DanceDanceRevolution (AC) (Japan)

I've downloaded that video in HD.





Best quality so far.

I can't be the only one who thinks Over the "Period" is a stupid name, right?

Oh, and do you think this is the end of R-D-I or do you think there'll be a third phase?

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more over the period video, still failing the stop http://www.nicovideo.jp/watch/sm26015924

edit: youtube link https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qDNrhAg23Dg

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Jeez. I don't think anyone will be able to PFC the opening slowdown of Over the Period because the very first step literally is on the very first beat of the song.

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The bpm isn't as fast as i thought it would be at 1x speed

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^It's ~32.5 BPM, half the speed of bag. And it follows a 600 BPM song with no way to change your speed mod, and just to rub it in Boost is forced off.

Woohoo, a video that shows the cabinet lights! And according to the description it even says that they missed the step after the stop on purpose so it would scroll further on the screen and allow for better BPM checking. On this; frame counts up soon.

Yeah, I meant after the stop. sorry about that.

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If he missed it on purpose, why did he try to hit it at all? Definitely sounds like a cop out.
Not that its a big deal, since no one has gotten any farther.

Massive props to whoever thought to turn on the measure guides on the left; it made everything so much easier since the chart halts before the second step after the stop can be reached.

It's still very hard to estimate but not nearly as bad as before. Whatever chart the cabinet lights are following seem to have steps too fast for the lights to exactly follow. It takes 9 frames from the moment the steps start speeding up on the right to the moment the measure guideline passes the target zone on the left. Estimating between 8 and 10 frames bounds the speedup's BPM between 180 and 225. Still a rather wide range. I'll try to look at the cabinet lights more, but it's hard to track.

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Raw data:
Counting the first step after the slowdown as frame 0, the cabinet lights turn on during the following frames:
0, 22, 31, 45, 58, 67, 94, 103, 117

These include some of the steps (in whatever chart the lights are following, not necessarily ), but not all since it won't include steps that come too fast for the light to fully turn off and then on.

Oddly, this doesn't quite match up with the previous number. It somewhat shakily follows a X-XX XXX- XXX rhythm and suggests that it takes closer to 11-12 frames for a beat to pass. This would put the BPM between 154 and 163. But it's obvious from the measure markers that 10 frames per beat (180 BPM) is already a slow estimate, and 9 frames per beat (200 BPM) is a decent one. Unless the speedup slows back down again slightly but significantly, or the chart that the cabinet lights follow has some very weird rhythm, I'm confused.

Not sure if this helps, but here's another OTP video, but this time in lineout form (also with guidelines):
http://www.nicovideo.jp/watch/sm26012447
http://www.nicozon.net/watch/sm26012447

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^That is useful, and now we have a lineout of all the audio we've heard so far! Also now we know that Wave is forced off in addition to Boost (and Cut). Konami trying to defeat all our attempts to bypass the speed mod restriction

I made a Youtube mirror: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2jAyBqtchWo

The second beat past the stop just barely crosses the target zone before the FAILED shutter covers it, but that's all we need. Thanks to the 6x speed it's visible that 9 frames per beat is almost an exact number, which would place the speedup at an even 200 BPM. There's also another BPM change that comes right before the speedup and after the stop, which lasts no more than 2 frames and will probably be impossible to measure without pixel counting.

Also from the video, we know that MAX. (Period)'s insanely fast BPM can be essentially overridden using Wave and a relatively high speed mod, which leaves players with better starts for Over The "Period". It's OK that we don't have Wave to use on Over The Period; it can be used to get to it easier, almost.

Note to anyone else who might be attempting this at a later time: Play with Wave on a speed mod higher than 2x, if possible.

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I'm betting this is the end, with the cutscene showing Dark Rinon releasing the orbs and reverting to Rinon and all. I suppose we'll find out on the credits screen after someone passes Over The "Period". (I can't even imagine what some kind of third phase would be like. Encore Extra Stage on Stealth? lol)

Attack Marvelous Full Combo
Encore Extra Stage with Stealth, Dark, and Shuffle forced on

And the expert chart is a10 footer

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Butterfly (3.1415926MB UnderOverDownAndAround Remix) on Stealth, Shuffle, Marvelous Attack
Or some new PARANOiA mix at 555 BPM.

Or deltaMAX.

Max 300 on Shuffle,Mirror,Stealth,Hidden,Boost,8x,Shuffle+,Hidden+,Cut,Dark.Reverse,Randomly changes to 1X, With a BPM change from 20-300 on every beat, alternating.

Good Luck.

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Back on topic:

So far, the song us sounding pretty neat

Now, if only people could get past that pause or the conditions could be loosened to two life bars instead of sudden death

Imean, it's just a thought

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Hopefully Konami didn't know that there's a glitch on their current ES/EES system, or they might fix it at anytime. Because no players were allowed to play over the "period" on Beginner.

Players able to play it on Beginner because on either side (P1 or P2 side) 1 of the player did not use any eamuse pass. Konami may be smart to disable speed mod, wave etc, but players are even smarter

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Actually, they've recently loosened the conditions to where players CAN play it on beginner

At least
that's what I figured

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Better than IIDX, where unlock events get just plain disabled if you play 2 player.