Many people say that you should "focus more on individual circles", but what kind of hard patterns can you read that way? And to what extent do you usually focus on the individual circles, instead of like 4-7 circles at a time? Let me start by trying to explain how I read patterns:
First of all, I play on 1024x768 resolution to be able to see all the circles while resting my eyes somewhere around the middle of the map. Any bigger screen resolution results in very poor performance on jumpy maps.
I also focus just about equally on all circles, because focusing on individual circles is too hectic. I read every pattern kinda like you follow streams by looking at the approach circles, i.e, I try determine in which order a group of circles should be clicked based on their proximity. This becomes confusing on maps like http://osu.ppy.sh/b/215906 when the are lots of circles closely packed, making the approach circles overlap before I've figured out the circle order.
Then, how did focusing on individual circles go? Well, I simply can't keep up with the speed on otherwise passable maps this way, and following the circles on this: http://osu.ppy.sh/b/221950 seems counterproductive, since its's easier to look at the middle of the screen instead of having your eyes move all around the map.
So, here are my questions:
Do you focus on individual circles on maps like: http://osu.ppy.sh/b/221950, http://osu.ppy.sh/b/168031, http://osu.ppy.sh/b/215906?
If not, how many circles do you usually focus on at once?
Do you also notice individual new circles that appears on the screen, or do you notice a bunch of them appearing at a time?
Any other explanations to why my reading sucks, and how I can improve?
First of all, I play on 1024x768 resolution to be able to see all the circles while resting my eyes somewhere around the middle of the map. Any bigger screen resolution results in very poor performance on jumpy maps.
I also focus just about equally on all circles, because focusing on individual circles is too hectic. I read every pattern kinda like you follow streams by looking at the approach circles, i.e, I try determine in which order a group of circles should be clicked based on their proximity. This becomes confusing on maps like http://osu.ppy.sh/b/215906 when the are lots of circles closely packed, making the approach circles overlap before I've figured out the circle order.
Then, how did focusing on individual circles go? Well, I simply can't keep up with the speed on otherwise passable maps this way, and following the circles on this: http://osu.ppy.sh/b/221950 seems counterproductive, since its's easier to look at the middle of the screen instead of having your eyes move all around the map.
So, here are my questions:
Do you focus on individual circles on maps like: http://osu.ppy.sh/b/221950, http://osu.ppy.sh/b/168031, http://osu.ppy.sh/b/215906?
If not, how many circles do you usually focus on at once?
Do you also notice individual new circles that appears on the screen, or do you notice a bunch of them appearing at a time?
Any other explanations to why my reading sucks, and how I can improve?
