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2024-09-26 14:18
Gordian

Registered: May 2022
Posts: 80
Additonal categories

Hello,

Is there any chance that in the nearest future additional categories of releases will be added?
I mean:
128b intro
512b intro
basic screen fader
maybe 64b, 32b, 16b...

Best regards
Gordian
 
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2024-09-26 15:19
iAN CooG

Registered: May 2002
Posts: 3191
That's compo categories you want, not release types. Distinct matters.
2024-09-26 15:25
Gordian

Registered: May 2022
Posts: 80
CSDb has different compo categories and releases types?
What is difference between 32b release presented at "32 Byte Intro Oldschool" compo category?
2024-09-26 16:04
TheRyk

Registered: Mar 2009
Posts: 2240
totally depends on rules of that compo at the party in question

and now you need to be brave, when I tell you the compo categories here on CSDb are often only abused to define an extra category for a compo for which no CSDb category seemed to fit ^^
2024-09-26 16:36
Gordian

Registered: May 2022
Posts: 80
Ah, they are different indeed. I didn't know.

But I think missing categories should be added. To which one - I don't know, but at this moment there is no possibility to find all of either 128 byte intros and 512b intros and basic screen faders, etc. Only via name phrase.
2024-09-26 16:43
TheRyk

Registered: Mar 2009
Posts: 2240
weren't all "screen fader" compos so far hosted by Transmission?
Not sooo hard to find, then...
https://csdb.dk/search/?seinsel=events&search=transmission&Go.x..

That said, of course you do have a point that current categories might have room for improvement...
2024-09-26 16:57
Gordian

Registered: May 2022
Posts: 80
Quote: weren't all "screen fader" compos so far hosted by Transmission?
Not sooo hard to find, then...
https://csdb.dk/search/?seinsel=events&search=transmission&Go.x..

That said, of course you do have a point that current categories might have room for improvement...


Yes. This is actual way to find this type.
But for me would be nice to have separated release?/compo? type.
2024-09-26 23:39
Oswald

Registered: Apr 2002
Posts: 5094
Quote: Really.
Look at the categories assigned to releases presented at LoveByte 2024: Lovebyte 2024
And Basic Screen Fader productions at Transmission 2023 -> C64 Fast Intro. Really?


thing is you can add new categories until the end of the world, new ones will be needed always, and some releases may fit into more categories etc. It will be a mess of hundreds categories if you go down this route.

at some point you just must decide and say okay, its enough.


basic fader and 8 byte 64 byte etc are such a niche category that "intro" or whatever that already exists is good enough for it.

some years ago there was a compo about writing a short code that creates a new font out of the ROM font, shall we now have a "romfontcreator" category?

No. Same goes for basic fader, screen fader, picture fader, sprite fade and my ass fader.

Also the discussion about this is just academic, be aware that csdb is not really being updated in any way (afaik) since decades, its just being kept alive, and input like this is not welcome by the guys running it usually in any way.
2024-09-27 00:13
chatGPZ

Registered: Dec 2001
Posts: 11384
Quote:
my ass fader

That actually calls for a compo!
2024-09-27 00:15
Count Zero

Registered: Jan 2003
Posts: 1932
32b INTRO *rofl*

Actually it would be more likely to REMOVE crappy categoriesand move current entries to a more generic category.
Whats the problem putting some kickass 32b INTRO entry as a C64 *INTRO*? Too little attention on some statwank?

We'll discuss the term "intro" elsewhere then...
2024-09-27 07:41
Gordian

Registered: May 2022
Posts: 80
Quote:
Whats the problem putting some kickass 32b INTRO entry as a C64 *INTRO*?

So why do exists categories like "1K intro", "256b intro", "Fake demo", "4K game", "Basic demo"(?)
It would be nice to have some way to filter releases to get desired results.
If not categories, maybe tags... But I know, I can add new tags until the end of the world.
To summarize the discussion, any changes are not expected, and we can keep in this state...
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