{"content":"\n \n \n <\/a>\n <\/div>\n \n \n Jlastino<\/a>\n\n \n \n \n \n \n <\/span>\n <\/a>\n <\/div>\n \n \n \n 158 posts\n <\/a>\n <\/div>\n\n \n ed April 2012<\/strong>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n \n \n \n \n \n Jlastino<\/a>\n\n \n 2013-12-27T11:25:27+00:00<\/time>\n <\/a>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n <\/div>\n\n \n \n I usually press keys based on the music...not on the notes' distance from the judgement bar it usually helps but sometimes when I've been playing a certain song many times i tend to anticipate the sound in my mind and that would give me 200's XD (this helped me a lot in Technika,Cytus,etc.)<\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n \n \n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n \n \n \n <\/a>\n <\/div>\n \n \n Raging Bull<\/a>\n\n \n \n \n \n \n <\/span>\n <\/a>\n <\/div>\n \n \n \n 2,809 posts\n <\/a>\n <\/div>\n\n \n ed June 2010<\/strong>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n \n \n \n \n \n Raging Bull<\/a>\n\n \n 2013-12-27T13:31:10+00:00<\/time>\n <\/a>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n <\/div>\n\n \n \n Yeah, I get horizontal reading now. I Actually do horizontal reading. Vertical reading doesn't make sense to me no matter how much I read it haha.<\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n \n \n <\/a><\/center><\/div>\n <\/div>\n \n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n \n \n \n <\/a>\n <\/div>\n \n \n Drace<\/a>\n\n \n \n \n \n \n <\/span>\n <\/a>\n <\/div>\n \n \n \n 314 posts\n <\/a>\n <\/div>\n\n \n ed April 2011<\/strong>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n \n \n \n \n \n Topic Starter\n <\/span>\n <\/div>\n \n \n Drace<\/a>\n\n \n 2013-12-27T20:32:30+00:00<\/time>\n <\/a>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n <\/div>\n\n \n \n Hm it's not really something easy to explain since it's not something people actually stop to think about. When you walk you don't think about every single muscle you move in your body let alone think about whether you're ing or expanding them. But understanding this could help in figuring out where you could cut off movements to be more efficient in your actions. It's pretty much the same thing here\/When you're reading horizontally, it's reading everything in sequential steps. \"\" This, then<\/strong> this, then<\/strong> this, then<\/strong> that\"\". You don't take the time to break up everything in individual patterns and instead read the whole thing as a whole. Vertical reading you kind of look ahead and try to make sense of the different patterns coming at you, then playing the multiple patterns you've identified simultaneously as they reach the judgment line. Instead of the \"\" This, then<\/strong> this, then<\/strong> this, then<\/strong> that\"\" mindset of horizontal reading, it's more of a \"\" This and<\/strong> this and<\/strong> that, then<\/strong>, this and<\/strong> that and<\/strong> this\"\". Or, \"\"These 3 patterns, then, these 3 patterns\".<\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n \n \n Need some tips on how to improve in osu!mania? Try reading our guide<\/u><\/a> and map suggestions<\/u><\/a>!<\/strong>Follow me on Twitch<\/u><\/a>!<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/span>yo<\/a>http:\/\/vsrg.club\/<\/strong><\/center><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n <\/div>\n \n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n \n \n \n <\/a>\n <\/div>\n \n \n Taadashi<\/a>\n\n \n \n \n \n \n <\/span>\n <\/a>\n <\/div>\n \n \n \n 230 posts\n <\/a>\n <\/div>\n\n \n ed January 2011<\/strong>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n \n \n \n \n \n Taadashi<\/a>\n\n \n 2013-12-28T10:50:48+00:00<\/time>\n <\/a>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n <\/div>\n\n \n \n Drace wrote:<\/h4>Hm it's not really something easy to explain since it's not something people actually stop to think about. When you walk you don't think about every single muscle you move in your body let alone think about whether you're ing or expanding them. But understanding this could help in figuring out where you could cut off movements to be more efficient in your actions. It's pretty much the same thing here\/When you're reading horizontally, it's reading everything in sequential steps. \"\" This, then<\/strong> this, then<\/strong> this, then<\/strong> that\"\". You don't take the time to break up everything in individual patterns and instead read the whole thing as a whole. Vertical reading you kind of look ahead and try to make sense of the different patterns coming at you, then playing the multiple patterns you've identified simultaneously as they reach the judgment line. Instead of the \"\" This, then<\/strong> this, then<\/strong> this, then<\/strong> that\"\" mindset of horizontal reading, it's more of a \"\" This and<\/strong> this and<\/strong> that, then<\/strong>, this and<\/strong> that and<\/strong> this\"\". Or, \"\"These 3 patterns, then, these 3 patterns\".<\/blockquote>I guess I'm in reality doing vertical reading then. But when I come to the point at which I can't devide them notes into patterns I just kinda' lose control and start spamming all over the place, lol. At least until I get to a part which I once again can read like that.<\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n \n \n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n \n \n \n <\/a>\n <\/div>\n \n \n Bobbias<\/a>\n\n \n \n \n \n \n <\/span>\n <\/a>\n <\/div>\n \n \n \n 1,447 posts\n <\/a>\n <\/div>\n\n \n ed March 2011<\/strong>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n \n \n \n \n \n Bobbias<\/a>\n\n \n 2013-12-29T13:25:37+00:00<\/time>\n <\/a>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n <\/div>\n\n \n \n Drace what you're describing there as \"vertical reading\" is basically how your brain's pattern matching works. You build up a collection of small patterns that your brain recognizes on instinct, and then you break more complicated patterns into collections of smaller ones, usually in multiple levels. Its also a way to do \"clustering\", as it's sometimes called.Clustering is a memory technique. It's often mentioned that your brain can only 7 things at once, but everyone knows you can easily recall things like 10 digit phone numbers (or however many digits they are where everyone lives) even if they're longer than 7. How do you do it? You break it into sections. Here in Canada, a typical phone number might be something like (684) 721-8632. Your brain would break it into 3 sections: 684, 721, and 8632. Each of those is less than 7 digits each, and there are less than 7 of those clumps there. when you have a whole bunch of notes on screen, this has to get a bit more complicated, but the theory is the same.You break large patterns into smaller ones, and those smaller ones into even smaller ones over and over. This is all totally subconscious, but as far as we know this is basically how your brain actually processes things.I think the reason people tend to read \"horizontally\" is because when you have so many things to try to pay attention to at once, you try to decide how to use your attention, and I think most people try to consciously read each \"horizontal pattern\" (all the notes that happen at the same time) and try to ignore the other notes around it.The way I read is that as notes through the area I concentrate on, I build a mental picture of the entire pattern and identify all the \"sub-patterns\" while the notes are moving fro the area I focus on towards the judgement bar. By building a mental image I can identify the patterns, compare them with the music and use that to predict the patterns. It's a bit hard to describe exactly.<\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n \n \n Looking for mods for my mania map Minori Chihara - Kyoukai no Kanata (TV Size)<\/a>.<\/span>Need some tips on how to improve in osu!mania? Try reading our guide<\/a> and map suggestions<\/a>!Need some tips on how to map in osu!mania better? Try reading this guide<\/a>!Looking for the o2jam skin I use? This folder<\/a> has it and a few other o!m skins!<\/strong>Message me if this link doesn't work, and I will update it.<\/span><\/center><\/div>\n <\/div>\n \n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n \n \n \n <\/a>\n <\/div>\n \n \n Drace<\/a>\n\n \n \n \n \n \n <\/span>\n <\/a>\n <\/div>\n \n \n \n 314 posts\n <\/a>\n <\/div>\n\n \n ed April 2011<\/strong>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n \n \n \n \n \n Topic Starter\n <\/span>\n <\/div>\n \n \n Drace<\/a>\n\n \n 2013-12-29T17:38:10+00:00<\/time>\n <\/a>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n <\/div>\n\n \n \n You're still clustering in horizontal reading, it's just sequential instead of simultaneous. Take a sequence of stairs that go throughout a long section with chords here and there. Reading it vertically you will read\/analyze and play the whole stair while simultaneously doing the chords as they come down. Reading it horizontally however you won't analyze the stairs any further than the change in pattern (the chord). The outcome will be the following for each readings;Vertical => [(Stair) and<\/strong> (chord then<\/strong> chord then<\/strong> chord)]Horizontal => [ stair then<\/strong> chord then<\/strong> stair then<\/strong> chord then<\/strong> stair then<\/strong> chord ] (Though stairs will most likely be partial or broken at this point)Both readings utilizes patterns players have learned throughout their playing, but the way they go about analyzing and playing them are fundamentally different. A recent example I've stumbled upon recently was how stepmania colourizes their notes based on beat instead of lane. Like 1\/1 notes will be one colour, 1\/2 another, 1\/4 another, 1\/3 another etc etc. This really enforces horizontal reading due to how the notes are.<\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n \n \n Need some tips on how to improve in osu!mania? Try reading our guide<\/u><\/a> and map suggestions<\/u><\/a>!<\/strong>Follow me on Twitch<\/u><\/a>!<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/span>yo<\/a>http:\/\/vsrg.club\/<\/strong><\/center><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n <\/div>\n \n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n \n \n \n <\/a>\n <\/div>\n \n \n Bobbias<\/a>\n\n \n \n \n \n \n <\/span>\n <\/a>\n <\/div>\n \n \n \n 1,447 posts\n <\/a>\n <\/div>\n\n \n ed March 2011<\/strong>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n \n \n \n \n \n Bobbias<\/a>\n\n \n 2013-12-29T22:57:41+00:00<\/time>\n <\/a>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n <\/div>\n\n \n \n Clustering isn't really necessary in horizontal reading, at least for 7k and lower (although you're right, it likely happens for everyone except complete novices).I would call how I read a combination of horizontal and vertical reading. As the line of notes es by, I read it horizontally, and as my mental image of the pattern builds, I can begin predicting and seeing the vertical patterns, so I see both horizontal and vertical representations of the patterns simultaneously. Well, except on stuff like REALLY dense BMSs where I can't identify the patterns in any term aside from as a series of chords, or a series of chords with bursts mixed into them.And while stepmania encourages horizontal reading, I could still do vertical reading there (not that there's much need for it in 4k). I used the note coloring as a timing cue, and I always saw it as a separate \"layer of information\" on top of the column\/location\/music.<\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n \n \n Looking for mods for my mania map Minori Chihara - Kyoukai no Kanata (TV Size)<\/a>.<\/span>Need some tips on how to improve in osu!mania? Try reading our guide<\/a> and map suggestions<\/a>!Need some tips on how to map in osu!mania better? Try reading this guide<\/a>!Looking for the o2jam skin I use? This folder<\/a> has it and a few other o!m skins!<\/strong>Message me if this link doesn't work, and I will update it.<\/span><\/center><\/div>\n <\/div>\n \n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n \n \n \n <\/a>\n <\/div>\n \n \n The Muffin Man<\/a>\n\n \n \n \n \n \n <\/span>\n <\/a>\n <\/div>\n \n \n \n 32 posts\n <\/a>\n <\/div>\n\n \n ed December 2012<\/strong>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n \n \n \n \n \n The Muffin Man<\/a>\n\n \n 2013-12-30T12:25:15+00:00<\/time>\n <\/a>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n <\/div>\n\n \n \n I'll be honest now: I just hit the buttons and hope for the best.<\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n \n Last edited by The Muffin Man<\/a> 2013-12-30T20:49:06+00:00<\/time>, edited 1 time in total.\n <\/div>\n \n \n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n \n \n \n <\/a>\n <\/div>\n \n \n [FX] AEM<\/a>\n\n \n \n \n 2n2329