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DossarLX ODI 09-9-2018 07:11 PM

Dossar's Foot Play goals
 
On September 3rd I adjusted my StepmaniaX Stage to a more playable state and had my first session on it. The up arrow is still a bit funky, but otherwise the pad is pretty good.

This thread is for tracking some goals I have related to foot play in addition to weight loss goals.

July 2019 Goals
DDR:
- Normal clear lamp on all 18s
- Break 980k on another 18
- Pass Egoism 440 CSP 19

ITG:
- Pass 10 total 15s, with at least three of them being from the Pendulum pack

Click the below spoiler for the 2018 entries.

September 2018

September 7
There was some 170-range streaming this day, but it was more suited for crossovers. I got my first Crossover Spectrum 13 star this session and a pass on exotic ethnic 1.8 rate that raised my 1.7 rate score from a while ago by 2%.


September 9
This session was an hour of only playing 170-range stream songs. The most notable score was a 32 measure run at 173 that I played three times, and the best score was 97.76%.


September 11
In this session I tried out fitkicks for the first time with socks over them. They're certainly good for streaming after you get used to them.

It's worth noting that this is probably the most 14s I have played in one session and I got my first FEC on Silence 1.1x rate. Be Lovin was improved from my first pass which was around 70%. This session was very tiring, and I'll probably have a similar one Thursday.


September 13
Today I started the session differently; I only played three 12s and then after that I only played 13s. I played exactly thirteen 13s this session, starting with accumulating around 120 measures of 155 from Last Message (this was hard to jump into after only three songs), and accumulating about 350 measures of 170-range stream from the other songs. Squeeze is 173 BPM.










September 15
After this session, I've decided to update the September goals to be about consistently playing 13s rather than the specific 170 BPM goal I had previously. After playing a handful of 12s, I did mostly 13s and passed London Evolved 14 again from 170 BPM Eternal with a really bad score.

September 17
In this session I re-passed two Pendulum 14s and FC'd Breathe. Crush is around a 6% improvement from my previous pass. It was a pretty good session, although failing Granite 6 measures from the end was unfortunate (the jack-heavy patterns in that chart kill me).


September 19
This was the first session where I passed 16 measures of 200 BPM stream. I did it four times and after that I was very sore. I might consider uploading the 200 BPM training video I took.

September 22
Since the session on September 19 I noticed my right leg had a sting. For some reason I was also feeling super fatigued (mind and legs felt heavy), and was barely able to do 16 measures of 175. Definitely the worst session I've had so far, and I'm hoping how I felt this day is not recurring (if it is, I'll consider seeing my doctor).

I also got a better idea of what goals to move over to October and what they should change to.

September 25
This session was more reassuring but still not that great. I was able to play Breathe three times in a row near the end of it (the 32 measure 173 stream) and the highest score was only a 93% although it's an improvement from the last session. I'll probably continue building a foundation on the 170 range for a while.

September 27
I was going to have a session today but then the down panel had a sensor that was acting up. I'm currently trying to figure this out, and will probably get a better look on Sunday. Saturday I'll be playing over at a friend's house instead.

September 29
Got my first pass on Calamity Fortune SX 14 this session, playing on a friend's setup. On Sunday I got the down arrow on my SMX pad back to a playable state.


October 2018

October 1
This session was a great start to October. I played Calamity Fortune 5 times in succession. The best score was a 92% break with 5 misses, where all misses were in the longer stream section and all the notes outside of it were FC'd. I also got my first 90 break on Hold Your Colour Bipolar Vocal Mix SX 14, FC'ing the last stream. Both were on video too! I should note that Hold Your Colour Bipolar Vocal Mix was after Calamity Fortune, and its speed in the 170s felt way more manageable than 200. The two runs I had were 86% and then 93% (main difference was cutting down misses, the accuracy was similar).

Calamity Fortune 5 times in the session


Calamity Fortune SX 14 - 92.33%


Hold Your Colour (Bipolar Vocal Mix) SX 14 - 93.34%


October 4
Mind felt heavy today and didn't get as much sleep the past couple of days, so it was expected this session wouldn't be that good. I was still able to get 12 measures into the middle run of Calamity Fortune SX 14 though, even if it was a lot of greatrushing.

October 6
Pretty good session today. I played a turn/candle heavy chart with 32 unbroken measures of 175 five times in succession, and passed Silence 1.2 rate afterwards as the last song.


October 8
I almost FC'd three sets of 4 measure 220 runs (simpler patterns with a turn every half measure), focusing more on speed this time. However, the down panel was probably more fragile than I thought compared to the other ones and it got a crack. Messaged Kyle to see what I can do in the meantime -- otherwise, no more sessions until that's resolved.


October 13
Played DDR A and got a 930,000 break on Fascination Maxx CSP 18 and broke 920,000 on Come To Life CSP 18. It didn't take very long to start getting into these, which to me is an indication of my speed improving. The replacement panel also arrived today so I'll get to installing that on Sunday in addition to adjusting the left and right panels.

October 15
Was doing pretty good before the rubber supports became uneven and I had to stop to turn the pad over and re-adjust them.

October 18
Was feeling rather sluggish today, but at this point the right panel started to totally screw me over. I still managed to barely pass Breathe SX 13, with 19 misses on the right arrow. I spent over an hour adjusting it and it should be better after my riser frame arrives (I ordered it earlier this week).

October 20
I visited the Round 1 Maine location for the first time and it was a pretty good session.

Highlights include:
- First Single 18 950,000 break (Max 360 ESP 18)
- Another Doubles 18 Pass (Paranoia Revolution EDP 18)
- Two new ESP 16 AAAs (Life is Beautiful and Wadatsumi)
- Passing Pursuer ESP 17 (Life4 on this can be stressful with the slow reading)
- Fascination Maxx CSP 18 double digit greats and single digit misses













October 23
Played on the StepmaniaX Stage for about 40 minutes before it shut off and didn't turn back on. Sent Kyle an e-mail about what I can do.

October 25
Highlighting in red to indicate it wasn't actually a session. I took this night to open the control area and adjust the power brick to not be loose, and the pad turned on again. I also installed the riser frame.

I'm just going to take the rest of this week off and start again on Sunday. I'd rather get some more rest and go fresh Sunday, despite how much I want to play on the pad right now with the riser frame installed. Eyes and mind are heavy. In general, this was an uneventful month so I'm not that concerned about doing this.

October 28
The riser frame helped, although I'd like to see if the right panel can be lowered a bit since it's currently the highest panel given how the sensors are laid out right now.

Today was an alright session, first hour session in a while without the pad having some sort of weird thing happen. Socks had a lot of grip though.

October 30
Last session for October. Focused entirely on DDR songs today to cover speeds faster than what I'm used to (180+ BPM) and be more familiar with the files next time I play on a DDR A machine.

In the future, Be a Hero ESP 17 might end up being my first 990k break, and I can see myself breaking 950k on a few other 18s.


November 2018

November 1
Played for about 45 minutes before the right arrow convinced me to stop and adjust again. This month I'll have a focus of tuning the bottom-right of the up arrow, and the inner two corners of the right arrow. I'm not sure why these particular areas are so special when it comes to the pressure applied.

November 3
Another pretty good session. For the first 20 minutes I warmed up with ITG 10-13 and then went over to some DDR songs. I got less than 10 misses on Paranoia Hades CSP 18 with decent accuracy, so surprisingly enough this could be an 18 to aim for a 950k break. The first half with the jumps is usually what wrecks my score in addition to the 12th jacks in the middle though.

It's also worth noting that I lost 1.5 pounds of water weight this session, and it was 1 hour 15 minutes. Definitely nice to have a longer one than 40-45 minutes.

November 5
Today was a great session for speed! 1 hour, did a good number of 190+ BPM charts. The November goals are looking like more of a reality next time I go to a DDR A machine.

November 7
Had a Dave N' Busters meetup and realized that if I didn't want to get the technician in trouble I had to keep my shoes on so my performance wasn't good. In addition, the up arrow was bad (true story, ITGAlex got 11 greats 12 misses on Come To Life CSP 18 with most of the misses and greats on up)

November 10
My legs were super stiff today for some reason, anything above 160 BPM was impossible to control this session. I played mostly songs at or below that BPM range and had some pretty good accuracy though.

November 12
Today my speed and accuracy was pretty good but from a stamina standpoint, not so great.

November 14
Best session of November so far. I got another star on a 14 and it's the fastest 14 star I have as of now (169 BPM), with the previous one being Endless Flyer SX 14 at 160 BPM. Speed Over Beethoven also crushes my previous score of 88.27% from September 11 this year where I ran out of juice at the end and my score fell apart.

Also broke 90% on Senorita Speedy Mix SX 14 for the first time, a major improvement from the previous 84.78% score I had from September 11 this year.

I also got an accuracy increase on Calamity Fortune but the misses were a good deal higher.

Speed Over Beethoven SX 14 - 96.79%


Senorita Speedy Mix SX 14 - 93.65%


There You'll Be SX 13 - 98.03%




November 21
Session was pretty good, I played some songs from DDR again to prepare for the Saturday Maine R1 visit to accomplish my DDR goals for this month.

November 24
So much happened in this session that it has its own post. In short, accomplished the goals I listed for this month on DDR A.

November 28
Legs weren't really feeling warmed up today, but still managed to do a lot of songs around 160 BPM.

November 30
Last session of November. Done at the Taunton Round 1 location, you can find the score post here. It ended with a bag 0.25x speed modifier pass, the first one I've gotten on a DDR A machine. :)


December 2018

December 6
This was my last home session before leaving to California. It was pretty good and made me look forward to playing DDR A for any Round 1 trips we would make!

December 13
A solid DDR A session at Puente Hills Round 1 with Seth. More information can be seen in this post.

December 22
Still in California, this was the first day I used Skinners for a full DDR A session. The results were nice! See the scores in this post.

This is the last session I'm listing for 2018. There was some PIU play in between December 13 and 22 but I didn't list them here. I think my most notable accomplishments were that while not being a pump player, I was able to get my first S on a singles 15 (Final Audition) and a stage pass on a singles 16 (Flying Duck).


DossarLX ODI 09-9-2018 07:11 PM

Re: Dossar's Foot Play goals
 
January 2019

January 5
First session of 2019, also at the Round 1 location in Maine! See more information in the score post.

January 23
First session at DnB this year, with ITGAlex coming along. I got my first Doubles 16 FC and 980k break this day (PSMO Doubles 16). It's also worth noting ITGAlex got 37 perfects 1 miss on NGO CSP 18.

January 28
This week I'm trying out playing every day, but not necessarily the most intense sessions. I still played a few DDR 18s and ITG 13s, but not to the extent of some of my other hard sessions.

One of the rubber supports on my SMX pad got loose, so I also had to readjust that after 50 minutes of playing. I'm hoping I don't have to adjust this every session as it stops the session short and also is exhausting to flip over the pad and having to use the vise grip, taking about 15 minutes to adjust and losing my warmed state.

January 29-30
Combining both days into one post. Some focused hour sessions again, and on Thursday I woke up to a nasty charley horse at 3 AM. Took a break Thursday to rest for my first 19 pass attempts on Friday.


February 2019

February 1
This is the session where I passed my first two 19s. It's also worth noting that a co-worker played his first DDR set this day as well, as I introduced him to DDR A. :)

See this score post. Over The Period CSP 19 was my first 19, and then my second 19 was Valkyrie Dimension CSP 19.

February 6
Had a Dave N' Busters session. Only a few scores this time around, so it doesn't have its own post. Summary:
- A few upscores and another doubles 15 FC
- 5th doubles 18 pass
- DADADADADADADADADADA CSP 16 AAA

Scores in the below spoiler to prevent page stretching.








February 9
Second trip to Maine R1 location of the year. I noticed the left and up arrows were much less sensitive than the pads in Taunton, MA so I was noticeably getting more misses on harder charts. I got my second 17 AAA this day and a few more videos. You can see the score post here.

February 22
Session before the Silver City Summit. I got a larger monitor that makes playing less strenuous.

February 23
I got top 16 in the Silver City Summit! You can view the bracket/results here: https://challonge.com/scsddr

Definitely the largest DDR tournament I've been to and the hype was real. I upscored Blew My Mind CSP 18 to a 950k break in my match with Dwayne (the round where I was eliminated).

Ended up stepping on a screw with my left heel though, so that's going to take some time to heal.

February 28
Left heel was feeling better at this point although still not quite recovered. I wore socks that had more padding in this session to make it more tolerable.


March 2019

March 2
Great first session for March, and it was a crossover based day! I got my first exotic ethnic 2.0x rate pass and upscored a couple other charts that I previously had below 80% passes on. See this post for more details.

March 8th
Home ITG session where I got an FC on Silence 1.2 rate. Pretty good before the Round 1 Taunton trip the next day!

March 9th
This week my team at work also started a gym routine where we have an hour session so I'll be doing a mix of walking and/or running on Mondays and Wednesdays after hours.

PFCs
First SDP, and second 16 PFC.









15s
Beautiful Dream was a huge improvement.






17s and 18s
Pursuer is my first GFC, although technically not an upscore. Dead End Groove Radar Special is my first time getting less than 10 misses so that was nice.








19s
Valkyrie Dimension was an upscore from 827k and Over The Period was an upscore from 801k. Paranoia Revolution I failed 2 notes from the last jump, where I actually saw "MARVELOUS" on the jump followed by a "FAILED" screen. I also stepped on a screw during that run which was a double whammy, but I can try it another time.








March 13th
Walking/Running after hours.

March 16th
Endorphin was a big improvement, DDR Megamix I finally broke 990k on both the ESP and CSP, and I got a pass on Paranoia Revolution CSP 19 (even though it's lower than my fail I'll take it for now :) ).

Next time I'll see if I can upscore Over The Period CSP 19 to 840k, or possibly 850k. I'm going to try mirror next time.

15s








16s




18s




19s





March 18th
Walking/Running after hours.

March 20th
Walking/Running after hours.

March 23rd
Got my first 19 850k score on with Valkyrie Dimension. Also passed OTP 19 twice but with worse scores than my best, and improved Paranoia Revolution CSP to a 829k pass (now my pass is higher than the 809k fail!)








March 25th
Walking/Running after hours.

March 27th
Walking/Running after hours.

March 30th
Visited a friend's house to play on his setup after not trying it for a few months. Nothing particularly inspiring.


April 2019

April 1st
Walking/Running after hours.

April 3rd
Walking/Running after hours.

April 6th
Turns out one of the corner wheels feel out and I had to put it back in. Afterwards I had a decent session.

April 9th
Got another decent home session. I'm hoping to only have to adjust the corner wheel that fell out every few sessions rather than every session.

April 11th
Another home session. Nothing particularly inspiring, although it was good preparation for the next Round 1 Taunton trip.

April 13th
The hardest DDR session I've had to date. Broke 860k on two 19s today and passed 19s for one set. See more in this post.

April 15th
Walking/Running after hours.

April 19th
So this Friday my friends and I went to the game room during Anime Boston. They had one DDR A machine and I passed Over The Period CSP 19 twice today. It turns out the machine was offline so I couldn't scan my e-amuse card, meaning that I was limited to the guest mode options (e.g. no 0.25x speed increments, no changing noteskins or direction such as mirror). Looks like I can play Over The Period 1.5x speedmod comfortably now (originally played it on 1.25x).

April 20th
Still at Anime Boston this Saturday, I played a couple of DDR sets. Passed OTP again for a total of three times this Anime Boston weekend.

April 22nd
Walking/Running after hours.

April 24th
Walking/Running after hours.


May 2019
See this post for May 4th and May 11th sessions.

See this post for May 27th session.

June 2019
See this post for June sessions. This was the month of my first ITG 15 pass (Hold Your Colour)!

Celirra 09-9-2018 08:46 PM

Re: Dossar's Foot Play goals
 
I'm super jealous you have a SMX pad, from what I've heard they're amazing to play on.
I'm surprised you haven't changed it to have a non-button centre panel though, but I guess that's counter intuitive if you have any desire in smx the game...

Anyways good stuff!! It's also cool to see it motivating for fitness etc


I wonder if there would be enough interest for a pad scores megathread on ffr, btw... I know theres actually a bunch of people who play various pad games here (ddr/itg/piu)

choof 09-9-2018 11:16 PM

Re: Dossar's Foot Play goals
 
i don't care if we're playing dance dance revolution i will NOT tell you about my feet
dat exotic ethnic, damn...

DossarLX ODI 09-10-2018 06:19 PM

Re: Dossar's Foot Play goals
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by Celirra (Post 4647960)
I'm super jealous you have a SMX pad, from what I've heard they're amazing to play on.
I'm surprised you haven't changed it to have a non-button centre panel though, but I guess that's counter intuitive if you have any desire in smx the game...

Anyways good stuff!! It's also cool to see it motivating for fitness etc


I wonder if there would be enough interest for a pad scores megathread on ffr, btw... I know theres actually a bunch of people who play various pad games here (ddr/itg/piu)

I legitimately felt sorry for anyone that wasn't able to get the wave in early August this year. All 100 units sold out within 3 minutes. I ended up missing the first two waves (apparently they sold out in 6 minutes in the previous available units), so it was relieving to get one from this set.

A few things about working with the SMX pad:
- I did replace the center panel with the gray metal panel originally, and it's noticeably higher than the other panels which makes play worse. It's also incredibly hard to remove. Never again.
- Keeping the original panel allows for a smoother surface to play on. Currently the middle panel is a bit lower than the other four panels, but that's much better than being higher. I'll need to get a raiser frame if I want the middle panel to be on the same level as the other panels as best as possible.

At some point in the near future I'm planning on compiling together some recorded videos I took when modifying the pads. Basically, there are four load cell sensors in each panel and you need to take at least three main things into account to get the panels to a better state:
1.) Adjust the outer screw of the sensor
2.) Spin up the sensor head so it's closer to the panel
3.) Loosen the panel a bit so it doesn't restrict the sensor from movement. This does raise the panel slightly.

choof 09-10-2018 07:04 PM

Re: Dossar's Foot Play goals
 
what would be a good pad to buy if I can't get one of those bad boys?

YoshL 09-10-2018 09:00 PM

Re: Dossar's Foot Play goals
 
smx are like >1k lmao
pdp are garbage don't touch them
impulse is coming out who knows when but i'm literally waiting for them because i've played on a prototype and it was probably better than any arcade pad i've played on
http://maty-taneczne.pl/ - might be your best bet if they ship to the US (i haven't checked) i know a bunch of people who have one of these and say that it's really fucking good quality. even with some egregious shipping costs, this could potentially cost less than a pdp but still be by far the best choice for an intermediary

edit:

checked the polish pads, they do ship to the US, and even though shipping is like 100 extra euros (base price ~150 euros), it's like literally the same price as a PDP but like infinite times the quality

DossarLX ODI 09-11-2018 08:44 AM

Re: Dossar's Foot Play goals
 
To elaborate on what YoshL mentioned about some of the pads:

StepmaniaX Stage (SMX pad)
StepmaniaX Stages started as $1,337 each. Now they're $1,360 and can be expected to increase to approximately $1,385 when you take into account a yearly 2% inflation rate. Shipping is also high (for me it was $275). This means you'd actually aim towards spending roughly $1,650 for one of them if you go with the shipping option as opposed to local pickup.*

*Reason why I started with the shipping method as opposed to other options listed like local pickup is due to the insanely high demand where you battle time vs. buying the pad. Because the demand was so high, the pads sold out within 3 minutes of the link going live for the 100 units that were available in early August this year. You can expect something similar to happen in the next wave. People have expressed concern about locking a purchase request once the user is brought to the order details screen so they don't have to rush in the order.

Something else to consider about SMX is that it is highly supported by the original manufacturer. There is a central store you can go to for most of your needs: whether it is sensors, riser frames to push up your center panel for more level panels, etc. There is also a software configuration tool to check your pad's sensitivity in real time when you are adjusting it. All in all, it's a great pad but the price is definitely up there and every wave could take anywhere from 4-6 months at the current rate. I'm not sure entirely what the bottleneck is, but this is currently the case.

Precision Dance Pad (PDP)
I got one of these originally, and if you're planning on playing songs mostly below 180 BPM and below the 13 ITG level range, these are okay. But when it comes to higher level play, they don't fair very well -- I can agree with YoshL that if you're seriously going to be into the game, these are not the best option. When I got mine it was $350.

Impulse Platforms
The rumored price for an individual Impulse Platform pad was in the range of $600-$800. This means you could potentially get one for nearly half the price of one StepmaniaX Stage, also using sensors based on load cell technology.

As YoshL mentioned, there have not been any units available for Impulse Platforms yet. It's not clear when they will be releasing the first wave of pads, and the lack of transparency as to what the roadmap is (e.g. next two months planning on testing, then release early 2019) is what is turning some people away from this pad as an option despite the positive feedback about the prototype.

DossarLX ODI 09-12-2018 08:16 PM

Re: Dossar's Foot Play goals
 
Updated the scores post to have spoilers so it's not as long of a post vertically. September 11/Tuesday has been included as well, being the best session so far.

evanescence_death4ever 09-13-2018 01:45 PM

Re: Dossar's Foot Play goals
 
Did you participate in Stamina RPG 2.0 this year? Best remote tourny ever. UI for the tournament was fantastic, Ian (archi) the Godfather of Stamina is a boss. ECS [East Coast Stamina] this year is going to be awesome.

I'll have to read through this thread to check out your stuffs. PAD MASTERRACE! (lol keyboard is dead to me)

DossarLX ODI 09-13-2018 02:41 PM

Re: Dossar's Foot Play goals
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by evanescence_death4ever (Post 4648699)
Did you participate in Stamina RPG 2.0 this year? Best remote tourny ever. UI for the tournament was fantastic, Ian (archi) the Godfather of Stamina is a boss. ECS [East Coast Stamina] this year is going to be awesome.

I'll have to read through this thread to check out your stuffs. PAD MASTERRACE! (lol keyboard is dead to me)

Long story, but I've been away from the main ITG community for around a year now and I'd prefer it to stay that way, at least for now. Unless there is a good reason for me to come back, I'm better off with the New England Rhythm Gamers group and Happy Feet's Discord.

Without having to worry about the drama and consistent harassment, I can actually enjoy this game again and be goal-oriented with communities that have a growth mindset. Things might be different now, but there's no rush to come back. :)

Edit: Wording was a bit harsh before.

Edit again: Updated the scores post with today's session (September 13). I played exactly thirteen 13s!

aperson 09-23-2018 06:21 PM

Re: Dossar's Foot Play goals
 
Need more updates bud quit slackin!!

DossarLX ODI 09-24-2018 07:38 AM

Re: Dossar's Foot Play goals
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by aperson (Post 4649936)
Need more updates bud quit slackin!!

I like your enthusiasm -- the routine is definitely important :)

I updated the September post with the two most recent sessions. Tomorrow I'm hoping it will not be like Saturday (more details in that post).

DossarLX ODI 10-5-2018 06:43 PM

Re: Dossar's Foot Play goals
 
September 2018 Reflection

September 2018 Goals
- Play every two days
- Pass exotic ethnic 1.8 rate
- Get a star/96% break on a Crossover Spectrum 13
- Get down to 142 pounds
- Consistently play 13s
- Pass Rhythm and Police KOG G3 Mix 2.0 rate

Passing exotic ethnic 1.8 rate and getting my first 96% break on a Crossover Spectrum 13 was exciting! I also played a decent number of 14s this month, clearing out most of the other 14s in DDRStream PreSupernova (see September 11 session).

The weight loss goal above was very ambitious when I found out how my weight moves around. I'm currently 149 pounds so I actually gained 1 pound overall, but I did get down to 146 at some point this month.

I tried playing every two days unless something came up that would throw off my sleep (in which case it was three days). I try to have my sessions at a consistent time to make sure I don't play too late or early. I've changed the goal to be 2-3 depending on the situation.

In terms of the pad, it's been modified to a pretty good state, although the up arrow is what gives me by far the most misses in the bottom right corner of the panel (so in other words, my right foot). The bottom left corner doesn't seem to give as many misses, and I've learned that even though the pad is full of 15 KG sensors, not every sensor is the same. I had to a replace a faulty sensor in the down panel with one in the center panel. Kyle was nice enough to send some spare sensors :)

For October, it would be a good idea for me to focus more on my speed and stamina before getting back to my other rate ventures (e.g. Rhythm and Police KOG G3 Mix 2.0 rate).

With that in mind, I have updated October with the following goals. I'm focusing on improving my speed a bit more, since I rarely play songs with streaming above the 170 range.

October 2018 Goals
- Continue maintaining a good state of the pad: get a riser frame, check the sensors regularly
- Play every 2-3 days
- Get down to 145 pounds
- Play 200 BPM in at least half the sessions
- Break 90 on several 14s

dAnceguy117 10-6-2018 05:11 PM

Re: Dossar's Foot Play goals
 
I admire the heck out of this. I think my own goal is to get to a point sometime in the next 5 years where I invest in a decent pad and make time to play this consistently. Keep goin!!!

DossarLX ODI 10-6-2018 07:29 PM

Re: Dossar's Foot Play goals
 
Today's session made me realize how important flush panels are (well, I should say convinced to get a riser frame). I was able to pass Silence 1.2 rate and get a similar score to my previous pass (92.90%) but man it was death with the slightly raised panels.

Going to place an order for the riser frame the coming week :)

aperson 10-14-2018 03:21 AM

Re: Dossar's Foot Play goals
 
Damn your October progress is really nice. Sorry to hear about the crack putting a temporary hold in your sessions. Make sure to get in some running, rowing, or biking so you don't fall out of form.

DossarLX ODI 10-14-2018 11:36 AM

Re: Dossar's Foot Play goals
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by aperson (Post 4651098)
Damn your October progress is really nice. Sorry to hear about the crack putting a temporary hold in your sessions. Make sure to get in some running, rowing, or biking so you don't fall out of form.

The panel arrived yesterday and I'm going to install it later today! According to Kyle lexan material should not break that easily, especially with how I step. I was given a replacement part.

aperson 10-26-2018 07:52 PM

Re: Dossar's Foot Play goals
 
you should try some distance running in windows of ITG downtime/low motivation. I've been really surprised at how good of cross training they are for each other.

aperson 11-2-2018 07:12 PM

Re: Dossar's Foot Play goals
 
check out magnetic csp as another 17 that you may be able to 990k break on. It doesn't have any bullshit except some crossovers which you seem to be pretty solid at.

DossarLX ODI 11-3-2018 11:39 AM

Re: Dossar's Foot Play goals
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by aperson (Post 4655302)
check out magnetic csp as another 17 that you may be able to 990k break on. It doesn't have any bullshit except some crossovers which you seem to be pretty solid at.

The 24th trills and 12th jacks give me a hard time unfortunately.

DossarLX ODI 11-3-2018 08:22 PM

Re: Dossar's Foot Play goals
 
October 2018 Reflection

October 2018 Goals
- Continue maintaining a good state of the pad: get a riser frame, check the sensors regularly
- Play every 2-3 days
- Get down to 145 pounds
- Play 200 BPM in at least half the sessions
- Break 90 on several 14s

A lot of weird pad stuff happened this month. I had to adjust the wheels a couple of times and the down panel broke (I was sent a replacement, thanks Kyle Ward :) ). I was able to install a 1/8" riser frame and adjust the up and right arrows a bit, although I've noticed that the up and right arrow have some particularly interesting issues:
- The up arrow is for some reason undersensitive in the bottom-right corner (important corner, go figure)
- The right arrow is good on the outside, but the inner edge requires to be hit a certain way to register (important edge, go figure)

For now it looks like the pad should be in a playable state, but I'm expecting to have to work on the up and right arrows more this month. Some sessions the right arrow was so bad that it would give 20 or more misses during a song while the other panels would give zero or a few.

I did manage to get down to 147 pounds, so even though it's not the 145 goal, it's still a good step forward considering how much my weight fluctuates.

The 200 BPM goal didn't work out as much as I hoped due to pad issues, although I did try out some DDR songs like Anti-Matter CSP 18.

I'm going to take away the play every 2-3 days goal and just go by that I'll try to play as often as I can without making it stressful. The aim is still every two days as much as I can.

I did break 90 on the two 14s I got videos of on October 1st, but nothing after that.

What really stood out to me for October was my DDR A accomplishments. On October 20th I got the following:
- First Single 18 950,000 break (Max 360 ESP 18)
- Another Doubles 18 Pass (Paranoia Revolution EDP 18)
- Two new ESP 16 AAAs (Life is Beautiful and Wadatsumi)
- Fascination Maxx CSP 18 double digit greats and single digit misses

As a result, I'll have goals for DDR A mixed in this time. I of course still have a focus of improving stamina and speed, which should lead to accomplishing the DDR A goals. What'll make the DDR A goals harder is that on public DDR machines, the pads are not modded so there are more misses and greats that result from trying to play similarly on my pad.

November 2018 Goals
- Get down to 145 pounds
- DDR A: Break 990k on several more 16s
- DDR A: Break 900k on more 18s, and break 950k on another 18
- DDR A: Break 970k on several 17s (Be a Hero and Saber Wing Headshot come into mind)

DossarLX ODI 11-16-2018 09:09 PM

Re: Dossar's Foot Play goals
 
Updated the score post with my November 14th session which was the best ITG session for this month. I fell on my left knee this morning from slippery ice so I'm going to take it easy and possibly start again on Sunday.

DossarLX ODI 11-25-2018 06:20 PM

Re: Dossar's Foot Play goals
 
An incredible number of my goals were accomplished visiting the Maine R1 location yesterday.

Summary
- Got my first 970k breaks on 17s
- Got my first 950k breaks on two other 18s that were not MAX 360
- Got my first 970k break on two 18s (MAX 360 ESP 18, Astrogazer CSP 18)
- First PFC set
- First AAA set with all songs 15 or higher
- First PFC above a 14, skipping 15 (Life is beautiful ESP 16)
- Most PFCs I've gotten in one session
- Several new 12 PFCs and a 13 PFC (xenon ESP 13)
- Great Full Combo a chart on 0.5x speed modifier (bag)
- Great Full Combo a chart on 0.25x speed modifier (Sana Mollete Ne Ente)


Longer List of New Accomplisments

New 15 AAAs
- Romancing Layer ESP 15 (Didn't register a score before today, but got 1 great, RIP)
- Remain ESP 15
- ACE FOR ACES ESP 15
- Endorphin ESP 15 (greatrushed the end)
- Legend of Max ESP 15
- Schrodinger's cat ESP 15

New 16 AAAs
- out of focus CSP 16
- Chinese Snowy Dance ESP 16
- MAX 300 Super Max Me Mix CSP 16
- Nageki no ki ESP 16
- Paranoia Survivor Max CSP 16 (lost my footing after the crossover runs from a brainfart, but still got it)

New 16 PFCs
- Life is beautiful ESP 16

New 17 970k breaks
- Saber Wing Headshot CSP 17 (982,250)
- Be a Hero! ESP 17 (976,090)
- Emera CSP 17 (979,980) (I used 2.5x speed modifier this run, if I use higher this will be much better)

New 18 900k breaks
- Paranoia Hades CSP 18 (918,120) (the misses hurt the score quite a bit but the great count was much lower)

New 18 950k breaks
- Astrogazer CSP 18 (971,670)
- Come to Life CSP 18 (955,050)


Pictures
Click the spoiler below to see the score pictures.

PFC set and AAA set above 15





Other 12-13 PFCs








New 15 AAAs











And below is an improvement from a previous AAA:



New 16 AAAs












New 16 PFC




New 17 970k breaks








New 18 900k breaks




New 18 950k breaks





And then this was an improvement from the previous 950k break on MAX 360:



Videos






aperson 11-28-2018 11:10 PM

Re: Dossar's Foot Play goals
 
holy shit what a session. sounds like you're breaking into ddr really well. AAAing PSMO is gross lmao

DossarLX ODI 11-29-2018 07:00 PM

Re: Dossar's Foot Play goals
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by aperson (Post 4658564)
holy shit what a session. sounds like you're breaking into ddr really well. AAAing PSMO is gross lmao

What I found was that slightly increasing my speed modifier and hitting slightly later landed better accuracy results.

Also I usually only go to the Round 1 locations once a month, so the playing on my SMX pad in between is meant to help me improve between those sessions. Next time I'm thinking of playing more 18s, and possibly passing a 19. The two I have in mind are Valkyrie Dimension or Egoism 440; these are going to be harder on the arcade pads vs. my home setup.

DossarLX ODI 12-2-2018 01:25 PM

Re: Dossar's Foot Play goals
 
Below is the last session of November that was done at the Taunton, MA Round 1 location.


Summary
- bag 0.25x speed modifier pass
- Got another level 18 950k break (Fascination Maxx CSP 18)
- Couple more level 18 900k breaks
- First level 15 PFC (Romancing Layer)
- More level 15 AAAs
- More level 16 AAAs (some were really surprising like MAX Period)
- Another 15+ AAA set


Longer List of New Accomplisments
Slow speed modifiers
- bag 0.25x speed modifier pass

New 15 PFC
- Romancing Layer ESP 15 (also was the first song of the day!)

New 15 AAAs
- Vanquish The Ghost ESP 15
- Rensen ryouran CSP 15
- roppongi EVOLVED ver.B ESP 15

New 16 AAAs
- MAX.(period) ESP 16 (9 greats FC)
- Monkey Business CSP 16 (6 greats FC)
- MAXX UNLIMITED ESP 16 (8 greats 1 good FC)

15 improvements
- In Between ESP 15 (1 great, RIP)

16 improvements
- ANNIVERSARY ESP 16 (1 great 1 miss)
- Astrogazer ESP 16 (4 greats FC)

New 18 900k breaks
I can do better on both of these, but still worth mentioning.
- Possession CSP 18 (908,770) (lost steam at the end and dumped like 20 misses, RIP)
- Schrodinger's Cat CSP 18 (910,440) (similar to Possession, also lost steam at the end)

New 18 950k breaks
- Fascination Maxx CSP 18 (954,520)


Pictures
Click the spoiler below to see the score pictures.

Slow speed modifiers
Note this was 0.25x, video at the bottom


New 15 PFC


AAA set


New 15 AAAs




15 improvements


New 16 AAAs




16 improvements



New 18 900k breaks



New 18 950k breaks



Videos

bag 0.25x speed modifier pass

DossarLX ODI 12-3-2018 07:33 PM

Re: Dossar's Foot Play goals
 
Yesterday was an excellent last visit to Taunton R1 before my two week California trip!

Summary
- First level 17 AAA
- bag 0.5x speed modifier AAA
- Several new level 18 950k breaks
- 18 improvements (e.g. Near FC on Max 360 ESP 18)
- Paranoia Survivor Max Challenge 4 greats FC


Longer List of New Accomplisments
New 17 AAA
- SABER WING (Akira Ishihara Headshot mix) CSP 17 AAA - 994,240

Slow speed modifiers
- bag 0.5x speed modifier AAA

16 improvements
- Paranoia Survivor Max Challenge 4 greats FC

18 improvements
- Near FC on Max 360 ESP 18 - 979,660
- Endymion ESP 18 - 860,120
- Valkyrie Dimension ESP 18 - 924,010

New 18 950k breaks
- Paranoia Hades CSP 18 - 952,270
- Healing-D-Vision CSP 18 - 952,360
- Maxx Unlimited X-Special CSP 18 - 969,010


Pictures
Click the spoiler below to see the score pictures.

Slow speed modifiers
The video makes more sense for this score (see bottom of this post).


New 17 AAA


16 improvements


18 improvements




New 18 950k breaks





Videos

bag 0.5x speed modifier AAA


SABER WING (Akira Ishihara Headshot mix) CSP 17 AAA


Near FC on Max 360 ESP 18


Paranoia Hades CSP 18


Healing-D-Vision CSP 18


Maxx Unlimited X-Special CSP 18

DossarLX ODI 12-15-2018 05:31 PM

Re: Dossar's Foot Play goals
 
On December 13th (Thursday) Seth, myself, and a few others went to the Round 1 in Puente Hills. While they did require shoes, I was able to borrow fitkicks for this session and did much better than I originally anticipated.

Summary
- Second 15 PFC (In Between)
- 18 improvements: 950k break on NGO, 970k break on Maxx Unlimited X-Special
- Deadball PFC (this is a tricky 13 to time, it's swing based)
- A few other 13 PFCs
- Other improvements on 15s and 16s

Pictures
Click the spoiler below to see the score pictures.


Second 15 PFC (In Between)


18 improvements




Deadball PFC


A few other 13 PFCs






Other improvements on 15s and 16s








DossarLX ODI 12-24-2018 12:57 AM

Re: Dossar's Foot Play goals
 
Saturday (December 22nd) was the first time I used skinners for a full DDR session. They're definitely the best shoes I've used for dance games, as they feel similar to socks but have more grip so it also is a solution to me not playing doubles barefoot. It was the last Round 1 session I had at Puente Hills before going back from my California trip.

It's worth noting this is the first DDR session that the ingame calorie counter broke 2,000 calories. (Below run was playing Paranoia Survivor on 0.25x speedmod with flat) .

Summary

For Singles:
- Two new 17 980k breaks
- Played more 18s with some improvements
- More 16 improvements and AAAs
- Some more 15 improvements and lower level PFCs

For Doubles:
- First PFC (Holic EDP 11)
- First 15 AAA (got two)
- Improvement on Paranoia Revolution EDP 18
- 970k break on a doubles 16

Pictures
Click the spoiler below to see the score pictures and the descriptions.

Singles

Two new 17 980k breaks
Finally broke 980k on Pursuer and almost got the AAA on Rising Fire Hawk. I think Rising Fire Hawk could be my next potential 17 AAA.





Played more 18s with some improvements
Lots of 18s this session. NGO was upped from 952k, and Maxx Unlimited X-Special was upped to almost 980k. Tohoku Evolved and Cosy Catastrophe could be a 950k break in the near future. Pluto The First was also a good run since I FC'd most of the chart from the beginning to the middle.























More 16 improvements and AAAs
Finally got an AAA on Vanessa and Illegal Functional Call (both being FCs). Ishtar was a major improvement from my previous 974k score, getting close to an AAA (the shock arrows are really easy to hit in that one). Happy Lucky Yeappy is a pain and I was surprised to have FC'd it this session. Also glad to finally have I'm So Happy FC'd even though I could work on lowering the greatcount (the runningmen patterns force a jack).











Some more 15 improvements and lower level PFCs
Finally cleaned up Max 300 to be an AAA and got Endorphin down to an SDG FC. drizzleRomanceGirl picked Marisa Stole The Precious Thing and I got a sightread PFC, so that was nice.











Doubles

First PFC
My first doubles PFC was Holic EDP 11 this session.



First 15 AAAs
Got two 15 AAAs this session, also being my first doubles 15 AAAs.





Improvement on Paranoia Revolution EDP 18
Previous score was a low 800k barefoot pass, then with skinners upped to 880k.



970k break on a doubles 16
Improved PSMO from below 950k to a 970k break.



DossarLX ODI 01-13-2019 02:12 PM

Re: Dossar's Foot Play goals
 
This was the first DDR A session of 2019, done at the Maine Mall. (January 5th)

Summary

Work towards 18 clear lamp
- Elemental Creation CSP, Pluto Relinquish CSP, Trip Machine Evolution CSP, MAX Period CSP

New 16 AAAs
- Chaos Terror Tech Mix ESP 16
- Another Phase CSP 16

17 improvements
- deltaMAX CSP 17 963k => 969k
- Pursuer ESP 17 980k => 981k (lol)

18 improvements
- NGO CSP 18 966k => 969k
- Pluto The First CSP 18 922k => 928k

Doubles 18s
- Fascination Maxx CDP 18 pass
- Mei CDP 18 improvement (around 40k)


Pictures
Click the spoiler below to see the score pictures.

Work towards 18 clear lamp
Only going to include Elemental Creation CSP 18 picture in here, but this score is an example of how much fast trills screw me over. On the patterns that were more spread out I was PFCing or getting 1 great on them, and then the trills would come and I'd get misses and dump more greats.


New 16 AAAs




17 improvements





18 improvements





Doubles 18s




DossarLX ODI 01-13-2019 02:36 PM

Re: Dossar's Foot Play goals
 
November 2018 Reflection

November 2018 Goals
- Get down to 145 pounds
- DDR A: Break 990k on several more 16s
- DDR A: Break 900k on more 18s, and break 950k on another 18
- DDR A: Break 970k on several 17s (Be a Hero and Saber Wing Headshot come into mind)

This is really more of a November-December reflection since I was gone to California for two weeks in December. I'm also taking a break from dance games right now, and looking to start getting back into the routine of things in around a week.

All of the November 2018 Goals were accomplished over the two month period except for the weight goal. The weight goal is going to be adjusted. While I haven't been going down to 145, I have been staying around the low 150s range. From today I was 151; the idea is to make sure all my current clothes fit nicely, and that I feel more comfortable physically (which is what I found 145 to be the ideal weight for).

I'm going to focus mostly on the DDR A accomplishments to list what I totally did not expect. Some of them were the 950k breaks I got on some 18s, the new PFCs on 15+, getting a first level 17 AAA, and more. I didn't list all of them here, although this gives an idea of how I can look forward to more improvement. :)

New highest PFC: 16
- Life is Beautiful ESP 16 (11/24/18)

First 15 PFCs
- Romancing Layer ESP 15 (12/2/18)
- IN BETWEEN ESP 15 (12/15/18)

First 17 AAA
- Saber Wing Headshot CSP 17 (12/2/18)

A lot more 16 AAAs
- out of focus CSP 16 (11/24/18)
- Chinese Snowy Dance ESP 16 (11/24/18)
- MAX 300 Super Max Me Mix CSP 16 (11/24/18)
- Nageki no ki ESP 16 (11/24/18)
- Paranoia Survivor Max CSP 16 (11/24/18)
- MAX.(period) ESP 16 (12/2/18)
- Monkey Business CSP 16 (12/2/18)
- MAXX UNLIMITED ESP 16 (12/2/18)
- Paranoia Respect ESP 16 (12/15/18)
- VANESSA ESP 16 (12/22/18)
- Illegal Functional Call ESP 16 (12/22/18)
- Chaos Terror Tech Mix ESP 16 (1/5/19)
- Another Phase CSP 16 (1/5/19)

New 18 950k+ breaks
- Paranoia Hades CSP 18 - 952,270
- Healing-D-Vision CSP 18 - 952,360
- Maxx Unlimited X-Special CSP 18 - 978,700
- Fascination Maxx CSP 18 - 956,090
- NGO CSP 18 - 969,700

First Doubles PFC
- Holic EDP 11

First Doubles 15 AAAs
- Another Phase EDP 15
- MAX 300 EDP 15


Now my focus should include improvement on speeds 180 and higher. Going for a 15 on ITG right now isn't a good idea just yet until my speed is more consistent.

February 2019 Goals
- Stay in the lower 150s weight range or below
- Pass more ITG 13s and 14s that are 180 BPM or above
- Pass more of the remaining 18s for the 18 clear lamp
- Pass a 19 on DDR A

DossarLX ODI 02-2-2019 05:06 PM

Re: Dossar's Foot Play goals
 
February 1st, 2019 will be known as the day I passed my first 19s :)

This was a hard session and I was pleasantly surprised by the results. With a nasty charley horse at 3 AM on Thursday, I skipped Thursday and just rested so I could try to haul on Friday.

Summary
19 passes
- Over the Period CSP 19 (801,190)
- Valkyrie Dimension CSP 19 (827,550)

18 980k break
- Max 360 ESP 18 (983,120)

18 FC
- Fascination Maxx CSP 18 (970,510)

New 16 AAAs
- DDR Megamix CSP 16 (990,250)

17s
- Dopamine ESP 17 life4 clear (972,050)
- Love is the Space War CSP 17 980k break (981,020)
- Be a Hero ESP 17 980k break near AAA (987,540)

18 improvements
- Fascination eternal love mix CSP 18 => (929,420)
- Trip Machine Evolution CSP 18 => (919,100)

Pictures
Click the spoiler below to see the score pictures.

19 passes




18 980k break


18 FC


New 16 AAAs


17s






18 improvements




DossarLX ODI 02-11-2019 06:16 PM

Re: Dossar's Foot Play goals
 
February 9th, 2019: Second trip to Maine R1 location of the year. I noticed the left and up arrows were much less sensitive than the pads in Taunton, MA so I was noticeably getting more misses on harder charts. I still managed to snag my second 17 AAA this day however!

Summary
18 upscores
- MAXX Unlimited X-Special CSP 18 => (979,120)

Second 17 AAA
- Pursuer ESP 17 => (991,350)

17 upscores
- Reach The Sky, Without You => (974,130)
- Dopamine => (979,170)

15/16 upscores
- ACE FOR ACES ESP 15 SDG FC => (993,560)
- Illegal Function Call ESP 16 SDG FC => (995,130)

Video Scores
- bag 0.25x - AA (933,570)
- Vanquish The Ghost [left] - AAA (990,010)

Pictures
Click the spoiler below to see the score pictures.

18 upscores


Second 17 AAA


17 upscores




15/16 upscores





Videos
Vanquish The Ghost [left] - AAA (990,010)


bag 0.25x - AA (933,570)

DossarLX ODI 03-3-2019 09:33 AM

Re: Dossar's Foot Play goals
 
March 2nd is the ITG session that marks my first exotic ethnic 2.0x rate pass! Today was also an excellent day for crossover patterns, as I cleaned up scores on two other songs that I had below 80% passes on from years ago (Old Skool Luv and Max 300).

Scores






Videos
exotic ethnic Heavy 2.0x rate - 76.56% pass
Part I A - Max 300 (Challenge) [93.32%]
Part I A - Old Skool Luv (Challenge) [94.72%]

aperson 04-25-2019 09:54 PM

Re: Dossar's Foot Play goals
 
hey bud how's pad goin

DossarLX ODI 04-27-2019 06:51 PM

Re: Dossar's Foot Play goals
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by aperson (Post 4672372)
hey bud how's pad goin

Did a large update on the second post, and April 13th was my hardest DDR session to date (details below!)

April 13th
This was my hardest DDR session yet. It was predominantly 18s and 19s, with some awesome highlights:
- 970k break on NGO CSP 18
- Massive improvement on Over The Period ESP 18
- First 19 860k break, both on Valkyrie Dimension and Over The Period 19s
- Passing Valkyrie Dimension CSP 19 three times in a row, marking my first set of entirely 19s.

18s









19s






DossarLX ODI 05-12-2019 07:22 PM

Re: Dossar's Foot Play goals
 
May 4th

Got a Maine Round 1 trip with my friends. I've come to the conclusion that the Maine R1 pads aren't as good for bracketing as the Round 1 Taunton pads, so it's harder to play in socks.

I did manage to pass a set of 3 double 18s in a row this time around. I was VERY close to failing on Trigger's 18; that ending is way harder than it looks.

Also got a new 17 AAA (Rising Fire Hawk), Boss Rush AAA, and a new 15 PFC!

Doubles 18s








Singles AAAs






PFCs




Singles 18s
First full playthrough of Schrodinger's Cat CSP 18 after unlocking it.



May 11th
First hard ITG session in a while. Most of it was 13s and 14s. I ended up getting almost a 7% improvement on Crush, got my first pass on Silence 1.3 rate (68 measures of simple 182 stream), and my first pass on Granite. I was so gassed after Granite, although it was a good 80 minute session (first half was 10-12s).






DossarLX ODI 05-27-2019 07:23 PM

Re: Dossar's Foot Play goals
 
May 27th
I was on a bit of a hiatus since my last ITG session, although today's session was a nice surprise. I'll have passing an ITG 15 by end of June a goal.

This session started off slower with a previous 10-12 songlist, and then I jumped into 13s and higher for the rest of it. It's worth noting that:
- I upscored Calamity Fortune from my October 1st, 2018 fluke run! (92.33% to 93.89%)
- FC on Be Lovin', with my previous score being an 89.41% on September 11th, 2018.

What was nice about this session was that I played several 200 BPM songs that weren't just Calamity Fortune. Getting a better hang of 200 made Be Lovin' feel so much more manageable.








DossarLX ODI 07-7-2019 01:16 PM

Re: Dossar's Foot Play goals
 
June sessions

June 1st
Had another Round 1 Maine Mall trip on June 1st, and had some nice 18 upscores and registered passes on Anti-Matter and 888 (previously had no score on them).














June 10th
Pretty good ITG session today in preparation for my first 15.

June 11th
The day of my first ITG 15 pass! In addition to it being a Pendulum 15, it was also the day of my first Pendulum 14 star.





Videos for the above two:










June 18th
Got 15 passes #2 and #3 today (although Thursday is debatable). Also got Thursday on video!







Above picture is to give an idea of how much better the score could have been if the up arrow bottom right corner wasn't giving so many misses.



June 22nd
Today I cleared the remaining 18s needed to get an 18 folder clear lamp! :D

Also broke 980k on Max 300 X-Special and broke a new personal record for used calories count in a single Round 1 session (that's what the Drop Out picture is).







June 25th
I got two more Pendulum 15s! I met my goal of three Pendulum 15s earlier than anticipated so this was nice. I like the idea of "Haulin' Tuesday" :)





This means that I currently have five 15 passes (although Thursday is arguably a higher 14). It's nice to start getting into 15s on a more consistent basis now, even if I haven't been playing as much as I want.

DossarLX ODI 07-7-2019 01:21 PM

Re: Dossar's Foot Play goals
 
These are my summer goals for DDR and ITG.

July 2019 Goals
DDR:
- Normal clear lamp on all 18s*
- Break 980k on another 18
- Pass Egoism 440 CSP 19

ITG:
- Pass 10 total 15s, with at least three of them being from the Pendulum pack**

* I had this goal before my June 22nd session, which I got the 18 clear lamp.
** I currently have 7 out of 10 ITG 15 passes, with three Pendulum passes. Hold Your Colour, Girl In The Fire, and Axle Grinder SX 15.

July 2nd
Got two new 15 passes. This is the most 165 I've done in any session. That 100 measure run in Aggressive 201 was incredibly brutal.





Up arrow could definitely be better, but I'm managing. Getting closer to the ten 15s goal by end of July!

One Winged Angel 07-8-2019 08:07 PM

Re: Dossar's Foot Play goals
 
nice Anniversary my dude, I'm also hoping to have the 18s lamped by the end of July but been focusing more on green lamping the 14s

also fuck 888 CSP

DossarLX ODI 07-10-2019 03:42 PM

Re: Dossar's Foot Play goals
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by One Winged Angel (Post 4684600)
nice Anniversary my dude, I'm also hoping to have the 18s lamped by the end of July but been focusing more on green lamping the 14s

also fuck 888 CSP

On a DDR A20 cabinet, the full 18 folder can be played on normal life difficulty if I remember correctly. That should help a lot (it certainly did for me).

Got five 15 passes in Monday's session; I was really surprised. This means I have met my July goal of ten total ITG 15 passes! I am currently at 12.

Specifically the order of the 15s were
#1 - [6/11/19] Hold Your Colour
#2 - [6/18/19] Blue Army
#3 - [6/18/19] Thursday
#4 - [6/25/19] Axle Grinder
#5 - [6/25/19] Girl in the Fire
#6 - [7/2/19] Engage
#7 - [7/2/19] Aggressive 201 - Original Mix -
#8 - [7/8/19] Stigma
#9 - [7/8/19] Crash Test
#10 - [7/8/19] Horizon
#11 - [7/8/19] Outer Limits
#12 - [7/8/19] Pandemonium

Monday's session is in the spoiler below.

Stigma was 15 #8, Crash Test was 15 #9, and Horizon was 15 #10. Went for two other Crossover Spectrum 15s afterwards. Pandemonium marked the end of today's set. Definitely was something else -- this is the most 15s I've passed in one session.





#10 right here






This is a celebratory video I made for the ten ITG 15 passes. :D

DossarLX ODI 07-15-2019 06:34 PM

Re: Dossar's Foot Play goals
 
On July 11th I got my first 16 pass (Lights) a month after my first 15 pass (Hold Your Colour). Also got First Remote, which is a nice crossover-based streaming chart from Spooty Biscuit that was available in a previous tournament pack.

It's also worth noting this is the first time I got single digit greats and double digit excellents on Calamity Fortune.














DossarLX ODI 07-20-2019 05:25 PM

Re: Dossar's Foot Play goals
 
July 17 and 19
Starting to slowly build into 16s! Wednesday and Friday were some nice hauling sessions and I'm combining them into this one post. Currently I am at three total 16s passed.

Twenty Four Seven is the first 16 pass where I have not screamed.

Up arrow panel bottom right corner is definitely not playing nice with me, but I'm managing. Right panel also needed adjustment after Red Mist.

15s




16s




Videos







lukestepwalker 10-18-2019 11:49 AM

Re: Dossar's Foot Play goals
 
hmmm You're pretty good. we have around the same score on healing D vision 👍

lukestepwalker 10-18-2019 11:53 AM

Re: Dossar's Foot Play goals
 
And I think you can do better on FeLM

Your Fascination Maxx 970k is really good on csp
FeLm is easier

DossarLX ODI 03-25-2020 07:02 PM

Re: Dossar's Foot Play goals
 
So it's been a while since I've posted in this thread. In the summer some time in August I damaged my heel and it took more than a month to recover to a proper playing state, and I also burned out from focusing too much on stamina. There were some occasional Round 1 DDR sessions I had, and some notable scores were:
- Two more DDR 18 980k breaks (Come to Life and Maxx Unlimited X-Special)
- Bye Bye Baby Balloon Crossover Spectrum 0 greats
- For FFR Crossover Spectrum pass (first crossover 16)

Come to Life


Bye Bye Baby Balloon 0 greats


For FFR pass


Recent sessions
After a long dance game hiatus, my first home session on Wednesday March 18th I aimed for a Valkyrie dimension Challenge ITG pass. It's harder to pass on ITG due to ComboToRegainLife (you can hit a few notes but gain no life, which is very important on harder charts). You can see the video here:


I also passed Bad Maniacs SX 14 from Crossover Spectrum II in yesterday's session for the first time, and focused only on 190 BPM and above. I passed Calamity Fortune SX 14 (200 BPM) four times, failed the fifth run, and played Bad Maniacs to finish my set. It was an 81.60% and I'm aiming to do better on that in the future.

Current goals
Play twice a week on my home setup and focus on 190-200 BPM. I played a lot of 170-180 last year and I want to maintain higher speeds.

lukestepwalker 03-25-2020 07:18 PM

Re: Dossar's Foot Play goals
 
That Come to Life is very nice with only two missed!
Those crossovers murder me lol

DossarLX ODI 03-28-2020 09:23 PM

Re: Dossar's Foot Play goals
 
March 26th/Thursday is the most water weight I've lost in a home session (3 pounds) and was 2 and a half hours long. The first 45 minutes was tweaking the pads while also trying to warm up.

DDRStream new 98s




On a different note: I'm going to aim for a 96 on this in the future.



Crossover Spectrum Stars







New Crossover Spectrum 14



DDRStream PostSupernova passes above 180 BPM
This was a reminder of how I need to improve on 180 and above (hence the goal I put into place); also that I haven't been actively playing, so it'll be good to get back into the swing of things again.





Videos
Squeeze SX 13 - 98.20%
Splash Gold SX 13 - 98.24%
District of the Shadows 94.69%
Run to the Hills (Challenge) [91.08%]
Death Egg Zone (Challenge) [96.64%]
Inner City Trash (Challenge) [96.56%]

lukestepwalker 07-25-2020 02:11 PM

Re: Dossar's Foot Play goals
 
Parlance AAA - https://youtu.be/7YeNejTsEHI
Hey great job on the weight loss! I tried your packs and love them!


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