How long will it take?

[TNU2002]

What amount of time should i expect it to take to get a reply on my request? I posted my request 2 days ago, and have no replies. But then i see another 2 requests posted today that each have 4 replies... How long will it take for someone to make it or at least reply? What if noone replies? 

[Zeila]

It depends on how popular the game is, if someone played and liked the game/soundtrack, and if the pieces sound good/interesting enough to the point where someone will arrange it even if they've never heard of it. Some requests never get replies even months after, so you'll just have to be patient and hope for the best (or perhaps try arranging it yourself!) maybe there should be disclaimers saying this so that people won't ask how long it takes for a request to be fulfilled or a submission to be accepted, but it might not change anything anyways

[braix]

You will get a reply if somebody is interested in fulfilling your request. You shouldn't expect any replies within a specific time frame, because when it boils down to it, a request is just a request and nobody is really obligated to do it.

Side note: I expected this to be a topic about tootsie roll pops so I went into it ready to post "400-600 licks from my experience"

[daj]

Erm, depends on the game, really. ^^ And a bunch of other stuff.

I just checked up on the request board and I saw your thread, buuut I have no idea what the game you're requesting for is. Like, I think I know what Skylanders is, but I'm not a fan of it enough to happily take up a request from a soundtrack I'm not familiar with.

That being said I'll go take a listen to your track once I get computer access tomorrow night and see how that goes~

As a guy who tries to do requests though, I think it's generally more "safe" if you (as a requester) make a bunch more posts first hehe. It kinda stings when you do a request and the guy who asked for the track never shows up again (or takes your files without thanks, but you wouldn't know that). If your first post on these awesome forums is to ask for something then it's a little less enticing for us to go for your request, hehe.

I think the safest option is to make some posts first. Orrrr if you like maybe you can directly ask some of us once you get to know us. It's a nice place here, promised! Maybe you wanna stay for a while. You know, why not~

Much cheers!

[Altissimo]

requesting here is really one of those things that sometimes turns out like "if you want something done right you should do it yourself". Of course that's not always true but even if no one takes your request... arranging is actually less daunting than people think.

[Latios212]

It also helps to explain why you want it instead of just saying "here, can someone do this for me".

If you want to learn to play the song on piano, that's great! If you want to upload a Synthesia tutorial to your YouTube channel, that's not great! (Just as examples.)

And remember we're a sheet music website, not a midi website.

[mikey]

I think in this case nobody's really willing to arrange a piece from skylanders

[Maelstrom]

Tobbeh has.

Anyway, the request board would be more accurately named the "suggestions board."
That's all it is. People will arrange whatever the heck they want to, but seeing a song they think sounds really great, or that someone wants sheet music for a song they've been meaning to get around to for some time will be much more likely to happen.

[Dekkadeci]

The oldest Request thread with zero replies (as of today) is from May 29, 2008. Here's a quote of its OP:

If I can make a request here, I'd like to see either Shadow Dragon and the Blade of Light Medley or perhaps Pictochat.

Pictochat completed by GzGregory

You could be waiting for years until somebody notices.

Corners of the website are poorly cross-referenced: http://forum.ninsheetmusic.org/index.php?topic=4849 requests "Taking Over the Halberd" from Kirby Super Star despite the song already showing up on the website as "Halfmoon" here. Admittedly, the current arrangement on the website is pretty flawed.