Marvelous Attack

[tunatime14]

got a quick question. when i first switched to 4 fingers, i pretty much sucked, but now im better at 4 fingers than indexing besides a couple songs like quasar. Except for one thing, as i get better, my MA still sucks compared to my indexing MA. I was wondering if that was an advantage of indexing or if i just need to give myself time with 4 fingers since ive only been using that for a couple weeks.

[SMGod]

RE: Marvelous Attack

time... the best MAers in the world use 4 fingers

[ad0gg]

Re: RE: Marvelous Attack

time... the best MAers in the world use 4 fingers

Follow this advice. SMGod is probably the most reliable source you can get (no sarcasm).

[Bahamut-X]

RE: Re: RE: Marvelous Attack

I thought 4 finger equaled speed, and indexing equaled accuracy.

[emccky]

RE: Re: RE: Marvelous Attack

look at nima's threads, I think that gives you an idea.

[fusi0n]

RE: Re: RE: Marvelous Attack

It all depends on the player...

[Wayfaerer_]

RE: Re: RE: Marvelous Attack

Most people do find more accuracy in index's I think.

[SMGod]

RE: Re: RE: Marvelous Attack

indexing is in no way the most accurate... me, reach, linus, aperson (not TOO good MA anymore) have by far the best MA and we all use 4 fingers... Index is actually likely to give more perfects ESPECIALLY on very difficult songs as your speed is limited and you will thus find it difficult to reach the arrow in proper timing while four fingers gives you the speed advantage allowing you to time well.

[Lastandingmortal]

RE: Re: RE: Marvelous Attack

I MA all the time, I posted a couple of songs I did demonstrating Marvelous Attack, and I only use 2 fingers.. my 2 index fingers... check out the posts.

[SMGod]

RE: Re: RE: Marvelous Attack

the best MAers use 4

[vince511]

RE: Re: RE: Marvelous Attack

If you have any musical background, the instrument you played will have an influence on which style you MA with better. Drummers will be better at index, and piano players will be better at 4-finger. I played both extensively, and oddly enough I use a hybrid technique where I play 85-90% of the streams I see with 3 fingers (left index, right index/middle) and index the ones that are clearly written by an index player, or 4-finger the ones written by a 4-finger player. On songs like Reach's Genocide and a lot of Toph's simfiles that are jump-intensive, I incorporate my left middle into the patterns quite often. When going for stream MA though, I try to stick to 3-finger as much as I can, because it's not as limited as index or as complex as 4-finger.

[fusi0n]

RE: Re: RE: Marvelous Attack

How would drumming make you better at indexing?

[Moogy]

RE: Re: RE: Marvelous Attack

Piano doesn't make you any better at SM.

[SMGod]

musical background helps a bit cause you have a better sense of rhythm plus all the training you undergo allows your fingers a greater speed than the majority of people

[ad0gg]

And guitar... doesn't help at all. Unless you play guitar right-handed and play StepMania one-haned with your left hand, or vice versa.

But I don't play like that.

So it doesn't help me .