StepCon 2022

[gold stinger]

Updated OP to here.

[SubaruPoptart]

I currently have Class C (Koneko's Cafe) and would like to trade with someone from Class A (I'm The Boss (Big Bad Bosses Remix)

[jacobvl39]

Just wanted to say thanks to the organizers for putting this together, I'm very excited to take part in my first stepping contest

[HBar]

Originally Posted by SubaruPoptart

I currently have Class C (Koneko's Cafe) and would like to trade with someone from Class A (I'm The Boss (Big Bad Bosses Remix)

I’m down for this, I have no idea what to do with the Class A song and Class C seems like it would be easier for me to work with.

[HBar]

I don't see the OP updated yet, so to be clear, SubaruPoptart and I traded on the 4th.

[gold stinger]

Updated. The period for trading files has ended. Wishing everyone the best of luck with their files, hoping to see submissions by the end of the Week!

Don't forget, files need to be submitted to the StepCon 2022 batch by the end of April 14th, SERVER TIME (11:59pm).

[flat chest choof]

Anyone Wanna Trade Aha? :]

[Ghost_Medley]

Originally Posted by flat chest choof

Anyone Wanna Trade Aha? :]

ahaha please dont end the trade period your so sexy aha

[WirryWoo]

Stuck with koneko but all good. Submitted my chart but will probably fine tune some things throughout this week. Good luck all!

[gold stinger]

Just a little over 72 hours remain before submission closes! Make sure to get those songs in before the deadline.

[AAAorQUIT]

first time charting something... dont know how this will go

[Mr.Stepmaniac]

Done and submitted. Lets see how this goes.

[HBar]

I submitted a stepfile! It might not be very good, but it's playable!

[Psychotik]

[gold stinger]

Submissions for Round 1 of StepCon 2022 are now closed! We've received 30 submissions, working on getting everything set up and ready for you guys~

There will be an update post, right here, in this thread when everything's ready.

[gold stinger]

The First Public Voting Period has Begun!

During this time, all participants (including and especially people not participating in the event), can vote for songs submitted for Round 1 of StepCon 2022. No further submissions for the event will be accepted at this time. You can re-visit the Google Form link in the future to change your votes (until the end of the Public Voting period), and you can vote for multiple options across all Classes (Pick any & all that you like!).

You may fill out the form at https://forms.gle/DftMGziGYWPG7gkY6 to submit your votes.

Please be advised, participants CANNOT vote for their own Class. Votes for that class will not count for said participants.

https://www.flashflashrevolution.com/batch_submission/engine/r3.stepcon2022.xml
If you navigate to your 'Options' in your FFR Engine, navigate to 'Miscellaneous' settings and click the drop-down for 'Engine Playlist', you should see this at the bottom of the list:



You will get this pop-up:



If you Copy the above XML URL and Paste it there, and click 'Add Engine', you should be able to view/play/observe songs from StepCon 2022. If you do not want to play the song, you may preview the song by right-clicking the song of choice in the song selection menu and selecting 'Play Chart Preview' in the right click menu.

Everyone will have until the end of Thursday, April 21st, 11:59PM SERVER TIME to complete voting and submit their forms at the above google link.

Furthermore, discussion is allowed in-thread during voting. But please do not deliberately attempt to sway votes/vote brigade particular submissions, and treat your fellow Stepauthors with respect. People of all skill levels participate within this event, and there is going to be good/bad matchups for people's skills and preferred genres. Keep it civil and respectful. There's also the #events channel in FFR's Official Discord for discussing the event as well!

[Elite Ninja]

I'll probably play these tomorrow as I'm too sleepy right now to do so haha. Hopefully people enjoy my file. Good luck to everyone~

[flat chest choof]

Anyone Wanna Trade Aha? :]
sorry for missing this but I seriously could not come up with anything that I liked, real charters block
will check everything out today and give thoughts

[xXOpkillerXx]

Played through all charts. Approached it with a "1st and 2nd" system. Keep in mind that this is just my opinion. I think there was a lot of quality stuff overall, which is really nice to see.

Legend:
OO = 1st
O = 2nd


Bubbles:

1. O
- Very solid, flows well
- Would've liked something to match the difficulty of the intro jacks
- Lovely anchor choice at the end

2.
- This is a bit heartbreaking. See other notes
- The chart flows very nicely, and it's fun to play physically
- However, the layering is just too confusing. There are a lot of ghost notes in various song sections with different intensity. Because of that, it makes that layering choice feel repetitive and bland despite how good the patterns are. Promising stepartist I think if they work on that aspect.

3. OO
- Super good chart here too
- A bit inconsistent maybe with the slow 8ths parts w.r.t. the 8ths jacks
- Great patterning

4.
- Good flow and patterns
- Sadly not a fan of the layering; it's too empty at times when similar intensity song sections were significantly more fully layered
- Needs a bit more polish



If You Can't Hang:

1.
- Storn is that you from the other class? Long anchored jacks, dicksync'd vocals, etc hahaha
- Super solid chart
- A bit repetitive I think because of a possible lack of memorable bits/sections

2.
- Sweet chart
- Suffers the same symptom as #1 but a bit more
- Bass kick layering and patterning feels a bit inconsistent (8ths minijacks or not)
- 2 or 3 instances of a missing 16th in the streams iirc

3.
- Pretty fun chart overall
- First half overlayering doesnt fit the rest of the chart
- Breakdown sections seem underlayered
- Nice jump/hand gluts patterns

4.
- Cool attempt at a lower difficulty layering
- 16ths minijack into jumps are by far too spiky for the chart
- Needs polish on the vocals sync, felt a bit too far off the actual timing on some notes
- Good consistency in general

5. OO
- Wow that's pretty solid
- This is (imo) a very good example of the layering following the intensity of the song while still providing variety in similar sections.

6.
- Interesting take on the no-vocals layering, fun to play overall
- Lacking variety because of the layering though; the jumptrills become repetitive quite quickly
- Important to note that (12)(34) stuff is Not equivalent to (14)(23), especially with minijack transitions out of them
- Consistency is great

7.
- Well that was tiring to say the least hahaha. I'll assume it's all fully thought through anyway.
- Although the layering matches the intensity relatively well overall, the patterning is too abrasive. There are unnecessary 16ths minijacks in the 32nds js.
- Lacking memorable bits/sections, too repetitive

8. O
- Very solid chart
- Similar thoughts (pros and cons) to #1 really, not much else different to say.



Koneko's Cafe:

1. OO
- Very cute and fun chart
- Solid flow of the patterns and low intensity layering
- I'm not entirely sure if I like that 32nds rolly usage, feels a bit generic maybe? Although the patterns used in those are still pretty fun. Just a preference thing

2.
- If the song was that single cut, I'd seriously want it ingame because it's well done
- Sadly, this cut definitely misses out on the full song, which is full of fun stuff to chart/play

3.
- Fun chart overall
- 32nds full on trills are a bit too spiky for the rest of the chart
- Layering could use a little polish
- Flows pretty nicely

4.
- Cool low difficulty approach
- Layering decisions make the chart a bit bland when you consider what's going on in the song, especially the use of the 24ths
- Great PR and patterning overall, fun to play

5.
- Good chart with nice ideas here and there
- The two colored jacks are quite memey; they dont really fit the low intensity of the sounds they go to
- 32nds trills in first half are pretty generic and bland, even wrong at one part, but in the second half they're much more fun and varied
- Has good potential, but needs polishing

6. O
- Very well executed low difficulty chart, good job
- Not my preference in terms of how much potential of the song it uses, but I totally wouldnt mind seeing this ingame



I'm The Boss:

1.
- Interesting vocals-only chart
- The coloring's purpose is clear, but I personally think it's a crutch to make the parts seems more interesting and distinct despite the generic layering
- Great PR overall
- The mix of grace notes in the hand jacks is a bit spiky

2. OO
- Very solid execution
- Nice memorable parts (that includes that silly 1 (12) (123) (1234) hahah)
- I'd say the first half is a bit underwhelming relative to second half in terms of difficulty
- Great flow and PR

3. O
- Nice flowing chart
- The layering choices makes it too generic for me, especially with no cut it gets quite repetitive
- PR is good outside of long js

4.
- Pretty good execution overall
- The consistency is solid throughout
- Color usage feels a bit overdone in parts, especially the denser ones where it becomes a non-negligible spike
- I'm not sure what to think of the 32nds mini bursts being the global difficulty of the chart

5.
- Good simple chart
- Similar thoughts as #3.
- Bit of inconsistency in PR within the js at the end vs the other js sections (see the "very very sorry..." parts)

6.
- Fun low difficulty chart
- Consistency is good throughout
- Weird coloring on the various "I'm the boss" lines?
- Bit too generic overall too, doesn't reflect the big differences in song sections. That's mostly due to layering decisions

[AAAorQUIT]

cant wait to play these when i head home from school. good luck gamers!