Hey guys. After being out of town for three days
(helping install the medical software I worked on for three years that will improve patient care and maybe even save lives), waking up at 4 AM today, catching two planes, and getting mildly rear-ended on the way home (everything's fine, not serious enough to report), I get on my computer and find this.
WAY TO GO INTERNET!
At one point I was actually somewhat sympathetic to the complaints. I mean, you could misconstrue the points in the video if you had no idea about the contest, its rules, or anything else, and the comments about the ITG difficulty elements overshadowed anything else because they were fresh on my mind, despite not being the main reason I didn't like this chart. But this is just mean for the sake of being mean. Making fun of my fiancee for playing Standard is
absolutely beyond the pale. She's not the one attacking your precious 32nds. Attempting to make fun of her appearance when she's never on camera in the video is
even worse. I mean, she plays Standard, she must be fat, right? Never mind that she bikes four miles to work and back every day. And she's breathing like she's actually getting an aerobic workout. Never mind that it's also our fifteenth song of the night, after said biking, and we aren't doing the flat-foot thing, so it exerts a bit more energy than a high-level player often does. (I have small-ish feet; sue me.) She's also *gasp*
a nice person, which is a concept apparently lost on some people.
I also retract my attempt to absolve NIQ9 of any responsibility. I was under the impression that he put it somewhere, and then it went to a second site where the flames were coming from. Having read the topic, you're clearly not the worst offender, but you clearly intended to start it, and when I asked you nicely to ask your buddies nicely to tone down the abuse, you basically said "suck it up", and posted it to incite further flames. Nice job. And you have the audacity to call me a dick?
Seriously. If BLue and I can sustain a good working relationship despite our fundamental disagreements on the nature, meaning and purpose of the universe, the least you guys can do is not flip out and name-call over 32nds.
As for my opinion on ITG-style stepfiles, Summer is awesome. I'd never do it on a pad, but it's so much fun on keyboard. Bloodrush isn't too bad either. Or maybe download
this and play Grip. It's a 12-footer on expert, and it has 12th notes, so you guys will love it. It's also a 9 on heavy, because heavy should be accessible when there's more than one chart. Single expert only is fine sometimes, but not here.
FWIW, the closest decent arcade machines are an hour from here - ask LK4D4 - so I usually play at home. And I play on Ignitions. They aren't metal, but they also aren't floppy pads. I have a Flux, but no control box. When I was in Cincinnati, I went to an arcade and did Drop Out (FNM) - fast streams, oh no,
but they're actually fun - So Deep, and HVAM. I didn't do that great because I'm not used to arcades, but I passed them all. So horrible, right? Because they're not 11s? Maybe if I get back into it I can pass Charlene again (yes, I did it on an Ignition last time); until then I'll have to settle for all the Maxes and My Favourite Game.
To the BM folks, sorry for the drama, inasmuch as it's my fault; it's not what I intended.
For the guys who like them, I'd be glad to do the community pack.
Now that my blood is boiling a bit and I'm awake again, I'm gonna go review some light charts for the people who actually matter. Or maybe not. Screw beginners, right?
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Xythar wrote:
Besides it's called Epileptic Crisis, not Relaxing Funtime.