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SpiduhBMX
7 posts
Joined November 2014
SpiduhBMX

Kaienyuu wrote:

SpiduhBMX wrote:

Possible Carpal tunnel? Don't care. Im addicted to this game.
Oh you will care when the pain starts hindering your everyday activities.
Well, ok, i do care, i don't want it to get horribly bad, but i do want to become quite good at osu. /me hopes

SpiduhBMX wrote:

Is there anything i can do that may help with the aches?
Stretch. Take breaks. Long ones if necessary.[/quote]
I've done some CT stretches a few days and i usually try to when i go to play Osu!, but i find my wrist actually hurts more after i do it. I think that's just me way overstretching though. My wrists do make an audible click or crack when i bend them back and forth though. But i've had that for a while from BMX.
burningpipe
6 posts
Joined January 2015
burningpipe
Been playing for 4 months , i don't play it everday , just a couple of times every week.

my best play has been 48 pp with a stupid normal song , i can't seem to get across that barrier no matter what i try , i've been playing hard-insane maps and i just don't get better, i use mouse and keyboard, i don't instantly fail in those maps but i can't pass them either , even if i do i just can't get over 48 pp ):
Yuudachi-kun
5,432 posts
Joined August 2014
Yuudachi-kun
Give actual star values; normal an hard is too vague.
Aki desu_old
7 posts
Joined May 2015
Aki desu_old
Thanks for the guide sir. But I'm bad at following fast sliders. My hands starting to hung up. :|
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kyun_DELETED

Kaienyuu wrote:

SpiduhBMX wrote:

Possible Carpal tunnel? Don't care. Im addicted to this game.
Oh you will care when the pain starts hindering your everyday activities.

SpiduhBMX wrote:

Is there anything i can do that may help with the aches?
Stretch. Take breaks. Long ones if necessary.
even if ones everyday activities are osu & osu. feels bad
mycookiee
1 post
Joined January 2014
mycookiee
Thanks, this helped a lot.
Lil Rich
1 post
Joined June 2013
Lil Rich
This is atleast something that helped me- i dimmed the background and got a clearer skin.
I supose my old skin was just...too much, but it helped me concentrate on the beats more and i've been doing better!
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makemecool123
150 posts
Joined November 2013
makemecool123
senpai
Shiningbolt
20 posts
Joined November 2012
Shiningbolt
For anyone who has trouble with stamina in general and uses keyboard for inputs:

Try hitting the keys more softly. Don't let the hype of the song, the length/speed of the jumps, or anything else make you mash your keys.



No, really. I've been mashing keys too hard since I started and only noticed when I played without my headphones on. As soon as I tried hitting keys more softly two days ago, the entire osu! standard got easier for me. I used to think something was wrong with me. Even after spending weeks trying to improve my stamina and get through faster streams, it barely improved. I would also get tired in the middle of a map with streams no matter what the BPM was. I thought it was just the beatmap, but it was really me and mashing harder than I had to was the reason why. If you're the mashing type, break the habit. It will help you more than you could possibly imagine.
Barusamikosu
1,100 posts
Joined July 2014
Barusamikosu

Shiningbolt wrote:

Try hitting the keys more softly.
Can confirm it helped my stream stamina.
Yuudachi-kun
5,432 posts
Joined August 2014
Yuudachi-kun
Can confirm that it doesn't help my stream stamina and just streaming more does.
Barusamikosu
1,100 posts
Joined July 2014
Barusamikosu
My fingers were locking up from tensing too much, but yeah playmore xd
Yuudachi-kun
5,432 posts
Joined August 2014
Yuudachi-kun
You're supposed to tense your arm not your hand
Barusamikosu
1,100 posts
Joined July 2014
Barusamikosu

Khelly wrote:

You're supposed to tense your arm not your hand
I know that now but didn't know that back then. :D
Shiningbolt
20 posts
Joined November 2012
Shiningbolt

Khelly wrote:

Can confirm that it doesn't help my stream stamina and just streaming more does.
Then you probably don't mash, or if you do, not very hard. Streaming more didn't help me NEARLY as much as hitting keys softly. In fact, because of my habit, it meant I had to take breaks for a few days to recover each time. It didn't work. My habit was just that bad.

Yes, you can get better by "playing more", but putting thought into why you have problems, figuring out why, and fixing it as you play is much better.


Another thing is I said this helped with stamina in general, not with streams specifically.
Deva
2,341 posts
Joined December 2014
Deva
Hitting keys more softly doesnt improve your stamina, it just makes it look like that because you use less force and like that you can stream faster/longer.

ONLY way to improve at streaming, be it accuracy, speed, stamina or whatever is to play more streams. Anyone who says otherwise is just making excuses for wanting to get better without playing.

Khelly wrote:

You're supposed to tense your arm not your hand
Relax both and notice how much easier streaming gets.
Yuudachi-kun
5,432 posts
Joined August 2014
Yuudachi-kun
Come back when you try to do that at 270 bpm.
Deva
2,341 posts
Joined December 2014
Deva
Why would i even want to stream 270?
Yuudachi-kun
5,432 posts
Joined August 2014
Yuudachi-kun

HK_ wrote:

Why would i even want to stream 270?
Because that's what I'm talking about with having to tense your arm.
Deva
2,341 posts
Joined December 2014
Deva
Or just learn HR and stop worrying about bpm?
Yuudachi-kun
5,432 posts
Joined August 2014
Yuudachi-kun

HK_ wrote:

Or just learn HR and stop worrying about bpm?
I have one HR fc I'm good.
otoed1
639 posts
Joined May 2014
otoed1

HK_ wrote:

Or just learn HR and stop worrying about bpm?
Nuuu Nomod only. (I'm a hypocrite with my "amazing" dt plays)
-Atri-
3,047 posts
Joined March 2013
-Atri-
Can i improve my accuracy without playing taiko? :D

Cuz i don't have a drum at home and i am bad at alternating in both hands
PatZar
3,079 posts
Joined March 2013
PatZar
lol i play taiko,
taiko is hard bye
Surono
7,195 posts
Joined November 2013
Surono

PatZar wrote:

lol i play taiko,
taiko is hard bye
:^( ur nub patkay
blooming tea
107 posts
Joined August 2014
blooming tea
Taiko pls
Elric
29 posts
Joined August 2013
Elric
what if I play mouse only
Endaris
5,282 posts
Joined June 2010
Endaris
Play more, outside of device-specific issues/techniques nothing changes.
Insyni
281 posts
Joined July 2012
Insyni

Endaris wrote:

Play more, outside of device-specific issues/techniques nothing changes.
Playing more never seems to work.

Edit: 666th post on thread, yay!
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SuzumiyaBR
308 posts
Joined April 2012
SuzumiyaBR
Fun = Solution best
ivan
313 posts
Joined November 2013
ivan
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Sotodashi
63 posts
Joined September 2012
Sotodashi

Ivan wrote:

i suk so bad not even god can save me
GOD
IS
DEAD

SPOILER
and so are my streaming skills
[Tokisaki]
1 post
Joined September 2015
[Tokisaki]
6/10 i still suck at streaming
skrungly
56 posts
Joined October 2015
skrungly
Just a word of advice; Don't bother practising 220BPM if you can last even 5 seconds on 160BPM. Stamina is an amazing thing.
CM2
72 posts
Joined September 2015
CM2

kingdom5500 wrote:

Just a word of advice; Don't bother practising 220BPM if you can last even 5 seconds on 160BPM. Stamina is an amazing thing.
Teach me
skrungly
56 posts
Joined October 2015
skrungly

CM2 wrote:

Teach me
I never said I could do it ;P
Yuudachi-kun
5,432 posts
Joined August 2014
Yuudachi-kun

kingdom5500 wrote:

CM2 wrote:

Teach me
I never said I could do it ;P

I can
Mahogany
2,684 posts
Joined August 2014
Mahogany
I can too (barely)
Hyde
172 posts
Joined August 2010
Hyde
Six years have passed and i am still sucking hard at this game.(even with a bunch of useful improvement tips) There is no way for me to improve. Casual 4ever. :|

p.s

but anyways kudos for nice thread. i wish there was something like this gem back in 2010.

p.s2

is it normal that approaching circles seems distracting to me and i had to play with hidden all the time? it became kinda easier to play some maps with lots of notes yeah, but such thing never happened to me before.{and i used to play with hidden pretty often) am i going insane?
SilviA syndrome?
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