FFR Community Pack Summer 2012 Released

[Choofers]

also time to compile reviews for vortex since apparently people like that better than interrupt

Originally Posted by XxMidigamixX

5) Vortex (Torrent) :V

:V

Originally Posted by leonid

Vortex: Felt perfect etc but having to wait for 2 minutes to get to the real hard part is kinda gay xd

The original song has a 16 measure part after the second slowdown (the shorter of the two). I cut it out because it repeats a lot and when I stepped it, it felt really messy.

Originally Posted by ScylaX

Vortex (Torrent) Okay so this was actually better than most of the files in this pack because this was actually GRATE to play. You know the file's good when there are simple recurring patterns that fit the song more than mere jumps or stand-alone notes (that recurring 1+23442 pattern's a good example). This file is objectively good and I mean it.

omg

Originally Posted by t-rogdor

*Vortex- the intro to this was more boring than centipede but once it picked up it was p cool. we gotta finish robotomy by the way

yessssss, there's like 30 seconds left or something and it's all stuff that fucen owns
ps if you didn't post interrupt on kbo I would have never heard of the song, so t.hanks (o:

Originally Posted by eastsideman09

-Vortex: already reviewed it and ya did pretty decent with this one iirc

swag

Originally Posted by dAnceguy117

Vortex (Torrent) - Experimental, and I'd say it definitely worked out. The walls aren't unreasonable by any means. I think you're the king of stepping dark, sprawling songs with uneven meters.

I think the main reason why I'm better at stepping IDM/leftfield stuff is because I actually enjoy stepping it. In irc, 0 posts songs like Triple Baka, Hatarake Niito, etc, and when I try to step them... I generally get 16-20 measures in and never finish it. The songs aren't bad, I just don't like stepping them.

If 0 sees this, I'm sorry br0 ):

If I'm getting this kind of reception on Vortex, people will love Robotomy.

[kommisar]

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[kommisar]

i see it fine

[Choofers]

nice edit mr maple

[moches]

Originally Posted by Bynary Fission

Hey moches, why won't you review Magewind and SoC? I keep waiting for them but it seems that you keep passing over them, and I really want to hear what you have to say on them.

I'll play them today after school just for you <3 sorry about that! I kinda have a subconscious bias against marathon files.

[bmah]

Originally Posted by moches

Kimi no Heart ni Lock-on - quit out of Oni once I saw the cluster of handjacks. Heavy was kinda fun. sparse chart, though. I wish there was a heavy but flowy version of this file--song's nice.

[I think you meant Heavy and Standard respectively?]

Handjacks were too much for you? Found that a bit surprising; it's no dump by any means.

As for Standard difficulty, I'm also surprised that you thought it wasn't flowy. The sparseness left room for a lot of flowy 12ths streams, especially that ending. I thought it felt quite nice to the hands. What more flow were you looking for?

[moches]

Standard flowed very well, but I thought it was a touch underlayered. Heavy was just right, but the jacks kinda disrupted the flow (might just be because I'm bad, though). I would have liked to see a chart that balanced the two approaches.

[bmah]

I could eeeasily do that. Probably didn't do so before because it wouldn't have created much of a difficulty gap. Add a bit of layering to the sparser parts of Standard and it won't be too much different from Heavy.

[ddr_f4n]

Originally Posted by dAnceguy117

I really liked the mine progression in the heavy chart. with the crazy filtering going on and getting more intense throughout the song's duration, I thought you did a great job of capturing the feeling of the music. I barely noticed the actual patterns, because I was iN dA zOnE dodging mines hehe.

I totes agree with what moches said about pattern flow though. accurate layering and PR and everything can be really cool, but sacrifices must be made for the sake of playability. I gotta work on that myself.

I'm gonna assume this was for my file as well right? :V

[dAnceguy117]

Originally Posted by ddr_f4n

I'm gonna assume this was for my file as well right? :V

yes indeed. lemme fix my earlier post

[getsufumaden] ryukotsuki -yks Remix- -Exhaust- is super cool and I like the mines in the heavy chart

[moches]

lmfao dancedancerevolutionguy

[mi40]

ill do reviews for teh pack soon =)

[Arntonach]

Originally Posted by kommisar

no1 plays end of pack filez

The first file I played was Getsufumaden just cause of the sampling reminding me of Capcom vs SNK 2. I feel so dirty for admitting that...

@boyfriend: I played Sock's Standard chart cause the song got stuck in my head while making GFX for it. Until I failed, it felt pretty neat, so know that the first half's okay in my book at least. I tried Heavy and failed out sooner, so can't really say anything about that. One thing I noticed about your files is the attention to detail helps make difficult but enjoyable files. You're like the Atlus of Stepmania.

Now if you made easy charts...

[Gundam-Dude]

so antronach

how does it feel to be the one that created the most gfx sets

[Arntonach]

Well now I feel dirty. Sorry I didn't leave you guys with much gfx to make. I still wanna make new gfx for The Sampling Paradise.

[skyfox_]

i like magewind...alot

i think its the song...

[ddr_f4n]

Originally Posted by Arntonach

The first file I played was Getsufumaden just cause of the sampling reminding me of Capcom vs SNK 2. I feel so dirty for admitting that...

Wait waaaaat....?

[kommisar]

Originally Posted by Arntonach

Well now I feel dirty. Sorry I didn't leave you guys with much gfx to make. I still wanna make new gfx for The Sampling Paradise.

why not use your talent to make solo rulz pack 2 gfx

[LongGone]

Thanks for reviews of my files! Looks like Neurotoxin was generally more well accepted than the other two submissions

I need to write a full review too; have an idea in mind but need time to pull it off...

Originally Posted by WTFBrandon

Neurotoxin - Amazing file. Amazing song choice.

Vallista - Soon as I saw LongGone I knew to check it out, even the preview song was amazing.
Wasn't let down. I think I may have a new fav step artitst.

Thank you!

Originally Posted by AlexDest

Neurotoxin (LongGone) - this is tons different from my file, not bad

Thanks! Actually I'm really curious as to how you stepped it. Could you send me a preview?

Originally Posted by hi19hi19

Neurotoxin- Good clean fun. I really liked the mine and hold usage, which is unusual to hear coming from me haha
Perhaps would have stepped up a few parts a little more, but I can't knock this file that much. Really nice job

Thanks! I was already hesitant to layer it any further as it is chock-full of hands actually. Could have thrown in more stuff but I think I wanted to keep it more minimalistic

Originally Posted by kommisar

very pleased by this pack. tons of memorable files. played a little over half the pack in smo last night.
favs so far:
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-Neurotoxin
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All I can say is...

TSUMO.

Originally Posted by ScylaX

My TOP 5 !!!
1. Hatsune Miku no Shoushitsu -Gekijouban
2. VALLISTA
3. Extermination
4. Battlefield
5. Vortex

HONORABLE MENTION : Excalibur, Neurotoxin, Passage D, Hanz Up, 532nm, Whore, too many ****ing files.

Neurotoxin (LongGone) THE FILE IS SO COOL I THOUGH IT WAS LEONID AT FIRST <3 And this file has everything I like in a good file, the song choice is neat, and it does half the work in the file being good.

Sweet Drops (LongGone) Everything was okay and as an anime op file I find this above average.

VALLISTA (LongGone) PERFECT EXECUTION. I have nothing to add, I liked it a lot, it was fun, and your dosing of difficulty was the most balanced of the universe.

Thanks for the full pack review! Happy you enjoyed them; I think our stepping concepts aren't very different from what I've seen

Originally Posted by t-rogdor

VALLISTAIA- nice bpm jump. decent file but it's not terribly interesting.

Sweet Drops-

Neurotoxin- i absolutely love this

I feel like going bass fishing now

Originally Posted by eastsideman09

-neurotoxin: very cool file, pretty cool song,nice job!

-sweet drops: quit out. file was kinda bland and the song sounded like a potential theme song for an asian sitcom

-Vallista: decent file but boyyyy am i tired of doing these reviews

Thank you! Admittedly, I don't expect many to like sweet drops as a song (its just from a show which I loved)

Originally Posted by moches

Neurotoxin - first Star Trail and now this. LongGone is on his way to becoming one of my favorite stepartists. beautifully crafted file; whoever made the comparison to ODIpack2's Nightmare hit the nail on the head. deft patterns and rhythms but navigated with a sense of melodic richness and bombastic technique that seriously feels like I'm not just playing this song but playing this song, y'know what I mean but seriously this is a good file y'all and everybody should play it peace out I have a 4-page report due tomorrow but fuc that shit when I can be playing ~STEPMANIA~

Glad you enjoyed this file! Actually, I didn't step Star Trail 4k. GD made all the charts for 4k, while I did the 6k charts. Both our charts have fairly different takes on the song, too.
(and that ODI2 Nightmare comparison was for another file in the pack, not this lol)

Originally Posted by wwplpmpn

NEUTROTOXIN
bonggone420 ~~&*~ smo queed ~~&*~

[MLG]420 pr0ComBo NOhOldS AAAA VoDKAQUAdShOtS
//]]\[=-

Originally Posted by moches

Sweet Drops - this file just makes me really happy. easy but adorable and fun. rainbows/10 (that said, it's a bit simplified at parts, missing a few details in the layering. I actually prefer it that way as it gives the file a reliable structure, but others might disagree)

Vallista - really nice but I wish more of the melodic stuff had been prominent in this file. I'm also glad somebody else is carrying on my ~teal note~ legacy lol. LongGone had some amazing stuff in this pack <3

Thanks! Sweet Drops was at attempt at a low/med difficulty file. Vallista was a little more haphazard due to the layering; I kinda ran out of space to layer at some parts rip. I'm honoured that you like them!

teal notes 4lyfe