Scream 3 not yet underway, there were considerations about whether the film should be made at that time, aware of the potential for negative attention but the studio decided to press forward, albeit with changes.
The Weinsteins demanded to scale back on the gore and emphasize its satiric humor, as well as moving the setting to Hollywood. At one point in the production, the studio went as far as demanding that the film feature no blood or on-screen violence at all, a drastic departure for the series, but Craven directly intervened. One of the aspects changed was that the killer would be revealed to be Stu Macher, having survived the original film. The Weinsteins changed it after Columbine, as they didn't want to associate violence and murder with a high school setting.
The film opened with $34.7 million, a franchise record and the biggest February debut ever. But it had weak legs, although it still made a very profitable $161.8 million worldwide. While the previous films were well-received, this film received negative reviews, who lambasted the film for becoming the very own thing it satirizes.
  • Budget: $40,000,000.
  • Domestic gross: $89,143,175. ($178.2 million adjusted)
  • Worldwide gross: $161,834,276.

Cursed (2005)

"What doesn't kill you makes you stronger."
His 17th film. It stars Christina Ricci, Joshua Jackson, Jesse Eisenberg, Judy Greer, Scott Baio, Milo Ventimiglia, Shannon Elizabeth and Mýa, and follows two orphaned siblings attacked by a werewolf loose in Los Angeles.
Kevin Williamson started working on a script that followed the exploits of a New York City serial killer who discovers that his lethal tendencies are due to his lycanthrope nature. When one of his projects was scrapped, Craven decided to direct, teaming them up again for another Scream reunion. But it wasn't planned like that. Craven was making a film, Pulse, when Bob Weinstein abruptly pulled the movie from the schedule ten days before shooting and cut through all the slow lanes, wanting Craven to get to Cursed as soon as possible. Craven was reportedly not pleased so Weinstein doubled his pay in order for him to direct the film. The director deemed the script too tonally similar to his film Vampire in Brooklyn, but felt pressured by the studio, leading him to ultimately sign on.
The film started filming in January 2003, hoping to get the film released in August. In June, they only had six days left for filming. Suddenly, Dimension Films decided to put the movie on hold because top executives at the company weren't happy with the film's ending or how the special effects were progressing, specifically the look of the film's lead lupine. Rick Baker was preparing the final transformation effects when production stopped and asked Weinstein to let his team finish the work in order for it to be ready for the reshoot, but he refused. Patrick Lussier was brought in for massive rewrites, and the film didn't return to production until November. Baker was fired, and the prosthetic make-up was replaced with CGI. Skeet Ulrich filmed his scene as one of the leads, but chose to drop out following the reshoots as he disliked the new direction. It was also heavily edited to get the R rating down to PG-13. The budget was originally $35 million, yet some reports suggest it ballooned all the way to $100 million, making it one of the most expensive horror films ever.
With that budget, it was clear it was not going to be a box office success. It flopped with just $29 million worldwide, and was panned by critics. Craven himself dislikes the final product, and a director's cut was never an option because his original ending was never filmed.
  • Budget: $100,000,000.
  • Domestic gross: $19,297,522. ($30.8 million adjusted)
  • Worldwide gross: $29,621,722.

Red Eye (2005)

"Fear takes flight."
His 18th film. It stars Rachel McAdams, Cillian Murphy, and Brian Cox. The story follows a hotel manager ensnared in an assassination plot by a terrorist while aboard a red-eye flight to Miami.
The film received Craven's best reviews in years, and was a box office success, earning almost $100 million. While he is fine with people loving it, Cillian Murphy is not really fond of the film, "I love Rachel McAdams and we had fun making it but I don’t think it's a good movie. It’s a good B movie."
  • Budget: $26,000,000.
  • Domestic gross: $57,891,803. ($92.5 million adjusted)
  • Worldwide gross: $96,258,201.

My Soul to Take (2010)

"Only one has the power to save their souls."
His 19th film. It stars Max Thieriot, Denzel Whitaker, Raul Esparza, and Shareeka Epps. It follows Adam "Bug" Hellerman, who is one of seven teenagers chosen to die following the anniversary of a serial killer's death.
This was Craven's first film in almost two decades where he would be directing, producing and writing. But that didn't pan out to a success: it was a critical and commercial dud.
  • Budget: $25,000,000.
  • Domestic gross: $14,744,435. ($21.1 million adjusted)
  • Worldwide gross: $21,500,813.

Scream 4 (2011)

"New decade. New rules."
His 20th and final film. The fourth installment in the Scream franchise, it stars David Arquette, Neve Campbell, Courteney Cox, Emma Roberts, Hayden Panettiere, Anthony Anderson, Alison Brie, Adam Brody, Rory Culkin, Marielle Jaffe, Erik Knudsen, Mary McDonnell, Marley Shelton, Nico Tortorella, and Roger L. Jackson. The film takes place on the fifteenth anniversary of the original Woodsboro murders from Scream and involves Sidney Prescott returning to the town after ten years, where Ghostface once again begins killing students from Woodsboro High.
In 2010, Williamson and Craven confirmed their plans for a new film. Craven said that endless sequels, the modern spew of remakes, film studios, and directors are the butts of parodies in the film. The main characters have to figure out where the horror genre is in current days to figure out the modern events happening to and around them. This was the first film in the franchise to use CGI, with the knife's blade added in post-production.
Even though the franchise was profitable, it seemed like its glory days were long behind it by the time it hit theaters. The film disappointed in its opening weekend with just $18 million, and closed with a weak $97 million worlwide, far less than the previous films. It also received mixed reviews, particularly for its writing and new characters. It was the last film directed by Craven before his death in 2015.
  • Budget: $40,000,000.
  • Domestic gross: $38,180,928. ($53 million adjusted)
  • Worldwide gross: $97,231,420.

MOVIES (FROM HIGHEST GROSSING TO LEAST GROSSING)

No. Movie Year Studio Domestic Total Overseas Total Worldwide Total Budget
1 Scream 1996 Dimension Films $103,046,663 $70,000,000 $173,046,663 $15M
2 Scream 2 1997 Dimension Films $101,363,301 $71,000,000 $172,363,301 $24M
3 Scream 3 2000 Dimension Films $89,143,175 $72,691,101 $161,834,276 $40M
4 Scream 4 2011 Dimension Films $38,180,928 $59,050,492 $97,231,420 $40M
5 Red Eye 2005 DreamWorks $57,891,803 $38,366,398 $96,258,201 $26M
6 A Nightmare on Elm Street 1984 New Line Cinema $25,624,448 $31,560,686 $57,185,134 $1.1M
7 Vampires in Brooklyn 1995 Paramount $19,751,736 $15,200,000 $34,951,736 $14M
8 The People Under the Stairs 1991 Universal $24,204,154 $7,143,000 $31,347,154 $6M
9 Cursed 2005 Miramax $19,297,522 $10,324,200 $29,621,722 $100M
10 The Hills Have Eyes 1977 Vanguard $25,000,000 $0 $25,000,000 $700K
11 My Soul to Take 2010 Universal $14,744,435 $6,756,378 $21,500,813 $25M
12 Wes Craven's New Nightmare 1994 New Line Cinema $18,090,181 $1,631,560 $19,721,741 $8M
13 The Serpent and the Shadow 1988 Universal $19,595,031 $0 $19,595,031 $7M
14 Shocker 1989 Universal $16,554,699 $0 $16,554,699 N/A
15 Music of the Heart 1999 Miramax $14,859,394 $77,013 $14,936,407 $27M
16 Deadly Friend 1986 Warner Bros. $8,988,731 $0 $8,988,731 $11M
17 Deadly Blessing 1981 United Artists $8,279,042 $0 $8,279,042 $3M
18 The Last House on the Left 1972 Hallmark Releasing $3,100,000 $0 $3,100,000 $90K
19 Swamp Thing 1982 Embassy $2,500,000 $0 $2,500,000 N/A
He made 20 films, but only 19 have reported box office numbers. Across those 19 films, he made $994,016,071 worldwide. That's $52,316,635 per film.

The Verdict

Quite inconsistent, but a very iconic figure in the horror genre. You know you made it big when your creations include Elm Street and Scream. Craven often struggled with difficult productions (you can blame the Weinsteins for that), but he still managed to make competent and scary films, even if some are better than others. Some even see critical re-appraisal as time passes; even Scream 3 and Scream 4 have their fans. We don't know what he would've done with the franchise after the fourth film, but he made it clear he was exhausted by having to film without finished scripts. Rest in Peace to a horror legend.
Hope you liked this edition. You can find this and more in the wiki for this section.
The next director will be Clint Eastwood. I think I'll have to make two posts, given that he directed 42 films.
I asked you to choose who else should be in the run and the comment with the most upvotes would be chosen. Well, we'll later talk about... Ang Lee. A legendary Asian director.
This is the schedule for the following four:
Week Director Reasoning
May 13-19 Clint Eastwood Great actor. Great director.
May 20-26 Robert Zemeckis Can we get old Zemeckis back?
May 27-June 2 Richard Donner An influential figure of the 70s and 80s.
June 3-9 Ang Lee What happened to Lee?
Who should be next after Lee? That's up to you. And there's a theme.
And that theme is: controversial directors. I'm talking directors who have attained a polarizing response to their films (like Zack Snyder), or the directors themselves are also controversial figures in real life (like Oliver Stone). Basically, a director that has as many fans as haters.
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2024.05.11 17:58 had-some-issues Why can't we fix immigration?

Saw a post in fb where the immigrant IO is asking absurd questions and making unnecessary comments and faces.
here is a snipit of her post:
• "Nganong ikaw manjud ang ipadala unsa diay imong nahuman?"Tagalog: “Bakit ikaw ipapadala? Ano ba natapos mo?• "Nganong duha ka adlaw ang confernce unya upat ka gabie ang gibook sa inyong company?" (To which I answered, I also meet clients) And she said, "Ha? Ikaw jud? ikaw jud mu meet ug clients?”Tagalog: Dalawang araw and conference tapos apat na araw binook ng company? And sinagot ko na mag-me-meet ako ng client. Sabi niya “Ikaw talaga ang ipapadala?”•"Nganong wala mani compensation imong COE?" With a side comment of "Gibang-an kas Immigration?"Tagalog: Bakit walang nakalagay na compensation sa COE mo?•Conference niya nay pakapin laag? (Since I'm there, tell me why not?)Tagalog: Conference tapos may kasamang leisure, ha?•Nana kay J1 visa man lagi, wala nalang jud ka nagpadayun sa America – and when I said, "My life and my family is in the Philippines mam, okay na akong kinabuhi diri" She made face as if she cringed and does not believe me.Tagalog: May J1 Visa kana bat hindi ka nalang talaga nag Amerika? But the one thing that sounded so impossible, and she made this remarks as she handed over my passport."Basin ig uli nimo ha nakadagit nakag afam, morena raba ka", and I said "Naa koy uyab diri sa Pinas mam uy"– so she shoo me away while making faces.Tagalog: Baka pag-uwi mo may nabingwit ka nang afam ha, morena ka pa naman. Kahit sinabi kong mag bf ako.
I have heard different posts about immigration and it's just the same story again and again. They seem to judge without reason and make inappropriate unnecesary remarks. It seems it's either they want to be given some money so that you can pass or just insecure to anyone going abroad. I believe not all Immigration Officer are like this but can't we strengten our IO people could be missing opportunities, vacations etc. because of them being unnecesarily strict. I mean it's been going for years this incompetent employees should long been fired and not given a job in the govt.
or If you are if you are an IO please enlighten us why this is happening
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2024.05.11 17:34 blackthorn_orion The Nintendo Breakdown 2: An updated overview of confirmed, leaked, and rumored projects from Nintendo and its close partners

Hello again! About 6 months ago, I put together a Nintendo roundup that got some positive feedback, and with this week’s double-whammy of the Switch successor kinda being announced and a direct being confirmed for June, I figured now was as good a time as any to put out an updated version so folks can know where things stand and have something to chew on while they wait. My intent is to update this post after the June direct with any new information. Please let me know if anything's borked, as formatting big posts on reddit can get a bit wonky and some of these links are getting old
Nintendo Entertainment Planning and Development (EPD): Formed in 2015 as part of a restructuring that unified Nintendo Entertainment Analysis and Development (EAD) and Nintendo Software Planning and Development (SPD). When people talk about “in-house Nintendo”, this is usually what they mean. EPD groups are primarily small producedirector-led teams that then scale up and pull from a shared “pool” of developers as projects get further into development. EPD’s many sub-groups can essentially be divided into those that primarily develop their own games and those focused more on overseeing/collaborating with other studios (both non-EPD Nintendo studios as well as fully external developers), though there are exceptions and gray areas
Development-focused groups
Oversight and collaborative groups
Other Nintendo-owned Studios: Mario World outside of EPD
Close Partners and Frequent Collaborators: The Nintendo Keiretsu and Friends
Misc. Odds and Ends. Things that didn’t really fit anywhere else, big grain of salt for some of these
Engine Talk: Finally, it’s a bit esoteric but with game engines becoming an increasingly common point of conversation and speculation, I figured I’d put together a rundown of some of the engines used in Nintendo games. This isn’t a comprehensive list (esp. because many studios use proprietary engines that aren’t well-documented), but should give a general idea of who uses what to make what (shouts-out to OatmealDome on twitter for doing the datamining work whenever a new game comes out, and MondoMega on Famiboards for maintaining a useful graphic that collates most of this information) )
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2024.05.11 16:54 not_right_now_bish Is there a use case for a Linux sysadmin/GIS developer/legacy tech skillset in the Philippines?

Title.
Full disclosure: None of my degrees are IT related. I have a degree in science, in healthcare, and in a field that is a mix of international relations/public health/economics/public admin.
Honestly gumamit lang ako ng Linux kasi iyon lang ang kaya ng Asus EEE PC 701 ko at maraming Linux PCs sa university noong bata ako. (Mostly OpenSUSE 10.2 at 10.3 pa noon, pre Tumbleweed era). I used to use Debian for general computing (still can), and I did a lot of work on managing packages, installation, networking, and troubleshooting. I once unearthed a bug in the way that Skype was installed on Linux Mint that messed up the audio.
When my PCs weren't powerful enough for the proprietary Windows tools (the best device I had in undergrad was an Asus Eee 1000h), I used Linux for geospatial information systems to faciliate ecology work. I also used QGIS on Ubuntu when I was in government to help with mapping out geographic areas of interest for a not-so-well-funded government agency.
I think gamay ko pa yung ibang legacy tech, and I am pretty up-to-date with modern Linux tools (except for networking siguro). Pero mas gamay ko R for statistical computing and QGIS right now when it comes to the modern FOSS tools.
I'm just wondering kung may mapaggagamitan kaya ako ng skills ko kasi parang may parte sa pagkatao ko na gusto siyang idevelop. I love where I am now in an international NGO, but I feel like I am not going to be the best version of myself unless I put my tech skills to work. Parang may itch that I need to scratch.
I feel like there is no room for anyone like me because bare metal lang ang experience ko sa Linux kasi mahilig ako magsalvage ng lumang laptop from company rejects. I am not a cygwin/WSL guy at all.
If I were to develop these skills further, ano kayang puwede ko pang pag-aralan? I'm 35 by the way haha. I'm thinking na baka mag-data-viz ako para sa isang climate NGO someday kasi mahilig ako gumawa ng interactive maps using FOSS tools. I have done a bit of Python noong ver 2 pa lang siya. Willing naman ako mag-aral during my free time.
Maraming salamat sa inputs. Please be kind.
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2024.05.11 16:42 asthenia_920 34 [M4F] Could you show me dear? Something I'm not seeing, something infinitely interesting?

My biggest fear will be the rescue of me. Strange how it turns out that way, yeah...
Hello! I'm looking for someone to build a connection with. I'm getting old, and I wish there's someone who I can spend my day and future. Yung kasama manood ng series, movies, and gigs. Yung kasama mamroblema at aayos sa mga simpleng problema sa buhay. Yung makakausap pagkagising hanggang sa pagtulog sa gabi. At yung maipapakilala sa pamilya ng isa't isa.
ABOUT ME
ABOUT YOU (ASIDE FROM THE TYPICAL MABAIT, MAGALANG, ETC.)
Please note na hindi naman ako strict sa mga sinabi kong hinahanap ko. Yan lang yung mga gusto ko sanang qualities, pero wala naman kaso if hindi nasunod. Ang importante lang saken is masarap kang kausap, may respeto sa iba, mahilig sa music, and simple lang na tao. I don't mind if thicc/plus size ka, you're allergic to pets, naapakan mo na yung buhok mo, or kasing height kita -- as long as nasunod yung apat na nabanggit ko. And believe it or not, kahit madami na akong sinabi tungkol sa akin eh tip of the iceberg pa lang yan LOL. I have tons and tons of stories for you. So hopefully, magkwento ka din ng tungkol sa buhay mo. Kasi I'm interested to know more about you.
So, I can't wait to meet you! :)
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2024.05.11 09:59 arse_santi Rant muna as someone na dream school ang UP pero niluwa haha

[Long rant ahead]
Since elementary, na-encounter ko na agad ang UP dahil sa isang quora post dahil mahilig ako magbasa basa dati sa internet. Grabe talaga yung description sa UP sobrang tumatak talag sakin ung honor and excellence. All my life, pinangarap ko makapag aral sa UP kahit nga yung biodata na eme eme lang nung grade 6 as an output ay sa UPLB ang nilagay ko as "college" ko.
Then here comes grade 11 kung saan palapit na ng palapit ang upcat. I reviewed A LOT, even enrolled to brain train and I may not be the smartest or the fastest to pick up topics, still nagsumikap ako ihandwritten lahat ng nasa mana and my self gathered reviewers. Yung remaining days before upcat, umabsent ako a day or two days ata para magreview lang. Ginawa ko yung pinaka best ko kasi sabi naman talaga ng mga nasa paligid ko ay kakayanin ko naman yun kasi matalino ako, nag with high ako at with highest noon so no need to be pressured.
Pero di ko ba alam pag tungtong ko sa examination room. Sobrang takang taka ako kung may nireview nga ba talaga ako kasi hindi maprocess ng utak ko yung mga tanong. Nakakatakot kasi tumatakbo yung oras and kailangan ko bilisan but at the same time wala dapat ako basta basta hulaan (siguro kaya nga hindi ako nakapasa kasi marami rin akong binlangko huhu). Especially the english part na malalalim, hindi ko sila sinagutan kasi di ako confodent ko and just proceeded with the filipino passages kasi mas madali ko silang naprocess.
Pagtapos ng exam para bang satisfied ako kasi tapos na, natapos ko naman. Naging panatag yung isip ko and kinakabahan pa rin pero for me I've fone my part na. I prayed and prayed non-stop na sana enough na yun.
Then, the results came and a red thank you flashed sa screen ng phone ko. 'Di ko talaga alam kung anong gagawin ko kasi papasok pa lang ako sa school non. Yung Mydays ng mga kabatch ko kitang kita ko everytime na mag-oopen ako ng fb and syempre nakakainggit pero ano pa bang magagawa ko? May teacher pa kami na tinanong kami isa isa in class kung nakapasa ba or hindi and sobrang sakit sa puso na umiling nung ako na yung tinanong niya.
Bukambibig ko lagi ang UP, lalo na sa UPLB dahil dito ko talaga nakikita yung sarili kong nag aaral. Andami ko ng alam na facts, history, rules kenems kasi wala eh ramdam kk talaga na para sa UP ako eh kaya napakasakit lunukin ng katotohanan na hindi ako nakapasa. Kung pasado ako edi sana naghahanao na ko ng dorm ngayon, edi sana nakabalik na ko ng elbi para libutin lalo na't pinangako ko sa sarili ko na babalikan ko ang elbi once na makapasa ako.
Yes, nakapasa ako sa mga state univs and 3/4 sa big 4 pero ang saklap kasi na UPCAT ung pinaka pinaglaanan ko ng panahon yet doon ako bumagsak samantalang sa big 3 doon ako hindi nagreview so I don't get it and naddissapoint ako sa sarili ko.
I did my best during my jhs years na mag with honors/high honors/highest honors, nasa sci high, and review before the test, but the hard to thing to swallow is I failed it because I simply just flunked the UPCAT.
Napakahirap umasa ulit, I will try pa rin naman to recon sa LB dahil yun first choice ko and I have a (2.5xx) UPG. Alam ko talaga na slim chances parin dahil tough ang competition sa recon (It's like UPCA all over again but UPG version). And I'm asking myself kung kakayanin ba ng upg kong makipaglabanan sa iba, na for the second time malulunok na ba ko ng paaralan na pinangarap ko.
Please gusto ko po talaga manghingi ng insights para sa mga recon passers sa UPLB kung anong upg nila para kahit papano magkaroon pa po ako ng pag asa sa sarili ko, right now di ko na talaga alam gagawin pero ang sigurado ko ngayon ay lalaban lang ako hanggang sa huli, susubukan ko lahat dahil 'yun naman talaga ang character ng isang UP student. No matter how risky things may be. I just have to keep fighting.
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2024.05.10 21:51 OmeletteMcMuffin Is ALAMAT's advocacy performative? (Some thoughts)

Is ALAMAT's advocacy performative? (Some thoughts)
Hello! Sorry this took me so long. I’m here to try to answer the question of ALAMAT’s advocacy being performative or not. Buckle up because this is... very lengthy. (That’s why it took me so long to post it.) Please do not screenshot my post and share it on other platforms; I have extreme anxiety.
First off, let’s define the word “performative.” Merriam-Webster defines it as “(disapproving) made or done for show (as to bolster one’s own image or make a positive impression on others).” This definition is undoubtedly what is being meant when some people call ALAMAT’s advocacy performative.
So… what is their advocacy? This was their mission statement before:
“Sa pamamagitan ng musika, layunin ng ALAMAT ang ipagdiwang ang ating pagka-Pilipino at maitanim sa puso’t isipan ng mga kabataang Pinoy na hindi kailangan hubarin ang ating kultura’t pagkakakilanlan para lamang umangat at makilala sa pandaigdigang entablado.”
(Through music, ALAMAT’s mission is to celebrate our Filipino identity and to instill in the hearts and minds of the Filipino youth that we do not need to discard our culture and heritage in order to succeed and be recognized on the world stage.)
This is found in the description of their newer videos: “Alamat is a 6-member sing-rap-dance boy group from the Philippines that combines both traditional and modern Philippine cultural elements with Western/global influences in the various facets of their music, including dance, fashion, and iconography.”
I believe their newer statement is more in line with what they’re actually doing and puts less pressure on them. Their thing has always been taking precolonial cultural elements and modernizing them, and using indigenous elements but adding Western influences. It’s never been about “pure” representations, but infusing postcolonial, Westernized Filipino culture with precolonial or indigenous elements.
When some people call their advocacy performative, they are trying to say that:
1. ALAMAT’s concept of multiculturalism and embracing indigenous Philippine culture(s) is purely a gimmick. The members do not care about it, and neither does the creative director. Is that true? Let’s investigate:
I believe that it is possible for the members not to care about it if they were all pale-skinned, mestizo guys from Manila. However, all of them are probinsyanos, not all of them fit the dominant Eurocentric/East Asian-centric beauty standards, and most of them speak a different language (not Tagalog) as their mother tongue.
The director mentioned before that he specifically chose members who were short, because the industry favors taller men (despite the fact that the average height in the Philippines is considerably shorter than other countries’). Tomas alone is, in more than one way, the exact kind of person who can’t not care about ALAMAT’s advocacy: he is the shortest member, standing at around 5’5”, he’s moreno, and he’s a Bicolano speaker who has an accent when speaking in Tagalog. He talked about it here, all the way back in August 2021 pa. He said that he often got rejected in the acting industry because of his Bicolano accent.
Mo is visibly and proudly Blasian, Tomas is a short, moreno Bicolano, and Taneo is moreno and Indigenous on his father’s side. Even the members who fit the hegemonic beauty standards more — Jao with his tisoy/chinito looks, Alas with his pale skin and chinito looks, R-Ji who is fairly tall for a Filipino guy and has classically tisoy facial features a la Kyle Echarri — would struggle to fit in the industry for other reasons. Alas mentioned in the same interview as that one (more on that later) that he was often bullied for being Bisaya.
Hollywood actor Alex Mallari Jr. (Ginny & Georgia, The Adam Project) even Tweeted before that he wouldn’t be able to find acting work in the Philippines because he’s Kapampangan and moreno. (I can’t find the Tweet anymore because he deleted his account, sadly.)
The Philippine entertainment industry is highly colorist, highly favors Eurocentric and East Asian looks, and strongly discriminates against people from the probinsya, especially those whose first language isn’t Tagalog. My point here is that I would believe that these guys do not genuinely care about the advocacy/concept if they were the type of guys who could easily succeed in the industry without thinking about those things. But they are not.
Mo did a (really beautiful) interview with Mixed Asian Media, an independent online zine, not some prestigious, high-profile publication, in September 2023. He spoke about his mixed Black and Filipino identity. It is clear that this advocacy of promoting Filipino multiculturalism is highly personal to the members.
I’m not gonna lie — I think one of the main reasons that they have a reputation for “not being able to talk about their advocacy properly” is that a lot of people have unreasonable expectations regarding their speaking skills. They are young entertainers who simply have lived experiences that make the concept highly relevant to them. They are not academics and they are not diplomats. Not to mention that some of them aren’t confident when they speak in English or Tagalog.
They do explain their own emotional investment in the concept as well as they should reasonably be expected to explain it (“I care about it because I know how discrimination/lack of representation has affected me and the impact it’s had on people around me as well, so what we do makes me feel less insecure about my own cultural identity”).
You’ve got the members passionately speaking out about their own experiences (like here) and you’ve got academics for the more formal explanations. It’s not like they don’t invite academics to their platform, you know? An Akeanon professor who has published many relevant sociolinguistics studies spoke on one of their videos and they literally had a historian on their channel during their debut era.
As for their creative director, promoting multilingualism and multiculturalism has been this guy’s thing even before ALAMAT came to be. I know a lot of people aren’t huge fans of his, but we need to acknowledge that. I don’t get this idea that he’s just using this concept to make a quick buck because the Filipino entertainment industry and society still vastly favor Tagalog-centrism. Doing this concept was and is a risk.
He wrote the script for 2 Cool 2 Be 4Gotten (2016) and it features the Kapampangan language, even though it’s not directly related to the plot at all. Beauty Gonzalez was speaking in her native language, Cebuano Bisaya, in The Third Party (2016), even though it has no relevance to the plot or setting (a woman in Manila has to live with her bisexual ex and his boyfriend). His 2018 film, Bakwit Boys, heavily features the Kapampangan culture and language, inspired by his own upbringing.
As I’ve mentioned before, a few years ago, I found a research paper that included his blog post from 2007. To my amusement, he was credited simply as a “Filipino blogger,” but yeah… even in 2007, he was already speaking up about the discrimination against Bisaya folks, even though he himself is Kapampangan and not Bisaya.
2) They are only using Indigenous aesthetics, but don’t care about Indigenous peoples of the Philippines. Likewise, they use aesthetics from non-Tagalog cultures but don’t uplift non-Tagalog people.
To be honest, I believe that much of this is answered by the stuff above. However, putting aside the members’ own ethnic and cultural backgrounds, they definitely do work with and feature a lot of Indigenous and non-Tagalog talents on their platform. Some examples:
  • They featured various Indigenous/non-Tagalog language speakers (besides the members) on one of their languages comparison video: https://youtu.be/KU0iUX6d7Ys
  • They highlighted an Aeta tribe in “ABKD” and worked closely with them.
  • A Maranao performer did a solo at their Pasulong album launch: https://youtu.be/oBTkIp7fu3Q?t=2675
  • “say u love me” was co-written by Jin Chan, a Bisaya artist from Davao.
  • “Day & Night” was co-written and co-composed by Therese Villarante-Langit, a Vispop artist who wrote Vispop songs like “My Morena Girl” (probably the most recognizable one).
  • They also consistently give proper credit to the sources of their indigenous textiles. For example, you can easily find credits for Hanap Habi and Kandama Collective in the “Dagundong” MV description. They have worked with Hanap Habi and Kandama Collective for a long time now. Hanap Habi supports Indigenous female weavers in Benguet and Kandama Collective is owned by Victor Baguilat Jr., who is Ifugao.
Aside from that, they also publicly supported Indigenous rights at UP Fair this year:
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GNEQHkOa8AAvC9h?format=jpg&name=medium
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GNEQHl6asAAUqrC?format=jpg&name=large
Predebut, Alas was also a youth coordinator for Let's Do It Philippines in Davao, which he talked about in their broadcast channel. LDIP is a grassroots coalition for environmental action, and he stated that his team helped Indigenous folks in Mindanao solve environmental issues.
Of course, there are always ways for the advocacy to be represented better. I myself have a major criticism of their MVs:
Their leading ladies are usually still very mestiza or chinita. There’s nothing wrong, of course, with having a mestiza/chinita leading lady. However, in “ABKD,” they show a young Aeta girl whose self-esteem is damaged by Eurocentric beauty standards and colorism. Yet their music videos often reinforce this beauty standard by almost always casting mestiza/fair-skinned chinita women as romantic leads. This beauty standard has an even greater impact on Filipina girls/women than men.
It’s sad, TBH, that “Maharani” is probably their only MV with naturalistic color grading among the ones that feature a romance storyline. Probably because Jhoanna is the only leading lady they’ve gotten so far* who actually registers as morena on-screen even without a filter that makes her look darker:
https://dryedmangoez.com/images/dryedmangoez/MUSICMONDAY012723.jpg
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GM-a-eabsAA3xkU?format=jpg&name=large
* I am aware that they featured Lyca Gairanod in their “ILY ILY” MV, but she was shown as the members’ classmate/sister(? unclear which), not in a romantic context.
I really hope they get morena leading ladies in upcoming MVs, especially after the “ABKD” MV condemned colorist beauty standards that damage the self-esteem of young girls especially. I know for a fact that Viva has morena talents, so even if they wanted to keep it in-house, they can still do better. Morena girls deserve to be shown as worthy of love. I hope the group features a more visually diverse set of leading ladies, as a part of their advocacy.
But yeah. Their advocacy is not perfect, but what we see indicates that the members’ and the creative team’s intentions are sincere. There are ways for it to be better, but they are definitely not performative and have already done so much great work in the few years that they have been a group.
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2024.05.10 20:04 nt96 25 years ago, Basement Jaxx made their smash debut with Remedy.

It’s 1999, sun is setting for the decade, Boy Bands and Teen Pop Stars are all the rage, the world might be heading for disaster due to something called “the millennium bug” and the worst of all dance music might be getting a little….GASP..stale!? Well at least that's how it was seen by Felix Buxton and Simon Ratcliffe, aka Basement Jaxx.

Introduction

Enter Remedy! A rambunctious and kaleidoscopic display of genres, rhythms and sensibilities; Remedy was formed out of dissatisfaction with the state of dance music. What was something that was supposed to represent everyone from all walks of life coming together in unison, has now felt linear, close-minded, superficial, ultimately a shell of its former self. Basement Jaxx knew had to be done, even naming the album as an antidote to the poisons they saw in dance music.
"For me, Remedy was always about togetherness, which is the appeal of house music. You may be black; you may be white; you may be Jew; you may be gentile. It doesn’t matter in our house" - Felix Buxton

Songs/singles

Remedy was released with four singles. As with any artist, you have to make sure their first song makes the strongest impression, and boy did Basement Jaxx deliver!
Red Alert
Taking a page straight out of Parliament and Funkadelic, Red Alert is as much a jubilant ode to the wonderful world of funk as it is a natural evolution of the genre it's infatuated with. The vocals are provided by Blu James, who enthusiastically belts (and even screams) her lyrics with equal energy to the song. Its reprised verses are a subduer to the rather antsy pre-millennium tension that permeated the general public at that time, and perhaps a message that rings even truer today. A simple reminder that nothing is new under the sun. The track was a rousing success, peaking at number 5 on the UK Singles Chart and became the duo's first number 1 hit on the Billboard Hot Dance Music/Club Play chart.
Rendez-Vu
Their second single (as well as the album's opening track), Rendez-Vu, opens with a thundering crash before a airy synthesizer descends like a ray of light, yanking you straight into the foreground with its shuffling house beats, Spanish guitars and fancy little vocoders. It’s everything you can ask for in a summer dance hit, served sizzling hot on a skillet. The charts seemed to agree as well; reaching number four on the UK Singles Chart and securing yet another number 1 hit on the US Dance Club Songs chart.
Jump 'N Shout
Their third single, Jump 'N Shout features ragga vocals by MC Slarta John amidst a gradually ascending beat before culminating in an explosive chorus. The song peaked at number 12 in the UK Singles Chart.
Bingo Bango
The fourth and final single, Bingo Bango, brought a little Nuyorican flavor to the mix. A Latin-infused romp with elements of Calypso, Samba on top on house beats, the song saw usage in a few films and TV shows like Queer as Folk (US Version), The Dancer (2000) and Get Over It (2001). Needless to say, the song was a success, adding a third number one hit to US Dance Club Songs chart and nicely wrapping up the album rollout with a bang(o).

Conclusion

Basement Jaxx achieved exactly what they set out to do, bring life to dance music once again; with Remedy, they exemplified just how epic and adventurous it can be. It was a breath of fresh air for clubs and still stands as one of the greatest dance albums of the 90s and of all time.
It helped solidify Basement Jaxx as one of the dance music elites alongside Fatboy Slim, The Prodigy, Underworld, Daft Punk, etc.. And when you have Thomas Bangalter (one half of Daft Punk) even consider your album to be better than theirs (Homework), you know you made it.
A major stepping stone in their journey to become the festival headliners they are now, Remedy is a celebration of dance music at its most exuberant, and its energy is still felt to this day.

Questions

What was your first experience like when listening to this album?
What are your favorite tracks?
Do you feel this album has made an impact in dance music? If so, in what way?
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2024.05.10 16:42 thestylesreport Soundmap Beginner's Guide / FAQ

If you are new to the game or have questions about features and functions, check out this Beginner's guide/FAQ first. Last updated 5/15/2024: includes information on the new artist lootbox Quests introduced in version 1.22. See also my Full list of all artists with badges post for a listing of artists you can acquire a badge for in the game.
This is the first FAQ I've ever written for a game, although I have greatly benefitted from Reddit guides over the years. I'm not a developer (though I think they're doing a great job!) or gaming expert, just a fan of the game. Thanks to the subreddit's moderators for pinning this post and to the Soundmap community for contributing your knowledge and insights. Hope this helps!
u/TheStylesReport

What is Soundmap?

Soundmap is a location-based mobile music collection game. Think Pokemon Go, but with songs. You collect the songs and then can trade them for other songs or “coins”, the in-game currency.

What kind of device do I need to play this?

This is an iPhone only app for now. Dev notes that an Android version is coming in the summer sometime.

Is Premium worth it?

Short answer: Yes. (if you intend to play the game long term)
Think of the standard edition as a demo. Reminds me of the shareware model from back-in-the-day (dating myself here). Premium unlocks so many features that make the game truly playable in the long run – expanded collection range, level, etc.
I’d say the lifetime license is a really good deal. (The cost ranges from $15-30 dollars/pounds/euros depending on your region and if you catch a sale). You’re supporting the developers’ hard work so that the game can continue to grow and prosper. And believe me, I’m normally a person that doesn’t pay for ANYTHING on the App Store, but the hours I’ve put in to this game made it worth it. I’ve been neglecting Tears of the Kingdom in favor of this.
You can also get premium if you invite 8 friends to join but I haven’t tested that functionality. I’ve heard mixed reports of it being bugged, but the game purports to have 4500+ users go premium via this route.

What are song rarities?

Each song is labeled with an associated rarity under the artist and title.
You'll notice some Common/Uncommon/RARE songs are glowing in a "hologram" style fashion. These are "Shiny" songs and are worth more than the conventional type of song.

Where are the best places to go to get songs/drops?

I don’t know how they determine where things drop but I'm guessing it’s some combination of cell phone signals and users who have the app installed. As such, places like open fields and parks are pretty sparse, but where I’ve found the most drops are:
Also remember to regularly “scan this area” when going to new places to refresh.

How can I tell if something is a rare, shiny, and/or epic on the map? Do they have their own drops?

Rares are easy to spot because they are darker and glowing, and they stand out against the yellow perimeter.
Shinies have their own drops (looks like a shiny mixed with a regular drop) but, if you’re lucky, can also be pulled from other common, uncommon and rare drops (this is very infrequent, however).
The developers initially created standalone epic drops but took them out of the game because of spoofing/cheating. As of now, the only way to pull an epic is from other drops, but they appear at an even lower probability than shinies.

I was going to pick up a drop and it’s greyed out now. Did someone get to it first?

Yes. Drops are shared with other players so someone might have gotten to it first! On the discord people have complained that in popular areas people camp out to wait for the timers to reset and then pick up the drops right away. So if you’re in an area where you don’t see a lot of grey drops enjoy it while you can :-)

Can you own multiple of the same song?

While the game doesn’t allow duplicates of the exact same song, you can have multiples in certain circumstances, such as:
• There are different album covers (ie the regular album edition vs a greatest hits version)
• There is a sped up or radio edited version
• The regular version, the shiny version and/or the epic version are all distinct versions and you can own all three

What do the numbers on the epics mean?

The lower the number, the more valuable it is. #1 means it’s the first copy someone found from a drop. Think of it like collecting comic books or trading cards. Numbers over #25 just read #25+ and over #100 read 100+.

How does the trade economy work? What is X worth? How much can I get for X?

The game’s trade economy generally follows basic rules of supply and demand with commons being worth the least, uncommons more, then rares. What’s “fair” is subjective but in my experience the general range has been this, hard-to-find artists being more:
· Commons: 100 - 500 coins
· Uncommons: 300 - 1500 coins
· RARES: 500 – 3000 coins
· Common Shiny: 500 – 1500 coins
· Uncommon Shinies: 1000 – 10000 coins
If a track is really popular and/or new, expect to pay more (for example, the Kendrick/Drake beef tracks were at premium for a while).
RARE shinies and Epics are all over the place though, with people asking for literally a million+ for a #1 Kanye West epic. I don’t know if they get it but certainly 6 figure trades for the most popular shinies and epics are not out of the ordinary.
Hip-hop seems to be the most universally popular genre, with artists like Travis Scott and Playboi Carti fetching the highest trade prices. Female pop stars like Taylor, Lana, Billie, Olivia, etc. have trading power. K-Pop (StrayKids, NewJeans, BTS, etc.) are also very popular, but a bit more niche.

How do I earn coins?

· Buy via in-app purchases. This ranges from 2 bucks for 1000, to 100 bucks for 100,000.
· Invite friends. Get 1000 coins for each person that signs up.
· Through trade by offering songs.
· Get your free daily drops.
· Converting unwanted songs to coins.
I’m usually free to play on everything (aside from buying the premium license) so I ended up doing the latter three to earn. You can really stock up with some good rares or a couple of lucky shiny or epic pulls.
Converting commons is a good way to earn some coin quickly in the early game, and your pull to earn ratio is usually pretty good, especially if you’re able to farm drops in your area. However, as you get more coins, try to keep and sell commons via trade instead as you’ll be able to earn some coins and get a common back in the process.
Try to avoid converting uncommons or rares whenever possible. Even if you offer them cheaply for a few hundred coins it’s better than burning them outright. Also, you never know what people might be interested in – one person’s trash truly is another’s treasure. Conversely you can get some really great songs that someone is just looking to be rid of.

How do I convert songs to coins?

Long press (hold down) on an individual song to convert to coins. If you hit the … next to “Your Collection” it will give you the option to “Select to Sell” and you can convert songs to coins in bulk.

How do I offer coins in a trade?

When you “request to trade” you’ll see that there’s an “add coins” option. Click on that and add the desired amount of coins. If you are aiming to trade coins only, just use any throwaway common to facilitate the trade (no way to trade without using at least one song.)

How do I hide songs I don't want to trade?

If you add songs to a playlist you can click on settings (cogwheel in top right) and switch "Available for trading" to "Hidden from trading".
Unfortunately, this is only one-way - it will hide those songs so you don't see them when you "Make A New Offer" for trade, but it does NOT hide the songs from people who visit your profile or keep them from offering things to you.
As a workaround, you can create "for trade" playlists and ask people to only look in there for things they'd like to trade for, but not everyone abides by that. Hopefully they fix this in a future update.

What is the benefit of setting favorite artist(s)? Does it actually work?

The favorite artists does work to help you increase probability of picking up your favorites, moreso if the artist has a deep discography. I set Taylor Swift as a favorite and I picked up a bunch of her tracks. (I love classic hip-hop and R&B but I’m a Swiftie nonetheless lol). It does take time as the overall drop rate is still low even at 10x. The favorite artists you set also impact starting suggestions for quests (see Quests below).
I would recommend setting one unique artist for each genre if you’re trying to accumulate. (I.e Taylor for pop, Kanye for hip-hop, SZA for R&B, etc). This can help with badge collection as you’ll see next.

What are artist badges and what are they used for?

When you collect a certain amount of songs by a particular artist, you earn a badge. This badge is a picture of the artists’ face (or a full body shot of the band), and you can designate a favorite artist badge to appear next to your username throughout the game. You can own multiple badges per artist. Badges are categorized as follows, depending on how many songs you collect:
· Bronze – 5 songs
· Silver – 20 songs
· Gold – 50 songs
· Platinum – entire discography (song count varies by artist)
· Diamond – entire discography plus 5 shiny songs
A full list of artists with badges can be found here on my other post about the topic. So far the badges themselves seem cosmetic but they are a great way to keep track of which artists are most popular (and thus fetch the highest trade prices).

How do I know how many songs are in a specific artist’s discography?

After you collect the gold badge for an artist, the game will provide you with the count of the remaining songs to collect for a platinum. As far as I know this is the only way (and thus only works for badge artists).

What are lootboxes and should I buy them?

Lootboxes are basically a way to purchase drops with coins. They can be very, very useful if used correctly and at the right phase(s) of the game.
~Daily Drop – free: You can select a free drop of the genre of your choice (or randomly). It resets everyday at midnight. Always pull this everyday. Most of the time it’s common, but I’ve pulled some really good uncommons and rares from this. And it’s free!
~Daily Free Coins – free: Self explanatory. Always pull this everyday. The reward gets larger and larger as your streak gets longer. For example, my next reward after 42 days of playing will be 1040 coins.
~Best of the Best – 2000: You can pick your genre here and it gives you a pull from a random popular artist in that genre. Note: "best" doesn't mean "rare" necessarily. I've pulled rares but other folks have pulled uncommons. Also, "popular" artist doesn’t necessarily mean badge artist, so be mindful.
~Super Rare – 1000: This is the absolute best drop for beginners aiming to build a collection for trading. As it says, you get a guaranteed rare, though it’s a blind drop (can’t pick genre). With 10,000 coins you can get 10 rares and in conjunction with stuff you collect around town that’s a great platform to start building from.
~Today’s Top Hits – 1000: If you love the most popular songs you can try your luck here. I just tried this to see what I’d get and I got a Taylor Swift rare. Most of the time you should get a rare but not sure if it’s guaranteed.
~RapCaviar – 1000: This is for the hip-hop fans. As it’s curated you’ll get a currently popular artist, but rarity is not guaranteed. I pulled an Uncommon Yeat most recently.
-New Music Friday - This is a new one offering new music that comes out on Fridays. I think it's free but it's a little bugged right now so more to come on that.

What are Quests?

Quests are a feature added in 1.22 where you merge songs based on certain requirements in order to create artist-specific lootboxes. The Quest screen highlights artists you've designated in your favorites but you can click the search (hourglass) and create for any artist in the game.
Quests will ask you to merge songs from different genre, rarity, and initial letters. Example quest requirements (but these can vary widely) are:
Quest costs range from 1-2k per dev. Quests scale in difficulties as you progress through an artist’s discog. It’ll be easier at first and gradually increase in difficulties. If a quest is too difficult, you have 3 re-roll options per day across all artist quests.
Quests are also easier for artists who don’t spawn in map drops.
Once you merge you get a cool animation that spins all the specific songs from that specific artist (reminds me of the Marvel Studios logo, but for music) and then lands on a common, uncommon or RARE song from that artist. You then get a new requirement if you want to unlock another lootbox from that artist.
This replaces the old Favorite Artist Drop lootbox in previous editions (used to cost 2000 coins). You can still open this with coins but now it costs 3000. Open the drop and instead of merging, go to the top right corner and you'll see the option to buy with coins.
I would recommend reserving this function for when you have built up a sizable discography, you’re trying to get artists that don’t seem to spawn from drops, and/or you're trying to go for Platinum. If you're bronze, silver, etc. you may find it more cost effective to trade for songs you need.
You can do as many quests as you want in a day.

What is the point of exp and levels?

Every time you level up you get a 2000+ coin bonus (more at higher levels), which is a nice incentive to stay active. The higher your exp, the higher your worldwide rank, which so far looks to be just bragging rights. The higher your level, the more exp it takes to level up.
How to earn XP:
· Common song: 20 XP
· Uncommon song: 50 XP
· Rare song: 100 XP
· Shiny song: 300 XP
· Epic song: 800 XP
· New drop visited: 20 XP
· New artist seen: 20 XP
· New person traded with: 20 XP
· Daily check in: 100 XP
However – the exp you gain in a week does have an impact on your league position.

What are leagues?

Leagues are another way to compete with other Soundmappers and earn a little bit of coins as well.
Each user is assigned to a league that consists of 30 random participants of a common rank. Like the artists, there are Bronze/SilveGold/Platinum/Diamond Tiers. You advance (or maintain your rank) by earning XP. Top players in each tier get some coins. If you rank highly enough you get promoted, if you are too low, you get demoted to a previous rank.
Check out the in-game League FAQ for more info. (I tried to link it here but it keeps trying to post some huge goofy Notion ad alongside the link so I'll not do that).

What is Discord and why does everyone keep talking about it?

From Wikipedia: Discord is an instant messaging and VoIP social platform which allows communication through voice calls, video calls, text messaging, and media and files.
There is no in-game messaging system (yet) so Discord is the platform you can use to communicate with other gamers to negotiate trades, advertise things you’re selling, contact the developers about desired features. The devs are active and you can often get very good insights from the help and announcement channels.
However, as with any social chat community there is always the danger of people getting toxic/abusive in the general rooms. Generally I stick to direct messages about trades, and everyone I’ve spoken to in DMs is nice and polite, but your own experience may vary.
If you click on the “chat” icon in app it will automatically invite you to the discord.

Why am I banned?

If you’re unlucky you’ll find yourself locked out of login with an error that your account has been banned. Generally, if you’ve violated the terms of service (we all read those, right?).
From what I’ve seen, the following things can get you banned:
· Location spoofing (using apps/tools to pretend you’re in a different place than you actually are)
· Scamming (trying to trick people into giving up high value tracks for nothing, etc.)
· Invite spoofing (using fake emails to sign up for multiple accounts and then using those to get free premium
If you think you’ve been falsely/mistakenly banned, send a help ticket and plead your case.

Speaking of ban, how do I block people who are bothering me, spamming the trade channel, or who are throwing me terrible trades?

Hit the ... in the top right next to a username and Block and/or Report. Use this carefully as there is currently no option to unblock someone after you block them. Once they're gone, they're gone.

Someone offered me a bunch of coins for a trade, but I traded them a bunch of valuable things and now I don't see the coins!

This is a (in)famous scam floating around in the game, usually marked by something to the effect of:
"I'm quitting the game! Trade me for all these coins!"
"I'm offering X amount of coins, best offer takes them!"
What most of these people are hoping you do is click on the individual song instead of clicking "trade" for the entire lot (and that you offer a bunch of valuable rares, shinies, epics, etc enticed by the coin amount).
In other words, when you do this you are telling the game, "nah, I don't want the coins." Next thing you know, they accept the trade and you only get the song.
Unfortunately, you can't reverse the trade but you can report those individuals. Next time, before you finalize the trade (the screen where the game asks "are you SURE you want to do this?", make sure the confirmation says explicitly "You'll receive X coins."
That's all I've got for now. Good luck and have fun! I hope both this subreddit and the Soundmap community grows and prospers.
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2024.05.10 12:43 starlightexpressme2 "MILYONG PASASALAMAT SA DIOS" -- NASA BIBLE NGA BA YAN??

YES i admit once a week lang ako nakakadalo ng gatherings ng mcgi for some reasons.
Naka PERFECT ATTENDANCE lang ako when i was given a youtube link when pandemic started last 2020 first quarter to 2023 last quarter.
PLEASE CORRECT ME IF I AM WRONG.
Parang may pagkakataon na nagsalita si Eli Soriano ng "MILYONG SALAMAT SA DIOS" every time na nakapag paksa sya ng "HIWAGA" sa mga members niyang uto uto.
Hindi ko lang alam kung ilang pagkakataon sinabi ni Eli Soriano yung "MILYONG SALAMAT SA DIOS".
Si Daniel Razon ba nakapag salita ba sya ng "MILYONG SALAMAT SA DIOS"??
So again, CORRECT ME IF I AM WRONG.
Now eto ang mga KNPs na every time na magsasalita eh mas madalas nila sabihin yung phrase na "MILYONG SALAMAT SA DIOS".
When i heard them mention "MILYONG SALAMAT SA DIOS", parang nag SPARK sa isip ko, teka, meron bang phrase sa Bible na "MILYONG SALAMAT SA DIOS"??
Wala ata akong na-recall na may verse sa Bible na "MILYONG SALAMAT SA DIOS", or in english, "MILLION THANKS TO GOD", something like that....
Yes binasa ko na buong Bible and from time to time i still study it carefully, at WALA talaga ako ma-recall sa english version na "MILLION THANKS TO GOD".
I have read the KJV and now exploring the NIV. Pero hirap talaga ako sa Tagalog Bibles so i just stick to the english translations.
Yes it's their FREEDOM to say "MILYONG SALAMAT SA DIOS" for whatever reason they have.
Since saksakan ng entitlement ang mga leaders at workers ng MCGI na Biblical daw lahat ng sinasabi nila at inaaral at tinuturo, eh bakit kaya yung "MILYONG SALAMAT SA DIOS" eh WALA naman sa Bible?
Kaya ko sinabi ito eh HINDI PARA MAGYABANG, kundi para MAGSHARE ng isa pang IGNORANCE SA BIBLE ng mga SOLO CLAIMERS na MCGI lang daw ang sa Dios.
Ang nakasualt kasi sa Bible eh ito...
sa NIV it says...
Psalm 30:12
that my heart may sing your praises and not be silent. Lord my God, I will PRAISE YOU FOREVER.
Psalm 79:13
Then we your people, the sheep of your pasture, will PRAISE YOU FOREVER; from generation to generation we will proclaim your praise.
sa KJV it says...
Psalm 30:12
To the end that my glory may sing praise to thee, and not be silent. O Lord my God, I will give THANKS UNTO THEE FOR EVER.
Psalm 79:13
So we thy people and sheep of thy pasture will give thee THANKS FOR EVER: we will shew forth thy praise to all generations.
PLEASE CORRECT ME IF I AM WRONG.
Wala kasi ako makita sa Tagalog versions ng phrase na "MILYONG SALAMAT SA DIOS".
It's a BIG HELP for me if some one can CORRECT ME if you can see any phrase in the Tagalog version na "MILYONG SALAMAT SA DIOS". WELL APPRECIATED if some one can show me in any Tagalog translations of the Bible.
So is it more SENSIBLE to say "WALANG HANGGANG PASALAMAT SA DIOS" / "SALAMAT SA DIOS MAGPAKAILANMAN"... kesa "milyong salamat sa Dios"??
In english, "FOREVER THANKS TO GOD" / "THANKS TO GOD FOREVER"... instead of "million thanks to God"??
Just sharing my observation.
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