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Join date : 2009-11-22 Age : 32 Location : asdf
| Subject: Batch Review Thread June 25th 2010, 10:32 pm | |
| FILES RECEIVED ==========Rating System (minimum acceptance: 11 points between three judges) (0) F: Horribly stepped with a total disregard of sync; steps either do not represent the chart at all or cannot be comprehended within the song. (1) E: Poorly stepped file with lack of care toward sync; many misrhythms and very small/non-existent chart representation. (2) D: Some care of sync, but presents constant difficulty imbalances, constant layering issues, and/or mis-rhythms. (3) C: Some care of sync; but has minor issues that must be attended to such as inconsistencies in layering, rhythms, and or difficulty. (4) B: Good file with care of sync and presents specific patterns; contains minor errors that are bearable and not major. Minimum rating for acceptance. (5) A: Great file, well-synced, good musical representation. (6) S: You get one of these, give yourself a pat on the back. [/]: Judge file. Equal to B or better for judge that sent it.July- Spoiler:
7-17-10
Dude, I Totally Miss You (wc) (E): Mis-quantized (Compress 3-2), offset is off, and file just drags overall.
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2010 Battle Theatre (ichliebekase) (C): Strange jump usage (m11/13, what's with the down/up jump?), slight inconsistencies in the 2nd half of the chart (m19/23 - some synths represented by one arrow, others by two), and a few missed sounds here or there.
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Glorious Morning (ichliebekase) (B): Use offsets instead of putting pauses in the beginning (although it might be a bit late since you did that for your newer file, lol)
With how light the introduction is, I would personally only use one note for any of the instruments (two if they coincide). The file actually is not too bad, a bit inconsistent with the layering if anything, but not bad by any means; actually pretty fun. WC is right about the sync issue, it seems to drift late.
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Anisakis (bob bob) (D): Layering is all over the place - some sections are fairly light and others are aggressively stepped; difficulty inconsistencies are really bad. I disagree with the jumps being placed on the snares in the first half of the song (m25-m33), because they are pretty deep into the background. The starting point of the bursts at m37-m41 should be a 12th note lower (with the purple note coming before the red note staying).
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Connect (wc) (D): Pretty cool song, but it's another one that seems to feel a lot longer than it should. Both charts have misrhythms in m34-42, although the Standard chart's misrhythms are a bit more understandable since it can still account for all of the hi-hats in a decently fast motion. One chart is inconsistent in layering, the other is nicely dumbed down, but is just a bit generic. Patterns could be a bit better.
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Crunk De Gaulle (wc) (C): Great example of how sound effects can make a file a bit challenging and technical. The foundation of the file is great; love some of the pattern usage. However, I would really like to see you dumb down a few of the bursts and change some of the freezes into other things, because you lose a good bit of the effects with freeze usage (thanks FFR). The file itself is good, but make it a bit more playable for FFR.
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Eight Empty Beds (wc) (A): Easy file, good PR, proper layering, no complaints at all.
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Floating Through Time (wc) (C): Even though this file is meant to be easy, why do you go in and out between following the treble clef piano notes? File is alright, nothing extravagant or terribly wrong with it, but just irks me a bit.
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Ninjitsu (wc) (D): Eh. Not really feeling anything good about this chart. Just a bit generic.
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No Running Water (wc) (B): Signs of PR, otherwise, pretty straightforward. Decent easy file.
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Pop Star World (Niala) (D): I see some good things, but some bad things as well. There's some sections of pretty good steps complemented by sections that are either over-layered or under-layered. Consistency is the biggest issue here.
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Samurai (wc) Standard (D): Boring - pretty constant even though the song is making a decent amount of changes. Heavy (C): Get rid of the 32nds in the intro, and pick some better patterns from 21-29 and 37-45 (possibly remove the triples), and this one will pass.
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Shattered Dreams (bob bob) (C): Nothing wrong with it, but nothing stands out to me.
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Stupid MF (wc) (B): File's alright (love the mini-jack usage), but I'm probably gonna end up making a v2 chart for this to make it a bit easier. Probably will be labeled as [Heavy].
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Super Falcon Punch (wc) (--): abstaining from judging, extremely biased toward the song (dislike).
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Tetris On The Toilet (Xx{Midnight}xX) (E): BPM is incorrect, so is the song offset. I see what you're trying to follow, but you have to sync the song properly. The assist tick might be a big help for getting your song on sync (press F4 while the song is playing if you are using SM 3.9). Jacks at the end are way over the top and shouldn't be there.
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The Sound of Truth (wc) (D): What the hell was up with those drum fills? Those patterns are ridiculous. The only thing that was even worth playing in this song was the guitar solo, but the beginning of the song to that point feels like an eternity.
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Warren (wc) (C): Sometimes you accent the higher piano, other times, you don't. At this speed, it's not going to boost the difficulty of the song all that much. Grace notes are nicely represented though, would love to see this file slightly changed.
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Where's Da G's (wc) (B): I've always wondered why you used triples in this file - I know they go to the snare accent but it's weird to see you stepping this way. File is fun, but has some mini-freezes that should be changed, although I'm pretty sure I can handle changing them (with your permission of course).
September 23rd- Spoiler:
Krypt222 Theme Song (T-Forc3) [E]: This song has a massive sync issue because there's no real change in the beat, yet the song goes from being on beat to landing on blue notes for the downbeat. Because of this, it's hard to see what certain jumps are accenting.
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Scavenger (Plan_B) [/]: Already in game.
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Piano Concerto 1 [Anti-Ares ~ Scorpion Fire] (iironic / ~Z~) [C]: There are a lot of technical errors in this chart that I actually would like to go through on another sitting; there's actually a lot of good in this file and your chart structure has an extreme amount of technicality that can make for a great high level file. I'm going to look at this in StepMania on another sitting to point out the things you should try to fix. Not a bad attempt at all.
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Evans (~Z~) [D]: Try and work on accent consistency. This doesn't mean to use triples at all, but try to avoid accenting different instruments the same way - at the beginning of the chart I was noticing some of the same jumps accenting two different things. With the way you're stepping this song, it might be worthwhile to only choose the harder accents to layer and leave the subtle accenting (like the piano chords) uncharted, unless nothing else is happening. The section at 550ish where you have the bursts is also incompletely filled as a build-up, there should be 16ths in between the bursts. I do see the pitch relevancy though, nice attempt - it's definitely there. Also, change some of those burst patterns. 12321 and 43234 aren't exactly friendly for the difficulty of the chart you're calling for.
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In a Trance Redux (rushyrulz) [D]: Lots of inconsistent layering throughout the chart, and there's really no need to double the BPM for the mid-section of the song. I do appreciate the accenting that strange sound effect, but between all of the choices of patterns for different accents and the ghost stepping for instruments that hadn't quite been brought out, there's a lot to be fixed in this.
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Xepher (Alloyus) [/]: Already in game.
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Lawn Wake II (o) (B): I remember looking at this just visually and rejecting this file for purely bursts. However, that's not the case this time. You've got a good deal of the sound effects represented nicely, but there's a few sections that I would love to see you go a bit more aggressive with (take a look at 80-147, 470ish). The jump placement in the slowdown is arguably incorrect but it's not so bad that it's worth shooting this chart down. This one's pretty tough to score on, too.
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Candylusional (Detrimentalist) [C]: It's either: certain sections are overlayered and are ghost-stepping things that aren't there, or notes are nowhere to be found on a clearly heard sound. Fix this, it's throughout the entire chart. Structure of the chart is actually not too bad.
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Anisakis (bob bob) [D]: Piano in the intro is incompletely accounted for (the piano goes all 9 notes, not 5 then 3), and the rest of the chart is really dull. With a repeating pitch and a lot of fast percussion, you should be able to do a hell of a lot more with this.
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Roppongi Evolved VER A (bob bob) [/]: Tournament file.
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Feelings in the Air (iironiic) [D]: Constantly switches from being properly layered to considerably underlayered. Quite a few misrhythms as well and the difficulty randomly spikes with some of the jack placement.
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Mr. Patch's Battle Theme (alloyus) [E]: This song is pretty difficult to make a good chart out of - you have some strings constantly playing throughout the song, and the brass makes it hard to account for everything else because it overpowers the other instruments. Listen closely to any hard percussion accents, and account for those. Knock out all of the jumps you have for the brass notes and make them all pitch relevant as single notes; I noticed some pitch relevance in the jumps and you can do the same thing without them. Fill in sections that only have the lead instrument layered in with percussive accents, and don't be afraid to use triples for the bigger cymbal accents.
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Blood of Ganon (Scintill) [/]: Tournament file.
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Greensleeves (Woker) [/]: Tournament file.
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One More Lovely (bob bob) [D]: One part of the file is really easy, and you have huge 200 BPM 16th jumpstream run, then back to extremely easy, and then a 200 BPM 16th run for the entire song. Steps are just random and match the rhythm with no other relevance.
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Time to Turn Around (bob bob) [/]: Tournament file.
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Vital Mission in the Spanish Desert (Scintill) (B): This file will be used for a little experiment with the engine of mine, but it won't be a public release. This is just to let you know that it would have been accepted. File is ridiculous and is teetering on the border of 50.
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Falcor (ichliebekase) [/]: Tournament file.
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Flying High (ichliebekase) [/]: Tournament file.
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Emerald Sword (bob bob) [D]: It feels like there's a sync problem after that triple, which happenes to go to nothing (if there's a stop there, remove it). Chart uses really odd patterns that would normally indicate something special happening (like repeating three note patterns). Quite a few misrhythms as well.
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Vertex Psi (bob bob) [E]: Straight quarter notes at what feels like around 500 BPM isn't quite appealing.
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The Wizard's Finale (bob bob) [-]: I talked to you about this one already.
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Cypher Gate (~Zero~) [/]: Tournament file.
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It's My Fault (T-Forc3/ Xx{Midnight}xX) [E]: Those minijacks are absolutely horrendous, and this chart looks absolutely disgusting on the engine. To make matters worse, this mash-up of beats has no musical quality.
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Battle Beyond the Horizon (bob bob) [C]: Not too bad of a chart, but you're missing a fair amount of sounds in the percussion and even a few of the 8-bit melodies at well, especially near the middle to end. The repeating 12th note section was a very nice touch and I would to see that kind of attention on other repeating sections/melodies.
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Happy Dreams (Scintill) [A]: Great chart - flows really nicely and I absolutely love the percussion relevance near the middle of the chart; not a lot of people seem to pay attention to percussive instruments as much as they do for pitch. The only thing that bothers me about this chart are some of the grace notes/polyrhythms - they feel a bit forced and they're so subtle that the chart can probably do without them.
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Saphira
Join date : 2009-11-21 Age : 38 Location : Budd Lake NJ
| Subject: Re: Batch Review Thread June 25th 2010, 10:32 pm | |
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Due Tomorrow (bob bob) (C) The only thing that's really urking me about this file is the inconsistency. I think if you were to go back through and maybe lighten up the ending a little bit and throw a little more layering into the light sections this could be a good chart. Fantasy Impromptu (bob bob) (B)
While I can see what AJ is saying with this file. I actually find it quite fun and think others will as well. It has good consistency and I don't notice any major mistakes to not pass this file through. Put Your Hands Up (bob bob) (A)
I really like this file. It's not often I enjoy lower level files anymore but this one is just a great upbeat song and fun to play. Really don't think there's much for me to say on this one. Happy Gang Bang (Scintill) (S)
fun as hell. Music is upbeat and catchy the steps go great with it. Really not much else to say but Good Job Intense tourture (Scintill) (B)
Really don't have too much more to add to what AJ already said. I think it makes for another good challenge our higher level players kinda chart lol. Kero Kero (~Z~) (C) You're getting really close with this file but it feels like you're trying to force it to be more difficult. The biggest issue is you're continuing the runs when the song has cooled down. After the one jumpstream section you continue the run when the music has softend up then towards the end again you put in another run which just feels kinda out of place with the sound of the music. But don't give up you really aren't far off I enjoy the rest of the chart just play around with those sections a little more. Centerfold (speedy mix) (bob bob) (A)
Great lower level chart. Really don't have much else to comment on.
The Ocean (ichliebekase & krunkykai22) (C) I agree with AJ here "Measures 29-32 had a slight inconsistency issue (seemed like you took parts of the previous synth and only partially layered it in), but the rest of the file is actually pretty good, albeit slightly repetitive." The only other thing I really have to add is about the one handed trills. I feel kinda like they were just thrown in to bump the difficulty of the song when it was on a great track to begin with. It's going to be another one of those files people are like "the ending blah blah blah" But overall it's pretty good. Just don't try to force a more difficult file out of a song that doesn't really have it. Kinda like what Mikeys been doing with kero kero most of the file is pretty good but then he seems to be trying to force a higher difficulty out of it. July 17th - Spoiler:
2010 Battle theatre (ichliebekase) (B)
Really not too much to comment on here. Works for an easier file Glorious Morning (ichliebekase) (C) Absolutly love the file just fix the sync issue. (Please fix the sync issue I'd like to put this in game XD) Scavenger (Plan_B) (B)
I was actually very pleasantly surprised. I wasn't sure what to expect from you but overall I think the chart is pretty good. Few minor things here or there but Carlos has already mentioned them. But I see no reason not to accept this chart. Shattered Dreams (bob bob) (B)
1st thing I'm gonna say is I was shocked when I went to play the file and heard a good ol 80s song lol. Yes I'm a sucker for 80's music. Anyways it's pretty good for an easier file just a lil bit repetative. I feel like a little more could have been done to it but it's not bad. So you have my acceptance sir lol. Sept 13th- Spoiler:
Raver Girl (samurai) (B).
When I started playing the file I was kinda like uh oh to the beggining thinking it was going to be quite a plain repetative file but then once it gets past that I was pleasantly surprised. I find the chart overall fun the only thing I wonder is if the long left handed jacks are a little too much for the overall difficuly of the file other than that I love the chart I think it's a lot of fun and I love the minijack section at the end.Roy (samurai) (A)
Another great hard file from you. I'm not the best at giving too much advice on levels this high because well I suck at them lol but one thing I can say about you with these types of charts is I love your pattern choices. So many of the hard charts I just can't read and the patterns look horrible to me but so far all the burst patterns you do I'm able to read easily.No Purpose Flour [fix] (iironiic) (A)
Wow you have a natural knack for DnB I think. Like with samurai I find your burst patterns easy to read and actually find this file a lot of fun. I can't really think of much to say other than good job and go try to fix beautiful Arrhythmia now I know Aj said something about collabing with you but I really think you can fix that on your own after seeing this one. Fistfulla Drums (Scintill) (A)
When I first saw the name of this file and the length I was scared lol but when I played it I actually found it a lot of fun and love the patterns in it. Don't really have much else to say Stormy Wings (Niala) (B)
Overall pretty fun chart and a great upbeat song. it's like one of those ones you can't help but to smile while playing. The only thing for me is it felt like it dragged a little bit but it wasn't so terrible that I would reject the file for it. Zelda II Dungeon Theme (ichliebekase) (C) Not a bad attempt at your 1st harder file. It definitely needs some fixes though. Some of the runs are kinda like what are some of these arrows going to? Then there's just the repetitiveness of the song in general it doesn't leave you much room to do a lot to it and being that it's 3 and a half minutes long it just drags on with the same thing over and over or close to the same thing. I'll let Aj get into more detail on the technical stuff cause I suck at it but I definitely think you can make some harder stuff you just need a better song and a little guidance. Final Battle (~Zero~ & ichliebekase) (pending) I'm not really sure if I want to give this file a B or a C. It's an interesting file and song and I rather enjoy certain parts of it but there are sections that just feel so empty. I know there are a few you really can't do anything about but there are some I think could be beefed up a little bit. The other thing is the trill section feels a little awkward to me I can't quite put my finger on it but something feels off in that section to me. I'm sure AJ or Carlos will be able to give you better in depth reason I just know it feels weird. Summer love (bob bob) (C) The problem with this is its just kinda boring. Pretty much the same thing all the way through nothing to really keep someone interested in playing it.
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wc Simfile Author
Join date : 2010-04-10
| Subject: Re: Batch Review Thread June 26th 2010, 6:58 am | |
| hey check it out im a judge xdddddddddddddddddddddddd ***NOTE***i dont use stepmania to step so i will not be giving measures for you to check instead i will give you time signatures. the time in sm can be found in the top right hand corner. thank you for your time bob bob- Spoiler:
Shattered Dreams - first thing first offset should be .22. although the offset problem could be fixed when converting the file for the engine its always good to know you've got the right offset in the first place when stepping because it could seriously affect your stepping. for example you might use 6ths instead of 48ths or what not because the offset was wrong. not for Da Pattern And Layerin And What Not. p nice easy file only complaint is that you go from stepping everything and layering in the melody to only stepping the vocals and nothing else. during the vocal section you could put jumps to the snare hit and add steps to the bass guitar. keep in mind that when the snare and the vocals land on the same beat that doesnt mean add a hand that just mean s one note will represent two sounds so there will still only be a jump there. with the bass guitar though when the vocals and bass guiatr meet in the same beat then add a jump. what im saying is dont get carried away and add hands lol. other than that pretty good easy file thats enjoyable and not a chore to play. [B] UPDATED FILE NOTES 7/6/10 improvement made imo still missing bass notes in the vocal+snare section but that doesnt really matter as much now as it did before when it was just vocals
Thunder Light - again offset was wrong it should be -.24. the 24ths at 4.8 seconds should be 16th. the 16th at 6.3 goes to nothing it should be omitted. missed the 4th note at 10.3 the 16th right after it and theres a 32nd between the 16th note and the 8th [34] jump you placed. the 24ths there dont go to anything and they should actualy be 16ths there. at 61.9 there should be 24ths instead of the 16th there.76.3-78.6 you should step the bass kick since you're stepping the snare too. over all a very inconsistent file. the guitar solo irked me the most because you layered in the snare when the guitar solo was hitting straight 16th then didnt layer anything when it slowed down to 8ths. [C]
Anisakis Cool someone decided to step this for the custom. again inconsistency issues. the jumps in the 16th stream in the first half of the file i have no clue what hose go to from just playing it as is. seems like you tried to attempt to make an eassy file for this song but it didnt work out to well. i like the idea of just adding steps to the piano when it only plays every other 4th note but you over due it in the difficulty section when the piano plays more often than every other 4th. try to balance the file out more so difficulty doesnt differ so much throughout the file. i get the song has a climax point but you have the difficulty going everywhere throughout the song. again nice attempt and i really like some of the things you did to make it an easy file you just need to refine it some more.[D]
Piano Mania vs Drum Natasuj4another cool song cool. not a fan of the double bpm at all. get rid of that for the love of god please. really inconsistent jump and hand usage but other than that the file isnt that bad. [C]wc- Spoiler:
A Quick Death my own file [/]
Dude(I Totally Miss You) my own file [/]
Eight Empty Beds my own file [/]
Farewell, My Little Basquiat my own file [/]
Floating Through Time my own file [/]
Ninjitsu my own file [/]
No Running Water my own file [/]
Samurai my own file [/]
The Sound Of Truth my own file [/]
Warren my own file [/]
Where Da G's my own file [/]
Stupid-MF my own file [/]
Crunk De Gaulle my own file [/]
Super Falcon Punch Deluxe my own file [/] [spoiler] Frankie/Sara [spoiler] The Ocean offset was wrong here too :U should be -.02. enjoyable easy file not really much to say about it. i wouldve really preferred you step the bass kick at 69.7-80.0 and layered in the 32nd burst in 80.0-99.4 for maximum buildup and climax. enjoyable though nonetheless. [B]
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[Scavenger] Seeing as how this is a pianer file im going to be a bit more strict on sync/pr. so the end is off sync really mainly the last two notes are noticably off. not to mention the gap is off(ridiculously small amount but IT SYNC DAMN IT WEFGGNWNGEGWE). overall though nothing id expect from someone ive never seen a file from. good job only thing is some of those hands dont sound like hands and that one quad doesnt sound like a quad lol. minor mix also the PR in the 4th note section and every 4th note section that repeats like that. also some minor pr issues during the 16th runs but not as big a deal. [B
Xx{Midnight}xX- Spoiler:
Tetris On The Toilet no
Purple Cloudthe song is waaay too quiet fix that plz. this is one hell of an improvement from the other files of yours that ive played O_O. inconsistent jump usage is all that holds you back [C]Niala- Spoiler:
Pop Star World whoa cool catchy song. first off the gap is wrong it should be -.04. the steps are cool and great you just need to layer more when you only step single notes and tone it down some when you step EVERYTHING(example: the hand fest you have where the trumpet plays) thats the only thing that really really really needs work. [D] UPDATED FILE NOTES 7/11/2010 eh its better but far from anything id accept. i wont recommend any changes right now until i hear from the other judges
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Glorious Morning Awesome song woop. first thing please please please dont adjust your offset by using stops on the very first beat ;_;. use f11-f12(?) please ;_;. k now that thats taken care of the next thing is the file goes offsync as soon as it gets to the actual song past the beginning slow strings and stuff. for me at least it might just be ddream but w/e just letting it be known. i dont really like the fact that use use jumps for every single not in the beginning because only the last two notes in each 8th note sequence should be a jump. other than that file came out ok no real complaints for a custom file. id give this a B if it wasnt for the huge sync issue [C]
pmonibuv1- Spoiler:
Rondo Alla Turka file is off sync for me crazy style almost like you got the wrong bpm.
scintillstage 3-1 would be a cool easy file if it wasnt so so soooooo sooooooooooooo repetitive. not just the song but the file itself repeated a lot and that kinda ruins it. good attempt though and it wouldve gotten an accept from me had the file not repeated so much [D]Mess It Upgreat song too bad the file completely blows :jk:. i played through it a handful of times and i still dont really know what you're layering those 16ths to. flow was pretty all over the place and some of those pattern transitions could be better. kinda seems like you didnt really know what to do with the file. dont blame you though theres a lot going on. [C]kjwkjwto the heaven hey very cool song choice didnt know you had it in you lol JK BRO. second thing ya notes are late by a whole 48th note. not that important since they can change the sync before they add anything to the engine but its something to keep in mind. now onto the file! im not really a big fan of stepping dnb just because its so hard to pick what you want to layer since both the kick and the snare are both equally dominate in pretty much every dnb song ever. you chose to layer neither which was a nice change of pace but because of that the file becomes pretty dull. it also tends to lead to inconsistent jump usage which you have in your file. maybe try putting jumps to the snares being carful not to overstep. like have a jump for a snare and if there is another snare hit thats a 16th or an 8th from the first snare jump the make them a jack. pretty much add jump to every snare hit that lands on a 4th.play around with the file a bit more. dont just do what i suggest though because thats just an idea lol. i have no idea if it'll work or not. during the first little synth solo that starts at 25.03 instead of layering the synth try layering the piano chords that you hear in the background. file needs some work but i can see myself accepting it in the future [C]AlloyusOh! Oh! Oh! Sexy Vampire lol this song. layering is all over the place [D]samuraijig those are some pretty pretty pretty dumb patterns you should know better than to step like this : | [D]rushyCircus Gallopthis wasnt as bad as i thought it would be. i honestly would accept this if you fix a crap load of things. id rather talk to you than list everything here though. [D]
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AlexDest
Join date : 2010-02-09 Age : 29
| Subject: Re: Batch Review Thread June 26th 2010, 9:57 am | |
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- hope you restepped my section and arent taking full credit if you didnt mang >_O
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Saphira
Join date : 2009-11-21 Age : 38 Location : Budd Lake NJ
| Subject: Re: Batch Review Thread June 26th 2010, 12:26 pm | |
| Fantasy is actually cued to go in game. We will put a review up for it though. Now guys we really need you to start sending the files to the email. When they get sent to one or the other of us through aim or pm or whatever they tend to get sidetracked or lost. It's a lot easier for us to keep track of them all when they are right there in the email that we can both access. If you don't remember the email its dragonsfuryffrbatch@gmail.com | |
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Halogen-
Join date : 2009-11-22 Age : 32 Location : asdf
| Subject: Re: Batch Review Thread June 26th 2010, 12:42 pm | |
| With exception of Wolf by Night (etc.) by Woker, and Tomatoshadow's file - if your file hasn't been put in game or added to the first post on the other thread, it hasn't been accepted.
Files need to be sent for the e-mail now to be reviewed for inclusion to the game. | |
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Bob bob(Dan) Simfile Author
Join date : 2010-05-21 Age : 28 Location : Portsmouth, UK
| Subject: Re: Batch Review Thread June 26th 2010, 12:45 pm | |
| Will you do reviews on a weekly basis? | |
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Scintill Simfile Author
Join date : 2009-11-26 Age : 31 Location : Netherlands
| Subject: Re: Batch Review Thread June 26th 2010, 12:47 pm | |
| Happy Gang Bang not good enough? | |
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Halogen-
Join date : 2009-11-22 Age : 32 Location : asdf
| Subject: Re: Batch Review Thread June 26th 2010, 1:02 pm | |
| Happy Gang Bang is queued, iirc.
Again, it's a big mess with people submitting files everywhere and us choosing to start today. I'll figure out where to start again. Tell you what, I'll review files from Happy Gang Bang and newer, because a file just after Happy Gang Bang got accepted. Assume your file isn't accepted otherwise. | |
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Bob bob(Dan) Simfile Author
Join date : 2010-05-21 Age : 28 Location : Portsmouth, UK
| Subject: Re: Batch Review Thread June 26th 2010, 1:39 pm | |
| Ah man, so close to a b...... I don't know if theres anything i can really do to fantasy :S | |
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Saphira
Join date : 2009-11-21 Age : 38 Location : Budd Lake NJ
| Subject: Re: Batch Review Thread June 26th 2010, 1:41 pm | |
| remember I'm reviewing files too. That's why I have the little reserved thing under AJ XD | |
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Scintill Simfile Author
Join date : 2009-11-26 Age : 31 Location : Netherlands
| Subject: Re: Batch Review Thread June 26th 2010, 1:43 pm | |
| you could send it to me bob bob, like a collab | |
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Halogen-
Join date : 2009-11-22 Age : 32 Location : asdf
| Subject: Re: Batch Review Thread June 26th 2010, 1:51 pm | |
| - Bob bob wrote:
- Ah man, so close to a b......
I don't know if theres anything i can really do to fantasy :S Remember, you need to have seven points accumulated between two judges. Without Kayla's reviews - none of these are accepted. xD | |
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Bob bob(Dan) Simfile Author
Join date : 2010-05-21 Age : 28 Location : Portsmouth, UK
| Subject: Re: Batch Review Thread June 26th 2010, 2:06 pm | |
| Oh yeah *facepalm* Gonna be sending another file later Now Centerfold (speed mix) By Captain Jack
Last edited by Bob bob on June 26th 2010, 2:45 pm; edited 1 time in total | |
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Scintill Simfile Author
Join date : 2009-11-26 Age : 31 Location : Netherlands
| Subject: Re: Batch Review Thread June 26th 2010, 2:42 pm | |
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Bob bob(Dan) Simfile Author
Join date : 2010-05-21 Age : 28 Location : Portsmouth, UK
| Subject: Re: Batch Review Thread June 26th 2010, 2:45 pm | |
| Changed it, didn't like the file very much. | |
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AlexDest
Join date : 2010-02-09 Age : 29
| Subject: Re: Batch Review Thread June 26th 2010, 3:07 pm | |
| should i just send my file again but this time through the email? | |
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Saphira
Join date : 2009-11-21 Age : 38 Location : Budd Lake NJ
| Subject: Re: Batch Review Thread June 26th 2010, 3:28 pm | |
| - AlexDest wrote:
- should i just send my file again but this time through the email?
Yes please. It helps us keep things more organized. | |
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wc Simfile Author
Join date : 2010-04-10
| Subject: Re: Batch Review Thread June 26th 2010, 4:27 pm | |
| gunna increase my judge level from 2-3 because it looks like i was too lenient oops | |
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Bob bob(Dan) Simfile Author
Join date : 2010-05-21 Age : 28 Location : Portsmouth, UK
| Subject: Re: Batch Review Thread June 27th 2010, 2:47 pm | |
| Eagerly awaits more reviews..... | |
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Saphira
Join date : 2009-11-21 Age : 38 Location : Budd Lake NJ
| Subject: Re: Batch Review Thread June 27th 2010, 2:48 pm | |
| I'm getting to them in a few from my end. Wanted to get the tourney placements in order and such cause I really wanna kick it off tonight. | |
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Bob bob(Dan) Simfile Author
Join date : 2010-05-21 Age : 28 Location : Portsmouth, UK
| Subject: Re: Batch Review Thread June 27th 2010, 2:54 pm | |
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Saphira
Join date : 2009-11-21 Age : 38 Location : Budd Lake NJ
| Subject: Re: Batch Review Thread June 27th 2010, 3:26 pm | |
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Bob bob(Dan) Simfile Author
Join date : 2010-05-21 Age : 28 Location : Portsmouth, UK
| Subject: Re: Batch Review Thread June 27th 2010, 3:39 pm | |
| Thanks for accepting my files | |
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Halogen-
Join date : 2009-11-22 Age : 32 Location : asdf
| Subject: Re: Batch Review Thread June 30th 2010, 7:00 pm | |
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Frankie
Join date : 2009-11-22 Age : 37 Location : Maryland
| Subject: Re: Batch Review Thread June 30th 2010, 8:17 pm | |
| YAY sara gets her pinkness And aj thanks for that review. You see, that part you're talking about is really tricky. We didn't layer it I can tell you that. But its just really awkward lol So we stepped accordingly compared to what we heard and or what the rest of the chart expresses, basically. | |
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ichliebekase Simfile Author
Join date : 2010-05-21 Age : 31
| Subject: Re: Batch Review Thread June 30th 2010, 8:20 pm | |
| It's just a lil easy part :] the other parts are repetitive but a little complicated in each their own way. The artist is mooseymaniac and the actual song name is =.The Ocean.= but it's up to you whether you want the equal signs and the periods. I guess it doesnt show up on SM. | |
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~Zeta~ Moderator
Join date : 2009-11-22 Age : 31 Location : Peoria, Illinois
| Subject: Re: Batch Review Thread July 1st 2010, 2:53 pm | |
| - Halogen- wrote:
- Two major problems present themselves in this file - one is a lack of variety; you don't need a huge block of 16ths in the entire song. If the song starts to lose intensity, make the chart do the same. If the song gets more intense, make the chart do the same. The other major problem in this song is the lack of consistency in certain areas. Take measures 16 and 17 for example - in 16, you're syncopating with the main melody, absolutely nothing wrong with that, but in measure 17, you lose that syncopation and only focus on the melody again. Measures 80-86 could be stepped a bit better as well, the jumps don't really go to much.
I was just stepping what I heard. I heard the sixteenth synthesizer and I stepped it. This stepping thing is getting me really confused. Half the time I hear step what you hear and make it sync'd, the other is use stepping theory (the intensity determines difficulty). I went with listening thinking it would be more fun and challenging. D: I did drop the intensity (little counts) by not layering the snare if that counts >.> I just think that synth is still intense. 16 & 17: I thought that would be wrong to do, but I also thought it would be cruel wrong to step the drums and the off-beat melody as I've seen that in some songs (mostly the JS songs but in others as well). I thought it was okay because I've seen it in some files and it was fine to do that. 80-86: I went with the glugging sound (gargling-ish sound?) and drums. So just drop the gurgle stuff and just do the drums? - saphira wrote:
- You're getting really close with this file but it feels like you're trying to force it to be more difficult. The biggest issue is you're continuing the runs when the song has cooled down. After the one jumpstream section you continue the run when the music has softend up then towards the end again you put in another run which just feels kinda out of place with the sound of the music. But don't give up you really aren't far off I enjoy the rest of the chart just play around with those sections a little more.
Same as the first statement above. Thanks for the critiques! | |
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Scintill Simfile Author
Join date : 2009-11-26 Age : 31 Location : Netherlands
| Subject: Re: Batch Review Thread July 1st 2010, 3:37 pm | |
| you'll get to understand when to use what eventually, it took me 3 months to get somewhere with this "stepping" | |
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ichliebekase Simfile Author
Join date : 2010-05-21 Age : 31
| Subject: Re: Batch Review Thread July 1st 2010, 3:50 pm | |
| - saphira wrote:
- The Ocean (ichliebekase & krunkykai22) (C)
I agree with AJ here "Measures 29-32 had a slight inconsistency issue (seemed like you took parts of the previous synth and only partially layered it in), but the rest of the file is actually pretty good, albeit slightly repetitive." The only other thing I really have to add is about the one handed trills. I feel kinda like they were just thrown in to bump the difficulty of the song when it was on a great track to begin with. It's going to be another one of those files people are like "the ending blah blah blah" But overall it's pretty good. Just don't try to force a more difficult file out of a song that doesn't really have it. Kinda like what Mikeys been doing with kero kero most of the file is pretty good but then he seems to be trying to force a higher difficulty out of it.
The ending one handed trills was my idea. My reasoning for doing it wasn't to bump up the difficulty, it was because Frankie told me no for the beginning, yet we were using the saaaame trills the entire song which just got more and more boring. It's an extremely repetitive song and I said "let the one handed trills happen, I don't care if people complain." So I only put it in there a few times then put the trills back to what they were in the beginning. All in all, it wasn't for a difficulty bump, it was for a change of the chart since it repeated itself so much. | |
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wc Simfile Author
Join date : 2010-04-10
| Subject: Re: Batch Review Thread July 6th 2010, 3:40 am | |
| its cool being a judge | |
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Bob bob(Dan) Simfile Author
Join date : 2010-05-21 Age : 28 Location : Portsmouth, UK
| Subject: Re: Batch Review Thread July 6th 2010, 4:12 am | |
| - Registered User wrote:
Shattered Dreams - first thing first offset should be .22. although the offset problem could be fixed when converting the file for the engine its always good to know you've got the right offset in the first place when stepping because it could seriously affect your stepping. for example you might use 6ths instead of 48ths or what not because the offset was wrong. not for Da Pattern And Layerin And What Not. p nice easy file only complaint is that you go from stepping everything and layering in the melody to only stepping the vocals and nothing else. during the vocal section you could put jumps to the snare hit and add steps to the bass guitar. keep in mind that when the snare and the vocals land on the same beat that doesnt mean add a hand that just mean s one note will represent two sounds so there will still only be a jump there. with the bass guitar though when the vocals and bass guiatr meet in the same beat then add a jump. what im saying is dont get carried away and add hands lol. other than that pretty good easy file thats enjoyable and not a chore to play. [B]
Considering its an 80's file, im happy with that ill get the fixed version done when i get back. | |
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Frankie
Join date : 2009-11-22 Age : 37 Location : Maryland
| Subject: Re: Batch Review Thread July 6th 2010, 12:27 pm | |
| Hey Kayla and AJ if you would like, we could change those trills to what they originally were supposed to be if you remembered what I said. I feel with only a couple measures of them, they might be out of place, I will resend another version of The Ocean to your batch and you let me know. | |
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Bob bob(Dan) Simfile Author
Join date : 2010-05-21 Age : 28 Location : Portsmouth, UK
| Subject: Re: Batch Review Thread July 6th 2010, 3:47 pm | |
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wc Simfile Author
Join date : 2010-04-10
| Subject: Re: Batch Review Thread July 6th 2010, 6:00 pm | |
| added the ocean and updated notes on shattered dreams | |
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Frankie
Join date : 2009-11-22 Age : 37 Location : Maryland
| Subject: Re: Batch Review Thread July 6th 2010, 6:15 pm | |
| Resent The Ocean to the batch review. Fixed up some of it | |
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ichliebekase Simfile Author
Join date : 2010-05-21 Age : 31
| Subject: Re: Batch Review Thread July 6th 2010, 6:27 pm | |
| Glad you liked it Carlos :] | |
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wc Simfile Author
Join date : 2010-04-10
| Subject: Re: Batch Review Thread July 7th 2010, 4:06 am | |
| dont listen to what i say i have no clue what im talking about. i dont even know why im judging what the hell is stepmania | |
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wc Simfile Author
Join date : 2010-04-10
| Subject: Re: Batch Review Thread July 11th 2010, 3:45 am | |
| hey check it out im still active~ | |
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Bob bob(Dan) Simfile Author
Join date : 2010-05-21 Age : 28 Location : Portsmouth, UK
| Subject: Re: Batch Review Thread July 11th 2010, 10:37 am | |
| Anisakis Cool someone decided to step this for the custom. again inconsistency issues. the jumps in the 16th stream in the first half of the file i have no clue what hose go to from just playing it as is. seems like you tried to attempt to make an eassy file for this song but it didnt work out to well. i like the idea of just adding steps to the piano when it only plays every other 4th note but you over due it in the difficulty section when the piano plays more often than every other 4th. try to balance the file out more so difficulty doesnt differ so much throughout the file. i get the song has a climax point but you have the difficulty going everywhere throughout the song. again nice attempt and i really like some of the things you did to make it an easy file you just need to refine it some more.[D] The jumps do go to drum notes, but ill take them out if you want Same with the ones at the end Although, in the last section, ill leave them in for a climax effect, which in theory, should make it a 25-26. | |
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Scintill Simfile Author
Join date : 2009-11-26 Age : 31 Location : Netherlands
| Subject: Re: Batch Review Thread July 11th 2010, 11:24 am | |
| since when are you a judge? | |
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Bob bob(Dan) Simfile Author
Join date : 2010-05-21 Age : 28 Location : Portsmouth, UK
| Subject: Re: Batch Review Thread July 11th 2010, 11:36 am | |
| Me?
Im not, im just using carlos's notes, and i forgot to quote them
That is all | |
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Scintill Simfile Author
Join date : 2009-11-26 Age : 31 Location : Netherlands
| Subject: Re: Batch Review Thread July 11th 2010, 11:41 am | |
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Bob bob(Dan) Simfile Author
Join date : 2010-05-21 Age : 28 Location : Portsmouth, UK
| Subject: Re: Batch Review Thread July 11th 2010, 11:47 am | |
| sorry for the confusion :S | |
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Niala Simfile Author
Join date : 2010-06-28 Age : 33 Location : Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada
| Subject: Re: Batch Review Thread July 11th 2010, 5:22 pm | |
| Thanks for the review, WC. I'll resend an updated .sm soon, shouldn't take long, pretty easy fixes.
EDIT: Re-submitted. Fix'd the layering crap. Have a enjoy. | |
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ichliebekase Simfile Author
Join date : 2010-05-21 Age : 31
| Subject: Re: Batch Review Thread July 11th 2010, 7:27 pm | |
| Sent in -Glorious Morning- ^__^ I hopes you like | |
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wc Simfile Author
Join date : 2010-04-10
| Subject: Re: Batch Review Thread July 12th 2010, 1:42 am | |
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Saphira
Join date : 2009-11-21 Age : 38 Location : Budd Lake NJ
| Subject: Re: Batch Review Thread July 12th 2010, 1:50 am | |
| Now that the stepwars stuff is up I'm gonna try to get some reviews done. It will probably be tomorrow though. Have quite a few since Carlos sent like 12 lol | |
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wc Simfile Author
Join date : 2010-04-10
| Subject: Re: Batch Review Thread July 12th 2010, 1:59 am | |
| hey dont judge me(judge my files though) | |
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Halogen-
Join date : 2009-11-22 Age : 32 Location : asdf
| Subject: Re: Batch Review Thread July 12th 2010, 2:02 am | |
| I'll try to do the same...there's a lot of stuff to go through. | |
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