[TC_Halogen]

Many of the problems that nick has brought up (amazing read, by the way, it REALLY makes you think back) might happen to do with the need to be different, or to evolve the style of simfile making. I've too run into the issue of trying to devise my own style of stepping for a while, but was afraid of what other people would think of them. After a while, I got to the point of just making simfiles for songs the way that I want to, trying to avoid the normally mechanical style of stepping while still maintaining that relevancy to the music.

The thing that irritates me most about QED is that he acts like he's the only person who is capable of stepping in this (his) manner, thinking that syncopation and natural rhythm is entirely uncommon, when in reality, it's the most ideal way to step for pad. Not only that, but he will defend his points regardless of how ridiculous they sound. Not only that, but he feels like he is the only person capable of telling others how to improve their SM experience, when it's just not true.

Back to the topic of files though, why have things gotten this way? When did the files change, and who were the people who allowed it to happen? It leaves a lot open for discussion.

EDIT: dammit, my entire part about QED got ninja'd, haha