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How long did it take you to pass Insane songs?

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Tom69_old
Tom69_old
If "5 stars" (happy30 diff) counts as insane: 8 days.
video

If it actually has to be a moderately hard 5 star map: ~2 weeks.
video

1600 DPI + enabled mouse acceleration if I remember correctly.
Had about 1k plays in my first month. So 250 - 500 plays respectively. :>

I'm really glad to have youtube'd every single milestone I took in osu! since I started playing. Really helps to pull out such information. :D
Ekaru
3,617 posts
Joined July 2008
Ekaru

Kinenz wrote:

By "insane" I mean when the mapper either names his difficulty "insane" or when it is easy to tell that the map's difficulty suddenly got much harder compared to the previous difficulty in the map. I don't know any real terminology for this kind of stuff, so I apologize for sounding extremely nooby. ;_;
It was an oldfag joke. ;P A ton of Insanes back then would be extremely easy by today's standards if it wasn't for their fucking tiny circles that are a son of a bitch to aim for. Hards made by mappers like James, DJPop, and Rolled were what you really wanted to play back then for a good challenge, and certain ones would even qualify as "Insanes" by today's standards.

That said, when put that way I'd guess... some months? It was so long ago. Plus I couldn't stream for crap back then, which didn't help at all.

Regardless, you're progressing at a reasonable pace. Don't worry too much about it and just keep playing hard stuff.
Burr
33 posts
Joined April 2011
Burr

Lybydose wrote:

about a week or so maybe
This^ but i had like a 5k play count
Defacer
131 posts
Joined October 2011
Defacer
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Tsukasa
471 posts
Joined June 2011
Tsukasa

Defacer wrote:

I knew people had problems with squares but you are the first one that I can refer to - goddamn it's the same ! - I always do strange curvy movements when squares appear because im afraid i shall be late for the next one and basically on squares i look like a complete noob, so I guess that is rly some sort of a bad habit, also I don't like to wait on circles and sliders, so I basically like fast AR and low AR makes me suffer, I just can't imagine hitting a note and then being able to stay on the same place for like 0.5 sec and can jump to the other one, I always must do rapid movements across the map without thinking or waiting
It's natural for our hands to move in a circular motion than snapping to form a square. Though you could train on doing these things but it would be quite hard
nanda2009
925 posts
Joined October 2009
nanda2009
months..
Triskelion91
155 posts
Joined March 2011
Triskelion91
It took me a few months because when I first started, I only played easy 1-3 star songs. I was too used to the easy songs, so when I started playing the harder ones, it took me a lot longer to adapt. :cry:
CXu
osu! Alumni
3,558 posts
Joined March 2009
CXu
4 months or something before I turned mouse accel off \o\
Then another few months before I could pass some of the easier stuff /o/
CCC
6 posts
Joined October 2011
CCC
Took me about 1 month playing insane maps only
nrii_old
nrii_old
cant remember if i joined osu on 22nd june or 26th of june in 2010 but http://puu.sh/klM http://puu.sh/klO found these old screenshots from before i was even aevv, iirc it only took me a week or two to be doing insanes

musta been 22nd cause http://puu.sh/klK i did this hard on the 23rd
G0r
389 posts
Joined September 2011
G0r
It was only a couple weeks for me too, but I sucked when I first started playing Insanes, and I only played to pass them. I believed at the time that I would only improve if I played nothing but Insanes. I tend to still think that this is a good way to begin, as long as you do reasonably well on Hards already, and are able to find Insanes that aren't terribly difficult to start with.
Kanye West
2,222 posts
Joined July 2011
Kanye West
A long ass time.
bentyhunter
30 posts
Joined June 2012
bentyhunter
Well, i completely skipped doing easy and medium and went straight to hard and insane. I put this down to the fact that i'm a drummer and have been playing guitar hero on expert and DDR for years. I'm at 2.5k plays and it's only now i'm truly grasping how to play the really hard songs though. So i'd imagine 10k would be very decent for a completely new person to rhythm games seeing as it took me ages to get good at gh. Also the switch to using a tablet over mouse made me instantly better. It's all down to each individual though. Keep it up bro :)
thelewa
3,537 posts
Joined August 2010
thelewa
It took me 6 months to even be able to try Insanes

although that's when I got my tablet and I instantly became good after that, landed my first #1's soon after that and everything.
JAKACHAN
684 posts
Joined March 2011
JAKACHAN
Now that everyone is discussing how long it took them. It probably took me about 1 month to pass Insanes with my mouse. Then I got a tablet and started S'ing insanes. About 3 months after I got my tablet I tried my first HD HR song ever (That Kung-Fu) one Tana has a video of and S'd that in about 10 tries and that's when I started HR HD everything.
thelewa
3,537 posts
Joined August 2010
thelewa
Long story short: get a tablet, become good instantly
Jordan
1,037 posts
Joined December 2010
Jordan
What if SiLviA gets a tablet D:
JAKACHAN
684 posts
Joined March 2011
JAKACHAN

Jordan wrote:

What if SiLviA gets a tablet D:
He never will already asked him.
lolcubes
osu! Alumni
4,437 posts
Joined November 2010
lolcubes

thelewa wrote:

Long story short: get a tablet, become good instantly
No.
:(
Nessuka
259 posts
Joined June 2012
Nessuka

lolcubes wrote:

thelewa wrote:

Long story short: get a tablet, become good instantly
No.
:(
This was absolutely correct for me.
Tablets make you pro instantly.
nrii_old
nrii_old

Twilight Sparkle wrote:

This was absolutely correct for me.
Tablets make you pro instantly.
didnt work for me
Aqo
2,710 posts
Joined April 2010
Aqo
Tablet makes you pro instantly
if you were playing mouse with acceleration
CXu
osu! Alumni
3,558 posts
Joined March 2009
CXu
Tablet made me pro instantly, therefore it will make you pro instantly.
thelewa
3,537 posts
Joined August 2010
thelewa

CXu wrote:

Tablet made me pro instantly, therefore it will make you pro instantly.
I'm glad you understand my way of thinking.

edit: After all, every single human being is the same, they all learn at the same speed and such, right?
Tom69_old
Tom69_old

Aqo wrote:

Tablet makes you pro instantly
if you were playing mouse with acceleration
Well.... worked for me. And I used acceleration. That would make sense, as Tablet forces no-accel which is better.
Aqo
2,710 posts
Joined April 2010
Aqo
Tablet also has full area by default which is like very small DPI. Most mouse players are used to high DPI which is terribly inaccurate and hard to play with.
No accel low dpi mouse is way more accurate than tablet hands down ._.
BeatofIke
4,166 posts
Joined September 2011
BeatofIke
I believe it took me around 2-3 months to pass my first insane (well an easy insane XD).
I'm a mouse player and I play 400 dpi with mouse acceleration on.

Keep in mind that, every player has a different improvement rate.
For me, I'm improve at a relatively slow rate.

PS: Tablet is NOT easy to use.
Kanye West
2,222 posts
Joined July 2011
Kanye West

BeatofIke wrote:

I believe it took me around 2-3 months to pass my first insane (well an easy insane XD).
I'm a mouse player and I play 400 dpi with mouse acceleration on.

Keep in mind that, every player has a different improvement rate.
For me, I'm improve at a relatively slow rate.

PS: Tablet is NOT easy to use.
I too play 400 dpi with mouse acc on and also improve at a snail's rate. Hi5 bro!
Gon
455 posts
Joined November 2010
Gon
Took me like 3-4 months upon purchase of my tablet just to reach my old mouse skill level. Being left handed sucks, particularly for this game zzz. i don't even know how to play with mouse anymore (1 year's worth of experience down the drain) \o/

As for topic, a few weeks iirc. pretty sure i wasn't screwing around with mods and was working on passing as many songs as possible on a daily basis back then.
Dustice
133 posts
Joined March 2011
Dustice
as long as i played with mouse i barely could do hard maps...
then when i got a tablet i could do insane instantly :<
i think it was around 6000 or 7000 plays when i got the tablet : )
bentyhunter
30 posts
Joined June 2012
bentyhunter
If i didn't have my tablet i would be mediocre as heck.
enik
276 posts
Joined December 2011
enik
Hey, I'm currently at 1.5k plays and can pass some insanes on B first try. I made a huge jump from hards to insanes (like in a few hours) after disabling windows acceleration and lowering my DPI to 800 from 1600. Thanks to everyone in this thread t/91591/start=75, yours advices helped me a lot. I play mouse only.
Mythras
255 posts
Joined February 2010
Mythras
Actually playing mainly to improve after getting a tablet had me able to SS and S insane maps in 2 months (i'm lazy as fuck though and not nearly as committed as all these kids playing), and buying the black widow keyboard has me able to stream really well after a few months (and even stream kinda fast, not that fast though).

I lose skill rapidly if i don't keep playing :(. It's really annoying.

key for success: Play with a tablet for 5 hours or so once you get it, instantly use a big area (look at like M A I D's profile to see for example) play easy maps whatever you gotta do to get used to it. Once you do just start doing insanes/hards, your skill will increase super rapidly.

Main thing I noticed when I got a tablet is that I was instantly really good at spinning (430-460+).

The effort required to play with a tablet is like 1/15th of a mouse. And I love using the mouse, i play all kinds of fps games, good aim good reactions etc, always a top player in whatever game but osu! is just perfect for a pen tablet.



TLDR: buy a tablet if you like this game and don't have the irrational tablet hating mentality because you can't afford one. orz
Aqo
2,710 posts
Joined April 2010
Aqo

Unkind wrote:

The effort required to play with a tablet is like 1/15th of a mouse.
Nonsense. Tablet causes wrist pain and mouse doesn't. With tablet you have to hold the pen steady over every circle while mouse just sits there once you're done with your jump. Mouse is way more laid back.
thelewa
3,537 posts
Joined August 2010
thelewa

Aqo wrote:

Unkind wrote:

The effort required to play with a tablet is like 1/15th of a mouse.
Nonsense. Tablet causes wrist pain and mouse doesn't. With tablet you have to hold the pen steady over every circle while mouse just sits there once you're done with your jump. Mouse is way more laid back.
The part about wrist pain is not true for most players, but the thing about actually needing effort to hold the pen steady over every circle is true. Actually stopping at a circle is really damn hard at first with tablets.
-Athena-
1,414 posts
Joined June 2011
-Athena-
Oh my, my wrist wants a word with you Aqo.

Even playing with a keyboard for fun still tires my wrist, maybe I'm just a wimp with no stamina then.
winber1
4,520 posts
Joined February 2010
winber1

thelewa wrote:

The part about wrist pain is not true for most players, but the thing about actually needing effort to hold the pen steady over every circle is true. Actually stopping at a circle is really damn hard at first with tablets.
But it's also a lot easier to adjust/aim. At least for me, if I use mouse, and if I overshoot/undershoot, I'm basically fked.

But then again, that was only helpful a long time ago, when I sucked at playing everything. Nowadays, I don't even look at my cursor since I don't really have time to, and my aim is pretty decent :x
those
3,136 posts
Joined November 2010
those

winber1 wrote:

thelewa wrote:

The part about wrist pain is not true for most players, but the thing about actually needing effort to hold the pen steady over every circle is true. Actually stopping at a circle is really damn hard at first with tablets.
But it's also a lot easier to adjust/aim. At least for me, if I use mouse, and if I overshoot/undershoot, I'm basically fked.

But then again, that was only helpful a long time ago, when I sucked at playing everything. Nowadays, I don't even look at my cursor since I don't really have time to, and my aim is pretty decent :x
Transparent cursor ftw
thelewa
3,537 posts
Joined August 2010
thelewa
I don't know man, I still don't know how to aim with a tablet

shit's impossible
Aqo
2,710 posts
Joined April 2010
Aqo

winber1 wrote:

if I overshoot/undershoot, I'm basically fked.
lower your dpi and you'll be less prone to overshooting/undershooting jumps. Also looking at your own cursor does help.
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