Hey guys, how's it going?
You might be wondering why Brett and I are in separate places.
- That's because we're going to be playing an online game! - Yes!
Gotta be in separate rooms so we don't disturb each other,
but we're basically competing in...
...Taiko Drums!
That's right,
it's actually been one of my favourite games, growing up.
As musicians, we need to see how good our rhythm skills [are],
and test our ability, playing Taiko Drums.
Have you played this before?
I think I played it once in Tokyo in those like,
- games in arcades. - Yeah.
But, this is the first time online, so let's see.
- Let's start with anime. - Okay.
What's a good anime?
I...think I saw Demon Slayer before,
- what's Demon Slayer...? - Demon Slayer?
Ah, found it!
- Alright. - Is it?
Yep.
Go hard mode!
- I reckon hard mode. - Nah!
I clicked easy!
- Hard mode? - Yeah.
Are you trolling me? You're not going easy?
Nah, hard mode! It's only 3 stars, hard mode.
G, R, H, F...
Oh god!
Ah!
That was such a bad start.
I can see him too!
- Bro, let's go!!! - Yeah!
That was so bad.
Combo, let's go!
Oh my god, I pressed the wrong colour,
- It's like sight reading. - I pressed the wrong colour, agh!
Oh no!
I suck!
I got too cocky.
Gotta focus!
No!!!
Oh god!
Oh, a combo! Oh!
Oh, combo, oh, no, the combo! Combo...!
Dude, I think I got lag, bro!
- Dude, my internet's so laggy! - I think I won!
It's like, it's not connecting to the sound!
Agh, so annoying!
- I'll take that win, that sucks though. - That's...no, it's my internet!
I'm pressing based off the music,
and then it's not the same as the visuals!
- Australian internet. - That's pretty close, though.
- Whatevs. Alright, let's do one more. - Yeah.
Oh, there is classical!
Alright, let's do this one.
Hard mode!
Nah, I gotta redeem myself, it's so bullcrap.
Yeah...and then combos, now, right,
oh my god, oh!
Oh, I'm pressing the wrong buttons, no!
Oh f***! Oh!
Oh! I'm not...I was so not ready for that.
I was so not ready for that.
Oh my god, I'm losing.
I'm getting owned!
- Noooooooo! - Wow, what was that ending?
- Let's go! - Noooooooo!
- Let's go! - Dude, I suck!
That's such a bad start!
That was frickin' hard.
That was so hard!
Is this classical?
It's Canon!
- Hard! - Alright, yep.
Let's go.
Their Canon in D remix.
- Oh, mute. - Whoa!
Whoa! This remix is insane!
- Oh, let's go! - Oh, so annoying!
What a comeback!
- Dude, I was all good until the last part! - What a comeback, I was losing!
Bro, I had to go like full sage mode!
My "good" was more than yours,
but your "ok" was more than mine,
- I just had too many "bad"s. - Yeah, and my max combo's 85.
You know what I realised?
What I do is I like...read ahead,
- like I'm sight-reading, right? - Yeah.
But then sometimes my music gets out of sync,
so I don't realise I'm hitting "ok"s instead of "good"s,
like it's not really lining up.
- Whereas if I actually look at it visually, - Yeah.
I realised I have to like, press a bit slower or something.
- I think It's an internet thing. - Wow.
It's also stressful,
when I see you on a high combo or we're both on a combo,
and I'm not on a combo, you know what I'm saying?
- It's like, "Ugh, gotta start again." - Yeah.
Dude, that was an intense Canon in D, guys.
Yeah, we should do an easy one first,
nah, let's do an extreme one.
Bro.
Whoa.
- Yeah! - Dude, you'll die. We'll die.
But I mean, I'm down.
- Agh, oh my god. - Let's go!
I'm gonna die!
- Oh god. - Oh, wait.
Okay, I gotta calm down.
Oh, so scary, I don't like the start, why is it so scary?
Oh god.
What is this...I can't do this.
- What the f***... - I can't even, it's not even worth trying.
It's so hard.
I like the...easy bits.
I don't like this bit.
Oh my god.
We're pretty close at points, though.
I might lose, I gotta focus.
- I don't think focusing will help. - Whoa!
Ahh!!!
So much regret.
Ohh...
- Dude, that was too hard. - Oh, yeah.
- Dude, it was like max level, bro. - I just started spamming,
- I didn't even know what's happening. - Yeah!
My fingers are like, hurt.
You did better than me, though!
Nah, we were very close the entire time,
it was that one bit in the middle, where it was uh...
That was a part when I got a big combo, and you...
- I saw you got a combo, that was a combo, right? - Yeah, it was like...
- I was like, "Holy moly, how is it a combo from this?!" - Yeah, I got into the zone, the flow state.
But, then I lost it.
Oh, Jujutsu Kaisen!
- Really?! - Yeah.
Oh, let's do that!
Yeah.
Oh, nice.
- Let's do normal. - Alright.
But this normal's still 5 stars, though,
- I don't think it's easy, but I will...oh, s***! - Yeah, it's not easy.
Nooo!!! Combo!
- Yo!!! - Wow, his combo is huge!
Dude! I nailed it!
- Bro, you combo is huge! -191, let's go!
I slipped on the first one! I pressed the wrong colour.
We both had a huge combo, and at like 50, you f***ed it.
And I kept looking at yours, I was like, "S***, he's on 30."
"Oh s***, he's on 50!"
Wow, you have so many points of combos!
Bro, look at my "bad"!
- Whoa, gold! - That's right! Not a single wrong note!
- Violaking destroys Katsu Chicken! - That's what happens when you practice!
Yeah! Viola—oh, wait, Violaking won.
I don't know how I feel about that.
- Yeah, you went to the dark side. - Oh no.
Dude, I love...I love playing games.
- I mean, practicing. - Yeah, I mean, gaming channel.
Just joking, haha! Practice channel!
I mean, this is kind of both gaming and practicing, so...
- Yeah. - ...I guess it's still helping.
Alright guys, that's it for today!
I suck at this game, I'm gonna have to practice more!
And then, you know...as always,
if you wanna get better at rhythm...
I think this game's pretty legit,
- for rhythm practice, you know. - Yeah.
- I feel like I actually look more ahead, you know, but... - Yeah.
Once again, thank you for watching,
and remember, to go practice.
Practice!