Z-I-v Summer Contest 2016

No need for explanation for this group. Japanese group and this song kicked off their career (as far as I know).

The custom ZIP contains music video, graphics... basically every peripheral needed for Stepmania.

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Question for the general public: would y'all consider 152 BPM too fast to perform these spins:

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Perhaps if the spins were like LDULDULDULDU instead of LDRULDRUL it would be a bit more comfortable.

I personally think those spins are too fast.
I should really get my votes in. They should be coming in a few minutes. 2 files incoming as well (probably later)

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I was saving it for later in the contest whatever you probably did better

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Now that I'm doing better simfiles receive fewer points than before, I guess that will do trashy files again... Just kidding

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VOTES
+3 Masked Heart (Feraligatr)
+3 Going Haywyre
+3 Shining Wizard
+2 Wicked Fate
+2 illuminate
+2 Masked Heart (Benpai)

HM Backflip Dinosaur
HM Mitotsudaira
HM On My Wings
HM CHERNOBOG

HM III
HM Designed World
HM Evil Enchantress
HM Oceanus
HM Powerhaus

I considered all of the above files worthy of points (i.e. were good and stood out as good enough), but there weren't enough to go around. There were also many files that I thought were pretty good that are not on this list.

click here for my comments

Like Asian Spirit [mf32892] - 22
Mitotsudaira [ledgam3r1279] - 20
Going Haywyre [Benpai] - 18
ロリキート [vincentw] - 15
Shamisen Drives the Wind [mf32892] - 14
envidia [Oni-91] - 13
Shining Wizard [Spirit of Nightmare] - 13
illuminate [The Legendary DJXYZ] - 11
CHERNOBOG [brunobg24] - 10
Masked Heart [Benpai] - 10
On My Wings (Hardstyle IIDX) [Pandemonium X] - 9
Backflip Dinosaur [warpdr!ve] - 8
Platinum [CuzcoBlocko] - 8
Masked Heart [Feraligatr] - 8
Wicked Fate [Lisek] - 8
Bad Time [CLOUDIO] - 7
Evil Enchantress [Euro Spell Mix] [Nezemarth] - 5
Welcome to GTI Club [DDRDAIKENKAI] - 5
Borealis [ohaiimian] - 4
Enhanced Reality [NuVirus] - 3
Bullit [KevinRocker10] - 2
Designed World [hooky] - 2
Powerhaus [warpdr!ve] - 2
The Fateful Return [The Legendary DJXYZ] - 2
Time to Game! [5l1n65h07] - 2
METATRON [usaminseijin] - 1
Meat Beat Mania - FLAMBÉE! [KevinRocker10] - 1
Ωκεανος [coolpeaches] - 1
Prelude (From Holberg Suite) [Nezemarth] - 1

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Yep. Saw this coming when I started playing all files, including mine. The middle of the chart is easier than the end. I feel like it's the song's fault; I would've loved to have the end be quite a bit more challenging that the rest but there was really nothing else I could follow that wouldn't throw the chart into a dumpstream side.

Oh well, I'm pretty happy with how my file turned out. Even though it got a decent amount of early votes from a limited audience it felt good finally coming back in the scene after 3 months.

My file this week should be up very soon.

So? Submit it anyways. As a matter of fact I think it would be fun to have a Transport vs. Transport matchup, similar to how we had two Masked Heart files for Voiceless Week.

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Nah it's fine, that was a joke, I had Transport's audio as a failsafe for when I was out of ideas. I already did illuminate anyway, that's good enough. And speaking of good enough, I'm only doing one chart this week. Rock City Boy can fare well on its own, and I'd rather make a bigger stock of "old charts" because at this point I only have 4 left, and one's saved for a very specific situation...

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I made my submission already but havent been added to the category yet

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Oh that was supposed to be lift notes. I got feedback saying it's not advised to use them in simfiles. The syncing issue may have occurred when I cut the song up (though I guess, to me, it was synced in my end so not sure what happened there).

As for the weird choices in pattern, I can see why you'd feel that way. I'm learning as I make them and see if it makes sense. Thanks for some advice there and giving me guides on what doublestepping is.

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I'm surprised this version (the original) hasn't been stepped/uploaded here yet.

btw the jump heavy sections in the Expert chart are supposed to simulate this...



Hopefully you guys like this at least more than my last file.

Edit: Somehow forgot to upload the music file. It's there now.

But kors k and Iosys remixed the song too, so everyone's too busy stepping those remixes.

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https://zenius-i-vanisher.com/v5.2/viewsimfile.php?simfileid=29287

Updated the simfile with some parts of it changed in patterning. More notes have been added to the difficulty

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Lookin' Like Magic - Daniella Monet feat. Drake Bell

BPM: 144

1 / 3 / 5 / 7 / 8

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