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Old 04-17-2009, 09:24 PM   #642
Jdeadevil
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Default Re: How to get better at FFR

I have a few....

1. Instead of hoping to God that you don't choke, learn to take it and play on whilst you're giddy for a second or two. Thing is with trying to AAA some songs is that you hope more than anything in the world you don't choke, and then you go insane and whine for about a minute, then try again a minute later to suffer the same pain. This goes for FFR and Stepmania but the point is is to learn to ignore getting giddy and stop trying to avoid it. Overcome it instead.

2. This goes with tapping your foot (something the thread starter said), do it mentally and try and understand the beat, you'll get more perfects in a row and maybe get an easy AAA if you learn the beat of the entire song. Straight to Video's a good song to practice this with.

3. Relaxing won't necessarily stop you from choking or doing better in general, but it will stop you being emotionally slapped in the face when you get that one Good at the end, so instead of just relaxing like people tell you to, relax and stop giving a toss about how you score, or you'll turn into that nerd who plays Stepmania for AAAA and just whines all the time when he gets it wrong (on that note he needs to be more like IzzySM, that guys cool).

4. In your head, split this song up into sections, even try to memorize some note patterns if you can so you'll know them without even trying to remember. It's like on Guitar Hero when it says you should go into Practice mode to master those tricky notes, because FFR and Stepmania are so easy on restarting a track, just keep at it like some sort of freak and you'll have mastered that bit in no time.

5. You know those master videos you see on YouTube and they kind of press the keys harder than usual to show off? Well, do that, it's not only showing off, it makes it easier because you'll be able to detect the beat and due to FFR's ease of judgement pressing the button harder than usual will give you a real easy time.

6. Stop concentrating if you keep chocking, it'll give your eyes a good rest and it'll give your head a break if you just relax. When you choke it's usually your mind going "Uh oh, he's giving me a command, I'll do it quickly" and you overdo it and you go all giddy, so don't concentrate and stress to hard.


You can probably tell these are more helpful for people trying to AAA as to people trying to pass Vertex Beta vROFL, hehe XD

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