Z-I-v Summer Contest 2017 [GAME OVER, YEAAAHHH]

Grats to everyone who made it! It's been a fun contest with great themes this year.

Right, we missed one set of votes. I'm not pointing fingers, but it DEFINITELY wasn't my fault.

IT'S CHANGED NOW. The top 15 is still the same, though.

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RANKINGS (Scores are out of 10):

+3 The Spook Returns: 8.4 (Heavy)
+3 Lush Life: 8.3 (Heavy)
+3 Computer Blues: 8.3 (Heavy)
+1 With You: 8.1 (Challenge somehow)
+1 Pump: 8.0 (Heavy)
+1 Tougenkyou: 8.0 (Heavy)
+1 Dance All Night: 7.9 (Challenge, 0.9x rate)
+1 M.S.S.Planet: 7.9 (Heavy)
+1 MIAMA: 7.8 (Heavy)
HM Countdown To Destination: 7.8 (Heavy)
HM Lose Control (feat. Ciara & Fatman Scoop): 7.8 (Heavy)
HM Ain't My Fault: 7.7 (Heavy)
HM illumina: 7.6 (Heavy)
HM L9: 7.5 (Heavy)
HM Beep Beep I'm a Sheep: 7.5 (Challenge, 0.8x rate)
HM Take It Off: 7.4 (Heavy)
<< nightowl: 7.4 (Standard)
HM Moonlit Night Lovesong: 7.4 (Challenge)
+0 THIS IS HDM: 7.3 (7.5 (Standard) - 7.1 (Heavy))
+0 Passacaglia: 7.2 (Challenge, 0.8x rate)
+0 HELL SCAPER: 7.0 (Heavy)
+0 Z: 7.0 (Standard)
+0 VAMPIRE: 6.9 (6.1 (Challenge) - 7.7 (Heavy))
+0 Down: 6.5 (Heavy)
+0 Marigold: 6.1
+0 Kill You All Fucking Asshole: 6.1 (Standard)
.. Buffalo Stance: 3.5 (Heavy)
.. Harata ima in Saitama ~Saitama wa harata ima no naka ni~: 3.2 (Heavy)

Notes:

*This is the first week I played all files on pad. I judged off of the highest difficulty I was able to pass. If I was not able to pass the easiest provided difficulty, then I slowed down the music rate until it was in my skill level. (in this case, all files that fell victim to this were ones that only had a 10+ challenge chart)
*I can't do brackets or bracket stomps. This ended up making me do some charts NOT as originally intended.
*A reminder that you shouldn't start your chart right when the music does. (Marigold)
*Another reminder that you shouldn't use 180+ BPM tell jumps. (Harata ima in Saitama ~Saitama wa harata ima no naka ni~)
*Beep Beep I'm a Sheep goes way too berserk even for my standards! But at least it's memorable.

PM me if you want more detailed feedback on your file, whether it's a listed chart here or one that I didn't look at/couldn't pass on pad.



Thank you to everyone who voted for all of my files! I managed to beat my expectations (1-2 files) last minute and got about 52 (+1 LB?) points from that. See you in Simfile Tycoon (and I'll try to participate in all weeks this time).

For the ones who did not make the cut, thank you for being part of Summer Contest. I hope this is not the only time I see some of you in SC. It's been fun playing everyone's files and there's always next year.

For the ones who did make the cut, congrats on making it to VIP Room.

-Only people who made it to VIP can upload files during it.
-It will be 3 extra weeks and all weeks are FREE WEEKS.
-Leaderboard points will reset.
-You can still vote for songs if you are not in VIP Room
-Name your song [VIP Room Round 1] - SONG NAME

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With the initial Summer Contest coming to an early summer close, and the midsummer excitement starting to brew for the VIP Room, I've got quite a few remarks I'd like to say in regards to the contest:

First of all, I'd like to thank Oni and Feraligatr for being lovely hosts this year. The theme selection was varied and unique (though I'm a bit upset there wasn't any "You Won't See This In DDR" week and may make up for it in the VIP Room...), and you guys shared the responsibility of hosting wonderfully. If it hadn't been for you guys, this contest might've not been as fun, so thanks again! I also want to give a thanks to Pandy for helping the hosts out and assisting with making the 2017 contest happen...and for kindly partnering with me for ZIv Academy

Secondly, this was my first-ever Summer Contest...and I'm so happy that the contest was as good as it was for the first year I participated in it. Coming in 1st place for SloweRemix and making it to the VIP room was something I didn't expect at all - so with that being said I would also like to thank everybody who voted for me in the contest for doing so. I wouldn't have made it this far had I not received the support I did. It was fun doing the main contest, and I'm excited - yet intimidated a bit - for VIP Room too~ Wish me luck!

Congrats and good luck to everyone else who made it in - and to everybody who didn't, good game! You guys all really tried your best, and I hope that someday, all of you have the opportunity to be VIPs too.

I'll be seeing you in the VIP Room - but for now, THE01ANGEL, OUT!!

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Dear future readers, I hope you guys have read this post by Oni-91.
His post puts the spoilery bits in links. This post will not. Below these words is the final, pre-VIP leaderboard.

Before that, I would like to say many, many thanks to Oni, Gatr, and Pandy for a wonderful job in hosting this year's Summer Contest! The theme selections were pretty great imo. Even when I can only participate for the last five weeks, I had quite a blast! Would love to participate in the earlier weeks, but alas, final projects.

To everyone who got in to the VIP Room, congratulations! It's not an easy feat. After all, you competed for 15 spots in a field of almost 60 people! Good luck in the VIP Room! I can tell it's going to be even fiercer than before.
To everyone who didn't, let's work hard for next year!

Finally, thanks for the points, everyone! The 12p in Week 9 was pretty special

Now, the final leaderboard. As usual, click for 1080p.



And there we have it, the points for Week 10! Telperion snatched his first win in the last pre-VIP week, congratulations! And just at the right time as well! Feraligatr got his third silver, and Benpai got a cool bronze while also snatching the overall second place!
Near the border, Loodee's performance this week is enough for him to just squeeze into the 15th place! I'll also add that he got into VIP with just two files, the lowest out of everyone inside! Very impressive, and efficient too.
Commiserations to TikalFan9000 who just missed out on qualification by a single leaderboard point. You'll get there next time!

And finally, say hello to the fifteen members of the VIP Room! This list is ordered by date of entry. (also click for 1080p)

I may have not done a good job overall through the whole summer contest, but I did enjoy participating in it and thank you Oni and Feraligatr for setting up and hosting this contest.

Wait, so this is officially happening now?

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*breathes deeply*

Congratulations to everyone who made it into the VIP Room!
Although I popped in late, I enjoyed being a part of this. It was fun to play everyone's charts and to see the different ways which people picked their songs and the ways they stepped them.
I'd like to give thanks to everyone who gave feedback to other participants, vincentw for his quality leaderboards, and of course Pandemonium X, Oni-91, and Feraligatr for running the whole thing.
I hope to use what I've learned here to make better charts and continue to improve for next year's event.
In the mean time, it'll be exciting to see what our VIP's have in store for us. Good luck to everyone in there!

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That came out wrong, didn't it? Why does everything I say come out wrong?
*edits original post*

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Good luck in the VIP room! You're my bet for the winner.

Knowing my luck I'll end up choking. My money's all on Benpai, he's been super consistent this entire tournament. Even if he goes another three straight rounds in 2nd place it'll probably give him enough points anyway.

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Yes, vincentw has approved it as the official replacement of Simfile Shuffle (at least for this year). It will start sometime in October, and hypnoticmarten77 and I will be hosting it.

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dammit i got 4 hms, and only one points
still surprised my file was worthy of a HM tho

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Well, naturally, I was hoping I'd do really well this week, given that I would have to podium just to move into VIP room...but gold is a nice surprise, haha. Time to break out some deep cuts!

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Well, I had high expectations of winning at least one of the weeks but this was definitely not my year

Even so thanks to all who supported me in some way. See you next time

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Meh, I knew I wasn't gonna be in the VIP anyway. Still it was fun, better than doing nothing all summer.

Three weeks and a sixth place... and when the world needed him most he vanished
Hopefully I can actually participate in simfile tycoon, where the weeks are free and I have all the time I need

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This was probably the most fun I've had in the simfile contest since my very first one in 2013. Thanks to the hosts for being awesome, and thanks everyone for making such fun files to play. I'm pretty stoked for this VIP room. Good luck to everyone continuing!

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