vivian lim ⭐

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.

General Tips

dual-typing a pokémon with normal is such an insult. Like yeah it’s a grass type but we gotta go out of our way to notate that it’s also boring

a helicopter is a contraption. no arguments on this point. it's shocking they make a sound other than "1930s toontown awooga car struggling to turn over"

• rotor held on by single, large nut and milspec thread lock
• steered by using a rigid plate to suggest where rotor blades should go
• most energy converted to noise
• piloted only by levers, dials and valves
• fragile and prone to explosions
• vehicle with the most catostrophic accidents in it's class

a helicopter is a steam locomotive

Watches (smart or otherwise) are gizmos, as are cheap knockoff portable game gizmos like you might find on Wish

A gizmo is a device of dubious quality, intent, usefulness, and statistical likelihood of explosions.