How to overcome major first pattern mind blanks
 

Hi guys, I need help with how to overcome a mindblank or 5 on song "The Adventures Of Lolo" I have played over 1000 times and I cannot do the first pattern without my hands going full retard, I can AAA it with shuffle turned on, but mirror doesn't seem to help. Will shuffle ever be allowed to be used towards scores? This song is my worst rank and I feel I will never be able to get rid of it. Any help would be good :) thanks.

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No

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oof

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mirror that shit boi

edit: real talk, the difficulty of the file is one hand trills. realistically, you can just manipulate them and hit the parts that are like [24][3][24][3][24]... etc, as jacks, but if you practice your one hand trill speed, you would do alot better.

if you have a hand bias with trills (e.g. your left hand can trill faster), then mirror the file.

The file is only around 192-200 bpm one hand trills, and they are fairly short, so practice files that have alot of patterns like that and you will improve.

Its only a mindblock if you are manipulating the patterns and not hitting them legit.

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yes

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ya well i updated my post, i just skipped the OP because lol Lolo

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Best way to get over mindblocks is to stop playing the files and/or take a break from the game. A week or two usually does the trick for me. Also, if I remember correctly, LoLo seems to heavily rely on speedy one-hand trill transitions. Try and find some files that really stretch your one-hand trill speed to play in the meantime.

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I took 10 years off and it didn't help for this particular one (maybe the first couple of times but I wasn't back to my old level by then) lol should have just turned the sound down and got someone to randomly pick the song to trick my brain thinking it wasn't LOLO. Maybe if I play it 1000 times with shuffle on, then the normal pattern might seem different? Seems like a lot of effort for one 30 second song. It's actually quite fun to play on shuffle

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True, but, now that you've shaken off your 10 year rust, a short-term break might yield surprising results ;)

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My only option I guess! I’ll give it a go thanks for the idea!

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also strong recommendation hit the polyrhythms as quads trying to hit them as 24ths is a bad time

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pro tip, take advice from people who arent garbage, instead of people who pretend to play this game and are has beens who barely AAA'd shit like 8 years ago

like legit just read my shitty post: http://www.flashflashrevolution.com/...6&postcount=30

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low key who cares about adventure of lolo... fam its like an 86, go focus on shit thats 100+ then go back to it

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ive been playin again recently

still def a hasbeen tho

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switch scroll directions.

makes the whole file mindblocked and will sometimes flush the pattern and clear your brains cache

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Just tried it, I have no training of playing in any other directions lol was a complete fail

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fail like 20 more times and then try regular again lol

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if OWA AAA'd Reality you can do this

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True. I am glad I got Reality out of the way a while ago so that will never be an issue lol

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To be sympathetic though the intro of Lolo is probably the most mindblocked pattern in the entire game, Lolo is ridiculous

edit: also dinglesberry, the mindblock isn't because of 1h trill speed, it's an actual mindblock on the pattern before the trill. statements about how the other people giving advice are "garbage" is pretty rich coming from someone who's barely SDG'd the file in question lmao

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Agreed haha

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Eradication hello

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what helps me sometimes is to change the notes to one color and play without the sound

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haha im in the same boat as you man. The rest of lolo is pretty easy(usually) but i cant ever get past the first 10 notes with the aaa and ive played the file ALOT as well. I didnt play it for like 5 years and when i came back i still couldnt do the intro....

I find playing lolo with no sounds helps alot though


Edit: haha im at 767 plays and i somehow lucked 3g on it a long time ago.

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Havnt tried the note colour change, might have to give that a go! Yeah sound down and mirror usually fixes most for me.

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fuck this file
watch it go

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I've always played with the idea that, mindblocks go away as you get faster, and the patterns that you cannot play become easier. Of course its not a, oh i woke up and can hit it (although it can be), but i have noticed after coming back to old files that some hard patterns now feel completely easy just because i'm comfortable with the speed.

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I'd say Lolo is one of those ones where you have to be VERY comfortable with that speed (as in to the point where it's trivial) to not be constantly mindblocked on it, but try playing without sound, changing note colour, shifting finger/arm position slightly, pretty much anything that subtly but not completely affects how you play. Also, a big one is downrating the pattern and seeing if that helps. If that doesn't work then yeah, taking another big break from the file and playing others will help.

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Just keep judging yourself. You're shit until you can believe otherwise. fuck mindblocks/blanks whatever the fuck. just hurry up and AAA