Z-I-v Summer Contest 2016

@5l1n65h07, your votes only add up to 10, not 15.

EDIT: Fixed, thanks.

+4 Neon Twilight
+3 IGNITE
+2 Ride
+2 海賊Fの肖像 (English ver.)
+2 Disco Night
+1 サプリミナル・ダイエット
+1 Hung Up

Neon Twilight [Lisek] - 47
海賊Fの肖像 (English ver.) [ddrstepper] - 39
Disco Night [brunobg24] - 24
IGNITE [DDRDAIKENKAI] - 23
ヘドバンギャー！！ [mf32892] - 21
do the thing feat. Kanae Asaba [Gameoson] - 16
Suzy [Gameoson] - 15
River [The Legendary DJXYZ] - 13
Problem [NuVirus] - 12
サプリミナル・ダイエット [mf32892] - 11
Ride (feat. Ludacris) [chewi] - 10
2 On (TOKiMONSTA Remix) [Feraligatr] - 9
Big Boss [Vinylyarou] - 8
REcorrection [brunobg24] - 8
Harmonia [ledgam3r1279] - 7
Hung Up [hooky] - 7
Drop FM feat. Hannah Diamond [ddrstepper] - 6
Look Alike [Nezemarth] - 6
Ponko2 Girlish (feat. Nanahira) [Aegis] - 6
会社はワタシで廻ってる！？ [coolpeaches] - 6
Pick Me [usaminseijin] - 6
ありふれたせかいせいふく [warpdr!ve] - 4
Paradisus-Paradoxum [coolpeaches] - 4
Tears [vincentw] - 4
TIEFSEE [Pandemonium X] - 4
About to Fly [darkanine] - 3
Bury It (ft. Hayley Williams) [The Legendary DJXYZ] - 2
Do It All Night 2003 [Vinylyarou] - 2
Hello, Hello [K-Step] - 2
Stay Awake [hooky] - 2
星降る夜のアデニウム [Benpai] - 1
Tomadoi Mischief [xXMokou98Xx] - 1
Turn it Into Love [Nezemarth] - 1

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Votes
+2 Ride (feat. Ludacris)
+2 海賊Fの肖像 (English ver.)
+1 Disco Night
+1 Do It All Night 2003
+1 Harmonia
+1 ヘドバンギャー！！
+1 星降る夜のアデニウム
+1 IGNITE
+1 Longin 4 U
+1 Look Alike
+1 Neon Twilight
+1 TEIFSEE
+1 Whenever, Wherever

HM: Common World Domination (also everything rated 8/10 but that's a long list)

Rankings/Feedback Here

Neon Twilight [Lisek] - 48
海賊Fの肖像 (English ver.) [ddrstepper] - 41
Disco Night [brunobg24] - 25
IGNITE [DDRDAIKENKAI] - 24
ヘドバンギャー！！ [mf32892] - 22
do the thing feat. Kanae Asaba [Gameoson] - 16
Suzy [Gameoson] - 15
River [The Legendary DJXYZ] - 13
Problem [NuVirus] - 12
Ride (feat. Ludacris) [chewi] - 12
サプリミナル・ダイエット [mf32892] - 11
2 On (TOKiMONSTA Remix) [Feraligatr] - 9
Big Boss [Vinylyarou] - 8
Harmonia [ledgam3r1279] - 8
REcorrection [brunobg24] - 8
Hung Up [hooky] - 7
Look Alike [Nezemarth] - 7
Drop FM feat. Hannah Diamond [ddrstepper] - 6
Ponko2 Girlish (feat. Nanahira) [Aegis] - 6
会社はワタシで廻ってる！？ [coolpeaches] - 6
Pick Me [usaminseijin] - 6
TIEFSEE [Pandemonium X] - 5
ありふれたせかいせいふく [warpdr!ve] - 4
Paradisus-Paradoxum [coolpeaches] - 4
Tears [vincentw] - 4
About to Fly [darkanine] - 3
Do It All Night 2003 [Vinylyarou] - 3
Bury It (ft. Hayley Williams) [The Legendary DJXYZ] - 2
Hello, Hello [K-Step] - 2
星降る夜のアデニウム [Benpai] - 2
Stay Awake [hooky] - 2
Longin 4 U [Benpai] - 1
Tomadoi Mischief [xXMokou98Xx] - 1
Turn it Into Love [Nezemarth] - 1
Whenever, Wherever [AngledLuffa] - 1

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I don't think I can get anything done for the Passport week. Got too busy with school-related stuff and family things. I look forward to see what files you guys have on offer.

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Okay, time for me to vote.

The fifteen lucky winners are...

Anklebiters
Kind Lady -FUTURE TRANCE MIX-
Common World Domination
Drop FM
ヘドバンギャー！！
サプリミナル・ダイエット
会社はワタシで廻ってる！？
Neon Twilight
Recorrection
Reverse
Run the World (Girls)
Suzy
Tears
Tomadoi Mischief
No Light, No Light

Here are my ratings (and explanations for them):


How did I choose the files to give points to?
1. Any 0-pointers from the .. to +! range were given first priority. (UPDATE: Looks like I gave away a point from 'I Want You To Know' to 'No Light, No Light'. Sorry, though I won't change my vote )
2. All of the files with a +! were also given points.
-If I had more points to give, I would have drawn from the +? catagory. (In fact, one of the files, River, was moved from the +! to the +? catagory due to an influx of files that I couldn't find a problem with.)

In case you were wondering how some files got those ratings, it's likely because I based my ratings solely on the / (beginner/basic, as I called them) charts, as I didn't spend as much time on the reviews as I did last time. (I'm sure the others have the / difficulties down, but send me a personal message and I'll be glad to look at the other difficulties of your file.) I highlighted most of my expectations in my previous voting session, but I feel that it's important to add two things:

1.) Using an up or down arrow after a left-right jump can easily be ambiguous; the only way to avoid problems with this is to have a left or right arrow (in the direction the player is supposed to be in) shortly after the up or down arrow.

2.) To avoid being unfair to those with charts, I expect the files that start on the difficulty to be fairly minimalistic. Though I'm a little less strict on these than on charts, charts that have noticeably more difficult than necessary (Benpai's files are a good example) will be barred from the +! rating.

Here are the notes that I took:


And finally, the totals:
Neon Twilight [Lisek] - 49
海賊Fの肖像 (English ver.) [ddrstepper] - 41
Disco Night [brunobg24] - 25
IGNITE [DDRDAIKENKAI] - 24
ヘドバンギャー！！ [mf32892] - 23
do the thing feat. Kanae Asaba [Gameoson] - 16
Suzy [Gameoson] - 16
River [The Legendary DJXYZ] - 13
Problem [NuVirus] - 12
Ride (feat. Ludacris) [chewi] - 12
サプリミナル・ダイエット [mf32892] - 12
2 On (TOKiMONSTA Remix) [Feraligatr] - 9
REcorrection [brunobg24] - 9
Big Boss [Vinylyarou] - 8
Harmonia [ledgam3r1279] - 8
Drop FM feat. Hannah Diamond [ddrstepper] - 7
Hung Up [hooky] - 7
Look Alike [Nezemarth] - 7
会社はワタシで廻ってる！？ [coolpeaches] - 7
Ponko2 Girlish (feat. Nanahira) [Aegis] - 6
Pick Me [usaminseijin] - 6
ありふれたせかいせいふく [warpdr!ve] - 5
Tears [vincentw] - 5
TIEFSEE [Pandemonium X] - 5
Paradisus-Paradoxum [coolpeaches] - 4
About to Fly [darkanine] - 3
Do It All Night 2003 [Vinylyarou] - 3
Bury It (ft. Hayley Williams) [The Legendary DJXYZ] - 2
Hello, Hello [K-Step] - 2
星降る夜のアデニウム [Benpai] - 2
Stay Awake [hooky] - 2
Tomadoi Mischief [xXMokou98Xx] - 2
Anklebiters [KevinRocker10] - 1
Kind Lady -FUTURE TRANCE MIX- [5l1n65h07] - 1
Longin 4 U [Benpai] - 1
No Light, No Light [Braeden47] - 1
Reverse [DDRDAIKENKAI] - 1
Run the World (Girls) [KevinRocker10] - 1
Turn it Into Love [Nezemarth] - 1
Whenever, Wherever [AngledLuffa] - 1

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I feel like there's a threshold between "this file is good and it should've have points by now" and "this file has 0 so it should immediately get points"... Not directed to any of the files that previous had 0 in particular, but just in general...

That's just me though.

This is also why I like to vote early, so that my opinion on files don't get thrown off by other people's comments.

There was a baseline standard I established in the first place. (Otherwise, I would have given a point to Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch.) The files that I gave points to were all files that I generally liked, and weren't the kind that I think deserve 0 points.

To be fair, though, I probably being too lenient on files without points. Maybe next time, files with my .. ranking won't be considered for my vote... it depends.

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There's also I Want You To Know, the only other file without any.

The reason why I ranked 7/42 files with bad grades (higher radius than 5/44 last round) varied... Some of the files might not be that bad in the end, but my reasoning was either doublesteps all over the place, bad song choices or cuts, lazy or inconsistently stepped charts, difficulty spikes, or certain things (like the 16th step-step-jump bursts at a high BPM in Longing 4 U, if I remember correctly) that don't seem to belong in pad files. This is also most likely the reason most of them didn't get any points prior. Or a combination of a lot of these (very bad).

In addition to Gameoson's explanations about doublesteps, the thing I've personally noticed is it only takes about 3 or 4 doublesteps for the average stepartist in these contest to lose faith in the chart and doublestep legitimate crossover patterns. Because at this point, how do you know any crossover is going to correctly be resolved and where should you doublestep to avoid facing backwards? Not to mention it's likely the accidental doublesteps might not even go to the music at all. They CAN be pulled off tastefully, however I would just avoid them altogether.

Hi.

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updated file for Siberia, changing the file names, adding a few fixes to

Arizona Cowboy



SN2 Rating: 1 3 5 8
X Rating: 1 4 7 10

Old Korean Pop. Released in 1959. Country music. I don't know why they connected 'Arizona' and 'Cowboy', but they imagined the American Old West. BPM isn't constant so I changed it often, but I'm not sure the sync is totally correct.

Anyway, this song is Old Korean song about America.

My ratings:

+1 Common World Domination
+1 do the thing feat. Kanae Asaba
+1 Hello, Hello
+1 Hung Up
+1 Look Alike
+1 Neon Twilight
+1 Paradisus-Paradoxum
+1 海賊Fの肖像 (English ver.)
+1 Reverse
+1 Ride (feat. Ludacris)
+1 Stay Awake
+1 Suzy
+1 Tears
+1 Turn it Into Love
+1 Whenever, Wherever
HM Harmonia
HM Ponko2 Girlish (feat. Nanahira)
HM River

Totals:

Neon Twilight [Lisek] - 51
海賊Fの肖像 (English ver.) [ddrstepper] - 43
Disco Night [brunobg24] - 26
IGNITE [DDRDAIKENKAI] - 25
ヘドバンギャー！！ [mf32892] - 24
Suzy [Gameoson] - 18
do the thing feat. Kanae Asaba [Gameoson] - 17
River [The Legendary DJXYZ] - 13
Problem [NuVirus] - 12
Ride (feat. Ludacris) [chewi] - 13
サプリミナル・ダイエット [mf32892] - 12
2 On (TOKiMONSTA Remix) [Feraligatr] - 9
REcorrection [brunobg24] - 9
Big Boss [Vinylyarou] - 9
Hung Up [hooky] - 9
Look Alike [Nezemarth] - 9
Harmonia [ledgam3r1279] - 8
Drop FM feat. Hannah Diamond [ddrstepper] - 8
会社はワタシで廻ってる！？ [coolpeaches] - 8
Ponko2 Girlish (feat. Nanahira) [Aegis] - 7
Pick Me [usaminseijin] - 7
Tears [vincentw] - 6
ありふれたせかいせいふく [warpdr!ve] - 5
Paradisus-Paradoxum [coolpeaches] - 5
TIEFSEE [Pandemonium X] - 5
About to Fly [darkanine] - 4
Do It All Night 2003 [Vinylyarou] - 3
Hello, Hello [K-Step] - 3
Stay Awake [hooky] - 3
Bury It (ft. Hayley Williams) [The Legendary DJXYZ] - 2
星降る夜のアデニウム [Benpai] - 2
Tomadoi Mischief [xXMokou98Xx] - 2
Turn it Into Love [Nezemarth] - 2
Whenever, Wherever [AngledLuffa] - 2
Anklebiters [KevinRocker10] - 1
Common World Domination [warpdrive] - 1
Kind Lady -FUTURE TRANCE MIX- [5l1n65h07] - 1
Longin 4 U [Benpai] - 1
No Light, No Light [Braeden47] - 1
Reverse [DDRDAIKENKAI] - 1
Run the World (Girls) [KevinRocker10] - 1

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Coming to you live from my place of employment. AVI has just been added, so if you have downloaded the last ZIP and would like an AVI to accompany the file, feel free to download the AVI and the new .SM and bring those into the existing folder.

also someone may want to fix those last totals...i already spot a handful of errors :^o

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Fixed the totals.

Neon Twilight [Lisek] - 51
海賊Fの肖像 (English ver.) [ddrstepper] - 43
Disco Night [brunobg24] - 26
IGNITE [DDRDAIKENKAI] - 25
ヘドバンギャー！！ [mf32892] - 24
do the thing feat. Kanae Asaba [Gameoson] - 18
Suzy [Gameoson] - 18
Ride (feat. Ludacris) [chewi] - 13
River [The Legendary DJXYZ] - 13
Problem [NuVirus] - 12
サプリミナル・ダイエット [mf32892] - 12
2 On (TOKiMONSTA Remix) [Feraligatr] - 9
REcorrection [brunobg24] - 9
Big Boss [Vinylyarou] - 9
Hung Up [hooky] - 9
Look Alike [Nezemarth] - 9
Harmonia [ledgam3r1279] - 8
Drop FM feat. Hannah Diamond [ddrstepper] - 8
会社はワタシで廻ってる！？ [coolpeaches] - 8
Ponko2 Girlish (feat. Nanahira) [Aegis] - 7
Pick Me [usaminseijin] - 7
ありふれたせかいせいふく [warpdr!ve] - 6
Tears [vincentw] - 6
Paradisus-Paradoxum [coolpeaches] - 5
TIEFSEE [Pandemonium X] - 5
About to Fly [darkanine] - 4
Do It All Night 2003 [Vinylyarou] - 3
Hello, Hello [K-Step] - 3
Stay Awake [hooky] - 3
Bury It (ft. Hayley Williams) [The Legendary DJXYZ] - 2
星降る夜のアデニウム [Benpai] - 2
Reverse [DDRDAIKENKAI] - 2
Tomadoi Mischief [xXMokou98Xx] - 2
Turn it Into Love [Nezemarth] - 2
Whenever, Wherever [AngledLuffa] - 2
Anklebiters [KevinRocker10] - 1
Kind Lady -FUTURE TRANCE MIX- [5l1n65h07] - 1
Longin 4 U [Benpai] - 1
No Light, No Light [Braeden47] - 1
Run the World (Girls) [KevinRocker10] - 1

Files so good golly gawrsh

+3 - Disco Night
+2 - Subliminal Diet
+2 - Pirate F. (English Version)
+1 - Hoshi Furu Yoru no Adenium
+1 - Bury It
+1 - do the thing
+1 - Neon Twilight
+1 - Harmonia
+1 - Big Boss
+1 - Turn It Into Love
+1 - TIEFSEE

Honourable Mentions:
Headbangerrrrrrrrrrrrr!!!!
2 On
River
REcorrection
Tomadori Mischief
Suzy
Common World Domination

Neon Twilight [Lisek] - 52
海賊Fの肖像 (English ver.) [ddrstepper] - 45
Disco Night [brunobg24] - 29
IGNITE [DDRDAIKENKAI] - 25
ヘドバンギャー！！ [mf32892] - 24
do the thing feat. Kanae Asaba [Gameoson] - 19
Suzy [Gameoson] - 18
サプリミナル・ダイエット [mf32892] - 15
Ride (feat. Ludacris) [chewi] - 13
River [The Legendary DJXYZ] - 13
Problem [NuVirus] - 12
Big Boss [Vinylyarou] - 10
2 On (TOKiMONSTA Remix) [Feraligatr] - 9
REcorrection [brunobg24] - 9
Hung Up [hooky] - 9
Look Alike [Nezemarth] - 9
Harmonia [ledgam3r1279] - 8
Drop FM feat. Hannah Diamond [ddrstepper] - 8
会社はワタシで廻ってる！？ [coolpeaches] - 8
Ponko2 Girlish (feat. Nanahira) [Aegis] - 7
Pick Me [usaminseijin] - 7
ありふれたせかいせいふく [warpdr!ve] - 6
Tears [vincentw] - 6
TIEFSEE [Pandemonium X] - 6
Paradisus-Paradoxum [coolpeaches] - 5
About to Fly [darkanine] - 4
Bury It (ft. Hayley Williams) [The Legendary DJXYZ] - 3
Do It All Night 2003 [Vinylyarou] - 3
Hello, Hello [K-Step] - 3
星降る夜のアデニウム [Benpai] - 3
Stay Awake [hooky] - 3
Turn it Into Love [Nezemarth] - 3
Reverse [DDRDAIKENKAI] - 2
Tomadoi Mischief [xXMokou98Xx] - 2
Whenever, Wherever [AngledLuffa] - 2
Anklebiters [KevinRocker10] - 1
Kind Lady -FUTURE TRANCE MIX- [5l1n65h07] - 1
Longin 4 U [Benpai] - 1
No Light, No Light [Braeden47] - 1
Run the World (Girls) [KevinRocker10] - 1

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