[quote=Pishifat]
Amaikai: what are spread regulations?
>explained on difficulty-specific sections of the ranking criteria (not what this draft is for)
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Weight was on "
drastically large differences" not what each specific difficulty is supposed to contain. Wording used isn't objective and I wouldn't know if (easy),(normal),(hard),(insane)5, 6.5, 8 spread is okay just by reading the rule. So let me ask with different wording:
Are there plans to make document of what bn's are looking for when they browse through maps that are NOT included in rules or guidelines but are standard practises instead? Something like "Introduction to BNG", "BNG and You", "Is my map ready for BN senpai".
As for spread:
I would have hoped to reduce incentives to abuse the system instead of saying "we can't have do that because A is abused. If we make B it will also get abused". I see that as shallow reasoning, it hasn't been tested how changing 2 step system 3 step system affects abuse aka mp3 stretching. Does abuse increase because it's now possible to edit 2:40 songs to 3min and do less strict spread? OR does abuse decrease because 4:40 songs fit on less strict spread and incentive to make it 5minute is less? Or does the amount of abuse stay same? What effects this abuse has to players, mappers, bns? I find having a gut feeling as justification for rule to be unacceptable.
There were also other alternatives suggested on thread, why would, for example, why these be no good on fundamental level?
Reference table
Difference between lowest and highest difficulty in star rating is calculated.
This difference and song length is matched on 2 dimensional table to see number of required difficulties.
Mapper maps that amount of difficulties with linear/gradual spread.
Reference table is absolute, it's up to mapper if he wants to extend the mp3 or nerf highest difficulty to map 1 difficulty less.
Supply and demand
Number of difficulties within specific range on ranked mapsets are counted
When there is oversupply of specific difficulty range, new mapsets can exclude that difficulty range from their set
When there is undersupply of specific difficulty range, bonus incentives to map specific difficulty range.
Bonus: You can append difficulties to already created sets later on to fill in the gaps.
Difficulty pack
Beg peppy to allow different songs in same mapset
Concept is to have set with multiple different songs in it
Set has difficulties which are around same range
Packs can be for beginner, advanced, insane, extra, ultra
Only X amount of sets for Y range can be ranked each month
Exceptional sets can go to loved if they don't get ranked
(Get some BN collaboration to decide which packs get ranked)
Pool of maps
Have contest to map single song.
Make spread for mapset from entries, pick argueably best for each range
Rank it, exceptional single difficulties go to loved
In case of extremely popular song, make 2 sets from the map pool
(Get some BN to handle this)