{R}No Pony (DTDsphere) [06/08/12]

[Saphira]

Song: No Pony
Artist: DTDsphere
Permissions: Self

Stepcloud: Hard|Medium|Easy|Beginner

[BerryPunch]

Imma reviewing this. Because ponies. (coming soon... ponystyle lol)
Again, I won't put any detailed review with the T/S/I/E/F/A thing because i'm obviously not enough experimented for that.


Offset, BPM and beat 0 is fine.

Hard :

10.057 : i'd put a note here
15.110 : same as above
25 first seconds : It took ages for me to notice that tiny drum in the background on which you based your rhythms lol. It felt really weird but now I noticed it I like it a lot haha. nothing to say.
34.452 -35.084 : those 1/8th are for the voices i guess. I don't know... it feels weird... and the four down arrows in a row is strange to me
36.979 - 37.610 : same as above :>
42.979 - 43.926 : why not change the pattern to match with the melody ?
45.505 - 60.663 : dat part xD ....I don't know what to think. It feels both fun and bland to me. maybe you could shorten it a bit (removing the third chord stream)
61.294, 61.926 etc... : maybe you could add a note at these points
65.715 - 67.610 and similar parts : ...okay.... but... i don't know, i'd definitely add 1/16 here and there to accentuate the melody :3 but it's your choice
nothing to say on the ending.

I'm quite mixed about this one... on one hand it has neat patterns and sharp music relevancy, on the other hand there are some weaknesses as mentioned above.

Medium :

5.048 - 14.873 : Come on, you're totally ignoring what the player hears first when he plays. It was ok on Hard but I think you should follow directly the melody here. and you can still make it different than the following part
15.189 - 30.347 : I love it
32.084 : there's nothing here on Hard, why ?
40.294 : maybe you could add a note here
45.505 - 60.347 : same as Hard
60.347 - 60.663 : huh ?
64.452 : i don't agree with this one :>
nothing more to say on the ending...

Pretty similar to the Hard chart

Easy :

5.084 - 6.031 and every similar pattern : i'd move the first blue arrow up a 1/8th
15.189 - 28.452 : this part is draggy... really
40.768 - 45.505 : the actual melody won't kill an Easy player.
64.452 : i don't agree with this one :>
65.715 - 80.873 : 1) way too easy part D: (compared to dat part)
2) bass is way to loud to keep these i think.

I didn't really enjoy this Easy chart. I know it's not easy to make a great Easy chart, especially on this music, but this one has long draggy parts that could be definitely improved

Beginner :

35.400 - 38.558 : you could change the direction of these jumps
49.926, 54.979 : i'd shorten the freeze

beginner chart is okay




EDIT : Oh, and since you made the music i'm probably wrong on some points... but i can only trust my ears
And also, why is it different thant the one on your Youtube Channel ? I want the MSN sounds back

[Saphira]

Resubmission posted. Keep in mind you only get three resubmissions, so next time you may want to wait for another judge or two to make their reviews before resubmitting.

Also, BerryPunch can you please be more clear on whether you're accepting or rejecting files? Thanks.

[Saphira]

(T) Technique - sim author's skills in pattern manipulation
(S) Sync - offset, BPM shifts, no misrhythms (obvious errors)
(I) Interpretation/Expression - creativity and imagination in translating the music, evoking meaningfulness in the file
(E) Engagement - fun, replayable and shows no signs of dragging the player along
(F) Flow - matching scales/chord progression, proper structure to the file, good transitions
(A) Additional deductions

Hard: 2/3/2/1/1/(0) [9/15]

25.294 to 27.821 you go from really aggressive layering down to no layering at all when the song is still going as aggressive.
45.821 to 49.926 three and a half measure jump sandwiches. This is just bland and boring.
50.873 to 54.347 More jump sandwiches this time split which is even worse. The transition coming into them is really hard too plus you have some 192nds (I think, I'm using sm so they look green) squished in there.
55.057 to 60.663 annnd even more jump sandwiches...

Overall the file is very lackluster and doesn't really give anything to keep a player interested. You just do a lot of the same stuff all throughout. There's also inconsistencies in the chart.

Medium: 2/3/2/1/1/(0) [9/15]

This is overly aggressive for a med chart and also suffers the same thing as the hard chart. Very lackluster and doesn't provide much to keep a player interested. In place of the jump sandwiches you just have super long trills with a few that have jumps in them.

Easy: 2/3/2/3/1/(0) [11/15]

This was actually pretty okay until you hit 65.175 to 80.873, these constant 16ths are way too aggressive for the easy chart.

Beginner: 2/3/3/2/2/(0) [12/15]

Beg is under the 2tps rule and is okay for a beginner chart.

[Housekeeper]

reviewin dis shit

offset and bpm is fine xd

hard: not sure what those jumps are going to at the beginning but ok xd
the big bass hit things that start at 15.189 are ??? since they were just hands before that but now they are just jumps dis no good xd
the 12ths starting at 25.294, whered the jumps go????????????????
28.316 oh there they are xd
30.979 should be hand with the way youre layering this part
32.242 ^
32.873 ^
33.505 ^
35.400 ^ (or just change all the hands to jumps)
36.031 is tricky, if you keep layering this part with hands (or switch to all doubles) you can shorten one of the freeze notes to allow the hand there
40.768 you start using the 13 jump a lot throughout this part, mind switching it up a bit pls
42.347 ???
45.505 i recommend switching to trills or something since this repeats a lot, the bass increases at 47.715 you could easily make them jump trills for that short burst and leave the rest as trills
50.873 lol trying to hit this pattern gg (same suggestion as above change to trills, make jumptrills at 52.768)
55.057 just like that ^
55.926 same as above
67.926 this could be a jumptrill
72.979 ^
74.242 ^
78.031 ^
79.294 ^
the whole ending starting at 81.189 was very inconsistent and weird xd

medium: the whole beginnings 8th jacks were kinda not necessary
uhhhhhhh wtf is going on in this chart yo
oh theres the trills, that should be a stream or something lol, at this bpm they are more suited for a hard chart
there are 8th jacks everywhere in here and im not sure what theyre going to
overall boring and weird xd, i cant see this one in game atm

easy: ok i have no idea what you are stepping to here (at the beginning)
45.505 this is good for an easy chart might wanna switch a few of the repeating patterns up through this section tho
63.189 this could be a jumptrill
65.715 wat da fak 16ths

beginner: lol yay under 2tps
very inconsistent throughout tho
example one section you have 11 22 33 44 and the next is random arrows, stick to one pattern (either random or not)


overall this chart could be made into something maybe, but as of right now its not good enough to go ingame

rejected ;_;