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  • Kraezymann
    Forum User
    FFR Simfile Author
    • Sep 2003
    • 1640

    #1

    Stepping Stones of StepMania 2 [RELEASED!]


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    Stepping Stones of StepMania 2 is finally here!

    About six months in the making, SSS2 is a bit of a triumph for me. During these past six months, I have learned a great deal; I have learned about how to judge files, what to say about them and how to say it. I have learned more about my abilities as a player and much more about the game itself. I've discovered my skills have been slowly growing, and that a pack like this ought to help new players grow their skills too. I would even venture to say that my skills at making graphics has grown a bit - I really like the sets I've shoved in here!

    On to the pack itself!

    It is not an overly large pack, at 30 files. One of the best parts of this pack is that there is more than one chart to play for every song. I didn't mention it above, but I feel like I have become a bit of a completionist; the more stuff that has been prepared for the file, the better. Every file in here has a full set of high(er than usual) resolution set of graphics, proper cdtitles, credit for every file filled out, good quality music, and most of the important tags filled out. I have done my very best to make sure all the files and graphics and everything is in proper order; I feel confident when the pack is downloaded that everything should be set up just right.

    There is such a diverse set of files in here, too. We have files from both ends of the charters spectrum, beginners and experts and everyone in between. The same goes for the music.

    The song list


    Can also be used for reviews, should you wish to do so!
    A Tale of 6 Trillion Years
    Audio Avenue
    Backstreet Girls
    Bastel
    Cata
    Coming-of-Age Ceremony
    Desire
    Dragon Slayer
    Fascination MaxX (Triple Chaos Mix)
    First Kiss
    Flyers (Death Parade OP)
    GAIA
    Garden of Love
    Get Better John
    Gold Spinners
    Ignis Fatuus
    Reincarnated Soul
    Magnolia
    New York
    On My Wings (IIDX Hardstyle Version)
    Opening Credits
    Proxy
    Pythagora Cirno
    Sailors Hornpipe
    Shapeless Flower
    The Islander
    Things We Believe In
    What We're Made Of
    Woke Up Too Early This Morning
    Yoru Naku Usagi wa Yume wo Miru

    And finally, THANK YOU!

    - Thank you SKG_Scintill for your contributions of files, judging help, and for putting up with a total scrub like me!
    - Thank you to porkypink, Divisor, and Silvuh for your contributions for the graphics!
    - Thank you to literally everyone else for your patience, your input and your time



    I am happy to have been able to contribute this way to the community, I hope that I can do it again soon! I hope you all enjoy this pack
    Last edited by Kraezymann; 08-15-2015, 09:28 AM.
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  • rparty89
    FFR Player
    • Jan 2009
    • 618

    #2
    Re: Stepping Stones of StepMania 2 [RELEASED!]

    first called it XD

    dling as well o.o

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    • Skwid1
      FFR Player
      • Jul 2013
      • 117

      #3
      Re: Stepping Stones of StepMania 2 [RELEASED!]

      nice dude. packs like this are really appreciated.

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      • SKG_Scintill
        Spun a twirly fruitcake,
        FFR Simfile Author
        • Feb 2009
        • 3876

        #4
        Re: Stepping Stones of StepMania 2 [RELEASED!]

        dl'ing bcz I didn't judge every file





        Originally posted by bluguerilla
        So Sexy Robotnik (SKG_Scintill) {.0001/10} [--]
        ___
        . RHYTHMS PR LAYERING
        . ZOMG I HAD TO QUIT OUT TERRIBLE
        .

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        • Kraezymann
          Forum User
          FFR Simfile Author
          • Sep 2003
          • 1640

          #5
          Re: Stepping Stones of StepMania 2 [RELEASED!]

          ah dang, rip my judging confidence



          I'm going to be streaming the pack tonight, if anyone is interested

          edit: thanks skwid!
          Last edited by Kraezymann; 08-15-2015, 09:44 AM.
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          • DDRNGGin
            FFR Player
            • Jun 2014
            • 472

            #6
            Re: Stepping Stones of StepMania 2 [RELEASED!]

            Aww yeah! Can't wait to play all of these charts!
            DDRNGGin's New Stats Information

            Playstyle: Index

            Current Level / Division: Level 73 (Division 5)

            Highest AAA/PFC: Flight of the Bumblebee (Difficulty 80)

            Highest Blackflag: AIM Anthem (Difficulty 76)

            Highest SDG: Choprite [3-0-0-1] (Difficulty 70)

            Highest FC (Non-mashed): BB Revenge [14-1-0-3] (Difficulty 80)

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            • blindreper1179
              Vice President Of TGB
              • Jun 2006
              • 5900

              #7
              Re: Stepping Stones of StepMania 2 [RELEASED!]

              Awesome job man! Thanks for all your help!
              Originally posted by thesunfan
              absolutely I want to vomit on your face irl
              Originally posted by choof
              It was like trying to throw logic at a fuckin brick wall lmao
              Originally posted by choof
              whats more dense, a black hole or an icyworld file
              Originally posted by Celirra
              I've never been so disappointed by a man from Alabama than I am right now

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              • gameboy42690
                =/
                FFR Simfile Author
                • Aug 2005
                • 685

                #8
                Re: Stepping Stones of StepMania 2 [RELEASED!]

                Downloaded, can't wait to see how this turned out!
                I'm still kicking myself for being lazy and not submitting a second file.

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                • AutotelicBrown
                  Under the scarlet moon
                  FFR Simfile Author
                  • Jan 2014
                  • 923

                  #9
                  Re: Stepping Stones of StepMania 2 [RELEASED!]

                  Good to see it released, first one was pretty nice.
                  Play my files

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                  • MooMoo_Cowfreak
                    Abraxas Hydroplane
                    • May 2006
                    • 1746

                    #10
                    Re: Stepping Stones of StepMania 2 [RELEASED!]

                    Here are my first impressions. I only played the hardest difficulty for each file:

                    A Tale of Six Trillion Years and A Night (kaneh) - I liked the mini jacks. Loved how the solo was stepped. Felt the chorus was understepped any time it came in.

                    Audio Avenue (Divisor) - Too many freezes for my taste, too long for kind of a boring song, and I felt the bass line went criminally ignored. The jumpstream would randomly switch from having jacks in the jumps to not, which I feel is something that should be made consistent.

                    Backstreet Girls (SKG_Scintill) - Good steps, just wasn't really feeling the song.

                    Bastel (Divisor) - Alright. I didn't feel the groove of the song through the steps, which I always love being able to do.

                    Cata (BilliumMoto) - Fun. Well synced, and I loved the buildup!

                    Coming of Age Ceremony (Leo137) - The steps were alright, I just didn't really feel the song at all. The bursts at the end seemed unnecessary.

                    Desire (buta-san) - My favorite so far. Tasteful use of freezes and a good groove.

                    Dragon Slayer (XelNya) - Good stuff. This is exactly the kind of file I feel should be in this pack. Good slow tempo jumpstream with occasional 32nd bursts, that's just perfect for this pack.

                    Fascination MAXX (DDRNGGin) - There was a golden moment for jacks in the drum part which you ignored almost every time. Instead, you opted to put jacks in many awkward feeling and frankly inappropriate times.

                    First Kiss (Leo137) - Very fun. It grew on me as it went along. I really enjoyed the pacing.

                    Flyers (buta-san) - Decent. Good steps on the solo.

                    GAIA (rparty89) - Great steps, fun stream and I liked the light jumpstream.

                    Garden of Love (bmah) - Great steps, groovy tune.

                    Get Better John (Divisor) - Random jacks in the 24ths turned me off. Song was stepped for too long, got boring quite fast. I would have liked more attention to have been paid to the drums, incorporating them into the chorus somehow.

                    Gold Spinners (Wayward Vegabond) - Fucking awesome.

                    Ignis Fatuus (DDRNGGin) - Weirdly placed jacks once again. Find more engaging music man.

                    Magnolia (XelNya) - Very enjoyable. Loved the drop.

                    New York (Gameoson) - Just felt boring.

                    On My Wings (Kraezymann & rparty89) - One of the better stepfiles, very fun.

                    Opening Credits (Divisor) - I now know I just don't like your style of stepping. So take that for what it is.

                    Proxy (YungDaVinci) - Beginning was silly, steps were fine.

                    Pythagora Cirno (SKG_Scintill) - Great simple file.

                    Reincarnated Soul (SKG_Scintill) - I think you're really hitting the difficulty right on the head with your submissions Scintill.

                    Shapeless Flower (Kaneh)- Just a good, fun song. I enjoyed the mini jacks.

                    Yoru Naku Usagi wa Yume wo Miru (kaneh) - Maybe my favorite chart.

                    The Islander (Storn) - Beautiful, this could be a reason to pick up the entire pack.

                    The Sailor's Hornpipe (SKG_Scintill) - I'm not sure how I feel about putting children's music in a pack intended to be easy... I just hope it's not demoralizing to anyone. I enjoyed practicing this a bit for MA.

                    Things We Believe In (storn42) - This was the only song that I quit on early. I know this is supposed to be a pack of easier stepfiles, but I felt that this was understepped. There were a lot of opportunities for jumps that could have been easy and accented the music that just weren't there. For stepping metal I think that blind's What We're Made Of is a great example of keeping it relatively easy while still incorporating jumps.

                    What We're Made Of (blind) - Fun, good metal track for the pack.

                    Woke Up Too Early This Morning (blind) - Really chill short song. This was the only song I bothered to try the Light steps on, and it was exactly what I was hoping for. You synced the piano beautifully and I found myself enjoying the Light file more than the Heavy. Good stuff.
                    Last edited by MooMoo_Cowfreak; 08-15-2015, 04:00 PM.
                    Originally posted by hi19hi19
                    dumps abstractly represent the song with arrows

                    post-dumps abstractly represent the existential nihilism that the song invokes in the listener with negative space, evoking the ephemeral nature of the mind - the journey of stepmania begins in hope yet soon becomes corroded into a dialectic of futility, leaving only a sense of dread and the unlikelihood of a new synthesis

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                    • storn42
                      RIP Storn D0-D0
                      FFR Simfile Author
                      • Jun 2012
                      • 3473

                      #11
                      Re: Stepping Stones of StepMania 2 [RELEASED!]

                      Originally posted by MooMoo_Cowfreak
                      The Islander (Storn) - Beautiful, this could be a reason to pick up the entire pack.

                      Things We Believe In (storn42) - This was the only song that I quit on early. I know this is supposed to be a pack of easier stepfiles, but I felt that this was understepped. There were a lot of opportunities for jumps that could have been easy and accented the music that just weren't there. For stepping metal I think that blind's What We're Made Of is a great example of keeping it relatively easy while still incorporating jumps.
                      im happy that i managed to make possibly both the best file in the pack and the worst :P


                      Originally posted by Xiz
                      "I think storn is town but he doesn't have a shirt on" - Roundbox
                      Originally posted by the sun fan
                      I have beat my meat to storn's posts no less than four times


                      Originally posted by ShadoWolfe


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                      • SKG_Scintill
                        Spun a twirly fruitcake,
                        FFR Simfile Author
                        • Feb 2009
                        • 3876

                        #12
                        Re: Stepping Stones of StepMania 2 [RELEASED!]

                        Originally posted by MooMoo_Cowfreak
                        Backstreet Girls (SKG_Scintill) - Good steps, just wasn't really feeling the song.
                        Fair enough
                        Originally posted by MooMoo_Cowfreak
                        Pythagora Cirno (SKG_Scintill) - Great simple file.
                        Thx
                        Originally posted by MooMoo_Cowfreak
                        Reincarnated Soul (SKG_Scintill) - I think you're really hitting the difficulty right on the head with your submissions Scintill.
                        That's what I was going for
                        Originally posted by MooMoo_Cowfreak
                        The Sailor's Hornpipe (SKG_Scintill) - I'm not sure how I feel about putting children's music in a pack intended to be easy... I just hope it's not demoralizing to anyone. I enjoyed practicing this a bit for MA.
                        I love the tune, not because it's childish





                        Originally posted by bluguerilla
                        So Sexy Robotnik (SKG_Scintill) {.0001/10} [--]
                        ___
                        . RHYTHMS PR LAYERING
                        . ZOMG I HAD TO QUIT OUT TERRIBLE
                        .

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                        • XelNya
                          [Kaho]
                          FFR Simfile Author
                          • Sep 2012
                          • 3368

                          #13
                          Re: Stepping Stones of StepMania 2 [RELEASED!]

                          Originally posted by MooMoo_Cowfreak
                          Dragon Slayer (XelNya) - Good stuff. This is exactly the kind of file I feel should be in this pack. Good slow tempo jumpstream with occasional 32nd bursts, that's just perfect for this pack.

                          Magnolia (XelNya) - Very enjoyable. Loved the drop.
                          Glad to see someone else enjoys the files I made.

                          I'm about to play a file or two myself.

                          Also, the graphics on Dragon Slayer are gorgeous. Love 'em.

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                          • Kraezymann
                            Forum User
                            FFR Simfile Author
                            • Sep 2003
                            • 1640

                            #14
                            Re: Stepping Stones of StepMania 2 [RELEASED!]

                            Thanks for the kind words guys, and the review, MooMoo. Glad to see you seemed to enjoy most of it

                            Originally posted by XelNya
                            Also, the graphics on Dragon Slayer are gorgeous. Love 'em.
                            Thanks
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                            • rparty89
                              FFR Player
                              • Jan 2009
                              • 618

                              #15
                              Re: Stepping Stones of StepMania 2 [RELEASED!]

                              Nice to see 1 person enjoying my files.

                              And I missed the stream. Damn it.

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