Chart grading standards:
11 - Flawless chart. Floors me nonstop beginning to end. Unlikely to ever be found.
10 - Exceptional chart. Displays technical excellence along with engaging, interesting and creative patterns throughout.
9 - Excellent chart. Displays strong technical expertise with a few nitpicks. Patterning is entertaining, but may have brief periods with room for improvement.
8 - Great chart.
7 - Good chart. Technical aspects are generally good with a few noticeable flaws. Patterning is generally entertaining, but may lack creativity or interest at times.
6 - Above average chart.
5 - Average chart. Technical aspects may have some noticeable flaws. Patterning remains fun enough to be worth playing, but may be overly predictable and have significant room for improvement.
4 - Below average chart.
3 - Poor chart. Technical aspects may have some significant flaws. Patterning is bland throughout, or actively un-fun in parts, to a degree that would discourage you from playing the chart.
2 - Bad chart.
1 - Awful chart. Technical aspects may have severe flaws. A chart that is not fun from beginning to end; an incoherent, rambling mess.
0 - Severe technical errors that make a chart unplayable.
Presentation: 2 / 5 is average. Extras and attention to detail move that up. For example, a 5 / 5 file might contain a full set of single and double charts, good art, a lyrics file and a CD title. A 0 / 5 file breaks several rules regarding minimum presentation standards.
Tilt: At my whim. Most files get 2 / 3 unless I really decide I want to tilt a file. Mostly, I use this to single out music I hate
Most files will score between a 15 and 18 overall; a really good file will crack 20.
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DDR B2.1
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15 Step: 25 / 30
Challenge: 9 / 11
* My main complaint here is that there are numerous places where the patterns are just walking back and forth for a semi-extended period (e.g. 848262848). It works OK with the speed, but I'd like to see a bit more varied patterning in some of these places.
* Good use of crossovers.
* I'm not sure I would have gone with the freeze break around "measure" 58; it kind of breaks the flow.
* Still, a really fun chart overall.
Heavy: 9 / 11
* Again, my main issue here is that the positioning is a bit back-and-forth. It's worse towards the end - see measures 70 and 71.
* Nice use of rhythms. Overall, still fun.
Presentation : 5 / 5
* Good art
* 8 charts
* Good sample, if a bit unorthodox
* I'm wavering on this 5 because I would have liked to see even one more little extra, but I'm going to give it to you regardless.
Tilt: 2 / 3
I'm not usually a fan of art rock, but the rhythms on this gave you a lot to work with.
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California Gurls: 20 / 30
Heavy: 7 / 11
* My main problem with this chart is transition. Each individual run is fine, but none of them flow. It's not a problem per se at this speed, but it makes the whole chart feel disjoint. Given the simple, poppy nature of the song, the package really has to come together to stand out, and it just doesn't.
Standard: 7 / 11
* I'd watch out with that crossover in measures 43 and 44.
* I think the disjointedness is more acceptable in a Standard than a Heavy. Still nothing really stands out about this chart.
Presentation : 4 / 5
* Good art
* CD title
* 4 charts
* Good sample
* Video
Tilt: 2 / 3
I don't feel like putting much effort into tilt, so 2 is the default unless I say otherwise.
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Far Away: 22 / 30
Heavy: 8 / 11
* Just what we needed, another Freckles. I chose that as the comparison due to the crossovers, but this is a cookie-cutter 7 that would be good for warmup, cooldown or AAAing, but isn't going to be very memorable otherwise.
Standard: 8 / 11
* Bog-standard Standard.
Presentation : 4 / 5
* Good art
* Animated banner
* CD Title
* 4 charts
* Good sample
* Video
Tilt: 2 / 3
I don't feel like putting much effort into tilt, so 2 is the default unless I say otherwise.
Other thoughts:
* Couldn't you have picked something from Skate 3 instead?
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Mama Used To Say: 19 / 30
Heavy: 7 / 11
* The opening is a bit quiet; consider waiting until measure 9 to start.
* This is probably a 6. It's really simple.
* I would have loved to see a chaos pattern to the chimes or whatever at the end. As it is, this is a sound chart, but not particularly interesting.
Standard: 7 / 11
* The first four measures are exactly the same. The same thing comes up in reverse later.
* I'd probably avoid those crossovers in a 5.
* Again, nothing too memorable here.
Presentation : 3 / 5
* OK art
* CD title
* 3 charts
* Sample ends abruptly
Tilt: 2 / 3
I don't feel like putting much effort into tilt, so 2 is the default unless I say otherwise.
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Omnos: 22 / 30
Heavy: 9 / 11
* A more interesting 7, for sure. A couple gallops, a few taps, even a few basic step-jumps keep it mixed up. There were a couple of places where the patterning was dry for maybe a measure or so, but it cleaned up quickly. Good job.
Standard: 7 / 11
* I'd back off the double taps on Standard in favor of stationary 3 sets (e.g. 484); using the same foot twice in a row, even without movement, is harder than alternating feet.
* Still a decent chart, but not as interesting as the Heavy.
Presentation : 4 / 5
* Good art, although the song name should be more prominent than the artist
* 7 charts
* Bad sample
* Video
Tilt: 2 / 3
I don't feel like putting much effort into tilt, so 2 is the default unless I say otherwise.
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Theme of Chun-Li: 12 / 30
Challenge: 3 / 11
* Yeah, the opening run's in the music, but I'm not sure you need the whole thing. If you want to go that way, and you want to go with the long in-place runs, at least put the transitions in places that warrant it, or at least on the measures, rather than the random places it changes now.
* Continuing on, there is no eye for foot placement or transition. The sixteenths are all lined up OK, but anything bigger than that shows no thought for player position. And the sixteenth runs alternate feet but otherwise just feel random.
* The song basically repeats itself twice, so that doesn't help.
Heavy: 4 / 11
* At least this time the opening transitions in a pattern, although now it contains a double-step that looks like a crossover.
* The step-jumps are kind of fun, but every single one leads with the right foot.
* The repeat has short freezes and pseudo-hands which are just kind of sloppy.
* It's a little better than heavy, but it's still repetitive, unpolished and randomly patterned.
Presentation : 3 / 5
* Basic art
* 5 charts
* Bad sample
* Video
Tilt: 2 / 3
I don't feel like putting much effort into tilt, so 2 is the default unless I say otherwise.
Posted: Sun Aug 15, 2010 8:39 pm
) To the point I got distracted for a bit, haha~