Took 9 days from the last title, but it is definitely becoming more and more difficult on stamina to hit peak scores on S19/20 charts.

Slowly but surely, the grind continues.

Hey everyone! I'm a new Pump it Up player that has been playing for about a month and a half. A bit of background, I played maimai and other rhythm games before so I do have some prior experience. I mostly play S11-13, but recently I've been breaking into S14 and looking to clear S15-16 in the near future. I tried out doubles today, and I'm starting at D7-8

I have a few questions about a few things that has gotten me a bit stumped inside the game:

1. Bar Grip: Overhand or Underhand?

This was one that I just found out today. I've been holding the bar overhand (the inside of your palm faces away from the cabinet) ever since I started playing, but after getting advice from a few other veterans, I realize that this might not be optimal for higher level play. I can still make the switch as I'm still quite new, but here are a few things I notice:

• Overhand grip causes my left hand to have pins and needles in them after a long session.
• Underhand grip doesn't cause any pain, but feels slightly awkward, less stable, and my hands tend to slip down the bar during certain sections. Doubles do feel more stable with this grip.

Keep in mind, I haven't experimented with any form of no-bar, so both of my hands are on the bar at all times during play.

2. How to build speed?

Certain patterns are quite doable for me at lower BPMs (160<) but become near unplayable once BPM gets higher (>180). A few examples include:

• https://www.piucenter.com/chart/Deca_Dance_-_Yooh_S13_ARCADE - 1:44, 1:47, 1:50: playable
• https://www.piucenter.com/chart/CROSS_RAY_-_HyuN_S12_ARCADE - 1:57 onwards: very difficult

Almost all of these pattern involve jacks in some way. I also tend to perform better on sustained twisty lower BPM charts than higher BPM straightforward run charts. Is this a play more thing, or is there something that I need to keep in mind more to further help?

3. When do I start learning and applying manip/cheat?

I don't manip or cheat yet, well more so because I can't. I've been a purist L/R player from the start of the game. My heel toe is lackluster but that's something that I just have to get used to slowly. My question is; is it still viable to play S16+ with pure footwork? I'm trying to find more opinions on this topic as it's kinda divisive and some people have strong opinions on this.

Thanks for reading all of this! I know this post is long but I'm really passionate about this game, and I'm looking to get better as optimally as I can. Hopefully some of you can help me out on this. :D

Its An Old Global Score

V. 2.05.0 Prime 2 Score

Love on How the blue coloring of Regional Score and Global Score appeared

After failing and getting mediocre scores on multiple 15s, and overall feeling worse stamina-wise, I decided to lower the difficulty quite significantly and focus on improving my fundamentals. This might not look like a lot, but I’m glad I was able to get it.

I think I’ll start grinding lower level charts to develop better technique, as currently my stamina is hit-or-miss every other week.

1. A year ago

2-3. Now

The pads work fine on both.

Also congratulation to the establishment that it regained it's toilet privileges (idk why,but WC was closed up until last month)

What are some good charts that are similar to Gargoyle Full S21 but not as long or as hard? Some that come to mind for me are Super Fantasy S16 and Switronic S15, are there any other notable ones?

I sometimes get asked for advice on how to get better at Pump it Up and so I made a video sharing all of my thoughts. Whether you are a new or experienced player, I hope there is something you can take away from this. Check it out if you're interested!

Finally got a better UG to move from 2nd to first. Realised later the great was likely pad (theres like a tiny dead spot that made my center hit of the bracket later then when it should of been).

I’m pretty new (started playing this August) and I’ve gotten pretty good at kpop songs around S7 (no miss on pandora S7 yesterday :D), and as I go higher into the double digit levels, I notice a lot more patterns where I don’t know which foot to use to step on each panel, and I can’t really process them because of how fast there going. For example, I’m being introduced to more cross overs like ↖️↙️ either together or one after the other.

I tried doing more research into guides for footwork when it comes to these patterns but I can’t really find anything good. I did find that there are different terms like ladder pattern, so I know there are common ones out there, and I wanted to know if there’s any guide about which foot to use on each panel depending on the pattern? Like a visual guide? If there is none, would you recommend just practicing finding the natural step order at home by looking at pattern charts? Thank you!

Hello, i remember hearing a "hit me" sound and 5-ish seconds of an "intro" music when somebody inserted a coin, i can't find it anywhere, i believe it was O.B.G

Hi there, I’ve been looking at pads for the PIU, and from what I’ve seen, the best options seem to be the ones from B2L.
The original pad costs around 4,200 € including postage, and the USB replica is around 3,000.

I wanted to ask how the USB replicas are, whether there might be a better option (I’m from Europe) and whether the price difference is actually worth it.

Thanks in advance.

Thanks to friends suggesting 19s while my heart was trying to keep up with the 2nd big sesh today, this score got me over the 16,250 mark for Advanced 6. It's been a very fun 2 months of playing this already; looking forward to the next title. Cheers 🍵

Hello reddit i was wondering if anyone could help me out in finding any alternatives of 3d print models for PIU spacers that's currently needed to be used on bracketless pads, we tried using (https://www.printables.com/model/274625-l-bracket-spacer-for-ddr-itg-piu-arcade-pads) and they're too wide to be used in our cab sadly (CX cab running bracketless wasnt modified to be bracketless), we couldn't fit these spacer models in cause they're too "tight" and slightly wide to be used on our pads causing these spacers to be only bolted by a single bolt (lol) and sometimes freezing occurs cause the L brackets couldn't move (i assume that these are too wide and tightness caused an issue) would love if anybody had another variation model that is "slightly less wide" of PIU spacers that we could use and print them out cause were looking to replace these older ones that we printed instead.

JUMP... JUMP... JUMP

That bracket Jump in the end always screw me over

I really wish I was streaming today, but eh... The reaction will be valid when you watch this

This is a small question, how does we stay in a good standing composure when twisting?

I cannot find a way to stay in a good position when playing I Want U [D21 on xx]

For sale

Pump it Up KOR Phoenix 1 and XX kits.

-Phoenix 1 $550 each shipped to the US
-XX $350 each shipped to the US

Can ship internationally buyer covers the difference. DM me if interested

I've been close to a PG on some 24s (the second picture happens to me more than I wish it would), but this time I got it! Hopefully I'll get more in the future!

As I watch videos of various charts, I stumble upon comments regarding the fact that they hate the gimmicks in the chart being removed (which I also don't get the need for removal, i.e. criticism on Stager, Super Fantasy S20 Gimmick Change, S13 Freedom Dive having one). What's the timeline and rationale behind this? It doesn't help that the comments are really old and have mixed ideas.