Autotelic Jacks - GFX Request and Submissions

-Background and banner resolution for the gfx sets are 1280x720 and 512x160, respectively, including pack banner for the latter;

-Each song will have a description of constraints for the gfx (e.g. include character associated with it);

-All banners must include song name + artist unless otherwise noticed;

-I expect gfx of at least decent quality. For some concrete reference, I'm fine with some recent stuff like hi19 packs, BOAT and VGMP4;

-I reserve the right to reject any submitted gfx. I'll do my best to provide feedback to any serious submission but I'm no artist, so expect some vague comments!



All done!

What is expected for charts here:
-This pack is geared towards good practice-oriented jack files. By jack files I mean the difficulty/challenge of the chart must come from any form of jack patterns excluding vibro. By practice-oriented I mean that charts shouldn't have too much downtime (i.e. parts irrelevant for its difficulty), the difficulty of the challenging parts is consistent without notable spikes (i.e. flat difficulty curve), the file should have a clear intent of what kind of jack pattern it stresses and it's totally fine to have repetitive charts given everything else is fine. By good I mean that the song selection fits what you are trying to do, it feels good to play (i.e. feels like you are really playing along the song) and that anything you put in the chart is musically warranted - including elements of 'dumping' which I'll touch on next.

-Regarding dumps: I strongly advise against dumps in the form of ghost intervals as jacks usually feel awful to play when not clearly associated to some sound, but it's fine to include a bit of it for filler/transition streams that do not constitute the actual jacking if it makes sense (e.g. goes to a softer or buzzing sustained sound).

-As a guideline, I prefer that you try your best to adhere to traditional charting of matching notes to prominent sounds and following pitch relevancy (in special, jacks for repeating sounds), but for the sake of building interesting charts difficulty-wise it's also fine to use more liberal layering schemes like associating a single sound to jump/hand/quad and having forced shorter jacks if the chart is dense enough.

-Regarding difficulty: Most of my files are geared closer to my own current skill level which translate to a spectrum of files that are challenging on 1.0x from higher D5 to lower D7 (based on FFR divisions). It's fine to step outside this range but keep in mind that easier files must be hard enough to be a jack file on 1.0x (rule of thumb would be at the very least 100bpm 16ths for longer jacks and 120bpm 16ths for not so long jacks) and make sense on rates (don't have sections that degenerate into unreasonable spikes on higher rates).

-Some examples of files that would fit nicely into the pack: Turbo (FFR), Punkture (FFR), Toccatina (hi19's 1), The Vital Vitriol (Skwid 7). Some example of files that get the idea but I'd review the execution and/or song selection: The Privateer EDIT (hsmp2), Sandstorm (hsmp1), I'm so drunk (DCP), Trance Party (Yolo Dumps), Imperishable Night 2006 (Yolo Dumps), various mizuki files, various golgo13/sensationer files, boku-boku beta (Alice final), two minute jack (hsmp4), Stone Cold (ATTangs dumpmix). This list is by no means exhaustive and I can send samples of my current charts for reference if requested.

-Extra difficulties are encouraged if they have something to add in terms of practice or accessibility. I might propose to add a new difficulty of my own to your file if I think it's appropriate. It's fine if you decline but do note I'll be less lenient in judging idiosyncrasies of your chart that aren't autotelic (tm) enough.

General information:
-As I mentioned before, this is more of an extra so I'll be extra rigid reviewing those.

-Only one pending file by stepartist (e.g. you can only submit a second file if your first one is accepted or pulled out).

-I'll review any file as in-depth as I think it has potential of becoming a good fit into the pack.

-Files will be rated as either Accepted, Conditional or Rejected. Accepted means you made it, Rejected means I don't have much hope for your file and Conditional is everything in between. Some Conditional files may be included in the gfx request section ahead of time if I have enough confidence it'll be worked out in time, you can consider those files in a 'weak accept' state.

-Send your file through any of those channels: PM on FFR forums, my email autotelicbrown[at]gmail[dot]com or PM on Discord (AutotelicBrown#6754). Feel free to contact me about anything else related to this pack too.

-Tentative deadline for submissions is until January 31st.

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