Very good files overall, guys. I really enjoyed some of them. I'm sorry I couldn't vote, but it's been an extra hectic week, and I haven't been able to play the files deeply enough to make a fair judgement. Congratulations to anyone who passes.
On to some things...
I think Infinity and hellrazor made some comments on weird/unexpected double-steps/spins in Vertex:
Flow has
always been my main directive when doing simfiles, and always design them so you never, never have to double-step (very rarely I do this, unless it's unavoidable in order to keep the overall structure into place, or for some intentional experimentation); Vertex is no exception, and was designed with no double-steps in mind at all. Throughout the charts there's some implied crossovers, if you play carefully you'll see everything falls into place and you don't spin/double-step a single time. Give it a try at a lower speed if needed.
@Jammitch regarding Vertex:
Yeah the DISPLAYBPM was a slip up I didn't think of, I agree it would have been better with a constant one. About the slowness of the first part, the song DOES start slow, and to keep the progressive difficult feeling of the file, I didn't to want to touch that part any further. I'm sure with a single note added it would feel overstepped (to me at least).
will-i-am wrote:MAYBE did well in BEST-mix #4 because it was fantastic, as expected, but people were able to connect with the accessible song. Stepping video game music is a tossup.
Yes, you don't don't really have that much of a chance with those; as I've seen over the years, personal taste does count, after all. But unfortunately for me, I'm stubborn/stupid and that's just what I like most to listen to and step (reminder: I step for my own enjoyment). I thought I would have learned the lesson, but I was actually confident on this final one, since it is my favorite of everything I've done up to now. Thought it would be nice as an ending. But whatever; I'm really tired of even trying to care anymore.
Glad a few of you at least enjoyed it, though.