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Well the tournament was a blast! About 12 of us went, and one of our guys placed
3rd in both tech and in freestyle. Friday night I got to play DDR Extreme, which
is really really awesome. Unfortunatly it was also incredibly crowded around the
machine, so in the 3 and a half hours we were there, I only got to play it
twice. It was fun none-the-less though, and there was a 5th mix right next to it
that was a lot less crowded. We stayed in the apartment of the guy who ran it (7
people on tile flooring in a small apartment living room, fun stuff), got 3
hours of sleep thanks to playing Beatmania late into the night, and then got up
the next day for the tournament. That then took 11 hours to run both the tech
and freestyle, so it was a long long day at the mall. I think around 40
people enterd the tech, and about 16 or so entered the freestyle, so it was a
pretty good turn-out. Got large crowds too, especially for the start of
the freestyle. Having 80+ people looking at you play is an interesting
experiance. They were climbing on arcade machines and standing on the skeeball
ramp trying to get a glimpse, looked like a madhouse.
As for how I did in the tournament, I qualified for tech which was
all I was aiming for. As good as my friends think I am, I'm really not good at
all compared to the kind of people competeting in tournaments. I just barely
pass 9-foot songs, these guys can full combo them. And as for freestyle, I don't
know how I did, but it was fun none-the-less. I did Tribal Dance on Basic
Shuffle, and hopefully the video will be online at some point.
Oh, and middle-school aged kids are the most annoying things on the
planet. There were several watching the tournament, and of course the
mall is just a haven for teenyboppers (which is why I hate going to malls), so I
was reminded constantly of why I hate middle school with a passion. If
only they could see how stupid they act.... if only....
And finally an article on why FM
radio stinks. XM radio sounds really cool, but having to spend $150 on a
reciever is a bit pricy. Next time I need a stereo though I'd definitly get one
with it in there, as most commercial radio is awful. Morning shows are the
worst. I don't want to hear a DJ blather on about crap, I want to hear
music!
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