Hello, everyone!
I've been playing for around 2 years in and out now. What bothers me a lot is that I cannot improve, I've hit a plateau at 3 stars (and I still struggle at 3 star maps) and can't seem to pass it. I did try a lot of things like playing no-fail mod on higher star maps or hidden/hard rock modes on lower star maps but none of them helped me. What people tend to say "play for fun" is not possible like this, because losing on easy maps just makes me feel bad and is very frustrating, especially when I try a single map numerous times just to fail it again (3 stars, come on).
Hardest points for me that I've noticed:
- Streams, I try to follow the beat of the map for streams, but I somehow keep missing or hitting 50's after a 300 or a 100 start on it, even if I don't feel like I hit the S/D keys any differently after the start of a stream (slow streams, fast streams, there's no difference). I tried the practice maps, but they are way too hard for me and I don't see an improvement
- Hitting keys faster, I just can't hit the keyboard keys faster without stiffening my fingers, which exhausts me pretty quickly and gives no accuracy, and freezes my fingers on occasion. Beatmaps are too quick for my fingers
- Doubles/Triples/Quintuples, my fingers just freeze when a Double pops up in the middle of a map or when there are several Doubles in a row, Triples are "alright", I can hit them, but I get random numbers on them (and they are really hard if the song has 1 and then 2 3 4 and then 1 and 2 3 4 again, it just messes up with my mind), but the Quintuples are a real pain for me, I hit 4/5 most of the time, with the fingers freezing at the fifth or not even realizing there is another one (even harder when they end with a slider)
- A double that starts with a normal hit and goes into a slider or vice-versa (especially when it's under a slider, I can't see it), the problem with the former is that I usually press D for 1 (normal hit) and S for 2 (slider) but my fingers automatically think it's a stream and I switch to D in the middle of a slider, losing points
- Analytical brain, I think this hinders my playing a lot because my mind just freezes and wants to slow down and think about all the circles that pop up, see some patterns in them and try to connect the approaching circles with the circles and the numbers on them and the beat of the song altogether while listening and trying to "see" which melody (main beat, sub beat, specific instrument of the song) suits the way the circles are given... This just kills me because I can even go okay in a map and then suddenly mess up a simple 1 2 3 (hit too soon/late or not even hit one of them, kind of like dozing off) - (unrelated to osu!: this hinders my dancing skills as well, where I just lose the rhythm and mess up the moves-rhythm connection)
- Consistently hit 300's on a normal 1 2 3 4 5 6 etc. streak (not stream), again this is the issue with being analytical, but I do follow the beat and hit the same key with the same time gap and still get 100's (or 50's) here and there
And the last thing - being consistent with the performance
- There are (on a really rare occasion) days that I excel with my performance, but it all disappears the other day and I am back to start with all the learning. Also, I keep getting worse scores on the old maps and can't even beat my old scores.
That being said, I hope that someone could identify what is the cause of my problems and find a way to resolve them. Also, I will kindly accept any beatmap recommendations for the said problems.
Cheers,
DB
I've been playing for around 2 years in and out now. What bothers me a lot is that I cannot improve, I've hit a plateau at 3 stars (and I still struggle at 3 star maps) and can't seem to pass it. I did try a lot of things like playing no-fail mod on higher star maps or hidden/hard rock modes on lower star maps but none of them helped me. What people tend to say "play for fun" is not possible like this, because losing on easy maps just makes me feel bad and is very frustrating, especially when I try a single map numerous times just to fail it again (3 stars, come on).
Hardest points for me that I've noticed:
- Streams, I try to follow the beat of the map for streams, but I somehow keep missing or hitting 50's after a 300 or a 100 start on it, even if I don't feel like I hit the S/D keys any differently after the start of a stream (slow streams, fast streams, there's no difference). I tried the practice maps, but they are way too hard for me and I don't see an improvement
- Hitting keys faster, I just can't hit the keyboard keys faster without stiffening my fingers, which exhausts me pretty quickly and gives no accuracy, and freezes my fingers on occasion. Beatmaps are too quick for my fingers
- Doubles/Triples/Quintuples, my fingers just freeze when a Double pops up in the middle of a map or when there are several Doubles in a row, Triples are "alright", I can hit them, but I get random numbers on them (and they are really hard if the song has 1 and then 2 3 4 and then 1 and 2 3 4 again, it just messes up with my mind), but the Quintuples are a real pain for me, I hit 4/5 most of the time, with the fingers freezing at the fifth or not even realizing there is another one (even harder when they end with a slider)
- A double that starts with a normal hit and goes into a slider or vice-versa (especially when it's under a slider, I can't see it), the problem with the former is that I usually press D for 1 (normal hit) and S for 2 (slider) but my fingers automatically think it's a stream and I switch to D in the middle of a slider, losing points
- Analytical brain, I think this hinders my playing a lot because my mind just freezes and wants to slow down and think about all the circles that pop up, see some patterns in them and try to connect the approaching circles with the circles and the numbers on them and the beat of the song altogether while listening and trying to "see" which melody (main beat, sub beat, specific instrument of the song) suits the way the circles are given... This just kills me because I can even go okay in a map and then suddenly mess up a simple 1 2 3 (hit too soon/late or not even hit one of them, kind of like dozing off) - (unrelated to osu!: this hinders my dancing skills as well, where I just lose the rhythm and mess up the moves-rhythm connection)
- Consistently hit 300's on a normal 1 2 3 4 5 6 etc. streak (not stream), again this is the issue with being analytical, but I do follow the beat and hit the same key with the same time gap and still get 100's (or 50's) here and there
And the last thing - being consistent with the performance
- There are (on a really rare occasion) days that I excel with my performance, but it all disappears the other day and I am back to start with all the learning. Also, I keep getting worse scores on the old maps and can't even beat my old scores.
That being said, I hope that someone could identify what is the cause of my problems and find a way to resolve them. Also, I will kindly accept any beatmap recommendations for the said problems.
Cheers,
DB