[Patashu]

btw fixing this can't really be done from the community up because of what you mentioned, the 'ooh I know that song' draw of Stepmania. I say this all the time because it's true but we need something like osu with its quality controlled centralized database, where everyone has the same files to choose from and people willing to step every kind of song, which over the years builds and builds and builds covering everything likely. there is no good service for this atm - all the simfile databases currently have no quality control or feedback mechanisms, nothing interactive, they feel lifeless. basically stepmania and a site for it need to be redesigned entirely to incorporate all this stuff. I've heard that stepmania 4.0 is letting you upload files from within the editor which is a good start but it's not being implemented fast enough or with any motivation really

also, sometime go onto bemanistyle's forums and look at the 'original simfile requests' thread. you'll find a thousand people asking for simfiles for their favourite bands. not one of those posts is ever fulfilled

also I watch peeps play qed's files from time to time and while it is disorienting to see notes during silence and stuff like that I can empathize with what's being done in them, and the way patterns are naturally extended to fill space is clearly qed's way of reaching the ideal for a file, just like I reach the ideal for a file by layering until I'm out of columns

also damn I've been around for forever. i want to retire but nnggggh need to finish psbp2 first