Z-I-v Summer Contest 2020

Read an interesting article once about how LGBT people are more drawn to niche communities because there's less pressure for "social norms". Also, a big part of this community is gay, furry, or both. It's a dancing game, what do you expect?

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Indeed! I've been playing DDR for 21 years now and the community has always been full of pride! It's because you can be who you are and that's what's so cool about it, and I've always find out that most of the straight people that play DDR are pretty cool with being around gay people , so you are far from being the only gay fan , so come on miss thing, let's celebrate the pride ❤️🧡💛💚💜💜 😁 #deadrop lol

yo [3]

well, bi, but still

Just testing out some fancy-schmancy graphics here.

Basically, it references the Dancerush Stardom charts that the song appears in, mainly the and charts.

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I just made a background image with like 55 shiny hearts in it, I'm pretty gay

I couldn't. ZIv doesn't let me name custom zips, and Van didn't rename the folder to be ASCII only in the pack. :(

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I feel like you could have just left out the bullets in the file names but w/e


I just played this, and found it pretty fun. Can I give some feedback? You can feel free to ignore it if you like.

- I love the graphics, they're beautiful, very nice job.
- I think the bpm is twice what it should be, it was probably composed/produced at 70 bpm rather than 140. The triplet runs that accompany the vocals that come in are very cool, I think the slower BPM would give those a little more "impact" in that sort of "my summer love" or "bag" kind of way
- Those runs didn't quite match up to the vocals I think, if that's what you want then it's cool, but it felt like you wanted something that isn't quite there
- I like that you stuck to a step pattern and continued to riff on it. What I would suggest though is trying to mix those up a little bit more often (every 2 measures changing how they work instead of every 4) to keep the energy up. Also, make sure those spins are intentional. I like spins and double steps and don't think they're the devil, but when you use them with freezes like that it can lead to long periods where the player can't look at the screen.
- I'd have probably ended the steps earlier, they kind of keep going after there's very little audible music left.

I would like to give some recognition to some charts that i liked from group 2 since i can't vote on those.

My favorite charts from the whole week was Medusa, very nice chart!!

then in no particular order i also liked:

Couch Potato

Lemon Tree

Lovesick

Nobody but you

Nice job everyone!
There are a lot of good charts that i liked overall in both groups so keep that in mind

First four measures of the 16 are from Boss Rush Difficult single. Originally had a pattern from Nephilum Delta but I felt like this was a better choice and worked with the same BPM too.

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Is the registration still open? I'd like to participate for this contest.

It has been long since I last charted for pad so I think this could be a way to refresh some stuff.

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Added! You're good to go.

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Chart references:

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I think we're ALL gay

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LMAO

https://zenius-i-vanisher.com/v5.2/viewsimfile.php?simfileid=41628

Lottery - K Camp (16)

References appear at first 4 measures and last 4 measures, both from MONEY (DDR 1st Mix Beta) [see simfile comments for details], once again, feedback is very welcome.

that's p gay tbh

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Can't say its surprising but definitely interesting and aligns with my experience for sure. With LGBT+ being a marginalized community, I guess we're already desensitized and resistant to conformity and at least more open about our niche affiliations/hobbies as a result.

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