Which stepchart, to you, is as close to perfect as it gets?

[Wayward Vagabond]

This Is A really hard question

[ilikexd]

Originally Posted by Reincarnate

the right combination of music, difficulty, step flow, etc -- just everything

i don't understand what this means, can you explain?

[TC_Halogen]

Originally Posted by j-rodd123

bmahs is better tho

Gonna have to disagree with you there

Originally Posted by Dynam0

Way too many that are just...perfectly charted but here's a few:

-Autumn Insomnia Session (Rogdor)
-Ultraviolent Junglist (Valor)

These two above, aaaaa <3

[AlexDest]

Autumn Insomnia Session (Rog)
Bogey At Your Six (Puppet)
Toki (moches)

[choof]

Originally Posted by ilikexd

i don't understand what this means, can you explain?

oh goddamnit are you really going to do this

[ilikexd]

Originally Posted by choof

oh goddamnit are you really going to do this

umm, sure

i don't understand the question because i don't find any coherent meaning in "combination of music, difficulty, step flow, etc", but i'd like to understand what it means so i can answer and contribute to the thread

[Wayward Vagabond]

You're dumb

[Zageron]

..

[VisD]

Originally Posted by ilikexd

umm, sure

i don't understand the question because i don't find any coherent meaning in "combination of music, difficulty, step flow, etc", but i'd like to understand what it means so i can answer and contribute to the thread

Choose your favourite ice cream flavour

[choof]

Originally Posted by ilikexd

umm, sure

i don't understand the question because i don't find any coherent meaning in "combination of music, difficulty, step flow, etc", but i'd like to understand what it means so i can answer and contribute to the thread

what

[rayword45]

story of snowman and sunshine girl

[Reshiram]

Thermosphere. That's about as close as you can get. Really.

[XelNya]

Originally Posted by Wayward Vagabond

This Is A really hard question

I would argue it's more of the wrong question to ask.

The question that should matter is "what chart would you argue is the best done and why?" This leaves more room for deviation and discussion. Perfection is a stupid ideal nothing can obtain in a highly subjective art form.

TLDR: Question sucks.

However, if you asked me what my answer to my rephrased version is, I'd pick a tie between Teni and Twister. I like Twister more out of preference, but Teni easily holds as it's own masterpiece on par of my personal favorite.

If I went for SM I'd probably choose Am I A Psycho? It's fun and has great chart structure. Super well thought out mine placement, quality cut to keep it playable to whomever wishes to. You could even turn the mines off and still have a pleasurable experience. Turn the rate up and you still have a fun challenge. It's pretty much a well rounded chart that reaches to everyone while still representing the music.

[ilikexd]

Originally Posted by XelNya

The question that should matter is "what chart would you argue is the best done and why?" This leaves more room for deviation and discussion. Perfection is a stupid ideal nothing can obtain in a highly subjective art form.

TLDR: Question sucks.

exactly this, thank you.

i think just saying "what do you think the best is" when the criteria for what the best is isn't agreed upon or even mentioned in answers OR question doesn't lead to anything useful and should be better worded as "what is your favorite" since many of the answers are just going to based on personal factors such as that they like the music and the chart caters to their skill level. my favorite ones that i play a lot are because i like the tracks and the charts challenge me, although most of the time there are things that i think could be done better in them

actually in this case the question did give certain criteria, although those criteria don't make sense to me -- the specific terms that were used don't strike me as having any sort of meaning, which is why i'd like clarification

[moches]

bmah's Tabibito Rerun
Gundam-Dude's Right Back
leonid's The Sky of Sadness
Don's Rhapsody of the Scarlet Moon
Kil's Magun

my real answer, honestly, is that there are too many fucking good files to ever settle on just one.

FFR: Classic_Rocker's Little God Ch@nnel

[DossarLX ODI]

Whenever there's a thread like this I most likely mention Sunshine Rainy [Light] because the file has conservative layering that matches the song's atmosphere. When you have a song that relaxing, you don't utilize heavy layering just because there are more instruments.

That also goes to the attitudes of the stepartists. If stepartists are going to submit say a file with all quads because four different instruments are playing, I don't want to see bitching about a file with perfect layering and technicality just because there were four instruments playing.

It's a mix of both the file itself and the stepartist attitude. Sunshine Rainy [Light] gives off the vibe that the stepartist didn't want to be pompous with colors or anything impressive, just step naturally with a calm song.

[___________]

I'll go with Frictional Nevada on this one, file does not force difficulty by overlayering/bad patterns. It's actually fun to play!

[dAnceguy117]

Originally Posted by moches

my real answer, honestly, is that there are too many fucking good files to ever settle on just one.

this this this.

also what people have said about different preferences and criteria.

here are a couple which I figure no one will mention. they're both very far from being "technically perfect" in terms of notes matching sounds, but do I always have to care? I enjoy playing the charts along with the music enough that these two come to mind for me when a question like this is asked.

[Cynic] R8U (Another)
[Eggman] Abyss -The Heavens Mix-

[Gundam-Dude]

Absolutely none of them are perfect, every single file (including my own creations) has something I don't like and I wish could be changed/altered. My opinions and preferences are constantly changing, so something I'd initially like won't stay that way forever—files I hated become replayed favourites and vice versa. To be quite honest, 100% of my files I wish I could redo completely or at least sections of, but I don't bother because I'm eventually going to find something I don't like at a later date and then change it once again, creating an endless cycle. This isn't restricted to only StepMania/FFR either, I'm like this with all of my design work, rofl.

Favourite files or stuff I'm usually going back to replay on the other hand, there are simply too many for me to list, let alone figure out which ones I like more. And again, there's no telling whether or not whatever files I name will actually stay my favourites say 3 months from now.

[Dynam0]

Originally Posted by dAnceguy117

here are a couple which I figure no one will mention. they're both very far from being "technically perfect" in terms of notes matching sounds, but do I always have to care? I enjoy playing the charts along with the music enough that these two come to mind for me when a question like this is asked.

[Cynic] R8U (Another)
[Eggman] Abyss -The Heavens Mix-

I could riddle off about 50-100 files that are technically inaccurate but are WAY up there on the fun list too

Simply too many awesome charts. Nuff said