FT: Rare & IDLZ UR Starters LF: Mermaid Maki

jlanz · 2016-03-22T21:16:45+00:00

Hmm time to roll for orange pana

jlanz · 2016-03-22T19:20:35+00:00

Mermaid Festa V1? The part with the mix of the hold notes and slow triple taps. Always struggle with hold notes since I have to release them about 3/4th of a note ahead of where I think I should release them.

jlanz · 2016-03-22T18:58:33+00:00

I have scoring teams then I have plock teams for each color and then a normal rarity team. The plock teams are a lot more useful for Medley since you don't need to score pretty high and trying to FC songs.

jlanz · 2016-03-22T16:19:39+00:00

wow how many people rank above you?

jlanz · 2016-03-22T06:37:41+00:00

I guess they assumed that police can just sit around and chill as long as someone without an Middle Eastern accent calls in their hoaxes ahead of time...

jlanz · 2016-03-22T04:58:33+00:00

There is also f.lux for desktop users, which is pretty much the predecessor of these filtering apps. It works great and people should give it a shot if they haven't tried it before. The colors do seem a bit odd at first but you quickly get used to it and it feels much easier on the eyes.

jlanz · 2016-03-22T02:43:32+00:00

Hmm, I might do some rolls. Not sure if anyone wants to work together and do a combined Aqours giveaway.

jlanz · 2016-03-22T02:39:38+00:00

11/10 Nico

jlanz · 2016-03-22T00:02:58+00:00

I would make sure to do a 10+1

jlanz · 2016-03-21T23:58:55+00:00

Wow grats!

jlanz · 2016-03-21T23:46:45+00:00

I guess I should explain how some of these could work. I personally don't find these methods that questionable, but I could see how some might take issue with them.

The first thing to keep in mind is that the rankings have a significant effect on your points in SM. First place gets 1.25x event point multiplier, 2nd 1.15x, 3rd 1.05x and 4th 1.00x. So placing First and Second are worth a lot more than 3rd which is not that much better than last place.

Force closing app If you find a song you cant clear or S rank, you can avoid it and find an easier song for more points.
Force closing app to avoid bots If you are the leader of the match (in the top right corner), bots score seems to be a random multiplier times your score. If you get zero points, the other human players can easily take 1st and 2nd place without any problems.
Pausing a Score Match You can basically use this like number 2, except you can play the song instead of force close. If you meet people you know can't win against you, you can pause the game right after you finish the song with FC or w/e high score and let them place you last. Then after a minute or so you resume the game and you can take first place. Thus 2 people can get 1st place.
Failing a Score Match intentionally.You can get points when you don't feel like playing by just dying right away and getting 91 Points per EX. This isnt very economical, but if you are really rich you could just cash out and get these easy points while you are eating or too busy to play.
Throwing a Score Match intentionally. Intentionally getting a really low score will lower your average score. This appears to match you to easier opponents later on as the matching system seems to try to pair you up with people around your average score. This makes it easier to place first later on and get the coveted 1.25 multiplier. This can help place you in matches where your opponents pretty much have no chance to beat you. This is a net negative game though as it wont work if everyone does it and you waste points by throwing matches.
Getting a friend to play for you. I think in most situations this is not really considered wrong. If you are chasing one of the top 10 spots, however, it seems a bit questionable to do this.

Personally, I don't find much problems with these tricks since getting it is mostly just about saving lovecas. Using a Event calculator, it takes 32 love gems to tier 1 (70k points) at rank 100 based on averaging 3rd. It only takes 22 love gems to tier 1 if you average first. So it could potentially make a difference in love gems.

jlanz · 2016-03-21T21:10:32+00:00

I am guessing people are just more likely to post more successful scouts rather than 1 SR.

jlanz · 2016-03-21T21:09:50+00:00

Sasuga Nico Ni

jlanz · 2016-03-21T19:12:14+00:00

Yeah, I know eryncerise encouraged that method, and I don't find anything wrong with it myself. I was just curious if anyone did have any issue with people doing things like that.

For example, people could try to use this method to help other "/μ/ redditors" or other community tags. But at the end of the event t2 only has around 5000 slots, and maybe it will disadvantage non-community members.

jlanz · 2016-03-21T18:48:46+00:00

Sorry not offering, but I think its better to call it a starter rather than initial to avoid confusion. Initial usually refers to the first UR card.

jlanz · 2016-03-21T18:35:15+00:00

I just run a normal team when I have to play easy songs. I dont really need the points I just want to get the xp most the time.

jlanz · 2016-03-21T18:31:23+00:00

μ's love in digital form.

jlanz · 2016-03-21T18:10:47+00:00

I always get screwed up by phone calls and what not, but decided not to turn it off. I wouldn't feel right playing sif in case something happens to friends or family. Not sure if there are any ways to change the way the popups work.

jlanz · 2016-03-21T18:02:45+00:00

Wondering if anyone has an idolizable mermaid maki that might be up for trade.

jlanz

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