Z-I-v Summer Contest 2013

Also, just as a PSA, I recently made some significant edits to the chart for my file for attack in the minor key, so please re-download the .sm and the new optional .ssc file if you haven't done so yet.

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+5 planarian
+4 Ten Desires
+3 Vegas Baby
+2 Soft Paws
+1 Punch Love Kamen

(haha, sorry to conform to the typical votes that people are making, but those files just stood out Good job everyone.)

planarian [Silverhwake/xRGTMx] - 23
Vegas Baby [AeronPeryton/Dossar] - 19
Ten Desires [Lisek/Scarz] - 16
Soft Paws [Astroman129/ xXMokou98Xx] - 14
Punch Love Kamen [silenttype01/xXMokou98Xx] - 14
Welcome to the Show [Blinded_No_More/xRGTMx] - 13
Bass_Tek 2 [Lisek/KNS-17] - 5
Chain of pain [Pandemonium X/Silverhawke] - 5
Give Your Heart a Break [Astroman129/ddrstepper] - 5
Speaking Japanese [Maestro Grithok S/Telperion] - 5
Like the Wind [Akira/Pandemonium X] - 4
Vifta med Handerna [DDRDAIKENKAI/ddrstepper] - 4
Mesaze Pokemon Master [DMAxel/Tyma] - 3
Alles Neu [DDR Addict/Dreamland200] - 2
Light Emitting Diode G [Braeden47/CLOUDIO] - 2
Calabria 2001 [DDRDAIKENKAI/KNS-17] - 1

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My Votes:
+5 - Like the Wind [Reborn]
+4 - Bass_Tek 2
+3 - Chain of pain
+2 - HAELEQUIN
+1 - Mei (Rockin' SWING Remix)

planarian [Silverhwake/xRGTMx] - 23
Vegas Baby [AeronPeryton/Dossar] - 19
Ten Desires [Lisek/Scarz] - 16
Soft Paws [Astroman129/ xXMokou98Xx] - 14
Punch Love Kamen [silenttype01/xXMokou98Xx] - 14
Welcome to the Show [Blinded_No_More/xRGTMx] - 13
Bass_Tek 2 [Lisek/KNS-17] - 9
Like the Wind [Akira/Pandemonium X] - 9
Chain of pain [Pandemonium X/Silverhawke] - 8
Give Your Heart a Break [Astroman129/ddrstepper] - 5
Speaking Japanese [Maestro Grithok S/Telperion] - 5
Vifta med Handerna [DDRDAIKENKAI/ddrstepper] - 4
Mesaze Pokemon Master [DMAxel/Tyma] - 3
Alles Neu [DDR Addict/Dreamland200] - 2
HAELEQUIN [Telperion/Oni-91] - 2
Light Emitting Diode G [Braeden47/CLOUDIO] - 2
Calabria 2001 [DDRDAIKENKAI/KNS-17] - 1
Mei (Rockin' SWING Remix) [Spork!/Chen] - 1

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+5 Planarian
+4 Like the Wind
+3 Speaking Japanese
+2 Soft Paws
+1 Vegas Baby

planarian [Silverhwake/xRGTMx] - 28
Vegas Baby [AeronPeryton/Dossar] - 20
Ten Desires [Lisek/Scarz] - 16
Soft Paws [Astroman129/ xXMokou98Xx] - 16
Punch Love Kamen [silenttype01/xXMokou98Xx] - 14
Like the Wind [Akira/Pandemonium X] - 13
Welcome to the Show [Blinded_No_More/xRGTMx] - 13
Bass_Tek 2 [Lisek/KNS-17] - 9
Speaking Japanese [Maestro Grithok S/Telperion] - 8
Chain of pain [Pandemonium X/Silverhawke] - 8
Give Your Heart a Break [Astroman129/ddrstepper] - 5
Vifta med Handerna [DDRDAIKENKAI/ddrstepper] - 4
Mesaze Pokemon Master [DMAxel/Tyma] - 3
Alles Neu [DDR Addict/Dreamland200] - 2
HAELEQUIN [Telperion/Oni-91] - 2
Light Emitting Diode G [Braeden47/CLOUDIO] - 2
Calabria 2001 [DDRDAIKENKAI/KNS-17] - 1
Mei (Rockin' SWING Remix) [Spork!/Chen] - 1

+5 planarian [Silverhwake/xRGTMx]
+4 Speaking Japanese [Maestro Grithok S/Telperion]
+3 Mei (Rockin' SWING Remix) [Spork!/Chen]
+2 HAELEQUIN [Telperion/Oni-91]
+1 Bass_Tek 2 [Lisek/KNS-17]

planarian [Silverhwake/xRGTMx] - 33
Vegas Baby [AeronPeryton/Dossar] - 20
Ten Desires [Lisek/Scarz] - 16
Soft Paws [Astroman129/ xXMokou98Xx] - 16
Punch Love Kamen [silenttype01/xXMokou98Xx] - 14
Like the Wind [Akira/Pandemonium X] - 13
Welcome to the Show [Blinded_No_More/xRGTMx] - 13
Speaking Japanese [Maestro Grithok S/Telperion] - 12
Bass_Tek 2 [Lisek/KNS-17] - 10
Chain of pain [Pandemonium X/Silverhawke] - 8
Give Your Heart a Break [Astroman129/ddrstepper] - 5
Mei (Rockin' SWING Remix) [Spork!/Chen] - 4
HAELEQUIN [Telperion/Oni-91] - 4
Vifta med Handerna [DDRDAIKENKAI/ddrstepper] - 4
Mesaze Pokemon Master [DMAxel/Tyma] - 3
Alles Neu [DDR Addict/Dreamland200] - 2
Light Emitting Diode G [Braeden47/CLOUDIO] - 2
Calabria 2001 [DDRDAIKENKAI/KNS-17] - 1

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DEM VOTES

+5 Chain of pain
+4 Ten Desires
+3 Vegas Baby
+2 Punch Love Kamen
+1 Mei (Rockin' SWING Remix)

DEM TOTES

planarian [Silverhwake/xRGTMx] - 33
Vegas Baby [AeronPeryton/Dossar] - 23
Ten Desires [Lisek/Scarz] - 20
Punch Love Kamen [silenttype01/xXMokou98Xx] - 16
Soft Paws [Astroman129/ xXMokou98Xx] - 16
Chain of pain [Pandemonium X/Silverhawke] - 13
Like the Wind [Akira/Pandemonium X] - 13
Welcome to the Show [Blinded_No_More/xRGTMx] - 13
Speaking Japanese [Maestro Grithok S/Telperion] - 12
Bass_Tek 2 [Lisek/KNS-17] - 10
Give Your Heart a Break [Astroman129/ddrstepper] - 5
Mei (Rockin' SWING Remix) [Spork!/Chen] - 5
HAELEQUIN [Telperion/Oni-91] - 4
Vifta med Handerna [DDRDAIKENKAI/ddrstepper] - 4
Mesaze Pokemon Master [DMAxel/Tyma] - 3
Alles Neu [DDR Addict/Dreamland200] - 2
Light Emitting Diode G [Braeden47/CLOUDIO] - 2
Calabria 2001 [DDRDAIKENKAI/KNS-17] - 1

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if it's not the EX version it'd be easier overall lol (too bad saucer's version is the EX version)
Voting for ZIv Academy has ended.


Voting for jubeat Week may begin.
The theme for this week is

Go back to DDR's roots and make a chart without freezes/rolls/mines/etc. for the required charts (you may use them for Beginner/Challenge/Double charts), basically don't do stuff you won't see in the old mixes.

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So is the requirement for the Old School theme just to stick to regular notes with no mines/freezes/etc. or does it also need to be a song from a DDR mix?

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Any song is fine so it's almost Free Week :V

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does this week mean no bpm changes?

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Little Bitch in DDR 1st mix had BPM changes, so I'm assuming they would be fine. However I'm not sure about the first DDR song that had stops.

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Speed changes and stops are fine.

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My Votes:
neu (Silverhawke) - +5
Mynarco (GariK+) - +4
にんじゃりばんばん (Lisek) - +3
じょいふる (DDR Addict) - +2
Russian Snowy Dance (Dossar) - +1

Total:
neu (Silverhawke) - 5
Mynarco (GariK+) - 4
にんじゃりばんばん (Lisek) - 3
じょいふる (DDR Addict) - 2
Russian Snowy Dance (Dossar) - 1

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28 files were submitted for the jubeat round. Zip download of all 28 songs: http://www.mediafire.com/?zr99923er5hu97x

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PARANOiA had a fuckton of speed changes. I didn't realize that until lately.

That moment when DDR5th is now considered old school. Man, I feel damn old.

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Having 180 BPM on the dot for PARANOiA does cause some very slight drifting, but where did you see that PARANOiA had a lot of speed changes? They'd mainly be small ones to prevent drifting, but I thought it was just one BPM that was slightly higher than 180 used. I know Trip Machine isn't 160 on the dot either.

Going to voting, here's what I have for jubeat week:

+5 - HEAVENLY MOON (Heavy chart. The stutter stops were intuitive and the file was very easy to follow; the crossovers are good nobar but anyone who tries this bar will hate the snaking ones haha)
+4 - neu (Heavy chart. Holy crap this one's tiring)
+3 - GAIA (Standard chart)
+2 - Love Train (Heavy chart)
+1 - Scatman (Challenge chart. Those minijacks were stupid and some of the step transitions of the jumps were ambiguous, but it had a decent structure to it)

Totals continuing from post 815:

neu (Silverhawke) - 9
HEAVENLY MOON - 5
Mynarco (GariK+) - 4
にんじゃりばんばん (Lisek) - 3
GAIA - 3
じょいふる (DDR Addict) - 2
Love Train - 2
Russian Snowy Dance (Dossar) - 1
Scatman - 1

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Trip Machine runs at a solid 160.110

and yeah, Paranoia doesn't drift a bit, it goes overboard

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VOTES
+5 Mynarco
+4 Heavenly Moon
+3 Proof of the existence
+2 attack in the minor key [ddrstepper]
+1 bass 2 bass

THE OTHER STUFF
The MFCs



Presentation Points
Akira's attack in the minor key has some nice presentation with its stage-bg-like video. My only gripe is that the quality is a bit low.

What Didn't Work
Tengoku to Jigoku just wasn't intended for a footspeed song. It doesn't have a fast percussion that you can claim the steps tie to, plus it's unnecessarily diffiult.
DIAVOLO was not well thought out.
JOMANDA has far too distracting issues in the chorus with rhythms that are not correct any time. The pacing of the difficulty in the beginning is also off.
Theory of Eternity...sorry, but this was a mistake. It goes to nothing, as if you, BlackOutvision, were just trying out patterns with no regard to the music.



TOTALS
neu (Silverhawke) - 9
HEAVENLY MOON (xXMokou98Xx) - 9
Mynarco (GariK+) - 9
にんじゃりばんばん (Lisek) - 3
GAIA (Azn_punk_07) - 3
Proof of the existence (Silverhawke) - 3
じょいふる (DDR Addict) - 2
Love Train (Chewi☆) - 2
attack in the minor key (ddrstepper) - 2
Russian Snowy Dance (Dossar) - 1
bass 2 bass (DDRDAIKENKAI) - 1
Scatman (Ski-Ba-Bop-Ba-Dop-Bop) (Akira) - 1