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Old 02-5-2006, 07:38 PM   #1
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Default Why I will never be good at Stepmania

I have a major problem most of you don't have, I'm somewhat ambidextrous.

Some of you may say, oh, isn't that a good thing? No, it's not. Let me tell you why.

My hands are somewhat ambidextrous in the sense I use both hands for different things. Example, I write with my right hand, yet I throw and catch with my left hand. This creates a really big problem for me, and the problem it has created SM-related is the fact my left hand is MUCH faster than my right, leaving them both very hard to coordinate together. It makes simfiles like Club, jump-stream happy sims, and anything with a lot of jumps in it very very hard for me. Therefore, I have very limited abilities when it comes to Stepmania. See below: (And yes, this is a screenshot of me trying as hard as I could)

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Old 02-5-2006, 07:47 PM   #2
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My hands are somewhat ambidextrous in the sense I use both hands for different things. Example, I write with my right hand, yet I throw and catch with my left hand.
I do that too :P
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Old 02-5-2006, 07:59 PM   #3
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im right handed but my left arm is stronger then my right one. everything on the left side of me is bigger too. fingers feet hands. its weird
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Old 02-5-2006, 08:21 PM   #4
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I write, throw, shoot with my right hand. Swinging a baseball bat, using a hockey stick, and the like I'm better with my left hand. I think it's because I grabbed a baseball bat when I was a little kid left-handed for some reason and got used to it. It makes me sweet at tennis, though.
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Old 02-5-2006, 11:00 PM   #5
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Default RE: Why I will never be good at Stepmania

I'm way faster in my right hand, but I still have little trouble playing. I don't see what the problem is :X
Except maybe right hand would be too slow or something, but coordination?
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Old 02-5-2006, 11:40 PM   #6
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Default RE: Why I will never be good at Stepmania

Uh put things on mirror then since most files favor right handed players? I don't know?
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Old 02-5-2006, 11:55 PM   #7
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I fail too see what your problem is, most people have dominant hand which is faster. All you gotta do is practice more for weaker hand to catch up.
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Old 02-6-2006, 12:21 AM   #8
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I'm the same exact way. Eat/write righty, throw lefty. I don't have any problems. Stop making excuses and practice practice practice
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Old 02-6-2006, 11:18 AM   #9
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injection of love was gud 8)
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Old 02-6-2006, 04:53 PM   #10
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Maybe using my setup would help. You probably play left index down, left middle left, right index up, and right middle right, correct?

I don't play this way. I play left middle up, left index left, right index down, and right middle right. I'm ambidexterous in the same way you are. I tried playing this way and found myself getting faster and faster.

Get used to it and see what happens.
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Old 02-6-2006, 05:19 PM   #11
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Left handed jacks are my nemesis. Especially left arrow ones, I have to jack with my middle finger. There are some exceptions though when I can use my left index which is a little faster, but it's hard when there's an up arrow going to a left arrow jack or a left arrow jack ending in an up arrow cause I have to double step.
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Old 02-6-2006, 05:55 PM   #12
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I throw, write, etc. with my left hand, but i swing righty
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Old 02-6-2006, 06:06 PM   #13
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Right hand: write, throw, use for smalltime things.

Left hand: catch, throw first punch, block, heavy lifting, extreme balance.
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Old 02-6-2006, 07:48 PM   #14
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I write with my right but throw with my left. Doesn't bother me XD
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Old 02-6-2006, 08:13 PM   #15
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Damnit when I play for kogepan i do the jacks with my right hand =(
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Old 02-6-2006, 08:23 PM   #16
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I eat/throw/etc with my right but clap left-handedly.
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Old 02-7-2006, 02:04 AM   #17
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i do everything with my right arm and still my left arm is equally as good as my right when it comes to sm
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