[ We are moving to @alterna-concept-03 for the rest of Winners Round 1, go follow us there to continue seeing the matches! ]
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Arrangement: @megalolazing-1
Art: Anonymous, Moog, DeluSpacey, MVS, Lony, GhenSaur
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Sources:
Persona 5 - Rivers in The Desert [Nicky - Crime / Nitori - Water]
Lil Nas X - INDUSTRY BABY [Nicky - Crime / Mecoboy - Sexual Themes]
Coolio - Gangsta's Paradise [Snail's Shop - Shops / Tri-State - 21st Century Humor]
Faraon Love Shady - Duro 2 Horas [Mecoboy - Spanish Musicians / Out of Touch - Specific Time]
Mystery Skulls - Hellbent [Manne Q. - Mystery Skulls / Nicky - Religion / Animated Music Videos]
Breakbot - Baby, I'm Yours [Fish-Co - SpongeDubs / Tri-State - 21st Century Humod / Nicky - Animated Music Videos / Snail's Shop - Houses]
IDKHOW - Sugar Pills [Wonkuma - Sweets, Corruption / Fish-Co - PATD Members]
Post Malone, 21 Savage - Rockstar [Fish-Co - SpongeDubs]
haru0l - Airplanes [Bonzi and Miku Cover] [Fish-Co - TTS / Vocaloid]
Spongebob Squarepants - You Will Obey! [Fish-Co - Spongebob]
Adele - Set Fire To The Rain [Nitori - Water]
Kohmi Hirose - Get Down [Nitori - Touhou]
Verbalase - Mario Beatbox [Nitori - Pre-Gamecube]
Portugal. The Man - Feel It Still [Tri-State - Indie Rock]
Jonas Brothers - Sucker [Tri-State - Disney]
Clean Bandit - Rather Be [Tri-State - Disney; Amphibia]
The Owl House - Enchanting Grom Fight Dance [Tri-State - Disney]
Maroon 5 - Moves Like Jagger [OoT - Blue-Eyed Soul]
Maneskin - Beggin' [OoT - Specific Time]
Hall and Oates - I Can't Go for That [OoT - Hall and Oates]
deadmau5 - Ghosts n' Stuff [Nicky - Undead]
Major Lazer, Pharrel Williams - Aerosol Can [Nicky - Crime]
DAGames - You're Mine [Nicky - Animated Music Videos]
BoJack Horseman - BoJack's Theme [Mecoboy - Adult Animation]
Daddy Yankee - Shaky Shaky [Mecoboy - Spanish Artists]
Shotgun Willy, Yung Craka - Mexico [Mecoboy - Excessive Swearing]
TheFatRat - Fly Away [Snail's Shop - Kawaii Bass]
Memnicus - ｍｏｒｓｈｕｗａｖｅ [Snail's Shop - Shops / Trade]
CG5, Hyper Potions - The Speed In My Soul [Snail's Shop - Future Bass]
Fountains of Wayne - Stacy's Mom [Manne Q. - Indie Pop]
Linkin Park - Numb [Manne Q. - Sim Gretina]
Johnny Utah - Honeypie [Manne Q. - Animation Memes]
Danganronpa - DANGANRONPA (DR Version) [Wonkuma - Danganronpa]
Character SFX [All]

[ NEW ACC. ] ONLY IN MY HEAD ~ Left Side Medley

Voting has ended!
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Track by @criscat!
Guest art by @the-blue-flumpty-bumpty!
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CONTESTANT 02 - Sega Bass

- SEGA games and sports
- Water and sea life
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CONTESTANT 03 - Baldi

- Horror and game jam games
- Edutainment and numbers
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Sources:

SHARED:
- METR0GARD3N - Sink (Sega/Water/Game Jam Games)
- Sonic The Hedgehog 2 - Chemical Plant Zone (Sega/Numbers)
- Musiclide - Iron Lung (Water/Sea Life/Horror Games)
- Puyo Puyo Tetris 2 - Fun is Infinite (Sega/Numbers)
- Baba Is You - Water Is Sink (Water/Game Jam Games)
- Sonic The Hedgehog 3 - Act 2 Boss (Sega/Numbers)

SEGA BASS:
- DNCE - Cake By the Ocean (Water)
- Masked Wolf - Astronaut in the Ocean (Water)
- LL Cool J - Mama Said Knock You Out (Sports)
- Ween - Ocean Man (Water)
- B. Bravo & Lean Rock - Shred (Sports)
- Sega Bass Fishing - Feel The Heat (All Sources)

BALDI:
- Don't Hug Me I'm Scared - The Love Song (Edutainment)
- Sesame Street - Make Your Own Art (Edutainment)
- Baldi's Basics Classic Remastered - Everybody's Favorite Subject (All Sources)
- They Might Be Giants - Four Of Two (Numbers)
- TheLivingTombstone - I've Got No Time (Horror Games)
- CG5 - Every Door (All Sources)

[R1M3] This Is Not An Expedition!

Produced by @bruhset
Art by https://www.tumblr.com/abstractcognizance

[ - FEATURING - ]

00 - Mr. Radiohead
- Object shows, Cheesy Hfj and other OSC creators, elimination games, and other media with animate objects 
- Radiohead, alt/indie rock, internal struggles, and /mu/core musicians
- Technology and the internet, focusing on obsolete or outdated tech, Y2K aesthetic, and anything with a Wikipedia page with two degrees or less separation from the MTV page
- Life, death, revival, things that end your life and ways it can restart
- Non-standard or uncanny art styles, dancing and dancing trends, tournament winners, and music featured on MTV
- Things past their prime, that should just go away, that nobody needs anymore, that have been replaced
(Created by Rose)

12 - Sandan Rockes
- Toy/merchandise-based media
- Homestuck / it’s fan-content / Webcomics
- Creation/Art as concepts, & Sand/Rocks
(Submitted by Magi)

15 - Umbra
- Homestuck it's artists/references & VTubers/Streamers/Virtual Artists
- The Abstract, Surreal/Absurdist Media & Ambient
- Doppelgängers, Mirrors, Darkness & The Undead
(Submitted by Umbra)

[ - SOURCES USED - ]

Pickle578 - Royal Feud (Uncanny art styles / Webcomics / Absurdist)
Crusher - ECHO (Internal Struggles, Outdated Technology / Virtual Artists, Mirrors)
R.V. Pine, lex3x - CREATIVE FREEDOM (Things past their prime / Creation / Darkness)
CheesyHfj - Walked Out (Cheesy Hfj)
Metallica - Enter Sandman (/mu/core musicians, Two Degrees from MTV, Internal Struggles, Death / Sand / Darkness)
Hakos Baelz - PSYCHO (Internal Struggles / VTubers)
Richard Cheese - Man In The Mirror (Internal Struggles, Two Degrees from MTV / Toy-based media / Mirrors)
LEGO Island - Brick By Brick (Toy-based media, Creation)
C418 - Stal (Outdated Technology / Creation / Ambient)
OutKast - Hey Ya! (Featured on MTV / VTubers)
Michael Frank - Versus Remix (2X HOMESTUCK COMBO)

Creative Feud

Track by: STATIVOLT
Art by: CyManCyan

Read the lore here! (by silentchatterbox52)
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1_SIAsnRNPhEvJvZCu-klN6MAGpKIzjwnoPsEbHh1J-k/edit?usp=sharing

05. 📸 The Fame Monster 📸

Being famous isn’t all it’s cracked up to be. Take it from Gwen, or better known as the Fame Monster. After running away from another mob of paparazzi, Gwen tried to run away from it all, sick of the constant attention and camera flashes. She ended up stumbling into an arcade complex, but that didn’t matter to her; she was out of the spotlight for once. Fortunately for her, Gwen still retains her pop star talent and gothic flare for the tournament. Will she top the charts once again in Mash N’ Up?

- Lady Gaga, her collaborators, & 2010's Hits
(Monster, Born This Way, Applause)
(Madeon, Elton John, Flo Rida)
(Rolling In The Deep, Happy, See You Again)

- Dance-Pop, Electropop, & Alt-Pop
(Usher, Dua Lipa, Calvin Harris)
(Kesha, Marina and the Diamonds, Porter Robinson)
(Billie Eilish, Halsey, Lana Del Rey)

- Unrequited/Toxic Love & Heartbreak
(Bad At Love, Waiting In Vain, Somebody That I Used To Know)
(Someone Like You, I Will Always Love You, Little Do You Know)

- Fame, Obsession, & Fear/Paranoia
(We Can Get High, INDUSTRY BABY, POPSTAR)
(One Way or Another, An Unhealthy Obsession, Addicted To You)
(I Will Fear No More, Mr. Fear, Paranoid Android, Paranoid Eyes)

Lady Gaga - Applause (Lady Gaga, Electropop, 2013 Hits)
Lady Gaga - Bad Romance (Lady Gaga, Electropop, 2010 Hits)
Lady Gaga - Poker Face (Lady Gaga, Electropop)
Halsey - Castle (Alt-Pop)
Florence + The Machine - Rabbit Heart (Raise It Up) (Lady Gaga Collaborators, Fame)
Cher - Woman's World (Electropop, 2013 Hits, Toxic Love)
Ellie Goulding - Lights (2012 Hits)
Lady Gaga - LoveGame (Lady Gaga, Electropop, Fame)
iDKHOW - Do It All The Time (Fame)
GIRLI - Dysmorphia (Electropop)
Halsey - Haunting (Alt-Pop, Heartbreak)
Lady Gaga - Born This Way (Lady Gaga, Electropop, 2011 Hits)
Madeon ft. Nicolas Petricca - Finale (Lady Gaga Collaborators)

Alive On Stage

HORSEMAN OF WAR - DARTH VADER
ART BY: https://twitter.com/_Syrcuz_
TRACK BY: @silentchatterbox
BECOME A WITNESS: discord.gg/9jNdTZCzcN

𝙔𝙤𝙪 𝙪𝙣𝙙𝙚𝙧𝙚𝙨𝙩𝙞𝙢𝙖𝙩𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙥𝙤𝙬𝙚𝙧 𝙤𝙛 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙙𝙖𝙧𝙠 𝙨𝙞𝙙𝙚…

- Lucasfilms Media & Franchises Bought by Disney
- Space, Celestial Objects, & Extraterrestrial Life
- War, the Military, Empires & Destruction
- Corruption & Fallen Heroes
- Steps Towards the Dark Side (fear, anger, hate, suffering)

…𝙖𝙡𝙡 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙢𝙤𝙧𝙚, 𝙞𝙛 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙨𝙩𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙗𝙮 𝙢𝙮 𝙨𝙞𝙙𝙚 𝙩𝙤 𝙧𝙪𝙡𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙜𝙖𝙡𝙖𝙭𝙮.

SOURCES USED:
Pendulum - Granite (Extraterrestial Life)
Rainbow Swoop - Imperial March - Electronic/Orchestral Remix (Lucasfilms)
Three Days Grace - Animal I Have Become (Steps towards the Dark Side: Suffering)
Darth Vader SFX

VICTORY! DARTH VADER

Stocks by: bananaflan (Neru & Bill), Juicebox (Kel, Spooky, Mariya, Sasha, Rin, Quagsire) & Zenith (Kiki, Mr. L, Fluttershy, Natsuki, Bocchi)

Eight enter, four will survive. Whose reality are you going to save, or willing to let go of?

Sources:
Crusher – ECHO (MiatriSs Remix) [Neru & Bill – Vocal Synth, The Mind / Kel & Spooky – Animation Memes / Rin – Electro House]
Rihanna – Disturbia [Neru & Bill – The Mind / Bocchi – 1B+ Views Artists / Burnout – Teen Anthems]
The Living Tombstone, Odyssey Eurobeat – Discord [Kel & Spooky – TLT / Suffering Survivors – MLP, Chaos / Quagsire – Eurobeat]
Porter Robinson – Sad Machine (Anamanaguchi Remix) [Rin – Porter  Robinson, Machinery / Synth Travelers – Apocalypse / Bocchi - Loneliness]
Ghost – The Chattering Lack of Common Sense [Neru & Bill – Vocal Synth / Rin – Animated Music Videos]
Pokemon – Double Trouble [Quagsire - Pokemon]
Cavetown – Fool [Neru & Bill – Indie Pop / Burnout – Cottagecore]
Mark Ronson, Bruno Mars – Uptown Funk [Bocchi – 1B+ Views / Rin – Synth Genres; Synth Funk]
Lost Judgment – ESMERALDA [Synth Travelers – Beat Em Ups / Kel & Spooky – Dancing / Neru & Bill, Suffering Survivors – Mystery Media / Quagsire – Turbo related; Yakuza]
Aaron Fresher Nas – Slender Man Sings A Pop Song [Neru & Bill – Children's Horror / Kel & Spooky – The Past / Burnout – What causes burnout; Lack of children going into forests / Synth Travelers – Despair / Suffering Survivors – Bad Endings / Rin – Identity / Natsuki – Stuff that ISN'T cute; Slenderman / Quagsire – What Quagsire gets up to / Bocchi – Loneliness]
Lil Pump, 2 Chainz – Iced Out [Bocchi – 1B+ Views Artists; Lil Pump]
Daft Punk – Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger [Synth Travelers – Daft Punk / Rin – Animated Music Videos]
M83 – Midnight City [Synth Travelers – Synthwave]
Bag Raiders – Shooting Stars [Rin – Stars]
Fall Out Boy – My Songs Know What You Did In The Dark (Light Em Up) [Natsuki – Pop Punk / Synth Travelers – Darkness / Burnout – Teen Anthems]
Lady Gaga – Bloody Mary [Suffering Survivors – Edit Audios]
Saster – JoJo's Bizzare Megalovania [Quagsire – Turbo Associated / Suffering Survivors – DR69 Media; Undertale / Natsuki – Crime]
Tom Cardy – Transcendental Cha Cha Cha [Kel & Spooky – Dancing / Rin – Synth Genres, Animated Music Videos / Suffering Survivors – Alternate Realities, The Multiverse / Bocchi – Surrealism]
Dan Bull – Robocopyright [Kel & Spooky – TLT associates / Natsuki - Society]
WoodenToaster, GLAZE – Rainbow Factory (TheLivingTombstone Remix) [Neru & Bill – Children's Horror / Kel & Spooky – TLT / Suffering Survivors – MLP / Rin – Machinery / Natsuki – Society, Stuff that ISN'T cute / Burnout - Flight]
jon-AKITORY, Ado – Rasen [Synth Travelers – Beat Em Ups; Lost Judgment / Neru & Bill, Suffering Survivors – Mystery Media / Quagsire – Turbo related; Yakuza / Bocchi – J-Rock / Natsuki – Society]
TK – Unravel [Kel & Spooky – Ghosts / Bocchi - J-Rock]
All Time Low, Demi Lovato, blackbear – Monsters [Kel & Spooky – Undead / Natsuki – Punk Genres; Pop Punk / Bocchi – Pop Rock / Burnout - Sleep]

Brad Breek – Gravity Falls Main Theme [Neru & Bill – Whatcha Think?]
Danny Baranowsky – Momentum Mori (PrototypeRaptor Remix) [Piyzmbmjpiy - ???]
Shounnan Kaze – Ichibanka [Czmj - ???]
Takanashi Kiara – DO U [Ncvfz do - ???]
Smash Mouth – Walkin' On The Sun [Hvnozmhdiy - ???]

VR2 Bracket: Echoing Emotions ~ Desire The Light

17 - RED
ART BY: https://twitter.com/pokopakku
TRACK BY: @geebee13
YOUTUBE: www.youtube.com/channel/UCPb_NbEODDaDJMrSv84QkPg
DISCORD: discord.com/invite/juBmsB7Hjy

𝙏𝙝𝙚𝙮'𝙧𝙚 𝙖𝙗𝙡𝙚 𝙩𝙤 𝙥𝙪𝙡𝙡...
- Kaiju/Tokusatsu Media / Action Sidescrollers / Godzilla Artists
- Dark Techno / Dark Ambient / Industrial / Chiptune/FM Synth
- Online Horror / Horror Games / NES Games/Retro Throwback Media / Fake Media
- Unholy Religion/Associated Concepts / Death / Spirits
- Giant Opponents / Running / Chase Themes / Madden Artists
...𝙗𝙪𝙩 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙞𝙧 𝙥𝙤𝙩𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙞𝙖𝙡 𝙞𝙨 𝙇𝙄𝙈𝙄𝙏𝙇𝙀𝙎𝙎!

SOURCES USED:
VectorManDingo - RUN (All)
Carpenter Brut - Wake Up The President (Dark Techno)
Kweer Kaiju - Final Goji [Synth Cover] (Kaiju)
OneRepublic - Run (Running)
XAI - Live And Die (Kaiju [Godzilla: The Planet Eater])
The Living Tombstone - 1000 Doors (Horror Games [Spooky's Jumpscare Mansion])
clipping. - Check The Lock (Industrial)
Rob Zombie - Superbeast (Kaiju [Godzilla 2000])
Bear McCreary ft. Serj Tankian - Godzilla (i mean. i mean)
Adam McHummus - Monochrome (Online Horror)
Punkett - Death Toll (Unholy Religion / Online Horror)
Lyfer - First Instance (Kaiju / Online Horror)
Bruno Mars - Runaway Baby (Running)
The Weeknd - False Alarm (Escaping)
Rezz ft. Pvris - Sacrificial (Dark Techno)
ChaoticCanineCulture - You Can't Escape Me (Horror Games / Escaping)
DJ Shadow & Run The Jewels - Nobody Speak (Running)
Beyonce - Run The World (Running)

I'M NOT DONE WITH YOU.

Characters represented: Creepy VHS I Found At A Garage Sale (TPT) Countdown Creeps (DDI) Two Man Job (KDI)

sources:
SVARDSTAL - FEELS (TikTok/Phonk)
MILKBLOOD - RUN THRU ME (Internet Horror)
Run The Jewels - Job Well Done (Hip-Hop, Having a Job)
Packtion - Fame (Fame, Fortune)
Shinobu Tanaka - Luigi's Mansion GCN (Ghosts/The Undead)
Paramore - Misery Business (Punk Rock, Pop Punk/Business)
Childish Gambino - 42.26 (Hip-Hop Artists)
Michel F. April - The Deathslinger (DBD/Survival Horror)
ONE8MATIC - GRAVERAISER (TikTok, The Undead/Phonk)
Erik Skog - Phonk Radio (Internet Horror, Video Tech/Screen Tech/Survival Horror, Phonk)

[ BOSS BATTLE ! ] - dude did you just see that

PLAID: Hey Norri, do you ever think about how Halloween has just been co-opted by the dentists to rot out people's teeth?
NORRI: WHY IS *THAT* THE QUESTION YOU'RE ASKIN' IN THIS SITUATION?!
MARCY: Hang on, gotta watch Adam Ruins Everything again to fact-check this.

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CONTESTANT 06 - THE CONSPIRACY ZONE

- Welcome to Night Vale / The Adventure Zone / Associates
[Disparition, Mort Garson, Louie Zong]
- Tumblr Fandoms / Podcasts
[Doctor Who, The Magnus Archives, Jort Storm]
- Indietronica / New Wave
[Animal Collective, Stereolab, Talking Heads]
- TTRPGs / Conspiracies / The Occult
[Cyberpunk 2077, Less Than, Lifetime Achievement Award]

CONTESTANT 13 - NORRI

- Freeware / Rpgmaker
[ OFF, Ib, Lisa: The Simpson, Horrorvale ]
- Big Band / Electro Swing
[ Count Basie, Thelonious Monk, Parov Stelar, Caravan Palace ]
- Rubberhose / Black & White Media
[ Cuphead, Mickey Mouse, Return of the Obra Dinn, Bad Apple ]
- Shadows / Darkness / Dreams
[ I Am... All of Me, The Sky's Gone Out, Enter Sandman, headboard ]
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Sources:
Nurykabe - Parmi les Automates (Freeware [Knytt Stories])
Nurykabe - Remplissage Momentané (Freeware [Knytt Stories])
Raining Marbles - Enchanting Grom Fright but it's electroswing (Tumblr Fandoms [Owl House], The Occult / Electro Swing)
Griffin McElroy - Wonderland Round One (TAZ)
Ryan Vibert - At least I've got you (Podcasts [The Penumbra Podcast] / Electro Swing-ish)
Or30 ft. Caleb Hyles - Karma (Electro Swing, Rubberhose, Black and White Media)
Matthew Rock - Sugary Swing (The Occult / RPGMaker [Horrorvale])
FAKE TYPE. - Urban Caravan (Electro Swing)
Eurythmics - Sweet Dreams (New Wave / Dreams)
RATATAT - Nostrand (Indietronica)
Toby Fox - Liquid Negrocity (Tumblr Fandoms [Homestuck] / Darkness)
A Chair - Clam Chowder (Freeware, RPGMaker [Brad Has A Pain])
FEX - Subways of your Mind (New Wave)
Solatrus - Derse Dreamers (Tumblr Fandoms [Homestuck] / Darkness, Dreams)
Wilfred Jackson and Bert Lewis - Steamboat Willie (Rubberhose, Black and White Media)
Caleb Hyles ft. Alex Moukala & Annapantsu - Join Us (The Occult, TTRPG-related [MTG] / Electro Swing)
Steven Universe: The Movie - Other Friends (Tumblr Fandoms / Electro Swing, Rubberhose-inspired)
SPOOKTACULAR! SFX

[R1M2] Bittersweet Dreams - SOATK

TRACK BY: @TawnyBarnOwl
ART BY: pokopakku#3393
CHARACTER: JonTRON

[ SOURCES ] -

 Lemon Demon - Cabinet Man (Retro Video Games)
A ha - Take On Me (80s Hits)
Garfield Show - Intro (Garfield)
The Offspring - You're Gonna Go Far, Kid (Garfield) [Jon AMV]
Jontron - Jontron (Jontron) [Jontron]

Ever since he lost his pets to an ungodly force, Jon Arbuckle’s been on the run between dimensions to get away from his old life and find new opportunities. Now, he lives in the ripe year of 1982 and works inside of a video game to protect government secrets. Now, he’s on break, and wouldn’t mind meeting new friends. If only he saw the world the way he did…

POWER COLOR: SEAFOAM

STRENGTHS: The coolest cool has ever been.

WEAKNESSES: Still gets anxious talking to girls... and boys.

Sources:

-Garfield media or anything in relation to the Garfield franchise
(Garfield & Friends, Garfield Kart, Lasagna Cat, Garfeld: the Musical)

-Anything relating to retro video games, from the start of gaming to 1990
(TRON, Super Mario Bros., Do the Donkey Kong, Pac-Man Fever, Cabinet Man)

-Vaporwave music, or music in similar genres
(MACINTOSH PLUS, Enjoy Yourself, Simpsonswave)

-Top 100 80’s hits (NO OVERLAP)
(Take On Me, Sweet Child O’ Mine, Another One Bites the Dust)

VICTORY! - JONTRON

MASH N' UP is a 16 character, double elimination tournament based on 80s-90s arcade gaming! We hope you enjoy your visit to the arcade!

01 - 👻 DJ Geist 👻
02 - 🔥 Rasputin 🔥
03 - 💭 Sackboy 💭
04 - ☎️ Dial-Tone Telephone ☎️
05 - 📸 The Fame Monster 📸
06 - ☀️ Phineas and Ferb ☀️ 
07 - 🌌 Noiriplier 🌌
08 - 🎶 Sonic Miku 🎶
09 - ⚔️ The Lone Warrior ⚔️
10 - 🎩 Hatty Hattington 🎩
11 - ⚡ Spider-Man ⚡
12 - ⚛️ Gordon Freeman ⚛️
13 - 🩸 Leather Jacket 🩸
14 - 💪 GigaChad 💪
15 - 🌈 nobody here 🌈 
16 - 🎟️ h0peles$0uL 🎟️

Alive On Stage

MASH N' UP: PRESS START