Orgafun RIP

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

The incredibly low level of interest in the Podcast Panel has persuaded me to kill it off. It was a fun experiment and I heard a few great tracks off it, but there's clearly close to no interest in regular MP3s on Poptimists (or at least not in that format).

Thanks very much to the people who sent tracks in, and apologies for the ones I didn't get round to using. I want to put more MP3s on Freaky Trigger so the Panel may live again when we finish Europop 2008 (poptasticuk v bengraham today!).

Tomorrow or Thursday (depending on workload) I will put up the final Pop Open Round 3 match tracks (both of which are EXCELLENT so do please d/l them), and then I think that'll be it for orgafun on Poptimists for a while, maybe for good (though I would love to do another League Of Pop sometime in the future).

Of course the video club, discussion, weekly charts posts, pop trumps etc etc will keep on going so the community will still be (I hope) a vibrant and entertaining one. But I'm not going to expect you to fanny about playing games on it any more :)

Comments

[koganbot]

You should link the Freaky Trigger feed for those who don't have it yet.

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

Which feed? I will get Alan to list all viable feeds and put them up here!

[braisedbywolves.livejournal.com]

There's freakytrigger, but it can be very stoppy-starty.

[koganbot]

Yes, that's the one I meant, though I agree it's stoppy-starty.

[koganbot]

I don't know. I'm a feed ignoramus. I'd say whichever the feed is that I clicked on so that now I get Freaky Trigger (or at least Freaky Trigger Pop) posts and links fed to my friends page.

[hauntedballroom.livejournal.com]

hi, sorry for the confusion, but is there another stage for the pop open? did i get through to it and not send a track?

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

Don't worry, the confusion's my fault!

I'll put up the results of your round (and the other one) but I think Round 3 is the end of it - if there's big demand when the post goes up tomorrow/Wednesday then I'll run a final too and ask for a track then.

Thanks for contributing!

[hauntedballroom.livejournal.com]

ah, ok that explains it. i've enjoyed contributing. thanks!

[jeff-worrell.livejournal.com]

Round 3 winners could always have a virtual arm wrestling contest to decide ultimate bragging rights. ;-)

[lockedintheatti.livejournal.com]

haha i am in that case screwed, i am 1x wimp

[piratemoggy.livejournal.com]

No one knows that on World of Warcraft, though, innit.

[bengraham.livejournal.com]

Viva Espana!

[jel-bugle.livejournal.com]

PEOPLE NEED TO HEAR WINGER!

I am heartbroken :(

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

I have realised there's enough unused PP tracks to make a muxtape so I might do that!

[jeff-worrell.livejournal.com]

haha I had enough tracks planned for future PP submissions for a muxtape of their very own. Oh well, there's always the hope of another LOP...

...or maybe I'll do a muxtape, if I can sort the technology

[piratemoggy.livejournal.com]

Damn, I was actually thinking about submitting to it. Although tbh this is probably what a lot of other people were thinking and none of us was ever going to get around to it. I was thinking it might be better if it was an end-of-week megapost of PP things, rather than each individually, so the songs could DUKE POLL IT OUT to see which was the best but tbh don't know if this would be v. practical either.

[lockedintheatti.livejournal.com]

Good to hear there may be another LoP at some point, that was great fun. I reckon it does better than the Pop Open or Podcast panel as most people here are active participants every week as a submitter or reviewer, whereas with the Open and the Panel only a couple of people have an active stake meaning less incentive to get involved.

[poptasticuk.livejournal.com]

I don't think you need to kill off the orgafun - it's fun! Having a new song every day was just a bit too much, it can become overkill of new-song-intake.