So, some backstory, I guess.
Probably a couple weeks ago, I was passing 3.6 star songs on osu!, or so. Pretty good for me since I started playing around 2-3 months ago. Then I went to stay with my grandparents for a couple weeks, and found myself rapidly improving, passing over 4 star insanes and managing to hold my own for a little while in 5-star songs. It was pretty awesome, it finally felt like I was improving. Anyways, when I took my desktop back to my house and set everything up, I noticed that I was having trouble doing things that were simple beforehand. After a little while, I realized that my desk was actually too high in comparison to my chair's height, and this made moving the mouse around awkward. (I'm guessing this is why I got stuck at 3.6 star songs for a while.) It might not sound bad, but I am playing SO much worse than I know I can, and it's frustrating because I know the reason, yet not how to deal with it. Osu! is kinda like an escape for me, it's something I genuinely enjoy and like challenging myself with, but it's really stressful to feel like I can't play it because my desk is 2 inches too tall.
I thought about possible solutions; using a cushion to raise me up a little bit (unreliable and not effective, would gain maybe an inch at best), replacing my chair (also not possible; my chair's seat is 18 inches from the ground and apparently, they make absolutely NO 20-21 inch chairs. Seriously, across 4 stores, it was either 18/19 inches, or a barstool, which was 24-25 inches.), or replacing my entire desk (which would seriously be the biggest pain in the ass, and probably be the most expensive too. I'd REALLY rather not do this.)
Now that my bitching session is over, can anyone offer possible solutions? (For those wondering, my chair's seat is 18 inches from the ground, and the top of my desk is 29 inches off the ground. The distance between them is 11 inches. Apparently that's too much.) I'm pretty stressed about this, and I feel like there won't be an easy solution, but if anyone can think of one, that would be fantastic.
Probably a couple weeks ago, I was passing 3.6 star songs on osu!, or so. Pretty good for me since I started playing around 2-3 months ago. Then I went to stay with my grandparents for a couple weeks, and found myself rapidly improving, passing over 4 star insanes and managing to hold my own for a little while in 5-star songs. It was pretty awesome, it finally felt like I was improving. Anyways, when I took my desktop back to my house and set everything up, I noticed that I was having trouble doing things that were simple beforehand. After a little while, I realized that my desk was actually too high in comparison to my chair's height, and this made moving the mouse around awkward. (I'm guessing this is why I got stuck at 3.6 star songs for a while.) It might not sound bad, but I am playing SO much worse than I know I can, and it's frustrating because I know the reason, yet not how to deal with it. Osu! is kinda like an escape for me, it's something I genuinely enjoy and like challenging myself with, but it's really stressful to feel like I can't play it because my desk is 2 inches too tall.
I thought about possible solutions; using a cushion to raise me up a little bit (unreliable and not effective, would gain maybe an inch at best), replacing my chair (also not possible; my chair's seat is 18 inches from the ground and apparently, they make absolutely NO 20-21 inch chairs. Seriously, across 4 stores, it was either 18/19 inches, or a barstool, which was 24-25 inches.), or replacing my entire desk (which would seriously be the biggest pain in the ass, and probably be the most expensive too. I'd REALLY rather not do this.)
Now that my bitching session is over, can anyone offer possible solutions? (For those wondering, my chair's seat is 18 inches from the ground, and the top of my desk is 29 inches off the ground. The distance between them is 11 inches. Apparently that's too much.) I'm pretty stressed about this, and I feel like there won't be an easy solution, but if anyone can think of one, that would be fantastic.