Queue/Batch Discussion Thread v2

[i love you]

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Those newer judges did better than I thought for the most part. I could criticize a few of them but I will not seeing that it seems like they really put in a lot of effort and time to make their notes as fair and unbiased as possible.

Also Kommi, shame on youuuuuuuuuu xd i still love you though. no homo

[kommisar]

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given the way dossar has been reviewing things ~legit~ for sm I'm not sure he should've been judging for FFR, but whatever. I'm seeing a lot of things in his reviews that would upset me if I had gotten that as judgment.

[DarkZtar]

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uhhh ok, so my older comp which had all my files had a major meltdown ~3 weeks ago, I sent it in to get fixed and the tech guys had said they had managed to save all the files on the comp so I assumed everything was ok, but started it up for the first time today (only got it back 3 days ago) to discover that in the sm folder, none of the actual sm files were saved (only the mp3 music files). Can any of the judges e-mail me the files (Since 1983, To Make the End of Battle, and Velaciela) I sent in for this batch if they still have them? I'd be super grateful. =S

[TC_Halogen]

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Since you sent them to the submission e-mail, it might still be sitting in the Sent/outbox area of your e-mail. Take a look there.

[DarkZtar]

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omg didn't even think of that xD, yes they are there. ty AJ =P

[dragonmegaXX]

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So when do I find out if my file made cuts or not.

I dont get what happens now x_x

[Reshiram]

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Wow, I expected to wake up to bitching galore, but it seems very tame in here. Go FFR team~

In response to:


Hehe~~~
Sorry, I really didn't think that file was well done, but that's exactly why we have multiple judges. If one judge doesn't like a file for whatever reason, and five others do, then the one judge, in this case, myself, is probably wrong about it. I do stand by my rating, however, but I hope there's no hard feelings about it. n.n
Congrats on accepteds~~

Thanks Jeff, I know you're not a dick. But I still find it humorous that you rated it so much lower than all the other judges, main reason I said you were hatin'.

[megamon88]

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So when do I find out if my file made cuts or not.

I dont get what happens now x_x

First, all the supplementary judges have to finish rating passed files and such.

Then, jx has to calculate the adjusted scores using this formula, then decide on a cutoff score.

[TC_Halogen]

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I hope "Mmmmmmm" makes it without having to be cut... <3

would be cool to see another correctly executed jumpstream file in game that's not Pants/Freedom Dive (no offense hi19, as I like the file aside from the roll, i'd still watch that beverage for any bleach because a promise is a promise ).

Terror to Terror has a 6.25 average after tossing highest/lowest, sigh. looks like it won't make it, unfortunately. I'll make the two minor changes to patterns and possibly resend it later but I'm not doing much with it.

[hi19hi19]

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I hope "Mmmmmmm" makes it without having to be cut... <3

would be cool to see another correctly executed jumpstream file in game that's not Pants/Freedom Dive (no offense hi19, as I like the file aside from the roll, i'd still watch that beverage for any bleach because a promise is a promise ).

lol man I totally accept that the roll was trolly as fck
I'd probably change it to alternating jumpstream if I had the chance, but a little late now sadly.
I too would love for another very difficult stamina/jumpstream file to be added. It's a niche that FFR is sorely lacking right now.

Mo-Ko-Mo-Core was my submission this batch with that in mind, but I think leonid stated the difference between it and icy's file pretty nicely with this comment:

- Was about to give it a higher score than Mmmmmmm because it seemed to have more varying patterns.. But it turned out to be only a little less gayer.
- M152-160: Seriously what
- I take it back. It's even gayer than Mmmmmmm
- What made you step this song anyway

So yeah I guess I'll probably just cut and water down Mo-Ko-Mo-Core into the generic Sharpnelshit file everyone seems to want it to be and instead root for icy's file to get in :3

[qqwref]

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Terror to Terror has a 6.25 average after tossing highest/lowest, sigh. looks like it won't make it, unfortunately. I'll make the two minor changes to patterns and possibly resend it later but I'm not doing much with it.

Just a thought, but have you tried using patterns that aren't deliberately intended to be awful? Even YOU seem to hate your recent ingame charts. I'm sure you could make a great file if you weren't trying to troll players with it.

[DossarLX ODI]

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dore deliberately used crappy anchor patterns in White Walls for "extreme difficulty". Terror to Terror really wasn't any better than that

If anything, the ratings Terror to Terror got were much higher than I was expecting

[hi19hi19]

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Also a quick thought:

Can we please stop accepting artmania easy files? This is especially pertinent considering the next batch will concern these files exclusively.

A song in the 1-5 difficulty range, and arguably 6 & 7 as well, should have solid, constant rhythms. They are intended to provide a good way for players to improve their reading and timing abilities.
They are NOT intended to confuse the **** out of people who play them.

What an easy chart does not need is weird dicksynced rhythms, hypertechnical polyrhythmic layering, obnoxious grace notes everywhere, ~expressivemanian color theory~ etc
Save that "inspiration" for harder files, where at least people are used to how annoying those gimmicks are.
There's been so many of these files added recently that it's diluting the pool of easy files that are actually good for beginners...

[DossarLX ODI]

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I can actually agree with that hi19hi19 haha, while Silvuh's piano files are synced pretty well and aren't really incorrect in the technical sense, they're not friendly to newer players since they don't follow a constant rhythm. This is surely NOT a way to get new players to improve, they'll more likely just get confused haha. A few of these files is fine, but lately there has been a massive influx of them.

given the way dossar has been reviewing things ~legit~ for sm I'm not sure he should've been judging for FFR, but whatever.

This better not be referring to that 1/10 thread

[megamon88]

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Also a quick thought:

Can we please stop accepting artmania easy files? This is especially pertinent considering the next batch will concern these files exclusively.

A song in the 1-5 difficulty range, and arguably 6 & 7 as well, should have solid, constant rhythms. They are intended to provide a good way for players to improve their reading and timing abilities.
They are NOT intended to confuse the **** out of people who play them.

What an easy chart does not need is weird dicksynced rhythms, hypertechnical polyrhythmic layering, obnoxious grace notes everywhere, ~expressivemanian color theory~ etc
Save that "inspiration" for harder files, where at least people are used to how annoying those gimmicks are.
There's been so many of these files added recently that it's diluting the pool of easy files that are actually good for beginners...

This is definitely an issue that should be addressed.

Look at samurai's FAREAST HARDSTYLERZ for example - it was pretty much just 4ths the whole way through with a single 8th trill thrown in. It wasn't really following much in terms of technicality, but for a beginner it would be a straightforward file to play (hitting notes on the beat), with a small spike to challenge them. A beginner would probably prefer this over a variable bpm piano song, or even a piano song in general. Judging by the reviews though, this sort of file won't get in by today's standards due to "understepping" or "blandness". (I'm guilty of this too btw)

Any thoughts?