FFR Playstyles
 

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Welcome to the FFR Player's Handstyles List: Updated to post #283

First off, I would like to link you all to the FFR Playing Style and Hand Position Guide by Zageron. It will tell you the basics of the various playstyles on FFR. This thread is only designed to list who plays what style. Both our threads are still in the making process, so if the community would lend us a hand, we would be grateful. Suggest, Criticize, all that.

The list is divided into 6 categories based on the number of hands, and the number of fingers. These 6 categories are further divided if there are common names for certain kinds of playstyles (spread, index etc.). If you haven't done so already, SUBMIT PLEASE!

Purposes
-get the general sense of what styles are used most often
-be able to find new users who share the same style you do
-discover radical and inventive styles to make FFR challenging and fun
-possibly weed out unknowing newbies who are playing double setup
-DO NOT START PLAYSTYLE FLAME WARS. Informative statements are welcome, but not aggressive ones.

Note:
-only submit one (your main) playstyle, unless if you use one as much as the other.
-don't use shift/capital letters/symbols.
-if you change your playstyle, say so
-don't state any "i used to play..." or "i will learn..."
-multiple styles will only be admitted if you can get relatively decent scores with both styles OR the style is extremely difficult/uncommon (no "I will get better/I used to".)
-keys and fingers always come in ←↓↑→ order
-differentiate between numpad and keyboard numbers by saying num2 instead of 2
-for arrow keys, use ←↓↑→
-when submitting finger placement with multiple keys for one finger, state both directions before the assigned finger (↓↑ R index)
-when submitting finger placement with multiple fingers for one key, separate the fingers with a slash (LR index) (R index/middle) (L index/R middle)

How to submit: Easiest way is to just state a different username on the list that has the same style as you do.

If you don't find anyone like that:

simple format (for those that belong in a pre-existing subsection)
name linked to FFR Profile [key format] subsection name

detailed format (for those that have new/uncommon styles)
name linked to FFR Profile #hands #fingers [key format] (finger placement) links to details if necessary

Examples:
dooty 7 - qqwref
Xx{Midday}xX - [z x . /] index middle spread
Infinity. - 24 [← ↓ ↑ →] (L index, LR index, L index/middle, R ring) details

They will appear as listed below.

FFR Playstyle List Total: 149
Ctrl+F a username/key format to find what you're looking for.
* indicates a person with multiple setups.

Any suggestions/corrections, just post. Includes playstyle names and such. Math errors too, if you're bored.

in conclusion: SPREAD THE WORD! This thread is meaningless without most of the active users on it.

Improvements
I would like to add the following:

How to:
-screencut
-zoom
-enlarge (arrekusu93's script)
-set speedmod
-set scroll
-set modfiers
-glossary
-keymap (with as much keyboard info as possible)

Speedmod
-SM cmod
-FFR xmod
-screencut/window size
-alt account difference

Modifiers
-FFR mods
-SM mods
-alt account difference

Scroll
-general scroll
-alt account difference

The alt account difference will encourage people to try out new settings on alt accounts, and try to record accomplishments with these new settings.

User list data
-username
-handstyle
-scroll
-speedmod
-additional mod

What do you think? Yes, this will take an ENORMOUS amount of time to efficiently organize, but I'm willing to do it so long as people submit、and yes, the submitting will become tedious too.

If I add all of these things to this thread, I would like the thread title to be changed to something more suitable, and I would like this to be stickied.

Credits:

Xx{Midday}xX - thread restarter/reorganizer
Zageron - FFR Playing Style and Hand Position Guide
HammyMcSquirrel - naming Hybrid Spread
EnR - naming 4 Fingered
irishknight - naming Conventional One-Handed 3-Fingers
Izzy - naming Diagonal Spread
To everyone who submitted with SUFFICIENT INFO.
A special thanks to people who submitted with LINKED NAMES.

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I think this is right, the instructions for submitting kind of confused me:

Commandersa1 - 2 hands 4 fingers: [Left/Down arrow keys, 8/6 on num pad (L Ring, L Middle, R Middle, R Ring)

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Well. I guess I have to say that I now play spread. Wasn't that way a week ago.. But yeah.

iluswirl - 24 [a s k l] (L middle, L index, R index, R middle) spread

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Submissions don't have to be perfect, so long as I get the info I need.

Corrected:

Commandersa1 - 24 [← ↓ num8 num6] (L Ring, L Middle, R Middle, R Ring) spread

Made it less confusing.

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2 hand 2 finger... index... yea lol you get the picture.

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cool idea....don't know if others will go for it although it might reduce the number of "Wat Stylez do you Plays wit?!?!?" threads :P

anyways I am spread [z x , .] (L middle L index R Index R Middle)

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EnR - [← ↓ 8 6]

Middle Index

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Infinity. - 2,4

Left index hits left arrow, hits up and down depending on the pattern
Right index hits down arrow sometimes, not often
Right middle hits up arrow almost all the time
Right ring hits right arrow all the time

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Back when I played I was two hand, four finger.

zx ./

Index and middle fingers.

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i love gabba: 13 [←↓↑→] ( R index, R index and middle, R middle, R ring ) 1 hand, 3 fingers

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Pretty basic spread for me. I like the idea of this topic, though, I'm really interested in seeing all the different styles people use.

qqwref - 24 [z x , .] (L middle, L index, R index, R middle) index middle spread

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keys. i dont know what keys on the keyboard you use.

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speeddemon - 12 [← ↓ ↑ →] (R index, R index/R middle, R index/R middle, R middle) 1 hand, 2 fingers

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Clipso - (q w [ ]), (L middle, L index, R index, R middle), Index Middle Spread

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It would be most appreciated if we can expand the list through signature advertisement (link is on my sig). The list is really worthless unless if we get most of the active users on the site.

I'm going to assume that the first thread failed because:
terrible organization - i solved that im sure.
no participation - maybe my submission format is still complicated?

=(

I see a lot of people just passing through this thread without submitting. I wonder what could be the problem?

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Added it to my signature, hope this thread takes off. :)

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Ok, I'll post this again.

But on the list put the first one on.

EDIT: Some extra details on my first style:

- AlWAYS used left middle finger for left arrow key, right middle for right key.
- Up used by the middle fingers, depending on pattern. I always alternate hands, so if the last arrow was pressed by my left hand and the next arrow is up, I press up key with my right middle finger, and vice-versa.
- For down arrow key it's the same thing as previous point, but instead of LEFT MIDDLE, it's LEFT INDEX.

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I'm assuming you use arrow keys.

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For me it's (a s w d) two hands using two index fingers. In other words index style.

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Index Middle Spread: (L middle, L index, R index, R middle)

- EAGAMES

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Panic4Me- 2 hands, 3 fingers [←↓↑→] (L index, L index/ R index, L index/ R index, R middle)

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There. I made a crappy banner. Oh well. Lol. It's linked and everything.

Edit: Ouch. Distorted colors in the middle. Oh well.

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Devonin, 24 asjk index/middle spread

Also, we usually lock "what style do you play" threads because there are just so many of them posted all the time. But this one looks sufficiently well organised and designed as an actual resource instead of "I play this awesome way I bet nobody else does" that chances are you may end up with a sticky, and then we can simply point all similar thread creators to this one.

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Give a reference to my incomplete guide. I'm not going to finish any time soon, but I didn't spend 3 hours on it for nothing.

http://www.flashflashrevolution.com/...ad.php?t=84293

Zageron, arrow keys, three fingers

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I've gotta say, that thread is awesome. Putting on first post.

Well, we are doing different things. That thread explains, my thread lists players.

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2 hands 4 fingers: [Left/Down arrow keys, 8/6 on num pad (left middle, left index, right middle, right ring)

i'm the only person i know who uses different fingers for each hand
:S

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Yeah after I posted I looked more carefully at the thread. It still fits as a good reference though. Maybe if enough people post on the other thread I can finally finish it. x.x

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Arrow keys. One hand. 3 Fingers. Right Index on left// Right middle on up/down //Right ring on right

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i use the standard arrow keys.

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Also, Zageron, three fingers doesn't tell me anything... =_=

number of hands, number of fingers, keys you use, and what finger goes to which key.

Tell Destiny to link your thread on his sticky.

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Index Middle Spread using Q W [ ].

Would use O and P, but I wore the keys out, lmao.

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Index on the standard ARROW keys. I sometimes index with askl for a challenge. :P

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Left Middle - S
Left Index - D
Right Middle - Num8
Right Ring - Num6

It seems I'm somewhere between "Index Middle Spread" and "Middle Ring Spread". I guess it's a "Index/Ring Hybrid Middle Spread". xD

Edit: I suppose "Hybrid Spread" would be a better way to sum up the group.

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th33nd0fa11- 24 [← ↓ ↑ →] L middle, L index, R middle, R ring

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Ahhhh, finally!!! Someone else plays like me!!!!
And it's Hammy, yay!!

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SpammyMcSquirrel - e r u i, Index Middle Spread.

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Redsky139 - arrow keys, one hand, 3 fingers:
[← ↓ ↑ →] (R index, ↓↑ R middle, R ring)

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kjwkjw - 2 hand 4 fingers.
(left, down, up, right arrow keys; left middle, left index, right index, right middle respectively.)

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Midday, just use Q W [ ] for me.

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Hammy founded the name of a new playstyle, congrats to the birth of Hybrid Spread

EAG i need your key format.

Zageron i need your full playstyle.

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Primarily, I play one handed, using the following style:

One hand, thee finger, left hand
< - Ring finger
^ v - Middle Finger
> - Index Finger

I am trying to switch to spread, and when this becomes my primary set-up, I will post letting the people of this thread know.

Spread set-up:

Left Middle Finger: Z
Left Index Finger: X

Right Index Finger: .
Right Middle Finger: /

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Omgooses - 2 hands with 3 fingers [←↓↑→] (L index, L index/R index, L index/R middle, R index/R middle)

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ap19, I'm not right-handed >_<
lefty kthx

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A question to you all:

Would you consider 2 hand 4 finger (2 fingers from each hand) on the arrow keys (or something similar) as "spread"? I had the idea that spread had to have distance between the left and right hands. Arrow keys, and the like, have the hands on top of each other, so I haven't put them in spread. Thoughts?

If arrow key 2 hand 4 finger is spread, then I'll just put them under Hybrid or Index Middle Spread.

If arrow key 2 hand 4 finger is not spread, give me a name for them. I'll take several opinions first.

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Nahh, I think that's like.. Cramped. not spread. I think of spread as spread "out". But I'm not a genius at that.. So I don't know.

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Pettanko, middle/index spread. (zx./ for both; though zx65 for pettanko when i'm not too lazy to reconfigure)

midday you know who i am <3



also one hand/3 fingers occasionally as well as index


oh and i also used to play hybrid spread if that matters

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spread
askl

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Spread. DF JK

I'm a little different. :)

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I'm assuming all people who say "spread" are index middle.

EDIT: skc is a can invader guyz

Why is pettanko called pettanko? Doesn't make any sense in Japanese (means completely flat).

EDIT2: Ok EnR gets the naming credit rofl

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Using 4 fingers on the arrow keys is not called spread, it's 4 fingered xD

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Index middle spread

ASKL

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I play the same way as Hammy, but with different left-hand keys.

I've always felt this to be more "natural". Because the tip of your middle finger is farther out than that of either the index or ring finger, it feels more natural to fit a middle finger with a ring finger on a key lower to the side (as it is on the hand) instead of bringing an index finger up to a key next to a middle finger.
Yeah. Really just coining the term "natural spread" as an alternative to "hybrid", but... yeah. "Hybrid" works just as well because different fingers are used on each hand.
Oh, also... I think this is also, like, a transition between 4-finger and Mid/Index spread. Because the Mid/Ring finger on the right hand fits right on the arrow keys, and the Mid/Index on the left hand fits under the right hand on the arrow keys. So "transitional" could work as a word for the style, too... aaand now I'm just kind or rambling.

Hybrid Spread: (L middle, L index, R middle, R ring)
Silvuh - [5 6 num8 num6]

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[← ↓ ↑ →] (R index, R index/middle, R middle, R ring)
RIGHTY ONE HANDER

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K, I'll use that. You are credited for naming it so.

Rambling is good input. But I'm sticking with Hybrid. Until some lefty version pops up, in which case I'll need a different name. But I have a question for hybrid players then. According to this, you're basing the natural-ness off the idea that you have to have your keys in the shape of the arrow key format. Hence your up is more distant than your right, hence you use middle ring to make it feel natural. Assuming that everyone has stronger index and middle, wouldn't it be easier to equalize the distance of up and right and play like index middle spread players?

Another Another Question: There seem to be many index middle spread players who use a s k l. Should I make another subsubsection for you guys?

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I think anything using spread should stay in the same categorie, meaning:

ASKL, DFJK, QW[], ZX./, <v86 etc...

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askl is very common. About as much as zx./, I'd say. So if you're going to make one subsection, you may as well make a second.

EDIT: EnR is right. There's really no reason to split it up. Just keep it as one category.

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Until I saw this, I thought I was the only one who did this setup for spread.

Index middle spread, same keys as above. :)

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Ok, but don't ask me, "How many people play [? ? ? ?]?" after 200 people are on the spread list. That's my primary concern. Unless if there's some fast counting method.

If you guys may want tallies for certain key formats in the future, I should make subsections for them. If you don't need such tallies, then I won't. Once again, unless if there's some fast counting method.

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I play Middle Index [← ↓ 5 6]

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just put them in order all in packs, leave spaces between each style and have the number of players underneath, everytime you add someone, add another number.

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So you mean do this:

asfasd - [a s k l]
qwerqewr - [a s k l]
zxvzxcv - [a s k l]
3

fghjfghj - [z x . /]
rtyurty - [z x . /]
wertwe - [z x . /]
3

What's the difference between the above, and the below?

[a s k l] 3
asfasd
qwerqewr
zxvzxcv

[z x . /] 3
fghjfghj
rtyurty
wertwe

Or do you mean something completely different?

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i was thinking above one but below looks good.

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Fixed.

Aiming for 500 users on this list by September... lol

I'd assume 250 spreaders of 500.

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4 finger (arrow key) style:

[← ↓ ↑ →] (L middle, LR index, RL index, R middle)

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index middle spread
askl

when i'm bored i use
rjug XD

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i love gabba plays the same way I do.

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[← ↓ ↑ →] (R index, R index/middle, R middle, R ring)

Same here. It's the only possible way I can counter ↓ ↑ trills and triplets.

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Hmm, this is a good point. I wonder if anyone has already started using something like [e f j i] for index-middle spread (or [s e i l] for middle-ring)? I gave it a try, it does feel slightly more comfortable...

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1 hand three fingers.

{ Standard, right }

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Well, you got yourselves 3. Any name?

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[q w o p]
Gundam-Dude (Left and Right Index/Middle)

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Numpad 2468. Only see index handstyles unless I read wrong.

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Standard spread (index middle), < V num8 num6.

When that isn't available (no numpad), sdl; is what I use.

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Two hands, Four fingered

I don't know what you call this style, but I believe I am the only person on FFR using this style as a main, and someone else can come up with a fancy name for it.

Suggested names:

* Asian/Azn [lol]
* Destiny [lol]

Number Pad

← = L middle
↓ = R index
↑ = R middle
→ = R ring

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Well, I play askl

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Index middle spread

askl

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asjk.

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I'm assuming you play index then.

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3 finger, 2 hands.

Left: left index.
Right: right middle.
Up/down: right index.

Switch to index for long jacks. I'm working on going spread, like this:

up: right index.
down: left index.
left: left middle.
right: right middle.

That one's hard, you need to overlap your hands.

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[z] [x] [m] [,]

Index middle spread.