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xferrarix · 09-28-2012, 12:47 AM

I can tell you a minor note from my +4 years of playing around in the Stepmania scoring scene

You really don't build speed out of nowhere over night. Most of the time you're playing a few set of files over and over and eventually it'll click to you. I've noticed that drinking something that gives you more energy (energy drinks obviously, sodas, sugary drinks), warming your hands up, and your overall mood can effect your scores.

Speed files are VERY hard to build up to. Out of all 4 categories you listed, I could say that speed is the hardest part of Stepmania to get better at (fast streams, jacks). There's no REAL way of getting better at it without consistently practicing on it. Accuracy imo can come naturally and over time by practicing the other categories. I used to not ever work at MA and in '08 (I call my ~top Stepmania year~) I was SDP'ing and getting teen DDPs on a lot of the files I played. However, my speed really lacked, so I couldn't play anything above around 210BPM~

09-28-2012, 12:47 AM	#2
xferrarix FFR Player Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Spring Hill Age: 33 Posts: 1,091	Re: Playing Routines (In-Depth Guide) I can tell you a minor note from my +4 years of playing around in the Stepmania scoring scene You really don't build speed out of nowhere over night. Most of the time you're playing a few set of files over and over and eventually it'll click to you. I've noticed that drinking something that gives you more energy (energy drinks obviously, sodas, sugary drinks), warming your hands up, and your overall mood can effect your scores. Speed files are VERY hard to build up to. Out of all 4 categories you listed, I could say that speed is the hardest part of Stepmania to get better at (fast streams, jacks). There's no REAL way of getting better at it without consistently practicing on it. Accuracy imo can come naturally and over time by practicing the other categories. I used to not ever work at MA and in '08 (I call my ~top Stepmania year~) I was SDP'ing and getting teen DDPs on a lot of the files I played. However, my speed really lacked, so I couldn't play anything above around 210BPM~ __________________ [SIGPIC][/SIGPIC]