I got my first #BeatSaber injury in March! I strained my left pec playing a fast and unfamiliar song, and goddamn that shit hurt. I'm not entirely pain-free yet, but I dutifully spent five weeks unable to do *any* of my normal workouts. 😭 Today was my first day being able to play some light BS.

My new favorite warmup is "Bubble Tea" by dark cat (mapped by roeek: https://beatsaver.com/maps/13e9). The blocks aren't fast, but the patterns aren't trivial, either, and the song is cute. I tossed my full playthrough up, because fuck it, it's Friday: https://irrsinn.video/w/kEB9KDbaweRSWN3cbgEggk I think I missed more cross-body swings than I hit there, but better that than reinjuring my chest. 😅

I decided to resume deliberately improving my #BeatSaber skill, and picked the Camellia remix of 100$ Bills (7.87 NPS) because I like it on Expert.

...Prolly not going to be what I stick with. 😅 It's a little outside my zone of proximal development, as Dr. Lucy would say, and oof, all the jangliness in the song gets to me after a while.

Anyway, I finished both Dr. Stone and Hunter x Hunter recently, so my rec is Joetastic's map of the Dr. Stone opening song "Paradise": https://beatsaver.com/maps/1d510

One of my partners got a Quest recently. I've been pulling #BeatSaber recs for them, so I should put them here, too!

I've been playing a lot of OST 6 (E+ "Cathedral" and "Lift Off" are my fav kinds of maps), but a map that's very fun at X/E+ is "Grant Green" by Mr Jukes: https://beatsaver.com/maps/94e0 It does a great job of being mapped pretty tightly to the drums, but not making the mistake some rock maps do of having too many downstroke-only segments in an attempt to mimic playing drums.

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I managed to crash #BeatSaber 3 times on account of playing songs that need mods, but at least I realized I accidentally split this rec thread a few months ago. xoops.

Anyway, today's rec is (*deep breath*) "More/How You Like That/The Baddest/Ddu-du Ddu-du/Kill This Love MASHUP", mapped by Joetastic: https://bsaber.com/songs/1922c/ Play (not me): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E0-IWVXta_Q

As with several songs by K/DA, I tend to think the song is over before it actually is and get caught relaxing too soon. 😅

More /How You Like That /The Baddest /Ddu-du Ddu-du /Kill This Love MASHUP – K/DA x BLACKPINK

Mapper: Joetastic | Description: Boy that's one long title.... the title is pretty self explanatory, it is a K/DA x BLACKPINK mashup of all their famous songs by Miggy Smallz Thanks to Youtube.

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It's been far too long since I gave a #BeatSaber map rec, but I'm back, babeeeee. "Fury", mapped by nitronik.exe, is a [head]banger: https://bsaber.com/songs/1d10c/ Playthrough: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HYdmT_BXxuI

It's one of those songs I tried and failed forever ago, ❤️'d because of fun rhythms, and then promptly forgot why I fav'd it. Every time I passed it in my favs afterwards, I'd be like, "What's this crunchy metal song doing here? 🤨" and skip it.

Well, it's fucking good, and I can beat it now. 🤣

[Heavy Halloween] SWARM – Fury

Mapper: nitronik.exe | Description: This map is part of my Halloween pack, consisting of 5 deathstep/dubstep songs. Each map has Expert+ and Expert difficulties, plus a chroma lightshow made on a custom environment.

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My latest #BeatSaber level struggle has been stuck in my head since I decided to have a go at it. The map is a nightcore remix of Juice Wrld's "Wasted": https://beatsaver.com/maps/1ace0

There are many things about this map/song that are not my usual: long streams, Juice Wrld (😂), and a fair amount of high-pitched noise.

I'm currently stuck at the tail end of this second long stream, where the blocks become stacked: https://youtu.be/ELdLZrELRfE?t=99 I've got it 85% speed, but no faster.

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NIGHTCORE - WASTED [Juice Wrld x Lil Uzi Vert] | Beat Saber Gameplay

Well this was hella fun I loved the stream patterns in this map felt satisfying to hit.Thanks for watching my video :DMap - https://beatsaver.com/maps/1ace0

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Had a delightful #BeatSaber session this evening, and landed on a wonderfully difficult and clever map: tofubeats' "CANDYYYLAND (Pa’s Lam System Remix)", mapped by Saut: https://bsaber.com/songs/294c/

Here's a very skilled person playing on Expert, the hardest difficulty I beat: https://youtu.be/3XjdriFOgLk (unrelated: they have wildly low-contrast block arrows! 🤯) The segment starting at 2:48 in that video is so smoothly mapped that I didn't even get tangled up in left-handed mode.

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tofubeats – CANDYYYLAND (Pa’s Lam System Remix) V2

Mapper: saut | Description: expert+ -> expert++ expert -> expert+ hard -> expert normal -> hard easy -> normal

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I do have some #beatsaber song recs, tho! First is Lil Nas X's MONTERO, mapped by GreensweaterVEVO (install the cinema mod to get the video in the lvl): https://bsaber.com/songs/1656c/

2nd is Dua Lipa's "New Rules", m/b bennydabeast: https://bsaber.com/songs/bd3/ The blocks are *excruciatingly* slow, but the pattern makes up for it (on E+, at least).

3rd is Imagine Dragon's "Enemy" m/b Joetastic: https://bsaber.com/songs/1d742/ JID's segment in that song is done beautifully.

(CINEMA) Lil Nas X – MONTERO (Call Me By Your Name)

Mapper: greensweatervevo | Description: i'm just now realizing how bad of an idea this is...

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Sometimes I just wanna play #beatsaber levels I can't beat. Today it was Camellia's "Ghost", a level that seems to be a mark for "I'm a good player now, ma!" on reddit.

I've beaten it on Expert maybe twice. E+ is *far* beyond my skill level, but slow that puppy down to 80% and put on no-fail? It has some patterns that feel so clever and satisfying to land. 🤩

An amazing E+ run: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jskhmfC-wh4 Even slowed down, I fail at the fast left hand beats at the 3-min mark. 😅

Beat Saber | Camellia - Ghost | 91.6% Expert Plus

OrangeW | Pro Beat Saber Player | Team Gravity VR• Camellia - Ghost• Expert Plus• 91.6%• Live Gameplay on my Twitch Channel: https://www.twitch.tv/orangew2• ...

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I played an *outstanding* map tonight. It's "Feel That Way" by Ellis, mapped by officialMECH, who also did a map of "2U" that I love. It's very dancey, and holds up well on Expert. https://bsaber.com/songs/28c9c/

I'm a sucker for the crossover fluttery stuff this song is full of. Those are some of my favorite aspects of the Billie Eilish music pack (esp. "Oxytocin"), too.

Here's the mapper playing it on E+: https://youtu.be/3eNgjPhqymM

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Ellis – Feel That Way

Mapper: officialMECH | Description:

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Today's #beatsaber rec is a real ab workout. 😍 "Illusion" by BassNectar and PEEKABOO (ft. Born I) in the Anniversary Pack (https://bsaber.com/songs/4b2e/) is so damn hard on E+. Lots of fast cross-body swings, which are easiest (lol) for me to do if I keep my core very tight. I played/failed this song a handful of times last night, and I am indeed sore today. 😅

Here's a very respectable play of it: https://youtu.be/xMKtZlQEwRo

[Anniversary] Illusion (ft. Born I) – BassNectar and PEEKABOO [Skyler Wallace]

Mapper: anniversaryteam | Description: Part of the Anniversary Song Pack Edit: fixed mismap on Expert

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Today's #beatsaber rec is one of the first difficult songs I ever beat, but also one of my favs: #chali2na's "Black Vapor", mapped by AltusClura: https://bsaber.com/songs/8a7c/

It's labeled Expert, but in retrospect I'd call it E+ for the difficulty of hitting those snug and bouncy patterns with low-ish readability. It was one of the songs that helped me bridge the huge gap b/t Expert and E+, although at the time, I just felt incompetent at not being able to beat a song labeled Expert. 😅

Chali 2na – Black Vapor

Mapper: altusclura | Description: I made this map while I was dying, and I finished it a few days before I went to the hospital. turned out pretty fun, hope you all enjoy!

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Oh, I've missed posting #beatsaber recommendations... 😻 Today's rec is a fun dance-y map for K/DA's "More": https://bsaber.com/songs/142e8/ I have no idea how that map ended up in my game, but I love it. 😁 The E+ patterns are simple but mobile enough that it makes a great warm-up if you're comfortable at that level.

https://youtu.be/C86ebbseC34 The segment running from about 33s to 45s is especially fun.

K/DA – MORE (ft. Madison Beer, (G)I-DLE, Lexie Liu, Jaira Burns, Seraphine)

Mapper: sotarks | Description: From the unofficial music pack (K/DA ALL OUT) on BSaber.com Pack: https://bsaber.com/kda-all-out/ Trailer: https://youtu.be/e1ry_H86zqg Preview (Expert+): https://youtu.

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The song of this week is definitely Unlike Pluto's "Everything Black", mapped by nolan121405: https://bsaber.com/songs/2596b/ (h/t to some Beat Saber Discord I'm in for this being their level of the week/month)

The patterns are simple—I almost got an SS on E+ (my first ever!?) on my first play of the song—but the song is a real banger and the map is dancy. I played it three times in my session today. 😅

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Unlike Pluto – Everything Black [Chroma 2.5]

Mapper: nolan121405 | Description:

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The highlight of my last couple of sessions is definitely "a.i.ngel (Become God)" by Virtual Self (https://bsaber.com/songs/5d71/), which I stumbled upon in the Anniversary Pack playlist last night. I haven't been able to beat it on E+ yet, but holy shit, I'm having fun trying. 😁 Highly recommended. #beatsaber

[Anniversary Boss Battle] a.i.ngel (Become God) – Virtual Self [Skyler Wallace]

Mapper: anniversaryteam | Description: Final Boss of the Anniversary Campaign For the full experience, you must acquire the Virtual Self Boss Custom Platform from the Custom Campaigns mod.

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Today's map of the day is the *other* Bad Computer "2U" map: https://bsaber.com/songs/19049/. It's very good, and notably easier than the bombfest of the previous one I tried (no shade!), but has super good patterns. I love an intricate pattern, even if (especially if?) I have to practice it.

The fun pattern starts around the 48 seconds into https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=850GK_ks49U and there's an easier matching segment at the end.

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Bad Computer – 2U

Mapper: officialMECH | Description: Craig Ferrier, more commonly known in the electronic community as Bad Computer, unveiled the sequel to his first-ever self-released track, fostering not only his intricate sense of creativity and exper…

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Somehow, in 5 months of playing Beat Saber, I'd never run into a poodle map. WTF is this wild business?!

I played "Enemy" by Imagine Dragons (https://bsaber.com/songs/1f459/). If you play it, just put on "no fail" first. Don't even bother trying for real unless you already know the gimmick.

So fucking cool. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eJacbH8iuEo

I'm definitely going to give it a whirl without "no fail" tomorrow.

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Enemy – Imagine Dragons (Feat. J.I.D.) Arcane [Poodles]

Mapper: rategyro | Description: Another Poodle map with some shorter poodles. If you were looking for a normal map go try the Joetastic map of enemy dogeKeK Love Arcane and wanted to map some of the ost. Hope you enjoy it.

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Friday and Saturday's sessions bubbled up a fun song with some real "elbows up" energy. A fun category of map, but hard ones can be brutal on my shoulders.

I found "Naked" by Jonas Blue & MAX (https://bsaber.com/songs/c4d3/) just lying around (naked) in my custom songs. It's tricky and intricate enough to be engaging, but not so hard I had to practice it, and the mapper made some clever decisions on what to highlight from the song and how.

A solid play: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nM4JEw6Tbd4

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Naked – Jonas Blue, MAX

Mapper: shappy | Description: I mapped naked......

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Thursday's lunch session did not include succeeding at "Midnight", but *did* include warming up with what was my first "real" tech map: "Sound Chimera" by Laur: https://bsaber.com/songs/f988/.

I can still only beat this song on its lowest two difficulties, and the song feels very chaotic and stitched together, so it's not always what what my brain is in the mood for. Here's a rando playing it on the hardest difficulty, which I've never even attempted: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XuxMmhPLsok

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[Ranked] Laur – Sound Chimera

Mapper: complexfrequency | Description: Rank yes ha

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So today I decided I wanted to start working on (i.e., practicing in order to beat) the Expert+ version of "Midnight" by Caravan Palace (https://bsaber.com/songs/1ee3b/). No recording from me of today's effort, but I spent about 35 min working up to a very shaky 80% speed on this 20-second segment and its counterpart in the back half of the song: https://youtu.be/MztpQd0lDE0?t=76

My brain just does not want to separate left- from right-hand action that much, esp with the angles thrown in. 🤯 #beatsaber

[DITR3] Midnight | Chroma 2.4 Tech map

Mapper: taragon123 | Description: EDIT: Thanks to Kakifrucht for spotting the reset, this has been re-published, make sure you have the latest copy This map has been a huge experience for me and I have learnt so much through working on …

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