Gru, as we knew him, has sadly passed away. In this doomed timeline, on his attempt to overcome the villains in the latest movie, "Minions: The Rise of Gru", he was sadly crushed to death underneath a massive boulder. May he rest in peace.
WHAT DOES THIS MEAN FOR US?
On Gru's will, he gave me ownership of everything he had, and command over the entire Minion army. I, being a broke college student, am not able to handle this responsibility. So, I have hand-picked 8 possible new Grus. This is...
MINIONS, RISE OF DREEM!
==
00 - DREEM & BOB
- artists i enjoy
- illumination properties
- other things i think are cool
- bananas
- funny minion moments
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01 - GENGAR
👻 Pokémon 
☠️ The undead & the paranormal 
👻 Poison
☠️ Shadows, the dark, & the night 
👻 Mischief & curses

02 - VRISKA SERKET
🎱 Homestuck & it's composers 
🕷️ Arachnids
🎱 Dice, 8s, & luck
🕷️ Pirates 
🎱 gaslighting, g8keeping, & girl8ossing!!!!!!!!

03 - DR. FETUS
💣 Edmund McMillen media
👶 Indie platformers 
💣 Flash & Newgrounds media
👶 Infants, bombs, & explosions 
💣 Franchises that cameo in Meat Boy 

04 - INVADER ZIM
🛸 Nickelodeon 
👽 Aliens & space 
🛸 Dark children's media 
👽 Dystopia, the apocalypse, & media focused on the causation of it 
🛸 Culture & brands associated with Hot Topic

05 - YUNG VENUZ
$ Roguelikes & shooters 
△ Doseone, gangsta rap, trap music, & airhorns 
$ Guns & money 
△ Religion & religious figures 
$ Eyes 

06 - PSYCHO HELMET
🌿 Mob Psycho 100 & 'Shonen' anime 
💯 Cults & worship 
🌿 Plants 
💯 Psychic abilities
🌿 Impostors & doppelgängers

07 - HALF HUMAN, HALF MACHINE
🕹️ Neil Cicierega 
🔪 Five Nights at Freddy's
🕹️ Arcade titles & arcade culture
🔪 Death, murder, & the inability to die 
🕹️ Machinery & blood 

08 - ME
🍞 Internet/Eldritch Horror 
🔥 Songs with first person titles 
🍞 Appliances & baked goods
🔥 The mind 
🍞 Things I can do, and things I cause to happen
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SOURCES
Madeon - The Prince (artists i enjoy)
K-MODO - Alien Freak (Nick/Aliens)
Lemon Demon - Satirists Love Song (Neil Cicierega)
Souleye - Potential for Anything (Indie platformers/Meat Boy cameos/Space)
Doseone - Venus Mansion (Dystopia/Roguelikes/Doseone)
TheInnuendo - MissingNo (Pokemon)
Lemon Demon - Prince Ali (Neil Cicierega)
Freshco - Pirate Rap (Pirates/Gangsta rap/Shonen)
Madame Macabre - Showtime (The undead/The dark/FNAF/Internet horror)
Simon Curtis - Flesh (Homestuck/Blood)
Carly Rae Jepsen - I Really Like You (First person titles)
Asher Rose - burnout (The mind)
Widdly2Diddly - 666 Kill Chop Deluxe (Dystopia/Airhorns/Cults/Death/Blood)
BLACKPINK - BOOMBAYAH (Bombs)
Lil Darkie - SHOOT PEOPLE YOU DON'T LIKE (The dark/Mischief/Arachnids/Gangsta rap/Guns/Murder)
MOB CHOIR - 99 (Mob Psycho/The mind)
Cavetown - Lemon Boy (Plants)
Mr.Kitty - After Dark (The dark)
GatoPaint - I Know It's You (Aliens/Space/Impostors/Doppelgängers/Murder/Eldritch Horror)

IF I ROLL A TWELVE || MROD BRACKET

*Boss Rush is not affiliated with Strange Alternative Leader Tournament. This track is purely fan-made.

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Track by: FriendTheBarrel (https://soundcloud.com/friendthebarrel)

Boss: Metagame Knights from S.A.L.T (https://www.youtube.com/c/TheStrangeAlternativeLeaderTournament)
Art by: DiamondBrickZ (https://soundcloud.com/diamondbrickz)

EMPEROR'S NOTES:
Combatants 1-A and 1-B are extremely quick and capable fighters. They share a bond that allows them to work well as a team and perform powerful combos between themselves. I expected their capture to be difficult, but they actually seemed willing to be brought into the arena, seeing it as some kind of "tournament" and a chance to test their strength. Combatant 1-A, the fox, is the more sporadic of the two, and seemingly incapable of standing still, constantly dashing back and forth in place when not engaged in combat. He's extremely fast in battle and a good shot with a blaster. Combatant 1-B, the masked alien creature, is much calmer than his partner, but insanely talented with a blade in his own right.
This battle will be very interesting…

SOURCES:
Jun Ishikawa - Gourmet Race (Kirby)
Famous Dex - Hoes Mad (Smash Bros. Community)
Hajime Wakai - Star Wolf (Star Fox)
Kendrick Lamar, MC Eiht - m.A.A.d city (Smash Bros. Community)
MadeinTYO, A$AP Ferg - Ned Flanders (OP Fighting Game Characters)
Quad City DJ's - C'mon N' Ride It (Smash Bros. Community)
chillindude829 - Respect Your Elders (Smash Bros. Community)
Yung Kage, Yumi - XXXKIRBY (Kirby, samples Ripple Star 1)

SFX:
Ronald McDonald Laugh (OP Fighting Game Characters)
SSBM Shine SFX (Smash Bros.)
SSBM Fox Voicelines (Smash Bros.)
SSBB Meta Knight Voicelines (Smash Bros.)

[COMBATANT SELECTED] Money Match

Track/Art/UI by: Acerola
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EmpLemon: .....Jack you know its November right?
Jack: The Halloween spirit is all year round! Besides, christmas is around the corner! Aren't you excited?
Emp: Let's get to thanksgiving first, then ask me ok?
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AETHERDEX NO.003: EmpLemon
CODENAME: UB Spiral
EMPLEMON'S SOURCELIST:

-Emplemon’s content & his associates
(We Finally Landing, D-Code, My Future Girlfriend, ☆ＳＥＩＮＷＡＶＥ☆２０００☆)
(Rusty Cage, The Real Jims, Internet Historian, twomad, Alpharad, Nerd City)

-Commentary/Video Essay Youtubers and Progressive Rock
(Summoning Salt, Defunctland, Justin Whang, I Hate Everything)
(King Crimson, Phil Collins, The Moody Blues, Pink Floyd)

-Matt Groening Projects and YTP culture
(The Simpsons, Futurama, Disenchantment, Olive the Other Reindeer)
(Hedgehog Stew, Oppa Gangnam Style, Big Beat Mario, Fesh Pince of Bel Air)

-Wrestling, Racing and Insanity
(Fastest Girl in Town, the last ride, Shut Up and Drive, Rap God, My Time is Now, Electrifying)
(iNSaNiTY, Crazy in Love, Where Is My Mind?, Psycho Killer)


AETHERDEX NO.014: Jack Skellington
CODENAME: UB Delightful
JACK SKELLINGTON’S SOURCELIST:

-Tim Burton, Stop Motion Animation and Children’s Horror
(The Nightmare Before Christmas, Edward Scissorhands, Corpse Bride, Beetlejuice, 1989 Batman)
(Coraline, Wallace & Gromit: Curse of the Were Rabbit, Kubo and the Two Strings, Isle of Dogs)
(Goosebumps, Monster House, Casper, Courage the Cowardly Dog)

-Danny Elfman media and Artists featured in the Nightmare Revisited Album
(Oingo Boingo, Men in Black, Good Will Hunting, Beetlejuice)
(Korn, Fall Out Boy, Marilyn Manson, Amiina, Flyleaf)

-Christmas, Halloween, and things associated with both seasons (Low Priority on Overlap)
(The Grinch, Jingle Bell Rock, Thriller, Milk & Cookies, Addams Family)

-Musicians/Brands commonly associated with Hot Topic
(AC/DC, Billie Eilish, Panic! At The Disco, My Chemical Romance, Iron Maiden)

-The Real Slim Shady by Eminem
(will he please stand up?)
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Sources:
JerryTerry- ReDoin (Christmas/YTP Culture)
Snow Miser Theme (Stop Motion Animation/YTP/Christmas)
SHPIJUNK- MF SIMPSON (Matt Groening, YTP)
Oingo Boingo- Dead Man's Party (Oingo Boingo)
Frank Sinatra- Winter Wonderland (Matt Groening/Christmas)
Tally Hall- The Mind Electric (Insanity)

......what do you mean it isn't christmas in july anymore at hhgregg

track by tdude (@tdude-acc)
art by altali (twitter.com/Altalii)

CHARACTERS FEATURED:
#03 - The Helpline // Jake From Statefarm
#11 - The Wish and The Shadow // MZD

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Scotty D. - Flow (Pop'n Music)
LISA: The Painful - Work Harder (Working/DOATK Tracks [Bow Wow], The Apocalypse)
Togo Project ft. Sana - Miracle Moon (BEMANI)
Andrew W.K. - Ready to Die (DOATK Tracks [PIRACY IS NO PARTY!])
Alpharad - Science Museum (Directly represented in DOATK)
C418 - Cat (Directly represented in DOATK, Pop'n Genres [AMBIENT])
Dr. Diary - 海の暗い深さ (DOATK, Things in Pop'n Music [Vocal Synth])
Rare Americans - Rhythm Kitchen (Working/DOATK-Associated Artists, Music as a concept)
MAKINO, yuppie - How Low (How Low, Pop'n Music)
Kazuaki Yamashita - Ring a Ding (Clothing/Working, Remixes)
Dali, Misae Takamatsu - Moonlight Densetsu (Pop'n Genres [SAILOR MOON])
Flo Rida, Etta James - Good Feeling (Flo Rida, Pop'n Genres [HOUSE])
D-crew - DA DA DA DANCING!! (Pop'n Music)
bo en - by the phone (Phones)

Just Want to Flow

ASH : cmon dude cant we talk this out over a kitkat
THE don : no fuck you
ASH : ok. i didnt study 6 hours in education for nothing. prepare to be trolled and rolled

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(08 - THE HOTSHOT)

- Ashattakk, Artists he has used in mashups and "Ash"
- British Isles Artists, Modern Chiptune, Indie Platformers and Unholy Religion
- High and Low Contrasting Themes, Two Tone Theming and The Difference Between Something
- Things Peak, Mid and anything inbetween
- Rage, Anything That Happens when Raging, The Process of Rage and Toxicity
- Dumbassery, Fuckers who Wear Glasses and People You Want To KILL!!!


(12 - THE JACKS)

- ROUGELIKES, SANDBOX, PLATFORMERS AND WHAT THEY WOULDN'T SHUT UP ABOUT
- DISSONANCE, PSYCHOLOGICAL HORROR AND THE MIND / WHAT HAPPENS WITHIN
- KONAMI, LEVEL 5 AND THIRD PARTY NINTENDO
- NATURE AND THINGS FOUND IN IT, FOOD AND THINGS TO BE CONSUMED, DON BITS AND MEDIA FEATURING PEOPLE NAMED DON
- THEFT, THINGS STOLEN, ILLEGAL ACTIVITY AND WHAT IS FORBIDDEN
- POKEMON TYPES, JACKBOX CONCEPTS, FAILURE AND THINGS CAUSING/COMING FROM IT
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MarStarBro - Endless 2.0 (NATURE / TWO-TONE STYLE THEMING)
Lizzo - Truth Hurts (THINGS THAT ARE PEAK / THE MIND)
Unknown P - Fire In The Booth (BRITISH ARTISTS)
TruTv - Adam Ruins Everything (NERDS / WHAT IS FORBIDDEN)
Jackbox - Patently Stupid (JACKBOX / PEAK)
Leetstreet Boys - Yuri The Only One For Me (CONTRASTING THEMES / THIRD-PARTY NINTENDO)
Hypno's Lullaby - Monochrome V2 (THIRD-PARTY NINTENDO / TWO-TONED STYLE THEMING)
Peacock Kids - Gold Zizmer.. Omg I love PRIZM (SANDBOXES / STUPID : ZIZM)
Lemon Demon - A Mask Of My Own Face (PEOPLE WHO WEAR GLASSES / DON BITS : IMPERSONATION)
JustAlek - Feeling (THIRD-PARTY NINTENDO / NERDS)

[CONTROL GROUP 01-01] - COME ON, GET INTO IT

@sarqmeister's awesome doatkcord minitourney :)
M1 - JOKER vs CBAT GUY
M2 - PXTER vs THEREALSULLYG
M3 - TISROCK OBAMA vs BRAIN CANDY
M4 - YOUR TROLLSONA vs HEISENBEAST

(LR1 HOSTS - SWEET LULLABIES)

May this lunatic dream be merciful to you all.

- Pokemon, its fancontent, and artists associated with it
- Bullet hells and other bullshit games
- Creepypastas and unexpectedly dark media
- Sleep, dreams, and nightmares

Punkett - Death Toll (Pokemon fancontent, creepypastas, toxic fanbases)
Tsuko G - Persona (MAJOR Persona vibes, psychological nonsense, masks, artists known for covers, addressing "You")
Mittsies - Vitality (VIP Edit) (Music he'd bone to, sexual themes, progressive house)
Shawn Wasabi - Burnt Rice (Music he'd bone to, Animation memes, things you can cook)
Richard Cheese - Last Resort (Genre-changing covers, comedy artists) 
ERB - Ghostbusters Vs Mythbusters (Adam Savage media, Rap battles, Fortnite crossovers)
SHPIJUNK - MF SIMPSON (Masked artists, adult animation, YTPMVs, media featured, what you can cook: knishes)
Bo Burnham - Welcome to the Internet (The internet, comedy artists, synthpop)
Toby Fox - Finale (Rebellion, toxic fanbases, Homestuck artists)
Run The Jewels - Nobody Speak (Crime, living in a society, politics, Peter's friends: Donald Trump)
Rachel Rose Mitchell - Temporal Shenanigans (Time, Homestuck)
Barenaked Ladies - One Week (Time, Tisrackcore, addressing "You")
The Kid LAROI, Justin Bieber - Stay (Dancing trends, Tisrackcore, Fortnite artists, addressing "You")

ONE LAST CHANCE TO WAKE UP [LR1 BRACKET]

[UPDATE FROM RESEARCHER Red_9]
Project: PYRAMID_SCHEME has proved to be a catastrophic failure, though not an unexpected one. Despite its powerful appearance, it seems the Project did not have the properly accompanying firepower, and was beaten by a simple child with his balloon. After the balloon was popped, it seems Project 04 went into a dormant state, and after a kick from "Stingy", it was completely dismantled and stripped of its power. A useful learning experience at the very least. I have already submitted plans for the next experiment, hopefully it will be less of a failure.

Songs used
1) Banana Man - Tally Hall (Fruits)
2) Money - Poppy (Money)
3) 24K Magic - Bruno Mars (Money)

Victory! Monkey Farmer

Dream 08 - Rayne

I DIDN'T EXPECT SOMEONE TO WILLINGLY JOIN KNOWING WHAT THEY'RE GETTING INTO, BUT THANKS FOR MAKING MY JOB EASIER!

-Rayne's Commonly Sampled Artists
(Justice, Three Days Grace, clipping.)
-The Mother Series and its Fancontent
(Pollyana, Snowman, Battle Against a Strange Enemy)
-Nelward and Synth Pop
(Sleepwalk, Cosmic Relief, iDKHOW)
-Osamu Sato, PilotRedSun, and Bizzare Internet Content
(Fax Factory, Warsaw, JerryTerry)

Songs used:
PilotRedSun - Fragile Spinet (PilotRedSun)
Catherine Warwick - Pollyanna (I Believe in You) (Earthbound)
Catherine Warwick - Bein' Friends (Earthbound)
Nelward ft. Blythe Bonnie - Carry Me Along (Nelward)

Fragile Pollyanna

Dream 09 - Steve

I LIKE THIS GUY, THE ONLY REASON THEY ACCEPTED MY DEAL WAS BECAUSE THEY GOT BORED OF THEIR WORLD. CAN'T BLAME THEM, SQUARES ARE A BORING SHAPE!

-Minecraft and Its Composers
(Minecraft, Revenge, Celeste)
-Sandbox Games and Media With a "Cubic" or Voxel Aesthetic
(Don't Starve, Cube World, Terraria)
-Creation and Creativity/Imagination
(We Built This City, Super Mario Maker, Pure Imagination)
-Gems/Precious Metals and Caves/The Underground
(Phantom Buby, Spelunky, To the Bone)

Songs used:
Lena Raine, 2 Mello - Mirror Temple (Mirror Magic Mix) (Minecraft Composers)
Grandayy ft. Azermage - Blinding Lights Minecraft Parody (Minecraft)
C418 - Wait (Minecraft)
C418 - Moog City (Minecraft)
CaptainSparklez - Take Back the Night (Minecraft)
C418 - Sweden (Minecraft)
Gabe Castro - The Forest Theme (Old) (Sandbox)

Mirror Stronghold

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Drakest Lord moves onto the next round.

DRAKEST LORD - 49 Votes [55.1%]
POKEMON SLEEP - 40 Votes [44.9%]

Verdict will be delivered in due time.

[ LR2M1 ~ RESULTS ]

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TRACK BY: [@xtuneyx]
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CHARACTERS USED: HYPER BRICKS, SCATMAN SAM & SENATOR HATMAN
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Songs used:
Madeon - Imperium (Madeon/Artists who like to wear hats)
Destroid - Annihilate (Dark Techno)
Lou Bega - Let's Get The Fiesta Started (Lou Bega)
Derivakat - REVIVED (Sandbox)
Lemon Demon - Knife Fight (Synthpop/Notable M.W. samples/Blades/Fighting)
Gummibär - I'm a Gummy Bear (Early Internet Culture)
Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance - It Has To Be This Way ()
PartyInBackyard - Bigger Better Stronger (Politics)
Tom Cardy ft. Montaigne - Red Flags (Synthpop/MAD/EON's anger: Red)
Lydian - DIVINATION (All/Gibberish Lyrics)
Leslie Wai - Paradigm (ARGS)
TryHardNinja - Take Back The Night (Sandbox/Fighting)
Madeon - You're On (Madeon/Artists who like to wear hats)
Run the Jewels - Lie, Cheat, Steal (Artists who like to wear hats)
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(F4A. THE BRICKS)
- Madeon & his collaborators/associated acts/remixed artists
- Artists in the Synthpop, Dark Techno, & Drum N’ Bass genres
- Sandbox games, their composers & associated media
- ARGs, media that uses them, and reasons for MAD/EON’s anger
- Notable Mashup Week Samples, MAD/EON & N.N. samples, & SoundClown culture

(C08 - SCATMAN SAM & SENATOR HATMAN)
- Scatman John, Lou Bega, & their genres 
- Hack ‘n’ Slash & Early Internet Culture
- Politics, War, Fighting, & Blades 
- Gibberish Lyrics, Hats, & artists who like to wear them

[CROSSOVER! - AUBREY'S COLORING BOOK] Taking Back The Bloodshed

> mashup artist, actual artist, and trying-to-be writer!
> creator of various wacky tournaments
> have fun!!

[CONTROL GROUP 01-01] - COME ON, GET INTO IT

{ gimberly }