Professional gamers like Ninja use this music game to practice their aim and improve their mouse skills - Here's how you can play for free

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First download Osu! from the official site. You can make an account to keep track of your scores and make it easier to find new songs.

First download Osu! from the official site. You can make an account to keep track of your scores and make it easier to find new songs.

You can support Osu! by donating $4 or more per month for an Osu!direct account. With Osu!direct you can search and download songs directly from the game. Without Osu!direct you'll have to use the website to download new songs and install them manually, which isn't very hard.

Here's a track I found that's specifically designed to help people improve their aim with the mouse.

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You should take a look at your settings as soon as you start "Osu!" I prefer to turn off the storyboards and seasonal backgrounds on the main menu, since some of them aren't exactly safe for work.

You should take a look at your settings as soon as you start "Osu!" I prefer to turn off the storyboards and seasonal backgrounds on the main menu, since some of them aren't exactly safe for work.

There are tons of customization options for "Osu!," including different skins that can completely change how the game looks. You can find new skins online with a quick search, or on the "Osu!" community forum.

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You'll start with about 40 "beatmaps." Some songs will appear multiple times in the menu with different difficulty settings. You can also change your settings to play in different modes or make the game easier overall.

You'll start with about 40 "beatmaps." Some songs will appear multiple times in the menu with different difficulty settings. You can also change your settings to play in different modes or make the game easier overall.

Playing "Osu!" is straightforward. Simply follow the numbers and click the circles to the beat of the music, and hold the trails with your mouse. If you miss too many, the song will stop and you'll fail.

Playing "Osu!" is straightforward. Simply follow the numbers and click the circles to the beat of the music, and hold the trails with your mouse. If you miss too many, the song will stop and you'll fail.
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Once you complete a song you'll get to see how accurate your presses were, and compare your score to people around the world.

Once you complete a song you'll get to see how accurate your presses were, and compare your score to people around the world.

The hardest songs in "Osu!" are really intense, but practice makes perfect!

Download "Osu!" for free here.

osu! is so good that pros in several esports games use it as a way to warm up/practice before their matches

bring on osu! esports I'll watch the shit out of it

— Rod Breslau (@Slasher) July 10, 2019
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