First Official FFR StepCon

[yo man im awesome]

Originally Posted by psychoangel691

Blackout 6 is fixed, if you played it already go give it another play. Sorry about that.




They're not stayin in the custom engine though.



is that a good rjelagberbflasfbrelaiugbrldifbvjsjkf? lol

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[popsicle_3000]

within life
4: i like the rolls you put in
5: ditto, although more diverse patterns. i like it. however, i dont find that the final longer roll fits in with the difficulty of the song. a bit easier would have been perfect!
9: my favorite. nice cut in the middle of the song, keeping the more intense bits.

[omega_grunt666]

What happened with Still Blastin' 9, The notes look good but the steps are out of sync with the song? Couldn't fix that for the poor guy? Looks like the delay was off at the beginning for some reason.

Good files everyone.

[psychoangel691]

Originally Posted by omega_grunt666

What happened with Still Blastin' 9, The notes look good but the steps are out of sync with the song? Couldn't fix that for the poor guy? Looks like the delay was off at the beginning for some reason.

Good files everyone.

The offset is correct on it, I even just checked it now. It was stepped off and there's nothing we can do about that.

[TC_Halogen]

Oh, almost forgot.

A few notes about some of the files:
- Within Life 4: my favorite of the group; great pattern choices and the file just feels fun and rewarding to hit certain elements - very worthy of a good rating in my eyes.
- Within Life 5: a close second, again, patterns were relatively enjoyable. The ending rolls were somewhat of a turnoff to me, though.

- Blackout 3: My favorite of the group. There were some interesting breaks in the streams that bridged the chorus/verse that became slightly distracting; however, I like the fluency in patterns and there is noticeable relevancy throughout the file.

[omega_grunt666]

Originally Posted by psychoangel691

The offset is correct on it, I even just checked it now. It was stepped off and there's nothing we can do about that.

Just played it on Offset -14, and it was perfect. So I have no idea what you're talking about o.0

[psychoangel691]

May as well say what my top faves were in the groups.

Blackout

3
1

Then honestly it's like there's 3 that I like a lot and can't really choose one from haha 5,6,8 are all just as worthy imo. The group for Blackout did really well overall I think.'

Within Life

4
5
9 - I like the chart for this but the cut killed it a little for me.

Still Blastin'

10
1
8

Originally Posted by omega_grunt666

Just played it on Offset -14, and it was perfect. So I have no idea what you're talking about o.0

In the sm that was given out the offset was already set so that all that needed to be done was stepping. This file was stepped incorrectly, there's nothing wrong with the offset. (Hint: It shouldn't be starting with blue arrows, they should be red)

[noname219]

Just played every Blackout and Within Life file :

Blackout 1 Very solid chart. Probably from a fairly good stepauthor. Not a big fan of jumps followed by a jack sequence... I'll give it a 8/10.
Blackout 2 Interesting take on the file. Very jacky, but fun at the same time. Just watch out for those long jack parts, I'm not sure if it was the best you could have done. 7/10
Blackout 3 Damn, another good chart! This time, much easier, but shared some elements from B1 and B2. Has pretty much the perfect difficulty for the song. So... 8/10
Blackout 4 Felt a little bit short, but still, pretty well stepped. 7/10
Blackout 5 Very similar to Blackout 1 (if my memory is good xD). Just watch out for any repeating patterns. 8/10
Blackout 6 Well it's WAY better synced. Now, it's not perfect, but it's a good file. 7/10
Blackout 7 Well, I can't see some mistakes here and there (if I remember at 240 combo, just feels awkward). Imo, you overused hands at some point. The rest is correct, but doesn't stand out from the group. 6/10
Blackout 8 Good, easy, short. In the end, was a little boring. Could be a good file is judges are searching for a very easy one. Still 6/10
Blackout 9 Another good chart, pretty similar to the first I've played. 7/10
Blackout 10 Not the best in the bunch. There's some inconsistencies, some difficulty spikes near the end. Not really my favourite. 5/10

Within Life 1 A little on the heavy side. Was good, althought I would have liked more diversity on the bursts. 7/10
Within Life 2 Most patterns were out of place. Need to be reworked. 4/10
Within Life 3 You sure like 1-4 jumps. They're everywhere. It's a very unique file, but sadly, lacking a little bit of diversity in the patterns. 6/10
Within Life 4 Rolls. There was too much of them, a little bit too much. The rest was actually pretty nice. Just remove some rolls and you got a nice chart. 7/10
Within Life 5 Suffers from the same problem mentioned in WL4, althought this one was a little more fun. 8/10
Within Life 6 Part near 350 combo really need to be fixed... Ugh. Other than that, it was short and sweet. 7/10
Within Life 7 Was pretty good. Some bursts could be a little bit easier. The file has a great diversity. 7/10
Within Life 8 Probably the hardest one in the group. Not the best, not my favorite either. Some bursts were a little too tought for the song. 6/10
Within Life 9 Was a pretty cool file. Probably one of my favorites. 8/10
Within Life 10 The chorus part was pretty weird. 6/10

I think the first place is gonna be tight in those two groups...
EDIT : I'll probably do the same thing for Still Blastin once the winners are announced.

[Tristana]

my fav within life is within life 17

[icontrolyourworld]

Blackout 1- too long
Blackout 2- too many jacks
Blackout 3- best one
Blackout 4- has the most unique cut and chart is decent
Blackout 5- flows well, fun to play felt like it was a tad too long
Blackout 6- pretty colorful and well done
Blackout 7- too many jacks and missed red notes during jacks on purpose, not sure why you'd do that
Blackout 8- ffr does need easier charts, and this one is really good.
Blackout 9- too many jacks
Blackout 10- did not like

I'd say if any got in it should be 3, 4, 5, 6, or 8, leaning more towards 3 or 8.

[chez-the-guy]

Aw, no participant-made ratings for Still Blastin' ):

[psychoangel691]

I told my favorite still blastin' charts :/

[chez-the-guy]

Originally Posted by psychoangel691

I told my favorite still blastin' charts :/

Well I know that :D But I meant like actual ratings with suggestions from other participants (or the people who wrote some, like noname219 or icontrolyourworld)

[psychoangel691]

Originally Posted by psychoangel691

devil your post was deleted the first time and you go and post the same thing again basically. Keep it up and I'll kick you from the contest and you may get a ban as well.

With that being said. I have the files up on the DF engine since we don't really have anything on here to do it with (If we're going to keep doing this I'll talk to them about getting something up for StepCons)

There were newer people that stepped for this, so I will not tolerate people making mean comments about files. You can provide feedback, but do so respectfully, don't just go your file is bad, that doesn't really help anyone improve on anything. If I catch anyone doing this that's in the competition you will be removed, depending on severity bans may be issued.

Do not reveal which file is yours to anyone while the judgement process is still going. If you do you will be disqualified.

Other than that enjoy, tell us which ones are your favorites (I'm kinda curious) I'll say my favorite cut for blackout is #3 ^_^ Also feel free to guess which file is who's outside your own group. Do not do your group since that would give away which file is your own. I may give a prize to whoever gets the most correct.

The files can be found in the stepwars section of the engine and you can play them here

Velocity Engine
Velocity Engine swf
Legacy Engine
Legacy Engine swf

Want to bump this over in case some people haven't seen it.

[gameboy42690]

Originally Posted by chez-the-guy

Aw, no participant-made ratings for Still Blastin' ):

I can fix that. =)

...Apologies in advance for length and harshness.

1 - 8/10

Enjoyable. I'm not sure on a couple of parts but it's fun to play regardless and I'm not going to stress out over them. Favorite file for Still Blastin'.

2 - 3/10

The white note usage here was just too much and unnecessary. My biggest gripe here is that almost the entire file is jumps going to the melody with no layering the rest of the sounds in the background. The end result is some empty gaps where I could have still been tapping along. The lack of layering throughout the song makes the chart feel 2D and it's difficult for me as the player to really feel invested.

3 - 2/10

WAY overstepped. There's so much that you tried to squeeze in here but it's just bloated and unfun to play. The amount of 32nds in the jumpstreams was really overkill at times. Just the jumps would have been fine for layering. There were actually a few segments that weren't bad and were actually decent to play. The rest really needs to be toned down.

4 - 3/10

Very inconsistent difficulty. Sometimes you go all out but much of the time your stepping is very minimal. Much like #2 it's very difficult to feel invested in the song when you're not stepping the song to its full potential. The parts where you did increase the difficulty still didn't quite feel right (in particular there was a jumpglut that probably should have been some form of a 16th stream instead). I also noticed in the beginning and end there were 16th gallops that didn't feel like they were going to anything. You might want to double check those parts.

5 - 3/10

Better control over the difficulty than #2 and #4 but there's still difficulty inconsistencies here. Mostly I'm looking at the end where it suddenly spikes to a crazy (and misrhythmed?) solo followed by lots of jumpstream. There were also a number of times in the song where you could have been following the melody more closely but instead chose to step a long, seemingly random stream of 16ths notes. While they are actually going to a part of the song, they're going to the background and not the interesting part of the song. Lastly I think you could have done without all the jacks. Most of them don't truly feel like they should be a jack and they're just not fun to hit.

6 - 5/10

This started off alright, but later on it became uninteresting jumpsteams. Similarly what I said about #5; the sounds are there, it's just not the interesting part of the song. That one big 32nd burst right in the middle of the song was just really berserk and should have been a much simpler roll pattern. It does seem like you made a conscious effort, but just rethink which parts of the song you step.

7 - 1/10

Barely anything you stepped here had any relevance to the song. I really don't know what else to say about this.

8 - 5/10

I'm surprised you didn't try to do more with this. The steps themselves aren't bad for its low difficulty (although I think there was a little room in there for small 16th sections) but a song like this just needs much more oomph in difficulty. You seem to have a good understanding of how to step and I can see lots of potential to expand on what you already have and turn this into a really cool chart. For now it's just emptier than it really should be. Some songs benefit from being understepped but I'm not so sure this is one of them.

9 - 1/10

Much like #7 there's a lot of issues with the steps hardly being relevant to the song, although this isn't as bad. Plenty of inconsistencies hurt this chart a lot. The red-blue switch plus the fact that I had to adjust my offset to -14 to play this properly only add to the problems.

10 - 7/10

The earliest white notes I didn't like but about a quarter or so into the song any white notes you used were cool. That 24th stream was kinda rough to hit but I get what you're trying to do with it. Nice file overall and honestly one of the only two in this group I can really say I liked.

I'll do Within Life later. Blackout is my group so that's gonna have to wait until after the winners are announced. I will say I was pretty surprised by how good this group was. Really tough competition for a song I honestly thought was going to have a lot of generic files.

[psychoangel691]

omega I told you not to tell which file is yours, winning or not.

[omega_grunt666]

Sorry

/Butthurt

[psychoangel691]

Originally Posted by omega_grunt666

Thanks for deleting the entire post though, especially all the parts that had nothing to do with my file. Much appreciated.

The whole thing was about your file and stepping. You also broke a very simple rule I set out when releasing the files so that everyone could try them out. Don't make me have to pull them down because you're upset and ruin it for everyone else. Send a private message when you have a problem.

[Choofers]

I just finished my file for this rofl

but since submissions are closed...
http://www.flashflashrevolution.com/....php?p=3793036

[psychoangel691]

Originally Posted by psychoangel691

devil your post was deleted the first time and you go and post the same thing again basically. Keep it up and I'll kick you from the contest and you may get a ban as well.

With that being said. I have the files up on the DF engine since we don't really have anything on here to do it with (If we're going to keep doing this I'll talk to them about getting something up for StepCons)

There were newer people that stepped for this, so I will not tolerate people making mean comments about files. You can provide feedback, but do so respectfully, don't just go your file is bad, that doesn't really help anyone improve on anything. If I catch anyone doing this that's in the competition you will be removed, depending on severity bans may be issued.

Do not reveal which file is yours to anyone while the judgement process is still going. If you do you will be disqualified.

Other than that enjoy, tell us which ones are your favorites (I'm kinda curious) I'll say my favorite cut for blackout is #3 ^_^ Also feel free to guess which file is who's outside your own group. Do not do your group since that would give away which file is your own. I may give a prize to whoever gets the most correct.

The files can be found in the stepwars section of the engine and you can play them here

Velocity Engine
Velocity Engine swf
Legacy Engine
Legacy Engine swf

Haven't seen anyone guess who's file is who's yet so I wanted to point out that section of the post.