Z-I-v Simfile Shuffle 2015 — thank you for playing!

Fixed the totals. I found a few errors in Nezemarth's adding. Chamomile Bathroom and Hey Ya each had an extra point and TRICKL4SH 220 was missing one.

Into UR Heart [brunobg24] - 28
With you... [Loodee] - 17
Yabis Starlight [mf32892] - 17
Jollipop [Gameoson] - 15
Hello [Lisek] - 13
トルコ行進曲 [chewi] - 13
Art Through Adversity [Telperion] - 11
TRICKL4SH 220 [CuzcoBlocko] - 11
夏色DIARY Original Rough Demo Version [Nezemarth] - 9
カモミール・バスルーム [darkanine] - 9
Hey Ya [xXMokou98Xx] - 9
Scatman (Extreme Splitter Remix) [usaminseijin] - 5
WOW WAR TONIGHT ～時に時には起こせよムーヴメント [The Legendary DJXYZ] - 5
Stepmania [HealingDMax300] - 3
Pink Cloud (feat. Max Collins) [SokDion] - 1

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Are we supposed to submit our ROUND H skeletons to vincentw or Scarz?

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Well, i sent my skeleton to Vincentw and he has answered me.

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Oh, right. I'm now available, so you can send to either.

Correcting mf32892's vote totals (Art Though Adversity: 6 +3 (mf32892) = 10 9 +1 (Nezemarth) = 10)

Into UR Heart [brunobg24] - 28
With you... [Loodee] - 17
Yabis Starlight [mf32892] - 17
Jollipop [Gameoson] - 15
Hello [Lisek] - 13
トルコ行進曲 [chewi] - 13
TRICKL4SH 220 [CuzcoBlocko] - 11
Art Through Adversity [Telperion] - 10
カモミール・バスルーム [darkanine] - 9
Hey Ya [xXMokou98Xx] - 9
夏色DIARY Original Rough Demo Version [Nezemarth] - 9
Scatman (Extreme Splitter Remix) [usaminseijin] - 5
WOW WAR TONIGHT ～時に時には起こせよムーヴメント [The Legendary DJXYZ] - 5
Stepmania [HealingDMax300] - 3
Pink Cloud (feat. Max Collins) [SokDion] - 1

Is anyone willing to provide graphics for Road to G6? I'm running out of time, and I have no ideas for this particular song. If not, I'll just release it without any. Right after finishing and (as usual).

@Above Cuzco: Just use a car picture like Nezemarth. It is a "Road" to G6 after all... Oh, and you haven't voted yet, so make sure that gets posted soon!

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Yes, I'm working on the votes on a random post I made months ago on a random thread. I only have Turkish March, With You, WOW WAR TONIGHT, and Yabis Starlight to go.

Took a listen to the song just to see what it was... It's actually a mash-up of two songs; That really annoying "Like a G6" song and the "Road To Nowhere" theme from the original Crash Bandicoot (kinda helps that this game was big in my childhood ). So some semi-humorous combination of Crash and whoever made Like a G6 would make the most sense. Personally I'd just take 5 seconds copy & paste some images from Google and throw some Comic Sans text in there and call it a day. It's a mash-up, nothing to take seriously, so the graphics should probably reflect that.

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I was actually thinking of a Pontiac G6 as soon as I saw the title!

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LMAO

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wow

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Okay, that's amazing!

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AAA graphics right there. 10/10 would use if I got that song.

absolutely stunning artwork, brought tears to my eyes A+

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okay

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And speaking of Road to G6;


Thank you Nezemarth and Lisek for your graphics. :3

So...yeah. A weird song. Like a G6 is...stupid, Road To Nowhere is decent though. This is one of my easier files. There are small vibration gimmicks. I didn't put much effort into , sorry.

Because of how...pretty much of a short straw this song is, I decided to work on an additional challenge chart... and then I began going overboard. Way overboard. At least I get to be with the cool kids in the ITG stepping scene. Try it if you dare. It MIGHT be good training for Over the Period, or it might not.

Oh, and don't let it influence your standing on this chart. Only consider - for your votes.


Let's do this already. This took me way too long.



Song: Hi, Jake Kaufman. Nice to see you again. :P The drums here aren't as powerful as WIISC, but still fine.
: Well, the steps are fine too. The downside, however, is this simfile is actually off-sync (at least on 3.9), especially around the second half. I'll post a fix to the syncing issue once I'm done with the other files.
: Wow, so many arrows.... This chart is not for me, but it still looks impressive nonetheless.



Song: Pretty nice. Not too much to comment on.
: You did good with this too. It might be a TINY bit off-sync (I got two bullshit goods the first two times I did this chart), though. Better be careful.



Song: Well, this is a unique one. :P It reminds me of Gravity Falls for some unexplainable reason....
: Good. Nice use of 24ths and stepping those two irregular parts "How are you today?"/"Is that amazing?".



Song: Eh... I prefer KISS TO KISS and ONE MORE TIME (I know Nezemarth submitted this).
: It doesn't jump at me, but it's good. However, that odd grey-note beginning is weird... If it was because of syncing problems, you could've fixed them yourself.



Song: PURE AWESOME. I wish I got this file, however, I'm pleased with how TRICKL4SH 220 turned out.
: Great! Nothing I could catch that was horribly out of place. Will be playing this one several times
: Same as Heavy, just a little harder.



Song: What a quirky one. It sounds like it MAY have been made in FL Studio. Oh, and nice graphics (pika-pika~). :3
: Wow, those stops... Anyway, this was a pure FC sightread (save for one N.G.). I liked this chart. It was cartoony with that one irregular part of the song. Dunno if this is just me, but one of the freezes at the end felt delayed.
: I had a hard time with this chart, unfortunately. :/

(At this point, I switch to 5 altogether.)



Song: This one is pretty nice. I wouldn't have minded stepping this.
: Very good. A little tricky, but I managed to sightread full combo this. :3
Right after quitting before the arrows came on because the Happy Tree Friends background video came on first and I needed to make sure no one was in the same room as me after that.

I will say, however....



That this section might be a little dodgy. Spins usually don't work in 16ths.

: Hm. Very packed. However, I clearly made many misstepps and it was very forgiving, only registering 6 combo breaks (including one mine). I like this chart too. :3 However, the last arrow is a little wonky. It should be left instead of right. But yep, very nice work.

Pink Cloud
(feat. Max Collins)

Song: Cool song. It actually reminds me of this one song from Veggietales.
: Hm... Okay, yeah, this has a couple of double-steps, but the song is slow enough that you can spin to get back on track without messing up your combo. I like this chart. I don't get why this is at the bottom of the pack so far.



Song: This is, hands down, THE worst song in the entire contest. Not just this round, the entire contest. I thought Imaginary was bad, but this... I can't decipher this song at all. The only way to go about it is a stupid 250 BPM stream gimmicky file. There's no way to make this enjoyable, it'll only be bad or boring steps to a terrible song. Not even if Gameoson (1st place in the whole contest so far) could be able to make this song work. The one right way to go about this song is veto, drop out from round, or lose chances at getting points, and poor usaminseijin has been screwed over for getting this song. :/ Please guys, for the love of god, consider if a song you submit will be able to be an enjoyable file. Like, you can submit cheesy pop from 2000 and it CAN work, at least they are more enjoyable than this mess...
: Hm... Okay, this wasn't AS bad as I anticipated it. It's certainly no Jumper. It's still pretty messy, though, with some awkward 16ths and possible doublesteps. I'm giving points to this one because you actually made a SOMEWHAT good chart (not great, but still good) and went with this song instead of vetoing it. Most others would have completely blew it or just not step it at all. Furthermore, I don't believe you deserve 0 points just because you got a troll submission.



Song: What a strange one... Not sure what association it has with StepMania, but...eh.
: It starts off good, but then it starts derailing in the second half with strange and insensible gimmicks... I wasn't that impressed with it in the end. Sorry. :/



Song: Pretty good for a "tense" song.
: Hm.... I see... so maybe I shouldn't have went as far as including a specific number of freezes... However, they sort of follow SOMETHING where they are placed. Maybe some sustained notes or 16ths that would make the file a bit too difficult than it already is?



Song: Ooh... Classical + Techno remix. Nice.

And OH MY GOD!! That's where the song from this toy comes from!



: Very simple and fun.
: Oh... so it's heavy, but 3.9 friendly.... Nice little detail there. :P



Song: DJXYZ was right on the money. I submitted this song. I thought it'd be good material to step. Now let's see if it was stepped as well as I hoped...
: I think this turned out alright.
: Hm... A bit too overstepped for my tastes, unfortunately. :/



Song: Okay. Not bad, but not great either.
: Eh.... Nothing about this really jumped at me. I think you did alright, though.
: Yikes, 32nds/24ths...



Song: Eh.
: I like this. Nothing I saw that needed to be changed. And the stops weren't forced at all.


First, here's my new rating format.

+5; This is for my highest cast rating (usually +3).
+4; This is for my second highest cast rating (usually +2).
+3; This is for my third highest cast rating (usually +1).
+2; This is for my fourth highest cast rating.
+1; This is for my fifth highest cast rating.
HM; These are my honorable mentions.
These are files that I'm neutral with.
...; These are files that I find dodgy or flat.
??; These are files that I dislike and/or have blatant problems.
?!; These are files that are disasters, files I'm mortified with.
!!; These are files that are corrupt/unplayable. These include .sms with an unidentified error that causes Stepmania to crash, missing steps, the simfile info being uploaded but not the contents, and possibly other cases. Songs that never got stepped will also be listed here.

So now;

+3; Into UR Heart, Pink Cloud (feat. Max Collins), 夏色DIARY Original Rough Demo Version
+2; Hello
+1; Camomile bathroom, Jollipop, Scatman (Extreme Splitter Rmx), Yabis Starlight
HM; Turkish March
Art Through Adversity, [TRICKL4SH 220]
...; Hey Ya, With You, WOW WAR TONIGHT
??; Stepmania
!!; Firestorm, i-revolution -Album New Mix-, Shalimar, SOMEDAY -00.prologue-, South Side

What I would've preferred to step musically;

1. Into UR Heart
2. Jollipop
3. Pink Cloud (feat. Max Collins)
4. Turkish March
5. With You
6. Hello
7. 夏色DIARY Original Rough Demo Version
8. WOW WAR TONIGHT
9. TRICKL4SH 220
10. Camomile bathroom
11. Hey Ya
12. Stepmania
13. Yabis Starlight
14. Art Through Adversity
15. Scatman (Extreme Splitter Rmx)

Totals!

Into UR Heart [brunobg24] - 31
Yabis Starlight [mf32892] - 18
With you... [Loodee] - 17
Jollipop [Gameoson] - 16
Hello [Lisek] - 15
トルコ行進曲 [chewi] - 13
夏色DIARY Original Rough Demo Version [Nezemarth] - 12
TRICKL4SH 220 [CuzcoBlocko] - 11
Art Through Adversity [Telperion] - 10
カモミール・バスルーム [darkanine] - 10
Hey Ya [xXMokou98Xx] - 9
Scatman (Extreme Splitter Remix) [usaminseijin] - 6
WOW WAR TONIGHT ～時に時には起こせよムーヴメント [The Legendary DJXYZ] - 5
Pink Cloud (feat. Max Collins) [SokDion] - 4
Stepmania [HealingDMax300] - 3

This round was kinda weak, to be honest. There were good spots as well, of course.

Welp, looks like gimmicks were the death of me yet again. I understand Super Fantasy and its craziness but I can't think of a single out of place speed change in Stepmania. Listening to the song with high quality headphones, they all fit pretty well. And with out them, I feel the chart wouldn't be very connected with the song. I understand that my pattern choices could've been better, though.

And somehow I liked Super Fantasy more than Stepmania. :l