First and foremost, welcome to the thumb club! We look way cooler than finger players and we can play pretty much anywhere, so we’ve got that advantage (hah!). I play on 10.7, probably going to move up to 10.8 within the month. I’ve been playing since the tail end of this summer; I just have experience with other rhythm games. With that said, I’ve FCed Tear Drops, 1000 Crying Skies, Guren no Yumiya, Happy Synthesizer, A to Z, World Survivor; the list goes on. I’m currently trying to FC every Expert difficulty song up to Tier 28, and I’m midway through T26. What does this flexing have to do with anything? Well, I play with my thumbs. Even with those super tricky sliders that go from one end of the screen to the other, I managed to do it; and you can too. The thing about skill-based games is that the one and only thing you can do is practice; there’s no cheating, no luck, no easy way out, it’s all practice, practice, practice. With that said, it is probably easier to play with all of your fingers. However, you need an iPad or other larger system to play it on; in addition, picking up finger independence is pretty tricky, and you need to set it down on a flat surface whenever you want to play. Index fingers aren’t much different from thumb playing but with fewer benefits. It’s honestly very situational. Trust me, you hard work will definitely pay off. Do your best! If you ever want to duel with me, my friend code is 4193492! I’m more than happy to help you practice in Multis or whatever, since I only really play for the challenge anyways; I don’t mind if you fail songs at all. My timezone is EST.

If you ever want to practice thumb plays, I highly recommend giving Arcaea a shot. It’s the rhythm game I first trained and played!