I hate to say this but...

[Charlotte Kelly]

So I've been playing since I was in 9th grade with a two year gap but if there is anyone who is nice/polite/tolerant enough to explain a few things for me that'd be great I've only just now gotten more serious about playing and I guess I just wanna know more about the inner workings you can say.

[bmah]

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Go on and shoot with your questions.

[who_cares973]

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there is a friendly FFR representative standing by 24/7 to answer your questions

[CammyGoesRawr]

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What bmah said. (:
Don't hesitate to ask anything, so many people here are willing to help
That includes me \o/

[Zon Fire]

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Have questions? We are all here to help!!

[iironiic]

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I'd be glad to help! (: What's up!?

[Charlotte Kelly]

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So nice ^^.
Well like first of all what's with the little green circles next to songs on the lists that I think say FC.
And how do you AAA? what exactly is that? Do you have to be on a certain difficultly level to get it?
And if anyone has any advice as to how to get better or songs I could play to help. I play one handed and I can't get past Very Difficult (8) to save my life :\

[NocturneAunamic]

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Well now that we've got the people willing to answer your question down, you should ask away lol

So nice ^^.
Well like first of all what's with the little green circles next to songs on the lists that I think say FC.
And how do you AAA? what exactly is that? Do you have to be on a certain difficultly level to get it?
And if anyone has any advice as to how to get better or songs I could play to help. I play one handed and I can't get past Very Difficult (8) to save my life :\

FC means youve Full Combo'd something, meaning you hit every note in the song without geting a "miss", which is failing to hit a note altogether.

AAA is when you get ALL Perfect hits on a song, no goods, n great or boos, ALL perfects. Its the best ranking you can get for a song. All song difficulties can get AAAs.

Get better by practice, play some Stepmania or other engines of FFR. experiment with different songs and speeds and playing style. Most people play spread, which is when left hand is on left side of the keyboard and right hand is on the right and the key mappings are split right down the middle. Left and Down are hit with the left hand, and Up and Right are hit with the Right hands. Example: QWOP. Right hand hits Q for left, and W for down. Right hand hits O for Up, and P for Right.

[who_cares973]

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So nice ^^.
Well like first of all what's with the little green circles next to songs on the lists that I think say FC.
And how do you AAA? what exactly is that? Do you have to be on a certain difficultly level to get it?
And if anyone has any advice as to how to get better or songs I could play to help. I play one handed and I can't get past Very Difficult (8) to save my life :\

the green circle means you have fc'd(full combo'd) the song which is to say you played the entire song without missing an arrow.

a AAA is a perfect full combo which means you hit every arrow while obtaining a perfect on every arrow also.

tips to get better: practice practice practice!

[Bluearrowll]

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So nice ^^.
Well like first of all what's with the little green circles next to songs on the lists that I think say FC.
And how do you AAA? what exactly is that? Do you have to be on a certain difficultly level to get it?
And if anyone has any advice as to how to get better or songs I could play to help. I play one handed and I can't get past Very Difficult (8) to save my life :\

The little green circles are FCs. You get yellow circles if you make an AAA.

How do you AAA = get 100% perfects on the song. If you get a good, average, miss or boo, you no longer AAA.

They can be attained through any difficulty level - 1 through 13.

A lot of the better players here play in a style known as "spread": This is a style that uses 2 hands, 2 index fingers and 2 middle fingers. I use this style, and I play with AS KL (A = Left, S = Down, K = Up, L = Right). It works with some practice, at first it is like starting the game anew, but you'll get better, faster with time.

[who_cares973]

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first, get outta here bluearrowll

[iironiic]

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So nice ^^.
Well like first of all what's with the little green circles next to songs on the lists that I think say FC.
And how do you AAA? what exactly is that? Do you have to be on a certain difficultly level to get it?
And if anyone has any advice as to how to get better or songs I could play to help. I play one handed and I can't get past Very Difficult (8) to save my life :\

who cares pretty much sum everything up!

If you are interested in getting better, many of us would suggest you to switch from one hand to two hand playing, but there are some people who intend to be one of the best one handed players on FFR. I play with two hands, and it's much easier to get a better score on harder files than with one hand. Just a suggestion though! (:

[Bluearrowll]

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first, get outta here bluearrowll

Actually nocturne was first, you get outta here too.

[Charlotte Kelly]

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Oh! so helpful ^^ They should almost make a dictionary or something to explain what things are and what not... Unless I'm just blind or dumb and they do have that But thank you guys so much! ^^ I'll definitely feel more comfortable asking questions now. Hopefully I'll stop feeling like such a noob then

[CammyGoesRawr]

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Well, the green circles that say "FC" , that means you have a full combo on that song (no misses)

AAA is when you hit every note with a "Perfect rating" . It's the highest grade in the game and can be achieved on any level. (:

As for advice on getting better, or practice songs, i'm still finding that out for myself xD there are multiple songs though that are good for practicing certain patterns and such, i'll let one of the others here go into more detail with that. Playing one handed isn't uncommon, i know several others that play one handed (: It's really a personal preference. Personally, when i switch from one handed to "Spread" technique (where you use the index and middle fingers on both hands in a spread out fashion on the keyboard) then i got immediately better. Common spread keys people use are AS KL, QW OP, ER UI, SD JK, ZX CV, etc. Again, find what works best for you and is most comfortable for you (:


edit: so....fuccing...ninja'd.... o_o