Post #161 · Posted at 2020-03-29 10:00:43pm 4 years ago
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Just checked my file again. No sync errors this time. =u=
I guess I finally learned it's not a good idea to put the MP3 and OGG in the same folder. (I'm also grateful it didn't affect my score for week 2. I may actually have a chance in this...)
I guess I finally learned it's not a good idea to put the MP3 and OGG in the same folder. (I'm also grateful it didn't affect my score for week 2. I may actually have a chance in this...)
Post #162 · Posted at 2020-03-30 03:00:51pm 4 years ago
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So I recently discovered that I forgot to rebuild the ZIP like an idiot once I replaced GALAXY HidE and SeeK's graphics. Therefore, the graphics in the Week 3 Download ZIP are the old ones. If you don't want the banner and background to look like actual garbage, please download the banner and background individually from the simfile page.
Post #163 · Posted at 2020-04-05 10:49:38am 4 years ago
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Hey everyone, just putting out an early morning bump to remind everyone to submit your votes for Week 3 if you haven't already! You have a little over 5 hours remaining, then once I have all the votes tallied, the 16 of you who survive will have the green light to submit your files for Week 4. Exciting!!
Post #164 · Posted at 2020-04-05 10:56:12am 4 years ago
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Are the scores wiped for Week 4, or are the top 15 keeping the scores they earned?
Post #165 · Posted at 2020-04-05 11:39:17am 4 years ago
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That's a very good question actually. Let me take this opportunity to lay out the rules for the second stage:
1. The top 16 players are moving on. In the off chance that there's a tie right on the cut off line after today both players will advance.
2. Scores will reset back to 0. You can see the difference even in the top half after just two rounds (18 vs 80pts) it would be a total runaway otherwise. This time of course you'll only have 2 weeks to make your mark before the final round.
3. If you are eliminated, you can still vote. It's not required, but if you still want to keep up with the competition and show your support feel free to stick around from the sidelines.
Other than that it's business as usual. Everyone has been pretty spot on so things are running nice and smoothly so far, but as always let me know if there are any other questions.
1. The top 16 players are moving on. In the off chance that there's a tie right on the cut off line after today both players will advance.
2. Scores will reset back to 0. You can see the difference even in the top half after just two rounds (18 vs 80pts) it would be a total runaway otherwise. This time of course you'll only have 2 weeks to make your mark before the final round.
3. If you are eliminated, you can still vote. It's not required, but if you still want to keep up with the competition and show your support feel free to stick around from the sidelines.
Other than that it's business as usual. Everyone has been pretty spot on so things are running nice and smoothly so far, but as always let me know if there are any other questions.
Post #166 · Posted at 2020-04-05 04:32:59pm 4 years ago
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Since I didn't have time to write feedback for every song this week, I wrote some brief feedback for the files I did vote for this week:
Feel free to ask me for feedback regardless! I should have it back within a day or two.
+3 Akari is Here
- Enjoyable patterning, stylistic doublesteps and crisp rhythms (albeit a little inconsistent in the middle) made the vote for me. Reminded me of the strengths of DDR style.
+2 Summer (2019 Remaster)
- Similarly fun patterning as expected from Marten. It drags a bit due to the long cut and repetitive nature of the song though.
+2 Can't Escape
- Enjoyable use of swing rhythms and accurate patterning earns this song 2 votes from me. It could've used a few soflans to accent the song, though.
+2 GALAXY HidE and SeeK
- Excellent job balancing the piano, vocals, and percussion. Smooth patterning flow
+1 Shiva
- Did not expect an 18 to this song at all, but it works. Streams look fun and stand out to me
+1 Isekai Quartet
- Nice patterning variety, good balancing of vocals with instrumentation
+1 Party Time
- Great use of twists, overall clean chart.
+1 Next Generation
- Good patterning; audacious choice of going with a mod chart earns me points
+1 Trinity Homerun
- Really enjoyable patterning and nice use of 12/24ths. Some flow breaks here and there and weird breaks in pattern symmetry prevent me from giving this a higher score. Reminds me of DDR 2014 era charting.
+1 - Hella Deep
- Really unique effort. Some jank with 24ths that should be 16ths in the breakdown near the end, but I love the BPM gimmickry. Should be a 15, not a 14.
HM - That's How You Write A Song
- Appreciate the use of 24ths in the middle. Overall good example of good karaoke stepping
HM - The Earth Light
- Nice use of jacks, although it's a bit harsh for a 14. Smooth crossovers and gallops. Should be rated a 15. Feels a bit similar to Psychedelic Intelligence?
HM - Night Night Night
- Clean patterning and interesting way to chart the rap verses. I wish you would've held back a little less on the synths though!
- Enjoyable patterning, stylistic doublesteps and crisp rhythms (albeit a little inconsistent in the middle) made the vote for me. Reminded me of the strengths of DDR style.
+2 Summer (2019 Remaster)
- Similarly fun patterning as expected from Marten. It drags a bit due to the long cut and repetitive nature of the song though.
+2 Can't Escape
- Enjoyable use of swing rhythms and accurate patterning earns this song 2 votes from me. It could've used a few soflans to accent the song, though.
+2 GALAXY HidE and SeeK
- Excellent job balancing the piano, vocals, and percussion. Smooth patterning flow
+1 Shiva
- Did not expect an 18 to this song at all, but it works. Streams look fun and stand out to me
+1 Isekai Quartet
- Nice patterning variety, good balancing of vocals with instrumentation
+1 Party Time
- Great use of twists, overall clean chart.
+1 Next Generation
- Good patterning; audacious choice of going with a mod chart earns me points
+1 Trinity Homerun
- Really enjoyable patterning and nice use of 12/24ths. Some flow breaks here and there and weird breaks in pattern symmetry prevent me from giving this a higher score. Reminds me of DDR 2014 era charting.
+1 - Hella Deep
- Really unique effort. Some jank with 24ths that should be 16ths in the breakdown near the end, but I love the BPM gimmickry. Should be a 15, not a 14.
HM - That's How You Write A Song
- Appreciate the use of 24ths in the middle. Overall good example of good karaoke stepping
HM - The Earth Light
- Nice use of jacks, although it's a bit harsh for a 14. Smooth crossovers and gallops. Should be rated a 15. Feels a bit similar to Psychedelic Intelligence?
HM - Night Night Night
- Clean patterning and interesting way to chart the rap verses. I wish you would've held back a little less on the synths though!
Feel free to ask me for feedback regardless! I should have it back within a day or two.
Post #167 · Posted at 2020-04-05 06:15:01pm 4 years ago
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Week 3 Results:
1st: SUMMER - 2019 Remaster [hypnoticmarten77] - 31pts
2nd: GALAXY HidE and SeeK [KexMiX] - 28pts
+ Night! Night! Night! [tsugaru7reveng] - 28pts
+ Can't Escape [VanEden] - 28pts
3rd: Meow [talkion] - 27pts
See the spreadsheet for the full results.
This week was an absolute nail biter for sure. Without any further delay...
Congratulations to the following players:
108 - KexMiX
103 - talkion
100 - tsugaru7reveng
83 - ohaiimian
70 - hypnoticmarten77
57 - VanEden
54 - ledgam3r1279
53 - brunobg24
51 - gameboy573
51 - Oni-91
50 - Pandemonium X
36 - chewi
30 - FoRCeDNaTuRe
29 - EmeraldX
23 - TonyAkita
finally, K-Step and Mr.Music tied for the last spot with 21 and will both advance
For everyone else, unfortunately your journey ends here. Thank you for participating and I hope to see you all next time. For now though you can still vote if you so choose to. The remaining 17 will have two weeks to prove why they should be in the top 8. You can now submit files for Week 4.
1st: SUMMER - 2019 Remaster [hypnoticmarten77] - 31pts
2nd: GALAXY HidE and SeeK [KexMiX] - 28pts
+ Night! Night! Night! [tsugaru7reveng] - 28pts
+ Can't Escape [VanEden] - 28pts
3rd: Meow [talkion] - 27pts
See the spreadsheet for the full results.
This week was an absolute nail biter for sure. Without any further delay...
Congratulations to the following players:
108 - KexMiX
103 - talkion
100 - tsugaru7reveng
83 - ohaiimian
70 - hypnoticmarten77
57 - VanEden
54 - ledgam3r1279
53 - brunobg24
51 - gameboy573
51 - Oni-91
50 - Pandemonium X
36 - chewi
30 - FoRCeDNaTuRe
29 - EmeraldX
23 - TonyAkita
finally, K-Step and Mr.Music tied for the last spot with 21 and will both advance
For everyone else, unfortunately your journey ends here. Thank you for participating and I hope to see you all next time. For now though you can still vote if you so choose to. The remaining 17 will have two weeks to prove why they should be in the top 8. You can now submit files for Week 4.
Post #168 · Posted at 2020-04-05 06:53:42pm 4 years ago
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This is the best I've ever done in a ranked contest. Really hoping I can keep this momentum going over the next two weeks.
Congrats to everyone who made the cutoff! There's some very stiff competition here, and I feel that it can only take one bad week for me to slip out of Top 8.
Congrats to everyone who made the cutoff! There's some very stiff competition here, and I feel that it can only take one bad week for me to slip out of Top 8.
Post #169 · Posted at 2020-04-05 07:34:59pm 4 years ago
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I'm honestly kinda shocked that I'm managing to do this well in my first Z-I-v contest.
But yeah, my thoughts mirror tak's exactly, I gotta keep this up.
But yeah, my thoughts mirror tak's exactly, I gotta keep this up.
Post #170 · Posted at 2020-04-05 08:01:00pm 4 years ago
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Made it to the next phase, but I know I need to step up my game if I'm going to survive the next set of cuts. The heat is on.
Post #171 · Posted at 2020-04-05 08:02:01pm 4 years ago
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If I bothered to vote IIRC I'd have been in sixth?
Just shows what one set of votes can do. Rest assured I won't miss a week again!
Just shows what one set of votes can do. Rest assured I won't miss a week again!
Post #172 · Posted at 2020-04-05 08:02:53pm 4 years ago
Quote: VanEden
SIMFILE RULES
6. New simfiles only. You can't re-release a song you've already done.
Question, does this mean that if I stepped a song before I can't make a new file for it?6. New simfiles only. You can't re-release a song you've already done.
Post #173 · Posted at 2020-04-05 10:20:52pm 4 years ago
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Quote: chewi
Quote: VanEden
SIMFILE RULES
6. New simfiles only. You can't re-release a song you've already done.
Question, does this mean that if I stepped a song before I can't make a new file for it?6. New simfiles only. You can't re-release a song you've already done.
Post #174 · Posted at 2020-04-06 05:11:11am 4 years ago
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Wow. Surprised I managed to survive the cut-off date this time around.
Never made it this far, so I got to step it up! Get me to Stepmania 5 now!
Never made it this far, so I got to step it up! Get me to Stepmania 5 now!
Post #175 · Posted at 2020-04-06 05:53:53pm 4 years ago
Week 4 Entry
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5 / 9 / 13 / 18Entering an 18 may be risky but YOLO
I was literally almost done with the file before Gram tweeted another "Carmina"
Post #176 · Posted at 2020-04-07 01:07:04am 4 years ago
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Week 4
Flying High (Speed Up Alejz Remix) - DCX
Flying High (Speed Up Alejz Remix) - DCX
BPM: 168
Ratings:
2 / 7 / 9 / 12 / 
15On a side note, I'm very glad to have made it this far and am flattered to see that people have been enjoying my submissions
. Definitely upping my game for Round 2 though.Post #177 · Posted at 2020-04-07 02:47:39am 4 years ago
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Updated Carmina's sync please redownload. Steps remain the same.
Post #178 · Posted at 2020-04-07 10:54:10pm 4 years ago
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Post #179 · Posted at 2020-04-07 11:12:46pm 4 years ago
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Post #180 · Posted at 2020-04-08 10:47:57am 4 years ago
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Week 4:
Out My Head (145 Remix) / Fox Stevenson
4 / 7 / 11 / 14 / 15
Can't wait to see what hot fire everyone brings out this week
(good lord this stay at home stuff has absolutely destroyed my sleep schedule
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Out My Head (145 Remix) / Fox Stevenson
4 / 7 / 11 / 14 / 15Can't wait to see what hot fire everyone brings out this week
(good lord this stay at home stuff has absolutely destroyed my sleep schedule
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