Naruto's Ninja Way Voting
 

Use the poll here to vote for your favorite.

Leave any comments and guesses you have for this song in this thread. These are the people who were assigned to this group:

xXOpkillerXx
Shxfted
Ghost_Medley
hi19hi19
Matthia
DarkZtar
Defluxit
TC_Halogen
Wayward Vagabond
SubaruPoptart
rCaliberGX

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i voted. and you should too.

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First of all, I think this file is extremely hard to step. Definitely a lot harder than the other groups. Also these are first impressions, without much of a technical approach.

Naruto's Ninja Way:

Ninja 1: I was really feeling the intro and rap parts, but man the dubstep section just felt really overstepped to me, did you use grace notes for the wub sounds? I think they're a bit much personally, I can tell the file is accurate and well thought out, but on 100% speed it just feels a bit too much..

Ninja 2: From the start I was really digging the minimalistic approach, although I found it pretty hard to determine whether you were stepping the vocals or the instruments. I think the distinction wasn't very clear at times. Towards the middle I felt the file spiked too much, and I get it. The song hasn't got much variety. So you need to switch the patterns up. However, I think you could have kept with the minimalistic approach and just followed a different instrument. Playing the file again though I think it's also one of the better ones.

Ninja 3: I get that some people want to go the dumpy approach, which is fine. Although I think dump files could be nice for FFR I think this particular dump file doesn't even go with the music much. Felt like you put down some fun patterns without taking the music into account.

Ninja 4: It's hard for me to see where the jumps and notes are going to sometimes, I think it's overstepped.

Ninja 5: This file is so much fun. There is a clear distinction between instruments and I really like the use of color-theory, no sections felt overstepped and everything flowed together well.

Ninja 6: Another good file, good PR, good structure. A bit hard, but very technically sound. Although in the middle a few of the jumps were a bit much for me.

In conclusion I think 5 and 6 clearly stand out here. With my personal preference going to 5

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Guessing Ghost_Medley made Naruto 5.

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1 - Very focused on making it fun to play for higher level players and does well in that regard, but I think it exaggerates a bit. It has an overly flat difficulty curve and doesn't represent the song particularly well. Also could use a cut.

2 - Layering through the wub parts doesn't feel very cohesive and with a weird difficulty curve. Also very tame stepping choices for such an energetic song, feels more like an intentionally subdued chart for the sake of making it easier. Good to see a cut but the cutting point doesn't work well with ffr's lack of a fadeout.

3 - haha yes. I actually think there aren't enough 24th-based jumpstream dumps, so in that context that's nice. Feels like it could be more conservative with one-hand trill usage, they are a bit too wonky for my tastes.

4 - I quite like the bursts & anchored jacks in the wub parts, not a big fan of how the rest of the chart was approached though. Could also use a cut.

5 - The verses were very good (my favorite between all subs). I think wubs were somewhat underwhelming though, especially the color theory stuff. Still fairly balanced overall and works well as a whole. Cut pls, though I actually like ending with that little silly part lol

6 - Overly dense for its own good and with some weird layering choices. I think a chart focused on the jacks for the wubs could definitely work, but not as it was approached here. Same thing as 5 with the cut.

Hard to choose as I think all charts are lacking in some regard, but I think as a whole 5 is the better file even if in practice I'd play 1 more.

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naruto 1 is probably the 2nd best file this tourney next to subside 2. dont @ me

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1 & 5 are tied, voting will be open for 24hrs more for those two files. If you voted for something other than 1 or 5 you may comment to cast a vote for one of those files. If the tie is not broken in 24hrs it will be decided by a judge.

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I change my vote from 2 to 5 for tie-breaking purposes.

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I change my vote from 2 to 5 to break the tie. Speaking of 5, idk what the yellow/orange notes represent, and I can't tell if the green notes represent the vocals from Naruto, the vocals from the singer, the long wub-wubs, or all of the above.

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if 1 doesn't win i'd like to play it on stepmania at least :)

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Holy shit i thought this thread was actually about naruto for the longest time wtfff

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#5 is our winner

Naruto 1 - DarkZtar
Naruto 2 - Ghost_Medley
Naruto 3 - Defluxit
Naruto 4 - xXOpkillerXx
Naruto 5 - TC_Halogen
Naruto 6 - Matthia

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Woot ! That was fun :)

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I wonder how many people thought I was actually #5, hahah

The funny thing is that I'd totally understand if people thought my chart was DZ's and if I fooled people in that way, it's especially funny because DZ said in the Discord he was 99% sure which one was mine -- by virtue of not being his lol

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Yea AJ, you didn't fool me by trying to imply you didn't submit :v)
Good show all around though, fun seeing the different interpretations and approaches to the songs as always. I will say I can't help but feel your chart is almost subdued to a fault and feels a bit underwhelming given the song just straight blasts energy pretty much throughout but it is the sensible, tried and true approach to making a file that appeals to the wide audience and will fit well on FFR. gg

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We'll agree to disagree on the underwhelming/subdued point, and I'll say that I'm not the most fond of hearing it being "to a fault." But to be honest, that's just a choice of opinion. I could say the same thing about your chart being a bit too overaggressive to a fault -- though, I'd likely be lying if I didn't at least say that I'd have chosen a more aggressive/similar approach if I was making this chart without intent for competition for something like StepMania/osu!mania, which are both a bit more suitable for charts with that kind of aggression.

My chart went through a lot of revision and was a fair bit harder at first, though a lot of the difficulty initially came from bursts. Unsurprisingly, I wasn't fond of them and went through resolving them a few times. Being accessible was important to me at least for this chart, but striking the balance between having accessibility and still being notable is tough with a community that's generally fixated on higher level charts (as the overall curve of players on FFR that is active substantially leads towards higher level players).

If anything, I wish I'd have found a better way to tame the color bursts in the drops to not create some one-handed cameljacks at points. Having single taps simply didn't feel right, though. I tailored the burst patterning/speeds to at least be approachable to mid-level players while creating a fairly technical structure that's difficult to master due to some required control at points.

The hope was to create a file that was easy to score on but hard to master cleanly.

Thanks to everyone who voted for my chart, I really appreciate it. <3

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You'll be able to at some point. (hopefully soon™)

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0 votes

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AJ's file all the way. FUCKING AMAZING

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There are multiple Naruto Ninja Way files?