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noodles · **Posted:** Fri Nov 24, 2006 3:36 am

if you have a rateyourmusic account, post it here and then i can make a chart of favourite albums. and those of you with accounts should rate more muisc

so far I know of: wogbog, dago, metalness, morlock, heatseeker0, sidebot, Zethish, Hemels, TheFeig

and our top 10 albums are:
Dragonforce - Sonic Firestorm
Tool - AEnima
Tool - Lateralus
Strapping Young lad - City
Devin Townsend - Synchestra
Wintersun - Wintersun
Dragonforce - Inhuman Rampage
Devin Townsend - Accelerated Evolution
Blind Guardian - A Night at the Opera
Arsis - A Diamond for Disease

Zeth · **Posted:** Tue Nov 28, 2006 1:16 pm

I'll go ahead and add those users I know from here to my favourite list so I can keep track of yall. And more people should sign up!

noodles · **Posted:** Wed Nov 29, 2006 3:13 am

Yeah jeez guys... gogogogogo!!!

Fingon · **Joined:** Sun Mar 20, 2005 3:11 pm **Posts:** 3207

i think i already have an account...*entering search mode* anddd yes: http://rateyourmusic.com/~Hemels

Adam · **Posted:** Fri Dec 08, 2006 3:07 pm

I have one as well.

http://rateyourmusic.com/~TheFeig

Eyesore wrote:

MP3s don't count, fucker!

I can assure that all the mp3's I own were purchased legally (Napster, eMusic, etc.). Any of the illegal variety were not shown as being owned by me.

Dago · **Posted:** Fri Dec 08, 2006 3:18 pm

http://rateyourmusic.com/~Dago

noodles · **Posted:** Sat Dec 09, 2006 3:21 am

What's the point of purchasing mp3s legally? It's just like downloading them except with a whole bunch of lame restrictions...

anyways so far i have: wogbog, dago, metalness, morlock, heatseeker0, sidebot, Zethish, Hemels, TheFeig, Caldogg

top 10 -

1 Wintersun
Wintersun
2 Dark Tranquillity
Character
3 DragonForce
Sonic Firestorm
4 Strapping Young Lad
City
5 Tool
Lateralus
6 Blind Guardian
A Night at the Opera
7 Iron Maiden
Brave New World
8 Tool
Ænima
9 Arsis
A Diamond For Disease
10 The Mars Volta
Frances the Mute

Adam · **Posted:** Sat Dec 09, 2006 10:59 am

noodles wrote:

What's the point of purchasing mp3s legally? It's just like downloading them except with a whole bunch of lame restrictions...

Well, there's a few reasons. First, the artists get some form of kickback. I hate pirating shit from bands I enjoy. A lot of these bands aren't exactly rolling in money, and it's people with an attitude like yours (no offense) toward downloading that make it tougher. Second, I never have to worry about viruses, shitty quality sound, or REALLY slow downloads. The only restrictions I know of come from Napster in that you can't transfer the files to an mp3 player. Of course, there is a program called tunebite that you can purchase for around $18 that peels this restriction off. Not a bad deal really, considering you can download unlimited songs for $9.99/month.

Zeth · **Posted:** Sat Dec 09, 2006 12:53 pm

Adam wrote:

noodles wrote:

What's the point of purchasing mp3s legally? It's just like downloading them except with a whole bunch of lame restrictions...

Well, there's a few reasons. First, the artists get some form of kickback. I hate pirating shit from bands I enjoy. A lot of these bands aren't exactly rolling in money, and it's people with an attitude like yours (no offense) toward downloading that make it tougher. Second, I never have to worry about viruses, shitty quality sound, or REALLY slow downloads. The only restrictions I know of come from Napster in that you can't transfer the files to an mp3 player. Of course, there is a program called tunebite that you can purchase for around $18 that peels this restriction off. Not a bad deal really, considering you can download unlimited songs for $9.99/month.

And I guess Tunebite can be downloaded and cracked illegaly :wink:

But seriously, DRM protection and shit is just the wrong way to go. Putting restrictions on things you buy legally is a weird strategy. What if you bought a new car and the seller told you that you could only drive with it in your own state, otherwise you would have to hire a mechanic to remove the "protection".

Adam · **Posted:** Sat Dec 09, 2006 5:16 pm

Zeth wrote:

And I guess Tunebite can be downloaded and cracked illegaly :wink:

But seriously, DRM protection and shit is just the wrong way to go. Putting restrictions on things you buy legally is a weird strategy. What if you bought a new car and the seller told you that you could only drive with it in your own state, otherwise you would have to hire a mechanic to remove the "protection".

Actually, from what I read, tunebite is legal. I agree that DRM is ridiculous, but the fact still remains that I've obtained upwards of 150 albums on Napster over the past year. At a cost of $10/month and a onetime tunebite purchase of $18, that's a pretty damn good deal, 150 albums for around $138. However, Napster is the only site I know that does DRM. eMusic's files are not protected, but then again you only get a certain amount of downloads per month. All things considered, I'd rather just have the CD's. Too bad they cost so damn much.

Zeth · **Posted:** Sat Dec 09, 2006 5:24 pm

Adam wrote:

Zeth wrote:

And I guess Tunebite can be downloaded and cracked illegaly :wink:

But seriously, DRM protection and shit is just the wrong way to go. Putting restrictions on things you buy legally is a weird strategy. What if you bought a new car and the seller told you that you could only drive with it in your own state, otherwise you would have to hire a mechanic to remove the "protection".

Actually, from what I read, tunebite is legal. I agree that DRM is ridiculous, but the fact still remains that I've obtained upwards of 150 albums on Napster over the past year. At a cost of $10/month and a onetime tunebite purchase of $18, that's a pretty damn good deal, 150 albums for around $138. However, Napster is the only site I know that does DRM. eMusic's files are not protected, but then again you only get a certain amount of downloads per month. All things considered, I'd rather just have the CD's. Too bad they cost so damn much.

Tunebite is probably legal, I just meant that most software can be downloaded and cracked. But it does not really matter.
It does sound like a good deal, and I agree with CDs. With my limited credits, I rather buy something else than 10 songs on an album where most of the money don't go directly to the artists anyway. But let's not have this get into another one of those music piracy threads here :rolleyes:

Adam · **Posted:** Sat Dec 09, 2006 5:29 pm

Zeth wrote:

Adam wrote:

Zeth wrote:

And I guess Tunebite can be downloaded and cracked illegaly :wink:

But seriously, DRM protection and shit is just the wrong way to go. Putting restrictions on things you buy legally is a weird strategy. What if you bought a new car and the seller told you that you could only drive with it in your own state, otherwise you would have to hire a mechanic to remove the "protection".

Actually, from what I read, tunebite is legal. I agree that DRM is ridiculous, but the fact still remains that I've obtained upwards of 150 albums on Napster over the past year. At a cost of $10/month and a onetime tunebite purchase of $18, that's a pretty damn good deal, 150 albums for around $138. However, Napster is the only site I know that does DRM. eMusic's files are not protected, but then again you only get a certain amount of downloads per month. All things considered, I'd rather just have the CD's. Too bad they cost so damn much.

Tunebite is probably legal, I just meant that most software can be downloaded and cracked. But it does not really matter.
It does sound like a good deal, and I agree with CDs. With my limited credits, I rather buy something else than 10 songs on an album where most of the money don't go directly to the artists anyway. But let's not have this get into another one of those music piracy threads here :rolleyes:

Haha, yeah, I really don't want to start one of those. Actually, I don't feel as strongly about it as some do, I just personally don't like downloading shit from Limewire, Kazaa, eMule, etc. Yeah, I feel a bit bad for the bands, but mostly I don't like it cause those programs always end up frying my computer with spyware, viruses, and other scary things.

noodles · **Posted:** Sat Dec 09, 2006 8:42 pm

I didn't realize it was that cheap, but paying for DRM still seems pretty lame... and I like having the CDs since I'd probably accidentally delete the mp3s. I use soulseek for donwloading and Ive never had a problem with viruses or spyware from it... speeds are generally kind of slow though unless you find a user with a big collection and fast modem

Caldogg · **Joined:** Fri Jan 20, 2006 12:28 am **Posts:** 764

Heres mine:
http://rateyourmusic.com/~Caldogg

As you will see, the majority are MP3s (all the ones I didn't mark as owned are all MP3s), and there are a fair few I haven't put on, mainly because I haven't listened to them enough to give an honest score.

Legacy Of The Night · **Posted:** Sun Dec 10, 2006 3:36 am

http://rateyourmusic.com/~Static_Canyon

noodles · **Posted:** Sun Dec 10, 2006 4:16 am

yay!~~~

Zeth · **Posted:** Sun Dec 10, 2006 10:00 pm

noodles wrote:

yay!~~~

Wow, we have such great taste

What makes me really glad, apart from Wintersun in the top, is to see Augury at 36:th spot. They are a true gem and I hope they'll wip up another album soon.

noodles · **Posted:** Mon Dec 11, 2006 4:39 am

Their guitarist has a Cynic/Pink Floyd/Atheist influenced instrumental album coming early next year that shuold kick ass, hopefully the band will get something going... I think they spent most of 2006 looking for a drummer :(

I like our metal list... I like how in the top 15 its got everything from Mars Volta to Blind Guardian to Wintersun to Sodom

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