Upshift :: FFR Batch Submission
Ghost_Medley - Upshift - Iriss-Frantzz [7.5 / 10]
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Collaboration between me and xXOpkillerXx, charting styles becoming one and the same like Iriss and Frantzz.

"Upshift" by Iriss-Frantzz aka s-don was released during G2R2018 and is submitted under current open source permissions for BoF-related events.

- The sim folder name isn't as expected: "Upshift (Ghost_Medley + xXOpkillerXx)" vs "Upshift (Ghost_Medley)"

- This file is a collaboration between multiple authors / stepauthors.

Simfile Folder Name

Upshift (Ghost_Medley + xXOpkillerXx)

Note Count

2144

Chart Length

2:20

Average NPS

15.7763

Estimated Difficulty

95.74

First Note

0:04

Ending Note Delay

0:01

Hand Bias

x 26

Framers

0 - 0 1 - 0 2 - 18 3 - 254 4 - 133

Jumps

x 432

Hands

x 70

Quads

x 6

Color Jumps

x 15

Color Hands

x 3

Color Quads

x 0

Most notes in:

1/3 of a Second
12 - 36.00 nps 0.5 Seconds
16 - 32.00 nps 1 Second
25 - 25.00 nps 2 Seconds
46 - 23.00 nps 5 Seconds
101 - 20.20 nps 10 Seconds
194 - 19.40 nps 30 Seconds
530 - 17.67 nps 1 Minute
996 - 16.60 nps

Color Count

x 672 (31.34%)
x 447 (20.85%)
x 34 (1.59%)
x 679 (31.67%)
x 24 (1.12%)
x 172 (8.02%)
x 15 (0.7%)
x 32 (1.49%)
x 69 (3.22%)

Largest Note Gaps

0.4s0.4s0.37s0.3s0.2s0.2s0.2s0.2s
35
28
21
14
7

Making frame adjustments

TC_Halogen - 8/10
- offset is good
- 32nd usage in the intro could be a little bit improved in terms of tightness; there are a couple of instances where 16th note minijacks are made and it’s not clear why there’s a separation versus not
- 17.243: not the greatest of pattern choices here thanks to the up arrow anchor
- 18.880: missing 32nds
- 27.812: doing RUDL into [DU] creates an anchor on the down arrow before the jack starts, so a bit of a tension issue there
- 29.332: missing note?
- 29.671: some more missing 32nds for hi-hats
- 37.009: another set of missing 32nds here; a bit more noticeable given that the superseding motion is 24ths
- 52.654/56.138: a bit of a stressful motion here with five consecutive notes on the right hand with a minijack feature, could probably be more refined
- 1:33.009: nice little bounce pattern here, but the connecting minijack adds a bit more strain and reduces the fluency a bit -- certainly not a dealbreaker, though
- 1:48.396: missing minijack for the melody
- 1:51.493: ^
- 1:55.170: this feels noticeably more incorrect given that there’s actually a three note repeating sound on the 4th at 1:55.364
- 2:04.074/2:04.848: not sure why the 32nds are differently spaced; if it’s a frame concern, don’t do this within the file, let us use the tools we have on our end!
- solid file; worthy of queue for me

Wiosna - 7/10
1.751 - shouldn't be 32nds
13.921 - this burst doesn't quite feel right, probably because of how the the burst to the first sound is a bit cut off. i'm not sure how you'd fix this though... you can make the first burst slower but longer to make the second burst stand out (or vice versa), but i'll leave it up to you
15.300 - can't really hear the 32nds here (nor do i think it much makes sense)
17.243 - this is a little bit mean
21.542 - ghost 32nd, wobble starts on the 16th
26.525/26.622/etc. - ghost notes, not sure about the minijack in general
29.235 - missing 24th rhythm after this 8th
32.719 - can't really hear the first 4 32nds, and the burst starting at 32.913 seems very excessive given the rest of the sounds you've layered so far. would probably make this 32nd-equivalents. 33.106 should also be 24ths.
34.074 - can probably be 32nds since the wobble is a bit long
34.848 - 32nds here are justified but i personally would like the 32nds to be a bit easier given how soft the hi-hats are
35.842 - 32nd feels a bit weird here, it's a very inaudible hi-hat if there is one, but i personally wouldn't include it. the 32nd after is fine. that said i'd probably make the 16th connect with the [23] chord rather than the 32nd because of the syllable structure of this sound
36.009 to 36.396 - this section in particular feels really weird to play through because there's a bass wobble at 36.009 up to 36.203 that wasn't followed, and i couldn't really tell what 36.348 is going to exactly. the motions being more or less the same also made it feel a bit awkward because i was expecting a repeated rhythm in this section but there wasn't.
53.235 - would probably make this a [34] because of the hidden 5-note 16th trill going on, it makes this feel really odd to hit because you haven't been using your wrist to slam the keys down and it feels a bit slippery to hit because of that
54.783 - should be a single
56.138 - would make this a bit different from [12], you don't really use a strict patterning approach for consecutive 8th syllables and this felt a bit anomalous to hit
57.229/etc. - i don't think there'd be anything wrong with making this a minijack connected to the 16th after
57.880 - missing double
58.074/etc. - definitely feels as if something more stressful would fit better here than what you currently have since this is very easy in comparison to the rest of the section
1:01.461 - missing double
1:05.816 - there should be some way of avoiding this 6-note trill on the right hand
1:07.558 - minijack collision should start on the 8th and not the 16th after
1:12.396 - there shouldn't be a minijack here connected to the 16th before it given your patterning scheme
1:32.912 - ughhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh i get why you did this but i really don't like this, i won't ask you to change it though if you feel that this fits well.
1:48.493 - missing minijack connected to the 4th
1:50.138 - i get that it's PR but you should probably shift this away to a different column to avoid the minijack connected to the 16th because it doesn't fit well here
1:55.461 - feels like there should be a minijack connected to the 4th here (and if you do that then you shouldn't create a 3-note anchor on 1:55.170)
1:55.557 - would personally like the 32nd burst to start on a different hand so it gives the burst a better sense of discreteness
2:06.783 - shouldn't be a 32nd burst

Chart plays well and is interesting overall. I feel that you might have to nerf the longer jacks to sets of 4 too honestly but I'll let the other judge decide. CQ mostly because I would like some clarification about some of the smaller points overall.

A new chart file was uploaded with the following changes:
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Note Count changed: 2143 => 2144
AVG NPS changed: 15.76895 => 15.77631
Hand Bias changed: 17 => 26

Thanks for the notes both of you !
I will give my thoughts for all of them, but I'll let ghost have the last word on her sections.
PS I dont have the frame fixed version so if more than just spacing was changed, it'S possible I dont understand some stuff.
[Ghost's notes: I ported all of OP's changes to my version of the .sm and worked on it from there.]
[Also, all my responses will be in brackets for proper separation.]

--Ghost section--
[Saw AJ's note on unnecessary minijacks in the intro/outro 32nds, I'm handling them right away.]
1.751: Disagree. They make sense given the rest of the intro; they're just a bit silenced by the first note covering much of the high freqs.
13.921: Meh, I get your point I think; there's probably better patterning to be done here. Will let ghost decide.
[Hard to say. The audio runs as 32nds, so to slow it down I have to either keep on rhythm with 16ths or force an off-rhythm pattern. Since it's still faithful to the audio I'm gonna leave it as is.]
15.300: Disagree. I hear them and imo they're just being consistent with other 32nds in intro.
[Agree with OP's statement, I hear these notes from the hi-hat when listening through at full speed.]
17.243: Agree. Will let ghost decide.
[Also agree, I also changed up the exit to balance the pressure on all fingers.]
18.880: True.
[Had to repattern it a bit to add the 32nds.]
21.542: True.
[Removed.]

--OP section--
26.525/26.622/etc: Agree. Will fix.
[AJ's note for 29.622 contradicts April's note for 26.525, creating some confusion. Me and OP agreed on having it match our fixed version of 32.719 in the end.]
27.812: Slightly agree. Fixed anyway.
29.235: This is actually a 16th on 29.332 which I initially left out because it forces such a heavy minijack into quad for a light hi-hat sound (vs the following iteration). I added it back in and changed patterning, please let me know how that feels.
29.332: See 29.235.
29.671: Fixed.
32.719: 32nds are definitely there.
32.913: I think we should just make 26.719 the same as this tbh.
[Made the fix to slow it down to roughly 32nd notes, which included removing the last note. This was done before the 26.525 change.]
34.074: Disagree. I think this shorter burst has good contrast with the one at 34.655.
34.848: Agree. Fixed.
35.842: I believe you meant 35.284 here ? Idk what you're referring to sorry.
36.009 to 36.396: Yeah I agree, kinda weird. Moved things around a bit, hopefully it flows better.
37.009: Fixed.
[A note that Op decided to change the jacks at 37.577 to column 3 instead of 4.]

--Ghost section--
52.654/56.138: Feels pretty natural to me. Ghost can decide.
[Decided in AJ's favor, this also fixed 53.235.]
53.235: Agree that the patterning here could be refined.
54.783: Is it ? (I dont understand what's said in lyrics lol)
[Oh boy, I get to tell you the lyrics: "If you say, [you] give a fuck, take the time back off my wrist." The marked word "you" is what the jump goes to.]
56.138: Disagree, imo [12] makes for satisfying PR.
[Kept the [12], but removed the jump on the 16th for the opposite reason of 54.783.]
57.229/etc: I dont understand.
57.880: True.
[It also applies to 59.428 based on the vocals.]
58.074/etc: Disagree. I find this to be a pretty tasteful break from minijacks with focus on lyrics PR.
[What you're saying makes sense, though I also prefer the flow that exists *because* of the calm patterns.]
1:01.461: Not sure why you say this ?
[Yeah, there's nothing in the vocals to support it.]
1:05.816: Slightly agree; although the left hand trill'ish part at 1:07.364 balances it out nicely I think.
1:07.558: True.
1:12.396: True. If 1:05.816 is kept as is, this is indeed not correct.
[Made a good amount of changes to this section to have consistent patterning, focused around the line "get away from here" being turned into a glut into short jumptrill for all instances.]

--OP section--
1:32.912: I'm keeping this.
1:33.009: ^
1:48.396: True. Fixed.
1:50.138: Agree. Fixed.
1:51.493: I don't understand.
[Did you scramble the notes up and this is related to April's 1:50.138 note? I decided to change it based on that assumption.]
1:55.170: Agree. Fixed.
1:55.461: ^
1:55.557: ^
[Looking at OP's changes, 1:55.557 was in fact not ^. I changed it myself so there's one minijack on each hand.]

--Ghost section--
2:04.074/2:04.848: Only ghost knows.
[(God only knows.) It is that, though the website's frame conversion of the judged version shows it didn't even keep it consistent anyways, rip]
2:06.783: I think it's just pretty faint ? Idk.
[Yeah, it's faint but still audible. I have no trouble hearing it at full speed.]

[Last note: Because we got both BarGain and Brute Force giving intimidating longjacks for D6 and D8, I think Upshift's longjacks should stay just so D7 knows they aren't safe.]