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James Training: The path to glory.

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Ivalset
Are you terribad at osu? Mousing skill not fast enough? Trouble with triplets? Etna Sliders? Annoying spacing? Well, we've got the solution for you. Known to the masses as the "BeForU pack 1", we present to you...James Training.

Surgeon General's Warning: Not recommended to newcomers/people below rank #200000 and Lucidity, honestly.

Surgeon General's Double Warning: Lucidity demands I put this here. This thread is a joke. And by a joke, I mean it works, but you should realize that there are a plethora of methods to improving one's skill, and this is not the only method. It does work, but apparently some people? think it's the only way. This thread was made a little over a year ago, and the game was released over two years ago, so obviously this can't be the only method of improvement.


What is James Training?
  • James Training is a set of rigorous maps designed to push your osu skills to the limit. By repeatedly practicing on this set of six maps, you'll improve yourself on techniques such as:
  1. Mouse control
  2. Deciphering annoying beat patterns
  3. Etna Sliders
  4. Triplets
  5. Quintuplets
  6. All kinds of -plets
  7. Huge jumps
  8. Anger Management
  9. And a lot of other skills I can't put to words!
James training will not improve your skills at:
  1. Spinning spinners
  2. Badly spaced spacing
  3. Overly repetitious repeating sliders
  4. Telepathy
  5. Internet
How do I get some James Training?
  • Download the Beatmap Pack #13 here (which contains the six James Training maps). Only the hard versions are part of James Training -- stick to the hard maps!
This is absolutely ridiculous. How do you expect me to pass these songs?!
  • The beginning is rough, that's for sure. Restarts every 10 seconds, and it looks futile. But keep at it; each failure is a stitch of progress. Soon you'll be passing that map, and you may think it's because you've memorized it -- this is okay. For maps this difficult, memorization won't help you alone. The skills you've developed will elevate your osu ability to new heights.
So I've passed all these songs on hard. Have I finished James Training?
  • Passing is only the first step; to consider yourself an adept of James Training, you'll need to fullcombo all of the maps. A nearly impossible feat, I know. The attempts in trying to FC these maps will better you as an osu! player, guaranteed, 110%.ps: your james training will never be over
Still not convinced? Already, people have begun to live the James training. These people have accepted James as their master, training under his enlightening presence:
  1. Saturos - ??? I don't know if he's accomplished anything. Saturos Edit: Large spacing became easier. FU Ival. <3
  2. Ivalset - Has cleared Twister (Subarausdaidoshaldkasjdioajshiki Mix) without committing suicide
  3. LadySuburu - Went from failing DejaVu (Hard) to passing Calling (Ultimate) in a day!
  4. Mogsworth - After a day of James Training, can (almost) pass We Are!
  5. Remdawg - Was rank #900, and after James Training, is now rank #400+!
  6. RavenlockA - Learned mouse control, and also gained a +4 bonus to his bluff skill check
I discovered James Training on accident. When a certain map with a few annoying spinners/sliders was ranked, I made a bet with a certain individual that he couldn't fc it. If he could, I would go FC all of the BeForU maps. To my surprise, he succeeded in like 5 tries, and I set out unknowingly on the James Training path. Now, weeks later, I can pass Agony, Calling, DejaVu, Twister (Subarashiashdisdksaldsshiki Mix), and a slew of other maps that I was too noob to pass.

Stop sucking at osu!, get some James Training today.

July 7th, 2009: James Training becomes 1 year old today. *sniffle* I...I told myself I wouldn't cry! *sniffle*
August 13th, 2012: Over the past 4 years, James has truly touched our lives in ways unimaginable. However, it's time to let nature run its course. The methods of 4 years ago are ancient and outdated compared to what is necessary today. Knowledge of the wheel is useless when everyone is riding on hoverboards, of course.

ps: lucidity hates james training and you should too because you're bad at it
Saturos
This map has been deleted on the request of its creator. It is no longer available.
ROMaster2
IMHO, I perfer grinding myself from bottom to top difficulty, extremely long (And to the point boring), but works to you to the point, you'll S almost any song, you never even heard of, the first time you try it, be working for me on several cases.
LadySuburu
Ivalset can vouch for me when I say that in ONE DAY I went from failing DejaVu Hard, to beating Calling - Ultimate.

Ivalset may not actually be able to vouch for this. Results will vary. Insanity is likely. Other factors may have caused my sudden growth in skill.

Join James training now!





*Now, off to bed.*
LuigiHann
This training is a sham! I love it!
YoshiKart
A Tablet PC would reduce some difficulties when practicing James Training. This is pure awesome. I got so much better with a mouse now. There goes my accuracy suckage! :D
Saturos
All these strike throughs are getting annoying Yet another happy customer!
LuigiHann
Man, every time I do something mildly interesting or different, everybody's gotta jump on the boat. This post is about James Training!
Mogsy
I have committed suicide many times because of James Training and strikethroughs, only to be Phoenix Down'd just as many times. Bastards. James Training! :D
James
This map has been deleted on the request of its creator. It is no longer available.
Echo
I want my money back.
James
Sure. Here.

lionel6910
Pulls out M82 Barrett Anti-matter rifle and shoots my head off ITS A GOOD TRAINING EXERCISE!! Thank you James, we salute to you!! :) :) :) (As if you f***ing maniac)
Topic Starter
Ivalset

lionel6910 wrote:

Pulls out M82 Barrett Anti-matter rifle and shoots my head off ITS A GOOD TRAINING EXERCISE!! Thank you James, we salute to you!! :) :) :) (As if you f***ing maniac)
Unbelieveable. You would insinuate that our great James is a maniac? Heathen.
Druid_old
Woahh... Yaaay! *Downloads*
Mogsy
Honestly, holy crap. I've been playing offline all day so I don't raise my playcount, but man, I've actually nearly passed We Are after one day.

Off to train more. :U
Zerostarry
This map has been deleted on the request of its creator. It is no longer available.
James
satisfied customer = 893248932849
unsatisfied = 1
lionel6910
This map has been deleted on the request of its creator. It is no longer available.
James
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RemmyX25
I was once just another #900 or worse ranked player. Then a friend recommended James Training for my woes.

Needless to say, I'm in the top #400 now in ranks! And I can no longer use my hands to their full extent!

THANKS JAMES TRAINING!!!
James
wow, a somewhat true-ish testimonial~ ival will be happy to see this
RavenlockA
Loginer
This map has been deleted on the request of its creator. It is no longer available.
James
( Loginer ) JAMES
( Loginer ) I NEED TRAINING ;_;
( James ) gym training?
( Loginer ) No
( Loginer ) OSU
( Loginer ) D:
( Loginer ) Let me join your osu! gym. :(
( James ) loginer: ask my secretary, Ivalset for instructions
( Loginer ) IVAL! ;_;
( Loginer ) Let me join. :(
( Ivalset ) sure
( Ivalset ) membership costs $108 usd
( Loginer ) ...
( Loginer ) NO
( Loginer ) 108 YEN.
( Loginer ) :]

~some random conversation of me having a new mouse + worse spinning technique and blames Ivalset and wants my 30$ payment for my g5 (converted)~

( Loginer ) Ival, you never accepted my deal. ;_;
( Ivalset ) yen is too small
( Loginer ) Fine.
( Loginer ) Rupees.
( Ivalset ) fuck your rupees
( James ) tw dollar?
( Loginer ) SirDekar: INDIAN Rupees. <.<
( James ) ival accepts ph peso
( Loginer ) 50 dollars, last offer.
( Ivalset ) yeah what james said
( Loginer ) ...
( Loginer ) DAMN IT
( Loginer ) ;_;
( Loginer ) ...
( Loginer ) DAMN IT
( Loginer ) ;_;
( Ivalset ) but
( Ivalset ) if you're offering 50 dollars
( Ivalset ) i'll take it
! Ivalset takes the money
( Loginer ) T_T
( Loginer ) Oh well.
( Ivalset ) welcome to the club

~random blablabla shytz~

( Loginer ) Oh, and Ival...
( Loginer ) Those dollars.
( Ivalset ) ?
( Loginer ) They were HONG KONG DOLLARS!
( Ivalset ) !!!!
( Loginer ) MWAHAHAHAHAAAAAA!
( Ivalset ) bastard!
( James ) MAN IVAL YOUVE BEEN SCAMMED

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Welcome to the club. I guess.
adamskii_uk
Frequently playing beatmaps like these when you are no way near the skill level of coping with it is just asking for trouble, since you will risk causing long term joint and tendon damage in the hands and wrist. Not only that, but you will also SLOW DOWN your progress at becoming good at Osu! by learning bad timing habits and poor hand control. Repetition can either work for you or against you, because in the end your brain doesn't care whether you do good or bad at something, it just learns whatever you do. If all you are doing is moving your hand around without decent control, and hitting the circles with poor timing, then that's exactly what your brain will learn. Then eventually with enough repetition you will start playing bad at even the slow speeds because you would have trained yourself how to suck at Osu!, rather than being good at it.

IMO, the best way to learn Osu! is to start at the level you can cope with and gradually build up to the faster beatmaps over a period of weeks, or months. I know this probably feels like a long time, since most people want to become good at things quickly (myself included), but I really do think the GRADUAL approach is far more effective in the long run. :)
Loginer

adamskii_uk wrote:

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LuigiHann
I agree with Adamskii. I was outraged that this training pack includes only the highest difficulties. I was expecting a training program, not an insurmountable task. :(

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