Naruto's Ninja Way Voting

[psychoangel691]

Use the poll here to vote for your favorite.

Leave any comments and guesses you have for this song in this thread. These are the people who were assigned to this group:

xXOpkillerXx
Shxfted
Ghost_Medley
hi19hi19
Matthia
DarkZtar
Defluxit
TC_Halogen
Wayward Vagabond
SubaruPoptart
rCaliberGX

[mi40]

Re: Naruto's Ninja Way Voting

i voted. and you should too.

[M0nkeyz]

Re: Naruto's Ninja Way Voting

First of all, I think this file is extremely hard to step. Definitely a lot harder than the other groups. Also these are first impressions, without much of a technical approach.

Naruto's Ninja Way:

Ninja 1: I was really feeling the intro and rap parts, but man the dubstep section just felt really overstepped to me, did you use grace notes for the wub sounds? I think they're a bit much personally, I can tell the file is accurate and well thought out, but on 100% speed it just feels a bit too much..

Ninja 2: From the start I was really digging the minimalistic approach, although I found it pretty hard to determine whether you were stepping the vocals or the instruments. I think the distinction wasn't very clear at times. Towards the middle I felt the file spiked too much, and I get it. The song hasn't got much variety. So you need to switch the patterns up. However, I think you could have kept with the minimalistic approach and just followed a different instrument. Playing the file again though I think it's also one of the better ones.

Ninja 3: I get that some people want to go the dumpy approach, which is fine. Although I think dump files could be nice for FFR I think this particular dump file doesn't even go with the music much. Felt like you put down some fun patterns without taking the music into account.

Ninja 4: It's hard for me to see where the jumps and notes are going to sometimes, I think it's overstepped.

Ninja 5: This file is so much fun. There is a clear distinction between instruments and I really like the use of color-theory, no sections felt overstepped and everything flowed together well.

Ninja 6: Another good file, good PR, good structure. A bit hard, but very technically sound. Although in the middle a few of the jumps were a bit much for me.

In conclusion I think 5 and 6 clearly stand out here. With my personal preference going to 5

[Psychotik]

Re: Naruto's Ninja Way Voting

Guessing Ghost_Medley made Naruto 5.

[AutotelicBrown]

Re: Naruto's Ninja Way Voting

1 - Very focused on making it fun to play for higher level players and does well in that regard, but I think it exaggerates a bit. It has an overly flat difficulty curve and doesn't represent the song particularly well. Also could use a cut.

2 - Layering through the wub parts doesn't feel very cohesive and with a weird difficulty curve. Also very tame stepping choices for such an energetic song, feels more like an intentionally subdued chart for the sake of making it easier. Good to see a cut but the cutting point doesn't work well with ffr's lack of a fadeout.

3 - haha yes. I actually think there aren't enough 24th-based jumpstream dumps, so in that context that's nice. Feels like it could be more conservative with one-hand trill usage, they are a bit too wonky for my tastes.

4 - I quite like the bursts & anchored jacks in the wub parts, not a big fan of how the rest of the chart was approached though. Could also use a cut.

5 - The verses were very good (my favorite between all subs). I think wubs were somewhat underwhelming though, especially the color theory stuff. Still fairly balanced overall and works well as a whole. Cut pls, though I actually like ending with that little silly part lol

6 - Overly dense for its own good and with some weird layering choices. I think a chart focused on the jacks for the wubs could definitely work, but not as it was approached here. Same thing as 5 with the cut.

Hard to choose as I think all charts are lacking in some regard, but I think as a whole 5 is the better file even if in practice I'd play 1 more.

[PhantomPuppy]

Re: Naruto's Ninja Way Voting

naruto 1 is probably the 2nd best file this tourney next to subside 2. dont @ me

[psychoangel691]

Re: Naruto's Ninja Way Voting

1 & 5 are tied, voting will be open for 24hrs more for those two files. If you voted for something other than 1 or 5 you may comment to cast a vote for one of those files. If the tie is not broken in 24hrs it will be decided by a judge.

[Not devonin]

Re: Naruto's Ninja Way Voting

I change my vote from 2 to 5 for tie-breaking purposes.

[ositzxz369]

Re: Naruto's Ninja Way Voting

I change my vote from 2 to 5 to break the tie. Speaking of 5, idk what the yellow/orange notes represent, and I can't tell if the green notes represent the vocals from Naruto, the vocals from the singer, the long wub-wubs, or all of the above.

[mi40]

Re: Naruto's Ninja Way Voting

if 1 doesn't win i'd like to play it on stepmania at least

[Dinglesberry]

Re: Naruto's Ninja Way Voting

Holy shit i thought this thread was actually about naruto for the longest time wtfff

[psychoangel691]

Re: Naruto's Ninja Way Voting

#5 is our winner

Naruto 1 - DarkZtar
Naruto 2 - Ghost_Medley
Naruto 3 - Defluxit
Naruto 4 - xXOpkillerXx
Naruto 5 - TC_Halogen
Naruto 6 - Matthia

[xXOpkillerXx]

Re: Naruto's Ninja Way Voting

Woot ! That was fun

[TC_Halogen]

Re: Naruto's Ninja Way Voting

I wonder how many people thought I was actually #5, hahah

The funny thing is that I'd totally understand if people thought my chart was DZ's and if I fooled people in that way, it's especially funny because DZ said in the Discord he was 99% sure which one was mine -- by virtue of not being his lol

[DarkZtar]

Re: Naruto's Ninja Way Voting

Yea AJ, you didn't fool me by trying to imply you didn't submit :v)
Good show all around though, fun seeing the different interpretations and approaches to the songs as always. I will say I can't help but feel your chart is almost subdued to a fault and feels a bit underwhelming given the song just straight blasts energy pretty much throughout but it is the sensible, tried and true approach to making a file that appeals to the wide audience and will fit well on FFR. gg