Remix Culture Research

1. What is your OCR username? (This will be kept entirely anonymous and is only to verify the authenticity of replies. Usernames will not be published or shared with anyone, including OCR staff). *

2. Role on OCR (tick all that apply) *

3. How many years have you been a member of OCR? *

4. Please select which generation/s of consoles (or their PC equivalents) contain/s games you have remixed. If you do not remix, please choose the generation/s which feature/s remixes you like to listen to (tick all that apply) *

1st Generation 1972-1980 (eg Odyssey, Atari Pong, Coleco Telstar series)
2nd Generation 1976-1992 (eg Channel F, Atari 2600, Odyssey 2, Intellivision, ColecoVision)
3rd Generation 1983-2003 (eg NES, Master System, Atari 7800)
4th Generation 1987-2004 (eg TurboGrafx-16, Genesis/Mega Drive, Neo Geo, SNES)
5th Generation 1993-2006 (eg 3DO, Jaguar, Saturn, PlayStation, Nintendo 64)
6th Generation 1998-2013 (eg Dreamcast, PlayStation 2, GameCube, Xbox)
7th Generation 2005-2017 (eg Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, Wii)
8th Generation 2012-Present (eg Wii U, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch)
9th Generation 2020-Present (eg Xbox Series X and Series S, PlayStation 5)

5. Which genre of game have you remixed? For clarity, please see the VG Genres Wiki (opens in new window). If you do not remix, please choose the genre/s which feature/s remixes you like to listen to (tick all that apply) *

6. How do you rate the overall quality of the remixes accepted by OCR? *

Very good (professional level)
Good
Poor
Very poor

Any further comments?

7. Do you feel the video game industry is supportive of remix communities? *

Mostly supportive
Mostly unsupportive

Please explain why

8. How important is the social element of the OCR community for you? *

Very important
Quite important
Not very important
Not at all important

Please explain why

9. Do you feel like your contributions (musical or social) are valued by other members of the community? *

Please explain why

10. If you do not submit remixes, you can skip the remaining questions and submit your survey responses.

What proportion of your submissions have been accepted (including those accepted after revisions)?

11. How do you feel about the quality threshold for accepting subsmissions?

It's too hard to get accepted
It's about right
It's too easy to get accepted
N/A

Please explain why

12. Do you generally require feedback in order to get a submission accepted?

Generally, my submissions are accepted first time and require no input from the community prior to submission.
Generally, my submissions are not accepted first time or require input from the community prior to submission to be accepted.
N/A

Any further comments?

13. Please rate the overall usefulness of the feedback you receive, in particular that from judges

Please explain your answer

14. Would you say OCR has played an important role in your musical development?

Please explain why

15. Why do YOU listen to, perform, or remix video game music?

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