#2dkaps ddr a20 plus

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March 31st, 2024 - ProSeka, Arcaea, TAKUMI Cubic, maimai BUDDiES, DDR A20 PLUS

alas, as they all say, all good things must come to an end. as much as i've enjoyed the con so much and all my time here, it was almost time to go. what i enjoyed here would be the last i enjoyed, as we all prepared to bid our farewells to the event by its end time at 5 PM PDT. but first, a word from my arcaea and proseka scores from yesterday that i couldn't fit into this post due to hitting the 30 image limit in tumblr posts!! they're nothing special, really, but i wouldn't be keeping in spirit of the account if i didn't include them. so here, a quick expert 26 AP and a Rise of the World FTR-10 EX!

alright, now back to the con. i mostly stuck with my friends as we got there before the artist valley opened somehow, and we hung around that area until they had to go get some things signed by their favorite VAs. while we were waiting for the doors to open, i checked out takumi cubic for their april fools joke of the year and got my friend to hold my phone while i played one of the chart lab charts (the one for freedom dive where it's just the insanity chart but all trace notes). sadly though, his holding SUCKED and i ended up getting two misses even though i should've gotten NONE!!!

meanwhile, being abandoned and left to roam the arch building on my own, i got the thought: since all the rhythm game tourneys were over now, wouldn't maimai finally be free from that huge crowd? sure enough, once i got up to the right level and up to the cabs, the next spot in line was free! (save for one single person waiting, who i could partner up with to get an extra song anyways). i logged in to the cab for the second time ever, nodded to my play partner (who was logging in for the first time and suffering all the new content notifications) and got warmed up for the maimai experience:tm: which was INSANELY FUN!!! god i wish i had maimai access anywhere near me . alas, we can't have good things (or at least Every good thing)

finished with that, i try and track down my friends who finally got their autographs and wanted to play DDR in the moment. i was down to play DDR EXTREME PRO, which i haven't even experienced properly before, but they wanted to play DDR A20 PLUS there which was fine anyways. i let them play first since i was moreso interested in playing at round 1 by myself, but i gave in to the temptation and played some sets with each one (except my friend's sister) and fucking DESTROYED them oh my GOD . here's a snapshot of some of the scores, i have a video of me playing tiger rampage CSP-17 (in cosplay of course) but i still have to get it from my friend who recorded . nevertheless, here's the goodies! (there's some other scores i took pictures of that were sweet accomplishments from my friends, but i won't share them here for obvious reasons. anything AA or above is my side)

after that, we transferred over to the summit building and walked around some of the stalls before we bid farewell to the con, as it was closing 45 minutes after a reservation we had at the cheesecake factory. it was bittersweet, even if i wasn't at my most hype at first, and i'll very dearly miss it. but while we were waiting for our food at the cheesecake factory, i played last year's april fools chart for renda joceky for shits and giggles!! (it went horribly)

after eating, we went back home via the link trains and said our farewells at each house as this unforgettable experience came to a close. i'll miss it... but now that i was home, i could enjoy the all-new april fools charts guilt-free!!! (just arcaea's prank) (i didn't have enough progress in any other rhythm games on this phone)

and so, the extra-long post saga comes to an end. unless i attend some other event with a lot to talk about, i'll keep the rest of these posts short as i want to conserve both my time and sanity for actual important stuff like homework instead of writing summaries of my rhythm game scores that no one really reads. man . 'til next time though!

[2dkapsddr]

May 18th, 2024 - Arcaea, ProSeka, ONGEKI, CHUNITHM NEW PLUS, DanceEvolution, DDR A20 PLUS

FINALLY!!! THE TIME HAS COME!!! ANIME IMPULSE TIME W/ MY FRIEND!!!!!!!

as it turns out, we may or may not have arrived 2 hours before opening time, so we may or may not have had to wait in line for 2 hours until the gates opened and we were free to wreak havoc. but in the meantime, i tried to grind out some of my arcaea stamina and finally tried out Party Vinyl BYD-10, which - to my surprise - was actually a really fun and good chart??? ik this one is really widely hated so i was surprised by how good it actually was, no idea where the hate comes from now. loved it so much that i ended up getting an EX after a few tries!!! (same with Quon BYD-10, which i also played for the first time and ALSO really liked!!

here's me briefly using my friend's hands as a phone stand and clearing the funny hold note song while i was at it LOL

but eventually, after waiting a full 2 hours in line and being hyped up by the staff there, the floodgates opened and we were allowed to dive right into the chaos... of ANIME IMPULSE!!!! while my friend wanted to go straight to the VA signings, i had my eyes set on playing one game in particular for the first time...

you may have noticed the title of a unique game that hasn't appeared on this account so far. why's that? originally i meant to play it at sakuracon earlier this year, but i was drawn too much to chunithm and other games to pay it any mind (and also the lines for the cab were too long). but finally, being one of the first to see the cabs, i was able to jump right on it and, for the very first time in 2dkaps ddr history... play O.N.G.E.K.I.!!!!! ...of course, i kinda sucked at it, but that didn't stop little ol' me!!! (this GP system is so confusing though)

aaaaand that's all!!! (for ongeki, that is)

afterwards, i hopped on chunithm to experience it again in all its beautiful 120hz glory... but i then came to the realization that i was proooobably gonna be stunted by this Hellish glare being casted onto the screens (from all the skybridge windows). yes, what you see on the screen in each score is exactly what i saw while playing. yes, i had to set my field wall to 6 to make it even a slight bit readable, no, it didn't stop me from getting some fucking INSANE scores today like holy SHIT HOW DID I DO ALL THIS

first was just a 990 on a 14, nothing special, cool cool, but then i tried shukusei shinpan on my card for the first time (previously only got to play it in guest mode) and got a really good 995 at first??? followed it up with a 998 or something like that (not pictured) before... at long last... after so many grueling attempts and so much trouble posed by the evil screen glare... it actually happened...

I ACTUALLY GOT IT!!! AFTER SO LONG!!!! SHUKUSEI SHINPAN (MASTER 15) 1,000,155 SS!!!!!!! 15 SS #1!!!! MY FIRST 15 SS EVER!!!! AND IN AOYAGI TOYA COSPLAY!!!! (the score is somehow actually more visible in the selfie because of the glare being lower LMFAO)

BUT THAT'S NOT THE END OF MY SESSION!!! NOT EVEN *CLOSE*!!! THERE'S *WAY* MORE WHERE THAT CAME FROM!!!! examples? why, of course!! 8-EM (Master 14+) 999k into 1.001M SS, followed by a sightread SSS on Inpaqq (Master 13+), and then an almost-SSS+ Full Combo on BlythE (Master 14)!!!

went to the artist alley for a little while with my friend, trying to find stuff to buy but almost coming back empty-handed (though with a few exceptions of purchases since . yaknow .) but once i got back from my spree and went to the arcade with my friend again, we hopped back on danevo and i IMMEDIATELY took the opportunity to sightread and get this really funny AA on Memeshikute Master (pictured)

back to chunithm, where i got the really funny thought of "what if i hit rainbow while i was at this con?" looking through my options and really having nothing better to do (other than spend More money at the artist alley), i gave it a go, intense cloudy glare and all. this gave way to... a lot of really damn good scores, actually! SS on a lot of 14+s that turned out to be 14.9s when i looked them up... it was really surprising to see myself perform at this caliber honestly LOL

oh also, an almost S+ on World Vanquisher (Master 15), a 995k on Contrapasso -inferno- followed by a 999k on it somehow LMFAO (Formerly Master 14+, now Master 15 as of Chunithm New Plus (please get me updated aghh)), a first try 992k S+ on POTENTIAL (Master 15), a sightread 997k S+ on We Gonna Journey (Ultima 14+), a clean SS first try on Viyella's Tears (Master 14+), and then a 985k S on ANU (Master 15)!!!

...whew! that was a lot of grinding and a lot of really good scores. but i'm still not quite at rainbow... ah well, let's take a break anyways with some really glare-filled DDR A20 PLUS!!! ...oh, how i missed you... (but also how i hate this glare of yours)

a brief return to chunithm in a desperate attempt to get as much rating before the end of the day... which was surprisingly soon!!! everything closed at 7 PM, and it wasn't until it was almost too late that i realized... but as i bid farewell to the cabs and went to the artist alley to get one more thing, i got in a few more scores that were just. Insane beyond belief. so there's the SS on Apocalypse ni hangyaku (Master 14+) of course, pretty cool pretty nice upscore, but then.... out of absolutely nowhere and completely unexpected... i got a FULL COMBO ON ELEMENTAL CREATION ULTIMA 14+??? A 14.9??? AND I GOT A FULL COMBO??? HOW??????????? I WAS IN SHOCK WHAT THE HELL

even more than that, i got 15 SS #2 IN THE SAME DAY ON CONTRAPASSO -INFERNO- AFTER JUST A FEW EXTRA TRIES!!!! I WENT *OFF* THIS SESSION AND I'M STILL IN SHOCK . HOW DID I EVEN DO IT

but alas, of course, it was closing time, so i had to head home and give up on my dream to jump from 15.74 to rainbow in a single day... but from all this work, i managed to get up from a measly 15.74 rating from last con to a massive 15.94 that's in the top 100 of the server's rankings??? i'm really excited to see what i can do if given another opportunity, and it looks like i'll have one soon... but for now, i'd like to appreciate this session well done! i'll say it now while i'm writing this in the future, but due to homework and general business i wasn't able to make it to the second day of the con and thus i actually didn't have another chance to get rainbow. but it was far better for my future tbh, and i'll always have another chance for this. thanks for reading!

note: there's a few scores that didn't make it into this post due to the 30 image limit (just two danevo scores) that will instead be included in the post for monday. sorry for the inconvenience!

[2dkapsddr]

October 4th, 2022 - ProSeka

i really wanna go nonverbal on the non-notable proseka scores i think it'd be both funny and soothing for myself. here's the last one before i go nonverbal unless i get something cool

(actually wait i remember the importance of this first one, it was my lowest CB count and highest combo on a 32 before i actually FC'ed the thingy)

also met up with friends at the mall again!! and played max 360 on A20 PLUS (rare, but it was the only available cab) before leaving

also The World Hasn't Even Started Yet/Sekai Wa Mada Hajimatte Surainai Master AP!!!

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August 13th, 2022 - PIU XX, DDR A20 PLUS, IIDX 29, CHUNITHM PARALOST, DANCE aROUND

BACK AT IT AGAIN AT ROUND 1 BOWLING & AMUSEMENT

except...? this isnt my usual round 1... this is the GRAND OPENING of ROUND 1 SHM IN PUYALLUP!!!

made it here because i heard about (and wanted) a special grand opening shirt, but of course since it's Round 1, i also played all of my favorite games there!! was the first to play on the pump cab, but unfortunately the stock pads weren't very tolerant... so i just shat around with fingy on some tough songs

apparently the ddr cab was from california though??? so the pads were EXTREMELY good to play on (even if i had already transferred my data to A3

some iidx and chuni!! (they both fit in one line dw)

aaand then it's aaaalll dance around for the rest of the session ! flagged Let's DANCE aROUND! and unlocked Dadadada!!!

BONUS: miku dance :]

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May 7th, 2022 - ProSeka, CHUNITHM PARALOST, WACCA Reverse, IIDX 29, PIU XX, DDR A3, DDR A20 PLUS, GITADORA HIGH-VOLTAGE

arcade day! but first; a word from our sponsor, ProSeka, bringing you this re-AP on mikumiku ni shiteageru in rank match

now, back to your regularly scheduled programming! in today's news at round 1: CHUNITHM IS HERE!!! got to play the game for the very first time and set some killer scores while i was at it!!!

then i did some IIDX and cleared Lion suki SPA-7!!! my first SPA clear!! along with some other funky charts

gitadora and wacca jumpscare (only one score of each game)

then we close out this post with the dance games!! first the ddr... (trying all the new and awesome charts on A3!!!

...then the PIU!! (only two scores but they're both decent)

[2dkapsddr]

April 3rd, 2022 - ProSeka, WACCA Reverse, PIU XX/Infinity, DDR A20 PLUS

now now, don't worry, this IS an arcade day, but i do only have two proseka scores to get out of the way first

okay, happy now? happy now. moving on with the ACTUAL arcade session now!!!

this was kind of an abrupt session, so not a lot of scores to see here, but the main reason behind this session was... the WACCA april fools prank . a limited time event to get the whole TANO*C crew from BATTLE NO.1 as a navigator!! and GOD was it worth it

as for wacca scores? just this LMFAO

now, onto the dancey gameys!! rooftop S16 1 great, conflict S17 re-clear on my pass, JIGEUMBUTEO SHAKE THAT BOOTY, epic fail on Extravaganza S21, and then 1 miss on shakunetsu pt.2 long train running ESP-16???

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March 5th, 2022 - ProSeka, DDR A20 PLUS, MUSECA, PIU XX

arcade day once more!!! but first, some proseka to kick it off!!

but moving on from that, it's time to step! i'm gettin good at 17s!!! (and other random charts)

i also played a free credit of museca in between dance games!!! looks really fun but i can't get used to the controls at All

and now, for the pump side! some people watching me suggested Bboom Bboom and HIT right after failing Rage of Fire S18, so i fulfilled their requests and kinda did good on both for sightreads !

but most importantly... MY VERY FIRST S19 CLEAR!!! TREAM VOOK OF THE WAR BREAK ON!!!!

also a failed attempt on King of Sales S18 to close out the session

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February 25th, 2022 - ProSeka, DDR A20 PLUS

interesting day ! got Unknown Mother-Goose FC'ed finally, also did Really good on the tournament mode for KING (had no idea this was for the championships i thought it was gonna be regular)

also tried a friend's newly released chart and died !

but the beeg (and funny) part of this session.... is the RANDOM DDR SESSION IN HAWAII!!! i just went to a dave & busters in hawaii and kicked ass!!! (got my ass kicked by seasickness actually, i was so nauseated it felt like the pad and cab was moving under my feet)

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February 20th, 20222 - PIU XX, WACCA Reverse, IIDX 29, DDR A20 PLUS, Beatstar

BACK AT IT AGAIN AT ROUND 1 BOWLING & AMUSEMENT

played a TON of pump compared to other games, really startin my pump arc here... (with some nice acc too !)

moved on to the silly games after that little bit of pumping (tagmix is a fake 16 i'm so glad it got uprated)

then i closed it out with a bit of pump: new S18 clear, new D13 clear, and then 86 S16 FINALLY CLEARED BREAK ON!!!

bonus: this random beatstar score i got in the morning

[2dkapsddr]

February 12th, 2022 - ProSeka, DDR A20 PLUS, WACCA REVERSE, PIU XX

we are BACK at the arcade!!! (but not without a choke on proseka to kick it off!!!)

okay, kicking it off now for real!!! today was a COMPLETELY normal session . absolutely nothing out of the ordinary happened this session for it was very simply uneventful. you may carry on with your day after reading this.

EXCEPT. THERE WAS SOMETHING BIG.

THAT'S RIGHT BABY!!! MY FIRST!! 14!! PERFECT FULL COMBOOOOOOOOOOO

ON NOUSHOU SAKURETSU GIRL OF ALL SONGS??? THE 2ND LONGEST SONG IN THE GAME

actually SUCH an insane score i was taken aback from it for a while

but!! the show must go on!!! only was playing the song because it gave a bunch of golden league EX score, so now i must set my sights on other songs to grind just as much; like this firestorm & co.!!!

(also a quick pump score in between all those golden league sets (right before THE REASON actually))

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February 6th, 2022 - IIDX 29, DDR A20 PLUS, WACCA Reverse, Groove Coaster, SDVX EG

THIS IS WHAT THE CALIFORNIA MENTION WAS FORESHADOWING!!! BET YOU WEREN'T EXPECTING THIS BECAUSE I JUST MET UP WITH TWITTER DOT COM USER FIDDY SEBEN!!!!

ever since i got the news that my family was going to california, i contacted fiddy to ask if they wanted to arrange a quick meetup before i left, and somehow we did it flawlessly!!! i played some random games while waiting for them to arrive, getting some pretty decent scores out of it (clearing love is orange while in orange county and then getting my first 17 FC!!!!)

then, after playing a decent bit of ddr...

they found me. (there's a funnier image but i can't find it)

so we played a bunch of wacca together!!! got my ass kicked at first by them but then kicked their ass back (once and then almost again)

then we goofed off for the rest of the session!! forcing them to watch me play iidx, then playing groove coaster together, then lastly playing sdvx together

then they left after that and i kinda just played on my own (with both nock and sonicfrisk!!)

BONUS (before i forget): played the EmpErroR first thing in the morning and needed to upload this Banger Score before i forgot

[2dkapsddr]

January 19th, 2022 - ProSeka, DDR A20 PLUS, WACCA Reverse, PIU XX

moving my ventures onto the JP server for now!! getting Expert AP #10 and #11 on Marshmary and Niccori^^Survey Team Theme respectively!! also (finally) securing Telecaster b-boy as Master FC #32!!!

but enough proseka posting... for today is an ARCADE DAY!!! though one that was cut short due to lack of motivation... here's all the scores i managed to salvage from this day

BONUS: me thinking this club night S16 clip looked cool

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January 8th, 2022 - PIU XX, IIDX 29, DDR A20 PLUS, WACCA Reverse, ProSeka

back once more at the arcadeys!!! doin some pump, and getting some more nice iidx scores (playing the BEST SONG added this version)

i played a bit of doubles, first time in a while!!! and then fell off the pads during telecaster b-boy (also fitting my sakura FC in here just to keep it clean

then your average wacca scores... (mecha kuso was a high score tie tho damn)

and finally closing out the session with a pump grind; got a sightread S16 and S17, then raising my broken B on 86 S16 to a broken A and having to resort to the full song for an S16 clear

also some proseka from both the morning and night; got an AP on endmark hard to compensate for not having expert FC'ed, almost FCing Leia Master, and then getting to experience gekichumai day 2: the emperror!!!

BONUS: Skreaming for Salvation SPH-10 on IIDX (it didn't go well besides this one clip)

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January 2nd, 2022 - DDR A20 PLUS, IIDX 29, WACCA Reverse, Groove Coaster, ProSeka

WE ARE BACK!!! NEW YEAR NEW ARCADE SESSION NEW SCORES!!!!!

kicking off the year with a big arcade session full of variety!!! even if i don't feel there's not really Enough scores, it's a nice comeback after being in another country for a whole 3 weeks

(those two ddr scores though? SPICY. and finally got that roki FC i've been wanting on wacca)

also a proseka score before the arcade session (and only one from today)

[2dkapsddr]

December 4th, 2021 - DDR A20 PLUS, IIDX 29, WACCA Reverse, PIU XX, PIU Infinity

IT'S THAT DAY TODAY

THE BEST DAY FOR ME PERSONALLY (not up for debate)

IT'S... RATS RATS WE ARE THE RATS CELEBRATING YET ANOTHR BIRTHDAY BASH

aka MY BIRTHDAY!!!

in true kaps fashion; to celebrate, i spent half the day at round 1 and did some wacca/iidx/dance gaming!!! playing Datamania and getting an FC (which i've always wanted to play since it's such a banger) and also getting a sightread flag on this random Expert 9 i found

on the iidx side: got my very first level 6 FC!!! and then also cleared 2nd dan just barely!!!

now, moving completely onto the dance games. for DDR: finally PFC'ed Roki, sightread PFC'ed CANDY, got a really neat AAA on stoic, and finally got the DDRMAX ESP green lamp!!!

but that's not the most important part at all. the most important part of this session, actually, is... taking the OhioDDR MAX 300 challenge with an extra challenge!!! since i turned 16, i got to play MAX 300 ESP-15 16 times in a row, but 2 songs in i noticed "hey... i'm actually pretty consistent at this???" so i did ALL OF THEM with LIFE4

and the results speak for themselves!!! justlook at all this insane stuff!!!

then to end the session before going out with my family to eat, i played LOVE IS ORANGE as extra stage on the last max 300 set, upscored Extravaganza S17, and did the GASUM GIPHI PUMO ON NE MODUN SARANGUL

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November 13th, 2021 - DDR A20 PLUS, PIU XX, IIDX 29, WACCA Reverse, Groove Coaster, PIU Infinity

beeeeg variety day today!!! chronologically, the games i played were kinda all over the place, so i'll group every score by game this day (though still chronologically within each game) to make this post easier to read!!!

first up, DDR!!! starting off strong with a flag on Roki, then this insanely good upscore on Step Machine, then skipping over the next 2 scores to show off this new 14 AAA on No Life Queen (DJ Command Remix)!!! also played and upscores Grand Chariot for a challenge in Black Flag Academy, then used the extra stage from the next set(?) to get a PFC on Ao ga kieru toki!!! SUCH a banger

and now, for PIU!!! trying to keep my acc strong while still aiming for higher clears, and it paid off as i got an S rank on Dement ~after legend~ S15!!! did also game a bit with infinity since i Really wanted to play Superman

iidx time!!! got an ALL NEW level 8 clear on N.O. SPH-8, then some other casual clears on 7s!!!

the waccer (feat. comon baby america!!!)

and last but definitely least: groove coaster!!!

...it's just one score. roki. the third rhythm game that i played it in that day. the other picture is just difficulty select on the world revolving. oopsie daisies

to make up for it, however, BONUS TIME!!!

the bonus in question: replaying N.O. SPH-7 after getting overconfident and (almost) SLAYING the stream part in the middle