Talkion - ZIV Simfile League 2019 Week 4 Feedback

ZiV Simfile League Week 4 Feedback
*I generally looked at the one or two hardest charts (ignoring edits) to base my decisions.

Nezemarth vs FoRCeDNaTuRe

EVERY TIME I SEE YOU (Nezemarth)
- Imo should be a 13 due to patterning complexity
- Nice chart! I like the rhythms and gallops, while not 100% consistent, seem like they'd be enjoyable to play
- Good flow

perfect sunrise (FoRCeDNaTuRe)
- Pretty damn tough for a 13 with all the runs
- Confusing shock arrow usage that drops halfway through the song; typical DDR meta treats it like a center step but this strays from that
- Pretty good patterning, everything comes together well for both ESP and CSP

Very close decision, but my vote goes to EVERYTIME I SEE YOU; it was the overall cleaner chart with more appealing elements to me.

VanEden vs hooky

Store (VanEden)
- Pretty easy for a 13; I might compare it to 妄想感傷代償連盟 ESP 12 in DDR A20.
- Solid patterning and awareness to the song's different sounds as usual. Challenge feels really slick
- Sync feels early
- Similar thoughts on ESP

Love So Soft (hooky)
- Steps match lyrics and sounds in song very well
- I like the use of forced doublesteps
- Slowdown feels a little forced but works
- Pretty polished

Very tight margins here. I went with Store; I personally preferred it slightly more.

DigitalBasic vs vonafroa

Walk Thru Fire (DigitalBasic)
- Seems very easy for an 11
- I like the representation of 'walking through fire' with the mines
- Clean chart; rhythms, patterning and flow all work well. Nothing to complain about

It Makes You Forget (Itgehane) (vonafroa)
- m7 jump is an ambiguous entry, but since it can be footswitched if entered wrong not the biggest deal
- m26 unmarked footswitch/doublestep
- Creative and interesting patterning; rhythms are alright
- Difficulty curve is a little frontloaded, but works as the patterning changes
- Hard af for an 11

Although Walk Thru Fire was the more polished chart, my vote goes to It Makes You Forget as it is the more interesting and memorable one.

K-Step vs TonyAkita

I Want You (K-Step)
- Clean chart. Slowdowns make sense and the patterning is crispier than I've seen from your files in previous weeks
- Patterning is pretty good, straightforward stuff
- Rhythms fit the bill well; some tricky stuff but goes to the song.

Emmene-moi au Futur (TonyAkita)
- Weird difficulty spike around 1:30 during a calm section of the song. I understand the rhythms but it sticks out to me
- Great great chart otherwise; liking the attention to detail and pattern symmetry
- Difficulty curve a bit stagnant

It was a difficult choice, but I went with I Want You (K-Step).

Mr.Music vs Braeden47

Hoshikuzu no yoru hate (Mr.Music)
- Quite possibly my favorite chart you've put out this contest. Clean patterning and rhythms, good symmetry, unique sections that give the charts personality (crossovers and 16ths, Sakura Sunrise style stepjumps)
- m55 footswitch isn't immediately clear

I Wanna Be Rich (Braeden47)
- Awkward place to start the file
- Flow breaks sometimes, often out of jumps
- Good to use freezes to correspond to sounds in the song, but done inconsistently
- Abrupt cut
- Good rhythms

My vote went to Hoshikuzu no yoru hate; it was the overall more polished and well-made file.

HealingDMax300 vs ohaiimian

Rightfully (HealingDMax300)
- Charted really well, but I really wish you were able to make a higher difficulty file work. Some untapped potential for challenging and interesting rhythms like you've done before with Jade Runs here.
- Great rhythms and patterning, although asymmetric here and there

Gameoson vs djVERTICAl

Saiyajin (Gameoson)
- Overall very well made; patterning and rhythms both match song very well and show thought and care
- Repeated 16ths + jacks + jumps may be uncomfortable in practice; I have mixed thoughts on its use
- ESP was great, nothing to complain about

Ame To Okami (djVERTICAl)
- Both ESP and CSP are charted in a very enjoyable way; the constant twists, freezes, and stepjumps look fun but still feel light
- Feels more 'freely' charted than what Gameoson or VanEden might put out
- Rhythms work well. Jumps accent the patterning and the song equally well
- As I expressed on the thread, I think that CSP is more like a hard 15 and ESP more like a hard 14.

Minor flow oddities in CSP:
- m34 freeze into the next jump resolves somewhat oddly and isn't very intuitive, unless it's meant to be performed as a spin
- m48 footswitch into jump isn't immediately apparent, although this isn't that much of a problem
- m96 doublestep

My vote went to Ame To Okami. Both charts were very well-made, and the caliber is really high, but I would personally enjoy playing Ame To Okami more in practice.