Pack in Progress: QED Anime Stepfiles 33-64

[QED Stepfiles]

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Popotan Insert - ["Caramelldansen (Speedycake Remix)" (Second Edit) by Caramell]

[QED Stepfiles]

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Myself, Yourself OP - ["Tears Infection" by Kaori]

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Shin Megami Tensei: Persona 4 OP - ["Pursuing My True Self" by Shoji Meguro]

[Professor Raine]

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do they all need anime faces on the banner?

Yes, since they don't accept anything else since my banner for their 1st Japan mix wasn't even considered since it had the Tokyo Tower.

[QED Stepfiles]

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Yes, since they don't accept anything else since my banner for their 1st Japan mix wasn't even considered since it had the Tokyo Tower.

Most of my files weren't really made for submission into OD anyways. Just call it a stylistic choice .

[QED Stepfiles]

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No updates for another week or two... currently in the process of being pummeled by final exams.

[Timer Rabbit]

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Have to give a good comment~

I like the Pursuing my True Self simfile (click link for my gameplay video~), as I got into the P4 rave (let alone a Yosuke theme in my FFR Profile. ^^; )

I will get your CaramellDansen too, since i'm a fan, and it doesn't stop me from getting many different CaramellDansen simfiles. (I even make my own verson with P4-Dansen. ^^; )

[-Barista-]

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You should do Cutie Honey - Koda Kumi.

[QED Stepfiles]

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Nodame Cantabile OP - ["Allegro Cantabile" by Suemitsu and the Suemith]

(Wow it's been a while. Fortunately I'm marginally less busy now and can work on some stepfiles.)

To Barista: Sorry for not responding before - I'm currently a bit overloaded with songs I want to do, so any requests are probably not going to get done for a loooong while.

[QED Stepfiles]

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Shin Megami Tensei: Persona 3 FES OP - ["P3 FES" by Yumi Kawamura and Lotus Juice]

[WTFBrandon]

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Is it just me or are most of the anime packs really...
Weird =S
I don't mean it in a bad way but... they have an extremely different way to stepfiles than most people here would, which is what I guess I was trying to say.
Which I think is why Midday said what he said, like in the video posted atm.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=suOR6uD7ilY

It has a lot of random air notes that don't really follow anything, and weird stream. Like the start, the stream leading into another one and just... =S THe one around 255+ looks really fun and goes with the song but the others? =\
A lot of people here like songs that follow the actual song unless it makes the fun, i haven't played the file so I can't judge much but.. by the looks of it you get what i'm trying to say by weird.
Not saying that it's bad again, so don't get mad at me =p

[Patashu]

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It's probably DDR style exaggeration. When you deliberately limit your song selection to mostly generic, same-y songs with regards to their rhythms you have to turn to made-up 'exaggerations' to keep things interesting.

[Gundam-Dude]

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Otaku's Dream

The way to overstep files for no apparent reason but hey the song is from an anime so it's cool and should have a bunch of random 16th streams that go to nothing.

[QED Stepfiles]

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Actually, now that you guys have brought this up, this is something that I'd like to address.

I'd like to start by saying that I don't step in a way that can be justifiably associated with Otaku's Dream, past the obvious fact that yes, we both step anime songs. I actually also think the majority of their songs are grossly overstepped... for that reason I never even downloaded Otaku's Dream 5.

I'd also like to make the point that when I started stepping, I kept external influences to a minimum. Apart from some of the more technical aspects (like how to write lyric files, etc.), I did not really learn to step from anybody - I just started laying notes down where I thought they fit, and my own style developed from that. I didn't even join any stepping communities (such as FFR) until I had written well over a dozen files. In that respect, I'd like to think that I've developed a truly individual style that may not fit in with conventional ways of stepping.

So yes, I've gotten a fair share of comments about allegedly "stepping to no sounds." Ironically *cough cough*, some of these comments even came from Otaku's Dream, for the short time I was part of their community. In a sense, these comments are completely called for, since it is true that many of my steps do not match with any particular sound in the song.

Ultimately, this is because in my style, I do not step to a song, but rather with a song. That is to say, I try to write steps that complement the music that I'm working with. The steps act for me like a "separate track" almost, and considering that FFR/stepmania is a rhythm game, this "separate track" usually is a percussion track. Of course, this is helped by the fact that I am primarily a keyboard writer, and the fingers make a pretty loud tapping noise when you play with a keyboard.

This is why I often seem to step to no sounds. The step itself may not go with any real sound, but the step sequence fits in with the song as a whole. The best way to see this without actually playing the song is letting my files run through with the assist tick - then you'll be able to hear precisely what was running through my head when I wrote that "random" 16 stream where there was just pure silence in the song. I think Patashu was vaguely on the right track when he said that these are "made-up exaggerations," but I'd like to think that they aren't really exaggerations at all, but rather just a new way of looking at the song that heightens the listening (and consequently the playing) experience.

Strangely enough, empirical evidence tells me that people playing my files usually have an easier time hearing the music in the steps, even though some of my steps do not go with a particular sound. And that's precisely what I'm going for. It's perhaps an unconventional way of looking at things, but as I've mentioned already the relatively isolated environment in which I developed my stepping style allowed me to steer clear of convention. And, it's given me results that I'm definitely satisfied with.

So, I hope that explains why I sometimes seem to step where there shouldn't be a step. If you don't believe me, play one of my files or run it through with the assist tick. If you want to discuss my stepping methodology further, feel free to (on this thread or through PM) - I would really enjoy a nice, mature discussion about what makes a good stepfile =D.

PS: I think that the fact that I step anime songs has a lot to do with this style. Yes, they're a bit "samey," but that's why I feel obligated to be a more creative with the rhythms, and to better explore the small nuances of each song. It's a double edged sword - on one hand it's harder to make an interesting file to anime songs, but on the other hand it allows me to be more creative with what I'm doing.

[who_cares973]

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well that explains it