FFR Community Pack Spring 2012 (Submissions Open)

[Lynn.]

Sent the sm file of what I had sent.

[XxMidigamixX]

Originally Posted by moches

submitted a file

\o/

submitting a collab file when I'm done with it.

@Bynary: is that the same Enigma that tsuka stepped for RF?

[Bynary Fission]

Originally Posted by XxMidigamixX

@Bynary: is that the same Enigma that tsuka stepped for RF?

Sort of. He cut out most of the song and made it the one part he stepped x-mod oriented. I stepped the full song (a bit over 3 minutes) and made it a general file, though it contains some bpm changes and stops as well.

[XxMidigamixX]

Originally Posted by Bynary Fission

Sort of. He cut out most of the song and made it the one part he stepped x-mod oriented. I stepped the full song (a bit over 3 minutes) and made it a general file, though it contains some bpm changes and stops as well.

Ah, that should be interesting~

[ScylaX]

Originally Posted by moches

submitted a file

I THOUGHT YOU QUIT
sike looking forward to that file

[Lynn.]

Sent again. I just forgot to fix a minor error again.

and sent another file.

sent one more and pls click the youtube link in the mail.

[Gundam-Dude]

Reviews sometime this weekend probably.

Originally Posted by Lynn.

Sent again. I just forgot to fix a minor error again.

sent one more and pls click the youtube link in the mail.

Got all your updates. Also, responded to your question check your email.

[leadafro]

Lol... made my first "real" KB chart in years today...sent it in :P

[who_cares973]

crunk de gaulle second movement hype

[Xx{Midnight}xX]

Sent a chart in.

[leadafro]

Sent a revision. :P

[XxMidigamixX]

Originally Posted by who_cares973

crunk de gaulle second movement hype

hype \o/

[Gundam-Dude]

Ithavoll Building - Lower Floors (Profraine)
Easy
Huge difficulty gap between this and Medium. Layer more in this chart.
Medium
Huge difficulty gap between this and Hard. Layer more in this chart.
Hard
- Layering's iffy to follow but it's more or less structured well enough.
- Holds could be trimmed shorter to avoid awkward transitions after the holds end.
- Hand usages are hard to distinguish what exactly they're supposed to layer or emphasize.
- I'm not feeling any of the impact the percussion is giving off in the song because you ignore it for the most part. It needs more oomph to it.
- M33+ (Beat 128+) not sure why you didn't change the BPM back to its original state. It's a bit awkward to playthrough, especially when you finally layered in the drum rolls in this section.
- I don't really have a problem with the BPM change in itself but I'd recommend layering in the drum rolls in the beginning measures to improve the overall structure of the file.
- Tweak easier difficulties and maybe some stuff in the Hard chart.
Maybe


Black Snow (Violin Lead) (~Karmatized~)
Medium
Acceptable.
Hard
- Holds could be trimmed shorter to avoid awkward transitions after the holds end as well as awkward holdstreaming patterns. Personally, I'd cut them down to 16ths or shorter in length for the single holds. In the later half when you start dumping double-triple freezes, try to trim each hold shorter so it doesn't interfere too much with the chart itself.
- This is basically an IcyWorld chart with more freeze usage, rofl. Layering is fine, it just becomes very generic to sit and play through because there's absolutely no layering variation.
Yes


Vodka (Rog)
Medium
Acceptable.
Expert
- No real commentary. Well layered and enjoyable. Reminds me of a SMG Pack 2 file, lol.
Yes


Mahou no Fu (plopadop)
Medium
Acceptable.
Hard
- No real commentary. Well layered and enjoyable. Reminds me of a mixture between IcyWorld and Kommi files, rofl.
Yes


1000 BPM (BynaryFission)
Easy, Medium, & Hard
Acceptable.
Expert
No real commentary. Well layered and good for scoring.
Yes


Enigma (BynaryFission)
Hard
- Acceptable. I suggest simplifying some of the denser and harder sections more to differentiate it from the Expert chart.
Expert
- Bursts, jacks, and trills all very difficult to combo or score well on but it gives the file a nice punch and the replayability factor. In my honest opinion though, most people would probably prefer playing the Hard difficulty over this one. Consider bumping this difficulty to Beginner and making the Hard chart your main one. In the end, it's your call though.
Yes


Space Armada (BynaryFission)
- Nice layering variation. Sadly, the file gets incredibly dull each time it repeats no matter how many times you switch up the layering, this is due to the song itself and how much of it you decided to step. Could've stepped less of the song; Less is more (for songs like these).
Pending


Jannenkei Rinjinbu Hoshi Hutatsu Han (Yume)
Easy & Medium
Acceptable.
Hard
- No real commentary. Well layered and enjoyable. Reminds me of a Kommi aNiMe file.
Yes


Want U Back (moches)
Medium
Acceptable.
Hard
- Groovy, well layered, and enjoyable given the song choice.
Yes


Love Is A Dream (Rog)
What
in
the
F U C K
did I just play
loooooooooooooooooooooool
No but I'm saving this askdhasdh


Haru no Minatoni (melon)
Medium
Acceptable. Difficulty gap is huge yet again.
Hard
- Another difficulty discrepancy where the beginning and the other time it repeats is the hardest sections in the entire file. Nothing really wrong with it but it's kinda awkward to play especially when the file pretty much begins with the hardest section, lol.
- I suggest (yet again) add another difficulty that's layered more than the Medium but less layered than the Hard so you have the in between. Again, the difficulty gap is fairly huge and unless you're absolutely cool with simplifying your main chart, adding another chart solves the problem.
Yes


Make Us Your Brides (Lynn)
Holy 32nd bursts and 24th trills. Other than those huge difficulty spikes, file's very fun.
Pending


Can't Hide Your Love (Kommisar)
Your SM bugged again and the offset was completely off. Had to re-adjust.
Hard
Acceptable.
Expert
- No real commentary. Well layered and enjoyable bleep bloop.
Yes


Burning Rome (LEAD)
Medium
Acceptable.
Hard
- Because of the layering scheme at M20+ (Beat 76+), I'd probably layering jumps to every 4th for the measures before it. It'd transition more smoothly and would structurally look and feel better.
- Well layered and structured.
Yes


{Midnight} (Middie)
Medium
- Not bad at all. Only problem is that there's a huge difficulty gap between this and Hard. Layer some 16ths at least.
Hard
- My problem with this is that there's absolutely no evident sense of layering until the second half of the file where you finally decide to put some jump placements. Everything's single note stream, which gets incredibly dull to play through when you don't have any layering on top to keep things more interesting and even present you the opportunity to switch up layering tactics. Pretty much the file becomes way too predictable when you're ONLY layering the main melody and nothing else.
- M107+ (Beat 424+) the jump layering is quirky. Some of them layer the piano chords correctly while others are completely technically inaccurate or random. Not really sure what you were trying to go for here.
- M122+ (Beat 484+) the 192nd usage is questionable. The purpose of offsetting notes to a different colour is to give emphasis to a -prominent- sound. In this case, it doesn't particularly work because you can barely even hear the background piano melody aside from the obvious ascending and descending staircases every 2 measures or so. Even then, it'd be way more effective and simple to layer those as pitch relevant jump placements to capture the actual feeling of piano chords.
- Overall, it's not bad. The only real issue is that this has absolutely no sub-layering on top of the main layering, which really kills the file in my honest opinion. Save for a personal pack, ThirdStyle, or wherever this ends up.
No


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[Bynary Fission]

Originally Posted by Gundam-Dude

1000 BPM (BynaryFission)
Easy, Medium, & Hard
Acceptable.
Expert
No real commentary. Well layered and good for scoring.
Yes


Enigma (BynaryFission)
Hard
- Acceptable. I suggest simplifying some of the denser and harder sections more to differentiate it from the Expert chart.
Expert
- Bursts, jacks, and trills all very difficult to combo or score well on but it gives the file a nice punch and the replayability factor. In my honest opinion though, most people would probably prefer playing the Hard difficulty over this one. Consider bumping this difficulty to Beginner and making the Hard chart your main one. In the end, it's your call though.
Yes

**** yeah, glad to have these in. I'll definitely add the third Enigma chart and take your other suggestions - I don't mind doing so now that I know it's in.

Originally Posted by Gundam-Dude

Space Armada (BynaryFission)
- Nice layering variation. Sadly, the file gets incredibly dull each time it repeats no matter how many times you switch up the layering, this is due to the song itself and how much of it you decided to step. Could've stepped less of the song; Less is more (for songs like these).
Pending

Yeah, that was always a nagging thought of mine regarding the file. Will cutting it down to two or three repetitions instead of its current four help? (it's your call as to what you want)

[Gundam-Dude]

Three repetitions max, I'd say. Two would be good taking into account the average attention span of a stepman. For as long as I've observed, people hate playing the same thing over and over again in a file, even more so with a repetitive song :V

[Bynary Fission]

Alright, I'll make the cuts and send when I'm not lazy. Personally, even I was thinking 4 was too much - why I stepped it anyways I honestly don't even remember why, rofl.

[leadafro]

Originally Posted by Gundam-Dude

Burning Rome (LEAD)
Medium
Acceptable.
Hard
- Because of the layering scheme at M20+ (Beat 76+), I'd probably layering jumps to every 4th for the measures before it. It'd transition more smoothly and would structurally look and feel better.
- Well layered and structured.
Yes

Heh thanks, I'll do some tweaks.

[AlexDest]

anyone who wants to step the beginner chart for rog limitation contact me on aim (ajsides1)

i have such a stepping block i dont know what to do aaaaaa

[xanox100]

Imma send in some good stuff

[t-rogdor]

glad you liked love is a dream ahahaha