/jp/ - Otaku Culture

There's a Touhou pack?

>>8364178
There are like hundreds, dude.

>>8364178
People have stepped tons of Touhou songs. SM community is pretty weeaboo in general.

im gonna download it right now, gotta love them interactive songs games

>>8364178
http://otakusdream.com/old/touhoumix/1stmix.htm
These guys made quite a few, but this is the one I have. Mostly keyboard (with SOME pad simfiles) so if you suck it might be worth downloading the original DDR simfiles and mastering them first.

>>8364195
so i tried it, and its too hard. osu is better in my opinion.

I enjoy it although I prefer Audition for the difficulty/diversity.

>Having to duct tape the carpet to the floor so it doesn't slide

I really prefer the original bemani list, just because they were designed with the feet in mind.

It just doesn't feel right when they know you're gonna be using your fingers.

>>8364285
Fucks those soft mats. All of my hate.

Don't put StepMania and Bemani next to each other like they're the same thing.

I love bemani, but I'm going to be stereotypically elitist about it and say fuck you for mentioning StepMania, OP.

>>8364317
A Bemani clone that you can literally make into a pixel-for-pixel replica of the original Bemani games isn't related?!
I don't habeeb it.

>>8364366
Good luck playing that perfectly on your computer. Besides, the customisability is half the fun. I love seeing people build their own pads and lighting set ups and stuff. Or just ricing the game itself.
And what's wrong with >>8364209?
It's a very plain page. It lists a few Touhou songs there are decent simfiles for. How is that "reminding you of everything bad in the Western bemani community"?

>>8364331
If I wanted a "pixel-for-pixel replica" I might as well just play the real thing.

I'm in a sour mood today and garbage like >>8364209 is reminding me of everything bad in the "western bemani community".

Which is funny because many people find elitist assholes like me to be some of the worst parts of the community, including myself.

>>8364377
>Good luck playing that perfectly on your computer.
Why would I want/need to.

>Besides, the customisability is half the fun. I love seeing people build their own pads and lighting set ups and stuff. Or just ricing the game itself.
There is nothing inherently wrong with this, but it's like the MUGEN of music games, and I simply can not take it seriously.

>How is that "reminding you of everything bad in the Western bemani community"?
I have nothing against that specific link (well, I kinda do, but that's beside the point), but it reminds me of how many complete garbage simfiles there are out there. This isn't to say all official games have perfect charts, but the kinds of charts that a majority people made from yesterdecade are enough to leave a bad taste in my mouth for years to come.

tl;dr YOU'RE ALL GLORIOUS BEMANI SECONDARIES THAT SUCK AND I DON'T WANT TO ASSOCIATE MYSELF WITH YOU HURHURHUR.

>>8364443
Sturgeon's Law.
Most of the good (2000-2005) chart authors have stopped writing and ITG has just created a big fat circle jerk of wannabe 4key autoscratch charts.

>>8364443
I've noticed that you're being far too hard on yourself with the ironic summaries here.

Bad day?

>>8364471
Yes. I'm sorry for ruining the thread. If you guys enjoy your arrow smashing games set to your favorite Touhou remixes, don't listen to anything anybody else has to say.

Have fun.

Yes, yes I do.

I only play Stepmania.

>>8364209
>Keyboard Levels

Ha ha ha. No_thank_you.jpg

That aside, I don't see the problem with shitty charts. Obviously that's what most of the community's output is going to be, but you can always stop playing. They hurt noone.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ZnYaU12rxM

Bemani stopped being good at Gold.

Enjoy your rehashes.

yo where da bemanisos invites at

>>8364531
>Enjoy your rehashes.
It's not like Yoshitaka is in charge of all of the music.

Here's what I got, stepmania is how I get my exercise as I never leave the house.
>>8364209
I somehow never knew otaku's dream had touhou packs(although the video game packs have plenty of touhou)...downloading now

I'm a IIDX and Pop'n music player, don't like stepmania much although I would play it once in a while if I had a good quality pad. Currently stuck on Lv 11s on IIDX and 37~38's on Pop'n Music. I have an unhealthy addiction to Japanese music games.

>>8364546
I have a couple, but I won't just hand them out.

>>8364565
I have one of those Empress FP7s too. Where did you get your Pop'n ASC?

>>8364549
Don't forgot Ryu, TAG and all those uncriative happy hardcore musicians.

>>8364571
Bought it from someone on a forum. It is a desktop arcade controller.

>>8364553
Those packs aren't listed on their "new" site for some reason. There's these though:
http://www.otakusdream.com/news/?page_id=692

>>8364579
You're right, Ryu and TAG are complete shit, but I still think you're missing out.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FnHHqIyYHZs

In b4 FIRE FIRE rehash. The chart looks fun as fuck.

I bought ddr for 360, came with the padmat. Enjoying it but I think im gonna get stepmania for PC soon and use the padmat. I mean its usb.

>>8364610
Guy that was shitting all over StepMania earlier here.

Dear lord, even StepMania is better than DDR on the Xbox/360.

>>8364549
Thank god he stopped being sound director a few games back.
You know who I want to see get that position? Fucking Dirty Androids.

>>8364622
true no arguing with that, are the stepmania songs hard? I mean I love to step on some of those touhou songs and other mixes but I can't enjoy them if they are ment for one of those asian hardcore dancers or keyboard smashers.

>>8364687
Depends. I remember file packs being labeled either for pad or the stamina circle jerks.

Or just learn to make your own. Shit is pretty rewarding.

>>8364671
Ignoring the fact that Dirty Androids isn't really bemani, that would be pretty hot. I wouldn't mind wac being in charge of everything ever, personally.

>>8364687
StepMania is as hard as you want it to be. You can get the official notecharts if you want. The difficulty of other simfiles you get will depend on the creator. Both pad and keyboard charts exist. As for the quality of them, see >>8364443 and >>8364466.

>>8364687
Stepmania's files are all user-created. Because of this, it actually tends to lean much more towards the difficult side, since the most enthusiastic players are simultaneously the most skilled and the most likely to create stepfiles.

Also, stepmania really shouldn't be compared to DDR at all. Most people I knew played on the keyboard. It's more fun than it sounds.

>>8364788
> Stepmania's files are all user-created.
I remember the programs that tried to "automagically" generate notes. What a nightmare. I guess it works for Audiosurf or whatever but the beauty of StepMania is its finely-crafted simfiles.

Also the official DDR simfiles have been ported over. Aimed at pads, obviously, but songs like the MAX series are great for getting into using a keyboard well.

>>8364812
>automagically
This word is a sin.

>>8364788
I wish the old TournaMix format was still around. It fostered a good pad community before this whole 15 and up footer nonsense came in vogue.

>>8364864
>TournaMix
Hot damn, I forgot this existed once upon a time.

>>8364571
Speaking of sows, did AC rips of anything after Sirius ever get released? Either my search skills are failing me, no one's leaked it yet, or even sows doesn't have them.

>>8364875
As have most of us.
There would have been a 7th, possible more, if the server didn't more or less explode with spam and the admin disappearing into the aether.

>>8364888
IIDX18 AC rip is released in sows and I think it's also on share.

>>8364967
Alright, thanks. I guess I'll have to get Share sometime, then. I've been avoiding it due to all the extra HDD space I need for the cache and the fact I'm still running with my same old 120 GB drive from years past.

>>8364788
>Also, stepmania really shouldn't be compared to DDR at all. Most people I knew played on the keyboard.

So it shouldn't be compared because people misuse it? That's silly. And people play DDR with joypads too.

The things I would do for a local arcade with recent Bemani cabinets...

Of course there is a StepMania thread on /jp/ only hours after I deleted all of my simfiles from my computer because I haven't played it in a while.

I play Stepmania and osu!taiko every once in a while. They are fun.
I'm currently interested in Beatmania (mostly thanks to this). Can it be played on PC ?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BjdvQy8FY5k

>>8367593
It's pointless if you don't buy a Bemani controller. You can get cheap ones for around $75 and nice ones for around $350 I think they were.

They work on the PC but sometimes it is a pain to get them configured properly without delay.

>>8367649
I'll keep an eye on it. Thanks, anon.
I looked up Bemanistyle and found a bunch of simulators. Which one would you recommend ?

>>8367694
Lunatic Rave 2 seems to be the popular choice, but I've never actually used the simulators myself.

Stepmania thread on MY /jp/?

Fuck yes. i play every day for over a year now. It all started with some shitty soft mat and DDR 7th mix for PS2 i bought for shits and giggles. been hooked ever since.
i finally upgraded from a foam pad to a metal one too. I'm still having a hard time getting used to the recessed arrows though.

Any veterans have some tips for the transition for me?

Since i saw a few people asking:

http://stepmaniathings.com/ (lots of themes and stuff)
http://zenius-i-vanisher.com/v5.2/index.php (Great place for simfiles. They also has 2 very good touhou pad packs)

>>8368865
Play in the arcade.

>>8368865
>I'm still having a hard time getting used to the recessed arrows though.
What exactly is your problem with them?
Recessed arrows make playing alot easyer because you can always tell exactly where you're standing.

>>8368865
>2 very good touhou pad packs

Indeed they are. In the "compared to other user-made packs" sense, that is. There's quite a bit of crap in each, but there are also some brilliant charts, easily better than most of the official ones.

>>8368881
If there was a arcade with DDR machines near me i wouldn't have shelled out 150 bucks for a metal pad.

I play IIDX just about every day. Well, I should say I play Lunatic Rave 2 just about every day, but that's because I'm American and it's pretty much the only way. Luckily I was one of the people who bought the PS2 American home version, so I've got the controller that came with that that I can use.

Absolutely the best rhythm game around, I think. Wish it was more popular in the West, but I understand why it's not.

>>8368865
If you get yourself hurt by the edges, wear shoes (preferably as light as possible, tennis shoes should be perfect). Other than that, I can't see what your problem could be.

>>8364671
Hell yes, Dirty Androids is the best. Golden Palms and New Castle Legions are simply out of this world.

>>8368884
The thing is that the old foam pad i had was stupidly sensitive so i could even get away with lightly tapping an arrow with my toe.
It even had slightly raised arrows so you can feel where you stand.
http://www.futuremax.eu/nl/3in1-deluxe-ddr-ignition-dance-mat-v2-5-ps-ps2-xb-pc-usb.html

Pic is my current pad btw.

>>8368924
That's a nice pad. Well, you can't do anything about the sensitivity so you'll just have to get used to it.

Keyboard stages are the best.

I will admit though that I find the images of NEETs from /jp/ flailing around to Touhou songs quite funny.

Personally, I'm just too poor to buy a Beatmania controller.

>>8368960
Just tried a few songs with a pair of old sneakers like >>8368909 suggested. Holy shit why didn't i think of this myself. It goes much better than bare foot.

My neighbours will hate me though.

nice~ a stepmania thread in here~
been playing it for around 1 year, started with keyboard, because there are no arcades in where i live and buying a pad from some out of country place is annoying as hell... by now, i got a pad, though a soft one, slides around the floor when playing, but nothing a bit of duct-tape can't fix eh~
As for the packs i got, i avoid Otaku's dream packs like plague, barely anything in them that follows beat [though there are a few good files here and there]

>>8370361
Glad to be of help.

>>8368924
>>8370361

I've been thinking about getting a metal pad too, however when I tried them few times in conventions, they felt very strange compared to a foam pad. But I'd imagine the metal pads are way better once you get used to them.
Feel free to post some suggestions regarding the metal ones.

In the meantime, I think I'll fire up Stepmania for a song or two.

A beatmania controller is only 30-40 dollars unless you are looking for an arcade style controller which is around 200+ or 300+ for a djdao.

Just look around bemanistyle's marketplace if you're looking for a beatmania starter controller. They pop up quite often.

IIDX master race reporting in.

I also have Para Para Paradise. Play DDR in arcades just because there's nothing else worth playing in the UK.

I love DJ max and I'm not Korean
Nobody acknowledges DJ max or makes threads about it

>>8370635
They're obviously better, but if you don't really need the stability their weight provides, there's no reason to switch. Personally, I'm not intending to "dance" to the especially difficult and contrived crap that requires a bar and the use of special tricks to complete anyway, so I'm perfectly fine with my foam one.

And the difference isn't that big, they just need to be gotten used to. If you can dance on foam, you'll be doing just as well on metal with a small bit of practice. Probably no more than a few songs.

>>8370767
I own DJMAX trilogy and waiting for a psvita for DJMAX technika. I was also one of the few that played DJMAX online. Great series and good music as well. Visualizations are beautiful.

If anyone owns an iPad and is new to Bemani. I recommend jubeat plus and reflect beat plus, they're in the japanese app store and is a free app. Both very fun games.

http://youtu.be/fpXFdVtDnGY

http://youtu.be/0gXylm-eiE4

>>8370790

That's what I kinda thought aswell.

Most of the songs I dance range from 6 to 8 in difficulty.
And while during some of them the pad starts having life of it's own, I don't think the metal pad would be that necessary investment.

>>8370769
Where does one buy IIDX and a controller now that they're hard to find?

>>8371073
Oh, one more thing, if find it easier to switch to a metal pad than to a foam one other than my own. Which is to say, if you plan to ever switch, the best time to do it would probably be when/if your current pad breaks.

>>8371197

>>8370715

http://bemaniasc.com/
http://desktoparcade.com/

>>8371197
Bought mine around 2008 from Japan. Used to be £1 = $2 so I got it for £50 brand new shipped.

But as >>8371263 says, best to buy used or get an ASC now.

Also the games are damn expensive, best to pirate them. I bought my first IIDX title around 2 years after I began playing.

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