Silas

I was there too!!

Honestly could not be less enthused by this I do think it’s ironic how a game series that made its name critiquing the worst of American consumerism, capitalism and so on has become the short word for peak capitalism

Sachsen-Anhalt had a state election today. The AfD have taken 45% of the vote. The big risk is the BSW. They’re on the 5% threshold. If they fall slightly short there’s a solid chance the AfD could govern alonE which is a f***ing Absolutely horrific possibility. Part of me wants them to govern to show that they are exactly the same shite as all the other parties. They’re no „alternative“ their life will not change one bit. Why? Because the AfD have no answers for the real issues and their „cure“ is like Brexit, something that will just make the sickness worse

Great to see an Rd‘Á recycle from an external for once

Haven’t heard the song but I approve of the artist

I changed my mind. République d‘Dancekorza is back

I have not yet settled on a track yet. Will obviously be some form of pop as always but beyond that I’m uncertain

I do mostly agree. I think some people are „unknowingly“ entering AI, like Chris mentioned above, because it’s not all obvious slop. Maybe we can tag it as a 25 point offence on the Veto framework and if we find that it’s AI then it goes with the caveat that we will do our best to throw it out but it’s not foolproof

I understand the logic here, and I think that the idea is a solid one. Personally, my view would be that if you’re not prepared to send the track under normal circumstances then I don’t see why you should get special dispensation to protect your AQ streak because you don’t have the confidence to stand behind it. For me it sends the message that an AQ streak or result is the most important part, rather than secondary to the music discovery Open to all views. The rules I think are due for a small refresh this year after being stable for so long so happy to see what everyone thinks about stuff like this

It’s quite underwhelming given the hype, development time and cost. And it does feel like Rockstar and Sony are in cahoots here to kill off the physical game and thus kill off the second hand market so everyone is forced to buy their own copy at full price The nastiest feeling I have is locking content from the main game behind a paywall.

As the song cut off in 19th here: This is almost as Rude as Robs bottom 10 prediction

It’s BJSC there’s probably at least a 15 page argument somewhere in the archives that lead to this. Most of this contest has rules based in an argument somewhere

in the semis it’s to try to take a little bite out of the „wrong semi“ and acknowledge that to score big with a few people compared to more kinda safe uninspired stuff that is kinda just like ok to everyone is maybe someone that will find a bigger audience in the final. In the final it’s the opposite. The broad appeal carries more weight than the niche fave because it favours a track that had found more of an audience and its result is more representative of the overall view of the final

5th to 19th is a bit of a bigger drop than is ideal but that’s happened a few times lately to me, the semis being a little more concentrated has given me a few boosts on a couple of occasions Thanks Harve for a wonderful job as host!

Congrats Iz!!!! Always great to see a new entrant to the winners circle I was about to celebrate blocking out the who top 30 until I went to validate and realised Lola Blanc already got me my 19th that I needed. Whoops Now just need that 34th for the whole top 40

Wait is that back to back persephonia pointage??????? Omg

Rd‘Á has voted

My longest streak was 9, a high mark I set with literally the very first 9 contests and then have never got anywhere near since. It’s great. Can thoroughly recommend being in the under 10 club

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That was not vintage. The spotify preview of Dobagos thing was traumatic. wtaf was that demonic noise.

Change the rules to Ban anything over 4 minutes

Not sure you’ve ever liked more than one of my entries in the same calendar year 😮

Not only is my song super short but it’s in French AND German. Spare a moment of thought for Brayden if he’s sorted into my semi by fate/randomdotorg/karma

Third shortest 💪🏻💪🏻💪🏻 You know where your 18s have to go if you want hit chasers entering shorter songs 😉😂

Good points here The framework is partially quantitative and partly qualitative. That means there’s always a scope of interpretation in there. We do our best to be consistent month to month, helps we have a very experienced team, but we don’t always get it 100% spot on for everyone’s taste or viewpoint. We try to be fair for the contest and to all of you. We are not here to throw out everything and anything and be overly restrictive, our best case scenario is a zero veto month and that’s what we aim for every month. The framework does need an update tho, it has served us well in it’s current form but it needs a wee refresher