Edit by Galaway (Matt Hoover)
Written by ASMAT & emi
From Guitar Freaks 7th / DrumMania 6th
Graphics taken from Guitar Freaks and edited in photoshop
DWI written by Galaway (Matthew Hoover) using StepMania Editor
Optimized in Notepad
AIM: FoxyNaore
151 BPM
Length: 1:34
Previous Entries:
TM4 / 100sec Kitchen Battle!!
TM4+ / PRAY (DDR Edit)
Difficulty: 4/6/9
I suck at Guitar Freaks. There, I said it. I can barely pass this song on Basic. But I fell in love with it when I heard it in the demo, and became determined to get good enough to do it.
According to AlphaConquerer at Bemanistyle, O Jiya means something along the lines of My Dearest or My Sweetheart in Hindi. See “About The Lyrics” for more information.
Finding the MP3 took a long, long time. I was hoping to have this ready by TM4+, but I couldn’t get the MP3 in time, so… So long to that idea.
It’s here now. Be glad. O JIYA is a totally kickass song.
“No fancy crap”. 151 BPM. Nothing more. Thinking about it when playing it on GF, I had considered placing tempo freezes between the “Duh!-Duh!-Duh!-Duh!” part in the chorus, but upon hearing the true MP3, I decided against it, ‘cause, y’know, that would’ve been really dumb.
That picture is of the lady in the O JIYA BG animation in Guitar Freaks. She’s been feathered and put into various spectral gradients, the one in the BG being manipulated with a huge Ocean Ripple effect. I guess I wanted it to look kinda trippy. I like the font, but can’t remember the name of it. Looks kinda ethnic, doesn’t it?
I’ve been a DDR addict for the past year, and am a home-raised-from-scratch player. Like other die-hard fans, I’ve found DWI and SM to be the ultimate answer to home practice and play.
And simulation! It’s fantastic to be able to get DDR edits to your favorite songs, especially when they’re open to pad play with a USB converter.
As for my simfiles, O JIYA is… one of them. It’s hard to keep track. But it is my third Tournamix Entry.
I first checked out TM back at the end of TM3, right after it had finished, when I was first getting into simulators. After the veritable unsuccess of 100sec Kitchen Battle!! In TM4, which I would not have submitted if I had thought it wasn’t of entry quality (Not the graphics, obviously, for those who still have it), I decided to do a “non-conventional-bemani-translation” for TM5.
My handle? No, it has nothing to do with women in any way. I myself am a guy, not a “gal”, which is an easy mistake to make. Although my Internet acquaintances often call me “Gal”. If you want to hear the story behind it, drop me a line.
The lyrics
of O JIYA, to the best of my knowledge, are sung in Hindi, and narrate a
young man’s attempt to court a girl he’s in love with. He is unsuccessful at
first, and she refuses his advances, but by the end of the second chorus she’s
accepted him, albeit a little coyly (“You should keep thinking that!”). Credit
goes to AlphaConquerer at Bemanistyle for corrected lyrics and translation,
although I took a few liberties with the English part of Konami’s garbled
interpretation; I don’t speak Hindi myself (obviously) and who knows how badly
the lyrics are really butchered. But they sound correct to me.
The section below contains information regarding the set for O JIYA on all three difficulties. There aren’t “totally easy” steps to any difficulty; Playing on Basic is a 4, so beginners won’t be able to do this song right away. Should give them something to look forward to!
There is no definite “Step Theme” to O JIYA. I figured that was best. It’s not all crossovers, it isn’t all jumps, it’s not a freeze hell. The result? A compile of what you’ve learned will be needed to complete each of the stepcharts if you’re on their level. Enjoy!
=BASIC=
Difficulty: 4
Max Combo: 208
Notes: 177 (Jump Difference 31)
Freezes: 20
Other Notes: Easy introduction to crossovers and “hard jumping” patterns. The jumping pattern style is somewhere between Dub-I-Dub and Rhythm and Police, but not nearly as constant. Notice how the freezes after the first verse are off on the 8th; this teaches a valuable lesson, that freezes are not color coded to quarters and eighths, so you have to be intuitive about when you step and how you read.
=TRICK=
Difficulty: 6
Max Combo: 253
Notes: 213 (Jump Difference 40)
Freezes: 17
Other Notes: “Broad So Deep Style.” **Laughs out loud** Seriously, though, there are a lot of “Wide Gallops” used in this edit, as well as walk patterns and a little more of complex jumping. In the area of Basic with the offbeat freezes, there are now 8th-minirun patterns, going along with ASMAT’s part, that some might find difficult. The song has a certain similarity to Gimme Gimme Gimme Maniac on its Standard difficulty.
=MANIAC=
Difficulty: 9
Max Combo: 394
Notes: 356 (Jump Difference 38)
Freezes: 17
Other Notes: Oh, wow. If you know DDR, you’ll recognize a lot of slight influences in the Maniac edit; Step styles similar to those found in Afronova, Daikenkai, Do You Remember Me, Exotic Ethnic, Luv To Me (Disco Mix), Sobakasu, Speed Over Beethoven, and V can all be seen if you keep an eye out. The gallops make O JIYA unpredictable and fun to play, and are laid out to be treated as jumps, so you should reposition yourself so your left foot would be on the left or your right on the right as you jump into the step, doing minimal crossing over on the gallop parts. The triple-16th steps go along with the Guitar Freaks chart. Double tapping plays an important role in this file, as if to say, “Don’t launch into that run just yet.” Overall difficulty is more or less comparable to a Be Lovin 9.
=CHALLENGE=
Difficulty: 9
Max Combo: 442
Notes: 374 (Jump Difference 68)
Freezes: 9
Other Notes: These steps are for the ignorant people who can’t stand pad-based, DDR-style steps and want to play 4-Key Beatmania instead. While technically paddable, I don’t suggest you try O JIYA on Challenge unless you’re an adept keyboard/control pad player. These steps follow the guitar part closely, and the step-on-the-same-arrow, step-jump-step-jump etc. pattern is based directly on the GF Basic chart. It’s also a sea of 16th notes…Good luck. ><
Mom and my Guinea Pigs - For putting up with my griping about my comp problems and listening to the constant stream of Indian pop.
ASMAT & emi – For such a cool song.
Konami – For DDR and GF&DM and DMX and PPP and every other Bemani game under the sun.
Pinball Pete’s – For my all-time fave DDR location. Shout out to all my Ann Arbor homies…! Word…up, yo.
Jason,
Ari, Melissa, Justin, Ben, Nate, Rachel, Jordan, Dave, Mike, Tim, Jon, Grae,
Morgan, and Colson – For being my friends. You guys |20><><0|2¯/_.
Sivus (@ddrei) – Do I even need to say it?
NMR (@ddrei) – For your kind words on 100SKB last Tournamix.
Teh Play3rz – Thanks, and vote for me!