Any tips on PA?

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  • Roy Campbell
    Banned
    • Jul 2007
    • 156

    #16
    Re: Any tips on PA?

    I suggest experimenting with speed mods and screenshrinking to see what works best for you. Autofail really helps with timing if you can't see your judgment in FFR as it lets you know when you hit goods/averages. Also, try playing SM (stepmania) for a while. The timing windows are more strict in SM, the gameplay isn't choppy like FFR's is and you can customize the speed mod to whatever speed you like. If you play on judge 6 or 7 on SM for a while (you can find this setting in machine options) then your timing will most likely be a lot more precise. A nice, responsive keyboard can also help a lot with pa and a poor keyboard can significantly limit your abilities. Have fun, take breaks, be creative, and play a wide variety of songs, doing so can mean looking at the game in a different perspective which in turn will mean faster improvement.

    P.S. After playing FFR for one month I started playing SM, played both games for a few more months and the first day I used screenshrink I went from about thirty goods no screenshrink to a AAA on Thinking Different after only playing a few days a week for four months, using a really mushy keyboard. Playing SM really helped out both my reading ability and my timing in FFR.

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    • Fantasticone
      D7 Elite Keymasher
      • Aug 2006
      • 6003

      #17
      Re: Any tips on PA?

      Dark and Tornado mode.

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      • Rurion
        Banned
        • Apr 2006
        • 86

        #18
        Re: Any tips on PA?

        I tried doing Monolith/Vertex Gamma on SM 3.9.
        I failed miserably.

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        • Xx{Midday}xX
          FFR Player
          • Sep 2007
          • 3518

          #19
          Re: Any tips on PA?

          memorize it and do STEALTH! actually, if u cud, i find that to be the easiest....
          Any FFR song title discrepancies? List them here.
          Willing to accurately translate Japanese for free
          Accumulating all playstyles here!


          つまんないシグでスマソ(´・ω・`)

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          • sjoecool1991
            FFR Player
            • Mar 2006
            • 2302

            #20
            Re: Any tips on PA?

            Originally posted by TheSeventhSign
            What helped me most (like everybody's already said ^_^) was speed mod. I went from having pretty horrible PA on difficulty 7-8 to getting over 20 difficulty 6-8 AAAs in two days just by using x1.25.

            If you can FC Very Challenging, I'm assuming you already use a speed mod though.
            Um, there are still some FFR gods that don't use speed mods. I am pretty sure Darkshark does not use speed mods, and I dont think Shash does either.

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            • Kekeb
              davai
              • Dec 2006
              • 2765

              #21
              Re: Any tips on PA?

              Stepmania - judge 4
              Good songs.

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              • Adamaja456
                Absurd
                • Dec 2006
                • 6433

                #22
                Re: Any tips on PA?

                i use 1.75x


                it just takes practice to have the right reaction times for the songs

                I'm at the stage where i can SDG very difficult and challenging songs


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                • andili
                  FFR Veteran
                  • Dec 2006
                  • 228

                  #23
                  Re: Any tips on PA?

                  w00t I should be looking for advice here as well .
                  1.75 helps me AAA stuff.. but only up to tricky.
                  If I use 1.75 for difficult+ above the arrows are just too fast for me :'(.

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                  • Rurion
                    Banned
                    • Apr 2006
                    • 86

                    #24
                    Re: Any tips on PA?

                    Bleh, I'm practicing 2.0 as we speak.

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                    • thechild
                      FFR Player
                      • Feb 2007
                      • 1642

                      #25
                      Re: Any tips on PA?

                      I need to either get used to 3x or beg for a 2.5x. 2x seems so slow now.

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