Move along folks. Nothing to see here except a guy ranting:
No matter how many times I practice, I never get better. Sure, I can play fast songs like Starfox Rock or Last Moment on the hardest difficulty (admittedly only about halfway through, because I have no endurance...), but face me with any type of slow song, and I'll almost always fall flat on my face. Why? Because streams, that's why. Nothing makes me rage more than losing a song simply because I didn't hit a line of 20 circles perfectly. Not that streams are fun to begin with....
Which brings me to my next problem: Timing. I've had this same problem with DDR forever, in that no matter how much I practice, I can never get the oh-so-important perfect timings on every hit....or even 75% of them. This is another reason I can't play slow songs, because if I miss one circle, or (god forbid) get a series of green hits, my health bar continues to decrease and I have no chance of recovery.
Straight lines are another problem of mine. It seems stupid, but I'll fail a song just because there are a few straight lines of circles. They don't even have to be streams... Sure, super fast randomized circles are fine, but GOD FORBID UNIFORM ONES!
In short, i've hit a brick wall here. Is there something I can use to train myself? I'd kill for a practice mode so I wouldn't have to sit through half a song just to fail instantly on a lone stream or other bastardized monstrosity....
No matter how many times I practice, I never get better. Sure, I can play fast songs like Starfox Rock or Last Moment on the hardest difficulty (admittedly only about halfway through, because I have no endurance...), but face me with any type of slow song, and I'll almost always fall flat on my face. Why? Because streams, that's why. Nothing makes me rage more than losing a song simply because I didn't hit a line of 20 circles perfectly. Not that streams are fun to begin with....
Which brings me to my next problem: Timing. I've had this same problem with DDR forever, in that no matter how much I practice, I can never get the oh-so-important perfect timings on every hit....or even 75% of them. This is another reason I can't play slow songs, because if I miss one circle, or (god forbid) get a series of green hits, my health bar continues to decrease and I have no chance of recovery.
Straight lines are another problem of mine. It seems stupid, but I'll fail a song just because there are a few straight lines of circles. They don't even have to be streams... Sure, super fast randomized circles are fine, but GOD FORBID UNIFORM ONES!
In short, i've hit a brick wall here. Is there something I can use to train myself? I'd kill for a practice mode so I wouldn't have to sit through half a song just to fail instantly on a lone stream or other bastardized monstrosity....