Recently got into osu, about how long did you guys play to be able to play insane?

[Mimi 🐾]

I've started playing osu around a month and a half ago. I can play 3.5-4 stars only.


I would like some advice, how do people get those rapid taps?

Also, I'm left handed, for lefties out there, how do you manage to get good with spinners?

[alreev]

Originally posted by Shiro (알렉스):

how long did you guys play to be able to play insane?

Entirely depends on how fast you progress.
If you keep playing something challenging(in your skill level, 3.5-4*) a lot, you may be able to play insane diff a lot easier in 1 or 2 months. Don't expect that you'll be able to FC it though, because the difficulty from 3* to 4* is quite noticeable(More Jumps, more streams, AR9, etc).

Originally posted by Shiro (알렉스):

I would like some advice, how do people get those rapid taps?

I don't really understand what you meant for this one, is it streams? If so, well you just have to played a lot more streams.
I know, shit advice but that's pretty much I can tell you. Just try getting used to alternating Z/X on your keyboard and you'll be able to do some small streams or triplets.

Originally posted by Shiro (알렉스):

Also, I'm left handed, for lefties out there, how do you manage to get good with spinners?

Sadly I'm not left handed. But I can at least give you one advice.
If you want to spin, don't try to instantly jerk your hand making quick spin. It's not really effective. Instead, try to control your spinning making circles. After you can make those perfect circles, slowly increase your spinning.
That way, you can make some fast spinning with stable SPM.

I'm just a 26k noob with horrible english.

[lilux ˚ʚ♡ɞ˚]

what helped me improve was to play something a bit more challenging too ( ~4.5* in your case i guess.. don't expect too much though, that could make things pretty frustrating) but also just keep playing in general and you'll improve in no time. also if there are certain things you have difficulties with (such as jumps, streams or singletapping) play practice maps for whatever you're having trouble with, those can be pretty useful too

[Cranjis McBasketball]

You should not play for a combo and a high accuracity( dunno if it's spelled like this) some easy maps. You should play some advanced maps even if your rank is a D or a C, I think.

[alreev]

Oh, I forgot one important thing.
Try to avoid spamming mods, seriously. Especially Double Time or Hardrock.

Why? Because if you spamming DT a lot, you'll only be able to play something fast with high BPM ignoring the rhythm of the songs and quite likely ruining your accuracy.
If you keep spamming Hardrock, you'll only be able to read AR10. At your current skill level, AR10 is COMPLETELY unnecessary. And most, if not nearly all of the insane songs are AR9.
If you can't read AR9 because "it's too slow" then you'll have a bad time.

It's not like I'm telling you this mods sounds like something forbidden, because playing with it is a lot of fun. But if you REALLY want to improve faster, try to avoid playing with it.
Hidden mods is okay though, because it doesn't change any map settings like HR or DT did.

[xen]

I'm a lefty, the hardest part for me was switching from right hand to left. Since I used my mouse with my right'; when I got a tablet I used my left and it screwed me over. For spinning, with a mouse is quite hard but with a tablet it is easy. I'd strongly consider getting a tablet if you want to improve fast. To get better, try jump maps so you can get used to your sensitivity and find out whether it is too slow or too fast.

[FineLines`]

Many people I have asked all say the same thing "Practice more finelines" The reason they say this is because it really is the best answer. Unfortunatly there is no magic potion to drink thatl make you play better ^^

[Fjarlaegur]

I'm lefty and I just spin my cursor counterclockwise

[genshinlisafan22]

Hi Shiro~ I have played osu for about, 2 months and a few days. I got attached to osu when I started to learn about multiplayer but then later on I did a suicide jump to sacrifice my accuracy for practice; But don't do that. If you're to practice, please practice with Autopilot and Auto but if you have problems with your mouse (if you use mouse) then try the difficulty reduction mods. Later on, about last month (Jan) I was able to play a 4.5 star beatmap and I am now hunting for bms all over osu ahahha (for training i guess). I am also a lefty but I usually don't care much about it. Most new players go with mouse, but later on with mouse and keyboard (z and x) and later on, the tablet. I find the tablet good for all people, lefty or not, you can still spin great. But for mouse the only tip of mine is do not make big circles for spinners; If you can, try to spin in small circles. Spinning big circles will not make your SPM (Spins per minute) higher, but after the spinner it would be harder to readjust. Good luck with spinners and hope you enjoy

[rei]

Originally posted by Shiro (알렉스):

I've started playing osu around a month and a half ago. I can play 3.5-4 stars only.


I would like some advice, how do people get those rapid taps?

Also, I'm left handed, for lefties out there, how do you manage to get good with spinners?

force learn AR9 and deal with not being able to play AR8 (at all), master AR9 OD:8 then learn to DT AR8 then be done with it all lololOloL, use relax to see how fast you can move your cursor to ready yourself for higher BPM maps.

[Bread, The Loaf]

Originally posted by Shiro (알렉스):

I've started playing osu around a month and a half ago. I can play 3.5-4 stars only.


I would like some advice, how do people get those rapid taps?

Also, I'm left handed, for lefties out there, how do you manage to get good with spinners?

"around a month and a half ago, can only play 3.5-4 stars..."
HOLY COW!!! DON'T YOU DARE DOWN PLAY YOURSELF, THAT'S PRETTY DAMN GOOD!
It took me a good year's worth of gameplay to even barely pass 4 star songs.

Also, for rapid taps; imagine it being like a slider note but one that you have to click constantly.
Most "streams", as they're called, are bunched up together and then maybe snake out like a slider.
Treat the oncoming outer circles as where the ball would be on a slider and then click away in a rapid ZXZX button mash fashion that's relative to the beat of the song.

If you're using a mouse for a spinner, honestly you're really out of luck because it's very hard to spin at a good speed with them.
With a drawing tablet, you can spin very easily and pretty decently based on how fast you stir.
Overall, the best place to spin would be VERY near and around the center axis of the spinner.
With my tablet, I can do a nice 350 RPM. My mouse...? 200 at best...

Good luck and have fun!

[Mimi 🐾]

Originally posted by Music Game:

Originally posted by Shiro (알렉스):

I've started playing osu around a month and a half ago. I can play 3.5-4 stars only.


I would like some advice, how do people get those rapid taps?

Also, I'm left handed, for lefties out there, how do you manage to get good with spinners?

"around a month and a half ago, can only play 3.5-4 stars..."
HOLY COW!!! DON'T YOU DARE DOWN PLAY YOURSELF, THAT'S PRETTY DAMN GOOD!
It took me a good year's worth of gameplay to even barely pass 4 star songs.

Also, for rapid taps; imagine it being like a slider note but one that you have to click constantly.
Most "streams", as they're called, are bunched up together and then maybe snake out like a slider.
Treat the oncoming outer circles as where the ball would be on a slider and then click away in a rapid ZXZX button mash fashion that's relative to the beat of the song.

If you're using a mouse for a spinner, honestly you're really out of luck because it's very hard to spin at a good speed with them.
With a drawing tablet, you can spin very easily and pretty decently based on how fast you stir.
Overall, the best place to spin would be VERY near and around the center axis of the spinner.
With my tablet, I can do a nice 350 RPM. My mouse...? 200 at best...

Good luck and have fun!

I can play a little past 4 stars on some songs now, the difficulty gap between 3.5 to 4.5 seems to be a lot. It's weird, cuz I beat a few ~4.1-4.2 ones, but I can't beat some 4 star ones :/

For streams, I still can't seem to get used to using XZXZ. It messes up my hand's position, because when I tap only using X, my other fingers usually lift up, and when I try to keep them down, I lose my rhythm. xD

[alreev]

Originally posted by Shiro (알렉스):

Originally posted by Music Game:

"around a month and a half ago, can only play 3.5-4 stars..."
HOLY COW!!! DON'T YOU DARE DOWN PLAY YOURSELF, THAT'S PRETTY DAMN GOOD!
It took me a good year's worth of gameplay to even barely pass 4 star songs.

Also, for rapid taps; imagine it being like a slider note but one that you have to click constantly.
Most "streams", as they're called, are bunched up together and then maybe snake out like a slider.
Treat the oncoming outer circles as where the ball would be on a slider and then click away in a rapid ZXZX button mash fashion that's relative to the beat of the song.

If you're using a mouse for a spinner, honestly you're really out of luck because it's very hard to spin at a good speed with them.
With a drawing tablet, you can spin very easily and pretty decently based on how fast you stir.
Overall, the best place to spin would be VERY near and around the center axis of the spinner.
With my tablet, I can do a nice 350 RPM. My mouse...? 200 at best...

Good luck and have fun!

I can play a little past 4 stars on some songs now, the difficulty gap between 3.5 to 4.5 seems to be a lot. It's weird, cuz I beat a few ~4.1-4.2 ones, but I can't beat some 4 star ones :/

For streams, I still can't seem to get used to using XZXZ. It messes up my hand's position, because when I tap only using X, my other fingers usually lift up, and when I try to keep them down, I lose my rhythm. xD

It's important to note that some early 4* maps have a different approach rates AKA "AR".
Some 4.1-4.2* have AR8 or ARR8.5 but above that star ratings usually have AR9.

If you didn't understand what I meant by AR go to the osu!wiki.