Questions for stepartists

[iironiic]

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Who has influenced your stepping style and why? As a stepartist, ~Zero~ definitely initiated my desire to step files. Currently, I don't think anyone has contributed to my stepping style (which is probably why I suck at it xd). I have always seen stepping as a way to interpret music, which is something I enjoy doing. I don't think much of my interpretation has changed.

Would you say you have your own style? Generally speaking, yes. However, my style isn't highly noticeable since I either did not step enough files, or that no one particularly enjoys or complains much about my files as a whole.

How much has your stepping/style evolved since you started? I remember going through the "extremely technical" phase at one point during my stepping journey. Ever since that, I have been trying to make files more fun which is something I haven't gotten a handle of completely.

[Charlo]

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Who has influenced your stepping style and why?
Skorpion9x was my biggest influence, as Emerald Sword is the end-all be-all of metal simfiles. SulferDragon also had an effect on the way I step.

Would you say you have your own style?
Yes. "Old-School", with no hands and plenty of sixteenth-note runs.

How much has your stepping/style evolved since you started?
Not very much actually. I do more layering and pitch-relevancy, and I am more technically accurate when stepping guitar solos, but otherwise I've stuck with the same formula for my entire "career".

[ScylaX]

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Oh that thread is going to be fun reading the aspiration of everybody.
Who has influenced your stepping style and why?
Zaghurim. Blurk. Kil. Kommisar. Gundam-Dude (lately) Patashu. t0rajirou. Nietzsche and Heidegger.
WHY ?
BECAUSE. LOL.

Zagh was THE stepman back in my young days. Blurk too but that was for technical reasons, I found Blurk's files to be technically impressive for the time.
Kommisar because his files are the archetype of what a simfile is meant to be : fun, technically good, theorically genius, perfect execution of ideas, no major awkwardness. Gundam-Dude because he cumulates innovation and good ideas with a nice technical execution.
Patashu because his files are fun and stable and I like very much because his theory has kept being consistent. Just like the iPhone needed minimal improvements since its first version. Yeah.
t0ra because I like how his files are somehow super OUT-OF-THE-LIMIT and a huge variety of ideas.

And Kil.
Because **** you.
Don't bother that guy with theories or technical bullshit. He doesn't need that and I mean it. Kil's files are mystical, they're beyond any sort of rationnal interpretation. It's like the steps are just meant to flow with the music, it's a certain execution ; a certain absolute point of view.

Would you say you have your own style?
How can you seriously answer that. I guess the view I have isn't the one from the people who I acknowledge to have influenced me so I guess RIGHT.

When I step I'm looking for a sufficient technical consistency and exactitude while keeping in mind the idea of steeping the music and not the note (this is a great influence of kommisarism there !!!), I want to make people FEEEL DA NOTE DAMNIT. Being on a rationnal base and innovating from this!!!

How much has your stepping/style evolved since you started?
MY first files sucked because I only played bad pad files. The keyboard collaboration submitters's styles were so ****ing archaic and irregular I couldn't properly know how to step a file actually, I needed a solid rationnal basis that lacked at the time of these packs.
My first files weren't quite good, nor fun, I wasn't even conscious that a song had four beats in a measure.

God I had an enormous blind spot about what actually made a file worthy.

I think it's more a matter of how clear stepping became to me. If you play that pack zebdal and I made it's a pretty good example of my second "era", my file in FFRCP2 too. Then I went to Xoon and improved continually. I kept a very "hard" stepping since I wanted to be the MOST accurate possible in my layering.

Then progressively, say, since last year, I became to evolve a bit, thinking about the romantic impact of a song, of how you could view it and emulate your style from that. And I evolved since that foundation since then.

[megamon88]

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who has influenced your stepping style and why?
I don't really have anyone specific who influenced my stepping style. Starting out, I really didn't know what I was doing. I tried out different things to see what was fun, but I didn't really have much technical knowledge. I stepped things the way I heard them, which seems to be a bit different than other people. I guess I was somewhat influenced by FFR's files, but I can't really name a person.

would you say you have your own style?
I guess I have a style, but I don't really think it would be recognized by people if a file of mine got released and they didn't know it was me stepping it. I notice that I tend to use more jumps than other people though.

how much has your stepping/style evolved since you started?
I've definitely improved over the past few years. I started out not getting anything into FFR, and now I have over 20 files in-game. My style has changed a decent amount too, though I don't know if anyone else would have noticed.

[FFR4EVA_00]

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who has influenced your stepping style and why?
my stepping style is influenced by whoever made those black anothers in dj troopers and skrillex

would you say you have your own style?
sure as heeeeelll do

how much has your stepping/style evolved since you started?
i started off bad
i am still bad
nothing much has changed
jk i ****ing rock

[ca25nada]

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who has influenced your stepping style and why?
Leonid (since he retaught me the basics of stepping-), and possibly some influences from gundam-dude & longgone since I whore their simfiles way too often.

would you say you have your own style?
- Not really from a broader sense of view. (straightforward stepping, no color theory/gimmicks, etc.) However, there are little points here and there that define the files as my own.

how much has your stepping/style evolved since you started?
- Although "style-wise" I didn't really change much, I think I'm making a lot less technical errors now.

and 4key → 6key

[xferrarix]

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would you say you have your own style?

to be completely honest in a way i do. i've seen reviews that tell me that i can be extremely simplistic, and sometimes my files feel like something anyone else could make. there's a FEW files that i'm pretty sure i stepped only one specific way no one else could of replicated (ie, take mind mapping, LEF, and red hot skull as examples) but all in all i have my own style. i'm not one of the simfile authors that anyone really looks up to or whatnot, but i'm like the velious of odi2 (he made like two files for it, but no one really cares nor remembers him that well)

i don't want to say i brought about a new style to the stepmania scene, but back at odipack2 (?) i can't remember exactly which pack it was since dcp and odi2 were both around a year's time. i made a file called gun rock that was, sadly, rejected by GLovE for being too simplistic. however back then it was different to see someone actually MAKE something decent (back in mid-07 to early-09 80% of people that stepped were not very good at it). the file had a few things that was different from what other people did, but i can't say it was that much different to stand out.

however if i was to say who influenced me i'd say blurk and toph. when i step a file i always do it in a way that seems really similar to what they used to do. some of my files i can say i had some inspiration by the way kil steps; none of my files feel a thing like this though. the only one i'd say that does is Criss Cross (i stepped everything from the beginning until the main chorus that plays in the preview). all in all i've always thought of blurk and toph was two of the best people to make simfiles (with zaghurim and kil in that mix).

how much has your stepping/style evolved since you started?

it hasn't changed much. i think that everyone else's perspectives of files have changed over time which in turn made my files seem much better than they are. i'm not saying that i step poorly or that i'm a better stepper than other people; i make my files for other's appeals. i feel that since everyone has drained down the whole technicality and elitist viewpoint on stepping, it's easier to get into stepping and want to get better at it. it's cool to see other stepmania players playing your simfile and enjoying it.

i don't care if you like my simfiles or not. overall i've made some small changes in the way i step to appeal to current times. all in all i've barely changed

[psychoangel691]

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Who has influenced your stepping style and why?

I don't know if I'd say that they influenced my style per-say because I don't step anything like them but the people that helped me get into stepping and helped me learn the ropes would be Byron, Carlos and AJ. They were the ones that gave me the most guidance and encouragement when I first started out.

if you just started stepping who do you look up to?

I didn't just start but there are definitely people I look up to like bmah, Carlos, Wilson, AJ actually there's a lot of people that I really enjoy as stepartists.

would you say you have your own style?

I don't think I've really found my style, I still feel like I'm always trying to fit into this box of what everyone expects for a simfile. Which I really hate because I never had that mentality coming into it but when I realized how hard it was to get a chart into FFR I started losing that thinking of just doing it the way I feel.

how much has your stepping/style evolved since you started?

Well really at best I guess I can say I started doing other genres, otherwise I don't think it's changed that much.

[NeoMasterPie]

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**** you pat lmao

anyways i think most of my inspiration comes from poopet and goddamn dude, with a hint of rog and carlos.............................

my philosophy is ez patterns that go to the music and that's pretty much it. if i think there's some cool way i can express a part of a song then i do that, whether it be through repetition or just contrasting the way the rest of the file is stepped, w/e (in that sense i do think simfile making is truly a form of art).

the more you step, the more you develop your own style, and i think that applies to everyone. i've tried to mimic both pat and puppet's styles (see: cirno's hot spring and a castle under siege respectively), although i learned my mistake with last regrets (way too many 192nd esp in the beginning lol); however more recently i've just been doing my own thing based on what i find fun, which is what stepping is all about: representing the song the way you find the most fun, even if that way is stepping every noise completely technically (patashu)

[LongGone]

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Who has influenced your stepping style and why?

Hard to say. I learnt plenty from Kinx just from talking to him and collab-ing on a 6k file. I only stepped 4k seriously later on after having a deeper look into some files by Kommisar and Gundam-Dude, getting a better idea of what patterns flow and what doesn't.

Would you say you have your own style?

By now, maybe. I'd consider myself as one of the "newer generation steppers". It is pretty much an amalgamation of different styles; used to be 192nds like GD did, teal 48ths that moches use frequently, occasionally Scylax-esque pattern and layering, etc.
(also considering that not as many people step for solo, I guess it stands out a little more prominently in the 6k field..)

How much has your stepping/style evolved since you started?
I'd say "Its packaged better now". Ultimately since my first few charts, there was barely any difference in terms of layering. However, pattern choice and accentuations using minifreezes, coloured notes (i.e. toned down now) and mine usage have slowly evolved over time making my charts at least more presentable now.

[Coolboyrulez0]

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who has influenced your stepping style and why?

No one in particular -- more of an amalgamation of various older files (KB Megapacks / Community Packs)

if you just started stepping who do you look up to?

I can almost appreciate everyone's stepping style because they all bring something else to the table, just like a unique artwork.

would you say you have your own style?

Most definitely. You could call it neo-oldschool.

how much has your stepping/style evolved since you started?

Not too much, besides perhaps more dense layering and a larger focus on flow.

[skorpion9x]

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who has influenced your stepping style and why?
I'm not sure if I have any major influences to my stepping style since I started when the community was still quite young. When I make steps I usually just try to make them fun for myself. I may subconsciously have some influences that I'm not aware of, from stepartists whose works I really liked, such as DJ Ren. I suppose BemaniRuler could be considered an influence as well, since he was the first one who started making really difficult stepfiles.

if you just started stepping who do you look up to?
N/A

for the vet stepartists

would you say you have your own style?
Since my primary play style is index, I'm quite limited on what I can do with steps that fit my play style, and so it's hard to be unique with such limitations. I do, however, often hear that I have my own style from other people. Of course, this could just be because most people play spread these days, and most stepfiles are made to cater to that style.

how much has your stepping/style evolved since you started?
Well from when I first started (like my very first horrible stepfiles), I'd say it evolved a lot, because those early ones were awful. But once I got a style down for making files, I don't think it's changed much. Recently, however, I've been trying a little bit to get into spread playstyle (though not with much success), and I'm trying to make steps to my forthcoming files which cater to that style (with triple/quad steps, etc).

[Elite Ninja]

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who has influenced your stepping style and why?
My style is pretty much influenced by myself + the tips I've gotten from many other step artists out there.

would you say you have your own style?
From what I've heard I sometimes step old school, and that my files evenly use both hands.

how much has your stepping/style evolved since you started?
I've definetly improved over time. At first when I started I had trouble just trying to put notes to a song because I couldn't figure out how to add a song to SM lol. Thanks to bmah though I got everything to work and from there on I didn't know a thing about layering and PR and just stepped the way I felt the song should be stepped to me. Took tons of advice through my stepping journey and now I have improved in those areas and I can now make better and harder charts. I used to only be able to make easy charts like Very Difficult and Challenging files but now I'm starting to make VCs and close to FMOs now. I still have trouble making anything higher in difficulty than a low FMO but I think that's because anything higher doesn't appeal to me very much I guess.... I'm kinda making more colourful charts but I still suck at anything that isn't a constant BPM through the song.

[SKG_Scintill]

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Who has influenced your stepping style and why?
I think Patashu, as his files are the only ones I remember. Although, I'm not aware of his influence.

Whom do you look up to?
WC because of his well-deserved arrogance. Patashu because he can step pretty much anything.

Would you say you have your own style?
Not really, hi19's stepping style I find quite similar, though I have odder song choice and a more hectic usage of colour.

How much has your stepping/style evolved since you started?
Well I don't know who it was, but someone told me to stop sending files to the ffr batch because they were always awful.
Now my files get good ratings. Yet, I'm still pretty much unknown and only appreciated by few.

[hi19hi19]

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Who has influenced your stepping style and why?
Oldschool files. Especially Zagh, Blurk and Glove back in the days of Gigasweden were really interesting to me. I paid close attention to their files and tried to learn from them.
I LOVE nearly every file by Toph and I've been really inspired by his files, especially Beyond the Earth.
I'd like to say I was infulenced by Kil but in reality I still have no idea how his files work, Kil theory minijacks then again I haven't really stopped to analyze them like I did Toph and Sweden files.
I also have a lot of respect for NVLM. Guy was way ahead of his time, an true dump master~

Who do you look up to?
AJ, Carlos, Scintill, Patashu, Kommi, and those listed above. Those are who jump to mind immediately.

Would you say you have your own style?
Clearly so. I have very idiosyncratic ways of applying certain patterns to certain sounds... also because I step FFR-y files I almost never use BPM tricks, mines, or holds. So that's part of my style too.
I bet most people could pick a file stepped by me out of a crowd pretty reliably. I try to vary my style but there's no question I do certain things "my way" consistently.

How much has your stepping/style evolved since you started?
It's stopped sucking as much as it did when I started!
Gotten way better at PR (seeing as "PR" as a concept barely existed when I started) and I've stopped using nearly exclusively indexable patterns.
Since I have started to use DDReam my files are no longer shit synced haha (in fact these days I would say I'm one of the more anal and precise steppers when it comes to sync)
I've also opened up more recently to split rolls, something I used to NEVER use.