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Mp3 Collectors-A Guide To Identifying Who's Who & Whats What

 
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Hey all!

Warning: This post may offend people with little or no sense of humour!

a friend of mine wrote this some days ago, and its so bloddy feckin funny so Imust post it here to! Enjoy - I Know you will! Very Happy

1. The 'Early Bird'
This is a person who will always request a tune that they have heard on the radio usually played by Judge Jules/Armin/Oakey etc while knowing full well that the tune has yet to be released on vinyl of any sort let alone on mp3! They then have to wait 6 months pestering everyone for the first full vinyl rip!

2. The 'Gotta Get 'em All!'
This is the person who is usually forever downloading. Because they have a superduper fast internet connection,they can afford to get everything.Whether or not they actually have time to listen and appreciate the music is another matter!

3. The 'Fussy Bugger'
Considering they have just got an copy of a piece of music for next to nothing,these are the type of people who moan because the mp3 has pops and crackles throughout,it's been edited by a few microseconds or it's ripped from a mix cd.

4. The 'Kps Fussy Bugger'
This is the snob who will turn up their nose at any mp3 ripped at less than 192kps when in reality there's sweet all difference at all between 128 & 256!

5. The 'Webmaster'
Ah! This is a dying breed...A webmaster will put mp3s up on his site for everyone to get. Unfortunately their site will be hammered so much that their servers are removed therefore defeating the whole point of the site.They will then try again but this time covering their site with pop-ups for porn sites in a bid to make some money to buy their own servers but they'll give up eventually as their enthusiasism wanes or they get threaten by ripping groups!

6. The 'Elite'
This is the person who has access to the legendary ripping groups. They shall buy vinyl or CDs to rip in return for the honour of being in one of these such groups. They will enjoy this honour until the day they get kicked out due to either in-house politics,backstabbing,police busts or the fact they made a rip from a realaudio sample!

7. The 'Sharer'
This is the person who will graciously share any mp3s that people request of them. Very rare species indeed.

8. The 'Egomaniac'
This is the person who shares mp3s but demands payment of undying thanks and gratitude forevermore. They will be very hurt if you don't leave a post thanking them! He/she eventually hopes to be remembered to future generations as the greatest person who ever lived.

9. The 'Artist'
This is the person who created the piece of music that is ripped to mp3 in the first place. No-one cares about them as long as they get their music for nothing!

10. The 'Vinyl Lover'
This is the person who will always claim that they are going to buy the track on vinyl or CD and support the artist but for some strange reason will hold onto the mp3 copy.

11. The 'DJ'
A lot of people claim to be one and bizarrely a lot of them collect mp3s-especially if you come from Island

12. The 'Listmaker'
These are the people who post long lists of all the tunes they have. They are sadists who laugh their heads off at the poor beggars who would sell their souls in order to get their hands on these tracks.

13. The 'Hyped Up Tune Desirer'
This person is the type of collector who wets their pants in joy when they hear [Insert major artist's name here] has a new tune out-they must have it and start going on and on and on about it until everyone WANTS this new tune. As soon as it's released on promo and ripped,there is a massive race to download the tune first.
It's a shame really that the tune sucks big time......

14. The 'Johnny-Come-Lately'
Like the 'Hyped Up Tune Desirer',this poor sap will go and on and on about this great new tune they picked up on mp3 only to be told that it came out years ago. After having this shock to their ego,they will recover and say "I don't care-It's a tune!!"

15. The 'DTF Wannabe'
As suggested by Mr M. Mars below,these are usually people who wish to get mp3s handed to them on a plate and therefore they join this site. They then realise with shock that they have to actually work their way through the ranks in order to get to the elusive and hot new stuff. For some strange reason,these members seem to disappear rather quickly.

16. The 'Pretty Pictures Fan'
These are mp3 collectors who hang around message boards and who are obsessed with putting up avatars and signatures that are either of fancy computer images,flash new sports cars or incredibly sexy members of the opposite sex. Oddly enough,after clutting up the board with all these bright and colourful pictures which take forever to load up,the person will hardly say anything at all except for "Thanks for sharing these tracks".

17. The 'Spammer'
Another type of mp3 addict who hangs around message boards. If you spot one,please inform the local authorities immediately.
They can be I.D.ed by these actions:
a)They post absolute crap
b)They make posts just to up their post tally
c)They advertise their website which is the most pathetic thing you've ever seen in your life

18. The 'Request Addict'
Closely related to the 'Early Bird' species,these are the people who will always have a new list of tunes they want every week. A majority of these tunes usually have never been released(eg: Lost Witness mix of Kristine Blond's 'Love Shy'),are nearly always incorrectly titled or are easy as hell to find on Audiogalaxy or some similar file swapping service.
They fail to realise that's it's more fun to go out looking for them rather than sitting back and waiting for the tunes to come to them.

19. 'The Overlord'(Or 'Know It All')
The person who is always able to ID that mp3 that's been stuck in your mind for weeks,identifying it within hearing the first few seconds of snare drum. They also have the uncanny ability to know everything about the piece of music(ie: the exact time and date to the second of when it was released on vinyl,who composed it under what alias,the vinyl pressing plant it was manufactured at..blah blah) then demands that you worship them in all of their knowledge and greatness.

20. The 'Top 20er'
This is the saddest category of them all...This is the person who limits their life to downloading the current chart singles because they have no idea of music outside of the bland commercial radio station/music television they listen to/or watch. They are also force to download this crap because their family or friends want the new song by Robbie Williams.

21. The 'Radio Rip Lover'
These are the people who because they can't wait to hear a new track,rely on shoddy quality rips from radio/live sets.
These rips then infiltrate the net and soon everyone has a copy(and as always incorrectly titled). When the tune gets it's proper release,these people then bemoan the fact that the tune is no good because they're sick of it and it's old. People like this have no understanding of the word 'suprise'.

22. The 'Asshole'
This person used to be very prolific in the days of Napster-this is the person who would send messages of abuse to you if you:
a)Have a song he/she wants but you're on a slow connection
b)Cut he/she off midway through the transfer whether or not it's your fault or your server
c)Because he/she feels like it
These are the people who expect you to give them all these mp3s as it's their god-given right but will cut your download off with no guilt whatsoever!
The description 'Asshole' can also be used to describe nearly every type of person on this list as well!!


hahaha, i laugh everytime! tell me what you think people!

Which one fits you best?

Orbs Smile
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And what do you class people who posts lists like that? Do they claim they are not in any of those categories? Are they in a "God" category that can do no wrong?

Everybody has flaws, some worse than others, but I think this post will ofend anybody who reads it because all of us were at least one of these categoris once in our lives. Do you remember when you first started downloading mp3? ... Smile Im sure you were no Xpert Razz

Anyway thats my two sence... Smile
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Its definitely a long read, but as much as people on slow connections want to share, with a 2 hour cut off, they can usually download nothing much in the time, if one fast connections Like I am, I always help if I can, I used to get pissed off on napster at the user who deliberately cuts your download off at 98%, they are real low. Its sure hard to find anywhere to store mp3's, If I had a server that I could put them on, I sure would, but its too hard for most people to have the money to set up such a project, Everyone falls into different categories, but ultimately thats because everyone is a different person, Liking the same music does not mean ur the same kind of person, There are some real shit heads out there who give us a bad name, with drugs or violence at parties, but being part of a different category is what makes people unique, its a part of life, and thats all there is about it, theres nothing you can do to change them, just enjoy the generosity of the ones who do share music or run sites for our benefits.

right that may not make sense, cos i have a tendency to babble and repeat points, but hope it makes good reading Smile
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hehe, i liked the post, kinda funny
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Steven wrote:

Everybody has flaws, some worse than others, but I think this post will ofend anybody who reads it because all of us were at least one of these categoris once in our lives.



thats the point, everyone evolves but this is just a funny thing about different mp3 people on the net!

dont take it serius man, if u take it serius it wont be funny, jokes arent suppose to be serius you know =p

hehe i hope what i just said sounded good?!

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Im not taking in serious Smile

Just makign a point someone could take it the wrong way Smile
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ok!

thats why i warned them above Razz

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Took me a short while to read through lol....but funny stuff. Razz


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haha thats funny - i can even work out what i am -

The Early Bird
Gotta Get Em All
The Sharer
The Vinyl Lover
The DJ
The Hyped Up Tune Desirer
The 'Overlord'


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I used to be in the "Webmaster" category, losing something like 4 FTP's and countless webspace accounts Crying or Very sad Very Happy But if there's one category that describes me it would be "The Hyped Up Tune Desirer" ...Fuck, I see that this artist have released a new tune and I search the whole fuckin' net for it, and then it tunrs out to be fuckin' crap Razz

ahh well Wink

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I've probably been most of those at one time or another... I'm not sure where I am now, because it might change tomorrow... who knows.
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id say in in "The Elite" list :D
but being on 56k modem, makes it hard to upload most rips or even download alot of them!

not for much longer though, im getting a cable connection, within the next couple of days :)
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admittedly, i used to be a number 2 on your list. I have many crap tunes that i burned to cd before listening to propley. what a fooking waste of plastic! learn from me kids! just because its free, it may not be good! Confused
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My friends & I want to be in this list, where do we have to sign in?? :P

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