One Handers Are Gods in the FFR World?

[DossarLX ODI]

Yeah while I wouldn't be able to come close to Bynary's scores one-handed, spread gives you a lot more flexibility on patterns. It also allows you to do patterns much faster (I've been able to hit good chunks of 360+ bpm 16th streams with decent patterns for example - one hand cannot come remotely close to doing this properly).

It really depends on what you want to do, though. If you want to play one-handed, nobody is stopping you from doing so. In fact, it's like me doing really fast rates while most of the community does MAish-type files and my scores not being noticed as much as the others posted since only a few players are able to see how good some of them really are (just like how I can't really appreciate MA scores as much as speed scores since my MA isn't that great so basically I'm forced to say any MA score is good haha).

[Redorigami]

If playing one handed made me a god I wouldn't have switched. I am slightly curious if I would have been better one handed if I had stuck with it and learned to read better speed mods and such, though.

It does limit you a lot, and it also makes the keyboard you use matter greatly (unless you're using four fingers, the positions and relations of the keys, especially up/down, can make or break you). It just puts in way too many variables to consistently produce good scores.

[MinaciousGrace]

one handers should all be lined up and shot

[LJRoX]

Originally Posted by MinaciousGrace

one handers should all be lined up and shot

rofl

[-Barista-]

So basically this same old argument.

The best one handed scores won't compare to the best spread scores.
An omfgamazingasm one handed score is just as impressive as an omfgamazingasm spread score.

So yea. Matrixdude and WC pretty much ended most of your arguments like 23234 posts ago.

[G.S.M]

I played one-handed for a year 1/2 or something like that and didn't play for a year after that. played a bit again

then ffr went down, started playing months ago again.

I always said to myself i would never switch but it was brutal on my one hand and I wanted a change. I am very comfortable with spread and i don't get pain in either hand.

one handed for me is too brutal if I play enough

[8 Hour Whore]

Well, I was a previous one hander for 4 years..
Helped me out in some things I wouldn't have gotten otherwise.
Majority of One Handed players tend to switch to Spread after they hit their peak.
I did as a one handed three finger player that played for 4-5years. I accomplished things that made me feel better. It may not be awesome to others but its more of a moral Victory. I, Redorigami, and Bynary Fission all played well as one handers and two of us ended up switching to Spread. Bynary is just gawd so he'll probably never switch. Anyways, to me it wasn't godly compared to spread just a lot more fun =]]

[Zageron]

You know... I probably would have started a thread like this a few years ago.

wait...


I dunno where anyone gets the idea that we're gods. We're generally terrible in comparison to even a mediocre spread player, and like stated earlier it takes a long time to get nowhere playing one handed.

I'm in with ghost- saying that it's mostly for the fun. I tried switching to spread over the summer last year and ended up switching back because songs started to get boring. One handing has a rhythmic pattern to it, that changes through every song. (The way you tap your fingers varies greatly, vs spread where you just chomp each finger down as a note goes by.)


Meh.

[Anakinstepwalker]

my opionion: anyone who plays onehanded is PRO! i dont understand how they do jump streams. its insane, but i have to say they can treal better than spread players lol.

[OneHandNow]

Originally Posted by MinaciousGrace

one handers should all be lined up and shot

shoot me babeh

[Zageron]

Originally Posted by OneHandNow

shoot me babeh

you dont one hand you hoe

[jwcgator]

disregard that, I suck cocks

Maybe I should actually watch the videos before I make comments, lol

[devonin]

The issue people have with this situation is when someone expects recognition outside the objective quality of their accomplishment because they've made the choice to impose a handicap on themselves.

It's the nature of games like this that your score is the primary metric of evaluation. The higher the score, the better your accomplishment is regarded. Getting a score which is exceptionally high is exceptional. Getting a score which is reasonably high because you chose to play inefficiently is still only reasonably impressive, and will get treated as such.

There's some degree of respect given for novelty in terms of handicapping yourself, but there's always an undertone of "Why would you bother?"

[nois-or-e]

I've always wondered dev. Did you ever migrate to spread when keymapping became available, or do you still use the arrow keys. afaik you are a 2-handed player due to some of your stat consistencies.

[/curiousity]

[korny]

I've always viewed myself as a god so I guess that makes sense.

[who_cares973]

The point I was trying to make is that you -can- get good scores one handed. Not that one handed play is as good as spread.

[korny]

Originally Posted by Sweagen

Discuss: What is your opinion on one-handed players, and if you are one, what is your own opinion on the way you play? Share one-hander stories in this thread, etc.

There once was a story of a legendary one hander who was continually reaching new heights and setting a new boundary as to what could be done with one hand. One day, he had suddenly ascended to a point to where he knew he had truly become legendary. In hopes to retain his unparalleled status, he forged a plan to convince the community he had been apart of, that his attainment in skill had been done by the use and practive of an extra finger. This was all a hoax of course, for who could really play well with 4 fingers, but only he and those who had seen him play knew the truth; he was a god among men and was a divine one hander through and through. Years of persecution led him to become uninterested in the community he had once cherished and loved to compete within, so he no longer played competitively. To this day his skill remains elite, only bested by very few on select songs and they have been commended respectively.

[Reincarnate]

I echo Dev on this one. Yeah, it's impressive to pull off a tough song with one hand when obvious two hands would make it easier. But this is like saying that it's impressive to see someone finish a race in the top 30 with only one leg or something.

Yeah, it's great and all -- but you'd likely do much better using two hands if you're capable of doing well with one. At the very least, you'd obviously near-double your relative speed/stamina. When I see someone doing well with one-hand, I just have to ask myself why. You're not only limiting absolute performance ability, but you're also putting a lot of strain on just one hand.

Many players start out using one hand but they quickly figure out that they need to switch to two in order to better handle harder songs. Those players that don't figure this out or intentionally stick to one hand, in my mind, are plain silly.

[korny]

Playing one handed is all about the fun factor, and the skill you can achieve on top of that is where the satisfaction comes in. Nothing silly about it sir.

[leonid]

I used to be an one-handed bms player (very long ago)

This skill helps when you play such arcade games as IIDX or EZ2DJ (or... solo xdddddd)