I’m happy to be going live with pilot.dance!

… I say “live” in the strictest, most legal sense of the word.

What’s the deal?

For a while now, I’ve been meaning to put together a site that lets me write more at length about my preferred arcade dance game. I certainly am no stranger to discussions about StepManiaX, considering my Discord message history and prior commentary blocks at tournaments. But both those mediums aren’t quite satisfactory for anything beyond conversation alone - which is the sort of thing I want to address with this website.

I’d recommend taking a quick review of the about page to get caught up on what sort of subjects I intend to cover on this site.

I Need To Hold Myself A Little More Accountable

I’ve had this website structured and set up for quite some time, but haven’t had the opportunity or energy to write anything meaningful for it. I’m throwing it out into the ether to get over the initial hurdle of starting.

It’s probably going to take a while to get the in-depth analyses I have in mind posted. I’ve drafted a few things already and have started recording new gameplay footage for reference, but I can be a crippling perfectionist when it comes to detailed writeups like that. Having this site published and known to folks will give me a little more motivation (read: pressure) to wrap things up and ship that information.

I also hope to cover some current events in the greater sphere of happenstances surrounding this game - content updates, tournaments, industry news - and having this site out there gives me license to write about those as they happen. Covering more real-time matters will also force me to turn material around faster (and in turn, avoid spending weeks or months mulling over particulars like “word choice” and “is this writeup reasonable to anyone other than myself”).

So what’s actually next?

I’m hoping to have some analytical material up within a few weeks’ time. Life obligations beyond StepManiaX have kept me rather busy, but I’ve got a couple of analyses outlined or written on a first pass. More in-depth revision will take some time, especially as I find the right style and a better workflow - but I’m starting things up now to push myself and figure that out faster. If a content update or significant development for StepManiaX comes to pass, I’ll be on a post for it as soon as possible.

If you’d like to be notified when I write a new post, I’ll be posting about site updates and new writeups on my social media pages. I strongly encourage you to follow any account I have listed on the landing page of this site to be notified as soon as possible.

It’s tournament season!

This summer also has a number of major tournaments coming up for StepManiaX! I encourage you to check them out and attend if you’re even remotely interested:

I’ll be attending a few of these, and for the others I can’t be present for, I’ll do my best to follow along from home.

One last thing

And, last but far from least - if nothing else, you ought to follow along with updates on my end for the time-honored tradition of scoreposting. Have you seen my Stars (Wild 24) perfect score?

Now you have.