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December 20th, 2025 (1/?) - ONGEKI, DJMAX Technika 3, Nostalgia, EZ2AC, Chrono Circle, Tetote x Connect, maimai PRiSM, DDR X2

HAPPYYYYYYYY HOLIDAYSSSSSSSSSS!!!!!! i know i'm writing this way far out into the future past the holiday season, but it's only now that i'm getting to writing about such a grand event that took place during such a chaotic season... said grand event being extremely chaotic in of itself! it is the annual, the great, the glorious...

...gamecenter Holiday Party!!! an action-packed overnight arcade event that runs from 8 PM today until 7 AM the next, and it'd be my first time attempting to pull an all-nighter to experience arcade gaming all night!! of course, i brought some snacks and made preparations before coming, like stocking up on energy drinks and making sure i slept beforehand (LIE) (I BARELY SLEPT EARLIER) (I'M SO DEAD), so that once the clock struck and the party began... i'd be Dancin' Allll Night!!! so as my sister was leaving somewhere else, i followed in her car, got to the arcade just a few minutes before start time, and slowly but surely... we were let into what would become the most night of our lives.

let's kick it off with some ONGEKI!!! been a while since i've played this because it's ALWAYS busy whenever i come to play, so it's surprising to see it open in an otherwise packed and busy arcade... yeahhhh, i horribly miscalculated just how many people would be here, and what was supposed to be Nonstop Hyper Ultra Gaming quickly turned into a night of wandering around the arcade figuring out what to play, what was open (besides beatmania), etc.... BUT!!! i got some compliments for my score on Party 4U relative to my rating which was nice!! ...though that's mostly just cuz i haven't bothered filling my New 15 or whatever...

like i said; every cab was busy and every one of the popular, common games seemed to have a line, so what you're about to see is the most random and confusing selection of scores from games that were the only ones open at the time... that's not to say they were bad scores though!!! in fact, some of the DJMAX TECHNIKA clears are really good!!! (some random games indeed though... bet you haven't seen CHRONO CIRCLE on this account in some time, huh? well, that's just because i haven't played it and the game went offline but... y'know...)

oh also they had Tetote x Connect on the card maker and it was unbelievably hilarious to play LMFAO, i should def try the real thing again though... again, too cramped to do any dances XwX

now for something a little more familiar: maimai!!! i had placed myself into the card queue due to the sheer volume of players here, and managed to pop in every so often when it was my turn, which led to some very random and funky scores including... an SS on ENERGY SYNERGY MATRIX [MASTER Lv13], beating my good friend Ron on Sirius no Kagayaki no you ni [Re:MASTER Lv14] AND on Tsunagite [Re:MASTER Lv15] with an 85% somehow (lol) before wandering back off after my set ended...

...to play some DDR X2!!!!!!! ironically i've been avoiding this game for fear that it was Too intensive and that i'd pass out asleep early if i tried playing it, buuuut i already played maimai, so what's another dance game in the mix? feeling bored of singles and craving a bit more spice though (perhaps also due to the Monster Energy affecting my thinking, i decided to play every song here on DOUBLES!!! this led to a most chaotic and tiring session indeed, but one that resulted in a lot of very solid Double 17 clears like New Decade [EDP-17], roppongi EVOLVED ver.D [EDP-16, though rated a 15 here], POSSESSION [EDP-17], DeltaMAX [EDP-17], aaaaand Anti-Matter [EDP-17] too!!! though as you can tell from the calorie counts... this was Tiring as Hell!!!! needed to take a break and recharge with electrolytes after this whole session, and it was already 2 AM!!!! or only 2 AM? dunno how to word it...

once i recharged and played in a little Umamusume showdown though, it was back to the grind -- starting with maimai, where a lot of the queue people had left and it was all just goofs, which led to these two funny scores from the shared play feature and also a few of my own in a following set (though with less favorable results due to my tiredness)

aaaaand that's unfortunately where this post will end off as i've already run out of image space . but don't fret!!! there may still be a lot more rhythm game scores to get through, but trust me they are all Very good and awesome and cool and you will love them... whenever i get around to making it, that is (this post alone took a good while, though less than i expected, so maybe soon...? just not tomorrow or maybe even the day after LOL) . 'til then, though!

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November 21st, 2025 (2/2) - beatmania, maimai PRiSM, CHUNITHM LUMINOUS PLUS, EZ2AC

I'M FREE!!! from PC rhythm gaming, at least . yeahhhh procrastination was at its peak today, and i ended up doing nothing but playing PC VSRGs instead of doing homework or catching up on rest or ANYTHING to prepare me for the late-night storm of Arcaea Next Stage. but due to the passage of time stopping for no one, it was already nigh time to visit the arcade for open house by the time i finished gaming, and so i ventured back to da bus stop...

honestly? nothing awfully crazy today, despite me hyping up this visit . of course, i had a curfew in the form of getting back home in time for Arcaea Next Stage, but i really just wasn't feeling it for arcade rhythm games because of all the PC rhythm gaming before (my fault :p) . it also only then occurred to me that an open house would naturally attract a ton of people, so the arcade was PACKED with people playing every rhythm game and thus not leaving a lot of space for me to game . but nevertheless, this was still a session to remember... cleared 20,november (single mix) on Hard to celebrate the special day yesterday, finally cleared CANDY☆ [ANOTHER 8*] for the first time, and then got sightread S+ scores on QZKago Requiem [Expert Lv.13] and New York Back Raise [Master Lv.13+] on maimai!!!

hopped back over to chunithm, hoping to have a better session than last time... and i guess this sorta counts for that?? got +0.01 rating through a random re-SSS on Disruptor Array [Expert Lv.14], played and missed the S on Forsaken Tale [Master Lv.15+] for the first time, but the real drama is when i played volcanic [Master Lv.14]... and for no reason, seemingly out of nowhere, just completely bewildered, i got a 1-attack upscore, giving me the new 14 FC but completely missing the AJ, and i'm just ??????? cool but also FUCK!!!!!! I'M NEVER GETTING A LV.14 ALL JUSTICE EVER MAN WHAT THE HELL (oh also an SS+ on Hawatari 2oku Centi (TV Edit) [Master Lv.14+] and stupid S+ on Eta Beta Eta [Master Lv.14+], sillayyyyy :3c)

was supposed to finish up and go home after this, but the bus kept passing and i kept missing it after this last set of chunithm!!! the most rational response would be to wait in the waiting room for the next bus, but instincts pulled me right back to the games, and i ended up playing 5K several times over, missing the bus back home multiple more times... to the point where i gave up on taking any bus back home and just made a run for it back home doubting that the bus would ever come . but hey! got some sick ass scores like an FC on the aforementioned 20,november (single mix) [HARD 5*] and also on 2 gorgeous 4U ~EMULATE MIX~ [HARD 4*]... plus clears on SKA a go go ~PERFECT MIX~ [ANOTHER 9*] and SHOX [ANOTHER 9*] before finally heading back home!!!

bleghhhh,,, that was super chaotic both to write and experience, but i made it home safe, sound, and on-time since the stream itself experienced a delay in starting!!!! definitely should be more careful in the future on catching busses... but all the time i could spend playing more beatmania :^((,,,,, still, had a ball of a time and a ton of laughs/cheers with my friends who watched it alongside me . ARCAEA AND TANO*C FOREVER!!!!!!

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November 14th, 2025 - Arcaea, EZ2AC, CHUNITHM LUMINOUS PLUS, DJMAX Technika, Tetris TGM3

stuck in eternal prison with being unable to PM this nightmare of the chart... ETR-10s are the worst difficulty in the game . but hey, got the FR on BlythE [ETR-10]!!! oh also slight PM upscore on Jingle (ETR-9, MAX-15 -> MAX-9) i guess

oh also, i did some arcade gaming today!! quite a lot of it!!! story goes that my arcade was having news reporters over to cover a story related to the arcade, and so they wanted to get people to kinda fill up the arcade and make it look populated in the moment. and so, being the certified Noise Maker of rhythm games, i set off and visited the arcade to make my presence known in the interview... by slamming keys with EZ2AC!!! i also took this opportunity to get through some of my friends' EZ2AC chart requests from way back when, leading to a lot of my personal favorite songs mixed in with sudden random song picks...

personal highlights for me were the clear on picking [5K STANDARD HD 13] and the A-rank on Visual Dream [5K STANDARD SHD 12] out of nowhere, as well as some neat clears on Dance Machine (YK House Edit) [5K STANDARD HD 10], Starlight Factory [5K ONLY EX 14], Nachthexen [5K ONLY EX 15], Nyarlathotep [5K ONLY EX 15], and to end off the session... District 1 [5K ONLY SHD 13] . you can put the EZ2AC in me, but you can't take the pump outta me :^]

welp -- since i was already here (and against my better judgement), why not try some of the other games? especially my long-lost beloved and former main game... CHUNITHM!!! been ages since i played this seriously and wanted to see how i was holding up... the result? Washed and Chopped. yeah i've lost the spark completely i'm sorry LOL, i realized that instantly and decided to just go for side quests on the way to unlocking The Song of the version... i guess consistent S+ across 15s isn't terrible, but it's not great for a rainbow + 1/4 player like me LOL

whaddahell is this game . that's right baybee i still play tetris!!! and amidst waiting for the bus several times over... i got back-to-back promotional exams in world rule master to reach Rank 2 !!! yippee!!! (still need to lock tf in and get S1 already)

and to truly cap off the session (i missed the bus TWICE)... DJMAX TECHNIKA!!!! just a teensy bit of gaming... woulda been 3 songs if i didn't utterly fail on Beat U Down :P but still such a peak and fun game...

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April 12th, 2025 - Arcaea, maimai PRiSM, EZ2AC, beatmania, PIU PRIME2, CHUNITHM SUN PLUS, NOSTALGIA

WE'RE HERE!!! WE'RE BACK!!! and with yet another big arcade day, at that!!! contrary to my idea that the arcade wouldn't reopen for another month or something like that, it ended up reopening the very next week -- and i was READY for it!!! so packing my gloved and eating a hearty breakfast (((LIE))), i hopped on the bus to the place and played some arcaea in the meantime -- setting this cool 1-1 score on Renegade [BYD-10] en route!!! (oyea and i also got to awaken E/S Primera Brillante before i got there :3c)

that's all the arcaea i got to play before arriving, as it was time to HOP ON THE MAIMAI GRIND as soon as i settled into the queue!!! it's just the usual, no real biggie, but the rating ups were bountiful nonetheless!!! even closed out the S on my favorite chart of the update (and possibly my first S on a 13+) -- Zunda Party Night [MASTER 13+]!!!

back at it again with the 5K mania getting a clear on Dement -After Legend- [NM 9], plus some upscores on R3 and AFRONOVA PRIMEVAL [ANOTHER] !!!

what's more? a NEW pump version enters the fray of the account -- PIU PRIME2!!!! GODDDD i've been wanting to play one of these for ages, and this was finally the opportunity i've always wanted, so i didn't waste time in getting to the songs that i haven't been able to play on newer versions -- stuff like Pañuelito Rojo D18, Energizer D17, and Energizer (again) S16!! goddd i kinda wish PIU didn't fullscreen and replace every BGA with XX :[

gekichumai containment center: remember the Disruptor Array score i lost with the disconnection yesterday? i went back to it and got the score!!! granted it was lower, but hey! still got the +0.02 rating! even got to play the single best chart in the game... ETERNAL DRAIN [WORLD'S END]!!!

by this time i'd exhausted my motivation and stamina, but there was one game i was yet to try that i really wanted to play... and that was NOSTALGIA!!! another rhythm game to add to the list, it's just a damn fun game with damn fun patterning... and of course, had to play FLOWER per the challenge from last week www (so close to getting my first All Just on Pink Rose [Hard 7] tho...)

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April 5th, 2025 - maimai DX PRiSM, CHUNITHM SUN PLUS, PIU XX, EZ2AC, ONGEKI, beatmania, DanceEvolution, Arcaea

ARCADE DAY!!!! BACK AT IT AGAIN AT THE HUUUGE GAME CENTER!!!! it's been so long since i've gotten to play these games omg... literally since last year i haven't been able to play a majority of these games, but i'm here!!! i'm back!!! and i'm ready to kill it here!!! may or may not go over the image limit here, in which case i'll split this into two posts, but let's make the most with the images we have and get this party STARTED!!!

so first thing to note: the DX cabs have been upgraded to the second-newest maimai DX PRiSM!!! and so while my rating dropped a bit as the new version songs rotated out, there's plenty of new songs to gain rating and have fun with playing!!! ...though i did get a bit cocky with playing some of the 13s here www (scored p bad) . but in due time, after choking and only getting AA-AAAs on 13s, i got back up to my beloved purple 10k rating!!! sets were split and broken up past this point, but i found it easier to combine everything into this section and giving the rest of the games their own spotlight, so make of the scores what you will...

quick break from the maimai to bring you... PIU XX!!! FOR THE FIRST TIME IN A REAL LONG WHILE!!! AND WE'RE PICKING BACK UP WITH BOONG BOONG D19!!! gahghh i missed the kpop licenses from this version so much and this was one of my favorites, i don't think i even got to play the D19 before it was removed!!! maybe i'm did, but am glad to have (probably) upscored it now regardless :]) and later on, i upscored it a ton and also cleared Rooftop D20 for the first time!

NOW IT'S 5KEY TIME!!! first the korean, then the japanese -- a quick and fun A-rank on Morgenglut 2012 (NM 8) (5K Standard) in EZ2AC (and upscored it to an S in two more plays!) before moving onto beatmania THE FINAL and figuring out how to play Another charts!! and with this newfound knowledge, i got to play R3, Jam & Marmalade, and SHOX (fail lol) on ANOTHER, plus SALAMANDER BEAT CRUSH MIX ~CRASH MIX~ on HARD since it doesn't have an ANOTHER lol

misc score time!!! just to hopefully end off this post clean and complete :] got a teensy bit of ONGEKI in (not as much as i'd normally want to, though) and cleared some new 12s with very bad acc :3c then i played Daisuke on DanEvo today in between the already-sent scores, and then back at hope as i was recovering from all the energy expended today... i got a sweet new PM on STARGATE EXTREME (ETR-9+, MAX-20) as ETR PM #14!!! yippee!!!!!

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December 22nd, 2024 (2/2) - EZ2AC, Arcaea, EZ2ON

welp, and here's the conclusion to this whole saga! i unfortunately didn't spend every moment i had on writing this post, which is why it took So Damn Long to push out all these updates, and for that i apologize as i'm quite the procrastinator... but for my own sake and for the future of this account, i'll let bygones be bygones and end off this massive arcade session series with these bangers of EZ2AC scores... some were old re-clears, like PRIME [NM 7] and Cross Time !! [NM 8], others were such close clear attempts despite how realistically unfeasible they were, like Kamui [NM 12], and others were shockingly good achievements to close the curtains with, like clears on Messier 333 [HD 10] and Le Grand Bleu [SHD 11], the latter being my first Lv.11 clear on EZ2AC 5K Standard!!!

...and so marks the end of our super long, super oversaturated session of arcade rhythm gaming . i did not expect to be writing this many posts, paragraphs, and setting this many scores for what should be an ordinary arcade session, but i guess it wasn't such an ordinary session after all... it was a time to socialize and unwind for the holidays, after such a grueling school quarter and an equally depressing week of break, and in the process i got to geek out with several others who shared the very same passion that i did!!! for the sake of the account's purpose, all i really shared here were rhythm game scores and information about them, but this session as a whole meant much more than that to me . the interactions i had with other players, the friendships i further developed with fellow rhythm game hobbyists, and the antics i got myself up to in between sets and whatnot, they all mean so much more to me than what i can describe in a conclusion to a scorepost thread . it was festive, it was jolly, it really did feel like the christmas spirit... and i couldn't be happier to be in such a fun-loving community.

one such antic is shown below for your viewing pleasure -- forcing this Rasis Voltexchtl plush to drink Chocolate Pilk (and regular pilk too) . Kneel before her empire and throne.

so...! that wraps up the arcade rhythm gaming session, but there's a few more scores to quickly summarize from back home before i can completely close the curtains on this session... like this random score on Ouverture i got just for a server challenge (which admittedly isn't really notable, but it's technically a score i set on this day...), and in the process... i unlocked Nono!!! getting closer to unlocking all the chunithm partners, one map rerun at a time...

and of course, the sorta biggest outlier in the list of games at the top, EZ2ON!!! after all, it only makes sense i begin and end the post with the two EZ2GAMES, and so i present to you... THIS SCORE!!! an S+++ ALL COOL on SND [4S SHD 18]!!! was absolutely blown away by my acc performance on this chart, but i guess it was inevitable with how much i really loved this song and its BGA wwwww . but with that score out of the way and my sister really wanting me to stop mashing my keyboard, that really does conclude today's session!!! catch y'all next time, with WAY shorter and more frequent posts!!!

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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...

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December 21st, 2024 (2/3) - EZ2AC, maimai BUDDiES PLUS, CHUNITHM SUN, ONGEKI

We're BACK!!! with part TWO of this massive series of posts... it's a bit disappointing that the tumblr posting limits don't allow me to combine every score from this session into just one post, but in retrospect it's completely understandable... don't think anyone would wanna scroll through a post with 70 images, no matter how clean of a collage they are . on the upside, making separate posts for separate halves of the session makes for a bigger opportunity to write about certain scores and backstories without making them a slog to read!!! so, if any of those stories correlated to my scores Do pop up, i'll be sure to write about them as best and concisely as possible!!!

...and speaking of score-related stories, we've already got our first one here with the first score of the new post!!! kicking it off by going insida DJ Box... but anyways, this is SND!!! if you saw the post from yesterday (well . not Yesterday as in the time i'm writing the post, but Yesterday as in the daily session before this massive one), you'll know that one of the last few songs i played towards the end of my EZ2ON session with inkss was.... SND!!! this was the song that got him to 20.5 rating (amazing accomplishment btw, i'm still stuck at like 13 or something LOL), but moreover, it was a song i was quickly addicted to because of its rave theme and funny visuals... and to my glee, its BGA was indeed available in the version of EZ2AC following its release!!! what a wondrous day and opportunity, i just had to play it!!! ...only, i forgot just how hard EZ2AC was (mainly the 5K Standard mode) compared to EZ2ON, and so i was met with this tragic last-note fail on the chart when i already had the clear within my grasp... ah, such is life . i'll get it next time, mayhaps...?

alright then, backstory aside!!! i wanted to give it a few more tries in the moment, but it was already my turn in line to hop on maimai again, so let's check it out again!!! ...and once again, a ton of real bad and wonky scores... (massugu stream was legit a terrible chart, but hey!!! since they were both new ver songs, so i got a bunch of rating from them www) . so if you look close at the rating on a majority of these songs, you can see massive rating upscores as i had yet to fill all my new version rating slots!!!

...best score + new version scores are a plight on rhythm gaming though, and i'll still stand by this until games do away with it... but i can't deny how much it beefs up my already beefed-up rating, like over 1k new rating in a single session??? ...but alas, i knew this boost wasn't forever, so that's why i was trying to make the most of it in the first place www . maybe i could even hit 11k this session if i keep at it...

...gah, snap out of it!!! that's more than enough rating for you, quit focusing on it so much!!! we've got other games to play and other funny charts to explore... but my main reason for pulling away from maimai was surprisingly needing to fulfill certain song requests from twitter!!! with these past few maimai sessions (the only suggestion played above being STARTLINER though), i've been knocking out request by request, though admittedly a bit half-assed in the scoring department... still, couldn't do much about it as i really was just that bad at maimai . but you know what i wasn't As Bad at?? CHUNITHM!!!

maimai sessions were too short and the card queue wait was too long, so i quickly needed someway else to scratch that gekichumai itch . and that's when i approached this golden opportunity to grind and improve at one of the other funky sega rhythm games... results? INSANITY!!! it was as if i'd never stopped playing... like, just look at all these individual scores!!! STAR OF ANDROMEDA [Master Lv.14+] FC (+14k upscore btw), a sweet SS on Finite [Master Lv.14+], a sweet sightread SS on Ignition [Master Lv.13+], and even finally getting an FC on Fracture Ray [Master Lv.14+] in local matching!!!!

amidst all the chaotic scores, however, i was suffering through agonizing upon agonizing sessions of AJ grinding, with the target being STARTLINER to get it out of the way in all three GCM games . sure, i could've submitted any of these, but i knew i had it in me... i KNEW i had a christmas miracle up my sleeve, still . just need to charge it up a bit more before i unleash it, of course...

...so to summarize, i'm kinda stuck between a rock and a hard place in terms of GCM scores for now . so why not take a break from it all with some EZ2AC??? namely, why not try seeing if i can finally take down SND before it was my turn up on maimai again? and sure enough, first stage after several failed credits... i did it!!! SND [NM Lv.9] CLEAR!!!! and while i was at it, i also cleared Repulse Stream (RAVEN@TION Remix) [NM Lv.8] with very bad acc, and then i tried SND again to see if i could get better acc!!! (i couldn't) (lol)

...there was still a ways to go until my turn on the maimai cab, but amidst my wait... i saw a different cab freed up and another opportunity to game... on ONGEKI!!!! man, i rarely ever get the chance to play this game, and i sorta regret it because this game is FUN!!! AS!!! HELL!!! only problem is there's so many annoying popups and UIs that i end up skipping the results screen by accident when trying to take a picture of it, which is why you only see two scores here rather than three... thankfully however, one of the scores i managed to get was an S on STARTLINER [Master Lv.11], meaning i had knocked out 2/3 games now!!! 3 if we count the scuffed Chunithm scores, but i still really want to close out that AJ...

whew, okay FINALLY it was maimai time!!! and just in time for the end of my ongeki credit... so then, what amazing scores would we get after waiting in line for so long?? ....nothing of note, unfortunately . got forced to play stupid charts with my friend, so this was sort of a waste of a credit in retrospect... wah, all that time waiting in line and not even a single rating increase !!!

whatever, though . if maimai ain't got my back, i know chunithm does for sure . hopping back on after an exhausting and somewhat disappointing maimai session, i started going HAM with some of this scores!!!! like for one, i instantly kicked it off with a sightread FC on I'm so happy [Master Lv.13+] ft. the shoopster, and then i finally got that MAX-9 ALL JUSTICE on STARTLINER [Master Lv.10] that i've been trying to get for so long!!! ...and now, for the miscellaneous chaotic songs!!! following my little antics, we've got an SS (finally) on HERA [Master Lv.14]!! and then following a suggestion from twitter, we have a few songs to get though!!! the first of which was Insane Gamemode [Master Lv.14], where i slayed with a near-SSS and massive rating increase!!! ....only to have it sabotaged by the evil, evil chart (not really) that is Daitoushi=Klein Vogel Spiel=Erika [Master Lv.14+]... even though i got an SS on the chart on sightread!!!! so unfair... but i wasn't going down without a fight!!! so after yet ANOTHER insane play on another suggestion, Rule the World!! (Master Lv.14, AJ-2!!! maybe next time...), i went back to the song and destroyed it with a +4k upscore to make it... almost an SS+!!! and so began my mix of obsession and rivalry with the song...

aaaand wouldya look at that!!! in what's kind of a perfect timing, i hit the image limit just as i was about to transition over to maimai scores again!!! sooo i think this is the perfect spot to end of this post and come back again with the third and final post for this day's session!! overall, some REALLY good scores in the chunithm department, and a consistently good show of improvement in maimai!!! also super glad i managed to show off EZ2AC in this post, but i don't think there's any more scores of it in the next post... it's all GCM from here baybee!!! welp, i'll see you in the conclusion to this super lengthy saga!!