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! IMPORTANT NEWS FOR ALL PARTICIPANTS !

All the results are in!

By virtue of attendance, Camerin Neede has won the scoring trophy with 335.8 points. Runner-up is imamelia, with 259.5 points, and placing third is Tornado, with a score of 223.4.

By virtue of victories, Camerin Neede and imamelia both have two wins and have earned themselves a gold. In second would be all the participants who have won a round this contest - S.N.N., Tornado, Jimmy52905, and Slash Man. In third for wins... everybody else who entered. Imagine that.

What is SMWC Idol?

SMWC Idol is an eight-round competition in which porters and composers create custom music for Super Mario World under various criterias and restrictions. Each round is open to the entire userbase, discounting judges. You do not need to participate in the first round to be able to join in later, and you can skip any round. This year, five judges will be rating each submission - they are andy_k_250, Atma, Dotsarecool, Kristian, and Ladida.

How do you win it?

Most rounds won, and highest point total. Don't make shit and you'll do well.

...and what is the scoring rubric?

Accuracy in the situation of a port will be how true it is to the original, e.g. are the instruments similar, is it the same tempo etc. 4 points.
Ingenuity in the situation of a composition regards the complexity and flow of a song. Does it push SMW to its limits? 4 points.
Quality will be how good the music sounds on its own. Is it construction in such a fashion that it seems like it could really come from a game? 5 points.
Functionality would be ingame, does it cause any glitches like overflowing the echo buffer? 1 point.

What if I suck at porting?

Try anyways if you want. Some people who feel they are inexperienced at porting are giving it a go and faring well, as seen in round 1's stats.

SHOW ME THE MONEY!

Round 1: Commands Challenge
- Create a port with a channel using p5,60 throughout, a channel with $ED $5C $A9 used throughout, and a channel with at least two pitch bends (use may fulfill more than one requirement on a channel)
- Samples may not be used.

Round 2: Key Challenge (B minor)
- Create a custom Composition (yes, that means an original song), using the key of B minor (B, C♯, D, E, F♯, G, and A).
- Samples may not be used.

Round 3: Samples Challenge
- Create a port using a sample bank that will be provided at a later date. At least two of the custom samples must be used, though you may use the other custom samples in the bank or change them back to their original SMW instruments.
- Additional Samples may not be used.

Round 4: Remix Texts Challenge
- Take at least 2 text files of currently ported songs on SMWC and combine them together to form a remix.
- Samples may not be used, even if they were used in the text file you chose.

Round 5: No Punches Pulled Challenge
- no specific requirements for this round, compositions or ports, sampled or unsampled, you can do it.

Round 6: 8 Bit to 16 bit Challenge
- Create a remix of an NES or Gameboy song.
- Samples may be used.

Round 7: Instruments from Hell Challenge
- Create a port using only the following instruments: @0,@2,@5,@7,@8,@9,@12,@15,@17
- Samples may not be used.

Round 8: Mario game Challenge
- Create a port of a song from one of the following games.

Super Mario RPG
Paper Mario
Super Mario 64
Super Mario Sunshine
New Super Mario Bros. Wii

- Samples may be used.

Ooooooh, money.