BEST-mix.net - DDR Simfile Tournament

All registered users (whether you entered or not) will be able to vote or judge the files based on choosing one of the 3 following options. No matter which option you chooise, you must equally evaluate all of the songs in a bracket to provide fairness. The reviews that take longer will grant more points to the files.

PR Option 1: Write a Complete Review of all songs in the bracket (assigning 25 points/song)
- Expert chart (10 points) Write a description of what you liked and disliked with the charts, explaining your score.
- Hardest non-Expert chart (10 points)
- Presentation (5 points) Write a description of what you liked and disliked with the artwork.
- Tilt / Preference (±1 point) for ANY reason, but you have to explain it.

NOTE: "Presentation" includes REQUIRED artwork as stated in these rules. Optional additions (videos, cd titles, etc) can only ADD to a score. You cannot take away points from a file because it didn't include enough extras compared to another file.

PR Option 2: Write a Partial Review of all songs in the bracket (15 points/song)
This is the same as above, but only for the EXPERT chart. This is NOT the "hardest" chart.
- Expert chart (10 points) Write a description of what you liked and disliked with the charts, explaining your score.
- Presentation (5 points) Write a description of what you liked and disliked with the artwork. (SEE NOTE ABOVE)
- Tilt / Preference (±1 point) for ANY reason, but you have to explain it.

PR Option 3: Approval Vote (5 points/song)
This is the quick route. You vote for as many songs from the bracket as you want.
Each vote = 5 points for each song you vote for.

I am the author of Upside Down. Thank you for playing!
I hope you enjoyed the file alongside [REDACTED] from
Bracket [REDACTED]. I really worked hard for these.

Everyone's files are awesome and enjoyable, and I am
looking forward for the next contests!
It's good to be back, and it's good to see everyone back!

Yes, that Dancemania CDTitle was a ruse. Feel free to use
the Almighty CDTitle for accuracy.

I did plan to use a cutout of the BG for a banner but that
would be against the rules. Nevertheless, here is an updated
BG and banner! Watch out for the updated BGAnimation.



(click for bigger image)

Anyway, here are my reviews!

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AIRHEAD - 13/15
Guess: #Hainanut

Quite a fun chart with the mini-gallops and all! Is it me
or did it drag a little though...

This band uploaded a 360p music video in 2020. Really.

Steps: 8/10
Presentation: 5/5

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ARE YOU READY TO FLY - 14/15

Ahh, this warmly reminds me of DDRMAX2 and that era in
particular, even that stop outta nowhere.

Steps: 9/10
Presentation: 5/5

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CANDY (TWEKZ REMIX) 14/15
Guess: Jukuguy

Another pretty solid file... hmm, that style is pretty familiar.
Those BGVideos are interpolated and scaled up as well!

Steps: 9/10
Presentation: 5/5

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CHEERS TO US - 14/15
Guess: chewii? What the hell, all of these are chewii!

Not gonna lie, I really liked this one! Cheers to all of us!

Steps: 8/10
Presentation: 5/5
Tilt + 1 for a bold level 4 file that actually works!

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CHEWI-GOOD!!! - 10/15
Guess: Kasser

These steps give me anxiety for a reason. Could use more
effort, really.

Steps: 7/10
Presentation: 3/5

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EVERYDAY JUMPING - 15/15
Guess: Air

OKAY, THIS IS A FUN CHART! ENJOYABLE FOR THE WHOLE DURATION!

Steps: 10/10
Presentation: 5/5

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GOOD GIRL - 13/15
Guess: Chmurek

Good set of steps which is comparable to BAAM ngl. For
some reason, kinda felt like it dragged on though.

Is there a way to install the whole Korean font set for those
lyrics to show up? Could have been romanized for now with
an alt hangul lrc file.

Steps: 8/10
Presentation: 5/5

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HOW TO BE A HUMAN - 15/15

Instructions unclear, mobility actuator struck by projectile.
Still not human after playing this.

An enjoyable file overall!


Steps: 10/10
Presentation: 5/5

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KARMA - 7/15
Guess: Braeden

I really like the song, but why use this version? Unless if this
is deliberate, please do some effort with the graphics!

Steps: 5/10
Presentation 2/5

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THAT OTHER KARMA - 13/15

Pretty solid steps, but it gets repetitive because of the song
choice. Nice graphics to pair with it.

Steps: 8/10
Presentation: 5/5

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LAST SURPRISE - 5/15

How to ruin a pretty good song. I thought it was made clear to
refrain from karaoke! Still, it managed to make no sense at all.

Steps: 3/10
Presentation: 2/5

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MY HEAD & MY HEART 13/15
Guess: pie-kun

Playing a little safe with the steps, but still enjoyable at a
level. Now really, what's the Pantene for?

Steps: 8/10
Presentation: 5/5
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OUT OF THE SKY (ANDRES SANCHEZ REMIX) 10/15
Guess: Three lil fishies

I honestly don't know what you want to go with the chart's theme.

Steps: 7/10
Presentation: 3/5
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PRETTY GREEN EYES - 8/15
Guess: Silver

Remember the old bemanistyle files? It's completely like
these. Classic-styled graphics but I think we got a little
too overboard? A bit repetitive for me.

Steps: 6/10
Presentation: 2/5

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QUIERO L'AMOR - 14/15
Guess: t7r?

No entiendo nada de lo que dice. Es una mezcla de español e
italiano o algo así? Por lo menos no es Bandolero Comanchero!
Basicamente es un Eurobeat Sim. No pude comprender esa imagen
hasta que vi la fuente.

Pasos: 9/10
Presentación: 5/5

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ROCK U FEAT. NAMIE AMURO - 13/15

A rather solid one, gives me the same energy as SUPER STAR from
DDR Solo. Kinda felt empty however, like you're looking for a PV,
but all I can find are the live performances.

Steps: 9/10
Presentation: 4/5

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SHAKE IT OFF
(The Factory Team Speed Mix) - 15/15
Guess: lrxevan

Now THIS is what defines Best Mix! Satisfying steps to a
satisfying song choice.

Steps: 10/10
Presentation: 5/5

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SOMEONE YOU LOVED - 13/15
AAAAAAAAAA: AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

AAAAAAAAAAAAAA: 8/10
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA: 5/5

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TetraQ - 14/15
Guess: aurae

Now this is a well-made chart, engineered to give a DDR Extreme
feel!

Steps: 9/10
Presentation: 5/5

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笑ってポン - 8/15
Guess: Not sure, but this guy is a veteran!

It's 2003 all over again! I do feel like this is a deliberate
throwoff. Is it?

Steps: 7/10
Presentation: 1/5

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Whine And Kotch - 13/15
Guess: NOT Air

More tolerable than Booty Me Down. It's been a while since we
saw an animated banner!

Steps: 8/10
Presentation: 5/5

Airhead - 25/25
Expert: 10/10
I absolutely adore this. The 16ths in the chorus were so neat. Fun use of gallops, freezes. Really great job.
Difficult: 10/10
This might be the weirdest feedback I would give but this chart anchors on the left and right arrows in a way that feels like a fun little line dance, and it fits the song so well. Fun patterns that weren't too literal, and a progression of difficulty that's never boring. Awesome.
Presentation: 5/5
Simple cute and effective. Video was a joy! Don't you wish it was easier to find these older music videos in good quality?
Tilt: 0/0

Are You Ready To Fly (Almighty Master Mix) - 22/25
Expert: 8/10
Really really fun. I loved the freezes in the chorus that were like Freeze-eigth freeze-eighth etc. Some of the syncopated rhythms felt a little off.
Difficult: 9/10
Great fun. I like that it gives room to breathe, but still gives the player fun aspects with the freezes and syncopations.
Presentation: 5/5
Effective and nice!
Tilt: 0/0
I didn't enjoy the stop, the music didn't stop! Not the biggest sin though.

Candy (Twekz Remix) - 23/25
Expert: 10/10
Great use of repetition. I loved the chorus especially with the "double jacks" if you will.
Difficult: 8/10
Great chart. Some of the more "technical" steps were following rhythms that might've been a little too quiet to make a lot of sense in this chart, but it was a lot of fun.
Presentation: 5/5
Cute! Love the little burst that says "Come and get you some..." Very good bg script too, that was great.
Tilt: 0/0

Cheers To Us - 24/25
Expert: 8/10
I appreciate you. Sometimes the steps felt like they meandered a bit, which isn't an issue of difficulty, just maybe if the sections felt a little more sectioned it would've helped this chart go the extra mile for me. Honestly, it was fun and cute in what it did.
Difficult: 10/10
Good easy chart, great use of freezes.
Presentation: 5/5
Good and nice!
Tilt: +1/0
I appreciate the gumption.

Chewingood!!! - 15/25
Expert: 6/10
It doesn't really do anything bad but it doesn't really do much special. It felt like it followed the song exactly other than the part with the streams (which mostly faced left.) Fun could be had with this, but it isn't very creative and didn't do much.
Challenge: 5/10
It wasn't giving me old-school DDR. I did like how the freezes were used a lot of the time, but some of the jumps were a bit much as well as the 16ths streams. In the middle of the chart, the bursts of 3-16ths felt very forced in just to make the difficulty harder without complimenting the song very well.
Presentation: 4/5
The graphics are fine but basic, but the background video really was a bit too much in my opinion. I understand it's official so that's okay.
Tilt: 0/0

Everyday Jumping - 25/25
Expert: 10/10
Too many jumps. Just kidding! It's Everyday Jumping! This was SUCH a joy and a charm. It felt like real dancing. The first chorus area with the step-step-jump-jump was genius it was perfect. I'm so into this!
Difficult: 10/10
Great! I loved the different segments of the steps that really complimented the different segments of the song. Jump practice! Off beat practice! The steps during the rap were great.
Presentation: 5/5
Super cute graphics, fun bg script
Tilt: 0/0

Good Girl - 17/25
Expert: 6/10
These steps just felt a little messy? If I enjoyed the song the steps were good enough to keep in my StepMania, but it felt like they kind of droned on and on without being very tight. I'm not sure how to describe it. I didn't really enjoy the steps during the slowdown.
Difficult: 7/10
Similar as above, it was fine but it wasn't very inspired and didn't really evolve. It kind of stayed the same the whole time.
Presentation: 4/5
The graphics are fine but aren't really giving me DDR, and the samplestart is really jarring. Video is nice!
Tilt: 0/10

How To Be Human - 25/25
Expert: 10/10
Really really great! I'm not using into rock and especially rock in DDR, but this song was a great choice in having a good beat to it and being a little campy. It fit very well. The steps were so fun, and really matched the vibe of the song. I loved the repetition in the chorus, and the "guitar solo" part at the end with the sixteenth bursts etc was really great.
Difficult: 10/10
I love this. I was worried at first it could get too simple, but it wasn't. The amount of jumps is great for a rock song like this and I loved the jump "stream" at the start that was very patterned. Great job.
Presentation: 5/5
Great graphics, video, fun.
Tilt: 0/0

Karma (Tota US Intro) - 19/25
Expert: 8/10
Honestly, pretty fun! I think the song choice hurt it a little bit- the song is very repetitive and by the end the steps started to feel a little repetitive and didn't pop as much.
Difficult: 7/10
I think the issues I have with expert were felt stronger here. It lost the feeling of "dancing" and was kinda boring and repetitive. Still, not bad.
Presentation: 4/5
The graphics are not great, I don't mind simple but the use of fonts and color are a little drab. However, it's legible and it works. Inclusion of the video bumps it up a little!
Tilt: 0/0

Karma (Electric Fountain) - 24/25
Expert: 9/10
Really fun! I'm not usually into harder charts like this, but this reminded me on DDR's "sorrow" songs a bit and fit well. My only critique would be to add a little more space. Especially in the breakdown part, it could've been a decent time to rest and not fill in every quarter note. I think at the end it might've went just a tad too hard. Either way, I anticipate this will win the bracket or do really well because I think it appeals to new-school players without alienating old-school players. Good job! Should definitely be a 9 though.
Difficult: 10/10
Really great chart. I think deserving of a 10, but one critique is just that slow part in the middle. I would've tried to take that out of the cut because it is not very interesting and you can't do much about it.
Presentation: 5/5
Looks nice!! I run out of things to say here. Good text effects.
Tilt: 0/0

Last Surprise (You'll Never See It Coming) - 13/25
Expert: 4/10
The steps start at the first moment of the song, which DDR never does. It doesn't give players a moment to find the beat and the rhythm and tempo. There were a lot of incorrect rhythms. I don't like to be harsh and I do want to say not to feel dejected by a low score. There are a lot of really good concepts and ideas in here, and I appreciate that you held back with this chart and didn't make it too difficult. If you are new to stepfiles, keep going because I genuinely see a lot of potential in here! It just needs to be tightened and cleaned up.
Challenge: 6/10
Similar as above. The 16ths were at times too much, not in terms of difficulty but in terms of repetitiveness. There's potential here as well.
Presentation: 2/5
Low quality fuzzy jpg style images, I can't read the text on the banner. Low quality audio as well.
Tilt: +1/0
You have a lot of potential, just keep working and practicing. I could tell there were really good instincts and concepts in this file!

My Head & My Heart - 18/25
Expert: 7/10
This was fun, really! I felt like it was a bit too repetitive and to make it really pop, the steps could've evolved more through the chart, especially the chorus. The slow down was a bit boring too, it either didn't need to be there in the cut or the steps need something else.
Difficult: 7/10
Similar as above, a bit too repetitive. I wish the chorus was different here from expert. I think this whole chart was similar to expert and didn't do anything very exciting.
Presentation: 4/5
Very pink but effective and it works. Love Pantene. I don't know what category to put this in but the slowdown ended too soon, it didn't make much sense to me.
Tilt: 0/0

Out Of The Sky - 17/25
Expert: 6/10
It's not bad by any means, but it doesn't pop. The first half of the chart is kind of generic and drones on and on a bit, and then we have a huge jump of difficulty in the second half which follows the synth very tightly. I didn't see much creativity in this chart, and the first half does seem phoned in.
Difficult: 9/10
I liked this a lot! Great attention to foot placement and fun patterns.
Presentation: 3/5
I'm torn on how to rate this. The graphics are legible and definitely not ugly, but very lazy. The banner is just white text on a blue background. The official album art that you used for the jacket has a flat background, it wouldn't be too hard to even just move assets around to make a more interesting banner with very minimal effort. Also, I would've definitely tried to cut out some of that build up because it is loooooooooooong.
Tilt: -1/0
For lack of full difficulties.

Pretty Green Eyes - 14/10
Expert: 6/10
I love it in some ways, I don't in other ways. It went a a bit too hard and could calm down, but you did do a great job with segmenting different parts of the songs and giving them their own identity. I think it just needs to be dialed back and edited a bit.
Difficult: 4/10
This was very... how do I say... mathematical? It really felt phoned in without much thought. Find a rhythm and do it for the whole chart, over and over again.
Presentation: 3/5
They're fine, they work, but they are pretty amateur looking, just being green text on a random image.
Tilt: +1/0
I have a few reasons to do -1 a few reasons to do +1. The stutter effect section of the chart was not a gimmick I'm into, but the song is a classic that I loved way back when, and this file reminds me of the stepfile contests of the early 2000s. There's a lot of potential in this file, and even though I didn't feel like it was a perfect file, I genuinely did have fun with it!

Quiero L'amor - 15/25
Expert: 6/10
I hate giving this critique because it might not mean much, but I just felt like the steps didn't pop. It didn't have much interest or excitement to them to match the music. They went with the music, so it's not that, but it just didn't connect or pop for me. A more understandable critique I have is that the amount of crossovers was way over the top. I'm a bit conservative with crossovers personally, but I didn't feel the amount of crossovers really matched what was going on with the song and it was just so so so twisty.
Challenge: 5/10
Similar as above. It lost the concept of "dance" and followed the song very closely. The amount of twists and turns really makes this like "End Of The Century" but the gimmick doesn't work here. The amount of freezes too, is a bit much. It kinda just felt... muddy.
Presentation: 4/5
Even though you revealed what the background image is, I really do see huge eyes. The graphics are nice in many ways. I like the line-work over the background image, but I don't like the blurred image behind the other assets as the base. I would also appreciate some more contrast or another color in there. Also the cut felt very long.
Tilt: 0/0
I'm sorry for being harsh

Rock U - 25/25
Expert: 10/10
I loved this! It went hard, it may have needed a little space to breathe, but for some reason, I didn't mind! The song is a little repetitive, but it never felt that way because you sections the steps very very well and kept the chart super interesting and fun. Every section has it's own very charming identity.
Difficulty: 10/10
Similar as above. Very fun, consistent and charming.
Presentation: 5/5
The color scheme of the graphics is one you don't see too often (red and purple) and I think it looks cool as hell.
Tilt: 0/0

Shake It Off (The Factory Team Speed Mix) - 23/25
Expert: 9/10
Really fun. Although it's kind of SAIFAM-Speed-file-by-the-numbers, it is extremely effective and tons of fun. My only critique, I think the last post-chorus section had more opportunity to add a little more personality and creativity to the steps.
Difficult: 9/10
Similar as above. This transports me back to 2005 (except Shake It Off didn't exist back then), and I love it.
Presentation: 5/5
She's pretty.
Tilt: 0/0

Someone You Loved - 22/25
Expert: 9/10
Great! Great use of jumps, fun, groovy, dancy, etc whatever etc. Sometimes it did feel like it droned on a little bit, but then it would get exciting again.
Difficult: 8/10
Fun! Sometimes it felt a little uninspired and repetitive. I loved the freeze arrows during the symbols or whatever.
Presentation: 5/5
Even though the graphics are a gag, they are well put together and pretty.
Tilt: 0/0
-1 for how much I absolutely hated the background video, but +1 for making a gag file that's still really fun to play

TetraQ - 22/25
Expert: 8/10
I do get charmed by the old-style "technical" charts. This one did a good job, but at points it wasn't connecting for me. I'm not sure why. Maybe some segments could've been less literal while others stayed more literal? Not sure. Still, a fun and impressive file.
Difficult: 10/10
Can't put my finger on why I loved this so much more than expert (which I still really liked!) but this is perfect for me. Similar to the expert chart but a little more... simplistic? But not simplistic?
Presentation: 4/5
Decent graphics, simple. I don't like the blurry BG image, and not to be nitpicky, but I see some white artifacts between the text and the stroke which really bother me. Fun bg script!
Tilt: 0/0

Upside Down (Almighty Club Remix) - 25/25
Expert: 10/10
So charming. The steps perfectly matched the bouncy and innocent sound to the song. Very well done.
Difficult: 9/10
Great chart, sometimes it meandered a little bit.
Presentation: 5/5
Graphics are nice, but huge props for the old style bg-animations. Some of them included the graphics you made for the song, so I know you put effort into it and it was worth it!
Tilt: +1/0
For custom bg animations and general love!

Waratte Pon - 17/25
Expert: 8/10
Really fun! The steps during the chorus and the post-chorus parts were so bouncy and tight and fit the music perfect. However, the steps during the verse felt a little droney and didn't really pop for me.
Difficult: 7/10
These are fun, but a little by the numbers. Some breaks in the steps would probably make some parts pop more. Fun foot placement that felt bouncy like the song.
Presentation: 2/5
They look a bit MS paint. The white text with the small black stroke doesn't look very great, and assers look a bit stretched.
Tilt: 0/0

Whine & Kotch - 21/25
Expert: 9/10
Really fun. The short freezes that matched with the high pitched noise in the beginning were pretty cool even if I hate short freezes like that. I appreciate that you're stepping a style of dance music which isn't usually represented.
Difficult: 7/10
It felt like it went on and on a bit. I think maybe it didn't differentiate enough which made it feel repetitive and droney. Some space in the steps would help that for me.
Presentation: 5/5
Does what it needs to do. The text on the banner is really cute!
Tilt: 0/0

Hello! I am the author of the ROCK U (feat. Namie Amuro) anonymous file and here are my reviews

AIRHEAD
Presentation 5/5
Expert: 8/10
This was a nice chart overall and I enjoyed some of the quirks thrown in, but towards the end it did feel like the song was going on a while and there wasn't quite enough variation for me to keep it interesting. Still a fun chart.

Total 13/15

ARE YOU READY TO FLY
Presentation 5/5
Expert: 7/10
I liked the long freezes in the beginning, but as the chart went on I felt like the freezes were being used a little too frequently for my taste. Beyond that, it was a pretty fun chart if not all that memorable outside of the freezes.

Total: 12/15

CANDY
Presentation 5/5
Expert: 9/10
I had a lot of fun with this chart, I was a little worried in the beginning that the rhythms could get a little repetitive but there was a lot of variety in the chart that really spice it up. Also loved the random movies included.

Total 14/15

Cheers To Us
Presentation 5/5
Expert: 6/10
Well, this felt a little bit harder than a 4, but other than that there's not much to say. I'm all for easy charts, but there just wasn't a lot going on here. It felt very much like a DDR II/Hottest Party 5 license chart in that the footwork could get kind of awkward and the chart was easy but not all that unique.

Total 11/15

chewinggood!!
Presentation 5/5
Expert: 7/10
I'd probably say that this is more of a 9 than an 8 because of the speed and length of the song. I felt the chart/song went on too long and the steps relied a little too much on the vocals for my taste. Overall, it's pretty good but it felt way more 'user simfile' than 'DDR chart' if that makes sense.

Total 12/15

Everyday Jumping
Presentation 5/5
Expert 9/10
Fun chart and I liked the attention to detail in the background movies. Chart reminded me a bit of HIGH OFFS YOU from DDRMAX.

Total 14/15

GOOD GIRL
Presentation 5/5
Expert 7/10
This felt more like a 7 than an 8 to me. I didn't feel like the slowdown was needed and I also felt like the place it sped back up at was kind of awkward. Beyond that, it was an alright chart but I probably wouldn't go back to it personally.

Total 12/15

HOW TO BE A HUMAN
Presentation 5/5
Expert 9/10
I liked this chart a lot especially for this not being the kind of music I normally like. I liked the gradual build up in the difficulty and some of the repetition reminded me of 4th-5th mix charts.

Total: 14/15

KARMA (OP)
Presentation 5/5
Expert 7.5/10

Not much to say about this one, the rhythms were fairly obvious but I understand there wasn't a lot else to work with besides just following the guitar. There was some variations in the footwork that kept it interesting.

Total 12.5/15

KARMA (Electic Fountain)
Presentation 5/5
Expert:8/10
Felt very DDR Universe-y, I liked the build up in the difficulty.

Total: 13/15

Last Surprise
Presentation 5/5
Expert 6/10
This felt more like a 6 than a 7 and I didn't find the chart all that interesting, too much following the vocals and too many long freezes for me.

Total: 11/15


MY HEAD & MY HEART
Presentation 5/5
Expert 8/10
This was a pretty fun chart, if a bit understepped for my liking. I think a little bit of a buildup of difficultly in the last chorus could make it more interesting, but fun nonetheless.

Total: 13/15

Out of the Sky
Presentation 5/5
Expert 8.5/10
Fun chart that was reminiscent of a MAX2 chart. The So Deep part was actually probably my least favorite part of the chart, but I appreciate the homage.

Total: 13.5/15

PRETTY GREEN EYES
Presentation 5/5
Expert 7/10
A decent chart, but I wasn't a fan of the slowdown in the beginning of the gimmicky stop section. I would have also liked some variations in the rhythm and footwork.

Total: 12/15

QUIERO L'AMOUR
Presentation 5/5
Expert 9/10
This was a really fun chart, I liked the buildup in difficultly, the footwork and the repetitive patterns in the chorus.

Total: 14/15

SHAKE IT OFF
Presentation 5/5
Expert 8.5/10
Nice chart, if a bit obvious with the rhythms. Feel like you could place this chart over the original song and it would fit pretty well and in fact, I have a downloaded Shake It Off simfile that has very similar rhythms and patterns.

Total: 13.5/15

SOMEONE YOU LOVED
Presentation 5/5
EXPERT 8/10
It's a cute chart, but something about the song/video make it hard to take seriously. I probably would not come back to play this, but there's nothing really wrong with the chart itself.

Total: 13/15

TetraQ
Presentation 5/5
EXpert 8.5/10
Nice buildup in the difficultly and footwork.

Total 13.5/15

UPSIDE DOWN
Presentation 5/5
EXPERT 9.5/10
A very fun 7 reminiscent of a 4th or 5th mix chart, also love the graphics used for the videos.

Total: 14.5/15

Waratte pon
Presentation 5/5
Expert 8/10
A pretty fun chart overall, I liked the streams during the chorus. The only criticisms I would have are too many freezes and a little too much karaoke stepping, but good overall.

Total: 13/15

Whine & Kotch
Presentation 5/5
Expert 8/10
Nice buildup in the difficultly and the walk sections were the highlight for me.

Total: 13/15

Hello! I am the stepmaker of Waratte Pon, and here are my reviews for the Anonymous bracket for BEST-mix #6! Just a note on the artist name, I just found out that the artist name is "Rina Genga" from the Bust a Move album that was only released in Japan. My apologies go out to BEST-mix and for the people doing these reviews for not putting the artist name instead of “From Bust A Groove”. That was the only song that Rina Genga is credited and I should have known that the Bust A Groove series had album’s released in Japan that could have helped in finding the credits for the artists. If I had known about the album, and did a bit more research on it, I would have put in the artist credit as "Rina Genga" instead of "From Bust A Groove". If I make it to the final round, I'll try to make sure that doesn't happen again.

Airhead
Expert: 9/10
I had a lot of fun with this song! There were some great patterns in the song! Maybe this should be an 8?
Standard: 8.5/10
I like the chart; I believe this was in control.
Presentation: 5/5
I think the graphics fit in with the song. The music video is low quality, but I understand that it’s difficult to find good quality versions of these songs.
Tilt: 0.5
Just to make it even. This is a great chart and initially I thought it was going to be generic. I’m glad the stepmaker proved me wrong with this cause almost everything went according to plan!

Overall: 23/25

Are You Ready To Fly (Almighty Master Mix)
Expert: 6/10
I think this is a decent chart. This would fit in around DDR Max, but I think the intro could have been cut a little bit. A big problem is the stop, because it didn’t fit with the song and it did break the flow because it wasn’t properly executed. The stop ended a bit too early at 1.3, when I believe just selecting 3 measures and just subtracting the end from the start, it would subtract to 1.314. Even though it looks short, even the smallest hiccup to a stop can break the timing of the song. I believe a reason why T7R wasn’t able to get that MFC on standard is because the stop made the chart go too early afterward (4 slow compared to 1 fast). The attitude regarding the stop also doesn’t help with sympathy (you don’t have to apologize if you want to like in the read-me), but looking at the scores from the other reviewers, I just don’t see this going on to the final round.
Standard: 5/10
I think the patterns could have been better, but still decent.
Presentation: 4/5
I liked the graphics of this song.
Tilt: 1
I didn’t know this was a cover. This is a nice song and Almighty did a good remix.

Overall: 16/25

Candy (Twekz Remix)
Expert: 6/10
Not bad, but some notes are questionable. An issue is that you kinda messed up with is the stop because it was only a hundredth of a second short of being in sync with the song. However, the song I also felt started off a hundredth off as well so the stop does make the song sync after. Be careful next time because even a hundredth of a second of a stop off can break the timing of the song. You are very fortunate to have ratings that looks to be enough to get you to the final round unlike Are You Ready To Fly, but watch out on the transition to a stop next time.
Standard: 5/10
Alright, but either some notes at the end I felt didn’t match up to the song, or the song wasn’t just clicking for me.
Presentation: 5/5
Graphics were done great and nice use of BG Videos!
Tilt:0

Overall: 16/25

Cheers To Us
Expert: 3/10
This needs a challenge chart. Way too safe. I could understand the low difficulty, but If the expert chart is this easy, then I feel that there should be a challenge chart, like in Mario Mix. Overall, I felt this to be boring as a result.
Standard: 1.5/10
Again, feels way too safe when the expert is only a 4. This kind of felt boring for me. I think another suggestion is having this be the basic difficulty, have the expert be the standard difficulty, and have a harder expert chart (at least a 5), because I don’t think people would want to play this at lease twice.
Presentation: 3.5/5
At least the graphics fit with the song plus the video.
Tilt: -1
I’m sorry, but this doesn’t feel like a song designed for dancing. This doesn’t hit hard enough to at least be adequate and felt too safe. If the song is slow, it needs to make sure people aren't bored with it cause if it’s too easy, no veteran players would want to play this after they at least FC it. Unfortunately, this didn’t do it at all.

Overall: 7/25

Chewingood!!!
Expert: 8/10
I had some fun with this chart, wish there were some better patterns, but I think it was alright. I also felt this should have been a 9.
Challenge: 3/10
The same can’t be said about the challenge chart. While the steps were average, here's the problem. I don’t think in the Pre-X Era in the arcades there is a song to compare to this chart. Even Hallucination XXX had at least Arrabbiata for comparison. The only song that I can compare is Maximize Oni, but that was only in the Universe series, and is still not available in the arcades. Even then, Maximizer was only about 1:30 seconds with 590 notes (including jumps) when this was about 2:00 with 723. This would be fine for ZIV, but this is supposed to be judged by old school DDR standards, and unfortunately, I have to go by those aspects. I think there could have been better patterns in the song as well, and I felt that there wasn’t a part of the song where a player can rest easy. Overall, I felt this could be a little too hard for some people.
Presentation: 2/5
The background is just a cut of the video, without even adding the title in it. Still there is a video for it which I have no problem, but others may have a problem with it. Just add a title to the background and it will be average. Even then, the background I felt was low quality.
Tilt: -1
Unfortunately, while the song is okay, the challenge chart and the presentation I felt is holding this song back. While the video didn’t distract me, I believe the person who did Everyday Jumping said that the background going on was making it uncomfortable for the eyes, so just keep that in mind for the other reviewers because presentation can be a difference between placements. I say this because my presentation could have been better now seeing the reviews for my song. Maybe Bemani Fan has a better quality of the video?
Overall: 12/25

Everyday Jumping
Expert: 8/10
There were some good patterns and the jumping does fit in with the song! A thing I may have an issue with is that I think the chart may have been a bit one dimensional with the jumping, but I felt that was only a minor nitpick.
Standard: 6/10
Okay. The steps do fit the song, but I would like a little more variety.
Presentation: 5//5
Nice use of BG videos! Also nice graphics.
Tilt: 0

Overall: 19/25

Good Girl
Expert: 4/10
There could have been some better patterns, and the transition of the slowdown could have been a lot better. I think the song cut could have been shorter. Overall, I just felt this to be a little bit sloppy and boring.
Standard: 3.5/10
Okay, but didn’t blow me away. I think there could have been some more complex patterns, and the slowdown like in the expert chart could have transitioned a lot better.
Presentation: 3.5/5
Alright visuals, but the video starts a little too early (though that could be Stepmania 5’s problem, some songs from this bracket plus various songs of the non-anonymous bracket also suffer from this).
Tilt: -1
I would prefer listening to Bad Girls by Juliet Roberts. It just didn’t click for me, and I didn’t find it to be that danceable, especially with the elephant sounding part. It didn’t fit for me and overall, the patterns make it so that it feels too slow and boring for me.

Overall: 10/25

How To Be A Human
Expert: 7/10
Alright, some notes are questionable, but it works.
Standard: 7.5/10
Good notes, and the jumps do make sense. A thing I like in both charts is the chorus as I think it could warrant repeated patterns, so overall, good charts across the board.
Presentation: 5/5
Nice video and good song cut! Graphics are a bit generic, but it was pleasing to my eyes enough.
Tilt: 0.5
I like the effort put into the read-me file about the process of living as a human. Also nice unique genre choice of the song, it's a song that I believe people can dance to.
Overall: 20/25

Karma (Electric Fountain)
Expert: 8.5/10
Very fun chart! Maybe this should be a 9?
Standard: 8/10
Excellent. There wasn’t much I can say about this entry.
Presentation: 4/5
Graphics look cool!
Tilt: 0.5
Good song.

Overall: 21/25

Karma (Tota US Intro)
Expert: 3/10
The song is lacking energy, probably because the stepmaker used the instrumental version. I also felt the patterns could have been a lot better, and I felt with the song, the chart was a bit boring and repetitive.
Standard: 4/10
Better, but the steps still need improvement, also the same criticisms with the expert chart.
Presentation 3/5
Alright, but the song could have been a lot shorter. The video also may have an issue in regards to a maybe corrupted part of the screen in the end on the right. I’m alright with anime characters on the simfile, but some other aspects are holding it back.
Tilt: -1
Unfortunately, this is a song not designed for dancing. At least have the vocal version because I see this as generic. The reason I wasn’t into the steps was because while the steps hit hard, the song doesn’t hit hard enough to back it up. It also doesn’t help that it’s pretty long so maybe next time if you are to do something similar to this, at least have some vocals and cut down on the time.

Overall: 9/25

Last Surprise (You’ll Never See It Coming)
Expert: 1.5/10
This was not good. Notes not lining up to the music, the steps start immediately with the song, not very good patterns, and I can see similarities between both the expert and the challenge charts. I’m sorry to the maker of the steps, but I’m afraid I have to show some tough love. The only reason why this is not a complete 1 is because the song is mercifully short.
Challenge: 3/10
There were some better patterns, but not by much.
Presentation: 1.5/5
The quality of the images looks poor. At least the title is in the background.
Tilt: -1
Unfortunately, this had a lot of potential, but there were so many aspects that are holding it back. I suggest cleaning the charts up cause I saw notes that were not in sync with the music, as with some other aspects, plus some more variety of patterns cause it looked like you didn't put that much effort into the charts. You can't mess up once in a competition format like this so you need to bring it next time. Because I don't want these stepmakers to fail, I want them to succeed! So spend some time perfecting the charts, and look at the feedback of the other reviewers. You don't have to follow all of them if you want, but they can help a lot in improving chart quality for the foreseeable future.

Overall: 5/25

My Head & My Heart
Expert: 5/10
An average chart. Felt safe.
Standard: 5.5/10
Better, I do like the spins, but still feels average because of the expert chart.
Presentation: 2.5/5
Average for me.
Tilt: -1
I would prefer using ATC’s version because this feels slow, safe, and a bit boring. I do believe the steps could have been a lot better cause this just felt average to me, and when its average I can’t say much about the charts. This was kind of like the inverse of Karma (Tota). The song does hit hard enough, but the steps weren’t backing it up, so I suggest maybe amp up the steps and patterns in the expert chart next time.
Overall: 12/25

Out Of The Sky (Andres Sanchez Remix)
Expert: 7.5/10
I was a bit worried in the beginning, but the 16th section after the build up saved this song. I felt though the patterns could have been better, and the song could have been shorter, maybe cut a little bit of the build up portion. With that being said, it is above average for me, and overall, I had some fun with the chart. The rating could have been a 9 for the 16th streams however.
Standard: 5.5/10
I felt the patterns could have been better, but I felt it to be average.
Presentation: 4/5
It works. I know the graphics are probably from one image, but I’m usually lenient on graphics as long as its appealing. I think the cut could have been shorter however.
Tilt: 1
I do like the song! Because it looks like the scores from the other reviewers aren’t getting this song to the final round, I suggest maybe a shorter cut, and clean up on some of the patterns, but I do see potential.

Overall: 18/25

Pretty Green Eyes
Expert: 4/10
Okay, but I think the stops at the middle weren’t necessary. Also, the patterns could have been better as I believe there were parts that I felt to be repetitive so mix it up a little bit next time.
Standard: 3/10
The stops at the middle really brings this song down. Some patterns I believe could have been better.
Presentation: 2/5
Graphics a bit too generic. Also, I would have liked 2 green eyes instead of 1.
Tilt: 1
Pretty Green Eyes is one of the best tracks released in 2003! Regarding the song length, I don’t think the song could be that much shorter with regards to the radio edit. The only place where I think the song could have been cut is the end. It’s a shame this only gets a 10/25, because I really like the song, but next time I think you need to have some more complex patterns cause it felt a bit repetitive.

Overall: 10/25

Quiero L’amour
Expert: 7/10
There was a measure at 51 in both charts where I felt I couldn’t decide whether it fits or not because it could go either way. The ending did have a few interesting patterns both good and bad, plus the song length is a bit too long. However, I had a lot of fun playing this!
Challenge: 6/10
Same as expert, but the patterns at the end were more of the bad variety, but I still had fun playing this song!
Presentation: 4/5
Works as a Eurobeat song!
Tilt: 1
Never heard of this Eurobeat song! Sounds Great! This is a wild card for making it to the final round, but I wouldn’t mind having this song make it to final round as it did bring some energy and didn’t bore me out. A suggestion for next time since this seems to be a wild card entry is that there can be at times where patterns could be too complex. I suggest next time, ease on some of the patterns, but don't remove all of the complexity of the chart.

Overall: 18/25

Rock U
Expert: 7/10
I think the steps were good, but it just didn’t click that much for me. I think a problem was that there wasn’t a moment in the chart that stood out for me because either I wasn't getting into it or I just didn't see a adequate rest in the song. However, since this is a slow song for DDR standards, I can let a little bit of it off, and overall, I thought it was good.
Standard: 7/10
Alright, maybe some better patterns, but it works.
Presentation: 3/5
Okay for me.
Tilt:0

Overall: 17/25

Shake It Off (The Factory Team Speed Mix)
Expert: 8.5/10
Great energy, the song is short but sweet! Patterns were executed right and fits with what this tournament is trying to accomplish!
Standard: 7/10
Good, the patterns I enjoyed less than expert, but not that much.
Presentation: 4/5
Nice graphics. Song is short but once again sweet.
Tilt: 0.5
At least it’s danceable and the song cut was executed right!

Overall: 20/25

Someone You Loved
Expert: 5/10
Nothing to add.
Standard: 4.5/10
Okay, but maybe some better patterns.
Presentation 2.5/5
Average, at least the song is short. Plus, I think this is a joke entry.
Tilt: 0

Overall: 12/25

TetraQ
Expert: 5/10
This is not a 7, this is a 9 because of the many 16th notes in the chart. Ska A Go Go is labeled a 9, and is about the same length with a lower bpm with 16th notes. The patterns in the middle are also a bit questionable.
Standard: 5/10
Better, but I felt there could have been some better patterns in both charts. Still has the same problem in the middle, and I believe this is a 7, not a 6.
Presentation: 4/5
In the simfile, the background is labeled as blank. Other than that, I think the graphic’s work and nice use of the BG videos.
Tilt: -1
This is not for the song, this appeared in the original Beatmania Series, so the full length of the song is short. I just felt this to be too underleveled.
Sometimes even at a short length, usually many 16ths at this bpm of 17 1does usually warrant a 9, maybe an 8, but definitely not a 7 with that much 16ths. My suggestion is to look at the songs around DDR Extreme, and analyze them so that you can properly put in the appropriate rating, cause you don't want people thinking that a song like Trip Machine Survivor has the same difficulty compared to Paranoia Hades (Both songs are labeled as an 8 on standard and a 9 on expert on the old scale but a 11-13 to a 15-16 on the other scale respectively).

Overall: 13/25

Upside Down (Almighty Club Mix)
Expert: 10/10
I had a lot of fun with this chart! There were some great steps and patterns and the 16ths were executed perfectly! I think a good part of the song you did was the chorus because I liked how the patterns flow into the spin and it looks fun to play. Overall, this was captivating, I didn’t get bored with it, and for the stepmaker of this chart, you ripped it!
Standard: 9/10
Fits well! Usually, I prefer keeping the standard difficulty shorter than expert because of the lower difficulty level, but this was great for a standard chart!
Presentation: 5/5
Like the graphics and the 4th mix era animations!
Tilt: 1
This song is a bop, and I’m surprised that this was the best chart of the Anonymous bracket for me!

Overall: 25/25

Whine & Kotch
Expert: 5/10
Nothing to add.
Standard: 5/10
Okay.
Presentation: 2.5/5
At least the graphics fit with the song.
Tilt: 0.5
The song is perhaps unintentionally hilarious and could have been entered as a joke entry, so I will put it above average.

Overall: 13/25

Results
1. Upside Down (25/25)
2. Airhead (23/25)
3. Karma (21/25)
4. Shake It Off (20/25)
5. How To Be A Human (20/25)
6. Everybody Jumping (19/25)
7. Quiero L’amour (18/25)
8. Out Of The Sky (18/25)
9. Rock U (17/25)
10. Candy (16/25)
11. Are You Ready To Fly (16/25)
12. Whine And Koch (13/25)
13. TetraQ (13/25)
14. Chewingood!!! (12/25)
15. Someone You Loved (12/25)
16. My Head & My Heart (12/25)
17. Pretty Green Eyes (10/25)
18. Good Girl (10/25)
19. Karma (Tota) (9/25)
20. Cheers To Us (7/25)
21. Last Surprise (5/25)

I would like to say thanks to everyone for the feedback and BLueSS for bringing back BEST-mix! This has been a learning curve for me and If I make it to round 2, it would present me with even more feedback for me to take! Good luck to everyone in this bracket!

Hello, this is whoever charted How To Be A Human.

1: Airhead - 12/15
Expert: 8/10
This was pretty good overall, but I would've gone a bit lighter on the 8th notes into jumps, the song didn't seem like it was really calling for them, also would've been better with a shorter cut.
Presentation: 4/5
The text is kind of boring for how colorful this song is. The video is potato quality but there's nothing much you can do about that.
Humanity: HIGH
There is a video with 5 humans, and the song is describing another human.

2: Are You Ready To Fly (Almighty Master Mix) - 12/15
Expert: 8/10
The stop didn't make a lot of sense to me. I liked the way the chorus was charted with the freezes followed by a note. Some 16ths felt weird to me. Very good otherwise.
Presentation: 4/5
The text isn't horribly exciting but the wireframe image and colors make up for it.
Humanity: LOW
Human vocals and maybe there's a human inside that spaceship but that's it

3: Candy (Twerkz Remix) - 13/15
Expert: 8/10
Solid charting through most of it. The girl-you-girl-you jumps seemed a little obnoxious, and I wasn't very sure about the come-and-get-you-some 16ths, but the rest was very good.
Presentation: 5/5
Good graphics and excellent use of DDR videos.
Humanity: MEDIUM
There are two humans singing, and some of the background videos have humans

4: Cheers To Us - 13/15
Expert: 8/10
It's hard to properly rate stepfiles like this one because quite frankly the chart wasn't very exciting or memorable, but it was also perfect for the song. If it was harder it would've been excessive. For instance there's not a single jump, the song didn't really call for any of them.
Presentation: 5/5
Good graphics that match the aesthetic of the video
Humanity: HIGH
Lots of humans in the video at different points of their lives.

5: Chewingood!!!!!!! - 11/15
Expert: 8/10
The patterns themselves were mostly good, it just followed the music to a fault at some parts. The freezes in measure 51 just seemed very tedious to follow, and then it does something completely different starting at measure 59 and I didn't really like either way that rhythm was charted. Would've been better with a shorter cut.
Presentation: 3/5
The graphics are kind of boring for how colorful the video gets at some points. The background image is just a still from the video. The video itself was tedious to look at at some parts but I can't really dock points for that one, it's the song's video after all.
Humanity: HIGH
Drawn depictions of human beings are shown repeatedly during the video, but also several pictures of what they like to eat and when they eat it's till they choke.

6: Everyday Jumping - 15/15
Expert: 10/10
The 16th runs at the start were a bold choice but made sense musically and the rest of the chart had similar and proper use of 16ths, so they were good. I liked this one a lot.
Presentation: 5/5
Good graphics and use of DDR videos.
Humanity: MEDIUM
No humans are visible, there are humans singing but the video was mostly bears

7: Good Girl - 13/15
Expert: 8/10
Wasn't really feeling the use of gallops, and the way the slowdown ended felt weird, but the rest was good.
Presentation: 5/5
Good graphics, not a big fan of the huge Hyuna image in the banner when there were more interesting visuals to use from the video, also the video is there but seems very offsync.
Humanity: HIGH
This is how to be this is how to be this is how to be a good girl

8: How To Be A Human
This is how to be a human

9: Karma (TOTA US Intro) - 9/15
Expert: 6/10
As others have pointed out, this was not very interesting and that's mostly on the instrumental song choice, using the version with vocals would've given you something more to work with, and the long cut didn't help matters much.
Presentation: 3/5
Very simple and there probably were better Tales of the Abyss images to use here.
Humanity: MEDIUM
Lots of drawn humans in the video but no vocals

10: Karma - 14/15
Expert: 9/10
A very solid chart slightly brought down by a long cut that made some parts drag on forever, and an ending to the chart that felt arbitrarily harder, maybe wouldn't stand out if the rest of the chart also had some bursts in difficulty.
Presentation: 5/5
Great graphics, not fond of the fadeout cut but I guess there wasn't a lot to do there.
Humanity: NONE
No vocals, no humans to be seen anywhere

11: Last Surprise (You'll Never See It Coming) - 7/15
Expert: 5/10
The way this followed the vocals was fun sometimes but other times not so much, parts like the really long freeze note during the chorus were just boring. But there were some good ideas here too.
Presentation: 2/5
Doesn't look very good unfortunately, and there's so much Persona 5 artwork to pull from. There seems to be a mistake in the cut that throws off the sync halfway into the song. Wasn't a huge deal for me though.
Humanity: MEDIUM
There are a lot of humans in persona 5 i guess

12: My Head & My Heart - 13/15
Expert: 8/10
Overall good, slowdown felt like ended in a weird spot but it wasn't a big deal. The way the chorus was charted felt repetitive and brings this one down a bit.
Presentation: 5/5
Pretty good abstract graphics
Humanity: MEDIUM
She is talking about human body parts

13: Out of the Sky (Andres Sanchez Remix) - 10/15
Expert: 7/10
Some parts feel too easy and others way too hard for what's going on musically, I wish it was more even. I saw many good ideas here though.
Presentation: 3/5
It's just the album art and the banner doesn't do much with what the album gave you to work with.
Humanity: LOW
Human vocals and a bird

14: Pretty Green Eyes - 8/15
Expert: 5/10
This is too hard for what's going on in the song. The song's intro is too quiet for everything that's going on with the notes. The gimmick with the short stops was not good.
Presentation: 3/5
The picture of choice here is too dark and the text fairly boring.
Humanity: MEDIUM
There's a woman in the background and the song does presumably talk about human eyes

15: Quiero L'Amor: 12/15
Expert: 7/10
I did see some people describe it as safe and I agree, and it's not like I'm talking huge risks to take here, maybe a gallop here and there during the synthy parts, a jump or two to match the chorus and its energy. The long cut didn't help.
Presentation: 5/5
I don't like the super blurry image in the background, seems detrimental to the rest of the graphics which look nice, but relatively speaking it's good overall.
Humanity: ???
Big human eyes in the background?

16: Rock U - 14/15
Expert: 9/10
There were a lot of good ideas here and all of them executed very well, but I would've appreciated a break here and there. Give me a quick breath to enjoy the otherwise very good ideas seen here.
Graphics: 5/5
Pretty good
Humanity: MEDIUM
I don't know who the characters in the jacket are but one of them looks like Astro Boy who is NOT HUMAN

17: Shake It Off (The Factory Team Speed Mix) - 13/15
Expert: 8/10
This was really close to being great because the song does have a lot of potential, but missed the mark in some places. Just a bunch of small things that add up, I don't know if the "mmm-mmm" parts are jump worthy, conversely some parts in the chorus feel like they could've used some more jumps (like five jumps for "shake shake shake shake shake").
Presentation: 5/5
I don't know what the hearts have to do with this song or why it's mostly a retread of the Best-Mix 2 winner but at the end of the day they are high tier graphics. The song could've used a small speed boost to bring it up to 170BPM but it's not a dealbreaker.
Humanity: MEDIUM
I guess Taylor Swift is human

18: Someone You Loved - 12/15
Expert: 7/10
Wasn't feeling the use of 16ths for most of this song, mostly the start of it, felt like the way it was glued to that rhythm was detrimental when it could've just taken some more liberties with a jump here and there for that part, the chorus or dragostea din tei part could've also been better if it didn't stick to the vocals so much, give me a jump or two. But it was good otherwise
Presentation: 5/5
I don't get the joke and I had to delete the video before judging this stepfile, but the graphics and gag are nicely done.
Humanity: UNFORTUNATE
I don't know who the people in the video are but I already hate them

19: TetraQ - 14/15
Expert: 9/10
I find this hard to judge because quite frankly I don't really care for this type of song, and this one in particular doesn't really have a lot going on musically, but I also think this is about as good a chart would get for this song. I didn't really hear or "feel" what the gallops were going for most of the time, but they also added some much needed variety.
Presentation: 5/5
Graphics are alright but the BG script with some very good choices makes up for it bringing it up to a solid 5. The song just sort of ends but that's how the song goes, not like whoever charted this decided to cut it there.
Humanity: NONE
No humans anywhere here

20: Upside Down (Almighty Club Mix) - 15/15
Expert: 10/10
This chart knew when to follow the music and vocals and when to do its own thing. Wouldn't change a thing here, excellent all around.
Presentation: 5/5
The banner is a little boring compared to the background. The older-schooler background animations were very good, I would've added some kind of (very limited for accuracy) animation to the Upside Down image when it showed up in the video but definitely not a dealbreaker.
Humanity: MEDIUM
No humans in any of the images but the A-Teens were in fact a bunch of humans

21: Waratte Pon - 10/15
Expert: 7/10
Some freezes felt like they were there for the sake of it, and I wish the steps did its own thing every now and then instead of sticking that much to the music, but otherwise it was good.
Presentation: 3/5
The graphics don't look very good and it'd be unfair to rate this any higher
Humanity: LOW
I guess Bust A Groove had some humans

22: Whine and Kotch - 12/15
Expert: 7/10
The song feels like it should be loosely danced to (as seen in the video) and I wish more of the chart reflected that by not sticking so close to the music most of the time. Some good ideas here that would stand out more otherwise.
Presentation: 5/5
Pretty good.
Humanity: HIGH
This video does in fact feature a lot of humans