Blinking and FFR/SM

[Starshot]

Main question: How often/often not do you blink while playing rhythm games like FFR/SM?
Been wondering this for a while. I have a bad little habbit of non blinking at all during a song, and forgetting to blink during the song selection menu, causing my eyes to water/images become blurry, causing me to quit the song.

Anyone else?

[super-smashman]

RE: Blinking and FFR/SM

I have a bad habit of not blinking and then screaming when the song is over because my eyes are burning.

[stlunatic0124]

RE: Blinking and FFR/SM

haha same situation as super smashman, just something you have to deal with

[dancingmaniac3]

RE: Blinking and FFR/SM

I read that you need to constantly blink when using a computer screen because the radiatoin can damage your eyes. Anyway, while playing SM im afraid to blink because i dont want to miss an arrow or lose the pattern, ya know? Like i dont want to blink because im afraid ill lose my spot in a stream and end up havin to adjust. Anyway once the song is over i usually rub my eyes or whatnot. No biggy.

[Spazzbite]

RE: Blinking and FFR/SM

I blink a lot while playing. Doesn't take all that long to get used to it, just have to take a personal note of the notes onscreen at that moment and remember their rhythm.

[Mychilli]

RE: Blinking and FFR/SM

blink at pauses in the song..., or not at all i guess...

[ToshX]

RE: Blinking and FFR/SM

I don't blink at all.

He hasn't blinked through this entire 45 minute DDR Extreme Nonstop Megamix! OMFG!

And it doesn't hurt my eyes at the end. Guess I got used to it or something.

[staroceanfreakx]

I blink whenever I need to, I just do what Spazz does, jus memorize the next 2 or 3 notes and hit them while you blink.

[Tonberry_Kid]

I'm with Starocean and Spazz. Although sometimes I won't blink for like 30 minutes of nonstop FFR just because my eyes won't blink.

[nestlekwik]

I blink unconsciously. Since I don't really tend to look everywhere on the screeen, just one spot, it's easy to analyze the situation, blink for a millisecond and continue on like nothing happened.

[noviceanimeartist]

One out of every 30 blinks screw up my combo, and I blink at least 30 times a song =P

[Tennouhai]

just blink... it doesnt upset the rythem of the song. your eyes are shut for 0.002 seconds when you blink. not enough to mess up the song for u

[Could_Strife007]

The biggest cause of watery eyes among computer users is a low refresh rate.
If you are using a CRT, set your refresh rate to it's maximum using THIS tool, just choose your monitor and press auto populate. The refresh rate of any Monitor/TV is the number of times that the the screen draws itself vertically (in a downward pattern). Low refresh rate is also the reason why computer monitors look wierd when filmed. The higher the refresh rate, the more frames you are seeing, and your brain thinks it's a solid image=much better for the eyes. If your brain is picking up the refreshes, it gives you major headaches. 85hz (RfPS) is my minimum, most people stupidly run at 60. Refresh rate is also an option in "graphic" in SM.

[for those of you that already know this, sorry if that sounded snobby]
So, what refresh rate are you running?

[Starshot]

I must say, that helped a LOT.

I cranked SM up to 120hz and my eyes have never felt better while playing.
Thanks a bundle.

[super-smashman]

OMG you should see the monitors at my school! You can actually see the frames. It isn't the lab I usually goto so when I went there I had to ask the teacher if she noticed anything wrong. She didn't.

I got a really bad headache that day.