#chart thoughts

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sega has a lot of balls releasing override and liar dancer charts one after another. override has one of the most boring mas31s i’ve ever played while liar dancer’s master feels like it makes good use of gimmicks and BNW notes in order to create a fun but still deservedly mas31 chart. i can’t wait to FC liar dancer

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i don’t get a chance to play utages very much especially buddy utages because i don’t have a dedicated maimai group exactly — i do miss the one time i recently tried Ultimate taste, Lagtrain, Hand in Hand with some players though. Ultimate taste utage was mad but kinda fun

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me playing aoku kakeru, hollow, kashika master charts: ugh this took too long to AP but i’m glad the chart is easy. now i can AP the other difficulties in peace and i’ll have a satisfying all diffs AP’d menu display—

APPEND difficulty:

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override master chart may be one of the worst post-BNW charts i’ve played. not as bad as some debut charts (looking at you, ready steady.) but definitely a very boring master that just doesn’t feel good under my fingers

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raindrop-like trace notes stream down the lanes during the first chorus of I Am Rain! (luckily they do not need to be hit or this chart would be a little crazier)

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so i’ve been obsessed with bakenohana and playing the master chart at least 5 times a day to try and get that final sequence right, which means i’ve been thinking about the rest of the chart as well — especially this portion where the hold note turns into a trace note. it’s a cool visual effect, but also complements the song nicely where the instrumental buildup cuts. i think it’s also a good visual metaphor for mizuki’s being outed so abruptly, her identity being suddenly stripped bare and made vulnerable to ena (the hold note cutting to trace notes like a body being stripped to its skeleton, almost)

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i’m a huge fan of different charts having shared patterns when a producer uses the same sample or references their own songs, so i’ll probably make each example of this into their own posts. off the top of my head:

in project sekai,

spring(??) sound in circus panic and mesmerizer

“pa pa pa” in KING and QUEEN

SEKAI and journey references in hello sekai

in maimai,

“K” slides in KING, EYE, ENVY BABY (all kanaria songs)

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why is shoujo rei append chart so deep though. the way the chart completely supplements the narrative of the song is absurdly cool