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[Legend E]

I wonder how old some of the newer ATRLers are. Honestly, it's quite sad to see some decades old battles still going on. Sure, a nice little banter is always welcomed but sometimes this is too much, and indeed especially with chart positions/success. Why is that so important? As long as your fave is still releasing music, you should be fine.

[fountain]

22 minutes ago, Legend E said:

I wonder how old some of the newer ATRLers are. Honestly, it's quite sad to see some decades old battles still going on. Sure, a nice little banter is always welcomed but sometimes this is too much, and indeed especially with chart positions/success. Why is that so important? As long as your fave is still releasing music, you should be fine.

So true. I don’t use Twitter either but the impression I get is that this stuff is rampant there too… like get a hobby girls, join Golden Hit and pick up a pen tbh, a much better use of time 

[Achilles.]

ATRL / stan twitter has always been so obsessed with arguing about success / iconography / etc and it’s so dumb. But I can’t imagine what this place would look like without it… Like just a bunch of people arguing over which verse is better written, which chorus is catchier, which era had more consistent imagery?

 

I think ATRL’s obsession with commercial success and “iconicness” is a big reason why LGBT artists tend to get so little attention around here, too. Plenty of them are making great music, but they don’t have chart peaks or cultural impact to argue over so ATRL just doesn’t care about them. It makes me sad. 

[fountain]

3 minutes ago, Achilles. said:

ATRL / stan twitter has always been so obsessed with arguing about success / iconography / etc and it’s so dumb. But I can’t imagine what this place would look like without it… Like just a bunch of people arguing over which verse is better written, which chorus is catchier, which era had more consistent imagery?

 

I think ATRL’s obsession with commercial success and “iconicness” is a big reason why LGBT artists tend to get so little attention around here, too. Plenty of them are making great music, but they don’t have chart peaks or cultural impact to argue over so ATRL just doesn’t care about them. It makes me sad. 

And then even when we do have queer artists having impact like that, such as Lil Nas X, they still get hated on here for the dumbest and most absurd reasons  like there’s no winning. Some people will just never be happy and it’s super toxic. 

[Aurora]

Hey, Hitmakers! Just under two days remain on the countdown clock for Round 4's Queer Pride challenge. Make yourselves proud!

If you've only just discovered Golden Hit or simply didn't wish to participate in other rounds, fear not: sign-ups are still open—just submit!

 

With that, it's time to present the top three of last round's ATW10MVTVFTV challenge with their bonus prizes: the Hit Tokens!

I've been in contact with our trio of top writers for the week, and done my best to grant their requests for embossment.

 

 

Celebrating a third place triumph with “You’ve Settled” and its overachieving 9.1 score:

@GentleDance

Here is your Bronze Hit Token embossed with your ATRL username and Florence Welch (HBHBHB era).

 

 

Celebrating a second place success with “The End of the World” and its world-shattering 9.233 score:

@Achilles.

Here is your Silver Hit Token embossed with your ATRL username and Taylor Swift (Red era).

 

 

Celebrating a first place finish with “Il Diavolo e Dio” and its empyrean 9.467 score:

@Jackson

Here is your second Golden Hit Token embossed with your ATRL username and LÉON.

 

I hope you all enjoy your Hit Tokens as much as I did making them! Feel free to use them as a forum avatar if you wish, or just let them be a reminder of your time in Golden Hit—ultimately the choice is yours, and if for whatever reason you are dissatisfied with your token or simply wish to change the embossed graphic/text please contact me and I can arrange a remake. Remember, the top three writers of each round will earn their own Hit Token just like the three above, so make sure to submit each week for the best chance to claim one of these bonus prizes. 

 

[Achilles.]

Pls the embossment effect makes Florence and Taylor look like they have very sinister eyes.
 

 

Love that for them.
 

Thanks Aurora

Edited June 8, 2022 by Achilles.

[GentleDance]

Thank you, these look great

[Legend E]

Cute

[EpicSongFan]

On 6/6/2022 at 11:32 PM, fountain said:

Another beautiful cover  look forward to seeing the song!

Thank you so much  I managed to complete my submission a couple of days ago so I sent it in since I've been pretty busy lately 

[Prisoner]

With my new job and searching for an apartment it's been a stressful one and a half weeks. I'll probably pull another R3 again and write something in the last minute 

[fountain]

51 minutes ago, EpicSongFan said:

Thank you so much  I managed to complete my submission a couple of days ago so I sent it in since I've been pretty busy lately 

Yay thanks for submitting

[fountain]

4 minutes ago, Prisoner said:

With my new job and searching for an apartment it's been a stressful one and a half weeks. I'll probably pull another R3 again and write something in the last minute 

Oop, congrats on your new job though! It’s okay if you can’t get anything in until late, understandable 

[fountain]

8 hours ago, Aurora said:

Hey, Hitmakers! Just under two days remain on the countdown clock for Round 4's Queer Pride challenge. Make yourselves proud!

If you've only just discovered Golden Hit or simply didn't wish to participate in other rounds, fear not: sign-ups are still open—just submit!

 

With that, it's time to present the top three of last round's ATW10MVTVFTV challenge with their bonus prizes: the Hit Tokens!

I've been in contact with our trio of top writers for the week, and done my best to grant their requests for embossment.

 

 

Celebrating a third place triumph with “You’ve Settled” and its overachieving 9.1 score:

@GentleDance

Here is your Bronze Hit Token embossed with your ATRL username and Florence Welch (HBHBHB era).

 

 

Celebrating a second place success with “The End of the World” and its world-shattering 9.233 score:

@Achilles.

Here is your Silver Hit Token embossed with your ATRL username and Taylor Swift (Red era).

 

 

Celebrating a first place finish with “Il Diavolo e Dio” and its empyrean 9.467 score:

@Jackson

Here is your second Golden Hit Token embossed with your ATRL username and LÉON.

 

I hope you all enjoy your Hit Tokens as much as I did making them! Feel free to use them as a forum avatar if you wish, or just let them be a reminder of your time in Golden Hit—ultimately the choice is yours, and if for whatever reason you are dissatisfied with your token or simply wish to change the embossed graphic/text please contact me and I can arrange a remake. Remember, the top three writers of each round will earn their own Hit Token just like the three above, so make sure to submit each week for the best chance to claim one of these bonus prizes. 

 

Serve after serve 

[Prisoner]

2 hours ago, fountain said:

Oop, congrats on your new job though! It’s okay if you can’t get anything in until late, understandable 

Thank youu . I have a concept now so we'll see how it goes 

[TruGemini]

Had a lot of concepts for this round but I ultimately decided on a song where I explain why I would quite literally rather die than date a DL man. Coming to shake the table a bit I fear.

 

 

Edit: Also took the judges critiques and made something more serious. Which is a bit of a given for this round but still, giving versatility.

 

 

Edited June 8, 2022 by TruGemini

[fountain]

28 minutes ago, TruGemini said:

Had a lot of concepts for this round but I ultimately decided on a song where I explain why I would quite literally rather die than date a DL man. Coming to shake the table a bit I fear.

 

 

Edit: Also took the judges critiques and made something more serious. Which is a bit of a given for this round but still, giving versatility.

 

 

Ooh I really like this idea  

[Legend E]

Just submitted. Really not sure how good or clear it is, but we'll see. I'm a weak mess right now though  

[Remmy]

Still got plenty of work to do  Will definitely be submitting close to the deadline I fear.

[Legend E]

15 minutes ago, Legend E said:

Just submitted. Really not sure how good or clear it is, but we'll see. I'm a weak mess right now though  

oop sorry I resubmitted, I had some grammar mistakes. Can you please still use the old description?

[fountain]

27 minutes ago, Legend E said:

oop sorry I resubmitted, I had some grammar mistakes. Can you please still use the old description?

Of course  thanks for submitting

[fountain]

43 minutes ago, Remmy said:

Still got plenty of work to do  Will definitely be submitting close to the deadline I fear.

How dare you 

[fountain]

not me hitting 10k posts cause of this game

[Achilles.]

Quite funny considering I’m notorious for writing all about being gay in many of my songs, but I don’t have much inspiration yet. 
 

But then, waiting until the last minute has served me well in the last 3 rounds…

[fountain]

Hey everybody! This is your 24 hour reminder for the Queer Pride challenge deadline! 

If you need to re-read the round prompt you can find it here:

 

 

here is the link to the submission form:

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1gpRavmOxeNSILWCDFAglRsLjcr2-hduFe1KpWrbHqkY/edit

 

and a link for a countdown to the deadline:

https://www.timeanddate.com/countdown/valentines?iso=20220609T235959&p0=179&msg=Golden+Hit+Round+4%3A+The+Queer+Pride+Challenge&font=cursive

 

Thank you to everybody who has already submitted, don't forget you can still use this time to make any edits or resubmissions.

For those who have missed a round, your place in the game is still open, feel free to submit!

 

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[Remmy]

1 hour ago, fountain said:

How dare you 

False alarm!!! Wrapped it up and will be ready to send soon

 

This song is lowkey different for me because I focused less on rhyming & catchiness and went heavy on the message, plus I imagine it as a ballad.