The IIDX Amateurs Thread - Page 2

K. Saizuchi · 06-20-2006, 04:26 PM

I just started last week in the arcade but I have been playing like a mad man on the PC...with a keyboard...AAA'ed Xepher [Another] on the Keyboard...F'ed Xepher in the arcade. Plus I realized I am better at 5 key then I am at 7 key. But my goal is to AAA Gigadelic.

Azure · 06-20-2006, 05:03 PM

If there are any one handed beginners, here's a good way to map your fingers (Though obviously not THE best, it'll still get you very far):

1: Thumb
2: Index
3: Thumb/Index (Thumb should be more natural, so you might have to use your index more often to imprint that in your brain)
4: Middle
5: Ring
6: Ring
7: Pinky

Of course, there will be awkward sequences that will come up that will require you to slightly alter this mapping to achieve the best possible score. For the infamous 5+6 chord, I recommend learning to stiffen your ring finger to hit both buttons at the same time in the middle of action.

Darien Electrified · 06-20-2006, 05:39 PM

I'm also pretty much an amateur. I'm really starting to get by 6-7's (Happy Sky diff) and finally passed Shooting Star normal (6* pre-Happy Sky, 7* otherwise), and just passed ULTiM/\TE hyper (7*).

There are still a list of 6's I can't pass, however:

- The Safari (normal)
- Tomorrow Perfume (normal)
- G2 (normal)
- quasar (normal)
- (I'm sure there's more)

And yet I can pass quite a bit of 7's like Drivin' (Hyper), ULTiM/\TE (Hyper), Somebody Like You (Hyper)....

I'm actually trying the above fingering sequence but it's hard to get used to.

asus650 · 06-20-2006, 05:46 PM

Ive been playing for 6 months now, and I am stuck on 6*. I can beat a few 7* but most escape me. Guess that means practice, practice, and practice with random... :P

Gimnbo · 06-20-2006, 06:18 PM

I've been playing for two weeks on BMUS and have RED currently shipping over. I'm up to hyper now and am slowly chugging through the 6 and 7 star songs. I don't know how that translates to the Japanese versions that have a max of 8 stars, but I don't think I'm doing too badly. I still hate how the ending to The Shining Polaris on hyper totally owns me.

I'm very focused on progressing forward in difficulty so I don't play the easier charts too often (other than Mr. T hyper and Summer Vacation normal since I love those songs).

I also have a finger placement that I believe some may find utterly retarded:
1 - L Ring
2 - L Middle
3 - L Index
4 - R Index Tip
5 - R Index, lower joint
6 - R Middle
7 - R Ring

I just can't get used to using my thumbs, so I'm using the right index finger of power for as far as it will take me.

Digi379 · 06-20-2006, 06:37 PM

Well, good luck to all of you people!

darien style 4: you sure ly will spend lots of time on the songs you named, although I have to say I had no problem with quasar. Believe it or not, but quasar is way easier than its predecessor traces. Besides, THE SAFARI is rated 7* and G2 is 8* in Normal, not 6*. (G2 Light14/Normal14 really is a 6* though)

As for me, well I'm stuck between amateurism and semi-pro. After 14 months of regular training I have managed to clear all Normal7 charts on all games up to 10th (even the infamous stoic!) and also scored loads of AAAs but I just cannot seem to pass anything that goes flashy-7* (or 8*) on pre-RED versions of the game, except rare few (B4U and satellite020712 for example...). The biggest achievement I've ever done was clearing SWITCH [a] without Easy-mod on. Quite a fit for a song rated 10* on HAPPY SKY! Yet it's the only 10* I cleared...

Forgot to say: I do play "flashy-7*" songs, but only in Hyper. If I can't pass a song in Hyper there's no reason for me to try the Another, in my opinion (except of course for The Big Voyager

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K. Saizuchi · 06-20-2006, 06:58 PM

^_^ I am going to AI tomorrow. But I am going to play BeatMania and Maximum Tune 2.

Darien Electrified · 06-20-2006, 06:58 PM

Gimnbo- I have the same problem with The Shining Polaris when I play it on BMUS. The end pwns me really bad, thanks to the weird key sequences with what I consider "jump" keys (2 key presses at once) in the middle of those chords. I'm going to own it soon, I swear.

Digi379- o_o G2 is an 8*? Damn... What kills me on G2 is the end of the song, too. Grr... Though I do admit, traces is quite hard, too. I haven't played quasar enough to judge, but I'll take your word for it. :P

Oh, and I also hate how there's a huge difficulty gap with songs from Hyper to Another. One example of this is Mr.T (take me higher). 4* on Hyper but 8* on Another? Also, 5.1.1. -_-; Anyone have any tips on passing this on Another?

K. Saizuchi · 06-20-2006, 07:01 PM

Dude must of the songs in 10th Style burns my damn hand.

StarOceanFreakX · 06-20-2006, 07:53 PM

Been playing since US came out, passed all 6s and lower on US, one Hyper 7* left and about half of the another 7*s left to pass, and getting close to passing The Shining Polaris [a] which will be my first 8* most likely.

Schlagwerk · 06-20-2006, 09:16 PM

To all beginners:
Never try to scratch with your nose.

That is all.

Razer · 06-20-2006, 09:30 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Schlagwerk

To all beginners:
Never try to scratch with your nose.

That is all.

Bad experience?

Time-wise, I'm pretty much a n00b, but since I played for several hours most days, I might be slightly more advanced than most people who have played for as long as I have. I'm not even done by 6th month of playing IIDX, and I am already clearing songs that are listed as 10s and 11s in the Happy Sky rating system. My only real problem that I beat myself up about is my Just Great Attack. All the AAAs I have gotten was by putting myself in a position of desiring to throw my turntable into the TV screen aside from Nothing Ain't Stoppin' Us 7K. I know some people who have gotten over 30 AAAs and around that time, they couldn't even clear DXY! 7K. I have considered that the person has a very good JGA, or I just sucked.

Gimnbo · 06-20-2006, 09:41 PM

I have horrible timing as well. Once the notes really start pouring in I get more goods than a general store. Alternating-key strings, especially. I have been killeds many times by the last roll at the end of Fly Through the Night, because I get some 10 bads in a row.

Schlagwerk · 06-20-2006, 10:58 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Razer_2mb

Bad experience?

I thought it was a cool idea at the time...

Spandex · 06-20-2006, 11:51 PM

I suck, Around December 2005 I got a Konami IIDX ASC 10th Style, 9th Style and 8th Style, Now that RED came out I actually play mroe than once a month, I'm ust getting more hardocore in and will play more whenI get off fomr school. Currently I can pass most 6* on 7KEYS , some 7*s no 8*s yeat, And cleard 3rd Dan In Class Mode. But Yeah I can't pinky scratch at all so There alot of songs that are giving me trouble right now.