Originally Posted by alloyus (Post 3640443) How this thread has 52 pages is beyond me. But uh, in >.> Not sure I'm fully committed right now, but we'll see how it goes.

Round 1
Theme: Nikolai Kapustin
About the theme:
Nikolai Girshevich Kapustin (Russian: Николай Гиршевич Капустин), born November 22, 1937, is a Ukrainian composer and pianist.
Kapustin studied piano at the Moscow Conservatory, and during the 1950s he acquired a reputation as a jazz pianist, arranger and composer.
His compositions blend the styles of both classical virtuoso pianism and improvisational jazz.
This guy is a genius and he is an inspiration to me as a pianist, so I figured I would do a round featuring his amazing music.
All of these files are to Kapustin performing his own compositions.


D1
Prelude Op.53 No.3
Artist: Nikolai Kapustin pf. Nikolai Kapustin
Steps: hi19hi19
Difficulty: 6
Length: 1:30
Max Combo: 287
Framers: 0,0,0,0,0

About the file: A nice slow file with some interesting rhythmic variations and a few small fast burst sections.



D2
Prelude Op.53 No.11
Artist: Nikolai Kapustin pf. Nikolai Kapustin
Steps: hi19hi19
Difficulty: 8
Length: 1:58
Max Combo: 592
Framers: 0,0,0,0,1

About the file: The file switches from 16th to 24th rhythms frequently, plus a handful of challenging grace notes.



D3
Prelude Op.53 No.19
Artist: Nikolai Kapustin pf. Nikolai Kapustin
Steps: hi19hi19
Difficulty: 10
Length: 1:15
Max Combo: 692
Framers: 0,0,0,5,15

About the file: A nice peppy file with swing rhythms, and some medium length 16th streams.
I could have layered this a lot more (especially that... obvious omission at the end) but I am happy with how it turned out as a nice D3 file.



D4
Prelude Op.53 No.17
Artist: Nikolai Kapustin pf. Nikolai Kapustin
Steps: hi19hi19
Difficulty: 10
Length: 1:31
Max Combo: 913
Framers: 0,0,0,12,16

About the file: Mostly a VC swing file with some interesting straight rhythms thrown in, plus two very fast 24th bursts.
As for the difficulty rating, this was a hard call between very high VC and FMO, but those bursts pushed it over the edge for me.
EDIT- After a few people have responded I have lowered this to a VC.
This file is honestly easier than I anticipated this round, but I'm not concerned because D4 ramps up fast the next few rounds.



D5
Concert Etude Op.40 No.3 Toccatina
Artist: Nikolai Kapustin pf. Nikolai Kapustin
Steps: hi19hi19
Difficulty: 12
Length: 2:13
Max Combo: 1586
Framers: 0,0,1,216,178

About the file: None of Kapustin's Jazz Preludes really seemed to fit a D5 file so I had to delve into his Concert Etudes, haha
This file is all jacks and jumpspams with difficult transitions. Stepped as close to the sheet music as I could get it.
D5 has by far the hardest file this round relative to the skill level of the division- I kind of overshot here but eh, it's D5.
Might as well start the meat grinder right away in round 1 :twisted:



ROUND 1 FILES DOWNLOAD LINK

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Side Game: Geography

As you can see, the files have backgrounds.
Each background is an image of a location in the world- for this side game, it's your job to name where in the world each file's background image is from!
I have darkened the images significantly so that they don't get in the way of the arrows, but if you download the files using the link above you will find the original image in high resolution in each folder for your viewing pleasure.

Credits will be awarded based on how much information about the landmark you can give me: I'm looking for the country it is in, the general location within that country (for example, the county/region or a nearby town), and the name of the landmark. Many of these have multiple names and I will accept any that are commonly used.

Let's have an example:

For this image you would mention that it's in the USA, on the Arizona/Utah border, and is known as "The Wave"

Please PM your answers to me. Do not post any answers or hints in this thread.
You can submit answers for every division's background image, not just your division.
I'd prefer if you sent all your answers at once, as well.

Credit payouts will be determined after the round is over.
The more people who submit correct answers, the less everyone will get overall.

I am aware there are numerous ways to cheat this. I'd like to ask that you not use them.
I am hoping this doesn't get out of hand but if it does, nobody is getting any credits.

Originally Posted by Tarrik (Post 3640484) Jesus ****ing christ this file..

Originally Posted by zegsigma (Post 3640486) round 1 division 2 sightread.

Originally Posted by One Winged Angel (Post 3640502) Really fun, absolutely framer ****ed to shits though.

Originally Posted by devonin (Post 3640516) I think I know all of them, Hi19, how much will I look like a cheater if I go 5/5?

Originally Posted by FFRGreen (Post 3640517) god damn it stupid toolbar thing I just noticed -_-

Actually that's fine, doesn't cover up the timestamp, your username, or any part of the score so whatever.

Originally Posted by yo man im awesome (Post 3640522) HNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNG 10 points behind you Op

Originally Posted by PriestREA (Post 3640526) Will there be a problem with my screenie? The server time on FFR and the time on my computer were slightly conflicting because I didn't refresh FFR.

Originally Posted by devonin (Post 3640533) Dammit, only 4 out of 5 :( Also, so bad at this game:

Originally Posted by xXOpkillerXx (Post 3640539) EVERYTHING was in the handjumps. I just won't AAA that part ever.

Originally Posted by U.N. Owen (Post 3640549) I would be surprised if I do much better than this.

Originally Posted by Arbliterator (Post 3640569) *Tear* Also there is no way this is a FMO.

Originally Posted by xXOpkillerXx (Post 3640572) And I agree, sightread AAAd that with no effort at all. File is like mid-high VC at max.

Originally Posted by hi19hi19 (Post 3640579) Was worrying people would complain about the bursts, which *are* 300 bpm streams. My policy is to rate too high rather than too low on borderline files, just to be safe. I'll set it to VC if other people generally agree. It did turn out easier than I was intending, but D4 has a nice FMO next round to work with.

That handspam section was so overkill haha, it destroys my PA- every time I get there with like AAA I come out with weird high sdg/low teens

Originally Posted by FFRGreen (Post 3640582) AAA

Originally Posted by Arbliterator (Post 3640578) Owned, that didn't take very long at all, shame this wasn't on FFR or would have been my first FMO. :P

Originally Posted by wildfireskunk (Post 3640588) Not wanting to burst your bubble, but aren't you in D3 so meant to be playing a different song? O_o As for me, loving the song, will probably be giving a lot of his work some listening time over the coming days <3 Will give it a proper go tomorrow and go for the AAA. This is just here to hold me place :)

Originally Posted by icontrolyourworld (Post 3640599) not enuf js 0/10

Originally Posted by Zakvvv666 (Post 3640598) If they weren't one handed then you should have, if they were then holy shit thank you so much.

Originally Posted by Elite Ninja (Post 3640602) lol icy wants him some JS

Originally Posted by noname219 (Post 3640610) One thing I really have to ask : the legacy version doesn't have time at the result page... So... do I have to do my score again on the velocity version??

Originally Posted by Tarrik (Post 3640615) Pretty ****ing gay to be honest lmao

Originally Posted by icontrolyourworld (Post 3640624) It's a lot more fun on sm because chord cohesion xD I might even be able to AAA it on sm I just absolutely hate jacks on ffr for that reason, no chord cohesion xD but improved

Originally Posted by Anaru (Post 3640639) is the tourney cumulative?