Originally Posted by who_cares973 (Post 3647658) its a terrible theme lmao

REMEMBER, ROUND 3 STILL DOES NOT END UNTIL WED 10PM
Get your scores in for that round if you have not submitted yet!
Also, don't forget to submit for the round 3 side game!


Round 4
Theme: Epic Music
About the theme:
We hear movie trailer music all the time. But who makes that music?
The answer is pretty simple- there are composers who specialize in making epic, film-score style music, and this round focuses on some of their best creations.
Epic symphonic music is a genre that is close to my heart, and I had a ton of fun stepping these songs.

If you guys are interested in hearing more music of this genre, here's a nice short list of artists for you to check out:
Skanda Music, Audiomachine, Groove Addicts, Future World Music, Brand X Music, Fired Earth Music, Auracle Music, E.S. Posthumus, Two Steps From Hell, Liquid Cinema, Immediate Music, Globus, Bruton Music, Position Music, Cue Storm Music, Mark Petrie, Music Candy, Sonic Librarian Music, Epic Score, 8Dawn Music, X-Ray Dog, Pfeifer Broz. Music, West One Music, 615 Music, Celestial Aeon Project, Non-Stop Music, Media Music Factory, KPM Music...

I'd like to note that every single division has a sharp difficulty spike this round.
As we head into the last half of this tournament, I hope to firmly leave everyone's comfort zone and have some real challenges in each division.
You can find these files in genre 8 on the Dossar Tournament Engine.



D1
Freefall
Artist: Two Steps From Hell
Steps: hi19hi19
Difficulty: 9
Length: 1:59
Max Combo: 1206
Framers: 0,0,0,0,0

About the file: D1, you are now just Two Steps From Hell ;)
At first glance, this file is not very impressive, considering it is nearly all just 8th patterns at 160 bpm.
However, consider that this file is only one second longer than your round 2 file, but has double the arrows.
The number of hands in this file makes it incredibly dense- its NPS higher than the D2 AND D3 files.
Additionally, this serves as your introduction to slow anchor jacks: the patterns that make files such as AIM Anthem and Club so difficult.
You guys had some surprisingly good scores on the last few rounds, but I'm hoping this file finally knocks you out of that comfort zone.


D2
Lacrimosa Dominae
Artist: Immediate Music
Steps: hi19hi19
Difficulty: 11
Length: 2:26
Max Combo: 1120
Framers: 0,0,0,18,399

About the file: Hey D2, here's your jack file. Enjoy.
I purposely stepped this file rather awkwardly. It is almost purely slow anchor jacks, much like the D1 file.
Anchor patterns are an important part of being able to do well on higher level files, so I figured I might as well teach you to learn to hate 'em early!
The Stepmania file for this has a second, FGO-level Oni chart that features awkward polyrhythms, should you feel like trying it.
That file was originally going to be the D4 file this round, but I decided it was just not fun enough.


D3
Speed This
Artist: Immediate Music
Steps: hi19hi19
Difficulty: 11
Length: 2:12
Max Combo: 1283
Framers: 0,0,0,108,52

About the file: Minijacks and layering.
There's not much to say about this file- it starts slow and builds up to a minijack and hand-heavy stream climax.
I tried my hardest to prevent the patterns from being awkward, but I realize this style of file by its very nature won't be everyone's cup of tea. Such is how it goes.
The 24ths in this file are admittedly total ghost notes, but the flowed well with the sound effects in my opinion.


D4
Phalanx
Artist: Audiomachine
Steps: hi19hi19
Difficulty: 12
Length: 2:24
Max Combo: 1695
Framers: 0,0,0,27,84

About the file: I don't think I've hit D4 hard enough this tournament, so here's another FGO.
As many epic scores do, this song starts slow, with a section that I stepped using interesting 121 and 434 triplet patterns.
The middle section breaks into a fast 240 bpm stream, followed by some 320 bpm bursts and short jumptrillable rolls.
Then comes a minute or so of stamina-raping handstream, followed by another roll-filled climax.
Enjoy.


D5
Tandava
Artist: Skanda Music
Steps: hi19hi19
Difficulty: 12
Length: 1:54
Max Combo: 1636
Framers: 0,0,0,440,187

About the file: Heh. Tandava.
A lot of hype has been made about the handful of 260+ bpm JS bursts in this file, and it's true that they are absolutely not to be trifled with.
But a lot of difficulty also comes from the relentless minijack layering throughout the entire file.
I am curious to see what people think of the 12th jump layering patterns I used in this file. It's rather experimental for my style and I am interested in the feedback.
Even though this is the shortest D5 file in the tournament, one thing is for sure: this is not an AAA that will come easily!




ROUND 4 FILES DOWNLOAD LINK
Note: some of the graphics are not finished yet. They will be there when I release the whole pack at the end.

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No side game this round.

Originally Posted by hi19hi19 (Post 3647713) You guys had some surprisingly good scores on the last few rounds, but I'm hoping this file finally knocks you out of that comfort zone.

Originally Posted by Khenra (Post 3647733)

Originally Posted by yo man im awesome (Post 3647735) next tourney: Epic songs tourney

Originally Posted by Anaru (Post 3647728) update the side game :3

Originally Posted by hi19hi19 (Post 3647740) I have been contemplating this.

Originally Posted by hi19hi19 (Post 3647749) A note on the D5 file, it's really left-hand biased, you might consider mirror.

Originally Posted by JJTrixX (Post 3647758) watta mindfuk chart :cry: i would be impressed if u can sdg this radiantvibe gl

Originally Posted by Zakvvv666 (Post 3647774) I vote that you change D4's file ;_; That handstream is just... asdgfjuhpausgfoasubgf

Originally Posted by hi19hi19 (Post 3647775) Man up! This isn't the last you've seen of JS in D4 so now is as good a time as any to practice your jumpstreaming. Anyway I am sending out round PMs then updating the second post and the Round 3 spon con now. Then tonight I will (maybe) get off my lazy ass and finish the list of extensions and Individual Round scoring that I've been meaning to make for like a week now.

Originally Posted by who_cares973 (Post 3647788) the jumpstream in phalanx is terrible

Originally Posted by Zakvvv666 (Post 3647778) EDIT: Inb4 I beat Ben even though he has 40 less goods.

Originally Posted by Xx{Midnight}xX (Post 3636078) Ben you'll be to busy missing.

Originally Posted by DossarLX ODI (Post 3647790) I need to get on my school crap right now though, this is not going to be a fun night

Originally Posted by who_cares973 (Post 3647800) its the way you set up the jumpstream. while long hidden eight jacksd are hard to avoid you can still choose friendlier patterns than what the file has anywho heres my score. im not going to bother playing it again on ffr

Originally Posted by hi19hi19 (Post 3647809) Sad that you feel that strongly about the handstream. Should have had you test the file I guess! Most of these files have not been tested as much as I would like because I've been busier than I thought, plus I started the tournament in a bit of a rush. I have learned a lot about what to do and what not to do were I ever to do another tournament. Anyway, gave the second post the appropriate updates. Round 3 spon con update and round PMs coming next.

Originally Posted by hi19hi19 (Post 3647809) Sad that you feel that strongly about the handstream. Should have had you test the file I guess! Most of these files have not been tested as much as I would like because I've been busier than I thought, plus I started the tournament in a bit of a rush. I have learned a lot about what to do and what not to do were I ever to do another tournament. Anyway, gave the second post the appropriate updates. Round 3 spon con update and round PMs coming next.

Originally Posted by yo man im awesome (Post 3647811) I friggen love Phalanx. It's my favorite file this round. (that may be because I play tested it, whatever). It's sooooo much fun. I can understand peopole finding the handstream difficult, but honestly, I think at that extent you should simply work on handstreaming. That way once you're better at them, you can see if it was just your level of ability on it or if you truly just don't like them. edit: I'm not entirely sure that just made sense lmfao

Originally Posted by The_Toymaker (Post 3646803) Hmm, 160 bpm handstream. Sounds kinda ez. :mrgreen:

Originally Posted by The_Toymaker (Post 3647810) zzz unwarmed up placeholder

Originally Posted by bballa48 (Post 3647824) Accidentally have dizzy mod on... smash previous best. That makes sense.

Originally Posted by bballa48 (Post 3647824) Accidentally have dizzy mod on... smash previous best. That makes sense.

Originally Posted by hi19hi19 ****ing arrows, how do they work?

Originally Posted by Anaru (Post 3647830) 1.0 rate had quad til 1600 and then i screwed up big time wtf..

Originally Posted by zegsigma (Post 3647833) here is where i start to fail

Originally Posted by Poison- (Post 3647840) **** it I can't get my old best. Don't even know if you'll accept these but whatever. Just in case I don't get on again for awhile, can improve all of them.

Originally Posted by megamon88 (Post 3647852) dat ma

Originally Posted by Winrar (Post 3647862) Wow, Lacrimosa Dominae isn't synced correctly and it's a song with a lot of jacks. gl

Originally Posted by JJTrixX (Post 3647758) i would be impressed if u can sdg this radiantvibe gl

Originally Posted by RadiantVibe (Post 3647868)

Originally Posted by hi19hi19 (Post 3647871) Yeah guess who is not D2 in any tournament ever again? Ever. p.s. nice PA

Originally Posted by Winrar (Post 3647862) Wow, Lacrimosa Dominae isn't synced correctly and it's a song with a lot of jacks. gl

Originally Posted by hi19hi19 (Post 3647876) Hm you are right it does seem a little early. I don't know what to say other than play around with the offset x_x Sorry... If you guys really need me to re-convert it or something I guess I can talk with qqwref and see what we can come up with.