14th Official Tournament
Posted on: June 2, 2021, at 11:23:39am

played as d4 for some reason maybe cus i decayed a lot lol

round 1 - Debut (6-1-2-5, 43210 raw, 934085 total)
odd how this sightread got me close to the middle of the pack, 28th out of 46. had a bit of trouble reading it hence the score. could've tried to get a aaa but if i'm safe i'm not gonna try to do better. i can definitely see why there are 10 aaas here

round 2 - Forever (8-0-0-0, 46300 raw, 1439300 total)
this wasn't too bad, easier for me apparently hence fewer raw goods than Debut. easier to read though some of the bursts were spread out enough to give me some goods. my sightread was terrible so had to redo this chart to get a better score

round 3 - Ordine (13-0-0-1, 55870 raw, 1738605 total)
sightread this okayish score, it's not good but i'm not out yet! noticed only now that these files seem to only have one word titles for some reason, maybe next round this is to change. the dashboard now has a detailed section replacing the old thing showing how many people got a score in. i don't know how i feel about this, it might be marginally useful but i cannot say for certain.

near the end of this round i was about to be eliminated 24th so i decided i should do a better score than my sightread (not very hard as 23rd place was 20 raw ahead). i went from a 20-0-0-2 to a 14-1-0-2 not long later which brought me up to 22nd. there were only 23 slots for the next round so i decided to not risk elimination by getting a better score of 13-0-0-1 to place 17th. the only way for me to be put back into elimination would have been if 7 people topped my score in the last 3 hours.

ultimately i'm pretty alright with my 13-0-0-1. many of my goods were in the last 50 notes so that could've been something to practice on a bit. for now i don't think i want to do better because it's still enough to keep me in.

round 4 - It's All Over (4-0-0-0, 61600 raw, 1911600 total)
i do not know how i got 4-0-0-0. my first and second plays weren't even fc and over 20 raw goods yet my third play was somehow a pretty respectable sdg. wasn't too confident in my ability to read those jumpstreams maybe because of the jumps being in slightly odd places that i wasn't prepared for. i could grind for aaa but only if it goes to the point where it is aaa or death.

round 5 - Leviathan (7-0-0-0, 62075 raw, 1927825 total)
i did not get very good scores to begin (they were >20 raw goods), similar to It's All Over, but i managed to get an SDG 7-0-0-0 after only 13 plays on the map. the streams felt slightly weird to play maybe because i'm not very good at js and i'm terrible at hs.

(8-4)
at this time i can easily be overtaken. only 10 of the 15 left have submitted a score. 7-0-0-0 is for me a somewhat average score (again, only 13 plays) - i could probably get to at best 4-0-0-0 or 5-0-0-0. any farther than that i wouldn't bother going.

it's certain i won't get 1st in D4, i'd bet it would be JonlovesDDR because they've gotten very good scores on these charts (currently they have 2-0-0-1 this round and all the other rounds are AAA). it's fine with me, i'm not going for 1st place, only top 8 and i'll be more than satisfied. it's somewhat likely i'll be top 8 as i've pretty much derusted at this point, setting scores like AAA on grind1 and 3-0-0-0 on Caprice.

should i make it top 8, i would put 30% odds of making it to top 5. podium is unrealistic but not completely impossible. the odds will depend on the chart being chosen. i can't read wonky patterns very well and had this round been focused on reading, top 8 would be impossible for sure.

(8-5)
not much has changed somehow. i'm down a place to fourth but that should not be a problem. 12 out of the 15 remaining have submitted a score. the person who beat me got 6-0-0-0, 25 points ahead of me. chances are i'm not submitting any new score anyway.

round 6 - Party Starter (5-0-0-0, 65575 raw, 2035325 total)
i made it into the top 8 somehow!

this chart has weird rhythms for me, odd switches from 1/16 to 1/24 streams throw me off. i find myself to be a little more comfortable with js and hs than i used to be but not by much. while i can do the js in this chart somewhat fine, i always slightly panic because it's js and mild hs. the end of the chart is always what gets me the most goods, i struggle most on that.

(8-11)
i'd give myself 40% odds of making it top 5. i get maybe 7 goods every play on the last about 300 notes. currently 6th, need to break away at the 5th place spot another 300 raw points (65335 12-0-1-1 vs. 65195 20-0-0-1). somehow i am the third fc on this map in d4 but this changes nothing on my tournament placement.

(8-12)
1. i got a score of 9-1-0-1, don't know where that average came from. could improve this score but for now don't feel like it. after getting the score i was in 3rd, 4th being behind by just 5 points. this score may barely make top 5 by the end of the round if at all.

2. later today i got a 5-0-0-0. i wanted to get an sdg after getting 8-1-0-1 which is 10 raw goods. i'm finding myself consistent up until about the last 300 notes. i was getting many plays that had at most 2 goods going to about note 1000, with more blackflags up to there than anything else. my 5-0-0-0 was aaa up until note 1025, then got 4 more goods on the end because i'm bad at the end. this is 2nd place currently, not that far from JonlovesDDR even.

(8-16)
since the 12th i've been bumped down to 3rd, that's no big deal as there's 5 that go to the next round. JonlovesDDR has improved their score to 0-0-1-2 (2.8 raw goods). then is _PhoenixFire_ at 2-0-1-1 (4.6 raw goods). i've still a 5-0-0-0.

the charts for round 8 were showcased yesterday and from what i remember, they made the d4 chart quite difficult because we did too well on Party Starter. might be a struggle to grind through this one - hopefully i can do it well (as well as see jon get aaa or something)!

(8-17)
somehow during the day i was bumped down to 5th having me try to get a better score. i'm quite rusty on the chart and i checked up on it about 40 minutes before the round ended. at this point (7 minutes before round ending) i'm likely securely going into the next round as all those in the elimination spots except for VisD (7th) is offline. my survival was effectively down to chance.

i've seen better success with 120 framerate than 60 framerate though 240 feels quite weird. perhaps it has something to do with the receptors' animations being faster on 240 than 120 (this may be the animation being based on raw frames).

with how i'm playing currently i'm quite likely going out in round 7. my terrible play may be me rusting quickly in terms of JS and HS (haven't played in a few days) or me slightly mindblocking this chart. rest assured round 7's chart is no better, it has much harder JS and i can't accurately press buttons apparently.

round 7 - Escape (bad lmao)
I DON'T KNOW HOW I MADE TOP 5 BUT I DID SO LET'S KEEP GOING, TOP 3?

(8-18)
this chart is hilarious lol , can barely read it. would be happy with 4th even (at least there's some weird prize for 4th), i'm struggling to get through this thing. JonlovesDDR already has 1-0-0-1 somehow, i'd be happy with under 30 raw goods. i'm likely to mindblock something grinding this chart.

i got out this round (5th), much being due to apathy. i made it farther than i thought i would at least, let's see who wins d4.

end amazing c: