Posted: Thu Aug 28, 2008 4:24 am
Kamek wrote:..."Karaoke steps" are when the arrows go exactly with the lyrics or the main melody...if the entire file consists of karaoke steps it usually shows a general lack of creativity on the author's part...
Calling bull on this one, and not saying that you're dumb or anything, but this is a big thing that I've always wanted to nip in the bud that is a big misunderstanding that a lot of people pass up. Generally, if there are multiple difficulties in any given file, this may be intentional. This is probably one of the greater biases in simfile making because people believe that the closer to on-the-dot you are, the less creative you are...when the truth is that the more abstract you are, the more prone you are to getting a lot of people looking at you and going 'wtf were you thinking; this makes no sense'. It's a very hard thing to consider either way.
What about actual flow? You know...moving your body around? If you ever see a 'karaoke file', try to see what they're using for pattern first. Now if it's just the same thing throughout, < V ^ > (repeat) etc. etc. then you've likely found a dud file and you're likely correct. If the same thing shows evident throughout all the difficulties, once again you're looking at a probably shit file.
BUT, if it's body movin' stuff to where they've actually got you doing some fun things then the likelihood is that they're making it fun on you to move your ass around will generally making it easier on you to remember what you're padding. That's what a lot of people don't look at when they're judging pad steps. I don't know how many times I've seen people review these things and completely miss what you're ACTUALLY DOING ON PAD. Keep in mind that not all step combinations are perfect flow, regardless of karaoke or not. I'd be more compelled to worry about that than this problem.