Huge pad pack compilation project - looking for helpers [check page 1 for updates]

[Mollocephalus]

Recently i've been playing a lot of ITG, and by a lot i really mean it. Since i have access to many public cabinets and am able to update their songlist, i decided to start compiling a series of packs which feature the best pad files out there. Pad simfile releases are very fragmented, and too often they only feature expert charts. Unfortunately, this does not allow new players to get closer to the game. On the contrary, most people get quickly turned off by the very small selection of easy files and the lack of musical genres.

What i want is to make ITG available to anyone, no matter what their taste in music or their skill level is.

Goals

• collect all the neatly stepped, fun files that are out there
No matter who made them or where they come from, if they're good they should be in.

• fully chart every song in singles mode from expert to novice
Doubles is much less played, so i'm okay with not every song being charted. Before making new steps, i'd rather combine different files into one. If a chart has unarguably better steps than the other, then it should replace the old one. If they are both valid, it can be added as an edit. As general rule, i'd prefer having a max of 1 edit chart and only if it's really necessary.

• make modifications to improve the playability
Softening abrupt and unreadable bpm gimmicks, cutting boring/repetitive sections of the file, fixing the sync or the bpm, correcting stepping inconsistencies or mistakes; anything that can help to make the file a better file.

• if a file makes use of hard bracketing
Put the bracket chart into edit and duplicate it into the original difficulty without the brackets, so it can be played normally. People who don't have perfectly raised pads can't play that kind of file.

• make a different and good looking graphic set for every song
And of course, replace an old set if it doesn't look good enough.

Priorities

• all files must have a novice difficulty Deadline: september
Nothing harder than a 2. Refer to itg officials. A convention is coming up at the end of summer and novice charts are of the utmost importance to make people start play the game.

• need a new pack name
It must be something simple and easy to remember. The current one sucks and it was originally made cause the first pack replaced an old arcade pack called "expert pack"

How can YOU help?

• reccomend files or packs to be included (before sending files, check the packs to avoid duplicates)
• send your own files!!
• download the packs below and make/add new charts to the songs lacking them
• improve a file in any way you see fit
• make a new or a better graphic set for a file (bg size=800x600 / bn size=418x164)
• share the project with people who are interested and willing to help out

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Please keep in mind that regardless of the support i'm going to get, this is still happening. I did it all by myself during the last few months and now i have 6 packs, of which 1 still in development. Download them and see for yourself. Every pack has 99 songs except for pack 6.

Pack 1 (v4): https://mega.co.nz/#!AJhCxCYT!YKt-_a...LiJMY21MxuvtMg
Pack 2 (v4): https://mega.co.nz/#!RQYE0a5T!v5oUeC...6S0n7nU3ExAxuc
Pack 3 (v4): https://mega.co.nz/#!RAZCCKhT!1Px9Yc...2MAQoMO-9yM6Ik
Pack 4 (v2): https://mega.co.nz/#!QRY1ETCA!txEk1-...PSXxLmXSIEULFs
Pack 5 (v1): https://mega.co.nz/#!pYRxFZrC!MAmiTD...OZPuijUe5702Sg
Pack 6 (v0): https://mega.co.nz/#!YNARnSrJ!8ZWjgE...quUWxhtRKruAng