Batch Review Thread v2.0 (2009-2018)

**bmah** · 09-30-2013, 12:41 AM

Re: Batch Review Thread v2.0

CONTINUATION OF AUGUST 2013 BATCH

**bmah** · 09-30-2013, 12:46 AM

Re: Batch Review Thread v2.0

CONTINUATION OF AUGUST 2013 BATCH

**TC_Halogen** · 02-3-2014, 06:13 PM

Re: Batch Review Thread v2.0

October 2013

**TC_Halogen** · 02-3-2014, 06:14 PM

Re: Batch Review Thread v2.0

CONTINUATION OF OCTOBER 2013 BATCH

YoshL / TC_Halogen
[7] (+.) [Resubmission] Kirlian Isles I - (yo man im awesome)
36.727 - make it a 4
47.262 - jump to stay consistent with the layering i think
48.185 - a little bit confused why you're using grace notes here; in a couple spots the piano hits before the violin (e.g. 16.547, and even later on in the song like 74.162), and I'm wondering the reason, whether it's just because it's the violin doing the grace note or what.
50.147 - for true sync here, get rid of this 4th note, put it on the 64th right above
50.466 - should be the 16th note above
52.642 - should be the 12th note above
52.812 - bass sound represented by a 4 note, maybe think of 1
57.792 - sounds better synched as straight 12ths
65.478 - (same as above)
68.395 - 32nd below
73.908 - 12th above
76.002 - remove the jump, doesn't go with layering
77.912 - pattern PRs better as [14]2314
PR, sync issues, grace note usage needs work

[5.5] (+?) [Resubmission] Laplace - (DarkZtar)
5.659/7.013/8.948/etc. - all these are a series of 3 notes extending a 16th after the 32nd note
9.722 - you're stepping the first part of the sound, why not the little ending of it?
15.190 - same 3 note issue, but why a 12th note?
21.722 - I recommend looking at these patterns much more closely; i can see that you're layering in the guitar as jumps and the new synth in as the new single notes, however there's a couple of errors in what notes are there and aren't there(22.980 - remove, 23.173 - put in, 26.076 - remove)
26.754 - from here, i can hear that beeping noise thing as 16ths, not just the 8th (white) notes that you stepped
28.109 - alot of this, at least from what your layering should be, should not be broken jumpstream. It should be fluid jumpstream all the way through, with the exception of a couple places (34.302 for example)
40.109 - jump for the snare?
47.463/97.012 - please get rid of these minijacks, there's nothing in the song to warrant them
53.657 - wish you'd have stepped the first note as a jump for each of these piano notes, so it goes jump, note, jump, note, so it brings out the echo-ness
57.098 - echo?
63.721 - stopped using hands for cymbals because of a jumpglut?
68.560 - also seeing alot of layering problems, for ex/ this should be a jump because you're layering the kick drum as well (the next burst is fine cause it's a burst i think)
72.237 - this is a 64th pattern for one measure, then a 48th for the first half of the next measure, not straight 24ths. Maybe do like 32nds than 24ths
88.302 - doesn't really warrant a quad
89.076 - 32nd pattern starts here not the 4th after
Please go over your patterns. The layering that you're using doesn't warrant broken jumpstream, rather full on jumpstream for the majority of the file

[8] (+) [Resubmission] Neurotoxin - (Reshiram)
Really liking the structure of this song, simple and to the point
18.139 - Changing up the layering style? It's not something I agree with, but something you might wanna look at. Probably would be too much though to keep in your layered kick drum in addition to melody+snare
23.472 - don't agree with this hand. piano octave hit, yes, but it's nothing that needs that much emphasis i think, a jump would be fine
same w/ 31.972, 32.306, 32.639
34.139 - yassss hands are good here
42.139 - not a big note really? quad -> hand
42.139 - also, this section in general, has the occasional 16th note, which does appear before each little drum motif thing. it's a bit small though, your choice to include
52.806 - i see what you did there now. But now, in the gallops, (again) if you listen, there's another 16th following some of them, your choice x2
you might want to consider it, because these 16ths wouldn't be appearing in the prev. pattern
63.472 - here's the kick drum layering! yassssss
85.639,85.972 - single notes please
86.639 - this is me being a fuckwad, but make it 32 please, the sounds go down in pitch
106.139 - would like this to be a [12] maybe for extra oomph into the quad
106.472 - kick drum layering goes away again, but this time for the ending, and it bugs me a little

[4] (+?) A Brief Tutorial on VIP Productions - (emulord)
moved offset to .026
30.455 - This pattern is a bit tricky: move the first 24th down to the 16th below. move the 8th note up to the 96th above, and the 12th should be on the 96th below. the final note occurs a 96th above the jump you have, your choice to put that in as a little grace note
36.776 - There's alot of places where you're cutting in and out with layering the hi-hat, this is just one example of it. Try and keep consistent maybe.
36.883-41.169 - And on that note, keep the jumps. there're massive hits for the kick and snare, and you're best off leaving them in i think.
54.455 - missing notes for the bass kick following this hand.
66.455 - Your layering conventions are switching around really fast, and it's hard to discern a reason why.
66.883 - PR'd wrong, double mini-jacks should start on this note (something like a 11331144 or something)
68.597 - then you're back to layering as jumps, which really confuses me.
78.883 - re-check sync on this section.
84.026 - PR should be the 8th notes on one note, 4ths fluctuating
98.383 - missing last kick drum jump
105.883 - same exact thing as last time, except this used to be a hand, and you're still missing the kick notes
114.883 - did you just copy paste and mirror this section? same notes as above
118.097 - ghost note, shouldn't be here
121.526 - ""
133.312 - kick notes following
take a look at why you're using jumps, I feel like that'll be important for this file. all of the snare hits are huge, and pop in your ear, those are better used with jumps than mindless layering in and out of the main synth. This file wasn't really fun either, being only jumptrills out the wazzoo

[5] (+?) A Pierce of Flesh - (DossarLX ODI)
7.145 - feels cleaner w/o the jumps
12.805 - ghost note
13.009 - ""
13.555 - ""
15.873 - 2 measures of 12ths, followed by 2 more measures of straight 16ths should be the correct pattern here.
17.714 - ghost
18.055 - I understand having jumps on the snare hits, but not on the 4ths inbetween. Goes for this whole entire section until like 27s
31.145 - I don't hear triples at all for this section, they do come in later at 35.782 though
44.236 - yes
50.782 - jumps every other again i think.
57.327 - like, these are more warranted because there's the high hat that actually occurs on those jumps. alot of the time, it seems like you're adding in those extra jumps because there's a drum fill and you don't want to layer in a dumb glut or something stupid. It still feels like much, and a little forced
68.236 - 12ths
76.145 - Please actually chart these 12ths, they add a nice extra to this chart.
87.873 - i would have liked something like, stream with hands accenting the snare drums and jumps to the guitars, not a garbled, layered to look dense thing.
At some point in the song, i couldn't even say what was wrong because i couldn't hear the difference between notes.

[9] (+) A Yodeler In Texas - (gameboy42690)
i was smiling the whole time i played this, superb
beginning - kinda want that cowbell layered in, i feel like you can play with that and make the beginning even better
18.714 - Think there should be a note here
26.037 - something that caught my ear was the "yeah" in the background every 8th note, you may want to pop that into areas like this on the 4 or something, or even play around with the layering in this section to accomodate that even? i feel like that'd be cool, but that's up to you (e.g. also 31.684)
-- your pr makes me feel this song like 1000x more good job wow --
32.831 - note here for that banjo
40.243 - note for person saying stuff
40.596 - same as above, idk if you'd want the minijack, or change the 8th
53.626 - those yeah things are back! (just a suggestion)
59.037 - perfect. the dog barks on the 3 is phenomenal
72.890 - note here, not on the yellow note under
97.332 - missing note

[6] (+.) Accelerator - (MarioNintendo)
30.822 - tiny PR's sake, this should be 3
31.101 - Might want to have this as a jump for emphasis
31.522 - should be a 8th and 16th here following
33.894 - these are 32nds, not 24th flams
34.731 - from here, this transition might work better being a full extended 32nd roll, (12341234) into [12][34] jumpjacks, and could fit the song better
36.545 - should be 24ths not 32nds
42.824 - same issue as 34.731
45.476 - just be really careful of split patterning, you have alot of these (not just rolls, but also things like [13]24) and at high speeds, they suck.
53.987 - lol i can't even tell what this is, but watch out for that hidden minijack on the 3
71.987 - again, these split patterns aren't fun to play.
77.010 - you could revert back to that cool white note placement that you were doing instead of this
80.917 - watch the hidden jack
154.921 - what minijacks, out of no-where? your pr has been pretty much spot on for this song, but i think you can probably diverge the tiniest bit for this.
160.498 - again, watch the little minijacks, the 8th could be well put on the 4 (162.723)
repeat notes alot for the next section
the file really is tough because of a surprising amount of split jumps and rolls and patterns ([13] and [24] centric), which kills alot of the "flow" if you will, especially in a harder file

[3.5] (?) Apocynthion Drive - (Reshiram)
5.161 - throughout this whole section, this 4th is missing, and it really bugs me, since this whole song is very driving. missing this for the sake of climaxing somewhere else is not worth it.
20.894 - background toms for the 16th pattern for 2 measures you missed
23.094 - not sure what this is even doing here, just straight 8ths
26.094 - there's a melody note here you missed
28.227 - again
31.161 - ""
31.427 -
35.027 - deciding not to layer in the countermelody is a bad idea i think.
41.027 - jump
41.161 - ""
this is so messy at this point, and mostly your layering choices baffle me. You have massive 225 bpm jumpstream sections, and choose to underlayer other parts that aren't even a fraction of that difficulty comparitively. Layering is also very inconsistant in other parts. (hands on cymbals sometimes sometimes not i.e. 97.694) You should also take a look at your solos, cause you're often missing random notes, idk by accident or something else.

[7.5] (+.) Arianrhod - (hi19hi19)
3.787 - random weird burst unnecessary
33.035 - take a look at what you're stepping here, it feels really off
35.285 - places like these leave me wondering exactly what you're layering
48.972 - feels better with the 8th notes as not jumps
83.097 - jumpjacks may be a bit excessive here
a bit quirky, interesting layering choices, sometimes i disagree w/ what you're leaving out, but it works well I think. a little of clutter in that polyrhythm section to watch out for, but good job

[9] (+) Artemis - (DarkZtar)
Beautiful song choice right off the bat
31.635 - you haven't layered this in before, might be a better idea to wait til after the cymbal crash ends the phrase before putting this in
36.980 - missing jump
Simple, sweet, amazing file well doen

[7] (+.) Artificial Rose - (hi19hi19)
22.059 - probably could have upped the layering even more here, since it's a climactic intro, not a de-climactic
just careful (a tiny bit, you're fine i think for the most part) with 1 hand trill usage, too much and it gets a bit....annoying i guess? (lack of better word)
76.916 - smiled at kick drum layering at 1
79.145 - smiled even harder well done
90.288 - kinda wish you added in some stuff for the bg drums (all these little white note sections), to add in a little flavor and to seperate it from the prev. iteration
109.831 - ideally, you could have put something for the woodwind melody in jumps or something, but w/e
134.516 - ???? the layering just dropped? what?
that end part confused me alot lol

[!] (!) Autumn - (Dabomb2223)
No steps?

[6.5] (+.) Autumn Breeze - (Silvuh)
30.459 - note missing
31.355 - same, unless i'm really missing something
32.250 - i can understand this one b/c of the break in violin, but i think it's better with the 4th note in (same with 33.146)
38.743 - note?
seems like you're ignoring the hi-hat ish thing throughout most of the song on and off, and it's a bit confusing
80.385 - (again), and I understand there's a solo in the bg, but it's a little break in the solo, and i think the 8th keeps the nice jazzy flow thing you have
nice colors and sync throughout the whole file though. All the missing notes that i've mentioned (i've stopped mentioning them) i feel like you aren't holding the file back by putting them in b/c of the speed/density of some of the other sections

[6] (+.) �ventyr - (VisD)
Superb intro
20.846 - note for guitar stuff, optional you put them in, just noticed (it's p-quiet)
29.823 - note
30.505 - weird trill on violin, idk
31.414 - feels/sounds cleaner as a straight 16th pattern
skimping on alot of jumps that could be put on snare sounds
48.673 - i've ignored not stepping alot of smaller sounds until now but ??????????
63.215 - could be PRed better
77.761 - ok now i kinda see what you were going for, and i'm going to say no
88.670 - i can't tell what these 128ths are going to
99.806, 100.261, 100.374 note
110.829 - ??? jacks i have no idea what these are going to
124.011 - careful of bursts, the burst should follow the red note, not the 32nd note for the piano note.
Felt really kinda messy and while the intro thing was great, that was also repeated like 40x times or something

[8] (+) Axel Man - (hi19hi19)
omg axel man
simple file, nothing too special, decent PR

[4.5] (+?) Be My Pet! - (mi40)
27.731 - jump, then a single, then jump sounds better here
29.845 - just alot of layering changes, i guess it's kinda hard for this song
32.422 - note
33.215 - ""
33.612 - ""
35.528 - jump
38.766 - note
41.674 - note
i really don't want to continue doing this, but you really need to take a second look through your file and make sure that you're actually stepping the song. things like 73.722, jumps to your whim, or 89.499 where you don't jump for some reason. Not to mention that the file is p-much the same stuff the whole time, not even anything interesting musically

[4] (+?) Bits - (Mr. Stepmaniac)
4.357 - missed the click thing
4.786 - now you're not jumping the click thing
28.357 - you're not stepping the echo for other things, why here?
gets extremely messy, really need to look at what you're layering
39.500 - random jump? Make sure to determine exactly what these go to
71.643 - missed note
74.643 - this is nasty for the difficulty of file you currently have
109.786 - sync drifts like crazy, everything feels behind
140.369 - minijacks are really not condusive to the tone of this song, at least, not here. Especially since half the notes aren't supposed to be there

[7.5] (+.) Chaos (Easy) - (Scintill)
good representation in easier notes
28.984 - was hoping you'd layer in for the shriek-ish sounding noises, but oh well
decent easy file, good choice in cutting at that point

[7] (+.) Cowbell Rock - (Xiz)
6.090 - you definitely want this layered in. It's the loudest, most prominent sound and you shouldn't be leaving it out
18.143 - this part warrants something like a staircase of straight 24ths
42.161, 42.518 - jump
watch out, your layering is iffy at alot of sections, you mostly seem to be layering kick and snare (which is fine), but you deviate from it when the song varies up. keep an eye out for those; it'll help keep the player on their toes when playing too (e.g. the 42.161 example, at 50.733, etc)
51.268 - note
52.429 - missing all the gallops into these jumps
56.715 - ""
65.286 - same deal
85.018 - maybe accent this
great song pick, grooved along to the whole thing. moombathon A++

[3.5] (?) Crab Nicholson Extreme Sleepover - (GammaBlaster)
9.189 - doesn't warrant a quad
I can't tell what you're layering.
9.928 - if you're layering kick drum and snare as jumps, this should be single, and the 4th following a jump. You have this problem a couple times in a row
16.785 - no jump
18.046 - note?
18.332 - again no quad please
This just becomes an overlayered mess of notes.

[5.5] (+?) Cross Galaxy - (AlexDest & rparty89)
Cool intro then....??? what difficulty are you going for?
15.366 - I can't see the significance of the layering you chose to the music, and the difficulty spike is ridiculous.
what are these difficulty fluctuations?
Missing notes everywhere: 67.962, 68.561, 69.361, etc.
ghost notes in places too, 69.461
79.261 - what are these patterns
83.260 - I guess i can see why you didn't really layer the intro much, it would become js otherwise. still, you could have put in singles to some drum sounds in the beginning.
89.160 - missing note
92.060 - missing jump
92.260 - ghost
94.060 - jump
95.859 - i'm pretty sure you've used a 32nd roll before.
114.758 - note
etc. alot of the weird spikes can be toned down, because they make no sense in the song, there's alot more missing/ghost notes than i mentioned as well

[8] (+) Daybreak - (Fission)
31.967 - note
84.977 - note
88.783 - i respect the decision to leave these couple notes out
106.087 - note
even stuff like 53.546 may be pushing what you'd want in this kind of song, but really well done. A couple missed things, but overall superb

[8.5] (+) Day's End - (Silvuh)
102.295 - these minijacks may be too much during the violin part
not much else to say, it's a weird song for stepping, you did a good job with what it was. Really good job w/ hands/quad accenting, and PR

[7] (+.) Day's End - (Zakvvv666)
50.685 - these rolls for the cymbal roll don't feel really right, maybe take out the 8th
133.504 - this is i'm pretty sure not straight jumpstream.

[7.5] (+.) Direct Advance - (MrPopadopalis25)
24.369 - note
48.522 - jump (there's a kick drum)
53.861/55.217 - note
this song sounds off musically, but w/e. File is good, only a couple mistakes and stuff

[7.5] (+.) Dive into the Wings of Freedom - (Lambdadelta)
freedom diiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiive
only thing is 47.733 maybe advert the minijack. that's all. Kinda boring and repetitive.

[9] (+) Doki Doki Robo Bunny - (0 & kjwkjw)
3.020 - jump for the squeak maybe
i just really enjoyed this lol, nice quick js file

[3] (?) Doki Doki Robo Bunny - (DossarLX ODI)
33.626 - if this stream is for the hi-hat, you're better off stepping to the melody, cause you can hardly hear it
43.526 - same thing
52.826 - stop stepping the least prominent part of the song: the bass line is louder than this. You'd have something interesting if you layered melody w/ the bass and drums.

[7] (+.) Dolphin Talk - (Xiz)
offset to .375
58.738 - you can afford to step this properly: a 48th roll (5 notes), then the 32nd under the last 12th note
79.647 - careful w/ your minijacks, alot of them aren't even minijacks (like this one)
81.920 - polyrhythm, add this note innnn
92.465 - jump
thank you for submitting moombahthon, come again

[6] (+.) Eirin's Clinic That People Queue Up For - (MrPopadopalis25)
kinda wish you'd put in things for 23.190 and the like, since it's main vocals doing changes and pitch and stuff
62.281 - for that little bg thing you're stepping, there should be a note here, not on the next 4th
It felt like a lot was missing from this.

Resubmissions
Prismatic Lollipops (Elite Ninja)
Rating: [+] [8/10]
- offset changed from -0.120 to -0.098
- 11.904: missing jump for bass drum
- 12.276: triple stands out as erroneous since the sound it follows is a bit ambiguous compared to the triple accenting the cymbal crash not too far after
- 17.919 to 20.296: layering is a bit strange (why is there no jump at 18.959, but jumps before that?)
- 21.038: move this down arrow somewhere else to more appropriately accent the two repeating notes in the melody
- 47.622: if you start this sequence with a [234] triple, you can ascend in such a way where the note at 48.810 ends on [234] to accent the highest note more appropriately
- 72.498: missing jump for bass drum
- 79.553 to 80.890: see 17.919 (no jump at 79.553?)
- structure is overall well done – doesn’t sit well with me personally in some areas, but it’s very unfair to deduct for subjective disagreements. Pitch relevance could use some slight improvements, but it’s not bad under any circumstances.

Silent Wind (0)
Rating: [+.] [7/10]
- offset changed from -0.080 to -0.089
- 34.104: missing jump
- 41.377/41.831: missing jump
- 87.361 to 105.543: not entirely sure why taps disappear here; there is a clear percussion line running through and the vocals don’t carry a discernible rhythm corresponded by your chart
- 141.901: rather abrupt place to cut off; you could continue charting past this point while lowering your layering as the chart fades out a bit more
- typical overlayered 0 chart, although this one actually plays a bit more nicely than expected since most of the jumps in place clearly accent instruments that can be easily heard

Somerset Blather On and On (DossarLX ODI)
Rating: [+.] [6.5/10]
- 16.284/17.863: better than before; my mistake was giving you this criticism without realizing that 16.284, 17.074, 17.863, 18.653 are four distinct pitches that descend from earliest point to latest point
- 44.313: indifferent to this pattern
- 112.235: much better
- pattern variation is a bit more prevalent
- I still feel like the song can be more appropriately represented with pitch relevance while utilizing index-friendly patterning, but it does play a bit better than before as it stands; old school players might find this a bit fun

Endless Maze (hi19hi19)
Rating: [+?] [5.5/10]
- 30.658: even with the introduction of newer musical elements, the chart remains unchanged; not very fond of this
- 58.466: jump would be appropriate here for the cymbal crash
- 62.043 to 67.582: make this a jump, it’s still a low-end synth accent similar to the ones you use jumps for immediately before this; there are missing notes/jumps for that same synth a bit more on, so add them in (or change them to singles, the choice is yours)
- 63.197: mis-rhythm; it’s just three 4th notes starting at 62.966
- 67.582 to 74.966: ambiguous jump usage; very unclear as to what takes precedence
- 74.966 to 89.735: not sure how I feel about this
- 89.735 to 119.332: while I understand syncopating the melody to add appropriate jump usage, it feels really awkward because there are some pretty prevalent notes missed; pitch relevance scheme is a bit convoluted because there is pitch relevance in the single taps that accent the same synth, but the jumps seem out of place
- file seems quite dated; doesn’t play nicely in some parts – structure could use some polishing

Euphoria v2 (DossarLX ODI)
Rating: [+.] [7/10]
- whoa, nice job on finding a high quality .mp3 for this
- offset changed from -0.035 -> -0.060
- 70.604: missing 16th for this and every other instance of this bass sequence in the same spot
- 148.756/150.495/etc: missing 8th notes
- patterning is… ok, I suppose. I guess I was just expecting a little more detail to the melody, rather than just following it generally, is all.

Fading Star (VisD)
Rating: [+] [8.5/10]
- very nice intro, using calm colors and whatnot
- 24.924: jump doesn’t belong with your current layering scheme
- 34.353: missing note for the bass drum
- 41.210: missing note for bass drum
- 70.782 to 71.639: 192nds are a bit unnecessary; they’re still accenting the violin, it just happens to be a somewhat higher pitch
- chart plays very well – has great structure and builds really nicely; file just feels right overall

FF4 Last Battle (shadow 1800)
Rating: [?] [2/10]
- 7.634: based on the general difficulty of the file itself, you are missing a ton of notes for the strings starting here – you should have 16ths running here
- 10.695 (etc): I see a ton of 16th note repeats that seem to signify the bass drum of the song, but the problem is that these jacks occur in instances where they have no reason to (here is fine, but something like 11.766, 15.133, 19.877, 20.796, etc – try to smooth out your structure so that you’re very clearly accenting things
- 19.877 to 27.224: I see jumps that seem to go to the melody, but between all of the accidental jacks that you have in these sections, it’s very hard to understand that you’re attempting to follow the melody only – this is where having a clean structure comes in play
- 39.467: this jump sequence certainly shows that you have at least understanding of pitch relevance; this is a really good thing – use it to your advantage in place your taps accordingly
- 46.813: another really interesting thing that makes sense (referring to the three-note repetition in 16ths)
- 56.608/61.506: massively overlayered – it might be a noticeable accent, but you should opt out of doing things like this unless they are extremely abrasive and overly loud
- 66.403: this run doesn’t exist in the song for any instrument
- 87.829: large spike, and it really isn’t fitting with the sound
- a lot of stuff repeats, so apply the notes as needed and move on
- 118.438: this 24th run doesn’t exist with anything in the song
- 137.416: when you get to the part of a song that has a somewhat detailed melody, slow it down and work out your patterning so that it corresponds to the music appropriately – trills here do not fit for the melody
- 144.762: the guitar also does not speed up, so there’s no need to generalize this rhythm
- more of the same for the rest of the file
- when deciding to make a chart, try to think of what you want to follow in your chart such that the player can very clearly understand what’s going on; pick the most prevalent things you can, and then organize your structure. Despite the large amount of mistakes in this file, there are bits and pieces in this file that indicate an understanding of detail – you just need to practice and hone in on that detail.

Fill Me Up With Snacky Happiness (gameboy42690)
Rating: [+] [9.5/10]
- offset changed from -0.078 -> -0.084
- 114.583: missing guitar note (I understand the omission at 114.883 – would be quite messy)
- excellent file

Floating Free (Liamis01177)
Rating: [--] [0/10]
- incorrect BPM, in addition to an improper offset
- chart does not correspond to the music at all and resorts to placing notes completely at random

Forbidden Tracks (rCaliberGX)
Rating: [?] [3.5/10]
- start to 9.436: with a melody that is predominantly triplets, you could do better by creating patterns that visually accent the melody in sets of three – since it’s atonal, pitch relevance isn’t a real issue, just be a bit creative; on the flip side, the more resonant notes of the guitar being accented as 192nds is a nice touch for me personally
- 9.436 to 28.980: your patterns seem to really force a lot of down arrows here – again, try utilizing a pattern that captures the melody by forcing patterns of three arrows that are very distinct and you might actually have some decent results here
- 28.980: be careful – cutting your BPM here and still using non-offset 192nds might actually cause a frame discrepancy
- 31.423 to 70.511:
---- your layering scheme is a bit problematic for this entire section simply because it’s hard to see what some of the single taps go to, as there are instances where jumps are bass drums and singles are bass drums as well
---- the generalized structure feels alright on the hands, but doesn’t quite look right visually; also, there are instances of missing notes for bass drums scattered throughout, but it is hard to tell whether or not those are intentional or accidental
---- there are some strange instances of repeating taps that could be avoided (alternatively, repeated taps could be more consistently used)
---- triples don’t seem to be clear enough; sometimes you’re accenting open-to-closed hi-hat hits (e.g. 58.601), other times, you’re catching hard cymbal crashes (e.g. 59.365, 60.739)
- 39.668/40.279: these 32nds follow something that is practically inaudible, remove them
- 40.889/41.042: these jumps are following something considerably less prevalent in the percussion here, they should probably be changed to single taps; this way, you’re giving a bit more of an accent to the two jumps before, which are noticeably more prominent
- 50.661: at this point, the 32nds are hardly audible
- 59.670: should be a three note 32nd blip
- 61.808/62.418/64.098: ^
- 67.457: mess of misrhythms here
- 80.512/80.817: should be a 24th away from the jump, not a 32nd
- 89.444: 32nds are barely audible at this point; removing them would make your jumps a bit more powerful for accenting since they come after an intense drum fill
- 90.055 to 129.143:
---- jump placement is far from consistent here – it’s hard to tell whether or not you’re trying to follow the chords from the guitar or if you’re just trying to follow percussion
---- this area just feels extremely overlayered in general, not to say that it doesn’t fit the tone of the song, but it’s disproportionately heavy compared to earlier areas
---- quite a few steps here don’t even seem like they follow anything at all
- 128.914/129.066: can’t hear the percussion for these two notes
- 136.014: many of the notes in this fill are really difficult to hear even if they’re generalizing a rhythm, because the fill really just disappears into the soundscape
- 137.083: check your rhythms here, straight 24ths isn’t quite correct
- 142.579: a number of misrhythms here
- 162.658: move up 1/64th of a note (at 98 BPM, this mistake was noticeable at normal rate)
- 167.009: should be this note, a note 3/64th after, and another note 3/64th after that
- 168.994: if you’re planning on accenting snares with jumps, there should be jumps here and at 169.070
- file has a foundation to work with, but really needs a lot of polishing to be acceptable

FORM THE ALLIANCE (Mr. Stepmaniac)
Rating: [?] [2/10]
- improper BPM usage; starts slightly off-sync and gets on-sync after a speed-up
- offset changed from *-0.098 -> -0.079
- 7.843 to 12.079: piano inconsistently accented (jumps and single taps for single piano notes)
- 12.079 to 24.773:
----- inconsistent structure: why do jumps exist in their particular spots? Why are the other notes for the piano only single notes?
----- large amounts of repeated taps that have no purpose really existing within the chart structure
----- 340 BPM 6th notes are going to look exactly the same as 170 BPM 12th notes because FFR is entirely C-Mod.
- 24.773 to 44.538:
----- this is the inherent problem with your BPM structure; your intent on cutting the BPM for less intensity makes complete sense if your scroll rate is actually changing, but because you had your BPM at 340 and cut to 170, you’re still using the same colored notes (in essence, a player on FFR would NEVER know the BPM was cut in half).
----- patterning is hardly reflective of the synth musically and could easily be manipulated
- 44.538 to 55.832: more of the same, see 12.079 to 24.773 and resolve the inconsistent structure between the percussion and the synth holding the melody
- 55.832 to 72.773: see 24.773 to 44.538
- 72.773 to 84.067: see 12.079 to 24.773
- 84.067 to 89.714: a number of repeated taps here don’t make sense, as mentioned earlier
- issue continues through the end of the song, even when the song changes into 8th notes for a bit
- file needs a lot of work to even be plausibly acceptable

FUSE!! (SKG_Scintill)
Rating: [+] [8.5/10]
- 68.090: I can’t help but feel like there should be a few notes here for the pitch bend in the guitar, but it’s certainly not necessary given that you seem to avoid it elsewhere
- 90.798: if you’re trying to catch the drawn out guitar note here, it would be more logical to place this 48th after the 8th note instead, not before it
- 108.590: not quite correct as 16ths – rhythm can be fine-tuned a bit more
- 164.715: whatever this burst follows is near inaudible on my end
- great file overall, just has a few kinks to be worked out

Gabbaber (fatpaints)
Rating: [+?] [5.5/10]
- chart is very boring/redundant overall; this isn’t to say that it’s not acceptably done, but your chart is being done for a song that is relatively uninteresting
- 45.216 to 56.511: could be interesting with repeating jumps for the melody
- not much to say, just quite… dull. Song choice certainly does not help at all. Your chart is by no means a bad chart, but your song is not good at all. Try charting something else – you might have more success.

Gee [Areia Remix] (DarkZtar)
Rating: [+] [8/10]
- I personally see absolutely no reason to have a double BPM for this file; the percussion very clearly lays out a bass drum at 126 BPM *shrug*
- 37.362: missing note
- 54.683: missing note
- 61.885: missing note
- 102.302: missing note
- good structure, strong layering overall, just a few missing notes here or there

Get Squirrely (mi40)
Rating: [+?] [5/10]
- Chart is incorrectly quantized due to a proportional BPM, creating an overabundant and unnecessary number of colored arrows that do not appropriately correspond to the music – the steps do generally follow the music, but the colors do not coincide with the song structurally
- not going to delve into the rest of the chart until this notation error is fixed

Gonna Take You Down (Reshiram)
Rating: [+.] [7.5/10]
- offset change from -2.597 to -2.582
- 3.887: should be 24ths instead of 32nds
- 23.017: while you are following the piano here, catching the 24ths could be good for accenting
- 32.582: while there is a repeating bass drum here, accenting it to break a relatively smooth flow given by pitch relevance doesn’t feel right
- 68.358: there is a slight swing here, shouldn’t land right on a 16th note
- 73.452: should be 24ths instead of 32nds
- file is decent, nothing horribly wrong anywhere

Great Expectations (beary605)
Rating: [+?] [4.5/10]
- 4.581: while I do understand following the keyboard echo, you have to realize that this echo does exist in other areas, so following this is somewhat of an inconsistency on its own
- 18.206 to 34.206: most of the mini-jacks here are incorrectly place with consideration to the melody
- 34.206 to 41.706: pitch relevancy could be improved quite a bit
- 40.581: missing note
- 104.581: this jump breaks your structure by accenting a vocal rather than the more prominent piano chord
- 130.206 to 146.206: this structure is a bit strange with jump placement; it’s difficult to discern exactly what the jumps go to
- 157.206: why do the jumps stop here?
- rhythms are coherent overall, possibly moreso due to the fact that it’s almost a constant stream; as such, the chart is quite draggy because it doesn’t seem to change all that frequently – you would do better with an overhauled structure that isn’t so reliant on strictly accenting prominent instruments with jumps only

Gruntilda’s Final Battle (Charu)
Rating: [+.] [6.5/10]
- 111.698: interesting… quite the spike, though.
- 122.365 to 130.365: should be 16ths instead of 12ths
- 152.365/153.698/155.032/156.365: technically, these trills should be in reverse order since the lower note occurs first
- the mini-jack section is interesting, it looks incredibly difficult, but plays quite smoothly because you were intelligent with your pattern choices and actually alternated between hands rather than worrying stringently about pitch-relevance – it still is pretty difficult in comparison to the rest, though.

Holy Winter (woker-x + Silvuh)
Rating: [++] [10/10]
- 209.769: ugh, right at the end of the file
- absolutely fantastic, oh my god!
- I have a few very subjective qualms with pattern choices, like jumps for repeated notes in a few instances, but it is incredibly fluent and just works.

Indignant Divinity (Kyuji Sayomi)
Rating: [+.] [7/10]
- pitch relevance could use some slight tweaking at start and finish
- 43.745: with this part of the song being a bit calmer, you could do better than just a straight jumpstream combining both elements here, add some deviation by either following the melody explicitly or ignoring it
- 49.715: the 32nds for the synth start right about this point
- solid file that use a bit more structural tweaking

It’s Over (SKG_Scintill)
Rating: [+] [9/10]
- 20.910: missing jump for snare (I can understand omitting at 21.639, though)
- 67.056: triple is a bit out of place here…
- 96.743: missing jump created by repeating up arrows (your earlier structure does this)
- 100.910: missing jump for snare (omission at 101.639 is acceptable)
- excellent chart

J219 (ItsOnlyDano)
Rating: [+?] [5/10]
- 22.892/23.301: those jumps shouldn’t be there, there’s really nothing special about those notes other than the fact that they’re a higher interval of the same synth
- 29.423/29.831: ^
- 32.280: starting a sequence of this many right arrows implies that something important should be followed here, but the left/right arrows don’t accent anything in particular
- 34.321 to 47.382: proper pitch relevance can really help you out a lot here; your jump placement is correct in terms of rhythm, but it doesn’t complement the melody properly; for phrases like 37.586 and 39.219, it’s important to separate the repeated notes from the non-repeated notes
- 47.382 to 57.178: the repeating 16ths are a great touch, but the jump placement isn’t all that good since it does not accent the melody appropriately
- 78.403/78.811 + 84.933/85.341: see 22.892/23.301
- structure and pitch relevance overall could use some work

Kaepora Gaebora’s Message (Poison-)
Rating: [+?] [4/10]
- offset changed from -0.000 to -0.041
- 8.612: missing jump
- a recurring issue throughout this file is that there are a number of repeated taps that occur accidentally through layering, and a large majority of them should not exist in correspondence to the melody, as there are very few repeating notes in the melody
- with a song this short, everything needs to be near perfect in structure to be acceptable; your jump usage is ambiguous and only accounts for some of the drums in the background (either remove them all or accent them all – the choice is yours)

KOMMICORE (0 + Choofers)
Rating: [?] [3/10]
- sync is still really poor
- 18.861: this polyrhythm needs to go, it’s only 16ths
- jumpstreams are still continuous when they probably shouldn’t be
- not accepting this, and the score will continue to drop until the sync gets fixed – don’t want to hear excuses about how the vocals and the percussion are disjointed, that’s not an excuse

Kotobatoraborato (0)
Rating: [+.] [6/10]
- colored notes in the intro are acceptable since they accent a synth that is filtered out, I don’t mind the color usage at all
- however, the structure of the chart is poor. It’s correct, but beyond overlayered and really overemphasized
- minimally acceptable, as usual

Lawn Wake III (mi40)
Rating: [+?] [5/10]
- overall, jump utilization seems slightly better than last time, but there are still issues with jump placement over sample prevalence, and it’s visually glaring
- a number of bursts are inconsistently used
- ghost notes and misrhythms still exist throughout the chart, some of which are very noticeable and can be easily removed with a careful run-through of the file
- file still looks relatively similar and isn’t quite there yet

Live and Learn [Zen Death Squad Remix] (DossarLX ODI)
Rating: [+] [8/10]
- 10.148: you would be better off moving the 24th/8th notes to left/down so that the up arrow can appropriately correspond to the snare
- 11.324 to 30.383: ^, check around to ensure that you have proper pattern placement corresponding to the percussion, it would be a nice detail to have if pitch relevance isn’t a big deal to you
- 36.501/42.148/(etc): missing notes that could help add some variation to your chart
- 80.571: cute!
- 122.030: remove one of the two notes in this jump and shift it down to 1/32nd away from the jump
- good chart overall

NO MONEY DOWN LOW MONTHLY PAYMENTS (DossarLX ODI)
Rating: [+.] [7/10]
- acceptable file, but is quite boring even for an easy file because it literally carries the same, straight 12th note pace the entire time
- some syncopation to the melody could benefit this chart’s playability a bit

Zanzibar Green (DossarLX ODI)
Rating: [+] [9/10]
- 16.958 to 39.546: love the patterning, the implicit pitch relevance is really nice here
- 62.134 to 84.723: aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa! <3
- this file is such a good tribute to the song – it has a very clear old-school feel, but also possesses some great concepts that bring it up to date, absolutely love the structure

Zanzibar Green (T-Force)
Rating: [+. / <] [7/10]
- your file opens a bit better than Dossar’s does, however…
- 17.366 to 39.601: your streams here really are lacking in pattern relevance – I tried really hard to find some pitch relevance, but there really isn’t that much in here, unfortunately; the layering is acceptable in this area, but the detail is lacking
- 39.601 to 50.895: the taps not following the melody aren’t quite consistent in what they follow; you start initially omitting the bass drum, but inconsistently attempt to account for it, making some of the lone 4th notes a bit ambiguous
- 80.278/80.542: jumps for snares that don’t exist (potential copy-paste/shift a direction)
- file isn’t bad, but the streaming lacks relevance to the melody – plays a bit more like a newer file, but I like the combination between pitch-relevant detail and old-school structure that Dossar implements; had you submitted this a batch earlier, you might have had a better shot!

bmah/ YoshL

A Brief Tutorial on VIP Productions / emulord
rating: 3/10 [?]
- 30.44s: these 24th gallops don't exist
- 31.73-34.30s,35.58-41.16s: why did you stop stepping the percussions here?
- 48.87-61.73s,etc.: there's really not a lot of variety here by stepping only jumptrills - not to mention several of them are split-heavy such as [13][24] patterns. There are other percussions you missed (e.g. 54.44s) as well. Split jumptrills ending in hands (e.g. 58.30s) result in bad transitions.
- 64.44s,etc.: the jacks follow the PR very sloppily, so check closely
- 70.08s: ghost jump
- 79.41s: probably better off not stepping the sound clip. Some of it is offsync too.
- 84.01s: bad PR - check what parts of the melody are -actually- alternating!
- 98.37s: forgot a jump here
- Summary: the file repeats with a lot of the same unimaginative jumptrill patterns, along with some obvious errors that could've been avoided if you checked over your file again.

A Pierce of Flesh / DossarLX ODI
rating: 7/10 [+.]
- offset feels too early
- 5.02s: should be repeated down arrow to melody
- 7.21s: not sure what these jumps go to
- 12.86s,13.07s,13.61s,17.43s,17.77s: ghost arrow
- 18.11-19.75s,etc.: seems more sensible if you added the jumps to the emphasized cymbal crashes, not every 4th note.
- 68.30-70.48s: would've been more fun if you stepped the 12th note ascending guitar melody instead of the same guitar riff+percussion combo. This middle part of the song in general would benefit from acknowledging the main guitar melody.
- 87.93s: again, not sure why all 4ths need a jump; just add them to accented stuff. As for the jumpstream pattern, there's a ton of mini-anchors/twists and turns that reduce the flow. It's fine for a while, but to have that same sort of pattern going through the entire section makes it more difficult to execute than it should be.
- Summary: Not bad, but the middle section can be reworked with some more creative stepping, and the ending stream could flow better.

A Yodeler In Texas / gameboy42690
rating: 8/10 [+]
- 16.42s,etc.: if you're stepping the bg 16ths (which it seems like you are at places like 14.30s), then this should be a 16th as well
- 24.54s,etc.: 16th
- 25.33s,etc.: ghost 8th if you're only stepping the main melody, but I guess not
- 27.18s,etc.: missing 16th
- 29.39s,etc.: single 4th arrow to distinguish it from areas with the main melody
- 35.65s,etc.: missing 16th
- 38.13s,40.60s: the yodeler actually plays 16ths here
- 53.63s,53.98s,etc.: why not step the accompanying sound clips?
- 103.51s: ooh, that 32nd roll is tight, but I think it works out well
- Summary: Just minor errors. Overall the file is loads of fun.

Accelerator / MarioNintendo
rating: 7/10 [+.]
- 11.57s,etc.: so I still ask the same question I did before: why are these not jumps to the emphasized sounds?
- 31.80-32.78s,139.29-140.13s: really awkward pattern to hit due to the down arrow anchors
- 43.45s: the down arrow leading to the 12341234 32nd rolls makes for a difficult transition
- 53.99-54.27s,etc.: not 24ths, nor do all of the arrows exist
- 64.86s,etc.: good use of color theory
- 95.85s: good thing you adjusted the sync this time
- 168.28s: really weird 32nd burst
- Summary: A file with a good amount of variety and consistency, but there are a number of awkward transitions in a few places.

Apocynthion Drive / Reshiram
rating: 3/10 [?]
- 5.16s,6.23s,etc.: what's with these breaks? I do recognize that breaks can give variety to a file, but there really doesn't seem to be much justification on these ones
- 20.89s: longer 16th drumroll
- 23.09s: no 16th jump here
- 26.09s,28.23s,31.43s,156.76s,etc.: missing 8th - please doublecheck the entire song for these little things
- 29.16s: jump?
- 34.76s: a running sequence of 8ths you missed
- 39.69s: 8th jump
- 43.83s,etc.: I don't think these are 24ths, but I see what you're trying to do
- 70.03s: missing 16th
- 75.76s: don't think this part is entirely on sync (esp. 2nd half of this color section), but in any case, you should probably do some bpm offsetting to get the arrows in proper sync. I would consider this note color syndrome. Actually, this seems to make the subsequent steps a bit early.
- 89.36s,etc.: this area has some 16th scattered that you've omitted
- 107.29s,227.69s,260.09s: the jumps make sense, but some of them result in horribly awkward anchors within the 16ths
- 130.09s: ok, the sync is becoming even earlier and worse
- 232.89s: don't try to fit 32nds here
- 286.89s: likely 12ths
- 315.976s: sure, this isn't continuous 24th streams, but the patterns are still awkward and the breaks actually would be quite the bootrap for FFR. Also, take a look at the left arrow anchor at 318.23s
- 330.70s,etc.: again, missing some 16ths to drums (if you deliberately underlayer these parts as "reprieve sections", then I feel they're unnecessary considering the energy of the song)
- 350.23s: 16th drumroll, could be used for climax, although I guess it could be ignored as well
- and in general, the song needs a cut. Why do people think it needs to be stepped in full?
- Summary: There are just too many numerous mistakes, bad pattern choices, and other sloppiness in this chart. Most importantly, there are syncing errors that need to be amended first. Also, the song should probably be cut.

Arianrhod / hi19hi19
rating: 7.5/10 [+.]
- 4.72s,etc.: the minijacks get a bit tiring after a while, so honestly just normal 16th triplet patterns would do IMO
- 6.78s,7.16s,etc.: jump to piano chord?
- 45.22s,45.97s: two of the 24th groups are [13][24], which is a bit nasty; maybe change at least one of them to a less splittable pattern
- 49.16s: color theory maybe?

- 53.38s,88.63s,112.44s: missing 16th to drum
- 53.94s: I'm guessing you're just deliberately ignoring the 16ths here, which is fine since they could be dismissed as echoes
- 66.04-70.41s: oh darn, why didn't you add the small bursts that pop up throughout this section (the drums)?
- 82.16s: the piano is more dominant, which should be 16ths
- 111.22s,111.60s,111.97s: these could be jumps to accent the choppiness
- Summary: Pretty fun file, a few hiccups here and there, but nothing major.

Artemis / DarkZtar
rating: 7.5/10 [+.]
- 31.40s: could use better PR
- 31.63s,etc.: really subtle, but it works I suppose
- 36.98s: jump to melody
- 91.55s,92.03s,102.25s: don't understand these jumps according to your layering scheme
- 103.68s: leave this as a single arrow
- 104.32-123.47s: the pattern reverting back to the previous layering of percussion 16ths seemed a bit inappropriate considering all the new stuff going on (the synths for example). I thought this part was rather plain, anticlimatic, and didn't highlight the synths. Layer this differently.
- Summary: Overall a very simple file in a straightforward way that reminds me of older FFR files (reminded me of straightforwarded cornandbeans files). The latter end of the file was rather unintuitive though, so I would look over that again.

Artificial Rose / hi19hi19
rating: 7.5/10 [+.]
- first of all, the artist is not "BoF 2012", but "8284"
- 0.00s,etc.: I sort of wish the chords had jumps in them, but I understand the need to use single arrows to highlight the cymbal crashes later on
- 25.83s: arrow to melody
- 33.03-54.80s: copypaste much? Same melody, but you have the opportunity to change it up!
- 54.97s: jump
- 60.33s: this 32nd is a ghost arrow
- 72.63-72.80s,75.20-75.54s: acknowledge the melody here. The first instance is a 16th and the second instance are a few 12ths.
- 79.14s: good usage of color theory
- 86.69s: ghost 8th
- 89.94s,etc.: in the second round, there are some interesting drum rhythms that I think you should try to add in for interest
- 114.29-114.37s: jumps to accented drums? Maybe check over other areas for accented sounds too.
- 139.66s: I hear it, but the 32nds just seem pretty quiet and is probably best ignored
- 144.63s,144.97s,145.32s: jumps to cymbal crashes. There are cymbal crashes after this, but I'd say those could be optional considering how your jumps change focus to accented percussions.
- Summary: Minor errors, some suggestions here and there. The beginning has some notable repetition that I would suggest you change though. Song and file is pretty dandy.

Autumn / Dabomb2223
rating: -/10 [!]
- SM file has no chart.

Autumn Breeze / Silvuh
rating: 9/10 [+]
- 5.06-5.32s,etc.: unless you're planning to layer the beginning more fully, I'd say it's very much acceptable to ignore these background synths and focus just on the main flute melody and percussions.
- 65.27s: 16th to melody
- 79.71s,etc.: ooh, these are tight! But considering the patterns, these are easily hittable. Also, would 79.71s be a jump if 78.82s and 79.27s are jumps?
- 80.16s: I was first wary of the light layering, but then the chords of the piano later on completely legitimized that conservative decision.
- 108.93s,109.15s: missed 16ths
- 137.29s: missed 16th to the melody
- 137.79s: jump to melody layering
- Summary: Excellent file. The steps have a very loose feel that is appropriate with the highly embellished melodies of the flute, and I really like that. The song itself is also a beauty.

Axel Man / hi19hi19
rating: 7.5/10 [+.]
- I never thought I'd see the theme song from Beverly Hill Cops on FFR, but here is a neat rendition of it in lieu of the 8-bit genre like Megaman games.
- 13.86s,22.50s,24.40s,etc.: could use better PR
- 18.72s,27.37s: might make more sense to start off with a 1234 roll here; although the up arrow has a slight emphasis, it doesn't make as much rhythmical sense (similarly, add an arrow at 59.80s)
- 25.88s: questionable arrow, considering your previous stepping
- 33.86s,74.94s: not part of the main melody, omit
- 37.10s,78.18s: a tough call if you had to choose between the interesting 16ths and just following the main melody which is more straightforward; I personally would lean towards the latter for sake of novice players
- 44.80s: missed arrow according to your previous layering
- Summary: Pretty simple file and mostly very straightforward. A few areas with minor issues, but I'm just nitpicking. Try to follow all of the main melody.

Be My Pet! / mi40
rating: 5.5/10 [+?]
- 3.51s,8.70s: questionable arrows to the sound clip
- there are a number of drum/percussion sounds that have a questionable degree of emphasis. Instead of putting jumps in these areas, just try to use a different pattern as single arrows. Reserve louder sounds for jumps. Note that listening to these sounds at a slower music rate (0.9x or below) may give the impression that they're more emphasized than they really are. Some examples: 27.80s,28.13-28.26s,etc.
- the same part of the song mentioned above happens again at 53.11s,53.50s or so but the jump placements are different. So again, jumps to questionably emphasized percussions, but also inconsistency to your previous pattern.
- 29.12s: no arrow here
- 32.42s,38.77s: missed 16ths
- 32.71s: no 24th here...that's just the residual sound of the percussion, which happens all the time
- 33.15s: two 16ths leading into a jump; no 8th jump here
- 77.16s,etc.: this next part is where all of the jumpstream occurs. This is fine at first, but becomes quite monotonous after a while. Try cutting the song as the progression of variability is really slow and just makes very large walls of jumpstreams. Patterns become a bore at around 94.07s and become really dull at 111s and later. I'll give you credit though on the relative lack of highly anchored patterns.
- 194.38s,195.04s: first one is a short burst, second one would be a long jumptrilling wall, but you may want to leave that one out.
- 196.76s,etc.: ignore the residual sounds of the gabba beats and just step the 4ths.
- 197.56s,etc.: these sounds seem more like single arrows than hands IMO
- 217.74s: why step the sound clip now? Step all of the sound clip, or just end the song with a placeholder arrow instead.
- Summary: There are numerous areas with questionable jumps to certain percussions and drums. The long jumpstreams have doable patterns, but they go on for too long. Not technically bad, but drags on for a bit.

BITS / Mr. Stepmaniac
rating: 2.5/10 [?]
- as a note in the future: you put the first two measures as blank, but according to the mp3, the music starts right away. What we'd like you to do is to actually ADD two seconds of silence to the mp3. The offset in your editor is independent from actual silence in the audio file.
- this file has a lot of older style stepping elements, which unfortunately created a lot of inconsistencies in your stepping
- 3.50-3.93s,13.79-14.21s,etc.: here is an example of layering inconsistency. In any one measure, why are there two 4th note jumps and then the 4th note stepping is ignored for the rest of the measure?
- 6.93-11.86s: you could also layer the 8th note hi-hats with the rest of the synth instead of solely focusing on the percussions, but this still can be an acceptable way of stepping, as often seen in older files years ago. However, there is no symmetry or pattern to the steps. They're quite random, often being 8th note anchors.
- 27.50s: the previous layering comes to a sudden halt and now starts off with [14] and [23] jumps. Why is this? There needs to be reasoning for all of the arrows you put in.
- 28.36-41.21s: a ton of ghost arrows. I suppose some of them are supposed to go to the reverb of the main melody, but what they correlate to is vague at best, nor are they consistent.
- 41.21s: again, example of an instance where you seem to need to stop acknowledging the previous melody/rhythmical lines of previous measures and focus on something else entirely. Try to integrate various rhythms and melodies - that is layering.
- 54.93s,etc.: Even with the simple 8th note steps, they don't seem to have a pattern and appear to be random. Again, a lot of the 8ths tend to be anchored on specific arrows.
- 71.64s: missed an 8th (I also don't understand the jacks)
- 74.64-75.50s: it looks as if you tried to make an attempt at layering, but again, a number of arrows are missing to the background synths. And the patterns are minijacks which don't make much sense to me.
- 82.36s,etc.: see notes on 41.21s
- 113.91s: it's acceptable to consistently step 16ths to the melody and its reverb, but I honestly would ignore most of the 16ths and step just the emphasized melody instead.
- 122.91s,124.00s,127.14s,etc.: now when you're adding jumps to the 16th stream, please try to have some reasoning to the patterns you use. There isn't much reason to add repeated 16th arrows (jacks) when you layer the jumps.
- in general, the song itself is a problem in that it doesn't have a whole lot of interesting rhythms to offer, so in some ways, you have that repetition of the music to deal with while trying to entertain the player.
- Summary: Tons of layering inconsistencies, poor pattern choices, ghost arrows, and in general, charting a song that is relatively bland for stepping.

Chaos (Easy) / Scintill
rating: 8/10 [+]
- 0.75s,6.40s,etc.: subjective, but why not add a few more jumps to the cymbal crashes? There are many other examples where you had jumps in conjunction with 8th streams.
- 52.28s,74.87s: would be nice to add the isolated cymbal crashes as well
- 81.84s,83.25s: again subjective, but here I would add the 16ths, as the melody is as explicit as can be, and this isn't a big climb in difficulty either
- 83.60-84.04s: this is actually 12ths, not 16ths. Please correct this.
- overall nice PR
- Summary: Nicely made easy file, and is consistent throughout. Most of my comments are just suggestions, but please fix 83.60s.

Cowbell Rock / Xiz
rating: 6/10 [+.]
- what's with the random bpm changes at the beginning? just get the correct bpm right from the start. BPM changes without any arrows have been known to cause conversion problems on FFR.
- 5.55-13.86s: tons of misrhythms, missing arrows, and other errors; review this section again at a slower music rate
- 18.14-20.29s: pattern does not take into account the change in the melody line/PR
- 21.00s: the 48ths are doable, but please note that there are better patterns than a one-handed minitrill
- 23.95s: unintentional 24th?
- 25.15s,26.49s,etc.: 48th gallop a nice touch, or an unnecessary detour? Perhaps use it only on strongly modulated sounds (e.g. 26.49s is more obvious than 25.15s)
- 30.20s,82.70s: totally optional, but if you forfeit the jumps for some faster notes to the strange sound, that could be interesting
- 31.27s,etc.: nice color theory
- 33.14s,85.64s: jump
- 42.16s,etc.: this could be a jump, considering the drum sound used
- 43.86-44.66s,etc.: I always felt that the repeated jumps didn't really stand out well and also ignored the other beats going on
- 71.89s: ghost arrow
- Summary: It's a cool file and song, but there are just a lot of sloppy errors that could've been preventable if you looked it over more closely.

Crab Nicholson Extreme Sleepover / GammaBlaster
rating: 1.5/10 [-]
- please keep the file to one tempo - the BPM changes are absolutely headache-inducing and extremely unnecessary
- 4.21s,etc.: PR throughout the entire file is pretty questionable
- 9.19s,etc.: smashing a quad within the swing pattern is overdone (and causes 12th minijacks)
- 18.05s: missed the ascending roll
- 18.33s,etc.: it's important to acknowledge the main focus of the song at this point - the main melody. NOT the swing drums or background synths. So at the very least, please put focus to the main melody within your layering. This applies for the entire song.
- 24.62s,etc.: why the hands? The sounds here aren't any more emphasized or layered.
- 35.64-36.62s,etc.: good example of very heavy layering creating 12th jacks
- 93.64s,95.36s: even in an unlayered part of the song, there are unnecessary minijacks that do not correspond to any sort of PR
- 108.09-112.97s: wrong quantization of the rhythm. Fix the bpms and show correct arrow notation. Don't rely on DDReam's syncing without taking the time signature into consideration.
- probably one of the biggest problems is that the song rhythmically has very little to offer other than 12th notes and the occasional 24th
- Summary: In addition to a song with very little rhythmical variation, the file is simply overlayered with little regard to PR. And wrong BPMs are everywhere.
edit: I was informed that the BPMs are the result of some sort of gimmick, but my stance remains the same, as the layering is still a major issue.

Cross Galaxy / AlexDest & rparty89
rating: 3.5/10 [?]
- side note: you don't need to put your username in the song title, and especially not preceding the actual title of the song. This throws the ordering of songs out of whack in Stepmania.
- 3.27-15.07s,etc.: what's with the sudden delayering of everything other than the main melody? Also, the steps aren't overly PR either. Later on, the song builds up with other elements, but the steps are still single arrows.
- 15.27-16.07s: blatantly obvious misrhythms, as well as disregarding some interesting elements, such as the roll before the next measure
- 28.86-48.06s: pretty unimaginative stepping. The lack of a 4th between the 16ths is also questionable but a minor thing. The slow building of elements in the song (which is the nature of most trance music) should also be expressed in the stepping, but it's pretty flat here, even in the second part of this section.
- 40.86-41.66s: again, more misinterpreted rhythms. 40.96s should be a single arrow, 41.36s's arrow doesn't exist, and 41.46s doesn't have any rolls either.
- 47.86s: 8th jump
- 51.26s: [13][24] jumptrill wall is very split-heavy; choose a different pattern. And then the transitioning to the ascending 32nd roll is even worse.
- 53.46s,53.86s: no 8ths
- 67.26s: hand+jump jack? Just make the hand a jump instead.
- 67.26-73.66s: missing a ton of 16ths to the drum'n bass. Some arrows also don't exist.
- 73.86-79.26s: if you didn't add jumps to all of the emphasized parts of the synth melody, you would have room for the interesting 32nd rolls
- 79.26-79.66s: the right arrow jacks here are 16th minijacks, not 12ths. The other arrows also don't really correlate to the synth melody.
- 83.26s,etc.: again, what's with the sudden underlayering? Understand that a trance song often builds up to a climax!
- 87.66s: randomly missing 4th?
- 89.16s: missing 16th?
- 90.36s,etc.: the arrows here aren't even following good PR!
- 102.46-105.66s: some of these are ghost 16ths
- 106.36s,106.96s: wtf? Minijack in here? Arrow placement, please! Also, please note that these small areas of dense stepping stand out amongst the delayering of other parts of the song (i.e. big difficulty spike).
- 121.06s: again, obvious missing note to synth melody. Check the entire song for these little errors. And also again, not taking the 32nd rolls into account.
- 134.06s: the 32nd rolls last longer than this.
- Summary: The file has good intentions, but is such a mess. There isn't one or two main things to focus on; instead, there are just a myriad of issues that should be addressed.

Daybreak / Fission
rating: 6/10 [+.]
- keep in mind that I scrutinize a lot more closely when it comes to piano files, mainly because accuracy is more important for a song that focuses on a single instrument.
- 2.44s: not a repeating arrow
- 2.91s,3.86s,5.77s,etc.: these are not jumps at all. They're single notes. Emphasized or not, they don't warrant jumps on a song that is focused on a single instrument. You can, however, find other ways to stand them out from the crowd (pattern placement, even color theory at times).
- 4.82s,6.57s,12.44s,etc.: these however are jumps because clearly the bass and treble melodies are playing simultaneously, and/or there are chords.
- 10.69s,17.20s,etc.: missing note; please check the song over again for randomly missing arrows.
- 20.06s,20.69s,etc.: see note on 2.44s; PR in a few places need checking
- 89.90s: probably isn't a 12th here...sync a little earlier
- Summary: Not bad for a piano file. The PR is relatively good, but a lot of work needs to be done on missing notes, and distinguishing chords/simultaneous melodies against emphasized notes, which determines the correct placement of jumps. Note that there may be times when it is obviously not reasonable to step all chords or melodies, but do whatever you can to make this file more reasonably accurate to playing the piano.

Day's End / Silvuh
rating: 6.5/10 [+.] [>]
- 14.34s: single arrow
- 26.52s,45.37s,etc.: I don't hear this, and others in similar spots are really quiet. You can probably omit these if they're not readily audible on 1.0x music speed.
- 50.75s,etc.: considering the bpm of the file and the intensity of these sections, a quad is appropriate.
- 52.80s,56.14s,etc.: jump to layering and melody?
- 58.70-58.96s: how about all jumps here, and an ascending pattern?
- 68.45s: the 16th triplets aren't readily audible here, and you could ignore these until they become more audible. At the same time, don't compromise these by ignoring the main melody in places like 72.04s and 72.29s.
- 79.34s: 16th to background synth
- 86.91s,etc.: one thing I liked in Zakvvv666's version was that he stepped the 32nd percussions which are quite audible here. How about it?
- 87.68s,95.88s: not sure if a hand is needed
- 100.37s,etc.: again, while the minijacks are nice, they're also pretty quiet. Perhaps put emphasis on the 4ths.
- 134.35s: jump to chord
- Summary: Chart is not bad, but it doesn't seem to have too much impact either. There are a number of questionable steps, mainly concerning quiet instruments.

Day's End / Zakvvv666
rating: 6/10 [+.] [<]
- 4.28s,5.81s,167.86s,170.43s: jump
- 20.69s,24.79s: minijack seems out of place but it's fine
- 52.22s: missed melody
- 62.48s: don't hear this
- 62.99s,74.27s,88.12s: how about stepping the background strings here?
- 71.71s,111.71s: missed a timpani drum here
- 86.58s,118.12s: jumps could be more PR
- 93.76s: why not step the piano here?
- 99.91s,116.58s,149.91s: jump
- 101.45s: are all of these jumps?
- 128.25s: no 16th here...check for other similar places
- 133.50-149.91s: the jumpstream is a nice change, but unfortunately a lot of these 16ths don't exist
- 150.43s,etc.: I still don't understand these 32nd gallops
- Summary: Similarly to Silvuh's, the file has difficulty presenting an impact. Other than miscellaneous errors, I don't really get the 32nd gallops.

Direct Advance / MrPopadopalis25
rating: 8/10 [+]
- 51.74s,53.10s,54.45s: why not make these a repeated single arrow instead?
- 56.32-57.00s: start layering to the gabba here and forget about having everything as jumps
- 66.49s,71.91s: the 4ths here are probably better off as single arrows, since the gabba beats disappear temporarily
- 78.52s: jump to melody
- 79.88s,85.30s: PR could be better here
- 93.61s: could make this a colored jump for effect

- 94.96s: copypaste, but PR is good
- 115.30s: consider changing the patterns here, as the left arrow 16th anchor feels pretty weird
- Summary: Good file, with some small suggestions as mentioned above.

Dive into the Wings of Freedom / Lambdadelta
rating: 6/10 [+.]
- 3.14s,3.41s,7.23s,7.51s,etc.: incomplete layering in these places. While I understand that the layering may be deliberately underlayered here, the inconsistency shows when you step the 8ths in places like 2.87s. It sounds like you're just stepping the slightly emphasized snare drum, but then there are places when you acknowledge the other drums beats. And since there's not much else going on in the song, you might as well complete the layering.
- 24.96s,38.87s,63.14s,etc.: some places have questionable PR, but I can see that you're making a decent attempt overall
- 39.14s: in this part, the running 16ths is actually a decent excuse to layer only the emphasized snare drums in this case
- the song itself unfortunately doesn't have much to offer in the way of variety
- Summary: The song is the biggest issue here, as you can't really step many interesting things. Good attempt at PR, but needs a bit of work in regards to layering.

Doki Doki Robo Bunny / 0 & kjwkjw
rating: 4/10 [+?] [<]
- 12.02s: pretty densely layered here, but the anchor 8ths fortunately doesn't seem to obstruct the flow for spread players
- 15.17s,22.82s: single arrow to bass drum
- 24.02s: ok, now I think the jumpstream is becoming a bit unreasonably layered. Again, there are 8th anchors that will make this a bit harder to hit
- 30.02s: layering with hands is becoming too much and is creating patterns with tons of anchors
- 33.62s: layering is unusually dense here, but why not save this for 43.22s when there appears to be a chorus of the melody the second time around?
- 52.52s,etc.: again, more unreasonably dense jumpstream. Technically fine, but doesn't fit the music well.
- 61.82s: wtf? jumps within 32nd rolls?
- Summary: This could've been really fun, but unfortunately the file is overlayered to death.

Doki Doki Robo Bunny / DossarLX ODI
rating: 6.5/10 [+.] [>]
- 2.73-4.75s: I think you should step the obvious cymbal crashes and drums preceding the 16th stream
- the 16th streams themselves show nice index patterns
- 33.78-47.88s: I really disagree with stepping a predominantly 8th section as 16th streams. Is this some sort of throwback to older streamy files? On the other hand, the 16ths later on at places like 52.83s are quite audible, but unfortunately undermines the melody a lot. I totally understand the intentions, but I still think it doesn't do the song's melody justice.
- 52.53s: personally would step the 16th drums here
- 69.48s,81.48s: 16ths don't end here
- Summary: Nice index file, but it would've scored higher if the middle 16th streams were simply following the music with 8ths (the ones at 33.78s).

Dolphin Talk / Xiz
rating: 7/10 [+.]
- 7.45s,8.54s,etc.: personal preference, but I think there's value in acknowledging the differences in oomphs for the drum kicks. It just feels a bit incomplete when there are only jumps to the 8ths
- 15.81s: possible burst here?
- 23.54s: hard to hear the 24th roll on normal music speed. Perhaps emphasize the 8ths here with jumps?
- 46.18s: nice, symmetrical build-up here
- 61.72s,etc.: the triple 24th jacks are quite doable, but compared to other parts of the song, rather harsh. Especially reconsider the left arrow jacks.
- Summary: Actually is a pretty fun file to play. I felt the 24th jacks were troll, but on the other hand, the rhythm of the song doesn't offer too much variety either. At least the song is cut appropriately.

Eirin's Clinic That People Queue Up For / MrPopadopalis25
rating: 7.5/10 [+.]
- 6.71s,10.35s,etc.: some parts of the lyrics throughout the song are questionable in terms of adding jumps. You may be better off to just use jumps when the lyrics are explicitly obvious.
- 20.58s,21.03s,21.49s,21.94s,etc.: you could make these neat synths stand out from the rest of the 8ths by using some color theory
- 27.51s,50.01s: missed 16th
- 32.39s,32.62s: these could be 8th jumps as well
- 55.80s: no 8th jump here
- 84.67s: optionally, you can continue layering in the background synths to make the rest of the file interesting, but I understand if you want to conserve the consistency of the file's difficulty
- Summary: Straightforward file, with few errors. Nice to play, feels a little dry, but overall pleasant.

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Resubmissions:

Kirlian Isles I / yomanimawesome
rating: 7.5/10 [+.]
- 20.42s,etc.: a few chords feel a bit offsync, and you may want to adjust the bpm
- 50.87s,58.54s,73.91s: feels a bit offsync here, and is probably not a 16th in the first place (change the bpm to reflect 12ths if needed)
- 66.44s: start the slow 16th stream here
- Summary: Not much to say, other than fix the sync of a few arrows, and start the only 16th stream a bit earlier. The PR is good. Nice, relaxing song.

Laplace / DarkZtar
rating: 7.5/10 [+.]
- 26.75-27.33s: I hear more 16ths than any of the 32nds. In fact, I'd recommend you omit the 32nds up to 27.87s altogether
- 28.59s: no 16th
- 34.21s: according to your layering, this emphasized kick should be a jump too
- 37.11s: 16th jump, similar to what you did at 39.04s
- 40.50s,etc.: yes, color theory makes the melody stand out, but I feel that it relies on it a bit too much. I would reserve color theory for sparser melodies.
- 47.46-47.95s,97.01-97.50s: I disagree with making these jacks; instead, how about 16th jumps like your previous layering (or perhaps just single 16ths)?
- 49.45s,99.00s: again, I don't hear the 32nd at all
- 51.14s: personally think this should be a [13] jump to create the continuity of the 23 trill
- 52.88-59.08s: it would've been cool if you stepped the bass as well
- 72.24s: generalizing this part as 24ths is a good idea
- 80.75s,83.08s: jump
- 83.66s: the guitar melody starts before the 4th
- 85.21s,89.75s: jump to melody
- 87.92s: should be a 32nd
- 88.30s: make this a hand, as there's a 32nd note right after this
- 100.59s: no 16th
- Summary: Pretty good drum'n bass file. Overall plays consistently.

Neurotoxin / Reshiram
rating: 8/10 [+]
- 67.97-69.31s,70.64s,71.97s: why did you not step jumps to the main melody here, when you did just previously? The main melody is important to acknowledge!
- 80.14s,81.47s: perhaps a jump to the emphasized synth?
- 87.47-88.31s: some piano in the bass melody could be layered
- 101.47s,102.81s,104.14s: how about stepping to the violins too?
- 130.14s: the blip is a little offsync at the 4th arrow
- Summary: I wonder if this is different enough to warrant another chart. That aside, the chart is solid!

[3.5] (?) [Resubmission] Prismatic Lollipops - (Elite Ninja)
I dunno. It seems like your whole song is based off of the main melody, kick drum, and snare, and with the amount of difficulty that gets put into certain sections with the drum, it really makes no sense to leave the rest of the song that empty, even though there's alot going on in terms of other instruments. There's a hella lot to be revisited in terms of layering other things to keep the song actually entertaining. At this moment, it was basically, sleep sections with end of phrase spikes as we get jump/handstream, some slow gluts, or jumpjacks. The spikes aren't even anything memorable, since they occur at the end of phrases usually and just are there for the purpouse of being layered in.

[6.5] (+.) [Resubmission] Silent Wind - (0)
offset changed from .080 to .095, which puts all the 24ths and 12ths on sync
0-14.643 - took me a while to find out your layering, nicely done though
wow
59.415 - missing note; small noise, but i think it helps add to your flow
63.052 - same
72.370 - no note should be here
72.824 - watch out for that minijack
87.370 - i was, and still am pretty confused why you stopped layering the hi-hat, something that's been prominent and unchanging for the most part throughout the whole song. why is it just like...gone, then sometimes half there, then gone again etc.
125.097 - and now it's back
138.658 - note here
That layering drop really got me, because I personally feel like the song just gets messier and more disorganized with the layering drop, although it might have been because you wanted to vary the song up a bit

[5.5] (+?) [Resubmission] Somerset Blather On and On - (DossarLX ODI)
6.423 - Pr the beginning, it's nothing big.
15.791 - I can see what you're layering, but I really don't think notes like these should be left out, as they're the same sound as what you're layering otherwise. (another example, 18.949)
29.508 - again, these nice and simple sections can be PRed, and i'm not just saying that for the sake of PR. repeat notes especially add a lot to a song. for example, having this 8th note be a 2, and the following 8th be a 1 would just feel better.
34.837 - big drum hit pattens start here. you might wanna put something on them, cause they pop out a lot more than the main melody, which already has gotten a bit repetitive by this point.
37.995 - PR is horrid, neither the background synth nor the vocals follow this pattern. The vocals have a triplet, yes, but shouldn't be on the same note.
49.052 - bad layering choice i think. yes, there's the bells there, but i had to listen about 4 times to pick that up. you'd be much better off layering drums or something, or just not having these jumps.
63.268 - It's like you're afraid of layering too heavily to create this climax. I think, if you can have stream (with a couple jumps in it) like this, you can take the liberty of fixing alot of your layering choices in the earlier sections. I was also envisioning a bunch of runningmen patterns, but that's getting a bit too into PR, and you already have pretty concrete pattens for this stream that's divided well.
106.311 - note for bass note change
109.964 - should be on the beat above

[6] (+.) �ventyr - (VisD)
Superb intro
20.846 - note for guitar stuff, optional you put them in, just noticed (it's p-quiet)
29.823 - note
30.505 - weird trill on violin, idk
31.414 - feels/sounds cleaner as a straight 16th pattern
skimping on alot of jumps that could be put on snare sounds
48.673 - i've ignored not stepping alot of smaller sounds until now but ??????????
63.215 - could be PRed better
77.761 - ok now i kinda see what you were going for, and i'm going to say no
88.670 - i can't tell what these 128ths are going to
99.806, 100.261, 100.374 note
110.829 - ??? jacks i have no idea what these are going to
124.011 - careful of bursts, the burst should follow the red note, not the 32nd note for the piano note.
Felt really kinda messy and while the intro thing was great, that was also repeated like 40x times or something

[8] (+) Endless Maze - (hi19hi19)
73.582+73.812 - singles please
74.966 - jump for emphasis
really liked what you did to make the song less boring w/ the jacks
101.158 - note for the melody
Felt a tiny bit empty, but there wasn't anything really wrong

[7] (+.) Euphoria v2 - (DossarLX ODI)
changed first note offset to .066
The whole intro feels incredibly empty, but it's a nice progression into the actual meat of the song. Too bad the song is repetitive as heck.
146.153 - the change doesn't make sense, you're jumping to stepping a noise that you can barely hear.

[6.5] (+.) Fading Star - (VisD)
28.533 - was imagining jumps in the trill in places like here might be cool
34.353 - note
41.210 - again
46.353 - the melody is actually a 12th pattern here
49.782 - "" (there's a bunch more of these)
72.924 - this feels more like a hold than a minijack (take out the 16th). the next one (76.353) is a minijack though
87.710 - could consider having a note here for the zip up on like the 4
101.639 - the ending feels a tad bit overlayered, perhaps something where you keep the original layering, except have jumps on every single snare, which would automatically make 108.496's section even bigger, helping lend to climax

[2.5] (?) FF4 Last Battle - (Shadow 1800)
5.185 - slow parts can be PRed better (starting on this note, change to a 243 pattern
7.634 - 16th pattern
8.858 - 32nd roll starts here
12.531 - i don't think hands are needed here, jumps should be fine
13.756 - this pattern is 24ths
(repeat notes until 19.877)
there's alot of potential in this file, there's just not a lot of attention that's being paid to key parts in the song, like the little small drum things added in that can make this chart so much more interesting. e.g. 49.185, a 32nd can be added in here. Also, in the beginning, you're basically only layering in the guitar, where you could also be adding in jumps for each of the snare drum hits. More attention also should be paid to capturing the guitar parts, like 54.083 where there's another hidden 32nd that should be there. Also, careful to not overstep things like 56.608, that's too many hands.
Also, lots of misrhythms (use of 32nds in the place of other time value notes, and cases like 73.749, where there's no sounds on the 32nds). Needs alooooot of work

[7] (+.) Fill Me Up with Snacky Happiness - (gameboy42690)
27.984 - beautiful
33.278, 34.478, 45.278, 50.078, 102.578, 114.578 etc. - note
47.378, 47.978, 52.178, 59.678, 59.978, 60.878 etc. - bass plucks a note here
54.684 - smiled so hard
116.378 - should be the 16th above
careful with bass, each of these occurances (130.590) is an extra note (sliding bass)
I'm so torn; you're paying attention to the bass sometimes (75.978), but sometimes not (64.878 section) and i'm not sure what you want to do, either leave it be, or add in the bass stuff. Also, careful, you missed alot of melody notes.
fun and groovy as heck, but with a bunch of mistakes

[1] (-) Floating Free - (Liamis01177)
sorry, didn't use correct bpm, patterns are pretty much all wrong

[4] (+?) Forbidden Tracks - (rCaliberGX)
31.423 - you stop layering in the bg guitar thing, but you keep adding in extra notes and missing others and such. Be sure to clean up and make clear decisions on your layering: e.g. 33.713, 35.851
36.004 - jumpjacks are too much, i'd recommend having this note a single
37.988 - ""
38.752 - this whole section is needlessly overstepped. Just because there's a snare hit doesn't require a jump to be placed there. Jumps should be an emphasis point
43.027 - layering changing again
from here on out, the layering gets even messier. Really go back and take a look at what you're actually stepping, taking care to do that consistently and accurately

[3] (?) FORM the ALLIANCE - (Mr.Stepmaniac)
13.039 - note
you've stepped the piano in the background, but I'm seeing absolutely nothing regarding the most central part of this song (the bass beat thing). That's what you should be using your jumps for, to put massive emphasis on those, especially in the beginning.
13.509 - melody doesn't warrant jacks.
15.039 - missing note
20.686 - ""
36.439 - jump
37.145 - ""
37.851 - the snare effect is a clear 12th pattern, except you've chosen to step the piano. Good idea to keep in mind is to step the song as a whole, not just the melody.
89.733 - up to this point, generally the same notes as before. Missing notes to the melody even, and not paying any attention to other prominent features of the song. BPM change here, and your rhythm goes completely off. Really take a look at this section again.

[8] (+) FUSE!! - (Scintill)
17.090 - disagree w/ this jump
Also disagree with your lack of kick drum layering, but that's fine
36.340 - snare, but without it, great effect
73.090 - I think the last time, you used a minitrill instead of a 4 note trill for this kind of sound
lack of kick drum is interesting because at 78.465, you do have it
(sweet stream patterns btw)
90.090 - ghost
95.090 - my right hand says "aaaaagh"
superb solo though
172.215 - alot of little small missing notes to the kick drum. This section is just an example, but you don't layer it in here so again it's fine, but take a closer look at the other sections, I think i saw a couple there too
182.215 - actual missing note

[3] (?) Gabbaber - (fatpaints)
16.628 - Actual pattern is a set of 12ths with a 16th triplet starting on the 8th note
22.893 - note
23.687 - missing a 16th pattern
(repeat for next sections)
27.393 - missing note
27.922 - missing the next two 16th notes
Repeat until 45.216
56.864 - wondering why you're ignoring the trills now. Also, these don't need to be triple notes. Reserve them for harder hits
Make your intentions clear when you step, and pay attention to what you're stepping. Overall this chart is pretty boring, just kinda jumps everywhere.

[7.5] (+.) Gee [Areia Remix] - (DarkZtar)
22.481/24.386 - jump etc. alot of times
61.885/109.504 - note
kinda boring and stagnant remix and file, but without mistakes for the vast majority

[PASS] (~) Get Squirrely - (mi40)
can't do this

[7] (+.) Gonna Take You Down! - (Reshiram)
20.206 - based on your previos layering, i would have expected either jumps where you currently have 4 notes (nice PR btw), or on cymbal crashes, not just straight up transitioning to layering snares as jumps, because you're immediately off snares in the next bunch of measures. you do this a couple more times, and it felt a little awkward trying to adjust suddenly to the new layering. not saying it's a good idea to make that whole section jumps, but maybe focus on crashes
41.184 - again, layering in these little crashes will do you good i think. A little oomph to this part (same with other areas)
59.771 - extra note for hihat (repeated in later instances)
68.358 - sounds like it should be on the 24th below
75.640 - feels much more natural since you've been layering drums only

[6] (+.) Great Expectations - (beary605)
4.581 - seems like you're stepping the echo here, but you haven't before, take this out (8.581 etc.)
18.958 - kinda expected a jump here because it's the main melody hit (20.956 etc.)
26.206 - jump
34.831 - I don't see the harm in using a minijack here, since your intro was full of em, and it's better PR (36.831 etc)
35.831 - speaking of PR, maybe a 4341 here
40.706 - this pattern is a 32nd on 40.893 and a 16th on 41.081 (48.706 etc)
42.206 - layering the melody feels excessive, maybe have snares jumped
49.331 - from this note, it's a simple 32nd triplet
50.143 - should be the 24th above
67.456 - if you're layering the bass, then make sure to layer it all. jump (71.456 etc)
72.206 - check layering for this whole section.
99.206 - straight 12ths (103.206, the other one is ok, again at 147.206 and 151.206)
105.956 - missing note (153.956)
129.706 - what are you putting jumps to?

[6.5] (+.) Gruntilda's Final Battle - (Charu)
2.587 - PR please
23.698 - layering change? why didn't you layer the bass stuff in the first section? just confused
90.365 - hand?
111.698 - holy difficulty spike. If you're thinking of having this part this hard, you're going to want to reconsider the whole structure of this file. e.g. you could have afforded to layer in polyrhythms in 122.365 section

[6.5] (+.) Holy Winter - (woker-x & Silvuh)
13.632 - watch the sync here. note lagging.
64.829 - more sync stuff. Also, why did you all of sudden drop the grace notes here?
83.671 - i would question every instance of this, because often times the note is waaaaay too soft to even hear
134.423 - that difficulty spike
145.793 - jump? (repeated)
really watch sync in slower parts, and your accuracy (208.965 is way off, same w/ the trill after, notes around 212.356 you're missing too). the ending seems to get really sloppy

[6.5] (+.) Indignant Divinity - (Kyuji Sayomi)
21.995 - watch your stepping. choosing what to layer is important, but sticking to that is key. I'm not entirely sure of your layering scheme here, because you weave in and out of layering hi hats and such, and occasionally miss notes like this
49.745 - roll should start here.
Just felt very messy

[8.5] (+) It's Over - (Scintill)
All i have to say is some random hands usage that confuses me (67.056 e.g.)
108.618 - vocal step? (same with other following instances)
fun minijackland

[6] (+.) J219 - (J219)
22.892 - what are these jumps accenting?
27.280 - since you were stepping these earlier, there's a kick drum hit
37.382 - could be an interesting set of jumps if PRed correctly. from here, maybe a [13][12][12][13][23] to account for pitch going up, instead of having all the jumps be the same
46.464, 46.872, 72.995, etc. - kick
Alot of things that can definitely be PRed
68.607 - what is this new stream to in the music?
Try to pay more attention to clarity and constantness of layering
Dcently representative of the music though, gj

[5.5] (+?) Kaepora Gaebora's Message - (Poison-)
2 difficulties, they're the same, but >_>
set offset to .046
For an easy song, I'd expect alot more PR
7.500/14.357 - 2 then 3
8.357 - should be ascending not descending
20.618 - ignoring the background drums isn't the best idea, since this file is already pretty repetitive
22.332 - this song really shouldn't need repeated notes
32.189 - esp. not here. Work on your PR, there's alot of stuff unmentioned
35.832/42.689 - missing notes
easy file, but alot more attention to PR and even stepping the right stuff is needed, /especially/ since it's ez

[6] (+.) KOMMICORE - (0 + Choofers)
10.736 - nothing here, jump should be on the 12th below
18.861 - not a polyrhythm, the toms are the first 2 16ths
19.119 - what the offset sounds jesus
45.564 - jump here, also at 47.628, 53.045, etc
47.950 - note
a lot of issues due to the music vocals being synched up strange for stepping

[7.5] (+.) kotobatoraborato - (0)
53.155 - ghost
69.092 - no need for a hand
82.426 - hands????????? maybe make them jumps, would help the transition into 88.467
110.342/111.176/114.509 - now you're missing hands lol
121.176/127.842 - ghost 16ths
fun happy song, just fix a couple things

[5] (+?) Lawn Wake III - (mi40)
10.033/14.833 - could hit up a 16th here
15.733 - note for melody
19.558 - note
26.758 - you missed a snare after the burst
29.158/31.108 - jump
43.108 - again, snares after these couple bursts (117.508)
108.433/110.833 - note
141.508 - did you just copypaste this?
messy+innacurate

[6] (+.) Live and Learn - (DossarLX ODI)
21.795/27.442 - nothing really here, maybe the hihat thing but that's negligible enough to leave this out
32.854 - maybe convert to a faster speed roll here
55.795 - you're stepping the hi-hat sound /alot/ but then you're dropping it /alot/ like here. There's more prominent things to step, like the cool synth at 58.971 and such
74.942 - missing note
80.571 - jumps for snares would be good. nice colors
90.220 - melody does an ascendy thing that you ignored
104.736 - missing hi hat notes that you've left out all of a sudden

[7] (+.) NO MONEY DOWN LOW MONTHLY PAYMENTS - (DossarLX ODI)
changed offset to .538
could use a bunch of nice 24ths to accent a couple parts here and there
61.350 - what. why is this not stepped
it's fine as a file, not as a representation of this song though

[4] (+?) Zanzibar Green - (DossarLX ODI)
Innacurate all over the place, especially the section that gets out of the gallops from 40.252 onwards. I'm not sure why you step what you do because often times I can hardly hear the sounds, or there aren't any at all. Pick better things to layer please

[6.5] (+.) Zanzibar Green - (T-Force)
Moved offset to .037
39.213 - your problems start in these sections. Jumpstream easy enough before this, but your layering goes all over the place; take a closer look at sections like 48.390, maybe even right around 39.213. The decision not to layer in the kick drum isn't the best i don't think.

**TC_Halogen** · 02-3-2014, 06:14 PM

Re: Batch Review Thread v2.0

CONTINUATION OF OCTOBER 2013 BATCH

**TC_Halogen** · 02-3-2014, 06:14 PM

Re: Batch Review Thread v2.0

CONTINUATION OF OCTOBER 2013 BATCH

MarioNintendo / TC_Halogen

RESUBMISSIONS:

Slam Crunk

pros:

- Proves that a rock song can actually be fun for once!

cons:

- Weird jump placement at the beginning (27.401s, 28.807s, ...)

- There's a phrase you always use 8ths instead of 12ths, which is wrong (ex: 34,588s)

- missing note 60.369s

- 82.244s Jump is too strong here, has a weird effect.

note: 7/10

Touhou Judgement in the Sixtieth Year - Fat of Sixty Years

pros:

- Really intense, feels nice!

- The solo is sublime!

cons:

- 35.819s is more convoluted than it should. I see that you tried incorporating both instruments, but it doesn't quite work. Stick to the drums for the novelty their rhythm brings to the song, I'd say.

- 70.819s For PR, make this jump (34), I beg you!

- 112.916s It felt quite strange that you didn't layer the drum here. It is quite important: it's the reason you slowed down the BPM!

note: 7/10

We Are Hi-Speed (Remix)

pros:

- Great diversity in the steps!

cons:

- Your intro's PR is really broken. All along it, your "mini jacks" (e.g. 2.344s and 2.594s) are the same arrow, but aren't at the same pitch in the song. That means instead of "313", that triplet should be something like "312". You'll have to fix this for your whole intro.

- 190.594s Why no 8ths to follow the bass?

- This song doesn't know when to end.

note: 7.5/10

REGULAR SUBMISSIONS:

Sneakman

pros:

- Feels like a DDR tutorial song

- Impecable chart

- Easy, yet engaging!

cons:

- Repetitive steps could be balanced with a cut of the song.

note: 8.5/10

Sound of Infinity

pros:

- Good sound choice, can't go wrong with F-777!

cons:

- Had to make the offset at -2.040s because it was offsync

- Awkward hidden minijack (10.933s) -- this mistake is repeated later on as well.

- 12.111s Jump usage, jack usage and PR don't add up at all to fit the song

- Section 16.611s feels really empty because you didn't emphasize the bass by filling the gaps with 4th and 8th notes. Really underwhelming feeling!

- 29.790s Unexcusable missing note, this is the kind of beat that makes your song unique, don't pass it up!

- 43.183s Beurk layering

- Your color usage is well intended, but makes it hard to read a few key sections (101.469s), which kills the effect in the end. Don't limit yourself to only 1 color.

- Song should've honestly ended at 111.326s. The rest is just copy/paste or contains a lot of mistakes. It's almost 5 minutes long!!

note: 4.5/10

Southern Cross V2

pros:

- It's nice to use the second version of this song.

cons:

- Song artist is 403, not (error) 404.

- Really dense jump usage diminishes their overall impact. It's like we're playing in "forte" during the whole song. Lacks nuance.

- 117.054s Follow PR, these notes should be the same

- Missing notes 120.348s, 121.736s

- 122.603s It might be me, but I feel this section should've simply be a trill. We're losing the essence of the song by convoluting the chart this heavily.

- 196.481s and 199.255s shouldn't be hands compared to 193.706s.

note: 6/10

Speedbreaker

pros:

- Awesome sped up section

cons:

- 58.638s how could you miss that note

- Super repetitive/generic steps throughout

- 139.665s how could you miss that note

note: 6.5/10

Still Blastin'

pros:

- Very engaging for an easy chart! Makes me wish you stepped a harder version as well, though!

cons:

- 49.506s Using triplet-trills here would've been a cool effect to emphasize the fast speed, even if you're aiming at a low difficulty chart.

note: 7.5/10

Strength

pros:

- So clean it makes me want to live in it.

cons:

- 7.207s maybe use a left or right arrow for PR, that note's pitch is really far from the previous note, so make the gap between the two larger (and also switching hands). The pause between the next "1234" will then erase our notion of PR for that specific note and it'll just be better afterwards.

- 29.877s There was a way you could avoid that pesky minijack (see 35.502s)

- 72.832s No trill here?? See 67.377s)

- 78.286s, etc. ^

note: 7.5/10

T&J

pros:

- Simply wonderful marathon chart, from start to finish.

cons:

- 221.010S It's hard just to hear the notes playing this, so I'd suggest to simply make the patterns easier to read just to compensate this fact.

note: 8.5/10

Tetris

pros:

- Solid! Gladly accepted.

cons:

- 69.702S Huh? Why not make this a (13) jump to follow PR?

note: 8/10

The Last 8 Bars

pros:

- 66.659s That was immensely satisfying.

- 140.505s OOOH that feels great!

- It took you a long time to get to this level of goodness in your charts, but I think it was worth the wait! Don't mind the score: if you fix those little mistakes, you've got a golden chart.

cons:

- Section 29.159s While technically correct, I really suggest you try to find a way to incorporate more drum layering in that particular section; the patterns it could make have a lot of potential to be memorable.

- 32.909s Those pitch slides are comprehensive, but I think you'll agree they "slide" faster near the end. In order to represent what's actually happening, I think you should make the three last arrows closer to each other. This applies obviously to every pitch slide in the song

-50.505s Eh, I don't know about those jumps! I think that if you removed the arrow that isn't in the jack, this could flow better without removing the idea you had of this section.

- 66.274s If I'm not mistaken, this arrow should be an 8th.

- 69.399s Place an arrow here, and remove the 24ths right next to it (down and up arrows).

-98.822s Don't forget the song is in "swing", so use 24ths, not 16ths.

-100.986s An arrow here (for the piano chord in the background) would make a great, yet easy polyrhythm. Idem for 101.563s

-103.438s, 107.188s, etc. see 98.822s

- 110.217s etc. see 100.986s

- The song is way too long. Parts like 218.389s are great, but they don't feel worth waiting 3 minutes to get there, especially considering the first 3 minutes are pretty repetitive. And to be honest, I much preferred the first half of the song. I think you could use a cut just fine!

note: 6/10

The National Anthem of Japan

pros:

- It's pretty good technically, I guess! There wasn't much difficulty involved in stepping this chart, though.

cons:

- Feels like we're waiting for something that never happens in the song...

note: 6.5/10

The Rhythm

pros:

- Energetic song if layered properly

cons:

- 5.419s Inverted PR, should be "123432".

- When the beat starts pumping up, I think you should use jumps more consistently not to drop the energy (ex: 54.644s vs 55.489s)

- 65.841s Nah, this gap is awkward. Fill it somehow!

- 93.940s Putting a left arrow here would be fantastic

- 171.686S ^ (up arrow, though)

- Yeah, your jump usage was a tad inconsistent. It doesn't help that this song is all about jump usage. It doesn't help that the song is also repetitive.

note: 5.5/10

The Sun and the Star

pros:

- Surprising ending!

cons:

- Why use such a low BPM?

- 75.363s You exaggerated a tad much here. I disagree with how you stepped the stream; it doesn't play well at all!

- Oh how this song is repetitive, and sadly the steps too

note: 6/10

Timepiece phase II

pros:

- Clean file!

cons:

- 78.080s This kill the flow you established for the past 70 seconds.

- 90.080s This is not a pure trill; do not hesitate to use jacks!

- 91.680s In this section a new melody is born (the synths), but it seems you didn't bother layering it, and opted for using the same patterns from the past 90 seconds. It's not because these new synths are apart from each other that you can't step them properly. Bad decision!

- The song is way too long. Please consider cutting it.

note: 6.5/10

Trap Factory

pros:

- 91.026s Good decision!

cons:

- 9.923s I'd opt for stepping the continuous stream of synths instead, for the sake of novelty.

- 17.785s How you can invert such obvious PR is beyond me! Use "1234" instead of "4321", or buy new headphones.

- 77.992s This note goes to a drum hi-hat in the background which played constantly since the song started. This is the first time you step it. Why now?

- The way you chose to cut the song is weird. You cut it in the middle of a piano solo. I think you should rather include the full solo and then cut the song, or cut the song before the solo starts.

note: 7/10

Treasure Trove Cove

pros:

- You got permission from Rare to use their music. Respect!!!

cons:

- Name your song right in the editor, since it's not the same name as your folder. Because of that, I almost skipped the song by accident!

- 41.153s Remove this arrow

- Section 102.322s You can keep stepping the stream without worrying about it being too difficult. At the moment, it feels way too empty!

- You seem to need a bit of help on how and where to put jumps, and how to follow the pitch of a song. You placed notes at the right timestamps, all that is left is to do is to place the RIGHT notes! There are quite a lot of small mistakes to list here, but I think that if you ask help to anyone around here, you'll be able to iron out this chart in order to get it in the game!

note: 4/10

Tsumeawase Pt. 3

pros:

- This song should be the definition of diversity

cons:

- 38.261s Never in a hundred years will this be a hand.

- 53.546s Ghost note remove it

note: 8/10

Twirling Star

pros:

- My hands hurt

- Excellent song choice

- 46.813s jizz

cons:

- I'll never AAA this

- The above mention was a joke and didn't affect the note.

- The statement below is false

- The statement above is right

note: 8/10

VALEDICT

pros:

- Song got me super pumped to go into space! Merry Christmas!

cons:

- Why did you always avoid putting jumps on beats that were in the middle of a stream??

- Placeholder note GO DIE obviously i'm joking about the go die part, but please remove it thank you

note: 7.5/10

Valentine

pros:

- Disguised Canon in D?

cons:

- Generic jumpstream

note: 7/10

Vanquish the Horrible Night

pros:

- ROCK THAT SOUNDS GOOD. oh wait, it's video game music. nevermind.

cons:

- A few jumps are inconsistent (presence, absence, etc.). Because of it, the chart feels pretty loose and not terribly clean.

- Don't use beginner difficulty thank you

- 175.336s missing notes in this gap

- After 3 minutes, it got pretty repetitive. I bet people won't like replaying this song over and over. You might want to consider cutting it.

note: 7.5/10

Violet Leaves

pros:

- The steps were good. I think it's the song choice that didn't help from the beginning. You didn't have much to work with.

cons:

- Lazy way to respect the 2 second of silence rule. Be courageous; modify the mp3 with Audacity. Like everyone else does.

- Inverted PR in your trills of the beginning

- An honestly generic experience. There was nothing particularly likeable about the chart.

note: 6.5/10

Visitor

pros:

- Another chiptune in the game!

cons:

- Another chiptune in the game...

note: 8/10

WANDERLUST

pros:

- The chart felt like an attraction. Brb hospital.

- Those BPMs changes rofl

cons:

-2hard4me

- 2*4=

note: 8/10

warm sea

pros:

- Made me smile through and through

cons:

- I wanted to step this song, now you ruined my plan ;_;

- 14.989s There should be an arrow playing a triplejack here. Even though we have an harmony, the most important notes stay the same ("cha-cha-cha")

- The song is technically (almost) perfect, but I can't help thinking you're overcomplicating the layering on such an easy song. It's a different way to view things, but I think I had to mention it.

note: 7.5/10

We Are the Vampires

pros:

- That voice sample is so cool! XD

cons:

- Pure fun.

note: 8/10

Why Did You Have To Make It Hurt

pros:

- Chart fits the title

cons:

- Some really mean streams here, ouch!

- And the song is so, so, so draggy..................................................................................

- Seriously, consider cutting it. I beg you.

note: 7/10

Winnipeg As Mandatory Scat Feed

pros:

- Winnipeg Winnipeg Winnipeg Winnipeg

cons:

- Trollish file

- Repetitive beat gets on everyone's nerves

- Ridiculously long

note: 6/10

Resubmissions
Black (YoshL)
Rating: [+.] [7/10]
- chart is still quite similar, just a few jumps added/removed for inconsistencies in jump usage
- ending is still quite heavy, but not much can be done about that with this current layering scheme

Clockwork Gearman (YoshL)
Rating: [+] [8/10]
- looks about the same, still wondering the same question as before from the July notes

EOS (ilikexd)
Rating: [+] [8/10]
- 18.354: add a tap for the bass drum here; it looks awkward not being there
- 19.897: switch the 8ths from D to L, the pitch is lower
- 56.754: really liking the layering change, looks better
- 89.668: completely changed structure, neat! Looks a bit cleaner.
- chart is noticeably improved, nice work

Breakthrough Atomsphere (Razor)
Rating: [+.] [6/10]
- offset is good
- 40.054: ambiguous jump
- 57.015/62.231: connect this tap to the jump to have a more consistent layering
- 68.153: strange burst for a constant sampling
- 72.710: while I do appreciate the color changes to follow the filter's intensity, you're causing frame discrepancies with steps that fall > 20ms off of their original location
- 76.128 to 88.279: check layering, there's a few inconsistencies here
- 97.772: see 72.710
- 112.582 to 124.734: respectable PR, but could be improved a little bit
- 124.734: interesting structure, repetition is nice and works well despite missing a number of notes in the melody
- 130.430: repeated taps? if you're not catching the repeated notes in the melody, you really shouldn't be using these either
- 135.619: remove jump
- 136.126/136.505: no accent for the filtered bass drum?
- 167.738: start the 32nd burst here
- 173.719: there's a really fast piano here that could work for making this a nice little climax, if you didn't already notice it
- 198.527: this pattern entry is not very nice; also, there's a missing 24th after here (oddly enough: adding the 24th on the right arrow at 198.591 might make this pattern a little smoother)
- ending layering could use a little tweaking as well
- chart is alright but could use some polishing; song could use a cut because it does get a little repetitive

Electric Butterfly (ilikexd)
Rating: [+] [8/10]
- offset is good
- I'm not feeling the first 25 seconds -- the rhythms are proper and the structure does make sense, but it's quite difficult to accent the repeated vocal samples while including the synth/percussion in a somewhat coherent matter
- PR is very strong; changes but stays noticeably correct during the changes
- solid file

Euphoric Field [Final Shaft Remix] (Coolboyrulez0 & bmah)
Rating: [+.] [7/10]
- offset is a touch early
- 42.102: this is a pretty massive difficulty spike
- 66.035: missing jump for vocals
- 92.495: missing jump for synth
- file has proper rhythms, but the structure of the file itself leaves more to be desired in terms of PR
- acceptable

Lawn Wake IX (ilikexd)
Rating: [+] [8/10]
- 60.618: missing note for hi-hat here
- 117.312: stupid nit-pick � disappointed at the fact that you didn�t continue to accent the faded snare by keeping either the L or U arrow repeated until the fade stopped
- there are a few instances of chained 8th notes that could be separated for improved accenting
- PR is sensible, albeit ambiguous in a few spots
- solid file overall

Lawn Wake IX (MrPopadopalis25)
Rating: [<] [6/10]
- 6.838: harsh burst, especially because you started split-handed there
- 26.677: missing note
- 56.838 to 81.357: while the bursts are correct in terms of rhythms, is it absolutely necessary to use them this way when the song is 185 BPM?
- 81.357: convoluted transition � creates some really difficult/uncomfortable patterns
- 91.356: ^
- 121.678: the color gimmick is alright, but the lack of a reset in sync causes the chart to be BNS (I see that it is reset later, but that�s quite a long time).
- 141.002: empty area as a result of resetting the BNS; this could have been alleviated earlier on
- 144.579: more convoluted transitioning due to multiple accents at the same time
- file is not bad, but ilikexd�s file is more polished for sure

Lifework (Niala + bmah)
Rating: [+.] [7.5/10]
- offset is slightly late
- structure is sensible; however, I do have issues with the extended streams considering that they occur considerably more frequently than the sections that accent that wonky synth � it would have been easily possible to build up
- the section where the synth volume increases also irks me a bit only because of the style of layering � if it simply assigned jumps to the percussion, it would be a bit more clear because it would clearly separate the percussion (jumps) and the synth that plays loudly (single taps, only as jumps when coinciding with percussion) � this occurs in two sections
- not a bad file at all

Malicious Fingers (Silvuh)
Rating: [+] [8/10]
- grace notes were fixed from last time I judged this � however, the BNS issue still exists; apply a BPM change at 135.010 such that 135.760 lands on 4th notes (and compensate so that 181.210 lands on 8th notes).
- other than that, I�ve got nothing

Micro Media Broth (Zephei)
Rating: [+?] [4/10]
- structure needs serious work � the file is very unfocused and overlayered
- � BPM cut is completely unnecessary and really has no merit
- on the flip side, rhythms are quite accurate where they need to be, particularly in the solos and more complex percussion sequences (however, there are a ton of ghost notes that need to be assessed)
- there�s also some notable pitch relevance, which is a plus
- you have a solid foundation for a file, but you need to work out a path for your file, rather than just trying to layer everything you hear

Monkey Island (PrawnSkunk)
Rating: [+.] [7/10]
- offset is good
- technically nothing really notably wrong with the file, but the layering looks a bit strange being so heavy when the song is relatively slow
- song is annoyingly draggy despite how short it is, but there�s really not much you can do about it � you made do well with what you had

My Fxxxin Desire For You v2 (gameboy42690)
Rating: [<] [8/10]
- offset is good
- 42.843: missing step for ride cymbal
- 115.906: jumps for the next four taps are a bit iffy; you would do better separating the snares (first four taps) as jumps and the toms (115.906 to 116.156) as single taps
- this is very frustrating; the chart is certainly more coherent than the in-game one, but it�s practically the same difficulty thanks to the same spike contained within both charts, which will likely disqualify this version from being accepted

Once Upon A December (DarkZtar)
Rating: [+.] [7.5/10]
- pitch relevance in the intro occasionally seems questionable thanks to a few overlaying 8th note jacks
- a few instances of repeated 8th notes exist when there is a bass drum/snare alternation, making things look slightly questionable
- 77.529/77.957: sequence looks a bit strange with repeating notes but a non-repeating tap (make the triple [124]?)
- 88.651: missing jump for repeated note
- 92.421: missing tap for bass drum
- chart structure seems quite sensible overall, just clean up the missing steps and polish up the bits of structural inconsistencies

Our Final Mourning (XelNya)
Rating: [+?] [4/10]
- because this file generalizes a very slow pace, it�s hard to imply that the chart follows anything notable within the song, it just has a really low pace for the sake of being incredibly easy
- beginner charts are one thing, but balancing playability is another � at 91 seconds, a 44-step chart averages under a note every two seconds; being introductory and easy is one thing, but this is just� too easy, even for the most beginner of players.
- I would be more than accepting for an appeal of this rating if my rating is the one keeping it from being accepted.

PARANOiA (HADES) �MiDNiGHT MiX (Mr.Stepmaniac)
Rating: [?] [2/10]
- offset is good
- however, the structure on this file is very inconsistent; it barely syncopates to the percussion
- jump usage is also consistent
- not suitable for FFR; structure isn�t even passable as an index/pad chart that is fluent

Phase 1 (M0nkeyz)
Rating: [?] [2/10]
- chart is slightly early
- 24.535: clever patterning, but the jump stands out like a sore thumb
- 37.696 to 49.696: patterns could definitely be deviated quite a bit more than they are now given the situation
- 40.406: no reason to have a jump here
- 49.696 to 61.890: extremely repetitive patterns; missing jump at 58.600 (why did they stop in the first place?)
- 61.696: misrhythm
- 74.471 to 86.858: having one arrow and then another set of mini-jacks is a bit strange when they represent the same instrument � you would do better just having varying taps a bit more (it would make this part less repetitive anyway)
- 92.664 to 112.116: at this point, any sort of coherent structure disappears here � the mini-jacks were passable when repeating two arrows, but repeating three means you�re no longer properly following the hi-hats in the song, not to mention that the jump placement isn�t really sensible either � the patterning is also incredibly repetitive
- 139.503: 24ths do not exist in the song, these shouldn�t exist in the song
- chart needs a massive overhaul to be acceptable

Play It Loud (gameboy42690)
Rating: [+.] [7/10]
- offset is good
- 6.996, 8.771, (etc): you could add jumps on the 16ths since the guitar is pretty noticeably accented � the jumps being left on the 8ths at the end of each riff seem like misrhythms, even though they�re actually not
- do your best to accent the most audible notes in a song like this � notes at 11.400/12.276/(etc throughout the entire song) are tough to hear and might actually detract from heavy snare accents like the area mentioned above
- 60.334: nice percussion detail
- some of the jump usage is a bit odd to me, but it does look like it�s following the guitar (which is a bit masked in the background)
- structure seems acceptable to me

Po Pi Po Kouka de Uchi no Miku wa Kyou mo Genki Desu (0)
Rating: [+.] [6/10]
- offset is very slightly early
- this isn�t 6 key, holy christ � calling this file overlayered would be a ridiculous understatement
- chart makes sense, but it is far beyond a good file � it literally just layers anything possible without creating mini-jacks, which creates a structure that doesn�t seem consistent unless the player can discern every single thing that goes on at any given point
- despite being 60 seconds, this file feels like it drags
- this file will get the minimum acceptance rating from me, that is all

Premium Pine (MrTea)
Rating: [+.] [7.5/10]
- this is a pretty neat song, kudos on the creation
- rhythms are all correct
- structure is sensible, but I am slightly irked at the lack of attention paid to the non-bass instruments when the drum breaks come in � it�s not bad at all, just a personal nit-pick, really
- 110.768: opportunity for a flam here to break the repetition a bit
- 113.518: this jump is a bit out of place
- overall, this chart isn�t bad; it could use a bit of tweaking to prevent some of the 8th note jack placement that occurs throughout the file, because your chart is implying more accents than there are

Rage [Sukia�s Theme] (XelNya)
Rating: [+?] [4.5/10]
- 3.130: the strings sound a bit closer to 16ths at full speed, so your file might look a bit more solid changing all instances of 24ths attempting to follow the strings to 16ths
- 8.520/8.857: while understandably omitted, jumps here would keep your structure a bit more secure/solid
- 13.659/13.827: missing taps for the bass drum here
- 13.911: see 3.130
- 18.460/26.546: being that you have all jumps for the snares that happen every beat, you might want to add jumps to the guitar when they fall off of 4ths like here, for example (this does run the risk of being somewhat convoluted at 21.829 if you follow It, hmmm�)
- 27.473: ghost note
- 29.747: don�t confuse the little guitar bit and your percussion background here; make sure you identify the rhythms properly
- 32.948: being that you used snares at 22.x seconds that were separated [13][24], why add a forced jack here?
- 33.453 to 47.604: this progression is alright, but it�s a bit lacking in the second half where you layer up the strings and guitars to make all jumps. To build this up, you could add triples for snares to give a bit more deviation.
- 53.669 to 75.232: PR could use a little bit of work � I appreciate the attempt, but it�s not quite polished enough
- 64.113: should be 16ths
- 85.808/96.548/118.022: same deal as 32.948
- 99.406: while not required, you could remove this jump here to give more accenting power to your triple (it�ll also be a bit cleaner)
- 102.523 to 118.359: you have a number of missing or misplaced taps for bass drums that need to be resolved in this area, keep consistent to your structure
- 110.272: while the flute isn�t quite snapped to 16ths, it�s certainly a more reasonable and closer option than 24ths for the flute
- 133.857/137.564: (nitpick) flip the arrows on this flam because the higher note is the second note of the flam

- 138.574: I understand this being a bit of a guitar solo, but the cymbals are something that probably shouldn�t be ignored, given that the second section after this actually has those cymbals accented with triples
- 159.464: drums here should be 12ths
- this file needs a lot of work, but the foundation of the file actually possesses the potential to be quite unique in charting style � a little bit of work and this file can really be something interesting

Ray of Moonlight (DarkZtar)
Rating: [+.] [6/10]
- offset is good
- 19.640: not really feeling that syncopated rhythm switch there
- 23.440: given the difficulty of the piano areas, you could have easily filled in the filtered bass that you charted in the intro rather than cutting the difficulty down only to drastically increase it again
- 57.040: there are a number of missing notes in this area for the synth line that are followed previously in other areas, although you did capture all of the prominent parts of the melody at the least
- this file is correct rhythms and layering for what it is, but the difficulty is FAR from consistent � it opens up as if it�s holding back but brings a pretty solid/strong difficulty near the end; not very well conceived structurally

Red_13 (TheSaxRunner05)
Rating: [+?] [5/10]
- offset is very very slightly early
- 12.006 to 30.681: with a part of the song that is quite constant, you should try and keep your chart flowing with the song � the abrupt stop at 23.529 doesn�t fit because nothing noticeably changes about the overall pace/structure of the song aside from the piano. Also � you obviously have an understanding of pitch relevance; your chart would look a lot more visual appealing if you structured the piano with somewhat stringent pitch relevance, and then put the 16ths around that because they�re following a percussive element, where patterning isn�t nearly as important
- 23.430/23.728: missing jumps for piano
- 31.079 to 34.257: you shouldn�t worry too much about putting jumps down, because they wouldn�t create polyrhythms � keep accenting those snares/claps!
- 36.989: missing 32nd note for percussion
- 62.469: this jack is quite abrupt (sensible, but quite harsh)
- 64.953: remove this 16th, try to keep a constant pace
- 69.820 (etc): understandable choice in pattern, but the pitch relevance can be accounted for more comfortably (something like [13][24][34] would be nice because it only forces one mini-jack)
- 75.681 to 81.542: spice this stream up a bit by adding the bass drums to the layering � this way, the next section won�t have quite as much of a layering boost when it adds 8th jumps to the stream a bit later
- 81.940 to 88.297: this is a really generic ending � it does combine multiple elements, but it still seems anti-climactic because there are jumps following multiple things that don�t quite merit as much accenting relevance; this area could be a bit better by not accenting the snare � the player would know precisely why their hitting jumps if it goes to the melody in the background
- there is a discernible structure with some understandable pitch relevance, but the file itself is quite bland; some structural polishing could help this file

Revolutions (M0nkeys)
Rating: [-] [1/10]
- stream patterning seems almost randomized and isn�t relevant to the song at all
- rhythms aren�t solid because they alternate between following the synth runs and just abruptly stopping, or subdividing down to 8ths for no real reason
- misrhythms do exist in this file on occasion as well
- chart is quite random, honestly � there�s not much that I can say without making an entire novel about all of the issues that exist in the file

Run Away (bmah)
Rating: [+] [8/10]
- 24.234: 24th note seems a little out of place even though it attempts to follow the vocal there, it might just be better as a 4th
- 48.949, 62.663, (etc): not really feeling the jumps here; even if they layer the synth and the bass at the same time, the synth accent masks the bass here and it almost feels erroneous to have those jumps there
- other than that, I�ve got nothing. File is well constructed.

Samus Bubblebath (trumaestro)
Rating: [+.] [7/10]
- layering is quite interesting in this file, particularly in the first half � very subtly combined as there are multiple instruments accounted by single taps; it works quite well in this file
- PR is acceptably done
- 84.540/85.599: there�s a missing note somewhere in that burst, as there are four very audible notes
- 122.923: ghost note here
- 163.423: another missing note somewhere in here
- 166.776: missing piano note
- 191.482: noticeably incorrect rhythm here
- 198.364: ^
- 211.599: missing note, should be four notes here
- 217.599: this grace note should be a bit later (this isn�t the first instance that it happens, change them all for this sound if they sound delayed, there are a number of them)
- 239.482: also a misrhythm here
- 250.776: ^
- the white note usage will cause a ton of flams to happen because the BPM of the song is quite low
- overall, this file does make sense; however, there are a lot of really careless mistakes near the end

Savant on Mushrooms [ft. Savant] (Razor)
Rating: [?] [3/10]
- not a fan of the fact that it takes nearly 30 seconds to get to the actual chart itself � you could have at least layered the vocals in the beginning to make the player slightly less bored
- 33.135/33.564: should be 24ths
- 40.421: should be 16ths
- 44.278 to 54.992: this section needs work; pitch relevant jacks arguably aren�t timed properly (42.849, 44.564 definitely sound half a step higher than the seven notes following it, but later instances do sound really close � if they have pitch changes, they are incredibly minute); in addition, there are glaring misrhythms (41.983/42.144, 44.001/44.108, 50.921, 52.849)
- 56.278/57.992: these jacks can come across as erroneous considering that there is deviating pitch here
- 64.528: missing note for synth
- 75.349: should be 24ths only
- 77.921: arguably incorrect on the 32nds considering the snares are 48ths
- 79.635: snares are 24ths here, remove the 32nds
- 80.010: 32nd is a ghost and is out of place
- 89.064: 8th doesn�t follow anything here
- 86.706 to 109.849: why do the triples appear and disappear for the snares? Direct layering wouldn�t dictate any sort of changes here, either. Honestly, this entire drop is really convoluted because of you trying to generalize a structure using jacks � it looks quite messy and is missing a number of jumps for bass drums, has added jumps for barely audible things, and overall just feels incredibly forced
- the jack patterning continues to be convoluted up to about 144s in
- 153.242/159.885: arguably incorrect 16th
- 155.706: should be 32nd notes
- 162.564: should be 32nds (up to the 8th at 162.778)
- 169.421: ^, this continues to happen throughout; if it�s intentional, resolve the first instance by making it four notes rather than five
- remove that last roll, that�s really unnecessary for the end of the song, it�s just the same sustained note chopped at a high frequency � if it were something notable that actually changed, it would be alright
- I hate to say this, but this is easily my least favorite file of yours in quite some time� it seems very unpolished, very dirty/messy, and just really boring � none of this is normal for your files.

Scrambooch (Silvuh)
Rating: [+] [8/10]
- my only complaint is the changes in 64th swing to 24th swing for accenting the melody, when the melody also falls on the 64ths � you could create a ton of subbeats for the current 24ths so that they fall on the 64th rhythm (certainly a lot of work but not really necessary because I�ve got nothing else for you, lol)
- like the color change at 94s, it�s cute
- good file overall, plays really nicely

Senorita Bonita (hi19hi19)
Rating: [+] [9/10]
- 13.576, (other instances with this rhythmic pattern): this creates a rather fast mini-trill, you might want to change this to be a bit smoother of a flourish
- I�ve got nothing else; this file is great!

Sincerity (condoct)
Rating: [+?] [4/10]
- as a whole, the file is quite convoluted and the layering is certainly not clear; instruments are followed in some spots and not others, and this is probably in part of the fact that the layering tries incorporating the lyrics on top of other prominent elements, which isn�t visually fitting/logical
- 1.097/6.371: missing notes for snare
- 31.360: remove 24ths and put two 32nds before the jump
- 39.674: missing note for bass drum
- 45.944: missing note for guitar chug/bass drum
- 60.062/60.591: missing note for bass drum
- 71.885: missing note for bass drum
- 84.986: ^, etc
- 100.248: slew of misrhythms here
- 126.672/127.021: missing notes -- 4th jump at 126.934 is not sensible
- 131.033/131.207/131.382: missing notes for bass drums
- 138.091: pattern does a poor job representing the snare accents/build-up here
- 141.068/146.342/147.661: missing notes for snare
- 149.804: ghost note
- 175.596/178.371/181.146/186.695/(etc�): ghost note
- in addition to the first note, there are a number of ghost notes, missing notes, and occasionally misrhythms as well

Fission / ilikexd

Black - 7/10
@ 27.5s: no reason this shouldn't be a 4 note jack. it's not that fast.
@ 36s - 47s: the stucture of this entire section doesn't really make much sense. it doesn't seem like you are following the bass guitar at all and it feels arbitrary.
@ 46.5s: shouldn't be a jump
@ 82.38s: could use a bpm change here imo
@ 91.84s: missing jump
@ 102.93s: missing jump or the previous occurance of this shouldn't be a jump

Clockwork Gearman - 8/10
@ didn't spot any noticeable errors. i think pr could be slightly improved in some spots but it's a good file overall.

EOS - 7/10
@ 23.8s - 31.7s: PR sounds off in this section. i'd repattern it because the jumps don't really correspond to the violin synth sounds the way they should
@ 34s: not really "wrong" how this is stepped, but i would have personally made the jumps descend with the violin
@ 102.3s: missing 48th
@ 125.3s: good use of climax theory
@ there are some spots i would have acknowledged the piano more (i.e. 121s) break up the monotony of the synth, but it's not a big deal
@ it's a good file, but the song itself can only offer so much before it's a lot of the same

Slam Crunk - 5/10
@ cut more of the beginning and make it fade in next time
@ 11.15: two missing jumps on 4th and 8th to vocal samples
@ 11.77s: the patterning here really doesn't make much sense. the vocals don't vary dramatically enough to warrant a runningmen instead of trills.
@ 14.27s: pr could have been a lot better for these 3 notes
@ 24.51s: both of these 32nds are 12ths
@ 30.84s: shouldn't be a minijack
@ 36.15s: would have used a trill in here for the vocals
@ 37.4s: you stepped this differently before
@ 59.74s: missing 16th
@ 63.8s: missing 16th
@ 69.28s: really unncessary white note usage
@ 79.74s: missing 16th
@ 80.76s: missing 16th
@ 81.78s: should be a hand
@ i didn't point out everything because a lot of the mistakes are the same as the ones i already pointed out, but the file needs a pretty big structural revamp.

Touhou Judgement in the Sixtieth Year - Fate of Sixty Years - 8/10
@ 36.79s: missing jump
@ 85.34s - 86.3: layering doesn't make much sense
@ 116.79s: should have stepped the poly here
@ 145.26s: missing 16th
@ pretty cool file and has a decent amount of variation to it. pr is pretty much spot on as well.

We Are Hi-Speed (Remix) - 5/10
@ 20.8s: should only be an 8th minijack here, not a 3 note jack
@ 60s: missing 16th
@ 81.6s: not the same sample as the previous two [12]34 patterns, so make this pattern different
@ 83.5s: this roll should descend
@ 111.2s-112.9s: your layering here is way off from what it should be
@ 157.8s: you only layered the 4th here but you layered the 8th and 16th as well in the next occurance of this
@ 160.7s-162s: layering here doesn't really make that much sense
@ lack of PR is something that still really irritates me about your files that you could massively improve on
@ patterning in general doesn't feel like it goes to what the samples are actually doing (trills, etc.). this is really important in stepping breakcore.

Breakthrough Atmosphere - 5/10
@ 3.22s: these jumps should be [12] because they don't share the same note that the single organ notes do
@ 27.9s: shouldn't be a jump on the 4th and you stepped an 8th jump for the organ sound on the next occurance of this section.
@ 31.7s: should be [34] instead in accordance with the previous jump
@ 34.1: really ugly minitrill here for no reason
@ 36s: these sets of jumps could have been PRed much better
@ 38.16s: ditto
@ 41.2s: ditto
@ you did this a few more times as well
@ 51s: misrhythm on these accents. missing synth note as well.
@ 57.52s: should be a 64th accent since that's what you did before for this sound
@ 60.84s: accents here are colored differently for the same sounds?
@ 66.25s: should accent these as all the same color
@ 69.92s: see 57.52s
@ 135.5: these two 12ths shouldn't be jumps
@ 137.14s: this pattern is pretty different from what the synth is actually doing
@ 156.5s: should only be a jump
@ 174.5s: missing note
@ 175.1s: see 137.14s
@ 208.8s: you had accents here before but now you don't
@ lots of inconsistent accents and sections where PR could have been a lot better are what brings this file down

Electric Butterfly - 8/10
@ didn't spot any technical errors and i think this is probably as well as this file could have been stepped for what the song is

Euphoric Field (Final Shaft Remix) - 7/10
@ 42s: this split roll is a pretty substantial difficulty spike compared to what the rest of the file is like
@ 44.8s: this should be a hand
@ 47.5s: ditto
@ 53.5s: these next 4 notes should be jumps
@ 64.3s: these next 3 notes should be hands
@ file is generally ok, just some small things

Lawn Wake IX [ilikexd] - 6/10
@ 8.6s: pretty understepped
@ 60.61s: missing 16th
@ 63.4s: should be the same jump as the one before it
@ 68.3s: missing 4th
@ 79.6s: don't see any reason these sets of jumps are different from each other
@ 80.4s: missing 8th and 16th
@ 83.1s: this is quite frankly entirely wrong. it's really understepped.
@ 85.8s: what is this jump going to?
@ 86.75s: missing jump
@ 93s - 94.7s: you could have followed the synth a lot better here
@ 117.7s: missing 4th and 32nd
@ 134.1s: missing 16th
@ 134.25s: should have made this a 64th burst
@ 134.6: missing 16th
@ 134.7s - 135.7s: this feels really empty
@ 146.3s: see 83.1s

Lawn Wake IX [MrPopadopalis25] - 9/10
@ 92s: patterning for these two beats is strange. it's descending but the patterning is ascending.
@ 121.68s: i would have made these multicolored hands personally.
@ 123.94s: these would have been better as short trills imo
@ 125.87s: missing jump
@ file is exceptionally executed overall. well done.

lifework - 7/10
@ 59.46s: pr here really doesn't make much sense
@ 64.85s: ditto
@ 108.8s: should ascend
@ 124.1s: patterning here is a bit weird. same types of jumps going to different sounds.
@ file is alright and the layering and pr is fine. check the things i mentioned though.

Malicious Fingers - 6/10
@ 60.1s: shouldn't be a jump
@ 60.9s: shouldn't be a jump or the previous two 4th notes shouldn't be jumps
@ 62s: pr could use a bit of improvement here (notes are ascending)
@ 62.5s: shouldn't be a jump
@ 127.5s: missing a jump
@ 135.7s: not sure what you are following here? it doesn't make sense no matter what it is.
@ 188.1s: some misrhythms in this section (should be some 12ths and 24ths)
@ 237.6s: should be an 8th trill
@ a lot of the patterns in the solos don't really reflect what is going on in the music (you have an excessive amount of staircase patterns) in addition to the jumps that aren't really going to anything. those are the two biggest things wrong with this file.

Micro Media Broth - 3/10
@ 15s: both of these 16th jumps should ascend in pitch
@ 16.7s: ditto for these next 4 16th jumps
@ you should be using minijacks way more than you did. it makes the staccato percussion noticeable -- as it should be.
@ 20.6s: missing jump
@ 20.8s: missing jump
@ 21.5s: missing 4th
@ 21.7s: missing 32nd
@ 22.4s: this is just 3 16th notes
@ 23.2s: missing 4th
@ 25.1s: missing jump
@ i'm not going to enumerate every single error, but you have so many of them which are mostly comprised of missing notes and inconsistent layer as well as general pattern choices. this chart needs a massive overhaul for it to be passable.

Monkey Island - 8/10
@ personally i would have made some things hands but it's fine how it is. it's well stepped with good pr and sensible layering.

My Fxxkin Desire For You v2 - [ < ]8/10
@ it's better than the current file in game, but it's not different enough in how it's stepped to warrant a v2

Once Upon a December - 6/10
@ 15.81s: shouldn't be [12] and missing 8th
@ 27.39s: should be same column as previous note
@ 31.67s: snare hit so jump should be different
@ 64.46s: missing 8th
@ 92.74s: ditto
@ pr is lacking in multiple spots throughout the chart. listen on a slower rate and you should be able to find most of where it needs improvement.

Our Final Mourning - 3/10
@ this is way too easy even for a brand new player. free space or power are perfectly fine for a player first starting out and there doesn't need to be anything easier, especially when it's this understepped. it's 1 note every two seconds for most of the chart.

PARANOiA (HADES) -MiDNiGHT MiX- - 2/10
@ this looks exactly like a pad chart. nothing makes sense to the music including pitch relevancy and layering.

Phase 1 - 3/10
@ your offset is noticeably early
@ 40.41s: jump?
@ 59s: no layering here?
@ 139.5s: these 24th bursts are entirely wrong
@ 174.67s: misrhythm
@ most of the patterns you chose don't really make sense to the music. the song is incredibly reptitive which doesn't help either.

Premium Pine - 7/10
@ PR in the beginning is really weak. check this again.
@ 102.52s: missing jump
@ 111.35s: ditto
@ 134.27s: shouldn't be a jump
@ file is alright but the song itself is really repetitive. you did a pretty decent job varying the patterns while keeping a sensible structure.

Rage (Sukia's Theme) - 5/10
@ offset is 20ms late. you also have some really bad drifting.
@ 3.11s: just 16ths
@ 33.27s: should ascend
@ 85.99s: didn't ackowledge flute at all during this part??
@ 110.3s: see 3.11s, 3 24ths @ 110.98s
@ 112.04s: missing 16th
@ 114.74s: ditto
@ 134.53s: layering is inconsistent here. you step the snares as jumps in the broken stream but you don't layer the snares at all in the straight stream.
@ 122.43s: see 85.99s
@ 159.49s: just 12ths
@ chart has numerous errors including misrhythms and missing notes that need to be addressed

Sound of Infinity - 1/10
@ pr is non-existent pretty much everywhere in the chart
@ 44.86s: minijacks.. WAT
@ 82.625: 32nds are completely nonsensical
@ 179.43: massive unnecessary difficulty spike
@ the file has so many problems i don't even know where to start. entire chart needs to be scrapped.

Southern Cross v2 - 7/10
@ 104.83s: what is this jump going to?
@ 117.14s: should be same hand as before
@ 123.3s: what are you layering with any of these 4th jumps in this section?
@ 196.48s: shouldn't be a hand
@ pretty alright jumpstream file. nothing spectacular

Speedbreaker - 2/10
@ your layering doesn't make any sense, nothing is PRed, and your offset is off by 40 to 50 ms. not going to go into details because this file is missing the fundamentals of simfiling.

Still Blastin' - 7/10
@ 83.9s: would be better as 3 and the next triplet as 121
@ 101.7s: you should have acknowledged the percussion in this section to change it up from what followed before.
@ it's a good, easier version of this song but you could have made it less repetitive by following the percussion more.

Strength - 8/10
@ 15.2s: this would be better on 1 to keymatch the next kick drum
@ 17.9s: ditto
@ 21s: keymatch to the kickdrum before it
@ 23.7s: ditto
@ i thought it was interesting that you keymatched the kick later on in the file
@ 52.5s: not sure why you PRed these jumps in the opposite direction
@ 72.6s: ditto
@ file looks pretty good overall though. layering and structure was sensible throughout the file.

T&J - 7/10
@ 240.1s: PR could be better and missing jump
@ 252.9s: ditto
@ 307.3s: missing jump
@ 317.7s: missing piano grace note
@ 275.3s: should be a minijack
@ 350.7s: missing jump
@ 352.4s: 16ths here should have been stepped
@ 447.9s: missing note
@ 452.2s: missing notes
@ 452.5s: ditto
@ 452.7s: missing note
@ 453.4s: ditto
@ 458.2s: these last two notes could be quads
@ overall the file is pretty structurally sound and the layering is pretty consistent but the things i pointed out definitely stood out as needing improvement

The Last 8 Bars - 4/10
@ you need to use more repetition to represent a cohesive file structure. it really detracts from the file when you are stepping in different columns for the same pitches. the file is grossly underlayered, especially when new instruments are introduced and you don't acknowledge them at all.
@ if you are worried about the file getting repetitive as a result of the former, you should consider a cut. there are a lot of sections that are nearly identical and shouldn't be stepped since they don't really add anything interesting to the file.
@ 11.9s: ghost note
@ 12.4s: should be a hand
@ 21.6s: ditto
@ 31.4s: ditto
@ not going to enumerate every layering layering mistake because there is so many of them
@ file needs a huge overhaul in pretty much every area of the chart

The Rhythm - 3/10
@ 52.53s: this pattern is incredibly annoying to hit
@ 133.24: this runningman makes no sense
@ 162.81s: ditto
@ so many missing notes that i'm not going to point any of them out. you would be better off just stepping most of the prominent sounds unless you have a good reason not to.
@ pr is lacking pretty much every in the chart
@ file could use bpm changes for the slow parts
@ really needs a cut because the same section repeats multiple times.

The Sun and the Star - 4/10
@ bpm is half of what it should be
@ a lot of the minijacks in the beginning don't make any sense. what sound are you repeating?
@ 5.16s: missing 32nd
@ 10.74s: ditto
@ 133.97s: hands and jumps should be jumps and singles.
@ file is ridiculously repetitive and desparately needs a cut. you didn't even make an attempt to pr anything either.

Timepiece phase II (High-transparency Mix) - 9/10
@ i was really hard pressed to find any errors. the one thing that stopped me from giving this 10/10 is that the file starts to drag given the length.

Treasure Trove Cove - 4/10
@ bpm is wrong, it's 125.01 not 124.9. the chart is offsync by 60 ms in some places.
@ chart is majorly lacking structure for a keyboard chart. feels like a pad chart. use repetition with good PR.
@ layering doesn't make any sense either.
@ PR is good in some places of the chart, but i can't really say anything else good about it. it needs a massive overhaul before i could give this a good rating.

Tsumeawase Pt. 3 - 10/10
@ 14.6s: would have made this a broken snare hit
@ can't find anything else other than that and the file has excellent variety

Twirling Star - 8/10
@ 19.9s: should be a minijack
@ 31.5s: shouldn't be a 3 note jack
@ 117.7s: ghost 32nd
@ 133s: should be a mini jumptrill
@ 134.5s: missing jump
@ 157.4s: see 133s
@ 237s: would have made these on 3 to align with the the next 2244 pattern
@ 300.4s: missing jump
@ 304s: ditto
@ 304.7s: missing note
@ 306.7s: missing jump
@ 308.5s: missing note
@ for a file this long you didn't really make that many mistakes and i agree with most of your pattern choices

VALEDICT - 5/10
@ your offset is late
@ 9.7s: if you are going to use accents, use subbeats to properly sync them
@ 18.5s: this isn't a straight 24th burst. could have better pr.
@ 19.3s: missing jump
@ 21.2s: would be better as a [12] jump
@ 21.6s: this is just straight 16ths
@ 26.2s: ditto
@ 26.5s: could have better pr
@ 28.1s: ditto
@ 28.9s: why didn't you any of these as jumps?
@ 40.4s - 61.2s: a lot of pr improvements can be made here.
@ 55.2s: missing grace note
@ 90.8s: first two 192nds are ghost notes
@ 69.8s: missing jump
@ 71s: ditto
@ lots of pr mistakes and questionable layering throughout the chart

Valentine - 5/10
@ start: you didn't step a ton of the 8th notes but you stepped but you did @ 12.24 when the only thing that changes is heavier layering
@ start: your patterning doesn't make much sense. why do you have anchors going to distinct sounds? you also have the same jumps going to distinct sounds as well.
@ 19.36: missing 16th
@ all of your jumpstream patterns don't really make any sense with what the synth is doing, you have tons of 3 and 4 note anchors as well as 1h minitrills for no reason. finally, they are layered really generically when you could have made them so much more interesting.

Vanquish the Horrible Night - 3/10
@ file should start on a 4th note and the offset could have been better
@ 10.6s: missing jump
@ 13.6s: these two notes should be jumps
@ 14.8s: there really isn't any reason you should have mirrored this. it's only one repetition. same errors as before apply.
@ 17.8s - 19.8s: disagree with leaving this section empty
@ 19.8s: pr could have been better
@ 20s: should be a jumptrill
@ 20.7s: should be a hand
@ 21s: the layering here is a mess. this entire section needs to be restructured.
@ 34.5s: misrhythm, slow it down and check again.
@ 35.8s: pr is really off in this entire guitar solo and there are tons of misrhythms
@ 51.8s: pr again
@ 67.8s: see 35.8s
@ 80.8: see 21s
@ i'm not going to go through the rest of this chart. you might as well just restep the entirety of it from scratch.

Violet Leaves - 7/10
@ file should start on a 4th note and the offset could have been better
@ 41.7s: should be a hand
@ i really like the minimalist approach to this file and think you executed it really well. offset really hurts, though.

WANDERLUST - 7/10
@ your jumpglut patterning is pretty repetitive
@ 135.4s: not sure why this is a hand
@ 130.2s: in the section prior to this, you didn't step some of the 32nds
@ file is decent for what it is, the song itself isn't that varied so there isn't much that can be done with the file

warm sea - 8/10
@ 7.5s: should be PRed ascending
@ 59.6s: should be a 24 or 34 trill instead. the 4th jump should represent a lower pitch than the 16th jump before it as well.
@ layering and PR are fine from would i could see other than that

We Are The Vampires - 7/10
@ entire beginning pattern would make a lot more sense as 111...432
@ 33.4s: should be a 6 note trill
@ 38.9s: this pattern is really mean. consider changing it to something easier.
@ 44.8s: ditto
@ 65.6s: missing 16th
@ 66.9s: should be a hand
@ 67.9s - 76s: a lot of bass hits that should be jumps instead of hands
@ 72.3s: should be a hand
@ 88.4s - 92.4s: see my first note

Why Did You Have To Make It Hurt - 6/10
@ 35.5s: missing 16th
@ 42.5s: inconsistent layering
@ 52.5s: should be a 16th not an 8th
@ 59.3s: inconsistent layering
@ 84.9s: missing 16th
@ 148.3s: should be a different jump than before
@ 160.2s: would make more sense as (12)
@ 162.7s: should be different from the jumps after it
@ 165.4s: ditto
@ 167.5s: ghost 16th note
@ 181.3s: missing jump
@ 206s: missing jump

Winnipeg As Mandatory Scat Feed - 3/10
@ the patterning all around is unnecessarily difficult in some areas. you have really long anchors and 1 handed trills at 240 bpm and they are much harder than other parts of the file. the structure doesn't really make sense either (same types of jumps going to different sounds in a lot of different sections). whole file needs to be revamped.

Play It Loud (gameboy42690)
7/10

-a bit draggy/repetitive song. couldve been alleviated by varying patterns, but a lot of the same were used for the choruses

Po Pi Po Kouka de Uchi no Miku wa Kyou mo Genki Desu
5/10

23.267s: 12th should be 16th

-way overlayered. you dont have to layer in every single sound

Ray of Moonlight (DarkZtar)
7.5/10

8.440s: missing note

-good layering and pr throughout

Red_13 (TheSaxRunner09)
5.5/10

23.529s: makes no sense to cut out from your previous layering here
30.681s: backwards pr
33.463s: missing note
33.860s: missing note
35.151s: bad hand bias in this part
62.171s: missing note
85.913s: missing jumps
85.615s: why switch from stream to broken stream?
88.297s: jump to accomodate crash
91.675s: missing note

Revolutions (M0nkeyz)
2/10

16.085s: arbitrary cutoff from the stream
33.985s: again
40.485s: again
58.185s: missing notes
69.285s: no pr, and minijacks should be used where the same note repeats
139.685s: broken stream here why?
168.485s: jacks are all pretty misplaced

-this is a very bad song choice, it's extremely repetitive and just generic 16th synth 4th bass drum and never goes anywhere
-pattern choice is very poor, it seems you start using one repeatedly for a while, then switch to a different one instead of mixing in various stream patterns
- pr is nonexistent
-various errors/inaccuracies

Run Away (bmah)
8/10

- pretty well done. i think the climaxes could be made a little bit easier or the jack sections a bit harder to improve difficulty flow, but they aren't so hard enough to cause a real problem

Scrambooch (Silvuh)
8/10

-file is well done, nothing i can point out
-cool use of colors

Samus Bubblebath (trumaestro)
4/10

5.393s: ghost note
7.952s: really inaccurate rhythm
12.364s: ghost note
14.482s: ghost note
22.599s: grace note is wrong
34.245s: grace note is very early
34.599s: missing grace note
35.305s: grace note is early
45.982s: ghost note
47.526s: grace note is early, missing note after
59.305s: 16th is late, grace note is backwards
60.893s: missing grace note
98.658s: jump is off
151.776s: missing note
179.658s: inaccurate
223.246s: inaccurate
239.717s: these arent exactly 12ths, and you stepped them as jumps before
243.540s: jump is off
246.540s: jump is off
251.011s: see 239.717s
252.540s: this whole part is pretty inaccurate

-when placing grace notes one problem you have is correctly identifying the grace notes but stepping almost all of them as 64ths when they're much slower than that, there are whole sections that are way off
-the 32nd section was way overdone considering the rest of the chart's difficulty, it could be much more lightly layered

might be more missing grace notes, incorrect grace notes, and ghost notes, stopped looking

82.246s

Savant on Mushrooms (Razor)
4/10

5.278s: is descending from the previous note
33.135s: these are just 24ths
39.885s: missing notes
40.421s: this part is pretty inaccurate, they're not straight 24ths, there are some 16ths
52.921s: ghost note
54.421s: ghost 24ths
78.939s: missing 32nd
79.689s: there is no 32nd here
80.010s: these are 48ths and the first 32nd is a ghost note
99.939s: should be a 24th
103.564s: should just be a single note, dont understand a long of jump usage in this section, seems inconsistent
156.671s: this is actually 24ths, same with the one before it
171.242s: missing notes
184.492s: missing 24th, a few missing notes after it
191.064s: ghost note

chart has some potential, but is just chock full of errors right now. seems very hastily made, some ghost notes like at 191.064s show signs of really rushed-through stepping

Senorita Bonita (hi19hi19)
6/10

19.099s: this 16th should be moved up by a 32nd, same goes for every other instance of that sound

- song drags a bit, and i don't think the jumptrills were the best way to step the sounsd at 26.871s etc, would be better to use hands for the guitar everywhere and jumps on the bass drum imo

Sincerity (Condoct)
4/10

missing 2 seconds of silence

9.833s: ghost note
60.062s: missing note
71.885s: missing note
78.707s: missing note
79.056s: missing note
141.068s: missing note
146.342s: missing note
147.661s: missing note
149.804s: ghost note
181.146s: ghost note
183.400s: ghost note
183.920s: ghost note
186.695s: ghost note
192.244s: ghost note

- the chart lacks any sort of layering structure. jumps and hands are arbitrarily placed instead of corresponding to certain sounds/instruments

Sneakman (Silvuh)
8/10

- file is well done, can't see anything i think that should be changed

Tetris (samurai7694)
6/10

27.528s: jump is slightly late
72s: these jumpjacks into hands are way too hard compared to the rest of the file, it could have been more passable if there were no hands, or easier patterning like [12][12][234] but stuff like [12][23][124] is too hard
87.281s: missing 24th
126.661s: this should just be straight 16ths

- the majority of the file is good and the speedup at the end is pretty cool, the only issue is the big spike in the jumpjack section

The National Athem of Japan (hi19hi19)
7/10
- looks fine as an easy file

Trap Factory (Oni-Paranoia)
4/10

offset is .032 early
audio/music quality is poor

35.578s: poor pr
35.785s: missing note
47.061s: poor pr
50.268s: ditto
56.889s: ditto
63.509s: ditto, so on, so on, happens many times

- song and steps are incredibly repetitive, there are sections that repeat themselves more than 4 times, and theyre stepped with copy and paste, and the same PR errors (lowest note placed on column 4)

Visitor (glassvox)
1/10

8.521s: 24ths not 32nds
9.660s: backwards pr on 32nds
10.800s: shouldnt be minijack
11.421s: ditto
15.564s: minijack here is questionable
16.082s: should just be a single note
16.548s: ghost 32nd
17.222s: stepping these as minijacks here is questionable again because the ascending background melody is more apparent and audible than the bass drum hits
17.895s: missing 32nd
19.086s: both minijacks dont make sense, they should be ascending and descending, respectively
26.234s: missing note
33.589s: i don't follow your jump placement here
34.832s: what does hand go to?
35.039s: this minijack usage here is questionable again, it'd be better to follow the melody rather than associating minijacks with every bass drum hit. also with minijacks here it makes it very difficult to transition from the 24ths to the 16ths
37.111s: backwards pr
37.422s: this and the next few hands seem pretty arbitrary, see 36.075s you have a hand for the crash which is good and makes sense, but the rest don't
42.705s: this section is very problematic. it plays as a right hand trill and then left hand alternating gallops, and it has minijack to 1hand jump transitions on both ends, resulting in an immense difficulty spike killing the flow. it would suffice to just step 24ths here, or if you find it necessary to step polyrhythms, to at least have easier transitions and patterning
44.984s: these 32nds here are actually occuring during this entire section, so starting to step them here after no change in the music is arbitrary. moreover, they're ascending and you have them as descending rolls.
45.744s: ghost 12th
48.092s: this is all still 16ths
57.001s: minijumpjacks make no sense given the pitch is changing (ascending)
60.937s: jacks dont make sense

before going further into the file to point out specific errors, i'm informed there are things judges pointed out from the previous batch when you submitted this, and you did not fix them, for example "@ 44.984s - not sure why this 32nd roll decends, the music is ascending.", and may other things.

-this file has many errors and layering inconsistencies; within specific sections you differ between how you step certain sounds
-pr is very poor
-layering is over-the-top heavy in many spots, disallowing the player to feel any of the prominent elements and instead is just hitting lots of jumps. solo in particular is way, way suffocated
-the worst thing of all is that you did not fix most of the things other judges pointed out in the previous submission, it is a waste of the judges' time

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