Music Maven 3 - Page 14

Ben E Lou · 04-26-2005, 09:00 PM

Cheating: http://www.sigmamusic.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=14887

stevew · 04-26-2005, 10:23 PM

Yeah, the cheating makes me pretty ill. Especially since it was the top bands.

Desnudo · 04-26-2005, 10:30 PM

That is really weak.

stevew · 04-26-2005, 10:37 PM

Delete the accounts, for real, already. 115 days scheduled in a month.....maaaaaan thats shady.

stevew · 04-26-2005, 10:37 PM

-dola
No wonder the game kept breaking.

SirFozzie · 04-26-2005, 10:40 PM

Weak Sauce

Swaggs · 04-26-2005, 11:05 PM

Kick 'em to the curb.

Calis · 04-26-2005, 11:09 PM

Ahh I wondered, I looked at Heaven the group when the Mavapoolaza card was announced, and was shocked how many frigging releases they've had, and I remembered seeeing a couple bands with all maxxed out skills real early in the game also.

Sucks that people have to do that, especially in a game like this. I can understand why in some cases.

Of course I've been doing the opposite lately, completely forgetting to book ANYTHING.

Does it even count as rest if we don't schedule? Be nice if we could set some sorta default schedule in case we forget or something.

Swaggs · 04-26-2005, 11:26 PM

It sucks that Elitists Records has been working to be the #1 label and the one label in front of us has 15 million bogus sales. The one group released 4 full albums (so 32 songs) in a 13 month period.

I hope Doug deletes the groups altogether. This is some HornsManiac-style cheating.

stevew · 04-26-2005, 11:28 PM

Yeah, Elitists is the best, for shizzle.

stevew · 04-27-2005, 01:50 AM

I'm not playing anymore. To me, to have the game dominated by cheaters, and then apparently having a lot of people who knew you could cheat and didnothing about it, means that the game is fucked. Too bad, cause it was kind of fun for a minute. Maybe will be back for MM4, or if there is a reset. Nice game doug, but this version is ruined for me.

TazFTW · 04-27-2005, 01:54 AM

I was wondering how Vils was able to release 3 albums in time to get all 3 of them for Album of the Year.

sterlingice · 04-27-2005, 02:18 AM

Dude, that's just stupid. It's not that hard to get up to 100/100. Heck, my guys are in the 80's or 90's and I spend most of the game touring so my popularity stays in the 90s. It's not that hard of a game to get good in, provided you're persistent- these guys must be total jerks. It's like cheating to get extra training weeks in hattie when the top level of players is excellent and you start with a team of passables.

SI

Swaggs · 04-27-2005, 02:35 AM

Hopefully, you all will voice your displeasure on the messageboard there.

Maybe not everyone that cheated got caught, but letting the people that did get caught go, after saying he would delete their accounts, really irks me.

I like the game, but the fun is in measuring your successes versus others, whether sales/money/awards/etc. Playing while knowing that some of the clowns that I am trying to compete with cheated pretty much disgusts me.

Castlerock · 04-27-2005, 08:09 AM

If these bands are not deleted, I will quit this game.
Why have they not been deleted?

stevew · 04-27-2005, 08:23 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by sterlingice

Dude, that's just stupid. It's not that hard to get up to 100/100. Heck, my guys are in the 80's or 90's and I spend most of the game touring so my popularity stays in the 90s. It's not that hard of a game to get good in, provided you're persistent- these guys must be total jerks. It's like cheating to get extra training weeks in hattie when the top level of players is excellent and you start with a team of passables.

SI

My guys are studs too dude, but its broken for me now. To know that no matter how hard i worked on my label, that i would still have to overcome people that had obviously cheated to get to the top.....no way.

Raiders Army · 04-27-2005, 08:32 AM

What the? I haven't been reading this thread, but ironic that I find my label leader as one of the cheats.

I was signed to FW Entertainment since they offered me a contract. I received a notice from them asking for a new contract (and I still had 4 albums left!). I told him no way, since he's making a buttload of money off me. $500 per record and he's making like $750,000. What a jerk. Now I know why he offered me a new contract when I had 4 albums left. I thought that was fishy.

Yeah, this really sucks.

Klinglerware · 04-27-2005, 09:07 AM

Yeah, pretty weak. It's a freakin' free game, do people really want to win so badly that they'll stay up in the wee hours to generate more fake money and record sales? Geez, if you cheat or not, in the end it's just a game--the record sales don't exist.

By the way, did anybody notice that tour dates look like they were double counted in last night's update?

stevew · 04-27-2005, 10:22 AM

RA, Just make a new character. In the meantime you will screw over the FW bastard by taking up a spot on his label. Of if you gotta record, just release 1 copy of each album.

Raiders Army · 04-27-2005, 10:29 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by stevew

RA, Just make a new character. In the meantime you will screw over the FW bastard by taking up a spot on his label. Of if you gotta record, just release 1 copy of each album.

Great idea. I'll probably do that, but I really like Glam Gams.

Castlerock · 04-27-2005, 01:00 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Swaggs

Hopefully, you all will voice your displeasure on the messageboard there.

Maybe not everyone that cheated got caught, but letting the people that did get caught go, after saying he would delete their accounts, really irks me.

I like the game, but the fun is in measuring your successes versus others, whether sales/money/awards/etc. Playing while knowing that some of the clowns that I am trying to compete with cheated pretty much disgusts me.

After reading the forum over there, it looks like nothing is going to be done.

[Originally Posted by musicmaven] "like lime said - it was hardly cheating - just select the maximum number of days and ignore the red text warning. done. so it's hard for me to penalize anyone. its a glaring mistake i should have caught."

It was not cheating? Huh?

That's too bad. It was fun but the cheaters will still be playing tomorrow (with their inflated stats) while this non-cheater is walking away.

Swaggs · 04-27-2005, 01:26 PM

RA, since it seems like it is okay to exploit the bugs, there appears to be some way to release singles/records without all (any?) content on them.

From Doug's Master Bug List:
Recording
6. Game lets you release an album or single with less than the 8 or 2 tracks. Fix gui to prevent this situation from happening.

I'm not sure how you do it, but I have seen it. Try messing around with recordings and see. There is someway to release records without using up songs, so if you do that with your albums, you should be able to fulfil your contract w/o deleting the band or wasting all your songs.

Swaggs · 04-27-2005, 01:29 PM

What do you guys think about the logic of "If I can't identify everyone who was cheating, I shouldn't punish those who I know cheated?"

That really burns me up for some reason. Someone smarter than me needs to argue that logic because it just seems so wrong. The best I can do is equate it to a teacher who knows some of his students are cheating. Is it okay for him to let the cheaters go and keep their (higher) grade, because there might be others cheating, as well?

stevew · 04-27-2005, 01:29 PM

I disbanded my label and im done. Hopefully someone will make a similar game where you cannot cheat, and if you do, you actually get punished. Pisspoor.

Ben E Lou · 04-27-2005, 01:33 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Swaggs

What do you guys think about the logic of "If I can't identify everyone who was cheating, I shouldn't punish those who I know cheated?"

It is either:

a. really stupid
b. really wimpy
c. both

I vote for "c."

Quote:

That really burns me up for some reason. Someone smarter than me needs to argue that logic because it just seems so wrong. The best I can do is equate it to a teacher who knows some of his students are cheating. Is it okay for him to let the cheaters go and keep their (higher) grade, because there might be others cheating, as well?

Yup. Someone over at the Maven boards posted something along the lines of "If you know that five guys were involved in a robbery, and you only catch two of them, do you decide not to punish the two you got because it wouldn't be fair?"

Really, really bad decision. Just awful.

Desnudo · 04-27-2005, 01:36 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Castlerock

After reading the forum over there, it looks like nothing is going to be done.

"like lime said - it was hardly cheating - just select the maximum number of days and ignore the red text warning. done. so it's hard for me to penalize anyone. its a glaring mistake i should have caught."

It was not cheating? Huh?

That's too bad. It was fun but the cheaters will still be playing tomorrow (with their inflated stats) while this non-cheater is walking away.

Exploit = Cheat

Raiders Army · 04-27-2005, 01:37 PM

I posted:

Quote:

Originally Posted by Raiders Army

And another thing, what's to stop me from cheating today? It would be my first offense, so what would you do about it? Would you lump me in with the "harmless" one-time offense bands or the big cheaters? I guess nothing would be done about it, so as long as I don't cheat too much, I'll be okay.

Response:

Quote:

Originally Posted by musicmaven

it all depends on what was done and how much i dislike you

Castlerock · 04-27-2005, 02:40 PM

Anyone got any ideas for "going out in a blaze of glory"? I have a ton of cash available.

lighthousekeeper · 04-27-2005, 03:27 PM

It's funny how people are jumping over a cliff on this but missed my post about the "karma code" in the game that will take care of cheaters. Bottom line, they are being dealt with in the code, but i think it's much better to deal with this subtlely than to go all public. People just have to trust that this is being taken care of in the code, and that the cheaters are getting their jsut reward...

I'd suggest not deleting bands/labels just yet and wait to see the plight of any band that cheated. Trust me, this is much more sinister.

but....shhh!

Ben E Lou · 04-27-2005, 03:29 PM

I saw the "karma code" post, but you made it in such a way that I (and others, I'm sure) took it as a joke. I had no idea that you were serious about it. That's good to hear, then.

--Ben

lighthousekeeper · 04-27-2005, 03:32 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by SkyDog

I saw the "karma code" post, but you made it in such a way that I (and others, I'm sure) took it as a joke. I had no idea that you were serious about it. That's good to hear, then.

--Ben

yes intentionally vague. if bands know they're being slowly poisoned, they'll just disband and start a new one. that's no punishment...

Castlerock · 04-27-2005, 03:49 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by lighthousekeeper

I'd suggest not deleting bands/labels just yet and wait to see the plight of any band that cheated. Trust me, this is much more sinister.

As long as this is dealt with, I'll continue to play. I have not thrown my band off the cliff yet.

sachmo71 · 04-27-2005, 03:52 PM

I never will understand why people feel the need to cheat to win.

sachmo71 · 04-27-2005, 03:53 PM

Question...are people who run labels actually transfering money from the label to their bands?

I haven't, but I was curious after reading one of the earlier posts.

Desnudo · 04-27-2005, 03:56 PM

karma code?

Tigercat · 04-27-2005, 03:57 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by sachmo71

Question...are people who run labels actually transfering money from the label to their bands?

I haven't, but I was curious after reading one of the earlier posts.

I do from time to time, but my label only has 3 bands, two of which are mine, and those two give my label >90% of its money.

Qwikshot · 04-27-2005, 04:02 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Desnudo

karma code?

Boy George?

sterlingice · 04-27-2005, 04:38 PM

Maybe the karma code is why squeaky clean Fascist Eagle is having higher than normal popularity these days

Some Front Office Records business (S.T.A.T., you have a new offer): We've got 20 bands and some just aren't doing a thing. Is there any way some of the following could delete their band so I can spend some of our cash and spots on FOFC'ers who want it? (If I'm incorrect and you are active- then tell me, too- I'm just going off of stats): Goldeneye, Gorettos, Strutter(?), The Eunuch Calm, and The Klein Bottles (was one of the biggest bands and just stopped).

SI

Swaggs · 04-27-2005, 05:46 PM

I'm glad to see the "karma code," although after they suffer for a few sessions, I'd like to see the cheaters deleted altogether and told to kindly eat a large plate of STFU. It is obvious that the loudest of them (Lime aka VilS SluM) is not remorseful, at all.

This kind of stuff reminds me of the whole Horns Maniac/RWBL crap. A handful of people screwing up the data and results of a large group of people who have invested time to create a fun, alternate universe to play in, so that they can get a hard on from being the best. Really pisses me off.

sterlingice · 04-28-2005, 04:28 PM

Two bands on the label got deleted (yay) so Koda has an offer. Anyone out there who used to be on the label and isn't any more or anyone new who wants to be in Front Office Records?

SI

fantastic flying froggies · 04-28-2005, 05:00 PM

The Vampires of Doom have finally made the top 10 with their album Stories from Hell...W00t!

Ben E Lou · 04-29-2005, 04:20 AM

Too Bad Bruthaz not only made their feelings known about the cheating scandal, but also struck a chord with fans around the world, as their new album, "1-8-7 on VilS," topped the sales charts this month! Parents all over the world shrunk back in horror and formed protest groups about the album's themes of misogyny ("Slap Dat Ho" and "Pimpin' Da Hos"), violent crime ("Drive By Story," "Stick 'Em Up," "My Victim"), and drug use and skipping school ("Hangin' On Da Corner" is set at 11am on a school day, and speaks of 14-17 year-old girls "skippin' dey class, thowin' dey ass, and smokin' some grass").

In other words, "1-8-7 on Vils" has ALL the elements to be a HUGE gangsta rap hit.

Track List
Order	Title	Quality
1	Slap Dat Ho	90
2	The Needle's In The Groove	82
3	The Vinyl's On The Platter	86
4	Pimpin' Da Hos	91
5	Stick 'Em Up	93
6	Drive-By Story	91
7	Hangin' On Da Corner	91
8	My Victim	95

Earnings
Label Cost	0
Band Cost	1704000
Label Gross	0
Band Gross	3201954

Monthly Sales
Month	Sales
2010-07-01	640391

Raiders Army · 04-29-2005, 05:57 AM

I saw someone else had a single titled "Vils=Mili Vanili" or something like that.

hoopsguy · 04-29-2005, 06:49 AM

Saw the #16 single by the Sell-Outs also making a statement:

"Crappy Pop Music--But At Least It Ain't ViLS"

SI, if you are looking for additional bands for the label I'll put up Mrs. Doubtfire. I started this band last week - first effort at MM.

Ben E Lou · 04-29-2005, 07:41 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by hoopsguy

Saw the #16 single by the Sell-Outs also making a statement:

Have I shown y'all a song list for The Sell-Outs. I'm having fun with doing a Teen Pop boy band. They tour as much as possible, practice very little, and release singles and albums ASAP--even if their songs are all rated "Did We Write This?"--because they don't care about quality or musical integrity, of course.

At any rate, here is the full discography for The Sell Outs:


Release Name	Type	Release Date	Label	Rating	Total Sales
No musical integrity	Single	2006-02-01		27	30,000
Tracks: Bubble Gum We have no musical integrity
Music That People Will Buy	Album	2006-08-01		46	233,296
Tracks: Selling Our Souls Who Cares If This Is Good? Musical That People Will Buy We're Just Whores Musical Sluttiness Bubble Gum Baby Baby We have no musical integrity
No Thought Went Into This	Single	2006-11-01		58	480,000
Tracks: No Thought Went Into This Song On Tour
More Vapid Stuff	Single	2007-02-01		57	500,000
Tracks: Singin' and Dancin' More Vapid Stuff
More Music That People Will Buy	Album	2007-07-01		59	589,463
Tracks: Anything For A Buck On Tour No Thought Went Into This Song More Vapid Stuff Singin' and Dancin' Buy This! Ready To Release An Album Money Maker
Shameless Musical Whores	Single	2007-10-01		57	571,810
Tracks: Shameless Musical Sluttiness Ready To Release An Album
Who Cares If This Is Good?	Single	2007-12-01		51	422,686
Tracks: Who Cares If This Is Good? Musical Sluttiness
Getting Paid	Single	2008-06-01		74	1,208,011
Tracks: Getting Paid We're Getting Rich
We Can't Believe You Sheep Keep Buying This Stuff	Album	2008-08-01		66	932,734
Tracks: Shameless Musical Sluttiness Look At Me We're Getting Rich Getting Paid Selling Out For Money Another Weak Song That Will Sell Yeah It Sucks. Now Buy It Anyway! Fortune and Fame
Buy This, You Ignorant Masses!	Single	2009-02-01		73	1,332,617
Tracks: Watch Us Lip-Synch Watch Us Dance
Another Crappy Teen Pop Album	Album	2009-08-01		77	1,294,964
Tracks: Millions Of Dollars From You People We're Really Rich Now! Watch Us Dance Watch Us Lip-Synch Selling Records....and Our Souls Who Needs A Title? This Sure Beats Working For A Living Yeah, Our Songs Suck, But You Still Listen
We're Really Rich Now!	Single	2009-12-01		72	1,008,018
Tracks: We're Really Rich Now! Millions Of Dollars From You People
Crappy Pop Music--But At Least It Ain't ViLS	Single	2010-07-01		79	418,027
Tracks: Choreograph This! Really Vapid Pop Music

Swaggs · 04-29-2005, 09:48 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Raiders Army

I saw someone else had a single titled "Vils=Mili Vanili" or something like that.

That's me. Over a million sold in 2 months. Maybe Doug coded in a slam VilS sales bonus.

stevew · 04-29-2005, 09:49 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Raiders Army

I saw someone else had a single titled "Vils=Mili Vanili" or something like that.

that was one of swaggs's bands. I decided im practicing for a week, and then im gonna record about 10 straight vils diss records before i quit.

stevew · 04-29-2005, 09:52 AM

Just got offered a 5 album, 5 single deal for 300K per release...YEAH, im signing that :roll , especially since we sell in the gold-plat range easily.

Coop · 04-29-2005, 11:40 AM

How do i raise music feel, lore and prolificacy? Anybody know?

BTW, my band finally sold a million records ( acouple of months ago)

TazFTW · 04-29-2005, 11:43 AM

lore is raised by reorganizing records.

04-26-2005, 09:00 PM	#651
Ben E Lou Morgado's Favorite Forum Fascist Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Greensboro, NC	Cheating: http://www.sigmamusic.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=14887 __________________ The media don't understand the kinds of problems and pressures 54 million come wit'!

04-26-2005, 10:40 PM	#656
SirFozzie Hall Of Famer Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: The State of Insanity	Weak Sauce __________________ Check out Foz's New Video Game Site, An 8-bit Mind in an 8GB world! http://an8bitmind.com

04-26-2005, 11:05 PM	#657
Swaggs Coordinator Join Date: Oct 2000	Kick 'em to the curb. __________________ DOWN WITH HATTRICK!!! The RWBL Are you reading In The Bleachers?

04-26-2005, 11:26 PM	#659
Swaggs Coordinator Join Date: Oct 2000	It sucks that Elitists Records has been working to be the #1 label and the one label in front of us has 15 million bogus sales. The one group released 4 full albums (so 32 songs) in a 13 month period. I hope Doug deletes the groups altogether. This is some HornsManiac-style cheating. __________________ DOWN WITH HATTRICK!!! The RWBL Are you reading In The Bleachers?

04-27-2005, 02:18 AM	#663
sterlingice Hall Of Famer Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Back in Houston!	Dude, that's just stupid. It's not that hard to get up to 100/100. Heck, my guys are in the 80's or 90's and I spend most of the game touring so my popularity stays in the 90s. It's not that hard of a game to get good in, provided you're persistent- these guys must be total jerks. It's like cheating to get extra training weeks in hattie when the top level of players is excellent and you start with a team of passables. SI __________________ Houston Hippopotami, III.3: 20th Anniversary Thread - All former HT players are encouraged to check it out! Janos: "Only America could produce an imbecile of your caliber!" Freakazoid: "That's because we make lots of things better than other people!" Last edited by sterlingice : 04-27-2005 at 02:19 AM.

04-26-2005, 10:23 PM	#652
stevew Hall Of Famer Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: the yo'	Yeah, the cheating makes me pretty ill. Especially since it was the top bands.

04-26-2005, 10:30 PM	#653
Desnudo Coordinator Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Here and There	That is really weak.

04-26-2005, 10:37 PM	#654
stevew Hall Of Famer Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: the yo'	Delete the accounts, for real, already. 115 days scheduled in a month.....maaaaaan thats shady.

04-26-2005, 10:37 PM	#655
stevew Hall Of Famer Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: the yo'	-dola No wonder the game kept breaking.

04-26-2005, 11:09 PM	#658
Calis College Starter Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Kansas	Ahh I wondered, I looked at Heaven the group when the Mavapoolaza card was announced, and was shocked how many frigging releases they've had, and I remembered seeeing a couple bands with all maxxed out skills real early in the game also. Sucks that people have to do that, especially in a game like this. I can understand why in some cases. Of course I've been doing the opposite lately, completely forgetting to book ANYTHING. Does it even count as rest if we don't schedule? Be nice if we could set some sorta default schedule in case we forget or something.

04-26-2005, 11:28 PM	#660
stevew Hall Of Famer Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: the yo'	Yeah, Elitists is the best, for shizzle.

04-27-2005, 01:50 AM	#661
stevew Hall Of Famer Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: the yo'	I'm not playing anymore. To me, to have the game dominated by cheaters, and then apparently having a lot of people who knew you could cheat and didnothing about it, means that the game is fucked. Too bad, cause it was kind of fun for a minute. Maybe will be back for MM4, or if there is a reset. Nice game doug, but this version is ruined for me.

04-27-2005, 01:54 AM	#662
TazFTW Pro Rookie Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Honolulu, HI	I was wondering how Vils was able to release 3 albums in time to get all 3 of them for Album of the Year.

04-27-2005, 02:35 AM	#664
Swaggs Coordinator Join Date: Oct 2000	Hopefully, you all will voice your displeasure on the messageboard there. Maybe not everyone that cheated got caught, but letting the people that did get caught go, after saying he would delete their accounts, really irks me. I like the game, but the fun is in measuring your successes versus others, whether sales/money/awards/etc. Playing while knowing that some of the clowns that I am trying to compete with cheated pretty much disgusts me. __________________ DOWN WITH HATTRICK!!! The RWBL Are you reading In The Bleachers?

04-27-2005, 08:09 AM	#665
Castlerock High School Varsity Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Boston, Ma	If these bands are not deleted, I will quit this game. Why have they not been deleted?

04-27-2005, 08:32 AM	#667
Raiders Army Coordinator Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: The Black Hole	What the? I haven't been reading this thread, but ironic that I find my label leader as one of the cheats. I was signed to FW Entertainment since they offered me a contract. I received a notice from them asking for a new contract (and I still had 4 albums left!). I told him no way, since he's making a buttload of money off me. $500 per record and he's making like $750,000. What a jerk. Now I know why he offered me a new contract when I had 4 albums left. I thought that was fishy. Yeah, this really sucks.

04-27-2005, 09:07 AM	#668
Klinglerware College Starter Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: The DMV	Yeah, pretty weak. It's a freakin' free game, do people really want to win so badly that they'll stay up in the wee hours to generate more fake money and record sales? Geez, if you cheat or not, in the end it's just a game--the record sales don't exist. By the way, did anybody notice that tour dates look like they were double counted in last night's update?

04-27-2005, 10:22 AM	#669
stevew Hall Of Famer Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: the yo'	RA, Just make a new character. In the meantime you will screw over the FW bastard by taking up a spot on his label. Of if you gotta record, just release 1 copy of each album.

04-27-2005, 01:26 PM	#672
Swaggs Coordinator Join Date: Oct 2000	RA, since it seems like it is okay to exploit the bugs, there appears to be some way to release singles/records without all (any?) content on them. From Doug's Master Bug List: Recording 6. Game lets you release an album or single with less than the 8 or 2 tracks. Fix gui to prevent this situation from happening. I'm not sure how you do it, but I have seen it. Try messing around with recordings and see. There is someway to release records without using up songs, so if you do that with your albums, you should be able to fulfil your contract w/o deleting the band or wasting all your songs. __________________ DOWN WITH HATTRICK!!! The RWBL Are you reading In The Bleachers?

04-27-2005, 01:29 PM	#673
Swaggs Coordinator Join Date: Oct 2000	What do you guys think about the logic of "If I can't identify everyone who was cheating, I shouldn't punish those who I know cheated?" That really burns me up for some reason. Someone smarter than me needs to argue that logic because it just seems so wrong. The best I can do is equate it to a teacher who knows some of his students are cheating. Is it okay for him to let the cheaters go and keep their (higher) grade, because there might be others cheating, as well? __________________ DOWN WITH HATTRICK!!! The RWBL Are you reading In The Bleachers?

04-27-2005, 01:29 PM	#674
stevew Hall Of Famer Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: the yo'	I disbanded my label and im done. Hopefully someone will make a similar game where you cannot cheat, and if you do, you actually get punished. Pisspoor.

04-27-2005, 02:40 PM	#678
Castlerock High School Varsity Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Boston, Ma	Anyone got any ideas for "going out in a blaze of glory"? I have a ton of cash available.

04-27-2005, 03:27 PM	#679
lighthousekeeper College Starter Join Date: Oct 2000	It's funny how people are jumping over a cliff on this but missed my post about the "karma code" in the game that will take care of cheaters. Bottom line, they are being dealt with in the code, but i think it's much better to deal with this subtlely than to go all public. People just have to trust that this is being taken care of in the code, and that the cheaters are getting their jsut reward... I'd suggest not deleting bands/labels just yet and wait to see the plight of any band that cheated. Trust me, this is much more sinister. but....shhh!

04-27-2005, 03:29 PM	#680
Ben E Lou Morgado's Favorite Forum Fascist Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Greensboro, NC	I saw the "karma code" post, but you made it in such a way that I (and others, I'm sure) took it as a joke. I had no idea that you were serious about it. That's good to hear, then. --Ben __________________ The media don't understand the kinds of problems and pressures 54 million come wit'!

04-27-2005, 03:52 PM	#683
sachmo71 The boy who cried Trout Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: TX	I never will understand why people feel the need to cheat to win.

04-27-2005, 03:53 PM	#684
sachmo71 The boy who cried Trout Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: TX	Question...are people who run labels actually transfering money from the label to their bands? I haven't, but I was curious after reading one of the earlier posts.

04-27-2005, 03:56 PM	#685
Desnudo Coordinator Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Here and There	karma code?

04-27-2005, 04:38 PM	#688
sterlingice Hall Of Famer Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Back in Houston!	Maybe the karma code is why squeaky clean Fascist Eagle is having higher than normal popularity these days Some Front Office Records business (S.T.A.T., you have a new offer): We've got 20 bands and some just aren't doing a thing. Is there any way some of the following could delete their band so I can spend some of our cash and spots on FOFC'ers who want it? (If I'm incorrect and you are active- then tell me, too- I'm just going off of stats): Goldeneye, Gorettos, Strutter(?), The Eunuch Calm, and The Klein Bottles (was one of the biggest bands and just stopped). SI __________________ Houston Hippopotami, III.3: 20th Anniversary Thread - All former HT players are encouraged to check it out! Janos: "Only America could produce an imbecile of your caliber!" Freakazoid: "That's because we make lots of things better than other people!"

04-27-2005, 05:46 PM	#689
Swaggs Coordinator Join Date: Oct 2000	I'm glad to see the "karma code," although after they suffer for a few sessions, I'd like to see the cheaters deleted altogether and told to kindly eat a large plate of STFU. It is obvious that the loudest of them (Lime aka VilS SluM) is not remorseful, at all. This kind of stuff reminds me of the whole Horns Maniac/RWBL crap. A handful of people screwing up the data and results of a large group of people who have invested time to create a fun, alternate universe to play in, so that they can get a hard on from being the best. Really pisses me off. __________________ DOWN WITH HATTRICK!!! The RWBL Are you reading In The Bleachers?

04-28-2005, 04:28 PM	#690
sterlingice Hall Of Famer Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Back in Houston!	Two bands on the label got deleted (yay) so Koda has an offer. Anyone out there who used to be on the label and isn't any more or anyone new who wants to be in Front Office Records? SI __________________ Houston Hippopotami, III.3: 20th Anniversary Thread - All former HT players are encouraged to check it out! Janos: "Only America could produce an imbecile of your caliber!" Freakazoid: "That's because we make lots of things better than other people!"

04-28-2005, 05:00 PM	#691
fantastic flying froggies Pro Rookie Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Sunny South of France	The Vampires of Doom have finally made the top 10 with their album Stories from Hell...W00t! __________________ Detroit Vampires (CFL) : Ve 're coming for your blood! Camargue Flamingos (WOOF): pretty in Pink

04-29-2005, 05:57 AM	#693
Raiders Army Coordinator Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: The Black Hole	I saw someone else had a single titled "Vils=Mili Vanili" or something like that.

04-29-2005, 06:49 AM	#694
hoopsguy General Manager Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Chicago	Saw the #16 single by the Sell-Outs also making a statement: "Crappy Pop Music--But At Least It Ain't ViLS" SI, if you are looking for additional bands for the label I'll put up Mrs. Doubtfire. I started this band last week - first effort at MM.

04-29-2005, 09:52 AM	#698
stevew Hall Of Famer Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: the yo'	Just got offered a 5 album, 5 single deal for 300K per release...YEAH, im signing that :roll , especially since we sell in the gold-plat range easily.

04-29-2005, 11:40 AM	#699
Coop High School JV Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: NJ	How do i raise music feel, lore and prolificacy? Anybody know? BTW, my band finally sold a million records ( acouple of months ago) __________________ eNFL-Carolina Panthers Xbox Live- Coop421 Last edited by Coop : 04-29-2005 at 11:48 AM.