ZIv Simfile Shuffle 2014 -- THANK YOU FOR PLAYING

Thank god some good Happy Hardcore

Ugh, Veto pls. I don't think I have any idea for the music...

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Good luck, here's your replacement song:


One Three Five backup songs came this morning, and one gone right now, so there are now five songs in the backup pile.

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Hey, can anyone elaborate on the scoring system for the whole competition? I think I read everything but I still don't know how it works. Do you win by total points accumulated through all 12 rounds? + The bonus points?

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I guess it's my turn with the votes. I'm adding notes because I want to

And yes, hard charts may be replaced with charts. I'm sorry for that but I still suck at DDR

Amaretto Pudding: I see why you hate this song...it's so weird. The steps were neat but nothing special
Chururi Chururira: Even if it was hard I had fun with this one and the song just tops it off <3
Clash: I love the movements in this one, especially the ending with the turning increase. I just had some problems with it at certain parts but nothing else
Crystal Sea: Sadly this is the worst chart mainly because of the offset. I thought it was a little mistake with the editor buttons but then the yellow arrows confirmed that it wasn't the problem. It's sad because I love the song, too bad.
Dance All Night: The song is gorgeous, the steps are gorgeous, everything is gorgeous!!!
Elvis: Not a fan of the song but the steps for this one were good. My favourite part was the part after the chorus with the freeze + DD(LL/RR) pattern.
Lacrimosa: Maybe it's because of the gallops but I love this stepchart, it is so flowy (aside the very fast spins). The song is very cool too.
Otasa Revolution: Didn't try because of...obvious reasons, but standard is one of my favourites. Maybe some more movement would have been better but still nice chart. In addition, the song is awesome <3
ra'am: Thanks to you I'm dead . Anyway, I saw that you made it look like it was a modern DDR boss chart XD. Standard (heavy is my killer) is fun but the minijacks before the 111 bpm and the bpm gimmicks after that don't give me such amusement. Rest is fine though.
Shark (Fistfight Mix): Not a fan of dubstep with rap but the song is nice. Steps are not so special. The only thing that bothers me is the galloped spin.
Tell Me I'm Dreaming: I'm not really a fan of this chart (again, standard because I can't handle 10's). I'm a fan of movement and this one didn't have much. The song is meh too even if the artist is great.
Timeless: LIKE THE BEST CHART IN THE WORLD HANDS DOWN

VOTING

5 - Dance All Night
4 - Chururi Chururira
4 - Clash
1 - Elvis
1 - Otasa Revolution
H - ra'am (Hard as hell but it reflects the current ddr bosses. It's fun too!!)
H - Lacrimosa (I ran out of points but this would have been in the list)

TOTAL SCORES


DANCE ALL NIGHT [GariK+] - 27
ちゅるりちゅるりら [Loodee] - 16
Clash [Gameoson] - 16
ELVIS [Spork!] - 9
Timeless [MRace2010] - 7
オタサー☆レボリューション [CuzcoBlocko] - 7
Tell Me I'm Dreaming [brunobg24] - 3
Amaretto Pudding [xRGTMx] - 2
Lacrimosa [Scarz] - 2
Shark (Fistfight Mix) [Dreamland200] - 1

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Also what's with the love for Cytokine- OH MY GOD IT'S AWESOME MAKE THE STEPS NOOOOW!!!!!

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Man... Crystal Sea suffered some serious bad luck and can't get a single vote... (Ra'am at least got 2 honorable mentions.)

Anyway, I'm going to be participating in every even-numbered round, so I am going to send in a song for round 4 today. (It's a really fun one, too.)

Don't be too harsh on yourself on this one, Crystal Sea is a pretty boring song with few stepping options X:

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I think the chart would have been perfect for a very easy song such as the N.M.R ones.

Also, I discovered that the cut for Crystal Sea had a bad offset from the beginning. Probably CLOUDIO noticed this after a test and tried to fix it later but still he got extremely penalyzed just for that.

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I played all of the charts on pad, and some of the charts, but the ones I couldn't pass on pad (11+) I played on keyboard. Here are my votes:

+3 Amaretto Pudding [xRGTMx] - The chart was fun and the double-steps were executed really well. Liked the chart too.
+3 ちゅるりちゅるりら [Loodee] - The chart was cool, but I thought the rolls were unnecessary. But, I loved the chart was amazing. It was very complex, and just super fun!
+3 CLASH [Gameoson] - I liked both the and charts. The swing was stepped well.
+3 DANCE ALL NIGHT [Garik+] - Loved the chart! The speed gimmicks were subtle and worked well. The chart was pretty good too.
+3 オタサー☆レボリューション [CuzcoBlocko] - The chart was really fun to play on pad, even though it was hard. I really enjoyed it!
HM Lacrimosa [Scarz] - The chart was great, and the steps and freezes were graceful. But some of the freezes caused unwanted double-stepping, like when there was a U-D jump with a freeze. Since I almost always use my left foot on the D and right foot on U during a U-D jump, it caused me to use the wrong foot and I got thrown off. Everything else was splendid.
ELVIS [Spork!] - I loved the chart, and the steps went with the singing well. But I thought the hands were overused in the chart.
Shark (Fistfight Mix) [Dreamland200] - I liked how you didn't follow the music exactly with your steps, but made the steps follow their own beat that complemented the song. But, it could have been done better in some areas.
Tell Me I'm Dreaming [brunobg24] - The steps were good, and the freezes were cool. There were some areas that were a little weird. Sorry you didn't like the song choice.
Timeless [MRace2010] - Some parts got repetitive, but other than that, it was good.
Crystal Sea [CLOUDIO] - I liked the steps, but it's too bad the sync was off. The Beat 0 Offset was not set high enough, and many 1/4 and 1/8 notes were set as 1/16 notes, which actually synced up well, but only because of the wrong Beat 0 Offset.

Totals:
DANCE ALL NIGHT [GariK+] - 30
ちゅるりちゅるりら [Loodee] - 19
Clash [Gameoson] - 19
オタサー☆レボリューション [CuzcoBlocko] - 10
ELVIS [Spork!] - 9
Timeless [MRace2010] - 7
Amaretto Pudding [xRGTMx] - 5
Tell Me I'm Dreaming [brunobg24] - 3
Lacrimosa [Scarz] - 2
Shark (Fistfight Mix) [Dreamland200] - 1

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Damn you piano solo

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Skittles. Taste the rainbow.

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To be completely truthful, that is not a galloped spin, those are actually footswitches used often in ITG.

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Well it depends on how you do it. You could spin, or do a foot switch, its up to you.

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Total points includes bonus points, though the main point of this contest isn't to win~

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+5 to Clash, Dance All Night, and ちゅるりちゅるりら

DANCE ALL NIGHT [GariK+] - 35
ちゅるりちゅるりら [Loodee] - 24
Clash [Gameoson] - 24
オタサー☆レボリューション [CuzcoBlocko] - 10
ELVIS [Spork!] - 9
Timeless [MRace2010] - 7
Amaretto Pudding [xRGTMx] - 5
Tell Me I'm Dreaming [brunobg24] - 3
Lacrimosa [Scarz] - 2
Shark (Fistfight Mix) [Dreamland200] - 1

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By no means is this Nicki's most steppable song, but it sure felt more steppable than my original song, so I tried to make the best of this veto. I'm submitting now because I'm really not sure how busy I'll be for the rest of the week, so if I have time and feel the need to do so, I'll make some adjustments to the chart and update the .sm and .zip.
(also i had fun with standard tbh)

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+4 - DANCE ALL NIGHT [GariK+]
+4 - Clash [Gameoson]
+3 - Shark (Fistfight Mix) [Dreamland200]
Other than being a bit understepped at certain spots for my taste (and a couple ambiguous steps), I liked this and I'm surprised it hasn't gotten more points. You should definitely mark your footswitches with mines though, to avoid confusion.
+2 - Amaretto Pudding [xRGTMx]
+1 - Timeless [MRace2010]
+1 - Tell Me I'm Dreaming [brunobg24]
You did what you could considering the song you got V:

ra'am sure is interesting, but I just can't stand sporadic DDR boss style bpm changes. You should probably set the #DISPLAYBPM tag as well on this one, since you don't really play any 888 bpm parts and it becomes a pain when selecting mods

also the bg videos in otasa revolution is freaking me out ok

Let me know if you want to know the reasoning behind my ratings or if you want a small review (me nitpicking) on your file or something

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DANCE ALL NIGHT [GariK+] - 39
Clash [Gameoson] - 28
ちゅるりちゅるりら [Loodee] - 24
オタサー☆レボリューション [CuzcoBlocko] - 10
ELVIS [Spork!] - 9
Timeless [MRace2010] - 8
Amaretto Pudding [xRGTMx] - 7
Shark (Fistfight Mix) [Dreamland200] - 4
Tell Me I'm Dreaming [brunobg24] - 4
Lacrimosa [Scarz] - 2

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