Talkion - ZIV Battle Royale 2020 Week 1 Feedback

悪性ロリィタマキャヴェリズム (PenTA_)
- Good sync
- Good flow and consistently natural patterning
- Seems like a DDR official
- Would have liked to see the song's pianao runs covered with 16ths and jacks for a Lv17 chart; feels like a bit of a missed opportunity.
- The sets of jumps/arrows in places such as m18, m36-38 need to be earlier to match the vocals' rhythm
- A little repetitive, but patterning is good enough that it's somewhat excusable

Blinding Lights (Braeden47)
- Good sync
- Steps in intro seem unnecessary
- Flow works, but not much care to which way the player is facing (quite a few sections where the player faces left for extended periods
- Rhythm is inconsistent; I like the freezes in the intro but that's thrown away in the ending even though the musical elements are the same
- Abrupt cut and steps continue after the cut ends

Brain system (vonafroa)
- Good sync
- Nice rhythms except for middle section
- Patterning also good; you've been improving with every file
- Middle section 16ths don't really match the music; not sure why you overcharted it here
- I like the file aside from the middle section, good job

BurningMan (Pandemonium X)
- Good sync
- No complaints with the flow
- Would like the patterning to be more dramatic or less dramatic following the music a bit more; use jumps or freezes more to accent it
- Everything after the 16th drill seems quite fun
- 16th drill at m56 is really rude
- DSP looks like a 13, maybe a 12

Cycling! (DJSuperNOVA)
- Sync is ever so slightly late
- Audio is kinda blown out
- Doublestep at m15, m20, m62, m102, m106, m108
- Footswitches at m38, m46, m50, m86, m90 comes without much warning, since similar patterning that aren't footswitches accompany them
- Crossover at m74-75 is a little harsh and hard to get out of
- 16ths add good flair to the chart

Cyclone Strait (TonyAkita)
- Sync is REALLY off for some reason
- Rhythms are clean, but could go to the song a little more
- Nice flow and patterning
- Nice freeze spins and buildup
- Seems more like a 14 to me, and DSP an 8 or 9

Darkness (EmeraldX)
- Somewhat late sync
- Seems more like a 15 to me
- Great patterning and flow, nice patterning variety and difficulty buildup
- Freezes used adequately
- Plays out like a recent DDR original

Devilic Sphere (KexMiX)
- Good sync
- Flexible rhythms work really nicely to the charts' favor
- Nice use of freezes and jumps all around the charts; especially love the sequences around 1/3 through CSP
- Smooth crossovers
- ESP seems more like a 13; 16ths are too sparse to be called a 14
- Props to charting full SP and DP difficulties

Extasy (Nezemarth)
- Good sync
- Bare karaoke stepping not really my favorite; nice rhythms otherwise
- Good flow
- Nice attentiveness in patterning
- I like the intro and end with the 16ths
- Props to charting full SP and DP difficulties

GAIAPEX (blank)
- Good sync
- Smooth patterning and flow; although it could go to the song's elements more at times (e.g. the freezes in the middle)
- 8ths patterning starting from m25 really sexy and good
- I also like the stepjumps starting from m50 a lot
- Great crossovers in ESP
- Props to charting full SP and DP difficulties

Get Your Wish (K-Step)
- Good sync
- I don't get the point of the mines in the middle
- Good patterning otherwise, I appreciate that you charted the 32nds
- Good use of freezes, although a little inconsistent
- A little lopsided of a difficulty curve

Greenhorn (ledgam3r)
- Good sync
- Patterning looks very fun; lots of care put into it with symmetry + corresponding to lyrics + variety
- Good use of stops
- Nice sequences with crossovers and jumps
- A few places here and there where flow out of jumps feels a little weird (e.g. m27)
- Shock arrow chart is alright, not much else to say

Hey QT (chewi)
- Good sync
- Clean patterning, everything feels deliberate. But it feels a little boring
- Good flow
- I enjoyed the jump sequences

Himitsu Dial (VanEden)
- Good sync
- Bursts add an interesting source of difficulty, but a little abrupt and too hard? to be thrown in casually in a 14
- Nice alternation between 16ths and swing rhythms
- Very 'accurate' charting

HOT STUFF (SomethingRandom)
- Sync feels a little weird; song is probably live BPM
- Rhythms and flow pretty good for the most part
- Nothing really pops out to me though
- Improvement from past files

More (HDM300)
- Sync is good
- Audio is a little blown out?
- Creative patterning, such as the spins, but a little repetitive towards the end
- Clean and deliberate steps, which I appreciate

NANI THE FUCK!! (tsugaru7reveng)
- Good sync
- I can't fucking believe this was charted, and I can't even be angry cause this is actually a really good file
- Nice 8th patterning in the first half
- Great difficulty curve; it feels like care and consideration has been put into how this would play out on pad
- Reminiscent of modern DDR charting in the best ways

Neo-Aspect (clanner99)
- Very early sync
- 16ths in beginning feel uncalled for
- Why not extend the BPM gimmicks in the beginning to the whole buildup, or just remove them altogether?
- I would recommend using freezes in the section starting in m20
- 16ths in m60 onwards is an odd and extreme difficulty spike, you should watch out for things like that
- Significant flow issues; try testing your files with your feet or index fingers, only alternating them to figure out whether sections flow or not. Alternatively, use the 'dancing bot' function in ArrowVortex
- CSP should be a 14, ESP an 11

Ohayo! (ohaiimian)
- Good sync
- Clean patterning that goes to the song well
- Nice use of 16ths to go the samples
- Enjoyed the Tribe CSP-style stepjumps near the end

Piano Concerto (gameboy573)
- Good sync
- Enjoyable and natural patterning and rhythms; feels like a 2014-era DDR chart
- m34 jump transition is weird
- Jumps feel out of place to use at the end

Psychedelic Intelligence (ForcedNature)
- Good sync
- Good use of crossovers
- I like the bit at m20 with the jump, among other sections that force you to cross over
- Bits like m24's jacks or m75's 24ths accent the song well
- Rhythms seem a bit inconsistent in how they're used at times, like the middle, but otherwise very nice
- Would have liked to see a little more difficulty buildup
- ESP well done just like CSP, although I would rate it a 13. Reminiscent of Tech-Noid ESP
- I like that some of the same patterning is retained between both ESP and CSP
- Props to charting full SP and DP difficulties

Sharkbait (brunobg)
- Good sync
- Good gimmicks, although the parts with heavy effects and kicks didn't feel like they got enough
- Interesting choice to mark gimmicks with mines - is that how it's done in ITG tech?
- Could have used freezes, jumps, or more adventurous patterning a little more
- Feels a little reserved for a brunobg chart
- Great flow

Try Again (Maractus)
- Good sync
- Jumps and freezes accent the song well
- Some inconsistent implementation of footswitches
- Not really a fan of the slowdown with the shock arrows
- Illegal (for DDR) freeze placement at m51

Ultimatum (shortysnmn)
- Good sync
- Liking the use of shock arrows a lot; very consistent and sensible
- Good footspeed practice for Lv13
- Maybe the patterning during the shock arrow sections could be a little more difficult to balance things out
- I think ESP is more of a 10 than a 9 due to the mines and the overall use of 8ths

UNO (Oni-91)
- Can you start files not on m0 please
- Enjoyable patterning; good kind of karaoke stepping
- Would've liked to see the 16ths in the song a little more
- Unsure about whether the 12ths are accurate or not

Wing of Hearts (Mr.Music)
- Sync feels a little bit off at times
- Audio is blown out
- Overall good flow; good use of patterning like jacks or spins to augment the song
- Middle section, as well as about half of the climax keeps the player facing the same way for a while
- Good rhythms