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[bmah]

Originally Posted by Buta-san

Halogen was the only person to actually call it technical but I didnt get why creative/artsy r referred to technical files. arnt all files creative? If anything neo dump files are the most artsy and creative files any file can ever be.

Carlos (WV) and I also had an issue with the term "technical" back when we were judging FFR files regularly. I think it's supposed to mean "accuracy and precision to the music" but that's not easily quantifiable. I guess colored arrows mean the stepper is paying more close attention to the music at hand. The term had a negative connotation because it traditionally referred to the fact that colored files are less predictable and potentially more awkward. Judges would review files with consideration to "flow" - a term that is also not easily quantifiable. The two terms would often be used hand in hand.

[ilikexd]

Here's the thing about icontrolyourworld's post: even though by the wording you might think it's "clearly a joke", the opinion he's expressing is a sincere one that he's expressed several times (including specifically calling them "art fart") before with charts that aren't basically straightforward 16th jumpstream speed/stamina files. It's implying that people are making stepcharts for some self-indulgent masturbatory purpose and not just for being played, i.e. calling them pretentious. The negative responses to him are not just for this one incident; this has happened before. XelNya, bmah, MarioNintendo, choof, and DigitalS3r4ph are all right to be offended/upset. choof should be less insulting, but I don't disagree with him responding in principle.

Originally Posted by bmah

Carlos (WV) and I also had an issue with the term "technical" back when we were judging FFR files regularly. I think it's supposed to mean "accuracy and precision to the music" but that's not easily quantifiable. I guess colored arrows mean the stepper is paying more close attention to the music at hand. The term had a negative connotation because it traditionally referred to the fact that colored files are less predictable and potentially more awkward. Judges would review files with consideration to "flow" - a term that is also not easily quantifiable. The two terms would often be used hand in hand.

Exactly this. 'Technical' should really refer to charts that test a range of skills, i.e. techniques (like stream, js, jack, polyrhythms, trills, etc etc). I've complained about both 'technical' and 'flow' being used as what are basically buzzwords in stepping terminology years ago when judging/stepping more, and when there was a larger community for both, but I wasn't agreed with often. 'Bad flow' especially became a term used to criticize a chart without ever being specific as to what was lacking and what needed to be improved, e.g. difficulty curve, matching the rhythm of the music, matching the intensity of the music. If ever it was elaborated what it meant, it was then redundant at best.