Just remember: you have every right to be disappointed (rationally or irrationally), so chin up and launch yourself into your future entries thinking "I WILL do better". If you have any pent-up rage (I know I do), throw it at a pillow, not your fellow BotBrs :)

I'm more surprised I got a can on overall score. I mean, yeah, people have mentioned The Dignatary sounds really cool, but it's really long and it drags a bit so

yeah

On the other hand, I didn't expect the slinky to score so low, hahahahahahaha

and also remember that a) everybody has experienced their fair share of disappointment at some point or another, and b) if you had fun making your entry and are proud of it, that's really the most important thing about making music. i don't mean to say "you did your best" or "everybody is a winner" but to point out that it really isn't about winning, it's about improving your own skills as a musician and being part of a community that wants to help you do better.

also, "if you're not the worst member of your band, you should probably change bands", so if you're not doing as well as you'd like at BotB, it means that BotB is a community where you can grow as a musician and learn from others.

there's no shame in placing poorly after doing your best. in fact, it can be argued that it's what a community like this is about.

i am more disappointed where other entries placed wooow :(

I am disappointed by where I placed.

I enjoy this type of thinking. Like stars, you can condense your negativity towards this into energy and use that energy to propel you even further in the next round. It's great to know that all these great winning musicians were all in the same place as us current losers at one point. It's all about pushing your limits each time, and picking up on how your hardest attempts, even if they do not win, most likely will place better each time. Just practice, eat healthy, and don't do drugs. Just a tip from Beard.

i think i'm going to do an epic ballad about love and loss and regained love for wildchip for summer

if there IS a wildchip, which i hope there is

i'm gunning for first overall this time, i will not be satisfied until i achieve this at least one time

YOU CAN DO IT
I'm thrilled with how I placed...I didn't expect to do well at all with either of my entries since they didn't seem to be well-liked. I had fun making them; I did some out-of-the-box stuff for me, which I encourage everyone to do once in a while!
The only time I'm ever disappointed with place is when I spend loads of time on my entry and am trying very hard to win, and I don't place very high.
There can be a disparity between the amount of effort put into an entry and the reception of it by the community.
I don't recommend not having fun and stressing out over your entry, or pandering to "popular BotB trends" or any other expectation in order to win. Make YOUR music, something that expresses who you are.
Of course, if who you are is a neurotic, attention-starved people pleaser, then by all means do that ;P

Haven't checked. Don't care.

WHY DID MY 4 MINUTE LONG MARIO PANTS RAP INSTRUMENTAL NOT WIN??? THIS COMPO MUST HAVE BEEN RIGGED BY THE ILLUMINATI

I'm feeling okay with where I was placed. Yes I would've liked to do better, but I aint mad or anything about it.

LOL Not surprised by placement at all even if it's one of my very most favorite things I've made all year! :P

I don't care about the placement as much as the album! If I get on the album, it means EXPOSURE! People will come up to me on the street and ask "are you the one guy who wrote the mario pants in Spring Trax?! Damn dude!!! Come work at Seganintendosoft and eat doughnuts with us."

Still... about placement... Hibernation placed 32nd??? I liēkd that better than my WC9 entry!!

Oh man, I totally forgot about the ALBUM. Maybe I will become at least internet famous so people will walk up to me on the internet and recognize me...

But yeah I'm happy with 30th for my cutesong I'm glad people thought it was as cute as I did :D

I'm positively surprised my entries scored that high. I even ranked higher than Jangler did last Spring Tracks. (so yeah, by extension, I beat him!!!)

I'm also happy I outclassed my greatest 2012 hit Da Seventies. Although I sort of wish that would've not taken almost 2 years. ;)

I will however argue with mootbooxle here:

"The only time I'm ever disappointed with place is when I spend loads of time on my entry and am trying very hard to win, and I don't place very high."

This (almost) never happens to you moot!!!! :P I feel it's a lot easier to cope with these things when you end up winning a lot of compos regularly. That can't be said about most other people.

Also, pandering to trends isn't a bad thing necessarily. Most of us do this either subconsciously or consciously. ;) I feel a lot more of that happens in the world of commercial/professional music, and I'd go as far as saying it's a completely legit part of being a professional musician.

I actually consider it possible that our very identities and appearance are mostly the end product of pandering to certain trends and popularity. Hmm, maybe I'm getting a bit too philosophical here.... :P

Oh, and there's nothing wrong with being a neurotic, attention-starved people pleaser! There's a bit of that in all of us, and it's good to embrace it sometimes!

Never let them catch you working.

I don't care that much about placement, but it does annoy me that the biggest factor in voting seems to be the time spent on social engineering on the site. I've noticed this a few times now - I can make a fairly low quality track and it will still score highly if I spend enough time on giving out comments and likes. If, however, I miss out on that because I don't have the time to hang out on botb 24/7, then my works will score in the lower third even if they are decent quality.

I don't know if there's really a way out of this. Making entries anonymous would be the obvious solution, but I doubt things would stay anonymous during a 30 day entry period.

maybe i haven't placed high in st3 or wc9 but LOOK AT DAT NUMBER ONE

http://battleofthebits.bandcamp.com/album/winter-chip-ix

When IS the album supposed to come out, anyway? How long does it usually take to compile these things?

hah it didn't take long at all... chipchamp got this shit.

Tbh, I'm dissappointed with where I'm placed. I hoped my entry on really taking use of the extended feature of the format would be appreciated and I was quite pleased with my hard work.
Still, 141th of 150 is probably not that bad for a n00b entry in a major.

Missing the constructive feedback and am curious why it scored so low. Anyone who likes to tell me why it is not appreciated by the botb community please tell me! :-)

Oh and is there a possibility to see the resluts of all entries within a format?

n00b i think i voted you pretty high but i can't check my votes again seeing as this compo is over!

irrlicht project, I'm fascinated and perplexed by what you said. Are you alleging that spending time commenting and favoriting others' tracks has a bearing on your placement in a compo? How does that work? This is not Youtube, Twitter, or Facebook, "like for like" "sub for sub" "follow back pls". I don't see how that could possibly affect the outcome in a measurable way. The only thing it may do is to get your name in front of others more often.
Never once have I been voting in a compo and said "Hey, this guy is nice. He gave me some nice feedback on my tune. I think I'll vote him higher." I vote as most non-trolls vote: if the song is good, higher votes.

What am I missing here?

Social engineering exists everywhere, you can't quite get away from it. And certainly, you get more voters/favorites by advertising your song. I don't think it's a particularly big issue here, though.

One especially prevalent form of social engineering I've noticed here is tagging - "sociopathy" being pretty much the biggest example there

BotB culture is weird

Oh yeah, I mean, those are consequences of any sort of social platform. But I don't see how that tangibly translates into placing higher in a compo. Just because it's more visible don't mean people will like it more! It simply gives more people an opportunity to like it (which they already had, but out of sight, out of mind).

sociopathic engineering

*smiles and maintains eye contact*

If you start with the expectation of winning, you're probably doing it wrong.

I thought The Dignatary was going to win

@chunter, i disagree

i don't think anything is wrong with being competitive and wanting to place high or win. i know there are a lot of people who really don't care either way, and yea i'd agree that's a more healthy and balanced way to approach things, but i think a lot of people come here to compete, improve and, yes, feed their egos cos winning or placing in stuff makes you feel pretty good about yourself.

i like this thread. it's a nice break from all the fake modesty bs i see slathered about here and there. it's totally okay to feel pissed off or disappointed that you didn't place as high as you hoped~

Honestly, The Dignatary should have won. I hate trollvoters

and in my opinion "Mario keeps spaghetti to himself" should've won.

but seriously - please don't force your opinions on others.

Force your penis on others instead, folks.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pele5vptVgc

there were lots of amazing entries, but there are only 3 medals and 4 tincans to give out

wtf whats the point of entering if you do it to place and not to have fun!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Here I sit all disheartened
Entered to win and only farted