HELP with M2 blindfolded

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I need help with M2 memorization
When i memorize special case (pieces in the middle layer) i get confuse, because i dont know where they have to go, if in the right place or the inverse, and i dont know what is the next piece to memorize, if the piece in the right place or in the inverse place :S (because the centers change with m2)

Pls help me!!
and sorry for my english, i am from Chile :)
 
i dont understand u :S!!
i use the ericlimeback memorization method
 
Just memorise as you normally would.Just remember that when the centers are wrong(which happens with odd number of M2s
),the piece on FU has to go to DB and UF has to go to BD and vice versa

For example if FU was the 3rd or 5th piece you memorized(odd),then you have to use the algorithm which shoots to BD,not FU

But if FU was the 2nd or 4th piece(even),then use algorithms for FU only
 
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Nada más contando las veces que hacés M2, si hiciste M2 un número par de veces entones no hay que cambiar los centros, pero si lo habeis hecho un número impar toca hacer m2 para arreglar la permutación. Para la orientación Stefan tiene unos algoritmos en la sección 'Special cases'. link.
 
Remember the letters in groups of fours. For example

A G H F


You would do the inverse algorithm on the 2nd and 4th one.

X R E B

Again, you would do the inverse algorithm on R and B.

That's an explanation I hardly understand, and I use the method! Shame on you!

Ok, so you probably memorise with DF as buffer (with the D sticker as start of the cycle), shooting to UB with M2. There are only 4 special cases. Notice that shooting to UB of BU is not really a special case, and the alg will always be the same, either M2, or something that does the same AND also flip the 2 involved edges. For the DB, BD, FU and UF targets however, the algs will be different, depending on whether the centers are 'solved' or not.

So there are 4 algs that are kinda special:

Shooting to UF: U2 M' U2 M'
Shooting to FU: F E RUR' E' RUR' F M2

Important observations to make: Both algorithms will keep the UB edge unchanged. The DB edge will remain between the same centers, but it will end up at UF (because of the M2, ofcourse).

Shooting to DB: M U2 M U2
Shooting to BD: M2 D R' U R' U' r R' U R U' r' R2 D'

Important observations to make: Both algorithms will keep the UB edge unchanged. The UF edge will remain between the same centers, but it will end up at DB (because of the M2, ofcourse).

Now, memorisation of the targets is the same as old pochmann. I recommend memorising in pairs (pairs of targets, possibly converted into letterpairs). When you have UF as a target, and it's the first letter of a pair, you know the centers will be in 'correct' position, and you can use the regular alg for UF (U2 M' U2 M'). When it's UF and it's the second letter of a pair, you know the centers will be 'incorrect', and therefore you have to shoot to DB rather than UF, so you use M U2 M U2.


Example 1:

Setup with D' L2 M2 U M U2 M' U M2 L2 D
Memo: First target is UR, second target is UF.

Solution:
First target(UR): R' U R U' M2 U R' U' R.
For the second target, UF would be the second member of a letter pair. That means the centers are not in their positions, so we have to shoot to DB rather than UF: M U2 M U2.

Example 2:

Setup with D' L2 M2 U' M U2 M' U' M2 L2 D
Memo: First target is UF, second target is UR.

Solution:
First target is UF, and since it's going to be the first member of a letter-pair, we know that the centers are correct, and we can use the regular alg for UF: U2 M' U2 M'. Notice how the 'solved' edge ends up at DB, but between the correct centers.
Second target(UR): R' U R U' M2 U R' U' R.


It might be hard to get used to, but when you memorise in pairs, you don't have to keep track of the centers. You just need to consider if the centers are correct when you run into one of the 4 special cases.

I hope this helps.
 
so, i have to memorize in pair letters, and in each pair, the first letter are in the correct position and the second means that are in the wrong position? wow thanks men
 
so, i have to memorize in pair letters, and in each pair, the first letter are in the correct position and the second means that are in the wrong position? wow thanks men

Well, you dont have to use letters, but you need a way to memo your targets in such a way so that you know whether your target is 'even' or 'odd'.

What I do: I have associated all 24 stickers with a letter (yes, all 24, because sometimes I use old pochmann with a different buffer).

Then, when I memorise my first target, I convert the letter to a person.
For the second target, I convert the letter to an action, a verb. Then I picture that person from the first letter doing that specific action.
So usually, the edges are memorised by 5 or 6 persons along a journey at locations around my house.
And when I solve a target I associated with a person, I know the centers will be correct (at the start of shooting to the target)
When I solve a target I associated with an action, I know the centers are not solved (at the start of shooting to the target, that is)
 
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