surprisingly, taiko doesn't do anything for me.
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Taiko forces you to pay attention to a lot of stuff at once (at least if you're playing fullscreen on a wide monitor) on fast songs with high AR. You can't just look at the left side of the screen, or you won't know what's coming, but you need to be focused on it in order to hit notes accurately (unless you know the song well). I'm guessing once you get better it's less of a problem (I'm a terrible taiko player, but one of the reasons I don't play it is because it bothers my eyes and I find it really disorienting).
It may be different for others -- I'm just sharing my experience. It is a great way to train your peripheral vision, though.
It may be different for others -- I'm just sharing my experience. It is a great way to train your peripheral vision, though.
It's probably just because I'm not very good at taiko yet 
Osu! has never affected my eyes aversely thankfully.
It's just the compulsive blinking I do whilst playing that makes me mess up.
It's just the compulsive blinking I do whilst playing that makes me mess up.
Speaking personally, osu has been pretty hard on my eyes (but as many people pointed out, may just be from looking at monitors for extended periods of time). Age also has an impact on me i'm sure. One issue I have with osu in general is after playing for ~1 hour, my eyes get blurry, if I keep playing it gets to the point of not being able to read words on web pages without zooming in. So for me, the possibility of osu being bad for my eyes is pretty high. Just take breaks and you should be fine.
Kaeru wrote:
... one of the reasons I don't play it is because it bothers my eyes and I find it really disorienting).
It may be different for others -- I'm just sharing my experience. It is a great way to train your peripheral vision, though.
Depends on the person, but it also depends on your monitor.Myke B wrote:
It's probably just because I'm not very good at taiko yet
I play on an 8 year old 17" with CCFL backlight. Everything that moves is extremely blurry, but I kinda prefer it instead of a LED backlight because those still blurr. The difference is LED backlight will blurr multiple clearer and more detailed images, which I find much more disorienting to focus on than a smooth blurr. This is all solved by cashing out on a freaking awesome monitor though... which I don't really feel like doing. In my country it costs nearly 3 times more than the exchange rate for a high-end 120hz monitor for that much-wanted lightboost feature.
You can get used to it. I have been getting used to it to the point I barely even notice the blurr anymore. The human brain is amazing, but I'd rather I didn't have to go through the ordeal of my eyes involuntarily twitching the whole time for 2 weeks solid :/ I felt like punching myself.
Yes it does.
Ask to the banned god #1
I need to do breaks when i play cause my eyes start to hurt.
Easy explanation: when u play, u dont blink. And we need to blink.
Ask to the banned god #1
I need to do breaks when i play cause my eyes start to hurt.
Easy explanation: when u play, u dont blink. And we need to blink.
Mamoru Senpai
Temporarily
After I played Mania and look at an other thing, then I feel like I'm on drugs
In osu!Standart sometimes I get red eyes and then I look like I'm on drugs
So but I have everytime very dark circles around the eyes so I look everytime like I'm on Drugs
i cri
After I played Mania and look at an other thing, then I feel like I'm on drugs
In osu!Standart sometimes I get red eyes and then I look like I'm on drugs
So but I have everytime very dark circles around the eyes so I look everytime like I'm on Drugs
i cri
any game will be bad for your eyes if you continuously stare at the screen for prolonged periods of time (ask the ex-#1 player in the world who left us last year).
just blink when you have a break in the beatmap / when the pattern is simple and predictable or something
just blink when you have a break in the beatmap / when the pattern is simple and predictable or something
pretty much this is the problem imo. Try using minimalistic/simple skins, they help a lot. One of the examples would be:dinopwn wrote:
Does osu! hurt your eyes? My skin has a lot of elements and special effects.
as for Taiko, skinning is also involved. Using both plain hitcircle and overlay will 'eliminate' the blur existing in the default skin (and maybe some other skins), and making the taiko-bar-right-glow.png (which shows up in Kiai time) into the same as the regular one greatly helps reducing eyestrain.Noobsicle wrote:
try this skin t/168372
its good for you
I blink when I play.astelios wrote:
Yes it does.
Ask to the banned god #1
I need to do breaks when i play cause my eyes start to hurt.
Easy explanation: when u play, u dont blink. And we need to blink.
*Blink* *Miss* DAMMIT!piruchan wrote:
I blink when I play.astelios wrote:
Yes it does.
Ask to the banned god #1
I need to do breaks when i play cause my eyes start to hurt.
Easy explanation: when u play, u dont blink. And we need to blink.
Maybe this is why I'm not good at osu!...
computer use in general is bad for your eyes, not just osu!
Osu! bad ? no person not wanting to take a break between games and stuff to blink lol and wants to risk eye health then yea, play and enjoy but remember you need your hands and eyes for alot more then just clicking circles on osu! XD
"Although eye strain is uncomfortable, there are no long-term consequences of eye strain. There is no evidence that eye strain causes any adverse changes in the eyes. There is also no evidence that, in adults, continuing to do visual tasks while experiencing eye strain will result in any structural damage to the eyes."WindyExplorer wrote:
Osu! bad ? no person not wanting to take a break between games and stuff to blink lol and wants to risk eye health then yea, play and enjoy but remember you need your hands and eyes for alot more then just clicking circles on osu! XD
Well that's a relief, thanks for the link.
I did actually notice my long distance vision return to normal after a ~2 month break from pretty much everything computer related.
(I get very horrible long distance sight problems after my computer binges, e.g. playing 14 hours a day for weeks at a time during my time off.)
I'm yet to find a solution for the eye strain I suffer from on a daily basis that usually consists of very dry, red and sore eyes by the end of the day. Did anyone else find f.lux to be helpful?
I've just been using it for about a week, but it feels a lot easier on the eyes. It's worth giving a try.encryptik wrote:
"Although eye strain is uncomfortable, there are no long-term consequences of eye strain. There is no evidence that eye strain causes any adverse changes in the eyes. There is also no evidence that, in adults, continuing to do visual tasks while experiencing eye strain will result in any structural damage to the eyes."WindyExplorer wrote:
Osu! bad ? no person not wanting to take a break between games and stuff to blink lol and wants to risk eye health then yea, play and enjoy but remember you need your hands and eyes for alot more then just clicking circles on osu! XD
Well that's a relief, thanks for the link.
I did actually notice my long distance vision return to normal after a ~2 month break from pretty much everything computer related.
(I get very horrible long distance sight problems after my computer binges, e.g. playing 14 hours a day for weeks at a time during my time off.)
I'm yet to find a solution for the eye strain I suffer from on a daily basis that usually consists of very dry, red and sore eyes by the end of the day. Did anyone else find f.lux to be helpful?
Is it weird that when I play osu! on standard and taiko I hardly ever blink? o.o'
Plus, taiko usually effect me. When I play, it doesn't make my vision even harder, or even if I do blink once, still doesn't do much effect to me. I think I got OP Eyes. ^^
Plus, taiko usually effect me. When I play, it doesn't make my vision even harder, or even if I do blink once, still doesn't do much effect to me. I think I got OP Eyes. ^^
i can tell u thou before i started to work i was at the computer screen about 20 hours a day hue hue no life heh xD ? and it was causeing me headaches eye strains and even got to the point that one of my eyes closed on me from just staring at a fixed thing nonstop, also wat comes into to play is how u sit at the computer and how far the screen is from your face, if u sit back and a few feet away then it wont be as bad since ur not basically doing eye contest with the monitor xD trust me it will win over u ;/
but remember when u play a game that requires ur absolute focus ur habit of blinking leaves u in secs cause ur like OMG IF I BLINK ILL DIE well true but 1 death over eye problems is worth it.
i still remember wat my use to say xD sit ur ass away from that tv or u will go blind, well true enough it caused my eye sight to get worse at 4th grade ahah
but remember when u play a game that requires ur absolute focus ur habit of blinking leaves u in secs cause ur like OMG IF I BLINK ILL DIE well true but 1 death over eye problems is worth it.
i still remember wat my use to say xD sit ur ass away from that tv or u will go blind, well true enough it caused my eye sight to get worse at 4th grade ahah
this whole thread could've literally been finished in a single post saying "quit playing osu!, or quit using the computer." how fucking dense do you have to be to continue doing something as it's damaging you or affecting you in a negative way.
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But i don't feel my eyes hurting on other games, my brain hurts tho on them
welcome to this whole section.Zeraph wrote:
this whole thread could've literally been finished in a single post saying "quit playing osu!, or quit using the computer." how fucking dense do you have to be to continue doing something as it's damaging you or affecting you in a negative way.
Okay i've been thru this and then some w/this game. First of all CRT monitors never even remotely effected my eyes no matter what. LCDs rape my eyes without tweaking them to hell and back.
Tweaks to make osu easier on your eyes:
-Default monitor settings are effing horrible, look up your monitor and calibrate that bastard
-Brightness to nearly zero or whatevers comfortable
-Don't lower contrast too much or it'll look horrible and not really help
-Get a higher hz monitor (I got a 144hz recently and not only is it amazing it seems to be less eye-straining)
-Lower gamma if you have that setting on your monitor
-As suggested earlier get a skin that isn't so bright/flasy
-Increase resolution (helped me going from tiny window to 13xx by whatever)
-Download f.lux and install it, set it to the lowest setting, this should absolutely fix the issue
-Buy Gunnars, same thing as f.lux (people i know claim they work well)
-TEST it, change shit and play for an hour, no eyestrain=win
Tweaks to make osu easier on your eyes:
-Default monitor settings are effing horrible, look up your monitor and calibrate that bastard
-Brightness to nearly zero or whatevers comfortable
-Don't lower contrast too much or it'll look horrible and not really help
-Get a higher hz monitor (I got a 144hz recently and not only is it amazing it seems to be less eye-straining)
-Lower gamma if you have that setting on your monitor
-As suggested earlier get a skin that isn't so bright/flasy
-Increase resolution (helped me going from tiny window to 13xx by whatever)
-Download f.lux and install it, set it to the lowest setting, this should absolutely fix the issue
-Buy Gunnars, same thing as f.lux (people i know claim they work well)
-TEST it, change shit and play for an hour, no eyestrain=win
Of course is a matter of time ><WindyExplorer wrote:
Osu! bad ? no person not wanting to take a break between games and stuff to blink lol and wants to risk eye health then yea, play and enjoy but remember you need your hands and eyes for alot more then just clicking circles on osu! XD
If u play 10hrs per day of course ur eyes r gonna bleed lol (and u do when u start playin osu >3<)
But i think osu is worst for the eyes than any other game
PS: sry eng
didn't read through all the posts but if you hang out at the pc a lot make sure to use flux
http://justgetflux.com/
helps immensely especially at night times
http://justgetflux.com/
helps immensely especially at night times
I used to get dry eyes/tons-of-blinking, but I realized it was only because I blinked too much once and then thought it had something to do with osu! and kept thinking about it when I played, so that in turn caused excessive blinking. Once I realized that it pretty much stopped.
Use flux, keep your room lit, sit far from the screen, make sure you're staring directly at it, and stuff like that. osu! is not bad for your eyes, but the screen is.
tbh I've noticed my peripheral vision got a lot better actually, probably because I play on a 1920x1080 resolution. Pretty neat really.
Use flux, keep your room lit, sit far from the screen, make sure you're staring directly at it, and stuff like that. osu! is not bad for your eyes, but the screen is.
tbh I've noticed my peripheral vision got a lot better actually, probably because I play on a 1920x1080 resolution. Pretty neat really.
5 pages for a simple "no - it's not osu! it's staring at a screen in general" lol.
Its worse in this game. Almost as bad as sc2. God forbid people actually use a forum to communicate.Myke B wrote:
5 pages for a simple "no - it's not osu! it's staring at a screen in general" lol.
Every time I play osu before I go to bed, I always overslept the next day
By the way, Thanks for this flux thingy, it helps although I can't see anything below flourescent
By the way, Thanks for this flux thingy, it helps although I can't see anything below flourescent
NotCookie_old
Flux genuinely helped a lot, I'd really recommend it for anyone experiencing eye strain.
Circlejerking only, please stop interruptingmy b. Cirlcejerk away yo.
Bump -_- another 8 month old post haha.
Aside from not blinking your eyes are also darting around the screen and taking in repetitive bright flashes while doing this.
It will give you migraines faster and cause some vision problems faster than 99% of other games will.
Aside from not blinking your eyes are also darting around the screen and taking in repetitive bright flashes while doing this.
It will give you migraines faster and cause some vision problems faster than 99% of other games will.
I never ever got migraines or headaches from osu!, might have something to do with me using a skin that doesn't feature anything fancy and having all the fancy options disabled aswell, since they're just in the way anyway.
my eyes are in top notch condition after 4 years of playing the game, so I'm inclined to think that if your monitor and lighting is set up correctly there is absolutely no risk
sometimes the muscles moving my eyes would start to hurt, but because they're muscles it's quite normal. they start to hurt when they're getting stronger or more used to straining
sometimes the muscles moving my eyes would start to hurt, but because they're muscles it's quite normal. they start to hurt when they're getting stronger or more used to straining
No, osu is not bad for your eyes. However, screen glare, poor lighting, bad brightness/contrast/gamma settings will cause eye strain.
I've used computers since before flat screens were mainstream, spent more time in front of a CRT screen playing diablo and starcraft in early 2000 than any other hobby. I have no eye problems whatsoever, never tried any eye drop or fancy tricks. Just get good settings and play in a well lit room.
I've used computers since before flat screens were mainstream, spent more time in front of a CRT screen playing diablo and starcraft in early 2000 than any other hobby. I have no eye problems whatsoever, never tried any eye drop or fancy tricks. Just get good settings and play in a well lit room.
osu! makes me use my eyes more, I normally wear glasses but when I play osu! I don't
osu! doesn't give me bad eyes, it just makes me extremely tired like how I can sleep 11 hours the next day
osu! doesn't give me bad eyes, it just makes me extremely tired like how I can sleep 11 hours the next day
who cares you only have eyes so you can play osu! anyways
Yes if you do AR10.
its straining, sometimes things get really blurry even if im nearsighted if i play too long.
not sure if its bad though.
not sure if its bad though.
I played osu! once and now I'm blind. Thinking my second play won't go as well.
I went outside today and I was amazed that my vision was way better than it used to be. proof that osu! is good for your eyes.
This happens to me too. I hope it doesn't cause permanent damage!byfar wrote:
its straining, sometimes things get really blurry even if im nearsighted if i play too long.
not sure if its bad though.
I'm older now than when i started playing osu! I think it's not only bad for your eyes but also causes aging.
really depends on how long you are playing for and if you take breaks and what the enviroment is like
1. take a break every 30 mins (even if it just to look around the room for 5 mins)
2. dont leave the room dark. (staring at a screen in a dark room is like staring at the sun kinda...)
3. being on the computer generally isnt good for your eyes either way (cant help it)
1. take a break every 30 mins (even if it just to look around the room for 5 mins)
2. dont leave the room dark. (staring at a screen in a dark room is like staring at the sun kinda...)
3. being on the computer generally isnt good for your eyes either way (cant help it)
Yeah it's true. He couldn't produce tears...ZenithPhantasm wrote:
I heard Cookiezi quit because of eye problems from excessive circles.
And as for my eyesight, it has actually improved. By pay attention to the circles in the game, I have a faster reaction timing.
100% of all people who play osu! will eventually die. osu! causes death.jaaakb wrote:
I'm older now than when i started playing osu! I think it's not only bad for your eyes but also causes aging.
ZenithPhantasm
I have similar problems. If I play for 3 hours or more, my dominant eye(left eye) starts to become blurry. It's worrying me a little, but I just stop playing when I notice it, to prevent further damage.
Is your screen's backlight so bright that a black background actually appears to be grey'ish?Blanky wrote:
I have similar problems. If I play for 3 hours or more, my dominant eye(left eye) starts to become blurry. It's worrying me a little, but I just stop playing when I notice it, to prevent further damage.
I find my eyes getting blurry on my VG248QE because of all the colours being peaked towards white, and lower brightness settings make the strobing of the backlight more apparent, which is really straining on my eyes due to the persistence of vision effect, which lasts about 40ms. This makes bright objects appear to leave a trail on the screen, as with my spinner approach circle/cursor which is white.
I don't think so. I never had good eyesight to begin with though.RaneFire wrote:
Is your screen's backlight so bright that a black background actually appears to be grey'ish?Blanky wrote:
I have similar problems. If I play for 3 hours or more, my dominant eye(left eye) starts to become blurry. It's worrying me a little, but I just stop playing when I notice it, to prevent further damage.
I find my eyes getting blurry on my VG248QE because of all the colours being peaked towards white, and lower brightness settings make the strobing of the backlight more apparent, which is really straining on my eyes due to the persistence of vision effect, which lasts about 40ms. This makes bright objects appear to leave a trail on the screen, as with my spinner approach circle/cursor which is white.
it just really fucking hurts for me
is there a skin which prevents this
is there a skin which prevents this
Maybe you are too close to the screen while playing.
Thats not good.
Thats not good.
Sorry for reviving this.
I myself believe that it even improves my sight even though my eyes get blurry when I don't blink properly... But that will fix with another blink...
At least I know now everything is ez
I myself believe that it even improves my sight even though my eyes get blurry when I don't blink properly... But that will fix with another blink...
At least I know now everything is ez
Don't listen to the idiots telling you that osu! doesn't hurt your eyes: it absolutely does. Sure, you could mitigate the effects with a different skin, turning the lights on, eating better, sleeping properly, etc, but it will STILL affect your eyes by playing the game, especially for any longer than 20 minutes.
I find it appalling that people blame you and your screen and not the game, not even a slight bit. Any game that forces you to move your eyes around a lot while also making you keep them open for over a minute at a time will cause them to hurt. Other games may not have as much effect because they don't force you to switch between the different corners of your skin as you try to FC a jump map for the billionth time.
Either play quite little or quit the game. Your health is not worth risking for clicking circles.
>inb4 necroposting
stfu.
I find it appalling that people blame you and your screen and not the game, not even a slight bit. Any game that forces you to move your eyes around a lot while also making you keep them open for over a minute at a time will cause them to hurt. Other games may not have as much effect because they don't force you to switch between the different corners of your skin as you try to FC a jump map for the billionth time.
Either play quite little or quit the game. Your health is not worth risking for clicking circles.
>inb4 necroposting
stfu.
xPinkyDashTemp wrote:
Don't listen to the idiots telling you that osu! doesn't hurt your eyes: it absolutely does. Sure, you could mitigate the effects with a different skin, turning the lights on, eating better, sleeping properly, etc, but it will STILL affect your eyes by playing the game, especially for any longer than 20 minutes.
I find it appalling that people blame you and your screen and not the game, not even a slight bit. Any game that forces you to move your eyes around a lot while also making you keep them open for over a minute at a time will cause them to hurt. Other games may not have as much effect because they don't force you to switch between the different corners of your skin as you try to FC a jump map for the billionth time.
Either play quite little or quit the game. Your health is not worth risking for clicking circles.
>inb4 necroposting
stfu.
While this is a necro-post since you seem to be a relatively new player I want to correct some misconceptions.xPinkyDashTemp wrote:
. Any game that forces you to move your eyes around a lot while also making you keep them open for over a minute at a time will cause them to hurt. Other games may not have as much effect because they don't force you to switch between the different corners of your skin as you try to FC a jump map for the billionth time.
1. Everyone and I mean everyone blinks while playing this game. If you think you need to death stare the screen to FC the map you are wrong. You could argue that it's bad as it doesn't allow you to "look away" however this is not unique to osu as many games would result in your failure if you looked away. Also pausing and break screens do exist so if you really want to you can
2. Most skilled players keep their eyes focused on a single spot of the screen and use their peripheral vision to hit objects. It's actually quite a bit harder to play the game if you are trying to make your eyes dart around the screen constantly. I remember seeing a video on youtube where someone did a comparison of a new player vs a pro player using an eye tracker and the pro player tended to keep their eyes at pretty much the same spot the entire time while the new player was constantly darting around.
Small nitpick, but I don't think this is true. As I've gotten better, I've tended more and more towards reading individual patterns, if not circles sometimes. Additionally top player eye trackers that I've seen show this trend, too.Edgar_Figaro wrote:
2. Most skilled players keep their eyes focused on a single spot of the screen and use their peripheral vision to hit objects. It's actually quite a bit harder to play the game if you are trying to make your eyes dart around the screen constantly. I remember seeing a video on youtube where someone did a comparison of a new player vs a pro player using an eye tracker and the pro player tended to keep their eyes at pretty much the same spot the entire time while the new player was constantly darting around.
If you play osu for too long, of course it will not be good for your eyes. I play the game for 1-2 hours per day and no more than that, and I don't have any eyes problem.
1. I always blink when I'm playing a map; I can't let my eyes open for more than 10 seconds otherwise it will hurts so bad.
2. I'm not a pro player so I can't relate, but I sometimes tend to keep my eyes in one spot because it's easier for me to hit jumps, for example.
1. I always blink when I'm playing a map; I can't let my eyes open for more than 10 seconds otherwise it will hurts so bad.
2. I'm not a pro player so I can't relate, but I sometimes tend to keep my eyes in one spot because it's easier for me to hit jumps, for example.
it really doesn't hurt your eyes that much, if it does it's an issue with how you play the game/setup/other things making you more prone to eye issues.xPinkyDashTemp wrote:
Don't listen to the idiots telling you that osu! doesn't hurt your eyes: it absolutely does. Sure, you could mitigate the effects with a different skin, turning the lights on, eating better, sleeping properly, etc, but it will STILL affect your eyes by playing the game, especially for any longer than 20 minutes.
I find it appalling that people blame you and your screen and not the game, not even a slight bit. Any game that forces you to move your eyes around a lot while also making you keep them open for over a minute at a time will cause them to hurt. Other games may not have as much effect because they don't force you to switch between the different corners of your skin as you try to FC a jump map for the billionth time.
Either play quite little or quit the game. Your health is not worth risking for clicking circles.
>inb4 necroposting
stfu.
good lighting in room, monitor not too bright, eating healthy and sleeping enough, not just staring at your monitor or other nearby objects all day during the day goes a long way.
Btw, I don't even think that Gamma hurts your eyes
https://chat.openai.com/share/c6957d93-e56a-4ccc-9025-25bbeb52b7b9Heinzen wrote:
Getting dry eyes could be because your screen is too bright and your room is too dark, which causes stress to lubricate your eye-balls.
Overall osu does not cause any type of eye condition, the only known one was cookiezi's eye problem (Xerophthalmia) but that's something the person is born with.
No, osu won't damage your eyes unless you have a really bad setup for playing osu like I stated before, bright screen/dark room or something else.
looks like chatgpt is lieing lol , Cookiezi, also known as Shigetora, has a vision condition called Keratoconus.
No idea what it is but it doesn't look good...krafi wrote:
https://chat.openai.com/share/c6957d93-e56a-4ccc-9025-25bbeb52b7b9Heinzen wrote:
Getting dry eyes could be because your screen is too bright and your room is too dark, which causes stress to lubricate your eye-balls.
Overall osu does not cause any type of eye condition, the only known one was cookiezi's eye problem (Xerophthalmia) but that's something the person is born with.
No, osu won't damage your eyes unless you have a really bad setup for playing osu like I stated before, bright screen/dark room or something else.
looks like chatgpt is lieing lol , Cookiezi, also known as Shigetora, has a vision condition called Keratoconus.