Z-I-v Simfile Tournament of Immortals 4

I hate to duck out, but I've had a busy as hell week this week (midterms and such) and I didn't have any time to finish anything for the round.

Good luck to everyone else, and sorry I couldn't finish what I signed up for.

Mine is up! Snakes and Ladders.

This line is a spec of dust.

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not the official jacket but whatever lol

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Deadline has passed and it's time to vote. Remember from now on that it's just vote for the better of the 2 simfiles.

I'm working on a list of what songs are up against what and that should make things easier on everyone.

BUMP:

CHECKING YOU OUT (Telperion)
N/A (SupremeX)

Swimming Pools (Drank) (DDR Addict)
Dignity (Rainbow)

HELIX (Aegis)
Move That Body (AkihiroIIDX)

Bambous (Gameoson)
N/A (tyty)

Heart of Witch (ddrsteper)
World’s End Dancehall (Blinded_No_More)

‘84 (Juneoney Remix) (Oni-91)
Aerial Skydive (Gameboy573)

Arabesque no kairou (Sliverhawke)
Sprintrances (Ham)

TEKNOPATHETIC (DDRDAIKENKAI)
UFD (Dreamland200)

TECHNOFIRE (Lisek)
The Quest (NuVirus)

GALALIM (tsugaru7reveng)
Identity (GariK+)

Synergy (xXMokou98Xx)
Peacock (Pandemonium X)

Superior (Spork!)
Devilz Sacrifice (rikame)

It’s A Small World (xRGTMx)
Snakes and Ladders (Adamn)

UFO Catcher (brunobg24)
athletic meet of sound toy (Scarz)

Wanna Be Your Special (Pie-kun)
Flash Back 90s (TaroNuke)

G.U.Y. (hooky)
Les Sex (tamamino)

Also the category download has been updated and should have all of the round 1 songs now.

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CHECKING YOU OUT (Telperion)
no file (SupremeX)

Swimming Pools (Drank) (DDR Addict) - 1
Dignity (Rainbow)

HELIX (Aegis) - 1
Move That Body (AkihiroIIDX)

Bambous (Gameoson)
no file/dropped out (Tyty)

Heart of Witch (ddrstepper)
ワールズエンド・ダンスホール (Blinded_No_More) - 1

'84 (Juneoney Remix) (Oni-91)
Aerial Skydive (gameboy573) - 1

アラベスクの回廊 (Silverhawke) - 1
Sprintrances (Ham)

TEKNOPATHETIC (DDRDAIKENKAI)
UFD (Dreamland200) - 1

TECHNOFIRE (Lisek) - 1
The Quest (NuVirus)

GALGALIM (tsugaru7reveng)
アイデンティティ (GariK+) - 1

Synergy (xXMokou98Xx)
Peacock (Pandemonium X) - 1

Superior (Spork!)
Devilz Sacrifice -贖罪の羊- (rikame) - 1

It's A Small World (xRGTMx) - 1
Snakes and Ladders (Adamn)

UFO Catcher (brunobg24) - 1
athletic meet of sound toy (Scarz)

Wanna Be Your Special (Pie-kun) - 1
Flash Back 90s (TaroNuke)

Les Sex (tamtamino) - 1
G.U.Y. (hooky)

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VOTES
CHECKING YOU OUT (Telperion) - 1
N/A (SupremeX) - N/A
Comments: CHECKING YOU OUT: It was nice, a pretty simple yet fun chart.

Swimming Pools (Drank) (DDR Addict) - 1
Dignity (Rainbow) - 1
Comments: Dignity: The charts were really fun and I adore the file but honestly I wish you might’ve had gfx, I just really feel like I’m playing a chart that’s a work in progress when theres no graphics.

HELIX (Aegis) - 2
Move That Body (AkihiroIIDX) - 0
Comments: HELIX: Ironically this was the other song I had been working on this week but ditched it for later haha, now I had the same problem with this that I had with a few other files this week. You had so many missed opportunities to make this chart so much better, one small example is m18-m21 where you couldve changed up the crossovers to RDLDRULURDLDR… just to have us turning and for it to be a bit more fun and suitable to the rhythm and it would’ve been a bit more suitable if the jack had been DD instead of LL before the second set of crossovers. Other than that I really enjoyed your file and it was pretty fun lol.

Bambous (Gameoson) - 2
N/A (tyty) - N/A
Comments: Bambous: Song choice was fantastic and the chart was all in all fun and enjoyable. Only problem is that the chart seemed a bit unpolished in sections and I really didn’t know what you were going for the most part with the patterning.

Heart of Witch (ddrsteper) - 0
World’s End Dancehall (Blinded_No_More) - 2
Comments: World’s End DanceHall: I love the jumps in the beginning and ending and the spins were pretty fun too haha.

‘84 (Juneoney Remix) (Oni-91) - 1
Aerial Skydive (Gameboy573) - 1
Comments: ’84 (Juneony Remix): Fun haha nothing much to say other than it was fun and I loved the small gimmicks you used.

Arabesque no kairou (Sliverhawke) - 2
Sprintrances (Ham) - 0
Comments: Arabesque no kairou: Really fun and full of energy, really just keeps you moving and I loved it. Not one second of this file was I bored and wondering when it would end.

TEKNOPATHETIC (DDRDAIKENKAI) - 1
UFD (Dreamland200) - 1
Comments: TEKNOPATHETIC: I was so happy when someone had stepped some Hideki Naganuma, and then when I saw it was one of my favorite songs haha oh lord. Well the chart certainly lived up to my expectations haha and I loved the little stops and slow-downs.

TECHNOFIRE (Lisek) - 2
The Quest (NuVirus) - N/A
Comments: TECHNOFIRE: God I love it when you make files like these, the “Jump Jump” sections where really nice and I just loved the song and the steps. I get really strong “Take Away the Colour” vibes from this file.

GALALIM (tsugaru7reveng) - 0
Identity (GariK+) - 2
Comments: Identity: I honestly don’t know what to say here haha, the file has not one thing I can really say I don’t like and I loved the 1/16ths in the beginning.

Synergy (xXMokou98Xx) - 0
Peacock (Pandemonium X) - 2
Comments: Peacock: God idk this reminded me so much of Rainbow from SC2013, mainly bc I had to replay it. I was playing it the first time and I didn’t notice the peacock in the background and when I noticed I got startled and scared shitless. Nonetheless this was pretty damn fun, the slow-downs were well down and I just loved the song and all the chaos haha.

Superior (Spork!) - 1
Devilz Sacrifice (rikame) - 1
Comments: Superior: I feel like certain files are surprisingly me left and right, the spins and that long run was really fun in the heavy chart haha. At first I really didn’t like the song choice but playing the file it really grew on me and was tons of fun to play.

It’s A Small World (xRGTMx) - 2
Snakes and Ladders (Adamn) - 0
Comments: It’s A Small World: Im a eurobeat loving fag, this is just pretty much the easiest way to win me over lol. I could go on and on about how great this is and how much I love it.

UFO Catcher (brunobg24) - 1
athletic meet of sound toy (Scarz) - 0
Comments: UFO Catcher: This was hard, you started off so well in the chart but then you just lost all of that buildup and momentum after the slow-down/speed-up. The steps were building me up to what I though would be a really fun and challenging chart but I was let down and it was pretty bland after. It got really repetitive in the heavy chart with the streams which had made no sense and I feel like you could’ve maybe borrowed a little bit from the challenge chart to make it more interesting. Now as for the challenge chart, well I’m not a fan of ITG styled charts especially when it gets really repetitive. I feel if you had just made a heavy chart and had added some of the difficulty from the challenge chart onto the heavy and made the chart a little more diverse this definitely would have been a great chart.

Wanna Be Your Special (Pie-kun) - 1
Flash Back 90s (TaroNuke) - 1
Comments: Flash Back 90’s: Gah so many really good files this week, Taro this was just too good I can’t even touch on how much I loved every moment of the file haha.

G.U.Y. (hooky) - 0
Les Sex (tamamino) - 2
Comments: Les Sex: God I’m just in love with this, haha I’m playing all these files where idk what to say anymore bc I like them all haha. Although while playing this I kept reading Pie from just the steps and song choice.

Gah I wrote reviews for everything but I didn't wanna be harsh so I just put comments for the ones I voted for.

Now, I know how the voting goes, which makes these statistics practically moot, but I figured that I might as well tell you what I thought were the best files of the round (along with honorable mentions and the bottom 3).

Peacock [Pandemonium X]
Heart of Witch [ddrstepper]
TEKNOPATHETIC [DDRDAIKENKAI]
UFD [Dreamland200]
Synergy [xXMokou98Xx]

アラベスクの回廊 (Arabesque no kairou) [Silverhawke]
World's End Dancehall [Blinded_No_More]
Move That Body [AkihiroIIDX]
UFO Catcher [brunobg24]
HELIX [Aegis]
Dignity [Rainbow]
Snakes and Ladders [Adamn]
G.U.Y. [hooky]
Superior [Spork!]
Flash Back 90's [TaroNuke]

Swimming Pools (Drank) [DDR Addict]
TECHNOFIRE [Lisek]
The Quest [NuVirus]

Now. Onto the voting.



Post edited with proper totals.

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Here are my votes, and some comments:

CHECKING YOU OUT (Telperion) 4
N/A (SupremeX)
Whoever it was who said this was like something you'd find in DDRMAX2, I couldn't agree more. A very good chart.

Swimming Pools (Drank) (DDR Addict) 1
Dignity (Rainbow) 3
Swimming Pools had a bad case of karaoke steps. Following the vocals note-for-note doesn't usually turn into a fun chart. Dignity was a solid song and a good chart to fit.

HELIX (Aegis) 2
Move That Body (AkihiroIIDX) 2
This one wins my award for Strongest Matchup. I'm so upset that I can't give votes to both of these, they were both incredible in different ways. However, I just enjoyed Move That Body a tiny bit more.

Bambous (Gameoson) 4
N/A (tyty)
That song was... interesting. I really liked the Challenge chart in particular.

Heart of Witch (ddrstepper) 1
ワールズエンド・ダンスホール (Blinded_No_More) 3
I wasn't a huge fan of Heart of Witch. The chart could have done a better job of highlighting the accents in the rhythm. World's End Dancehall was a fantastic example of following the vocals without becoming karaoke steps.

‘84 (Juneoney Remix) (Oni-91) 1
Aerial Skydive (Gameboy573) 2
When I saw I was up against Oni-91 I knew that I was in trouble. I knew without a doubt that he would out-song choice me (if that makes any sense), and he certainly did. Not only that, but '84 was one of my favorite charts this round! If I lose to this song and chart, I would not be upset in the slightest.

アラベスクの回廊 (Silverhawke) 4
Sprintrances (Ham) 0
I'm kind of a sucker for Gekidan Record, and the chart for アラベスクの回廊 was very good. The ending was a little weaker, though. On the other hand, with a song like Sprintrances, you really have to embrace the subtleties in the rhythm.

TEKNOPATHETIC (DDRDAIKENKAI) 2
UFD (Dreamland200) 2
Both songs were kind of long, but even though UFD was technically longer, it felt shorter. TEKNOPATHETIC was kind of a boring song to me, although its steps were decent. UFD's Expert chart was OK, but Challenge was very good.

TECHNOFIRE (Lisek) 4
The Quest (NuVirus) 0
The beginning of TECHNOFIRE was kind of bland, but it got better as the song went along. The Quest was just overall a generic, boring trance song that didn't really go anywhere, and the steps were just OK.

GALGALIM (tsugaru7reveng) 0
アイデンティティ (GariK+) 4
GALGALIM was pretty generic L.E.D. (which I'm not a real fan of), but either way I felt the steps could have done a lot more. アイデンティティ was a really cool song choice, and the steps were above average but not spectacular.

Synergy (xXMokou98Xx) 0
Peacock (Pandemonium X) 4
This was another strong matchup. I really enjoyed Synergy, especially the transition into and out of the triplets section, but Peacock was just slightly better IMO.

Superior (Spork!) 3
Devilz Sacrifice (rikame) 1
This matchup was kind of weak IMO. Both songs were solidly average, and Superior was just slightly less forgettable.

It’s A Small World (xRGTMx) 3
Snakes and Ladders (Adamn) 1
I'm a real fan of anything kors k, but I felt like Snakes And Ladders could have done more. Conversely, It's A Small World was a fun remix with fun steps to match.

UFO Catcher (brunobg24) 3
athletic meet of sound toy (Scarz) 1
This matchup was really close, but athletic meet of sound toy beat it out by just a hair. Both songs were kind of streamy, but I felt like it fit more in the Mr.T song. However, I did enjoy the Challenge chart of UFO Catcher.

Wanna Be Your Special (Pie-kun) 1
Flash Back 90s (TaroNuke) 3
Wanna Be Your Special seemed a bit too streamy at times. Flash Back 90s was a great song (again, I like kors k) and had really fun steps to match, especially in the first half.

G.U.Y. (hooky) 2
Les Sex (tamamino) 2
A matchup of female-vocalist pop songs. I didn't really care for either song, but G.U.Y.'s steps were much better IMO. Also, Les Sex was pretty offsync.

And if I had to pick a Top 5, it would be:
1) Move That Body
2) Flash Back 90s
3) HELIX
4) '84 (Juneoney Remix)
5) Peacock

DISCLAIMER: I play all these songs on a keyboard. My comments are mainly aimed at song choice, step rhythms, and how well the steps fit the song. Because I'm not playing on a pad I don't really take into account step patterns (crossovers, footswitches, etc.)

Would you mind sending me a review via PM?

My votes in bold:

CHECKING YOU OUT (Telperion) - 5
N/A (SupremeX) - 0

Swimming Pools (Drank) (DDR Addict) - 1
Dignity (Rainbow) - 4

HELIX (Aegis) - 3
Move That Body (AkihiroIIDX) - 2

Bambous (Gameoson) - 5
N/A (tyty) - 0

Heart of Witch (ddrstepper) - 1
ワールズエンド・ダンスホール (Blinded_No_More) - 4

‘84 (Juneoney Remix) (Oni-91) - 2
Aerial Skydive (Gameboy573) - 2

アラベスクの回廊 (Silverhawke) - 5
Sprintrances (Ham) - 0

TEKNOPATHETIC (DDRDAIKENKAI) - 2
UFD (Dreamland200) - 3

TECHNOFIRE (Lisek) - 5
The Quest (NuVirus) - 0

GALGALIM (tsugaru7reveng) - 0
アイデンティティ (GariK+) - 5

Synergy (xXMokou98Xx) - 0
Peacock (Pandemonium X) - 5

Superior (Spork!) - 4
Devilz Sacrifice (rikame) - 1

It’s A Small World (xRGTMx) - 4
Snakes and Ladders (Adamn) - 1

UFO Catcher (brunobg24) - 4
athletic meet of sound toy (Scarz) - 1

Wanna Be Your Special (Pie-kun) - 1
Flash Back 90s (TaroNuke) - 4

G.U.Y. (hooky) - 2
Les Sex (tamamino) - 3

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CHECKING YOU OUT (Telperion) - 5
N/A (SupremeX) - 0

Swimming Pools (Drank) (DDR Addict) - 1
Dignity (Rainbow) - 4

HELIX (Aegis) - 3
Move That Body (AkihiroIIDX) - 2

Bambous (Gameoson) - 5
N/A (tyty) - 0

Heart of Witch (ddrstepper) - 1
ワールズエンド・ダンスホール (Blinded_No_More) - 4

‘84 (Juneoney Remix) (Oni-91) - 2
Aerial Skydive (Gameboy573) - 2

アラベスクの回廊 (Silverhawke) - 5
Sprintrances (Ham) - 0

TEKNOPATHETIC (DDRDAIKENKAI) - 2
UFD (Dreamland200) - 3

TECHNOFIRE (Lisek) - 5
The Quest (NuVirus) - 0

GALGALIM (tsugaru7reveng) - 0
アイデンティティ (GariK+) - 5

Synergy (xXMokou98Xx) - 0
Peacock (Pandemonium X) - 5

Superior (Spork!) - 4
Devilz Sacrifice (rikame) - 1

It’s A Small World (xRGTMx) - 4
Snakes and Ladders (Adamn) - 1

UFO Catcher (brunobg24) - 3
athletic meet of sound toy (Scarz) - 1

Wanna Be Your Special (Pie-kun) - 1
Flash Back 90s (TaroNuke) - 4

G.U.Y. (hooky) - 2
Les Sex (tamamino) - 3

Fixed the totals, Noticed the total between me and brunobg24's had added up to 5 which it shouldn't as I had voted. Anonywolf had just added two points instead of one when he voted.

Apparently, it's become pretty clear what the community thinks of classic trance...

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CHECKING YOU OUT (Telperion) - bye
N/A (SupremeX) - 0

Swimming Pools (Drank) (DDR Addict) - 1
Dignity (Rainbow) - 5

HELIX (Aegis) - 3
Move That Body (AkihiroIIDX) - 3

Bambous (Gameoson) - bye
N/A (tyty) - 0

Heart of Witch (ddrstepper) - 2
ワールズエンド・ダンスホール (Blinded_No_More) - 4

‘84 (Juneoney Remix) (Oni-91) - 3
Aerial Skydive (Gameboy573) - 2

アラベスクの回廊 (Silverhawke) - 6
Sprintrances (Ham) - 0

TEKNOPATHETIC (DDRDAIKENKAI) - 2
UFD (Dreamland200) - 4

TECHNOFIRE (Lisek) - 5
The Quest (NuVirus) - 0

GALGALIM (tsugaru7reveng) - 0
アイデンティティ (GariK+) - 6

Synergy (xXMokou98Xx) - 1
Peacock (Pandemonium X) - 5

Superior (Spork!) - 4
Devilz Sacrifice (rikame) - 2

It’s A Small World (xRGTMx) - 5
Snakes and Ladders (Adamn) - 1

UFO Catcher (brunobg24) - 3
athletic meet of sound toy (Scarz) - 2

Wanna Be Your Special (Pie-kun) - 1
Flash Back 90s (TaroNuke) - 5

G.U.Y. (hooky) - 3
Les Sex (tamamino) - 3

Classic Trance is cool and all, I like listening to it as I work or whatever, but playing it in the game where I have to do a stream that goes on and on...it's repetitive and gets stale to some players. Music is ok, but stepping it might not be the greatest choice (at least in here).

CHECKING YOU OUT (Telperion) - bye
N/A (SupremeX) - 0
I'd probably vote for this file against any of these other ones it's sooo good Gaga yasssss~~~~

Swimming Pools (Drank) (DDR Addict) - 1
Dignity (Rainbow) - 6

HELIX (Aegis) - 4
Move That Body (AkihiroIIDX) - 3

Bambous (Gameoson) - bye
N/A (tyty) - 0

Heart of Witch (ddrstepper) - 3
ワールズエンド・ダンスホール (Blinded_No_More) - 4

‘84 (Juneoney Remix) (Oni-91) - 4
Aerial Skydive (Gameboy573) - 2
Yasss omg loves it yas slay hunty!!!! loves it

アラベスクの回廊 (Silverhawke) - 7
Sprintrances (Ham) - 0

TEKNOPATHETIC (DDRDAIKENKAI) - 2
UFD (Dreamland200) - 5

TECHNOFIRE (Lisek) - 6
The Quest (NuVirus) - 0

GALGALIM (tsugaru7reveng) - 1
アイデンティティ (GariK+) - 6

Synergy (xXMokou98Xx) - 2
Peacock (Pandemonium X) - 5

Superior (Spork!) - 5
Devilz Sacrifice (rikame) - 2

It’s A Small World (xRGTMx) - 6
Snakes and Ladders (Adamn) - 1

UFO Catcher (brunobg24) - 3
athletic meet of sound toy (Scarz) - 3

Wanna Be Your Special (Pie-kun) - 2
Flash Back 90s (TaroNuke) - 5

G.U.Y. (hooky) - 3
Les Sex (tamtamino) - 3