Props to all 4-finger players

masterhickle · 11-29-2005, 08:16 AM

This goes to people who play FFR or SM...

I give 4-finger players a lot more credit since I have been playing using the askl setup...there's a lot more coordination to it than I thought, but I like the setup.

I need to get my middle fingers used to playing, seeing as I was an indexer for nearly 2 years....the hardest steps being the LD and UR combination steps (double or 8th/16th, still hard to hit for me).

So...yeah, way to go everyone

**female** · 11-29-2005, 08:19 AM

Just so you know, 4 finger generally refers to a 2468 or an arrowkeys setup. I use 2468 numpad, so I'm 4 finger numpad. Arrowkeys would be 4 finger arrowkeys. Any other setup is referred to as "Spread". What you are talking about is called "Spread". You give "Spread" players props.

**Snapps** · 11-29-2005, 08:37 AM

You really should start one hand and then switch once you feel you have the hang of SM.

And female: What finger placement do you use? I have my right index on 6 and middle on 8.

**female** · 11-29-2005, 08:44 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Snapps

You really should start one hand and then switch once you feel you have the hang of SM.

And female: What finger placement do you use? I have my right index on 6 and middle on 8.

Wtfh. Are you talking Numpad? I think you're a bit mistaken, that's really effin awkward. Anyways, I have right ring on 6, middle on 8, left ring on 4, middle on 2.

I sure as hell hope you're talking about being spread somehow on 2468 with the numbers above the middle part, because it's hard to even keep my fingers like that with one hand, much less PLAY like that.

**XXXsmittyXXX** · 11-29-2005, 08:58 AM

yea thats hard as a b i t c h .

masterhickle · 11-29-2005, 12:16 PM

Umm...why should I start playing one handed? I've been playing SM for over a year and a half...playing the *spread setup is just hard for me because I've been playing index from the very beginning....@_@

**chickendude** · 11-29-2005, 02:02 PM

snapps plays on a messed up setup o_O
wth o_O

Yeah, I started one handed and switched to... spread.. I think.. or is this 4 fingered. I think it's spread >_>
left hand is on down left (arrow keys)
right hand is on 8 6 (numpad)

**Silver_Brian** · 11-29-2005, 03:59 PM

If Snapps turned his right hand around, he'd play like me. Also, I have been enlightened today. I always thought my style was spread, but I guess not. XD Good ol 4 finger for me.

**D_Magik** · 11-29-2005, 04:08 PM

left index: down arrow

left middle: left arrow

right middle: 8 on numpad

right ring: 6 on numpad.

How I play.

EDIT: Started one handed though... switching was difficult. But very effective in the long run.

Icemage · 11-29-2005, 05:17 PM

Left index: Left Arrow
Left middle: Down Arrow
Right index: Numpad 8
Right middle: Numpad 6

Maybe I'm just weird.

Icemage

**chickendude** · 11-29-2005, 05:21 PM

whoa, icemage
how do you do that?

is your left hand like upside down or something?
o_O
that's even weirder than snapps'

Pumble · 11-29-2005, 05:52 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Icemage

Left index: Left Arrow
Left middle: Down Arrow
Right index: Numpad 8
Right middle: Numpad 6

Maybe I'm just weird.

Icemage

If you did not mix up what fingers are on the left and down keys, then yes, you beat Snapps for the weirdest playing style on FFR.

masterhickle · 11-29-2005, 07:02 PM

ok...trills and speed are giving me problems right now with the askl setup, trills are obvious (LD and UR 99.9 percent of the time), but the speed I guess just because the setup is new to me, my middle fingers arent used to being used full time...

any songs (preferably slower) for FFR or SM that I can used to practice these (for now) shortcomings of mine?

**female** · 11-29-2005, 07:54 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by chickendude

whoa, icemage
how do you do that?

is your left hand like upside down or something?
o_O
that's even weirder than snapps'

It still doesn't mean much if he's not very good with the style :/

**iggymatrixcounter** · 11-29-2005, 08:16 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by masterhickle

Umm...why should I start playing one handed? I've been playing SM for over a year and a half...playing the *spread setup is just hard for me because I've been playing index from the very beginning....@_@

It takes about a month of practice to be able to switch from index to spread. I did and the only thing I still have problems with on spread is doing stream but everything else is almost BETTER than my index skillz. Just after 1 month....

**chickendude** · 11-29-2005, 08:52 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by masterhickle

ok...trills and speed are giving me problems right now with the askl setup, trills are obvious (LD and UR 99.9 percent of the time), but the speed I guess just because the setup is new to me, my middle fingers arent used to being used full time...

any songs (preferably slower) for FFR or SM that I can used to practice these (for now) shortcomings of mine?

on FFR:
Delirium has some trills
molto has one right at the beginning and a bunch of them , but they're kind of fast
I put some gay trills into fantranstic
for FFR has those like jumptrill things with a slew of arrows. Those are kind of what you're looking for.
Molto has those too now that I think of it
yeah

masterhickle · 11-30-2005, 04:34 AM

what about in songs for SM?

super-smashman · 11-30-2005, 10:51 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Icemage

Left index: Left Arrow
Left middle: Down Arrow
Right index: Numpad 8
Right middle: Numpad 6

Maybe I'm just weird.

Icemage

The only way to be able to do this effectively would be to put the left side of the keyboard under your left arm and hold it like a guitar.

Sorta...

**female** · 11-30-2005, 05:30 PM

Not really. When some people play DDr on a playstation they use that up and right button on the right side, at least the buttons corresponding to those buttons, and then down and left with the arrows. It's not all that odd, just split.

**chickendude** · 11-30-2005, 05:38 PM

no, you see

icemage had his left hand upside down or something

his left index was on left
left middle was on down

that's like contortedness^5

11-29-2005, 08:16 AM	#1
masterhickle FFR Player Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Right behind you Age: 35 Posts: 557	Props to all 4-finger players This goes to people who play FFR or SM... I give 4-finger players a lot more credit since I have been playing using the askl setup...there's a lot more coordination to it than I thought, but I like the setup. I need to get my middle fingers used to playing, seeing as I was an indexer for nearly 2 years....the hardest steps being the LD and UR combination steps (double or 8th/16th, still hard to hit for me). So...yeah, way to go everyone

11-29-2005, 08:58 AM	#5
XXXsmittyXXX Anxiety monster Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Yorktown, VA Age: 35 Posts: 6,924	yea thats hard as a b i t c h . __________________

11-29-2005, 02:02 PM	#7
chickendude Away from Computer Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Massachusetts Age: 33 Posts: 1,901	snapps plays on a messed up setup o_O wth o_O Yeah, I started one handed and switched to... spread.. I think.. or is this 4 fingered. I think it's spread >_> left hand is on down left (arrow keys) right hand is on 8 6 (numpad) __________________

11-29-2005, 04:08 PM	#9
D_Magik FFR Veteran Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Bay Area, CA Age: 35 Posts: 96	left index: down arrow left middle: left arrow right middle: 8 on numpad right ring: 6 on numpad. How I play. EDIT: Started one handed though... switching was difficult. But very effective in the long run. __________________

11-29-2005, 05:21 PM	#11
chickendude Away from Computer Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Massachusetts Age: 33 Posts: 1,901	whoa, icemage how do you do that? is your left hand like upside down or something? o_O that's even weirder than snapps' __________________

11-29-2005, 08:19 AM	#2
female FFR Veteran Join Date: Oct 2005 Posts: 1,523	Just so you know, 4 finger generally refers to a 2468 or an arrowkeys setup. I use 2468 numpad, so I'm 4 finger numpad. Arrowkeys would be 4 finger arrowkeys. Any other setup is referred to as "Spread". What you are talking about is called "Spread". You give "Spread" players props.

11-29-2005, 08:37 AM	#3
Snapps NO DOUBT GET LOUD Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: California Age: 33 Posts: 5,648	You really should start one hand and then switch once you feel you have the hang of SM. And female: What finger placement do you use? I have my right index on 6 and middle on 8.

11-29-2005, 12:16 PM	#6
masterhickle FFR Player Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Right behind you Age: 35 Posts: 557	Umm...why should I start playing one handed? I've been playing SM for over a year and a half...playing the *spread setup is just hard for me because I've been playing index from the very beginning....@_@

11-29-2005, 05:17 PM	#10
Icemage FFR Player Join Date: Jun 2005 Posts: 29	Left index: Left Arrow Left middle: Down Arrow Right index: Numpad 8 Right middle: Numpad 6 Maybe I'm just weird. Icemage

11-29-2005, 07:02 PM	#13
masterhickle FFR Player Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Right behind you Age: 35 Posts: 557	ok...trills and speed are giving me problems right now with the askl setup, trills are obvious (LD and UR 99.9 percent of the time), but the speed I guess just because the setup is new to me, my middle fingers arent used to being used full time... any songs (preferably slower) for FFR or SM that I can used to practice these (for now) shortcomings of mine?

11-30-2005, 04:34 AM	#17
masterhickle FFR Player Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Right behind you Age: 35 Posts: 557	what about in songs for SM?

11-30-2005, 05:30 PM	#19
female FFR Veteran Join Date: Oct 2005 Posts: 1,523	Not really. When some people play DDr on a playstation they use that up and right button on the right side, at least the buttons corresponding to those buttons, and then down and left with the arrows. It's not all that odd, just split.

11-30-2005, 05:38 PM	#20
chickendude Away from Computer Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Massachusetts Age: 33 Posts: 1,901	no, you see icemage had his left hand upside down or something his left index was on left left middle was on down that's like contortedness^5 __________________

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