play at best condition. well-rested. seriously i cant do shit when i'm tired/lacked sleep
Compare it to a musical instrument, then. Do you learn a musical instrument by playing the hardest material you can physically play, or do you play material that's just difficult enough to be challenging? You do the latter because it allows you to recognize and fix mistakes as they happen.Aqo wrote:
osu isn't math. it doesn't take any progression of prior knowledge. you just stare at the screen, see circles show up, and click on them.
Osu might not be completely analogous to math or musical instruments, but it's similar enough to draw comparisons, and there is a middle ground between normals and no-fail insanes (and a pretty substantial one at that). Stop thinking in binaries.Aqo wrote:
Stop comparing osu to things that aren't osu
Osu takes 3 skills
- accuracy/reading
- aim/jump
- stream/speed
You won't improve your stream AT ALL by playing normals
You won't improve your aim AT ALL by playing normals
You will improve your reading VERY SLOWLY by playing normals since they're mapped at half bpm and usually in a vague way that, for a beginner, is unclear how it connects to the music, so he ends up just looking at approach circles instead of following the rhythm
The things that you're going to accomplish in 2 months of playing [Normal]s can be accomplished in one week of playing insanes with nofail.
He's just being obnoxious about it. What he really means is you shouldn't focus explicitly on approach circles, which is true for playing AR9+NarrillNezzurh wrote:
And I have to ask, why the hate for approach circles? Sure, you shouldn't only be watching approach circles for your timing, but on older maps with more offset variance it can help a lot to know whether the hit circles are ahead or behind, and if you have a good eye you can figure this out by watching approach circles.
I agree the approach circle will help you, but I wouldn't stop there because I think it helps even more to know when to hit a note by only listening to the music. This is something you can also learn at the beginning by playing Normal or Hard maps with Hidden. Besides good reaction skills, having good musical skills helps too.CXu wrote:
If you start from the basics, you stimulate your brain to actually know that no, you don't hit a note when it appears, but ACTUALLY when the approach circle hits.
I'm a pretty fast learner, my hand eye coordination is pretty good cause of other video games. I just didn't want to end up learning the wrong way for months and then find out how to play properly. For example before this post I was just using LMB to click, someone added me in game and recommended me XZ or LMB+RMB. Since I don't like using keyboard I use LMB+RMB now and I can actually finish pretty long streams already. Just cause I visit the forum doesn't mean I don't play for fun, getting some tips is always good imo.Defacer wrote:
When I was on the skill level of the author of this thread,I didn't even CARE for things like the forum for instance, didn't know what was jump or stream even though I was essentially doing it,didn't give a shit about the community, I was just playing the goddamn game, THE ONLY thing I knew was Cookiezi and that's all, I was playing for fun and fun for me was hard maps+nofail, which results in bad acc and insane speed.
So my advice is play for fun, and it's best for you if you find playing insane+nofail fun thing to do.Planning how to improve and use different techniques for training and stuff is things you should do after a lot, A LOT of practice.
Absolutely not. If you're having trouble with reaching the end of your mouse pad you should simply increase your overall DPI. The only time you should ever make your X and Y sensitivities different is if the laser on your mouse is off-center (some Logitech mice do this).critxjoker wrote:
Should I use different DPI settings for X and Y? Thanks again.
Changing my dpi is hard because I basically use osu to improve my mouse control (and reaction time) in other games. Using a different dpi will result in less accuracy in other games and that's not my goalNarrillNezzurh wrote:
Absolutely not. If you're having trouble with reaching the end of your mouse pad you should simply increase your overall DPI. The only time you should ever make your X and Y sensitivities different is if the laser on your mouse is off-center (some Logitech mice do this).critxjoker wrote:
Should I use different DPI settings for X and Y? Thanks again.
If you can't reach the edge of the screen without hitting the edge of your mouse pad your sensitivity's probably too low for your other games as well. If your osu! resolution is the same as your desktop resolution you'll adapt to the change in no time, trust mecritxjoker wrote:
Changing my dpi is hard because I basically use osu to improve my mouse control (and reaction time) in other games. Using a different dpi will result in less accuracy in other games and that's not my goal
I guess I'll just stick to hard songs, I only reach the end of my mousepad after it's done instead of in the middle of the song like on insane
That's not the issue. I use exactly the same settings on my desktop and my other games. I don't have to move my mouse that much, it's just that it slowly moves down and at the end of the songs it's all the way at the bottom of my mouse pad. Perhaps I do the spinners wrong or something, but I noticed I don't really have this issue at normal or hard but only intense.NarrillNezzurh wrote:
If you can't reach the edge of the screen without hitting the edge of your mouse pad your sensitivity's probably too low for your other games as well. If your osu! resolution is the same as your desktop resolution you'll adapt to the change in no time, trust mecritxjoker wrote:
Changing my dpi is hard because I basically use osu to improve my mouse control (and reaction time) in other games. Using a different dpi will result in less accuracy in other games and that's not my goal
I guess I'll just stick to hard songs, I only reach the end of my mousepad after it's done instead of in the middle of the song like on insane
Your problem is just relative positioning. It still drives me nuts, but you get better at handling/counteracting the drift. It's not really drift though, as it is your hand moving in different ways from different positions. Typical mapping doesn't return to the starting position.critxjoker wrote:
I don't use mouse acceleration in windows and it's set to 6/11. All my settings are good, I have no issues with anything else except some osu songs. I just played a track without spinners and my mouse moved down again. I have a Razer Deathadder