From 85ce708153fbe11da2e76ce8b64f758180466c30 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Michael Zhang Date: Fri, 3 May 2024 06:35:52 -0500 Subject: [PATCH] update --- src/content/posts/2024-05-02-ddr/index.mdx | 17 +++++++++++++++-- 1 file changed, 15 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/src/content/posts/2024-05-02-ddr/index.mdx b/src/content/posts/2024-05-02-ddr/index.mdx index 899f08d..453082c 100644 --- a/src/content/posts/2024-05-02-ddr/index.mdx +++ b/src/content/posts/2024-05-02-ddr/index.mdx @@ -131,7 +131,6 @@ With this knowledge, when you see a 200 BPM song, you can divide $300 / 200 = 1. Some tools like [3icecream] have a BPM calculator for charts if you enter in your reading speed, but often using your phone's calculator or just memorizing some common benchmark BPMs will do just fine. - > [!NOTE] > Since every song you play might be a different BPM, always check to make sure the scroll speed is what you want! @@ -145,12 +144,20 @@ For example, if it says 85~170, I'm going to assume it's 170 BPM. This way, there's never a part that's too fast for me to read. Unfortunately, for some extreme cases (usually on charts from older games), this will make the slow parts almost impossible to read. -That's just how the game works unfortunately, so brush up on those slow scroll speed reading skills and hope you make it through this mess. +That's just how the game works, so brush up on those slow scroll speed reading skills and hope you make it through this mess. import mess from './mess.png';

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+There's also times when the chart will completely stop for a bit and continue. +Usually this is done to emphasize something in the song. +Other times it's just to mess with you. +Unfortunately, just like the BPM changes, there's not really a good way of knowing where the stops happen ahead of time, so either watch a video of the auto playthrough ahead of time, or just pray. +An example of a song with a lot of stops is [CHAOS][6]. + +[6]: https://ddr.stepcharts.com/SuperNOVA/CHAOS/single-challenge + Techs --- @@ -279,6 +286,12 @@ It has the following features: - Calculates relative chart difficulties based on user statistics for charts of the same level - Exports all scores as CSV +In particular, the [difficulty list][7] is really helpful at finding "easy" charts. +If I'm going for level 17 clears, I'd usually scroll down to the bottom of the 17 list and see what songs people have generally gotten better scores on. +Even if you don't use the score tracking feature, I'd still recommend using this listing. + +[7]: https://3icecream.com/difficulty_list/15 + [Stepcharts] is another website that I've used to sort through and view charts when I'm not in front of a cab. It's also where I produced all the chart images for this blog post.