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12-24-2007, 12:51 AM | #1 |
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FFR Playing Style and Hand Position Guide
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Please help me with the last three styles. I am uninformed about those. Please view this post from here. Thread Version
Reference Please open The Official FFR Picture Dictionary as a reference! You will benefit greatly. Any terms that may be referenced will be Highlighted. Key Remapping Software I highly recommend MRichards's Key Remapping Software. Re-Mapper Information Thread (Note) In Game keymapping is currently available, and works well. This software is rendered obsolete but still optional. Disagreements Please remember that some, if not quite a few, of the style features are debatable. If you have something to say... say it! I appreciate all input. -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Basic Hand Positions Spread Upper Position
Regular Position
Middle Position
Lower Position
One Hand Four Fingers / One Hand (Style 1)
Three Fingers / One Hand
Four Fingers / One Hand (Style 2)
Four Fingers / Two Hands
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Skimming the Surface Basic Spread Spread uses four fingers. Probably the most noob friendly style, once they get their keys remapped. Basic One Hand (< 3 Fingers) The One Handed styles are always found on the arrow keys. Probably the most natural feeling style for most, noobs will attempt to play like this in the beginning. Basic Four Fingers The Four Fingered styles can consist of one or two hands. Probably the most awkward of the styles, people who use this style are dedicated. It doesn't take as much work as Two or Three fingers, but being all scrunched together can be irritating. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- An In-Depth Look Two Handing Spread General Spread is probably the most relaxed style available for play. You simply have to rest your hands on the keyboard in the position most comfortable to you. ANY combination of keys can be used for spread, making it exceedingly flexible to your needs. Pros
Index General You play index using your index fingers. Index is definitely the style for those who want to be average right now. You'll notice that you instantly have skill without much work. Indexers will find a roadblock very early, however, and the only way to get by it is by building up your arm, or wrist, stamina. Pros
Two Hands / Three Fingers General This style is more for the fun, than for the skill. Roadblocks come, and are very hard to overcome. Your most likely to play this style because it feels natural to you, or the most comfortable. ProsCons
Four Fingers General The four fingered style is almost identical to spread. Though this style uses a condensed format. By squishing your fingers together, instead of spreading them out. They style can be used on ether the arrow keys, number pad, or both. Pros
One Handing One Hand / Two Fingers General Playing with One Hand / Two Fingers is by far the most difficult style to play with. It mirrors the concept of DDR, using two feet, but it forgets that your legs are more flexible than your fingers. This style is recommended for those who have plenty of time on their hands. Pros
One Hand / Three Fingers General Playing with One Hand / Three Fingers will come naturally to most. In fact most of the new people who come to FFR play like this, until they quickly learn to use a different style. This is an extremely difficult style to master though it is easier to master than One Hand / Two Fingers. Most users will come to a road block when they reach a certain point. Quite a few users believe this too literally and think they have come to their roadblock, when they actually haven't. Generally, most one handers will come to a roadblock after they successfully FC the FFR song Silence. Recommended for people with lots of time. Pros
Other Information Unlike the other styles, this one has a complicated Up/Down Trill method. Shown here. Though it is debatable, this is the best way to do an Up/Down Jump and/or Trill. If you do them any other way your PA may drop dramatically! One Hand / Four Fingers (Style 1) General Pros
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12-24-2007, 01:54 AM | #2 |
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Re: FFR Playing Style and Hand Position Guide
When this is done, this would make a very good sticky. Way too many newbies ask about playing styles/hand positions.
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12-24-2007, 02:15 AM | #3 |
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Re: FFR Playing Style and Hand Position Guide
I play the same as 1 handed 3 fingers, but my left index does the up arrow for me, also, I've heard of someone doing the same lefty-style.
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Re: FFR Playing Style and Hand Position Guide
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12-24-2007, 02:41 AM | #5 |
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Re: FFR Playing Style and Hand Position Guide
what about me? lol i play 4 finger spread but i play < V 8 6
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12-24-2007, 02:44 AM | #6 |
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Re: FFR Playing Style and Hand Position Guide
I'm aware of that style. I just forgot to take a picture...
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Re: FFR Playing Style and Hand Position Guide
I play 4 finger spread and use the bottom left arrow keys with my left hand and the top right keys on the keypad with my right hand. It is my temporary solution until I can use that keymapping program.
I gotta say this is really well made. I couldn't have dreamt of a better in depth look at hand positions Last edited by awein999; 12-24-2007 at 02:50 AM.. |
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Spellchecking it is. And a little bit of grammar and miscellaneous editing as well.
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12-24-2007, 03:14 AM | #10 |
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Much better.
You're welcome.
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12-24-2007, 03:22 AM | #11 |
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Re: FFR Playing Style and Hand Position Guide
Wow, how nice of you to make this. I concur, should be stickied.
Also, I actually use the num pad with the generic four fingers, two hand style. But instead of index-middle on my right hand, I use middle-ring. It's not as awkward to fit on the num pad that way. I'm sure there are some people who use four fingers and don't switch to "spread." They could be severely computer illiterate and don't bother with key remapping software.
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12-24-2007, 03:36 AM | #12 |
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Re: FFR Playing Style and Hand Position Guide
Bed Time. T-T I'm super ultra mega tired. I'll do MUCH more of this tomorrow.
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12-24-2007, 09:21 AM | #13 |
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Re: FFR Playing Style and Hand Position Guide
hmm i dont use my index on spread, i use ur ring finger or w/e it is and middle =/
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12-24-2007, 09:28 AM | #14 |
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Re: FFR Playing Style and Hand Position Guide
show the index players some love
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12-24-2007, 10:44 AM | #15 |
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Re: FFR Playing Style and Hand Position Guide
This is gonna help the newer players alot.
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12-24-2007, 10:54 AM | #16 |
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Re: FFR Playing Style and Hand Position Guide
Some of your "in-depth look" info is a bit misleading or vague.
Saying something like "spread is the easiest to PA or PFC with" doesn't work, since pa comes with the player, not the style. a lot of indexers have great accuracy. also, rolls are MUCH MUCH easier on spread than with any other style. you also should mention that a huge point of playing spread is a. jumpstream is really only masterable with spread b. true speed is only really masterable with spread c. the vast majority of files are made for spread today
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Re: FFR Playing Style and Hand Position Guide
INDEX!!!! I'll help you out.
Pros: Rolls and Staircases are easier to do, by this I mean easier to learn but may not be as fast for experienced players You can do streams very fast. Easier to learn jumps Starting out will bump up performance immediatley Very good PA Good with jacks Easy with all types of trills Cons: Only good with special stream patterns Usually isn't as fast as doing rolls as spread
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Re: FFR Playing Style and Hand Position Guide
Spread and Index are the two best ways to go, they're also the most popular, everything else is valid but hard to use, rather unneccessary, and no pros use those, spread is probably best for noobies
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12-24-2007, 11:18 AM | #19 |
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Re: FFR Playing Style and Hand Position Guide
Rolls and staircases are easier on index?
No way. Only things that are easier with index are jacks, trills, and PA, IMO. P.S. What about pettanko? |
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Yes way. For me atleast. Why, do you play index?
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