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pokecapn · 08-14-2006, 02:42 PM

put your ass up in the air ai ai air

all in the way:
steps: honestly i have no idea why you didn't end it right before the second verse, because you include the first part of the second verse the song seems to drag on. 4.5/6
tilt: your song title is cut off in the bg and looks more like a captcha than a song title 3/4
overall: 7.5/10

bouncin:
steps: one, this song goes on for far too long. two, there are random bursts of difficulty that are in stark contrast with the rest of the steps. three, short freezes. four, you pretty much have 4 patterns and repeat them over and over again. these would be excellent ITG Hard steps, and if you knew my opinion of ITG Hard steps, you'd know that that's not a compliment. 1.5/6
tilt: i'm not sure what explosions and swirly things have to do with bouncing but i guess it works 4/4
overall: 5.5/10

dancin in my dreams:
steps: my major complaint is your synth line, it's a different pattern every time it comes up, and is extremely confusing to the player. if you had stuck with the first pattern you had and kept it for the other 3 repetitions of the synth it would have been a lot better. also a lot of the verse/chorus patterns are boring 3/6
tilt: quick check shows that this does song is indeed on the inital d soundtracks, slightly amused that xythar and jesterline didn't catch that 4/4
overall: 7/10

do you know
steps: hmm, the "do you know" syncopation felt wrong. In addition, a lot of these patterns (phrases? i have no idea what it's actually called) started with the left foot and tended to follow 4286 and were basically uncreative at best. that long freeze on the one jump makes me think you ran out of ideas to fill that space because it doesn't really match up. noticed some doublestepping as well 2/6
tilt: since i know this song, i know that the sound quality is kinda poor, also your graphics aren't great what with the lens flare and i think that skyline is jacked from a ddr song maybe 1.5/4
overall: 3.5/10

fuku wa uchi:
steps: these are pretty good, a bit on the twisty side but because the song is neither as fast or as relentless as dream of you i think it works out a lot better. 5.5/6
tilt: i kinda hate domino's songs but whatever 4/4
overall: 9.5/10

gasolina:
/10 postedit: this is my own entry so i am entreating you to an amusing picture instead of a score

high school love:
steps: okay, this is definitely a 9, what with the 16ths and the long runs and having to re-align your footing to hit the jumps at the end of runs. I think those oversights, along with the long freezes and the jumps that sometimes didn't go to anything and the repetitive patterns also hurt the song. 2/6
tilt: there's conceptually bad graphics and technically bad graphics and yours are the latter category. 1/4
overall: 3/10

inspiration:
steps and tilt: this one came out of nowhere! eurobeat version of inspiration, fantastic steps, it's pretty remarkable! 10/10

kickstart my heart:
steps: you've got the same problem as high school love regarding difficulty, but you didn't make as big a trespass. the beginning was awfully confusing because i wasn't sure what i was following and it almost seemed like it was a half beat offsync until it got into the groove. 3/6
tilt: hey these graphics aren't bad but the song got a little repetitive 3/4
overall: 6/10

little little princess:
steps: i would say see my review of blow me away but i guess i'll be nice and explain it. the bpm changes are completely unecessary. i have no idea what you're stepping to in the quiet parts. there are tons of doublesteps. there are short freezes in some places and long ones in other places even though it's the same part of the song. 0.5/6
tilt: your graphics and song are bad too 0.5/4
walks like a bad first simfile talks like a bad first simfile scores like a bad first simfile 1/10

love is eternity:
steps: let's put it like this, i like your attempt at sorrow steps, i don't like your attempt at crossovers, and i don't like your attempt at not making the song drag on. 3.5/6
tilt: what bugs me is that this song doesn't really sound much like a sorrow song 3.5/4
overall: 7/10

paranoia sky:
steps: ah a paranoia remix time to let my normal grading conventions slide and go into paranoia grading mode. given that, i think you should have cut the song down a bit. also, i don't think that the gallops really belonged in the song, and i was disappointed at the lack of geniunely spinnable parts. your challenge steps are full of the bullshit we know and love, but they're also full of 16ths and runs into jumps which aren't so hot. a smart merge of your heavy and challenge steps would have made this a great boss song. hell i might try and merge them myself because i think this has pretty good potential 4/6
tilt: video work was pretty well done NW180 MORE LIKE NW181 4/4
overall: 8/10

pump up the jam:
steps: was wondering why it took so long to get this stepped. i guess it was because people were held back by the incredible potential this song had so when it finally was stepped the author had a brain fart and made it as karaoke step as possible. too many pauses in the action, and i doubt many people are like me and know the lyrics well enough to get the timing right on the first try for the raps. a good effort but inherently flawed 2/6
tilt: graphics kinda lazy 3/4
overall: 5/10

right now:
steps: the sheer number of doublesteps in this file broke it for me, they would have been really good otherwise 4/6
tilt: song title cut off in background 3/4
overall: 7/10

sakura whatsit:
steps: hmm, the overdifficulty in some spots compared with the huge freeze section wasn't so hot. 3/6
tilt: when i saw that freeze, stop, change background gimmick, i thought it was great and was anticipating to see it more often in the song, but it never happened again. this was pretty disappointing given the number of long freezes you could have done it again on. with the gimmick being done only once it comes across as kinda sloppy. 2/4
overall: 5/10

samba brazil:
steps: hey, these were pretty good. the one thing i didn't like was that one short 16th run. i guess you could say i should have been expecting it because you were building up the difficulty to that part, but it just didn't mesh well. it put me in a bad mood for the rest of the song, but otherwise these steps were nice. 5/6
tilt: these were fine graphics 4/4
overall: 9/10

seasons of love:
steps: sometimes it follows stuff too closely and results in sparseness. i was liking what you were doing with the freezes until you started pulling up short freezes and doublesteps and all sorts of messiness in the second freeze section. 2.5/6
tilt: what is with the title being cut off of the background in this bracket 3/4
overall: 5.5/10

sphere:
steps: here's my thought process as i was playing this file: "kinda repetitive, but it seems like you're going for an A kind of feel so it's not so bad. short freezes are annoying though. oh hey i didn't have to doublestep that part that was pretty good. yeah, this is a lot like A but at the same time it's a lot more repetitive than A. is it getting faster what is going FUCK SHIT WHAT FUCK AHF FUCK" i think you can pick out what needs to be improved. better than speedy cat though! 3/6
tilt: pump style background and poor audio at least it doesn't have a final fantasy yiff lord in it. 2/4
overall: 5/10

this is love:
steps: ugh, way too many forced spins/doublesteps, the 16th run into a freeze was pretty reckless but i tended to start on the right foot with that so that wasn't so bad. the song is really quiet and isn't really busy or suited to ddr so there's a bit of sparseness when nothing's going on in the song 2.5/6
tilt: oh what's that the background is cut off okay also i can't read your lyrics at all pick a brighter color 2/4
overall: 4.5/10

together:
steps: hmm an odd choice for a samplestart. these steps weren't too bad, the amount of times i had to tap with the same foot was a little annoying but not bad, i think there was once forced spin which is bad, and you messed up the vocal syncopation at the end of the verse. 4.5/6
tilt: your background is really plain and once the videos start the lyrics are hard to read 3/4
overall: 7.5/10

tunak tunak tun:
steps: let's see, you can't keep the chorus syncopated at all, you have problems syncopating the verses, everything is repetitive, there are way too many jumps, the freezes make the steps painfully disjointed. 0/6
tilt: THUG FUCKING LIFE (your graphics are bad, artist name cut off in the bg, and your put your username in the song wheel)0/4
overall: they see me r0llin they hatin patr0llin they trying to catch me ridin dirty 0/10

way of life:
steps: the steps went too much in most parts and were really sparse in others, sticking too close to k-steps/melody steps does not a good file make. lots of doublesteps, and the song went on forever. i did not enjoy these at all. but they were better than other files in this bracker 1.5/6
tilt: your graphics are painful but you included a video i guess that's good because then i don't have to look at the background 0.5/4
overall: 2/10

wild thing poor boy:
steps: the sparseness made sense during the verse of wild thing but not during the part right before it if you know what i mean. i thought the patterns got kind of annoying and tiresome but i'm not sure why 4.5/6
tilt: i don't know what pokecapn reasoning is or why xythar mentioned it but i approve of many things involving my username 4/4
overall: 8.5/10

wowowee:
steps: these were pretty good but didn't make me say wowowee when i played them 5.5/6
tilt: i have no idea what a real life photo of a boat with people on it has to do with this song 3/4
overall: 8.5/10

you give love a bad name:
steps: the quiet part shouldn't have been included, it doesn't really work. steps were kinda sparse until the second half of the song after the first chorus and then they improved 4.5/6
tilt: my computer chocked on the video but whatever 4/4
overall: 8.5/10

moonspeak:
steps: okay but the ending was kinda weird 5/6
tilt: the video is nightmare inducing, so is the song, and you didn't have any background 1.5/4
overall: 6.5/10

top chizzles:
inspiration
fuku wa uchi
samba brazil

08-14-2006, 02:42 PM	#10
pokecapn //bemanistyle::[Member] pokecapn is offline Join Date: Jun 2006 pokecapn's Collection Posts: 87 Marketplace Rating: 0	put your ass up in the air ai ai air all in the way: steps: honestly i have no idea why you didn't end it right before the second verse, because you include the first part of the second verse the song seems to drag on. 4.5/6 tilt: your song title is cut off in the bg and looks more like a captcha than a song title 3/4 overall: 7.5/10 bouncin: steps: one, this song goes on for far too long. two, there are random bursts of difficulty that are in stark contrast with the rest of the steps. three, short freezes. four, you pretty much have 4 patterns and repeat them over and over again. these would be excellent ITG Hard steps, and if you knew my opinion of ITG Hard steps, you'd know that that's not a compliment. 1.5/6 tilt: i'm not sure what explosions and swirly things have to do with bouncing but i guess it works 4/4 overall: 5.5/10 dancin in my dreams: steps: my major complaint is your synth line, it's a different pattern every time it comes up, and is extremely confusing to the player. if you had stuck with the first pattern you had and kept it for the other 3 repetitions of the synth it would have been a lot better. also a lot of the verse/chorus patterns are boring 3/6 tilt: quick check shows that this does song is indeed on the inital d soundtracks, slightly amused that xythar and jesterline didn't catch that 4/4 overall: 7/10 do you know steps: hmm, the "do you know" syncopation felt wrong. In addition, a lot of these patterns (phrases? i have no idea what it's actually called) started with the left foot and tended to follow 4286 and were basically uncreative at best. that long freeze on the one jump makes me think you ran out of ideas to fill that space because it doesn't really match up. noticed some doublestepping as well 2/6 tilt: since i know this song, i know that the sound quality is kinda poor, also your graphics aren't great what with the lens flare and i think that skyline is jacked from a ddr song maybe 1.5/4 overall: 3.5/10 fuku wa uchi: steps: these are pretty good, a bit on the twisty side but because the song is neither as fast or as relentless as dream of you i think it works out a lot better. 5.5/6 tilt: i kinda hate domino's songs but whatever 4/4 overall: 9.5/10 gasolina: /10 postedit: this is my own entry so i am entreating you to an amusing picture instead of a score high school love: steps: okay, this is definitely a 9, what with the 16ths and the long runs and having to re-align your footing to hit the jumps at the end of runs. I think those oversights, along with the long freezes and the jumps that sometimes didn't go to anything and the repetitive patterns also hurt the song. 2/6 tilt: there's conceptually bad graphics and technically bad graphics and yours are the latter category. 1/4 overall: 3/10 inspiration: steps and tilt: this one came out of nowhere! eurobeat version of inspiration, fantastic steps, it's pretty remarkable! 10/10 kickstart my heart: steps: you've got the same problem as high school love regarding difficulty, but you didn't make as big a trespass. the beginning was awfully confusing because i wasn't sure what i was following and it almost seemed like it was a half beat offsync until it got into the groove. 3/6 tilt: hey these graphics aren't bad but the song got a little repetitive 3/4 overall: 6/10 little little princess: steps: i would say see my review of blow me away but i guess i'll be nice and explain it. the bpm changes are completely unecessary. i have no idea what you're stepping to in the quiet parts. there are tons of doublesteps. there are short freezes in some places and long ones in other places even though it's the same part of the song. 0.5/6 tilt: your graphics and song are bad too 0.5/4 walks like a bad first simfile talks like a bad first simfile scores like a bad first simfile 1/10 love is eternity: steps: let's put it like this, i like your attempt at sorrow steps, i don't like your attempt at crossovers, and i don't like your attempt at not making the song drag on. 3.5/6 tilt: what bugs me is that this song doesn't really sound much like a sorrow song 3.5/4 overall: 7/10 paranoia sky: steps: ah a paranoia remix time to let my normal grading conventions slide and go into paranoia grading mode. given that, i think you should have cut the song down a bit. also, i don't think that the gallops really belonged in the song, and i was disappointed at the lack of geniunely spinnable parts. your challenge steps are full of the bullshit we know and love, but they're also full of 16ths and runs into jumps which aren't so hot. a smart merge of your heavy and challenge steps would have made this a great boss song. hell i might try and merge them myself because i think this has pretty good potential 4/6 tilt: video work was pretty well done NW180 MORE LIKE NW181 4/4 overall: 8/10 pump up the jam: steps: was wondering why it took so long to get this stepped. i guess it was because people were held back by the incredible potential this song had so when it finally was stepped the author had a brain fart and made it as karaoke step as possible. too many pauses in the action, and i doubt many people are like me and know the lyrics well enough to get the timing right on the first try for the raps. a good effort but inherently flawed 2/6 tilt: graphics kinda lazy 3/4 overall: 5/10 right now: steps: the sheer number of doublesteps in this file broke it for me, they would have been really good otherwise 4/6 tilt: song title cut off in background 3/4 overall: 7/10 sakura whatsit: steps: hmm, the overdifficulty in some spots compared with the huge freeze section wasn't so hot. 3/6 tilt: when i saw that freeze, stop, change background gimmick, i thought it was great and was anticipating to see it more often in the song, but it never happened again. this was pretty disappointing given the number of long freezes you could have done it again on. with the gimmick being done only once it comes across as kinda sloppy. 2/4 overall: 5/10 samba brazil: steps: hey, these were pretty good. the one thing i didn't like was that one short 16th run. i guess you could say i should have been expecting it because you were building up the difficulty to that part, but it just didn't mesh well. it put me in a bad mood for the rest of the song, but otherwise these steps were nice. 5/6 tilt: these were fine graphics 4/4 overall: 9/10 seasons of love: steps: sometimes it follows stuff too closely and results in sparseness. i was liking what you were doing with the freezes until you started pulling up short freezes and doublesteps and all sorts of messiness in the second freeze section. 2.5/6 tilt: what is with the title being cut off of the background in this bracket 3/4 overall: 5.5/10 sphere: steps: here's my thought process as i was playing this file: "kinda repetitive, but it seems like you're going for an A kind of feel so it's not so bad. short freezes are annoying though. oh hey i didn't have to doublestep that part that was pretty good. yeah, this is a lot like A but at the same time it's a lot more repetitive than A. is it getting faster what is going FUCK SHIT WHAT FUCK AHF FUCK" i think you can pick out what needs to be improved. better than speedy cat though! 3/6 tilt: pump style background and poor audio at least it doesn't have a final fantasy yiff lord in it. 2/4 overall: 5/10 this is love: steps: ugh, way too many forced spins/doublesteps, the 16th run into a freeze was pretty reckless but i tended to start on the right foot with that so that wasn't so bad. the song is really quiet and isn't really busy or suited to ddr so there's a bit of sparseness when nothing's going on in the song 2.5/6 tilt: oh what's that the background is cut off okay also i can't read your lyrics at all pick a brighter color 2/4 overall: 4.5/10 together: steps: hmm an odd choice for a samplestart. these steps weren't too bad, the amount of times i had to tap with the same foot was a little annoying but not bad, i think there was once forced spin which is bad, and you messed up the vocal syncopation at the end of the verse. 4.5/6 tilt: your background is really plain and once the videos start the lyrics are hard to read 3/4 overall: 7.5/10 tunak tunak tun: steps: let's see, you can't keep the chorus syncopated at all, you have problems syncopating the verses, everything is repetitive, there are way too many jumps, the freezes make the steps painfully disjointed. 0/6 tilt: THUG FUCKING LIFE (your graphics are bad, artist name cut off in the bg, and your put your username in the song wheel)0/4 overall: they see me r0llin they hatin patr0llin they trying to catch me ridin dirty 0/10 way of life: steps: the steps went too much in most parts and were really sparse in others, sticking too close to k-steps/melody steps does not a good file make. lots of doublesteps, and the song went on forever. i did not enjoy these at all. but they were better than other files in this bracker 1.5/6 tilt: your graphics are painful but you included a video i guess that's good because then i don't have to look at the background 0.5/4 overall: 2/10 wild thing poor boy: steps: the sparseness made sense during the verse of wild thing but not during the part right before it if you know what i mean. i thought the patterns got kind of annoying and tiresome but i'm not sure why 4.5/6 tilt: i don't know what pokecapn reasoning is or why xythar mentioned it but i approve of many things involving my username 4/4 overall: 8.5/10 wowowee: steps: these were pretty good but didn't make me say wowowee when i played them 5.5/6 tilt: i have no idea what a real life photo of a boat with people on it has to do with this song 3/4 overall: 8.5/10 you give love a bad name: steps: the quiet part shouldn't have been included, it doesn't really work. steps were kinda sparse until the second half of the song after the first chorus and then they improved 4.5/6 tilt: my computer chocked on the video but whatever 4/4 overall: 8.5/10 moonspeak: steps: okay but the ending was kinda weird 5/6 tilt: the video is nightmare inducing, so is the song, and you didn't have any background 1.5/4 overall: 6.5/10 top chizzles: inspiration fuku wa uchi samba brazil Last edited by pokecapn : 08-15-2006 at 11:58 AM.