Aussie2B
05-13-2005, 01:45 AM
I wanted to post about this when I first won the contest, but I knew it would be so much better to wait until the prize actually came.... but let's start at the beginning. :)
I'm a big fan of video game music (mostly Japanese composers), and I go to several game music web sites. At a spiffy relatively new little site, they held a contest, in which people had to post at the forums to enter. I had posted there before, so it wasn't as if I was doing so purely for the opportunity to win, but I was secretly hoping I would, of course. ;) And lo and behold, I did. :)
After waiting a month or so, my prize finally came and it's...
An autographed card and t-shirt from Koji Hayama! ^_^
I know most of you (if not all) are going "Who?" right now. Well, check out this site:
http://www.cocoebiz.com/hayama/
Koji Hayama is the composer for the Cho Aniki series among other works (TwinBee, Front Mission 3, Super Robot Taisen Alpha, etc.) Hayama is THE biggest composer in Japan; yes, bigger than Uematsu. Unlike every other video game composer, Hayama crossed over from just appealing to game fans to being on the top of the pop charts. He has just as many non-gaming fans as those who have played the games his music has appeared in. Not only that, but he is the only game music composer to consistently and regularly put on amazing, energetic live shows, where the fans chant "ANIKI!" which has become his nickname.
Sadly, he's not well-known at all outside of Japan, nor does he get much respect. That's why, in a way, I think I was the best person who could have won the prize. I've been a huge fan of both his music and the Cho Aniki series for some time now, and while this prize may seem insignificant to just about any other American gamer, to me it's a treasure and it now reigns as king of my gaming collection.
Now to the pictures. :)
Here's the shirt before I took it out:
http://www.inverteddungeon.com/triacesuperfan/koji_shirt.jpg
There's gold lettering on the back of the shirt that sadly I didn't get a photo of. It says "Majime ni Ikiro", his motto, which means "Live your life seriously". The runner-up winner received the same shirt with silver lettering on the back.
Here's the autograph card:
http://www.inverteddungeon.com/triacesuperfan/koji_card.jpg
There's a photo on it of him singing live with his band. The top writing says "Aniki", below it you can see where it's personalized to me in English. ^_^ The large center writing is his signature, and the bottom line is his motto again "Majime ni Ikiro/Live your life seriously".
And finally, a photo of me wallowing in the bliss that is my prize. :P The site owner requested the photo in order to show off the winners, but I figured I'd upload it and share it here too. ^_^
http://www.inverteddungeon.com/triacesuperfan/Tina2.JPG
I'm a big fan of video game music (mostly Japanese composers), and I go to several game music web sites. At a spiffy relatively new little site, they held a contest, in which people had to post at the forums to enter. I had posted there before, so it wasn't as if I was doing so purely for the opportunity to win, but I was secretly hoping I would, of course. ;) And lo and behold, I did. :)
After waiting a month or so, my prize finally came and it's...
An autographed card and t-shirt from Koji Hayama! ^_^
I know most of you (if not all) are going "Who?" right now. Well, check out this site:
http://www.cocoebiz.com/hayama/
Koji Hayama is the composer for the Cho Aniki series among other works (TwinBee, Front Mission 3, Super Robot Taisen Alpha, etc.) Hayama is THE biggest composer in Japan; yes, bigger than Uematsu. Unlike every other video game composer, Hayama crossed over from just appealing to game fans to being on the top of the pop charts. He has just as many non-gaming fans as those who have played the games his music has appeared in. Not only that, but he is the only game music composer to consistently and regularly put on amazing, energetic live shows, where the fans chant "ANIKI!" which has become his nickname.
Sadly, he's not well-known at all outside of Japan, nor does he get much respect. That's why, in a way, I think I was the best person who could have won the prize. I've been a huge fan of both his music and the Cho Aniki series for some time now, and while this prize may seem insignificant to just about any other American gamer, to me it's a treasure and it now reigns as king of my gaming collection.
Now to the pictures. :)
Here's the shirt before I took it out:
http://www.inverteddungeon.com/triacesuperfan/koji_shirt.jpg
There's gold lettering on the back of the shirt that sadly I didn't get a photo of. It says "Majime ni Ikiro", his motto, which means "Live your life seriously". The runner-up winner received the same shirt with silver lettering on the back.
Here's the autograph card:
http://www.inverteddungeon.com/triacesuperfan/koji_card.jpg
There's a photo on it of him singing live with his band. The top writing says "Aniki", below it you can see where it's personalized to me in English. ^_^ The large center writing is his signature, and the bottom line is his motto again "Majime ni Ikiro/Live your life seriously".
And finally, a photo of me wallowing in the bliss that is my prize. :P The site owner requested the photo in order to show off the winners, but I figured I'd upload it and share it here too. ^_^
http://www.inverteddungeon.com/triacesuperfan/Tina2.JPG