osu420’s Missing Promise [Delusion]+SO 95.24% FC. Without a doubt, one of the most impressive plays ever set in osu! history, but one that takes some experience to appreciate fully. In the 5.5 years that this map has been ranked, osu420’s score remains the BEST, and there’s much more to unpack about this score. While some maps easily convey how difficult they are through the raw aim, or speed requirements, Missing Promise is much more nuanced than it may seem at first glance. To help illustrate just how difficult this play is, I would like to break down and analyze aspects of the map and the play itself. Right off the bat, we get a sense of the density of the notes, and the reading difficulty associated. The map is around 224 bpm which is already 2 Times more than BMC can stream and AR 9.6, a higher note density than most players are used to. Still, this should be manageable, but adding to the difficulty is the constant rhythm of, and spacing of the patterns which continues for the entire map. These would already pose a significant challenge to players’ rhythm sense, reading, and finger control, but with SPUN OUT, the reading becomes MUCH harder. This is all bread and butter to someone like osu420, who plays maps with similar patterns ALL THE TIME, but everything we’ve gone over is just the beginning. Ask any top player what the hardest part of osu! is, and they will all say the stamina which osu420 has Infinite amount of. Many of the patterns in this map are continuous with strange velocity and angle changes, which need very fine adjustments in a player’s aim to hit. None are more apparent than the various zig-zag patterns, which appear in the highest spacing sections. These require a player to aim to each note in a 1/2 beat time window, while potentially changing to an almost opposite direction. This is where osu420 shines cause the real challenge is diverting focus between the aim aspect and the tapping aspects of the map, while keeping your reading in check as well. Keeping up with the map the entire way through to such a degree is exactly why osu420's play is so astonishing. It’s hard to put into words how much skill goes into a play like this! I would also add bonus points for his amazing nerve control and 0 shakes. Normally players tend to stress over the fact that their getting the new top play. It can result in choking acc or even missing but osu420 doesn't have any week points. He slides his pen across his amazing tablet with precision so amazing that the only reason this isn't an SS is cause of standards note lock. Like you can see in the replay even at the hardest part of the map he had full control over everything there was happening. That's why I think that this play is possibly the greatest play in the WHOLE history of osu!
I would also add bonus points for his amazing nerve control and 0 shakes. Normally players tend to stress over the fact that their getting the new top play. It can result in choking acc or even missing but osu420 doesn't have any week points. He slides his pen across his amazing tablet with precision so amazing that the only reason this isn't an SS is cause of standards note lock. Like you can see in the replay even at the hardest part of the map he had full control over everything there was happening. That's why I think that this play is possibly the greatest play in the WHOLE history of osu!
osu420’s Missing Promise [Delusion]+SO 95.24% FC. Without a doubt, one of the most impressive plays ever set in osu! history, but one that takes some experience to appreciate fully. In the 5.5 years that this map has been ranked, osu420’s score remains the BEST, and there’s much more to unpack about this score. While some maps easily convey how difficult they are through the raw aim, or speed requirements, Missing Promise is much more nuanced than it may seem at first glance. To help illustrate just how difficult this play is, I would like to break down and analyze aspects of the map and the play itself. Right off the bat, we get a sense of the density of the notes, and the reading difficulty associated. The map is around 224 bpm which is already 2 Times more than BMC can stream and AR 9.6, a higher note density than most players are used to. Still, this should be manageable, but adding to the difficulty is the constant rhythm of, and spacing of the patterns which continues for the entire map. These would already pose a significant challenge to players’ rhythm sense, reading, and finger control, but with SPUN OUT, the reading becomes MUCH harder. This is all bread and butter to someone like osu420, who plays maps with similar patterns ALL THE TIME, but everything we’ve gone over is just the beginning. Ask any top player what the hardest part of osu! is, and they will all say the stamina which osu420 has Infinite amount of. Many of the patterns in this map are continuous with strange velocity and angle changes, which need very fine adjustments in a player’s aim to hit. None are more apparent than the various zig-zag patterns, which appear in the highest spacing sections. These require a player to aim to each note in a 1/2 beat time window, while potentially changing to an almost opposite direction. This is where osu420 shines cause the real challenge is diverting focus between the aim aspect and the tapping aspects of the map, while keeping your reading in check as well. Keeping up with the map the entire way through to such a degree is exactly why osu420's play is so astonishing. It’s hard to put into words how much skill goes into a play like this! Hopefully this video has given you some more insight into, and appreciation of, one of osu!’s best plays of all time!
osu420’s Missing Promise [Delusion]+SO 95.24% FC. Without a doubt, one of the most impressive plays ever set in osu! history, but one that takes some experience to appreciate fully. In the 13 days (at the time) that this map has been ranked, osu420’s score remains the BEST, and there’s much more to unpack about this score. While some maps easily convey how difficult they are through the raw aim, or speed requirements, Missing Promise is much more nuanced than it may seem at first glance. To help illustrate just how difficult this play is, I would like to break down and analyze aspects of the map and the play itself. Right off the bat, we get a sense of the density of the notes, and the reading difficulty associated. The map is around 224 bpm which is already 2 Times more than BMC can stream and AR 9.6, a higher note density than most players are used to. Still, this should be manageable, but adding to the difficulty is the constant rhythm of, and spacing of the patterns which continues for the entire map. These would already pose a significant challenge to players’ rhythm sense, reading, and finger control, but with SPUN OUT, the reading becomes MUCH harder. This is all bread and butter to someone like osu420, who plays maps with similar patterns ALL THE TIME, but everything we’ve gone over is just the beginning. Ask any top player what the hardest part of osu! is, and they will all say the stamina which osu420 has Infinite amount of. Many of the patterns in this map are continuous with strange velocity and angle changes, which need very fine adjustments in a player’s aim to hit. None are more apparent than the various zig-zag patterns, which appear in the highest spacing sections. These require a player to aim to each note in a 1/2 beat time window, while potentially changing to an almost opposite direction. This is where osu420 shines cause the real challenge is diverting focus between the aim aspect and the tapping aspects of the map, while keeping your reading in check as well. Keeping up with the map the entire way through to such a degree is exactly why osu420's play is so astonishing. It’s hard to put into words how much skill goes into a play like this! Hopefully this video has given you some more insight into, and appreciation of, one of osu!’s best plays of all time!
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