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TakeWalker · 01-13-2007, 10:58 AM

Now, for part the dos...

Love Tropicana Deluxe
Main Total: 9.15 / 10
Graphics: 1.9 / 2
-Banner: 1 / 1 : Oh shit, I have to give major points for moving banners.

Uhh... Whoa, it goes offsync if you watch it for long enough.

-Background: .9 / 1 : Nicely pulled from the video, good job!
Music: 1.9 / 2
-Song Selection: .75 / .8 : Totally wacky, with a strong beat and lots of rhythms to follow.
-File Quality: .2 / .2 : Good.
-Edit Quality: .8 / .8 : It's an op, you can't get much more edited than that.
-Sample Quality: .15 / .2 : The fadeout's just a bit too soon. Or maybe not soon enough, given what the banner does.
Stepcharts: 5.35 / 6
-Heavy: 2.6 / 3 : I totally didn't notice the steps the first time I played this; I was too busy watching the movie! The steps are pretty good; you keep a nice circular flow through all the wacky patterns. I think they fit nicely.
-Standard: 1.8 / 2 : Gives a nice feeling of dancing to the song.
-Light: .95 / 1 : Not bad.
Extras: 9
CDTitle: 2 : Very nice!
Animations and/or Movies: 8 : Dayamn. I have to see this anime sometime.
Extra Charts:
-Beginner Chart: 1 : Follows all the rules.
Improper Banner Formatting: -2 : There's nowhere else to put this; the banner gets offsync.

Mahoro de MAX 300
Main Total: 4.5 / 10
Graphics: 1.3 / 2
-Banner: .7 / 1 : Cute and good quality.
-Background: .6 / 1 : Equally cute, but sort of the same thing.
Music: 1.7 / 2
-Song Selection: .7 / .8 : It's funny how well these go together. What the hell?
-File Quality: .2 / .2 : Sounds just fine.
-Edit Quality: .6 / .8 : DDR length, though I thought it was going a little long at the end, when MAX 300 is going but the other song has run out.
-Sample Quality: .2 / .2 : Works well.
Stepcharts: 1.5 / 6
-Heavy: .1 / 3 : This is one time when I'm going to agree that MAX 300 isn't 300 BPM, and it's specifically because you don't treat this song like it's 300 BPM all the way through. To be sure, I don't appreciate the jumps (or the stops, but that's another story; or the mines, which this song absolutely doesn't need), but a large portion of the steps are just big freezes and other steps that make me feel like I'm moving at 150 BPM. There's nowhere to take off for poor BPM choices, so I'm doing it here. And for those stops, WTF.
-Standard: .9 / 2 : Strangely, a lot of the problems this song has on Heavy aren't as bad on Standard. Of course, Standard has the new problem of the gallops ending in jumps.
-Light: .5 / 1 : Hey look, it's a Light chart for a Max. My personal, and completely non-judged, opinion is you might have overdone it.
Extras: 1.9
CDTitle: 1.9 : Very nice.

Mata Hari (Spy mix)
Main Total: 9.15 / 10
Graphics: 1.95 / 2
-Banner: .95 / 1 : Very nice and professional!
-Background: 1 / 1 : Stunning.
Music: 1.9 / 2
-Song Selection: .8 / .8 : Eurodance works every time. This is a really great song.
-File Quality: .2 / .2 : Just stellar.
-Edit Quality: .8 / .8 : No problems at all.
-Sample Quality: .1 / .2 : The instrumental bit at the end makes it not the best.
Stepcharts: 5.3 / 6
-Heavy: 2.9 / 3 : It didn't need step-jumps or most of the 16th triples. Otherwise, it's perfect.
-Standard: 1.9 / 2 : Most of the blue jumps felt out of place, whether by rhythm or by pattern I can't tell. Otherwise, it's a great chart.
-Light: .5 / 1 : The steps coming out of the freezes in the chorus felt really out of place. I also thought the preponderance of three-note strings made it feel more like a Beginner chart at times. :|
Extras: 2.5
CDTitle: 2 : Nice!
Extra Charts:
-Beginner Chart: .5 : Well designed, but it's not 2 feet.

Metal Queen
Main Total: 4.8 / 10
Graphics: 1.2 / 2
-Banner: .6 / 1 : Fairly basic, but nice.
-Background: .6 / 1 : About the same.
Music: 1.05 / 2
-Song Selection: .4 / .8 : Not a bad song, but while Vanilla Ninja have a song on both DDR and ITG (yes, I know, it's the same song), that doesn't make all their music DDR-worthy. The chorus is just lacking in stuff to dance to.
-File Quality: .2 / .2 : Just fine.
-Edit Quality: .5 / .8 : The song gets fairly repetitive towards the end.
-Sample Quality: .15 / .2 : A little on the short side, it sounds like.
Stepcharts: 2.55 / 6
-Heavy: .9 / 3 : I take umbrage at the stop; it really just should have been a gap in the notes, and I think it's where your sync issues might stem from. It certainly didn't help the sync any. The freezes during the guitar squeals were a pretty nice touch; unfortunately, they're offset by the runs during the chorus, which really don't fit at all.
-Standard: 1.05 / 2 : It's got squeal freezes!

But, honestly, it's otherwise a very busy and highly bland Standard chart.
-Light: .6 / 1 : You really played it safe, so this isn't anything spectacular.
Extras: .5
CDTitle: 1 : Stock.
Animations and/or Movies: 3 : Yeah, the video's not that great a quality, but I understand. It's nice to get to see VN in concert, too.

Extra Charts:
-Beginner Chart: -2 : You have four 8th notes! What were you thinking? If I could take off more points for the non-same steps after every freeze, I'd do that, too.
-Challenge Chart: .5 : It's actually not a bad chart. It's danceable save for the double-tap spins near the end. I'm sad you took out the squeal freezes, though.

Bad Synching: -4 : Definitely goes off sync as it progresses.

Namida Girl
Main Total: 4.5 / 10
Graphics: 1.1 / 2
-Banner: .7 / 1 : Nice quality, but not that interesting.
-Background: .4 / 1 : The banner is just a cut of this, and yet the background is somehow blurry.
Music: 1.7 / 2
-Song Selection: .6 / .8 : It's got a good beat, but not quite so much in the way of danceable melodies.
-File Quality: .2 / .2 : Sounds just fine.
-Edit Quality: .7 / .8 : I think I just heard "namida gaaaaa" one too many times.
-Sample Quality: .15 / .2 : The ending is a little iffy.
Stepcharts: 1.7 / 6
-Heavy: 1 / 3 : Very fun and danceable, until you get to the chorus, that is. That's precisely what I was talking about in Song Selection. Those freezes are positively boring. And I wish you'd given at least some acknowledgement to the drum beats after the chorus. I expect to see 12ths in the Oni chart! >:|
-Standard: .6 / 2 : A lot of places just feel like Heavy with less stuff. And it still has wuss freezes. And it's otherwise by no means outstanding.
-Light: .1 / 1 : Another safe and totally boring Light chart. At least mix up your arrows some next time.
Extras: 1.5
CDTitle: 1.5 : Not bad.
Extra Charts:
-Challenge Chart: 2 : I really loved the bounces in the verse, though in the final run they don't feel like they're going to anything. I also appreciate the way you dealt with the chorus, though I missed a LOT of the freezes. And of course, I don't appreciate the mines. Really, it just felt like you were stretching the steps to get that elusive 10-foot (wait, I'm sorry, it's an 11) rating, which this song doesn't need. If you ask me, I think that Heavy would have been better off as a happy medium between what it is currently and this chart. Add the bounces, put the 8ths in the chorus, but keep the rest of it danceable. At least you had the 12ths I wanted.
Incorrect Difficulty: -2 : Despite the wussy freezes, even Stepmania thinks Heavy should be an 8.

Paranoia Disconnected Max (Hyper Dirty mix)
Main Total: 3.9 / 10
Graphics: .6 / 2
-Banner: .5 / 1 : A fairly basic mash-up. I always feel like a hypocrite marking people down for their graphics, BTW.
-Background: .1 / 1 : It's pretty much just ugh.
Music: 1.55 / 2
-Song Selection: .5 / .8 : Surprisingly, these two songs go together well, which just points out the ripoffitude of Disconnected. Strong beat, good for DDR. Gets kind of ugly towards the end.
-File Quality: .1 / .2 : It sounded pretty bad, honestly.
-Edit Quality: .8 / .8 : Full points for a good length edit.
-Sample Quality: .15 / .2 : Not a good cut.
Stepcharts: 1.75 / 6
-Heavy: .05 / 3 : I don't think there was a single well-placed jump in this song. But forget that: those slowdowns absolutely blow. How many notes can we fit into 40 BPM, no matter whether they go with the song or not? The opening minefield is stupid, BTW.
-Standard: 1.2 / 2 : You still insist on the mines? WTF? It's the DDR equivalent of peeing your name in the snow, and just as tasteless. We are not amused. Honestly, this is a fairly imaginative chart, in the style of Paranoia. I dig a lot of what went on in this, outside the mines.
-Light: .5 / 1 : Not very Paranoia-y, and often repetitive.
Extras: 1.5
CDTitle: .5 : I can't quite read the whole thing.
Readme Extras: 0 : You know what's funny? I have no idea who you are. Not once do you mention your name.
Extra Charts:
-Beginner Chart: 1 : Pretty standard, doesn't do anything wonky.

Paranoia Survivor Min
Main Total: 3.45 / 10
Graphics: 1.4 / 2
-Banner: .9 / 1 : A horrid mashup of... stuff. But it thankfully looks clean.
-Background: .5 / 1 : Oh, it makes my head hurt. >.< The text is nice, at least.
Music: 1.45 / 2
-Song Selection: .4 / .8 : AUGH WHY? The big problem with this song is it's too much Destiny's Child and not enough Paranoia. The Paranoia seems to just be thrown in as an afterthought.
-File Quality: .15 / .2 : Not the best.
-Edit Quality: .7 / .8 : The ending is definitely too drawn out, without any beat to back it up.
-Sample Quality: .2 / .2 : Well placed.
Stepcharts: .6 / 6
-Heavy: .05 / 3 : These steps feel very random, and they have little in the way of character or originality. Hell, everything about this file is random! Needless to say, I didn't enjoy them at all. And the ending REALLY sucks. Not to mention, the BPM should be half of what it is.
-Standard: .05 / 2 : See above.
-Light: .5 / 1 : Hey, this actually has some character.
Extras: .5
CDTitle: 1.5 : Nice and clear.
Readme Extras: 1 : A lot of info.
Bad Synching: -2 : Yeah, it gets offsync.

September
Main Total: 7.75/ 10
Graphics: 1.5 / 2
-Banner: .8 / 1 : Very nice.
-Background: .7 / 1 : Not bad.
Music: 1.35 / 2
-Song Selection: .75 / .8 : Songs like this have lots of DDR potential.
-File Quality: .15 / .2 : Doesn't sound 100%.
-Edit Quality: .3 / .8 : I really think this could have been edited better. The intro is too long, and I'd have rather had two chorus phrases than most of the opening (you could have just left it at the end of the song as it is).
-Sample Quality: .15 / .2 : The ending isn't the best. It's also fairly misleading, given what's in the song itself.
Stepcharts: 4.9 / 6
-Heavy: 2.8 / 3 : The steps are, on the whole, pretty fun, and live up to the song's potential. I'd comment on the freeze spins, but they're honestly fairly easy to do. There are some pretty wacky patterns in this, too, and I was able to pull them all off, so kudos for making something this unique. I don't think the gallops were the best idea, though.
-Standard: 2 / 2 : This might just be the best Standard chart in the tournament.

-Light: .6 / 1 : You used a little too much blue, and the progression isn't the best.
Extras: 1
CDTitle: 1 : Stock.

V35
Main Total: 6.05 / 10
Graphics: 1.2 / 2
-Banner: .6 / 1 : Fairly basic.
-Background: .6 / 1 : Also fairly basic, but related to the banner without being a copy.
Music: 1.85 / 2
-Song Selection: .7 / .8 : A Beatmania song with a strong beat and good melodies to follow.
-File Quality: .15 / .2 : Sounds all right.
-Edit Quality: .8 / .8 : Songs like this come pre-edited of course.
-Sample Quality: .2 / .2 : Not bad.
Stepcharts: 3 / 6
-Heavy: 1.5 / 3 : The steps don't grab me at all. They're fairly basic, thankfully nice and clean, and they just go with the song. They get better as the song progresses, but still don't stand out that much. I didn't like the opening, by the way, because nothing before that first freeze suggests how the 16ths and 8ths are going to sound.
-Standard: 1 / 2 : Not much in the way of character, but they get the job done.
-Light: .5 / 1 : Not really anything special. How did this merit a 4?
Extras: 2.5
CDTitle: .5 : A big block of stock graphics.
Extra Charts:
-Beginner Chart: 2 : Nicely done.

Votum Stellarum
Main Total: 5.7 / 10
Graphics: .9 / 2
-Banner: .3 / 1 : Really dark, I can't tell what it is, and the text doesn't match the artist tag (despite the banner being right, I have to take off points somewhere).
-Background: .6 / 1 : Average.
Music: 1.35 / 2
-Song Selection: .4 / .8 : It's really light on beat in a number of places.
-File Quality: .2 / .2 : Sounds fine.
-Edit Quality: .7 / .8 : Not bad.
-Sample Quality: .5 / .2 : Neither begins nor ends well.
Stepcharts: 3.45 / 6
-Heavy: 1.7 / 3 : Lots of good patterns, but the notes tend to just follow the music. I really liked the part where you start adding 16th triplets... But otherwise, the rest is just sort of good.
-Standard: 1 / 2 : Pretty much average.
-Light: .75 / 1 : They fit the song rather well.
Extras: -.5
CDTitle: 1 : Stock.
Extra Charts:
-Beginner Chart: .5 : Pretty basic, why is it a 2?
Bad Synching: -2 : It does feel offsync in two places.

01-13-2007, 10:58 AM	#3
TakeWalker //bemanistyle::[Member] TakeWalker is offline Join Date: Jun 2006 TakeWalker's Collection Posts: 166 Marketplace Rating: 0 Tokens: 1,632.94 Bank: 0.00 Total Tokens: 1,632.94 Donate Tokens	Now, for part the dos... Love Tropicana Deluxe Main Total: 9.15 / 10 Graphics: 1.9 / 2 -Banner: 1 / 1 : Oh shit, I have to give major points for moving banners. Uhh... Whoa, it goes offsync if you watch it for long enough. -Background: .9 / 1 : Nicely pulled from the video, good job! Music: 1.9 / 2 -Song Selection: .75 / .8 : Totally wacky, with a strong beat and lots of rhythms to follow. -File Quality: .2 / .2 : Good. -Edit Quality: .8 / .8 : It's an op, you can't get much more edited than that. -Sample Quality: .15 / .2 : The fadeout's just a bit too soon. Or maybe not soon enough, given what the banner does. Stepcharts: 5.35 / 6 -Heavy: 2.6 / 3 : I totally didn't notice the steps the first time I played this; I was too busy watching the movie! The steps are pretty good; you keep a nice circular flow through all the wacky patterns. I think they fit nicely. -Standard: 1.8 / 2 : Gives a nice feeling of dancing to the song. -Light: .95 / 1 : Not bad. Extras: 9 CDTitle: 2 : Very nice! Animations and/or Movies: 8 : Dayamn. I have to see this anime sometime. Extra Charts: -Beginner Chart: 1 : Follows all the rules. Improper Banner Formatting: -2 : There's nowhere else to put this; the banner gets offsync. Mahoro de MAX 300 Main Total: 4.5 / 10 Graphics: 1.3 / 2 -Banner: .7 / 1 : Cute and good quality. -Background: .6 / 1 : Equally cute, but sort of the same thing. Music: 1.7 / 2 -Song Selection: .7 / .8 : It's funny how well these go together. What the hell? -File Quality: .2 / .2 : Sounds just fine. -Edit Quality: .6 / .8 : DDR length, though I thought it was going a little long at the end, when MAX 300 is going but the other song has run out. -Sample Quality: .2 / .2 : Works well. Stepcharts: 1.5 / 6 -Heavy: .1 / 3 : This is one time when I'm going to agree that MAX 300 isn't 300 BPM, and it's specifically because you don't treat this song like it's 300 BPM all the way through. To be sure, I don't appreciate the jumps (or the stops, but that's another story; or the mines, which this song absolutely doesn't need), but a large portion of the steps are just big freezes and other steps that make me feel like I'm moving at 150 BPM. There's nowhere to take off for poor BPM choices, so I'm doing it here. And for those stops, WTF. -Standard: .9 / 2 : Strangely, a lot of the problems this song has on Heavy aren't as bad on Standard. Of course, Standard has the new problem of the gallops ending in jumps. -Light: .5 / 1 : Hey look, it's a Light chart for a Max. My personal, and completely non-judged, opinion is you might have overdone it. Extras: 1.9 CDTitle: 1.9 : Very nice. Mata Hari (Spy mix) Main Total: 9.15 / 10 Graphics: 1.95 / 2 -Banner: .95 / 1 : Very nice and professional! -Background: 1 / 1 : Stunning. Music: 1.9 / 2 -Song Selection: .8 / .8 : Eurodance works every time. This is a really great song. -File Quality: .2 / .2 : Just stellar. -Edit Quality: .8 / .8 : No problems at all. -Sample Quality: .1 / .2 : The instrumental bit at the end makes it not the best. Stepcharts: 5.3 / 6 -Heavy: 2.9 / 3 : It didn't need step-jumps or most of the 16th triples. Otherwise, it's perfect. -Standard: 1.9 / 2 : Most of the blue jumps felt out of place, whether by rhythm or by pattern I can't tell. Otherwise, it's a great chart. -Light: .5 / 1 : The steps coming out of the freezes in the chorus felt really out of place. I also thought the preponderance of three-note strings made it feel more like a Beginner chart at times. :\| Extras: 2.5 CDTitle: 2 : Nice! Extra Charts: -Beginner Chart: .5 : Well designed, but it's not 2 feet. Metal Queen Main Total: 4.8 / 10 Graphics: 1.2 / 2 -Banner: .6 / 1 : Fairly basic, but nice. -Background: .6 / 1 : About the same. Music: 1.05 / 2 -Song Selection: .4 / .8 : Not a bad song, but while Vanilla Ninja have a song on both DDR and ITG (yes, I know, it's the same song), that doesn't make all their music DDR-worthy. The chorus is just lacking in stuff to dance to. -File Quality: .2 / .2 : Just fine. -Edit Quality: .5 / .8 : The song gets fairly repetitive towards the end. -Sample Quality: .15 / .2 : A little on the short side, it sounds like. Stepcharts: 2.55 / 6 -Heavy: .9 / 3 : I take umbrage at the stop; it really just should have been a gap in the notes, and I think it's where your sync issues might stem from. It certainly didn't help the sync any. The freezes during the guitar squeals were a pretty nice touch; unfortunately, they're offset by the runs during the chorus, which really don't fit at all. -Standard: 1.05 / 2 : It's got squeal freezes! But, honestly, it's otherwise a very busy and highly bland Standard chart. -Light: .6 / 1 : You really played it safe, so this isn't anything spectacular. Extras: .5 CDTitle: 1 : Stock. Animations and/or Movies: 3 : Yeah, the video's not that great a quality, but I understand. It's nice to get to see VN in concert, too. Extra Charts: -Beginner Chart: -2 : You have four 8th notes! What were you thinking? If I could take off more points for the non-same steps after every freeze, I'd do that, too. -Challenge Chart: .5 : It's actually not a bad chart. It's danceable save for the double-tap spins near the end. I'm sad you took out the squeal freezes, though. Bad Synching: -4 : Definitely goes off sync as it progresses. Namida Girl Main Total: 4.5 / 10 Graphics: 1.1 / 2 -Banner: .7 / 1 : Nice quality, but not that interesting. -Background: .4 / 1 : The banner is just a cut of this, and yet the background is somehow blurry. Music: 1.7 / 2 -Song Selection: .6 / .8 : It's got a good beat, but not quite so much in the way of danceable melodies. -File Quality: .2 / .2 : Sounds just fine. -Edit Quality: .7 / .8 : I think I just heard "namida gaaaaa" one too many times. -Sample Quality: .15 / .2 : The ending is a little iffy. Stepcharts: 1.7 / 6 -Heavy: 1 / 3 : Very fun and danceable, until you get to the chorus, that is. That's precisely what I was talking about in Song Selection. Those freezes are positively boring. And I wish you'd given at least some acknowledgement to the drum beats after the chorus. I expect to see 12ths in the Oni chart! >:\| -Standard: .6 / 2 : A lot of places just feel like Heavy with less stuff. And it still has wuss freezes. And it's otherwise by no means outstanding. -Light: .1 / 1 : Another safe and totally boring Light chart. At least mix up your arrows some next time. Extras: 1.5 CDTitle: 1.5 : Not bad. Extra Charts: -Challenge Chart: 2 : I really loved the bounces in the verse, though in the final run they don't feel like they're going to anything. I also appreciate the way you dealt with the chorus, though I missed a LOT of the freezes. And of course, I don't appreciate the mines. Really, it just felt like you were stretching the steps to get that elusive 10-foot (wait, I'm sorry, it's an 11) rating, which this song doesn't need. If you ask me, I think that Heavy would have been better off as a happy medium between what it is currently and this chart. Add the bounces, put the 8ths in the chorus, but keep the rest of it danceable. At least you had the 12ths I wanted. Incorrect Difficulty: -2 : Despite the wussy freezes, even Stepmania thinks Heavy should be an 8. Paranoia Disconnected Max (Hyper Dirty mix) Main Total: 3.9 / 10 Graphics: .6 / 2 -Banner: .5 / 1 : A fairly basic mash-up. I always feel like a hypocrite marking people down for their graphics, BTW. -Background: .1 / 1 : It's pretty much just ugh. Music: 1.55 / 2 -Song Selection: .5 / .8 : Surprisingly, these two songs go together well, which just points out the ripoffitude of Disconnected. Strong beat, good for DDR. Gets kind of ugly towards the end. -File Quality: .1 / .2 : It sounded pretty bad, honestly. -Edit Quality: .8 / .8 : Full points for a good length edit. -Sample Quality: .15 / .2 : Not a good cut. Stepcharts: 1.75 / 6 -Heavy: .05 / 3 : I don't think there was a single well-placed jump in this song. But forget that: those slowdowns absolutely blow. How many notes can we fit into 40 BPM, no matter whether they go with the song or not? The opening minefield is stupid, BTW. -Standard: 1.2 / 2 : You still insist on the mines? WTF? It's the DDR equivalent of peeing your name in the snow, and just as tasteless. We are not amused. Honestly, this is a fairly imaginative chart, in the style of Paranoia. I dig a lot of what went on in this, outside the mines. -Light: .5 / 1 : Not very Paranoia-y, and often repetitive. Extras: 1.5 CDTitle: .5 : I can't quite read the whole thing. Readme Extras: 0 : You know what's funny? I have no idea who you are. Not once do you mention your name. Extra Charts: -Beginner Chart: 1 : Pretty standard, doesn't do anything wonky. Paranoia Survivor Min Main Total: 3.45 / 10 Graphics: 1.4 / 2 -Banner: .9 / 1 : A horrid mashup of... stuff. But it thankfully looks clean. -Background: .5 / 1 : Oh, it makes my head hurt. >.< The text is nice, at least. Music: 1.45 / 2 -Song Selection: .4 / .8 : AUGH WHY? The big problem with this song is it's too much Destiny's Child and not enough Paranoia. The Paranoia seems to just be thrown in as an afterthought. -File Quality: .15 / .2 : Not the best. -Edit Quality: .7 / .8 : The ending is definitely too drawn out, without any beat to back it up. -Sample Quality: .2 / .2 : Well placed. Stepcharts: .6 / 6 -Heavy: .05 / 3 : These steps feel very random, and they have little in the way of character or originality. Hell, everything about this file is random! Needless to say, I didn't enjoy them at all. And the ending REALLY sucks. Not to mention, the BPM should be half of what it is. -Standard: .05 / 2 : See above. -Light: .5 / 1 : Hey, this actually has some character. Extras: .5 CDTitle: 1.5 : Nice and clear. Readme Extras: 1 : A lot of info. Bad Synching: -2 : Yeah, it gets offsync. September Main Total: 7.75/ 10 Graphics: 1.5 / 2 -Banner: .8 / 1 : Very nice. -Background: .7 / 1 : Not bad. Music: 1.35 / 2 -Song Selection: .75 / .8 : Songs like this have lots of DDR potential. -File Quality: .15 / .2 : Doesn't sound 100%. -Edit Quality: .3 / .8 : I really think this could have been edited better. The intro is too long, and I'd have rather had two chorus phrases than most of the opening (you could have just left it at the end of the song as it is). -Sample Quality: .15 / .2 : The ending isn't the best. It's also fairly misleading, given what's in the song itself. Stepcharts: 4.9 / 6 -Heavy: 2.8 / 3 : The steps are, on the whole, pretty fun, and live up to the song's potential. I'd comment on the freeze spins, but they're honestly fairly easy to do. There are some pretty wacky patterns in this, too, and I was able to pull them all off, so kudos for making something this unique. I don't think the gallops were the best idea, though. -Standard: 2 / 2 : This might just be the best Standard chart in the tournament. -Light: .6 / 1 : You used a little too much blue, and the progression isn't the best. Extras: 1 CDTitle: 1 : Stock. V35 Main Total: 6.05 / 10 Graphics: 1.2 / 2 -Banner: .6 / 1 : Fairly basic. -Background: .6 / 1 : Also fairly basic, but related to the banner without being a copy. Music: 1.85 / 2 -Song Selection: .7 / .8 : A Beatmania song with a strong beat and good melodies to follow. -File Quality: .15 / .2 : Sounds all right. -Edit Quality: .8 / .8 : Songs like this come pre-edited of course. -Sample Quality: .2 / .2 : Not bad. Stepcharts: 3 / 6 -Heavy: 1.5 / 3 : The steps don't grab me at all. They're fairly basic, thankfully nice and clean, and they just go with the song. They get better as the song progresses, but still don't stand out that much. I didn't like the opening, by the way, because nothing before that first freeze suggests how the 16ths and 8ths are going to sound. -Standard: 1 / 2 : Not much in the way of character, but they get the job done. -Light: .5 / 1 : Not really anything special. How did this merit a 4? Extras: 2.5 CDTitle: .5 : A big block of stock graphics. Extra Charts: -Beginner Chart: 2 : Nicely done. Votum Stellarum Main Total: 5.7 / 10 Graphics: .9 / 2 -Banner: .3 / 1 : Really dark, I can't tell what it is, and the text doesn't match the artist tag (despite the banner being right, I have to take off points somewhere). -Background: .6 / 1 : Average. Music: 1.35 / 2 -Song Selection: .4 / .8 : It's really light on beat in a number of places. -File Quality: .2 / .2 : Sounds fine. -Edit Quality: .7 / .8 : Not bad. -Sample Quality: .5 / .2 : Neither begins nor ends well. Stepcharts: 3.45 / 6 -Heavy: 1.7 / 3 : Lots of good patterns, but the notes tend to just follow the music. I really liked the part where you start adding 16th triplets... But otherwise, the rest is just sort of good. -Standard: 1 / 2 : Pretty much average. -Light: .75 / 1 : They fit the song rather well. Extras: -.5 CDTitle: 1 : Stock. Extra Charts: -Beginner Chart: .5 : Pretty basic, why is it a 2? Bad Synching: -2 : It does feel offsync in two places. __________________ "Twenty-two astronauts were born in Ohio. What is it about your state that makes people want to flee the earth?" -- Stephen Colbert to an Ohio State Senator Last edited by TakeWalker : 01-13-2007 at 11:05 AM.