Z-I-v Summer Contest 2014 [CLOSED]

There is a balance of course. Twisting is an important aspect of charts, but having to twist every 5 steps is a bit much. Your chart was very good, but only some parts had too much twisting IMO.
But I did love your chart. Don't get me wrong.

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Looks like we have a different definition of twisting/crossovers, but for me...

If the BPM is around 130 and up...

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Twisting and crossovers aren't the same thing. Here is my opinion on it.



So using more of the right method than the left method can make it that much better to play on a dance pad.

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Dunno, but I really enjoy Boom Boom Dollar KOG.G3 and Exotic Ethnic a lot because of their crossover... overload.

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Well in the earlier weeks of this contest, I noticed much less of this "twisting". I personally don't like when charts have too much. There are other patterns that you can use instead.

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I like twisting, especially if it forces you to do afronova-walk esque things like Condor.

(look at numpad) something like 426486286842624864268 is wonderful.

No I'm not posting a graphic of that.

It's all preference.

Some people like to twist and crossover...some don't.
Some like to use 16ths...others don't.

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I personally think if you make me twist the whole time through the chart, I'll end up double stepping things to avoid just draining myself out.

It seems that the theme this week lends itself to a lot more body movement than usual. Still, there are times when I felt that facing one direction for a longer duration, crossovers, double steps, etc. are more appropriate than the majority of these twists based on the song.

+5 My Sweet Summer [Spork!]
+4 Pompeii [hooky]
+3 生命の焔纏いて [Silverhawke]
+2 FUNKY SUMMER BEACH [Scarz]
+1 Abing Abing [ddrstepper]
+0 Dance On A Volcano [Akira]

Quick comments on things I found noteworthy:
Dance On A Volcano: For a eurobeat song, I expected more crossovers in the and charts (this applies to Night Of Fire too), but the charts are still decent. I wish there was more creativity during the "Yeah" vocals other than mapping that word to the up arrow.
Pompeii: The chart contained too many twists and karaoke steps, but the - charts are awesome.
生命の焔纏いて: The 1st half of chart is pretty good, but the 2nd half felt too repetitive thanks to the twists. The and charts have some twists too and very few double steps, but are in this case very well done for this song.
My Sweet Summer: A good example of twists (and spins and crossovers in the chart) done right imo. For the most part, every chart is very fun.

Feel free to PM me if you would like any feedback.

Totals:
生命の焔纏いて [Silverhawke] - 12
My Sweet Summer [Spork!] - 8
FUNKY SUMMER BEACH [Scarz] - 8
Dance On A Volcano [Akira] - 7
Abing Abing [ddrstepper] - 5
Pompeii [hooky] - 4
Arcanine [Gameoson] - 4
THE DETONATOR (RoughSketch BPM200 Remix) [tsugaru7reveng] - 4
Floor Burn [darkanine] - 4
Night Of Fire [Vinylarou] - 2
Last Burning [Dreamland200] - 2

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That's what I was trying to get at!

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So I figured I'd do something extra for the last week of voting (and because I have time). Scoring system is my usual one.
[20 max, grey is the misc aspects (sync, song cut, graphics, music choice/quality etc)]

In short:
+5: FUNKY SUMMER BEACH [Scarz]
+4: My Sweet Summer [Spork!]
+3: 生命の焔纏いて [Silverhawke]
+2: THE DETONATOR (RoughSketch BPM200 Remix) [tsugaru7reveng]
+1: (d)Arcanine [Gameoson]
HM: 17/20 and up (Pompeii, Last Burning, Abing Abing)

Totals:
生命の焔纏いて [Silverhawke] - 15
FUNKY SUMMER BEACH [Scarz] - 13
My Sweet Summer [Spork!] - 12
Dance On A Volcano [Akira] - 7
THE DETONATOR (RoughSketch BPM200 Remix) [tsugaru7reveng] - 6
Abing Abing [ddrstepper] - 5
Arcanine [Gameoson] - 5
Floor Burn [darkanine] - 4
Pompeii [hooky] - 4
Last Burning [Dreamland200] - 2
Night Of Fire [Vinylyarou] - 2

So... I just want to say thank you so much for these last 14 weeks! I have picked up some new techniques from you guys to improve my steps. I hope to see you soon! (possibly in a pack announcement but you never know~)

FINAL VOTES!


TOTALS
生命の焔纏いて [Silverhawke] - 20
My Sweet Summer [Spork!] - 16
FUNKY SUMMER BEACH [Scarz] - 13
Abing Abing [ddrstepper] - 8
Dance On A Volcano [Akira] - 7
THE DETONATOR (RoughSketch BPM200 Remix) [tsugaru7reveng] - 7
Pompeii [hooky] - 6
Arcanine [Gameoson] - 5
Floor Burn [darkanine] - 4
Last Burning [Dreamland200] - 2
Night Of Fire [Vinylyarou] - 2


Using 192nds instead of what the note actually is is actually done pretty commonly (more in keyboard charts than pad charts) to accent certain sounds. If I had to guess, that's probably what Silverhawke was doing.

EDIT: Actually I took another look at that chart and I have no clue what the 192nds were for either rofl

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@vincentw: originally, it was flat 184bpm. the 12ths there were 8ths and the 192nds were 12ths. after i shrunk the beginning by 2/3 (reason why it is 122.666~122.667 in the beginning) they ended up like that (should be 18ths) and i didn't feel the need to change it so yeah :p

i did check it though, and to me it sounds like the first set could use either, while the other one is more fitting with 192nds (16ths sounds a little too early).

also if you count jump as 1 combo, the ESP has 573 notes (while the ESP of the extra ironically has 666 despite it being the light counterpart) :p

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Biased and opinionated reviews, ahoy!

5 - DETONATOOOORRRRRR
4 - My Sweet Banana
3 - Bling Bling
2 - FIIIYAAAAAHHH
1 - 生命の(ry

生命の焔纏いて [Silverhawke] - 21
My Sweet Summer [Spork!] - 20
FUNKY SUMMER BEACH [Scarz] - 13
THE DETONATOR (RoughSketch BPM200 Remix) [tsugaru7reveng] - 12
Abing Abing [ddrstepper] - 11
Dance On A Volcano [Akira] - 7
Pompeii [hooky] - 6
Arcanine [Gameoson] - 5
Night Of Fire [Vinylyarou] - 4
Floor Burn [darkanine] - 4
Last Burning [Dreamland200] - 2

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Spork, you really need this win.

+5 My Sweet Summer
+4 THE DETONATOR
+3 FUNKY SUMMER BEACH
+2 生命の焔纏いて
+1 Dance On A Volcano

My Sweet Summer [Spork!] - 25
生命の焔纏いて [Silverhawke] - 23
FUNKY SUMMER BEACH [Scarz] - 16
THE DETONATOR (RoughSketch BPM200 Remix) [tsugaru7reveng] - 16
Abing Abing [ddrstepper] - 11
Dance On A Volcano [Akira] - 8
Pompeii [hooky] - 6
Arcanine [Gameoson] - 5
Night Of Fire [Vinylyarou] - 4
Floor Burn [darkanine] - 4
Last Burning [Dreamland200] - 2

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I intended to do this in the last second, but feel like people would have raged (like some other time ago), so here you go.

+5 Silverhawke
+4 Scarz
+3 Akira
+2 Vinylyarou
+1 Gameoson

生命の焔纏いて [Silverhawke] - 28
My Sweet Summer [Spork!] - 25
FUNKY SUMMER BEACH [Scarz] - 20
THE DETONATOR (RoughSketch BPM200 Remix) [tsugaru7reveng] - 16
Dance On A Volcano [Akira] - 11
Abing Abing [ddrstepper] - 11
Arcanine [Gameoson] - 6
Night Of Fire [Vinylyarou] - 6
Pompeii [hooky] - 6
Floor Burn [darkanine] - 4
Last Burning [Dreamland200] - 2

Finally got some free time to throw down some votes:

+5 Arcanine [Gameoson]
+4 Pompeii [hooky] (I needed great chart for this, thanks for making me happy )
+3 The Detonator [tsugaru7reveng]
+2 Abing Abing [ddrstepper]
+1 Last Burning [Dreamland200]

生命の焔纏いて [Silverhawke] - 28
My Sweet Summer [Spork!] - 25
FUNKY SUMMER BEACH [Scarz] - 20
THE DETONATOR (RoughSketch BPM200 Remix) [tsugaru7reveng] - 19
Abing Abing [ddrstepper] - 13
Dance On A Volcano [Akira] - 11
Arcanine [Gameoson] - 11
Pompeii [hooky] - 10
Night Of Fire [Vinylyarou] - 6
Floor Burn [darkanine] - 4
Last Burning [Dreamland200] - 3


<3

Only played the Expert charts so here's some short feedback.

+5 Night Of Fire [Vinylyarou]
+4 FUNKY SUMMER BEACH [Scarz]
+3 Last Burnig [Dreamland200]
+2 Dance On A Volcano [Akira]
+1 生命の焔纏いて [Silverhawke]
HM: Abing Abing [ddrstepper]
HM: My Sweet Summer [Spork!]

生命の焔纏いて [Silverhawke] - 29
My Sweet Summer [Spork!] - 25
FUNKY SUMMER BEACH [Scarz] - 24
THE DETONATOR (RoughSketch BPM200 Remix) [tsugaru7reveng] - 19
Abing Abing [ddrstepper] - 13
Dance On A Volcano [Akira] - 13
Arcanine [Gameoson] - 11
Night Of Fire [Vinylyarou] - 11
Pompeii [hooky] - 10
Last Burning [Dreamland200] - 6
Floor Burn [darkanine] - 4

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suddenly votes:
+5 THE DETONATOR
+4 FUNKY SUMMER BEACH
+3 Pompeii
+2 Last Burning
+1 My Sweet Summer

other remarks:
Abing Abing - more could be done
DANCE ON A VOLCANO - faulty cut? sync drifts
Pompeii - btw the ending slows down just a little

suddenly totals:
生命の焔纏いて [Silverhawke] - 29
FUNKY SUMMER BEACH [Scarz] - 28
My Sweet Summer [Spork!] - 26
THE DETONATOR (RoughSketch BPM200 Remix) [tsugaru7reveng] - 24
Abing Abing [ddrstepper] - 13
Dance On A Volcano [Akira] - 13
Pompeii [hooky] - 13
Arcanine [Gameoson] - 11
Night Of Fire [Vinylyarou] - 11
Last Burning [Dreamland200] - 8
Floor Burn [darkanine] - 4

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Silverhawke has won 1st place in every week he has participated in. wao such skilz

For real though, he made beautiful sims, that's why he won. :3

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