Chrono Symphonic

[ZeaLitY]

CompyFox was banned from OCRemix, yet they still expect him to complete the extended edition of Chrono Symphonic. <3 OCR. At any rate, CompyFox is still going to do it, but he's releasing it himself and then severing all ties to OCR completely like the rest of the sane world. He'll be in with VGMix.

[Romana]

They banned him and expect him to finish it? They sound like cheapasses.

Oh, and why was he banned anyway?

[Chrono'99]

Is Claado Shou still directing the project? He seems to have moved to something else (Phantasy Star IV arrange album).

[ZeaLitY]

He's not directing it. And he was banned for an inflammatory remark in the remixing forum when someone challenged his authority on mixing stuff I believe. He's training to be a professional audio engineer; that doesn't justify flaming, but it's not a bannable offense. The admins and moderators also get off free with flaming, so it's a double standard. If there's one thing I vehemently hate about other websites and organizations, it is that they're often headed by corrupt, self-serving idiots or short-sighted, removed-from-reality buffoons. The Chrono Compendium works because it is an enlightened despotism. As long as I and my advisors struggle to hear all requests and be perfect administrators, there is room for change and the Compendium will survive. The complete opposite, Wikipedia, works as well, since administrative power is given to arbitrators only after extensive review and election by the rest of the website.

I mean, I'm no champion of enlightened despotisms, but they work for fansite operation (only if the one in power is "enlightened," and has a work ethic and other qualities). I can never be perfect, but struggling and working hard to create the site and be a good steward has at least accomplished more for us than hiring random staff members and waiting for help would have. And I'm perfectly accessible; I'm not like site administrators who seem distant and remote, and neither do I encourage a cult of personality. Everything on the Compendium should be valued by logical, rational merit alone. I believe governing in this style keeps one totally grounded in reality and aware of concerns. I just wish I could get more feedback and suggestions time to time.

But yes, this is why I'm often dissatisfied with most websites / online organizations I find. With almost all, I end up finding flaws in the system or evidence of double standards, which I press until I'm eventually drummed out or ostracized for inquiring.

Or maybe because I can't stand seeing an enterprise being done in a manner which I could do better...

[ZeaLitY]

And the coolest enlightened despot:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_II%2C_Holy_Roman_Emperor

The dude went freaking Rock Lee on the Austrian state all at once. Forget phased in rationalist changes; he declared open war on backward thinking and proceeded to unleash the dragon on the country. Of course, this equaled pure disaster since people from all social classes rejected the more equitable distribution of wealth and weakening of the clergy. His military campaign folded and he died soon after, leading to the reversion of nearly all his stark policies. Nonetheless, if a few factors had gone favorably, he might have been a major figure in history. You often wonder how you might shape history if you could travel back in time and institute all kinds of progressive reform. Minus the time travel, this guy did it. It's encouraging for humanity to know someone like this lived.