[_DJ Vinyl_]

Originally Posted by Silvuh

The second half was delayed for a while, because I was gone for a week and a half (and I had signed up to judge both sets in the second half). The goal is to get notes out by the new year, but the check-in system didn't work so well this time. I was unable to get away from distractions for a long while, so I still have a lot of work to do these next few days.

We'll be trying out a different system next time, one that eschews signups altogether. Waiting for people to sign up doesn't work when people who signed up early end up being busy when it's finally time to start judging. It'll be a mix of the batch system and "judge when you want" system.

Don't forget to get files in before the end of the 31st. The deadline will not be extended this time.


A few mistakes in file-sending:

_DJ Vinyl_: Your .rar had the text and .mp3 files in it, but they should be inside of a folder (with the same name) inside of the .rar file. This way, when multiple archives are extracted at once, all the stepfiles will be neatly in folders rather than having text and mp3 files strewn about. Also, the track title and artist should be entered into the .sm file. Otherwise, it will think your username is the subtitle, making it appear in SM's play mode. We don't want usernames to be visible to avoid effecting bias before playing the file.

klimtkiller: The name of your .zip and folder should be "Track Title (Step Author)". You had "Track Author - Track Title" this time. Also, your username should not be in the subtitle, and extra information, like links to any removed graphics, should be removed from the .sm file; linking errors delay playing.

ShadowDueler97: I'm not sure what happened, but you had an .sm and a folder inside of an archive, and inside the folder was another .sm file, but that file was incomplete, and it was the file inside the archive but not inside the folder that was the correct one. Also, don't put your username in the subtitle or credit of the .sm file.

icontrolyourworld: Please attach your stepfile to the email rather than sending a link to the file on a file sharing website. It's stated in the rules to avoid it because those links may expire, but that won't really happen before it's downloaded for the batch. However, seeing that a file doesn't have an attachment makes it easy to assume that the sender forgot to attach their file, and the email may be skipped over.

You don't need to send the files in again, because the mistakes aren't hard to fix. But do double-check before sending the email.

Alright looks like I will have to do that in the future. Just my first time you know. Thanks for addressing that, By the way STILL HATE YOUR FILES SILVUH They eliminated me out of the tournament. But your still a very very good stepfile artist, there is no argument