Z-I-v Simfile Tycoon '18 [Thanks for participating!]

I took the arrows out of freedom dive in the pack I posted but yeah, that's how I fixed it, removing them all.

Far stronger round than the first chartwise, imo. Lot of HMs too, generally a good sign.

Fun +5
Puddel +3
Burnt Rice +2
Diggy +2
Bad Cycle +2
Boss Mode +1

HMs:
yacchaina
Plastic Love
Carmen's Prelude
Here Comes the Money

You know the drill, PM/discord message me if you want a review, I have friday off so I can probably get to you slightly sooner this time!

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I think this contest is doing a number on my mental state. I didn't think I'd be such a glutton for punishment.
BUT LOOK AH GOT VOTES

#yacchaina +3
BACK AT EM +3
Revenge +2
Air +2
Slowly But Surely +2
Burnt Rice +1
Boss Mode +1
Carmen's Prelude +1

TOTALS (if that's still a thing):
FUN - 10
Diggy - 6
#yacchaina - 5
Air - 4
BACK AT EM - 3
Burnt Rice - 3
Puddel - 3
Bad Cycle - 2
Boss Mode - 2
Kali 47 - 2
Revenge - 2
Slowly But Surely - 2
Carmen's Prelude - 1

+4 FREEDOM DIVE (tpz Overcute Mix)
+3 Burnt Rice
+2 Bad Cycle
+2 Boss Mode
+2 Puddel
+1 Slowly But Surely
+1 Pistols & Hearts (The Bloody Beetroots Remix)
H Air
H FUN
H Kali 47

TOTALS
FUN - 10
Burnt Rice - 6
Diggy - 6
Puddel - 5
#yacchaina - 5
Air - 4
Bad Cycle - 4
Boss Mode - 4
FREEDOM DIVE (tpz Overcute Remix) - 4
BACK AT EM - 3
Slowly But Surely - 3
Kali 47 - 2
Revenge -2
Carmen's Prelude -1
Pistols & Hearts (The Bloody Beetroots Remix) - 1

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Plastic Love - 5
#yacchaina - 4
Burnt Rice - 3
Carmen's Prelude - 3

TOTALS
FUN - 10
Burnt Rice - 9
#yacchaina - 9
Diggy - 6
Plastic Love - 5
Puddel - 5
Air - 4
Bad Cycle - 4
Boss Mode - 4
Carmen's Prelude -4
FREEDOM DIVE (tpz Overcute Remix) - 4
BACK AT EM - 3
Slowly But Surely - 3
Kali 47 - 2
Revenge -2
Pistols & Hearts (The Bloody Beetroots Remix) - 1

4 pts - Plastic Love (CuzcoBlocko)
3 pts - Diggy (ledgam3r1279)
2 pts - BACK AT EM (tamtamino) [The only problem I really have with this file ( specifically ) is where b90-91.5 and b122-123.5 with the R->U->D x2(i think those are called laterals idk i'm basing these terms off from gatr's tech notes) and having to play this on pad, it feels really off. Perhaps with a different pattern structure it'd flow well. Having played this on KB seems to have little to no problem w/ that issue, but it does stick out like a sharp thorn in a rose that you happened to prick yourself with. Otherwise, this is good.]
2 pts - Burnt Rice (chewi)
2 pts - Boss Mode (Oni-91)
1 pt - Here Comes the Money (HealingDMax300) [perhaps a happy medium b/w + would've guarantee more points from me ( honestly prefer more than ), but it's still pretty good nonetheless.] you're the real simartist, roman.
1 pt - Kali 47 (warpdr!ve)
HMs
.#yacchaina (TikalFan9000) [I seemed to have a problem with the simfile that isn't named probably for me (as seen thru this link here). I actually checked thru the .sm + .scc files to see if there's an anomaly, but I can't figure out why this is the case. I actually went and rename the title, but that was only a temporary solution. Then again, that's only a minor issue (and this is only one theme I'm currently using for Stepmania, not sure if that's the case for other themes. probably is.), the simfile is alright. Not really for me. I'll admit it is fun to play to, however.]
.Slowly But Surely (Nezemarth)
.Air (Daffa212162)

...wow i went off a tangent on BACK AT EM now that i typed that out (and i guess #yacchaina now that i think about it). hopefully i articulated my words well enough.

TOTALS:
Burnt Rice - 11
FUN - 10
#yacchaina - 9
Diggy - 9
Boss Mode - 6
Plastic Love - 5
Puddel - 5
Air - 4
Bad Cycle - 4
BACK AT EM - 5
Carmen's Prelude - 4
FREEDOM DIVE (tpz Overcute Remix) - 4
Kali 47 - 3
Slowly But Surely - 3
Revenge - 2
Pistols & Hearts (The Bloody Beetroots Remix) - 1
Here Comes the Money - 1

idk what to summarise all of this with words, so here's a gif of Shane McMahon doing his shuffle for the end to describe me (and maybe some others) playing thru most of the simfiles in this round.

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Clean up.

Burnt Rice [chewi] - 11
FUN [Feraligatr] - 10
#yacchaina (featuring MaryJane) [TikalFan9000] - 9
Diggy [ledgam3r1279] - 9
Plastic Love [CuzcoBlocko] - 9
Boss Mode [Oni-91] - 6
Back At 'Em [tamtamino] - 5
Puddel [mf32892] - 5
Air [Daffa212162] - 4
Bad Cycle [Gameoson] - 4
CARMEN'S PRELUDE [01angel] - 4
FREEDOM DiVE↓ (tpz Overcute Remix) [djVERTICAI] - 4
Kali 47 [warpdr!ve] - 3
Slowly But Surely [Nezemarth] - 3
Revenge [K-Step] - 2
Here Comes the Money [HealingDMax300] - 1
Pistols & Hearts (The Bloody Beetroots Remix) [MRace2010] - 1
Soul Surfer [paperpeach] - 0

Downloading the files now, hopefully I can pad things this week too.

I'm actually getting a profit on my file that I made in about an hour. Incredible scenes.

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ANOTHER ANNOUNCEMENT

masquerade's audio file has been updated to improve audio quality. I normally wouldn't let the submitter update their audio file, but this was more of a technical issue, so I'm letting it slide this time.

You can redownload it from the Round C Folder.

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votes.

+4 air // daffa
+3 rice // chewi
+2 kali // warp
+2 plastic // cuzco
+2 revenge // kstep
+1 puddel // mf
+1 boss // oni

HM diggy // led
HM slow // marth
HM freedom // vertical

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+5 FUN
+3 Bad Cycle
+2 Air
+2 Diggy
+1 #yacchaina
+1 Burnt Rice
+1 Kali 47

HM's:
Puddel
Plastic Love
Boss Mode
Carmen's Prelude
BACK AT EM

Burnt Rice [chewi] - 15
FUN [Feraligatr] - 15
Plastic Love [CuzcoBlocko] -11
Diggy [ledgam3r1279] - 11
#yacchaina (featuring MaryJane) [TikalFan9000] - 10
Air [Daffa212162] - 10
Boss Mode [Oni-91] - 7
Bad Cycle [Gameoson] - 7
Puddel [mf32892] - 6
Kali 47 [warpdr!ve] - 6
Back At 'Em [tamtamino] - 5
CARMEN'S PRELUDE [01angel] - 4
FREEDOM DiVE↓ (tpz Overcute Remix) [djVERTICAI] - 4
Revenge [K-Step] - 4
Slowly But Surely [Nezemarth] - 3
Here Comes the Money [HealingDMax300] - 1
Pistols & Hearts (The Bloody Beetroots Remix) [MRace2010] - 1
Soul Surfer [paperpeach] - 0

should've went with my gut and not made that kind of challenge chart for here comes the money. i considered deleting it too since i didn't really like how it turned out but i didn't want all that time i spent on it to be for nothing + i was out of time to revise it bc i was going to be busy for the rest of that day. *sigh*

+4 Boss Mode
+4 Diggy
+2 FUN
+1 Puddel
+1 Bad Cycle
+1 Burnt Rice
+1 Slowly But Surely
+1 Pistols(ry
HM Air
HM Kali 47
HM Plastic Love

FUN [Feraligatr] - 17
Burnt Rice [chewi] - 16
Diggy [ledgam3r1279] - 15
Boss Mode [Oni-91] - 11
Plastic Love [CuzcoBlocko] -11
#yacchaina (featuring MaryJane) [TikalFan9000] - 10
Air [Daffa212162] - 10
Bad Cycle [Gameoson] - 8
Puddel [mf32892] - 7
Kali 47 [warpdr!ve] - 6
Back At 'Em [tamtamino] - 5
CARMEN'S PRELUDE [01angel] - 4
FREEDOM DiVE↓ (tpz Overcute Remix) [djVERTICAI] - 4
Revenge [K-Step] - 4
Slowly But Surely [Nezemarth] - 4
Pistols & Hearts (The Bloody Beetroots Remix) [MRace2010] - 2
Here Comes the Money [HealingDMax300] - 1
Soul Surfer [paperpeach] - 0

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4 | Bad Cycle
3 | Diggy, FUN
2 | Burnt Rice, Plastic Love
1 | CARMEN'S PRELUDE

FUN [Feraligatr] - 20
Burnt Rice [chewi] - 18
Diggy [ledgam3r1279] - 18
Plastic Love [CuzcoBlocko] - 13
Bad Cycle [Gameoson] - 12
Boss Mode [Oni-91] - 11
#yacchaina (featuring MaryJane) [TikalFan9000] - 10
Air [Daffa212162] - 10
Puddel [mf32892] - 7
Kali 47 [warpdr!ve] - 6
Back At 'Em [tamtamino] - 5
CARMEN'S PRELUDE [01angel] - 5
FREEDOM DiVE↓ (tpz Overcute Remix) [djVERTICAI] - 4
Revenge [K-Step] - 4
Slowly But Surely [Nezemarth] - 4
Pistols & Hearts (The Bloody Beetroots Remix) [MRace2010] - 2
Here Comes the Money [HealingDMax300] - 1
Soul Surfer [paperpeach] - 0

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My votes are here

+3 Diggy
+2 Back at Em
+2 Burnt Rice
+2 Kali 47
+2 Plastic Love
+2 Slowly but Surely
+2 Yacchaina

Diggy [ledgam3r1279] - 21
FUN [Feraligatr] - 20
Burnt Rice [chewi] - 20
Plastic Love [CuzcoBlocko] - 15
Bad Cycle [Gameoson] - 12
#yacchaina (featuring MaryJane) [TikalFan9000] - 12
Boss Mode [Oni-91] - 11
Air [Daffa212162] - 10
Kali 47 [warpdr!ve] - 8
Puddel [mf32892] - 7
Back At 'Em [tamtamino] - 7
Slowly But Surely [Nezemarth] - 6
CARMEN'S PRELUDE [01angel] - 5
FREEDOM DiVE↓ (tpz Overcute Remix) [djVERTICAI] - 4
Revenge [K-Step] - 4
Pistols & Hearts (The Bloody Beetroots Remix) [MRace2010] - 2
Here Comes the Money [HealingDMax300] - 1
Soul Surfer [paperpeach] - 0

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+4 Puddel
+2 Air
+2 Back At 'Em
+2 Boss Mode
+2 Burnt Rice
+2 Pistols & Hearts (The Bloody Beetroots Remix)
+1 FREEDOM DiVE↓ (tpz Overcute Remix)
+0 Here Comes the Money

Totals:
Burnt Rice [chewi] - 22
Diggy [ledgam3r1279] - 21
FUN [Feraligatr] - 20
Plastic Love [CuzcoBlocko] - 15
Boss Mode [Oni-91] - 13
Air [Daffa212162] - 12
Bad Cycle [Gameoson] - 12
#yacchaina (featuring MaryJane) [TikalFan9000] - 12
Puddel [mf32892] - 11
Back At 'Em [tamtamino] - 9
Kali 47 [warpdr!ve] - 8
Slowly But Surely [Nezemarth] - 6
CARMEN'S PRELUDE [01angel] - 5
FREEDOM DiVE↓ (tpz Overcute Remix) [djVERTICAI] - 5
Pistols & Hearts (The Bloody Beetroots Remix) [MRace2010] - 4
Revenge [K-Step] - 4
Here Comes the Money [HealingDMax300] - 1
Soul Surfer [paperpeach] - 0

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I'm basing my votes on the highest difficulty.

Votes:
BACK AT EM (tamtamino) - +4
Revenge (K-Step) - +4
Diggy (ledgam3r1279) - +3
Plastic Love (CuzcoBlocko) - +3
#ヤッチャイナ featuring MaryJane (TikalFan9000) - +1
Boss Mode (Oni-91) - HM
Puddel (mf32892) - HM
Bad Cycle (Gameoson)
Kali 47 (warpdr!ve)
Slowly But Surely (Nezemarth)
FREEDOM DiVE↓ (tpz overcute remix) (djVERTICAI)
CARMEN'S PRELUDE (01angel)
Air (Daffa212162)
FUN (Feraligatr)
Soul Surfer (paperpeach)
Pistols & Roses (The Bloody Beetroots Remix) (MRace2010)
Here Comes the Money (HealingDMax300)

Notes:
It's ok to change the samplestart of a song you got.

Total:
Diggy [ledgam3r1279] - 24
Burnt Rice [chewi] - 22
FUN [Feraligatr] - 20
Plastic Love [CuzcoBlocko] - 18
#yacchaina (featuring MaryJane) [TikalFan9000] - 13
Back At 'Em [tamtamino] - 13
Boss Mode [Oni-91] - 13
Air [Daffa212162] - 12
Bad Cycle [Gameoson] - 12
Puddel [mf32892] - 11
Kali 47 [warpdr!ve] - 8
Revenge [K-Step] - 8
Slowly But Surely [Nezemarth] - 6
CARMEN'S PRELUDE [01angel] - 5
FREEDOM DiVE↓ (tpz Overcute Remix) [djVERTICAI] - 5
Pistols & Hearts (The Bloody Beetroots Remix) [MRace2010] - 4
Here Comes the Money [HealingDMax300] - 1

Hah, boy, I seem to shoot pretty consistently off the mark of the majority way of thinking on here. Maybe I should stick more to the actual arcades, less of aiming for Internet glory.

Honestly, your file wasn't that bad, just not what I like personally.

Oh no, that's very kind of you, thank you! That just seems to be the case often, nothing wrong about it. I mean, I'm the type who likes to replay NEPHILIM DELTA for kicks, I'm already pretty odd~

It's time for Round 2 votes!
5 pts: Burnt Rice
4 pts: FUN
3 pts: #yacchaina (featuring MaryJane)
2 pts: Bad Cycle
1 pt: FREEDOM DiVE↓ (tpz Overcute Remix)

HM: Boss Mode
HM: Diggy
HM: Plastic Love
HM: Slowly But Surely

Burnt Rice [chewi] - 27
Diggy [ledgam3r1279] - 24
FUN [Feraligatr] - 24
Plastic Love [CuzcoBlocko] - 18
#yacchaina (featuring MaryJane) [TikalFan9000] - 16
Bad Cycle [Gameoson] - 14
Back At 'Em [tamtamino] - 13
Boss Mode [Oni-91] - 13
Air [Daffa212162] - 12
Puddel [mf32892] - 11
Kali 47 [warpdr!ve] - 8
Revenge [K-Step] - 8
Slowly But Surely [Nezemarth] - 6
FREEDOM DiVE↓ (tpz Overcute Remix) [djVERTICAI] - 6
CARMEN'S PRELUDE [01angel] - 5
Pistols & Hearts (The Bloody Beetroots Remix) [MRace2010] - 4
Here Comes the Money [HealingDMax300] - 1

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Pfft, your file is surely doing better than mine. Aside from a few votes, mine was a real bummer. Yours wasn't, I liked how you approached the song (without having a single sick stream, thank you) but I preferred the other files I voted for.

I hope I can redeem myself next round...

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