Stage48 Feedback & Suggestions VI

reading the tweets, I don't think money would solve all the problems. the forum was fucked before, then he changed to a cheaper plan that caused even more problems with too much traffic

 

I don't know why some people insist on uploading pics here anyway, it's way easier to use an external host designed for that purpose, like imgur.

I get that some of these hosts have a tendency to disappear overtime, but imgur+reddit seem likely to outlast this site, at least.

 

I don't insist on it, but I've always found it easier to simply click the 'upload a file' button and then 'post reply' than upload it on a third website and, in lieu of a better word, reference it here. I don't mind not posting any more pictures now that I know there is an issue with that, though.

 

external thumbnails you have to open one by one to even see them properly and that's super annoying and time-consuming

 

On Imgur you can easily adjust the size of the thumbnails.

E.g. here on the bottom right you can select the thumbnail size and also copy the link for the forum with one click (you can also do this manually by adjusting the filename, just add eg. an "l" for a large thumbnail):



Looks like this then:








You can also link albums, so people can just scroll through them and don't have to open each thumbnail.
Sadly the forum doesn't support the direct embedding of the albums.

https://imgur.com/a/ZuyBcXo

There are also browser extensions that allow you to directly upload images you found on the internet to your imgur account with a simple right click.

 

All of the available thumbnail sizes except Huge fit within the forum size rules, as well.

At the end of this page it shows the maximum dimensions of each, and the character to add to the end of the URL (before the extension):
https://api.imgur.com/models/image#thumbs

 

I'm glad to read this! I think it's better to do the stage48 ranking early in the year, so it can really reflect the preferences of the previous year.

and I really like the idea of doing a Song of the Decade ranking too. imo it would be good to do it with a ranking system like we do for the stage48 ranking. But maybe make every user write a top 20 of a-sides and a top 20 of b-sides... because only one top 20 would be too little, and most people will rank only a-sides which wouldn't be fun. if each user make 2 rankings then we can be sure that there will be a lot of b-sides too, at good ranks, and each user can rank 40 songs in total which is better considering AKB/48G have thousand of songs (idk if the ranking will be just for AKB or for the whole 48G but either way even AKB alone has thousand songs). @rka

Edit: I forgot Sakamichi... now that makes it even more songs LOL. maybe 2 separated rankings would be good. One for 48G and one for Sakamichi. For both rankings, people who participate would have to submit a top 20 of a-sides and a top 20 of b-sides. I think this could make final rankings interesting and fun without having hundred and hundred of songs excluded, and without having the top ranks full of a-sides.

 

This sounds like a lot of work, but I really, really like this idea. Also, I personally don't listen to Sakamichi and I'm curious how many people will vote for 48G songs and how many will vote for Sakamichi songs. It would also be an incentive to give their best songs a listen and maybe I'll like them as much as most people.

 

Finding top 20 A-sides might be a real challenge. Not enough good songs that I can recall...

 

Spoiler

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AKB alone has 2 indie singles + 56 singles + 6 albums that each have a title track (= an A-side).
SKE has 26 singles + 2 albums.
NMB has 22 singles + 3 albums.
HKT has 12 singles + 1 album.
NGT has 3 singles.
STU has 3 singles.
JKT has 2 original singles.
MNL has 1 original single.
SDN had 5 singles + 1 album.

Not to mention that the international sister groups also have a lot of A-sides that are B-Sides in the Japanese realm;
BNK has 4 singles that were B-sides
Team SH has 3 singles that were B-sides
Team TP has 2 singles that were B-sides
CGM48's single will be a Thai version of Max Toki 315go

Not to mention if you count SNH48 and it's sister groups:
SNH has 17 original singles
BEJ has 5 original singles
GNZ has 5 original singles
CKG has 2 original singles

And I doubt we'd implement IZ*ONE into this since they're not really a 48G but on the slim chance that they are included, they also have 5 original A-sides. [/HIDE]

Without the removed Chinese sister groups and IZONE, there are 155 A-sides in 48G and you can't come up with 20 good ones?
(and with China48 there are 184 and if you add IZ*ONE, then there are 189 A-sides).

 

I don't think it's because of that, it's the same with the stage48 ranking. Every year there are less people participating... it's the same as everything on this forum tbh. Like how members individual thread had hundred pages before but now they have a lot less pages (I realized that once Miichan and Moeka will be gone, the Team K section will go from 22,000 posts to 8000 posts... and that is mostly from Miichan having 13,000 posts on her own, Moeka has 1000). There are just less people on the forum or less international fans in general maybe. Because I think if you're a fan then you enjoy taking part in discussions, post in threads, make rankings etc. regardless of how long it takes to do it.

I think with the amount of songs, it's not that hard to find 20 a-sides and 20 b-sides that you like and just rank them in order. it's not the same as doing a survey of 40 questions, I don't think it takes that long. My ranking for a-sides can probably be done in 5 minutes tbh... For b-sides it would take longer probably, but I would enjoy doing it... we are fans after all, right? LOL I think it wouldn't be that fun if users only have to make a list of 10 songs they like. but idk how everyone else feels about that.

 

This. I am here mostly because of the Nogizaka b-sides. There are a couple of a-sides I really like, but I never listen to the majority of them. A top 20 based on my favorite songs without restrictions would be perfect.

 

I tried to do a quick list of my own (I guess everyone could try to test). I have listened to 99 % of 48G discography, so when I went through AKB alone and tried to be really strict I still picked like 30 very very very good songs dear to my heart. Well I'm of the opinion you can always force yourself to cut it down to 20. But the problem is that you have 1) all the A-sides everyone knows, since some are pretty damn good and were A-sides for a reason 2) all the other songs you'd maybe like to bring attention to and introduce. Now, if you do top 20 and most of it is Heavy Rotation, Beginner etc then it can be kinda boring. But it also feels a bit strange to willingly cut those songs from your rankings if you like them. So I kinda like the division of A and B, though I personally wouldn't divide 48 and 46. Still, I totally see the point that too many can be too many. So, yeah.

 

In the ears of the beholder

I'll struggle to fit 20 songs between 48/46 groups