BUGBASH: Victory and Results Themes

track by @tripped-as-fawk-boi
thumbnail art by @tripped-as-fawk-boi
characters included: [00] Aaron Sckell, [01] Kin Ikari 

Both:
Lil Darkie - PSYCHODELIC TECHNO DEATH (Breakcore/Anger Associated)

Aaron Sckell:
sofv - the world is collapsing. (ANARCHY: send help)
Domfear - Skeletons (Undead)
KENTENSHI - paranoia (Breakcore)
Noisestorm - Leaving Now (DnB)
cast heal - crashing as expected (Breakcore)

Kin Ikari:
Portal - Science Is Fun (Valve)
Jukia Callio - Where The Guns At (Guns)
Portal 2 - You Can't Escape, You Know (Valve) (wait what do you mean by this)
Half Life 2 - Hazardous Environments (Valve)
Yugo Kanno - Torture Dance (JJBA)

A Chill On Your Shoulder

Art by: Bowser
Track by: Etroup

01 - Herobrine (THE ONCE-REMOVED LEGEND)
A listless soul, living in an endless cubic expanse,
Two voices told him he was universal happenstance,
Infuriated by this truth, he peered beyond the veil,
And saw the world he came from, with his body dead and pale.

T̲h̲e̲i̲r̲ g̲u̲i̲d̲a̲n̲c̲e̲ s̲o̲u̲r̲c̲e̲s̲ a̲r̲e̲:
- Sandbox survival, Minecraft composers, and ambient
- Internet horror and dark aspects of non-horror games
- The wilderness, exploration, and the unknown
- Ghosts, death, urban legends, and eyes
- Creation, dreams, false realities, and WAKING UP
B̲u̲t̲ t̲̲h̲e̲y̲ c̲̲a̲n̲ d̲̲o̲ m̲̲u̲c̲h̲, m̲̲u̲c̲h̲, m̲̲o̲r̲e̲.

Sources:
C418 - Beton
C418 - Leak
C418 - Wet Hands
C418 - Dead Voxel
Minecraft SFX

VICTORY - Herobrine

Art by: Bowser
Track by: Etroup

01 - Herobrine (THE ONCE-REMOVED LEGEND)
A listless soul, living in an endless cubic expanse,
Two voices told him he was universal happenstance,
Infuriated by this truth, he peered beyond the veil,
And saw the world he came from, with his body dead and pale.

T̲h̲e̲i̲r̲ g̲u̲i̲d̲a̲n̲c̲e̲ s̲o̲u̲r̲c̲e̲s̲ a̲r̲e̲:
- Sandbox survival, Minecraft composers, and ambient
- Internet horror and dark aspects of non-horror games
- The wilderness, exploration, and the unknown
- Ghosts, death, urban legends, and eyes
- Creation, dreams, false realities, and WAKING UP
B̲u̲t̲ t̲̲h̲e̲y̲ c̲̲a̲n̲ d̲̲o̲ m̲̲u̲c̲h̲, m̲̲u̲c̲h̲, m̲̲o̲r̲e̲.

Sources:
The Forest - Main Theme
c418 - Dry Hands
Maroon 5 - One More Night

RESULTS - Herobrine

Art by: Tele
Track by: Etroup

02 - Ms. Miku After Dark (THE LONGING OCCULTIST)
The hours passing slowly by, into the dead of night,
Behind her hair her tired eyes see visions beyond sight,
A ritual, an elegy, a song reborn anew,
A deep and dark desire for the bliss she knows is due.

T̲h̲e̲i̲r̲ g̲u̲i̲d̲a̲n̲c̲e̲ s̲o̲u̲r̲c̲e̲s̲ a̲r̲e̲:
-Astrophysics, their covers, and well as vocal synth originals/producers
-Mr. Kitty, 80s aesthetics, and synth genres
-Darkness, nighttime, and eldritch/cosmic horror
-Religion, cults, and the loss of oneself
-Passion, desire, and craving
B̲u̲t̲ t̲̲h̲e̲y̲ c̲̲a̲n̲ d̲̲o̲ m̲̲u̲c̲h̲, m̲̲u̲c̲h̲, m̲̲o̲r̲e̲.

Sources:
Mr.Kitty - XIII
Astrophysics - oneironaut
Mr.Kitty - After Dark
Astrophysics - Miku's Little Dark Age

VICTORY - Ms. Miku After Dark

Art by: Tele
Track by: Etroup

02 - Ms. Miku After Dark (THE LONGING OCCULTIST)
The hours passing slowly by, into the dead of night,
Behind her hair her tired eyes see visions beyond sight,
A ritual, an elegy, a song reborn anew,
A deep and dark desire for the bliss she knows is due.

T̲h̲e̲i̲r̲ g̲u̲i̲d̲a̲n̲c̲e̲ s̲o̲u̲r̲c̲e̲s̲ a̲r̲e̲:
-Astrophysics, their covers, and well as vocal synth originals/producers
-Mr. Kitty, 80s aesthetics, and synth genres
-Darkness, nighttime, and eldritch/cosmic horror
-Religion, cults, and the loss of oneself
-Passion, desire, and craving
B̲u̲t̲ t̲̲h̲e̲y̲ c̲̲a̲n̲ d̲̲o̲ m̲̲u̲c̲h̲, m̲̲u̲c̲h̲, m̲̲o̲r̲e̲.

Sources:
Astrophysics - Alison
Kavinsky - Nightcall

RESULTS - Ms. Miku After Dark

Art by: Aeiouko ft Etroup
Track by: Etroup

04 - Kobeni Higashiyama {THE SLOPPY NERVOUS WRECK}
Although she is consigned to fate, it's one she always fears,
No option left except to dance, her face streaming with tears,
She holds a strength unknown to all, unknown to even me,
A strength her tense demeanor makes it challenging to see.

T̲h̲e̲i̲r̲ g̲u̲i̲d̲a̲n̲c̲e̲ s̲o̲u̲r̲c̲e̲s̲ a̲r̲e̲:
- Chainsaw Man, Shonen/Shonen Jump, unholy religion, and canon devils
- UPLIFT SPICE and other J-Rock artists
- Dancing and songs that spawned dances
- Rhythm games, arcade games, and anything with those scrolling arrows
- The Jersey Club genre, TikTok trends, and artists who blew up from them

Sources:
Queen Bee - Violence
Kenshi Yonezu - KICKBACK
DJ Jayhood - What I Tote
A wide variety of Jersey sounds

VICTORY - Kobeni Higashiyama

Art by: Aeiouko ft Etroup
Track by: Etroup

04 - Kobeni Higashiyama {THE SLOPPY NERVOUS WRECK}
Although she is consigned to fate, it's one she always fears,
No option left except to dance, her face streaming with tears,
She holds a strength unknown to all, unknown to even me,
A strength her tense demeanor makes it challenging to see.

T̲h̲e̲i̲r̲ g̲u̲i̲d̲a̲n̲c̲e̲ s̲o̲u̲r̲c̲e̲s̲ a̲r̲e̲:
- Chainsaw Man, Shonen/Shonen Jump, unholy religion, and canon devils
- UPLIFT SPICE and other J-Rock artists
- Dancing and songs that spawned dances
- Rhythm games, arcade games, and anything with those scrolling arrows
- The Jersey Club genre, TikTok trends, and artists who blew up from them

Sources:
Chainsaw Man OST - sweet dreams
Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Heads Will Roll

RESULTS - Kobeni Higashiyama

track by @tripped-as-fawk-boi
render by @tripped-as-fawk-boi
characters included: [02] Rusted Guilløtine

Songs used:
Stefano Ruggeri - Crack In The Clouds (Music Featured)
SpearFisher - Infinity Cycle (Music Featured)
Caravan Palace - Moonshine (Conspiracies)
Rusty Cage - Gospel (Rusty Cage)
Rusty Cage - Hollow Men (Rusty Cage)
Nine Inch Nails - Hurt (Industrial)
Rusty Cage - What They Said (Rusty Cage)
Be More Chill - Be More Chill (Pt. 1) (Corruptive Forces: The SQUIP)
Hollow Knight - Broken Vessel (Corruptive Forces: Ancient Sickness)
IDKHOW - New Invention (Conspiracies, Industrial)
Rusty Cage - The Lives Of Flies (Rusty Cage, Capitalism)
Ren - Money Game (Capitalism)
IDKHOW - Do It All The Time (Corruptive Forces: those guys in the mv. trust)

CONTESTANT 02 - RUSTED GUILLØTINE (Rusty Cage & NØX)

All rise… Do you feel it? The pulsing connection that bleeds within all of us… Within us BOTH. Rusty and NØX have arrived to bring forth a new coming age, spearheaded as they march forwards to their mutual goal without looking back. If a brighter morning needs a few heads dropped to the floor with a chill breeze from behind their necks, then that guillotine shall be stained with the blood of the shameful. It's getting closer by the second… So stay tuned.

- James Lee projects, songs he's used, Rusty Cage's discography, and their collaborators
[ Tarboy, Rollercoaster Junkie, Popstar, One Nipple At a Time, Clown To Earth ]
[ The Lives Of Flies, Hollow Men, Knife Game Song, Pack Of Rats, Blast Em! ]
[ EmpLemon, Mumkey Jones, Cr1tikal, Xarissa, Middle Milk ]

- Politics, conspiracies, corruption, capitalism, and audio-transmit devices
[ Reaganomics, Movin' Like Hillary, New Invention, Conspiracy Theories, Money Game ]
[ TELEPHONES, Jet Set Radio, Call Me, 13 Missed Calls, Why'd You Only Call Me When You're High? ]

- Social media, media heavily focused around it, corruptive forces, and unholy religion
[ White Woman's Instagram, Needy Streamer Overload, Survive The Internet, Broken Vessel, Kiss Me (Kill Me) ]
[ Heaven Or Hell, The Devil, Hellfire, Lucifer, Devil May Cry ]

- Industrial and indie folk artists
[ HEALTH, Nine Inch Nails, Ministry, ohGr, The Neon Judgement ]
[ The Mountain Goats, Bon Iver, First Aid Kit, Of Monsters And Men, Big Thief ]

Crack The Infinity Cycle

Art by: Ragna
Track by: Fang

Ah... Mashup School... the mashupest years of our lives. Back then we were young and offkey. Sometimes tracks, sometimes art, sometimes just lore; but always willing to live life to the sourcelist. We were on a wild journey to discover who we really were.

(Note: sans is the fourth of four player characters. After all 4 have been revealed, a vote will be held to decide who the audience avatar is! This affects in-character responses in lore and the choices given to reflect the character's personality.)

Track Sources:
Beck - Loser 
Toby Fox - sans.
Cage The Elephant - Ain't No Rest For The Wicked
Will Wood - Skeleton Appreciation Day in Vestal, NY (Bones)
Bruno Mars - The Lazy Song

Dating Theme ~ sans the skeleton.

PLAYER 1: Bugsnax Sarah
- Kero Kero Bonito, its members, and 2010's/2020's synth or indie pop
- Safaris, islands, and exploration
- Insects, fruit, and sweets
- PlayStation mascot games and deceptively cute media

Track Sources:
STARSTUD - Matt Watson ft. Sarah Bonito (KKB Members [this track was made before unfortunate events, we do not condone matt watson’s behavior])
Trampoline - Kero Kero Bonito
Musician - Porter Robinson (KKB [Main Sample])
It's Bugsnax! - Kero Kero Bonito
Flamingo - Kero Kero Bonito

Set Your Body Free

Art by @ragnamalamity
Music by @gg2k01
Characters Represented: GameGenius

APAngryPiggy, KryFuZe - Afton Family Remix (Indie Horror, Darkness)
Linkin Park - In The End (Neil Cicierega)
Don't Hug Me I'm Scared - The Time Song (Online Comedy Horror, Strengthens The Mind [Education])
Andy Poland - Trivia Murder Party Final Round (Comedy Horror, Darkness, Strengthens the Mind [Trivia])
Zeekerss - Legging It 2 (Indie Horror)
Alex Brightman - The Whole Being Dead Thing (Comedy Horror)
Gold VFX (Online Horror)
Lemon Demon - The Ocean (Neil Cicierega)
Dead or Alive - Spin Me Right Round (Neil Cicierega, Contrast [Dead/Alive])
Chonny Jash - The Mr Hyde Jive (Contrast [Virtue/Vice], Strains the Mind [Being Split In Two])
Kyū Sawamura - Sally.exe - ______ Act 9 (Online Horror)
Set It Off - Kill The Lights (Light)
Junichi Masuda - Lavender Town (Online Horror, Strains the Mind [High Frequencies])
Yukifumi Makino - Sonic 1 Drowning (Online Horror)
Jonathan Coulton - Creepy Doll (Comedy Horror)
Carly Rae Jepsen - Call Me Maybe (Neil Cicierega)
LongestSoloEver - Intruder (Online Horror)
DJ Snake, Lil Jon - Turn Down For What (Neil Cicierega)
Lemon Demon - Goosebumps (Neil Cicierega, Comedy Horror)
Bo Burnham - Goodbye (Piano-Focused, Strains the Mind [Isolation])
EurobeatBrony, TheLivingTombstone - Discord (Strains the Mind [Incongruence])
Two Door Cinema Club - What You Know (Neil Cicierega, Strengthens the Mind [Knowledge])
Laura Shigahira - Rigor Mortist (Strains the Mind [Being Eaten])
Jonathan Coulton - Re: Your Brains (Comedy Horror, Strains the Mind [Being Eaten])
Laura Shigihara - Zombies On Your Lawn (Strains the Mind [Being Eaten])
Little Mix - Little Me (Classical Samples [Gabriel Fauré - "Pavane in F-sharp Minor"])
Third Eye Blind - Semi Charmed Life (Neil Cicierega, Strains the Mind [Hard Drugs])

All Is Well

Hello! Work on MR2 has been going smoothly (and a certain event has happened since LR4 ended but that's a whole other story). I've mentioned on the TSCOTY server that if AMA beat Quinton, they'd be getting a fairly major rework and I've thrown around a few ideas. Obviously that didn't happen but here's a mashup based on an idea I never did back in LR2.
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(CONTESTANT 04 - ASK ME ANOTHER) 
-PODCASTS / GAME SHOWS / NPR AFFILIATES & GUESTS 
[Jonathan Coulton, Danny Pudi, Adam Conover] 
-FOLK GENRES / COMEDIANS & COMEDY ARTISTS / NEW YORK & IT’S CULTURE 
[Bo Burnham, Poor Man’s Poison, Saturday Night Live] 
-VALVE / SFM / SOURCE / ASSOCIATED INDIVIDUALS / UNFICTION / ARGS 
[Exile Vilify, Following Stanley, redman’s lament] 
-WORDPLAY / QUESTIONS / KNOWLEDGE / RESULT OF A GOOD JOB 
[What You Know, Word Crimes, Cut The Cake] 
-TECH / LIES / MEDICINE / HOSTS / WHAT IS HOSTED 
[Love The Way You Lie, Worst End, Brainwashed] 
`But it doesn’t matter if it’s this, that or the other, we’ll pull it anyways.`

Sources:
Jonathan Coulton - Want You Gone (JoCo/Valve/Result of good job)
Brian David Gilbert - Under Attack, performed by a murder robot (Comedians/Tech)
Jonathan Coulton - You Wouldn’t Know (JoCo/Valve/Knowledge/Result of good job)
marciesss - redmans lament (Valve; The G-Mod Stream/Unfiction/Technology)
atsuover - PAST MY PRIME TIME (SFM Creators/What’s hosted)
Bo Burnham - Don’t Wanna Know (Comedians/Questions/Knowledge)
The Lonely Island - Like A Boss (New York; SNL/Comedians/Questions)
Dad Feels - Dad Loves You (Valve/Unfiction/ARGs)

Still Alive (Non-Canon Mix)

VOTE HERE: https://forms.gle/uZ1UEMj3PR6DpyLcA
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YT: https://youtu.be/FNCK-8iIuT4
SC: https://soundcloud.com/leaky-steve-1/wr1-m1-p1
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SAKAKI: Are there any videos with cats on that YouTube site?..
EDUARD KHIL: Not just YouTube - the whole web is filled to the brim with LOLcats! You'll love it here, young lady!
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Arrangement: https://soundcloud.com/laybox
Art: https://soundcloud.com/laybox
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Source List:
- IOSYS - Cirno's Perfect Math Class (Otaku culture, education, surreal media: Сірненко та його матєматичний класс, Slavic culture: bezboltenko)
- Energetix & Liberty - Я люблю хардкор (Slavic artists, happy hardcore)
- Ыстык Пиштер Фильмер 3 - Техномеханика (Slavic culture, surreal media)
- LMFAO - Party Rock Anthem (Early web)
- Yolanda Be Cool feat. DCUP - We No Speak Americano (Early web)
- Бумбокс - Вахтерам (Slavic artists)
- Smile - Butterfly (Otaku culture)
- China Anne McClain - Calling All The Monsters (School-based media: A.N.T. Farm, otaku culture: AMV usage)
- Maon Kurosaki - Gravitation (J.C. Staff: A Certain Magical Index III)
- Ёлка - На воздушном шаре (Slavic artists, comedy anime: Ня!~ Сахарные неко-девочки)
- Kirby Triple Deluxe - Dedede's Royal Payback (YouTube Poop culture)
- Lamaze-P - Fukkireta (Otaku culture)
- Kill Me Baby - Futari no Kimochi no Honto no Himitsu (J.C. Staff, otaku culture)
- Gurren Lagann - Libera Me From Hell (Otaku culture)
- Шура - Ты не верь слезам (Slavic artists)
- Кама пуля и сырна (Slavic and otaku cultures)
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#02: Azumangakas (All the main girls from Azumanga Daioh)
Leaked from: Temporary Flight Attendant

OH MY GAH! The whole class is in session yet again, and this time we will learn all about otaku culture and aughts anime with six extravagant girls of Class 3: the child prodigy Chiyo, the shy Sakaki, the restless Tomo, the intelligent Yomi, the athletic Kagura, and peculiar Osaka. Together they are an unstoppable force, that always finds their way in a misadventure or two, no matter if it's recess hours or lesson time, so you better get this all together - because school times were never this fun before!

Sources:
- Songs from shows by J.C Staff and Genco, as well as Comedy or Slice of Life anime (Songs from The Disastrous Life of Saiki K., Golden Time and Lucky Star)
- Songs in the J-core, happy hardcore, and kawaii bass genres (Songs by S3RL, Snail's House and YUC'e)
- Songs from surreal and absurdist media, related to otaku culture, or it's associates (Songs by Jack Stauber, songs from OFF, Caramelldansen by Caramella Girls)
- Songs related to education, school-related media, and friendship (Songs from High School Musical and School of Rock, Fifteen by Taylor Swift, Count on Me by Bruno Mars)
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#07: Seventh Trollement (Eduard Khil and Vitas)
Leaked from: Alterna Concept

Alo and salut, le people of teh Internets! Welcome the Eastern European stars of the golden age of the World Wide Web: Eduard Khil and VITAS! Taking a break from their musical careers, they decided to take hold of their fame and fly through the endless online space, forming the duo by the name of Seventh Trollement. You better believe your ears right now, because this ain't no YTPMV, it's their masterful old school singing! They will never retreat from their mission to take over this tournament, as only a coward doesn't play hockey. So get ready and strap in, because we are here for a long time - 3, 2, 1, GO!

- Slavic culture or artists and traditional pop
(Party Like a Russian, Atomic Heart, Frank Sinatra)
- Euro or acid house, eurodance, and sovietwave
(MCR-T, Captain Jack, Артек Электроника)
- Early Internet, Bait & Switch, and YouTube Poop cultures
(Caramelldansen, Replay, Shuric Scan)
- Space, celestial bodies, extraterrestrials, and deception
(Трава у дома, A L I E N S, Would I Lie to You?)

[WR1 M1] Chiyo's Perfect International Class 3

Bonus content for BUGBASH. Follow the main account here: @bugbash

ROSTER:
00 - THE INFECTED NIHILIST AND THE UNFATHOMABLE HORROR
01 - Herobrine (THE ONCE-REMOVED LEGEND)
02 - Miss Miku After Dark (THE LONGING OCCULTIST)
03 - THE PRIDEFUL DESTINED AND THE WRATHFUL UNBEATABLE
04 - Kobeni Higashiyama (THE SLOPPY NERVOUS WRECK)
05 - Mikaela Reid (THE BLESSED BREWER)
06 - Neon Violet (THE SACCHARINE ASSASSIN)
07 - Leshawna (THE AUDACIOUS SISTER)
08 - jon arbuckle is against the kitchen floor (THE EVERLASTING FAILURE)
09 - Lukas "Destiny" Graham (THE ONE WHOSE STORY HAS BEEN TOLD)
10 - Tourist Trap (THE GLASS-EYED CHARLATAN)
11 - [ DISQUALIFIED FOR LICENSING REASONS ]
12 - B12 Fever (THE INSATIABLE AILMENT)

RESULTS - Kobeni Higashiyama

BUGBASH: Boon of Bonus Content

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