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Osu! bad for eyes?

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dinopwn
193 posts
Joined June 2013
Topic Starter
dinopwn
I've been playing Osu! for 8 months now.
Lately i've been getting dry eyes where I have to blink like twice as much as normal.
When I play other games, my eyes seem to be fine.
Does osu! hurt your eyes? My skin has a lot of elements and special effects.
Heinzen
149 posts
Joined October 2010
Heinzen
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.
Bweh
486 posts
Joined September 2012
Bweh
Avoid environments with high lighting contrast if you want your eyes to survive. Make sure you're sleeping properly too.
Keeby
50 posts
Joined July 2012
Keeby
I don't think osu! is the problem since I think I play the game too much and I don't have those issues. If you're not having the problem with other games, it may just be a conscious/placebo problem. I'd recommend not worrying about it too much unless it becomes serious.

just make sure your room isn't too dark and the game shouldn't hurt your eyes.
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Myke B
1,074 posts
Joined April 2012
Myke B
turn your gamma down, turn the lights on, and maybe sit back if you're too close. Unless you have an actual condition - then no, osu is not your problem.
Heinzen
149 posts
Joined October 2010
Heinzen
Oh, and just as an example, I play something around 10 to 15 hours a day with a dark room but a properly setup monitor. No problems on my end.
NotCookie_old
NotCookie_old
Try a program called f.lux, it's a program that basically does what gunnars (those gaming glasses) try to achieve. I used to get dry eyes with my monitor, f.lux helped a lot. I just keep it at an incandescent/halogen lighting.
chanhien
59 posts
Joined September 2013
chanhien

NotCookie wrote:

Try a program called f.lux, it's a program that basically does what gunnars (those gaming glasses) try to achieve. I used to get dry eyes with my monitor, f.lux helped a lot. I just keep it at an incandescent/halogen lighting.
1 minute late D:
Icyteru
535 posts
Joined August 2011
Icyteru
Read my profile. osu! destroyed my eyes.
Rewben2
996 posts
Joined November 2012
Rewben2

NotCookie wrote:

Try a program called f.lux, it's a program that basically does what gunnars (those gaming glasses) try to achieve. I used to get dry eyes with my monitor, f.lux helped a lot. I just keep it at an incandescent/halogen lighting.
Can verify, I started using flux and it makes everything look orange and you'll think its strange at first but you'll adjust to it. If I ever turn off flux at night everything just looks so insanely bright.
thelewa
3,537 posts
Joined August 2010
thelewa

[AirCoN] wrote:

Read my profile. osu! destroyed my eyes.
hahahaha how

my eyesight is the exact same if not a bit better in terms of peripheral vision after 3 and a half years of playing
Full Tablet
2,543 posts
Joined September 2011
Full Tablet

Heinzen 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.
Xerophthalmia is not something you are born with, most of the time it is caused by a poor diet (but there can be other causes).
Ekaru
3,617 posts
Joined July 2008
Ekaru
osu! itself? No. Your screen can if the conditions line up but how to prevent that has already been covered.

You should go see a doctor - preferably one who specializes in eyes - when you can. They have a much higher chance of figuring out what's up with your eyes than you or the internet.
Purple
467 posts
Joined May 2011
Purple

thelewa wrote:

[AirCoN] wrote:

Read my profile. osu! destroyed my eyes.
hahahaha how

my eyesight is the exact same if not a bit better in terms of peripheral vision after 3 and a half years of playing
Some people including most top players focus their vision on each individual circle/cursor

Unlike you

You weird fucking alien <3


I stated using glasses because of osu!, and I have to manually blink when playing
buny
3,435 posts
Joined March 2012
buny
Weed
506 posts
Joined May 2013
Weed
if osu destroys your eyes then you're doing something wrong
RaneFire
1,181 posts
Joined May 2011
RaneFire
if osu destroys your eyes... you should try taiko to finish the job.
Noobsicle
674 posts
Joined October 2013
Noobsicle
try this skin t/168372

its good for you
Blueprint
654 posts
Joined January 2014
Blueprint
I doubt its Osu I basically play with a screen glued to my forhead
GoldenWolf
2,983 posts
Joined May 2012
GoldenWolf

[AirCoN] wrote:

Read my profile. osu! destroyed my eyes.
You destroyed your eyes.
Almost
2,154 posts
Joined May 2012
Almost

GoldenWolf wrote:

[AirCoN] wrote:

Read my profile. osu! destroyed my eyes.
You destroyed your eyes.
Well looking at a computer screen for lengthy periods of eyes does make your eyes worse...
ngbeslhang
26 posts
Joined January 2014
ngbeslhang

dinopwn wrote:

Does osu! hurt your eyes? My skin has a lot of elements and special effects.
No one noticed this...
RaneFire
1,181 posts
Joined May 2011
RaneFire
I think this is normal. I blink a lot when playing osu!

You may not notice it, but there are periods where you don't blink at all for up to a minute. Either caused by you finally starting to play harder maps that don't give you time to blink, or just concentrating harder unnecessarily. That's when your eyes get irritated because the surface of your eye is not getting the needed lubrication, yet still moving around a lot. That's why you feel the need to blink incessantly thereafter. It doesn't happen in other games because you don't move your eyes that much in other games, and a lot of the time in FPS games where you don't blink, you're just staring at one spot.

Personally I hate using a fan or having anything even remotely related to a breeze in my face. My eyes dry out almost instantly when playing osu!, but if I'm not playing osu!, I can probably stand using a fan for about 3 hours without a problem, although only from the side. It's because you're not blinking at first, and then blinking a lot afterwards, that you think there's a problem.
thelewa
3,537 posts
Joined August 2010
thelewa

Noobsicle wrote:

try this skin t/168372

its good for you
I second this, that skin is amazingly easy on the eyes
Myke B
1,074 posts
Joined April 2012
Myke B

buny wrote:

I laughed waay to hard at this.
Heinzen
149 posts
Joined October 2010
Heinzen

Almost wrote:

GoldenWolf wrote:

You destroyed your eyes.
Well looking at a computer screen for lengthy periods of eyes does make your eyes worse...
But that's your fault for looking at the screen for too long, not osu. It could happen if you kept using Word and Excel aswell.
Pizzicato
2,739 posts
Joined February 2011
Pizzicato
this game gave me astigmatism
Heinzen
149 posts
Joined October 2010
Heinzen

Pizzicato wrote:

this game gave me astigmatism
This game doesn't give you anything. As I said, if you spent the same time that you spend playing osu doing anything else, even playing anything else, your sight would deteriorate if you have a poor setup.

I spend 8 to 12h a day, but I have a proper set monitor, a gloomy skin and eye-pleasant settings. My sight is the same if not better than before.
ZenoDiac
117 posts
Joined August 2011
ZenoDiac
depends. playing osu mania will distort your reality
Myke B
1,074 posts
Joined April 2012
Myke B

ZenoDiac wrote:

depends. playing osu mania will distort your reality
Confirmed - same with guitar hero lol. They both do this weird shit to my eyes.
Heinzen
149 posts
Joined October 2010
Heinzen
Indeed, but not permanent damage - or damage at all.
Myke B
1,074 posts
Joined April 2012
Myke B

Heinzen wrote:

Indeed, but not permanent damage - or damage at all.
Yup.. Just temporary dizziness lol.
iWhorse
299 posts
Joined December 2012
iWhorse

Myke B wrote:

ZenoDiac wrote:

depends. playing osu mania will distort your reality
Confirmed - same with guitar hero lol. They both do this weird shit to my eyes.

gh player for ~9 years, does absolutely nothing to my eyes

mania as well
thelewa
3,537 posts
Joined August 2010
thelewa

iWhorse wrote:

Myke B wrote:

Confirmed - same with guitar hero lol. They both do this weird shit to my eyes.

gh player for ~9 years, does absolutely nothing to my eyes

mania as well
they mean what happens when you play a lot of GH or osu!mania and then look at a wall or something
Myke B
1,074 posts
Joined April 2012
Myke B
they mean what happens when you play a lot of GH or osu!mania and then look at a wall or something
exactly.
iWhorse
299 posts
Joined December 2012
iWhorse

thelewa wrote:

they mean what happens when you play a lot of GH or osu!mania and then look at a wall or something

weird, never happened to me

then again i don't stare at walls
Myke B
1,074 posts
Joined April 2012
Myke B

iWhorse wrote:

thelewa wrote:

they mean what happens when you play a lot of GH or osu!mania and then look at a wall or something

weird, never happened to me

then again i don't stare at walls
if you play guitar hero for a bit, and then glance at a wall - it looks like the wall is melting, morphing or w/e. I guess this doesn't happen to everyone, but it happens to a lot of people.
Kaeru
302 posts
Joined February 2013
Kaeru

RaneFire wrote:

if osu destroys your eyes... you should try taiko to finish the job.
I second this.
Myke B
1,074 posts
Joined April 2012
Myke B
surprisingly, taiko doesn't do anything for me.
Kaeru
302 posts
Joined February 2013
Kaeru
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.
Myke B
1,074 posts
Joined April 2012
Myke B
It's probably just because I'm not very good at taiko yet :P
daredakke
141 posts
Joined January 2012
daredakke
Osu! has never affected my eyes aversely thankfully.

It's just the compulsive blinking I do whilst playing that makes me mess up.
Scinder
4 posts
Joined August 2011
Scinder
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.
RaneFire
1,181 posts
Joined May 2011
RaneFire

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.

Myke B wrote:

It's probably just because I'm not very good at taiko yet :P
Depends on the person, but it also depends on your monitor.

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.
Eoteon
25 posts
Joined June 2013
Eoteon
Try eyedrops.
astelios
60 posts
Joined June 2013
astelios
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.
Mamoru Senpai
Mamoru Senpai

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.
I blink while playing and I think a lot of other people do.
Yano
191 posts
Joined November 2012
Yano
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
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kouzuki_karen
948 posts
Joined March 2013
kouzuki_karen
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
XK2238
2,066 posts
Joined October 2011
XK2238

dinopwn wrote:

Does osu! hurt your eyes? My skin has a lot of elements and special effects.
pretty much this is the problem imo. Try using minimalistic/simple skins, they help a lot. One of the examples would be:

Noobsicle wrote:

try this skin t/168372

its good for you
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.
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