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Bang Bang: Decent charts with some cool elements. This would be a 27-28 without the gimmicks. The gimmick at 2:34 is very well executed, but other than that, this chart is unfortunately being held back by bad gimmick usage (impossible to sight read and very hard to react to) and not enough master chart elements to make it past the bar for OurStage. A lot of the patterns in this chart would fit better in an expert chart rather than a master chart, as master charts are often charted to more elements of the song at once. The calm section of the chart could use 2 lane notes and more 4 lane notes can be used in chorus and such. There are just way too many 3 lane note, making it resemble an expert chart more than a master chart.
Looping The Rooms: The patterns are decently well executed but are quite repetitive. Even if the song itself doesn't allow for too much variety, it is still possible to vary the patterns to make it look fresh every time. Other than than, there is inconsistency with when you use hold ends or trace ends for hold notes. This issue can be avoided by reducing the amount of hold end timings in the chart (more commonly seen in hard and expert) as well as removing some of the stop gimmicks as they don't add anything to the chart. Another thing I would like to add is the flick note direction. A lot of the time, directional flicks that go inward are bad unless they lead to a pattern that would make sense to have the flicks executed that way.
Final verdict: Rejected
Despite all of the great elements that the chart provides, I will unfortunately have to reject the application due to the excessive use of confusing gimmicks. The charts themselves play fine without the gimmicks, but there is just not enough creativity when it comes to patterns in the two charts. You can achieve much greater results if you charted more to the instrumental in some sections instead of the vocals, especially in master charts, as it generally offers more interesting rhythms to chart to. Try to implement more general note size changes in the charts (small notes for calm parts without much instrumental, bigger notes for louder and more exciting parts, etc). Be consistent with what notes you decide to use trace notes on and what notes to use flicks on. A lot of this will come both with experience, but also with studying good charts from experienced charters as every decision you make in a chart has to be carefully evaluated to make the visual and gameplay good. Good luck!
-Tpulse