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Post #321 · Posted at 2020-06-14 06:09:18pm 5 years ago

Offline VanEden
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Last updated: 2020-06-14 06:09pm
WIP!!!

Alright guys! There's a lot to work through right now, so I will be updating this post in the order of:
- Results (this is probably the most pressing issue for everyone)
- Week 2 Downloads (there will be 2 packs again so make sure you know where to go)
- Week 3 Theme

Thank you for hanging in there!

Week 1 Results
Click here to go to the scoresheet
Reminder: ties are broken by number of higher votes, starting at 5 and going down

Group 1:

1st - Cyclone Joker [about:blank] - 32
2nd - Say So [brunobg24] - 28
3rd - OVERDOSER ~FLOTAGE MIX~ [FoRCeDNaTuRe] - 26

4th - Hot Summer [chewi] - 24
5th - Red Sun [mf32892] - 22

6th - TEETH [ohaiimian] - 21
7th - luv future [djVERTICAI] - 20
8th - Don't Feel Like Crying [Astroman129] - 18
9th - THE WEEKEND [tamtamino] - 17 (One 4)
10th - POP TEAM EPIC [talkion] - 17 (Zero 4s)


Group 2:

1st - Rain On Me [hooky] - 32
2nd - CALL [Pandemonium X] - 30
3rd - SUNSET (Michael Cassette Remix) [lrxevan] - 29

4th - Lovesick [ledgam3r1279] - 25 (One 5, One 4)
5th - Love Don't Cost a Thing [Pie-kun] - 25 (One 5, Zero 4s)

6th - Couch Potato [vincentw] - 22 (Two 5s)
7th - HUU YAH YEAH [TonyAkita] - 22 (Zero 5s, Three 4s)
8th - Dove [Telperion] - 22 (Zero 5s, Two 4s)
9th - Profession [Silver Spirit] - 21
10th - Facade [Van Eden] - 14


Congratulations to blank and hooky for taking home Week 1! You are both invited into the VIP Round, in addition to securing a cool 20 points. Of course tak and myself nonchalantly bring up the rear with a modest 1 point each. Next week I will have the running leaderboard to track everyone's overall standings as well.
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Post #322 · Posted at 2020-06-14 06:17:49pm 5 years ago

Offline Astroman129
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My extremely detailed feedback for the week:

Purity - pretty fun and really chill

Cyclone Joker - pretty good

Ganzen no kuso to haruka toji genjitsu - fun and super chill, which I vibe with

Club 115 - fun and bouncy, also has doublesteps but yeah it doesn't bother me, especially at this pace

Lost Lullaby - pretty good but honestly it feels jarring how strangely dense some of the sections can get.

Aurora - pretty cool I guess

The Weekend - fun patterns with the gallops and the freezes but if that damn forced spin in the middle didn't throw me off... Sad also not sure why I feel like I know Michael Gray but his name sounds very familiar to me

Luv Future - not a fan of the BPM gimmicks and also not a fan of the 24ths at the end.

S7age - really nothing bad to say about this one, it feels like more than 300 steps but obviously it isn't.

Love Trial - not really bad, I do have a gripe with how the chart feels like you made a fully-fledged chart and then just removed steps to get it under 300. Also I started boycotting J-Pop last year, so yeah. just kidding, that last part was a joke. not really.

Street - pretty cool but felt really short. Would've liked it more if it were longer. Should probably be rated at least a 10. Also we see you, subway promo in the background 8) get that sponsorship

Teeth - pretty decent, I'm admittedly not into this song very much though.

Pop Team Epic - some step patterns were pretty cool I guess. It's a hard chart for me since i'm bad at video games, but it wasn't too bad.

Ai-shi-te-ru-yo - it's really not bad, just reaaaaalllly not my thing, I'm not a fan of BPM gimmicks. also it kinda felt like the rolls were just used as a way to skirt around the step limit of 300, but it works.

Hot Summer - not enough doublesteps

Red Sun - I feel like some of the quantizations are off and also it's a bit too karaokey for my taste.

Overdoser Flotage Mix - too long

Uziel - too long

Energy - just kinda boring

Say So - yaaaaaaas we stan the queen of racism. Anyway I thought it'd be more interesting if the arrows followed the bg rhythms more, there are some interesting rhythms in the background with the synths.

Nightmare - could've been spiced up with more jumps, freezes, and interesting patterns.

I Fly - feels disorganized. no offense.

A.M. - kinda boring, some doublesteps (which I don't mind but I know a lot of people do). Definitely not a 12, probably a 9?. HOWEVER - I do like the background.

Boku ga anato no kane... - I have allergies to blue note syndrome and also it's really repetitive. also not a fan of forced spins.

Excite - This, to me, is the main example of someone cheesing this theme and just using a short song to keep the difficulty high, which I feel violates the spirit of the theme. I also reaaaaaallllly don't like those 16th spins.

Post #323 · Posted at 2020-06-14 06:26:03pm 5 years ago

Online Silver Spirit
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Wow. Shocked I wasn't expecting to even crack the top 10 given how long it's been since I made anything in Stepmania, so I'm surprised I got 9th with a seven-point gap on 10th place. Thank you so much for your votes, everyone!

Post #324 · Posted at 2020-06-14 06:37:19pm 5 years ago

Offline talkion
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Kind of expected this; easier files aren't my strongest suit. Not a good look after BR though! Just means I have to come back hammering in the later weeks. But it does feel like I've been burning out lately...

Congrats to blank and hooky on the wins!

Post #325 · Posted at 2020-06-14 06:46:08pm 5 years ago

Offline VanEden
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"orangutan occupation"
Alright a little update, it did just dawn on me that those packs take time to upload sooo to hold everyone over until then I'll go ahead and tell you all what's in store for this week.

Week 3:
Small Steps

No no no, wait hold on. I know I can hear everyone collectively clicking out of the window, but this doesn't have anything to do with the number of notes. It's just... I said I needed a warmup, but you guys wanted to go ham with all these 16s, 17s, 18s... I'm gonna be completely out of breath. It's gonna be hard for me to read off your next files.

The title of your song cannot have any words longer than 4 letters.

To give some examples of what is allowed, here's a list of some acceptable names from my own collection:
MilK
Crab Rave
Gas Gas Gas
Uh La La La

Finally, as to not overcomplicate this challenge, we're going to be sticking to everyone's favorite 26-letter alphabet for this week.

Good Luck!





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Post #326 · Posted at 2020-06-14 06:46:48pm 5 years ago

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I just wanna know what i did wrong to get overall zero

Post #327 · Posted at 2020-06-14 06:48:54pm 5 years ago

Offline about:blank
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LET'S GOOOOOOOOOO
awesome simfiles all around!! Puppy Face
bruh imagine playing arrow game .

Post #328 · Posted at 2020-06-14 06:55:51pm 5 years ago

Offline Gameoson
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Quote: talkion
Kind of expected this; easier files aren't my strongest suit.

Same here. I honestly did try to make Love Trial feel as complete as possible in spite of the 300 step limit, but yeah that's pretty hard to do when the vast majority of my charts are well over 300 steps.

Quote: VanEden
Finally, as to not overcomplicate this challenge, we're going to be sticking to everyone's favorite 26-letter alphabet for this week.

So to be clear, does this mean numbers aren't allowed at all or can they still be used if the number is clearly meant to replace a word? (Example: This Club is Not 4 U)

Post #329 · Posted at 2020-06-14 07:01:13pm 5 years ago

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Quote: VanEden
The title of your song cannot have any words longer than 4 letters.

Is a word being intentionally separated using whitespaces or something similar applicable for this theme? I mean something like "Ha・lle・lu・jah" technically is a word consisted of ten letters but it's separated using special dots for two to three letters each.

Also how does B.B.K.K.B.K.K. works for this theme? Does this count as "Bass Bass Kick Kick Bass Kick Kick" or we'll only count the original ones so it's one letter each?
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Post #330 · Posted at 2020-06-14 07:02:07pm 5 years ago

Offline Oni-91
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Quote
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Here we go again...
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Post #331 · Posted at 2020-06-14 07:18:22pm 5 years ago

Offline Quickman
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"five minute white boy challenge"
Ten bucks to anyone who charts any of the songs from Killer Marathon from Travis Strikes Again because they're officially called "KM" instead of "Killer Marathon".
Quote: Quick Man
Approximately nobody asked for this song to be included. Least popular decision by the Japanese since Nintendo released the Wii U.
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Post #332 · Posted at 2020-06-14 07:22:39pm 5 years ago

Offline VanEden
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"orangutan occupation"
Downloads

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Group 1:
about:blank, chewi, CLOUDIO, Firejack, FoRCeDNaTuRe, HealingDMax300, KevinRocker10, lrxevan, mathio214, OrangeRight, PenTA_, Pie-kun, Pika-Vix, Rock Disband, SupremeX, tamtamino, Telperion, The Legendary DJXYZ, TonyAkita, tsugaru7reveng, vonafroa

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Group 2:
Asgoods, Braeden47, dancingmaractus, DDRDAIKENKAI, DigitalBasic, djVERTICAI, Gameoson, HaleyHalcyon, hooky, K-Step, KexMiX, Nezemarth, ohaiimian, Oni-91, Pandemonium X, Peterrw9000, Silver Spirit, SomethingRandom, talkion, VanEden




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Post #333 · Posted at 2020-06-14 07:45:39pm 5 years ago

Offline dancingmaractus
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Quote: VanEden
Alright a little update, it did just dawn on me that those packs take time to upload sooo to hold everyone over until then I'll go ahead and tell you all what's in store for this week.

Week 3:
Small Steps

No no no, wait hold on. I know I can hear everyone collectively clicking out of the window, but this doesn't have anything to do with the number of notes. It's just... I said I needed a warmup, but you guys wanted to go ham with all these 16s, 17s, 18s... I'm gonna be completely out of breath. It's gonna be hard for me to read off your next files.

The title of your song cannot have any words longer than 4 letters.

To give some examples of what is allowed, here's a list of some acceptable names from my own collection:
MilK
Crab Rave
Gas Gas Gas
Uh La La La

Finally, as to not overcomplicate this challenge, we're going to be sticking to everyone's favorite 26-letter alphabet for this week.

Good Luck!





Stupid question, I can only use letters? If a song is called for example:

A.B.

I can not use it even though it means nothing because it uses peirods?

Post #334 · Posted at 2020-06-14 07:50:39pm 5 years ago

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Also, does only the song title count in this? Can I use remix titles and stuff in parentheses that goes out of the limit?
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Post #335 · Posted at 2020-06-14 07:53:35pm 5 years ago

Offline Quickman
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"five minute white boy challenge"
Boy, I hope Oni doesn't join the "asking for exceptions" squad.

Quote: Oni-91
Can I use remix titles and stuff in parentheses that goes out of the limit?

I have no father.
Quote: Quick Man
Approximately nobody asked for this song to be included. Least popular decision by the Japanese since Nintendo released the Wii U.
https://card.psnprofiles.com/1/DWN012Quick_Man.png

Post #336 · Posted at 2020-06-14 07:56:35pm 5 years ago

Offline firejack
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Quote: PenTA_
I just wanna know what i did wrong to get overall zero

Don't worry I didn't get any votes either. It's a competition and I guess it's just to what people like and what not, Imnnot surprised on mine because Everytime I like something I have almost nobody else to share it with cuz my taste in things it's completely different from the masses. So it's all good, the point is if you like what you did then that's what counts even if nobody else did Smile

Post #337 · Posted at 2020-06-14 07:59:27pm 5 years ago

Offline Quickman
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"five minute white boy challenge"
When all votes are private it's kinda hard to know what the fuck ended up going wrong, I've never liked the system myself.
Quote: Quick Man
Approximately nobody asked for this song to be included. Least popular decision by the Japanese since Nintendo released the Wii U.
https://card.psnprofiles.com/1/DWN012Quick_Man.png

Post #338 · Posted at 2020-06-14 08:00:11pm 5 years ago

Offline VanEden
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"orangutan occupation"
Quote: CLOUDIO
Is a word being intentionally separated using whitespaces or something similar applicable for this theme? I mean something like "Ha・lle・lu・jah" technically is a word consisted of ten letters but it's separated using special dots for two to three letters each.

That's still one word so it would not qualify.

Quote: dancingmaractus
Stupid question, I can only use letters? If a song is called for example:

A.B.

I can not use it even though it means nothing because it uses peirods?

A and B are one letter, so this would work. Same with B.B.K.K.B.K.K. If it's an acronym you pronounce as one word (rather than an initialism which is said one letter at a time, there's ur trivia for the day) then it can't be longer than 4 letters like if it were a normal word.

Quote: Oni-91
Also, does only the song title count in this? Can I use remix titles and stuff in parentheses that goes out of the limit?

Subtitles and mixes are under the same rules as the main title (ie 'remix' is 5 letters). Featured artists are part of the artist line so the length of those aren't counted.
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Post #339 · Posted at 2020-06-14 09:31:04pm 5 years ago

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Thanks for 4th place everyone. There were lots of good files in my group (and overall) the first week and it was really hard for me to vote. Speaking of voting, I started to play through the files for Week 2 and here are my first impressions/criticisms so far.

Notes:
I'm not scoring publicly for obvious reasons.
These are just my opinions.
I only played the hardest single difficulty.

24時間シンデレラ (Rock Disband) - love the graphics and the song. pretty fun chart overall.

7 Rings (SupremeX) - cute graphics and i love this song. i felt like this chart had too many jumps and freezes for my taste and it went on for too long. you could've cut the steps off when the fade out started. also, i think i would have liked it better if the BPM was halved.

Always (Pika-Vix) - similarly to 7 Rings, it felt like there were some unnecessary freeze arrows (not talking about the part that you took from Always from HP1). not bad but not super amazing. also, i believe it should be a 12 or 13.

c.s.q.n. (vonafroa) - the chart fits the song for sure. can't say i'm a fan of the speed up-stop parts (whatever that's called) though (generally speaking).

Chaotic (tamtamino) - i love this chart its super fun and chaotic! but in a good way. reminds me heavily of an old school ddr chart. cute graphics too.

Cold Summer (firejack) - i liked the song itself, but the audio seems a little low quality. as for the steps, it felt overstepped and forced. i feel like this song doesn't warrant a level 14 chart in the first place.

Energizer (about:blank) - i'm not sure why you put the genre name in brackets on the simfile page, but whatever floats your boat i guess. the graphics taken from D3NEX MAXMIUM is pretty lazy. as for the chart, its not really my cup of tea but i didnt feel uncomfortable playing it so you must be doing something right. the song is cool too it reminds me of abyss by dj taka.

FOREVER HARDCORE (lrxevan) - audio quality seems a little iffy (almost tinny-sounding?). love the graphics and the chart is fun.

Heartbreak (Make Me A Dancer) (Pie-kun) - great song choice and the steps were amazing as well. i would only change one thing on heavy and thats to change the beats on m32 to something like this (see pic: https://i.imgur.com/nZAOM24.jpg) so that it matches the music better. also noticed the song goes on for a bit too long because of a stray arrrow on light (see pic: https://i.imgur.com/4LveEOp.jpg)
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Post #340 · Posted at 2020-06-14 09:54:46pm 5 years ago

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Quote: chewi
the speed up-stop parts (whatever that's called)

ArrowVortex calls them stutter gimmicks, but there’s probably a few terms for it.
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