Beatmania IIDX gameplay report - April 22nd

Somehow, I messed up my sleep schedule that I ended up going to the arcades quite late in the late afternoon but it looked like there was one thing to play Beatmania IIDX again, either to get my itchy fingers scratched by the sharp edge of the turntable or maybe to determine the true culprit behind the cutting of my finger skin. It turned out that the layer just below the very top of the turntable has the sharp edge that may scratch your finger skin if you're not scratching the turntable correctly like it already happened to me but it seemed that either someone peeled off the top part of the turntable again or perhaps, that part was not pasted correctly that I would expect a more accurate condition of the turntable.
Another shameful thing was that the bed or the floor I've been on is attracting some itch on my body so the itch problem isn't quite over yet and that I may expect that the dengue problem be solved in my current place as soon as possible as it is one of the most notorious ones for having the most amount of problems.
Lastly, the train track construction event for Beatmania IIDX Copula is already over as of this time of blogging and that the new event called Melody Line is coming soon. Again, the goal of playing Beatmania IIDX Copula will be to improve my skills and attempt the remaining IIDX Pendual songs. A credit or debit card is required if I want to unlock the Pendual songs that are still locked by purchasing the E-Amusement Basic Subscription but I don't know if that feature will be available outside Japan and I hate to falsify things in my accounts like that.

Let's Encrypt reached final stage

It was a surprise that Let's Encrypt by EFF had reached the final stage and Wordpress was one of the websites/blogging services to have the Let's Encrypt implemented for better security using the HTTPS protocol. As the secure certificate went final and became stable, it attracted many webmasters in which many websites finally made use of it for better security. Even many tech-giants had become EFF's sponsors of the Let's Encrypt certificate and that you can also use it for your web as well.

Groove Coaster 3 Link Fever True First Play

OK, the title says it all although two of the Groove Coaster machines were turned off for unknown reason but at least I managed to play the game again. Prior to this, I signed up for the Nesica account and choose Groove Coaster at the official Nesica website which allowed me to use the virtual currency to unlock additional stuffs. Unfortunately, certain songs that needed to be unlocked through music panels were not available for unlock at the My Page section of the game's website so I may be out of luck like that.
It's already April by the time I played Groove Coaster again at Virtualand arcade at Bugis and things went quiet after late March in which the renovation on my neighbor's home was completed or something and that there should be some peace but then, there may be fears that such peace like this won't last forever. Also, I might have fulfilled some career prerequisite by having recently published a mixtape to Mixcloud but complaints about renovation noise were still bullshit when I still have yet to fulfill the remaining prerequisites. And this is why playing Groove Coaster 3 at Century Square arcade for the first time didn't count.
On the technical side, those idiots at home NEVER know what my ambitions for those careers are all about. They never know things about IT Professional or even Disc Jockey. It's like they mistake those things for games and it was the same for this year's Lunar New Year. If they continue to make and spread those stupid rumors about me every Lunar New Year to my relatives, related aunties and uncles without any proper knowledge, then I have no one else to network with since I think that they're behaving like baddies or something. And besides, they may be more idiotic if they take any IT careers for laughing stocks.
Anyway, the renovation thing I mentioned was completed before the start of April and nobody cares for such excuses stated above. What do I care is to advance the beginning of my careers with sufficient experience and skills as well as to make future progress in arcade rhythm games. But, never be ignorant about someone's career and ambition! It's disrespecful to me as what happened this year's Lunar New Year.

Beatmania IIDX Gameplay Report - April 8th

At least the mistakes were solved this time in which I played the same set of songs in Expert Mode in Beatmania IIDX in Hyper difficulty with Auto-Scratch turned off. Unfortunately, it looked like I scratched my finger while scratching the turntable which was like causing skin cuts on that finger. Play too much of Beatmania IIDX and that finger would get its skin cut open. Fortunately, the vinyl or traditional turntable texture was nothing like that but for the Beatmania IIDX turntable, its texture has the dotted pattern that trying to scratch it too hard may result in the finger skin being scratched as well. The workaround for this is that there should be some official tape-mod for the turntable but it is quite rare to find one.
Reasons for tape-mod may be the fact that your hands may get sweaty or maybe my finger gets scratched when scratching the turntable. I don't know if the Beatmania IIDX PS2 controller's turntable has the same texture pattern or not but I don't want to risk cutting my finger skin over scratching the turntable as it may be painful. Imagine me playing Beatmania IIDX with the glove on.
Or maybe that I scratched my finger skin at the metallic edge of the turntable, I don't know.

Trip to TKA Virtualand Arcade at Bugis Junction (March 28)

Okay, the promise was fulfilled again with another trip to TKA Virtualand arcade at Bugis Junction yesterday with another gameplay of Beatmania IIDX and Sound Voltex again. There were some local events that took place last week but I found other events to be much more appreciated than those like the in-game events for Beatmania IIDX, Groove Coaster and of course, LLSIF. Yesterday, the Score Match for LLSIF pretty much ended with the maintenance taking place while I was already out there at the arcades.
Unfortunately, the controversies of this month I mentioned were delayed or something as the Nesica service was offline at the TKA Virtualand arcade at Bugis Junction, leaving the Groove Coaster machines offline. Obviously, if the game is offline, a different screen will be displayed before the title screen. In fact, lesser things will be mentioned by the navigator when the game's offline in general. I guess that it ruined my mood a little bit because of the trips I went to at Century Square.
Another major mistake was that I forgot to turn off the Auto-Scratch and switch to Hyper difficulty before going for Rave set in Secret folder in Expert Mode in Beatmania IIDX. That looked like a laughable mistake.
Lastly, do I look like I cared for the local events that took place last week? No, I don't have any interests whatsoever and things are still as normal as ever. There will be online events taking place in March 29 Western Time which is already March 30 Local Time like I'll be attending them whenever possible although that is already beyond the scope of this blog post.

Groove Coaster 3 Link Fever First Play

Before stating all the impressions below, let me warn you that I had the controversial trip in March 18 where I played Sound Voltex before moving on to Groove Coaster 3 for the first time at Century Square arcades. For a true first play of Groove Coaster 3, that will be in the arcades somewhere at Bugis Junction. What was really inexcusable into going to Century Square arcade was the renovation noise thing which is still on-going until the end of this month. It takes place at my neighbor's home where I heard that her toilet rooms would be renewed as part of the renovation.
First impressions were that the voice of Linka the Navigator is in English for Groove Coaster 3 in Asia known as Rhythmvaders 3. Not only the whole game is translated into English, but also, she speaks in English as well. The strange thing is that instead of calling the game, Groove Coaster, she calls it, Rhythmvaders, that is for the English version. In the Japanese version, of course, everything is in Japanese including the voice acting and the actual name, Groove Coaster, is mentioned. I don't know if the prequels have some differences like the announcer would say, Rhythmvaders, for English version when starting the game for example but I guess that the alternate name, Rhythmvaders, wasn't mentioned at all by the announcer. In the Japanese version, the original game name was said out by the announcer when starting the game.
Also, the navigator in Groove Coaster 3 says tons of stuffs in such a cheerful/polite way regardless of whichever version of the game. The English voice seems to be decent like I can imagine that some voice actress from Singapore might have voice acted her or something for the way she says in English. Her saying is everywhere whether it's Attract Mode, Title Screen, Main Menu, Music Select, Difficulty Select, Result and Game Over screen. Her name sounds English to me when seeing it in Hiragana form except that the long dash at the end is not there so to me, calling her Linka in English version may be a strange but nerdy thing as if the name, Linker, is more appropriate for that. Linka as the character name is much finer in Japanese version though. Lastly, I still prefer the original game name, Groove Coaster, as the alternate name, Rhythmvaders, still doesn't have anything to do with Space Invaders whatsoever as we still know that it's a rhythm game by Taito after all.
The song unlock feature at the end of the game is gone and if you want to get some more songs unlocked, you need to have a Nesica account like I recently had and then register your Nesica card the same way you register your E-Amusement Pass.
The first times I stumbled upon Groove Coaster 3 were the fact that it would be coming in March 10 and the song, Freedom, from Darius Burst Chronicle Saviours would be playable initially. Sure, I attempted that song and it was tricky for sure. Some of the songs like Conflict and Halycon including some Touhou arranges are available in Groove Coaster as well but the thing is, Groove Coaster is not the only game to have those I just mentioned. I might have played those Touhou arranges as part of my skill analysis in Sound Voltex if I can recall.
Lastly, the idol group, Denpa Gumi Inc., is bound to turn me off if I have to play their songs in rhythm games again as that kind of music genre is really unusual but still, I played other Dempa songs as long as they are decent enough not to turn me off. The event starring that group is still on-going or something but I think I'm already better off with other music genres as many people are already turned off when it comes to Dempa genre.

Sound Voltex Gameplay Report - March 18 (Controversial Trip) - Blogged in March 19

Those FUCKING IDIOTS AT HOME AGAIN! It had been 9 fucking days since I went to the arcades at Century Square again for the same goddamn thing except that the renovation noise thing was inexcusable yesterday!
Now, what made the renovation noise thing inexcusable yesterday? Well, I actually had a plan on buying the iRig Mobile DJ Mixer like I did today except that I can't could let those idiots know about where I go to at other places like City Hall, Bugis, Raffles Place, etc. I was kind of lucky to have bought it today before the closure of Funan Digitalife Mall sometime in the third quarter of this year. Why did they plan to close it like trying to take time to make it better or even sell it? I surely have no clue what should I do if that happens.
On the gameplay side of Sound Voltex again, the prerequisites of unlocking the 5th KAC boss song were less difficult or something as if I don't have to clear tons of Level 12 songs to get the first prerequisite song unlocked for track input. Unfortunately, there was some freezing issue on the left machine I played on but the freezing wasn't as major as some gameplay video I saw on the net. Of course, who the hell cares about the issue after it has been fixed? Also, by the time we reach April, who cares about the renovation noise thing again?
And last but not least, if those idiots I mentioned above were trying to delay my plans to buy that Mobile DJ Mixer any longer until April by thinking that I would repeat and extend the same controversial trip again like going out, having lunch, going to the arcades at Century Square before return back and then repeat the whole process again, this whole cycle can turn some parts of my biography into LIES because of them and I won't be able to get some opportunity to play Beatmania IIDX again. Speaking of Beatmania IIDX, will I be playing it again this month besides Sound Voltex at the Bugis Virtualand arcade? You should pretty much know that I go to the basement arcade center at Bugis Virtualand as the most preferred game center in my present time although the overall trip can be more costly that way.