Any tips with jumps/jumpstream?

[T)r6g0n]

Hello, I have been playing FFR, and I can do streams pretty well as long as they don't get extremely fast, but once they through jumps in there, I get thrown out of the song almost immediately ... It becomes seemingly unreadable and impossible. Besides the average tips of "Screenshrinking" and "Practice practice practice" or "Spread" and all that, what do you suggest? My playing style is best 3-fingered, left index on left, right middle on right, right index on down. Also, I am having a problem with the up + right jumps in a stream, because my middle finger taps up instead of my index. My right index can never goes up, for it doesn't feel natural. I've tried moving my left finger up, but I can't move it back fast enough. I have no intentions on switching to spread, because no matter how hard i try on spread I feel like I am being introduced to Dance Dance Revolution again. The main song I am trying is 20031023... Any tips will help... ty

[itmorr]

Re: Any tips with jumps/jumpstream?

"Practice practice practice"

Do that. Just keep trying and you'll get it.

Edit -- Sorry for the typical response. Other than that, have you tried Stepmania? Maybe another arrow game would help or something.

[dore]

Re: Any tips with jumps/jumpstream?

Spread is the best way to do jumpstream, it's just a fact.

Just play a good variety of files with patterns like that and not just focus on one. That's the best way to get better.

[Plo_koon]

Re: Any tips with jumps/jumpstream?

dore has the best avatar ever

[T)r6g0n]

Re: Any tips with jumps/jumpstream?

Yes, I have played stepmania for a while longer than FFR, and ive had the same problem on it too... Any songs that you might suggest that have a slower jumpstream? I can not find one that is slow. Once a jumpstream is thrown at me, I can no longer read the arrows... It is like I am unfamiliar in the pattern, and I look for patterns when I read a series of arrows.

[itmorr]

Re: Any tips with jumps/jumpstream?

The Kilga Pack has lots of jump streamy songs, maybe slow some of those down and try them out. Black Dragon is a fun jump stream song too, but a little fast.

[T)r6g0n]

Re: Any tips with jumps/jumpstream?

And from what website did you download this package from?

[itmorr]

Re: Any tips with jumps/jumpstream?

http://www.flashflashrevolution.com/...ght=kilga+pack

[RoyalCat]

Re: Any tips with jumps/jumpstream?

Sorry for sounding so n00by, but what's spreading?

I'm having problems with jumpstreams and jumps in general as well. I'm trying to do Straight to Video and on occasion when I get to the triple jumps there, only one of the two arrows registers even though I know I clearly hit both at the same time. It doesn't even boo me, it just doesn't register.

[Nyokou]

Re: Any tips with jumps/jumpstream?

Sorry for sounding so n00by, but what's spreading?

Spreading = playing FFR with four fingers, usually both index and middle fingers.

[RoyalCat]

Re: Any tips with jumps/jumpstream?

Thanks. ^^ I might try that seeing how I consistently fail consecutive jumps. Especially ones with the up arrow. >_>

[Quicker]

Re: Any tips with jumps/jumpstream?

only one of the two arrows registers even though I know I clearly hit both at the same time. It doesn't even boo me, it just doesn't register.

It's probably your keyboard. I tried playing on my friend's laptop once and the same thing happened to me. It only registered 1 key at a time...

As for tips with jumpstream:
1. Try screenshrinking even more
2. Tap the keys a little harder on the jumps..try to accentuate them
3. Etude to a Dragon and Sensorium are probably the easiest jumpstream songs on FFR so practice with those.
4. Do what itmorr said and play jumpstream songs on Stepmania slowed down.

[robotdonkey]

Re: Any tips with jumps/jumpstream?

Easiest way to spread is
Left hand: Index finger: Left; Middle finger: Down (on arrows)
Right hand: index finger: 8; Middle Finger:6; (on numpad)
Thats how I play. Not that I'm good or anything, it's just how I play.
I presume quite a lot of spread is played this way.
It gives you room to move your fingers instead of having them all crammed on the arrows. Unless you have a laptop of course.

[Silver Metallic]

Re: Any tips with jumps/jumpstream?

I'm actuall quite good at doing sequential jumps one-handed. I naturally switch to two-handed for moderately fast jumpstream and general 180 BPM+ stream, and also bursts. I'm weird.

[Nyokou]

Re: Any tips with jumps/jumpstream?

Easiest way to spread is
Left hand: Index finger: Down; Middle finger: Left (on arrows)
Right hand: index finger: 8; Middle Finger:6; (on numpad)

Fixed, lol.
And yeah, a lot of spread players do that.
That's what I do on my desktop computer, but..
Since I'm godly (goddessly, rofl?) on my laptop, I play on it more using arrow keys only.
I'm too lazy to set up hot keys.