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  • ScylaX
    urararararararara
    FFR Music Producer
    • Dec 2007
    • 1044

    #16
    Re: itt: name your weird stepmania habits

    I can't play 1324 or any pattern constituted of four keys which hit a different keys on each part of this interval while each of these keys are separated from the next key taped by an empty panel correctly.
    Which means as long as it isn't 1234 or any pattern directly deriving from this, I'll just uselessly tire my arm by taping it as it was a trill. 1313 and 1324 are equally tiring for my arms even though I could play the second pattern WAY easier. But my fingers just say "no."

    I ALWAYS ghost tap the intro of npv's Buzzards. I don't make it so consistently on other files.
    I have terrible bad habits on Vertex Beta, a lot of false anticipations that trouble me very much.
    When there is a set of long freeze notes, I like briefly removing my hold and putting it back just after. Files ending in a 3+ set of long holds usually causes me that classical accident in which I stay away from the key for too long and then the game considers the hold is failed.
    So I have to play the whole file again.

    My setup is JKL; so sometimes I tend to furtively play index on some "simple parts" of old files I play. (Saikyou OX Keikaku has some nice streams, the same goes for Vertex Beta and some other modern (!) files, I'm so good at changing style I recently was able to still get a consistent timing while alternating my style. As a player I'm an ArTisT)

    When I get on a long trill, or on a harsh (jump)stream, I sometime just stop my breath to not disturb my playing. Playing hard files make it hard for my respiration.
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    • skorpion9x
      FFR Player
      FFR Simfile Author
      • Feb 2004
      • 116

      #17
      Re: itt: name your weird stepmania habits

      I play index.

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      • Emanresu13
        FFR Veteran
        • Jun 2005
        • 642

        #18
        Re: itt: name your weird stepmania habits

        i play 'sdf jkl' and sometimes my thumbs drift and start making out with each other and it ruins everything
        Originally posted by dAnceguy117
        ^
        Originally posted by MrRubix
        ^

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        • Choofers
          FFR Player
          FFR Music Producer
          • Dec 2008
          • 6205

          #19
          Re: itt: name your weird stepmania habits

          Originally posted by ScylaX

          I ALWAYS ghost tap the intro of npv's Buzzards. I don't make it so consistently on other files.
          fuc I do this too lol

          do you ghost tap the wub wubs during the breakdown part?

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          • flash dualist
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            • Aug 2007
            • 1225

            #20
            Re: itt: name your weird stepmania habits

            I sometimes hit the caps lock key with my left ring finger. lol
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            • ~Zeta~
              Flag Master
              • Oct 2010
              • 2156

              #21
              Re: itt: name your weird stepmania habits

              hit caps lock with pinkie > light turns on > distracts me
              crack knuckles often (especially after hard files)
              ghost tap to prevent boredom
              hold tab for everything. even for other games thinking it would work.

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              • TwistedPhoenix
                Forum User
                • Sep 2011
                • 393

                #22
                Re: itt: name your weird stepmania habits

                Originally posted by flash dualist
                I sometimes hit the caps lock key with my left ring finger. lol
                Man, me too. And it lights up on TWO places for me. The key on the laptop and the indicator panel on top of numpad on external KB.

                And before every song, I always crack my knuckles, finger joints, thumbs, wrists, and elbows (if they need to, usually don't). Makes me a whole lot more limber.

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                • EzExZeRo7497
                  • Dec 2010
                  • 6858

                  #23
                  Re: itt: name your weird stepmania habits

                  Originally posted by Choofers
                  if I'm doing especially well I'll start tapping my foot
                  Oh hey someone has the same habit as I do haha.

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                  • yo man im awesome
                    soleil ardent
                    FFR Simfile Author
                    • May 2007
                    • 6514

                    #24
                    Re: itt: name your weird stepmania habits

                    Originally posted by TwistedPhoenix
                    And before every song, I always crack my knuckles, finger joints, thumbs, wrists, and elbows (if they need to, usually don't). Makes me a whole lot more limber.
                    see, I do that, but I crack EVERYTHING. toes, ankles, back, neck. I do everything in my power to not stiffen up.

                    I also try to put myself into an intentional uncomfortable position when playing to force me to try harder and not relax.

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                    • Samwais
                      Mysterious. . . .
                      • Jan 2007
                      • 346

                      #25
                      Re: itt: name your weird stepmania habits

                      If I'm playing a super hard file, I'll usually do much better if I lean forward, as in sit on the edge of my chair and lean forward so my face is almost on the fking screen <.<

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                      • xferrarix
                        FFR Player
                        • Mar 2009
                        • 1091

                        #26
                        Re: itt: name your weird stepmania habits

                        in the middle of a hard song my tongue comes out of my mouth without my consent and flickers
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                        • samurai7694
                          바보
                          FFR Simfile Author
                          • Aug 2008
                          • 4640

                          #27
                          Re: itt: name your weird stepmania habits

                          my left hand (all fingers, specifically pinky) become stiff when I attempt to do one hand trills. in other words, they don't curve at all, my index and middle fingers just extend out

                          when I vibrate, I learn forward almost instantly and I also puff out my chest as well, close to the keyboard

                          my right pinky likes to hit the enter key sometimes
                          Last edited by samurai7694; 07-26-2012, 12:50 AM.

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                          • Emithith
                            FFR Player
                            • Sep 2008
                            • 1784

                            #28
                            Re: itt: name your weird stepmania habits

                            Ghost Mash before a song
                            Keyboard must be about 25 degrees tilted
                            Before I switched to playing with my knees crossed (lol playing on a bed) it was a habit to start flicking my foot to keep the bpm
                            Fingers must be freshly cracked, minor joints and all
                            Sway to the beat if I can't shake my foot, usually fuq's my PA though.
                            FFR - Mouse must not be in my peripheral vision.
                            When a hold comes up I see how long I can go with my finger being off the key before the game registers it as an NG
                            Noteskin must be one color. Multi-colored noteskins mess my reading up.
                            Reposition seat to be arms length away from kb when playing SM, but not FFR.
                            Fingernail in the way when playing SM? Bite that ****er off in-between songs (yeah "ew" but whatever)
                            Stretch my fingers if I can't crack knuckles, flex shoulders, stretch a bit
                            First note on a song must always be watched like the ant who stole the last crumb of food. Gotta hit that shit perfectly or else it messes me up for some reason
                            Noteskin -> Brightness files deleted those keypresses always piss me off after the "huge combo" number is reached.
                            Metal musics = Hard heavy keytaps, soft stuff -> soft as hell keytaps
                            Last note on a song: hit that thing like a 747 airplane from the sky.
                            Stepmania Syndrome: When you are trying to type after playing Stepmania, and your sentences look like it was typed by someone with MS.

                            Can't name them all. Too many.
                            Last edited by Emithith; 07-26-2012, 06:49 AM.

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                            • Gundam-Dude
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                              FFR Simfile Author
                              • Oct 2005
                              • 7327

                              #29
                              Re: itt: name your weird stepmania habits

                              I always rip out my keyboard's windows keys before playing

                              I also can't MA if I have fingernails. Sounds ridiculous, but the shorter my nails, the better I do—they bother me to no end otherwise
                              Last edited by Gundam-Dude; 07-26-2012, 12:51 AM.


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                              • Frank Munoz
                                Muein
                                • Nov 2007
                                • 2047

                                #30
                                Re: itt: name your weird stepmania habits

                                Originally posted by Gundam-Dude
                                I always rip out my keyboard's windows keys before playing

                                I also can't MA if I have fingernails. Sounds ridiculous, but the shorter my nails, the better I do—they bother me to no end otherwise
                                this.
                                except the windows thing. I might try that next time.

                                Also, I ghost mash will playing the song.

                                There will be notes and I will ghost mash will hitting those notes. ....that's one of the reasons why I'm inconsistent with lots of files/o/

                                Edit: I also alternate my fingers. ex: doing streams with index and middle, then switching to middle and ring every 4 notes or so.
                                Even sometimes with a slow jack.~
                                Last edited by Frank Munoz; 07-26-2012, 12:58 AM.
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