YMMV / Area 11

For YMMV items pertaining to the Yogscast in general, go here.

• Accidental Innuendo:
  • It didn't go unnoticed that the acronym for "GO!! Fighting Action Power" is, well... 'Go FAP'. The band, specifically Sparkles*, didn't even bother using its full name during one of their live performances, meaning it went from Accidental Innuendo to deliberate. There's also the matter that "Fighting Action Power" appears nowhere in the song itself.
  • Their livestream in November 2014 was called the "Bedtime Bash". Again, this was probably deliberate.
• A Day in the Limelight: Kogie gets one in "Tokyo House Party" due to starting the song alone - the drums are simple and are used as a base, and the vocals are the only other thing that goes in there.
• Awesome Music: LOTS.
  • From Blackline, "Euphemia" has a kickass opening riff in its original version and even in the updated version. "Heaven Piercing Giga Drill" has the fastest and most amazing instrumental it could possibly have, and even "The Legendary Sannin" has a great instrumental backed by good lyrics.
  • Pretty much all of All The Lights In The Sky, with special mention to the last track for combining several of their music styles together.
    • The whole second part (Tokyo House Party to Heaven-Piercing Giga Drill) essentialy does an awesome take on this - songs shift styles nonstop and flow nicely - from Cassandra (ptII)'s riff that carries the whole song, to the start of The Strays and its smooth jazz, the soothing ballad of Shi No Barado, the fast-as-it-gets Heaven Piercing Giga-Drill, the upbeat and light-hearted Dream & Reality and the techno ending of Tokyo House Party - Area 11's musical abilities truly shine in that part.
  • "Shi No Barado" in general, but the multilanguage version that flutters between English and Japanese in particular. The last minute, with headphones on, is beautiful.
  • "Go Fighting Action Power".
  • The updated single release of "Heaven-Piercing Giga Drill", plus its B-Sides.
  • "Homunculus". The guitar is fast-paced, Sparkles* uses much better harsh vocals than before and the tempo is fantastic.
  • The Underline EP is more experimental and no less awesome for it. "Are You Listening" has a lot of love.
  • Of all the songs to appear on Modern Synthesis, "Red Queen" gets a lot of love.
• Broken Base:
  • The Blackline EP is a divisive point in the band's history. As their first EP it's the point in which many of their fans first came across the group, and many fans look favourably on it while disregarding the revised songs on All the Lights in the Sky. Newer fans have stated that they prefer the newer versions of songs such as "Euphemia".
  • The shift to a more Enter Shikari-feel for their second album has managed to cause a divide. Most of their fans like it and say they'll try it regardless, but a few consider it to be a shift away from their roots. Sparkles*' attempts at screaming also come across as Narm or Narm Charm depending on who you ask.
• Critical Dissonance: The second album got generally positive reviews, but said reviews leaned towards the mixed side of things. Fans, however, absolutely love it.
• Discredited Meme: Sparkles* has confirmed that he's slightly tired of the RIP Parv meme and is trying to make other memes to drown it out, such as this.
• Epic Riff: On pretty much every single song- not that that's a bad thing. This is most notable with "Vectors", "Shi No Barado" and "Euphemia", all of which base their song around a memorable riff.
• Fandom Rivalry: A Vocal Minority of Elevens do not like the Yogscast any more or have disliked them from the beginning.
• Fan Nickname: People have taken to spelling "Sparkles*", Sperkles, for how Oliver, Age 24 pronounces it in "How To Draw Really Good - Sparkles*".
• Friendly Fandoms:
  • With the Yogscast in general, since many fans of the band found them through the Yogscast, at least early on. This applies particularly to Hat Films, InTheLittleWood and Strippin, since Sparkles* and the band hang around with them the most, getting on with them quite well.
  • With fellow band Superpowerless, although this is of the Vitriolic Best Buds variety since Sparkles* and Oliver Aged 24 enjoy affectionately sniping at one another.
  • With Beckii Cruel, since the band brought her to a wider audience than before.
  • A lot of their fans are also fans of Enter Shikari due to the bands touring together.
• Growing the Beard: "Blackline" was a good EP, but the band ironed out a lot of the problems they had by the time they came around to recording "All the Lights in the Sky".
• Ho Yay:
  • Sparkles* jokingly does this with other people, often with Ross from Hat Films and Lewis Brindley.
  • Their livestream in November 2014 was called the "Bedtime Bash", and shipping in the official fan group, particularly of Leo and Sparkles*, went through the roof.
• Memetic Mutation: "RIP Parv", as a result of a joke in the 2013 Dwarven Dairy Drive Livestream, in which Simon and Lewis joked he was dead. It caught on very quickly, and the Yogscast kept using it even when the admins (one of whom was Sparkles*) began banning it in the chat. This extended to the point where it became a Twitch emote, again leading to a resurgence of meme spamming before more ban lock-downs on the new threat.
• Misaimed Fandom: A lot of people think that Shi No Barado is a straight-up love song and have it as the song that symbolises their relationship. It's more of an Anti-Love Song, although those unfamiliar with Death Note may be forgiven since you wouldn't know this without having read or watched it.
• Misattributed Song: The band did not make "MoonQuest: An Epic Journey". The mistake is fairly understandable, however, since Sparkles* did work on more or less the whole song singlehandedly. They also weren't involved with the Yogscast song "Carrot for a Cock" as a group; again, Sparkles* helped to mix and write it, plus provided backing vocals, so the confusion's understandable.
• Narm Charm: Sparkles* using Harsh Vocals in "Versus". Some think it's a little silly, but others think it adds to the feel precisely for that reason.
• Never Live It Down: Parv is still struggling to live down "RIP Parv", despite this having been back in 2013.
• Periphery Demographic: A lot of their fans are just fans of the Yogscast, not necessarily of anime, although a few fans have since gone on to become fans of anime as a result of this band. It helps that Area 11 is subtle enough with some of its references and the Gratuitous Japanese isn't too OTT. While this has changed as time has gone on, many Elevens are still Yognaughts.
• Tear Jerker:
  • Despite the Lyrical Dissonance, "Euphemia" is this with added Nightmare Fuel, considering that it covers one of Code Geass's most tragic moments. Moreso through the viewpoint of the man who caused it.
    Mou oshi mai da...^* Romanji: "So this is the end..."
    Betrayed by trust, forever left to scream
    Oh, hold me closely and die in my arms
    Then take this secret with you...

  • "Movement 4", part of "Bōsōzoku Symphonic", has brought tears to many a fan due to its wistful tone and lyrics.
  • "Override" is a fairly sad song, when you get into the lyrics.
  • "Panacea and the Prologue".
• They Changed It, Now It Sucks!:
  • Some reactions to the re-recorded stuff on their debut album fall into this. While the actual content of the album, including the re-recorded versions of old songs, is praised, commenters will often say how they prefer the older versions. Mercifully, the band chose to re-release some of the missing tracks, easing some of the hate by quite a bit.
  • And "Heaven-Piercing Giga Drill" got re-recorded yet again, this time as a single. Again, the version was praised but got compared negatively to the first version... and oddly enough, the version on their debut album.
  • Their commentary videos for the start of the album show this was done because the band felt that the tracks originally on Blackline went on for too long, and also became rather difficult to play live to the point that they got edited down. This led to their being updated.
  • The shift to a Enter Shikari style of music has led to a case of Broken Base, as has the news that they don't plan to make as many anime references as they once did. This was mitigated upon the album's release, which fans seem to adore for the most part.
• Vocal Minority: While many fans do still like the Yogscast, a small but vocal group of Elevens are trying to start a Fandom Rivalry, to the point you'd think a large scale one exists.
• Win Back the Crowd: Among fans, there was some concern that the band were shifting too far away from their roots when making Modern Synthesis. Come the release of the album, fan response has been ecstatic.