Board Thread:Decisions/@comment-5392675-20161127113722/@comment-1465604-20161127141103

7-The-Great, MyLampIsBroken wrote: FallenAngelII wrote:

7-The-Great, MyLampIsBroken wrote: Well, this is probably going to be a real bad idea, but just see how much they move their body, and how much you have to actually work out during the songs, like if they barely move their feet, like Disturbia, then we rate it Cool. If they're like jumpin all over the place like Oh No!, then we [falsely] rate them Intense, but this idea might get turned down fast, anyways. Don't wanna upset the master....... This is exactly why I oppose the blog post's suggestion. It'd be too arbitrary. How much jumping around is enough to make something Intense? How much for Cool? We can easily rate "Scream & Shout (Extreme)" Intense. But what about "Sorry (Extreme)"? It's not Intense per se, it's difficult to nail, but none of the moves require much athleticism, so we rate it Cool. Okay, then what about "Worth It"? The splitting of the legs is pretty Intense, but that's it. What of "Bailar"? It's not that difficult on a technical level, but it's fast-paced and involves a lot of jumping around.

And so on and so on. I like the idea, but it only applies to solo routines. And you do make a point. Any extreme (except for Worth It) might as well be classified as an Intense, and a routine such as Single Ladies might as well be classified as a Cool, and I do agree with you. But you see, I brought up "Sorry (Extreme)" for a reason. It is not Intense. Being difficult to do because the pictograms don't ell the whole story or there are many switches in moves in quick succession does not necessarily make a routine Intense. I think "Daddy", a Medium or borderline Hard at best, is Intense while "Sorry (Extreme)" is not.

This is what happens when we have no clear definitions. We'll be going in circles like this for a lot of routines. And for that reason, I oppose any endeavour to classify all songs according to how JD4's Workout Mode classifies them.