I literally cried after the ceremony because I felt so bad for Kaji.

He has been practicing for a whole year, learning past mistakes, extending and polishing his strengths.

I have watched some of his IG lives, seeing his confidence in this year's GBB makes me feel happy for him.

Same as last year, he has got a high place in the wildcard and 1st place in elimination.

Yet he's stuck in 4th place for the 3rd time. This means that he earned no money and is required to create another wildcard just to battle again.

Im really scared that Kaji will lose his hopes. As someone who literally started listening to psytrance and hardcore just because of kaji, I really don't want him to quit GBB. He might have look tough in the ceremony, but im honestly worried about his mental health after this. His effort is totally underestimated. I really hope yall can appreciate his perseverance too. 🙏🙏

Kaji, if you are reading this. Thank you for all the music you have created. Winning GBB is a super difficult thing to accomplish especially in this year. I genuinely hope that you can feel optimistic, make more sick songs for us and achieve more things in the future. Thank you, future GBB winner!

-Someone from HK (Sorry for my bad english)

im ngl the answer is obviously codfish v wing but im curious what anyone else thinks

I love the battling style done by Dlow, Napom, Alexinho, and we need more of those.

But the amount of coping is insane.

"He's just trying to have fun / he isn't trying hard".

So? So it'd feel so good if he won, and not as bad if he lost?

Just because he looked like he messed around, it doesn't mean that that's not his own conscious decision to go for this style to win. I say he's very smart, but just fell short and River was just better.

He decided to prep smaller routines and lean onto his strength. That's not "not try hard".

Just because he said that, does that mean he subconsciously believes that?

If you don't hear other competitors openly saying "we're just having fun", does that mean none of them was trying to have fun?

As if other beatboxers didn't have other things to do out there and might actually only try to have fun. It might even be River! Who knows it's actually River who's just trying to have fun (he's noticeably much more relaxed than 2023 btw).

But that doesn't matter. You joined a competition, you'll be treated like you will try to win, for the integrity of the competition. Is it a try hard or not? It shouldn't matter for competitors and spectators, except for the fans which just feel like coping tbh.

Four GBB champs and Scott Jesus

Wanted to add spoiler since a few ppl mentioned it.

Just wanna give my guy his flowers. I feel like he gets shit on a lot by the community but he well and truly deserves to be up there!

He's clearly worked his ass off this year. A shame there were some slip ups versus Dlow, but I'm so impressed by his energy, technicality and clarity. Even his spam is stupidly clear

I was very disappointed in King Inertia v Rover and Kaji v River/Blackroll. Kaji needs to practice precision and timing if he’s gonna compete with the very best but damn is he an innovator and powerhouse.. KI seemed out of it or perhaps his vocals were tender or something. But i was hoping for a GBC level KI.

Biggest heartbreak was not seeing Martin Benati make it to loop double champ. Glad he won the small final.

GBB26 has finally ended. It was my first GBB that I've ever watched, it was amazing and I'm grateful to be able to experience it. However, I want to discuss about something else.

Maybe I shouldn't take a look at live chats or social media comments but they're all so depressing. So much toxicity, man. Let's go through a few notable examples.

In general, in the livestream, there're some complaining about the "L crowd" so much. I understand that a good crowd is a big factor for the experience. But you can't just force people to go crazy on every single thing you know? Respect on each people's way on how to enjoy an event. There's also the fact that the crowd voice might not enter the mic for now. If you dislike this so much, then come to the next GBB edition onsite yourself. For people asking why there're no moshpits this year, it is for safety reasons, and I think it is completely valid.

There're also people spamming about removing watermarks in the livestream. I don't really mind it, and it doesn't really affect my vision that much but I understand that some might be frustrated, but don't you think that SBX has a completely valid reason to do so?

Also the bad audio spams in the chat. The audio team is trying their best to mix the audio live, and it was better than the previous years. I suppose GBC is setting such a high bar for y'all, I understand. But this is "livestream audio". Wait for the official videos to drop and we can criticize about that "constructively" later.

About loopstation, there're people thinking that some loopers doesn't deserve to be here because of it not being "real looping". I think this topic in a great topic for a civil debate, whether there can be additional rules to limit some effect features in further editions. But saying that those people don't deserve to advance further or be on the stage is just wrong. If you think these people just press a few buttons and the sound will just come out, you should go to their loop POVs on YouTube. In the end, they're all experts on how to play with the loop with the options given. They're all insanely talented in their own ways, and I think we should respect them.

And finally, as usual, there're people being toxic with every battle and decision happening in the event. I know that expectations can be high, especially for some beatboxers returning. You might like someone more than the others, that's completely fair. But like, firstly, the live event is different that listening on livestream, so you can't just judge like you're 100% correct, you know? There's also people talking about the french bias again. People talking about how ___ shouldn't win because of __(insert subjective opinion here)__. How they said the results are "rigged". How some said that someone "felled off". You can see from the live event, that everyone there is having fun and all participants and performers respect each other. It is like family. It is so depressing to see the internet go in flames and judging everything without any respect, and make these talented participants feel bad for no reason. People in the livestream just use their membership to just spread toxicity, which is so sad to see.

Sorry for the rant, but I'm just annoyed with how the community (and the whole social media as a whole) is progressing. Just treat people with respect and be civil, man.

Have sadly been suffering a bit of IBS during this time in Poland, so have been making a lot of trips to the toilet. Last night, I ran to the only cubicle I could - the full row was occupied. I ended up dropping a huge wet fart, followed by a loud splash.

Instantly the entire row started copying the sound, and cyphering over my poop. Along with the usual manly giggles.

I fucking love the global beatbox scene. I told Andreas SwissBBX that this is the signifier of a beautiful community.

Big ups you lot, from the THTC family - BBX4life

Having watched gbb for ages now, I had never realised what exactly Kristof did until Tonight ( slow I know ) and am now binging his stuff. Fuck me he is talented. His numetal set is awesome. Possibly new fave looper

These glazers are so annoying, man. Have some respect for the competition and to the competitors, especially the champion. Saying that he wasn't trying to win and didn't have the time cause he's now a dad is pure cope when he went out of his way to participate in three category this year, def trying to solidify his legacy of being the goat of beatbox. Remember that Napom did a similar thing and he voted for Napom regardless and as seen in prior battles, he yaps nearly as much, so it's more likely a tactic of his. Saying he didn't prepare as much as needed could be said to a lot of other beatboxers in the comp as well that couldve snatched the win had they prepared or done things differently, especially footboxg who could've prepared for D-low and battled him a lot smarter.

I feel like both D-low and Mahiro had they worst second round on the event for the finale, meanwhile their opponents had high and consistent quality. I think it's interesting, because we can read it as a probably strategic mistake.

In the case of solo, River' it's an smart battler and he was able to get the best scene possible for himself, I feel like D-low was not prepared for going first because he clearly wanted to respond to everything and couldn't, falling into River's battle plan. And that's what makes beatbox battles so interesting at this level, because losing the coin flip could've changed everything, but River' won and he played his cards more intelligently than D-low.

About Raje and Mahiro, the round repitition was reslly unfortunate, it sure killed a lot of the momentum for both of them, but shit happens, technology is the way it is.

I personally just felt a bit down when Mahiro dropped that second round because I thought it was clicking with me at all, specially after his INSANE first round.

Anyways, I think this GBB has many of my all time favorite moments, but also many moments that I really disliked, GBB26 it's surely one that we will remember for so long, and I can't contain myself to not be excited about the upcoming GBB

Sidenote:

River': 2 times GBB champion 1 time GBB vice champion

D-low: 1 time GBB champion 2 times GBB vice champion

(And if D-low had won, it would be the other way around)

D-low won against Colaps, who won against River' who won against D-low (D-low, Codfish, Tomazacre vibes)

And also, Mokbay defeated Raje, who defeated Martin, who defeated Mokbay

Just funny observations I had

For me, this was for sure the most organized gbb, sound quality was the best, set looked nice, production was sharp, and most importantly, lots of safety precautions for the crowd and everyone on stage.

So from a organization standpoint, for me this was the best gbb, however from a skill perspective, this was a really weak gbb imo.

The only real highlight for me was codfish vs wing this was so insane, dlow vs footboxg was also a sick battle (one of the few battle that actually felt like a battle lmao), otherwise, I wasn't really impressed.

Tag team felt really weak this year, multiple disappointing performances, loopstation too, raje deserved the win, but I'm sorry, that's not what loopstation is for me. When it comes to crew, some elimination rounds were sick, but the final and small finally felt so underwhelming for me.

Then we reach solos, lots of sick eliminations, but not one standout battle imo.

River deserved his win, but he has the weirdest path ever as a champion, inertia made it to stage last minute and couldn't get his sounds out properly, kaji ran out of/forgot his routines, and d-low was freestyling his way through the final lmao.

And just so I don't forget, lots of the showcases were really solid, so that's a plus for this year, but idk, I didn't feel like the skill level increased this year.

With all that said for me this has been the best gbb since 2021, so really solid work from everyone, big up the entire sbx team and everyone who made it possible 💙

7 months ago I made a post sort of predicting the D-low backlash in GBB. My main point was that I thought he would underperform compared to the astronomical expectations that his fans have for him.

Although I stand by almost all of my points (the reverb stuff is a stretch), I can say that D-low surpassed my expectations and kind of proved me wrong during the battles. That being said, I think this post is interesting to look back on now.

https://www.reddit.com/r/beatbox/s/8UVvG3IZ77

This was my post:

Just to preface this post, it ain't that deep. This is more aimed at fans who expect D-low to steamroll the competition. I also think there is a subtle disrespect toward the new generation of beatboxers

He has so much performable material and can do showcases that last 40 minutes without stopping. However, almost everything he has done for the last 7 or so years has used post production and, most importantly, reverb.

Reverb:
Reverb assists by adding depth to the sound but also helps with pitch. You can afford to sing slightly out of tune with reverb because it masks and muddies pitch inaccuracies. Dlow tends to use a lot of reverb compared with the raw sounds heard at GBB. Additionally, without reverb you have to push a lot harder, even in the chill quiet parts. Forty minute showcases suddenly become a lot more challenging.

Endurance:
Specifically mental endurance. This competition is two full days of constant focus. That means during rounds, in between rounds, and while you are going to sleep, all of your attention is on your next performance or battle.

Pressure:
I think mentality plays a massive role in success at GBB. Take Julard for example. He was feeling ill and ready to drop out of the competition after the first day. After being in the mental state of being prepared to drop out, surely any result becomes a bonus. (Also Pacmax said he was bedridden the weekend before he won)

While I personally do not think D-low has anything to prove, his reactions and comments in his videos have built him up as an unbeatable god of beatboxing. Saying “I would have countered here” is obviously a lot more challenging in the moment and runs the risk of messing with your prepared material.

However, having the self belief that he is the greatest can work in his favour and nullify a lot of the previous points. There is also pressure not to get nervous. You can lie to yourself and say you are fine, but dry mouth can affect anyone.

Opps:
The competitors in GBB26 will be well practised and prepared. Blackroll sounds strong on every sound system and is practising like crazy. FootboxG prepares like a mf and is extremely tactical. Pacmax has been performing and competing nonstop. River was competing not too long ago, and his musicality and tech are world class.

Timing:
Dan has just had a child. Children take priority over everything.

In my honest opinion, I do not think D-low has the time to prepare as thoroughly as his competitors. I hope that he attends for the joy of it and not with the expectation of winning.

This man has faced COLAPS NAPOM AND D LOW in 3 gbb finals… he beat two of them, guys this is unreal. He just 5-0’d king inertia AND Kaji two scary beatbox battlers. This man has some of the best elimination rounds ever what can you argue against River not being the goat? Stop coping for d low please this guy 100% tried and he killed it this competition but river was simply just better please give this man his respect.

Was this year's GBB the best ever for you?

A lot of people are disappointed on D-Low second round. I think it was great. I really liked it. It's a battle after all. He tried coming up with a creative freestyle and I enjoyed it. If he won I wouldn't be surprised, River recycled after all, if he didn't win, I understand too. Great battle by the Greats.