How to get better at FFR - Page 8

atomicwombat · 02-1-2009, 12:15 PM

What do you do when you're playing on a laptop without a num pad?

8bitGizmo · 02-1-2009, 01:53 PM

Uh, I don't use the num pad in the first place so I guess I would play like normal.

justin_ator · 02-1-2009, 01:54 PM

Buy a numpad.

**musicdemon** · 02-2-2009, 07:58 AM

If you're having trouble AAA'ing a song, take a break from it and play something really challenging, something that you can pass but only after a decent amount of effort. The trick is to work your fingers and loosen them up, but don't do any song that'll tire them out or where you have to mash to get through it. After at least 3 songs go back and try AAA'ing again.

For example, I kept getting a good or two on my "Breaking the Common" runs the other day. I did a few 9-10 footers with a lot of constant stream and AAA'd Breaking the Common on my first try when I went back to it.

Please post back in this thread if this helps you

**Dorby** · 02-2-2009, 09:13 AM

If you really want to get better, play harder songs. It will improve your ability to read songs as well as make you faster.

Practice helps too :P

Suuper · 02-20-2009, 10:44 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Dorby

If you really want to get better, play harder songs. It will improve your ability to read songs as well as make you faster.

Practice helps too :P

Playing harder songs just get's me discouraged. My way is practice. Play levels over and over. This is how I've become so good at other games. I go rather slow, but...I find it strange that...I seem to make "jumps" in my skill. Like from skill level 34 to 40. Not slowly increasing by one level...It's only when I get really good that the "jumps" get small.

xXBlackMunkyXx · 02-25-2009, 05:52 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Suuper

Playing harder songs just get's me discouraged. My way is practice. Play levels over and over. This is how I've become so good at other games. I go rather slow, but...I find it strange that...I seem to make "jumps" in my skill. Like from skill level 34 to 40. Not slowly increasing by one level...It's only when I get really good that the "jumps" get small.

Actually, if you play a level that is just above yours or something it's better. You'll learn to move faster and it's not as boring as the slower songs.

**chidoriz14** · 03-1-2009, 09:15 PM

yeah I agree with aiden but for easy training play DDR or better yet GH3/Rock Band but ethier way will give good results

jeasskaa · 03-9-2009, 04:05 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Dorby

If you really want to get better, play harder songs. It will improve your ability to read songs as well as make you faster.

Practice helps too :P

omg , play harder songs is way better than always going for the easy ones, it helps you to read the arrows and get faster

**Patashu** · 03-9-2009, 06:21 PM

Make sure it's not TOO hard, though. If you're mindlessly mashing it's too hard

mrsnipes82 · 03-10-2009, 07:13 PM

well my tip is start with something easy than go to something a little trickier like breaking the common, that's my warm up
than go to somthing harder and harder and harder

atomicwombat · 03-11-2009, 07:54 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by chidoriz14

yeah I agree with aiden but for easy training play DDR or better yet GH3/Rock Band but ethier way will give good results

I DO play DDR, I have 4 ddr disks and I play it 2+ hours a day

PwnedFromBehind · 03-16-2009, 02:37 PM

I agree with everyone here. other games such as guitar hero (gh3) or rock band, or even DDR (dance dance revolution) will improve your reading skills. if your already good at those games, ffr shouldn't be a problem for you.

i also suggest switching the way the notes come at you, to going down then up.

christian_R · 03-17-2009, 06:26 PM

ive been playing DDR for nine years and if any one needs help i can teach them

EtherCloud · 03-19-2009, 09:01 AM

I just recently reached the next level of skill. I've found that you can keep up with almost anything if you, not be too frantic on the keyboard the more you flail the more it slows down your refire rate on key presses it takes a long time to master this. What I mean is keep your fingers always on the buttons but don't lift your fingers try to keep them on the buttons constantly (trust me its harder then it sounds). But once you can master this, you'll see amazing improvement in speed and control (perfect attack). And always stay calm if your frantic you'll revert back into mashing which gives goods/greats.

chandler768798 · 03-25-2009, 09:49 PM

Ive been playing for 3 weeks. My best advice would be to sit down with a bong and get wrecked. Then , dont watch the bottom,but slightly above it. You can interpret the arrows better. Practiced the right way, it works.

chandler768798 · 03-25-2009, 09:50 PM

also, Play less talk more rokk. Its great practice for streams.

FakeMessiah · 03-30-2009, 02:05 AM

I've got a tip that might be useful for beginners.

If you're starting to play songs of Standard level and struggling with those multiple arrow patterns, where you have to press two buttons at a time, I know a great practice song for these.

Go to Rock category and browse page 2 and on the bottom left hand corner you'll find a song called Koala In The Spider's Web by Machinae Supremacy. Yeah it's a Tricky song, but it's great practice for those double arrow patterns and it's also an instrumental track so the stepfile is purely synced to the music, not singing.

I hope this helps out someone, because I found the song really good for the use mentioned.

**TC_Halogen** · 03-30-2009, 02:34 AM

Alternatively, if those are too fast, you can also do Straight to Video--also on page 2 of Rock. Great jump practice.

If tough rhythms are bringing you down, Improvisation Et Chien is an AMAZING song to practice; it keeps you attentive since the song doesn't have a defined rhythm. You can find this one in Misc--page 4.

lukestepwalker · 03-30-2009, 04:36 AM

Look the best advice i have for new players is
#1. Get a cup
#2. get some bleach
#3. take it to the dome
#4.go to classical page 3 and theres a song called grand gallop cromotique

U new players wil do fine

02-1-2009, 12:15 PM	#141
atomicwombat FFR Player Join Date: Jan 2009 Posts: 2	Re: How to get better at FFR What do you do when you're playing on a laptop without a num pad?

02-1-2009, 01:53 PM	#142
8bitGizmo FFR Player Join Date: Feb 2009 Posts: 34	Re: How to get better at FFR Uh, I don't use the num pad in the first place so I guess I would play like normal.

02-1-2009, 01:54 PM	#143
justin_ator 🥓<strong><span style="col Resident Overseer Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Kingsport, TN Posts: 7,648	Re: How to get better at FFR Buy a numpad. __________________

02-2-2009, 07:58 AM	#144
musicdemon FFR Veteran Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Massachusetts Age: 36 Posts: 274	Re: How to get better at FFR If you're having trouble AAA'ing a song, take a break from it and play something really challenging, something that you can pass but only after a decent amount of effort. The trick is to work your fingers and loosen them up, but don't do any song that'll tire them out or where you have to mash to get through it. After at least 3 songs go back and try AAA'ing again. For example, I kept getting a good or two on my "Breaking the Common" runs the other day. I did a few 9-10 footers with a lot of constant stream and AAA'd Breaking the Common on my first try when I went back to it. Please post back in this thread if this helps you __________________ Winner of Wargasm's 1 Billion Score Challenge 3rd place in badman's 2nd tourney of darkness (beginner's division)

03-1-2009, 09:15 PM	#148
chidoriz14 Some Noob in LoL and FFR Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: (insert location here) Age: 30 Posts: 21	Re: How to get better at FFR yeah I agree with aiden but for easy training play DDR or better yet GH3/Rock Band but ethier way will give good results

03-9-2009, 06:21 PM	#150
Patashu FFR Simfile Author Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: we traced the call...it's coming from inside the house Age: 33 Posts: 8,609	Re: How to get better at FFR Make sure it's not TOO hard, though. If you're mindlessly mashing it's too hard __________________ Patashu makes Chiptunes in Famitracker: http://soundcloud.com/patashu/8bit-progressive-metal-fading-world http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v216/Mechadragon/smallpackbanner.png Best non-AAAs: ERx8 v2 (14-1-0-4), Hajnal (3-0-0-0), RunnyMorning (8-0-0-4), Xeno-Flow (1-0-0-3), Blue Rose (35-2-0-20), Ketsarku (14-0-0-0), Silence (1-0-0-0), Lolo (14-1-0-1) http://i231.photobucket.com/albums/ee301/xiaoven/solorulzsig.png

03-10-2009, 07:13 PM	#151
mrsnipes82 FFR Player Join Date: Mar 2009 Posts: 1	Re: How to get better at FFR well my tip is start with something easy than go to something a little trickier like breaking the common, that's my warm up than go to somthing harder and harder and harder

03-16-2009, 02:37 PM	#153
PwnedFromBehind FFR Player Join Date: Mar 2009 Posts: 1	Re: How to get better at FFR I agree with everyone here. other games such as guitar hero (gh3) or rock band, or even DDR (dance dance revolution) will improve your reading skills. if your already good at those games, ffr shouldn't be a problem for you. i also suggest switching the way the notes come at you, to going down then up.

03-17-2009, 06:26 PM	#154
christian_R FFR Player Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: glendale Posts: 1	Re: How to get better at FFR ive been playing DDR for nine years and if any one needs help i can teach them

03-19-2009, 09:01 AM	#155
EtherCloud FFR Player Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Mc Kenzie, Tn Posts: 26	Re: How to get better at FFR I just recently reached the next level of skill. I've found that you can keep up with almost anything if you, not be too frantic on the keyboard the more you flail the more it slows down your refire rate on key presses it takes a long time to master this. What I mean is keep your fingers always on the buttons but don't lift your fingers try to keep them on the buttons constantly (trust me its harder then it sounds). But once you can master this, you'll see amazing improvement in speed and control (perfect attack). And always stay calm if your frantic you'll revert back into mashing which gives goods/greats.

03-25-2009, 09:49 PM	#156
chandler768798 FFR Player Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Amherst. Nova Scotia. Where? Posts: 8	Re: How to get better at FFR Ive been playing for 3 weeks. My best advice would be to sit down with a bong and get wrecked. Then , dont watch the bottom,but slightly above it. You can interpret the arrows better. Practiced the right way, it works.

03-25-2009, 09:50 PM	#157
chandler768798 FFR Player Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Amherst. Nova Scotia. Where? Posts: 8	Re: How to get better at FFR also, Play less talk more rokk. Its great practice for streams.

03-30-2009, 02:05 AM	#158
FakeMessiah FFR Player Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Helsinki, Finland Age: 35 Posts: 4	Re: How to get better at FFR I've got a tip that might be useful for beginners. If you're starting to play songs of Standard level and struggling with those multiple arrow patterns, where you have to press two buttons at a time, I know a great practice song for these. Go to Rock category and browse page 2 and on the bottom left hand corner you'll find a song called Koala In The Spider's Web by Machinae Supremacy. Yeah it's a Tricky song, but it's great practice for those double arrow patterns and it's also an instrumental track so the stepfile is purely synced to the music, not singing. I hope this helps out someone, because I found the song really good for the use mentioned.

03-30-2009, 02:34 AM	#159
TC_Halogen Rhythm game specialist. Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Bel Air, Maryland Age: 32 Posts: 19,376	Re: How to get better at FFR Alternatively, if those are too fast, you can also do Straight to Video--also on page 2 of Rock. Great jump practice. If tough rhythms are bringing you down, Improvisation Et Chien is an AMAZING song to practice; it keeps you attentive since the song doesn't have a defined rhythm. You can find this one in Misc--page 4.

03-30-2009, 04:36 AM	#160
lukestepwalker NEVER GOIN PRO Join Date: Jul 2007 Age: 35 Posts: 1,137	Re: How to get better at FFR Look the best advice i have for new players is #1. Get a cup #2. get some bleach #3. take it to the dome #4.go to classical page 3 and theres a song called grand gallop cromotique U new players wil do fine

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