I missed this discussion earlier, but why not just make it an option for the beatmapper? I think it's only going to be a rare occasion when starting from "!!" is preferable.peppy wrote:
HMM well in my mind there are two options:
1.
Have it automatically decided whether to have it start on '!!' or 'ki' depending on this condition:
If the intro to the song is greater than ~10seconds (the time it takes for the metre to fill up) then it will start as a '!!' else it will be a 'ki'.
Otherwise, it will be a 'ki' all the way.
2.
Always use one of the two options.
Maybe we need a poll?
On a related note, in EBA (and Ouendan, I believe), when the scorebar fills at the beginning, the marker is actually on the yellow the entire time; the red part "grows" into it. I don't know if it's necessary to recreate that effect (it'd actually mess up most skins) but it's worth noticing, because it makes it very clear that you're not starting from a "!!" state.