Coffee (or any energy-boosting drink) = pro streaming :p
merging won't work, it will just make jesus' topic in the middle of this one which would break everything.she wrote:
silma new green name plssilmarilen wrote:
https://osu.ppy.sh/forum/t/99612
merge pls
actually works.Espionage724 wrote:
Coffee (or any energy-boosting drink) = pro streaming :p
it does for some peoplesilmarilen wrote:
well its true that being tired makes you worse and energy drink helps against that, but i doubt energy drink suddenly makes you able to stream faster
I used to do that and it worked pretty well for me.buny wrote:
it does for some peoplesilmarilen wrote:
well its true that being tired makes you worse and energy drink helps against that, but i doubt energy drink suddenly makes you able to stream faster
Well since the streaming thing is already in jesse's thread we could treat this as "duplicate"?theowest wrote:
merging won't work, it will just make jesus' topic in the middle of this one which would break everything.
we could just lock this topic if we no longer need it.
I'm the same way. Keep practicing._tear wrote:
Am I the only one here good at slow streams but unable to do anything above 170BPM?... How do you guys do that out of the box??
Actually until 1-2 months ago I couldn't do anything above 150BPM, then I decided to give practicing a try, I was surprised that it actually works and my limit is a bit higher now... But reading this topic made this improvement seem tiny >_>
But anyway... Should I bother practicing further? I might get my speed a bit higher still, but is it ever going to match people who can stream high BPM without training?
Except for the "take breaks" suggestion and the "mouse essentials" almost everything stated here is extremely subjective, and for some (amazing) mouse players just plain wrong.jesus1412 wrote:
Soly wrote:
I thought I'd offer advice on mouse since it's my speciality. Don't shy away from high dpi, in the end it helps your mouse movement a lot more allowing you to do some of the more insane jumpy songs/ar11. I use high dpi and also manage to do tiny hardrock maps aswell with little problem other than a bit of adjusting for snapping. I know low is good and all, but you gain much more of an advantage in the long run if it's higher. Below 2000 is generally a good rule to go by.
Some mouse essentials:
- http://donewmouseaccel.blogspot.co.nz/2 ... n-fix.html
- Windows acceleration set to 6/11
- Enhance pointer precision disabled
- osu x 1.0
ALSO Practicing hardrock to get better if you are a newer player is generally a bad idea due to it messing up your sight read.. you will gain permanent osu ADHD and only be able to play fast songs.. If you rush to get good generally your sight read and acc will get worse.. I am a living testament
- Taking breaks can sometimes improve your sight read and accuracy for some strange reason.
- The more you retry a song, the worse you will get at it DX
No, HR ruins sightread ability. This has been indirectly tested extensively by a lot of players that I talked to. If you play only high AR all the time, your readings get much worse. You have to mix it up all the time and play low ARs too.Zarerion wrote:
The other thing that bothers me is the thing about practicing HR. How would it screw up your sightread ability?
It's not playing high AR that screws up your sightreading, but the lack of playing slow AR.Aqo wrote:
No, HR ruins sightread ability. This has been indirectly tested extensively by a lot of players that I talked to. If you play only high AR all the time, your readings get much worse. You have to mix it up all the time and play low ARs too.Zarerion wrote:
The other thing that bothers me is the thing about practicing HR. How would it screw up your sightread ability?
If you want the reason why, it's simple: higher AR takes less planning-ahead. Reading is planning-ahead. Do something less, get worse at it.
Write your own section and I'll replace it if people agree.Zarerion wrote:
Oh yeah. I just noticed something. I heavily disagree with some stuff noted in this quote about mouse settings in the OP.
Except for the "take breaks" suggestion and the "mouse essentials" almost everything stated here is extremely subjective, and for some (amazing) mouse players just plain wrong.
First of all, high dpi will never be better than low dpi. At least not for me and other players, including pros like kriers. Many mouse players will want low dpi for higher precision, for the very same reason that many tablet players think a bigger area is better than a low one. I. e., a lower chance of missing/higher precision. This is explained in the OP as well, so why add such a contradicting quote about dpi? I'd like to have this explained a bit more thoroughly, including the fact low dpi is usually preferred, even tho there are always exceptions.
The other thing that bothers me is the thing about practicing HR. How would it screw up your sightread ability? All it does is training to deal with higher AR and OD as well as smaller circles. This seems like a problem Soly has, but it's not generally an issue when playing HR. Also, tips on improving Accuracy are given elsewhere in the OP already, no really need to put this there.
You can always go back and fix your left hand.Antero wrote:
So i got a serious question about what should i focus on right now. Short story first, i started playing about 4 or 5 months ago and i drilled the craziest maps until i racked up 20k playcounts. Now my aim with the tablet is pretty good and i can read AR10 with absolutely no problem but my problem is with my left hand. I drilled the freedom dive practice map like crazy but i cannot play slow maps at all and my accuracy sucks. Did i hit a point of no return and completely screwed up my chances of being good or can i still learn everything if i go back to slower maps and actually fix my left hand?
Make yourself play Nyancat like 100 times. I am still playing this map daily, and the better that I get at it, the better I get at everything else. I make a point to play it every single day while warming up. You will feel muscles you didn't know you used to play in your forearm because of how slow and deliberate the stream speed is. It was hard to aim and follow the streams at first as well. I, too, have this problem where I can read AR10 better than any AR. Nyancat is AR8 and that approach rate is highly uncomfortable for me, because I can't just play with reflexes. I have to actually READ the map, and follow it. And I can't just wiggle my fingers really fast and get the streams right, either. The streams are slow enough to where I could probably single tap, but that would obviously get really tiring really fast. The song is VERY consistent, and once the melody gets drilled into your head, you will be able to start following with your left hand a little bit better. I made a post a page or two back about starting slow, and this is an example that I think would help you specifically. Here is the map: http://osu.ppy.sh/s/31419 if you are unfamiliar with it. If you are, then I highly recommend that you use it to train. Spend like a whole playing session on it one day, and then keep playing it at least once a day all the way through for a good two weeks. Turn on nofail if you have to (you probably will need it at first). Hope this helps!Antero wrote:
So i got a serious question about what should i focus on right now. Short story first, i started playing about 4 or 5 months ago and i drilled the craziest maps until i racked up 20k playcounts. Now my aim with the tablet is pretty good and i can read AR10 with absolutely no problem but my problem is with my left hand. I drilled the freedom dive practice map like crazy but i cannot play slow maps at all and my accuracy sucks. Did i hit a point of no return and completely screwed up my chances of being good or can i still learn everything if i go back to slower maps and actually fix my left hand?
It's always good to have friends you can challenge with. It gives you insanely strong motivation to get better, amaze friends and surpass them. I'd really like to have some.Fenarth wrote:
Tablet came in the mail today, so much easier its crazy
Passed my first insane with a C 10% on my performance bar at one point, really sloppy but still made me happy
I feel like i'm not getting good fast enough, picked up this game because irl friends play it and they are so much better ;_;
I don't like that map for stream training. There are very random patterns, too many different speed variations, too many note length variations. It is not a very good practice map. You are better off picking a map that has only one style and practicing that. The less variables present, the better. Try playing nyancat like I suggested earlier, or Mendes. Nyancat has insanely consistent 16th notes as well as Mendes. Nyancat will help a lot with spacing, and Mendes has notes that are compact enough that you can focus on tapping, since the streams are a lot easier to follow. Play these maps over and over and you will be able to get control of your fingers. After that, you will have enough command to adjust to the stream speed of most songs within a couple plays.Sotodashi wrote:
I've found that I've become worse at streaming than I was when I first tried a stream-compilation, and I don't know why.
Eh, I don't think I'll be able to pass that.Thatgooey wrote:
I don't like that map for stream training. There are very random patterns, too many different speed variations, too many note length variations. It is not a very good practice map. You are better off picking a map that has only one style and practicing that. The less variables present, the better. Try playing nyancat like I suggested earlier, or Mendes. Nyancat has insanely consistent 16th notes as well as Mendes. Nyancat will help a lot with spacing, and Mendes has notes that are compact enough that you can focus on tapping, since the streams are a lot easier to follow. Play these maps over and over and you will be able to get control of your fingers. After that, you will have enough command to adjust to the stream speed of most songs within a couple plays.
Try to play maps of lower BPM and less complex patterns as a starter. For example Nordic Stars - Crying In the Rain.TocoToucan wrote:
How to learn reading maps like these?
https://osu.ppy.sh/b/135804
https://osu.ppy.sh/s/50131
https://osu.ppy.sh/s/45306
https://osu.ppy.sh/b/120030
I'm trying to read and play these maps like usual AR9 TV-size maps, but it doesn't work. I'm looking at approach circles and objects in general, but there are too many circles on my screen at the same time and I don't understand how to play the map(I can play with HT, but after turning HT off I'm still the same low-skilled toucan).
I know that it is unreal to learn something by not doing it, but Retry-kun doesn't help me.
some of my tries:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G9XxTIFlb8A (passed, but I'm not able to repeat it)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=98iSnvqQ7bQ
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OYg9hH2bxqY
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kFJIaR3qvKw
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M6cToLjsL3k
I feel like I hit a wall as well as well ;_;Sotodashi wrote:
Sorta feels like I've run into into a wall, even though the probability of that being true is not really that high.
Here's a tip for dealing with those stacked notes: learn to read the approach circles like counting ripples on water surface.Fenarth wrote:
However by far my biggest problem is when notes appear on notes that are still there. I fail these every time and I usually have to go into edit mode and view the parts at 0.5 speed and memorize it or it just wont happen
When I first started I found I had similar problems, so I asked my friend for some help and he said to just listen to the song. It sounded kinda stupid at the time but I realised that I was focusing too much on the hit circles rather than following the actual song. I found that I could concentrate more on my cursor while having my accuracy better than before. Of course it does help a lot to know the song before hand, but if you follow the speed of the song in stacks and know when it ends, you don't really need to know how many hit circles there actually are X_XFenarth wrote:
I also have a really big issue when songs change tempo because the approach circles get funky
However by far my biggest problem is when notes appear on notes that are still there. I fail these every time and I usually have to go into edit mode and view the parts at 0.5 speed and memorize it or it just wont happen
But it will worsen your reading skills on lower ARs, even up to the point where you have trouble reading AR 9... Might be good to play low AR maps once in a while I guess...Anonymous_Osu_Player wrote:
I think the best way to improve is by playing HR and DT more.
It'll improve Accuracy of hit, Accuracy of jump, Reaction of approach circles, all that you need to become better.