Z-I-v Summer Contest 2016

Hi.

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Bad news, I won't be able to participate any longer in this contest. This week I began studying at a college of higher vocational studies, which means that I'll be having a lot to do... preventing me from making files.

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I think I'm probably gonna be sitting out YWSTIDDR, I settled on my song choice too late and unless I can get something out within 45 hours, it probably might not happen.

I will still be voting soon, though, so hang tight for that. I initially planned to play all charts and then heavy-challenge with a C-Mod but I think I can tell what charts are using speed changes to cover up a meh chart and what aren't.

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There were indeed stutters throughout one section; should they have been obvious, and is it not making to song 'gimmicky' a bad thing? Also, I would like to know what section was choreographed incorrectly.


The lower intensity (accounting for the half BPM and the steps) was actually completely intentional, partially because usaminseijin already stepped it back during the 2015 Simfile Shuffle, so I tried to step it more akin to, say, the normal Scatman. Many of the elements, including the lower difficulty (and also the controversial song/short cut), give the file a trollish feel. I do wonder, though, was there anything else (not just the sync) that would have made this file better (asking anyone who played it)?

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The problem with that song in particular is...


So basically the chart you gave it could've theoretically worked if the song had actual musical and melodic value in it, because there's actually nothing wrong with the steps themselves.

Pretty much everything Cuzco quoted from me I still stand by. Aside from the fact that splittercore is an ear-grating genre of music (one that some people wouldn't even regard as music), it's usually only good for making really hard simfiles. That being said I think the steps were okay given the song choice. You at least tried to make something reasonable, and I can give you credit for that.

Concerning Are You Gonna Go My Way, on the other hand... I for one thought it was an odd choice of song to make a gimmicky file out of. It's not really a song that's begging for gimmicks, and sure enough none of the gimmicks really fit the song IMO. Sure the stutters were easy to read, but the song wasn't really doing anything that I thought warranted stutters. I remember there also being some really wacky gimmicks that involved 24ths and 48ths and maybe 32nds at one point due to fluctuating BPM, which I thought was pretty rude and not fun to play. I couldn't even figure out the rhythm I was supposed to follow until I played the song again with a cmod (after trying the song a couple more times with an xmod). The chart's fine with a cmod, but I'd be very reluctant to ever play it with an xmod again.

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Usually I don't like to voice my own opinions from others on my simfiles because it's a learning experience, but I'll make an exception for this one. Not gonna go full length so I'll cut to the chase.

I knew after a week or so that I went overboard with the gimmicks, it was me just purely try-harding to the extremes because I was, to be honest, losing motivation to complete the heavy chart and not having the correct mindset, psychologically and with planning the gimmicks.

Additionally, the green notes were a nasty mother to time with the music, so i'm sorry if I didn't quite match it correctly, but I at least tried.

Also, question to Aegis/Pande. Can I reupload all my submissions on my own simfile category when the contest is over?

Lastly, I don't think I'll be able to participate in this week's theme either, lacking the creativity at this very moment.

My own votes for the Gimmick will be up in a few hours. I need rest after my night shift... =__=

This is allowed, I actually do this with most of my submissions.

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To those who responded: thank you. I also forgot that the reason I stepped the Scatman Splitter Mix file was because Braeden47 submitted songs that already had appropriately difficult ITG charts (including this and Sigrev), and I assumed he wanted to see easier/ more DDR-esque simfiles; naturally, I took this idea to the extreme and filled Scatman (Short Splitter Mix) with relatively easy steps.

Also:
learn "bits of paper" rhyme in interesting way [sic]

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Hi.

+5 Resurrected (Zhomek Bootleg)
+3 Color
+3 Chururi Chururira
+1 HYPER BURST
+1 Razor Sharp
+1 Skytoucher
+1 Are You Gonna Go My Way? (GT Remix)
HM Boulafacet
.. Let Me Hit It
.. Scatman (Short Splitter RMX)
?? Little Swing
!! Hej Sokoly (This Is The Rainbowdragoneyes Remix)


Resurrected (Zhomek Bootleg) [Feraligatr] - 24
Color [brunobg24] - 23
Valkyrie [CuzcoBlocko] - 19
Razor Sharp [Gameoson] - 16
HYPER BURST [Benpai] - 15
Skytoucher [mf32892] - 14
ちゅるりちゅるりら [Lisek] - 12
Let Me Hit It [The Legendary DJXYZ] - 8
Seaside Heaven 3000 [CuzcoBlocko] - 7
Little Swing [KevinRocker10] - 5
Boulafacet [Spirit of Nightmare] - 4
Are You Gonna Go My Way? (GT Remix) [Nezemarth] - 3

The comments I have are here.

Notes:

*Once again, I played every chart in the week, including pseudo-playing the doubles charts in two files.

*I'm probably ruining my chances at getting 1st or even 2nd, but bruno and Feraligatr's submissions are very good and I'd be happy to see them win the week too. (Who knows, a 1st place tie could happen. That would be very happy.)

*Please check your song cuts. There are two in here that are not cut correctly and go off-sync somewhere in the middle of the song.

*Please don't start your charts when the beat does. Give the player some time to grip on so that they don't get a great or even a good on the first arrow.

*Please check your stop values. There is a simfile in here in particular that doesn't even use the thousandths place (for instance, 0.06 instead of 0.059).

*It's in a very rare case that you should have the player read a chart that has either 130, 260, and 520 BPM sections or 65, 130, and 260 BPM sections. Also, try to account for the fact that some of the voters will be using a high speed mod (average m500), try to make sure your charts are readable at that speed.

No simfile for me this week, sorry... Hopefully I can make up for it in week 10.

Heh. Sharp.

And yeah, the gimmicks are pretty intense and that was the point. I wanted to go all out and try to embrace Gimmick Week as much as possible. Actually if you think Razor Sharp was crazy, you should see the WIP file I have in my folder that I was originally intending to submit that week as well. It was... uh... well it went completely berserk with scripted mods and such. Even I have a crapton of trouble reading it and I made the damn thing.

Second entry for this week coming soon. And I apologize in advance for the song choice.

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How many files are there so far? Maybe it's best if I don't try to make graphics for my 2nd file. It's pretty bad anyway, not expecting it to get any points

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The theme song to the TV show iCarly (yeah, I used to watch it wanna fite?). I'm not sure if it qualifies enough, though.

I'm not expecting much point wise if it does qualify. I'm not quite satisfied with but I revised it and now I can't think of anything to improve. Hopefully you guys find something you like about it.

I was planning on submitting two songs this week for the first time but I lost the motivation to finish the second one.

no one will ever play these files


BPM: 160*
*Actual BPM: 40-640



BPM: 200-400

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Here's my votes. Big thank you for DJXYZ and Gameoson for uploading their songs because it's something I've heard in montages xD

+3 Votes:
Resurrected (Zhomek Bootleg) [Feraligatr]
Valkyrie [CuzcoBlocko]
Razor Sharp [Gameoson]
Let Me Hit It [The Legendary DJXYZ]
HYPER BURST [Benpai]

Total Votes:
Resurrected (Zhomek Bootleg) [Feraligatr] - 27
Color [brunobg24] - 23
Valkyrie [CuzcoBlocko] - 22
Razor Sharp [Gameoson] - 19
HYPER BURST [Benpai] - 18
Skytoucher [mf32892] - 14
ちゅるりちゅるりら [Lisek] - 12
Let Me Hit It [The Legendary DJXYZ] - 11
Seaside Heaven 3000 [CuzcoBlocko] - 7
Little Swing [KevinRocker10] - 5
Boulafacet [Spirit of Nightmare] - 4
Are You Gonna Go My Way? (GT Remix) [Nezemarth] - 3