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@ -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. 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] > [!NOTE]
> Since every song you play might be a different BPM, always check to make sure the scroll speed is what you want! > 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. 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. 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.
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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
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@ -279,6 +286,12 @@ It has the following features:
- Calculates relative chart difficulties based on user statistics for charts of the same level - Calculates relative chart difficulties based on user statistics for charts of the same level
- Exports all scores as CSV - 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. [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. It's also where I produced all the chart images for this blog post.