Z-I-v Battle Royale 2020

ZIV Battle Royale 2020 Week 1

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Akusei lolita Machiavellism
Rolls right off the tongue. Good job with the 8th note runs, a lot of different patterns and crossovers and you managed to not get tangled up at any point. Slight missed rhythm during the verses where the music comes in slightly before the measure, but the arrows are still on the downbeat.

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Blinding Lights
Big problem with facing left the whole time (natural feeling for alternating with fingers, but noticeable and gets stale very quickly). If the patterns switched facing left and right it would play much better. Liked the crossovers set to the beat. If your cut has a fade out, find a good break point and stop the notes there before the fade out begins.

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Brain System
Some sections seem apprehensive to use 16th note runs, while other sections seem overcharted, make sure if there is a long build up in the music to work your way up and not jump right into a big run, otherwise the notes have nowhere to go from there. The patterns themselves are solid, however in the middle section they don’t line up with the music as well as they should.

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Burning Man
Great patterns, especially the runs in the beginning. Didn’t care for the 16th triplet trill or the 16th note trill near the end. Handled the different rhythms very well.

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Cosmic Explorer
Can’t really get behind the foot switches, especially coming off of crossovers, although maybe I’m just behind on the times when it comes to these kind of patterns. Also the crossovers starting right after a freeze arrow seemed ambiguous. Otherwise the rhythm and patterning is pretty spot on.

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Cycling
Good energy and flow, but certain patterns were questionable at times with plenty of doublesteps. I’ll give you the benefit of the doubt and say they were intentional since they all follow the same pattern, however it’s not always the best choice for steps, and there were a few that looked unintentional as well.

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Cyclone Strait
Song is noticeably off sync. Good consistency, patterns during the drop played really well, but didn’t match the music. Spinny sections usually have the option of not spinning available, but with freeze arrows mixed in it becomes more forced and awkward to hit.

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Darkness
Nice patterns overall with a good difficulty curve. The breakdown section in the middle had some confusion between the triplets and 16th notes. Really great job on the ending run.

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Devillic Sphere
Patterns during the freeze jumps could’ve been more consistent. Notes during the buildup and ending could’ve followed the music a little more, but nonetheless were really well done. Overall great work.

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Extasy
Beginning and end are pretty solid, good work to pick which rhythms to put in during the fast runs. Some good sections, but also a few dodgy spots, and some crossovers that either resolve after too long or not at all.

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GAIAPEX
16th note runs at the beginning are super tight. The middle freeze note section seemed pretty bare, could’ve used a slow down or some more notes to make it stand out more. Step jumps needed more consistency for whether one foot or both feet are moving to new arrows. Ending run was similar to the beginning but there was one missed rhythm near the end that was different.

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Get Your Wish
In my opinion the mines were completely unnecessary, otherwise the flow in that section without them would be good. Difficulty in the beginning is much higher than at the end by a wide margin due to the faster patterns and 32nd notes, might have been better to leave them out for more overall consistency.

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Greenhorn
Good rhythms, notes follow the music very well. A lot of ambiguous patterns, going from a left-right or up-down jump into an up or down arrow makes its hard to tell which foot to start the next pattern with.

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Hey QT
Steps are clean, but a little bare, I’d say there was more potential with the different rhythms that play out during the song. A lot of times beats of the song that moved to different notes were all on the same arrow, which felt unnatural.

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HOT STUFF
No technical problems, but overall lack of consistency in patterns. Matched up well with the vocals but you seemed not as certain to which parts of the drums and background notes to use at times.

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More
While this is closer to the acceptable tempo for doublesteps/crossovers, they didn’t seem necessary every time, and I felt there was a lack in variety. Although steps overall were consistent and well executed, perhaps the difficulty and song length led to the chart becoming stale by the end.

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NANI THE FUCK!!
Such a way with words. Great rhythms from start to finish. The short step jump section in the middle was a little awkward. Really able to capture the energy of the song and carry through to the end. Amazing ending run as well. Yeah, I’m thinking it’s a mastapeece.

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Neo Aspect
Overall needs a lot of polishing. Make sure the notes go well with the rhythm of the song, things like the 16th notes and stops are uncalled for here. To make sure to avoid doublesteps, try to visualize playing along with your feet and feel if there are any mistakes. I know you’re new, but since you’re here you can see everyone else’s files, see what works, and incorporate those aspects into your files. With trial and error you will see an improvement.

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Ohayo!
Clean patterns, especially liked the beginning. Some rhythms in the buildup and drop don’t line up completely with the music. Step jump section had nice energy going and transitioned well into the ending.

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Piano Concerto No. 1 Anti Ares (BlackY Remix)
Nice sync in the slow sections. Patterns followed along with the piano solo extremely well. Really nice feel to all the tricky rhythms that keep up the difficulty throughout the song. Well done.

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Psychedelic Intelligence
Excellent execution, with nice variety of rhythms and patterns that accented the music in a unique way, although this meant they weren’t quite as consistent in terms of overall structure. Enjoyed the tasteful crossovers at the beginning.

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Sharkbait
Use of the mines to indicate gimmicks was interesting, but became more ambiguous since it included many different length stops and tempo changes, as well as no mines at the very end. Otherwise nice patterns overall.

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Try Again
While the steps are nicely done, the difficulty is extremely inconsistent. It feels more like a 12 overall but with random 16th note streams. The slow down with the shock arrows was not needed. With the freeze arrows right at the beginning of the drop you had 3 arrows held at once.

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Ultimatum
The short 16th bursts definitely skew the difficulty a bit compared to the drop which seems under charted at times. The roll notes are not needed, especially leading right into a jump. Good use of shock arrows.

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UNO
Oh god, this song is definitely an earworm. I liked the patterns, but they aren’t as consistent as they should be, like with the noticeable rhythm differences between both choruses. The freezes during silence didn’t feel right. Actually pretty fun to play regardless.

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Wing of Hearts
I can guarantee you that the source where you got this audio is from footage of someone actually playing it on IIDX, and the slight keysound delays are really distracting. Patterns overall could be more consistent, but did flow well.