How to get (really) good at FFR

[SocoNhydro420]

Re: How to get (really) good at FFR

Yeah I feel that a laptop keyboard would do me a lot better since its easier to press the keys, and therefore increase my speed, but my laptop is way too laggy to get SDGs/AAAs on FMOs like I do normally. Maybe ill go keyboard shopping one day

[fullmetal_alchemist027]

Re: How to get (really) good at FFR

Ive hit this sort of...bleh spot in my FFR playing after coming back where it felt like I wasnt able to do anything. I tried several different setups, but they never felt right. I was always an index player till about 3 years in and then i needed to switch to spread because I was severely limited.

But even now, spread felt unnatural, but then Marcus (if I may), you made the point of standard spread being suboptimal and it got me thinking again. So this time I tried FV BH for the keysetup, and I can already feel that this is the way I needed to go to start the road of improvement. So thank you

OT:I dont remember if its been said or not, but unless it works for you, DONT BEAT YOUR HEAD AGAINST THE WALL. If the song isnt clicking, play something else for a while, take a break, then come back to it. Or if that fails, as it was stated, Mirror Mode!

[DossarLX ODI]

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Isolation hasn't helped me worth shit in most cases. Sorry, but that anchoring jack pattern in Revo is just impossible no matter what I do - there's just no way to cut through it.

The only time isolation has really helped me was the ending of Death Piano and the roll transitions near the beginning of RATO. Usually what happens is that I record my run and look at a certain pattern, and then do it from there. Isolation focuses too much on one part that I actually wind up forgetting about the other parts and they just come back and bite me in the ass.

For example, by "observing patterns" I mean something like this:



This made the transition much smoother. Something like Revo's [34][14][34][14] however is something that can't be viewed differently, it's an anchoring pattern I've never been able to do.

Pattern flexibility is most important. You can have insane speed and jacking, but still do shit on certain patterns.

My tips? Use 1.75x and the setup DFJK or M,./ (really tight spread to switch to index on certain files, like AIM Anthem). Also get a flat keyboard and have fun on stepmania with fast files. I didn't even have to "practice" on certain files, I just wound up playing a wide variety of "dumpfiles" and just got better. It should be important to note that I didn't even get into playing FFR competitively until recently (avrank mission, etc. before I didn't even have half the songs in the game FC'd because I didn't really care about the game haha).

[Sweagen]

Re: How to get (really) good at FFR

The main problem imo is lag
If you have lag of any sort you will always be inconsistent and improving will be a lot slower .... >:O

I bet a lot of people have way more lag affecting their PA than they think.

[DossarLX ODI]

Re: How to get (really) good at FFR

Yes. Lag can be a huge problem too. Usually when I play FFR all I have is AIM open and then the standalone for the game .swf, more processes could eat up a lot of CPU usage (other factors can affect lag as well, of course). For me Velocity's engine gets really laggy sometimes so I usually use the normal .swf (1220, legacy engine)

[OneHandNow]

Re: How to get (really) good at FFR

When I play FFR, I turn off EVERYTHING else to ensure I get no lag spikes or anything to mess up my runs. :P

[smartdude1212]

Re: How to get (really) good at FFR

I still favour my sdef/2468 setup. You can get away with spread, index, four finger, etc., without having a finger orgy.

[kmay]

Re: How to get (really) good at FFR

i think plateau's are all mental, but i will let you know if i ever get that dam elusive FMO AAA.

[XCV]

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Oh my god Dossar style spread works so well on AIM Anthem. Just dropped 1,500 ranks on it. Thank you so much - I'd been playing it for a long time, then switched back to ASKL.

[YoshL]

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Oh my god Dossar style spread works so well on AIM Anthem. Just dropped 1,500 ranks on it. Thank you so much - I'd been playing it for a long time, then switched back to ASKL.

tell the truth, i did something strange with AIM. I'm not sure how it worked out for me... but with the [34][14][34][14] pattern, i did a sort of jumptrill with my right hand, hitting [34] then [145] the 5 coming from the key to the right of the [4] key. just... kinda weird :P

i think plateau's are all mental, but i will let you know if i ever get that dam elusive FMO AAA.

speaking of which...

[MaxGhost]

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Yoshl that's genious. O_O

[LJRoX]

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^^^^^ This


0 got me into 6 key no lie
after watching his video
i was inspired

[YoshL]

Re: How to get (really) good at FFR

Yoshl that's genious. O_O

i'm fairly sure it's spelled genius.

[customstuff]

Re: How to get (really) good at FFR

That's another good point -- sometimes people play files on Mirror because it helps kill off any bad habits you may have developed in your muscle memory when it comes to difficult portions of a file.

I did this on Frictional Nevada and changed my 9 goods to a AAA in less than half an hour.

[x_lambourghini_x]

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My main problem is the fact that I need to learn not to mash almost every single song in the game.