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My event rewards. The scouting tickets were rares, btw.

Whenever I take a break from the game I’m always worried that I’ll never pick it up again, but whenever a relevant event comes around I pick it back up, do my grinding and have a blast. I don’t think I can do the daily grind anymore, but if I play in moderation by cherry picking the events I play, I think I’ll be playing this game for a very long time. I never thought a mobile game of all things would keep my attention for this long.

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With all these new dailies and EXs kicking my ass, it was nice to feel like I could accomplish something in this game.

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I was considering making a last minute push to 100k, but considering I just got really tired and that getting 100k would only get me like 5 more ranks, I’m going to call it a day instead. Good luck to all still grinding and hitting your goal.

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Someone asked how much loveca I spent to get into the top 100. I haven’t been keeping track so it’s hard to say. I started the event with 20 and I’m now sitting at 6, but with so many free loveca I can’t say for sure. If I had to guess, I’d say at least 30 but no more than 40.

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Finally broke the top 100. Not sure if I’ll hit 100k by the end of the event, but I’ll stop grinding if I do hit it. I wish I could’ve dedicated more time for my favorite raibu’s event, but keeping employment to raise funds for her next UR are also important.

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About 5k points short of where I wanted to be right now, but as I’m well into the top 800 I’ll take it. Not bad for 2 days.

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Today’s the first day I’ve been able to play, so I’m very, very far behind in this event. I’m hoping to hit at least 50k points before the weekend ends. I won’t have much time to play after this weekend, so I may have to lower my expectations for tier 2 (if that, hopefully). Sorry, Umi.

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I haven’t really been paying attention to SIF lately so I was surprised, and dismayed, when I woke up this morning, had updates on both clients, and found out there’s Umi-Maki event overlap AGAIN.

Sadly, I just don’t have time to commit to both servers again. I should have time to tier 1 Umi on NA, but I’ll likely miss out on Maki on JP. Sad days.

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My final ranks. I didn’t fall nearly as much as I thought I might. I had a lot of fun even though the grind did wear on me the last couple of days, but some of that could be attributed to my lack of free time and the ensuing stress. Either way, I’ll be minimizing my play time to help prevent burnout and I’ll be back for the next Umi/Maki events.

I did get the UR Umi on EN. Nothing exciting, but I did record my rolls for the first time so I may do something with that. Otherwise I’ll post screens of the rolls in a few days or so when I get some free time.

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First loveca salvo, ready and loaded.

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If I have to play Yujo No Change or get btfo by Koi no Signal Rin rin rin one more time I’m going to have to kill myself. My grind ends here, a bit earlier than I had planned, but it should be good enough for tier 1 on both servers. I gotta give props to the people that can endlessly grind; that’s a lot of dedication right there.

Now, to roll that Umi on EN...

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I’m nearing my wit’s end as far as grinding. Thankfully there’s only 3-4 days left. Looking back on it I don’t know how I managed to do 150k for the last Umi song event. I don’t think I could play that much again.

I’d like to believe I have enough buffer to withstand the last day rush. I’ll be keeping close attention to my rank and the tier 1 cutoff closely regardless.

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JP: I have about 27 loveca left, including event rewards I’ll  hit soon. I’m not 100% convinced it’s enough, but I’m at least hopeful that I’ll finish in tier 1.

EN: I peaked around rank 90 last night. It’s ridiculous how much easier it is to rank high on EN than JP. I’m fairly confident I can tier 1 EN; the question is do I really want to put in the effort to grind more?

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JP: I was worried for a bit when I kept getting pushed out of tier 1 (top 10,000) every few hours or so, but I’ve stabilized around 5-6k. I’m not sure I have enough loveca left to finish in tier 1 -- about 30 -- but I’m going to spend all I got and hope for the best.

EN: I’ve been playing EN while waiting for LP on JP -- I’m just short of 3 EX 1 hard play per bar there -- and have gotten fairly close to tier 1 from just that. I’m not expecting to finish in tier 1, but my efforts should be good enough for tier 2.

Playing in simultaneous events sucks. I hope Maki and Umi never line up again.

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Oh, right, there’s a Maki event coming up. I feel like Maki and Umi’s events lined up before on EN and JP once before too, except they swapped regions. This is going to be rough. I’m haven’t kept up with the score requirements on EN, but hopefully tier 2 isn’t too bad.

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Those feels when everyone screws up at the same part.

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Those Umis look amazing. Welp, time to start playing JP again. I have about 40 loveca saved up there; not sure if that’s enough to get tier 1, but I’m gonna try. Perhaps the best part is that the UR Umi should come out on EN around when this event ends.