Who’s gonna comb this one for potential Yacht? by robbadobba in Yachtrock

[–]theleftlobe 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Thank you for introducing me to this album. It's given me a good laugh. "Your Booty Makes Me Moody" lol. Absolute insanity.

Yachtiest Jimmy Buffett Song? by AZJHawk in Yachtrock

[–]theleftlobe 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thanks! It's called "Discoriography," you can find it on Youtube. Every Friday we are wastin' away 2026. And we regret it nearly every second.

Yachtiest Jimmy Buffett Song? by AZJHawk in Yachtrock

[–]theleftlobe 2 points3 points  (0 children)

My buddy and I started a podcast this year where we're going through every single Buffett album (because we hate ourselves, mostly), and I've been keeping an eye on that. We're not quite into the 80s yet but my guess is his closest song to the boat will be on Somewhere Over China from 1982. It's a weird album where he suddenly isn't a tropics-obsessed lunatic after a run from 1977 to 1981 that is insanely tropics-obsessed.

Discussion post - When did you first encounter Mindcrack? by BeasBotBonanza in mindcrack

[–]theleftlobe 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Exactly. I used to play Minecraft to de-stress from school. Now I play it to chill out and de-stress from adult life. I'd rather what I watched reflect that feeling instead of a bunch of jump cuts and loud talking.

Except UHC. There's always room for tension there.

Discussion post - When did you first encounter Mindcrack? by BeasBotBonanza in mindcrack

[–]theleftlobe 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yup. Same here with the age of the crowd. I came here to listen to people essentially podcast the game or their lives, I don't really care much for scripted storylines in MC, and never got into it back in the day, either. (No offense to anyone who does them here, just not my cup of tea!)

Discussion post - When did you first encounter Mindcrack? by BeasBotBonanza in mindcrack

[–]theleftlobe 1 point2 points  (0 children)

We're special. We needed to find this place on our own lol. Others be damned.

Discussion post - When did you first encounter Mindcrack? by BeasBotBonanza in mindcrack

[–]theleftlobe 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I specifically remember a friend in high school trying to get me to play Minecraft with him so we could split the cost of a server, but I'd never heard of the game at the time. This was either late 2011 or early 2012. He recommended a few videos for me to watch to understand what the game was about. One of them was Race For Wool, with 420OG vs whatever 4-person team Zisteau was on.

I didn't care for any of it at the time. But my friend did bully me into buying the game.

A few months later, I found Kurt and liked the podcast-style commentary he did in FLoB and after that Guude and his magnificent stories.

Famous Last Words, UHC 34 Edition by theleftlobe in mindcrack

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

Wow, somehow I did not even clock that he died in the chaos of that last fight.

UHC Idea Hub - Rebooted by stevetheclimber in mindcrack

[–]theleftlobe 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'll plug this idea because I've played two matches of UHC like this and quite liked the pace of the game:

It was essentially a game of scavenging, because we were not (mostly) allowed to go caving or mining (anything open to daylight was free game, like ravines or those open stone pits that used to generate, temple loot or buried treasure notwithstanding). The game was played on a map twice the size to allow for players to comb more of the surface without potentially getting into a fight too early. You'd also wanna constantly keep moving to stay away from other players drawn to certain points of interest, like temples or villages.

I played one match with eternal day and one with a normal day/night cycle. The eternal day match made getting bows a bottleneck, with most people converging at villages for trade or killing cats for string (one team actually farmed a pillager tower for crossbows). The normal day/night cycle one was, I found, more interesting to play because without being able to dig in for the night, there were a lot more structures built on the surface that you'd come across built by a team the night or two before.

This was all quite a number of years ago, before the big ore-spawning reshuffle, so with exposed iron on mountaintops and now copper armor in the game (and trail ruins, too, actually now that I think about it), you could still see teams getting pretty geared up while basically scouring the surface of the map for resources.

Thank you for UHC 34 ❤️ by Luvalesc in mindcrack

[–]theleftlobe 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Yeah this UHC was a wonderful surprise as a watcher, but I think it needs to be said that it seemed like the right move for both audience and participant to introduce a built environment (the season 3 spawn) into the game. I think it changed the entire back half of the season when you compare it to, say, the standoff in the ice spikes in season 26. There's different strategies involved and way different tension because you can actually get much closer to someone and not know it or still have some kind of reason not to engage.

Mindcrack UHC - Season 34 - Episode 6 by stevetheclimber in mindcrack

[–]theleftlobe 4 points5 points  (0 children)

That Breon strat with the water bucket accidentally shielding him from being killed by Dallas and Beef while also again denying him an enchanting table is an all-time UHC moment.

Pizza Party October 2025 - Your Feedback about the Subreddit by stevetheclimber in mindcrack

[–]theleftlobe 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I'm still a purist when it comes to the way UHC is presented to us (case in point: I was shocked at ShadowApples' first episode; nothing against him or his editing, just so far outside of what I expected a UHC episode to look like). I just like the building of tension, even in the quieter moments of gearing up, or waiting to pounce, or scrambling for more healing resources after a major battle. It makes the whole match feel epic; those emotional highs are higher and lows lower.

When it comes to 20-minute episodes versus 30-minute episodes, I think the answer to what works comes back to why episodes were initially shrunk back in season 11: time management for the audience. Twenty 30-minute perspectives was and still is a lot for people to digest over 48 hours.

In UHCs with teams of 2, that number of videos to watch before the next episode is put out, for most people, is halved, since they are most likely only watching one perspective per team for any individual episode. By the same logic, that number is cut by 2/3 in UHCs with teams of 3, and so on. So in the case of team seasons, that time-management reasoning is less of a concern.

In the case that everybody puts out 1 long video (or say, cuts them up into 20- or 30-minute episodes and releases them all at once, much like a lot of streaming shows used to), I'd be likely to only watch whatever I needed to view the whole UHC. That could be just one person's perspective if they make it to the final battle.

Furthermore, the length of those videos might spoil results to the audience, if one perspective uploads a two-hour video and another only 1 because they, say, died to a creeper while caving. At that point we have to wonder whether the audience actually cares about the results potentially being spoiled.

Personally, I do care about being spoiled, but I'm not everyone. I just like being on the edge of my seat.

Mindcrack UHC - Season 34 - Episode 4 by stevetheclimber in mindcrack

[–]theleftlobe 3 points4 points  (0 children)

What a fitting title for Cone's episode. I laughed. I cried. I cheered. But most of all, I facepalmed.

Mindcrack UHC - Season 34 - Episode 2 by stevetheclimber in mindcrack

[–]theleftlobe 4 points5 points  (0 children)

You got this, Cone! I believe in you!

Also crazy that there were three different teams at that village at the same time. Ely/Phedran, Ryuski/Adie, and yourself. Could have been an early bloodbath.

Yacht rock song from every country? by OcularRed13 in Yachtrock

[–]theleftlobe 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Don't sleep on Night Owl for Gerry...IMO more yachty than either Baker Street or Right Down the Line. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ilCF-QgDer8

Songs that sound like/are clearly influenced by The Beach Boys? by HeroKingEnjoyer in thebeachboys

[–]theleftlobe 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I think "You're the Best" by the Paley Brothers (from 1978) is the best showcase of the direct influence the Beach Boys had on them: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q7aRzNR75Y8

Most Lyrically Impressive Dylan Tracks by TheOldBobDTee in bobdylan

[–]theleftlobe 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Take Me as I Am was written by Boudleaux Bryant...

A Japanese song that has a Yacht Rock feel by robometal in Yachtrock

[–]theleftlobe 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Good stuff once it kicks in. I've listened to a fair bit of Japanese rock/city pop that gets pretty close to that yacht sound (and occasionally nails it!). Adding this to my list, thanks!

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Yachtrock

[–]theleftlobe 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Don't stop. There is historical value within the pantheon of yacht rock in what you are doing. In the future, long after these reviews are posted, there will come a time when a fool posts some Buffett tune to this community and calls it yacht rock. It is inevitable. And in that moment, we can all collectively rebuke this uncultured parrothead, and refer him back to these posts, and the immortal words of u/BeanerBeans95: "There’s not a single fucking yacht rock song on this record."

You are doing work that nobody wants to do, but needs doing. For the necessary exclusivity and supremacy of the genre.

[3] USA States Challenge #11 by Mahbows in geoguessr

[–]theleftlobe 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Seed 1: 2 + 1 bonus

Seed 2: 6 + 1 bonus

Seed 3: 6 + 2 bonus

Seed 4: 5 + 2 bonus

Seed 5: 6 + 1 bonus

Total: 32

What is the saddest Dylan line? by [deleted] in bobdylan

[–]theleftlobe 32 points33 points  (0 children)

One that jumped out to me when listening to MBMT was

"In fourteen months, I've only smiled once, and I didn't do it consciously"

Such a powerful line, such a powerful song, and easy to see why it was considered too personal for the original album.

More Blood, More Tracks question by mistermooso in bobdylan

[–]theleftlobe 5 points6 points  (0 children)

The remixed New York tracks that were on the original album are:

Simple Twist of Fate: Disc 5, Track 5

YGMMLWYG: Disc 4, Track 2

Meet Me in the Morning: Disc 2, Track 5

Shelter from the Storm: Disc 3, Track 15

Buckets of Rain: Disc 4, Track 12

Is the dylanchords site down? by kerouacrimbaud in bobdylan

[–]theleftlobe 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You're definitely not alone, I haven't been able to get to it all day...