History of keyboard Stepmania pre-KBMP

[icontrolyourworld]

Re: History of keyboard Stepmania pre-KBMP

yea it's so ironic haha

[Patashu]

Re: History of keyboard Stepmania pre-KBMP

F4 or KBMP

nice try but F4 and KBMP are not beginner packs. you cannot give them to a beginner, he will fail anything he tries

PSBP is a beginner pack. you can give it to someone who's never played solo before and they'll be able to pass difficulty 1 charts

[Reincarnate]

Re: History of keyboard Stepmania pre-KBMP

G2, Nemesis, and V used to have really nice BG videos, but they've seem to be completely gone from the internets :<

[Reincarnate]

Re: History of keyboard Stepmania pre-KBMP

god i love these BMR files

this defined my early DWI/SM years

Thanks for the u/l

[icontrolyourworld]

Re: History of keyboard Stepmania pre-KBMP

np and i tried my best patashu haha

[Andrew Mitchell]

Re: History of keyboard Stepmania pre-KBMP

name one 4key keyboard beginner pack that isn't actually a pad pack

nicks mix is a good beginner 4key pack

[dAnceguy117]

Re: History of keyboard Stepmania pre-KBMP

thanks a ton for the upload, yo. I remember when I downloaded Pulse I was expecting it to be like A for ten minutes. I was shocked when it turned out to be so easy, haha.

patashu: I would, if I still played often. I did play some solo when everyone first started. played a little KBO last year, too. it's fun stuff, but nowadays I mostly just play my favorite files of yore. I'm glad to see solo rulz is still the official catchphrase though.

[Patashu]

Re: History of keyboard Stepmania pre-KBMP

nicks mix is a good beginner 4key pack

It's keyboard specific? Tell me more~

[Andrew Mitchell]

Re: History of keyboard Stepmania pre-KBMP

It's keyboard specific? Tell me more~

well its an anime pack

This mix is for Keyboard StepMania with the Spread setup only, you are welcome to try other setups such as Index or One-Hand, or even Pad, but do not expect the quality to stay consistent when using those.
There are simfiles in this mix with stepcharts that are very plausible for new players who are getting into StepMania on Keyboard, this is the main focus of the mix.
As stated in the original thread, there are 4 difficulty levels available for most of the simfiles starting from Beginner to Heavy.
Below is the template explaining what difficulty levels are for who below.

Beginner - For beginning players.

Light - A bit harder than beginner, still fairly easy.

Standard - Somewhat harder than light. Solid, simple chart.

Heavy - For more advanced keyboard players. May be hard for players with less experience.

Oni - Same as Heavy, but even harder. It is an extra chart for challenging purposes, not all simfiles will have this chart. For more advanced keyboard players. May be hard for players with less experience.

[justaguy]

Re: History of keyboard Stepmania pre-KBMP

i met BMR and nvlmzk in 2004

Known

[Patashu]

Re: History of keyboard Stepmania pre-KBMP

well its an anime pack

oh, nice

I'll have to inform rebound about this existing so we can get links between that and rebound beginner pack and cave story pack when they're out

[jimerax]

Re: History of keyboard Stepmania pre-KBMP

Are there enough demands for non-pad beginner pack?

[Patashu]

Re: History of keyboard Stepmania pre-KBMP

you don't hear demands for it because the people who need beginner packs, for obvious reasons, aren't the people who are entrenched and vocal in the sm/ffr/etc circuit already.

beginner packs can be sent to your friends when you show them arch0wl's quasar 1.5x or your pro itg skills
beginner packs can be used as advertisement, or as a hook on a popular page

in conclusion you should all either i) help rebound with beginner packs ii) help me with cave story and/or la mulana and/or psbp2 or iii) make your own packs

[qqwref]

Re: History of keyboard Stepmania pre-KBMP

I generally just link beginning players to DDR/ITG and KBMP. But I could see a beginner pack being useful for people who improve slowly or have totally different taste in music.

[Patashu]

Re: History of keyboard Stepmania pre-KBMP

it's more like, DDR/ITG files do not expose you to the kinds of files spread files expose you to. they typically don't involve layering, pitch relevance, tying columns/hands to insturments, weird colours, frequent jumps mid stream etc etc etc.