Love is War :: FFR Batch Submission
Psychotik - Love is War - Helblinde [7.5 / 10]
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Dump restrained to simple ghost 16th JS.

Simfile Folder Name

Love is War (Psychotik)

Note Count

3055

Chart Length

4:12

Average NPS

12.2674

Estimated Difficulty

87.45

First Note

0:03

Ending Note Delay

0:01

Hand Bias

x 21

Framers

0 - 0 1 - 0 2 - 0 3 - 0 4 - 409

Jumps

x 481

Hands

x 15

Quads

x 1

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
23 - 23.00 nps 2 Seconds
38 - 19.00 nps 5 Seconds
86 - 17.20 nps 10 Seconds
168 - 16.80 nps 30 Seconds
488 - 16.27 nps 1 Minute
938 - 15.63 nps

Color Count

x 1171 (38.33%)
x 738 (24.16%)
x 2 (0.07%)
x 1055 (34.53%)
x 2 (0.07%)
x 4 (0.13%)
x 78 (2.55%)
x 0 (0%)
x 5 (0.16%)

Largest Note Gaps

2.4s1.33s1.2s1.2s1.2s0.9s0.9s0.9s
35
28
21
14
7

Reject, another one that I'm not sure whether FR or reject would be more appropriate. I'm leaning towards reject for this because my reservations with the chart do affect a lot of the chart, but I'm also an extreme stickler when it comes to jumpstream/stream stuff so take my opinion with a grain of salt always.

- Missing triple at 31.455. I think you can use more 8th minijacks for the first verse (31.455 and onwards) but I get why you decided to only use minijacks for consecutive vocals, though I don't think it was necessary.

* I'm not fond of the jumpstreams in general. The first jumpstream was structured fine since it followed the bass kick-synth pattern, but a lot of the other jumpstreams feel quite arbitrary in comparison.

For example, the second jumpstream (49.955, also missing triple) seems mostly random other than doubles to vocals. I feel that there's some way of emphasising the 3/8th synth rhythm through some form of repeated pattern while layering on the vocals, though you might need to take some liberties on that. You can also avoid the synth entirely and try to emphasise longer vocals through 3-note anchors, but I think that's more appropriate for the chorus.

The chorus jumpstream felt quite arbitrary too beyond layering, and I think creating trilly/runningman/anchory patterns (5 notes, or 3-note anchors) to held vocals (e.g. 1:52.354, 1:52.954, 1:54.754, 1:57.154, would be a good call. You can do shorter patterns like 3 note OH minitrills and whatnot for shorter syllables if you wish, the main goal is to differentiate the types of syllables so that the stream feels less homogeneous throughout.

The last type of jumpstream (2:11.554) I think you can emphasise the 3/16th backing synth rhythm here (through some triplet pattern, pick your poison), but it's a bit hard to manuever when you're layering the synth alongside it. You can have some creative liberties here I think by only using triplets when there's empty patches of stream, and so on. It's up to you.

The stream sections are fine and the synth emphasis is quite clear and effective.

- The triplet rhythm from the synth at 1:48.154 feels completely lost because of the 21/12 gallops from the [24] jump, so you probably have to change the jump and make a few changes afterwards if you want to keep the triplet rhythm here.

The general progression and layering of the chart I think is mostly sound, but I ultimately find the patterning in it to be quite lacking. For a chart with continuous rhythms, its appeal will come from its patterning, and while there's definitely some attempt of patterning here, I think more can be done in that department.

(FR)

- The sync on some of these cyan notes could be a bit tighter.
- 48.305: I would make this a jump, I know there's no kick on this one, but the cymbal + bass makes it too intense to be a single.
- 61.880: The [3][4] motion that lasts till 63.980 feels kinda random here, there's not really anything in the music that warrants this repetition.
- 150.755 - 168.755: 16th streams do not really work for this section in my opinion, it's markedly less intense than the other JS sections and it's pretty clear to the player that the 16th notes are ghost notes.
- This is an issue I have with most 16th JS dumps, but there really is no way to highlight the increase in intensity that happens when there are actual 16ths introduced @210.755.

FR for the section starting @150.755, 16th notes feel really out of place there.

ACCEPT -FR-

[FR] The 16ths stream at 2:30.754 is too much of an oddity relative to the rest of the chart's structure.

This chart is pretty fun to play. While it certainly is on the more tame side of abstract charting with the 16ths JS, there's nothing egregiously wrong with it. It felt as if some parts were slightly excessive of the rolliness of the patterns, but in general it felt pretty nice to play. I definitely appreciate that there's still a pretty decent 16ths patterning repertoire (even despite the rolliness at times) while also keeping solid PR on the vocals.

2:30.754: In this section, the abstract charting clearly doesn't match the intensity of the music during the JS sections, and that feels pretty awkward. What I assume is that it's meant to match 21.755 on the abstract 16ths for the added hi-hats, but since those two sections sound pretty different (the latter having no vocals), they don't feel coherent during gameplay. I would highly suggest considering different approaches for this section; something either closer to 8ths with jumps/hands emphasis, or maybe even integrating the synth, which has sliding notes and a fade in/fade out intensity at the start/end of the section.

Accept

Remove 1:52.054

Agreeing with April a lot here. The (jump)stream patterning could definitely be improved upon. It just feels too random and there's definite opportunites to make it more interesting.

This is otherwise pretty unobjectionable stuff as far as I'm concerned.

I'm putting this file as reject for now.

Personally I find this file to be........... on the lighter side, where I feel the song is quite energetic and the density doesn't have much meat into it (which it should be denser in my opinion).

22.055 - I find this section objectionable since this is a missed opportunity to drop the kick into a single while you can and should do jumps per 4th since the motif is gradually building up as it goes. Especially when the song picks up, the layering in the next jumpstream section also feels more complete in comparison to this section.

Even then, I think for 49.955 you can afford to still layer jumps per 4th while also combining with the vocals to do jump so there's some suitable jumpstream layering happening into the song, while still adhering to additive layering in the first place.

1:52.054 - The phrase stops at 1:51.904, so delete this note.

The jumpstream in the chorus could also have some more detail tailored into it (which I think April has mentioned couple of things about it, and I agree with the assessment), and more of the same can be applied in the next 2 major jumpstream sections.

All in all, I just can't help the fact that this file feels underwhelming in respect with the jumpstream sections, and since the song definitely calls for beefier jumpstream, I think this needs more work overall.

1 Accept / 2 FR / 2 Reject
Moving this to FR. Address the more notable stuff above for an Accept

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Double-checking on this file. File is under 'Fixes Required' flag, but hasn't received a fix. Suggest making fixes soon, or it could face rejection. Will check back in 2-4 weeks.

Feel kinda bad for doing this, but I did say '2-4 weeks', and it's been 3 months.

Moving this to rejected. If it gets fixes in the near future, consider resubmission. Regular batches + Special batches are open to dump submissions now.