The Medley of Pokémon O2 chart released

Well guys, we have finally finished The Medley of Pokémon chart. It's a little over 26 minutes long, so warmup is really necessary before playing this. Read the Resdme that is in the RAR file for some advice. You'll need it. Good luck ;)

Download (o2ma3058): http://www.mediafire.com/?suz28t28hlk07i9

Updates to the levels of my two O2 notecharts

Rohen might've already posted about this in the AngelJam November 2011 Update, but I'm just going to make sure by posting it here.

It made me wonder why Fentanest is overleveled and Blue Rain is underleveled. Those two HX charts' levels have been fixed. If you play in AngelJam, you only need the OJNList to correct it. However if you're playing them elsewhere, you must update the OJNs in the link below. Simply extract them into the Music folder and overwrite/update when prompted.

o2ma3053 (Fentanest) OJN
o2ma3055 (Blue Rain) OJN


And also you may wonder: "What's the purpose of the levels?"

Not only do they give you a hint of what you should expect in the chart, they also affect the amount of Experience Points given when you complete the song. Or at least that's what they say in the O2Jam Wikia page about Experience Point calculations.

My tips of pro-ness for making good and memorable charts

Not only do these tips apply to O2Jam, it can apply to other rhythm games like IIDX.

Why am I posting it here? One, someone awesome asked me. Two, I'm getting tired of seeing weird charts.

Alright, here they are:

1. Use headphones or speakers with loud bass. This is so that you can pick up even the slightest instruments to put notes for non-keysounded charts.

2. Pitch relevancy. For some instruments, higher-pitch notes are on the right while the lower-pitch should be on the left. A good example is the quick piano stream in Bang!Bang!Bang! HX chart. IIDX charts should also follow this rule, but don't be too strict with them.

3. Play around until you get unique patterns or patterns that match the song. Making them fun and more interesting than other charts makes it memorable, other than just the song alone.

4. Copy and paste is fine, but don't overdo it. If it tends to be repetitive, it's become easily boring. A good tip is to copy and paste, and then change the patterns a little. Good examples are in my Promise and Catastrophe in Bhava-agra ~ Wonderful Heaven charts. You'll notice the small difference between each chorus and repeated sections of the songs.

5. Make sure most of your chart has a constant difficulty level. If your chart has a sudden difficulty change, it's an instant fail. My recent chart, Enemy Storm (Dark Jungle Mix) was close to that point (probably due to the speed changes lol). Giving breaks in between is fine, but sometimes necessary for those ridiculous patterns. Examples of hard charts with breaks are Black Water and Little Hearts.

6. Playtest your chart. Watching it in autoplay is not good enough. Imagine the movement of the fingers when one plays your chart. Remember: The chart you make is not for yourself only.

Another important tip that is not in the list: Have fun :D

(Note: These tips are not completely failproof. Don't heavily rely on them. Use them if your charts are weak when compared to the official charts. In addition, these are the tips I can give based on my experiences with many charts and I do not deserve full credit for tip #2 and the one after #6.)