Keyboardsmash Phase I: Legacy Submissions Open

[James May]

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i still need to find good songs to step


the music i listen to either sucks or isn't steppable

I'm actually stepping some Protodome right now if you want to collab on it.

[Jombo1]

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I'm confused, I didn't submit anything named "Seventeen"

I'm glad you liked it though I think.

[James May]

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I'm confused, I didn't submit anything named "Seventeen"

I'm glad you liked it though I think.

Wait really? sorry about that >_>

[dashoe93]

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Wait really? sorry about that >_>

I'm the one who made it, and I'm glad you liked it! Thought the CDTitle was in there, and I also sent from the same email, but then I realized oh wait. My email isn't dashoe93. Hopefully it's the most recent one. I can't remember if I changed certain jacks to trills or not depending on the most recent one. I'll have to take a look. Aaaand you're talking about the 32nds? I could change it around depending on other judgments. What exactly do you mean by min-burst?

And I added hands in Botines because Rebirth was like "add hands" so I did. Probably did it wrong but whatever. I don't know why I kept the holds, but I did. I could probably fix it if it's worth fixing.

EDIT: Also, James, I don't know if you saw the graphics I posted for your two songs you requested back in forever ago. :v

[bmah]

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First off, lol that 32nd wall and how that's patterned. And second, song choice is rubbish to be quite honest...

I object to this kind of review.
Firstly, there really is no detail on "lol that 32nd wall". The fact that said stepper added those in means that he/she to at least some degree found legitimacy in those steps. So as obvious as it may sound, briefly describe why said 32nds won't work.
And secondly, it's really unprofessional to call said song choice as "rubbish". This is better reinstated as a song that doesn't offer a lot of interesting steps due to repetitiveness, lack of 16ths, and so on. Keep your personal thoughts on the song aside, as it's the song's structure that should be a reason for rejection, not your personal opinion of the song (I hope not!).

[Rebirth0]

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i still need to find good songs to step


the music i listen to either sucks or isn't steppable

It's like the same thing I've felt for years

Also sorry guys, after the Michigan trip I was moving into a new apartment at K-State and started the college semester today so I haven't cared to update this.

This month has been incredibly slow for submissions, but it could be from the lack of activity from us judges that gives this a slow vibe. At this point I see this pack taking another 6 months to complete. Which... doesn't really bother me. I'd prefer it to be done in 2 - 3, but with only 8 accepted files that doesn't seem to be happening.

[blindreper1179]

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It seems to me that you guys got an unupdated danger danger. I don't see how or why that happened since I rar'd it AFTER I did fixes before sending it in. I'll look over what's still there, and redo some spots. Idk about resending it though, since most aren't digging the song.

[James May]

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I object to this kind of review.
Firstly, there really is no detail on "lol that 32nd wall". The fact that said stepper added those in means that he/she to at least some degree found legitimacy in those steps. So as obvious as it may sound, briefly describe why said 32nds won't work.
And secondly, it's really unprofessional to call said song choice as "rubbish". This is better reinstated as a song that doesn't offer a lot of interesting steps due to repetitiveness, lack of 16ths, and so on. Keep your personal thoughts on the song aside, as it's the song's structure that should be a reason for rejection, not your personal opinion of the song (I hope not!).

To be fair, I was rejecting it on the structure of the song and my qualms on Danger Danger was similar to the other judges so I really couldn't add on anything else so I inputted my own personal thoughts on it. Now, when I mean "lol that 32nd wall," I meant that the way it was patterned was to be honest aidsy at the length of it. If the file hadn't already been judged I would have given a much more in depth review on it. But I didn't reject the song on personal taste but more on the integrity of the song and how he handled the file.

[James May]

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I'm the one who made it, and I'm glad you liked it! Thought the CDTitle was in there, and I also sent from the same email, but then I realized oh wait. My email isn't dashoe93. Hopefully it's the most recent one. I can't remember if I changed certain jacks to trills or not depending on the most recent one. I'll have to take a look. Aaaand you're talking about the 32nds? I could change it around depending on other judgments. What exactly do you mean by min-burst?

And I added hands in Botines because Rebirth was like "add hands" so I did. Probably did it wrong but whatever. I don't know why I kept the holds, but I did. I could probably fix it if it's worth fixing.

EDIT: Also, James, I don't know if you saw the graphics I posted for your two songs you requested back in forever ago. :v

I saw the gfx :V Anyhow, I play through the file on the sm editor and then do the technical view on ddream which is why I mixed up the names oops x:

Anyhow, mini-burst is simply a small roll-based pattern. Mainly at a length of 4 notes. But yeah, if you want I can mull over the file in how I would handle Botines to give you a general idea on how you could give off a much better visual appeal to the file while still being technically correct.

[bmah]

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But I didn't reject the song on personal taste but more on the integrity of the song and how he handled the file.

Most judges are very capable of putting out the logic to their reasoning, and I'm sure you had yours too which were completely sensible. I'm confident you can generally tell how much a song can offer for steps for instance. Regardless, it's how you present the review that matters. It's other people that are reading it, right?

[James May]

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Most judges are very capable of putting out the logic to their reasoning, and I'm sure you had yours too which were completely sensible. I'm confident you can generally tell how much a song can offer for steps for instance. Regardless, it's how you present the review that matters. It's other people that are reading it, right?

Indeed.

Anyhow, halfway through Ham Jam. (that's the actual title lmao) might send it after a few playtests and a bit of review from other peeps before sending it here.

[stargroup100]

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still can't figure out why stepmania is not recognizing rparty's atropos. I thought it was the character thing lurker mentioned, but after removing all of the funny characters it still doesn't appear in my stepmania

will start reviewing once I find out why

[James May]

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Welp, just finished stepping Ham Jam., now time to test it out...

edit: Sent a Ham

[stargroup100]

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ok reviews

Atropos (rparty) - Right off the bat, we have a very odd choice of layering that doesn't really blend very well, and causes a lot of pattern choices to be very awkward due to strange positions of hold notes. On top of that, it doesn't really serve to highlight the exciting parts of the song, or does so ineffectively. The slow section has really odd pattern choices with weird jacks popped in for no real reason. The section right after the slow BPM (m43-54) is the only part that's decent, and would work well in an easy chart. Hold lengths throughout are just awkward. I don't really think minor adjustments would push this into acceptance range, you might need a total rehaul. However, given how good rCaliberGX's chart is, it's probably not going to beat it by comparison. Rejected

Idola (pompom) - Revision is better. Accepted

Space Travel (porkypink) - Hell. Yes. I love the instrument choices and the silky smooth flow. The panning effects were badass. I knew I saw potential in ya. Accepted

Truthful Legend (porkypink) - Patterns are so wacky and strong and the flow is so nice. Accepted

Bad Boy (cedolad) - Glad to see you're growing as a chart artist and being a bit more ambitious. Generally speaking, very awesome and intense, especially that first drop. However, there could be quite a bit of cleaning up done on this chart, such as with certain pattern usage (grace notes), holds (most of them too long/unnecessary), etc. Fix them up and you're good to go. Ask for a full review if you want more details. Accepted after fixes

Botines (???) - Simple and fun, really groovy. Accepted

Do Not Go Gently (cedolad) - Ehhhh, there's a lot of technical mistakes, such as wrong notes and missing rhythms. In addition, some pattern choices are really strange, and overall it just doesn't feel very tight because of all of the trilling on each hand, and it doesn't completely work with the song in my opinion. But even if you wanted to do it that way, it still needs a lot more polish. It's gonna need a good amount of fixing to get to acceptance level. Pending

Double Monk (Gradient) - Not my cup of tea but there's nothing wrong with it I don't think. Good for jack practice. Accepted

Enfoire etc (Jombo) - The way you handled pitch in the beginning was very strange. It was almost rigid, and you didn't want to really move around to follow the melody line, which could arguably work, but it wasn't even remotely consistent, so it just felt really random. In the 24th stream section, I don't know why you have an extra note after the 8th note, where the streams end. Later on the song gets really harsh and chaotic, and while it's difficult to discern sounds here, the way you approached it didn't seem to fit very well either. All in all, the chart's current style is very simple and not too interesting, and I'm not sure if it'll be right for the pack. Rejected

gaijin shawty (Jombo) - Simple and it has a nice groove. With some polishing it could be pretty good. Still feels a bit simple for the pack though, but this one is almost done on a technical level. As for polishing, changing the way you handle holds to make it more consistent as well as length adjustment would pretty much do it for the most part. If you want more in-depth explanations, ask for a full review. Pending

Seventeen (???) - Very interesting layering approach. I don't think I have a problem with it. Nothing I really pick out that's wrong about it. Accepted

WE LUV MAMA (???) - Picking a Sharpnel song is pretty daring. Choosing to do the chart old-school style is even more daring. Unfortunately I'm not a fan of the song or the chart. Rejected

Ham Jam (James May) - Song is really cool but hurts my ears after a while ;_; Chart is also cool but there are glitched notes I can't hit for some reason. Aside from that it could use a bit more polish, fixing up poor patterns and missing notes/rhythms and adjusting holds. Probably could be accepted after fixing (though still not sure why I can't hit some of the notes). Pending

And once again, if I missed any charts please let me know so I can go back and do them. I apologize in advance if that's the case.

[choof]

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those glitched notes are most likely rolls