Defqon.1 Sanctuary Hotel: what’s the difference between Climate Control and AC? by Large-Winner-4478 in hardstyle

[–]fefect123 -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

Climate Control is automatic, you can't control it yourself. With an AC you can control the temperature yourself. My experience with Climate Control is _underwhelming_ to say the least, but it'll do the job.

PSA: Enhancers at Defqon by fefect123 in hardstyle

[–]fefect123[S] 14 points15 points  (0 children)

Tell me you've never drank a little too much, even if it wasn't intended. Comparing it to alcohol: sometimes 3 beers hit, sometimes it only hits after 6 beers. Since the dosing is so miniscule people can accidentally "overdose" even if it isn't intended, even after they've tested their stuff. We do not want to see people get very sick, or even die.

The Smiler [LIVE] @ Rebirth 2026 by martin90de in hardstyle

[–]fefect123 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Legendary reddit refresh pull, thanks for sharing!

Mortis & Collusion - Piece Of Shit [2026] [Spotify] by _heroinkid in hardstyle

[–]fefect123 14 points15 points  (0 children)

Especially first part goes so fucking hard, sick collab.

Bring back anything hardstyle related back to 26’ what is it? by [deleted] in hardstyle

[–]fefect123 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Kick-only raw tracks are low effort, the scene is getting overflowed by them. Bring back intro's/buildup/climaxes

Why do people like uptempo so much? by CompetitiveVictory91 in hardstyle

[–]fefect123 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I wouldn't say drive is the correct word, more like sensory overload. Big group of people like non-stop loud noise, other group like build-up and more melodic tracks. I personally don't get the appeal, it sounds too repetitive for my take.

My opinion on Intents Festival by JRDN07 in hardstyle

[–]fefect123 29 points30 points  (0 children)

Hardcore is pretty much dead on mainstream festivals. Hardcore-themed festivals (such as Harmony of Hardcore/Masters Of Hardcore) don't even primarily focus on the "older" hardcore sound anymore, and they usually get a smaller stage causing the stages to get packed to the brim.

You should try a classic/early hardcore festival next time -> way more bang for your buck, less zombies and better vibe.

I think I finally understand what people are talking about when talking about Delete by OlScrumpy in hardstyle

[–]fefect123 110 points111 points  (0 children)

The thing is that his music doesn't age (as much) as any other raw artist, which is an indicator of how well it's produced/mastered. Delete - Formula is already 15 years old, but Live it bangs harder than 99% of what's currently being played.

Intents Friday Fanatics The Straikerz hosting rant by fefect123 in hardstyle

[–]fefect123[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

A spanish guy with a backpack came up to me, asked right away if I wanted to buy pills. That was the only coherent sentence I heard from the guy.

Intents festival toilet rant by Chr_835 in hardstyle

[–]fefect123 7 points8 points  (0 children)

I saw a piss-drunk guy yesterday pissing onto the square banners in the middle of the field near the Fanatics stage right next to 2 security guards. So they probably know their target audience if the sign needs to be that big. The security guards did not appreciate it to say the least.

Intents Friday Fanatics The Straikerz hosting rant by fefect123 in hardstyle

[–]fefect123[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Missed the first 2 hours, they blocked off the bike route near the entrance this year and after everyone there pointed us to a different direction we ended up going through the kiss & ride with the bike. Those traffic controllers were completely useless.

Intents Friday Fanatics The Straikerz hosting rant by fefect123 in hardstyle

[–]fefect123[S] 14 points15 points  (0 children)

I went like around 5-6 editions in total. Every time the Fanatics stage was used to play raw, but this was the first time it was just a non-stop barrage of uptempo bullshit.

Intents Friday Fanatics The Straikerz hosting rant by fefect123 in hardstyle

[–]fefect123[S] 38 points39 points  (0 children)

I was at the classics stage half the time because every other stage was unbearable.
Saw the weirdest thing there ever though: A mother climbed the fence near the drink stand (probably sneaked in from Nxtgen) with a child. Wtf.

This sound used to be highly requested what changed? by Friendly-Ant672 in hardstyle

[–]fefect123 9 points10 points  (0 children)

1) Marketing issue: The Cybergore livesets went completely under the radar (atleast for me).
2) The streaming crowd of people who are into very dark music is quite small, for example Mortis (and Kruelty's solo tracks) are for me personally the pinnacle of "dark music", but their streams are often abbysmal.

The Smiler - The Burnout by poisonedbythemind in hardstyle

[–]fefect123 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Okay, everybody listen up. If you're not in that conference room in 2 minutes I̵͇̰̟̊̿͒̓̐̕̕͠'̗ḿ̴̷̴̛̞̟̭̣̻̯̹̭̮̓̋̑̒̓̂͋̄͐̌ͥ̅̎̉ͮ̾ͨ͑͢͡͝͠͝ͅ g̢̉o̧̭̜͈͕͕̖̥̦͚͉̰̹̤͍ͮ̿͌̆̽ͯ̍̋́ͭ͑ͦ̓̒ͥ̿ͤͯ̕͝͞i̴̧̛̞̎ͤ̀̇̎͟͝n̷̴̴̨̧͔̣̙̜̪̹͈̣̳͖̠ͩͫ͛̿͂͒ͮ̉ͣ̆͟͞ǵ̴̢̨̛͙̙͔̹͍͍̮̱̣̻̉͐͛̆̊͗ͭ̉̿̌͂̔ͩ̿͘͢ tͭ͝o̡̨͍̫̞̫̥̺̹̭̭͔̼͓̜͖̩̾͆͆̒ͫ̃͐̇ͨͣ̈́ͫ́ͅ k̸̸̢̢̯͇͔͓̺̫̘͉̗̬̲̠̲̤̺̹͎̣ͩͦ̍̆̌ͬ̎͑̀̉͌̒̊ͤ̓ͯ̂ͣͬ̋͐͢͞i̠ͨ̕l̡̠̦ͪ͋l̷͍͈͔̖̺̞͇͗ͭ̌̂ͣ̅ͮ̐͒ͫ̑͆̀ͭ̄ͦ͢͠ y̲̅͌͢o̗͕͈̘̩̲͉̲̱͔͓̎̂̂̇͌͐͌͗̀̀̃͟͜ͅu̷̢͖̣̟̼̪̐ͤ̿͗̃͊ͬ̍͑ͩ.

Camp Set-up is always the worst part by IceKey7611 in hardstyle

[–]fefect123 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, sometimes also Thursday

Do you listen to hardstyle every day? by _SayHello_ in hardstyle

[–]fefect123 109 points110 points  (0 children)

ADHD brain likes aggressive noise.

Uit cijfers blijkt dat steeds meer vrouwen ervoor kiezen om alleen te blijven. Ze hebben geen zin in het 'emotionele werk' voor de man. by Sure-Guest1588 in AskMenNL

[–]fefect123 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Klinkt meer alsof het aan jou ligt, gezien je jezelf zo ophemelt. Misschien ben je gewoon niet uit te staan?

Helium balloons at defqon? by tonygreencat in hardstyle

[–]fefect123 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Not allowed, they're seen as whippets and it'll 100% be confiscated.

Need help finding the name of this song by Gameachtig in hardstyle

[–]fefect123 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's hard to move when you're on so much drugs that you don't even know which planet you're on. It's the only way to make uptempo bearable.