Z-I-v Summer Contest 2013

Bottom page'd and a question: Do musically-appropriate BPM changes count as cheesing?

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I think I might add you on my list of things not to destroy now :3

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Omg finally ive been waiting for this

Pretty much don't edit the BPM so your file is not "yellow syndrome".

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Wait so pretty much we just need to have 16th notes in the files without cheesing the bpm and thats it

According to Blinded, Taro says there needs to be at least 20 16ths in what i'll assume are the expert/challenge charts.

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But how many yellow notes!? Also are we allowed to deliberately make our files off sync so 1/8 runs are all 1/16?

sarcasm plz don't hate me

*drops the mic*

Also, please notice that the theme this week isn't necessarily [Chaos Week], so for god's sake please don't feel like you have to have a streamy file.
HERE
+5 - Playing With Fire
+4 - Sunny Day Sunday
+3 - Play With Fire
+2 - SUMMERTIME
+1 - Reliese to honoo ryuu Laevatein
+0** - 1234 FIRE, Night Fever, Hatheat Theme, In the Fire

** - Honorable Mention; qualifying score: 8.25/10

MATH
Playing With Fire [gameboy573] - 5
Sunny Day Sunday [DMAxel] - 4
Play With Fire [Spork!] - 3
SUMMERTIME [Blinded_No_More] - 2
Reliese to honoo ryuu Laevatein [Silverhawke] - 1


*picks up mic and drops it back*

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Your 4th notes need to be red steps. Don't be like FmaxX or the 2nd half of murmur twins.

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The stop that offsets the rest of the file by a 12th in Fascination Maxx always makes me lol because the note after the stop also starts AFTER the sound, so you also need to step a 12th later for it. That stop screws over a lot of players.

Also I'm assuming this week's theme is basically like a "Chaos Special" (which is possible without stepping long streams), just that it can't be BS'd and the song actually needs a lot of 16ths. I'm assuming 24ths, 32nds, 48ths, or 64ths also count?

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That's the bare minimum required, anything else is fine. And of course no manipulating the bpm just for the sake of adding more 16ths.

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Beat the Heat - Download Pack

Vote:
Fuego [ddrstepper] - +5
Fire [Lisek] - +4
UNLIMITED FIRE [Pandemonium X] - +3
BURNING UP FOR YOU [DDRDAIKENKAI] - +2
Sunrise [Keyboarding] - +1

Total:
Fuego [ddrstepper] - 5
Playing With Fire [gameboy573] - 5
Sunny Day Sunday [DMAxel] - 4
Fire [Lisek] - 4
Play With Fire [Spork!] - 3
UNLIMITED FIRE [Pandemonium X] - 3
SUMMERTIME [Blinded_No_More] - 2
BURNING UP FOR YOU [DDRDAIKENKAI] - 2
Reliese to honoo ryuu Laevatein [Silverhawke] - 1
Sunrise [Keyboarding] - 1

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So in terms of voting, are we expected to vote for the same theme we enter or the current voting for the past week?

That's confusing, so more specifically, if I enter for 16th Week, do I need to vote next week for 16th week, or this week for Beat The Heat in order not to be DQ? Sorry to be super lame, but I'm going to be traveling a lot this week and I won't have time to play through all of last week's files and I don't want to waste my entries this week just to get DQ'd.

If you submitted files for Beat The Heat, you have to vote for that theme this week or your files from Beat The Heat are disqualified. Next week you would vote for 16ths Week in order to avoid your 16ths Week files being disqualified.

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My votes for Beat The Heat:

+5: Unlimited Fire <-- The structure in this file is great but the patterns could have been more organized
+4: 1 2 3 4 FIRE <-- The main problem I have with this stepfile are the up-down trills because those are the most awkward trills for me to play.
+3: Fire (Lisek) <-- Nice Orion.78 Ameuro Mix 8th jacks there
+2: Sunny Day Sunday <-- I would have liked this file a lot more if it didn't have the crossovers with the holds. Oh well.
+1: Made of Fire <-- Needs more Mad of Fire TeRa rage

And this will be my only file submission for 16ths week.

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Dossar forgot to add his votes to the totals, so I thought I'd do it for the convenience of the next voter.

UNLIMITED FIRE [Pandemonium X] - 8
Fire [Lisek] - 7
Sunny Day Sunday [DMAxel] - 6
Fuego [ddrstepper] - 5
Playing With Fire [gameboy573] - 5
1 2 3 4 FIRE [xXMokou98Xx] - 4
Play With Fire [Spork!] - 3
SUMMERTIME [Blinded_No_More] - 2
BURNING UP FOR YOU [DDRDAIKENKAI] - 2
Made of Fire [Dreamland200] - 1
Reliese to honoo ryuu Laevatein [Silverhawke] - 1
Sunrise [Keyboarding] - 1

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