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March 1st, 2025 - DJMAX RESPECT V, ProSeka, Arcaea, SDVX IV, PIU 2024 PHOENIX, jubeat festo

quick post before i head out to the arcade again: was minding my business and grinding out a new tetris sprint record for myself (finally got sub-50 today!!) when i suddenly realized... the DJMAX season pass was ending soon!!! panicked, i asked my good buddy ol friend pal Zolder about it and he actually offered to play some DJMAX with me to hopefully get through most of the pass!!! i happily obliged and got to playing random 6B/4B SCs, and it was honestly kind of a blast!!! got some good scores but was still utterly destroyed by him (which is why there's so few screenshots to show) but hey!! finally got an FC on Tic! Tac! Toe! [6BSC 9*]!!!

a quick proseka score (re-AP on Yoidore Shirazu [Master Lv.28]) before i made my way out to the bus and onto the arcade...

...and now, time for the true arcade day!!! finally arrived at the place where i would Gaming for the day, but it seems i arrived a bit too early as the entrance was still locked... so i played arcaea for a bit and got this challenge score rq (rip PM :v)

but suddenly, the door was open and i was able to hop in for some gaming!!! i know, i know, all i've played today so far were hand games (tetris included), but i wanted to warm up and wake up my rhythmic senses before i hopped into the more physical dance games, and so i went about that with some SDVX!!! just one set, sure, but there were some decent scores for a noteskin and frame rate that were impossible to read!!! (seriously, i don't know how anyone played this game at a top level back before VW... it's So Bad !!! ah well i got my volforce class up (to ???), so all's well that ends well :]

but NOW!!! it was time for the dancing gameys :] i was really pumped up for this game and set, but severely overestimating my ability after only physically warming up with a D16 (nice score tho), i kinda fumbled everything afterward and started feeling demotivated :[ so to lift my spirits and mayhaps warm myself up a bit more, my little completionist 100% brain fired up and decided on my next dance game target: TITLES!!! specifically the titles that required you to clear certain charts with an SSS or higher to get a skill title (e.g. Half, Gimmick, Run, Twist, etc.) . i wasn't confident at all that i could get some of the higher titles right now, but that didn't matter because i still had to get the lower titles (lv.1-4) first!!! and that's exactly what i did!!! i started with Half, which led me to get a sweet SSS on Mopemope D17 (hard as hell btw) followed by a sweeter SSS (and Superb Game!) on Butterfly D17 to get Half Lv.1 and Lv.2! then i moved on to gimmick (ig half was a bit too much for me...) to knock out some charts below the Gimmick Lv.4 title i already had, which led to getting PERFECT GAME SSS+ on both Yeo rae a S13 and Ugly Dee S17!!!

alright NOW i felt confident in my pumping skill, and in secret between these title sets i've been trying 21s until something clicked... and it did!!! all of a sudden, amidst all the scoring warmups and gimmick perfects, i got a sweet new AAA TG on Paradoxx - SHORT CUT - S21!!! and they just kept on rolling in after that Ugly Dee score, as i then got a sightread AA+ on Darkside Of The Mind D21, an upscore to AAA+ on Cygnus D21, and perhaps most shockingly... an AA on Extravaganza D21!!!

i wanted to get more, but i was satisfied enough after that last clear to head on and about my way for the day, so i did just that ! however, the bus wasn't coming for a few more minutes, so i dedicated my last set of the day to a quick jubeat sesh where i got a sightread S on Got more raves? [Advanced 7] (with an admittedly poor Owl noteskin) and then a re-clear on AIR RAID FROM THA UNDAGROUND [Advanced 9.7] before i went back home to celebrate my cousin's birthday!!!

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February 9th, 2024 - DJMAX RESPECT V, DanKagu PL

as if my rhythm crisis from last night wasn't bad enough, this morning i saw Zolder playing DJMAX and tried challenging him to a few songs. of course, maybe it was my fault for challenging him without thinking, but i thought this was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to settle our score from the v/s tourney last week.

as a consequence for challenging him when it was afternoon over there and barely morning here, though, i played Terribly. got destroyed for being a little overconfident and underestimating his skill (he was Insanely good holy shit. sightread FC on Nightmare 4B SC???). i couldn't rationalize in the moment though, so i thought i really did just suck in comparison. i had no idea how to get better either, i was just stuck at this level forever with no means of improvement. the game might've taken notice of my thoughts, though, and its gods bestowed unto me this SIN ~The Last Scene~ 4B SC PERFECT PLAY on sightread, but the thoughts continue as i lost all but one other songs to minijacks and trying to find the sweet spot (timing window).

whether it was a spur of the moment decision, or maybe something to alleviate my stress, or maybe just hopping on the hype from what i saw, i couldn't figure out what compelled me to get it. but i finally gave in by going to steam, adding it to cart, and purchasing... the all-new TOUHOU DANMAKU KAGURA PC GAME!!!

i heard rumors about how Bullshit and Hard the timing window was for this game, but i went in blind with no expectations and... holy Shit they weren't lying. it's so tight and impossible and i was even using the default acc boost card unknowlingly!!!

eventually though, i figured out i was secretly CHEATING (getting that slight acc boost) by using the card, so i switched to a combo score boost card and finally got into the real deal... which honestly wasn't all that different! in fact, i even got my first All Brilliant on Bad Apple Lunatic 24 with better acc on these supposedly tighter timing windows!!!

also apparently one of the stages punishes you with an EVEN TIGHTER timing window if you use a specific card type. i thought the current timing windows were already brutal enough, how bad could a tighter one be? turns out... VERY bad holy Shit. this game really does rival EZ2ON somehow

so, thoughts on the game so far? honestly pretty good! there's a few translation errors in skill descriptions and missions here and there, but the story itself is readable and the charting is SUPER FUN despite the teeny tiny timing windows. definitely recommend it whether you're a fan of 6K, 4K, or maybe if you just want to get into it. so long as you use the default reimu card until you feel comfortable enough with it, the game is really intuitive and friendly! it had me hooked for a good few hours as well, and as a result i couldn't play tekken 8 before watching bpl s3 sdvx Xd

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April 23rd, 2025 - DJMAX RESPECT V

today's the last day of the Tekken pack's songs being eligible for NEW DJ POWER, so after such a massive hiatus from this game... here's a quick run through all the songs i had yet to perfect, resulting in all new PPs on Equator Line 1st [4BSC 9*], Moonsiders 1st [4BSC 9*], and Phoenix Virus [4BSC 8*], then closing it out with a random ass choke on The Decisive Blow (Normal) [4BHD 10*] to close out my placement in this season... at 8691.5220 4B DJ Power!!!

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March 25th, 2025 - ITG, DJMAX RESPECT V

at long last... my master setup is complete and ready to go!! i've been seeing a lot of friends hopping on ITL2025 and i really wanted to join in on the fun, so i spent most of last night and this morning working on getting ITGmania and then the ITL 2025 pack properly set up on my laptop to then connect it to the TV and play... and it worked!!! had to move around some things, like the USB stick and the TV's graphic settings, but it looked perfect and i was able to play my first few songs of the season, including FECs on some 8s like Bling-Bang-Bang-Born (Medium 8, 22e), CyberConnect (Hard 8, 33e), and Bokura no 16bit Sensou (Medium 8, 18e)!!!

went for a run and took a shower afterwards to recover from the whole workout, but then a realization... DJMAX Season 15 was coming soon!!! and it was gonna wipe out my current DJ CLASS and the NEW status from the TEKKEN pack!!! and i hadn't get gotten to all the songs in the pack for maximum DJ POINT!!! and so went the rest of my day, trying to clear out as many unplayed TEKKEN songs as possible before my near-full-price-pack became obsolete ranking-wise... but hey! it resulted in some really damn good new Perfect Plays, including ones on Empty Your Mind 1st [4BSC 9*], Fiji -Paraiso Mix- (Eternal Paradise) [4BSC 8*], Heat Haze Shadow [4BSC 9*], Moonlit Wilderness [4BSC 9*], Poolside [4BSC 9*], and Tekken Tag Tournament Piano Intro -Massive True Mix- [4BSC 9*]!!! oh also, a 99.88% FC on Yodeling in meadow hill (Hidden Retreat) [4BSC 12*]!!! man... that was a lot actually, and i still haven't even gotten to the 4BSC 10*s, of which there's 3 i still have to perfect!!! buuut i still have another day after all, so i'll save them for when the day comes...

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March 24th, 2025 - DJMAX RESPECT V

was just casually going about my day, trying to figure out what other productive stuff i could do besides clean the house and watch some shows, but that's when i got the notification that Acai28 was planning to do a DJMAX stream for the first time...! finally, the DJMAX revolution amongst all the GH/RB/CH/FN Festival players!!!

tuned in to the stream after watching a movie with my dad, but it wasn't until later that he hopped online and played in some public rooms ! ...which i unfortunately didn't join, but i settled for the next best thing, which were rooms by more dedicated players left behind after Acai left them! this room had just been left behind, so i joined up and played a ton of matches across all my main modes (4B, 5B, 6B) to share these sick, promising scores with you all!! maybe i'm better at 5B than i think...? we'll just have to see later down the line once i dedicate myself to the grind!

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March 22nd, 2025 - Arcaea, DJMAX RESPECT V

fairly simple, fairly casual series of challenges where i was just wanting to get them over with, but all of a sudden out of nowhere... a massive upscore from 9931 -> 9965 on Vicious [ANTi] Heroism [BYD-11]??? new peak of 12.74 PTT??? hellyeah !!!

whether or not you saw it, my rhythm gaming recap for 2024 was finally uploaded!!! but i actually started wrapping it up last night (which is tonight in terms of this post), and i had to sign into some rhythm games to check over my stats and make sure everything was up to date... and while i was checking DJMAX in particular, i got distracted and wanted to see how much i've progressed on this chart in particular (+ EZ2ON brainrot motivating me to play the song), so i tried it... and i got ONE MAX 90% FIRST TRY OF THE NIGHT . but that was just because i wasn't familiar with the side track gimmicks, right? so i tried it again... and got the one MAX 90% AGAIN. THIS TIME AT THE END!!! GAHHHH SO FRUSTRATING, and by this point my hands were too tired to do anything strong... eughh, maybe next time?

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March 6th, 2025 - DJMAX RESPECT V

skipping the 5th as there's nothing notable, iiiit's DJMAX time again!!! haven't played this since the end of the season and wasn't really planning on playing it today either, but something called me to hop on for whatever reason.... i played a few hard charts to raise my DJ CLASS for 4B (while also favoriting them for some future achievements), and that's when i finally broke into PRO DJ IV out of nowhere!!! sure i could've gotten it way earlier, but #Whatevs

i was trying another Mystery Chart (not telling what it is yet) when i got a ping challenge from a friend to try this mysterious Higher [4BSC 10*] and see if i can FC it . i tried it and did pretty good at the start, but suddenly... ROLLS!!! WAY TOO FAST!!! FAR TOO FAST!!! these were straight up 48th notes in my 4BSC 10* chart!!! but given the challenge, i was determined to take it on regardless . so thanks to the Rewind feature, i grinded out the section and found some... Cheese manip strats on it . once i felt consistent enough on it, i started running it back repeatedly to get higher scores until i got a 995k, then a 996k, then on one very lucky and perfectly timed run... i GOT IT!!! A PERFECT PLAY OUT OF NOWHERE!!! Higher [4BSC 10*] PP!!! sure yeah it was cheesed or whatever, and i did feel kinda bad flaunting it to said friend... but it worked and it was awesome and i'm happy :]]]]

BONUS: this is what the manip strat looked and sounded like -- yeah it was REAL bad LMFAO, and i'm admittedly Kinda ashamed of it, but hey!! if it works, it works :3c

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March 4th, 2025 - Arcaea, DJMAX RESPECT V, Just Dance, Fortnite Festival

much homework to do . not a lot of time to do it . go go gadget Random Arcaea Challenge Score

anyways... yeah, today was the last day to get my DJMAX plays in before the season ended . it was also the due date for some math homework! i prioritized the latter but realized i wouldn't have enough time, so once i reached a comfortable spot... i hopped onto DJMAX and jumped into ladder match to continue my season grind and finish it off once and for all

first match was... already a bad sign . it was a 5B-only match, my worst out of the 3 modes i had selected, going up against someone that seemed to be highly proficient in it . played the first song (My Last Stand [5BSC 8*] and got destroyed INSTANTLY, at which point i feared i'd be knocked out like last time... until i was saved by a really good score on Can We Talk (Broken Dog Leg Mix) [5BSC 8*] and an accuracy clutch-up on My Wonderland [5BMX 13*] to take back the win and kick off the banger sets!!!

i was in Platinum I a few sets later, so it was time to really lock in to hopefully reached the sacred Diamond IV and secure whatever fancy art it may have next season . charts and modes were a lot more varied and tougher now, so i took every chance i could get to screenshot any good scores and results which is what you're seeing here!! that's not to say it was completely devoid of notable scores though, as i somehow fully locked in and started getting back-to-back PPs again on charts like on Mukiliteo Beach [4BSC 5*], Carrot Carrot [4BMX 13*], STALKER [4BSC 7*], The Obliterator [4BSC 7*], Nurture Fortress [4BSC 8*], and my favorite... Satisfiction [4BSC 8*]!!! and of all of this, the only one that wasn't a sightread (and admittedly the one i already had a PP on) was Carrot Carrot!!! can you believe that!!!

and it was in that last match with the Satisfiction PP that i finally clutched up and the end and got just enough Clear Pass XP to reach the beloved, beautiful, long-awaited reward... of the LICK EMOTICON!!! I'M FREEEEEEEE

and so, the ultimate rushed DJMAX grind came to a close. i got the emoticon, i learned my lesson on not finishing season passes so late (not really lol), and i had just enough time to finish my homework before the deadline... so with all that said and done (and my parents letting me know the TV would be free while they were out), i hopped onto my switch and booted up Just Dance to shake off my nerves and get some awesome new Megastars + level progression!!! Majesty was pretty good (one i only had 3 stars on before heading into this session, actually), but after trying Yameen Yasar (Extreme) for fun, i realized i could actually maybe get this for real... so after studying it for a bit and failing a few other runs, i GOT IT!!! with a solid 12,637 score at that!!! Yameen Yasar (Extreme) Megastar!!! not sure how many Extreme Megastars i have between every game, but this is most definitely the hardest one i've gotten!!! man, what a good day today was between every accomplishment and score i set...

UPDATE!!!: some scores i forgot about due to them being buried all the way in the Fortnite folder, it's a rush to get my plays in on the recently-released The Way I Are before it could rotate out of the spotlight!!! i knowwww it was late and i should've just gone to do it the next day, but i was free from both homework and djmax!!! i needed to celebrate one way or another!!! and so i did!!! played through every (non-pro) instrument on every difficulty to get the highest score i could on them, and i think i did decently! not the best on Some charts, but i took home #6 worldwide on Bass so i'm decently proud of myself :]

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March 3rd, 2025 - IIDX 32, SDVX EG, DJMAX RESPECT V

special delivery!! special delivery!!

had to skip my math class and make a trip out to the mall to deliver this weird package my friend ordered, but i was excited because it meant i'd get to visit round 1 and play!!! packed my bag and headed out, met up with him, and forced him to play some iidx in exchange for the package... he honestly did pretty good, but the only thing that matters are MY SCORES, where i got a brand-new 10 HC on Mermaid girl [SPA-10]!!! (albeit one where i almost choked the ending for no apparent reason) (also that's it there's no more scores please ignore the other two thank you)

yeahhh wasn't exactly my day IIDX-wise, so how about some SDVX? did some friend matches with the same friend per his request and . well . i guess i got some upscores? but i still feel like they weren't anything good... whatever, i got a 994 S on Say! Fanfare [MXM-17] to boost my VF a little, some plays on KINGWORLD [MXM-18] to get the special fubuki title at the end of the Vtuber event thingy, and then i finished off the day with a 975 EXC on Prey [MXM-18] (just barely) followed by a really impressive sightread 958 on BLAZING LAZER [MXM-18]!!! def gonna try upscoring that one next time... but alas, i felt kinda demotivated after this point and just gave up on arcade gaming for the day :[ just wasn't feeling it, moreso feeling the stress of homework creeping up behind my back www

back at home, did some more studying and schmudying, but i had to get back to the DJMAX grind as quick as possible to get a head start on the season before the end time... there was still a day left, but there was no way i'd have any time tomorrow to grind it out to this degree . way less impressive scores than last time as the charts got harder to sightread, but i still got good PPs on BlythE [4BMX 14*] and Myosotis [4BMX 13*] to advance a little more!! then the trickiness started to roll in with a Draw on Flowering that eliminated me from the possibility of a third round (why couldn't we just tie with the last round :[) i guess this is what pushed me to stop playing for the day, as there's no more scores afterwards... but hey! advanced a few steps, lightened the load on the last day, and still got time(?) to do my homework . a pretty good trade-off!

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March 2nd, 2025 - ProSeka, DJMAX RESPECT V

wasn't really doing much today other than studying, but i realized upon opening prosek and grinding that... i hadn't yet completed the gacha ticket mission for clearing a Lv.37, and thus i was missing out on a few tickets!!! so i went back to my trusty ol' high-level pal What's up? Pop!, and with only a team of 2 event healers, i got perhaps the sickest score i've ever gotten on the chart... (AND i got my gacha tickets!)

so there i was, studying my heart out and writing down all the notes i needed, when i suddenly had an epiphany . the current DJMAX season ends on the 4th, right? and i was only at step, uhh... THIRTEEN out of thirty!!! i needed to get as many season XP as possible, but i didn't know how other than to play as many songs as possible... that is, until i realized the HUGE bonuses that Ladder Match game for winning (+2000) or even just playing to completion (+1600)!! realizing that i hadn't yet played ladder match at all this season (or last season, actually), i hopped on and tried grinding out as many matches as i could to get as much season xp as possible....

got placed in gold after some... Decent matches i guess? still seriously underplaced as you'll see by the following blowouts... but regardless of placement, this is where the REAL good scores begin!!! just gonna speed through them as they're nothing to gush too hard about, but here goes!!!

sightread PP on To the Future [4BSC 6*]

DJ CLASS Trainee I for 5B i guess??? can def knock that up if that just . played more 5B (lol)

sightread PP on Memories of dreams [4BSC 6*]!!!

finally entered Platinum IV after several really bad blowouts www

absolutely BRUTAL back-to-back PPs on (rapid-fire incoming) Saturday [4BSC 6*], Can We Talk [4BSC 5*], Song For You [6BSC 3* !!!], and Saturday [4BSC 6*] (again) !!!!!!

yeah,,, it was brutal and i have no idea Why i was placed so low initially, but i ain't complaining!! got some insane scores, moved up the ladder a bit, and best of all... i advanced NINE STEPS in the Season 14 Pass!!! now i was at a solid Step 22 of 30, which still unfortunately entailed a lot more Ladder Match grinding... but even so, i was dedicated to doing everything in my power to get that sacred Lick emoticon at the end of the tunnel... Whatever It Takes !!!

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January 31st, 2025 - DJMAX RESPECT V

wasn't really expecting to get any rhythm gaming in today at all, but my first DJMAX session in a month took me by surprise when a friend suggested we hop on DJMAX while waiting to hop on Fortnite with some other friends!! i gleefully accepted the offer and proceeded to RIP IT on some old and new scores alike, upscoring Good Bye [6BSC 6*] from 994k -> 997k, a new 986k on Child of Night [6BSC 8*], a . 100-point upscore on Don't Die [4BSC 9*], and a sightread 998k on Tok! Tok! Tok! [4BSC 4*]!!

after this though, a friend noticed we were on djmax and we decided to hop into their server and invite more people to join the room with us, which turned it into a fun rotation of songs and scores!!! one such score being... a re-FC of PUPA [4BSC 15*] and Watch Your Step [4BSC 9*] with fog enabled??? what???? we played a few more songs with a few miscellaneous scores after that (and witnessed nscth get 1M on Seeker [4B SC 10*] first try like wtf), but after that the lobby kinda died and we went our own ways (me going to sleep as i was too tired to play fortnite that night)

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December 25th, 2024 - Arcaea, ProSeka, DJMAX RESPECT V

MEEEERRYY CHRISTMASSSS!!!!! last night was a long one... christmas party was as crazy as i expected it to be, but even more so as it wasn't until 5 AM or so until the last person left and we could finally relax until the recalentada... thus, just as i described, i was super tired and not exactly in the best condition to set some new awesome rhythm gaming records... but hey, there's still a few scores i got around to setting!!! like, for example, these big upscores i set on some BYD charts, including a 990 -> 996 on trappola bewitching [BYD-10] and a 991 -> 993 on Heavensdoor [BYD-10+]!!

the biggest surprise and score of today, however, was a sudden announcement from the Colorful Stage twitter announcing the release of a song I've always dreamed of playing in this game, despite how impossible it seemed at first... yes, it was NAKAKAPAGPABAGABAG, FINALLY out and playable on the global server!!! and given how i saw the announcement the moment it was posted, i jumped onto the global server for the first time in quite a while and sprinted through AP'ing the Expert chart to witness the beautiful, amazing, shockingly good Master chart for the song... god, they did it SO MUCH justice and i couldn't be happier about it :] thank you to dasu, colorful stage, everyone involved for making my dream song addition a reality, it's so beautiful!!!!!

one last score to close things out as i rotted in my room and waited for the living room to quiet down... it's a Perfect Play on My Last Stand [4BSC 10*] from the DJMAX x TEKKEN collab!!! such a banger and such an iconic intro, this really does feel like an ideally festive christmas :]

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December 24th, 2024 - DJMAX RESPECT V, Arcaea

IIIIIT'S CHRISTMAS EEEEVEEE!!!! 'tis finally the day to be jolly, and by golly am i ready for it!!! ...well, not really though, ,because i spent most of the day writing and catching up on posts from previous sessions w . but to kick off this special day, i went ahead and hopped on DJMAX RESPECT V for the first time in a while to celebrate christmas w/ a bit of multi gaming against my good buddy Zolder!!! he annihilated me as per usual, but we did play some real tough charts after all... like Airwave [4BSC 11*] and Got more raves? [4BSC 10*] and, the most horrific one he chose... Zeroize [4BSC 14*], which I unfortunately didn't save as a score from the multi session . however, addicted to the song now and wanting to get back at it, i hopped back on later and tried to knock out the chart to the best of my ability... and that i did!!! Zeroize [4BSC 14*] 99.61% MAX COMBO, alongside other solo scores tackling the TEKKEN pack, like Kitsch 5BSC MAX COMBO (99.46%) and 4BSC PERFECT PLAY!!!

there wasn't that much else today to show for scores, as i spent most of it celebrating the holidays with my family and didn't really have time to focus on any rhythm games... but i did try depleting my arcaea stamina whenever i could, leading me to get a slight PM upscore on Worst Song in the Game (FTR-9, MAX-48 -> MAX-21), and best of all... FINALLY GETTING A PURE MEMORY ON MAXRAGE (FTR-9+, MAX-32) AS FTR PM #225!!!!!!!! oyea, and also unlocked Haruna :] legit might be able to finish these map reruns after all...

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December 22nd, 2024 (1/2) - DJMAX Technika, EZ2AC, ONGEKI, maimai BUDDiES PLUS, CHUNITHM SUN, Groove Coaster

well, that's quite the title!! but contrary to unpopular belief, this post won't be able to cover EVERY score i got this session, and is thus the reason this session is also a two-parter. but fret not, this one's chock full of good scores that'll make both posts worth the trouble of writing and reading!!! so to finally get it over with and move on to my future sessions, let's begin with a new game not seen in the first post -- DJMAX Technika 3!!!! and by GOD this game is still hard as hell, i can't even finish a set in star mixing without failing out, despite how close i was...

continuing the korean arcade gaming spree with EZ2AC!!! i was up and ready to kick ass and set some new records on my favorite songs, and i did just that in a single score!!! out of all of these, the only new clear from this session was Minus 2 [NM 9], but i set some really cool upscores on SND [NM 9] and 20000000000 [NM 10] too!

and perhaps the biggest surprise of the morning -- ONGEKI was free and open to play!!! i almost always see this game occupied, meaning i don't get to play it as often, but now i had the perfect chance, and unlike the scores that i kept accidentally skipping (it happened AGAIN this session), i wouldn't let the opportunity to play pass me by once more!!! and so i gamed, getting decently impressive scores for someone that didn't really play this game, and i even almost got an S on Donut hole [Master 13]!!!! i didn't even know i could do that well on 13s...

but at last!!! after all the non-maimai rhythm games due to my late arrival when everyone was already queued up for it, it was my turn to play maimai once more!! i was... admittedly a bit hesitant to play, as my palms and arms still hurt like hell from yesterday, but it seems some of the pain subsided after a while and i was able to play 12+s and 13s like normal once again!!! the 13 i decided to play first? ...Rush-More . hear me out though!!! it's such a fun chart, and it goes to the music perfectly!!! you can't blame me for that now, can you??

back to chunithm, where i tried giving Ignition a runback after my poor attempt from yesterday, and holy hell did i manage a massive improvement!!! yet another 2-attack FC for an SSS+ on Ignition [Master 13+], as well as a sudden SS+ on Daitoushi=Klein Vogel Spiel=Erika [Master 14+] to get the rating back that i lost from it??? and with such insane plays over the course of yesterday and today, i achieved 16.25 rating!!!! rainbow and a quarter get!!!

it'd be a bit too long to include these images separately, as all three are tall vertical images, so i'll be including two ONGEKI scores and a single Groove Coaster score in the same line . starting with the ONGEKI scores... a decent batch of tough scores!!! admittedly, the Party 4U "holy nite mix" [Master 13] score is sorta bad, i know, but i think i made up for it with my awesome much cooler S-rank score on Air [Expert 12]!!!! now, as for the groove coaster score... it's just a silly little failed attempt to unlock Level 13 charts, a very tragic 895k on Sadomami holic [Hard 12]... and unfortunately, i did Even Worse on my second run!!! what a depressing conclusion...

though as soon as my spirits were plunging, i was revitalized as i saw that i was next in line for some maimai!!! it was the usual ass-kicking routine i've come to know and love, but i actually did get some pretty decent scores along the way... like an S rank on IDSMILE [Master 12+] at long last!!! also just gonna bunch up these scores from my next turn while i'm at it, because that's when the daily stamps reset and i finally got Otohime (BUDDiES) as a partner!!! my collection of beautiful pink haired rhythm game girls continues to grow... and so does my skill, as evident by the MASSIVE upscore to S+ on Grievous Lady [Expert 12] ever since my last really bad attempt on it back when i was baby...

chunithm only has three scores left from this session, so i'll bunch 'em up here for convenience . i wasn't really sure what to play, but i knew i still wanted to increase my rating up to at least 16.30 by the end of this session... did i do it? well, not really . after clearing a task track/map challenge, i gave Re : End of a Dream [Master 14+] a try to see how i could do on the chart, and i did surprisingly good for a sightread!! and on the next attempt i secured an SS+ to give me a massive +0.02 rating boost!!! however, my hubris got the best of me, and i lost -0.01 of that rating to a song that i unfortunately don't remember . it was super demotivating, and i just gave up on chunithm entirely for the day given how weak i was feeling and how hard it'd be to reach the coveted 16.30 rating. maybe next time when i'm not feeling so exhausted, but here's BlazinG AIR [Master 14] to conclude (also part of my demotivation, cause that chart is hard asf)

ACC GOD KAPS IS BACK AND READY TO ROLL IN MAIMAI!!! once again, it was my turn up on the cab, but -- unlike my previous sets of bruteforcing 12+s and 13s, i wanted to cool down for a bit and play some easier charts . was it with a side intention of gaining rating? maaaaybe . but was it worth the scores and the relaxation? HELLYEAH !!! one such score was a sweet sightread SSS+ on a random task track, Baddest [Expert 10+], but the other was on a really surprising and really good pack... not only was it SSS, but it was a FULL COMBO on Yoidore Shirazu [Master 11+]!!! ...and of course, i went on to destroy my acc credibility by tackling Idol [Re:Master 13]

we're nearing the final hours of the mega session, and i'm sorta running out of scores to fit in this post (bleeding slowly but surely into the second part), but i believe there's still a few slots to fit in here!!! so then, with four more images left to share here, i might as well keep the maimai ball rolling given there's exactly three more scores of it left to share (and also so i don't have to tag the next post with 2dkaps maimai www) . the title of the coolest score this session probably goes to my INCREDIBLE S+ on... QUATTUORUX [Expert 13] of all charts!!! i think it was my highest score on a 13 to date, and the rating easily proves its significance!!! (or well, maybe it just proves this was a new version song after all) . following this score were somewhat weaker but still pretty decent scores on Shinjinrui [Master 13+] and Live & Learn [Master 13]!! Shinjinrui was the most shocking, because it felt like a REALLY easy 13+ compared to what i imagined a 13+ would look like, and so i walked away from the chart with an impressive AAA and a massive rating boost!!! Live & Learn, however... can't really say much on it, but given how badly people treat the chart, i feel like i might have a talent for janky charts even in this game too...!

okay!!! while i technically do have one more image left here before i reach the limit, i think it'd be better and cleaner to merge all the upcoming EZ2AC scores into one post (especially given i have an EZ2ON score from home to share alongside them) . i'll offer my closing remarks for the session there as well, but commenting on the GCM scores as a whole here, I'm both impressed and disappointed that i've been able to progress this much this quickly while not having consistent access to the games at all... impressed because of how foreign this games have always felt and how i've never had the chance to play maimai or ONGEKI until the start of this year, but disappointed because these games still remain super inaccessible here even after years of releases, meaning i probably won't see this level of improvement until an official release here... i guess i do have my other games to distract me from the fact though, i just wish i could better connect to maimai and its community if it weren't for us being shafted every time...

[2dkapsddr]

November 24th, 2024 - maimai BUDDiES PLUS, Groove Coaster, DJMAX Technika, EZ2AC, CHUNITHM SUN, vivid/stasis

the day has arrived once more... we are BACK at the free play arcade!!! with very many pages upon pages of homework still left to get through, and nothing but cleaning my room getting done yesterday, i was ready to play along to my heart's content once i finished one note-taking assignment in particular . but once i got through it, i got myself something to eat and hopped on the bus to my beautiful little arcade center place... where i instantly had a chance to play maimai but DIED in the process because i was forced to play a Lv.13 first game of the day... so already starting off strong with sore arms and astigmatism (see: the top display of the cab)

but of course, maimai is only half the action... the REAL prize i'm seeking out is none other than GROOVE COASTER, which was set up for play that day for the first time!!! it was fully online and everything, but unfortunately i didn't bring along my old NESiCA card, and thus i was forced to play as a guest.... but hey, getting to play up to Lv.10 charts for free! count me in! (...even if i was way past that level already)

Gave DJMAX Technika another try while i was at it, but this time on the way more difficult and stricter Pop Mixing mode! Only got two clears before my set was terminated early... this game is HARD, i dunno how people do it (let alone how they use Fever amidst all the chaos)

having played sets of all three games now (and with the maimai queue seemingly neverending), it was time for me to redeem myself... on EZ2AC!!!! i was giving it another try now that i was feeling more locked into the vibe of the game, but whether it would be successful or not was up to fate to decide... and fate decided well for me!!! got a kinda Ass Play on Kamui [NM 12], but then i followed it up with my first Lv.10 clear on 20000000000 [NM 10]!!!! right after those two though, i started exploring the other 5K modes as my foot was starting to get sore from all the foot pedaling, and i guess i got some good scores? very weird modes though, unfortunately can't get the full true EZ2AC experience without playing 5K standard (as jank as its charts can be...) . but hey, i played as much as i could and ended off strong with yet another Lv.10 clear... this time on A Site De La Rue [NM 10]!!!

moved over to groove coaster for a considerably larger amount of grooving and coastering, getting some surprisingly good and insanely cool scores along the way... like some FCs on Party 4U (holy nite mix) [Normal Lv.6], Battle Against A True Hero [Hard Lv.9], and even Ura-Omote Lovers [Hard Lv.10]!!!

ending it off with my last (very sparsely distributed) bits of maimai... i may not have gotten any notably good scores (or even any time to play, for that matter), but i got a lot of rating along the way and even went from 8,233 to 9,078 rating today alone, so i hope to reach 10k next time i visit!!! but until then, let's keep training elsewhere!!!

there was still a tiny bit of time left to kill before the bus got here to take me away, though, so i spent those last few minutes playing a set of Chunithm and making a bit of map progress before i left... didn't do very good unfortunately, and i kinda feel like i've lost motivation for this game a little, but!! i got a +0.01 rating increase from Aleph-0!!!

the last few moments of the day were spent catching up on homework and cleaning my room... very unfulfilling chores that i ended up skimping out on anyways, but it was what happened on a whim at night that really blew everything away... and that was an INSANE VS/AAC/MAX ON ETIQUETTE [MIDDLE 10] IN VIVID/STASIS!!! THE FIRST VS ON ANY OF ITS CHARTS!!!! it was a spur of the moment -- me just wanting to practice my timing skills for some of the more gimmicky charts, and not at all thinking i would get far in this one . but somehow, it all came together on a run that spiked my heart rate way up high, and i couldn't be happier about such a miraculous run .

[2dkapsddr]

November 16th, 2024 - vivid/stasis, ONGEKI, maimai BUDDiES PLUS, DJMAX Technika, CHUNITHM SUN, EZ2AC, DDR A3

this past week has seriously been the most stressful and depressing of my life. i've felt horrible day and night, unable to get up and unable to function as i once did, and it's been really damn hard to hide my emotions from people, i really don't know what to do... but it's the weekend now, it's supposed to be time to relax, and so i have to keep my cool and distract myself in spite of the obstacles via my little games that i've always played, past and present .

i'm getting into the endgame of tamasatchi now, and so i have to really grind out tickets due to how long the shop cooldown lasts -- where the only alternative method is to clear boundary shatter songs with gauges. the shortest of them is grode (DJ HOE SCARER REMIX) (or grodescarer for short), so i grinded it out as much as possible and ended up getting a MAX-10 AC on it!! solid potential 13+ or so should it have been a regular chart, though it's kinda hard to judge given the length w

but alas! these two scores were not but a highlight of my warmup for the day, as i was instead preparing most for the real deal that day... GAMECENTER!!! their first meeting in weeks, i was super hype this time around to go as early as i could and make the most of the game selection there... but i ended up going a little late as i was still recovering emotionally by the time i woke up fairly late. it really is a struggle that i hope would've passed by now but . gah . i don't know what to do anymore, just look at these scores and hope i'm not as doomy and gloomy next time. sorry 'bout that.

maimai actually was pretty good despite my condition . despite having gone 3 weeks without playing it, i could feel my improvement in accuracy and reading from last session carry over to this one beautifully . i played a ton of fun and hard charts across experts and masters, and with honestly great scores at that! i think i'm ready to pick right up from where i'm leaving off once maimai DX officially releases in the US, though i imagine that's not for another long while... in the meantime, i'll keep practicing and improving as much as i possibly can! highlights from this session specifically include a clear on raputa [Expert 13+], S-rank on Vampire [Master 11+], an AA on Baka Mitai [Master 13] (somehow), and an SSS FC on Rush-More [Expert 10+]!!!

while maimai was insanely cool and fun to play, i had my eyes on something more unique... something rarer and impossible to find out in the while nowadays. that's right baybeee, DJMAX TECHNIKA 3 IN THE FLESH!!!! MY FIRST TIME EVER LAYING EYES UPON A CAB, LET ALONE PLAYING ON ONE!!!! it's surreal... such an important and incredible game for its time, i'm so glad to be graced by its presence, and even gladder to have played through two sets on it! i'd like to say though... this game is HARD . i seriously don't know how to keep up with the rhythms and the timing windows, a touch-screen keysounded rhythm game is definitely a frightful combination of words in text, and even More frightening to actually play.

short chuni set!!! a few upscores here and there... naw but seriously, these are INSANE, like SS+ on Fracture Ray and an SS on ouroboros [Master 14+]??? wahoo, +0.02 !!!

the maimai scores are spread out super far apart since most of it was just waiting in the card queue for my turn every hour or so, so i'll just bunch them up here to make the rest of the scores easier to describe... during the sets, i managed to get a super cool AA on Scarlet Police [Master 13], an S rank on Got more raves? [Expert 12+], an insane near-SSS upscore (though just barely missing an FC) on The Intense Voice of Hatsune Miku [Expert 12], a sightread FC on Haikei Doppelganger [Expert 12+], and raising my raputa [Expert 13+] up to AAA just before leaving...!

phew, okay, that's all the maimai out of the way... now it's time to showcase some of the other super cool games on display here, starting with.... EZ2AC: NIGHT TRAVELER!!! haven't played this version before, but it's definitely my favorite one of the series that i've seen... such a great aesthetic, and an incredible song selection to go along with it as well!!! definitely the peak of the latter half of the series' life... and just as hard as i remembered it, too! a bit too hard, mayhaps... but i already have EZ2ON for playing 5K only, i have to make the most of the 5K standard offered exclusively by the cab!

a very brief and spontaneous score in terms of DDR though... would've loved to get more, but i'm really not used to the pads of the X-era cab specifically... still a 980k on Glitter Flatter Scatter ain't bad at all! could def AAA this on a white cab given the chance...

and now, to conclude the scoredump... here's the last of the chuni scores i secured near the end of the session (minus one that's not really important because of the 30-image limit)!!! a near-SS on HERA [Master 14+], an SS on Oshama Scramble! (Cranky Remix) [WORLD'S END ?] of all things, a massive upscore to SS+ on DX Chouseinou Fullmetal Shoujo [Master 14] (and +0.01 PTT)... and to conclude, several unsuccessful SS+ attempts on Disruptor Array [Master 15]!!! i can feel it... it's so close, yet so far... may not be able to get it anytime soon, but i'd love to try again some other time!

BONUS: just as promised (and also just as requested by no one, really), here's a mostly-cut video of my absolutely incredible, absolutely beautiful 997k on Disruptor Array [Master 15]!!! ...you may now clap, thank you very much . after all, i sabotaged showing the EZ2AC video here just to show off my more beautiful (and blurrier + crustier) CHUNITHM AWESOME PLAY!!!