Hi everyone.

I'm all self-learned in playing on a guitar, so people may often think I'm using strange ways of playing. For example:

When play, I use to play like this.

D - Downstroke
U - Uppstroke

D U D U U D U U D U
e|--------------------------------------------|
B|---9---10---9---7---------------------------|
G|--------------------9---7---6---------------|
D|--------------------------------9---7---6---|
A|--------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------|
(I hope you see what I mean, sometimes all of the tab just become a mess)

Now, people use to tell me that I should rather play like this. (Loke at the strokes)

D U D U D U D U D U
e|--------------------------------------------|
B|---9---10---9---7---------------------------|
G|--------------------9---7---6---------------|
D|--------------------------------9---7---6---|
A|--------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------|

Well, I don't get it. First of all it's hard for me just to change my playing-technique, and why change it when my style is like 25 % faster?

Thanks guys!

(If you're interseted of helping me even more, check the tablature-discussion forum for my other questions =)