If you're asking this because you want to know if alternating is a viable option in the long run - yes. Just like dragging, it's the minority, but you can still do just as good as the majority (hovering).
Just out of curiosity I primarily full alternate but I'm practising singleMyke B wrote:
If you're asking this because you want to know if alternating is a viable option in the long run - yes. Just like dragging, it's the minority, but you can still do just as good as the majority (hovering).
vi brittania cheated wildlyityka wrote:
afaik HAUHAU, doctorindark and silvia all full alternate. vi britannia did too (rip)
No, it is not inferior it is just typically more comfortable to single tap. Sync, Metro, and Silvia all alternated and they all had high accuracies as well.buny wrote:
there aren't many full alternators because it simply seems inferior to single tapping if you can
I was able to notice this when I tried alternating for a couple of weeks. can confirm.JAKACHAN wrote:
No, it is not inferior it is just typically more comfortable to single tap. Sync, Metro, and Silvia all alternated and they all had high accuracies as well.buny wrote:
there aren't many full alternators because it simply seems inferior to single tapping if you can
In fact, typically learning how to alternate gives you a much easier time on maps where you have to alternate seeing as how you are used to combining alternating with cursor movement.
isn't that a reason why it seems inferior then?JAKACHAN wrote:
No, it is not inferior it is just typically more comfortable to single tap. Sync, Metro, and Silvia all alternated and they all had high accuracies as well.buny wrote:
there aren't many full alternators because it simply seems inferior to single tapping if you can
In fact, typically learning how to alternate gives you a much easier time on maps where you have to alternate seeing as how you are used to combining alternating with cursor movement.
Someone is going to misunderstand you again and it's going to start single tapping vs alternating debate.buny wrote:
isn't that a reason why it seems inferior then?JAKACHAN wrote:
No, it is not inferior it is just typically more comfortable to single tap. Sync, Metro, and Silvia all alternated and they all had high accuracies as well.
In fact, typically learning how to alternate gives you a much easier time on maps where you have to alternate seeing as how you are used to combining alternating with cursor movement.
also on the 2nd statement, that really only applies to slow streams
I think JAKACHAN was referring to the fact that more people tend to find single tapping natural compared to alternating and the fact that a large majority of top players single tap makes people think that single tapping is superior even though there really isn't any basis behind it.buny wrote:
isn't that a reason why it seems inferior then?JAKACHAN wrote:
No, it is not inferior it is just typically more comfortable to single tap. Sync, Metro, and Silvia all alternated and they all had high accuracies as well.
In fact, typically learning how to alternate gives you a much easier time on maps where you have to alternate seeing as how you are used to combining alternating with cursor movement.
also on the 2nd statement, that really only applies to slow streams
Mathsma wrote:
Metro
If the superiority/inferiority is completely subjective, then why can't a little bit of comfort be negligible?buny wrote:
comfortability is never negligible.
i understand that some players find alternating much easier than single tapping, but nearly no pro player will go out of their way doing something they don't feel comfortable doing. so the superiority/inferiority is completely subjective to each person
i'm not saying that one is better than the other with my first post btw, i simply mean that, taking in my previous statement, a lot more players will find alternating to be inferior to single tapping, purely because of their own comforts in each method
Maybe and probably, but doesn't subjective mean that some people may sacrifice a bit of comfort for something that is better?buny wrote:
because the method you choose to use in the end is the one you are most comfortable with
whether you think alternating is inferior or not is pretty subjective, don't ya think? I mean there are things like "most players single tap" to back it up, but also most players hover instead of drag, but that doesn't mean dragging is inferior.Buny wrote:
so the superiority/inferiority is completely subjective to each person
It's only subjective to the point where it's only worse if you aren't comfortable with it but then single tapping is worse for players who find alternating more comfortable. People who believe that single tapping is superior because "most players single tap" are just idiots who are just misinterpreting things.Myke B wrote:
whether you think alternating is inferior or not is pretty subjective, don't ya think? I mean there are things like "most players single tap" to back it up, but also most players hover instead of drag, but that doesn't mean dragging is inferior.
I knew someone was going to misunderstand.buny wrote:
i don't think you read my posts correctly
i never said either of them was inferior or superior, it is different for each person
but alternating seems inferior to most people because single tapping is natural.
would you ever consider taking up your left hand (if you are right handed) to be your primary hand in everyday task? no because your right hand feels more natural thus more comfortable and thus makes the left hand inferior to your right
Alternating doesn't inhibit your ability to accuracy at all. Theoretically, you should see lower unstable rates if you were to alternate because you don't have to wait for your finger to lift of the key.nooblet wrote:
From what I see there's no huge downside to alternating, accuracy might be one but bleh that just takes practice.
Accuracy was probably just me being my scrublet self then.Almost wrote:
Alternating doesn't inhibit your ability to accuracy at all. Theoretically, you should see lower unstable rates if you were to alternate because you don't have to wait for your finger to lift of the key.nooblet wrote:
From what I see there's no huge downside to alternating, accuracy might be one but bleh that just takes practice.
yepMathsma wrote:
I knew someone was going to misunderstand.buny wrote:
i don't think you read my posts correctly
i never said either of them was inferior or superior, it is different for each person
but alternating seems inferior to most people because single tapping is natural.
would you ever consider taking up your left hand (if you are right handed) to be your primary hand in everyday task? no because your right hand feels more natural thus more comfortable and thus makes the left hand inferior to your right
To be honest, I don't consider this analogy completely valid to the situation, even though I can relate somewhat. You make a point, but who says it actually applies to other people, like Blueprint and scrublet. It is about what's natural, but there aren't only 2 styles.buny wrote:
would you ever consider taking up your left hand (if you are right handed) to be your primary hand in everyday task? no because your right hand feels more natural thus more comfortable and thus makes the left hand inferior to your right
I did when I started and now I can't stopbuny wrote:
nearly everybody alternates when it's easier
we call those individuals masherskartistenn wrote:
Isn't it easier to accidentally end up spamming when alternating?
I got what you're saying (I think) so you're generalizing what people think right? That's probably true. If my left hand was superior then yea I probably would learn to use it instead, why not? But it's hard to say with saying something like that, because the only reason my right is superior is because I have used it every day since birth. I find alternating way more comfortable and less straining, but I single tap because I know it will be better for me in the long run.buny wrote:
i don't think you read my posts correctly
i never said either of them was inferior or superior, it is different for each person
but alternating seems inferior to most people because single tapping is natural.
would you ever consider taking up your left hand (if you are right handed) to be your primary hand in everyday task? no because your right hand feels more natural thus more comfortable and thus makes the left hand inferior to your right
kartistenn wrote:
Isn't it easier to accidentally end up spamming when alternating?
Solution to spamming is just controlling your fingers so they don't hit notes before they should be by, like he said, using your wrist or "galloping". When I see a mashfest of doubles and triples I always lift my fingers and make sure I start on the correct finger.RaneFire wrote:
I am much more consistent because, with alternating, when the streams get really fast (200+ bpm), I can't determine which finger I'm ending the stream on and often end up stopping a note early, or ending correctly and assumed I stopped early, or something along those lines of finger confusion. The issue with doubles and triples is that of a wrist-action to start them, i.e. bursting.
Wat o_o What's so bad about alternating (From a pov, not the sub/objective stuff you guys argued about) that would make you do something that's way more uncomfortable (and probably unnatural) for yourself?Myke B wrote:
I find alternating way more comfortable and less straining, but I single tap because I know it will be better for me in the long run.
Most likely because single tapping builds stamina better than alternating, though this is only true if you are actually straining yourself and you are single tapping with your finger rather than with your wrist otherwise you don't really get any benefit.nooblet wrote:
Wat o_o What's so bad about alternating (From a pov, not the sub/objective stuff you guys argued about) that would make you do something that's way more uncomfortable (and probably unnatural) for yourself?Myke B wrote:
I find alternating way more comfortable and less straining, but I single tap because I know it will be better for me in the long run.