One of the most known players in terms of skill (he's retired since October of 2010 I think) had come up with the 8 arrowed play. A double pad setup for stepmania. As for the style I'm sure he uses his pinky, a thumb would be technically better used on the spacebar, which is really good for 7 Key, or IIDX play. Though I myself prefer using an actual beatmania controller haha. Pinkies make the most sense, even using two external keyboards for better space is fine, though you still need different keys.Rantai wrote:
You know while we've got some expertise here, I've been thinking about an eight fingered play style (all finger bar the thumb) and was wondering if this has ever been successfully used?
This is a very rare style and really not used. Though a subtle style that many pros tend to get into is Solo, a style originating from the old DDR games, such as DDR Konamix for PSone. It died out quickly as a pad style, but was somewhat revived as a stepmania style. It's played like spread (AS KL being an example), but uses the middle fingers as well to cover 6 arrows. It's centered in the middle using a common option, it's impossible to see it in standard view (one half of the screen). Another thing to note is to test the input, most keyboards can't register all 6 keys with certain setups, so make sure you can press all 6. If not, try a different setup. I used ASD KL; at one point to try this.
I know too much about stepmania for my own good, so ask away if you need any info.