Dossar's ITG Progress Thread

[DossarLX ODI]

A group of friends got a machine up and running in August and since then I've been making an effort to play ITG 1-2 times a week, usually on Friday and Sunday. This thread is meant to track my progress over time and some goals, although I consider it a major milestone with my speed setback that I'm finally getting closer to 14s (12 to 13 was bullshit, ugh).

I've found I have two very major weaknesses:
- Speed
- Jacks (Pendulum patterns are death, they're filled with these and trills)

Current Goals:

October
- Get a solid 14 pass DONE 10/5/16
- Pass Hold Your Colour (Bipolar Vocal Mix) DONE 10/16/16
- Pass Granite
- Pass Oceanlab Megamix
- Pass exotic ethnic 1.8 rate (I got to the last 5 notes and failed twice in a row, but this is within reach relatively soon)

Now on to the start of the thread with the September 25th session.

Normal Rate

This is an 11.






Solid double star on 155 stamina, probably more like a hard 12 though. 42 measures of 155


First true 12 FEC, not counting Yozora No Muko Hard from DDRStream PreSupernova.


It's ridiculous to feel the difference at 180 BPM. I drop really fast after 170. I almost passed Be Lovin' in a previous session; I got around halfway through the last stream before failing (that one is 185).


This was from September 18th. Not sure if this is actually a 14, but I'm biased because anything decently fast is going to be harder on my end. Breakdown is 32-48/48 at 150 BPM. On another note, I lasted 318 measures into the 512 measure run in Oceanlab Megamix before my back decided to crap out.

Rates

50 measures of 153


42 measures of 170


68 measures of 168. This is my best pass to date -- death screams at 1:45 and 2:05.


32 measures of 167

[TC_Halogen]

Motherfucker, 42 measures of 155 is NOT a 12, fuck you. D:

Go trash Ala Rosso (14) from Cirque du Zeppelin already. And actually, a long term goal since you seem to find those mid-speeds so low: after you get your bearings on that mid-160 area, go pass Aggressive 201 (15). Pssst: it's got 100+ measures of unbroken run at the end.

You've got some good skill on low-speed stamina, maaaaaan. We need to trade for a day just to see the kind of damage that each other can do. On another note, you're almost making me want to make a thread for something similar to this since I've been playing quite a bit of ITG lately (prior to a few weeks ago, I'd only played once in three months, whereas I've had four sessions in the last 6 days).

[TC_Halogen]

So, I'm gonna bump your thread with this, because this is also a goal of mine at the moment -- I have no doubt that you'll get to it before me, but I think this something that is within your range because of how good you are at this tempo:

Download:


13 - Big Sky (Agnelli / Nelson Remix) (You're Streaming Even More)
13 - Mindful Whiteglow Vocal Mix (Disbalance 2)
13 - Summertime (2013 mix) (You're Streaming Forever)
13 - In And Out Of Love (Kenny Hayes Blue Sphere Remix) (You're Streaming Again)
13 - Magic Waters (Trancemania 2)
13 - Programmed Sun (You're Streaming Again)
13 - M.O.N.I. (Barcoda Project Remix) (Trancemania)
13 - Cold Leaf (Vocajawnz)

all in a row, no break aside from the time it takes to transition to and from songs. This course is considered a 16 as a whole (probably more of a 15); it's like 45 minutes of play, and a huge amount of it is just 16th streaming at low tempo.

[DossarLX ODI]

Today started out aggravating being stuck at <150 BPM stamina, although after passing Max 300 Challenge from Crossover Spectrum my legs decided to actually move.

Crossover Spectrum Stuff

My friend Hyena recording didn't take a picture of it, although I passed Silence Medium with a 90.12

After passing this and Silence Medium, I went for Max 300. Video for Empty Garden can be found here.


This is my best pass from Crossover Spectrum to date. I'm done with Max 300 now. In the video I had the loudest scream out of any other file I've played, it's around 1:25 in.

Not Crossover Stuff

Fourth song in the session I think, this is part of my warmup routine.


I've found DDRStream Presupernova to help me ease into 170 along with 170 BPM Eternal.




Not as hard as Silence 1.2 (50 vs. 68 measures) although it's good to be able to do this consistently in every session.


Earlier in the session my legs didn't want to move anything faster than 150 but after passing Max 300 Challenge from Crossover Spectrum this happened. I tried Granite Challenge from Pendulum Act I and got halfway through the second to last stream of the song.


Requested from Halogen, the down arrow was a bit off at the time and was improved shortly after. I could probably try this another time and get a score with less misses; 51 misses were from the down arrow.

[DossarLX ODI]

Originally Posted by DossarLX ODI

Current Goals:

October
- Get a solid 14 pass

I got this today! First Pendulum 14 was Crush Challenge. I failed Hold Your Colour Bipolar Vocal Mix in the last run of the 14-14-14 ending. I won't be able to have another session until Tuesday next week and it'll be a short one as well.

10/5/16

This was a bit earlier in the session. I got into the swing of things pretty fast this time around.


First pass with a decent score for me. The breakdown is 16/21* of 184.


This is significantly better than my first pass on Sigma's machine.


First DDRStream PreSupernova 14 pass. The previous attempt a few weeks ago I failed halfway in the last stream; the breakdown is 24*-1-16 of 185.


The failed attempt at Hold Your Colour Bipolar Vocal Mix with me getting halfway through the last stream in the set of 14-14-14.


First Pendulum 14 Pass. I tried this after failing Hold Your Colour Bipolar Vocal Mix in the last stream.


I also managed to get Zanzibar Green Challenge from Crossover Spectrum Part II. Video Link

[DossarLX ODI]

Originally Posted by DossarLX ODI

Current Goals:

October
- Pass Hold Your Colour (Bipolar Vocal Mix)

After not playing for a week and a half I still managed to get this. I was close last time (halfway through the last 14 measure run) although this time I was more thoughtful in the 8th sections. I focused on deep, long breaths and was super lazy on the jumps which resulted in probably 10 extra misses to the score but I didn't want to end up failing in the same spot as last time.


Stats for the above score in terms of miss distribution. I've noticed I have a bit of a problem with right facing patterns.


I got this score before trying Hold Your Colour Bipolar Vocal Mix. It's my first star on a "14" ("14" in quotes because this does not feel like much of a 14, despite being 64 unbroken measures of 160 stream).


For a long time I'm focusing on stamina. 170 seems to be a good zone for me to continue with -- it's fast enough that I can keep up but not get aggravated. Hopefully sometime in the near future I can get Oceanlab Megamix, although my frequency of playing has dropped to once a week for now and I have my back to be concerned about (previous attempt was 318 measures in with my back making me stop, not my arms or legs).

[TC_Halogen]

I'm gonna yell at you again for your remarks on Endless Flyer. 64 measures at 160 is not under any stretch a 13. Take those goddamn quotes off before I shove them up your ass.

[shenjoku]

Geez you play some crazy shit o.o Anybody that can pass those crazy Pendulum charts deserves respect. GJ man.

[DossarLX ODI]

Originally Posted by TC_Halogen

I'm gonna yell at you again for your remarks on Endless Flyer. 64 measures at 160 is not under any stretch a 13. Take those goddamn quotes off before I shove them up your ass.

I'm super biased against anything that is 160 BPM or below with my speed issues. What I've noticed is:
- 140 BPM I can sustain for a few hundred measures if I really push
- 160 BPM, Endless Flyer is basically how much I can do before my accuracy tanks
- 170-175 BPM my accuracy worsens by quite a bit and my current limit is around 40 measures at once.
- 180-185 BPM, OUCH. Just 32 measures of this hurts really bad.
- 190+ BPM = rip

Determinator = 48 notes of jack-heavy 220 BPM stream = impossible

[DossarLX ODI]

So after not playing for two weeks I had a very surprising session yesterday. I wasn't able to get all my October goals, although I did acquire this one:

Originally Posted by DossarLX ODI

Current Goals:

October
- Pass Oceanlab Megamix

This is definitely my best stamina pass to date. My previous attempt on this was 318 measures in before my back totally destroyed my run. This time around my back was also hurting but not as much, so I could survive this time (and my legs/arms weren't hurting as bad).

By the end of this song my back hurt way more than anything. Around 350 measures in my arms and legs were surprisingly comfortable for how long I was streaming for.

OceanLab Megamix Video


Now on to some other stuff:

Single

File from TC_Halogen, breakdown is 71/16/16 of 158 BPM 16th stream with rude patterns.
Video Link


Second DDRStream PreSupernova 14. This is around 54 measures of 174 BPM stream, very painful.
Video Link



Double

Did not expect to FC this, especially so early in the session.


170 streaming on double is hard.


First DDR 18 on Double on ITG Life Difficulty!

[DossarLX ODI]

My frequency of playing has dropped to once a week so I don't really have any goals right now except to clear some more Crossover Spectrum 13s and keep passing stamina 14s. Some scores below are from the 11/20/2016 session.


Not Crossover Spectrum

Nobar, link to video


Nobar, link to video


SV3 chart from TC_Halogen with rude patterns. Link to video


Almost double-starred in this run, but that miss ruined it.



Crossover Spectrum

Today was pretty good for Crossover Spectrum. I'm clearing some more of the 13s (although some are really 14s, like Old Skool Luv Challenge).

Nobar, link to video


This crushed my previous score by over 10%. Link to video


First pass and it was also a 90 break! Link to video


Failed in the last long run, this is probably a mid 14.

[DossarLX ODI]

I haven't been playing ITG much although I'm picking up running for 2-3 times a week to stop a sedentary lifestyle. I'm slowly getting back into stamina again, although I got something pretty nice today for me: My first 11 star in the BemaniBeats series! In addition I got a lot of crossover spectrum stuff.

Video


Video




Video

[DossarLX ODI]

I surprised myself today with two 14 passes that I've gotten back in October 2016, but with a better score after not playing actively for a while. I've only been playing once a week and last week I was doing mid stamina 13s, so this was a bit of a shock.






Some other stuff:

Nice accuracy


I have lots of issues with speed, so the following are actually good passes for me. I still haven't passed Fascination eternal love mix Challenge.