Good for you!  Great learning experience, and save major bucks too  :-)

Busy adult life indeed ^^;
That sounds like a huge project, Jon.

Last week I worked on finishing converting my cabinet from ddr:Supernova to an ITG/ddr:Extreme cab. Lately been working full-time in Seattle and doing a little gaming on the side.. like Undertale and Smashbros4.

I can't say I'm any more busy than normal.  I go to Round 1 2-3x a week but I never go to ACME since there is no Drummania, so I probably just miss more of the community.  I don't want to small talk, I just want to session!  Heh.

Whenever I go lately though there aren't that many people playing bemani so yeah, seems like the winter has slowed down visitors.  Probably a number of people are in exam mode right now.

I imagine the recent episode with the pads at ACME probably turned a few people off the community for time being, as well.

Fallout 4....that has been 80% of my free time over the last month.

I played ITG for the first time since Nov 20th on Tuesday. It was pathetic. Leg muscles that have never hurt before now do and I was out of breath from 9s and 10s! I seriously need to play more regularly. Hopefully after the holidays I can get back to normal. And since I beat FO4, that should help too.

I usually lurk, but it's sad to see how the community has dwindled into a shell of its former self. On the bright side, I should be glad that I was able to experience it during the peak of its popularity when Acme first opened and Konami didn't ruin Roxor.

I'm a lurker traditionally. I show up at Round1 from time to time (it's an hour away, so I can't make trips all THAT frequently). Not so much ACME cause I'm not really a fan of having to have a bunch of quarters in my pocket (and I almost never carry cash).