Yeah, but at the same time I feel like without sliders these games would've gotten stale even faster. The main reason "difficult" songs existed in the post GH3 era was due to broken mechanics/engine quirks, which in turn drove some sadistic interest in who could conquer them. Of course it would've been much better if the difficulty just scaled beyond GH3 without experimental gimmicks, but idk what there was to realistically milk in that regard and the shift to band inclusion to compete with RB killed any chance of that route being taken.
I feel your pain, 5 days of 2A grinding isn’t exactly a day at the spa. If you ever want to bounce strumming methods off of each other when you get around to ITO lmk.
I think forming a fist and placing the bar between your middle and ring 2nd knuckles to provide max grip/stability is the best non raking method, at least from my experience (I believe Acai and Moose used it). Unfortunately using an Xplorer the strum bar is too small to get a proper grip that way (at least for myself, especially while wearing the glove I need to prevent skin tearing from friction over long sessions which immediately puts you out of commission for a while), so I've had to use my old method of placing my thumb on top of the bar perpendicular. I may retry learning rake again since my shoulder isn't getting any better and while it can be killer on your knuckles it's pretty lax on your joints. Biggest problem afaik with raking is engine/polling though, may be impractical for any semblance of consistency on console.
@@EvilApple567 seems like you and moose actually share the same strumming method. What I’ve been doing is placing my hand vertically, flexing my tricep, downstrumming with my thumb on the top left of the strum bar, and “loosely” snapping back the upstrum with a combination of my ring and pinky fingers. I’ve even found success in positioning the guitar horizontally so that I don’t have gravity working against me on the upstrum. Unfortunately I dont have the strength to vibrate strum as I once did as a kid. Caffeine has been helping. Good luck with your grind, I wouldn’t wish this on my worst enemy lol.
@@EvilApple567 as for rake strumming, Cyan has also been grinding ITO and has been raking. He has several 100% OS’s and one FC of 2A so it’s absolutely worth considering if you can tame that method.
@@EvilApple567 after about 3 weeks of experimenting I’ve found a method for ITO tailor made for GH boomers. Let me know if you’re interested, may be the difference between a FSFC.
It's funny how some of the songs in these games would be such fun charts to play if it wasn't for the purple notes
Yeah, but at the same time I feel like without sliders these games would've gotten stale even faster. The main reason "difficult" songs existed in the post GH3 era was due to broken mechanics/engine quirks, which in turn drove some sadistic interest in who could conquer them. Of course it would've been much better if the difficulty just scaled beyond GH3 without experimental gimmicks, but idk what there was to realistically milk in that regard and the shift to band inclusion to compete with RB killed any chance of that route being taken.
I feel your pain, 5 days of 2A grinding isn’t exactly a day at the spa. If you ever want to bounce strumming methods off of each other when you get around to ITO lmk.
I think forming a fist and placing the bar between your middle and ring 2nd knuckles to provide max grip/stability is the best non raking method, at least from my experience (I believe Acai and Moose used it).
Unfortunately using an Xplorer the strum bar is too small to get a proper grip that way (at least for myself, especially while wearing the glove I need to prevent skin tearing from friction over long sessions which immediately puts you out of commission for a while), so I've had to use my old method of placing my thumb on top of the bar perpendicular. I may retry learning rake again since my shoulder isn't getting any better and while it can be killer on your knuckles it's pretty lax on your joints. Biggest problem afaik with raking is engine/polling though, may be impractical for any semblance of consistency on console.
@@EvilApple567 seems like you and moose actually share the same strumming method. What I’ve been doing is placing my hand vertically, flexing my tricep, downstrumming with my thumb on the top left of the strum bar, and “loosely” snapping back the upstrum with a combination of my ring and pinky fingers. I’ve even found success in positioning the guitar horizontally so that I don’t have gravity working against me on the upstrum. Unfortunately I dont have the strength to vibrate strum as I once did as a kid. Caffeine has been helping. Good luck with your grind, I wouldn’t wish this on my worst enemy lol.
@@EvilApple567 as for rake strumming, Cyan has also been grinding ITO and has been raking. He has several 100% OS’s and one FC of 2A so it’s absolutely worth considering if you can tame that method.
@@EvilApple567 after about 3 weeks of experimenting I’ve found a method for ITO tailor made for GH boomers. Let me know if you’re interested, may be the difference between a FSFC.
May I add you to Xbox?
Honestly I just don't think there's much of a point lol. I haven't had Gold for over a decade, have no mic, and don't really communicate with anyone.