/jp/ - Otaku Culture

I was at the arcade the other day watching some young-ish dudes play IIDX at a Japanese Round 1 in Niigata. One of them tried 8th Dan (but failed), so as a fellow 7th Dan-er I thought, what the heck... let's try it. Every time I try that course, gigadelic always destroys me, but maybe this time~ I thought.

The IIDX machine there had a video output that was connected to a monitor on the side, so I was watching them play for a bit.

A few minutes later, when they are finished playing, I decide to give it a go. Decided to use mirror, because rottel-da-sun. First and second stage weren't too bad since I had pretty much full health. Third stage hurt me a little bit, but I felt ready for gigadelic.

I kept messing up the rolls, and tried really hard to make it up with trying my best to hit every other note that wasn't in the roll. The ending was coming up and I was really doing the try-hard. I was not doing well, at all but I kept fighting through.

When the barrage of notes finally finished, I was in shock. Two percent. But I knew that I had to hit the last two notes, so I tried my best to keep my composure. This was exceptionally hard.

I heard voices over my headphones, but when I did it I silently cheered for my self. I look behind, and I saw that same group of Japanese players cheering and making excited Japanese sounds. I started waving at them and bowing my head down, really flustered and nervous. "Nice Job" one of them said as they walked away.

This was the highlight of my life. It will never get better than this.