Adrenaline, the jitters, and narrowly missing

**joker**

I had an experience (finally 5*ing BATM, BTW) last night that really made me understand the second level of gameplay that you reach after getting decent at this game. I worked feverishly for the last 2 weeks to 5* BATM, and last night before I finally got it, my nerves caused me to f*ck up the last chorus and nearly fail on the second solo (a part i usually nail 95-100%). I missed 5*ing it by less than 1000 points, but got it the next go-around.

Does anyone have this problem, and does anyone know how to overcome it?
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**rabies** · Posted: Wed Aug 09, 2006 2:16 pm Post subject:

I get jitters when I finally full combo a song I've been trying for awhile on. i nearly had a full meltdown towards the end of take it off-expert when I full combo'd that.

no..no advice for you. It happens. However, once you 5 star batm-expert on a regular basis..you'll no longer get jitters. It seems to be that first time that does it.

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**ES942** · Joined: 02 Mar 2006 Posts: 3445 Location: Snalbans

i always f*** up the end of iron man. i mostly always get the solo, but the end part screws me up.

**DarkCalx** · Joined: 13 Mar 2006 Posts: 672 Location: Wilmington, Oh

whenever i manage to get through to solo on tripp i usually need to pause beacause my arms start shaking and my vision blurs for a couple seconds. im good after a short breather though, and the rest of the song isnt to hard, but this happens every time i manage to survive that damn solo
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**JHetfield0816** · Joined: 10 Apr 2006 Posts: 2230 Location: New Jersey

It always happens to me with The Breaking Wheel...like I can play every single part of the song, and sometimes I get over a 1000-note streak from the beginning, but somehow I always screw up cause I mentally get all jittery..like I can hear this voice in my head that's like "You're doing awesome! Don't f*** up now!" and then... *dink*....I feel like I get more jittery now than I used to before I got really high scores, because now, there's literally no margin for error. Like a lot of times now, if I screw up once, it's over....the frequency of restarting songs has increased 20 fold, probably.

ES, random...congrats to you man, I really don't know how you got through The Breaking Wheel without getting all mentally jittery...because I know at this point it's only mental, and I keep making one stupid mistake somewhere every time.
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**krimsunmunkeys** · Posted: Thu Aug 10, 2006 2:16 am Post subject:

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**JHetfield0816** · Joined: 10 Apr 2006 Posts: 2230 Location: New Jersey

LOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOL OMG popemobile....congratulations...you just made me laugh out loud like a moron in a quiet, Japanese-teacher-filled office. Can't wait to explain my way out of this one...
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**JCirri** · Joined: 04 Feb 2006 Posts: 4576

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**zawisza926** · Joined: 02 Mar 2006 Posts: 305 Location: Snalbans

I really feel like a loser...I'm the only one in the top 10 to not FC Unsung...

I can't stand it! Also, the Breaking wheel just bugs me. I always miss the same note and then I get mad at myself and screw up even more.

**Azuarc** · Joined: 18 Jul 2006 Posts: 1389 Location: Philadelphia

Everyone does this, at all levels. To my name, I have a total of one full clears ever. Across any difficulty. (I'm sure I could FC songs on easy if I bothered to go back, but that's not the point.)

**silencer** · Joined: 07 Jun 2006 Posts: 93 Location: Orlando, FL

**joker** · Posted: Thu Aug 10, 2006 4:11 pm Post subject:

you guys have no idea how much better i feel now that i know that even the best players have this problem. i was getting ready to go get an MRI and a CAT scan to see if i had brain damage...

of course, i probably need to get them anyway

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