do you ever just play rhythm games in public

[ToonE156]

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school laptops in 9th grade

also, arcades exist

Despite how I got into rhythm games by playing them on my school iPad, I've only played a rhythm game in an arcade like twice before

[ToonE156]

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all the fingering and virgin jokes

Should i be glad that no ones ever told me those jokes IRL

[Funnygurl555]

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school SoundCloud rapper

lmao

ayy good for u tho

[ositzxz369]

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does Public Indecency count as a rhythm game?

[barfood]

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Not only did I play files in public, I was even stepping charts in the library. Idgaf!

[gold stinger]

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tl;dr - i played rhythm game at school and made people go wow :0

All the people that go 'wow :0' are keepers as friends, all the people that go 'you just memorized the whole thing' & 'I can do that after some practice' or 'naw you're hacking/cheating' are not.

Heads up advice from someone that also did this in school.

[Shadow_God_10]

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I remember playing on the bus. Wasn't comfortable at all but no one really noticed.

I've also charted a couple files on the subway to/from work + while at work

[ToonE156]

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All the people that go 'wow :0' are keepers as friends, all the people that go 'you just memorized the whole thing' & 'I can do that after some practice' or 'naw you're hacking/cheating' are not.

Heads up advice from someone that also did this in school.

I dont even get how people think like this. Like, you REALLY expect me to memorize a freaking JS file??? It's not impossible to memorize a easier map (ahem piguy314159) but for stuff closer to a person's skill level its nearly impossible

bitch i cant even remember what i had for lunch yesterday do you really expect me to remember a whole chart

And why the heck would anybody try to hack on FFR or SM???????? It's a waste of time

[Matthia]

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Played in school computer lab like once or twice, just got reactions that are nothing out of the ordinary, the usual 'wow that is insane' or 'he is really good at that game'. Reactions coming from the internet though is skewed in such a way that seems to lead into mostly joking around about it or coming up with an unoriginal humorous comment that grabs more attention, because the system(s) incentivizes people to do such (farming youtube likes/reddit upvotes/etc.) will reward them and make their responses float to the top of the comment section, leaving the rest (some of which may be 'ordinary reactions' like the ones I got in the computer lab) lost in the ocean of comments

[FFP_D0pey]

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ive had fun reading these stories lol also arcades dont count grrr

[Dynam0]

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Here's how my messed up brain works:

Doing anything in public means you're putting on a performance. You're putting yourself out there to be judged by an audience. It's for this reason that I usually avoid playing in front of people, unless I feel it's the right audience or occasion.

I'm imagining a viral video of a man sitting at a piano in a busy mall struggling through chopsticks or something and people are pointing and giggling at him... and then without warning.... *DUN* he bangs out the opening chord to Chopin's Revolutionary Etude, and as his left hand dances down the keys the giggles quickly turn into gasps. Before long a crowd has gathered, cell phones are out and recording the event. Then just as the final notes ring out the man's smile lights up triumphantly and the whole crowd erupts into raucous applause!!

Man would I love to be alive for something similar to happen with a rhythm gamer...I think we're a long ways off there lol


Another example: talent show, there's varying levels of success here I'd say, which is impressive for a video game imo

Try substituting other video games in place of rhythm games for this. Are there any other games that people would find more entertaining to watch at a high level than a rhythm game? The only one that comes to mind for me is Tetris.

[evanescence_death4ever]

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It's always interesting when you have a cab that isn't at an arcade (for example, the cab in this video used to be at a bar/restaurant that had a video game focus, then was moved to an "esports" place).

Video of me playing an ITG (in the groove) 13. ~four panel dance game ~

When it was at the bar (years ago), I would spend 15ish hours a week there (not on busy nights), usually showing up in workout clothes, a towel, etc. If I ever went on an event night (cosplay night/halloween/nothing but clothes party), I would dress up (for example, nothing but clothes party night, I made an outfit out of a garbage bag & two ribbons, wore a silver wig, platforms, etc), no one would recognize me, and sometimes I'd get to challenge an unsuspecting fella to a vs game. Let's say that never went well for anyone else

(Video for reference, ITG 13, Vanishing Point)

By the way, I don't recommend playing dance games in a plastic bag. Very sweaty ^0^/

Below images for contrast to the normal "dance game player" look. Wore these things to the bar, still played dance games, fooled some unsuspecting folk

I guess if it's worth anything, my highest ITG pass is one 15, OceanLab Megamix, which is just 15 minutes straight of 140BPM 16ths. Other than that, I'd say I max at 14's. No where near my friends, not even competitive in the dance game scene, but I'm ok with that.

Anywho, people crowded around on the busy nights, but I usually went on slow nights, since I was just there to work out/eat tasty food. Goal for the norm wasn't to get extra attention, but of course you're going to get the "wtf wow how do your feet move so fast" factor. That said, usually people would just ask "wow how long have you been playing" and occasionally the drunk dude who would stand right next to the cab screen and be like WOAH OMG CAN YOU KEEP GOING IF I PUT MY HAND HERE.

Anywho, dance games -- thumbs up. Good stuff.

[evanescence_death4ever]

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Here's how my messed up brain works:

Doing anything in public means you're putting on a performance. You're putting yourself out there to be judged by an audience. It's for this reason that I usually avoid playing in front of people, unless I feel it's the right audience or occasion.

I'm imagining a viral video of a man sitting at a piano in a busy mall struggling through chopsticks or something and people are pointing and giggling at him... and then without warning.... *DUN* he bangs out the opening chord to Chopin's Revolutionary Etude, and as his left hand dances down the keys the giggles quickly turn into gasps. Before long a crowd has gathered, cell phones are out and recording the event. Then just as the final notes ring out the man's smile lights up triumphantly and the whole crowd erupts into raucous applause!!

Man would I love to be alive for something similar to happen with a rhythm gamer...I think we're a long ways off there lol


Another example: talent show, there's varying levels of success here I'd say, which is impressive for a video game imo

Try substituting other video games in place of rhythm games for this. Are there any other games that people would find more entertaining to watch at a high level than a rhythm game? The only one that comes to mind for me is Tetris.

I think for dance games *specifically* (not other rhythm games), your comparison to the piano/mall situation has happened, or could very likely be pulled off, if cabs were located in more "regular" spots.

For example, as I mentioned in my post, I trolled a few folks in a similar way (playing like level 3-4 in ITG with them in versus, kind of stumbling, missing notes), then picking an 11 next song (which, is not a high difficulty, but for someone who has never played dance games/or for a super casual, it's like throwing them back to when Max 300 was considered "hard").

That said, I wouldn't be surprised if friends (who play ITG 18's-25's...even the disgusting 26's), have trolled people in public similarly, as ITG cabs often were not exclusive to arcades (similar to finding random DDR cab's lying around).

[rushyrulz]

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I've drawn a crowd or two in my day

[Mahou]

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I think I did it a few times in high school but that was about it.

For the most part, I really hate doing things that draw attention to myself in public.