@ Jezendar: I didn't know who made any of the files, sans CDtitles. "Rushed" would also explain the way the simfile felt, in which case my suggestion is "learn about the contest earlier next time through ESP or something
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@ Akira: Click the other half of the link. :p
@ Everyone else: I had to pull video 5 because some "advanced" (*cough ITG *cough*) players decided that my suggestions to remove the thirty-seconds and freezes meant that it's okay to insult me and my fiancee. Because, obviously, the only reason I didn't like the freezes and step-jumps is because I can't do them, and thus I'm a litany of dirty words. (And because Osprey plays Standard, she's fair game too... never mind that she's reviewing a difficulty consummate with her skill level.) What I was going for, and apparently missed the mark on, was a suggestion that the song would be more fun without them, and as a 9 rather than a 10, because it would balance the difficulty. If I just thought the chart was too hard for me (it wasn't) I would have tried it on keyboard instead. I understand there's a market for this kind of chart, but I see this competition as an attempt to produce a balanced, accessible, complete simfile, and this chart felt like the kind of thing that I would love to see moved to challenge. If this competition were about making a single Expert chart without presentation, catering to the top end, then it would be a different story.
As for the freezes, I think they should mostly be used when they actually have an impact on how the steps will be actually played, and if they don't, they usually just clutter up the chart - hence my hatred for short freezes. On a DDR noteskin, it also removes the timing colors, and between that and the increased density it can make things harder to read, but it's a fake kind of difficulty. I'm okay disagreeing with people who consider this valid "step rhetoric" (new phrase to me there, but it came up more than once), but demanding I change noteskins misses the mark entirely. Oh, and the personal insults again.
Note that the actual author of the simfile politely disagreed, so I'm not blaming him in any way.
Anyway, I'll be putting up an explanatory video when I get home on Saturday. But I have to ask: do you guys like the video reviews? Because I'm doing it for you, not these douchebags, and I can put up with this crap if you guys find it informative or entertaining.
If you want to see part 5, PM me your YouTube name and I'll friend you.