Z-I-v: Tower of Eight Panels

Every 8th cluster in MAX 300 EDP except for the run at the end does not involve any shift in momentum or body positioning, so it's actually quite easy until the last 8 or so seconds as long as you have the stamina to drill. Even the very last run is entirely crab walking, so there's no twisting your body sideways to hit anything. What makes your chart far harder than that is that so many of your runs involve significantly longer travel distance between steps but you also don't give the player an opportunity to recover to full gauge after each one. Don't get me wrong, the movements are fun, but level 15 charts in DDR don't use those kinds of fast runs as often as yours did, let alone in succession.

One of the easiest things you can do to give the player more cues to say "okay the song's going to pick up now" is gradually increase the scroll rate just one beat before the steps resume at that slowdown. As is, I found that it is not only difficult to know when to hit arrows again, but also at what speed (the 4 notes after the slowdown could have just as easily been at half speed as opposed to full, and having a greater visual distance just right before would help in telling those sorts of things).

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Then does that mean [↓|↑] counts towards the requirement, but not [↑|↓]? If not, why not? Aren't they the same distance apart on the dance platform?

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I have a feeling KexMix misworded it, because 1D and 2D are 4 lanes apart visually but 3 panels apart on the pads.

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Yeah, I get all that, but that stream in MAX 300 is more than 10% faster stepping than anything in Veritas, and for me that's a way bigger deal than the differences in movements. And like I said, I get that's not how it is for everybody, I just underestimated how far off my judgment is. It's easy to rate how hard you think something is, it's a lot harder to rate how hard other people think it is.

So I don't really aim for a difficulty level, I just write some steps that I think fit the song from a certain perspective, then try to guess how hard people will think they are. And really it's kind of unfortunate that people will see that difficulty rating first, because it'll color people's expectations and I feel like the odds that people will agree with me on that assessment are usually pretty low.

I agree with what you said on every level; yeah all it was was you were off on your judgment as to how I saw it, and that was that. Speed and movements are both important considerations and sometimes, there's no perfect way to gauge anything. Thus, we all make guesses and are wrong sometimes, myself included. There are so many things I rated that were way off the ballpark myself, and the consequence is often that the chart attracts the wrong players as audience. That's why I do give paragraphs explaining things from my side, which include both my observations based on evidence and things that are purely my opinion. Your file still did well in my eyes!

Perhaps people reading this might want to say I care about what things get rated more than I should, and that's a perfectly fine and valid point to have. I care to the extent I think your file will be playable and enjoyable to players at the level at which it was rated, as well as to the extent it shows you understand how demanding the things you put are.

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I did misworded it and explained it incorrectly, thanks for catching that, Newb.
Perhaps I should've said that the requirement applies to the physical setup, not the stepzone. Whoops.

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Not gonna lie, totally mad at myself for not noticing this thread earlier. Doubles is my jam.

Good luck everyone!

You can still join, Spork!

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Sign me up - I'm sure I can find *something* that fits each theme coming up

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Title: Crab Rave
Artist: Noisestorm
BPM: 125
Length: 1′57″

Requirements:
☑ 258 / 8 | Use successive notes or a jump that are at least 3 panels apart 8 times in your hardest chart. Clear! +90EXP
☑ 169 / 24 | Omit the center two panels for at least 24 consecutive notes in your hardest chart. Clear! +10EXP

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UPDATE: Added background video.

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This floor's requirements are great. They're not restrictions, they're a license to cut loose. Well over 100 stretchy steps, and a section over 24 steps long that doesn't use the center two panels... and actually gets repeated (though mirrored) later. Not sure the challenge chart is actually 18-worthy, it might be more of a 17 but it seemed better to aim high here. It's definitely a lot of kinds of difficult that people may not be used to, with wide stretches, long-distance movements, and some pretty intense or unusual twists.
...and if you haven't gotten enough practice at being tall to handle the challenge chart, the expert chart is similar but with significantly less rude patterning, so maybe give it a shot. Similarly it might be a little easy for a 16, but this seemed safer.

PSYQUI - Funk Assembly
10/13/16/18
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o3o Hang on... ANOTHER Undercover by Hommarju?

The pumpkin patch never died.

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Lock and load for those ranged attacks! The preview section has only U/D arrows on each pad, and that stretch without the center two arrows lasts for 40 arrows.

Okay so it was either this or The legend of JUMPING, so I had to do the right thing...



Yeah, no. I'm not submitting that one lol

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I haven't heard the Legend of Jumping since like 2004. That was such a great joke file back when everyone and their mother was making Max remixes.
You sir, make me happy for reminding me of this.

Amazing files so far guys! Keep it up!

[edit] 2004, not 2006. I was still in high school at that point in time

Haha, I only heard it for the first time last month because StyleK226 played it from the Max Megapack. You could tell I never even heard of StepMania in the 2000s era

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Railgun Roulette / Camellia vs Akira Complex

Wow did everyone just miss Floor 2? Looks like I need to play the catch-up game...