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Pilot

@PilotVG

✈️ stepmaniax specialist • team @rednotegaming • gamedev

 New Jersey
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Joined December 2019
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excited to see this drop in stepmaniax! against my better judgement, I decided to play it tonight until I got the perfect score 🌜
StepManiaX - Liquid Moon (Wild 22) - 100,000

ALT StepManiaX - Liquid Moon (Wild 22) - 100,000

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while I'm relatively new to the arcade world I did have a phase of playing the home console DDR releases (especially the PS2 mixes) in my distant youth. happened to chance across the In The Groove PS2 port at one point. hearing Liquid Moon again takes me way back
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*looking nervously at the bottle of windex near my pads* hhhh... thirsty...
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StepManiaX Dual down to 30 charts without a perfect score. not quite at my ceiling yet, but man is it difficult to push content like this 😅 thinking 98k Max, 99k Paranoid, and all hexes otherwise will eventually happen. mercifully, maintaining all of this hasn't been a problem
Screenshot from the StatManiaX statistics embed for user "Pilot" on Dual mode showing overall progress: 793 charts with a perfect score, and only 30 charts otherwise

ALT Screenshot from the StatManiaX statistics embed for user "Pilot" on Dual mode showing overall progress: 793 charts with a perfect score, and only 30 charts otherwise

Screenshot from the StepManiaX Link mobile app showing lowest scores for user "Pilot" on the entirety of Dual Mode (no charts unplayed): MAX428 (Dual 23) 96,764 Paranoid (Dual+ 24) 98,566 Parallel Universe (Dual+ 23) 99,513 Remember December (Dual+ 21) 99,650 Dreaming (Rameses B) (Dual+ 21) 99,659

ALT Screenshot from the StepManiaX Link mobile app showing lowest scores for user "Pilot" on the entirety of Dual Mode (no charts unplayed): MAX428 (Dual 23) 96,764 Paranoid (Dual+ 24) 98,566 Parallel Universe (Dual+ 23) 99,513 Remember December (Dual+ 21) 99,650 Dreaming (Rameses B) (Dual+ 21) 99,659

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Score comparison screen from the StepManiaX Link mobile application, showing an identical score (99,956) on Personal Reality Dual+ with a different judgement breakdown (1 yellow perfect versus 2 yellow perfects)

ALT Score comparison screen from the StepManiaX Link mobile application, showing an identical score (99,956) on Personal Reality Dual+ with a different judgement breakdown (1 yellow perfect versus 2 yellow perfects)

Grayscale screenshot from Ted with a modified caption reading "hey can I have anything at all"

ALT Grayscale screenshot from Ted with a modified caption reading "hey can I have anything at all"

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certified 175bpm merchant #stepmaniax
StepManiaX - Silence (Wild 22) - 100,000

ALT StepManiaX - Silence (Wild 22) - 100,000

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don't ask me how to consistently hit lifts. I still fail to get it right most of the time
StepManiaX - Get Lifted (Wild 21) - 100,000

ALT StepManiaX - Get Lifted (Wild 21) - 100,000

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sideways mode is so hard. but I'm harder
StepManiaX - Paranoid (Dual 24) - 98,566

ALT StepManiaX - Paranoid (Dual 24) - 98,566

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driving my dodge chungus
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Dual 23
StepManiaX - Angel (Dual 23) - 100,000

ALT StepManiaX - Angel (Dual 23) - 100,000

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played some Pump It Up 😏
StepManiaX - Beethoven Virus (Wild 22) - 100,000

ALT StepManiaX - Beethoven Virus (Wild 22) - 100,000

StepManiaX - Csikos Post (Wild 22) - 100,000

ALT StepManiaX - Csikos Post (Wild 22) - 100,000

StepManiaX - Step Up Amadeus (Wild 22) - 100,000

ALT StepManiaX - Step Up Amadeus (Wild 22) - 100,000

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Wild APC #400 wooooooooooooooooooooooo
StepManiaX - I'm Crazy For Your Love (Wild 21) - 100,000

ALT StepManiaX - I'm Crazy For Your Love (Wild 21) - 100,000

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3rd / 19 in Dual 4th / 20 in Full 5th / 42 in Singles ... at Redshift: Encore! the culmination of a year's worth of intense work made manifest in what feels like my breakout tournament performance. ggs
Two medals: one for StepManiaX Dual (3rd place) and StepManiaX Full (4th place)

ALT Two medals: one for StepManiaX Dual (3rd place) and StepManiaX Full (4th place)

Picture of myself on a StepManiaX pad at a party in Las Vegas

ALT Picture of myself on a StepManiaX pad at a party in Las Vegas

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there's still a lot of headroom to clean up mistakes, but I have a lot of work to do this offseason and beyond outside of the game to perform even better in the future. already made it this far, let's see how far we can push things 🤙
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"long island iced tea" and "the gate for your flight has changed" is not an ideal combination of circumstances while wasting time at the airport
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sorry for starting a blog and neglecting to post anything. it'll probably happen again. until then, 📝 Personal Recap: Summer 2026 pilot.dance/post/summer-reca…

Personal Recap: Summer 2026

It's been a busy last couple of months.

pilot.dance
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The Carp is Back
The Carp is Back!

The Carp is Back!

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every once in a while, I figure something out
StepManiaX - Esperanza (Wild 22) - 99,786

ALT StepManiaX - Esperanza (Wild 22) - 99,786

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StepManiaX at TopGolf locations nationwide? More likely than you think! 💃🕺 prnewswire.com/news-releases…
TOPGOLF ANNOUNCES FAMILY ENTERTAINMENT GROUP AS NEW ARCADE PARTNER ACROSS NEARLY 100 U.S. VENUES

TOPGOLF ANNOUNCES FAMILY ENTERTAINMENT GROUP AS NEW ARCADE PARTNER ACROSS NEARLY 100 U.S. VENUES

/PRNewswire/ -- Sports entertainment leader, Topgolf announced today a new partnership with Family Entertainment Group (FEG), naming the seasoned entertainment...

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Accelerate was an awesome watch last weekend. exciting to have a Dave and Busters location play host to a StepManiaX event, and one of the most intriguing top 12/top 8 competitor spreads imo amped for Redshift next week and what may come for SMX tournaments in 2027
RNG | JellySlosh @ B1G ONE & IAAPA (@JellySlosh) profile pictureRNG | JellySlosh @ B1G ONE & IAAPA@JellySloshSep 13
Starting Top 8 of @smxgame at Accelerate at @DaveandBusters in Schaumburg, IL Winner’s Side @DDRChad vs. @TwansDDR @aphintz vs. @rebomantmk Loser’s Side @VivaLaMoochickn vs. @rynker @JellySlosh vs. Malkier Bracket: start.gg/tournament/accelera… Stream: twitch.tv/twans
Image from RNG | JellySlosh @ B1G ONE & IAAPA (@JellySlosh)
Image from RNG | JellySlosh @ B1G ONE & IAAPA (@JellySlosh)
Image from RNG | JellySlosh @ B1G ONE & IAAPA (@JellySlosh)
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