I play with ~25% hit sound (can still hear it, but it's really faint) and I think it helps me line up the beats with the music better than with it (too distracting) or without it (no feedback that you're clicking at the right time).

wooozy

3813 Posts

May 02 2012 02:32 GMT

#2662

On May 02 2012 04:23 Xafnia wrote:

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Streams are AWESOME.

STREAMS SUCK, JUMPS RULE

u wanna fite?

MegaManEXE

United States845 Posts

May 02 2012 02:57 GMT

#2663

Streams and jumps are both ok within reason

AR9 sux

ThaZenith

Canada3116 Posts

May 02 2012 03:12 GMT

#2664

Playing without hitsounds is hard. Some maps have small sections with quiet/no hitsounds, always throws me off terribly.

I can agree with AR9 sucking.

Bobbias

Canada1373 Posts

May 02 2012 03:17 GMT

#2665

My "Effect" slider is very low, because hitsounds bother me. They're kinda useful sometimes, but when I play rhythm games, I want to hear the damn music, not sounds triggered by my playing (Barring IIDX and O2jam). I'd be perfectly fine with no hitsounds at all.

Also, Jumps and Streams rule, and so does AR9!

MegaManEXE

United States845 Posts

May 02 2012 03:33 GMT

#2666

Yeah idk how people play without hitsounds

Maps with really quiet sections or hitsounds that blend in too much with the song throw me off so badly

Logginurkeyz

United States375 Posts

May 02 2012 03:39 GMT

#2667

I <3 MoonFragrance maps- nuff said on all that =0p

ebacho

United States193 Posts

May 02 2012 03:40 GMT

#2668

On May 02 2012 04:46 prototype. wrote:

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ebacho is too powerful for me to beat

also that map is retarded to play with hdhr because of the stack leniency... also because the map sucks

umadubadbro

In all seriousness, someone do it so I can retire peacefully and fade into obscurity.

Hakker

United States1360 Posts

May 02 2012 05:21 GMT

#2669

9 hours straight and apparently 53,476 plays (according to the counter, maybe its bugged?) later, i finally beat my first 5 star map

fuck this game is hard o.o

seiferoth10

3362 Posts

May 02 2012 05:51 GMT

#2670

That has to be total hits, and not plays. That, or you played ~100 maps per minute for 9 hours.

Camail

United States1030 Posts

May 02 2012 06:35 GMT

#2671

My play count isn't even at 12k since I began in early July...but if you spammed retry like a baws I'm sure it is possible to play a song 100 times a minute o.O

Bobbias

Canada1373 Posts

May 02 2012 11:44 GMT

#2672

On May 02 2012 15:35 Camail wrote:
My play count isn't even at 12k since I began in early July...but if you spammed retry like a baws I'm sure it is possible to play a song 100 times a minute o.O

100 times a minute is hitting retry 1.6 times a second... That would be 9 hours of JUST spamming retry every 0.6 seconds.

Now, if it was hits, 53 476/ 9 hours = roughly 99 per minute, assuming nonstop gameplay. 99 hits per minute, for a 3 minute song is 297 notes per 3 minute song, which for a really easy 5* sounds pretty close to accurate.

EDIT: Maths, I has them.

EDIT2:
Did I get better at jumps or something? I nearly doubled my pervious score and passed this nofail (D

second time trying...

Also, maps by that mapper are fucking crazy. And fucking brilliant, as far as stupid hard maps go.
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excellionx

United States85 Posts

May 02 2012 12:47 GMT

#2673

yea zapy's maps are awesome

but apparently he thinks otherwise according to his profile

brain game is one of my favorite maps to play, though pretty damn hard

MegaManEXE

United States845 Posts

May 02 2012 15:32 GMT

#2674

No moar maths plox :S

Rainbow Cuddles

United States486 Posts

May 02 2012 20:44 GMT

#2675

I can't seem to get past Normal into Hard. Suggestions would be highly appreciated on efficiency. I'm currently using Mouse instead of the Z/X setup. Is it just lots of practice? I love this game, but it's so friggin hard.

My IGN is RainbowCuddles

ThaZenith

Canada3116 Posts

May 02 2012 20:51 GMT

#2676

On May 03 2012 05:44 Rainbow Cuddles wrote:
I can't seem to get past Normal into Hard. Suggestions would be highly appreciated on efficiency. I'm currently using Mouse instead of the Z/X setup. Is it just lots of practice? I love this game, but it's so friggin hard.

My IGN is RainbowCuddles

Your play count is 36.

This game is almost purely practice. You'll get better the longer you play. Expect to be at ~500 plays when you start getting into harder hards/easier insanes.

Rainbow Cuddles

United States486 Posts

May 02 2012 21:00 GMT

#2677

On May 03 2012 05:51 ThaZenith wrote:

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Your play count is 36.

This game is almost purely practice. You'll get better the longer you play. Expect to be at ~500 plays when you start getting into harder hards/easier insanes.

Okay thanks. When I started playing DDR I was A/AA'ing 9 Foot Heavy songs after 1 month, so I just assumed it would transfer over.

Rainbow Cuddles

United States486 Posts

May 02 2012 23:00 GMT

#2678

Are there practice maps or maps that are better at practicing on? Or does it not really matter?

Heh_

Singapore2712 Posts

May 03 2012 01:54 GMT

#2679

On May 03 2012 06:00 Rainbow Cuddles wrote:

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Okay thanks. When I started playing DDR I was A/AA'ing 9 Foot Heavy songs after 1 month, so I just assumed it would transfer over.

When I started playing osu!, I was failing 3 star beatmaps. Took me like 50 retrys to complete it with a D rating. After ~500 plays, I started to be able to do 4 star beatmaps. After ~3000 plays, I could finally complete 5 star beatmaps. It takes a while to learn to click to the beat, and so be able to sight-read beatmaps.

On May 03 2012 08:00 Rainbow Cuddles wrote:
Are there practice maps or maps that are better at practicing on? Or does it not really matter?

Play maps with high user ratings, preferably at least 9.3. Some of the lower-rated maps have quite poor beatmap layouts or are poorly timed.

Camail

United States1030 Posts

May 03 2012 06:21 GMT

#2680

The rating of a map means like...nothing. For practice maps it depends on two things, which area you want to focus and how good you are right now. The streaming compilation is nice for streams (or any of yeahyeahyeah's maps), as for jumps there are plenty, just keep downloading and you'll find one that suits your style. Of course, I'm sure someone will eventually point you to some appropriate maps, but at your skill level just playing any map will probably help you improve.