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Well, here is the bit we love and hate: VOTING.

Rules: anyone who participated must vote (otherwise they loose all their points)
Anyone who did not participate but has been with Freesound more than 3 months and has 5 posts or more or has uploaded at least one sounds can vote.

Voting: list your 10 favorite entries starting with the best and work your way down.
The one you rate first gets 10 points, the next one 9 and so on...
It is OK to write one or two lines about each piece to say what you liked or didn't like about it.
For more detailed comments either leave your comments at Soundcloud or use the discussion thread.

EDIT: deadline for voting 10-Nov-2012

You are highly encouraged to comment on other people's work.

Thank you for participating.

Final track listings in case you want to hear them before voting:
(The underlined entries are not on soundcloud).

1. Kyster | Kyster | Is that You Mrs Bates?
2. thatjeffcarter | thatjeffarter was here | Under the Shadow
3. ThatsWhatYouCallClas | That'sWhatYouCallClass | OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
4. Bliss | The Visit
5. Carmsie | Carmsie Melodie | Remember
6. Carlsonmahloan | Ryan Olson 4 | Ryan's Spooky Track
7. andymanister | The Terror of Flatlining
8. Mojomills | mojomills | I Do Believe in Spooks
9. da_butch | Da_Butch | Zombination
10. iwanttodj | iwanttodj | Be afraid, be ver
11. afleetingspeck | afleetingspeck | Reminiscence
12. AlienXXX (and Snapper4298 ) | AlienXXX | The Night of the Living Dares V3
13. cajo | cajo m | Deadline
14. escortmarius | escortmarius | Donttrickortreatatthehauntedhouse
15. 11linda | 11linda A Planned Murder
16. TiAMisTiAM | Tiam Is Tiam | That Wrecked the Party
17. - | Wildbill "burnin" Vernon | Follow Me Halloween 7 0

Ok I will try to do my best at voting.
I didn’t write down reasons because to be honest I am not the best judge, especially with music pieces.
1. Kyster | Kyster | Is that You Mrs Bates?
2. AlienXXX (and Snapper4298 ) | AlienXXX | The Night of the Living Dares V3
3. thatjeffcarter | thatjeffarter was here | Under the Shadow
4. afleetingspeck | afleetingspeck | Reminiscence
5. da_butch | Da_Butch | Zombination
6. Bliss | The Visit
7. escortmarius | escortmarius | Donttrickortreatatthehauntedhouse
8. Mojomills | mojomills | I Do Believe in Spooks
9. andymanister | The Terror of Flatlining
10. Carmsie | Carmsie Melodie | Remember

Here are my votes

1. 11linda | 11linda A Planned Murder
2. escortmarius | escortmarius | Donttrickortreatatthehauntedhouse
3. Carmsie | Carmsie Melodie | Remember
4. Mojomills | mojomills | I Do Believe in Spooks
5. Carlsonmahloan | Ryan Olson 4 | Ryan's Spooky Track
6. AlienXXX (and Snapper4298 ) | AlienXXX | The Night of the Living Dares V3
7. Kyster | Kyster | Is that You Mrs Bates?
8. afleetingspeck | afleetingspeck | Reminiscence
9. thatjeffcarter | thatjeffarter was here | Under the Shadow
10. TiAMisTiAM | Tiam Is Tiam | That Wrecked the Party
11. iwanttodj | iwanttodj | Be afraid, be ver (I see what you did there )
12. cajo | cajo m | Deadline
13. da_butch | Da_Butch | Zombination
14. andymanister | The Terror of Flatlining
15. ThatsWhatYouCallClas | That'sWhatYouCallClass | OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

Spoke with AlienXXX the other day. I made two entries, and we decided to let only one entry into the competition. It is The Visit. So "Experimental Soundscapes" has been withdrawn from voting.

Thanks!

afleetingspeck wrote:
LOL,
just so you guys know, you don't have to copy my track listing as the method for voting (unless you find it easy to do so).
I just put the list up there in case anyone wanted to have a final listen before voting.

for me it was the unless factor

My table in the document link below should serve to be a pseudo-commentary on the pieces (reflected by the scores I ascribed to each piece in the different categories).
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1j2H-86cKdZRJDtOfTo2T4GmzuJt22KLFRzICa12mXF8/edit

Ranks:
1. 11linda
2. Carmsie
3. Bliss
4. Kyster
5. AlienXXX
6. escortmarius
7. cajo
8. mojomills
9. Wildbill "burnin" Vernon
10. thatjeffcarter

It's fascinating and wonderful that the top two contenders are females!

sorry, I voted before reading rules and list. now it's ok:

10 pts Mojomills | mojomills | I Do Believe in Spooks
9 pts thatjeffcarter | thatjeffarter was here | Under the Shadow
8 pts 11linda | 11linda A Planned Murder
7 pts AlienXXX (and Snapper4298 ) | AlienXXX | The Night of the Living Dares V3
6 pts Kyster | Kyster | Is that You Mrs Bates?
5 pts afleetingspeck | afleetingspeck | Reminiscence
4 pts escortmarius | escortmarius | Donttrickortreatatthehauntedhouse
3 pts Carmsie | Carmsie Melodie | Remember
2 pts Wildbill "burnin" Vernon | Follow Me Halloween 7 0
1 pts andymanister | The Terror of Flatlining

great fun! thanks to you all!

Wel here is my top 10 ranking, pretty hard to vote because al the different types of track's.
Some are musical some are some kind of ambience and others more soundscapes of a movie...

Top 10
1. 11linda A Planned Murder
2. escortmarius | Donttrickortreatatthehauntedhouse
3. Carmsie Melodie | Remember
4. Kyster | Is that You Mrs Bates?
5. afleetingspeck | Reminiscence
6. mojomills | I Do Believe in Spooks
7. AlienXXX | The Night of the Living Dares V3
8. thatjeffarter was here | Under the Shadow
9. Bliss | The Visit
10. cajo m | Deadline

afleetingspeck wrote:
My table in the document link below should serve to be a pseudo-commentary on the pieces (reflected by the scores I ascribed to each piece in the different categories).
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1j2H-86cKdZRJDtOfTo2T4GmzuJt22KLFRzICa12mXF8/edit

Ranks:
1. 11linda
2. Carmsie
3. Bliss
4. Kyster
5. AlienXXX
6. escortmarius
7. cajo
8. mojomills
9. Wildbill "burnin" Vernon
10. thatjeffcarter

It's fascinating and wonderful that the top two contenders are females!

Haha! Now that you've worked out i am a girl

Here's my votes ...

1. afleetingspeck | afleetingspeck | Reminiscence
2. Kyster | Kyster | Is that You Mrs Bates?
3. escortmarius | escortmarius | Donttrickortreatatthehauntedhouse
4. da_butch | Da_Butch | Zombination
5. AlienXXX (and Snapper4298 ) | AlienXXX | The Night of the Living Dares V3
6. 11linda | 11linda A Planned Murder
7. thatjeffcarter | thatjeffarter was here | Under the Shadow
8. TiAMisTiAM | Tiam Is Tiam | That Wrecked the Party
9. Bliss | The Visit
10. Mojomills | mojomills | I Do Believe in Spooks

All entries were fantastic! A diverse range of sounds and so hard to select only 10. This was great fun to be involved in! Thanks

I voted too late ... sorry guys. Thanks for the great feedback! And may I add that the criterion and math used in the scoring table was v impressive too!

Reminiscence - Afleetingspeck - 10pts
A Planned Murder - 11linda - 9pts
I Do Believe in Spooks - Mojomills - 8pts
Zombination - Da_Butch -7pts
Night of the Living Dares - Alienxxx/Snapper 4298 - 6pts
The Visit - Bliss - 5pts
Is that You, Mrs. Bates? - Kyster - 4pts
That Wrecked the Party - Tiam is Tiam -3pts
Ryan's Spooky Song - Ryan Olsen - 2pts
Deadline - Cajo - 1pt

Great fun. Thanks, everyone.

PTS

10 - "a planned murder" by 11linda
09 - "Remember" by Carmsie Melodie
08 - "The night of the living Dares" by AlienXXX
07 - "Reminiscence (Happy Halloween)" by afleetingspeck
06 - "The Visit" by Bliss
05 - "Is that you Mrs Bates" by Kyster
04 - "That Wrecked the Party" by Tiam is Tiam
03 - "Under the Shadow" by thatjeffcarter
02 - "Donttrickortreatatthehauntedhouse" by escortmarius
01 - "Deadline" by cajo

I've changed the order after giving the entries another listen.
After realizing I could only pick ten, I auditioned the tracks again and chose accordingly.
If I didn't place your track among the top ten, it was only out of painstaking deliberation.

I am still astonished at how many people entered this Dare and the diversity of styles that surfaced.

Great job everyone!

Okay here are my votes; //more detailed reviews to follow//:

Here are my full reviews: http://www.freesound.org/forum/dare-the-community/32981/63931/

I made my choices by which I liked best, technical merits, and a little monkeying for some tracks which seem slightly overlooked.

My choices:

1: Carmsie | Carmsie Melodie | Remember

2: Mojomills | mojomills | I Do Believe in Spooks

3: escortmarius | escortmarius | Donttrickortreatatthehauntedhouse

4: da_butch | Da_Butch | Zombination

5: afleetingspeck | afleetingspeck | Reminiscence

6: AlienXXX (and Snapper4298 ) | AlienXXX | The Night of the Living Dares V3

7: 11linda | 11linda A Planned Murder

eight: thatjeffcarter | thatjeffarter was here | Under the Shadow

9: Wildbill "burnin" Vernon | Follow Me Halloween 7 0

10: Bliss | The Visit

Sorry for being so slow. Apparently there's airbubbles or pumpkins (at least that's what my ISP wants me to believe) in my internet connection, causing it to be very unstable, leaving me with no possebility to listen to anything via stream or download. Really a drag

So here's my votes, starting with the highest score from the top.

Freesound / Soundcloud / Name of entry / Pts.

11linda / 11linda / Dare-16: a planned murder / 15
thatjeffcarter / thatjeffcarterwashere / Under the Shadow / 14
afleetingspeck / afleetingspeck / reminiscence / 13
AlienXXX / AlienXXX / The night of the living Dares v3 / 12
escortmarius / escortmarius Donttrickortreatatthehauntedhouse / 11
da_butch / da_butch / zombination / 10
mojomills / mojomills / I Do Believe In Spooks / 9
BurninVernon / WildBill "burnin" Vernon / Follow Me Halloween 7 0 / 8
cajo / cajo-m / deadline / 7
Bliss / N/A Dropbox / The Visit / 6
carmsie / Carmsie Melodie / Remember / 5
TiAmIsTiAm / TiAmIsTiAm / That Wrecked The Party / 4
iwanttodj / iwanttodj / be afraid be ver / 3
carlsonmahloan / Ryan Olson 4 / Ryan's Spooky Track / 2
ThatsWhatYouCallClas / That'sWhatYouCallClass / OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO / 1

....And comments in assorted order.

11linda 11linda Dare-16: a planned murder

The detuned piano is such a treat, it really creates a spooky side to this play. I love the begging voice too, but i must admit it comes to a sudden halt. It's great to hear this, and understand what's going on, step by step, as the piano still reminds me that theres more to come. It's so well put together, and so very well mixed too. Wow, it spooks me!
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TiAmIsTiAm TiAmIsTiAm That Wrecked The Party

A very short entry, but i think i got the message. This is more blood than suspence, but horror is the game here, no doubt about that.
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escortmarius escortmarius Donttrickortreatatthehauntedhouse

It's alive! I simply love the way the crying bird follows the dark music every now and then. Howling wolves, chains and church organ, this is a real (trick or) treat. The kids become the hunted, when hunting for treats, and the outro music is just spot on! I felt entertained by this entry!
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cajo cajo-m deadline

Scary atmosphere, very scary. The voice gives a great tension, but i wish i could understand more of what was being told in the last third of the story. I like the deep sound of a pianostring ringing out, every once in a while, it sort of gives the whole piece a "doomsday feel" that suits it.
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AlienXXX AlienXXX The night of the living Dares v3

The mad scientist... so great an idea! It's a brillinat story, told very well by the choice of sounds you've made and mixed. It even has got the elements of surprise, the slamming of a pianotop (i'm not sure, but it sounds like that) that gives such a great bang, the breath, and the clock that indicates that time is running out. Very cool entry AlienXXX!
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afleetingspeck afleetingspeck reminiscence

I close my eyes and i'm in some kind of halloween platform / jump-over-the-scary-pumpkins game. I really like how you have melted halloween into some kind of game music genre. All the layers of instruments you've made, really get me to love this entry. It's not just halloseen-scare, it gets me to feel like i'm running from the big bad pumpkinhead! Hectic and very well composed, and spot on!
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iwanttodj iwanttodj be afraid be ver

A bit chaotic, but still in the essense of the halloween darkness. It brings me back to "the birds" by Hitchcock. It's somehow like a scary documentary, but i haven't fully understood the story it aims to tell me.
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da_butch da_butch zombination

I like the heavy rain against the windshield, in the beginning. And the way the rising drone gets me to the chrash is just great. And nice work getting the rain back in the picture again. I won't sit here and tell the whole story in words, but this is truly a great story you've made. all in all very nice work!

Oh, and plus one for the Zombies
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mojomills mojomills I Do Believe In Spooks

Midnight fishing, gone bad, very bad! I like how the radio is turned off, just to be sure, then turned on again.... no wait!! What IS this noise. You made it spooky and great. A very nice soundscape / play!
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carlsonmahloan Ryan Olson 4 Ryan's Spooky Track

MMmmmm.... Ghosts Very nice suspence. It takes me to a haunted place, where i shouldn't be. From the sound of it, some kind of medical experimentational room. Well at least that's where the reverb takes me. I be warned!!
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carmsie Carmsie Melodie Remember

Spooky... i must say! I love the little musicbox and the kids laugh. The whole composition somehow reminds me of new years eve. Not that poeple usually gets shot here around that time, but still. At the same time it's a bad omen for those with something in their closet. As i said... spooky!
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Bliss N/A Dropbox The Visit

Very dark ambient composition. It really draws me in between the layers of sound. I like the pulsating drone along the way, and especially the little musicbox in the end. For some reason the ending isn't really my taste, but overall it's really an entry that gives me chills (in the halloween sense)
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thatjeffcarter thatjeffcarterwashere Under the Shadow

I like the way you make the sound angry. The very dark and unfriendly piano note just continues to give me chills, especially the reversed ones. The panning just enhances the unpleasent feeling of anger, somehow. It's very much the atmosphere of a halloween gone electric! Great entry!
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ThatsWhatYouCallClas That'sWhatYouCallClass OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

I miss a little more "action" in this piece. It's somewhere between ambient music and a soundscape. It's a great dron, but i wish you'd have done a little more.
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BurninVernon WildBill "burnin" Vernon Follow Me Halloween 7 0
Very nice horror soundscape you've made there. I love the background music you've put in there, it mixes nicely with the organ later on. A very haunting soundscape, that takes me into someplace i really don't want to visit. A church for the lost souls. The reverb on the footsteps, and the organ, gives me the feeling of being in a church just like that. Eventually it sounds like the souls are taking form, into somethin horrific!
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Remember that this by no means personal. I just had to give points like every body else. I sort of found my own system, giving points in different categories, and it makes it a lot easier. But bottomline; Wow, what a lot of entries, i really loved them all!!

Seems like almost half of the contenders haven't even voted yet...including one of my favorites, "Dont trick or treat at the haunted house" by escortmarius :/

Yes. But voting is open for a few more days.
So lets hope everyone votes.

carmsie wrote:
I voted too late ... sorry guys. Thanks for the great feedback! And may I add that the criterion and math used in the scoring table was v impressive too!

Hmmm... Not sure what you mean... The voting is open until the 10th, so your vote is not too late.
Results will be announced shortly after voting ends.

Because 'tis election season on the west side of the planet, I'd like to say something about OUR voting.
In no particular order these are the users I doubt would vote. Not saying it's a bad thing, but that's what it seems like:
That'sWhatYouCallClass
Andymanister
iwanttodj
Wildbill Vernon (iffy here)
Carlson Ryan

Even then, we still have had about 10 voters, no? I'm seeing two potential voters in AlienXXX and escortmarius, and I think that's where it'll end.

Hopefully I'm wrong!