Hardest 9?

Asymptote · Trick Member Joined: 07 Feb 2006 Location: Alloway, NY

Zodiac feels like one of the easier 9's to me.... was the first 9 (or song, for that matter) that I broke a 97% on a while ago.... I guess for me, technical issues and difficulty are non-existent for this difficulty level, but stamina is what determines the relative difficulty. Thats why DFC destroys me
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FLipP36o · Trick Member Joined: 10 May 2005 Location: Ch!natown

Birdie

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Justican · Trick Member Joined: 10 Feb 2005 Location: UK

I played In the Groove 1 alot, and on that game, On a Day Like Today was the last song to get over 80% on, and i tried it about 10-15 times. Most of the songs I played around 5 times to get the hang of them to get over 80% but most of them where not too hard, On a Day Like Today takes ALOT of Stamina, crossovers and it just gets harder, Looking at my scores, My charlene score is catching up to it.....
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The Old Life · Trick Member Joined: 10 Apr 2005

hardcore of the north hard, i don't think any1 has sde that yet. ! hard is kind of tricky too

Asymptote · Trick Member Joined: 07 Feb 2006 Location: Alloway, NY

HOTN does seem harder than it looks.
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Mostly_Harmless · Posted: Mon Mar 13, 2006 7:03 pm Post subject:

HOTN is incredibly hard and i think has the most steps a 9 footer has

Boochypa · Trick Member Joined: 26 Nov 2003 Location: VA Tech

Lipstick Kiss has the fewest steps of any 9, and it's one of the hardest.

Step count doesn't matter.
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Boochypa · Trick Member Joined: 26 Nov 2003 Location: VA Tech

double post =\
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Tyrgannus · Posted: Mon Mar 13, 2006 8:28 pm Post subject:

Step count CAN matter though. Just because Delirium is harder than Walking on Fire doesn't mean that all songs with more steps aren't harder than songs fewer steps. Honestly, there's a stamina issue you have to remember. Hardcore of the North on Hard takes more stamina than probably all the other 9's because of the stepcount. For a person just trying to pass, step count is very important. It however becomes less important when shifting your focus towards scoring. Then 12's with a "low" step count like Tell become wicked
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Summer is as much of a 12 as PSMO is a 9.

Hands R' Us · Trick Member Joined: 15 Aug 2005 Location: Mars

I have several songs that I think fall in this category: Tension (16ths), Lemmings on the Run (mines), On a Day Like Today (crossover 16ths), Go 60 Go (craziness), Clockwork Genesis (gallops and 16ths), and HotN (stamina). It's a tough decision, but I will have to go with LotR because it is my lowest-scoring 9. I would have to bar rape it every time to avoid those stupid mines. Energizer is the s***, but even though I may bar rape it sometimes, it's not overwhelmingly difficult, even for it being medium steps.
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ITG home version expert difficulty progress report: All songs beaten except Pandemonium

cheesecake · Trick Member Joined: 19 Nov 2004 Location: Michigan

my life is so crazy, clockwork genesis (hard), on a day like today. I also think that one false move (hard) and Tension (Hard) are kinda tough 9-footers. Also i think disconnected is hard because of those 16-note runs on 200 bpm

Let's face it, itg has raised the bar for 9-footers

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Synaesthesia · Posted: Sat May 20, 2006 12:54 pm Post subject:

You mean those 1/16 drills where you don't move at all? Yeah those are completely undoable. Lipstick Kiss is impossible to score. And it's a horrifyingly bad song.
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#Infinity · Trick Member Joined: 22 Jan 2006 Location: San Diego, CA

Tyrgannus · Posted: Sat May 20, 2006 3:01 pm Post subject:

Synaesthesia · Posted: Sat May 20, 2006 6:16 pm Post subject:

It really isn't a matter of opinion. Go ask the higest tier of players what the hardest expert 9 to stay consistent on is, and I'm fairly sure the overwhelming response is going to be Lipstick Kiss (if not unanimous). And they're the ones who are going to know how to get fantastics the best.
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Hands R' Us · Trick Member Joined: 15 Aug 2005 Location: Mars

And speaking of tough 9s, I watched a video of Esperanza by KaW, an ITG3 song, on an ITG PC demo. The Expert stepchart is a b****; 31 rolls with most of them being single rolls combined with regular holds. I guess that you have to do quick jackhammers on the rolls. That may be a tough 9 there.
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ITG home version expert difficulty progress report: All songs beaten except Pandemonium

J-Stro · Trick Member Joined: 26 Dec 2003

Bouff.

Tyrgannus · Posted: Sat May 20, 2006 9:44 pm Post subject:

Bouff is a 10. Bouff Hard IS a 9, but last I checked, it was a fairly easy to pass 9 and pathetically easy to FA. Of course, my sarcasm detector may be broken....
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AA Bob wrote:

Summer is as much of a 12 as PSMO is a 9.

Laundry · Posted: Sun May 21, 2006 3:43 am Post subject:

cartoon heroes xdxdxd

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Oh, and seriously, it's HotN

IHYD.Blake · Posted: Sun May 21, 2006 6:50 am Post subject: