6th Official Tournament Predictions Thread.

[ghount]

Originally Posted by subin

Advanced Tip:

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For jacks such as these, sometimes it helps if you use more than one finger. I don't mean to use more than one finger for the key, but to place tension in the finger you are not using. For example, if you use your middle finger for the right-arrow (4), you can do a pencil-like grip, where your index finger and thumb are pressing against each other, and your middle finger is pressing to the side of your thumb and finger. This way, you will have more control of your hand, and place all the stress into your thumb and index finger. Using this method, I personally find it easier to play jacks that are long, or quite fast.

I'm usually terrible at jacks. Gonna try this later. Hopefully I can improve.

[Magicturbo]

Originally Posted by subin

Tips for mini-jacks:

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When you see patterns similar to the one above, you must always remember to hit every note before proceeding to the next. It seems self explanatory, but people keep forgetting this, and instead, their mind wants to proceed to the next set of arrows. Your mind moves faster than your fingers, so you have to concentrate to hit the 1 and 1, before moving to the 2 and 2. If it is fast, you can hit the early perfect window for the 1 and 1, and hit the late window for the 2 and 2. Then likewise, because the 4 and 4 mini-jack starts on the right hand, you can hit the early perfect window for the 4 and 4, and the late window for the 3 and 3.

Therefore, always try to hit the earlier window when you have to switch hands for mini-jacks.

For long jacks such as these:

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It is important to tense your arm from the start of the jacks - Do not tense your arm before the jacks start. If it is not too fast, try to hit each key definitely (for consistency), so you can hear the taps. It is better to be accurate rather than trying to furiously hit all the notes.

If the 1-1-1-1 jacks (in the above example) are quite fast, keep your fingers closer to the keys.

Advanced Tip:

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For jacks such as these, sometimes it helps if you use more than one finger. I don't mean to use more than one finger for the key, but to place tension in the finger you are not using. For example, if you use your middle finger for the right-arrow (4), you can do a pencil-like grip, where your index finger and thumb are pressing against each other, and your middle finger is pressing to the side of your thumb and finger. This way, you will have more control of your hand, and place all the stress into your thumb and index finger. Using this method, I personally find it easier to play jacks that are long, or quite fast.

I love this type of advice, thank you <3

[The_Toymaker]

Subin you amazing thing, I love you :')

[psychoangel691]

Originally Posted by megamon88

inb4 Kayla wins D4 cuz she knows all the songs

Knowing them gives me no advantage. I never play them and I don't really get to play ffr much at all anyway. I wish I had time to play so I could compare to like hi19 who boosted like mad.

[megamon88]

Originally Posted by psychoangel691

Knowing them gives me no advantage. I never play them and I don't really get to play ffr much at all anyway. I wish I had time to play so I could compare to like hi19 who boosted like mad.

they give you the advantage of ~knowledge~

[who_cares973]

i judged these files so when they come up i'll have the same advantage

oh yeah

[Zakvvv666]

I wasn't mentioned by a lot of people, but that is understandable since I'm not well known yet, I would like to nominate myself for top 5 at least, since I know I can make it that far.

[psychoangel691]

Knowledge without the ability to practice doesn't really help me lol.

[megamon88]

It makes people like us worry for no reason :P

[The_Toymaker]

Knowledge may equal power, but power does not equal victory.

[psychoangel691]

Originally Posted by megamon88

It makes people like us worry for no reason :P

Hey at least I drop hints for you guys lol.

[Xx{Midnight}xX]

Only one mention this whole thread.

**** yeah inspiration. :3

[ic0slay3r]

Originally Posted by Xx{Midnight}xX

Only one mention this whole thread.

**** yeah inspiration. :3

I haven't even been mentioned once :P

[sticklydude]

Can't believe the borderline for D3 is so high.
I'm completely safe with a 11-0-0-1.

[who_cares973]

im over prepared. bring it on bitches i got my gameshark ready

[CammyGoesRawr]

I'm not down for the count just yet, D4..just you wait.

[iironiic]

Originally Posted by subin

I'm not entirely sure what people are worried about the most. I guess it's the particular patterns that can appear, that makes people afraid. If need be, drop me a hint on my profile, and I will be glad to help you out with that pattern as much as I can. I won't be on as much in Tiny Chat seeing as I'm overseas, but in the future, if you find me in there, then ask me and I'll give you a video demonstration (like I did for iironiic, for songs such as "Blue Rose", "A Quick Death" and a couple of others).

You guys really have nothing to fear if you are prepared. If you're under-prepared, then go and practice!

Also, there isn't much point repeating the same song over and over, to get to that one particular section, then playing it over again.
You have to find as many songs as you can that contain that pattern which you struggle with, and play it from a different perspective, to find the right way for you. When I practice the piano, if I have a particular section I struggle with, there's no point playing the entire song over and over. I practice that one particular section over several playings - and that's something you can do for FFR. Although there's no rewind or fast forward button, you can either search in the isolation files, and if it's not there, find various songs that contain the pattern earlier in the file.

Rather than talking about how difficult it is, and how possible it may be that the next song will have your hated jacks, or one handed trills, use that time instead to look out for those files, and spend some time to practice, and to make those patterns come to you second-nature.

This. It helps a lot to have a second person examine a part you struggle on. Of course you won't nail it every time immediately, but you will see a major improvement overall. I'm beginning to hit that one awkward Integraation pattern much better now because of subin and I working out to figure out how to attack those patterns.

[The_Toymaker]

Originally Posted by sticklydude

Can't believe the borderline for D3 is so high.
I'm completely safe with a 11-0-0-1.

Just means we aren't going to have a really tight competition until around round 4-5

[lumphoboextreme]

I know I'm gone next round I just wanna last through the current one. xD

[sticklydude]

Originally Posted by The_Toymaker

Just means we aren't going to have a really tight competition until around round 4-5

Which means I'll be out in round 3.