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

+5 - Fox [DDRDAIKENKAI]
+3 - Aventyr [Gameoson]
+2 - Papapoutai [DDRDAIKENKAI]
+2 - Peragro [mf32892]
+1 - Here I Go Again [hooky]
+1 - Roundtable Rival [Gameoson]
+1 - Pra Frente [Scarz]
HM - Recursive function [gameboy573]
King Forever [Vinylyarou]
Switchback [Spork!]
Can’t Hold Us [darkanine]
Closer to My Heart [hooky]
You Will Know Our Names [The Legendary DJXYZ]
Waterbed [ohaiimian]
Guitar Track [Feraligatr]
La Campanella [MRace2010]
Dignity [Spirit of Nightmare]
Enamel [The Legendary DJXYZ]

Votes:
Roundtable Rival +4
Fox +3
Gigantic OTN Big Death Edition +3
Here I Go Again +2
La Campanella +1
Can't Hold Us +1
Guitar Track +1

HMs
Waterbed
Dignity
Recursive Circulation
You Will Know Our Names

I had trouble picking out files to even get points (besides the +2,+3s and +4)...the entries didn't really stand out as really great in my view at least as much as last week.

Here's some feedback that I have.
Week 9 - [Chordophones]
and feedback. I don't know if this has been helping people at all.

Aventyr - That song felt long.
on one hand I thought certain parts were good and on the other, I felt that certain parts should have had less notes. As the song went on, I appreciated some of the parts I hadn't before. Most of the parts I had minor problems with, were the opening, and the parts where the bass/drum went bum-bum (rest) bum-bum etc. As you probably know already, I tend to step the bass a lot (though I didn't necessarily with Peragro towards the end). idk, I guess it's really up to you. it's your file. Your file would probably do just fine without any of my comments lol. Not sure if you'll get points from me, but others seem to like this file a lot so far.
This was good. I don't know if I liked the twisting (maybe not twisting, but gradual crossing over) during 16th streams, though.

Can't Hold Us - Hmph. interesting song choice. Not the most fit for DDR nowadays, but it fits the theme, so, I can't stop you or anything.
Okay, I normally advocate for stepping to the bass, but it seemed that that's almost all you were doing for most of the song. I did like the part where you simultaneously went to the bass and the piano. that was my favorite part of the chart. I'm just here nitpicking rhythms, but this chart actually looks kind of fun to play on pad. If only...
This could have used a Challenge

Closer to my heart - Not sure I like the song, despite it being a (jun remix).
Your rhythms are very inconsistent in places, which irks me. For example, you'd have a long 8th stream during parts where the piano would be going 8th-4th 4th-16th-8th, and only go the the 16th part once every four repetitions. During the "E-vry"s during the chorus, the first time around you have 16th gallops but when the "E-vry" comes the second time, you just have stream. I think you should make an effort to be more consistent with rhythms.

Dignity - Interesting song. not liking it a ton. It's a bit on the long side, too.
Chart is pretty good. There weren't any thing sthat blatantly stood out as "wrong" or "awkward" that sticks in my head. Maybe the 12th stream stood out as more difficult than the rest of the chart (which I don't really think should be a 10)
This is a pretty decent chart. over a thousand note, but the rhythm selection is good and the patterns are mostly good. I tripped up on a few near the beginning.

Enamel - I kinda like the song, but the mood seems to be all over the place, which lent to your BPM changes, which seemed a bit unnecessarily difficult.
I liked the rhythm choices within the first 60-80 notes. (Need to go back and point out where psecifically) Things afterwards, started to fall apart in my opinion. Some of the patterns throughout the song need to be adjusted a bit, playing them on a pad would be pretty awkward. Though, now that I play it in the editor, some of it makes more sense. But, there are still things I'm wondering: Measure 18-20 you changed rhythms while the rhythm was still the same as the one before. M53-54, was the spin intentional?
Again, I liked the beginning. That was pretty much it. In more detail, I liked the rhythms of the beginning, but patterning could use some work. Consistency is also sometimes a problem it seems. At the beginning, you have jumps going to the guitar, but there's a section, with the same guitar that doesn't have jumps (M8-9)., It seems like you didn't put a ton of work into this chart (or it might be :hea since this is pretty much a copy paste of (or vice versa, I don't know which you made first). Most of the patterns are okay, but there are some that look like keyboard patterns. M12-13 requires either spinning or doublesteps. The patterns at B182-190, B196-206, B248-254, B264-269, and B340-347 should probably be revised. These are the most problematic patterns in the song.

FOX - To answer your question, I don't think I'm tired just yet of BoA.
That was pretty good. Only questionable thing for me were the spins.

Gigantic OTN Big Death Edition - I looked up the song and yeah...I see what you meant
I liked the chart, despite it not really going to the music completely.

Guitar Track - Interesting song
The chart was not bad. You keep underestimating yourself. You claimed in the simfile comment page that this would get zero and that's not true. This is pretty good. The Bpm changes were kind of mean but the chart is good.

Here I Go Again - I like the song, though initially, I thought this was the OK Go! Song, just from the song title.
I like this simple chart. I think it was better organized than your other file.

King Forever - Eurobeat songs are always nice
I think this could have used some work. I've noticed that your patterns make you face the same direction for a long while. I think rhythm selections in this file were lacking a bit. After the 5 16ths, you have triplets of 8ths, when I think it should maybe be a stream instead. It flows better as a stream IMO.

La Campanella - Wow, this sogn is kind of crazy. Those were really confusing speed changes. I kinda like the waltzy feel of the song.
I'm still baffling by the ending speed-changes, even after the 3rd try. But I liked it overall.

Papaoutai - I like this song. I was thinking about stepping it at some point, but I wasn't sure how well it would be received. I think the hard part was the beginning rhythm, which was irregular.
It was a good chart, but I didn't like parts of it. At some times, it seemed liek you couldn't decide what to step to.
Pretty good in some parts. The 16th streams goign to the violins were good, but some parts felt off.
Let's just say I would've stepped it a bit differently.

Pra Frente - The song is okay. It feels like a gallop-y song.
More gallops would have been fun, I think (even if it didn't go to anything in particular to the music.

Recursive Circulation - sounds like a good song!
Chart fit the song well. Though the song's irregularity is bringin it down just a bit. It's weird how there's blue note syndrome without a stop though.

Roundable Rival - Fun little song!
Loved this! I appreciate the appreciation for the bass drum here.
Liked everything in this too, except the hands.

Switchback - Interesting song
Like I say to most songs with a noticeable bass drum/tap in the background, the bass felt neglected for most of the chart in favor of the guitars. The guitar rhythms you went to felt a bit empty, and I felt maybe short little streams of 8ths may have fit a bit better. (3, 3, 7, or something of that sort). It just felt that there weren't enough 4th notes, lol.
I liked the chart better, but I don't know if I could pass it on pad.

Waterbed - THis is a weird song
The chart was not half-bad actually. Rhythms were good, but I feel the patterns could have been better. There was a difficulty spike towards the end that felt unwarranted. Maybe this part could have been in a real chart.
That chorus part was interesting to say the least. Also, I think it would be hard to hit 16th notes at 105 BPM with your butt.
Nevertheless, this was a good chart and a decent sounding song aside from most of the lyrics.

You Will Know Our Names - not too bad of a song. Though the guitars that you stepped to seemed a little soft.
This was a decent chart. Some things felt a bit unnecessary, like some of the bursts of 16ths felt uncalled for. Here's a couple things you migh tconsider changing: Start at measure 4 instead of going to the drums. And then just put jumps on B17, 19, 21 and 23 for the rhythms. Maybe alter the patterns in B131-136 to eliminate the awkward spinning/turning. You have this rhythm in Measure 44 that should be repeated in M46, but it's not (it happens again at M54). The rhythms and patterns didn't fit the song too well in B190-196. The jumps didn't feel right, musically and neither did the 5 16ths. Maybe something like 4th-8th-16th-4th-8th (Freeze)-8th-4th. The 16th streams in B222-229 also felt unfitting. Maybe a simple set of 4 8ths would fit better.
XXXX-XX-XXXX-XX or X-XXX-X---X-X like a recommended for B190-196
I've noticed that you use a lot of copy+paste, which leads to double-steps sometimes and awkward patterns, like in B262-274, more specifically B265-266.