Z-I-v Summer Contest 2014 [CLOSED]

BEMANI HIT TRACKS / K.M.D.J. team feat. Seigo "M" Takei
1 / 4 / 6 / 8 / 9

This should probably go without saying, but it's a mashup of several songs of BEMANI from i believe beatmania GOTTAMIX- e-motion, LOVE SO GROOVY and 20, november (the full version has La Bossanova de Fabienne as well, but I cut that for the sake of not only the time limit but also to maintain a DDR theme here.

I tried to maintain some reminiscence of the original charts in Club Ver for the heavy chart, whereas the Challenge chart was inspired by only my brain. I can't tell if this was a great or terrible idea yet. I guess I'll find out.

Updated with doubles. Minor error in .lrc fixed.

S: 1 / 2 / 4 / 7 / 9
D: x / 2 / 5 / 8 / 10

I am thrilled with the quality so far this round. Keep it up, everyone

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ローリンガール (wowaka feat. 初音ミク)×炉心融解 (iroha feat. 鏡音リン)

Click the picture to go to the simfile page. ITG banner, 4:3 BG and full BPM chart at the Comments section. Custom ZIP has video.

I might have went a little crazy when I was stepping this, but everything is crossover-able if you trust your feet.
Watch out for stops, BPM changes, and more gimmicks in the steps. Also, the BPM chart now shows the stops as black stripes.
SSC plays a bit with the scroll speed. Here's a video showing just that (Yes, the music file has quite a loud buzz in the beginning, but it wears out just as the steps start):


A few points on :
- beat 176 suggests the player to move their left foot to the center of the panel, to avoid mines.
- beat 206 is a footswitch; any other occasion of two or more consecutive arrows is a jack. Yes, I like to step by tone.
- beats 363 and 363.5 can be hit as jumps or brackets; both are possible.

Good luck everyone!

Additional note:
- Aegis, next time please upload files with romanized names. Something went really bad when I was unpacking your file. It also created some _MAC_OS folder. Had to fix the file manually to be able to playtest it.
- Gameoson's Resonance crashed my StepMania twice Had to open the file in different version of SM.

VOTES:

+5 ニッポン笑顔百景 [Scarz]
+4 HAPPY limelight [xRGTMx]
+3 Resonance [Gameoson]
+2 魔界村 (平地BGM) [Aegis]
+1 空想メソロギヰ [Chmurek]

HM:
Boom Clap [Pie-kun]
SURV1V3 [GariK+]

TOTALS:

恋は渾沌の隷也 [brunobg24] - 23
All Out [Loodee] - 22
SURV1V3 [GariK+] - 21
ニッポン笑顔百景 [Scarz] - 21
HAPPY limelight [xRGTMx] - 19
Spider's Blood [rikame] - 16
太陽曰く燃えよカオス [ddrstepper] - 16
空想メソロギヰ [Chmurek] - 16
Resonance [Gameoson] - 15
46 12 25 [Astroman129] - 11
Read My Code [ledgam3r1279] - 11
Boom Clap [Pie-kun] - 9
魔界村 (平地BGM) [Aegis] - 7
Transformers [Spork!] - 3

My entry for this week:


This one was really-REALLY fun to sim! Nusa also did awesome job on the art. File contains 16:9 graphics, if you want 4:3 ratio then please download this two files:
4:3 background - http://i.imgur.com/mXtzFrM.png
4:3 video - http://www.speedyshare.com/AMsf7/Mash-up-Wannabe-At-My-Birthday-Party.avi

Far east squall / 猫叉Master+ / Mash-up by Byakko+
Old scale: 4 8 10
X scale: 6 11 16

Mash-up of Far east nightbird and squall, enjoy

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No file this week, have some votes instead:

Votes:
+5 Spider's Blood
+4 HAPPY limelight
+3 SURV1V3
+2 空想メソロギヰ
+1 Resonance

Honorable mentions:
Read My Code
Title Screen

Totals:
SURV1V3 [GariK+] - 24
HAPPY limelight [xRGTMx] - 23
恋は渾沌の隷也 [brunobg24] - 23
All Out [Loodee] - 22
ニッポン笑顔百景 [Scarz] - 21
Spider's Blood [rikame] - 21
空想メソロギヰ [Chmurek] - 18
Resonance [Gameoson] - 16
太陽曰く燃えよカオス [ddrstepper] - 16
46 12 25 [Astroman129] - 11
Read My Code [ledgam3r1279] - 11
Boom Clap [Pie-kun] - 9
魔界村 (平地BGM) [Aegis] - 7
Transformers [Spork!] - 3

No file this week either. I had a great song idea but then real life obligations got in the way, sorry

VOTES:
+5 All Out [Loodee]
+4 恋は渾沌の隷也 [brunobg24]
+3 HAPPY limelight [xRGTMx]
+2 ニッポン笑顔百景 [Scarz]
+1 SURV1V3 [GariK+]

Totals:
All Out [Loodee] - 27
恋は渾沌の隷也 [brunobg24] - 27
HAPPY limelight [xRGTMx] - 26
SURV1V3 [GariK+] - 25
ニッポン笑顔百景 [Scarz] - 23
Spider's Blood [rikame] - 21
空想メソロギヰ [Chmurek] - 18
Resonance [Gameoson] - 16
太陽曰く燃えよカオス [ddrstepper] - 16
46 12 25 [Astroman129] - 11
Read My Code [ledgam3r1279] - 11
Boom Clap [Pie-kun] - 9
魔界村 (平地BGM) [Aegis] - 7
Transformers [Spork!] - 3

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Oh boy, I know exactly what I am doing

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VOTES
+5 Wannabe At My Birthday Party?
+4 Mac n' Cheese
+3 防人ノート
+2 Far east squall
+1 ローリン融解
HM's: 99 Balloons But A Glitch Ain't One, Crawling In My Baby One More Time, evergreen shoreline, Miss Murder's Personal Jesus

TOTES
Wannabe At My Birthday Party? [Lisek] - 5
Mac n' Cheese [Loodee] - 4
防人ノート [Garik+] - 3
Far east squall [brunobg24] - 2
ローリン融解 [vincentw] - 1

Really good week with superb files, might post the small comments I have later on.

Really? I tested both .zips and never had an issue with either of them when I loaded them up in SM. What version of SM were you using and do you remember what the error message said?

And if anyone else was having this problem, let me know!

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Votals:
+5 Mac n' Cheese (live mashup) [Loodee]
+4 Bad Battery Romance [Scarz]
+3 Sakimori note [GariK+]
+2 Crawling in My Baby One More Time [xRGTMx]
+1 Begin to Spin Me Round [Vinylarou]
HM: Joyful Rock (JAKAZiD Mashup) [ddrstepper]
HM: Far east squall [brunobg24]
Rolling Meltdown [vincentw]
Miss Murder's Personal Jesus [Gameoson]
Evergreen Shoreline [Densetsu.exe]
Wannabe At My Birthday Party? [Lisek]
ChiraliTROOPERS [tsugaru7reveng]
BEMANI HIT TRACKS [Astroman129]


Totals:
Mac n' Cheese (live mashup) [Loodee] - 9
防人ノート [Garik+] - 6
Wannabe At My Birthday Party? [Lisek] - 5
Bad Battery Romance [Scarz] - 4
Crawling in My Baby One More Time [xRGTMx] - 2
Far east squall [brunobg24] - 2
ローリン融解 [vincentw] - 1
Begin to Spin Me Round [Vinylarou] -1


There was not a bad file in the bunch. Everything gets the "Sporky Stamp of Approval" this round. Wish I could give points to everyone.

If the 2nd SPADA OST was out, I would have done invoker in a heartbeat.

Oh well I got something in mind that will work.

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VOTES
+5 Mac n' Cheese (live mashup) - (You're killing it, bro. Keep it up.)
+4 Wannabe At My Birthday Party?
+3 Far east squall
+2 Bad Battery Romance
+1 Joyful Rock (JAKAZiD Mashup)

HM 99 Balloons But A Glitch Ain't One
HM 防人ノート

TOTES
Mac n' Cheese (live mashup) [Loodee] - 14
Wannabe At My Birthday Party? [Lisek] - 9
防人ノート [Garik+] - 6
Bad Battery Romance [Scarz] - 6
Far east squall [brunobg24] - 5
Crawling in My Baby One More Time [xRGTMx] - 2
ローリン融解 [vincentw] - 1
Begin to Spin Me Round [Vinylarou] - 1
Joyful Rock (JAKAZiD Mashup) - 1

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Had the problem too, in openITG. Removed the video and it was fine, I'm guessing it was some codec that wasn't compatible with oITG and the version Lisek was using?

EDIT: Ok, I realized I messed up on my file a bit. All the difficulties where the hold goes into the warp will always have a hold that hasn't been hit (on the evaluation screen), since the chart hops past the spot where the hold ends, thus preventing you from completing it. While it doesn't drain your life (since you don't actually drop the hold) you won't get the score for completing it either. Because of this, I'll make a new (100%-able) version when the week is finished, so if you like the file but it bothers you, you can download the revision then (~~:

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Before I announce my votes, I just want to say that every single file for this week is very well done. To be honest, I rated no file under 85%; that's how amazing this week is (but then I could just be very generous at rating files), making this one of—if not the—hardest round to pick the five best ones. Great job, everyone!
Oh, one more thing: I noticed that more people than before are using 16:9 graphics. That's pretty cool.
Votes are up!
PM me for criticisms... lol they're hardly any for this week but if you're curious then go ahead

+5: Mac n' Cheese (live mashup) [Loodee]
Damn dude, you are crushing this competition! That 'twist' on the Challenge chart is just evil, haha.
+4: Bad Battery Romance [Scarz]
That mashup is awesome! I never thought Sega and Gaga to be a wonderful combo.
+3: 防人ノート [GariK+]
You did a wonderful job mashing these two, and the steps are fun.
+2: Far east squall [brunobg24]
Wow, the mix is excellent. Steps are challenging, too.
+1: evergreen shoreline [Densetsu.EXE]
Aside of the final note that desperately needs to be a hold, it's wonderful. I do think the Shoreline part dominates the chart, but maybe it's just because both songs used are so similar.

Honourable Mentions:
• Wannabe At My Birthday Party? [Lisek]
Nice song choice with some nice steps to go with it.
• Miss Murder's Personal Jesus [Gameoson]
The steps went everywhere (for a lack of a better word); was quite exciting when playing it.
• Joyful Rock (JAKAZiD Mashup) [ddrstepper]
Sounds nice, quite simple and straightforward.
• Crawling In My Baby One More Time [xRGTMx]
Surprisingly fitting indeed. I wondered why you faded the song out like that, but then I listened to the full track...

Totals:
Mac n' Cheese (live mashup) [Loodee] - 19
Bad Battery Romance [Scarz] - 10
防人ノート [Garik+] - 9
Wannabe At My Birthday Party? [Lisek] - 9
Far east squall [brunobg24] - 7
Crawling in My Baby One More Time [xRGTMx] - 2
Begin to Spin Me Round [Vinylarou] - 1
evergreen shoreline [Densetsu.EXE] - 1
Joyful Rock (JAKAZiD Mashup) [ddrstepper] - 1
ローリン融解 [vincentw] - 1

You know, I think this could be the week when no one ends up with a zero. Like, four people voted and all gave a +1 to four different entries (one of which was mine, thanks Scarz!).

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