Annihilator Method :: FFR Batch Submission
WirryWoo - Annihilator Method - DM Ashura [6.5 / 10]
Feb/March 2021
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Simfile Folder Name

Annihilator Method (WirryWoo)

Note Count

1006

Chart Length

1:51

Average NPS

10.3144

Estimated Difficulty

69.69

First Note

0:14

Ending Note Delay

0:01

Hand Bias

x -38

Framers

0 - 0 1 - 0 2 - 0 3 - 3 4 - 63

Jumps

x 186

Hands

x 78

Quads

x 0

Color Jumps

x 0

Color Hands

x 0

Color Quads

x 0

Most notes in:

1/3 of a Second
10 - 30.00 nps 0.5 Seconds
14 - 28.00 nps 1 Second
22 - 22.00 nps 2 Seconds
39 - 19.50 nps 5 Seconds
72 - 14.40 nps 10 Seconds
133 - 13.30 nps 30 Seconds
356 - 11.87 nps 1 Minute
662 - 11.03 nps

Color Count

x 480 (47.71%)
x 252 (25.05%)
x 5 (0.5%)
x 205 (20.38%)
x 4 (0.4%)
x 41 (4.08%)
x 9 (0.89%)
x 8 (0.8%)
x 2 (0.2%)

Largest Note Gaps

2.53s0.8s0.63s0.63s0.47s0.47s0.47s0.47s
35
28
21
14
7

Refactored a few pattern choices.

A new chart file was uploaded with the following changes:
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Note Count changed: 908 => 915
AVG NPS changed: 9.30964 => 9.38141
Hand Bias changed: -32 => -31

Annihilator Method
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- Perms, sync, metadata good.

- 15.660: Higher than the jumps immediately before & after, suggest [24].
- 20.113: Should this be part of the trill? I don't hear a kick here.'
- 21.754, 23.004, etc.: These are kick + synth triplet and so should be jumps. Looks like they were omitted to avoid conflict with the jumps at the ends of the 16th triplets, which is fine, but it does feel a little weird without them imo.
- 28.941: This pattern is quite similar to the green-note pattern before, but goes to a much less striking sound, which dampens the impact imo.
- 37.379: Doesn't feel like it belongs in the column 3 anchor you've got going. Also could reasonably have another white jump on the 8th around 37.528.
- 40.191: Can see why you'd use a roll for these 16th kicks, but the pattern really blends in with the melody triplet beforehand and it doesn't feel quite right.
- 41.441-61.441: Similar to previous note, the patterns you use for the 32nds to kicks is very similar to the patterning for melody 32nds. It's particularly noticeable in spots like 60.035 where both happen in quick succession. Suggest using minitrills for the kicks to improve accenting.
- 46.285: Higher than previous note and 46.597, suggest column 3.
- 54.878, 57.066, 58.941, 59.566: Minijack feels arbitrary here.
- 69.253: No repeated sound here, shouldn't be an anchor--it's pretty easy to break the layering collision here while still keeping PR in both layers.
--> Also, how come this is a jump? I'm guessing it's to the weird new synth, but that plays 8ths from 69.566 to 70.347 and you don't acknowledge those.
- 75.503-81.441: Oh man, I can smell the mindblocks on this section lol.
- 84.097-95.816: The PR on these 3-note jacks isn't quite correct. In most cases, the first two are indeed the same pitch, but the third is lower and the next 16th is higher. (Interestingly, you PR the last set of them correctly, at 96.597.)
- 98.491: Would also be nice if this were moved off column 3 so as not to interfere with the jack.
- 100.660: Missing note.
- 103.941: Really not a fan of the transition out of this section, it feels like way too much emphasis given how soft the sounds are at this point. Since you're primarily following the piano in this next section, I'd recommend dropping the 16th at 104.497.
- 105.347: This 32nd triplet is very soft, and you omit it at 105.816. Strongly suggest removing.
- 105.972-end: PR can be improved a bit.

- The layering in this chart is pretty tasteful and well executed overall. I did find the patterning to be a little odd throughout, though; sometimes you used "weak" patterns which didn't give "strong" sounds the emphasis they deserved (see 40.191, 41.441 notes), and sometimes the patterning felt needlessly stiff and awkward, as if you PR'd two layers independently and didn't bother giving it a second look to make things ergonomic. The latter of these occured almost entirely around anchors, particularly in spots where they don't really follow any repeated sound and there's room to avoid it. [6.5/10]

Fixes added. Thanks for the review.

A new chart file was uploaded with the following changes:
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Note Count changed: 915 => 1010
AVG NPS changed: 9.38141 => 10.35543
Hand Bias changed: -31 => -34

Minor fixes

A new chart file was uploaded with the following changes:
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Note Count changed: 1010 => 1008
AVG NPS changed: 10.35543 => 10.33493
Hand Bias changed: -34 => -36

Chart is now acceptable, but some changes I highly recommend you make:
- 85.582 is a ghost note, and I don't see why 85.816 is a hand rather than another jump
- 99.097 and the next note are a different sound from the dense stuff just before, shouldn't be part of a 5-note anchor--this is the comment 98.491 in the original review, except I mistyped and that was supposed to be 98.941. Sorry for any confusion in that regard.
- 105.347 should be a 16th consistent with 106.597 and 107.847.

A new chart file was uploaded with the following changes:
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Note Count changed: 1008 => 1006
AVG NPS changed: 10.33493 => 10.31442
Hand Bias changed: -36 => -38