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  • Rastapopoulos
    FFR Player
    • Oct 2009
    • 2

    #1

    How to AAA?

    I am not very new (I can get a 200+ Combo on tricky songs, ) but whenever I try an easy song like same dream, I fail miserably and get about as many goods as perfects, and FC it. I use 1.5 speed and spread on d,f,j,k. Is the answer just an insane amount of practice, or am I missing something?
    Best FC---Mario Eurobeat
    Best AAA---Free Space
    -Yes, I am a fan of Tintin-
  • kommisar
    Dark Chancellor
    FFR Simfile Author
    FFR Music Producer
    • Jun 2005
    • 7324

    #2
    Re: How to AAA?

    hi tintin character

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    • rajdaddy
      FFR Veteran
      • Jun 2008
      • 313

      #3
      Re: How to AAA?

      Play hard songs!
      Level 8+

      The songs your playing are for one handers. -
      "That's the beauty of music.
      They can't get that from you...
      Haven't you ever felt that way about music?
      Here's where it makes the most sense:
      You need it so you don't forget.
      Forget that...
      there are places in this world that aren't made out of stone,
      that there's something inside...
      that they can't get to,
      that they can't touch,
      that's yours"-Andy Dufrense

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      • Adamaja456
        Absurd
        • Dec 2006
        • 6433

        #4
        Re: How to AAA?

        the answer is just as you suspected. practice practice practice
        slowly work you way up through the difficulties. a novice player like yourself isn't expected to do well on some harder songs. you just have to keep practicing and get used to the patterns and speeds. keep at it, you'll see improvements in no time!


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        • kante
          FFR Player
          • Nov 2004
          • 3

          #5
          Re: How to AAA?

          Get a 'Perfect' on all arrows. No goods, no averages, no boos, or misses. All perfects

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          • TheSaxRunner05
            The Doctor
            • Apr 2006
            • 6144

            #6
            Re: How to AAA?

            Play the same song a few times in a row, but, for me, I have to move on to a different song after awhile. I blackflagged the same song three times in a row and then came back the next day and AAA'd on the first try. The same can be applied to FC.

            Also on the easier songs, maybe try a slower scroll speed. I use 1.5 on easy songs and 1.75 when there are 16ths and faster.


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            • Anakinstepwalker
              SIKA <3
              • Mar 2008
              • 222

              #7
              Re: How to AAA?

              basically practice makes perfect! dont play 1.0x speed its to slow start on 1.25 and work your way up
              Originally posted by MrRubix
              I've barely got 11k total plays and I'm rank 1 DOMINATED

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              • HoneyMelonCalibrator
                Arrow Theory™
                • Feb 2009
                • 905

                #8
                Re: How to AAA?

                Originally posted by Adamaja456
                the answer is just as you suspected. practice practice practice
                slowly work you way up through the difficulties. a novice player like yourself isn't expected to do well on some harder songs. you just have to keep practicing and get used to the patterns and speeds. keep at it, you'll see improvements in no time!
                this
                Originally posted by ?
                祇園精舎の鐘の聲、
                諸行無常の響あり。
                娑羅雙樹の花の色、
                盛者必衰のことわりをあらはす。
                おごれる人も久しからず、
                唯春の夜の夢のごとし。
                たけき者も遂にほろびぬ、
                偏に風の前の塵に同じ。

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                • Vanilla Mnm
                  cavs
                  • Dec 2007
                  • 3258

                  #9
                  Re: How to AAA?

                  Try a higher speed mod, that might work. I know when I play 1.5x I can't PA for my life.
                  Oh and, just like everyone else said, keep playing. Practice & practice, eventually you'll get better. As you would if you practiced anything else

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                  • The-Persian-King
                    Banned
                    • Oct 2009
                    • 66

                    #10
                    Re: How to AAA?

                    I used to play with x1.5 speed and I was never able to AAA the easiest songs. I bumped up the speed to x1.75 and now I can AAA much harder songs. It only took me like 2 days to get used to the speed. As u might have noticed I have only been playing for about 3 months and some of my scores are in the top 100 ( for fmo & fgo songs). So I don't thing that "practicing" is THAT helpful, I started off with AAAing Power and all those lvl 1 songs. I'm AAAing C and VC songs now. It's not a good idea to try AAAing hard songs. So I believe that u should start AAAing very easy songs first.

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                    • virus003
                      FFR Veteran
                      • Feb 2008
                      • 1822

                      #11
                      Re: How to AAA?

                      Originally posted by rajdaddy
                      Play hard songs!
                      Level 8+

                      The songs your playing are for one handers. -
                      You're dumb.
                      No they're not.

                      Originally posted by XUioX
                      too hard and too long.. the rest of it was easy though.
                      Originally posted by roundb0x
                      i still have photos of my dad dickfeeding me when i was like 5
                      Originally posted by who_cares973
                      stop back seat modding its annoying

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                      • duddychuck@yahoo.com
                        Retired
                        • Sep 2009
                        • 1111

                        #12
                        Re: How to AAA?

                        Originally posted by Anakinstepwalker
                        basically practice makes perfect! dont play 1.0x speed its to slow start on 1.25 and work your way up
                        Agreed, thats what I did. every now and then I would try a song on the next fastest speed and before you know it your on 1.75x-2.00x

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                        • JSH
                          FFR Veteran
                          • Dec 2008
                          • 104

                          #13
                          Re: How to AAA?

                          Originally posted by The-Persian-King
                          I used to play with x1.5 speed and I was never able to AAA the easiest songs. I bumped up the speed to x1.75 and now I can AAA much harder songs. It only took me like 2 days to get used to the speed. As u might have noticed I have only been playing for about 3 months and some of my scores are in the top 100 ( for fmo & fgo songs). So I don't thing that "practicing" is THAT helpful, I started off with AAAing Power and all those lvl 1 songs. I'm AAAing C and VC songs now. It's not a good idea to try AAAing hard songs. So I believe that u should start AAAing very easy songs first.
                          Well is not that you can't try to AAA hard songs, but if you can AAA hard songs, then certainly you can do the easier ones. A natural order of things.

                          Speed mods as everyone mentions helps. At first beginners will hit lots of boos on the harder songs, indicating mashing or something similar. But practice practice and practice, then you'll be able to read streams better and resort to not mashing, but pressing keys in the correct pattern. I remember when I saw EHHS the first time I was like ?!?!?!!? how do you read that?!?!?!
                          Now I can read it for the most part, but it is hard for my fingers to follow.
                          Just keep practicing, and you'll be better at reading and following arrows and hitting them :P
                          I can't AAA very well either, and working on it.

                          Also not lagging on computer helps xD (if it does)

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                          • qqwref
                            stepmania archaeologist
                            FFR Simfile Author
                            • Aug 2005
                            • 4092

                            #14
                            Re: How to AAA?

                            Originally posted by Rastapopoulos
                            I ... get about as many goods as perfects
                            Your problem is that you're probably hitting the notes in the wrong place. You don't wanna hit them right when they cross the receptors (the stationary arrows at top), but actually slightly before that. Try to get perfects on individual arrows and you should get it quickly. After that, it's just practice, keeping on beat, and having a good enough speed mod (I recommend x1.75 or x2).
                            Best AAA: Policy In The Sky [Oni] (81)
                            Best SDG: PANTS (86)
                            Best FC: Future Invasion (93)

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                            • emulord
                              FFR Veteran
                              • Sep 2006
                              • 778

                              #15
                              Re: How to AAA?

                              Once I could FC Difficults, I decided it would be cool to AAA stuff. So I played excite bike until I AAA'd it since its only 32 notes. Then I moved to Norfolk Gals and all the other easy songs. Basically play songs with few notes and practice being consistent enough for you to AAA, then move on to songs with more arrows.

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