Readme for Christmas Time (Don't Let The Bells End) by The Darkness - Steps by GoGoNaoki
BPM: 165-166 and pretty much everything inbetween...

Christmasmix entry :D

Having seen the Christmasmix songlist, this song's probably going to stand out a lot because it isn't from Dancemania Christmas Speed... I chose it because I thought it would be easy enough to step. I was wrong. Its full of 12ths. Not only that, but it doesn't have a constant bpm. And i managed to lose a 12th beat when i cut the song down, so everything's got a higher chaos rating than it should. But i'd already done heavy and messed on with syncing so i couldn't be bothered to re-cut it. Even though i'm a second over the long version limit. In short, i'm not overly hopeful for it placing well in the competition because it isn't perfectly synced (its still playable though) and its full of chaos arrows (the 24ths in heavy make me look like i've never made a simfile before in my life...). In an attempt to redeem myself slightly i've made some doubles steps. Err... Enjoy!

Steps Overview:

Singles:

Light: 3 foot - Generic Light Mode Steps with nothing remotely resembling a stream. Chaos is due to the loss of a 12th beat when cutting the song, so although its on the groove radar, it isn't actually in the steps. There's quite a bit of freeze and air for a light stepset, mainly because there wasn't a lot else i could do with it.

Standard: 6 foot - Again this is quite air and freeze based. It starts to introduce some of the 12th rhythms of the song. Chaos rating is higher than it should be because of the rogue 12th beat. 

Heavy: 8 foot - When i first started I wasn't expecting a mini burning heat, but thats what i got. Lots of 12ths and some other chaos too. The speed of the song makes the machine gun sections i've put in work well and i've tried not to be too erratic in the beats i've followed.

Doubles:

Light: 4 foot - Air and Freeze again. Teaches you to like the middle two arrows.

Standard: 6 Foot - Has a lot of harder sections that the singles version bu also a few bits that are easier. Has quite a lot of switches from pad to pad but nothing overly difficult. Close to 7 foot in my opinion.

Heavy: 8 foot - Lots of 12ths again but i've tried to produce steps which play differently to Heavy Singles. Theres a few forced spins using freezes which look quite fun to me, and a lot of freezes in general. I almost moved this up to a 9 but there are a few easy sections which made me leave it an 8.


If you want to make any comments on this file you can contact me through PM on DDRUK or email/msn me at gogonaoki@gmail.com, or in one of these threads...
http://www.ddruk.com/postview.php?post=137338
http://nl.ddruk.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=13

Please comment! I want to be able to improve!

Steps created using Stepmania 3.9 alpha 21's editor
Banner and BG created in photoshop - with thanks to google image search.