just a silly little video about mashing buttons hehe

ah fine, fuck it, the video is public again. i guess it's not THAT bad
I really wish I put video sources / names during the video clips I used from other people
Timestamps
0:00 Intro
0:51 Vibrating
3:52 Sliding
6:06 Two Thumbs method
8:28 Eight Fingers technique
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Links
BlueStar: / @bluestar1068
FlyHec: / flyhec
Mashing cat gif: i.imgur.com/gO...
Two Thumb diagram gif: i.imgur.com/zz...
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Notes
I would probably change a lot about this video if I made it again but I don't think it's worth a second attempt. My delivery is really bad throughout this whole thing but that's what happens when you usually don't talk in your own videos.
"tricep" is not a thing. it should be "triceps" every time I say it
my mic sucks
I forgot to show pictures of "Mario Party's 46 installments"
no mention of quick time events
no mention of any of the mouse button methods of mashing (butterfly clicking, drag clicking etc.) but there are a ton of minecraft videos on this already

[@zman90]

This video is responsible for massive breakthroughs in the Tetris community and Blue Scuti being the first person to ever beat Tetris

[@a__f]

Returning to this video now that it's part of Tetris history

[@FlyHec]

How am I just now seeing this!?!? This is awesome! I love me some mashing. HEC MASH!

[@junkyarddave]

Legend! Great video as well.

[@zoomzike]

You have turned me into a button mashing madman, thank you.

[@silverboxxer]

It's really cool that you stumbled across this video! I borrowed the scrolling background idea from your Identifying Luck series, so thank you for that nice visual. Maybe you'll be the next mashing king :)

[@thatchristian781]

Lucky it just makes my head sore and I still suck :-#

[@ExtraPrivatable]

@@silverboxxer don’t even play GameCube games yet I love this video lol

[@GibusWearingMann]

Fun fact: The sliding method you talked about is called "raking" in the Guitar Hero/Clone Hero community, where it's needed to strum many times in quick succession. It's called that because, to double the efficiency again, they do it with two (or more) fingers at once, so for each move back and forth you get two strums down and two strums up.

[@copper4eva]

They actually get 4 strums every cycle when using 2 fingers. These guitar hero guitars have springs in them, and some of them richochet back when you flich the strum bar, registering two strums. It's called overstrumming. That's why wii guitars are so popular now, because they do this very consistently.

[@1g889]

There’s a technique faster than the 8 finger technique, I don’t know what it’s called but it’s used by every elite smash young link player

[@boykin740]

16 fingers

[@midnightsavage7465]

You sure about that?

[@hyde_stopStealingMyUsername]

not like ultimate has a buffer or anything xd

[@HavikRPG]

The 20 Phalanges technique

[@starxfait]

12 finger style boomerang bow jitsu

[@JamesP7]

Ludwig and this guy changed Tetris and that is so incredible

[@Bobdd0]

Fantastic pacing, info and humor! Thank you for this kick butt video

[@CONJOPI]

WOW!!! Didn't see this until now! Excellently made dude!! Wish I had exactly this a few years ago, this is perfect! I know it'll help lot of people and stand the test of time, seriously great job man. And thanks for the mention in the credits! Proud to be apart of this! :D

[@seanathan1]

I knew you from Ludwig, and I enjoyed watching some of your domination runs on your stream. good shit dude.

[@LR_Jenkins]

there is actually another method that was found somewhat recently in the Tetris community called 'rolling'. this involves the player holding the controller in such a way that fingers can be 'rolled' against the back of the controller (not dissimilar to the 8-fingers method) to get a large number of inputs per second. This was originally done on a NES controller, and extremely difficult at that, so who knows if it's even viable elsewhere. It's still a cool mention

[@Business_Baconle]

Invented by Tetris Prodigy Cheez

[@turtlelovesturtlepie]

​​@@Business_Baconlebecause of this video

[@AbyssionQC]

Super interesting video! As mentioned by someone else, the Guitar Hero/Clone Hero community has many mashing methods that share similarities. There is one particular variation of sliding that we refer to as "meme raking" because since Clone Hero can run at several thousand FPS, the game cease to be the limiting factor for inputs per second (controller poll rate remains though). As a result, "meme raking" which is sliding several fingers across a button back and forth, can and has achieved ludicrous speeds. Guitar Hero controllers have a friendly shape for using this method and with 4 fingers and a tricky setup (angling your hand so that your nail and fingertip both register an input, very inconsistent and impractical as you can imagine), over 60 inputs per second on a single button is achievable. I'm unaware of the current record because today's meta involves controllers with a poll rate of 1000hz and that can lead to a lot of hardware overhits but I have done over 40 on a 240hz controller (my personal best and former record is 72 on a 1000hz guitar, difficult to validate the true amount of human inputs lol).

[@LeoMK01]

Great job, very interesting video & clear explanations, good luck on future videos/records!

[@SuperstarYT]

I've been doing the 2 thumbs method my whole life, good to know there's a video on it now

[@dewaeryadi7776]

takahashi meijin is absolute unit, e-sport legend from japan

[@jst25]

FlyHec should speed run Cookie Clicker

[@Falkite]

his fingers would probably break

[@Benjen-gt3dp]

Chapters 0:01 Intro 0:51 Vibrating 3:52 Sliding 6:06 Two Thumbs method 8:28 Eight Fingers technique

[@themanwithaplan_]

thank you i was stuck on a stick of truth level because of the button mash thank you the flick one works

[@Lamoosa]

she liked the first one the best

[@lead-foot_defender9163]

I watched this to help with a mini game in No More Heroes and i flipped out when i saw the "eight fingers" technique. thanks!

[@danielcox7143]

Damn this takes me back to those super annoying God of War quick time events, wish i knew there was a strat behind this back then

[@LumiRev]

thanks for making super paper mario speedrunning slightly more bearable

[@silverboxxer]

Glad I could help. What part of the speedrun uses mashing?

[@tomfrench5189]

Dope video, interestante and well produced gonna try these with my mario and sonic olympic games runs. GG Silverbawxer.

[@Maxzis]

I came here from a ludwig short

[@heytjg1]

Same

[@Thedog2275]

Real

[@cxgamer9680]

A technique used in stepmania is to combine regular finger movement with a wrist rotation.

[@Frikkinfriks14]

If I'd known you were working on this video I would've asked if my multiple finger slide mash technique I picked up and have improved on since 2017 could've been included.

[@emme0731]

Almost maxed out Domination with slide thanks to your guide! Current PB is 146. I'm trying to learn the Two Thumb technique as well but it's a slow process. Thank you!

[@emme0731]

Update: Managed 160 a couple times! Thank you so much; honestly, the advice about the tricep tensing was enough to bring me up. It really makes a difference when you do it right!

[@phoenixgemini42]

I cant even get the vibration method to work...

[@CheezTetris]

Please leave the video public. It is very helpful! :D

[@matheuscabral9618]

yooooooooooo

[@Tosau]

Everyone is gona come from lud

[@BowserHasFun]

This is why one of my focuses in gaming is button mashing!

[@rivercrich]

originally on the wii controller I used the two thumbs method without my left hand, thanks for teaching us your ways

[@BowserHasFun]

I've perfected the Vibrating method of button mashing.

[@BowserHasFun]

Whenever I play Mario Party 9's Launch Break against my family, I use the vibrating button mashing method.

[@jimf14]

My dad and I have played Mario Party 7 since I was a kid, and I've never been able to beat him at Pokey Pummel because he figured out the slide technique on his own long before I ever heard anyone talking about it. Instead of his fingers though he would use his knuckles. It always hurts when I try to do it, and he kicks my ass every time I play against him.

[@markymark443]

I remember practicing Domination when I was like 9 and I felt so smart thinking I was the first to have discovered the two thumbs strat. Oh how naive I was

[@GJB--ef7rq]

Honestly thank you so much I was stuck on the torture scene in peace walker and i finally did it.

[@itzky55]

Very Awesome!! It’s great to see an actual in depth mashing tutorial instead of a quick comment or in a description.

[@RestlessComet]

I like button mashing secrets

[@chocolateteapot737k]

6:48 as a left handed player, would it help to turn the controller upside-down?

[@8bitmagic]

Holy shit I could watch flyhack do that all day

[@ColemakDH]

no matter how hard I try I'm either at a snail's pace or I get only one button hit because it doesn't unpress

[@Brobey]

Get you a man who knows everything there is to know about buttonmashing ❤

[@gamerkingmayathe064th5]

The 2 thumb technique is harder for me to do as I am left handed in certain scenarios but I do have a workaround. I can get to 160 in Domination using my method. Basically, I hold the GameCube controller upside down, put my middle finger through the hole between the dpad and c stick, and I use my left hand to hit the a button and move the controller into my right thumb. It looks weird but it works. And I do have other methods for stuff like a Switch pro controller too. Anyways good video

[@computersocsci]

Great video! Perfect length, good information, and a nice informative-but-still-light tone

[@Pokemonmaster888]

This was a great tutorial/history video. I will try to get good at the two thumbs technique.

[@kaiju56monster]

As of right now, I need to learn the best methods of button mashing on a Nintendo Switch/PlayStation controller....without damaging my fingers!

[@draconisthewyvern3664]

why is button mashing events even a thing in games? im only here because im trying to find a method that works for me because AC:Unity has a button mashing event when you’re....

[@Armyof21monkeys]

Great video man! I didn’t realize I needed this in my life but I do. If you are interested you should definitely make more videos, you have a talent for it and your humor comes across well.

[@luckygnome2746]

If you are left handed just reverse all the directions for the two thumb technique. Especially for rectangle controllers like joy-con or Wiimote this works perfect.

[@stevenlee7]

Great video, but true gamers only need half an A press

[@bannanaman6750]

That flyhec guy might be able to beat the mkwii waluigi stadium wr

[@Weegi_Man]

Can’t wait to use the two thumb method on my Wii U game pad

[@Xhat6970]

For me the eight fingers technique is the most easy for me.

[@Vincent_Vermeil]

the minecraft pvp community call the vibrating method jitter clicking

[@sirdenchik]

Button mashing is different with clicking. (Mashing is using both hands while mouse clicking only one)

[@Vincent_Vermeil]

@@sirdenchik for the two thumb method yes, but for the vibrating one ur just using one arm

[@sirdenchik]

@@Vincent_Vermeil different communities issue

[@alsa123]

Talk. About. Minecraft. Clicking.

[@ArjunTheRageGuy]

I wonder if that sliding technique is even possible on a mouse and also when aiming, and so is that more fingers technique. I mean, 2 thumbs is possible, but not with aiming when using a mouse.

[@3amdemon]

​@@ArjunTheRageGuy nope u can't aim even if u managed to pull it off

[@ArjunTheRageGuy]

@@3amdemon ok nvm

[@NTSTS0]

This is an awesome video. Idk if this makes any sense, but your preferred method is kind of like a gravity blast on a controller. Maybe if you're a dummer lol :p

[@Xlsior_OWo]

and here from a ludwig youtube short

[@frostsoda1630]

Pov your just trying to punch a Boulder in re5

[@forcewurst4441]

underrated

[@jedoesstuff9086]

Fun fact: you can combine Vibrating and Two thumbs method to get absurd CPS. I use this for geometry dash spam levels, and i can maintain up to 26 cps for at least a couple seconds.

[@hazza_green_tea3612]

You a legend between legends!

[@macudude]

The vibrating method is also known as jitter clicking awesome vid btw

[@SCTrooper17]

i cant beat the mario party superstars master cpus at pokey pummel and now i still cant and am wondering how im supposed to copy the techniques shown to beat them

[@danielcox7143]

Update after training on this video for 8 months: I have broken all my controllers and I am now a professional mashed potatoes chef.

[@nikovidya7994]

The two thumb method seems to depend on the controller quite a bit. My go to method is to wedge the controller between my knees and use two index fingers, which gets me like 120ish on mario party 4 domination. With two thumbs, I get something similar with my sn30 pro+, but if i switch to the regular sn30 pro, I get like 140-160.

[@mojodojo5112]

the "vibrating" method is called jitter clicking in the minecraft community it also has drag clicking and butterfly clicking the minecraft community also has many other ways of getting 40+ cps flying bolt clicking being the coolest sounding of them all, and the weirdest being lip clicking

[@hiimarandomweebwithanezuko1317]

I’m here to get all the stars in storm 4

[@RyansChannel0203]

Unfortunately I can’t get the hang of those other methods. Vibrating has by far always been the easiest for me.

[@lunar532]

*And I thought I was the fastest tapper I knew...*

[@NichDevRumble]

0:51 Jitterclick 3:52 Drag Click 6:06 Butterfly Click

[@Ector_902]

The butterfly click uses the same hand using your index and middle finget

[@BowserHasFun]

Liked this video!!!

[@saviorudoh5423]

I would love to see more of this

[@nibot2101]

Thanks to the sliding technique I've I've unlock pom pom on super Mario party thanks

[@Rickby]

I’ve been doing this my whole life to mash 😭 I didn’t know it was the Legit way of mashing

[@BigMikeyMike777]

tbh it's obvious that the "8 finger technique" is slower than all the others. Just slow mo it and you will see that its pretty slow also you have to count it that you wont be able to slide a perfect 8 fingers per turn, it will be realistically 5-6 that you manage to bring on the button. Also I have to say for me the one that works by far the fastest is vibrating one. I dont think its possible to use sliding or two thumbs method effectively on the joycon or the switch pro controller.

[@retrorebootmusic]

I tend to use a guitar picking rotating wrist motion, sort of seesaw bouncing between the back of the controller and the button. Its my go-to comfortable method, though ill 2-finger or vibrate depending on the situation. If its just mashing, like the mario party wind up, i usually just alternate hands quickly. My max is around 10 per second though

[@Mmm_Chezburgerz]

I almost figured out the 2 thumbs on my nes controller, but I couldn't vibrate fast enough, I'm able to vibrate my wrist, but not my tricep.

[@PokéWareInc448]

Cool video!

[@Forever10Guy]

Great video, thanks

[@jasontachin]

RW:there was one time that i did have to button mash when i face off against Xehanort in his final form in Kingdom Hearts 2 it occurs when he fires alot of Lasers at Sora and Riku ,i had to turn the controller and press 🔺and ✖ simultaneously for the reaction command Reflega to reflect all the laser s,up until the firing of Lasers are over til the Cutscene happen and whoo i tell ya it wasnt ez most especially when i have to keep my hands from tiring out and keeping my cool at the same time.

[@thatchristian781]

FlyHec is an octopus Change my mind I'll wait.

[@msciblak]

Nice video

[@JacklostYedmore]

Now I got 05.62, your a genius 😄 Damn my thumbnail feels like it’s about to go on fire 😝

[@myrmyxo]

I don't know if this counts as a technique, but on computer I alternate on a single key between my second index finger and my middle finger by pressing with one at the same time I pull the other one upwards, and then I alternate. I think you could do this on console too. Do anybody else do this too or am I just the only one ? I manage to do up to 10 hits per second, but it might be possible to do more.

[@silverboxxer]

Hey! Yeah that is another technique, I left it out because I just didn't think it was worth mentioning in the same video as the other stuff. FlyHec actually does the same method too. Also in the rhythm game osu, people play by alternating 2 keys like how you described! kzbin.info/www/bejne/fYmcZGeNnbCnhtE

[@myrmyxo]

@@silverboxxer Yeah ! I don't really know osu! very much, but I see some streamers doing this too, sometimes even with three keys. It's very useful as it only uses one hand, especially for osu where you use a mouse or a tablet. It's also very easy to "setup" as a method, and you can even perform other action like moving (on a PC platform game for example) with your other hand or jumping so it's pretty useful. I don't speedrun IWBTG, but to make the final boss go to subphase one very quickly after he makes the flames column go up, I just put myself in the smallest distance possible away from him and I shoot him with the two fingers method. It's possible for me to do it on the same computer key ( ' key for me ) so it's very useful, but I don't know if people with bigger fingers might be able to do it if not on the spacebar. Your video was very interesting also, I didn't know ay of these methods. Thank you very much for it , it was very useful, have a nice day and good luck for the rest !

[@FakYuhGoogel]

I get the vibrating part and can do 13 hps in 1 second and 11 hps in 10 seconds, so while not particularly fast yet, I get it. The two thumbs method though... I don't know if its because I'm trying on a dualshock, but neither do I get a tight grip with my left hand nor can I move my right hand at a noteworthy speed :x

[@BICHUoHuck]

There’s a part in mgsPW where you have to mash REALLY FAST and like I just couldn’t get it, and I’m already descent at mashing, you have to mash at least three times in a row and your health gets lower each time and on the third time it just goes wild, might have to buy a turbo 😐

[@DorrieDude]

if you have a pian on your arm or hand you mash, stop it because the pain gets worse and worse

[@BadgerMilk711]

Thank you so much 😁

[@Zethoro]

I'm curious, why did you unlist this? It's probably the best mashing guide on the internet.

[@LeMinecrafteurCool]

Liked that video a lot, keep going man

[@fightingtothepoint4u732]

I just want to beat the damn hydra in god of war

[@riosol8950]

Your sick bro

[@krunchski9852]

I need to get out of the donkey kong grab lol

[@TeraAFK]

Rolling is commonly used in tetris where they tap the back on the controller with 4 fingers

[@Pyronic_]

any tips for 2 thumbs on pro con? after I start trying to go fast, my hand kinda just shakes and I can't control it and can't just go up and down fast. It's really annoying.

[@Intellectbtw]

I think the 1st technique is called jitter clicking

[@zenoquick2828]

sliding is just carpal tunnel %

[@nickname_presentable]

Hi Silverbawxer, it'd be useful if you were to make a guide on Nintendo DS button mashing. Or answer me with your opinion. Specifically I run Mario & Sonic at the Winter Olympics DS. The game forces you to button mash L and R in several events. Other events force you to button mash several buttons, like Bobsleigh, but mashing L and R is majorly challenging. L and R are the buttons at the back of the console. Far apart from each other. The game requires you to mash both, so tricks that use both hands are not an option. You can turn the console around and play the game by looking at the screen in a mirror, or use sound to play, close half of the lid, and so on, but it does not make it easier.

[@silverboxxer]

Hello! Do you have to alternate between L and R, or press them at the same time? There is a similar game in Mario Party 4 so maybe I can see if this works on DS as well and explain it to you better: kzbin.info/www/bejne/iXXIgaeFeNyieLc

[@nickname_presentable]

I have to alternate, yes, I'm watching the video thanks!@@silverboxxer

[@ArjunTheRageGuy]

I wonder if there's a guide for this but for a PC, like on keyboard and mouse.

[@Psoinic]

HD video in the current decade with a tin can mic.

[@silverboxxer]

I didn't promise good audio!