Working on Strafing

[lunar rose]

Discussion where this started: #advice message

I feel so lost, like I'm tracking a full second behind, so it's going left while I'm still trying to react to it going right, and playing the scenarios doesn't seem to have any improvement

I'm definitely not ready for the next one. When it gets like 6+ direction changes very quickly, I get so overwhelmed I just flail back and forth hoping I guess right

How do I get better at processing that volume of information?

@bleak wind

[bleak wind]

Go into free play

Slow it down to 50% speed

You can absolutely do it

Once you get the hang of the ‘adjustment’ you’ll crush it

Funnily enough I’m working on this scenario with a student today too

Here’s a clip of us working on the easy version

Close long strafes invincible easy

Focus points;

• force your arm to be constantly involved during tracks
• small and responsive wrist adjustments during changes in direction are okay
• don’t guess when the bot changes direction

• visualize passing cars in traffic with a gas pedal, NOT jerky and twitchy wrist movements

[tropic saffron]

Is this slowed 50%?

[bleak wind]

No this is the ‘easy’
Variant

[tropic saffron]

Oh alr...

[bleak wind]

Which is also fine to learn on

CLSI might be challenging at first to absolute beginners

No shame in the easy one first

Once it makes sense you can transition to CLSI

[tropic saffron]

Just asking bcs I got 13k first try on the normal one and I am just wondering is that good and how to improve

[bleak wind]

CLSI isn’t a scenario you score good enough on and move on from

It’s like doing warm up reps in the gym with an empty bar before your bench press

Easy, straightforward scenario that gets the blood pumping

And lets you warm up technique before the weight gets heavy

It remains useful for all skill levels indefinitely

Continue to enjoy CLSI as a warm up on tracking days indefinitely

It’s quite possibly the best scenario ever for mouse control

[tropic saffron]

Yall like "holy aimers" have different days for flicking, tracking, micro adjustment/flick etc.?

[bleak wind]

The truth is that most advanced players do whatever they want

Intermediate players benefit a lot from the structure though

[tropic saffron]

Alr. Could you check and do little advice on my vodreview? I'll tag u

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i normally only do the viscose benchmarks once a day do you think i should play it more times or others maps? if so what maps do you recommend? here are my scores too

and i dont know why but to me i think i suck at flicks but it s precise ly the thing i got the highest score? How

[bleak wind]

Shrug

I like to play scenarios until I hit a meaningful plateau

And then I vod review

It’s worked for me so far

The process can be that simple

Pick a scenario, play it until you’re stuck, post footage in #1153030249198669884

Works basically indefinitely

[empty karma]

what about the flicks then? it s the maps thats too ez or what because i feel like i do bad and that appears

[bleak wind]

You lost me I don’t know what this question is asking

[empty karma]

ok i l reformulate it.
You can see that most of the scenarios i get good scores are some with flicking but i feel like i did bad on them compared to the tracking ones

[bleak wind]

I don’t have a meaningful response to that

Everyone has initial strengths and weaknesses

You should just try to improve no matter whether it’s a strength or weakness

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k thx