love the word painting with some of these patterns, cool stuff

great map, super clean. absolutely in love with the mapping 01:32:490 - 01:45:716 over the spoken bit oh my goodnes

love yorushika gl ranked

i think finishes need to be much much more sparing throughout the map! their placement is great in isolation, and listening back to snippets before writing this I thought maybe i was dumb because actually they sounded totally fine, but the problem happens when you hear a longer section: it is too many cymbal hits! they lose their impact when they're too commonplace

especially in the "quiet" sections, where we practically only have the bass and vocals, the cymbals are much more powerful than what the song is giving: 00:50:805 - 01:01:506 needs no cymbals in my humble opinion, apart from possibly at the notes at the start and or end, and the intro section can only really take about one or two well placed ones before it starts being too much emphasis (i would personally only keep 00:11:060 (1) and possibly 00:06:474 (1))

similarly on the line of thought of "finishes provide a lot of emphasis", that large amount of emphasis helps establish your beats (and in particular your downbeats), which is why i think 00:15:455 (6,1) ends up sounding a bit lopsided, despite being a great idea. the emphasis on 6 is good and helps avoid making the hitsounding sound too straight and march-like, but the emphasis given by the cymbal is so strong that it ends up feeling like 6 is the downbeat, and without any prominent hitsounds on the downbeat, it falls a bit to the wayside and messes with the feeling of the groove of the song, which has a strong point on the downbeats

there are other similar moments where cymbals land before important beats, which similarly i think are good ideas apart from the cymbal being too powerful compared to the hitsounds on the strong beat after, so i would keep the idea but tweak it a bit

alternatively, or on top of reducing the amount of finishes, replacing them with a less intense finish hitsound might help with this stuff (sorry for the wall of text)

really minor thing but i don't particularly love the 1/4 filler here? there's a lot of 1/4 that really accurately reflects some interesting vocals in the song (in particular, I love 00:11:060 (1,2,3,4,5) as a pattern), or drum action, or even just like the undrlying beat, but there's also a couple moments where I think including all the sounds makes for a bit of a weird pattern:

for example, at 00:31:888 (4,5,6) there is technically a sound on 5, but it's a drum sound and it kinda fades into the background because it's part of the backing beat of the whole song, and the map has been mainly following vocals for the past however long. so mapping 5 gives it much more emphasis (for breaking out of that "mapping vocals" pattern that was generally happening) than i think the drum deserves and i'm not sure it worked well for me, but like i say there is technically something there so this is really just a minor personal nitpick

banger song, banger maps, thank you for this meal

personally i think it's much more apt as a low extra than as an insane with the longer bursts and bigger jumps (most of the points i brought up would be non-issues for an extra, and indeed the map it reminded me of is also an extra), but maybe the 160bpm offsets that enough for it to be a tricky insane, i'm no spread sage

idk if you already have had it playtested, but that would be good, see if players at an insane level are ready for this one

sick, i love it, the flow is so delicious, reminds me of one of my favourite maps ever and its going straight into my favourites

big big fan of this sb c:

I talked a lot of general mapping concepts so I'll just quickly list them here!

Sectioning: the music tends to be similar in short chunks of time, and those short chunks of time are very important to consider when you're mapping.

Consistency: generally you want to keep using the same ideas for the same section, and if a similar section comes up again, you'll want to reuse those ideas again. This can be stuff as fundamental as flow or rhythm, but also ranges down to tiny details (but don't spend forever worrying about the tiny details!). When a different/contrasting section comes up, you can change your ideas to highlight the difference.

This really is what I consider the single most important concept in mapping - you can do absolutely anything, as long as you do it consistently (and preferably, you should have some reasoning behind it too).
No point in writing about flow and rhythm here again because you already had a great grasp of it before I talked to you.

Inconsistency: you can use inconsistency to emphasise important details, such as a weird note, or a note that was way louder than all the others, etc. This only works well if it's clear what your ideas are for the section, because otherwise it all looks inconsistent.

I like what you have so far, and I'm sure you'll continue improving even more as a mapper as you continue!

simple!

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omg wtf this is a modv1 mapset : eyes:

We spoke in dms ;) so you already know but I'm putting it here for kds:

• You used some tilted grid patterns in top 2 diffs, and I think it would work really well if you did it for a specific section, as having it as a 1 off is weird and breaks grid mapping aesthetic imo
• lines and stacks, lines and stacks, lines lines stacks stacks, lines and stacks

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Definitely wayy too hard as it stands to be a bottom diff Normal:

• Rhythm density is too high: lots of 1/2 usage on the slow bits, as well as generally.
• Too much syncopation: many patterns start on a 1/2 tick instead of a 1/1 tick, which is fine usually, but is a bit demanding on a bottom diff
• Too much slider usage: sliders are easily the most confusing play element, but they're used very often here, and with fast 1/2 rhythms as well.

The mapset has some very good rhythmic choice imo, and some good starts on other mapping concepts. Good luck!

Generally you have really good rhythmic choice, but your spacing and flow need a bit more work (which is fine c:).

SPACING:
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Generally, spacing is used to emphasise sounds. Like with all emphasis, the way that it works is through contrast - you set up an expectation, and then you break it in important parts to emphasise how important they are.
This means that you should (generally) have lower spacing in calm sections, than in intense sections. However, notice that this doesn't have to be the case, there just has to be a noticeable contrast. However however, big spacing is commonly used for emphasis because it's much harder to hit than small spacing.
You use spacing well in the chorus section [01:22:284 - 01:30:420], which imo is the most important section (out of the ones you've mapped). On the other hand, you use similar spacing everywhere else (especially for 1/4) so the chorus isn't really as exciting as it should be, not because the spacing isn't big, but because all the other spacing is big as well.

FLOW:
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With flow it's the same thing: create an expectation and then break it in important parts for emphasis.
The general consensus is the following are most "normal":

• Jumps with small angles, sort of like this [https://puu.sh/G3Yv1/2f60febe63.png]
• Streams that don't curve too much, sort of like this [https://puu.sh/G3Yww/321113eb80.png]
  However, just like with spacing, it's up to you to choose what's the expectation for your map. Unlike spacing, "easy" flow isn't really one thing in specific and it varies from player to player.
  Generally flow is ok throughout the map, but sometimes flow changes for seemingly no reason.
  You use conventional flow (very circular, bendy kind of flow with small angles) @00:49:742 (1,2,3,4,5), but then right after you change to very wide angle jumps @00:51:267 (6,7,8). It's fine to use wide angles (and even to switch between small and wide), but it's best to keep to whatever you choose for your "normal" flow, and only change the flow type on important sounds or important sections.

In terms of active 1/4 rhythms, I'd keep it to 5 circles max at the most intense/exciting sections. For the less intense sections, I'd say 3 max, but obviously these are just guidelines based on my own opinion.
Generally, you want to avoid having too many 1/4 clicks in a row, because players get tired often. You've done this well though, and there aren't really any sections where the 1/4 is too tiring.
However, you could add a little bit more active 1/4, especially at the more intense sections (but don't go too overboard :P)

In terms of 1/4 sliders, you want a good amount of time after the slider for players to let go and then be able to click again, without having to let go too early. I'd say the minimum for this is 1/2, but use your judgement from case to case.