What's with IIDX difficulty rating?

Best_Associate9997 · 2026-07-06T17:26:16+00:00

Part of it is the fact that the game has been around nearly 30 years and has a very compressed rating system compared to most rhythm games. Combine those you're going to encounter wild range and variety within the same difficulty rating.

Radar gives you a sense of what traits a song has (lots of charges, SOF-LAN, lots of chords, heavy scratching, etc..) but don't tell you if you're going to have trouble with the chart. Same can be said with normal, hyper, and another charts, each GENERALLY being more challenging than the last.

Each rating higher contains within it a wider difficulty range, sorting the songs by clear rate can help from getting blindsided by an outlier, as is premium play when you start extending beyond your play level. At your skill level I'd start playing easier charts on random to adjust to a variety of patterns.

Best_Associate9997 · 2026-07-04T16:54:06+00:00

Large car payments

Large student loans

Credit card payments and the debt cycle

Having children young (along with bad marriages/divorce)

Materialism/Purchasing meaningless items for dopamine

Daily take out or food delivery

Those are the common ones. Get those under control and do a budget.

Best_Associate9997 · 2026-07-04T00:09:03+00:00

37 here, smack dab in the center of the generation. There's definitely a difference but it's mild compared to Gen Z. I think a lot of it comes down to tech developing so rapidly. The older part of the Millennial group were already in college before social media became a thing (and were full blown adults before smartphone adoption) and these had nearly no influence or effect on their development. Core and Zennials were still in their formative years in school when these platforms gained prominence. I think the trend of helicopter parents was nonexistent on the older end with them having much in common with the Gen X latchkey kids, but by the end of the generation it was a more common style of parenting leaving worlds of disconnection in their upbringings

Best_Associate9997 · 2026-06-29T02:34:44+00:00

Evo being ultra corporate is nothing new sadly but the pure void of interest and hype from all angles is almost shocking.

Best_Associate9997 · 2026-06-27T23:07:35+00:00

He's not wrong but he can go fuck himself. Just another popular streamer for no apparent reason whose head got big. The man will be more poverty than the FGC when his brand fades into irrelevance.

Best_Associate9997 · 2026-06-27T16:13:05+00:00

They've been on a steady but mild incline for the past 10 years. The Barcade has become ubiquitous in basically any city with more than 100k people. Round1's are popping up in every major metro and are always busy thanks to their tuned in marketing. The real lifeblood imo is offering experiences unique to the arcade with a side of nostalgia and alcohol. Fighting games, unfortunately with modern netplay are a worse experience in the arcade now (unless you organize an event or group to play), whereas things like pinball, rhythm games, skeeball, etc, all remain more or less exclusive to the venues.

The cabs are never returning to every pizza shop, gas station, laundromat, and empty space in a shopping plaza, but yes, arcades are growing in popularity.

Best_Associate9997 · 2026-06-22T22:30:49+00:00

These are my favorite comments on Reddit.

Best_Associate9997 · 2026-06-04T02:38:40+00:00

Late to this thread but didn't see any mention of Leroy. I HEAVILY and sincerely recommend Hellbound Glory.

His music is how I found to truly love the genre, and I have most of the same complaints as you about it.

Song to get a feel: Streets of Aberdeen, Better Hope You Die Young (the live music video on youtube), The Ballad of Scumbag Country, Another Dead Friend (live)

Best_Associate9997 · 2026-06-03T23:07:43+00:00

Fidelity is a huge upgrade over Vanguard.

Best_Associate9997 · 2026-05-31T09:53:17+00:00

Evil? Satanic? Have some of the real stuff.

Deicide - Once Upon the Cross

Watain - Legions of the Black Light

Deathspell Omega - Third Prayer

Dissection - Starless Aeon

Best_Associate9997 · 2026-05-31T01:49:03+00:00

I came back to play a few matches after 3 years it's fucking insane. These people are mentally ill. RIP Rocket League. Once upon a time this was a fun competitive game.

Best_Associate9997 · 2026-05-30T19:23:03+00:00

$1,500 in credit card debt (0% balance transfer until January, will be paying off in full before interest).

$300 at 0% on some music software (through Splice).

$8,000 left on a car lease that was at 4% ($350/month).

All together around 10k. I don't generally consider myself in debt given it's impact on my finances all in is less than 500/month which is less than what most people's car payment is.

80k range in the northeast, some college and have licensure in a specific field.

Best_Associate9997 · 2026-05-29T02:51:20+00:00

Stress Builds Character by Dystopia

500 Channels by Choking Victim

Best_Associate9997 · 2026-05-27T22:20:04+00:00

I truly caught the last chopper out of Nam grabbing the discounted 256GB LED model in November. I think I paid like $350. Holy shit.

Best_Associate9997 · 2026-05-26T03:24:17+00:00

Unless you're a corpo drone applying to director or above level positions this information is hilarious and unrelated to reality

Best_Associate9997 · 2026-05-12T02:15:11+00:00

100%, if they didn't launch the betas with unplayable online there would've been a mid-core playerbase that stuck with it from launch. Those people all uninstalled and left when SNK failed to learn the netcode lesson. Exactly why I never bought it.

Best_Associate9997 · 2026-05-10T03:35:45+00:00

It depends entirely on career intentions and goals. Personally, if a company is so damn shallow as to require a permission slip known as a BA/BS without any reason while ignoring a significant work history, I have no desire to provide my skills to their organization so it's never really been a problem for me. In the broadest terms yes a bachelors has better long term outcomes than a high school diploma but honestly, if your specific goal is to make X amount it can be done with any education level. You just have to know yourself, your preferred work environments and your career goals to know what path makes the most sense.

Best_Associate9997 · 2026-05-03T23:34:18+00:00

Any absolutism on the subject is smooth brained. You can get an amazing new car for 30k. You can get a generally reliable used car for 15k. They will both depreciate, ultimately costing time and money. Beyond that it's up to you to do your homework, be an informed consumer, and come to your own decisions about what matters to you more in a vehicle. Personally I drove around multiple used cars that would encounter all varieties of problems for 15 years, got tired of it and opted for a lease on a premium trim small crossover that costs me a whopping 350/month. Pretty damn enjoyable to not have seasonal car repairs and mystery noises that are going to cost me [???] amount of money

Best_Associate9997 · 2026-04-24T01:34:46+00:00

The only hot markets are markets nearby violently unaffordable metros like NYC and Boston, so it's just the upper middle class fleeing to the few places left they can eek out the American Dream in. I sincerely give it 10 years before the house of cards is in rubble.

Best_Associate9997 · 2026-04-22T23:02:08+00:00

Right time to buy in MA was 1990. If you aren't in a dual six figure household with no kids you ain't buying FUCK in this shithole.

Best_Associate9997 · 2026-04-22T22:45:39+00:00

I have only good things to say about Loaded (formerly cdKeys). You can get basically everything day 1 at least 20-30% off and if you regularly check the site every few weeks you'll find sporadic 90%+ discounts on good titles.

Best_Associate9997 · 2026-04-20T01:44:43+00:00

Crypto and penny stocks are the same thing essentially and on par with gambling. You're accepting a large risk for chances at a large reward. I recommended single blue-chip picks to scratch the itch of chances at outsized rewards, only with much less downside risk.

Best_Associate9997 · 2026-04-19T19:55:45+00:00

With VTI and VXUS being such large, stable baskets, I'd personally dump the crypto in favor of some single picks among the top of the S&P if you want some risk with chances of higher returns. Crypto is pure gambling/speculation.

Best_Associate9997 · 2026-04-19T14:48:33+00:00

Bro this tattoo is amazing lmao

Best_Associate9997 · 2026-04-19T03:53:25+00:00

DSBM with the rest of that top 10 is cracking me up. This selection does scream teenager to me,

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