rhythm games are
- fun as hell, to the right kind of person
- addicting, to the right kind of person
- challenging in a way that encourages you to push your limits
- extremely easy to hurt yourself doing as a consequence of these 3 things
let me tell you some fundamental advice that generalizes across all rhythm games, and then some beatasber/osu-specific advice. First though, context: I'm not a trained physical therapist. This comes from my personal experience. I played osu!, beatmania, and sound voltex for about 5 years. then i played beatsaber incorrectly for a week and screwed my wrists up so bad I couldn't type on a computer or a phone for about a year, had to limit myself to about a half hour for the year after that, and im still healing today. I'm feeling the effects of that three years later. I can play beatsaber again now, thankfully. This shit matters.
also, if you disagree with some of this stuff, please leave a reply explaining it. i'm always happy to learn. my goal is for myself and others to hurt themselves as little as possible while having fun.
