Wanted: Personal Trainers :P

[dixieboy]

Hey FFR:ers and SM:ers alike.
I've been playing FFR for about 2 years or so. And Stepmania only recently.
I've never actually spent much time perusing the forums or posting anything. Like one post in total I think.
But I'll get straight down to the point.
I've been experiencing lately that I am almost not improving anything.
I remember the good "ol'" days when it was like lightning speed.

I'm playing with one hand, three fingers. And I don't think I will change the style if not anyone has a good argument for it.
I'm looking for some help from people who has a lot of experience with the different simfiles that are offered to StepMania.

Simply put. I want to improve. And I'm not really sure what songs to play etc.
You can begin asking what songs I can FC(Full Combo, right?) or finish with a decent score or so. Since I can't really place myself in what league I am.
Probably somewhere in the middle I guess.
So then little by little tell me to for example. Get a combo of 500 on that song before moving on. Or.. Get AA on this one then move on to.. Just examples. Anyway..

Hope to hear from you experts soon. Thanks in advance.

Ps. I thought it would be more fun to do it like this then just experiment on my own. Plus I could probably get to know one or another person on the way.

[Reach]

RE: Wanted: Personal Trainers :P

If you want to get really good and improve faster switch to 4 fingers-2 hands. Problem solved.

1 hand is extremely limited, as you're putting a ton of stress on just the one arm muscle. That and it's a lot harder to coordinate 3 fingers on 1 hand than it is to coordinate 4 on 2 hands. Speed is limited with 1 hand. Possible patterns are limited with 1 hand. Endurance is limited with 1 hand...ect. It takes a VERY long time to improve a lot one handed...so I hope you're patient.

[chickendude]

RE: Wanted: Personal Trainers :P

yeah, go lift weights one handed or something <_<
You need a lot of strength&endurance&speed and its just hard

[dixieboy]

Well. Let's say I was to change to using four fingers, two hands.
Where do you guys put your fingers?
And.. Heck.. I think I'll switch. Any suggestions of Simfile Milestones?

[GuidoHunter]

Trying to play two handed (after playing like dixie for about four years) is really tough; you basically start from scratch.

The typical way to play is with your left index and middle fingers on down and left, respectively, and your right index and middle fingers on up and right, respectively.

The stupid way to do it is like above, but switching your right fingers.

The way I do it is with my right fingers on down and up and my left fingers on right and left. Of course, I don't know the first thing about two-handed playing.

--Guido

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[Zuke]

An example of playing four finger soread would be to remap your keys to having everything in a line. I might be wierd with WEOP, but other examples could be ZXCV, DFJK, etc...

[dixieboy]

But binding keys to make it easier for yourself. Isn't that a bit of cheating?
I mean. It makes it a lot easier(I think), but do people normally do that, or?

[iggymatrixcounter]

But binding keys to make it easier for yourself. Isn't that a bit of cheating?
I mean. It makes it a lot easier(I think), but do people normally do that, or?

Yes, and it's not cheating.

[NuclearShadow]

Spread is more comfortable for some but not everyone. Just use whatever feels good for you.

[dixieboy]

Oh, okay. Thanks. I'll try it out and see if It's anything for me.
Anyway. How come no one suggested any simfiles and then tell me the "difficulty" of it. Since I want to place myself somewhere and have some songs to clear as goals.

[Kefit]

Go get the Keyboard Megapack and the Community Megapack.

Whore those out until the end of time. By the time you are done with this you will have built up quite a bit of skill.

You can switch to four finger along the way too, although it will initially be a step back. This will allow you to do a lot more than you can with one hand, but I don't think it will really add to your overall enjoyment of the game in any significant way.

[dixieboy]

I've searched a little bit now. Before going to school. Altough bus leaves in 10 min. But every single link I found was not working. And every Torrent file I tried said : Bad data from tracker or could not connect to tracker. :/ You have any working link?

[i_caboose_i]

i def. agree you need to switch to 4 fingers, however i use a different style from any of those listed above, i found using 4 fingers on the arrow keys to be "too cramped" . so i would reccomend for you to try out my configuration, as the 2,4,6,and 8 keys work on the numpad right along with the arrows.

i use

left middle finger : left arrow
left index finger : down arrow
right middle finger : 8 on the numpad
right ring finger : 6 on the numpad.

its kinda awkward at first and takes a little time to get used to. you could also use your right index finger on the 8 , and the middle finger on the 6, if your not comfortable using your ring finger, however that is what works for me.. i do recomend using some combition of both the numpad, and arrows.

[iggymatrixcounter]

course if you want a FASTER way to get good. I recommend index fingers for all 4 arrows. Usually you alternate between the two fingers and it's like having little 'finger' feet like you would a DDR pad. This is what I do and really the only limitations are EVENTUALLY (I'm talking 13-14 steps simfiles for Step Mania) you can't go fast enough for the arrows. And crossovers are kinda hard if the song is fast. Meh do what you wish though

[JesusMobile]

i was a one hander at heart, untill I experimented with indexing one day. I found Indexing VERY much better right off the bat, and you will improve dracticly.