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  • igotrhythm
    Fractals!
    • Sep 2004
    • 6535

    #31
    Re: School talent show.

    Dump files = no-no here. The point is to impress a crowd, not try to enlarge your e-penis.

    Some things I would suggest:
    -Try to find songs your audience knows. As suggested earlier, TTFAF might be a good option here, as overstepped as it is. I even have an abbreviated version of the song (you did mention a 4 minute window) that I think I got single digit CBs on once. You could even tell your audience that it's not the full version because of time constraints. If you're interested, it's http://www.studenteducation.net/sims...hp?songid=3331
    -Accuracy gives way to speed here in terms of impressiveness. AA on hard song > AAA on easy song, since you're catering to an audience unfamiliar with the intricacies of judging. Again, TTFAF with its ~13 tps streams could be something you could easily pull off.
    -Avoid dumps/HSMP songs at all costs. If you can't read the arrows, bet your life that your audience can't either. The point is to show off your skill, not the amount of disrespect the simartist has for humanity. :P

    If you can handle mines and jumpstream (in this particular case, 188 bpm 12th JS, which works out to 9.4 jumps per second--great for speed if the 16ths aren't doing it for them), I think I have the perfect song if you're going for audience recognition: http://www.studenteducation.net/sims...hp?songid=5848
    (make sure to do oni for more awesome sauce). I can never get to the second verse because of the damn mines, but maybe you'll have better luck. >_<

    Oh, and one more thing...no matter what song you pick, make sure to get a video of your performance so we can see how much they liked it.
    Last edited by igotrhythm; 12-14-2008, 08:53 PM.
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    • Zybanthia
      FFR Player
      FFR Simfile Author
      • Dec 2008
      • 809

      #32
      Re: School talent show.

      Originally posted by EAGAMES
      Something better than fast streams would be jump-streams with hands/quads incorporated, like Terminal Strike. They'd be left in "aw" as you combo it because it seems more chaotic and chaos = harder for noobs.
      But noobs can't really distinguish what's going on in a jumpstream with hands and quads because most won't actually realize they have hands and quads. Maybe it sounds silly to you because you can read them easily, and can't imagine not reading them, but for people who have little or no experience, it all looks like one big wall of arrows whether there are jumps in there or not. So they're not going to be any more impressed with a jumpstream than they are with a normal stream.

      Now, like EnR said, inexperienced people relate to speed. The faster your hands are moving, the more talented you are. Doesn't matter how technically hard it is; they can't tell. They CAN tell, however, how fast it is.

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      • NekoGon
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        • Jul 2008
        • 2709

        #33
        Re: School talent show.

        Zybanthia and EnR speaks the truth.

        I showed a bunch of my friends who doesn't play stepmania baha's Disregard vid; they were SHOCKED. Apparently continuous 300 bpm streams scares the **** out of everyone, if you can do that, you might win the crowd. If you can't do that, do something slower; anything above 200bpm is good.



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        • EnR
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          FFR Simfile Author
          • Jul 2007
          • 8431

          #34
          Re: School talent show.

          I played Azul oni. and people were amazed, but once I start playing the harded, more jacky dumps people don't seem to care.

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          • DayMan951
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            • Dec 2007
            • 2255

            #35
            Re: School talent show.

            TOMLhand

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            • Quasar889
              FFR Player
              • Sep 2005
              • 79

              #36
              Re: School talent show.

              So basically all the advice boils down to the following:

              As has been reiterated multiple times in this thread, you're going to want two things:

              -Something fast. Preferably 220 bpm + (I've found this to be a magic "impressive" number).

              -Something streamy. Long techno songs are good.

              -Something that you can CONSISTENTLY get a high (1000+) combo on.

              I don't know how much that's been mentioned in this thread, but people who don't really play rhythm games are not going to be impressed with stellar PA. What they want to see is that COMBO number steadily climbing higher. That's something that rises onscreen, and they can actually follow it (instead of that wall of arrows that you're busy concentrating on)

              It looks really good when you break 1000, for some reason...
              (big round numbers == pretty?... don't get me started :P )

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              • dore
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                FFR Simfile Author
                FFR Music Producer
                • Feb 2006
                • 6317

                #37
                Re: School talent show.

                Lots of pretty colors is always a plus as well.
                http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IREnpHco9mw

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                • cool sam
                  FFR Player
                  • Sep 2008
                  • 19

                  #38
                  Re: School talent show.

                  Parents and students say they are outraged and offended by a proposed band name and song scheduled for a high school talent show in Boulder this evening, but members of the band, named Coalition of the Willing, said the whole thing is being blown out of proportion.

                  The students told ABC News affiliate KMGH-TV in Denver they are performing Bob Dylan's song "Masters of War" during the Boulder High School Talent Exposé because they are Dylan fans. They said they want to express their views and show off their musical abilities.

                  But some students and adults who heard the band rehearse called a radio talk show Thursday morning, saying the song the band sang ended with a call for President Bush to die.

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                  • Wineandbread
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                    • Oct 2007
                    • 2105

                    #39
                    Re: School talent show.

                    You're really playing Stepmania for a talent show? I could never do that. T_T

                    Depending on your skill level, I'd play something moderately difficult. but you gotta factor in song choice too. Touhou piano isn't going to cut it imo.
                    I think I'd pick Electro Rush X8.
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                    • Bluearrowll
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                      • Nov 2007
                      • 7376

                      #40
                      Re: School talent show.

                      i suggest playing Golden Cross in the FFR Community Pack.
                      1st in Kommisar's 2009 SM Tournament
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                      • NSane
                        Retired Staff
                        • Jun 2008
                        • 475

                        #41
                        Re: School talent show.

                        Stepmania......talent show...... serious?

                        lol anyways what Wineandbread said, Rebirth's Electro Rush x8 would be a good choice. Fun song.
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                        • customstuff
                          ♥C.S. + A.M.♥
                          • Nov 2006
                          • 4892

                          #42
                          Re: School talent show.

                          Amber Shores V2 would be good.

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                          • Zon Fire
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                            • Nov 2006
                            • 1082

                            #43
                            Re: School talent show.

                            NekoGon-I wish I could do 300bpm streams lol...

                            but, I can do 200 and above probably to about 250

                            Enr-Was it Necro's Azul Oni?

                            because that is one of the ones Im thinking about doing

                            Quasar-Good point, I'll loook for something that I can get a high combo on..

                            Glass prison anyone?? lmao...

                            Dore-Yes, If only I could get minute waltz v2 from ffr to stapmania haha

                            wine-Yes, I am =]

                            And alright, I'll try that one out.

                            Bluearrowll-Thanks, I'll check it out =]

                            Nsane-Yeahh, it's going to be crazy as hell...

                            doing anything infront of 300 people is nerve racking ha

                            custom-Link please =]

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                            • Artic_counter
                              FFR Veteran
                              • Jan 2007
                              • 1002

                              #44
                              Re: School talent show.

                              So, how was it ? What song did you finaly picked ?


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