i'm going to go ahead and say this right now

[Kefit]

There are only a few people who I will believe the scores of without any real doubt. These are the people that I have seen progress through the game along with myself, and get better over time. Furthermore, their scores have always been consistent to some extent.

The biggest reason that I have a hard time putting faith in the scores of the current big one handers here (Yessssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss and Macgyver, I guess) is because I never saw them improve. My first sight of their scores was when they were already at a very high level of play. And I know, from personal experience, that building skill as a one hander is a very slow, gradual process - my biggest evidence for this is that both Kilga and I improved at practically the same rate for well over a year.

I understand that the Brag Board is a much harder place to make any sort of impact on now than it was back in the infancy of my SM days. The bar is simply much higher now than it was in the past, and thus it isn't unlikely that someone waited until they had substantial skill before posting. However, I have run into a lot of people that claimed to have substantial skill in the past after playing for only a few months, and that simply does not compute.

Oh, and I'm not calling BS on either Yesssssssssss or Macgyver. Both of them have always posted consistent scores, as far as I am aware. I just wouldn't bet anything important on the credibility of their scores.

[sertman]

However, there are people who came out of nowhere with really good scores who have proven that they are legit... just look at cky's OML vid

Yeah he uses his thumb, but you don't get that good overnight.

[Zaghurim]

my reel skil:
http://www.stepmaniaonline.com/index...06&round=88772
http://www.stepmaniaonline.com/index...06&round=88773

dam

[Kles]

That's a better OML score than I'll ever do because I'll never play that OML again.

[Kles]

I got called BS on my first score post because all the oldbies who played back in the very slow progression days saw it first and thought my rate of improvement was stupidly good.

But we all know I suck now.

EDIT: I forgot I already replied, ugh, I'm out of it.

[dore]

If you BS on a "nerdy" game like SM and FFR, you have some serious self-esteem issues. I don't see any reason to play SM/FFR for anything but fun and for personal gratification at your progression.

(Edit was because I haven't had English class in a while o_O)

[emccky]

whoever said back in the day when me, justaguy, ep, boneti, fusion etc played there was less competition was wrong. there was more competition then than now, and it was good competition.

[Thaor]

Originally Posted by Bursurk_Lurk

I remember doing DDR 9 footers after like 1 or 2 days

ps it was on keyboard

pps I played like 48 hours the first 2 days lol

Stfu, in early 2003 I was doing boom boom fire over and over in endless mode =D

[Bursurk_Lurk]

lol

I'm gonna put FotS, CotB and MSWGO in one folder and play endless mode sometime rofl

[white_boy]

Originally Posted by Bursurk_Lurk

lol

I'm gonna put FotS, CotB and MSWGO in one folder and play endless mode sometime rofl

sounds like boring!

[justaguy]

Originally Posted by emccky

whoever said back in the day when me, justaguy, ep, boneti, fusion etc played there was less competition was wrong. there was more competition then than now, and it was good competition.

yeah holy hell dude we all competed so damn much, hahaha.

there was WAYYY more competition back then, trust me.

[Dazzled]

afronova, again and again and again.

[sertman]

I remember failing max 300 over and over and over before i finally passed, i was so proud of myself, lol

My first pass was on smo, brb finding it

EDIT: Haha July 2005 http://stepmaniaonline.com/index.php...5&round=456401

[Shashakiro]

lol I got better by playing Moogy's Delirium a lot

no joke

[Dynam0]

I whored PSMO on light on my first day, it was a 2 footer....I AAd it, then I whored all the other Paranoias....finally I passed the Oni after like...2 weeks aha, I played like 4 hours a day minimum too

[PsYcHoZeRoSk8eR]

Wow. This makes me feel like i've been playing for so long, because it has been almost a lifetime of this game. I've been playing for ~5 1/2 years. Yea, its been way too long. There was no SM or FFR back when I started. We had crap like dietdietrevolution and some other s***. And there were only ddr songs and a few crap songs, excluding plaguemix (which at the time was amazing) and some of ren's really early work. first 3 years were 1 handed, until I found the brag boards here and learned of index, which i immediately switched to. Unfortunatley, I didn't realize how good I was at 1 hand at the time or I would have probably kept with it more. about 3 years ago now, I could do Ren's Act and Karma v2 1 handed, and that was pretty hard back then, since I hadn't figured out speed mods yet. Anyways, after 1 hand, i went index for about a year, and got decent at that. Now, for the last year or whatever, I've been playing spread and this is where i've had the most improvement. Thats probably a story that is way too long but whatever. I don't think anyone is doubting me, but I've been wrong before /life story

[dAnceguy117]

stepmania

ps no vids for 3 years and counting bitches

[testrut]

Originally Posted by emccky

whoever said back in the day when me, justaguy, ep, boneti, fusion etc played there was less competition was wrong. there was more competition then than now, and it was good competition.

hell yeah

and the awesome part was that it was pretty friendly competition too, people weren't at eachothers throats and ****

#flashflashrevolution lol

[dAnceguy117]

eureka

i've found seven

[TehWhack]

People are playing more in less amounts of time.

In the beginning there was no pressure to (for example) AA something like Gravity because barely anyone could do it, so there was not as much as a drive to play so much until you achieve that AA on Gravity.

Now that people have been playing for long periods of time you can commonly see people AAA'ing Gravity. The average n00b will play Gravity and get disapointed from the results. The only solution would be to play more and reach the set norm that everyone else is doing.

Need an example? I have one for you:

Female

That is all.