Wrists raised or planted

[V-Ormix]

Re: Wrists raised or planted

I usually try to play with my rists parallel to the tops of the keys... some times I play with my rists planted cause like my arms can get tired some times /:

[U.N. Owen]

Re: Wrists raised or planted

I play with my laptop on my lap (no desk), so raised.

[mrpreggers]

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Wrists are almost always glued to my desk unless I'm trying to hit a slew of jacks.

[Evnoir]

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My arms and hands are always raised, much like how one would play a piano.
I can't expressively smash my keyboard to the music when they are planted :P

[Gundam-Dude]

Re: Wrists raised or planted

raised if I'm playing for accuracy
planted when I'm conserving energy and stamina for harder files

[gnr61]

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years ago i played with wrists planted to laptop, but once when i picked the game back up my gf (a concert pianist) watched me play and ****ed with my form, so now i play with hands raised and cranked downward slightly (elbows pointing down). my right hand rests more toward the base but doesn't touch often. also i've begun playing with my entire laptop turned ~30 degrees counterclockwise for some reason

[Staiain]

Re: Wrists raised or planted

This position allows me to hit very fast and hard patterns, i rest them on the palm rest that comes with the keyboard

[Jerry DB]

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raised and I never get tired. I even got 1 billion points in less then 20 hours with my arms raised I don't think it matters that much as long as your comfortable

[Coolboyrulez0]

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Both raised, always.

[rayword45]

Re: Wrists raised or planted

Depending on how jacky a song is, I rest my wrists on either 2 or 4 DVD cases (1 or 2 per hand)

Yes, it's a tad stupid-looking, but it (purportedly) slows the onset of CTS and my JS speed seems to go up a bit.

[hi19hi19]

Re: Wrists raised or planted

Wrists raised for more speed. This allows you to "cheat" patterns with wrist and arm motions as well as finger motions, giving you the ability to do faster stuff.
Wrists planted for greater control. This cements your arms in place and makes the stroke of each finger a set distance from the contact point of the key, allowing for consistency.

Since I usually play speed files, I typically have my wrists raised.

[benguino]

Re: Wrists raised or planted

I typically play with my wrists planted. I seem to have greater accuracy that way. If I play with my wrist raised, I'll have more speed, but my accuracy just goes out the window and I get tired in like less than 30 seconds, lol. Although, if I'm desperate enough, I'll occasionally give wrists-raised a try for portions of some songs. I use my laptop keyboard, so my wrists are planted at the same elevation as my keys (since I rest my wrists on the part of the laptop below the keyboard, to the left and right of the mouse-thingy); that's why I'm worried about getting an external keyboard since I'm afraid my wrist elevation relative to the keys would change, thus affecting my playing ability.

EDIT: I'll take pics later.

[Winrar]

Re: Wrists raised or planted

I wish I had 3 hands like you, then maybe I'd be better at this game.

[Riotpolice]

Re: Wrists raised or planted

My arms rest higher than my body, because it's a well known fact that if your arms are below your hands, you will start to cramp up, and do poorly on songs. I do both raised and planted. Im pretty much like hi19.

[Staiain]

Re: Wrists raised or planted

Woops, secret's out D: