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  • MracY
    FFR Veteran
    • Oct 2007
    • 284

    #1

    Getting faster fingers.

    After playing this game for a while, I've found my arrow reading ability to have become ridiculously good.

    The thing is, my hands and dexterity aren't keeping up. My sightread in FMO and FGO songs is excellent, but my fingers are so slow that I can barely get a VC FC!

    From experience, I know that just keeping on playing will make my fingers a bit faster, but with diminishing returns. There usually are some exercises and activities outside the game that can increase your skill in single areas of the game immensely, and techniques you can use to get better immediately.

    I'm sure others have had this problem as well. Is there anything specific you recommend me to do, other than doing some stretches and grip exercises? I'm already ambidextrous and an adept in pen spinning and juggling, and already
    warm up my fingers and hands before playing.

    If you are pretty good yourself, got this way by 'just keeping on playing' and you are not in the top ~10 despite wanting to be, you should probably look for things like this to get better too.


    I know there was another topic about this somewhere, but that one was just filled with 'JUST PLAY MORE LULZ' and random jokes. I also dislike bringing up old topics, so I created a new one to have a clean sheet on which people can put their tips.
  • Jerry DB
    FFR, lift, repeat
    • Jan 2008
    • 2071

    #2
    Re: Getting faster fingers.

    foreplay ;D... no it's not that easy...play more, had to say the truth.

    Also drink your milk
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    • MracY
      FFR Veteran
      • Oct 2007
      • 284

      #3
      Re: Getting faster fingers.

      Originally posted by Jerry DB
      foreplay ;D... no it's not that easy...play more, had to say the truth.

      Also drink your milk
      I think I've read somewhere that milk is pretty unhealthy, relative to other drinks. It apparantly has something in it that binds stomach acid, and the calcium in it apparantly doesn't get absorbed much by the body at all, although that's a pretty one-sided description.
      I know there's a correlation between the nervous system, muscle function and diet, but I don't think drinking milk will have any serious effect on making your fingers move faster.

      Taking a holistic view when trying to become better at certain activities is always better. Playing more is a sure way to get better, but carrying over parts of the activities to other parts of your life is always best. Why are swimmers usually good at gymnastics? Because swimming is ridiculously stimulating for your muscles. Therefore, a gymnast might do well to take up swimming.
      Being able to know how to train properly is the core to every skill. 99% of perspiration is useless without 1% of inspiration!


      Anyway, I'll try and ask a nearby fitness instructor about the best way to train your fingers and lower arm, and post the results here. I might as well try my best to ask around about drinking milk, although I know you were just kidding with that one.
      Last edited by MracY; 01-29-2012, 04:37 AM.

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      • The_Toymaker
        FFR Veteran
        • Oct 2011
        • 820

        #4
        Re: Getting faster fingers.

        Make sure to play every day, and to play songs that are hard for you to do well on.

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        • justin_ator
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          • Mar 2007
          • 7648

          #5
          Re: Getting faster fingers.

          ^^This. Playing songs you find difficult helps you to improve quite a bit.

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          • icontrolyourworld
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            FFR Simfile Author
            • Oct 2007
            • 4193

            #6
            Re: Getting faster fingers.

            If you want faster fingers download stepmania, download hard songs packs and play them until they are easy, even after that play them on rates, and play every single day until you feel like you're going to get carpel tunnel. It's the best way.

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            • MracY
              FFR Veteran
              • Oct 2007
              • 284

              #7
              Re: Getting faster fingers.

              Originally posted by icontrolyourworld
              If you want faster fingers download stepmania, download hard songs packs and play them until they are easy, even after that play them on rates, and play every single day until you feel like you're going to get carpel tunnel. It's the best way.
              I see. Stepmania's arrows are usually closer and allow for more timing diversity. It should be better for practice than FFR at least.
              What judge level do you recommend I play on? It would be ideal if I could increase my accuracy at the same time, but I guess I shouldn't be greedy.

              Although doing this still doesn't specifically target an increase of speed. I wish I could just get a list of training activities one can do to increase the amount of quick twitch muscle in their fingers.

              Now that I think about it, I should probably get a keyboard with flat keys, or even one of those laser beam keyboards. That should increase my speed and stamina, although I'd prefer to train my speed nevertheless.
              Last edited by MracY; 01-29-2012, 05:36 AM.

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              • icontrolyourworld
                Enjoy life!
                FFR Simfile Author
                • Oct 2007
                • 4193

                #8
                Re: Getting faster fingers.

                Judge 4 is what everyone uses; if you're good enough aim to increase your Marvelous Attack (MA) and reduce greats and worse

                If you play files just outside of your comfort zone and always try to put effort into hitting every arrow (without mashing), I guarantee you will improve your speed.
                Last edited by icontrolyourworld; 01-29-2012, 05:50 AM.

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                • MracY
                  FFR Veteran
                  • Oct 2007
                  • 284

                  #9
                  Re: Getting faster fingers.

                  Originally posted by icontrolyourworld
                  Judge 4 is what everyone uses; if you're good enough aim to increase your Marvelous Attack (MA) and reduce greats and worse

                  If you play files just outside of your comfort zone and always try to put effort into hitting every arrow (without mashing), I guarantee you will improve your speed.
                  Awesome, although that's all common sense if your aim is to get better. This is just me playing another rythm game. It's not the kind of direct finger speed training I was looking for.

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                  • Emithith
                    FFR Player
                    • Sep 2008
                    • 1784

                    #10
                    Re: Getting faster fingers.

                    I always say that after you find a difficulty fairly easy increase the difficulty by one and hammer that away until you jump to the next one. It's a slow but steady way to get speed and accuracy.

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                    • Anaru
                      Banned
                      • Dec 2011
                      • 1530

                      #11
                      Re: Getting faster fingers.

                      Play stupidly difficult songs on stepmania

                      Now all the FGO/FMOs will feel slow to you. Grats!

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                      • rayword45
                        Local Teenage Wastebasket
                        FFR Simfile Author
                        • Feb 2007
                        • 3212

                        #12
                        Re: Getting faster fingers.

                        My reccomendation: Play on Judge 6 or higher on SM then go back to FFR.

                        Before, my best AAAs (minus 2 fluke 9s) were all 4s and below. Now, I have [Oni] and a small chunk of 10 AAAs.
                        The above post has a 50% chance of being useless. Potentially. Maybe.

                        BEST AAAs: WANDERLUST, Pandora, Necropotence, Mourning The Lost, Eradication, Feldschlacht

                        Hey, we need some users on this site. Please join.

                        And if you have not recommended any albums yet, do so. Please. I have a goal to reach. Here.
                        NO WAIT THAT SHIT'S OLD GO HERE INSTEAD.

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                        • Mau5
                          FFR Player
                          • Nov 2011
                          • 790

                          #13
                          Re: Getting faster fingers.

                          Needs more SM.

                          SM improves you more gooder.
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                          • MracY
                            FFR Veteran
                            • Oct 2007
                            • 284

                            #14
                            Re: Getting faster fingers.

                            Sigh. I wish I could ask this same question in the Critical Thinking subforum. It seems I'm only getting 1 type of answer here.

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                            • bmah
                              shots FIRED
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                              Global Moderator
                              • Oct 2003
                              • 8448

                              #15
                              Re: Getting faster fingers.

                              It actually has a lot to do with tension and your wrist. Chances are you're physically restraining yourself from playing faster because you aren't loosening up. A lot of players have found that keeping your fingers sorta hanging upwards (arc your hands up a bit) is a good way to hit keys with your wrists in a position to react at any given moment. Refrain from using other muscles and just make sure it's the fingers and wrist that does the work. Avoid straight fingers - curvature helps. Loosen up.

                              WRISTS

                              That's the best advice I can give you. It helps if you understand it from a physical aspect.

                              Some serious players use stuff like finger weights but don't bother with that. It's all in the wrists.
                              Last edited by bmah; 01-30-2012, 01:22 AM.

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