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Now taking donations for the Toblerone Zep Senpai sympathy FundHate-Senpai posted:Anyways my point is that I have terribad luck at gacha games, didn't even get a SSR in CG SS from today's pull.  This here's a thread where we play one or more rhythm games (sometimes idol-related but as per this forum always anime-related), which may be on mobile devices or dedicated gaming systems, and talk about the goings-on therein. There's a sort of focus on Love Live! School Idol Festival (primarily EN and JP servers, but if you play TW or KR, feel free to post about those too), The IDOLM@STER Cinderella Girls: Starlight Stage, and Girl Friend (♪), but feel free to talk about other relevant games too. General Information (applicable to LLSIF, SS, ML:TD, and BD:GBP) In these games, you assemble a team of girls who may or may not be idols and use the team to play a song, which involves tapping circles/hearts onscreen to the rhythm of music from the respective franchises. Build your teams up and make them stronger in order to get higher scores! Aim for a full combo, but watch out - if you miss too many notes, you'll fail the song! You get new songs to play by progressing through little story segments, just having new special limited-time songs pop up, and/or through straight-up purchasing the songs. Unlock new story segments by raising your (Rank/(Producer) Level), and raise that by playing songs for experience! You can also use premium currencies to draw special cards to beef up your teams. See below for how core gameplay differs for each game. And please refer to the resources linked below in order to get a way better idea of gameplay and what (not) to do.  Existing LLSIF thread on Games: School Idol Festival - Save your school with finger-tambourine DDR (Thanks Sidesaddle Cavalry for making me aware of this) In LLSIF, teams consist of nine idols. Song backgrounds are static and vary depending on song difficulty. Tapped circles are arranged in a semicircular manner, and notes appear from the top-center of the screen and travel in straight lines to their corresponding tap circles. There are three main types of notes: single taps, double taps (indicated with a bar on the consecutive note circles), and hold notes (which must be released at the end, unlike how in, say, DDR, you can come back to a freeze arrow after stepping off of it for a split-second). Songs have three attribute categories: Smile (Pink), Pure (Green), and Cool (Blue). Cards come in these attributes as well, and it is beneficial to create teams of a single attribute in order to get a bonus for each circle tapped when the song attribute matches the attribute of the card you tap.  In CGSS, teams consist of five idols. While playing songs, you have a choice of backgrounds: 3D models of your idols dancing in the background or chibi 2D versions onstage. The tapped circles are arranged in a straight line; notes are... not really consistent in how they appear. Most of the time, they follow some sort of arc straight down to the tap circles, but sometimes they originate from where another note would appear. It's a little odd, coming from a LLSIF player. Notes come in the same varieties as in LLSIF, but some holds will also require you to swipe in a direction at the end, and there are some note chains where you just swipe in one direction. Songs have three attribute categories as well: Cute (Pink), Cool (Blue), and Passion (Orange). Some songs do, however, appear to match to all three? And I believe that, according to at least one of the links below, song score is affected by other different stats per card. I can't explain the mechanics that well for myself (as of this writing, the game only came out yesterday, and the translations/guides that exist are super helpful), so please refer to the links below for help. (todo: add ML:TD here) BanG Dream! Girls Band Party!  BanG Dream is a rhythm game where you lose a lot if you play on expert. But it's cool you can play until your battery dies there's no stamina or whatever. Also the girls will spend an awful lot of time talking to each other while playing. Even the vocalist. Unless you mix and match, because they can only talk to members of their own band, it seems. Oh also it's kinda like guitar hero, only with your fingers, and the notes are traveling across the fretboard. —ed Play as a staff member of the live house CiRCLE, the gokigen-est place for girl bands to come and perform music! Meet the girls of the five bands and warm up to their sounds and personality: Poppin' Party, Afterglow, Pastel*Palettes, Roselia, and Hello, Happy World! The notes travel top-to-bottom and the tap area is pretty generous. There are seven note zones in a line at the bottom, and you'll have regular taps, hold-and-release, hold-and-release but sliding across columns, and flicks (which are indicated with up arrows, but can be flicked in any direction). There's four type categories cards can fall into: Powerful, Cool, Pure, and Happy. This makes a difference when a type is boosted in events to get you more event points. It's recommended to just always be playing on the multiplayer mode, saving single-player for when you run out of flames. English version coming 2018! Uta Macross Smartphone De Culture  The year....... is mecha idol o'clock. Sharon Apple was not included in the game. She weeps several invisible tears. User nielsm has provided a handy guide to playing the Prichan arcade game if you find yourself interested while in Japan: https://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3740211&pagenumber=469&perpage=40#post487228460 But where do I download these? LLSIF: Should be listed on the App Store/Google Play Store as "SchoolIdolFestival". CGSS: Android: requires a little legwork to get. It's region-locked (I believe) but I found a tip: use this "QooApp" application to download the game. If this counts as  please let me know, but I feel like since it's free to download, it's just informing folks which hoops to jump through to fall further into idol rhythm hell.iOS: Found here, or search for "Starlight Stage" on iTunes Japan. Does require Japanese iTunes account. (Thanks Polsy!) ML:TD: Same deal as Starlight Stage, pretty much. BanG Dream! Girls Band Party!: uhhh QooApp too I guess for the Japanese version. English version available on App Store/Google Play Store! Helpful links:   School Idol Festival: http://decaf.kouhi.me/lovelive/index.php?title=Main_Page : Wiki with a LOT of information on the game. http://schoolido.lu/ : Site with a boatload of resources; you can sign up here to keep track of your cards and stats, if that's your thing. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.akindroid.sukupra , https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.andcreate.app.schfespractice : Practice apps for SIF on Google Play. I prefer the former myself. Basically videos of full combo plays of songs shown beneath an interface where you can tap on the screen and get audio feedback. Warning: Some videos might have audio/video not in sync, some videos might be a wonky size, some videos might even have audio cut out. (No direct links for iOS, but according to this reddit thread, you can just search "Love Live Practice" and it'll be the first result. Hopefully that's still true.)  Starlight Stage: http://www.project-imas.com/wiki/THE_iDOLM@STER_Cinderella_Girls:_Starlight_Stage : Lists songs and girls available in-game. Thanks Sonata Mused! https://imgur.com/a/c61YF : A few translations of the interface. Thanks Yes_Cantaloupe! http://moeidolatry.com/starlight/ : Even more translations! http://ss.idolmaster.jp/serial_campaign/confer?rnd=286545924 : If you preregistered for the game, this is where you input the code you were e-mailed as well as your Producer ID. It was a 1000 Star Jewel bonus, so don't tarry! That's 2/5 of the way towards a 10-idol premium draw! !!!!! https://hpt.moe/deresute/Main_Page : Wiki with info! Thanks Zenostein! http://usamin.info/ : Basically like School Idol Tomodachi, but for Starlight Stage. Thanks Sonata Mused! https://starlight.kirara.ca/ : Loads of info on cards. Thanks Skwee! http://love-laika.tumblr.com/post/128299356058/so-you-wanna-play-starlight-stage : How to play! Thanks again Yes_Cantaloupe! https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1n0cPZZenN0ZE7OeKUgDEqlpEhqpQzhSwAptFjAEBzv8/edit#gid=0 : Guide to which cards have which skills, and what those skills even mean in the first place. Among other stuff. http://cgss.cf/ : Guide to song charts - play button links to video, colored-in button with star difficulty # links to full chart of all notes for that difficulty. Event-related : https://twitter.com/deresute_border : Twitter bot updating every 15 minutes with actual cutoffs for event tier rankings. Event-related : https://twitter.com/cindere_border : Twitter bot updating every day with cutoff predictions. Would be nicer if it were more often but c'est la life. !!!!! Polsy's Guide to Starting the CG Mobage (Not Starlight Stage)  In-game User IDs: For when you want people on your friendslist that aren't completely randos. code:buddy the comma splice in the title is triggering me It is because I am a dirty meme loving gently caress: https://38.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lqcvbrQ2nl1qfure9.jpg graybook fucked around with this message at 17:24 on Aug 21, 2018 |
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Starlight Stage has released, I recently started playing Project Diva, and I still have both EN and JP School Idol Festival accounts. I'd say I'm descending into idol rhythm game hell, but I've been playing SIF for over a year. I'm already there. I've made hell comfy, and host parties.
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Thursday morning a friend of mine was telling me about her (third by my count) dream that involved Love Live stuff. Says I to her, "Sometimes I wonder which of us is deeper in idol hell." I'm the one who got her into Love Live and the game but she's the one dreaming about it. Then a few hours later Starlight Stage came out and I remembered that I was the one deeper in hell. I keep telling myself I'm in it for the rhythm gameplay. At least for Starlight Stage, that's more true since I have basically zero grip of Japanese.
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Hi, my name is Moldy Taxes, and I'm an Idol Music Game addict. Been on SIF EN for about a year now, and I'm rank 174. I enjoy the franchise enough that I'm still heavily considering buying a ticket to the movie screening next weekend. Picked up SS when it dropped, but I know absolutely nothing about IM@S except that shorthand and that a buddy of mine's really into one of the girls. Music's good, but aside from saving up premium currency for a ten draw and leveling up I have no idea what's going on with the game. I'd definitely pick up an English version if there was one, though. Games are good, fellas.
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I already have tickets to see LLTSIM next weekend, both Saturday and Sunday, each in a different city (neither of which is mine). There are no showings in my town, so I bought a ticket for Sunday. Then an Internet friend expressed interest in seeing it with me on Saturday. I've yet to decide if I want to drive an hour or two to see a teenage pop star cartoon twice in one weekend. I suppose I'll have a better idea after the first showing. I think I heard something about goodies? So that might influence my decision, too, I can be a sucker for anime merch.
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I would've gone to see the Love Live movie in Boston, but the friend I would've watched with, her family decided they'd start vacation next Saturday. I could drive to Virginia to see it myself but nah. On the English server for LLSIF, I've been playing since about the end of February. My handle is Zio and friend code is 272910675. Send me a message if you add me because I think my list is full but I can get rid of a rando for a goon. My center is a Smile UR Honoka - somehow she seems to bless me more than any other girl. As for Starlight Stage, my producer id thing is 373085876.
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I buckled down and picked up tickets for a showing that's thankfully in town.Yes_Cantaloupe posted:I think I heard something about goodies? So that might influence my decision, too, I can be a sucker for anime merch. FC for EN SIF is 9112744027. I just pulled two of new SR Makis from the last update, so I'll be rocking that as my center for Score Matches and Medley Festivals down the road, while I swap in an appropriate UR for token events. I've got a few slots open right now, but shoot me a message beforehand so I know where you're from. My PID for SS is 498569951. Not too much else to say here other than that I'm pretty active in the game.
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I played LLSIF for a month or so with a custom-made arcade style controller.   If anyone is interested I'm actually selling both as I can't stand mobage pay models and forced timers (I have played and extensively enjoyed the iM@S series on console but it's a different thing entirely).
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Megalixir posted:I played LLSIF for a month or so with a custom-made arcade style controller. whoa. You are the big anime fan. I might be interested if it's a thing that can work with android.
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Yes_Cantaloupe posted:whoa. You are the big anime fan. I didn't make it, I bought it, but it's one of a kind. I've seen others in Japan make similar custom arcade controllers, it isn't any different from making a custom arcade stick (come to think of it I actually have a few of those as well). It's a PS3 PCB wired to Sanwa buttons, the acrylic case appears to be an Arthong, and the side buttons activate/deactivate. Works over bluetooth, very playable, same latency as a wireless PS3 controller. I don't know how to set it up for Android though, you'd be on your own for setting it up, which is why I had intentions to sell it together with the already set up iPad 32gb for $300 + shipping. Actually while I'm at it, here's a video of it in action: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pmTeY2Gnnis If there's some sort of Blutrol equivalent for Android, I assume it would work all the same.
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Incoming 9-hour maintenance in SIF. e: When it comes down to it, I don't need more things. I wish you luck, friend. Yes_Cantaloupe fucked around with this message at 03:57 on Sep 8, 2015 |
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The maintenance took me completely by surprise. I thought the maintenance notice was the standard post-event notice. Not sure what they changed except for making the alignment of the numbers in pre-match/post-match screens all weird.Megalixir posted:I didn't make it, I bought it, but it's one of a kind. I've seen others in Japan make similar custom arcade controllers, it isn't any different from making a custom arcade stick (come to think of it I actually have a few of those as well). It's a PS3 PCB wired to Sanwa buttons, the acrylic case appears to be an Arthong, and the side buttons activate/deactivate. Works over bluetooth, very playable, same latency as a wireless PS3 controller. I don't know how to set it up for Android though, you'd be on your own for setting it up, which is why I had intentions to sell it together with the already set up iPad 32gb for $300 + shipping. You know, if you don't find someone in the next couple of weeks, I'd be happy to buy this off you.
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holy crap this thread exists hello also thanks for relieving me of my sif op duties, now i can let my own rot. i dont know if i could have handled doing that again Sidesaddle Cavalry fucked around with this message at 03:45 on Sep 9, 2015 |
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Sep 9, 2015 03:41
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Ugh, piss. I had no clue there actually was a thread for it. I apologize - I could've sworn I searched Games already, but I must not have searched well enough. Should I just change this into a Starlight Stage only thread then?
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graybook posted:Ugh, piss. I had no clue there actually was a thread for it. I apologize - I could've sworn I searched Games already, but I must not have searched well enough. Not at all, I'm not being sarcastic. I started that thread back when I was wary about which forum to put it in (no longer the case), and I'm glad there's a thread for this on ADTRW now. fedit: In retrospect, I would have much preferred to post about it here, and now I can! E: while I'm here, what are the percentages for rolling a super-duper-rare (Srare+?) from CGSS's Premium Auditions? I'm thinking about how much time I'd like to set aside to reroll an account.\ Edit again: I'm working on linking back to your thread. let the mingling begin Sidesaddle Cavalry fucked around with this message at 04:57 on Sep 9, 2015 |
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Sidesaddle Cavalry posted:Not at all, I'm not being sarcastic. I started that thread back when I was wary about which forum to put it in (no longer the case), and I'm glad there's a thread for this on ADTRW now. fedit: In retrospect, I would have much preferred to post about it here, and now I can! The percentages I've heard reported are: SSR 1.5% SR 10% R 88.5% I'm just sticking with whatever fate throws my way, honestly. Focusing on LLSIF over CGSS since, y'know, there's an event going on right now on EN that ends in like a day. Even if the recent update seems to have screwed up a fair amount mechanically.
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Welp. Guess I'll just set aside an attempt or two per day until I get lucky. Am I going to be missing out on any promotional premium currency by waiting? Will stuff like "Start Dash" go away? Also, how quickly can new accounts scrounge up enough to make an attempt at a 10-draw gacha?
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Sidesaddle Cavalry posted:I have 74 gems now and I've forgotten why I was even saving them in the first place. What's this about permanent higher rates? I haven't read stuff about the game in forever Aside from the lower sound quality, I had a match of Anone Ganbare in SIF where the timing was way off... but it was only that song. I haven't gotten it at all the rest of the day, so I don't know if it'll hit again if I get it again. All my other score matches today don't seem to have changed timing at all, but man this lower sound quality is annoying, and I'm not even a big sound quality nerd. I'm still saving up my rainbow gems in SS. I'm less than 1k away from being able to do a ten draw, but this is also right as the game launch daily bonus has dried up. Fastest way would be for me to clear some Master beatmaps, but man that's a lot easier said than done. Vitamean fucked around with this message at 05:20 on Sep 9, 2015 |
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Depends on how many Star Jewels you can accrue, probably through song rewards, since you're aiming for 2500 for the 10-draw if I'm not mistaken. I think you can get 750 or something from this one login bit - it's either a new player bonus or a launch bonus, I can't read so I can't tell. You'll get some amount from regular daily login bonuses, and there may or may not be some from 'assignments' that you can complete too (and completing all nine assignments of a set unlocks a new song - there are three boards right now). I think I'm close, but that's also because a couple months back when it was announced, I went and signed up on the Japanese Bandai Namco site to preregister for the game (a 1000 Star Jewel bonus).
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Bonus card requirements: 1  2  (missing one is complete story 5)Polsy posted:Top middle is actually for taking an item out of that box. 3 
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Moldy Taxes posted:Aside from the lower sound quality, I had a match of Anone Ganbare in SIF where the timing was way off... but it was only that song. I haven't gotten it at all the rest of the day, so I don't know if it'll hit again if I get it again. All my other score matches today don't seem to have changed timing at all, but man this lower sound quality is annoying, and I'm not even a big sound quality nerd. That sound quality issue seems like the weirdest thing, especially if it only applies to sif and not cgss. If that's the case, you may have to consider assigning yourself a transfer code and uninstall/reinstall, if that's still possible.
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CGSS is a whole lot easier than LLSIF. Easier to manage only 5 characters over 9.
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IAmTheRad posted:CGSS is a whole lot easier than LLSIF. Easier to manage only 5 characters over 9. Change is hard. It's different, and that makes it trickier. That plus the slides. I'm not as good at it as I am at SIF, but I've gotten better quicker (though I put most of the credit for that at the feet of SIF experience).
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graybook posted:Depends on how many Star Jewels you can accrue, probably through song rewards, since you're aiming for 2500 for the 10-draw if I'm not mistaken.
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graybook posted:Ugh, piss. I had no clue there actually was a thread for it. I apologize - I could've sworn I searched Games already, but I must not have searched well enough. As long as there's enough activity to justify keeping it open, you may proceed.
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Bad Seafood posted:This thread has more of a right to be here than the MGSV thread. Thanks for the ruling - I appreciate it. I just figured it'd be better to switch primary focus to the game that doesn't have a thread yet. Unless I somehow missed that thread in Games too. edit: Heard about another link of translations for CGSS. Added it to the OP, and duplicated here for good measure (even though this is still the first page): http://moeidolatry.com/starlight/ graybook fucked around with this message at 11:41 on Sep 9, 2015 |
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Zettace posted:Just a warning that the guaranteed SR for the 10 card draw ends next week. Can't wait for the iOS version to come out probably after that point
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Isn't there some kind of bonus for pre-registrating? I remember doing that but everytime I clicked the google play button it just took me back to the registration page.
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They shut off pre-registration for Android, because it's out already. I presume it was working at the time from comments above.
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beaner69 posted:Isn't there some kind of bonus for pre-registrating? I remember doing that but everytime I clicked the google play button it just took me back to the registration page. If you did pre-register, you should've gotten an email with a code to enter on some page (I'll edit this with link once I'm at my desktop later). You enter that with your Producer id and that nets you the 1k star jewels in your present box.
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I'm only halfway there to the 10-card draw for CGSS. If you didn't know, when you level up an idol to their next stage, you get a new Communication. Completing the first communication nets you Friend Points. While completing the second communication gets you Star Bits (or whatever they are). On my Rare level Koume, I got 50 Star Bits. For the Normal cards, I only get 25. Still, it's an easy way to get more Star Bits.
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Sonata Mused posted:I'm only halfway there to the 10-card draw for CGSS. You also unlock more communications as an idol gains fans. I think one shows up a 2000 fans, and another at 10000. The 2000 fan ones yield 25 stars on both Ns and Rs, though. Thanks to this, I'm about 225 away from a 10 draw, which I could get from the third scratch board if I could figure out how to navigate the transfer menu.
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I downloaded these at work. Sucks to be whatever I was supposed to be doing, because it's not getting done.
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If you make a card into its + form you get a special communication that also gives starbits.
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Non-SIF rhythm games make me feel incompetent.
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iOS version is out now
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It looks like these are the trend now. In case anyone wants yet another anime girl collecting rhythm thing, Girlfriend Kari has one coming out soon. They're giving a free SR out for people that preregister. All I know about the original is that they got Tange Sakura to do a ridiculous fake accent. Maybe it'll turn out okay. I didn't even know they had songs for it so who knows? Preregistration page. Only takes gmail. Remember to check the box above it.
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That series has the stupidest name ever.
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My favourite translation is the translated iTunes name for the original game, 'Girlfriend before you go out' (Very popular with not only men but also women. Let's start your school life with truely cute girls!)
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Trap posted:Preregistration page. Only takes gmail. Remember to check the box above it. I'm pretty sure you only need a gmail address if you're applying to be in the Android closed beta, regular pregistration can be whatever.
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