Pop'n Music 12 || Rhythm Cafe

 NotCainNorAbel: !next
  LRRbot: Next scheduled stream: Rhythm Cafe (Heather and Ian continue their never-ending quest to play ALL THE RHYTHM GAMES! Game: Pop'n Music) at Sun 04:00 PM PDT (1m ago).
 Earthenone: 
 iarethel0ser:  
 Metric_Furlong: time to pop our last music
 Aygar:  
 baltimore_667083: !box
  LRRbot: In the box is: Boxing Day
kusinohki: meows
 baltimore_667083: oh jeez it's december already?
 baltimore_667083: !badadvice
  LRRbot: The other one is East.
kusinohki: trying to fit in the lyrics of mambo no 5 or walk like an egyptian and I don't know which works better....
DideRobot: LRR: It's time to pop some music onto the PS2! It's Rhythm Cafe time! | https://twitch.tv/LoadingReadyRun | https://kind.social/@LoadingReadyRun/113223349977939413
 TehAmelie: good mornin
 baltimore_667083: !advice
  LRRbot: Wash off that goo.
 baltimore_667083: @LRRbot way ahead of you
 DaxStrife: Sudden secret Evangelion music.
 TehAmelie: i mustn't run away i mustn't run away
 MMoritz: I do like the theme tune for this show. this one however...
 TehAmelie: ohaio
kusinohki: get into the rythm cafe shinji??
 Metric_Furlong: and Mozart! 
Mandillio:   
kusinohki: once you pop, you just don't stop
 jubale1: was this table a TTSF project?
 SnackPak_: a hole for every button
 RatherLargeToad: Witness the power of our fully armed, and operational, Poppn’ Controller!!!
 MMoritz: I was just watching watch and play- Ben's old arcade garbage. this is interesting talk
  Juliamon: !popn
  LRRbot: Ian built this custom controller himself, you can watch the process at https://youtu.be/vwFGUGCHB7I and https://youtu.be/UEotZ_PutVQ and you can see the test run at https://youtu.be/ZewHaAwO6zw !
 adept_nekomancer: Enjoy secret birds, expert cat, new more different birds... we have so many options
kusinohki: how long before ian adds a coin slot and they have to insert a dblooney to play a song??
 HarmonisedMelody: Rhythm Time!
  Juliamon: jubale1 those links are the relevant TTSFs
 jubale1: thanks Juliamon.  Is it based on a commercial design, something they sell for rhythm games?
  Juliamon: He based it on the cabinet dimensions
kusinohki: popn music is a popular(?) arcade cabinet in japan.  controller is based on that
 HarmonisedMelody: Ah Japanese Romantic Christmas
 TehAmelie: christmas in subtember, what willt hey think of next
 jubale1: I remember Ian, Loading  (3 minute pause) Ready  Run 
 HarmonisedMelody: A Pop'n Christmas Miracle
  Juliamon: That was a *brutal* tempo change
 jubale1: and we had the super-fast disk drive.  those poor friends with a tape were waiting 20 minutes.
 HarmonisedMelody: Should go louder, button presses are over the music
 DaxStrife: Definitely quiet.
 adept_nekomancer: Music is slightly quiet perhaps?
 HarmonisedMelody: Let's find out!
 HarmonisedMelody: Oh oh!
 jubale1: I am Eady!
 SnackPak_: aaaa
 LurkerSpine: 100 AAAAAAAAH
 HarmonisedMelody: Oh   Oh
 RatherLargeToad: nin!
 adept_nekomancer: [screaming internally intensifies]
 LurkerSpine: oh man this is great
 Metric_Furlong: !panic
  LRRbot:  THERE IS NO NEED TO PANIC, IT'S FINE. 
  Juliamon: it's not white noise, it's pop'noise
Invitare: so if you get a good enough score does the game give you congratulations?
 LurkerSpine: This song is so good
  Juliamon: I can't help but think they prioritized the wrong part of gameplay for this mode.
Invitare: Congratulations 2P
 HarmonisedMelody: Go Player 2 
kimmibeans: I logically know thjat Ian is taller than Heather, but seeing them stand next to each other like that still threw me for a loop. I don't think i quite appreciated how tall Ian is, lol
  Juliamon: Ian is standard-LRR-male tall
  Juliamon: the problem is, that's VERY TALL
 TehAmelie: the perspective is a little angled, but i don't know if it matters
 LurkerSpine: @kimmibeans Seeing LRR in person is wild. You don't really appreciate that Cam is like, above average height until you see them IRL
 HarmonisedMelody: The Shower Nog Crapshot is the one that really highlights it for Kathleen/Graham for me
kimmibeans: @LurkerSpine I mean, I'm 5' tall so everybody just looks giant to me IRL
 azureHaights: Wiki says "joukyou" (at least for the genre)
 HarmonisedMelody: Hi-PAH!
 adept_nekomancer: I wonder if it's using three buttons so that it'll work if you only have a single set of 9 buttons and each player uses half of it?
 TehAmelie: maybe the sound files are very large and takes time to load
  Juliamon: adept_nekomancer That's probably the case, given it does require custom controllers and presumably only comes with one
 TehAmelie: seems like this game's style to occasionally play uncompressed .wavs or something
  Juliamon: it also feels like it's *not* designed with 2p in mind, and just sort of "makes it work" with what they have
 HarmonisedMelody: MicroPop!
 TehAmelie: fairly close scores, so it must be working!
  Juliamon: Shinobian
  Juliamon: ShinobIan
 HarmonisedMelody: ChiiPop!
 TehAmelie: i think "a universal. . .uh" works
 RealGamerCow: Poptember
  Juliamon: It's the last Pop'n stream for this month
kusinohki: I can almost read "pharmacistjudge has an aesthetic" in wingding...
 Metric_Furlong: uh.... one more?
 TehAmelie: that stance!
 HarmonisedMelody: Oh, Ian is P2?
SaxPython: #NiceGuy is too strong
  Juliamon: yup
 azureHaights: Nice Guy Jin!
 TehAmelie: put Nice Guy in Smash
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 LordZarano: Nitrogen Ice Guy is very cool 
 TehAmelie: i think the belt got undone
 Metric_Furlong: good.
 azureHaights: Nice Guy's song is literally about the onsen experience
 azureHaights: No, autocorrect, not nonsense, onsen
SaxPython: Lol
 azureHaights: If you're confused the first time you go to a hotspring, is that a load of onsense
 Metric_Furlong: has ian's controller stopped working?
kimmibeans: That's what it looks like.
 TehAmelie: it was a brief but forceful flowering
kimmibeans: I mighy have to back and watch when they built this thing
 azureHaights: Tonight on Pop'n Music Solder Fry...
SaxPython: "Is that supposed to be disconnected" is so great!
 TehAmelie: we unlocked something: the Pop'n Music story
 HarmonisedMelody: Business Men, Doing the Business
SaxPython: rhythm with the power of 3 robots!
SaxPython:   
 Metric_Furlong: @HarmonisedMelody they're definitely not cops
 TehAmelie: they're ROBOcops!
 TehAmelie: meanwhile, Sisyphus is taking it to the next level
  Juliamon: I assumed "Dummy" because they look like ventriloquist dummies
 HarmonisedMelody: Business Dummies?
SaxPython: I feel like the Push message is not adding to the experience. Do we think there's additional features on another button? We only see it when they're 2x or higher
 ImmortalLen: Less fun but better results?
 RealGamerCow: neck and neck!
 Cptasparagus: the big bubble that says push and seems to be off the beat is throwing me off
  Juliamon: yeah... I can't figure out what the bubble's for
SaxPython: Funky
 TehAmelie: maybe it's an act where the audience tries to guess which one/s are dummies and which one/s are puppeteers
 Earthenone: the bubble is for Pop'n
 Cptasparagus: @Juliamon it doubles as a Lamaze class if you're pregnant
  Juliamon: The two genders: fish and dolls
SaxPython: 
kusinohki: fish and dolls....  did I watch that musical??
 Earthenone: now i want to see a 1950's woman calling men fish
SaxPython: 
 Cptasparagus: double amputees watching could swap their legs possibly
 Earthenone: was the 50's the "doll" period? i wasent alive then
 kimmibeans: Does any tall person want to swap legs? Together, we may make 2 average-sized people!
 HarmonisedMelody: One of you would get TREMENDOUS balance, the other... not so much
 TehAmelie: i like my legs attached
 TehAmelie: i would like to swap my fluids, though. i'm thirsty but my stomach is full of juice D:
 HarmonisedMelody: I'm swapping my fluids with Cup Noodle Broth
 HarmonisedMelody: I'm ALSO enjoying some Noodles, a Variety of sachet additions and some sausage and eggs!
 HarmonisedMelody: But that's mostly unrelated to the fluid swapping
 TehAmelie: yum
 TehAmelie: welcome back!
SaxPython:   
 HarmonisedMelody: :lrrheather: That's MY thing
SaxPython: #Buffering
 gsyhiap: It's actually been a hot minute since I last ps aux
 HarmonisedMelody: You're a Streamer, no fun allowed! 
 DaxStrife: https://www.twitch.tv/loadingreadyrun/clip/PoorBillowingPlumageCharlietheUnicorn-tZ6MfhTDMZuYAt7z
SaxPython: Weird Al entered the chat
 ImmortalLen: https://www.twitch.tv/loadingreadyrun/clip/PluckyClearCasetteAliens-7McgN6Wseb2yw6od
 kimmibeans: I think Weird Al has taught us that accordian makes everything better
SaxPython: @kimmibeans 
 HarmonisedMelody: How good is the Weird Al movie?  The new BioPic DanRad one
 HarmonisedMelody: New Ish
 HarmonisedMelody: Rad Hiyooooh Ian!
SaxPython:   
 gsyhiap: 
 kimmibeans: I have not seen it yet, though I heard it was a biopic in the very loosest sense of the word, per Weird Al's direction
 TehAmelie: maybe Ian can play Cam's part
 gsyhiap: That''s method acting!
 kimmibeans: Ian is really not allowed to have fun today I guess
 Cptasparagus: John 11:35 "Jesus wept" (from banging his knee on the table)
 HarmonisedMelody: Yes!  That sounded like the best part of the "BioPic" 
 kimmibeans: @HarmonisedMelody Oh, absolutely. I can
 kimmibeans: can't wait to watch it once I get a chance
SaxPython: !dbcountdown
  LRRbot: Desert Bus for Hope will begin at Fri  8 Nov 03:00 PM PST (39d, 22:47 from now)
 Cptasparagus: I crushed my balls is the best. Especially since that could be on the TV show in Idiocracy.
 kimmibeans: @SaxPython I was just thinking to myself "Isn't Desert Bus soon?"
 HarmonisedMelody: What anime is this taking me to??
SaxPython: 
 HarmonisedMelody: Dragon Ball Z?
 Cptasparagus: yes
 HarmonisedMelody: Cool!
 Cptasparagus: its a DBZ outro I think?
 HarmonisedMelody: That tracks
SaxPython: I was thinking DB had the Ian soundboard
 HarmonisedMelody: There's the part!
 HarmonisedMelody: Oh, that IS the words for it :rofl:
 Cptasparagus: opener, but yes DBZ
  RayFK: Oh this one of them weab games
 Cptasparagus: I play it on Taiko all the time
 HarmonisedMelody: I sometimes get the impression (mostly from LRR) that ALL Japanese Games are Weeb Games 
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 HarmonisedMelody: Relative to 20, I guess
 Cptasparagus: @HarmonisedMelody every japanese rhythm game i've ever played is filled with anime. They know their audience.
SaxPython: Harpsichord ish
 HarmonisedMelody: Was looking at a Japanese Switch catalogue yesterday, an official Nintendo one, it had a Microphone for some kind of official karaoke game?
 Cptasparagus: oh thats cool I only knew of the official Gamecube microphone for mario party. Didnt know switch had one.
 HarmonisedMelody: Was trying to work out what on earth kind of game would need a microphone, maybe a just dance?  Til friend pointed it out and I felt silly 
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 Cptasparagus: Its from Hori, that makes sense
SaxPython: 
 HarmonisedMelody: They'd said it was a Big Karaoke Brand thing
 RealGamerCow: The Aki basho just finished, Ian
 HarmonisedMelody: Joy Sound maybe?
SaxPython: 
 Cptasparagus: @HarmonisedMelody yeah that looks like what its intended for
 TheAinMAP: https://www.twitch.tv/loadingreadyrun/clip/EnchantingHappyFoxJKanStyle-A14BardQUKZP9LtE
 HarmonisedMelody: JOYSOUND Karaoke game apparently requires a Japanese Credit Card Subscription to play the music
 HarmonisedMelody: $3 for 24 hours, or $15 for three months
 HarmonisedMelody: Is that Dr Worm?
 TheAinMAP: 
SaxPython: Lol. Heather hit Ian with the shuriken
 Cptasparagus: @Ian, I actually was going to tell you some time, I had a digitally-suck input on my Hori Taiko drum and a few people on the LRR TTSF discord channel helped me solve it, and I ended up having to contact Hori and they sent me a new control board and it works now! The community rocks.
SaxPython: The pong is on!
 kimmibeans: I love how Heather's character is just vibing, while Ian's is daydreaming of dates
 TehAmelie: in my headcanon they are on a date
 TehAmelie: ooh plot twist
 HarmonisedMelody: In the end, the date is for Heather!
 kimmibeans: Awww 
 SquareDotCube: It's no Magical Spring Shower, or Passing Wind
 Cptasparagus: yeah the best part is I bought it on a random site before it was technically available in the states (in like 2018), so I couldn't use Hori's support system that they set up for US orders, so they just helped me anyway.
SaxPython: A capella chords know what's up
  Juliamon: BIG BURGER
 SquareDotCube: are the burgers made of soy?
SaxPython: Ian just keeps getting flavor blasted
 RatherLargeToad: I like that song.  Reminds me of ninjas
 SquareDotCube: don't befew, bemani
 TehAmelie: maybe it's short for beatmania
SaxPython: Idk, Mani is pretty great.
SaxPython: 
SaxPython: Ian work shopping new CDHC topics for Cori
 DaxStrife: Now I'm just thinking of a Rhythm Cafe stream where it's just Heather and Bartleby. Or Pistachio.
 ImmortalLen: https://www.twitch.tv/loadingreadyrun/clip/AbstemiousPowerfulMarrowCoolCat-QlJRrzb3z-DuaS6w
SaxPython: NGL, this battle mode is awesome. These beatmap manipulations are very fun
SaxPython:   
 TehAmelie: and what's this guy's story? middle aged angry bird still rockin'
SaxPython: I'm impressed by how balanced it is.  They all feel pretty fair
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 TehAmelie: there's at least one joke to make about rubberband mechanics in a rhythm game
SaxPython: 
 RatherLargeToad:   
   Anubis169: wheeeeeeeeeee
SaxPython: pffffff
 RealGamerCow: you celebrate bamboo growing real fast season by staking someone you don't like over a bamboo shoot
 TehAmelie: you're telling me bamboo doesn't grow one meter per day all the time?
 TehAmelie: or under their feet
 kimmibeans: I fear for anyone on Heather's hated list
 Cptasparagus: Heather, there is actually a reddit story about this that I heard. Someone grew bamboo because their neighbor put a flood light over the fence pointed at their window. They moved and like 5 years later found out their neighbor was overrun with bamboo.
  Juliamon: On the mode select it indicated it could only be 3 button
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  Juliamon: I would guess it's a restriction of the character system taking up so much screen real estate
   Anubis169: probably correct
SaxPython: If I remember correctly, this game is paired with a subscription service.  Do we think we lose progress on unlocking songs if you don't maintain the subscription?
  Juliamon: This game is not
SaxPython: 
  Juliamon: As long as you remember your account info, you don't lose anything
SaxPython: 1 > 0
 RealGamerCow: This slaps
SaxPython: Mortal Kombat
 Cptasparagus: knee pads
 Gizmoloid: why are the wires dirty? XD
 SquareDotCube: so I just realized, the girl in the miho outfit and broom is likely Pocky from the series Pocky & Rocky
  Juliamon: SquareDotCube It put her name as Mikoko
  Juliamon: Good volley there
SaxPython: 
  Juliamon: Did not expect J-jazz to be this smooth
  Juliamon: oh nooooo
 gsyhiap: This feels like it's from the same school of jazz as Katamari Damacy
SaxPython: That wig would be rad
 Cptasparagus: popncon
 gsyhiap: 
 TehAmelie: Mell the mail mouse is my new favorite
 Cptasparagus: I think the Pop'n convention is just the arcade room at any given random anime con
 TehAmelie: or the anime room at an arcade con?
SaxPython: clap clap clap
 Cptasparagus: congratulations
 gsyhiap: 
 TehAmelie: wark
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 TheAinMAP: !box
  LRRbot: In the box is: a $15,000 antique Checkpoint mug
 Gekyouryuu: i'd have been SHOCKED if Jacob wasn't on for that AFK
 TheAinMAP:  
 gsyhiap: 🤡
 Gekyouryuu: "we unlocked california, which is a sucky place to be because everything is falling apart." and also it sucks in the game
SaxPython: Florida ?> California is not what I expected
 Gekyouryuu: friday is my birthday. :3
SaxPython: @Gekyouryuu 
 TehAmelie: have you wrestled Florida from the eldritch forces yet?
  Juliamon: It's also a half-hour early
 Gekyouryuu: this FNPF is Glass Onion, a Knives Out Mystery Booster Draft
 Gekyouryuu: I'm at my LGS right now, having worked this morning
SaxPython:   
  Juliamon: It's heeeeere!
 RatherLargeToad: oooo
SaxPython: Space Hammer!
 RatherLargeToad: it does exist!
  Juliamon: There are multiple vods iirc, two different streams played it
Riandisa: Thanks for the great pop'n month!
 Earthenone: pop'n music, the bigger the buttons the bigger the fun!
  Juliamon: Or more!
 TheAinMAP: 
 Earthenone: !subtember
 TheAinMAP: Thank you for streaming.
   Anubis169: thank you thank you!!
 TehAmelie: thanks for the stream!
 loufghyslaufey: !next
  LRRbot: Next scheduled stream: Bonus Stream (Let’s review 2024 Summer (and preview 2024 Autumn)! Game: Beej’s Anime Roundup) at Sun 06:00 PM PDT (12m ago).
 TehAmelie: random shout out to the ship that went 30 minutes out of its way to sit on the intersection of the equator and the date line on new year's eve 1899 just to be funny
 loufghyslaufey: Aha, I knew it. I need it!
 loufghyslaufey: I news it!(stop autocorrecting, please? Just "news it!" Qwerty.)
 TehAmelie: well, the captain did it to be funny. the ship had no say in it
 TehAmelie: we get signal?
 TehAmelie: probably just the wind
 loufghyslaufey: "...against tears in the rain."
 baltimore_667083: !box
  LRRbot: In the box is: the illusion of choice
 loufghyslaufey: !quote rhythm cafe
  LRRbot: Could not find any matching quotes.
 TehAmelie: those cats are-and-are-not screwed
 loufghyslaufey: Kay
 loufghyslaufey: !quote beej
  LRRbot: Quote #4407: "I just assumed because it's Rule 34 they're all 34 years of age." —Beej [2017-10-18]
 TehAmelie: !findquote rhythm
  LRRbot: Quote #4003: "I play my rhythm games like this guy dances: for the fun of it" —Heather [2017-02-12]
 niccus: did you know that rock lobster is incredible at half speed + pitch
 TehAmelie: now that sounds like Rhythm Cafe
 Gekyouryuu: !vaselineorbarcode
  LRRbot: Barcode!
 baltimore_667083: !badadvice
  LRRbot: Stroke the wurm.
 baltimore_667083: the. what.
 Gekyouryuu: !advice
  LRRbot: Never read YouTube comments.
 loufghyslaufey: !advice
  LRRbot: Don't hit Beatrice.
  Defrost: !goodadvice
  LRRbot: On the internet???
 baltimore_667083: !sir
  LRRbot: Sir? Sir! Why do they call it oven when you of in the cold food of out hot eat the food?
 TehAmelie: best to just stay away from the wum
 loufghyslaufey: Hm, Nevers herds of thems.
 TehAmelie: and the wurm
 loufghyslaufey: Take that again, LRRbot?
 Gekyouryuu: !box
  LRRbot: In the box is: an unlimited number of bones
 TehAmelie: putting some green ribbons in my hair to match my username. ah, what a sunday night
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