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ThirdStyle is a newly developing music and gaming community that covers a wide range of genres and artists. Fans of Renard, Vospi, Scary Kids Scaring Kids, Celldweller and many more all make homes here. We are still very much in Beta and enjoying trying out different things.

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ThirdStyle News

The best is...yet to come?

By: kisler - Monday, May 14th, 2012

Retrolution joins a group of songs on ThirdStyle with ever generous in-house artists. This particular one comes from AetherFlaer, who focuses on original techno work and video game remixes. What's making great players talk about this file? It's got jacks, comparable to the speed of Old Skool Luv, though not for nearly as long. Oh, it's also stepped by AetherFlaer too!

Play Retrolution on ThirdStyle!
AetherFlaer on Newgrounds

Oprah Shmup was created as part of a 48-hour music competition, which involved creating some 8bit chipmusic interjected by various sound bytes from Oprah Winfrey. Something big and bold happened there: The J. Arthur Keenes Band took up the challenge and thus created this piece. It's hilarious, and it stars streams and trills at 240bpm. This is stepped by samurai7694.

Play Oprah Shmup on ThirdStyle!
The J. Arthur Keenes Band on MySpace


A game play a day keeps the boredom away!

By: kisler - Thursday, May 3rd, 2012

LoZ: Fi's Theme is an interesting mix between a Zelda tune and a dubstep line. Its creator, dj-Jo, is quite an avid Zelda remixer, with more than 10 tracks created in the past six months, all about combining video games and bass. AetherFlaer stepped this song. It's on the easy side, mainly focusing on layering, but that helps everyone enjoy it!

Play LoZ: Fi's Theme on ThirdStyle!
dj-Jo on Newgrounds and Tumblr

And whoa, blast from the past - here's a returning artist! YouriX is back with Ride N Bass, an electronic/techno tune infused with some sweet DnB. This was stepped by ElitexNinja, and perhaps in the spirit of the clouds on the banner, the hard chart will have you seeing grey.

Play Ride N Bass on ThirdStyle!
YouriX's website (he draws, animates, and does podcasts, too!)



The 4/20 Marathon Commences!

By: kisler - Saturday, April 21st, 2012

Well, it's time for that marathon event promised by Vote4Nixon! And oh boy, is it special; after all, 4/20.

To get involved, you'll first need to create a new account on ThirdStyle that is your account name preceded by "420-" (no quotation marks). For example, I would use 420-kisler. Your new username must follow that format, or you'll end up rendering your scores ineligible.

With all of your scores zeroed out on a fresh new username, get the highest total highscore possible on your 420- account. Your total highscore is the sum of all your highest scores on all charts across any difficulty. This is NOT your total score; each chart's highest score is only counted once no matter how many times you play it.

StylePoints rewards go out to the top ten. In addition, there are three more delicious manginas up for grabs; however, they may not show up as often, if at all, in the future! Carpe diem!

Watch everyone's progress here! Good luck and have fun!


Marathon Event!!!

By: Vote4Nixon - Friday, April 20th, 2012

In honor of achieving over 1000 charts in game with the release of Overdrive and our latest release in the store, we will be having a 24 hour event that starts TONIGHT AT MIDNIGHT. Bring your a-game, let's see if you can outmash your opponents!


More recent levels on ThirdStyle!

By: kisler - Thursday, April 19th, 2012

Overdrive is a dubstep song by aaronmusslewhite, which stepper Saphira has taken and tossed in some lovely speed-shifting. As a result, it ends up with the immense bpm range of 40~1278. (The song bpm is actually 142.) The gimmick usage is extremely varied, with different speeds even for different pitches of notes, freezes which seem to stutter forward a little bit at a time, and racing rushes. Try decreasing your normal scroll speed a bit when playing this.

Play Overdrive in ThirdStyle!

Aaron is in many different places around the 'Net, including Newgrounds, SoundCloud, Facebook, and Twitter. He also has a downloadable EP called Oh Hai on Bandcamp.

Following that comes two levels from Oscillator Z: !/PiXeLaTeD\! and Donut Genocide stepped by AetherFlaer and AetherFlaer respectively. The former is drum & bass for your Game Boy, and the latter is full-on dubstep; the former is free to play, and the latter is worth 275 StylePoints in the store.

Play !/PiXeLaTeD\! in ThirdStyle!

The best places to reach Oscillator Z would be Facebook and SoundCloud.

And finally, we have Dedede Invades Equestria by InterrobangPie. What exactly does an interrobang pie look like? We've got an idea over at the ThirdStyle Twitter. You can grab all the links to the various pages of this "British brony chiptuner" from his Tumblr.

Play Dedede Invades Equestria on ThirdStyle! It's stepped by new simfiler BerryPunch.

HEY, YOU. YOU THINK THIS POST IS OVER? Tomorrow and the next day are very special. ^_^ Details coming soon!


It's mid-April already...where was the lion?

By: kisler - Monday, April 16th, 2012

Anyway, it's time to play catch-up...

He Has No Mittens comes at us from the Renard alias Kitsune^2. It's a speedy 8bit song stepped by ElitexNinja, and this is his first file in game - welcome to the orange club! He's also made a video for the Hard difficulty chart so you can preview before you play. Watch it here.

Play He Has No Mittens in ThirdStyle!
More Renard on Lapfox Trax!

After that, we had Time To Body Wash, the April Fools' Day song. Nocturne followed that up with another simfile for Euphoria [as KaW ft. Smiley], featuring a combination of two styles from Kyle Ward. Both contribute to making a melodic, happy tune. The files themselves help represent a seeming combination of two ideas as well. Expect to see a lot of orange on Hard.

Play Euphoria [as KaW ft. Smiley] in ThirdStyle!
More Kyle Ward on his website!


Easter, a day of honor for chickens' offspring!

By: kisler - Sunday, April 8th, 2012

And somehow rabbits are involved. Somehow.

Anyway, we've got a contest that prefers no particular species today. That wascally wabbit Vote4Nixon has taken all the eggs and hid them about the site! He's refused to cooperate with authorities, so we'll have to collect evidence on our own. Gentlemen and ladies, gather up your nets and let's go egg hunting.

We are giving out 5 SP rewards for the capture of each egg. Should you encounter one, be swift and stealthy, and give it a quick click. This will mark the egg as caught in your adventure log. Your payment shall be made in full once the event is over. We also highly encourage participants to...er, "collect 'em all" for a very coveted prize.

Here are the rules of the hunt:
- You are NOT allowed to reveal the location of any eggs.
- You can ONLY find and click eggs on your main account. You CANNOT rack up eggs on an alt account.
- DO NOT ask for the location of eggs.
- Any form of cheating will make you ineligible to receive any rewards from the hunt and your account BANNED.

Track your progress here! Happy hunting!


ManginaStyle: The Rebranding

By: kisler - Sunday, April 1st, 2012

So late last night our favorite Nixon had an email pop up in his inbox. He then told the staff to go find some party favors, because Tass is back. FECES JUST GOT REAL. So today, we present to you a totally unscheduled party! Yeah!

Meanwhile, ThirdStyle has adopted a new identity. This morning Tass himself cut the proverbial ribbon on the opening of ManginaStyle, a rhythm game with a new identity that will eventually phase out ThirdStyle. Some may have seen the mangina covering the site, replacing users' avatars and artists' cards on the Backstage. Don't consider this punishment; this is the future of ThirdStyle, and it looks better than ever. Gone is the need to ever open Photoshop again to make up some graphics - we've got you covered. Expect more significant images such as the toilet seat, the David Frost, and the future of Apple computing to arrive as possible avatar selections within the year. We're also hoping Nocturne, Heronius, Chapstick, and Fenril, as the designers, can put this vision to good use in new site art.

A new special song is out for everyone to play as well: Time To Body Wash by Mowtendoo. It's a remix of Time To Air with an Old Spice scent, in the YTPMV vein. Watch the original video here. Oh wait, did I say everyone could play it? Sorry, you'll have to buy it in the store for 1337 StylePoints first. Whoops! Regardless, Time To Body Wash, stepped by Nocturne, will be a great start to Q2 2012!


Cornandbeans Returns and New Post-Hardcore!

By: Vote4Nixon - Friday, March 30th, 2012

The following is a guest post by SirRhythm! Front page postin, like a sir.

Cornandbeans is a reappearing artist this week, who has two previous releases on ThirdStyle: {Rose}, released in late 2010, and {Stay With Me}, released in mid 2011. It is quite obvious by the high amount of plays that he has that we all love him, so this week ThirdStyle is releasing a third song from cornandbeans, {Midnight}. Enjoy!

Also, lets welcome eiddiM to the ever growing list of simfile artists, great job!

Play {Midnight} on ThirdStyle!

Find more Cornandbeans on
Newgrounds
Facebook



Also this week, The Oath by Secrets!

Secrets is an up and coming five-piece Post-Hardcore/Screamo band from San Diego, CA that has been experiencing continuing success since signing to Velocity/Rise Records last year. Secrets will be touring with another band well-known to ThirdStyle, Sleeping With Sirens, this spring to promote their latest album, The Ascent.

The song is stepped by Nocturne, a member who is no stranger to stepping this genre.

You can find more Secrets on Facebook, Twitter, Youtube, and their Official website.

Play The Oath on ThirdStyle now!

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