The IronMix Challenges have different rules about every week. Here is where i'll update these rules, and display any constants IMC remixers should be aware of. Rules for IMC-X (tentative name) Begins On: (tba) Deadline: (tba) Length: (tba) Songs: (tba) Additional: Diffculty is the word of the day here. Rules for IMC10 Began On: Jan. 19th (or so) 2003 Deadline: Feb. 2nd (or so) 2003 Length: 2 weeks Songs: Final Fantasy VII - It's Difficult To Stand On Both Feet, Isn't It? Additional: A war between the General Discussion forum and the Unmoderated forum! Rules for IMC9 Began On: Jan. 12th (or so) 2003 Deadline: Jan. 19th (or so) 2003 Length: 1 week Songs: Gunstar Heroes - Mine Level Theme (title?) Additional: Interesting music in this one, due to a funky midi. Also, Sega Genesis! Rules for IMC8 Began On: Jan. 5th (or so) 2003 Deadline: Jan. 12th (or so) 2003 Length: 1 week Songs: Stunt Race FX - Night Owl Additional: Possibly the best IMC ever! Rules for IMC7 Began On: Dec. 14th, 2002. Deadline: Saturday, Dec. 21st, 2002. Length: 1 week Song: Song of Storms, Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time Additional: Christmas Style! Rules for IMC6 Began On: Dec. 7th (or so) 2002 Deadline: Dec. 21st (same as IMC7) Length: 2 weeks (extended) Songs: MegaMan 6 Robot Battle songs, and Select Screen music Additional: Only those songs! Rules for IMC5 Began On: Dec. 1st (or so) 2002 Deadline: Dec. 7th (or so) 2002 Length: 1 week Song: Final Fantasy Legends Title Music Additional: First gameboy game to be done on IMC! Rules for IMC4 Began On: Nov. 23th (or so) 2002 Deadline: Dec. 1st (or so) 2002 Length: 1 week Songs: White Land (F-Zero), Titania Boss (Star Fox), Title Theme (Uniracers) Additional: Two of three to be "medlified" together, no outside songs. Rules for IMC3 Began On: Nov. 2nd (or so) 2002 Deadline: Nov. 16th (or so) 2002 Length: 2 weeks (extended) Song: Azure Lake Zone (competition mode), Sonic 3 Additional: The only Non-Nintendo song so far! (still, as of IMC8) Rules for IMC2 Began On: Oct. 26th (or so) 2002 Deadline: Nov. 2nd (or so) 2002 Length: 1 week Songs: Ghost House Theme (Or Castle theme, actually), Forest of Illusion, Vanilla dome; Super Mario World Additional: One or more of the three, any other songs work as well. Rules for IMC1 Began On: Oct. 19th (or so) 2002 Deadline: Oct. 26th (or so) 2002 Length: 1 week Song: Devil's Lab, Final Fantasy 6 Additional: First contest! woohoo! Deadlines: Deadlines are generally on a Saturday, at 11:59pm. I will post in a thread if this changes at all. Filename Format: It is my preference that the filenames be in this format, for easy linkability: "User_Name_-_Name_of_the_File.mp3" WMA files are also allowed. Midis, however, are not. There are just too many midis of game music floating around to allow that. Anyone could find a great one, change the internal names, and call it theirs. Other file formats will be discussed as they show themselves. (For example, if someone comes up with a great 5-minute wav, it'll be a little large to be tossing about. I'll have to ask it be converted to MP3.) MP3 ID3v2 Tag Information Preferences: Song Name: Full song name Artist: You! Album: either "IronMix #", n/a, or whatever you like. Not really important. Year: 2003 Genre: (Whatever you like) Comment: Add whatever notes about the song you like. Feel free to be descriptive! The rest can be whatever you like. As for the URL tag though, i'm unsure. I'd like the URL http://ironmix.rks.no-ip.com to be in there somewhere, but i've heard that having the URL in the URL spot will make winamp's browser go there in certian instances, as the song gets played. Perhaps it should go into the Comment tag. More info will be here as needed. Check back once a week!