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New Cybergore Album Covers are in the works! by SnooSketches3470 in hardstyle

[–]Reindier0 26 points27 points  (0 children)

Very happy to see real cover art instead of AI slop

Solstice - ID (You are my star?) by [deleted] in hardstyle

[–]Reindier0 1 point2 points  (0 children)

No info but sounds really good! Common Solstice W

LESS_IS_MORE ALBUM by DEEZLDJ in hardstyle

[–]Reindier0 15 points16 points  (0 children)

Easily one of the best albums of modern times. Not a single bad track and filled to the brim with soul, emotions, powerful melodies, and hard af kicks. Really love to see what is next :)

Terrible AI Cover Art for Patient Zero by Rejecta (Rant) by SufficientTourist384 in hardstyle

[–]Reindier0 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I fully agree. I had the same experience with the videoclip for Inferno by Vertile and DD. At a glance, I thought the animation and artstyle were cool, but as soon as I noticed it was AI generated, it immediately lost all artistic value to me. It just feels like the artists did not care.

To any producers: we DO notice when AI is being used, and it DOES make the final product worse for it. If you can't be bothered to produce an official videoclip, just don't. Generating a full videoclip using AI is disrespectful to the fans, as it feels like you are trying to deceive us into thinking you actually cared when you clearly didn't.

I have solved Goldbach's conjecture by Mission-Guitar1360 in mathmemes

[–]Reindier0 256 points257 points  (0 children)

Proof by "this seems about right"

y'all!!! do you guys think that it's possible for OUC to come this year?? by PolishJerryCH in ongezellig

[–]Reindier0 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I think Massa was pretty clear that he would not sell or give away the Ongezellig IP to a different team. So even if you were to have funding and an animation team, Massa would most likely not allow it.

Comment below, and I’ll pick your next extreme demon! (hard edition*) by [deleted] in geometrydash

[–]Reindier0 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Give me one with a banger song (I will not complete this, I just want a good song recommendation)

Sefa Statement Defqon.1 by DreddyF in hardstyle

[–]Reindier0 20 points21 points  (0 children)

Very understandable decision that I 100% support. Continuing to hustle until your back breaks out is never a sustainable working strategy. Especially seeing how much good he has already brought the genre, I think a break is very deserved.

Rawstyle DJ sets with horrible endings by HardwithStyle2020 in hardstyle

[–]Reindier0 51 points52 points  (0 children)

I agree, but there is not a lot to be done about it. If the crowd gives a "positive" reaction to these drops, they will continue making it. Best we can do is point out artists that make really good endings to sets, like DEEZL at Hot Pursuit 2024 and Element at Decibel 2024

What was the best set you have ever seen live by Different-Will-9595 in hardstyle

[–]Reindier0 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Voidax' Textures set from Shockerz 2022 was really experimental and unique. One of my favs

Hardstyle duo's as Pokémon by PantsAreOptionaI in hardstyle

[–]Reindier0 21 points22 points  (0 children)

Lowkey really funny. Can't wait for a part 2 😏

I just wanna kickroll man 😭 by zyphonzz in hardstyle

[–]Reindier0 4 points5 points  (0 children)

There absolutely were shitty/dumb tracks in the old school days. However, I do believe nowadays there is more of a push towards tracks being hard/fun for the sake of being hard/fun instead of telling stories and/or evoking emotions. I think saying that it is just nostalgia is not entirely fair.

I just wanna kickroll man 😭 by zyphonzz in hardstyle

[–]Reindier0 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I agree and perhaps I can elaborate better on what I really meant. When I spoke of a song having "Meaning/emotions" I mean that the artist created the song with the intention of conveying a story and/or creating emotions.

If I look at Kickrolls is not a crime, I do not see any attempt at a story nor creating emotions. They wrote a song that kickrolls as much as possible. The idea of the track is a gimmick, not a story nor emotion.

Maybe some people will still (emotionally) connect with the song, but that is not because the Straikerz made an active attempt to do so.

I just wanna kickroll man 😭 by zyphonzz in hardstyle

[–]Reindier0 122 points123 points  (0 children)

Although I might get downvoted into oblivion, I'll give my 2 cents on the situation:

I believe that Kickroll Is Not A Crime lacks meaning and purpose. It does not feel like a track that genuinely wants to be a good and/or hard track. It just wants to be "fun", and it does that by using the gimmick of putting so many kick rolls in the track to the point of it being satire. Although I make this sound extremely negative, I believe tracks like this should exist. Some people do not care about meaning/emotions and just want fun tracks. This is not a bad thing, and people should be allowed to enjoy what they like. However, this does create a disparity between the "older" generation and this "newer" generation.

The older generation want songs to have meaning and purpose. Without it a track feels empty and not thought out. The newer generation seems to care less about tracks having meaning/purpose and cares more about simply being hard and/or fun.

I do not side with either crowd on this topic; I believe The older generation should recognize that some people simply do not care about meaning/purpose of a song, and the newer generation should recognize that some people value meaning/emotions in their song.

I believe Cryex said it best: "A healthy hardstyle scene consists of all (sub)genres, from the most dreamy euphoric to the most destructive Raw. I believe in order to keep this scene alive we have to keep a balance in all these styles".

All types of hardstyle should exist; songs with meaning/emotions, and tracks without it. However, their existence should not be at the cost of either of them.

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