!(Z)X(Z)! :: FFR Batch Submission
Ghost_Medley - !(Z)X(Z)! - Family Farce [7.25 / 10]
Aug/Sept 2022
PublicEvents
Released
Super anchory file, keeping in theme with zZz which I also made the chart for. Will change the coloring of the red rolls if judges request it.

"!(Z)X(Z)!" by Family Farce falls under blanket permissions for songs by Chuck Enck under any of his aliases, obtained by rayword45 in 2011.

Simfile Folder Name

!(Z)X(Z)! (Ghost_Medley)

Note Count

1756

Chart Length

2:09

Average NPS

14.2958

Estimated Difficulty

90.75

First Note

0:06

Ending Note Delay

0:01

Hand Bias

x 52

Framers

0 - 0 1 - 0 2 - 0 3 - 17 4 - 442

Jumps

x 487

Hands

x 0

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
26 - 26.00 nps 2 Seconds
47 - 23.50 nps 5 Seconds
104 - 20.80 nps 10 Seconds
201 - 20.10 nps 30 Seconds
489 - 16.30 nps 1 Minute
879 - 14.65 nps

Color Count

x 711 (40.49%)
x 484 (27.56%)
x 21 (1.2%)
x 394 (22.44%)
x 0 (0%)
x 134 (7.63%)
x 0 (0%)
x 8 (0.46%)
x 4 (0.23%)

Largest Note Gaps

2.17s1.87s1.23s0.97s0.77s0.67s0.37s0.3s
35
28
21
14
7

!(Z)X(Z)! (Ghost_Medley) [7.5/10]

PERMS OK
SYNC OK

57.700: Missing 16th.

1:07.225: This feels a bit odd because the same js keeps going but the song has a sudden transition to much higher energy. I don't have an immediate suggestion because it looks quite constrained to the overall layering scheme, but I'd suggest you experiment a bit and consider other options.

1:24.325-1:35.125: This whole section feels somewhat arbitrary. The motif going into it is the little isolated bursts but then for difficulty reason they suddenly disappear to make space for the dense js. The decision makes sense, but it sacrifices representation and motif. Moreover, the js just doesn't reflect the gradual increase in pitch and intensity whatsoever, which doesn't help its case.

Overall, the chart is well executed and good enough to go ingame. That being said, I personally think there's a fair amount of missed potential, and the result feels slightly bland due to the layering decisions which make it really difficult to emphasize the different intensities of the song. Still pretty fun to play regardless; the anchors and red rolls are fine and actually nice, sparce color theory.

!(Z)X(Z)!
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Permission, sync, metadata good.

- 9.026-11.576: Watch out for the column 3 anchor here.
- 13.601, 13.751, 14.201: Missing notes--see 11.801, 12.401.
- 18.326: Suggest different minitrill from 17.726, they sound quite distinct.
- 22.901: Misrhythm, should be on the 24th at 22.926.
- 25.676: Pretty prominent to omit imo.
* 30.026: BPM does not need to double here.
- 36.176: Patterning could be a lot more attentive to the song. The beeps play a triplet at 36.176 and a quintuplet at 36.776, so these should receive a bit more emphasis (since you are already following the beeps with an 8th anchor on column 4), but that is not where the emphasis is placed & the 16th patterning seems arbitrary here.
* The distinction in sound between the places where you use 16th runs (36.026 and 40.826) and the places you don't (38.426 and 43.226) is extremely subtle and I had to slow the song down to even be able to tell there was a difference. Strongly recommend just using 16ths everywhere for the beeps.
* 47.426, 49.826, etc.: These do not need to be all red.
- 69.401, 74.201: 32nds start here technically.
- 74.426: This should be on the column 4 anchor, and 75.626 should not.
- 92.201: Unusually long OHT on left hand here.
* 95.125: Increasing the bpm does work here, but this does not need to be all red.
- 99.801, 104.601: Missing note, see 102.201.

- In general I feel the anchor/trill focus in this works, but I don't like a fair bit of the colour theory, and one section (which I also *'d) is very, very unclear to me. [7/10]

Made changes based on both Op's and Pizza's notes.

A new chart file was uploaded with the following changes:
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Offset changed: -0.0259864 => -0.026
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Note Count changed: 1793 => 1756
AVG NPS changed: 14.59701 => 14.29579
Hand Bias changed: 43 => 52