Widen Island Beat Battles
WI·BB·beat-battle-001Widen Island Beat Battle 001
LofiSkateA Widen Island Instrument PluginHead to head
Bracket
Quarterfinals
Semifinals
Final
Champion
No beat submitted
Teemu Nätynki
No beat submitted
Teemu Nätynki
Champion crowned
Teemu Nätynki
Blind-judged, taste over friendship — Teemu Nätynki took the bracket. Want the same shot at getting featured on Widen Island?
Get featured on Widen IslandWhat you win
Prize Pool
Champion
- Champion Tee No. 001 — numbered, never sold
- Your beat released on Widen Island
- Artist Spotlight feature
The roster
Competitors
- One O' Sics
- bmbu
- Beteulan
- Matt Correa
- Teemu Nätynki
- _egrets
- the_notorious_CPU
- milkshake
Read before you join
Rules
This battle's theme
- Make a beat with LofiSkate — 1 to 3 minutes long
- Use at least one LofiSkate texture
no DAW or plugin trouble? grab the samples
Timeline
- Join opens (first 8 clicks, on Discord)Mon Sep 21 · 18:00 CEST
- Week 1: beats dueMon Sep 28 · 18:00 CEST
- Round 1 voting endsWed Sep 30 · 18:00 CEST
- Champion crownedTue Oct 6
Later rounds: 24h to swap your beat if you want, then 48h of voting.
Full competition rules
- Only join if you’ll submit
- Only 8 spots — registering is a commitment to upload a beat by the round 1 deadline. A no-show hands your opponent a walkover and takes a spot another producer wanted.
- One beat, the whole battle
- You submit one beat for round 1. If you advance, that same beat carries forward automatically — swapping it before the next round’s upload deadline is optional, never required.
- Length and format
- Submissions must be 1–3 minutes long, MP3 or WAV. Anything outside that window is refused at upload. Filenames and metadata are stripped before judging.
- How a match is decided
- Each match is judged by 2 blind judges plus 1 crowd seat — majority of the 3 seats decides, and the crowd can never decide alone. A tie or a zero-vote crowd seat abstains; if the panel still can’t agree, Widen Island decides. You may be asked to blind-judge another match yourself.
- Players judge, and judges vote
- You can’t vote in the public crowd vote of a battle you’re in — not even once you’re knocked out. Players judge instead. If you’re picked to judge a match, the Widen Island bot DMs you a private link on Discord, then reminds you 24 hours and 3 hours before judging closes. Please vote: a judge who doesn’t can leave the match for Widen Island to decide.
- Deadlines and walkovers
- Late uploads are refused, no exceptions. If one side misses the deadline, the other advances by walkover. If both sides miss it, Widen Island decides how the match resolves.
- No voice tags
- Producer voice tags, drops, or any audible branding are grounds for disqualification — they’d break the blind judging.
- Your name goes public
- By registering, your artist name appears on this page’s public participant list. Nothing else about you — no email, no submission — is ever shown.
Good to know
FAQ
Do I need a new beat every round?
No — you submit one beat for round 1, and it carries forward automatically if you advance. Swapping it before the next round’s upload deadline is optional, never required.
When is my beat due?
Check the timeline above. Round 1 gives you the most time to make your beat; later rounds only give you a short window to swap it if you want, before voting starts.
How do I join?
Hop into the Widen Island Discord with the "Join on Discord" button on this page, then click Join on the launch post in #🥊・beat-battle. Spots are first come, first served: the first 8 people to click get in, nobody after that.
Is it free?
Yes, entry is free.
Who decides who wins?
A panel of 2 blind judges plus 1 crowd seat. Majority of the 3 seats decides, and the crowd can never decide alone — an unresolved panel goes to Widen Island.
Who can vote?
Anyone signed in with Discord whose account is at least 1 day old and who isn’t competing in this battle — one vote per Discord account per match. Signing in adds you to the Widen Island Discord.
Can players in the battle vote?
No — not in any match of this battle, even after you’re knocked out. Players judge instead of voting, so nobody gets a say in their own bracket twice. You can still listen to every match.
Can I see the votes?
While voting is open, only the total vote count is public. The A/B split shows once results are published.
Who are the judges?
Players from this same battle — never anyone in the match they judge, and knocked-out players are picked first when possible. Judges hear two beats with no names and pick one. The Widen Island bot sends each judge a private link in their Discord DMs, plus a reminder 24 hours and 3 hours before judging closes.
What if a judge doesn’t vote?
Their seat doesn’t count. The other judge and the crowd decide; if those two disagree, or no judge votes at all, Widen Island decides. So if you’re judging, please vote — your pick really decides who goes through.
What if my opponent doesn’t upload?
If one side misses the deadline, the other advances by walkover. If both sides miss it, Widen Island decides.
What if I can’t finish my beat?
Tell Widen Island as early as possible. Before the bracket is drawn, your spot can go to someone else. Once the bracket is drawn, withdrawing means your opponent advances by walkover.
What do I win?
See the prizes section above for this battle’s pool.
