Sunday, May 21, 2017

Beatmania IIDX Gameplay Report - May 19-20

Things were like in cramped shape at the arcades as if there were small spaces in between the music game machines. It looked like I was finished with Beatmania IIDX after having attempted most of the songs from IIDX Lincle, Tricoro, Pendual and Sinobuz but I have additional criterias, the song genre and the decency of the song. If the song is quite decent enough, the chance of it being manageable is good or great depending on the difficulty.
One great news was that I managed to clear Sweet Clapper in Another difficulty although the song level can be misleading to other players at times. However, I didn't know if I could clear it like that so I set the Groove Gauge to Assist Easy just in case I won't be able to clear the song with Easy Groove Gauge but it turned out that the Groove Gauge didn't drop that much.
The reason for this revisit is to make sure that the arcade machines aren't infected by the global cyber attack in the form of some ransomware everyone knows of. Indeed, the machines are still working fine although one of the Groove Coaster machines didn't start at all and it was stuck at "Starting Game" screen. Patching embedded systems like those machines is no easy task
One off-topic thing to note, the house renovation, needless to say, already started in May 19 so going back to my home in these renovation days is like seeking self-trouble as nearly everything was filled with dust but that is something I shouldn't worry about if I know what I'm doing. Furthermore, I already ran out of money inside my EZ-Link card and the left side of my earpiece is missing the cover as if I can't get clear hearing without it. I do have a backup one received from my niece's mother but I should learn to safeguard my earpiece and it may mean that I have to go back to my home to retrieve it. Needless to say, the relocation due to renovation isn't comfortable enough as the Home Improvement Program there is still on-going just like my home's and if I have to do some DJ practice for instance, I'm already out of luck. Not to mention that the idiotic trash from my home staying over with me has been causing irritations everywhere. I thought I caused some trouble because of her bad influence and going back to my home for check but I didn't as if I couldn't feel anything unusual when checking my stuffs and the machines I played in May 19. However, I have a bad feeling that this worry will come back again because of her stupidity. Also, the outer part of the fader for Filter part of IIDX machine had gone off. Whoever caused that might have done caused it to fall off accidentally so the amount of worries might not be that big. I don't know who did that when I saw the outer part fallen off. Lastly, who the hell came to the arcades with the scooter in May 20? That would pose a threat to the shopping mall if ridden around but at least they got escorted out.