SKIN 1: Oldest Skin Link if Anyone Wants it
SKIN 2: New Skin as of Week 10 (May 12th, 2014) CLICK FOR DL
SKIN 3: New Skin as of 4000pp (Sept 21st, 2014) Click me for DL
SKIN 4: New Skin as of Nov 7th, 2014 Click me for DL
Hi! If you don't know what this is about, then you can refer to my introduction post.
This is the road to become Cookiezi-level at Osu!
Note how I state that it's THE road, not my road.
Everyone else is welcome to share their progress too! We can all make it there together!
This is where the journey starts, I started playing around 45 days ago since this post so there's quite a bit to catch up on, this might become diary-format.
Week 1 (The first 7 days)
Week 2 (Tablet and Skin)
Week 3-6 (Getting faster)
Week 7 (Stepping into Insanity)
Week 8 (Speed creates speed)
Week 9 (Finals Week)
Week 10a (Training and Stuff)
Week 10b (More training)
Week 11 and 12 (Down with the sickness)
Week 13-14 (We DT Now)
Week 15 (Had a Small Hiatus)
2800+ pp (Time Based Journals Too High Maintenance)
3000+ pp (Woah, I did it? )
3300+ pp (LF > Talent, hard work too time consuming)
3600+ pp (Ever improving, and some physical health concerns)
4000+ pp (I cringe at my old posts in this thread :^) )
4100~4700 pp ( Stahp downvoting my videos ) - Current
SKIN 2: New Skin as of Week 10 (May 12th, 2014) CLICK FOR DL
SKIN 3: New Skin as of 4000pp (Sept 21st, 2014) Click me for DL
SKIN 4: New Skin as of Nov 7th, 2014 Click me for DL
Hi! If you don't know what this is about, then you can refer to my introduction post.
This is the road to become Cookiezi-level at Osu!
Note how I state that it's THE road, not my road.
Everyone else is welcome to share their progress too! We can all make it there together!
This is where the journey starts, I started playing around 45 days ago since this post so there's quite a bit to catch up on, this might become diary-format.
Week 1 (The first 7 days)
SPOILER
I found Osu! and videos of Cookiezi playing! Needless to say, I was pretty much inspired, so I tried the game out on a normal song and it was so fun!
Then I made a self-oath to devote the rest of my week to bootcamping this game and pick up the basics ASAP.
At this point I had no skin and clicked with only 1 finger and didn't know much about ZXZ or XZX and I used my mouse, so I was pretty slow...
By around Day 5, I beat and No-missed my first Hard-difficulty song!
Come day 6, I got my first FC on a hard song
On day 7, I noticed my tracking speed and rhythm were horribly unbalanced and my tracking was just too slow and could not keep up, I thought it was the mouse.
Then I made a self-oath to devote the rest of my week to bootcamping this game and pick up the basics ASAP.
At this point I had no skin and clicked with only 1 finger and didn't know much about ZXZ or XZX and I used my mouse, so I was pretty slow...
By around Day 5, I beat and No-missed my first Hard-difficulty song!
Come day 6, I got my first FC on a hard song
On day 7, I noticed my tracking speed and rhythm were horribly unbalanced and my tracking was just too slow and could not keep up, I thought it was the mouse.
Week 2 (Tablet and Skin)
SPOILER
I mentioned in my Introduction post that I had a senpai that I've known since I was just some dumb tween (we've never met irl!)
He was kind enough to give me some pointers.
Half-way into Week 2, I went out an bought a Wacom Intuos Pen Small Tablet (CTL480), it was strange, and it took all day to figure out the most comfortable settings. But the biggest thing was, I didn't feel slow at all with tracking anymore!
Note that this doesn't mean Tablets will make you better, it just felt more natural to me compared to a mouse.
He was kind enough to give me some pointers.
Half-way into Week 2, I went out an bought a Wacom Intuos Pen Small Tablet (CTL480), it was strange, and it took all day to figure out the most comfortable settings. But the biggest thing was, I didn't feel slow at all with tracking anymore!
Note that this doesn't mean Tablets will make you better, it just felt more natural to me compared to a mouse.
Week 3-6 (Getting faster)
SPOILER
Here I spent the time to become accustomed to my new tablet and get a little faster. Which meant I have emphasis on speed rather than accuracy at this point.
As suspected, there wasn't any FCs (at least none that were impressive at the time) and my accuracy suffered to 90-91%
Senpai also gave me a skin around this time! I loved it because the clicking sound you got from it was like instant feedback and helped a lot with my rhythm.
But I got faster, very quickly
These videos showed my progress, and some of them were first-time clears and I recorded them as soon as I beat them.
After these songs, I was satisfied with my progress, so I settled down and really grinded out the Hard-FC's
As suspected, there wasn't any FCs (at least none that were impressive at the time) and my accuracy suffered to 90-91%
Senpai also gave me a skin around this time! I loved it because the clicking sound you got from it was like instant feedback and helped a lot with my rhythm.
But I got faster, very quickly
These videos showed my progress, and some of them were first-time clears and I recorded them as soon as I beat them.
After these songs, I was satisfied with my progress, so I settled down and really grinded out the Hard-FC's
Week 7 (Stepping into Insanity)
SPOILER
It was pretty evident that I was setting a bit bored of Hard songs, so I started working on Insane songs with decent AR and OD
Oh! And my accuracy recovered and is hovering at around 97%
But I was AMAZED at my own progress, and instead of settling with beating these songs, I felt confident I could FC some of them, so I did!
By this point, I realized it wasn't about "Hard" or "Insane" difficulty, because I still encountered challenging songs that were difficult even on hard.
So I worked on many things, the most important being my tracking and my stamina in songs, and how to keep calm and not tense up under pressure.
And most importantly I wanted to have fun.
I really dedicated myself to become more consistent and worked on that legendary stamina and precision Cookiezi had.
Defeated Airman (Sushi hard, nowhere good enough to do Blue Dragon Yet)
Oh! And my accuracy recovered and is hovering at around 97%
But I was AMAZED at my own progress, and instead of settling with beating these songs, I felt confident I could FC some of them, so I did!
By this point, I realized it wasn't about "Hard" or "Insane" difficulty, because I still encountered challenging songs that were difficult even on hard.
So I worked on many things, the most important being my tracking and my stamina in songs, and how to keep calm and not tense up under pressure.
And most importantly I wanted to have fun.
I really dedicated myself to become more consistent and worked on that legendary stamina and precision Cookiezi had.
Defeated Airman (Sushi hard, nowhere good enough to do Blue Dragon Yet)
Week 8 (Speed creates speed)
SPOILER
I'm taking my steps to become faster and faster at this game.
I cleared Wahrheit! It's pretty bad, but clearing it means I'm getting faster! Expect an FC in the future~!
FC'd another Insane song
Hiatus!
I cleared Wahrheit! It's pretty bad, but clearing it means I'm getting faster! Expect an FC in the future~!
FC'd another Insane song
Hiatus!
Week 9 (Finals Week)
SPOILER
SUNDAY BREAK TIME
Mid-Finals, got a chance to play, FC'd Cirno's Perfect Math Class
Mid-Finals, got a chance to play, FC'd Cirno's Perfect Math Class
Week 10a (Training and Stuff)
SPOILER
SURPRISE! Nothing here, lots of FC's but nothing really impressive compared to past videos.
I lied, have some FC's
The Daily Struggle
ANOTHER FC, this was done a while ago, but the copyright claim was finally lifted
Clearing a song with a 220 BPM Stream, note at the end that I overstreamed xD
I learned to play with Hidden mod!
But there's nothing impressive done with it yet, so here's a no-mod FC
I lied, have some FC's
The Daily Struggle
ANOTHER FC, this was done a while ago, but the copyright claim was finally lifted
Clearing a song with a 220 BPM Stream, note at the end that I overstreamed xD
I learned to play with Hidden mod!
But there's nothing impressive done with it yet, so here's a no-mod FC
Week 10b (More training)
SPOILER
I broke 10k plays! Didn't have a life to begin with anyways
But I suddenly got A LOT better with single tapping
Also an FC
But I suddenly got A LOT better with single tapping
Also an FC
Week 11 and 12 (Down with the sickness)
SPOILER
DT and FC's, just rising in pp and rank!
GOT SICK WITH THE FLU, the pp-train don't stop though....until the meds wear off
No longer sick, went camping for a few days, got a little rusty, but got back into the swing of things
Training continued and hit 2210 pp
Most Contributing FC's
The Choke Life is Real Episodes 2 and 3
Part 2 got Taken Down and I got a copyright strike
GOT SICK WITH THE FLU, the pp-train don't stop though....until the meds wear off
No longer sick, went camping for a few days, got a little rusty, but got back into the swing of things
Training continued and hit 2210 pp
Most Contributing FC's
The Choke Life is Real Episodes 2 and 3
Part 2 got Taken Down and I got a copyright strike
Week 13-14 (We DT Now)
SPOILER
At last! Top 10k! I proceed to train once more and look into higher Approach Rates, so we start off at 9.6 (AR 8 with DT)
And of course magic like this happens on the first training day
And my accuracy still SUCKS
And of course magic like this happens on the first training day
And my accuracy still SUCKS
Week 15 (Had a Small Hiatus)
SPOILER
E3 Happened and I got all absorbed in the media.
But I bounced back into Osu! after it was all over.
But I bounced back into Osu! after it was all over.
2800+ pp (Time Based Journals Too High Maintenance)
SPOILER
Including all videos that were uploaded after the previous section
THE CHOKE LIFE IS REAL PART 4
At this point, getting to 3k pp was sort of a mental block, but eventually I got there
THE CHOKE LIFE IS REAL PART 4
At this point, getting to 3k pp was sort of a mental block, but eventually I got there
3000+ pp (Woah, I did it? )
SPOILER
The ride never ends
UPDATE : Happy Lucky's run has since improved to a 184 pp play
I move onto 3100 pp
NC, also 3200 pp
UPDATE : Happy Lucky's run has since improved to a 184 pp play
I move onto 3100 pp
NC, also 3200 pp
3300+ pp (LF > Talent, hard work too time consuming)
SPOILER
This is starting to look more like a video collection than a journal :I
Got dat 3300 pp
Incoming 160 bpm heartrate panic attacks (not really panic attacks, but man do I get shaky)
GOT MY FIRST 200 pp PLAY
It was Daydream Cafe, I already uploaded a lower pp play
Got dat 3300 pp
Incoming 160 bpm heartrate panic attacks (not really panic attacks, but man do I get shaky)
GOT MY FIRST 200 pp PLAY
It was Daydream Cafe, I already uploaded a lower pp play
3600+ pp (Ever improving, and some physical health concerns)
SPOILER
While it's lovely that I'm improving, I've recently been having concerns with my right hand, the joints are very stiff and I'm inclined to believe I might have arthritis (there isn't much hint of CTS or RSI so I'm safe in that regard). Update from future me, it wasn't arthritis, I was just a little bitch that played too much
Anyways, videos
The 200+ pp plays are real
MIRACLE 260 PP PLAY
Just working towards 4k now
Yep, anytime now...
Anyways, videos
The 200+ pp plays are real
MIRACLE 260 PP PLAY
Just working towards 4k now
Yep, anytime now...
4000+ pp (I cringe at my old posts in this thread :^) )
SPOILER
NEED TO TRAIN AND CRACKDOWN, 4500 IS THE NEXT GOAL, THEN 5K AFTER THAT
Also Big Black Attempt, I'm sure I can clear it now though
Training is going well I think, aim and speed still carrying me
Another 200 pp play (I cringe at failed streams)
RIP SS
I'm almost 4200 pp
Also Big Black Attempt, I'm sure I can clear it now though
Training is going well I think, aim and speed still carrying me
Another 200 pp play (I cringe at failed streams)
RIP SS
I'm almost 4200 pp
4100~4700 pp ( Stahp downvoting my videos ) - Current
SPOILER
moar plays this one is old, I already got a new score on it and got higher in the top 50 for it
same with this play, got higher acc, thus more pp
not as impressive
now I guess we're getting somewhere?
not sure
oh I'm pretty proud of this play though
even prouder of this play
shit, I messed up like 17 extra pp
same with this play, got higher acc, thus more pp
not as impressive
now I guess we're getting somewhere?
not sure
oh I'm pretty proud of this play though
even prouder of this play
shit, I messed up like 17 extra pp