ZIv Contest 2025 -FIFTEEN YEARS OF ZIv SIMFILE CONTESTS-

Adding SupremeX's votes will be:

Take Me Out To The Ball Game (Planet Remix) (Vinylarou) - 7
The Limbo (Marukomuru) - 6
EVERGREEN (ElectroJuan2023) - 3
Sexual (Li Da Di) [Thunderpuss 2000 Edit] (chewi) - 2

AAAND... I could easily manipulate these scores by giving my points but I'll be objective. I though I was the last one pending to vote

1.- Sexual (Li Da Di) [Thunderpuss 2000 Edit] - +3 // I really liked Chewi's work and this time didn't dissapoint. I love the fact that he makes old style simfiles ♥
2.- The Limbo (Marukomuru) - +2 // Very solid in general
3.- deltadance.com (SupremeX) - +1 // It's eurobeat. You know me.

and thanks for your points! ♥

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Total:

The Limbo (Marukomuru) - 8
Take Me Out To The Ball Game (Planet Remix) (Vinylarou) - 7
Sexual (Li Da Di) [Thunderpuss 2000 Edit] (chewi) - 5
EVERGREEN (ElectroJuan2023) - 3
deltadance.com (SupremeX) - 1

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I didn't forget to vote I swear 🥴

Sexual (Li Da Di) [Thunderpuss 2000 Edit] - 3 points
Take Me Out To Te Ball Game (Planet Remix) - 2 points
deltadance.com - 1 point

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Totals:
Take Me Out To The Ball Game (Planet Remix) (Vinylarou) - 9
Sexual (Li Da Di) [Thunderpuss 2000 Edit] (chewi) - 8
The Limbo (Marukomuru) - 8
EVERGREEN (ElectroJuan2023) - 3
deltadance.com (SupremeX) - 2

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I'll download these at some point and have a play! looking forward to it.

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Decided to check out the set and it looks like I'm not exactly altering the consensus.

+3: Take Me Out to the Ball Game (Planet Remix) - Quite the song pick, and the chart fit quite well, feeling apt for both the MAX era and something the SMX team would've cooked for a Hard+.
+2: Sexual (Li Da Di) (Remix) - Solid early 2010s-style DDR license charting, not too loose like the MAX era but not quite as tight as the A-onward modus operandi.
+1: The Limbo - I like the audacity of the concept, but some recurring rhythm errors in the second half stop me from giving this a more full-throated recommendation.
Evergreen - I get the feeling a lot of the patterning here was intended to be double-stepped, but what can I say, that's typically not my thing. Rhythm-wise, it didn't feel harder than a 14 to me, and the patterning wasn't so jarring as to push it up to 15 territory.
deltadance.com - While I understand simplifying rhythms for this type of chart, I can't say I quite understand the particular one chosen for the synth riff. The Under the Sky level of difficulty whiplash was also a bit off feeling, I'd personally call this chart a 12.

Running Total

fun fact: when i later play evergreen i just have the same feeling and i re-rated the chart to 14 on my outfox before the round ended