Queue/Batch Discussion Thread

[Goldenwind]

Originally Posted by Shashakiro

finished the last batch, sent reviews to Tass, update should be tomorrow at the latest.

I sent in Blue Betrayal earlier today. Might that be included in tomorrow's update? Just curious.

[Shashakiro]

nope. nothing from this week will be in there.

[popawheelienick2]

crowdpleaser is a gud fiel

[hi19hi19]

I just sent in 8 files, and I have at least 3 more almost ready. Hopefully they're good enough.

IN OTHER NEWS:

Originally Posted by popawheelienick2

Im a tard

Oh god.

[Shashakiro]

Originally Posted by Vote4Nixon

massive wall of text

I think I speak for most people when I say

TL;DR

like holy crap, how long did that take you, and what on earth possessed you to write an essay on file creativity? sheesh.

ps I skimmed, it's essentially more drivel that ignores the basic fact that the judges don't care about the feelings and desires of the judged while making judgments, and that the only thing that matters in any way shape or form is the reactions of the players

pps that's all nice, now let's see an example of when we've ever discouraged creativity in files, because my skimming didn't procure such an example

[hi19hi19]

I've read every one of your posts thus far, but this one...
I'm not even going to bother.

Here's two hints:
Type no more than ten lines a reply. (and don't double post, either)
Try using words less than 10 syllables long. It doesn't make you sound any smarter, rather, it makes you sound like you have a thesaurus and way too much time. Also comes off as condescending, which I'm sure is the goal anyway.

[Neonatrias]

V4N, what it comes down to is this.

Writing simfiles is (In my eyes, anyway) an art form. It takes creativity, yes. However it, like any art, is incredibly subjective (As everyone has pointed out already.~) and some people simply won't like it. Take this from a person who's written several keyboard charts and enough pad charts for r21 to release his own DDR mix. Even if it looks good to you, sometimes things simply won't work out the way you expect them to.

My advice is to keep at it, get multiple opinions on what you're charting, and above all keep a level head about it. Chances are if you keep this attitude that you possess infallible logic and/or ideas, you'll never appreciate the criticisms that come with art forms and you'll improve more slowly than you'd like.

[GamerShadow]

Well, my steps are now at measure 6. XD

I only had 10 minutes to work on it last night. After I do my Health Project, finish off my English Paper, and do my Spanish flashcards, I'll work on it some more.

*Prays that my stepfile is in the batch reviewed.* I don't wanna wait another week. ;_;

[Tasselfoot]

IN QUEUE
Sympathizer by Cyanite (will be a 5.5, almost certainly)
Bright One by hi19hi19
CIA Rave v2 by Silver_Brian
Expedite by jimerax
From Mount Chorus by jimerax
Seven by Silver_Brian

NEEDS MINOR TWEAKING
Alpha Helix v2 by Silver_Brian - some rhythms seemed off.
Life Light by Cyanite - too many jumps, needs better stream patterns
Ride Out by Cyanite - more stream variety
Bike Thief by Vote4Nixon - change the 1 handed trills to either 2 handed trills or something else. overall difficulty of the file is extremely minimal except for those.
Celcius by Valtrix - 16ths need work, bursts ~300 specifically
IGTHAPJ v45 by iPatch - no bpm changes in the song
In Memory by BLAZZE - long chain near the end is overdone
Janbara by Cyanite - overstepped
Kakke Ecko by jimerax - 2 long jumpstreams near end are overstepped
Syage by Cyanite - better stream patterns
Tell Me A Story by Cyanite - overstepped; 32nds make minijacks
Color of Giggles by Cyanite - chains & 24th staircase
Sunshine Stone by sleeplessdragn - minijacks
Take Me Back by Brilliant Dynamite Neon - 32nds and 24th trill
Terror From Beyond v2 by Silver_Brian - jumps near the end and the turnstream

NEEDS WORK
{Big Boss} by Cyanite - overuse of jumps, 12th section
Utopia by Cyanite - stream patterns, random jumps
Sought Freedom by GamerShadow - bad patterns; jumps/rhythms
lolEND by Vishnal - doesn't flow, 24ths, boring
Linkzx by HammyMcSquirrel - minijacks, 32nds, entire 2nd half
Hellbeat v2 by MooMoo_CowFreak - rhythms not so good, hi19's is better
Famicom Connection by BLAZZE - needs to be more technical
Cannons In Danger by Vote4Nixon - song sucks. file is boring and too long. fix up 16ths.

NO
Chrono Trigger v2 by Cyanite - different file length than v1, repetitive
AAA by moches - way understepped
AAA by rednanaki - bpm is off, 64ths, trills where there shouldn't be
GoGoGo Power Rangers v2 by macgravel - too similar to v1
Hyper Destruction by Darkstalker_X - YNS, bad song, trills @ 800ish?
k8107 by hi19hi19 - funny.
Legendary Etude by Vishnal - jumps in beginning overstepped, 32nds, 16th patterns
Moonbeam v2 by Vishnal - almost identical to v1?
NS Tribute by Freak83 - awful song. steps are boring, bland, and repetitive.
Seven by Cyanite - bpm, overstepped, not as good as SB's
Sick Mind by Freak83 - jacks, boring, awful song.
Sought Freedom by Dummyman - offsync, no 12ths, minijacks
Utopia by Unforgiven0 - offsync/wrong bpm

[Vishnal]

Working on lolEND now. IMO some of the 24ths fit; would you like me to discard the ones that don't?
Legendary Etude: Fixing the jumps. Were the 16th patterns too repetitive, and some of the faster notes fit.

More detail, please? Help me improve to help this game.
~Vishie

[GamerShadow]

Sought Freedom: bad patterns; jumps/rhythms
I have an idea as to where the rhythms might be, and I can remove some of the more absurd jumps, but elaborate upon the patterns please.

[talisman]

oh I guess my updated manhattan sapphire will be in the next batch.

[jimerax]

NEEDS MINOR TWEAKING
Kakke Ecko by jimerax - 2 long jumpstreams near end are overstepped

k I thought they are ok since they go with the music (jumps = vocal, streams = marimba), plus the difficulty of that songs is basically set for 5.5, and NO 4-or even 5-frame jacks in those jumpstreams.
Not acceptable for you since it's just because 192BPM I guess. (it would be acceptable if it was 140BPM, like Frozen)

so question, in those section which one is considered not to be overstepped?
(1) jumpstreams (8 streams : 1 jump)
(2) jumpstreams (16 streams : 1 jump)
(3) less jumpstreams (4 streams : 1 jump) combined with 8 or 16 or no jumpstreams
(4) no jumpstreams there

[hi19hi19]

Originally Posted by Vote4Nixon

Man, I was really hoping for your opinion on this one hi19 (no sarcasm) because it deals with one of your major complaints, primarily the issue of judging and creativity.

If you want my opinion, express your ideas in less than 10 scentences. I'm not an english teacher; I don't feel like reading a 4-page essay.

EDIT- Better yet, PM me if you have something to say. That way this thread doesn't get derailed. Basically, I'm ignoring every one of your posts in this thread from now on.

Originally Posted by jimerax

NEEDS MINOR TWEAKING
Kakke Ecko by jimerax - 2 long jumpstreams near end are overstepped

k I thought they are ok since they go with the music (jumps = vocal, streams = marimba), plus the difficulty of that songs is basically set for 5.5, and NO 4-or even 5-frame jacks in those jumpstreams.
Not acceptable for you since it's just because 192BPM I guess. (it would be acceptable if it was 140BPM, like Frozen)

so question, in those section which one is considered not to be overstepped?
(1) jumpstreams (8 streams : 1 jump)
(2) jumpstreams (16 streams : 1 jump)
(3) less jumpstreams (4 streams : 1 jump) combined with 8 or 16 or no jumpstreams
(4) no jumpstreams there

1. Since when did we have permission!?
...
Someone needs to tell me these things!

2. I would love to see some 192 bpm jumpstreams in FFR. EHHS is too easy.

[noxist]

Originally Posted by Tasselfoot

NEEDS MINOR TWEAKING
Take Me Back by Brilliant Dynamite Neon - 32nds and 24th trill

24th trill - agree
32nds - actually exist in the background but they're pretty quiet so I'll take them out for FFR's sake

[Shashakiro]

JX, I felt like in general, it seemed like you were really trying to set the difficulty of the file harder than the song really merits...it just seemed pretty overdone in general, not really a good song choice if you want to do a 5.5 IMO.

hi: balloon fever.

[-Blazze~]

I'm getting really close to getting a file in the game. Need to make one song more technical, and one song easier at the end.


=D

[noxist]

With my files I basically went along with my gut. Nothing overly technical, sticking to the rhythms I think are appropriate.

[Darkstalker_X]

The fact "the song is bad" because YOU don't like it is very different from the stepfile, Tass.

I shall practice more. Hmph.

[MixMasterLar]

Originally Posted by hi19hi19

1. Since when did we have permission!?
...
Someone needs to tell me these things!

Agreed. Tass needs to update the Blankett Permission