tournament Golden Hit: Season 1 📀 Congrats to 8thPrince and Jackson!! 🏆🏆

[fountain]

8 hours ago, Hanami-Blossom said:

I literally live in London It drives me crazy because London has so many people and it happens all the time. It's definitely not a narcissistic trait for me. These people look at NO ONE, as soon as they pass me... they LOOK to the side at me while continuing to walk and then look forward again. I'm very observant and these people literally do not look at each other except for me

 

They don't really give me dirty looks either or a "good" look. It's the same for me too, they just look. They don't even know what I look like yet and their heads turn towards me like they're robots. It's like they can sense my energy.

 

The thing is many people look at me but at the same time many people also treat me like I'm invisible. I feel like I'm a glitch in this simulation sometimes. Everyone walks past each other like it all fits and then I come along and girl, I have to walk with the cars because these fashionistas won't give me any space on the pavement.

 

What is hilarious is when a guy is holding hands with his girlfriend and he looks at me, like ??? Like the guys want to look superior and make me "envious" of them or they are more interested in me. A whole mess. I'm so fed up with people.

Do you know what it is? The agents of the Matrix making sure that we are in line 

 

I really do relate to these experiences though. Maybe in a way it could even be an anxiety thing, stemming from people paying way too much attention to us in high school or something. Many possibilities, all I know for sure is I’m still sticking to supermodels.

 

8 hours ago, Remmy said:

what is WRONG with you two!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I might have a cold or something but I can’t really tell. 

[fountain]

3 hours ago, Insanity said:

Can i give a tease to 3 partial songs i wrote and tell me which has the most potential?

I don’t think it would be fair to specifically say which I think is best, and also it might

not be a judgement that others would agree with, it would just be my opinion which isn’t totally valid. But if you share some excerpts I could definitely give a little bit of feedback in regards to how they make me feel in a more general sense. 

[Jackson]

9 hours ago, Hanami-Blossom said:

Some other fun Mandela Effects:

 

The USA had 52 states, not 50 states.

The Statue of Liberty was located on Ellis Island, not Liberty Island.

 

One of the TOP facts about the Statue of Liberty was that even though it has Liberty in its name, it was located on Ellis Island NOT Liberty Island. This was one of those little fun facts that made people be like "oh really? Wow that's interesting, a bit odd but okay then"

 

I'm not even American but I remember watching people on gameshows being asked how many states there are and the correct answer would be 52!

 

Everyone can remember the number 50 - that's too easy! The reason why people, even American people, struggled to remember the number of states was because the TRUE number was 52 and not a perfectly rounded and memorable number like 50.

 

[fountain]

11 minutes ago, Hanami-Blossom said:

@fountain@Aurora Do we get scored higher if we submit a finished song and lower if we submit a song that is not finished?

I don’t think anything is entirely black or white in this game; there’s no rule that a “finished” or longer song should get a higher score and an “unfinished” or shorter song should get a lower score. One big thing is, there’s no way for us to actually know whether you considered your song finished or unfinished unless you actually tell us yourself. Sure, we can make some assumptions based on how long or how eloquent the submission comes across, sometimes there’s obviousness when an entry hasn’t had as much effort put into it, but ultimately somebody can send in anything and deem it “finished” to their level and that’s not really for us to argue. We can definitely suggest that the song be edited or worked into something longer, but it’s your song in the end. Whether what you are sending is “finished” or “unfinished” is really just a label that you put on it yourself, and I don’t think that label at all matters. If you are referring more so to the length of your entry, then again that is really up to you. We could be sent an entry that is overall rather short, but could blow us away, as opposed to an entry twice as long that we feel rather mid about. So again, it’s not really black or white and we have to look at these things in an overall sense and on a case by case basis. 
 

I guess the question is, what is making you worried or think that your song is finished or unfinished? 

[EpicSongFan]

Omg I FINALLY submitted

I'm really, really proud of what I've sent this week because this entry was previously unfinished (literally only had the hook written and nothing else for a long time) 

So to be able to complete it for this round means a whole lot 

 

Also, while I'm at it, lemme share the cover artwork I made for this round alongside a tidsy bitsy snippet inside the cover artwork  In another universe, we'd be seeing Mariah Carey releasing this as her lead single 

 

[fountain]

39 minutes ago, GentleDance said:

Sent, Fiona sweetie, I'm so sorry

 

8 minutes ago, EpicSongFan said:

Omg I FINALLY submitted

I'm really, really proud of what I've sent this week because this entry was previously unfinished (literally only had the hook written and nothing else for a long time) 

So to be able to complete it for this round means a whole lot 

 

Also, while I'm at it, lemme share the cover artwork I made for this round alongside a tidsy bitsy snippet inside the cover artwork  In another universe, we'd be seeing Mariah Carey releasing this as her lead single 

 

Excited to see these! Perhaps I will take a sneak peek 

[EpicSongFan]

7 minutes ago, fountain said:

 

Excited to see these! Perhaps I will take a sneak peek 

Oop come through

I honestly am excited to see everyone's entries ugh and also reading through the reviews 

[Hanami-Blossom]

46 minutes ago, fountain said:

Do you know what it is? The agents of the Matrix making sure that we are in line 

 

I really do relate to these experiences though. Maybe in a way it could even be an anxiety thing, stemming from people paying way too much attention to us in high school or something. Many possibilities, all I know for sure is I’m still sticking to supermodels.

People DID pay way too much attention to me in high school but with this for me it's definitely not an anxiety thing. It happens when I feel anxious, when I don't feel anxious and these people don't look at anyone else but me. It's definitely something else. I think it can be easy to blame ourselves for something when really, it really isn't my fault why these people are staring at me from a mile away. I'm not going to say that my anxiety is the explanation for this when it really isn't. I think society and people really love to blame an individual person when really it is a problem with the masses and the system. I'm honestly tired of feeling like I have to take the blame and be the scapegoat for other people's issues.

 

Whew, I needed to get this off my chest! I might have been snappy/sassy at you but I've dealt with a lot of gaslighting when it's about this kind of stuff and I'm kind of over it because I know my intuition is strong, I know how observant I am and I know how abnormal the masses behave acting like the way they behave is "normal" when it isn't so I definitely love to stand my ground and not surrender to what would be more accepted by others when it doesn't align with my truth.

 

This is just my take on it and my experiences, even though we share similar outlooks and experiences it's not going to be exactly the same. I don't want to make you feel invalidated for how you may see it or experience it. I really don't want to make you feel bad It's honestly really tough to stand your ground in a way that does not come across like I'm being snappy at the other person (especially when the overthinking kicks in and honestly when I'm feeling pissed off ), but it's something I'm working on and trying to figure out But also at the same time I kind of do want to be a little snappy/sassy. Like... why should I have to be perfectly nice all the time? I have many layers and I get angry sometimes. But I don't want to make someone else feel horrible either.

 

Like... it's difficult to pretend that I'm fine when I'm actually angry and why SHOULD I pretend anyway? Oop! I'm really trying to learn how to respond to what the person is saying rather than going after the person themselves. It's actually more difficult than people think!

 

I legit haven't talked or interacted with people in YEARS. Everything that has gone on the past two years has made it really difficult for me to interact with people when so many people literally want to force me to take something I don't want to and you don't know to what extent people could let this go on for. It's kind of made me feel bitter towards people even though I have so much love and compassion for everyone, I'm one of those people who feels sorry for murderers but my heart has been trampled on so much. My heart has actually felt hardened the past year but thankfully it's gradually opening up again. Honestly talking and interacting with you has helped me a lot, thank you. It can be difficult sometimes communicating back and forth, and sometimes this thing happens when I start getting annoyed at the person that I connect with and talk to quite well but overall I'm really grateful.

 

One of the worst parts about OCD is that it uses the people and the things that you care about against you so it's quite a maze to try and navigate through. OCD can make you feel like you're a terrible person, but I know it's not true I always feel like my posts have to be perfect and I edit them so much, I don't want to make other people feel bad and I want to make sure everything I'm saying is accurate

Edited May 25, 2022 by Hanami-Blossom

[Hanami-Blossom]

54 minutes ago, Jackson said:

 

Talking about my experiences with reality itself is not misinformation. Have fun being narrow-minded, I'm not a punching bag. And before you reply, yes I'm taking this seriously because I'm not going to put up with stupidity and trendy buzzwords because my thoughts and opinions don't adhere with what other people think should be the main narrative. It may be a little cute meme but striking down people who are actually thinking for themselves freely can lead to murky waters.

 

Now you may not have had bad intentions with this post but I'm honestly sick of people coming out of the woodworks whenever people talk about something interesting or outside the box. Everything has to be approved by the system and I don't have any loyalty to that. Originally I wasn't going to respond to this post but I'm not feeling like keeping quiet.

 

I knew at least one person was going to reply like this.

Edited May 25, 2022 by Hanami-Blossom

[fountain]

11 minutes ago, Hanami-Blossom said:

People DID pay way too much attention to me in high school but with this for me it's definitely not an anxiety thing. It happens when I feel anxious, when I don't feel anxious and these people don't look at anyone else but me. It's definitely something else. I think it can be easy to blame ourselves for something when really, it really isn't my fault why these people are staring at me from a mile away. I'm not going to say that my anxiety is the explanation for this when it really isn't. I think society and people really love to blame an individual person when really it is a problem with the masses and the system. I'm honestly tired of feeling like I have to take the blame and be the scapegoat for other people's issues.

 

Whew, I needed to get this off my chest! I might have been snappy/sassy at you but I've dealt with a lot of gaslighting when it's about this kind of stuff and I'm kind of over it because I know my intuition is strong, I know how observant I am and I know how abnormal the masses behave acting like the way they behave is "normal" when it isn't so I definitely love to stand my ground and not surrender to what would be more accepted by others when it doesn't align with my truth.

 

This is just my take on it and my experiences, even though we share similar outlooks and experiences it's not going to be exactly the same. I don't want to make you feel invalidated for how you may see it or experience it. I really don't want to make you feel bad It's honestly really tough to stand your ground in a way that does not come across like I'm being snappy at the other person (especially when the overthinking kicks in and honestly when I'm feeling pissed off ), but it's something I'm working on and trying to figure out But also at the same time I kind of do want to be a little snappy/sassy. Like... why should I have to be perfectly nice all the time? I have many layers and I get angry sometimes. But I don't want to make someone else feel horrible either.

 

Like... it's difficult to pretend that I'm fine when I'm actually angry and why SHOULD I pretend anyway? Oop! I'm really trying to learn how to respond to what the person is saying rather than going after the person themselves. It's actually more difficult than people think!

 

I legit haven't talked or interacted with people in YEARS. Everything that has gone on the past two years has made it really difficult for me to interact with people when so many people literally want to force me to take something I don't want to and you don't know to what extent people could let this go on for. It's kind of made me feel bitter towards people even though I have so much love and compassion for everyone, I'm one of those people who feels sorry for murderers but my heart has been trampled on so much. My heart has actually felt hardened the past year but thankfully it's gradually opening up again. Honestly talking and interacting with you has helped me a lot, thank you. It can be difficult sometimes communicating back and forth, and sometimes this thing happens when I start getting annoyed at the person that I connect with and talk to quite well but overall I'm really grateful.

 

One of the worst parts about OCD is that it uses the people and the things that you care about against you so it's quite a maze to try and navigate through. OCD can make you feel like you're a terrible person, but I know it's not true I always feel like my posts have to be perfect and I edit them so much, I don't want to make other people feel bad and I want to make sure everything I'm saying is accurate

Oh you definitely don’t have to worry about making me feel bad. I enjoy hearing what you have to say and respect your opinion and outlooks on life, it’s interesting to engage with. What I meant by the anxiety thing was that rather than us imagining it or it being something that is down to us, it might just mean that we are more predisposed to notice these type of things in comparison to people who haven’t had similar experiences in their lives. For example there are many people who go through life effectively blending in, and they may become so used to it that they never notice people looking at them. Whereas for somebody who has had a different experience, where attention has been paid to them for whatever reason, they could subconsciously become more adept at noticing these social things. In that sense it could even be considered a skill, depending on how you look at it. 

[fountain]

15 hours ago, fountain said:

 

SCHEDULE ANNOUNCEMENT

 

This week, the round 2 results show will be happening on Sunday as opposed to Saturday. I personally will be busy on Saturday so won't be able to be present for them if we carry them out on Saturday, and in general it may be better to have more breathing space between the challenge deadline and the results show as to not put as much strain on the judges having to review and score 30+ entries in only 2 days. We obviously don't want to rush those things but it can also be hard to juggle with other responsibilities as it is quite time consuming due to the engagement with the game which is higher than we initially expected (but something we are thankful for!). The good thing about this: everything else will remain the same. The deadline for round 2 will still be Thursday 11:59PM EDT and round 3 will still be posted as planned on Saturday, there will just be a little overlap with the rounds as results for round 2 won't happen until Sunday (right now we are expecting this to be about 6-7PM EDT). Since I'm busy on Saturday you'll be getting my full reviews on Friday morning, so this should help make up for it; I'll also be preparing picture hints again as people seemed to enjoy when I did it for round 1.

 

Right now, we are just trialling this out for the current week, but if it is beneficial then we may decide to stick to this schedule moving forward.

 

Thank you for being understanding!

Bump and also

 

1. Achilles. - Taylor Swift

2. luckystrike - Troye Sivan

3. Astro - Nicki Minaj

4. Legend E - Kelly Clarkson

5. Hanami-Blossom - SISTAR

6. GentleDance - Fiona Apple

7. Jessie - Prince

8. Augmented - Lizzo

9. JoeAg - Kate Bush

10. ughgabriel - Zola Jesus

11. Hug - Xydo

12. OreGuy - Celine Dion

13. EpicSongFan - Mariah Carey

14. TruGemini - Jeremih
15. ☆lex - Bruce Springsteen

16. Arrows - Carly Rae Jepsen

17. Better Mistakes - Tove Lo

18. RobDeWittBukater - Britney Spears

19. boubour - Jaden Smith
20. DatChickDoe - LeAnn Rimes

21. Julia Fox - Lana Del Rey

22. hurricane326 - Joni Mitchell

23. Euterpe - Evanescence

24. Obsession - Miley Cyrus

25. Remmy - Sigrid

26. Lorenzo22 - Taylor Swift

27. 8thPrince - Yoasobi
28. Insanity - David Archuleta

29. D e v o n - Remi Wolf

30. Prisoner - Pink Floyd
31. mxtthewdelrey - Nessa Barrett

32. Tylerbv - Carrie Underwood

 

[Arrows]

1 minute ago, fountain said:

Bump and also

 

 

1. Achilles. - Taylor Swift

2. luckystrike - Troye Sivan

3. Astro - Nicki Minaj

4. Legend E - Kelly Clarkson

5. Hanami-Blossom - SISTAR

6. GentleDance - Fiona Apple

7. Jessie - Prince

8. Augmented - Lizzo

9. JoeAg - Kate Bush

10. ughgabriel - Zola Jesus

11. Hug - Xydo

12. OreGuy - Celine Dion

13. EpicSongFan - Mariah Carey

14. TruGemini - Jeremih
15. ☆lex - Bruce Springsteen

16. Arrows - Carly Rae Jepsen

17. Better Mistakes - Tove Lo

18. RobDeWittBukater - Britney Spears

19. boubour - Jaden Smith
20. DatChickDoe - LeAnn Rimes

21. Julia Fox - Lana Del Rey

22. hurricane326 - Joni Mitchell

23. Euterpe - Evanescence

24. Obsession - Miley Cyrus

25. Remmy - Sigrid

26. Lorenzo22 - Taylor Swift

27. 8thPrince - Yoasobi
28. Insanity - David Archuleta

29. D e v o n - Remi Wolf

30. Prisoner - Pink Floyd
31. mxtthewdelrey - Nessa Barrett

32. Tylerbv - Carrie Underwood

 

Is there an easy way to find the link for submitting your song? I just finished it

[Hanami-Blossom]

When you try to avoid having altercations but somehow it still ends up happening

 

@Jackson I don't want any hard feelings between us but if you cannot understand why your post would upset me then I might have to put you on ignore. I'm not the kind of person who is fine with living under a dictatorship and accepting an illusion of freedom inside a box.

 

Am I supposed to pretend I believe in something when I don't? If I remember growing up in a world where it was spelled Kit-Kat, I shouldn't share that? It's already isolating enough, I shouldn't share my experiences with Mandela Effects to see if others have similar experiences? All this "debunking" really annoys me.

Edited May 25, 2022 by Hanami-Blossom

[fountain]

5 minutes ago, Arrows said:

Is there an easy way to find the link for submitting your song? I just finished it

Here’s the link: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSenVZXMU-oTDCFHrtaqFHNiExR2B1jtVdqtA4Wy5IexItzRMg/viewform 

 

The link for the form is always in the challenge post, and when the round is happening the page number for that post is in the thread title. Also, I always keep the second post of the thread up to date with everything relevant that has happened (challenge posts/reviews/round rankings) so you can find links to all that stuff there too. 

[Arrows]

6 minutes ago, fountain said:

Here’s the link: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSenVZXMU-oTDCFHrtaqFHNiExR2B1jtVdqtA4Wy5IexItzRMg/viewform 

 

The link for the form is always in the challenge post, and when the round is happening the page number for that post is in the thread title. Also, I always keep the second post of the thread up to date with everything relevant that has happened (challenge posts/reviews/round rankings) so you can find links to all that stuff there too. 

Thaanks!

[Hanami-Blossom]

Imagine waking up and the Earth that you grew up in keeps changing. I'm supposed to keep that to myself? No, I am going to find out what's going on here and see if others relate. "Misinformation" is a trap to shut down anyone who says anything different.

 

It feels like a ******* slap in the face when the internet is so censored and controlled, while me sharing my experiences with reality itself is labeled as "spreading misinformation".

 

I was going to keep quiet but I think even more now than ever it is important for my voice to be heard.

 

I shouldn't have to hide my truth away because the world around me tells me to shut up.

 

No one can tell me that MY experiences are not true because the world reflects back something different.

 

If I came from another timeline, of course things will be different.

Edited May 25, 2022 by Hanami-Blossom

[Hanami-Blossom]

I have to leave this game. It was nice participating for the short while it lasted but I'm not here to argue about the reality I know in my heart to be true. Thank you, goodbye.

[Hanami-Blossom]

4 minutes ago, hurricane326 said:

I just read your post further above and I actually have some stuff in common with you, particularly OCD, which robbed me of so much in the past seven years. I'm only now recovering. 

 

If I may offer one piece of advice, it's to not blame "the world" for keeping us quiet. Most of the time our OCD is to blame, and other times we have nothing specific to assign blame to at all. In order to better ourselves, we must relearn how to speak up and make sure other people hear us. It's arduous and tedious beyond belief at times, but we can do it 

Thank you.

 

Although I disagree with that one point. The world actively censors and discriminates against certain types of people. And that has nothing to do with OCD I deal with

 

I'm just tired of people talking to me like I'm a political "game" for them to defeat and not actually hearing the humanity and freedom that I am radiating.

 

It's difficult when knowing so much about the corruption of the system of this world and it hurts when people just pile onto me. I am not going to pretend I believe in something that I don't believe in.

Edited May 25, 2022 by Hanami-Blossom

[Into The Void]

2 hours ago, fountain said:

I don’t think it would be fair to specifically say which I think is best, and also it might

not be a judgement that others would agree with, it would just be my opinion which isn’t totally valid. But if you share some excerpts I could definitely give a little bit of feedback in regards to how they make me feel in a more general sense. 

Yeah i get it well i will work on what I got 

[Hanami-Blossom]

13 minutes ago, hurricane326 said:

Ohhhh I see what you're getting at now, like racism and bigotry against us for who we are. 

 

I am a white gay man, so I really haven't experienced this except one time a guy threw slurs at me. I'm so sorry if it ever happened to you. 

 

I'm sad you're leaving the game 

It's not really about racism. It's about boxes that people are put in. Racism is something that is "approved" and used as a tool. Society says it is okay to get angry about racism because politicians use it to control people. But medical discrimination where people aren't allowed to buy food because they did not take vaccines is not "approved" by the system to speak out about and if you say one word out of line, you are completely thrown to the side.

 

It's like... Why do people settle for this kind of world?

 

It's a shame because I did love participating in this game but I just feel so angry and upset right now. It is easy to paint me as the villain and I don't want to play that part. I just don't feel respected online or in real life.

 

A lot of my posts I post them from my intuition, I feel like they can help someone.

 

Also I don't want you or anyone else to feel bad.

 

I didn't say this before because I was just so angry (and still am) but I truly understand how difficult OCD is and I'm proud that you are recovering OCD is not the person and is not something we should allow to control us. Remember who you are at the core. I'm happy that I found someone to relate to because it is so crippling and isolating but pretty much everyone experiences intrusive thoughts.

 

My entire time in this game I really tried to avoid being THAT person who gets messy and fights with people, I tried to control it but somehow it ended up like this

Edited May 25, 2022 by Hanami-Blossom

[Hanami-Blossom]

I wouldn't mind continuing to participate in the game. I just don't want to be targeted for having different opinions.

 

This is why I didn't want to get too personal in this game. I'm still hurting, honestly.

 

Edited May 25, 2022 by Hanami-Blossom

[fountain]

Okay, it probably is better now to put this energy into the songwriting as opposed to any more unnecessary back and forth. 

[Hanami-Blossom]

@JacksonWhat confused me about your post is that I didn't know if it is just a joke or you were mocking me. It really set me off. Remmy posted something similar but I could tell it was sarcastic and ironic.

 

I really didn't want to escalate the situation. It is true that gaslighting a huge thing with Mandela Effects, so it really riled me up. I'm not doing anything dangerous. I wanted to share my experiences and see if there are other people out there like me. It's tough feeling like I have to always be on the defensive.

 

I apologise for exploding at you, and please don't feel bad about this.

[Hanami-Blossom]

3 minutes ago, fountain said:

Okay, it probably is better now to put this energy into the songwriting as opposed to any more unnecessary back and forth. 

I don't want to be rude but songwriting does not solve everything. Why should I not speak up about this? And I don't see it as unnecessary.

Edited May 25, 2022 by Hanami-Blossom

[fountain]

13 minutes ago, Insanity said:

Yeah i get it well i will work on what I got 

If you want to share some that’s fine and I’ll try to help as much as I can without being too suggestive

 

For example, what idea are you currently working with? It would be interesting to know and I can help you with that if you like