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tips for ending osu! block?

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lcms
i'm quite a new osu!mania player (not a beginner to rhythm games though) and at the end of 2024 i had a massive skill boost, but then i just kind of stopped playing for a while and it completely ruined everything for me.
i can barely even do a session without feeling frustated and quitting, any tips?
Slowpoke1135
if you domt have motivation to play then dont play

if youre frustrated because you cant do stuff you used to before stop play then ofc youll play worse. rn my 4k skill is decaying because im focusing on 6k because goddamn 6k is fun

if you feel like playing but get frustrated even if you play well then idk play 6k a new key count
Stickman92
If you're expecting to continue right where you left of, then ofcourse you'll be fustrated when expectations don't meet reality. Give it a few days or a week to get back to where you used to be.
SwagBoyOnOsu
As someone who is recently and still kinda struggling at coming back to osu!mania after high school pressures (my exams literally start in 2 days wish me luck), I can confidently say nobody is going to be as good as where they left off, even between days.
It's like interest building from a loan, but the loan is how long you spend off the game, the interest is the rust/coldness building, and only after paying off the rust with playtime can you go back to normal and improve from there. Paying a day's worth off the game with 15-20 minutes or so of playtime is a steal. Paying a week's worth is challenging, probably will take a day or two. Paying 3 weeks or a month's worth... requires many days of the week, if not more than a week, from personal experience.

There's no issue in backtracking to improve upon what you already know, and everyone who rusts will need to start easier or else the same thing happens: frustration and whatever you call the "all for nothing" mentality. In my instance, I was able to play pretty fast jumpstream and handstream patterns, but now need to relearn how to do splittrills that appear during them. I just simply can't play what I was able to before, and that's fine.
It tends to be fun going back and seeing a map and being like "oh I remember this one! I want to play it". That's the best way for someone to get out of the block since it basically is the most fun way of telling yourself "play more", by telling it to yourself because you want to and know it will be enjoyable and fun.
Also gave me a chance to practice what I regret not practicing before, as I'm doing a bit more LN and accuracy practice than usual right now. I'm practicing to get back to something reminiscent of my previous state at the same time, though I personally find it never is the exact same.

Idk if this is like a new experience or not for you, but get comfortable with it, especially if you're going to struggle to get on osu! or any rhythm game often.
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