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Friday 9 February, 2007
Well, even after a rest, an hour of this game is pretty tiring. My roommate came back from class and gave me a few pointers, so now instead of C's and D's, I can get B's and an occasional A. Her main tip was to keep your feet on the last buttons you pushed until you need to push a new one. This one little tip made a huge difference. Now, instead of struggling to get to the middle and then back out to one of the buttons, I can relax a little bit. My main goal for next time is to pass the song Exotic Ethnic, which is my favorite one, but too fast for me right now. I noticed in playing this game for an hour, there is a sort of arc. First, I am really terrible until I warm up and get better, and then I start doing badly again when I get tired. The only time I'm truly having fun is in that sweet spot in the middle of playing. It is also fun to play this game with a small group of friends. I can play and we can all laugh about it without me feeling as embarassed as I would in front of a bunch of strangers. This game is social in this way. The goal in this game of moving up in the grading system is frustrating and rewarding. To a player just starting out, such as myself, it is frustrating more often than not. Oh, another thing that bothers me in this game is the background. It's so distracting and sometimes I can hardly see the arrows. I'll get distracted and then when the game starts booing at me, I'll realize that I'm about to fail. Ooh, another thing is that sometimes it will boo at me or say something mean when I'm getting better and about to save a fail, and then that ruins my concentration and I fail. I have to work on shutting out distractions...
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