How do people get so good?

[Shadowstep2003]

I've been playing ddr and ffr for a couple years now on and off. I first started with using one hand and realized its limits with harder songs and switched to the the two hand spread style and got even better. I'd say im a pretty good player, I can complete most songs on the hardest difficulty although sometimes I find myself mashing on some of the parts I deem "impossible."

Recently I faced a guy in multiplayer who was level 20 and we played a game called Rose. I think the song is fun as hell but theres a couple parts in there which I once thought impossible but he seemed to combo it all with ease.

My question is how do people get to the point where they can read arrows that get so clustered like that and react in time? Songs like that and silence I find myself button mashing a large majority of the time and I would actually like to be able to read the arrows so I can these songs an honest shot. How do I get to that point? Does it really just develop over time or for these songs do people have to memorize the arrows for that particular song in order to complete them in that full combo fashion?

[Xandertrax]

Re: How do people get so good?

Practice, practice, practice, practice, practice.

And a tiny bit of skill.

[ieatyourlvllol]

Re: How do people get so good?

Screenshrink.

[Pichu_XP]

Re: How do people get so good?

Practice that's all to it. In fact practice is how you learn anything in life.

[purebloodtexan]

Re: How do people get so good?

Screenshrink.

Screenshrinking just made me play worse.

[cC@Zz]

Re: How do people get so good?

Screenshrinking doesn't always help. Just practice and you should eventually improve.

[lumphoboextreme]

Re: How do people get so good?

play spread, yeah that helps...

[Xception704]

Re: How do people get so good?

When I started out, I played one-handed with the full screen on index.

Now I play two-handed with my screen shrunk using spread.

It makes a heck of a difference ... but not enough. The biggest factor in getting better is indeed practice. I had around 2000 points the beginning of December, and now I have over 10,000. Around the beginning of December, I would go for the Difficult and Very Difficult songs to play, and now I go for the Challenging-Masters. Practice really does make a difference.

[Evascythe]

Re: How do people get so good?

Screenshrink.

Screenshrink is lame.

[0:)]

Re: How do people get so good?

I agree with the screenshrinking thing. I depend on that.

And spread with some practice of course. :]
The more you play harder songs, the easier it because to read, it slowly becomes a sort of...natural instinct, in a way.

[moches]

Re: How do people get so good?

Screenshrink never worked for me. I suggest playing songs with slow 16th streams like Sensorium and Euthanasia. Then move on to faster 16th stream songs and you'll be comboing {Rose} faster then you think.

[FRANKKK]

Re: How do people get so good?

Screenshrink.

i screenshrink too, how far up do you go?

[Lokfable]

Re: How do people get so good?

Screenshrink so you can't see the perfects or combo. Practice a lot like that, you improve fast.

[Vampeel]

Re: How do people get so good?

Yeah the screenshrinking thing isn't going to show immediate results. It's one of those things that takes time to adjust to but will help to improve reaction time. I notice huge improvements when I do it, but not right away on the fastest songs.

[XxXSkYbEaMXxX]

Re: How do people get so good?

1. Screenshrink 2. Practice. There's no memorization involved. It's basically honing basic skills so you can do better at ANY song.