Jacob-

Disappointing result as usual for me (tho I didn't let myself get attached to any hype this time, happy to Q x) but appreciate the points I did get! Especially a medal position from Seyetana- thought you'd like it and was happy you did. What a top 10 tho for the most part, really good results. Was SO close to pointing Aeroche, they got knocked out last moment so happy they won regardless. Great hosting too, it is time consuming prepping everything but getting it right is the most important thing, well done Cody. x

Boted. x

Ohh damn shame I missed the session. Pleased with the reaction to mine though!

I always stay in goal if I'm in the centre in 2v2s (or even 3v3s if no one else is staying back) so already got that down! Got a fair few easy saves that way. Good to know I'm not going insane thinking 3v3 solo is harder, I just can't stand seeing the lower rank on it really so I want to clear it up but I'm in a bit of a rut atm so it just makes it worse. Yeah controlling it midair is horrible, almost never got that down. Coming off the wall is still difficult for me because I really need to practice it but it's hard to get enough repetition on it. My most common mistake with aerials generally is either going too high or boosting for the ball at the wrong angle which isn't so easily adjustable once you're airborne, also trying to judge where/ when opponents will hit it. I try to balance my playstyle but I've done the thing where I've been too defensive and not gone for balls I really should've (because I thought I was too aggressive sometimes), means I'm fairly decent in goal but with the right hit a single player can be beaten without too much trouble so it's better to keep it up their end if possible. It makes a huge difference if you know your teammates and communicate well so you know who's where, who's defending, which shots are taken etc. Honestly Diamond level is insanely good, I've played a few games with diamond players because one of the people I've played with a bit is a diamond and the kind of shots people make scare me tbh. Like I kept up with play well enough and played my part but at my current skill level I wouldn't be able to compete if I didn't have those amazing team mates.

Daammn, I aspire to be at your level tbh. Play with me and drag my rank up plz xx. Not sure why I just can't quite get above where I'm at, on Gold 3 division 4 in 3v3s atm but I'm scared to touch it in case I go down and I tend to save that for when I'm playing in a group. I'm still in Silver for 3v3 solo and 1v1. Idk what it is with my play, I can get off some great hits but I still miss balls, mistime aerials and make bad judgements when I really shouldn't. Been finding running around in freeplay for 5 minutes before I go into a match can do wonders for my games, just getting a feel for the physics and learning to expect how the ball bounces. When I was in there for 15 mins and went straight into a game I got saviour and a hatrick and single handedly won us the game in a 3v3 haha. A lot of it's mental attitude as well, mind games play a big role in how you play (and of course ping spikes can sometimes throw me right off). The community can be pretty toxic unfortunately but usually it's easy enough to ignore them if you don't take them too seriously. Every now and then you'll get some (presumedly) 12 year old mouthing off at you for messing something up (and they're almost always invariably playing worse) but for over half of games I find people just stick to the preset chat anyway. I'm guilty of passive aggressive "What a Save!"s every now and then to be a dick but usually only if the other player did so first. #titfortat Gutted I was taking a mini break while you were still around/ playing it a bit, should've played some together. When you get a PC again you should definitely play some with me and Chris (our cousin), assuming we can work around the timezones and the servers aren't horrible with you being so far. If it doesn't work out absolutely definitely when you're back in the UK in the indeterminate future. We play 2v2 all the time atm, he's probs better than me but we're used to each others playstyles and I'm pretty good at centring in the ball for him so I've earned myself a fair few playmakers. You can get better quite quickly with a bit of practice, you'll need a proper mouse though obvs, trackpad won't do. x

Yass #Taahlandor, or even #SéyeTaahlandor. :o

So who else here plays the best game ever? :o It's cross platform so PC, XBox, Playstation and Nintendo Switch players can all play together! If you haven't heard of it (in which case where have you been? x) Rocket League is a game that is essentially football (or a couple other game modes but mostly football) with Rocket Powered Cars and it makes the game of Football 100x better. Obviously there are a few other differences like you can't hit the ball out bc you're in a completely walled off stadium but forget about that IT'S ROCKET POWERED CARS. It can be played with 1-4 players per side but it works best with 2 or 3 (lots of lucky goals with 1 and no teamwork and 4 is just a mess x). You can start playing straight away and having fun with it but getting good at it can take a lil while, perfecting aerial hits, controlling your car and learning to read the physics takes time and tbh I'm still not that good at it, I have my great moments but that's set off by the screw ups I still make (most of my competitive ranks are still in Gold, a couple still in Silver ew x) but I LOVE it. Honestly, such a unique game and one of the best discoveries of the past year for me. It was released in 2015- still has a thriving user base with updates still regularly being rolled out.

Oh, while I remember No grabs so left that stat out. Woot-Meh (People in room) AQ1 | [Cor Lupus] | Visions Of Atlantis - The Deep & The Dark 8-0 (10) AQ2 | [Jadakissnia] | Ben Frost - Venter01 | [Kluminican Republic] | Peter Crowley - Queen Of The Sea 7-1 (9) 01 | [Kluminican Republic] | Peter Crowley - Queen Of The Sea 3-0 (9) 02 | [Oslol] | Teyana Taylor - WTP 5-2 (9) 03 | [Ojnoj] | Black Honey - Wasting Time 2-0 (9) 04 | [Holland-Oats] | GLADES - Not About You 2-0 (10) 05 | [unovia] | Lennon Stella - Bad 5-0 (10) 06 | [Aelandor] | Feint - Outbreak (feat. MYLK) 7-0 (11) 07 | [Varakë] | The Prince Karma - Later Bitches 2-2 (8) 08 | [East Rukahavian] | Mariza - Quem Me Dera 1-0 (9) 09 | [D’yermak’er] | Anushqa - Something In Common 3-0 (9) 10 | [Aeroche] | Colleen D’Agostino - Disaster 7-0 (9) 11 | [FSR Rontvia] | Tautumeitas - Sadziedami 5-0 (9) 12 | [Terra Avium] | Sheila and the Kit - Time Again 8-0 (10) 13 | [Land Of DW] | Chris Lake - Turn Off The Lights (Cages Remix) [feat. Alexis Roberts] 8-0 (11) 14 | [Cadelicia] | LCMDF - Thank God I Didn’t Get To Know You At All 5-0 (10) 15 | [botanikka] | SHY Martin - Forget To Forget 2-1 (11) 16 | [Aesthetica] | The Pom-Poms - I Got That Boom 7-0 (11) 17 | [ultraviolenceland] | Clara Mae - Us 7-1 (11) 18 | [Persephonia] | Ash Koosha - Aroha 6-0 (11) 19 | [Wholune] | Jerry Williams - I’m Not In Love With You 5-0 (10) 20 | [Daehun] | IU - You & I 2-1 (9) 21 | [seyetana] | Temperance - The Last Hope In A World Of Hopes 8-0 (9) 22 | [Frandoot] | Angelika Vee - Coco Jamboo (Calippo Remix) 3-0 (8) 23 | [République d’Ashton] | Nico Santos - Safe 6-0 (7) 24 | [FARC] | GUNSHIP - Dark All Day (feat. Tim Capello & Indiana) 4-0 (9) 25 | [Taahino] | Swimming Girls - Beneath You 6-0 (8) 26 | [utopia] | bülow - You & Jennifer 0-6 (8) 27 | [Cowtermont] | Metrik - Dawnbreaker 6-0 (10) 28 | [Quintessa] | Wings of the ISANG - Dark Sea 7-1 (10)

Can't say exactly when it'll be but it'll be 8ish so feel free to pre-listen before I get there. x

Yes! x

Not 100% sure when I'll start plugging but I expect it'll be some time around 8pm-ish. x

Watching both of those is soo 2008 though. (Also iPlayer is fine for DW bc not live x)

Hyped for this contest tbh! :o Up for hosting a plug sesh on Saturday if that works for people?

Feint - Outbreak - (Feat. MYLK) 2PD1I5k0-ZY We're back with :o a DANCE track!!!!!11!! This starts off with acoustic guitar beautifully worked into the production and builds into a full on electronic banger with the guitar reoccurring in verses, intro and outro. Not much else to say really in terms of background because this is a very recent discovery for me other than I have huge respect for the level of work that went into the production for this, actually astonishing tbh. Vocals work really well for me too. Found this because at the moment I'm playing a lot of Rocket League (maybe too much oops x) and the game menu has a few compilation albums that play in the game menu, the songs/ tracks were (irrc all) made for those game compilation albums, mostly with an electronic sort of feel good theme. Been absolutely obsessed with this for the past few days and it's holding up so :cheer: . Hope you all like it. x

Almost didn't enter. Chose something very different for me, tbh I only found it today but it's kinda addictive.

Her live vocals sound stunning! Actually love this song, can only hope it's indicative of the rest of the album. This feels so much more real and grounded after her weaker self titled album, her best sound since Let Go for me.

Done!

Bae, thank you. x I'm a DNQ anyway so not worried about any deductions but it's freed me up/ it's going to be less rushed if I can use the early hours a little bit. x

You're alright, deadline's tomorrow not today. x Also remember you're an hour ahead haha.

Why did the best songs DNQ? Rip my streak too oops. +12 Taahino // mewithoutYou - Julia (or, 'Holy to the LORD' on the Bells of Horses) +10 Q +08 Flynnonda // half•alive - still feel. +07 Q +06 Rolloland // The Art Of Noise -Close Up +05 Q +04 Q +03 Q +02 Q +01 Q That newithoutYou track and Relient K are both amazing #bjscnotaste. Also Flynnonda was great this month wtf.

Oh no Utopia didn't vote? I loved their entry this month. :( Is it too much to hope it gets through in spite of a deduction?

You only like it bc trash attracts trash. :rolleyes:

Exactly this tbh, like Liam said recently Drake has hogged the #1 spot for weeks on end (somehow ugh), and like Bré said, the charts aren't what they used to be, big breakthrough artists or even one hit wonders just don't happen in the way they used to. Certainly not as much. There are a lot more artists getting moderate success arguably but that doesn't really reflect in the charts much. BJSC is a great alternative with lots of new songs to discover each month, and out of 60~ songs everyone will usually come away with at least a handful of new discoveries they're glad they found. These days after a month in the charts quite often it'll be largely full of lots of the same songs, it just feels stale. They tend to be a watered down version of a collective taste of the country so near enough everything there is designed to appeal to as broad a market as possible meaning lots of songs are musically inoffensive, watered down and bland whereas BJSC represents the taste of around 60 different individuals- much more interesting and loads more variety.

It's so so so good to have mp3 packs again. No one ever does Apple Music playlists (I would but it seems like it'd take forever :( ) but tbh this is the only way to guarantee getting everything together anyway, really nice to be able to listen on my iTunes/ phone. Plus the tagging is beautiful, thanks for that Bré! :heart: Anyways, will be voting in a couple of hours probs, just going through them all once more.

I was working, gutted. </3 If there's another one tomorrow 8 - 8:30pm ish I'm up for it. x (Would offer to host but I'm working again until 7:30pm so idk if I'd be able to prep it very well.)