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

I don't like it. Maybe at a really slow BPM it could be doable.

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This song goes at 116 BPM. That's why I don't think it's too much of a biggie.

Edit: Yeah, on second thought, changed the ups to be downs.

Thread name needs to be updated.

Oh, right. Thanks! Totally forgot.

Difficulty wise, unless the rest of the chart is really easy, I would say it's fine. Dunno how fun it would be but 116 bpm 8ths seems pretty doable in my opinion.

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The problem with what I posted is that it made you face backwards for one step and then back to normal. It wasn't a spin, but I wasn't sure if I wanted to do that. Then I mirrored the pattern and it was a lot better.

This file is going to be the SANA MOLLETE NE ENTE of the contest. Taps only, no freezes or jumps. However, , while doable, is still tricky to do solely with one foot/finger. It focuses on karaoke stepping and has pitch relevancy.

When you use pitch relevancy in a pad file, remember not to get too crazy with pitch relevancy. It doesn't need to be a super strict representation of the ups and downs of a song (this is what keyboard files are for), it just needs to kinda feel the song. The pattern you posted looks like it's trying way too hard to be pitch relevant. It looks messy and gross. Even if you do eventually spin around and face the screen again, it's a really ugly pattern that would put the player in a really awkward position, and most players would just double-step instead of spin. As for being a low BPM, well... a low BPM shouldn't be used as an excuse to make awkward patterns. If END OF THE CENTURY was only 100 BPM instead of 170 it would still be a bad stepchart.

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Votes:

+4 ハッピーシンセサイザ [Gameoson]
+3 WILDSHOX!! [ledgam3r1279]
+2 Veo Lu Sluice [usaminseijin]
+2 Hesperides [darkanine]
+2 sister's noise [HealingDMax300]
+2 Sky is the Limit feat. RHYMESTER [mf32892]
HM Jolokia
HM Mitsuboshi☆☆★
HM Road to G6
THE NIGHT
Indian Summer
Last Christmas (Single Version)
Superfabulous
VIP

Totals:

Sky is the Limit feat. RHYMESTER [mf32892] - 25
sister's noise [HealingDMax300] - 21
Mitsuboshi☆☆★ [Lisek] - 18
Veo Lu Sluice [usaminseijin] - 17
WILDSHOX!! [ledgam3r1279] - 15
ハッピーシンセサイザ [Gameoson] - 10
Superfabulous [The Legendary DJXYZ] - 10
Hesperides [darkanine] - 9
The Night [Dreamland200] - 6
Jolokia [Telperion] - 3
Last Christmas (Single Version) [chewi] - 1

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I fixed the pattern I posted. M26 is now a D-R-L-D-R-L-U (starting with your left foot) and I think it flows much better. I'm glad I asked before I left that terrible mistake in. There are actually some stepcharts in here that have doublesteps but somehow got far anyway (Who Are You is one example I can think of). I thought doing that would be fine, but once I actually tried it on index, it didn't seem right.

^ And this is why I always encourage people to playtest their files extensively. Playtesting leads to finding garbage patterns that don't flow which leads to fixing said garbage patterns which leads to funner, high quality simfiles.

By the way, I know you like asking about patterns and stuff before you release a file, but sometimes it's better to just go with your gut. Take a chance once in a while, you never know what will happen.

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+5; Superfabulous (you deserve it)
+3; sister's noise, Happy Synthesizer
+2; Mitsuboshi
+1; Indian Summer, Veo Lu Sluice
HM; Sky is the Limit feat. RHYMESTER, The Night, Last Christmas (Single Version)
[Road to G6], WILDSHOX!!
...; Jolokia
?!; Hesperides, VIP
!!; A Bella!!, Fast In My Car, Feels Like Summer, Iinazuke Blue, Seaside Heaven 3000

And what I would've preferred to step (added January 15th 2016);

1. Superfabulous (seriously, this song is awesome. although DJXYZ did an awesome job with it.)
2. WILDSHOX!! (i would've had a blast using gimmicks in that irregular part, hehe.)
3. sister's noise (a cute song.)
4. Hesperides (this'd be similar to BEAT NEW WORLD)
5. Indian Summer (this song sounds weird with the vocals... I like it.)
6. Happy Synthesizer (decent song.)
7. Mitsuboshi (cute song, but not as prioritized as everything else.)
8. Sky is the Limit feat. RHYMESTER (cool song. the vocals are also interesting.)
9. VIP (would've made a slightly easier file.)
10. Veo Lu Sluice (tango isn't really my thing, but it's steppable, so...)
11. The Night (neither is rap. still steppable, though.)
12. Road to G6 (this song is literally a joke, but at least I had some sort of fun with it and the jokes surrounding it.)
13. Last Christmas (while this song is nice, it's not really suitable for dance games.)
14. Jolokia (this song is bland as hell. least favorite of the round.)

Totals!

Sky is the Limit feat. RHYMESTER [mf32892] - 25
sister's noise [HealingDMax300] - 24
Mitsuboshi☆☆★ [Lisek] - 20
Veo Lu Sluice [usaminseijin] - 18
Superfabulous [The Legendary DJXYZ] - 15
WILDSHOX!! [ledgam3r1279] - 15
ハッピーシンセサイザ [Gameoson] - 13
Hesperides [darkanine] - 9
The Night [Dreamland200] - 6
Jolokia [Telperion] - 3
Last Christmas (Single Version) [chewi] - 1
Indian Summer [SupremeX] - 1
Road to G6 [CuzcoBlocko] - 0
VIP [Nezemarth] - 0

Those rolls are actually a lot easier than you think. At 175 BPM, you just need to tap the roll every quarter note and you'll be okay. So for example:



It's not the first time this kind of thing has been done; Tricky Disco from the r2112 pack abuses the living hell out of this concept. (I couldn't find video of it but the pack itself should be easy to find.) It's just not in many files on ZIV, though it's worth noting Spork! has done this kind of thing multiple times in the past.


You're not just going to complain about this song every chance you get like you did with Imaginary, are you?

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Oh...that's interesting.

And nah, I'm not going to repeat my opinion on Road to G6, it's just my results post and what I think of my own file. I pretty much had no choice after I got assigned it. While I have gotten some pretty mediocre stuff (Hitoribocchi was also something I wasn't all about), I'm not complaining to who submitted them. Sometimes I just run out of luck for a round. I appear to have ruined Who What Who What after I thought I was gonna be okay after using a veto for Round B, mainly because of the gimmicks. From the looks of things, Round G is not gonna smile at me at all whatsoever either, despite the chart being simple, especially if you don't do the crossovers.

It's true that I was upset about that and Imaginary, but if there's no way around a song I don't like, I'll still step it. Loodee is right, not finishing your simfile just because you don't like the song you were assigned (this isn't the same as merely vetoing it) is selfish, the only understandable case is F!!K FACE, and chewi got allowed a third "veto" because of how many complaints from other people were raised.

I'm not as picky as you may think. I like most of the songs in this contest, and the songs I don't like or care about usually have a good chart to redeem them (like Jordan). Just as well, I like so many of these files, and the ones I don't LIKE aren't necessarily ones I dislike/hate. The only files I have expressed disgust at are Hesperides, HEAVEN & EARTH, Get Off My Lawn, and Jumper. I gave points to Can't Sleep Love, Showdown, and Indian Summer, and those probably would've had 0 points otherwise.

...now that I think about it, it's possible that stepping Imaginary and saving my veto until Round C or Round G or a future round would've saved me some yellows/reds. Quaver and Ghost Street are notable charts that only have 8ths and they were still fun. Nothing I can do about it now, though. Oh well.

The last fifteen times were enough, I'm glad to hear.

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Please don't post on the thread if all you're going to do is snark other people.

As annoyed as I am about some of the songs I've gotten, I don't mean any harm to anyone. I have faith in everyone participating and I don't want fights happening. This is a contest for fun. I don't HAVE to follow up on my simfiles, but I do because it's what I want to do.

Quickman's got a point though, and it's kinda the point I was trying to point out. You've been dwelling on the "Road to G6 sucks" thing quite a bit. Not as much as "Imaginary sucks" but enough where it's noticeable and kind of annoying. As much as I hated Your Best Nightmare, I didn't keep on talking about how much I hate the song over and over. (I certainly didn't step a joke file that had my hatred of the song literally spelled out in arrows midway through the chart, either.) As soon as I vetoed the song, that was the last I talked about it. We get it, you hate Road to G6. Sometimes you get good songs, sometimes you get bad songs, c'est la vie.

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I don't hate it as much as you think. I included the chart just for laughs. That "TROLOLOLOLOLO FUCK YOU!!!!!!" spelled in the chart is just to add insult to injury (130 BPM 32nds) to whoever attempts to pass it.

I still wouldn't be surprised if that drags your file's score down.

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It shouldn't, it should be obvious at a glance it's a troll chart and shouldn't actually affect the tally. The problem appears to be more that I went overboard with crossovers with the hardest (legitimate) chart .

I don't get why people still think they'll put bad charts in and think that because they're intentionally bad, they're not bad.

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