A Breakthrough of Sorts
Posted on: July 19, 2016, at 01:44:04pm

So, I've been struggling with the current tournament song and, desperate, turned to a tactic I've been hesitant to embrace in the past. I had previously resisted suggestions to increase speed in the Options menu, but my inability to improve left me with little choice.

So, I moved the setting from 1.5 up to 1.75. At first, it was exactly as I expected; everything was harder. But as I adjusted to the speed, it did indeed make it easier to read faster/denser patterns. Although I'm still in the yellow at the moment, and may remain there, the impact the change has had elsewhere is undeniable. I AAA'd Curtain and Atop the World in a ten minute span earlier, and those two songs are now my #3 and #1 all time scores (respectively). The difference was especially noticeable with Atop the World, where the ending pattern became manageable (whereas it had been a "hope for the best" sort of situation previously).

Whether I advance or not, the speed shift definitely seems to being paying off.

1. 1: MyNameIsNothing
   Posted at 11:24am on July 20th, 2016

   muh boi prec out of the yellow ayyyyyyyYyyyYyyYY