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8.092, 10.084, etc., many repeats. - (subjective) Not a huge fan of this colour approach for these time signature adjustments. It reads as though it should be faster than 8ths. It’s especially a bit odd at 15.240 to transition into actual 12th notes at .592. Would prefer using 2 consecutive blue or red note timings for these.

1:06.531 - debatable hand

1:08.406 - ~1:42.468 - Gotta admit, this section is pretty underwhelming especially in terms of difficulty balance. I’m guessing you don’t want to make this too jumpstream focused, so I’ll suggest just increasing the layering. I’d suggest with just placing hands on the chord changes - that might be enough. Or hands on snares. Or maybe both? And/or only increase layering at 1:23.406 for more of a climax-y thing. Lots of options, but I definitely feel like this section should get a buff

1:53.015, .132 - missing

A lot to like here. This is a solid chart, well polished and very fun. While my 1:08.406 note lands more so in a subjective area (so I won’t push this to FR), I very highly encourage addressing it somehow, because it’s a major weak part of an otherwise strong submission.

Judge Score: 8.00 - Accepted

- 8.210 etc.: The color theory seems a bit arbitrary here, but it's fine.
- 10.202 etc.: Here it does feel a bit weird, the 12th notes are following the melody that was denoted as 8th notes earlier, there's no audible change to triplets.
- 15.475: Jump?
- 19.765: all these 4th notes here are on [1] but the pitch is markedly different on all of them and the emphasis is on the 4th notes, might be worth changing these patterns around for PR.
- 26.025, 26.142, 28.486, 28.603 etc.: No jumps?
- 28.720: That's insanely cool.
- 34.814: These patterns are really fun, I do wonder why some are singles and others are jumps though.
- 44.266: I think this little hi hat roll is worth emphasizing.
- 51.453: Missing?
- 66.531: Hand? Crash + melody.
- 67.781: Bit strange that this is a hand, but 68.406 is a jump, I'd say those should be swapped.
- 85.203, 85.437 etc.: Why jumps, some kicks are jumps some are singles, I guess the first kick in every sequence is a single but it doesn't make alot of sense to me.

I don't entirely agree with some of the stylistic choices like the 12th notes that I felt were a bit arbitrary at times, but this chart is right up my alley. I think there are a few locations where the arbitrary 12th notes feel a bit strange though like at 118.406 where the melody doesn't change in rhythm, but the color changes and then you have a notable change in rhythm with the actual 12th kicks right after. (I hope that makes sense lol).

This is still a really good and enjoyable chart, there are almost no cases of actual misrhythms and the layering makes sense.

Judge Score: 8.00 - Accepted

Checking in on the status of this submission, as it's past the 1 month probationary period with an "Accepted" flag, albeit there has been no response from the Stepauthor or fixes submitted.

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