OT18 Tourney Log
Posted on: June 26, 2025, at 10:45:01pm

Another year, another one of these huh

here's to a hopefully long journey through Bracket 5. c:

Round 1 - Avallonis (AAA)

15-minute kill. ngl it looked a fair amount harder in preview (as always), happy to start off with the right foot. 1st (MA: 6th/9)

Other files in the round:
B1: Baby (AAA)
B2: Dan Dan Hayaku Naru (AAA)
B3: Spoken Story (AAA)
B4: 11th dimension (AAA)
B6: Eureka (BOOFLAG)
B7: Akazu (20-1-5-4)
E1: A Mechanical Receptacle, Fifty Shards of a Glowing Heart (AAA)

yay i have a file in the game now ^^

Round 2 - Rite on Time (AAA)

two attempts yay. I was a tiny bit afraid that it would be really sucky to kill, since it's a pretty janky file, but thankfully the newfound minijack consistency came through on the runback. 1st (MA: 4th/9)

Other files in the round:
B1: When Sandwiches Come A Knockin' (AAA)
B2: Caramel Pain (AAA)
B3: Empire of Light (AAA)
B4: Goddess Gagged (AAA)
B6: Mezzotinto (7-0-1-1)
B7: ETERNAL DRAIN v2 (UNPLAYED)

eternal drain is unplayable lmao, but generally good files this round. love Caramel Pain, such a neat file for a 48

Round 3 - Metamorphose (AAA)

glad that two hours was enough to AAA. i was much more confident after my sightread and within two full plays I had a blackflag, so it was just a question of playing it out and not tilting. file fits my skillset very well and is really fun. 1st (MA: 2nd/4)

Other files in the round:
B1: wWwWwWwWwWwWwWwWwWwWwWwWwWwWwWw (AAA)
B2: Run (AAA)
B3: Polynomial (AAA)
B4: Pastel Express (AAA)
B6: silly-willy-nilly (24-0-2-5)
B7: BIBBIDIBA (DARKZTAR WHY)

pretty tricky files this round on all groups gl everyone. silly-willy-nilly was pretty fun wish i had grinded it more

Round 4 - Touk Touk (5-0-0-3)

damn they really went there, made the most mindblockable file in the universe, then decided it should be impossible to mirror too. it's commendable really. I could tell myself that I could have done better on this but at the end of the day it is what it is. 4th

Other files in the round:
B1: Longing for Earth (Yukitsuki-yashou arrange ver) (AAA)
B2: MIRROR (AAA)
B3: Wicked Nasty! (AAA)
B4: Sweet and Fruitful (AAA)
B6: Clex3 (FUCK NO)
B7: Kyuukou (?????)

sweet and fruitful is hard goddamnit, overall a suite of pretty tough files this round

Round 5 - Gaviscon (8-0-0-6)

i really do feel like i'm THIS close to the physicality needed to get a monster score on this file but oh well. i'll have to hope this 12.8 ends up being enoug-- YEEEEES SDG FINALLY HOLY SHIT
3rd

Other files in the round:
B1: Dynamite (AAA)
B2: The Tower (AAA)
B3: Oberbayerrrrn (AAA)
B4: Lanadyne Interface (AAA)
B6: Yuushitessen (nahhh)
B7: Shinchoku Yaba-Zaemon uwu (nope)

lanadyne is genuinely one of the most upsetting files ever LOL, my heart out for B4. it's not at all a bad or unenjoyable file, but chokes happen in the most frustrating ways possible.

Round 5 - endleSSStation (Frums Shuuden Bootleg) (79-6-36-5)

hard. physical improvement isn't something that I can pull off like that, and getting hit with 260 JS after getting here by playing tech files gives the whole thing a faint sting of pointlessness; yet I play because what else would I do. congrats to everyone that got top 5 with me, you're all really good at this game and I'm glad to have gotten to R6 amidst such a stacked field. it also helps that in the end i guess i'm okay with the score i got

Other files in the round:
B1: 2 (AAA)
B2: Sesquifractal (AAA)
B3: Cub Cub Lion Heart (AAA)
B4: SHA (1-0-0-1)
B6: Diabolic Enemy (uh huh sure)
B7: Cortex Charger (i'm good thanks)

gaaaaaah i really wanted to AAA sha for the B4 sweep but that file will have to wait. it's just a bit too finicky for me yet. i like the B4+ R6 songs, they feel quite climatic.