Queue/Batch Discussion Thread

[Korygon]

i actually worked on it some today. It will happen.....

[DossarLX ODI]

Submitted Metro. It's more about pattern variation.

[Patashu]

actually idk if we could get scott pilgrim music. because wouldn't the copyright be held by (company who made that game?)
I'm thinking more in terms of the free to dl stuff anamanaguchi puts on his site/8bitpeoples, and that's what any permission getting email should focus on

[Korygon]

I would think that if anamanaguchi made the music, they would own the rights to it. I don't think they are under any super big label that would prevent that

[Patashu]

you'd think that but iirc when you make music specifically for a game you're being contracted or employed by the game company and they get rights to ur ****

[who_cares973]

Originally Posted by Patashu

you'd think that but iirc when you make music specifically for a game you're being contracted or employed by the game company and they get rights to ur ****

YEP this is true.

[who_cares973]

also contributing


Honki Sentai Majirenjaa: started out real great. once the vocals came in you chose to ignore them which wouldve been good had there been enough going on to keep it interesting but you just left me with 8th note trills which was pretty bland. im not saying add jumps to the vocals but follow them instead. it would also make more sense to step the vocals because later on in the file you actually start placing jumps to the vocals. some difficulty inconsistencies throughout the files especially that guitar solo jesus o_o. maybe try to step one or the other but stepping them both leaves awkward patterns and a giant diffiuclty spike. other than that the file was pretty fun dont really have much to say other than tone it down a bit maybe add some hands since trying to make the file match the highest difficulty spike would lead to gay overstepping.[+.]

{lazy summer days}: pr issues in the beginning. what th-what do those 24ths go to at 28.102 ?_?. oh ok i see what they go to probably shouldnt step that little buzz since its hardly audible and the rest of the file is just 8th js. tone down that 24th trill to 16ths maybe. missing 4th notes in places. very repetitive. [-]

[In A Tran Redux]: haha i remember playing this file. yeah no, layering inconsistencies everywhere. pm me if you want me to go super in depth [-]

Infectious: very cool song id actually play this more than once if it got in game. not sure why you have the intro stepped like that but w/e its on sync. listen to the song again on a lower rate and you'll notice you're missing an 8th note every once in a while. at 21.93 and every time that repeats is where you're missing the note. vary up your patterns please PLEASE it seriously ruins the file. never stop layering the snare because it makes the file feel empty. only places you shouldnt layer the snare is during those 24th bursts for the guitar solo. the file goes offsync at least for me at 141.08. at 207.852 you should keep stepping how you were stepping instead of all of a sudden making the guitar jumps. again this file has potential just too much stuff wrong with it to even give it a light accept [?]

Islamey:file was alright just needs a better mp3 [?]

[It's A Zombie's World]: this would make a pretty sweet easy file.the only thing holding this file back is the difficulty inconsistencies[?]

It's Only Natural: notes are early by a 64th. what that first jump go to? add some jumps to the snares when you arent adding jumps to the vocals and you're good to go [+.]

It's Raining Lolis:notes are early by a 24th. file is boring, inconsistent and the song is lol [-]

Jamais Deux:notes are early by a 32nd. other than pr issues and weird jump usage the file doesnt flow very well and you ignore sounds that should be stepped to fill in some of the empty spaces. seems like you tried making it a toned down hard version. just fix up some of the patterns to make it flow more and fix the pitch issues and you have a full accept from me[+.]

Kirby 64 - Forest: pattern variance and a cut, this file needs it. other wise not a bad file [?]

Lightning Strikes Again: i take it the yellow jump at 27.15 was a mistake. imo you should just step the guitar and layer in the snares instead of stepping the bass kick. need some pattern major pattern variance. [?]

Little Star: minor pr issues mainly subjective ones [+]

Luigi's Mansion (8bit Showdown Mix): cut the song please. stop copying and pasting so much. yeah the melody repeats in the song but that doesnt mean your patterns have to too. whats with the sudden jump from stream to js when the song hasnt changed its pace? [?]

Metropolis: check for awkward pattern transitions like at 78.94. also check pr on lower rates and like i mentioned on luigi's mansion, just because a section in the song repeats that doesnt mean the file has to. [+.]

Monday: cut the first half and keep the second half, fix some pr issues and you got yourself a pretty ok easy file [+.]

Nai Nai69:see it's raining loli's [-]

Naruto Theme-Sea. 4: file goes offsync at 35.74. maybe change the trill at 70.0 to 16th gallops? same with the following trill maybe. other than that file is solid [+.]

nativeface: you have some extra notes sprinkled around the entire file as well as missing notes going to percussion. look over the file again on a lower rate to make sure you have everything and nothing extra or missing. apart from that and the section at 70.3 which i dont understand at all. what exactly are you following here with the 12ths?[?]

northern lights: you got some repetitive sections mainly all of them are in the beginning fix that. you also have some missing 16ths here and there and some missing jumps to the snare. just play the file again on a lower rate to double check everything. other than that i thought the file was pretty fun [+.]

Oh lord, your wife just got run over by an ice cream truck: do we have permission?check your jump usage and your offset. get that fixed and you got it son [?]

Opening (SSBM)get that 24th jump trill outta there and turn that last trill into a stream of some sort too [+.]

Over The Ocean: 77.83 jumps go to what? questionable jump usage but file is fun [+.]

Over the Rave F.O.R. Remix:work on layering and difficulty consistency. the solo at 64.74 is wrong check the sync. file has potential though [?]

OverDrive: jump usage is questionable but the file is fun [+]

Pathos: chill song chill file. check your jump usage and check to see if you're missing anything. namely the 24th bursts in the beginning. if you're going to add grace notes add grace notes everywhere not just randomly start adding them in. place a note at the very end of the song too btw [+.]

Perfect Insanity: probably should take those 48ths out at 70.33. you should probably also change those 64ths back to what theyre suppose to be. overall the file starded off strong but the kept going down hill. questionable layering and you're missing notes everywhere also very copy paste. although i did enjoy the solo that was nicely stepped.the end also makes me want to cringe. why so much jump jacks? [?]

[bmah]

Added to the batch review thread. Also, jimerax added his notes on that thread as well.

I also sent two old songs for the next batch that I worked on before FFR died last year...

[Patashu]

Since one quarter of the batch is fully judged now I took the liberty of tallying:

Accepted:
It's only natural: +. +. +
Over the ocean npv: + +. +.
Jamais deux: +. +. +
pathos: +. +. +.
overdrive: + + ?
Little star: +? + +.

Borderline:
Kirby 64 - forest: +. ? +.
Metropolis: +. +. ?
Honki: +? +. +?
Nortern lights: +? +. +?
Opening SSBM: +? +. ?
Infectious: +? ? +?
Monday: - +. +?
Nainai 69: +. - +?

Rejected:
perfect insanity: ? ? +.
Naruto theme sea 4: ? +. ?
over the rave for remix: +? ? ?
Lightning strikes again: ? ? +?
Luigi's mansion: +? ? ?
nativeface: - ? +?
It's raining lolis: +? - ?
Islamey: ? ? -
It's a zombie's world: - ? -
oh lord: - ? -
In a trance: - - -

Weren't rated by everyone:
Down: + +.
Loituma basshunter: +.
Field of snow v2: ?
{lazy summer days}: -

[jimerax]

+. +. ? is only 10pts, too weak for acceptance.

[bmah]

Traditionally, borderline files are rejected or queued conditionally...depends on the file.
edit: yeah, +.,+.,? almost makes it, but not quite
and I guess jimerax's point system eliminates the subjectivity on what I said above

And dunno what's up with files not fully judged by everyone. I guess you either have the remaining judge(s) to review those files or at the very least, make a decision upon the current judgment (although this isn't quite fair).
edit: with jimerax's point system, incomplete judgment is definitely not a fair thing if left as is

@jx: could you put some more info on the point system on the first page of the thread? You might notice that Tass' descriptions refer to a rating out of 5, which isn't on the same scale as yours.

[Patashu]

the files that weren't judged by everyone were because alphabetical order is ambiguous. you can sort by:
1. directory name, counting or not counting punctuation
2. song name in simfile, counting or not counting punctuation
3. mp3 name or name as tagged in mp3, counting or not counting punctuation

in fact, I believe all four of those files I listed have 3 or more ratings if you look at all quarters

[who_cares973]

looking at the notes from others in my group and it looks like i forgot to judge some files that i was suppose to add to our batch OOPS


brb judging

[who_cares973]

and fixed

Lolituma BassHunter Remix: Agree with gdude so check his notes [+.]

Down: only real comment is i suggest layering in the kick 61.5 onward until the next section starts [+]

field of snow: tone down the hand and quad usage along with the jack usage and work on your pr also try halving the bpm in the beginning so it isnt just red everywhere and it'll be good. i remember giving you a pretty in depth review of this file prior to ffr going offline. dont know if you actually changed the file since though. [?]


haha just read the first couple lines of the batch review thread and oops guess i'll start pming my notes from now on

[pedolad]

Finally I got a damn file accepted.

[Silvuh]

Being the last in my group to finish, I thought I'd do this:

Floating Through Time: + + +? [13]
Greensleeves: + +. +. [13]
Grocery Escape Plan: +. +? + [12]
Directly Perfectly(wc) +. +. +? [11]
Dreamin' In The 80's: +. +. +? [11]
Eating Crow: +? +? + [11]
Extreme Dishwasher Race: +? +. +. [11]
Death Traveller: +. +. ? [10]
disco 80's: +. +. ? [10]
Experiment: +? + ? [10]
Lunar Dial: +? +? +? [9]
Directly Perfectly(E) < ? ? [8]
ESC: +? +? ? [8]
Hate: +? ? +? [8]
Gene Gadget Zone Act 1: - +. ? [7]
Holy War: ? ? +? [7]
for FFR (V2): ? ? ? [6]
Happy Guy Falls Off a Not-So-Happy Mountain: ? ? ? [6]
Dumpstream: +? - - [5]
Frühlingsrauchen: ? - ? [5]
Honey Cookie: +? - - [5]
Deco Stop: ? - - [4]
Dizzay: ? - - [4]
Epileptic Crisis: - ? - [4]
Field of Snow: - - - [3]
Hand Throw: - - - [3]

[Coolboyrulez0]

So file score ≥ 10 = Acceptance? (Sorry, don't recall what it takes for a file to be accepted - it's been a while)
If so, I've got 1/2 in so far (Eating Crow, also if wc wouldnt be a nazi NaiNai would be in also )

[Dimentio]

I lose confidence that Rebirth will actually judge. Call me if you need me

[TC_Halogen]

I thought it was 13 out of 15...

EDIT: I love the variance between the three judges within my group, haha. At least we all have pretty nicely differing opinions.

[bmah]

Updated with Silvuh's enormous notes.

Originally Posted by Dimentio

I lose confidence that Rebirth will actually judge. Call me if you need me

I'm not even sure if Rebirth0 or NSane is even aware that they are supposed to be judging.

Can someone inquire if they're still interested...or even aware?