Z-I-v Summer Contest 2015 [Back to school, kiddies, the contest is over.]

+5 Hideo taisou daiichi [Oni-91]
Absolutely brilliant O_O
+4 Hungarian Dances No.5 [mf32892]
+4 Mirror [ddrstepper]
+2 The Devil [brunobg24]
HM: ROCKET KID [AkihiroIIDX]
HM: Hideous (Haywyre Remix) [xXMokou98Xx]
Exodus '04 (Double J Radio Edit) [DDRDAIKENKAI]
DUE TOMORROW [brunobg24]
Bassdrop Freaks [mf32892]
gigadelic (m3rkAb4# R3m!x) [CLOUDIO]
Hava Naquila [Akira]
Space Ventures [Feraligatr]
U Got 2 Let The Music (K-Complex, Voycey & Douglas Remix) [Vinylyarou]
Lady Galaxy [DDRDAIKENKAI]
Deflowering the Maidenhead, Displeasuring the Goddess [Spirit of Nightmare]
White As Snow [Pandemonium X]
D2 [vincentw]
Electric "Sister" Bitch [CLOUDIO]
Garakuta Doll Play [Akira]
Witch Doctor [Damox]
Ignis Fatuus [Damox]
Spooky Magician's OP(Mr. Brown(JAKAZiD Remix)) [JunkoXXX]

I have less time this week, so I'm limiting my reviews to Difficult (:sta and above. My judgments will be abit different this week because of the theme. In regards to the lower charts, I'm more open to difficult charts since the speed changes generally add difficulty and the steps should account for that difficulty.

Alphabetical Order once again.

D - Good syncing. Pretty good song choice that fits the theme well. Speed-up, slowdown, and stops
Very well done. No problems here.
I liked this too!
Very challenging. I had trouble reading this on x2 (maybe I should've opted for x2.5 or x3 or something). I don't have any problems with these charts.

D^2 - Interesting Song.
The beginning seemed a bit empty. I felt like you could've gone a bit harder with this. Towards the end, there were some awkward crossovers for a chart of this level. The Freezes at the start of the song didn't really seem placed correctly. It didn't feel rhythmically right where they were. I think that's it.
OK this was not a 10. This was probably more of a 9, up until that triplet stream. it seems you copied some patterns from the end of and pasted them in the middle of ; or maybe it was the other way around. Even with the speed changes, I don't think this is a 10. It also seems that you tend to ignore the backbeat of the song almost entirely and choose to go solely to more melody-type rhythms. I guess it's just difference in tastes, but it bothers me a bit.
Wow. that was definitely way harder than Those jacks+jumps were really something. Personally, I would've made the patterns a bit less like Fascination ~eternal love mix~ . Ugh, after playign it twice, I'm trying to PFC this one, or at the least FC it. *after 3rd try* Sighs in relief for AAA FC'ing

Deflowering the Maidenhead
:dif: Pretty decent. Pretty hard. I get this is an intense song, but I think patterns could be toned down to include a bit less movement. There's a lot of twisting (not as in crossovers) which adds to the difficulty but might make it less enjoyable for some people. Other than that, I don't think there were problems. I give up trying to PFC this...
Pretty good, but the rhythms could've used a bit more variety. It felt like mainly streams during the 300-something BPm parts. I'm not even sure how you got an even harder chart out of this...scared for what's ahead.
Well, ITG-time, it is. It really seems like this week is going to turn out to be primarily ITG-like files.
It fits the song yes, but tbh it's just too much for it to be fun on a pad.

Do I Smile? - Wow. really crazy song. !st time hearing this. That speed up was really something.
good job on this. I liked the moderate steps. Patterns, rhythms, stops, everything. After that speed-up, I was honestly getting scared at what was going to happen next. lol
Wow, I'm really liking this song. You did a good job making the rhythms hard, but at the same time making the patterns easy enough to follow. is going to be very crazy *shivers*
I'm having a serious adrenaline rush, right now, just watching the chart and the intense speed changes. This song is so intriguing! I love it! Omg, that was really hard, tho.

Due Tomorrow - Hmmm. Not sure if I like the song.
good chart. did this song get blue note syndrome, or was it just me?
good chart, too, it's just the song choice, that I'm not digging too much.
You're good at making charts like this. Possibly getting a point or two, but song choice is not too pleasing to me.

Electric Sister Bitch - In regards to the speed changes, most of them didn't really feel appropriate or add to the song.
. Well, good chart for the msot part. I noticed that there are some rhythmic errors in the half BPm section towards the beginning. You might want to recheck that section. A bit hard for this song in my opinion. This ideally could've been a chart, but your current chart feels like it's missing stuff, not much but just a tiny bit in some places.
This was pretty good too. Like with , there are some rhythmic errors in the half BPM section at the beginning. I suggest that you look over those rhythms there again. I'd be more specific if I had the time.

Exodus '04 - Song is pretty good. I have a hard time comparing this to her songs from Kingdom Hearts though...
Good chart. I think you rated it a 6, and it might be more appropriate as a 7, but that's just me.
I think there was one spot where the steps felt off a bit, but other than that, Great!
Great too!
Impressive, as well. I liked how blended in the slow BPm parts were with the rest of the chart here. I was fooled a couple times, even after playing the other charts.

Garakuta doll Play - I will try to have as open of a mind as possible, since I've stepped this song before.
I liked many of the BPM changes you have here. I like the second 128 BPM section.There are many that I did not put in my own that I like. I also think there could have been a 128 BPm section during a Freeze Note with 4 down arrows simultaneously (in :hea. Not sure whether the 512 BPM/1024 BPM was necessary at the end. The song didn't really have any drastic change in mood or anything like that.
Some of the rhythms you stepped didn't really fit with the mood of the song during the second slowdown, with sets of 3 8ths, more specifically. Also, the part immediately following the 1024 BPM didn't feel right at all. The rhythms felt wrong.
this was decent for the most part. I feel like there could have been a bit more jumps thoughrout the song. I think the after the 3rd section of 128 BPM, the steps could've been a little harder, since you went to the same rhythm in The part after the 1024 BPM section also bothered me here; it misses some of the song's prominent rhyuthms/

Gigadelic - Some of the BPM changes could use work. I think there should be a brief slowdown from combo 118-120 ( ). After the gradual speed-up, why did you put the BPM so low, when the song calls for something much faster?
I feel the chart could have started 4 measures earlier. Overall the chart was good, but the 12th section towards the middle of the song had some rhythms that were awkward to try to read and play. Then you switch to 16th gallops, when they should still be 12ths. not sure why that is. Overall, your charts are pretty good. I'm just not sure this song calls for such a difficult chart.
The first half was decent. The second half is where the rhythms started to go haywire a bit. the 12ths section feels awkward, as in the rhythms may have been stepped inaccurately. Here you also switched to 16ths in a section where 12ths should still be. After the stop and the really slow BPm section, the 16th streams you have seem to also have rhythmical inaccuracies. Also, I've noticed that your patterns for 8th streams tend to be simplified in , even more so than in which doesn't seem right. The patterns in were a bit less interesting from what I've noticed.

Hava Naquila - catchy song
A few doublesteps between 4ths, but there weren't any major awakrd parts. Overall, looks fun!
This looks really fun, tbh. Not sure if I'd call this a 9, though. Could be considered a hard 8.

Hideo taisou daiichi - I couldn't get the video to work for some reason.
Pretty good chart. good rhythm choices
Pretty good too! Only thing that might be off a bit are the 32nds, most of which seem to be 24ths in anything. The ones towards the end sound more right as 24ths.
Looks fun!

Hideous - wow, you really went all out on those BPM changes. It kinda reminds me of your Week1/2 file from last year's contest.
Good steps.
Good steps as well
I really felt like this chart was missing something. I noticed the mines going to the 24th drums in the other difficulties and was expecting there to be steps going to those here, but I was disappointed. Maybe worth an honorable mention.

Ignus Fatuus - Well, the 440 BPm felt pretty unnecessary, IMO. Personally, I think 220 would have sufficed for most of the song. The slow sections were fine.
Generally well-stepped. I was definitely not expecting the 8ths at 440 BPM I think those probably could have been left out. The rest of the cahrt, I didn't really have any problem with.
jeez that last sudden speed-up keeps throwing me off, lol. I don't think this is a 13. it's really not that much harder than It's also much easier than
I don't really know what to say, other than that it was pretty difficult. I couldn't AA it (keyboard, index, of course)

Lady Galaxy - You really love BoA...I liked the BPm changes in the beginning. After that start though, I was expecting more throughout the song, but I guess the song didn't really call for any more speed changes until the very end...
Good, good
Good, good, too
again, I was really thrown off by this chart. The gimmicks blended in so well with the rest of the chart. Ugh, it's going to be so hard to actually CHOOSE my favorites.

Mirror - Wow, when I played this on beats initially i missed all the great speed changes that fit the song really well. I just wish I had a bit more time to spend at my house, using StepMania to judge files.
(y) Not much to say here. I assume you know what I mean by "(y)" [spoiler]If not, it's Facebook code for inputting the "like" emoticon
I like the speed changes so much. But, for some reason, the first half of the chart felt weird/off, but I can't pinpoint why I feel it's wrong/off. It's pretty good and fits the song well, but something irks me...

Rocket Kid - this must have taken a looooong time to get the skeleton down. The whole song felt like it was stopping and starting constantly, which was kind of cool.
Pretty good. No complaints here.
lol stepmania converted this 10 into a 19. Whoa, those 24ths killed my 4 life battery the first time. After playing it again, I finished the chart, which is pretty good!

Space Ventures - Were those warps/scroll changes? Or actual speed changes?
for the beginning, I think single arrow double-taps would have sufficed. I don't think the double jumps were fitting for this difficulty. I noticed a few doublesteps, which I think are tasteful in a chart. Umm... other than that, this was good, maybe a bit easy, but good.
Nice! only thing I would change is tha tsection with the 12th jacks, which doesn't really fit in with the rest of the patterning, which I guess is good. Maybe instead of R-R-R-R, you could do R-U-U-R, to sort of balance the difficulty there.
Pretty good! The only awkward thing were the 12ths at the beginning, which went to somethign barely audible. btw, your charts are pretty good in general.

Spooky Magician - what the heck was this?!?! Those speed changes make no sense whatsoever. I feel like this was just meant to mess up the player.
Speed changes in the song were bad, to say the least. I don't understand your rhythm choices. I guess I could understand (barely) the 8th streams, but patterning needs a lot of work. What configuration of keys do you use to play? Most people are not viewing charts from a keyboard-er's standpoint (two hand play like ASL; or something) Most of the people judging these files will be judging from a pad players standpoint and some---no wait--- most of these patterns that you have are not going to be pleasing to these players. if you're trying to get points, you might want to start learning the types of patterns that pad players are comfortable with. Try "ghost-stepping" with your feet under your desk or wherever you simfile or use your two index fingers to try to create patterns that don't require you to step on two different arrows with the same finger.
16th streams with spins/doublesteps are not fun at all. Also, I don't understand what's going on with the Freeze arrow section (please don't justify, I really don't want to know...)

The Devil - The melody reminds me a lot of Dream a Dream from DDRMAX2 US CS.
Lol, that looks fun!
This looks fun, too! except for that one 16-note long 16th stream
Wow, that's pretty hard and it stayed true to the song. You're pretty good at maximizing the full potential of a song.

U Got 2 Let The Music - I really don't know if this was the best song to step. The song didn't warrant BPm changes ver much at all.
Chart was okay. Rhythms are fine. There are a couple doublesteps inbetween streams or 8ths or transitioning between them, but they're minor.
Chart was decent. Rhythms were fine, but they were a bit repetitive. Could use a sort of "up-down switch" in some places to make ita bit more fun and less monotonous.

White As Snow - Okay song
Pretty good except for the slowdown towads the beginning. The rhythm choices were a bit wonky. Maybe not wonky, but weird, a bit. part of the time you went to the vocals but there was one instance were you went to the prominent instrument then switched immediately to the vocals which had already started their "cycle"...
I liked this better than as a whole. After the slowdown, there were patterns that made you faced the same direction for a while. I think some of those up-down arrows could have been swapped to provide just a bit more movement. During the 8th streams followed by the 12ths, I think you could have finished the 4-note 12th stream each time, but I guess you want to follow the rhythms exactly.
Okay...I think that ending was unnecesarily hard with all the jumps and the 12th jumps....Again, I feel like instead of leaving some of those 12th streams with only 3 notes, they could have have a 4th note finish to at least continue and go with the bass. I'm not so sure that song choice by a certain artist guarantees you a win...

Witch Doctor - Jeez, this is the 3rd banya song already. Is Banya from PIU or something? He seems to be popular.
interesting speed changes. The stops specifically remind me of Destination.
Hmmm...not really sure what I think of this. *plays it one more time* It's pretty good actually. Good job here.
Pretty good. I need to replay the beginning with a higher speed mod than 1.5. I'm not sure how you selected the beginning rhythms, but they didn't quite feel "right".
Okay, not completely sure that this was needed.