Max BPM your eyes can keep up?

[Rmix]

I know you eyes adjust to the arrow speed, but is there a physical BPM limit your eyes can view the arrows?

Right know I can keep up with 450BPM(300 x1.5) fine and a I can say max around 600BPM, but I just play Max.(period) at x2 and could not see the 600BPM part of the arrows.

[ITGmaster18]

about 500BPM on pad overhead (ddr style) and about 750BPM hallway (ITG style) and just barely 1000BPM (only if its like a 10 footer and under) hallway on stepmania (using keyboard)

[t7r]

I think my eyes could last up to a good 500 BPM. I still can't read the last part of MAX.(period).

EDIT: Now that it's moved here, I can read up to 250 in 1.0 Speed in IIDX.

[DMAxel]

Around 400-500 BPM I guess, because VERY difficultly I can read the last part of MAX. (period).

[PoPnPiChU]

i can do 550 on DDR

[mo126129]

DDR:

Comfortable : 350ish

Max: 600


Stepmania:

Comfortable 600-650

Max 1000 (running at quater-note streams only)


Yeah, once you get into the 1000 BPM zone, it may sound weird but I have to really zone out and just "stare" at the screen and let my fingers do what they feel like doing.

[Phallen]

Originally Posted by mo126129

Yeah, once you get into the 1000 BPM zone, it may sound weird but I have to really zone out and just "stare" at the screen and let my fingers do what they feel like doing.

I know exactly what you mean. On some marathon songs, about two minutes into it, I totally zoned out.

[Digi379]

Depends on the situation, but it's roughly like what mo126129 just said...

When I play StepMania on my comp I can read 600 BPM rather easily, even though I can manage 580 (140 x 4) BPM almost perfectly.
However, when I play on a mat and away from the screen, I have problems with reading arrows moving that fast if the screen is small (especially if the screen is actually a laptop), decreasing my readability to 350 BPM. Thus making me fail things like Zodiac Expert that I used to do on 4x at the arcade.

So, screen size may actually be a big factor when adjusting the scrolling speed.

(to Phallen: there's no better surprise that feeling like your fingers are moving on their own AND still doing the correct moves! It happened to me a few times when I tried to type Pandemonium Expert)

[google666]

on the pad:
ehh... about 400 bpm

higher on songs i play a lot and have a good knowledge of where the arrows are and such.

on the keyboard:
i currently do 950bpm mini with no problems

if i go much higher the arrows start to like break apart because of the speed or whatever does that to them.


and yea i know exactly what you guys mean when you just let your fingers do what they want to and you keep up the combo... it actually feels pretty cool.

[mo126129]

yeah, glad to see I am not crazy. Its weird, its kind of like writing; you don't think how to write the letter "A". Or you don't think how to move your legs when you walk, you just do.

And I also find my reaction speed a lot slower when I play DDR with a pad, I guess your brain sends the message faster when going to your fingers as opposed to your legs.

[google666]

Originally Posted by mo126129

And I also find my reaction speed a lot slower when I play DDR with a pad, I guess your brain sends the message faster when going to your fingers as opposed to your legs.

and your body has to move a lot more when using the pads

[shungokusatsu]

DDR: 600BPM
IIDX: 400BPM

[Zabidenu]

500BPM on Stepmania. DDR, not sure.

I can barely pass MAX.s 600BPM part at Heavy/Oni.

[captainjack360]

DDR: 450 BPM
ITG: 600 BPM
StepMania: 1000 - 1500 BPM

[Morning Blue]

DDR on a pad: about 300 bpm
On a controller: 450 bpm