Physical Effort/Intensity and Read Speed in Dance Games
Had an experience recently where I had an epiphany that my ability to time my steps well is based greatly on setting up my settings in-game so that I have to put a little more effort into things so that I get my blood pumping to the rest of my body to get focused and "get in the zone" mentally. I recently lowered my AV a bit on Pump and adjusted my JT to default to internalize and read charts better, but I noticed that I started expending a lot less energy in general playing Pump and regressed a bit physically, since I wasn't doing any consistent running the past 2 weeks. After changing my settings back on Pump and hopping back on running every other day, I seem to have fixed things. But it was definitely a rough/rude awakening for myself, because it took almost a week to "get back" to where I was prior to messing with my settings. My observations about how settings affect how I play the game physically: Reading faster = Less time to react = More physical ef...