18th OT
Posted on: June 28, 2025, at 09:15:22am

Unfortunately didn't have the time to get all the derustathon rewards, but that's fine.

My bracket (5) seems very diverse in skill I'd say.

I will note that I am sightreading every chart (that is, no looking at preview streams for my bracket)

Round 1: Avallonis (1419-149-0-0-0-0) (Sightread: 1-0-0-0)
Very nice warmup :) I forgot exactly where I got a good on my sightread but it was easy to run it back once I knew what to expect. Would've been funny to get it first try though.

Round 2: Rite On Time (1267-165-0-0-0-0) (Sightread: 3-0-0-3)
Unfortunate sightread but it's whatever. Nabbed it back quick enough. :)

Round 3: Metamorphose (i forgot the marv count but i AAA'd) (Sightread: 1-0-2-2)
Insanely mindblockable. Those hands kicked my ass at first and it took me a long while to be able to nail them. Not an easy AAA.

Round 4: Touk Touk (2235-271-0-0-0-1) (Sightread: 5-1-5-6)
This is where my weaknesses start, long files with plenty of stamina intensive sections. My sightread this time around was also without any warmup, so it's worse than usual.
More to come when the round ends or I AAA it (very doable!) Didn't have the time to get in the mood to play again to AAA it. It's AAA'd in spirit.
Note 275 or something is where I've mindblocked and I feel like I have to take a longer break from the game to reassess my capabilities for next round. Somewhat disappointed with this, but boos are fake and not real.

Round 5: Gaviscon (4-0-3-4) (Sightread: 11-2-2-11)
As soon as I saw Ruby My Dear being the artist for this round again I got spooked. Song is quite pleasant though, with *really* comfy streams in the intro where I can MA to heal my mental fortitude onto the rest of the file. More to come if I AAA or round end. Didn't have enough time to submit more scores.

Round 6: endleSSStation (Frums Shuuden Bootleg) (113-9-19-17) (Sightread: does it matter? lol)
Absolutely horrific ending to the tournament. The file picked was nearing pushing territory for me and I can't really do anything else in this game other than MA. The engine is also really really sucky to push on given boos are a thing and the feedback just isn't the same as Etterna's. Doesn't help that I wasn't in perfect shape when attempting this at the last day of the round... But overall I don't think I would've gotten a winning score anyway, file targets all my weak points :P

Final Placement: 5th

It's still better than I thought I'd do! Getting Top 8 was a win already, and the tourney itself was a lot of fun. Don't know if I'll participate next year but I'm glad I participated in at least one OT. :)

1. 1: nonyu
   Posted at 6:24am on June 29th, 2025

   epic AAA dash!!
   surprisingly, despite being 1 bracket higher, I can't AAA it, i'm stuck with 1 good 😭