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[@milaserty]

The lifebar is meaningless... yeah unless your local arcade owners are d*cks and turn break on the first stage. Pretty impossible to practice beyond 20s...

[@flow2bro602]

That sounds like all the piu nx machines in my city Thankfully one of them is very forgiving and lifebar doesn't mean much which is also the XX Anniv. Cab with online support

[@electriczap9615]

Trying to practice saving money in the 20’s it was relevantly easy until the stock market crash oh 1929, where everyone was so poor that saving up and purchasing needs at the same time was virtually impossible, but beyond the 20’s? The economy is now back on track although it did drop a considerable bit during around 2007-8 bit otherwise practicing the arts of saving is now more than possible

[@LittleRockElevators]

Our local Dave and Busters have the stage break on but once that life bar is gone on the 2nd stage, it's game over.

[@23yyyy]

I think the cab in 23 paskal bandung also does that and the cherry on top is that they give you i 1 less heart for more money than other arcades that give you all the hearts and stage break on 51 misses

[@Megamannerd4life]

I like when stage break is on, like at my local arcade, it's on the 2nd song and onwards. I'm currently on 17's and 18's. I like to watch charts online to study them. To me, stage break gives me a big motivation to just keep going.

[@Shadowtail]

Whenever you say "judgment", I can't stop thinking about a panel of judges sitting next to the player, watching their feet, and observing how rhythmically accurate they are.

[@chezthecheese3843]

Basically every rhythm game when your trying to full combo a song

[@gab_gallard]

@@chezthecheese3843 I think about this jeje kzbin.info/www/bejne/kHbOqHuor7Wnhc0

[@KSkayles]

Loving the idea of you doing more informational and other types of non-gameplay videos. Thanks for this!

[@gabrielgoncalves2763]

Some people in Brazil call drills "metralhadoras" wich means machine gun, because the notes looks like being shot at a high rate of fire.

[@jeanfailaz9832]

eu passei o vídeo inteiro traduzindo tudo, metralhada, one-foot (que não é tradução, mas como a gente chama, né), JOOJs, o fato da gente chamar 'run' de 'rush', ramelada/pedreirada, etc. uahuahuha

[@taeyeonspie5356]

in mexico we call them machine gun too !!

[@ahsongfei]

in chile people usually call those "tiriron" XD like big shaking

[@GemaPratamaAditya]

in indonesia, "cheating" is sometimes called manual. Yeah "manually" moving your feet without doing crossover, while twists are sometimes called "matic" (short for automatic), the opposite of manual XD

[@23yyyy]

Really because my friend refers to cheating and twist as there respective names

[@Moonflower_PIU]

Great video, explaining the terms in English. As a non-English speaker, I sometimes get curious about "how to say this skill in English".

[@ploxyzero]

I always thought drills was "trills" lol Since trills in terms of music is the same concept, just with actual notes instead

[@ThePondermatic]

I've heard and called them trills as well. The community is pretty informal, I think you'll occasionally find people using slightly different words for the same things every now and then.

[@inverlock]

In the Stepmania community it's trills, never seen someone call it drills

[@actuallyasriel]

In many rhythm games, it is "trill". Slight pronunciation difference and I don't believe many folks if anybody will judge you for saying it either way

[@liweicai2796]

It is indeed called "trill" (トリル) in Japanese

[@alvargd6771]

its called trills in games like osu mania or arcaea

[@doobdoob8609]

I was pretty hyped when I saw your facebook post for this video, as i'm thinking of working on a "PIU wiki" kind of website. My idea has been to watch (almost) every chart in the game, comment on them, note down what stands out about them (like specific patterns for practice) and then compile everything on a site. I'll make it so you can search songs by tags ( "twist song", "prime 2", "s17"....) or by patterns. The main motivator of this project is being able to search charts by patterns tbh. Even though a lot of different communities around pump don't necessarily agree with or use the same terminology, i'll keep in mind the definitions you mentioned since you're able to reach quite a big audience. I'd be really glad if Seth sees this UwU. Hope to see more content like this tbh.

[@imDrake_UPT]

This already exists with the tagging system in Pump Out

[@mihsan4534]

Finally someone create this. This is really helpful for newbie like me. I hope you also create some tutorial to do those steps properly

[@happyf333tz]

Muhammad I have it planned out

[@Gotmilk0112]

The lifebar DOES matter if Stage Break is enabled, but IIRC by default Stage Break is always disabled for the 1st stage. For 2nd/3rd/4th and beyond however, it varies depending on what the arcade owner set. Also in rank mode, stage break is always on.

[@SniperFallen06]

I hate the drills, stairs And brackets in doble, so punishing to my feet

[@whobee1754]

Drills, no matter the game, be it dance, keyboard, or otherwise, are the bane of my existence, Give me ludicrous streams with Jacks and Jumps thrown in there intermittently, but give me two alternating notes at a steady BPM and I will crash and burn

[@CosplaysforDays]

This type of video was much needed in the community thank you for all your hard work editing and making this video!

[@turbosIut]

"Cheating" is such a bad term to try to normalize

[@happyf333tz]

Defeater double stepping is appropriate.

[@pepeelpepe5474]

Cheating..... huh. I knew cheating as holding onto the bar. Man I'm so out of the loop.

[@mennymanuel28]

@@pepeelpepe5474it changed almost 15 years ago, because tournaments were starting to be “the player with a slighly better F at this D24 wins”

[@kazaki03]

Thank you for being helpfulf33tz!! I've been looking for a thing like this since I started 2 years ago. I got so frustrated at first trying to learn the crossover and stairs (a.k.a. ladders in our community) and I hope this will help new and future PIU players! 🌟

[@beaphcake4617]

this honestly helps a lot, especially being that i am fairly new to the pump community and didn't really know any of the terminology. Great vid

[@weeabooper]

this is so perfect bc I usually play at my friend's house and when we go out to our local arcade to play, the pump enthusaists there think we're noobs until we play and they realize we just don't know any lingo

[@beatbyorbit]

just getting into actually playing piu since I started watching you and this really helps a lot! thank you Seth, very cool!

[@Taristu48]

I really enjoy watching your streams but this is also amazing content. I learned a bit and can show this to my friends who are also getting into PIU. Thanks for the great video!

[@happyf333tz]

Aaron Wagner you’re very welcome!

[@KikeVidrio]

Here en Veracruz, México, we refer to “cheats”, as “chemadas”, because of a local player who his nickname is “Chema”, and he use this so much, i understand all of your terminology, i always try to be the first one who see your videos, greetings and congrats for your future little baby :)

[@liweicai2796]

Interestingly, it is also named after a player in Japanese (あんみつ)

[@sillygoosechinachina]

yessss this is a great video, hopefully with more content like this, more new people can get into dance games and piu can become a bigger game

[@neolordie]

I wish ! there's no piu cabinet in my country :c

[@kristennice5165]

I didn't know some of this and it's honestly made getting better at Pump difficult for me since I'd try to explain a pattern or portion of a chart I'm having trouble with and wouldn't understand how to put it into words. This is extremely helpful and I'm very thankful for this video!

[@happyf333tz]

Kristen Nice gkad this video helped you out Kristen

[@mariqlq]

Thanks for teaching about this amazing world, I didn't expect an arcade machine having a huge community full of culture❤

[@GalluZ]

3:21 my community, at least in Indonesia, calls cheating "(doing a) manual". If a player executes all crossovers in the chart, then we can call them having (full) autoed it.

[@darkshortyx]

Thank you so much HappyF33t!!! I feel like this needed to be done for awhile now, and I am super glad that you did it. I came from a DDR/Pre 2008 ITG background and have been playing Prime 2 for a little over a year. idk if I was using some of these terms correctly, but this cleared it up lol. Thank you, I appreciate this! Also, I know it's not all that common in Pump, but Switch Foot is another one.

[@happyf333tz]

darkshortyx no problem! Yea, I had footswitch written down originally, but ended up taking out because of video length. Will probably have an “advanced” terminology video down the road with footswitches included!

[@darkshortyx]

@@happyf333tz sounds good dude! Maybe throw in HJ, EJ, XJ, etc. Lol

[@RoniRonkoKovatch]

1:44 WHAT! THE! F^$%*!!

[@tails64dsntchannel8]

This Format is Awesome! thanks for refreshing my somewhat outdated terminology!

[@nickthemusicman1101]

I don’t know why but I call triplets and quads, “chords.”

[@Catoxis]

Nicely done! Keep this kinda stuff up~

[@JezuzLobo]

It would be great if you do a most common commands in PIU, or how to use te Auto Velocity command since there are many people that use to get confused with them at the beggining of playing; at least for me trying to explain the commands to new players it's like really really exhausting or confusing at some point like VJ or HJ or as simple as FD. Nice video!

[@Megapixel8063]

I just play Stepmania on a $15 dance pad in my room. The hardest I can do is a few songs with a level 10 difficulty.

[@nihilistcipher]

You got the $15 dance pad, and what else? I’d love to know how to bring this game home. Do share please.

[@Penthium454]

Thanks F33tz!!

[@MsQueenOfDance]

Damn, I always called brackets "bridges", because you're bridging the gap between two notes

[@Scopatone]

When I first started I used to think "I will never be able to do 13's" and when I got there I thought the same for 15's, then 17's. Now I'm playing all 17's trying to break into consistent A's on 18s and my biggest hurdle are the jacks. I use my whole foot to step and haven't learned to heel/toe yet and jacks seems like an impossible wall for me

[@youretriggered6540]

You should make crossover tutorials (how to get better , etc.) , how to improve and good songs to practice on each technique

[@devilbryan1532]

Well explained! Great video!

[@nakaripa9245]

Cheating also known for manual. Basically the crossovers also known for matic or twist, and the antonym for matic is manual.

[@elixme78]

Would love to see an ITG version of this as im used to ddr and know few itg fans.

[@TheLittleCuteThing]

Lifebar only doesnt matter if stagebreak is off, By default settings stagebreak is off for only the first song. Otherwise you just fail, even in XX

[@claytonliebe9065]

Great vid Seth! The only other term I use is "cheesing" instead of mashing haha

[@kingkaji39yearsago97]

This is like ddr right?

[@Universalistic]

thank you for this!

[@lamiaghost9866]

Thx so much for that! Sometimes I have to talk about the game in English even though I'm Mexican so I didn't know how to say it... I find it pretty useful, thx again !!!

[@theYTfox]

Amazing content!

[@Nelsea7190]

initial D Ver 3, that brings back many memories to me... played PIU for a bit, then as casual. now im sad to say that im hooked on it. it usued to be ID2-3, soul calibur 2-3 and maximum tune that were my worst enemies. still play max tune racing.

[@lelzguy2169]

I was playing and I got kicked out for making a loud noise (Stomping a lot)

[@nihilistcipher]

Good. Don’t stomp, you don’t need to.

[@SobrietyandSolace]

I am unable to crossover/twiston bracket because I have problems with my feet and ankles where I can't flex them like that so I have to double step everything really quickly- I play on my toes

[@anniechen02]

Watching this, i feel like a noob since i xan only play till D15 :,(

[@nihilistcipher]

That’s a hard level!

[@BryFo]

Staircases? Back in my early pump days we use to call them chains? And thx for explaining what crossovers were. We use to call them twist when I started playing.

[@youretriggered6540]

This is great , you should make tutorial videos !

[@iceymonster4675]

Do one for ITG! Candles, Tell jumps, Anchors, Spins, Footswitches (lord knows your charts have enough of them

[@dogindagrass]

I gots a question! The patterns where you step constantly on one arrow with one foot and the other alternates and steps to other arrows. Are they drills, runs, or do they have their own name?

[@almost_friday9745]

anchors

[@dogindagrass]

@@almost_friday9745 thanks! That makes sense.

[@FlyingTilapia]

imagine triple/quads exist in ddr

[@jijon805]

there is one shit chart from one of the first ddrs called “ooh la la la” that accidentally had a triple in it. search it up

[@mr.objector4682]

Why in Pump It Up, 2 notes or more counted as one combo only?

[@uswish.]

What do you do if your foot is too small to hit 2 notes at once 😕

[@Male_Parent]

One more terminology I use is "walks" for co op play. The pattern where one player has to go from left to right or vice versa on only the top or bottom notes. Mope Mope co op has a bunch of them. There's also spins where the pattern is easiest hit doing a spin. There's a few varients for spins, but they all require you to do a full rotation. Most players cheat them but if I'm feeling cocky and already have a pass on the map I'll do any spin I see. Like Me S14 is a good example. Or kimchi fingers S14 or pumptris quattro sp10 for more unconventional spin patterns. Please Adamiro add more spins to maps. 😭

[@GovernorMegatron]

Does anyone have an official explanation behind the scoring system? From what I've seen, getting a SS (or now a SSS) can be beat by another score that's played on Rank mode. Rank mode boosts score for sure, but does the combo work like a multiplier (such as in Guitar Hero) where if you miss a note somewhere in the middle or closer to the beginning, your score is going to be kinda jacked if you play against someone else that misses possibly later? We've definitely seen some A scores beat S scores on the same difficulties as well, which has me wonder that.

[@Lazereed]

I don't know a lot about Pump it up I only played it once in an arcade tho

[@destroyer7712]

"footspeed starts at 225" i can barely keep pace at 200 16ths D;

[@happyf333tz]

xDest lots of players have different definitions of “footspeed”. It really just comes down to what skill level you are at honestly.

[@mklip2001]

I feel like back in the older ITG days, what you call mashing now was being called bracketing or bracket-raping. But ITG Singles didn't tend to require bracketing as much for their charts for a while, at least before charts like Rasen's V came out.

[@diddy_dante]

Can someone explain the etymology for drills? The piano terminology is trill, but i know it's used in rhythm games. I wonder if the word drill comes from trill.

[@acacian9182]

What was the names of the music tracks used in the video, please in order of occurrence? Thank you.

[@thief594]

I have a friend that refers to co-ops as doubles and doubles as full pad and it pisses me off so much

[@happyf333tz]

Thief LMAO yea that is not the correct term.

[@DAddy-iy9mu]

It would be helpful to make a video on how to practice at home if you don't have your own pad.

[@n00ph]

pump and taotao bounce in the same video? that alone makes it great content.

[@happyf333tz]

TaoTao is the fucking best.

[@arbi9506]

Anyone remember when happyfeetz did DDR? 🤔 (Yes, I respect the fact that he just wanna play 5 note game instead of 4 note game)

[@nihilistcipher]

Do you think DDR is harder than PIU?

Thank u💙💙💙

[@geoidYT]

This video rocks, thanks! What's the background song?

[@happyf333tz]

SPKoleK72 Turn It Up by DJ Noriken

[@Icy1256]

omg i absolutely need that outro song name it was fire

[@happyf333tz]

trickxdream TaoTao Bounce by Kitsune2

[@ddrliz]

just one thing-----foot speed

[@chayusen]

유익했습니다!

[@Ghostly_Leo]

If only I knew that I had to turn during certain charts when I first played. Beethoven Virus was impossible.

[@098Prototype]

song name at end?

[@juny5531]

2:32 Naissance S20 not Naissance '2' S20 ;-)

[@SylvainHunter]

Aren't crossovers and twists two different things?

[@happyf333tz]

Sylvain Hunter nope! They are the same thing

[@OrdinateDoesMusic]

what the heck is this credits song tho

[@JenGM24]

Im a ddr guy, lol my local arcade only has Prime 2, i keep trying to play it but end up looking like an idiot😂

[@Quree_official]

1:43 "stupid shit"

[@krezcentecksdee9398]

at one point a goat was featured

[@stevenshiendy7751]

Why not making a vid talking about things you've probably did wrong as a begineer or just a tutorial on crossovers or smth would be cool !

[@victoryspirit]

does anyone know what "FG" means next to the score summary at the end?

[@GalluZ]

You're playing Phoenix right? That's short for Fair Game.

[@Lozamu]

I'll be _that_ guy. The idea behind terminology is great, however the realisation could use some work. Terms seem to be scattered all over the place with no logic. Triplets and quads and then jumps? Shouldn't it go jumps -> triplets -> quads? Then, the terms come at varying sets of difficulty level. Brackets, quads, drills into haha jumps. Thats not really how you encounter them in piu while growing in skill. People who would really need the terminology are those who cant perform high level things. I believe the terms should go in ascending order of difficulty. Like a set of "skills" that player has to identify and master. "This s15 is infamous for its [runs]" "This s18 has [drills] at [200bpm]" "This d15 chart has [halfdouble] patterns" "This s23 can be [cheated] by [mashing]” Keep up the god's work.

[@seasoningpacket3464]

Ddr a termonology next?

[@rss322690]

That's good video

[@StevenSenjaya]

1:41 LMAO

[@KyoushaPumpItUp]

Can drills be considered alternating jacks?

[@imDrake_UPT]

No, jack are when one foot us used consecutively and drills are rapid alternation of two feet

[@joshiwaraneo]

nice video

[@ForgetfulxNeko]

I gotta get gud!

[@SenseiRoan]

Forgot about footswitch (Oy Oy Oy S13), Gallops, and Placeholders(?, I'm not sure about this one....)

[@happyf333tz]

These were considered, but I wanted to stick to the most common ones seen in the game. I will most likely make a sequel with more stuff, like these ones you mentioned!

[@LM_LEM0N]

1:10 FEFEMZ!?

[@DevilSpider_]

subbed

[@ManuelMartinez-ge9vp]

i want for many top ten videos likes most dificulta single, double etc.

[@kpddog1962]

what chart is at 1:45

[@jijon805]

hi bi D20 before it was nerfed

[@yamitobyliadz]

Foothswich?

[@pichass9337]

nice

[@jenesiep9974]

4:52 OwO BOSSPIUVN's Video !!!!

[@a_life_l]

Flagging more like Salty

[@chrispham6599]

1:45 Is that even playable? I mean, can you actually hit those notes?

[@happyf333tz]

Chris Pham you have to hit the start and finish of that part, the 1st part is not realistic due to the section before it not allowing time for you to setup. But you can definitely hit the end of it, they actually nerfed the chart last year so that the 4 outer notes are gone, only leaving 6 notes to hit now.

[@chrispham6599]

happyf333tz and it's still a piece of shit to play! Glad to know that even after the changes one thing still remains constant: I'll never play that chart ever. And yes, that might be my own inability but holy fucking Sadism

[@TheDarKAnjl]

that bruh moment when pump players call doublestepping "cheating"

[@TheDarKAnjl]

great educational content though

[@imDrake_UPT]

When you "cheat" in 4panel it often involves using one foot for multiple steps to avoid having to turn. In pump this isn't often the case. Sometimes it includes bracketing, turning an unintended direction on purpose, and doublestepping. Cheating in pump really just means using any method that's not the intended one to hit the arrows

[@bgirlNOZOMI]

So... how is 1:45 supposed to be done?

[@happyf333tz]

You have to take the miss on the first hit, then set up to hit the last part of it

[@mayatunes]

Use hands, friends

[@Sakruei]

CC in Spanish Plox