does anyone else notice...

**shnauzberry** · 07-15-2007, 04:47 PM

that when people watch you play ffr...they almost always mention that they "can't even think that fast"? cause im pretty sure i just zone out when im playing, not doing any thinking

monkeygurl123 · 07-15-2007, 04:50 PM

i've done that to, but it all depends on teh song i and up playing. some songs i can't think about anything other than the song, other times i totaly zone out and then the song is over

g4z33b0 · 07-15-2007, 05:56 PM

i'm pretty sure that your PA probably sucks

* · 07-15-2007, 06:04 PM

It depends. If you become really good at FFR, hitting the arrows just becomes second nature. You don't necessarily have to do bad when you don't pay attention. I often blank out on marathon songs and the boring easy ones and still mange to SDG.

It is funny when your friends watch you play and think it's so easy and they could do it, but when they try to play they fail miserably. ^^

V3T_ddrultramix3 · 07-15-2007, 07:04 PM

LOL, I'm kinda opposite, I have to be in the zone to play FFR. If not, then no PA...

**Insane Gordo** · 07-15-2007, 07:07 PM

Yeah, I zone completely out. Unless I'm with my friends playing it then I talk a lot while playing and I can still do pretty fair. But otherwise, my concentration goes to the arrows.

ledwix · 07-15-2007, 07:24 PM

i don't zone out, i just react. i'm in total concentration the whole time if i want to get a good score; it just doesn't take that much thinking after a certain amount of time. it's like typing, though. you don't think about that at all, and yet you can type 600 letters in a minute while simply reacting to someone's speech and copying it down word for word on a computer page. that is just as amazing, to me, as playing FFR songs with upper-BPM 16ths. it's just not seen as a practical skill, like reading words or typing, so it amazes people. but yeah, "i can't even read that," or "i can't even think that fast," seems to come up every time. also, "wow, you memorized that, didn't you, cuz there's no way you could do it otherwise," or something along those lines, is common.

jellygod · 07-15-2007, 08:53 PM

i zone out all the time when i am playing the song for fun and i still usually sdg. my pa is better once i concentrate but thats only when im trying to AAA or increase my level rank.

**Adamaja456** · 07-15-2007, 08:57 PM

on a song difficult and lower, i zone out

But anything harder, i concentrate, making sure i hit all the arrows as best I can

When i play for my friends, they usually say"how can you see the arrows?!?! i cant even see them"

Harshmellows · 07-16-2007, 12:37 AM

I don't really pay attention to the arrows, but I can still see them. I actually do better when I don't concentrate on them. I can actually get up to 600 combo that way =) If I'm not thinking about something, I start to panic when I have over 100 combo, so I lose my place on the keyboard.

**alainbryden** · 07-16-2007, 12:38 AM

That's true, I get that a lot too. I don't really process the arrows much anymore either. After a while I think our brains beak up streams of arrows into familiar patterns, and your fingers pick off the arrow patterns instead of the individual arrows themselves. It makes it seem like you're processing faster.

**windsurfer-sp** · 07-16-2007, 01:02 AM

Yeah, all to do with practise.

07-15-2007, 04:47 PM	#1
shnauzberry FFR Veteran Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: FL Age: 33 Posts: 1	does anyone else notice... that when people watch you play ffr...they almost always mention that they "can't even think that fast"? cause im pretty sure i just zone out when im playing, not doing any thinking

07-15-2007, 05:56 PM	#3
g4z33b0 Banned Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Apex, NC Age: 32 Posts: 2,618	Re: does anyone else notice... i'm pretty sure that your PA probably sucks

07-15-2007, 06:04 PM	#4
* FFR Player Join Date: Apr 2006 Age: 33 Posts: 147	Re: does anyone else notice... It depends. If you become really good at FFR, hitting the arrows just becomes second nature. You don't necessarily have to do bad when you don't pay attention. I often blank out on marathon songs and the boring easy ones and still mange to SDG. It is funny when your friends watch you play and think it's so easy and they could do it, but when they try to play they fail miserably. ^^

07-15-2007, 07:04 PM	#5
V3T_ddrultramix3 FFR Player Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: I can't tell you, I'm playing Hide and Go Fall Off A Cliff! Posts: 307	Re: does anyone else notice... LOL, I'm kinda opposite, I have to be in the zone to play FFR. If not, then no PA... __________________ Awsome Contest. Enter Here. , now!

07-15-2007, 07:07 PM	#6
Insane Gordo FFR Veteran Join Date: Mar 2007 Age: 34 Posts: 54	Re: does anyone else notice... Yeah, I zone completely out. Unless I'm with my friends playing it then I talk a lot while playing and I can still do pretty fair. But otherwise, my concentration goes to the arrows.

07-15-2007, 07:24 PM	#7
ledwix Giant Pi Operator Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: California Age: 33 Posts: 2,878	Re: does anyone else notice... i don't zone out, i just react. i'm in total concentration the whole time if i want to get a good score; it just doesn't take that much thinking after a certain amount of time. it's like typing, though. you don't think about that at all, and yet you can type 600 letters in a minute while simply reacting to someone's speech and copying it down word for word on a computer page. that is just as amazing, to me, as playing FFR songs with upper-BPM 16ths. it's just not seen as a practical skill, like reading words or typing, so it amazes people. but yeah, "i can't even read that," or "i can't even think that fast," seems to come up every time. also, "wow, you memorized that, didn't you, cuz there's no way you could do it otherwise," or something along those lines, is common.

07-15-2007, 08:53 PM	#8
jellygod FFR Player Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Michigan Age: 34 Posts: 1,703	Re: does anyone else notice... i zone out all the time when i am playing the song for fun and i still usually sdg. my pa is better once i concentrate but thats only when im trying to AAA or increase my level rank. __________________ RETIRED ___________________________ Best AAAs- Monstrous Turtles, Get down Styles- index,spread Tier Points: 148 Rank 8 in regional ranking(Great Lakes) "Never argue with stupid people, they drag you down to their level and beat you with experience."

07-15-2007, 08:57 PM	#9
Adamaja456 Absurd Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: 31 Billion Club, WA Age: 33 Posts: 6,433	Re: does anyone else notice... on a song difficult and lower, i zone out But anything harder, i concentrate, making sure i hit all the arrows as best I can When i play for my friends, they usually say"how can you see the arrows?!?! i cant even see them" __________________ 582 Tier Points(Tier 3) 602 AAAs(517+23+62) People who bought me subscriptions/tokens: DrugstoreCowboy(1 month) ELRayford(3 months) ~GJampa(3 months) Jerry DB(3 months) 4th place in Gamewhore Competition(3 months) Phynx(FGJ album and Dendrite V2) dragon890x(1 year) Slide(1 year)

07-16-2007, 12:37 AM	#10
Harshmellows FFR Player Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Canada Posts: 4	Re: does anyone else notice... I don't really pay attention to the arrows, but I can still see them. I actually do better when I don't concentrate on them. I can actually get up to 600 combo that way =) If I'm not thinking about something, I start to panic when I have over 100 combo, so I lose my place on the keyboard. __________________

07-16-2007, 12:38 AM	#11
alainbryden Seen your member Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: noitacoL Posts: 2,873	Re: does anyone else notice... That's true, I get that a lot too. I don't really process the arrows much anymore either. After a while I think our brains beak up streams of arrows into familiar patterns, and your fingers pick off the arrow patterns instead of the individual arrows themselves. It makes it seem like you're processing faster. __________________ ~NEIGH

07-16-2007, 01:02 AM	#12
windsurfer-sp FFR Veteran Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Aussie (Oi Oi Oi) Age: 33 Posts: 1,974	Re: does anyone else notice... Yeah, all to do with practise. __________________ Orbb fan club. White text society.

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