#2dkaps gc

Previously on 2dkapsddr...! The clock struck 2 AM, leaving us officially halfway into this all-nighter of an arcade rhythm gaming session!! Kaps played some maimai after recovering from DDR doubles, only to get destroyed and severely regret it!! The energy drinks from earlier are wearing out and aren't keeping our beloved scoreposter awake much!!! A groove coaster score left out from yesterday's scores due to tumblr's stupid image limit!!! And a clock that counts down to the dreadful closing time of 9 AM... will our hero survive the night and cement himself in terrible decision-making arcade rhythm gamer history??? Find out in today's (or possibly the next) post!!!

i can't lie, i'm feeling sleepy and woozy as hell as i'm writing this, but it's honestly the perfect condition with regards to this night!! i mean, i visited the arcade on both days and am staying awake until 2 am, so there's really no difference if you think long and hard about it! but no matter... let's get back on track with the barrage of miscellaneous and confusing scores (mainly song suggestions across every single game available here), starting with a sightread SSS FC on Netsu Ijou [MASTER Lv.14]! then another random ass set of maimai! then DJMAX Technika 3 song suggestions + clears!

shocking to me was my ability to still analyze, study, and execute charts + critically think this late into the night. maybe it was the sugar subsiding and the caffeine reaching a moderate level...? still had ~6 hours left of gaming to do though, so i had to use this little window of time to the fullest!!! and i also happened to have a few song suggestions in a few particular games, so i came, saw, played TECHNOPOLIS [MASTER Lv.14+], and after several tragic plays... i got an FC!!! that's 14+ FC #2 i think!!!! maybe!!!!! plus some rating at that!!!! (also funky little Hardcore Syndrome [MASTER Lv.14+] SS+)

i'm ngl, by this point i was getting Really tired and the caffeine was wearing off slowly but surely... i could still play and grind ofc, but the constant switches between games and focuses was the only thing keeping me from just falling asleep on the chair . there was one last hope though... WACCA!!!! hadn't played it all this time and was hesitant due to the absolute workout it was, buuuut i'd already played maimai all day today, what's one more full-field circle workout game? and so began the non-stop grind, both to play songs suggested by my friends prior to coming here and to fill out my rating slots that have been so empty and so low for so long... just your average 1300 rating scores LOL .

i actually kept cycling through games even without filling my wacca B60 (even though it would make way more sense to do it now with infinite time and an open queue(?)) as i still had several more hours to go (have to stay awake) and several more song suggestions from friends to play while i was here... leading to some rather sick EZ2AC (5K Standard) clears like Aquaris [HD 9], Houseplan [HD 9], Sand Storm [HD 10], and even MacGuffin #EZ [SHD 11] with a very solid A+!!! groove coaster's slightly less climactic (besides the near-FC on Smash a mirror [Hard 9] and S+ on Battle Against a True Hero [Hard 9] ig) as the cabs had somehow gone offline, but still had a slight bit of fun with it :]

t'was back to the wacca grind with a vengeance after that, given i still had a billion more requests from my friends to get through... i Do sorta feel like i'm slowly but surely getting better at the game, but some charts are still throwing me off a ton... really wonder how to get good at them . maybe some other day i'll figure it out... but seeing as i've already run out of images for this post, this concludes my WACCA journey for the night . simply too exhausting,,,, but there's still a few more images to go for the day, so stay tuned for the final part of the very awesome and cool Gamecenter All-Nighter!!!

WE'RE BACK!!! turns out i played more than i could handle with a single post, and so this post is likely going to reach that same image limit, but we'll see how far we can get... but for now!!! as you might notice by the title of the post, our new never-before-seen game on this account is... REFLEC BEAT!!! my first time playing the game, and it's all to fulfill the challenge of playing conflict/FLOWER in every possible rhythm game as mentioned in last post!!! scores will be way later down, but stay tuned for the ultimate beginner reflec beat set of a lifetime...

very split up due to queue wait times, but here's six scores between and after all the miscellaneous scores above!!! ...mostly just so i don't have to create entirely new image blocks for each of the sets (lol) . but as i was playing Expert charts and racking up rating, i was starting to think... "wait, 12k rating might be possible?? potentially??? i'm getting a lot of rating from these new version songs, after all... what if i make that my goal for this session?" and so, despite not originally intending to stay for so long, i made it my goal to reach the coveted 12k rating and be granted the glamorous Poop (bronze) rating border... current rating: 11932 . 68 remain.

BACK TO THE OTHER GAMES!!! once again trying to play conflict/FLOWER in every rhythm game, and i set my sights on three other games -- Groove Coaster, jubeat, and Dance Evolution!!! Groove Coaster in particular was pretty impressive as i managed to get 1 miss on the whole chart (though i also missed an AD-LIB technically), and i really wanted to get the FC... but i couldn't close it out unfortunately :[ ah well, next time for sure!!

AND NOW, FOR THE MOMENT YOU'VE ALL BEEN WAITING FOR... REFLEC BEAT!!! IN REAL!!!! GAHHHHH I'VE BEEN WANTING TO PLAY THIS GAME FOR SO LONG AND I FINALLY COULD!!! VOLZZA 2 was the version on display here (good, cause reflesia sucks) and so i was super happy to experience this version in its true, original glory... because oh my GOD was this game a ton of fun . was still getting used to the controls for this first set and kinda ate shit, but hey!! i FC'ed my first chart ever (albeit a 5)!! that counts for something!!!

and now, we prepare for the conclusion of the day and the closure of the arcade . it was getting late, i'd gotten my fair share of other rhythm games, but i was still yet to achieve my final rating goal for maimai! and i couldn't leave until i finally got it!! so while i waited for the queue to keep moving and for my turn to arrive, i played a bit of chunithm and set some VERY impressive scores, including a NEAR-AJ (1 attack FC) on FLOWER [ULTIMA 14]!!! it could've been my first 14 AJ!!! wahhhhhh,,,, but hey!!! combined with a sick 1006 SS+ on B100d Hunter [MASTER 14+], i gained +0.02 rating from those two to reach 16.29!!! that's a win in my book!!

but after that set was my turn to get up there and play maimai for what seemed like the last set of the night... it was either make or break here, and i had no idea how i was gonna get 68 rating with all my new version rating slots already full, but i was determined regardless... and with the miracle play that was Divide et impera! [EXPERT 12+] (of which i didn't take the full score but it was a 99.20% SS trust), i GOT IT!!! BRONZE/POOP RATING!!!! and to celebrate, i played Ultimate taste [MASTER 13+] and got a pretty good score ngl!!! S rank doable... (ohyeah also conflict in WACCA lol too lazy to give it its own block)

and for the last set of the day... a very quick and desperate attempt to play CHUNITHM just before the arcade closed -- mainly just to get rating because why else would i play Disruptor Array [EXPERT 14+] over the Master? there were only like 5 minutes until the arcade closed and i tried cranking out the scores needed to boost my rating, which i did!!! ...with yet another 1-miss, that is . but hey, i still got the max rating boost from the song, and i reached 16.31!!! things were looking up until... the arcade closed. the cab shut off during my third song, and the scores were never able to be saved . it was tragic, truly tragic, and i will forever lament the loss of this beautiful SSS lost to time. maybe some day i'll be able to recreate this success with more time, but that was it for the week and the session... who knows when i'll get to try again?

ohyea also conflict on Arcaea lol

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 .

WE'RE BACK ON THE GRIND!!! (fortunately or unfortunately)

had a long day at home today due to having to register for classes, so i grinded out my Arcaea stamina between those moments and got this tragic 1-far massive upscore on VECTOR, though i later came back around and got... VECTOR (FTR-9, MAX-23) and ReviXy (FTR-9, MAX-21) as FTR PMs #114 and #115 respectively!!!

also grinded out Pentiment to try and get some progress on Final Verdict, but holy SHIT this chart is so impossible how the hell are you even supposed to hard clear this as your first clear dlskjfsdjlf i can't get anywhere near it

i Did later get a just-barely normal clear on it after reaching the unlock-by-default threshold, but getting a hard clear on this monstrosity is gonna be a super long road...

slight v/s score and update: i got a V rank on MARENOL (FINALE 0) to clear out the gem requirements and get all 30 possible!!! big money!!!

i also played groove coaster for the first time in a billion years and got an INSANE full chain on BRING IT ON (MASTER 12)!!! WE ARE SO BACK GROOVE COASTER BROS

catching up on proseka songs that i haven't played in ages, and i come across this... absolutely Incredible tune. like this is SUCH an amazing song with a super unique sound that i've never heard anywhere else in proseka (aside from maybe amara), and yet it works SO WELL!!! hope this gets an append in the future so i can grind the Shit out of it

in funny switch news however; i tried playing mario wonder after finally having time to unwind and grind, but when i opened the game and went to the title screen... Oops! My left joycon's L button is broken! And ZL + ZR don't work either!!! which means... i'm completely blocked from the game until i get a new joycon... so to make up for it, i opened groove coaster and got a song in on the BIG TV SCREEN (it's actually very nice regarding input delay!)

THE TRUE DAY OF RECKONING HAS ARRIVED, NOW IT'S REALLY TIME FOR MOTL5 GAMING!!! but first, isn't this card the absolute coolest??? i got it while checking into the event, slapped a crude drawing of my fursona onto it, and now i'm geared up n ready to destroy!!!

so i went to waffle house for the very first time with my family to eat breakfast (very good experience btw, i already miss the chocolate waffles), then we set off to spend the whole day at the mall and GUESS WHO I FOUND FIRST THING IN THE MORNING

IT'S BOMBER IN REAL!!! IN THE FLESH!!! WITH HIS ICONIC LACH TOWEL!!! AND HE KICKED MY ASS AT SDVX!!! (but he gave me haruka e-amuse pass to compensate :])

always wanted to meet him in person and the dream had become REAL, SUPER COOL EXPERIENCE!!!

also random tangent but while we were playing sdvx, it turned out the PIU Phoenix kit was installed overnight and was being played while we were playing?? just last night it was XX... but i guess now i'd finally get a taste of the new system for the first time!

since all the dance game cabs (except DaR) were occupied for tourneys, i decided to warm up with the alternative... the busted old unused cabs! gc is so broken whyyy

bonus: HAPPY FAMILY feat. moca and uli!!! (the tiny kohammy is mine)

but now, after all those exhilarating meetings and fun times, it's time for the real deal, my personal action moment of the event... it was TOURNEY TIME!! STARTING WITH PIU PHOENIX!!! warmups were simple, trying out the new songs and getting used to the pads,

but then, it was the real deal vs MajinnTy in a waterfall-style bracket... and after almost getting wrecked with the top-right arrow dropping continuously... i managed to beat him 2-1 and took 2nd place in the pool!!! but since it's waterfall format (i didn't realize this until later), i got thrown into the redemption pool with everyone else and wouldn't get to play until later... but in retrospect that was STILL such an impressive victory.

so once the redemption pool started, i got put up against EMCAT, who had been slowly upgrading from level 2 up to here. it was a weird match, but i hypothetically managed to 2-0 in my set, getting this sick 985k on beat of the war! but once again, it wasn't enough to beat the acc gods in the pool, PacRob and Ty, and i ended up 3rd out of 6 in the bracket, which left me a little dejected to see i wouldn't have my dark horse moment in my first tourney... but in retrospect i worked against the odds and managed to do really well!!! such a nice showing personally, and i'm excited to train some more and try again some other time! (also the 2nd image is from the commentary that my friend watched when i was up which is why i mentioned the dark horse moment, forever alone...)

but NOW!!! IT WAS TIME FOR THE 2ND AND LAST TOURNEY OF MINE FOR THE NIGHT, THE ONE THAT WOULD SEAL MY POTENTIAL OVERALL LEGACY, THE DDR A3 TOURNAMENT!!! unlike the previous PIU tourney, this was a round robin format where all 4 players got to play against each other once in a best-of-three set. and after a set between two others in my pool, i was up for some back-to-back sets, starting with LUBANAHHHH

having warmed up already with pump, i decided to pick long train runnin' challenge for my warmup to confuse the commentators, but then the REAL action began. our first song was lubanah's pick, New York Evolved (Type A) DSP-13 (fucked up), which i dominated solely thanks to MA! and then when it was my pick, i PFC'ed Yoidore Shirazu ESP-13 on-stream once again, taking the set 2-0!!

next up was against KINDLADY/Zaphine, where we both went in without warmup and played Xepher CSP-15 (Zaphine's pick) and Mess With My Emotions ESP-12 (my pick), and i took the set 2-0 again!! except with such a close call on Mess With My Emotions...

and finally in my pool, i played against MisterGuy in both Step Machine ESP-14 (my pick) and Healing Vision (Angelic Mix) ESP-13 (MisterGuy's pick), where i would just barely win Step Machine by 2 points (even got clipped on the Ohio DDR channel), and then PFC Healing Vision to claim my 2nd in-tourney PFC, taking the set once again 2-0 and advancing to level 9 with a perfect performance!!!

level 9 came and i was put up against SnowStorm/SIM, thejurok, and gabbyjay, which would be where my demise would come... only before a bunch of cab crashes! no scores for most of these unfortunately, but i was bested 0-2 by SnowStorm on Revolutionary Addict ESP-13 and PARANOiA Revolution DSP-14 (my MA wasn't quite up to par on either songs, probably exhaustion from only eating before my pump tourney...)

for my set against jurok though, i won my first pick; roppongi EVOLVED Ver.D ESP-15, even despite forgetting to disable my sudden+ before the speedup!!! i forgot what his pick was, but i lost it and lost the tiebreaker too, MAX 300 DSP-12, in order to lose the set 1-2...

then lastly, the final and most ultimate set... the one against longtime Black Flag Academy admin and potential rival, GABBYJAY!!! this set was super funny because we both won each other's picks (he won Bang Pad(Werk Mix) ESP-13, i won osaka EVOLVED (TYPE1) DSP-13), and for the tiebreaker we got New Gravity CSP-14...

and after such an intense battle not shown on stream due to the sheer intensity and vulgarity (actually the stream was what was causing the cab to crash repeatedly), we finished the song and looked at each others' scores to see the results, and...

...by two points. i got a PFC up from a 988k, on-stream, not having seen the chart before, and yet i fell short by such a tight margin, losing the set once again 1-2...

NEW GEKIMAI SONGS AVAILABLE BY DEFAULT ON WAIWAI, YOOOOOOO

played garakuta doll play hard (arcade chart with a few missing spots) and kinda sucked at it initially, but later FC'ed it!!) master is an actual nightmare i am Never playing that again (also DFTM was here too)

:sightread: (sweety glitch Master AP)

more ranked, more action! this time, a BRING IT ON master AP on command! while warming up!

realizing how empty lobbies were and how easy the opponents were, i kept grinding for a bit until... master rank was reached once again!! this time in an official season!!!

then after that, i grinded out a bit of groov for the fun of it

and at MOD Pizza, i pulled off the most insane play i've ever done on arcaea... new york back raise 9.86M EX !!!

no such luck with mistah rendah...