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  1. http://www.thesbcommunity.com/forums/index.php?/topic/155-pisces-moon/page-3#entry599308 And it's done. Sorry for the little mix-up between the orders of Part 4, 2, and 3 on the next following posts. I will post the notes and trivia eventually.
  2. I discovered this through my suggestions feed and goodness,  it's no wonder I feel the term rip-off is losing its meaning.

    If you're trying to prove that two things are alike in many ways, do your research before you end up making it sound like you're comparing apples to oranges.

  3. Advertising this right now since I've just made an update for it.

    And because clubs in general aren't so active and because I'm going to be posting something new in that topic sporadically, I strongly suggest following said topic for those who really want to see more from it.

  4. (Writing session results)

  5. (Long) Hot take: Looking back at Mr. Enter's indiegogo campaign for Growing Around, I feel kinda bad for its failure, primarily because of the general response that it got. While I can agree that it felt too ambitious, I've seen some people criticizing it for being mismanaged and because of Mr. Enter's little to no experience in the entertainment industry field.

    Enter was completely honest and clear about the project that he was pitching, and he was also mature about answering some questions people had about the campaign. In no way did Enter make his campaign look like a scam nor did he antagonize those who didn't support it nor saw the failure of his campaign as a flat-out failure.

    He was passionate about trying to reach out to his viewers to help realize his vision, and yet some people still called him out for how he presented his campaign because...he's Mr. Enter. He over-analyzes cartoons so therefore we just can't take him seriously.

    I was turned off by Butch's OAXIS campaign because I thought it felt insincere, and it really showed once the truth came out. He had also expressed that people who haven't done anything of their own aren't worth his time. Most of us called him out for this and yet Mr. Enter still gets shunned despite that he's developing something of his own and wants to at least earn enough for his campaign so he could realize part of his vision by completing a pilot episode. 

    I'm speaking as someone who has made crappy animated episode reviews ages ago on TV.com, while still getting around and talking about my acquired knowledge of animation and its industry as well as, of course, analyzing cartoons. I'm also speaking as someone who is still on his way of getting his Associate's in art so he can eventually study abroad in animation although while not being very skilled in drawing - or at least that's how he feels.

    If you think that I shouldn't feel bad about not having enough experience in the art/animation field, then that's the point I'm making about why I respect Mr. Enter for making a campaign so he could perhaps then be able to share his passion project, despite having little to no experience in art or working in entertainment.

    1. Prime Jedi

      Prime Jedi

      Agreed. While I don't like Mr. Enter, and thought that his campaign didn't make much sense, I wish (and still kinda hope) that he would be able to make the series. I understand that many didn't like his premise for the series, and I thought it was kinda meh, it was still something he was passionate about, and everyone's gotta start somewhere. Also, I feel bad, because he got borderline harassed for it like all over Youtube, and he didn't deserve that.

    2. Clappy

      Clappy

      We talked about this on Discord yesterday and it's quite easy to see why this project of his didn't take off.  The fact that he requested $350,000 is incredibly asinine.  I'm not against people living their dreams.  Everyone should follow them, including Mr. Enter.  But there is no way in hell he should be requesting THAT much money from his fans.  Not only because he doesn't have the following he once did, his peak popularity has long since passed.  But even if he was still in his prime popularity phase, no chance in hell would he even have the following to raise that amount of money.

      Yeah we can rag on Butch Hartman all we want for being a piece of shit and his true colors coming out the way it did during his OAXIS fundraising, but name recognition played a huge part in him reaching his goal amount.  He, at least used to, have millions and millions of fans.  Enter, even at his peak, would be lucky to have even a tenth of that.  Also, after watching the trailer for said campaign, he had sketches of what things would look like.  Actual animation at one point in that trailer would have gone a long way in showing what he had planned for the long scheme of things.

      Like I said, he should follow his dream.  But he should have aimed for more realistic goals.

    3. Steel Sponge

      Steel Sponge

      I'll admit that i took my thoughts on the campaign first-hand before realizing if I missed something. The fact that Mr. Enter did ask for too much for his campaign's goal was its pitfall, but it still doesn't change my view on how I felt Mr. Enter presented it in contrast to how OAXIS was presented. Butch was met with some controversy AFTER his project managed to reach its goal and it took until an apology letter to address concerns people had with it and to tell his audience what the platform is really going to be about.

      I had to make this rambling where I compare the two projects because I found it discerning how wide the dislike-like ratio was for Mr. Enter's pitch video in comparison to the dislike-like ratio to Butch's announcement video for OAXIS before controversy hit. I mean, it was just so easy to rag on Mr. Enter, but when he's sincere and vocal about his project, I couldn't see myself being against his campaign.

      Point taken though that he should shoot for more realistic goals for Growing Around. It's like what I said when I pointed out that Mr. Enter does have little experience in entertainment from an industry-like standpoint. I can see why Mr. Enter presented it in a fashion where he doesn't want it to be in corporate hands because he, like just about anyone else, finds the entertainment industry too dodgy to believe that whatever network he works for will allow him to have complete creative control.

      In short, while I do agree that Mr. Enter did manage his campaign a little more idealistically, it at least wasn't handled in a worse way.

  6. @jjsthekid @Young Nug

    Which one of you flatfoots is the real Loafy?

    1. Jinjo

      Jinjo

      Uhh...I can explain.

    2. Young Nug

      Young Nug

      im the real dirty dan

  7. http://spongeofsteel.home.blog/2021/04/15/side-quest/

    Alright, so here's the one-shot that I've been promising, finally. I shall post this whole thing to SBC tomorrow.

    I should also apologize that this was meant to be a simple one-shot at first and I ended up writing a novella. Anyways, feel free to read through all 21,036 words of this big fat stupid one-shot story if you wish.

  8. And the rocket's red glaaaarrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrre

    The bombs bursting in aaaaiiiirrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr

  9. Image result for chris brown bunch losers

    can someone please tell me why chris brown is still relevant even after he says disgusting things like this (after CHVRCHES expressed their disgust in Marshmello collaborating with him)? this only piles up on brown's long laundry list of wrongdoings but still.

    1. Katniss

      Katniss

      because his fans don't care that he's an abominable twat because he "makes good music" and he's "supposedly" grown and changed (lol) since the Rihanna incident

    2. Rebel the Wolfgirl

      Rebel the Wolfgirl

      @Katniss i've never liked/cared about him anyway

    3. Cha

      Cha

      wished they walked in front of speeding bus full of mental patients

      goodday peasants

  10. Steel's bottom 10 Alternative charting songs for 2011:

    10. "99 Problems" - Hugo
    9. "Take It or Leave It" - Sublime with Rome
    8. "Sunset in July" - 311
    7. "Bottoms Up" - Nickelback
    6. "I Get By" - Everlast
    5. "Not Again" - Staind
    4. "Darling Buds of May" - Viva Brother
    3. "Lowlife" - Theory of a Deadman
    2. "Burn" - Papa Roach
    1. "Porn Star Dancing" - My Darkest Days featuring Zakk Wylde

    Steel's top 10 Alternative charting songs for 2011:

    10. "Howlin' for You" - The Black Keys
    9. "People Say" - Portugal. The Man
    8. "Undisclosed Desires" - Muse
    7. "Fuck You" - Cee Lo Green
    6. "Rolling in the Deep" - Adele
    5. "Lonely Boy" - The Black Keys
    4. "Not In Love" - Crystal Castles featuring Robert Smith
    3. "My Best Theory" - Jimmy Eat World
    2. "Shake Me Down" - Cage the Elephant
    1. "Bulletproof Heart" - My Chemical Romance

  11. Steel's bottom 10 Alternative charting songs for 2012:

    10. "Bottoms Up" - Nickelback
    9. "I Like It" - Foxy Shazam
    8. "Eyes Wide Open" - Staind
    7. "Settle Down" - No Doubt (sorry Halibut)
    6. "Too Close" - Alex Clare
    5. "The Collapse" - Adelitas Way
    4. "Not Again" - Staind
    3. "I Get By" - Everlast
    2. "Itchin' on a Photograph" - Grouplove
    1. "Bitch Came Back" - Theory of a Deadman

    Steel's top 10 Alternative charting songs for 2012:

    10. "Wait for Me" - Rise Against
    9. "Closer" - Tegan and Sara
    8. "Little Black Submarines" - The Black Keys
    7. "Lonely Boy" - The Black Keys
    6. "Sixteen Saltines" - Jack White
    5. "Everybody Talks" - Neon Trees
    4. "Madness" - Muse
    3. "Somebody That I Used to Know" - Gotye featuring Kimbra
    2. "Miss Atomic Bomb" - The Killers
    1. "Midnight City" - M83

  12. Steel's bottom 10 Alternative charting songs for 2013:

    10. "Enemies" - Shinedown
    9. "We Come Running" - Youngblood Hawke
    8. "Up in the Air" - Thirty Seconds to Mars
    7. "Tonight You're Perfect" - New Politics
    6. "Atlas" - Coldplay
    5. "Ways to Go" - Grouplove
    4. "Too Close" - Alex Clare
    3. "Aunt Betty" - Middle Class Rut
    2. "Up All Night" - Alex Clare
    1. "Itchin' on a Photograph" - Grouplove

    Steel's top 10 Alternative charting songs for 2013:

    10. "Little Black Submarines" - The Black Keys
    9. "Elephant" - Tame Impala
    8. "The Phoenix" - Fall Out Boy
    7. "Do I Wanna Know?" - Arctic Monkeys
    6. "Get Lucky" - Daft Punk featuring Pharrell Williams
    5. "My God is the Sun" - Queens of the Stone Age
    4. "Come a Little Closer" - Cage the Elephant
    3. "Recovery" - Frank Turner
    2. "Madness" - Muse
    1. "Miss Atomic Bomb" - The Killers

  13. Steel's bottom 10 Alternative charting songs for 2014:

    10. "What Doesn't Kill You" - Jake Bugg
    9. "Bad Habit" - The Kooks
    8. "Doses and Mimosas" - Cherub
    7. "Cool Kid" - The Eeries
    6. "Shark Attack" - Grouplove
    5. "Ways to Go" - Grouplove
    4. "Rude" - MAGIC!
    3. "Everywhere I Go (Kings and Queens)" - New Politics
    2. "I Bet My Life" - Imagine Dragons
    1. "Reverse" - SomeKindaWonderful

    Steel's top 10 Alternative charting songs for 2014:

    10. "Cardiac Arrest" - Bad Suns
    9. "Out of the Black" - Royal Blood
    8. "Forever" - HAIM
    7. "Reflektor" - Arcade Fire
    6. "Left Hand Free" - alt-J
    5. "I Wanna Get Better" - Bleachers
    4. "This Is Gospel" - Panic! at the Disco
    3. "Do I Wanna Know?" - Arctic Monkeys
    2. "Shut Up and Dance" - Walk the Moon
    1. "Come a Little Closer" - Cage the Elephant

  14. Steel's bottom 10 Alternative charting songs for 2015:

    10. "Hollow Moon (Bad Wolf)" - AWOLNATION
    9. "Nothing Without Love" - Nate Ruess
    8. "Sound of Change" - Dirty Heads
    7. "Mess is Mine" - Vance Joy
    6. "2 Heads" - Coleman Hell
    5. "Everywhere I Go (Kings and Queens)" - New Politics
    4. "I Bet My Life" - Imagine Dragons
    3. "Get It" - Matt & Kim
    2. "New Americana" - Halsey
    1. "Unsteady" - X Ambassadors

    Steel's top 10 Alternative charting songs for 2015:

    10. "Mercy" - Muse
    9. "Dreams" - Beck
    8. "Can't Deny My Love" - Brandon Flowers
    7. "Uma Thurman" - Fall Out Boy
    6. "Magnets" - Disclosure featuring Lorde
    5. "Leave a Trace" - CHVRCHES
    4. "Don't Wanna Fight" - Alabama Shakes
    3. "Black Sun" - Death Cab for Cutie
    2. "Shut Up and Dance" - Walk the Moon
    1. "What Kind of Man" - Florence + The Machine

  15. Steel's bottom 10 Alternative charting songs for 2016:

    10. "Happy Pills" - Weathers
    9. "Gimme the Love" - Jake Bugg
    8. "Sweet Disaster" - DREAMERS
    7. "Fire Escape" - Andrew McMahon In the Wilderness
    6. "2 Heads" - Coleman Hell
    5. "7 Years" - LUKAS GRAHAAAAAM
    4. "New Americana" - Halsey
    3. "Unsteady" - X Ambassadors
    2. "Take It All Back" - Judah & The Lion
    1. "Girl Crush" - New Politics

    Steel's top 10 Alternative charting songs for 2016:

    10. "The Less I Know the Better" - Tame Impala
    9. "Brazil" - Declan McKenna
    8. "Dark Necessities" - Red Hot Chili Peppers
    7. "Delilah" - Florence + The Machine
    6. "Casual Party" - Band of Horses
    5. "Magnets" - DIsclosure featuring Lorde
    4. "Leave a Trace" - CHVRCHES
    3. "Burn the Witch" - Radiohead
    2. "The Sound" - The 1975
    1. "Somebody Else" - The 1975

    1. Steel Sponge

      Steel Sponge

      As a bonus, I also have a top 10 music videos from the 2016 alternative chart. These are all iconic in their own right, so I would recommend seeing them:

      10. "Good Help (Is So Hard to Find)" - Death Cab for Cutie
      9. "Gone" - JR JR
      8. "The Less I Know the Better" - Tame Impala
      7. "Cold Cold Man" - Saint Motel (the unofficial music video, I mean)
      6. "Bury It" - CHVRCHES featuring Hayley Williams
      5. "Adventure of a Lifetime" - Coldplay
      4. "My Trigger" - Miike Snow
      3. "Casual Party" - Band of Horses
      2. "Burn the Witch" - Radiohead
      1. "Genghis Khan" - Miike Snow

  16. 2019: A year where most of the blink-182 alumni would release several projects inside and outside of the band's name, and yet the best thing to come from anyone associated with blink this year to me is from former member Tom DeLonge:

     

    1. Wumbo

      Wumbo

      "blink-182 alumni" is a phrase I certainly thought I would never hear

    2. Wumbo

      Wumbo

      the song's alright but the birth of an incel video leaves me a bit cold in 20 freakin 19

    3. Steel Sponge

      Steel Sponge

      -I wasn't sure how else I could try to word that properly.
      -But I feel stupid now for not paying as much attention to that MV earlier, because whether or not it's satire, that is definitely uncomfortable incel fantasy garbage, omf.

  17. 5 days until Alex Jones launches Operation 666. Mark your calendars.

  18. After finally giving myself the time to watch NC's Last Airbender review I've decided that I never want to hear Doug Walker doing an acapella cover of A:TLA's credits theme again.

  19. After finishing up S10 of Fairly OddParents, I'm currently torn on whether Chloe or Mr. Turner was the worst character of the season because my thoughts are lingering towards the latter.

  20. After watching one episode of FOP S10, I've never witnessed anything more ironic from the show than the characters telling Barry Roosevelt the Hip Hip Hedgehog "you're terrible!" (as well as "Go back to Redondo Beach!" from Timmy's dad.) when he has like only like 1 minute worth of screentime and 20 seconds of dialogue in the entire episode, and yet we're supposed to hate this one-shot character...because he's a bad rapper yet he gets interrupted by the "you're terrible!" lines. What's ironic about that is that I feel more bad about Barry Roosevelt than I do towards Chloe.

    1. Steel Sponge

      Steel Sponge

      And just to reassure you guys...yes. Such a one-time character exists and those such moments exist as well. (The episode in question is "Chloe Rules," for those who don't know what segment I was referring to.)

      I'm also making some very good progress in watching every episode of the show. I just need to watch 12 more episodes from S9 and S10 and by this week, I should be able to have watched every S10 episode.

    2. President Squidward

      President Squidward

      WE'VE BEEN MAKING VINES LIKE ALL THE COOL KIDS ARE DOING THESE DAYS 

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