So apparently people are mad that Stepmania was on AGDQ

[Izzy]

Re: So apparently people are mad that Stepmania was on AGDQ

I had never even heard of AGDQ until it was over this year. I am shocked to learn this has brought so much silly controversy.

Oh well, It's all in good fun. It seems to have raised a decent amount of money too.

[Kekeb]

Re: So apparently people are mad that Stepmania was on AGDQ

i just want more people to be exposed to rhythm games in general

[Reincarnate]

Re: So apparently people are mad that Stepmania was on AGDQ

I kind of wish that Stian had played some easier songs to begin with because it would serve several purposes:
A) It would cut the nervousness since a crowd of unsuspecting viewers with little to no rhythm gaming experience would be blown away by just about anything D4 or higher, leading to the same type of overwhelming crowd hype that happened during the showcase
B) It would be alright for a warmup
C) It would have shown viewers that there is more to SM than D7/D8 files and perhaps plant the seed in their minds that they might be capable of playing the game too.
D) It lets the couch explain a lot of underlying concepts before anything crazy happens and without the fear of breaking Stian's concentration during intense files (and I thought the couch did a great job of doing this during the first few charts anyway).
E) It makes the true hard stuff look even more impressive in comparison.

I agree with pretty much all of this -- but it's also hard to find the right balance point, since the whole thing is a charity event under time constraints. There's an argument to be made that playing the most difficult / impressive songs the entire way through is the best way to get donations / the best way to provide benefit to a good cause.

But if we remove all that from the equation (as well as things like time constraints), then yes, I agree. All else considered, I thought they did a fantastic job.

If there was lots of time to do this, I'd go through files that were considered difficult for their era, while talking about the history of DDR/DWI/BMS/Stepmania/etc:

Paranoia, Boom Boom Dollar, Max 300, BMR's A, Club (Yanah), (placeholder), Vertex Beta, Disregard, and then lead into all the files Staiain played from there. I'd actually add several other files but this should give some idea for what I mean.

The idea being that as you go through time, you also go through difficulty and get a chance to talk about how things evolved in terms of attitudes, origins, playstyles, tournaments, difficulty, software, features, files, websites, games, notable events, etc.

(placeholder) would just be a cool file a lot of people liked around 2005-2006 or so, but there are too many choices as to what could go here.

The reason I include Club is because it sparked a lot of debate about playstyle at the time. Gives you an opportunity to show off the power of index play.

[IwasAsquidOnce]

Re: So apparently people are mad that Stepmania was on AGDQ

Lets play some FuCkIn TAp A JAm

[choof]

Re: So apparently people are mad that Stepmania was on AGDQ

play club and have the announcers only speak in yanah quotes

[dashoe93]

Re: So apparently people are mad that Stepmania was on AGDQ

They should have gotten that guy to speedrun guitar hero. Yes, someone actually did that, and he wasn't even good.

[Mahou]

Re: So apparently people are mad that Stepmania was on AGDQ

So I just downloaded SM. Where do I get the packs?

[MinaciousGrace]

Re: So apparently people are mad that Stepmania was on AGDQ

If we're conparing a casual SM player to a casual IIDX player, I may say that the latter is more impressive, but that is not the case here. Staian's skill simply cannot be discounted like that.

no dude u don't understand

tennis has a higher learning curve than sprinting the 100m

therefore every tennis player in the world is a better athlete than every 100m sprinter in the world

[gold stinger]

Re: So apparently people are mad that Stepmania was on AGDQ

I can guarantee you guys that Super Crazy Guitar Maniac Deluxe 3 is hands down the best rhythm game around

you can't deny

[MixMasterLar]

Re: So apparently people are mad that Stepmania was on AGDQ

In before Pop'n Music

[Hakulyte]

Re: So apparently people are mad that Stepmania was on AGDQ

I can guarantee you guys that Super Crazy Guitar Maniac Deluxe 3 is hands down the best rhythm game around

you can't deny

Dude there's a Super Crazy Guitar Maniac 4, get on with da trend. \o

[sakura080789]

Re: So apparently people are mad that Stepmania was on AGDQ

I feel that the showcase was great. To be honest I am surprised that Osu wasn't picked over SM it feels at least to me anyway that it has taken off more. Either way Stai did great and shed some light on the community and I am happy with that.

[rushyrulz]

Re: So apparently people are mad that Stepmania was on AGDQ

I can guarantee you guys that Super Crazy Guitar Maniac Deluxe 3 is hands down the best rhythm game around

you can't deny

agreed. Either that or DJManiax

[klimtkiller]

Re: So apparently people are mad that Stepmania was on AGDQ

I can guarantee you guys that Super Crazy Guitar Maniac Deluxe 3 is hands down the best rhythm game around

you can't deny

hahahahaha haha ha

[Gradiant]

Re: So apparently people are mad that Stepmania was on AGDQ

agreed. Either that or DJManiax

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