"Why the hell is this guy so proud of his video game achievements?"
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Well...
I have been playing video games and rhythm games since I was a kid. I became so good at these games that I entered video game tournaments and won prizes.
After realizing that you do not make much money playing video games... I quit playing video games altogether for years...
For years and years... I didn't play any video game or rhythm game at all.
Then somehow or another.. I got back to my roots and started playing video games again.
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After years of not playing games, there has been one game that has impressed me above all others...
"Deemo 2" by Rayark
To me...
This game has to be ONE OF THE GREATEST GAMES OF ALL TIME!!!
(And I am not getting paid to say this.)
I have played a multitude of rhythm games throughout my life... I have won tournaments for rhythm games... I have achieved the perfect score in multiple rhythm games... and...
No game has EVER impressed me so much as Deemo 2!!!!
It is one of the BEST PROGRAMMED VIDEO GAMES EVER!!
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I have enjoyed playing Deemo 2 so much, that I have been taking my time progressing through the game.
To this very day... There are MANY songs and difficulties I have yet to play in Deemo 2!!!
This game is so amazing that I never want it to end!!!!
My mindset...
"Life is a journey, not a destination." -Ralph Waldo Emerson
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To answer the question above simply...
"Why the hell is this guy so proud of his video game achievements?"
These records... are a benchmark of my current rhythm game mastery.
"Rayark" programmed "Deemo 2" so well...
I can achieve the perfect score on a song on my very first attempt!!
Thank you Rayark for making such an AMAZING video game!!
I am likely... one of the best... undocumented professional gamers in the world today.
Throughout my life, I taught myself a multitude of different talents and skills.
I spent the better part of my life pushing the envelope on a variety of things...
I won a video game tournament at Mizzou College. I taught myself how to play songs on piano. I even got perfect scores on different video games across many different platforms.
When I won the tournament at Mizzou College, I was playing video games at a MUCH higher caliber than the local scene and my gaming career never went farther than that...
I stopped playing video games for a LONG TIME, seeing that I would likely NEVER make money playing games... So I dropped off the map forever...
Well...
Life happens... I end up playing video games again... and...
"I am still setting records that MOST people in the world will NEVER be able to do."
I am LIKELY not the best at any given video game and I acknowledge this...
BUT...
There ARE moments in my life, when I have set the bar so high, that I may have set "Real World Records."
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One of my most recent accomplishments...
I got a perfect score on "Recreant of the Everlasting" on my 2nd Attempt... EVER!!!
Yes... the song was on the "Easy" difficulty... but... It was ONLY my 2nd time hearing the song and playing the song!!
(The funniest thing about my most recent accomplishment... I was pissed off that I didn't get the perfect score FIRST TRY!!! ;-)
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There are many "professional" gamers out there in the world.... Many people that have been vetted and are "claimed" to be amazing at video games...
When push comes to shove... These "professional gamers" end up coming across a veteran like myself... and they realize that I stand in a league of my own... a league where world records are broken.
When I started playing Deemo 2, I really enjoyed playing the game. I didn't think I was all that good at Deemo 2, because I hadn't been playing rhythm games for some time!
Then... the achievement "This Charming Man," surfaced into existence...
- Obtain 20 All Charming Scores...
- Obtain 50 All Charming Scores...
To me... these achievements.... were kind of like a "marksmanship" to prove myself.
When I obtained "20 All Charming Scores," I told myself that I could EASILY get "50 All Charming Scores" in three days... That is an average of 10 new Charming songs everyday...
So... from 3/20/23 til 3/23/23....
I started obtaining as MANY "All Charming Scores" as possible....
And... then... on 3/23/23...
I obtained "50 All Charming Scores."
To me... this was one of the MOST satisfying achievements, I had ever done.
I set a goal, I knew I could obtain... I followed through with my plan.... and... I executed 30 perfect scores within a three day period or so....
After achieving this accomplishment... I was happy with my progression.
I achieved what I set out to do...
And... I took OVER A YEAR LONG BREAK FROM PLAYING DEEMO 2. (I had quit playing Deemo 2 in March of 2022.)
I did not quit Deemo, because I was bored... I did not quit Deemo, because I thought I was the best.
I quit Deemo, because I didn't want to burn myself out. I knew Deemo 2 was going to have updates, new songs, etc...
I waited for over a year to turn the game back on....
And....
What an EXPERIENCE!!!
I have had the JOY of experiencing the new songs... the new storylines... and... more...
Since I have come back... I have now accumulated "100+ All Charming Scores" over this Christmas Holiday.
I had selected a date to achieve "100 All Charming Scores" and... I met my goal.
Don't get me wrong... this achievement isn't THAT difficult... there are so many different songs with easy difficulties... Getting a 100 perfect scores wasn't THAT big of a deal...
What is more impressive than anything else... Is the sheer amount of time it took me to get perfect scores....
Some songs... took me three tries to get a perfect score. Other songs took me two tries. And... there were MULTIPLE songs that I got the perfect score FIRST TRY ever... (Meaning I had NEVER played that particular chart and achieved the perfect score on the very first attempt.)
I am very proud of myself for all that I have achieved!!! I have done some truly extraordinary things!!
I got 100% on Mark of Remembrance (Hard 8) in less than a week AFTER taking over a year long break.
I got MULTIPLE perfect scores FIRST TRY EVER....
I might not be the best rhythm gamer in the world... but... I have done some pretty EXTRAORDINARY achievements.
Accolades that are world-class.
( Truthfully... I do not know how to get sponsored to play video games, but.. I am confident that I have the skills to be sponsored... I don't know who I'd want to sponsor me, tbh...)
I do NOT cheat in Pokemon GO!! (Or any game for that matter.)
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There are many players whom have gotten banned... lost accounts... and have attempted to cheat to collect EVERY pokemon with perfect stats...
Some people use social media to find perfects... some people use 3rd party apps... some people change their GPS coordinates and "spoof" into areas so they can get perfects...
I have NEVER EVEN used a "3rd party appraisal app" to appraise Pokemon when Pokemon GO used a "TEXT BASED APPRAISAL SYSTEM" in 2016 and onward... (This type of app was REGULARLY SEEN among the community, but I chose not to use ANY TYPE of 3rd-party applications!!)
I have never looked up or joined groups that were posting where perfect Pokemon spawn. These players would sometimes drive RECKLESSLY to different locations to get a chance to encounter a perfect pokemon that someone posted online... yikes!!!
To me.. these tactics took the fun out of the game... Why even try and "catch them all" when the perfect or shiny pokemon is just given to you?
I have spent a lot of time playing Pokemon GO since it's release in 2016 and I am very proud to say, "My entire Pokemon GO Account is LEGIT!"
I have always wondered how many other trainers took my approach to the game...
I have been making an effort to reach the trade limit in Pokemon GO as much as possible.
The last two days... I have literally reached the trade limit... with SECONDS left!!! Two days in a row... I reached the trade limit at 11:59pm!! I didn't mean for it to happen like that, but I BARELY made the deadline twice in a row!!
Also.. I have been helping my partner to get XL candy for Heatran by trading long distance legendaries once a day... Well... When he traded me one of his Heatran for XL, I got a PERFECT Heatran!!
Absolute crazy luck!! Fucking amazing!!!
(Trade limit picture has the time on the top left!
Perfect Heatran was caught by my partner on 1/11... which means I just, "Won!!! Won!!! Won!!!!")
During "The Composer's Concert Vol 1," I obtained three 100% All Charming Scores in a row.
All three songs got the additional "Daily Bonus" maximizing my Star Points effectively.
I felt good about getting those three perfect scores, so I decided to play a brand new song that I had NEVER played before.
And.... I got a 100% FIRST TRY EVER.
Sure, the difficulty was on "easy", but.. I just got three 100% scores beforehand and... SIGHTREAD A SONG I HAD NEVER HEARD OR PLAYED IN MY ENTIRE LIFE!!
You only get ONE chance to do something first try... Only one attempt...
Sightread song was... Somewhere Else by Dark Cat (Easy)