Hope this gets ranked before mother's day.
New combos usually go best on the long white tick. There are exceptions, but often times people slide over or onto the downbeat, and they put the new combo on the next note (beat 2). This is very much unintuitive in music, and while it doesn't really matter in single player, it does make tag a bit silly. When you omit a hard beat on the downbeat, it feels strange, at least to me, and ruins the flow of the music. Sometimes the important downbeat is every measure, or every two, or every four. It depends a lot on the song. This song in particular works best every four, so I ask you to please make sure you have a note on the downbeat of every fourth measure. The others don't matter as much, but it's always a good idea to be consistent, and there's nothing more consistent than a new combo every measure. I'll point ones you missed in easy for you.
[easy]
00:28:772 -
00:41:538 -
01:22:389 - this one is actually a 1 measure bridge, the pattern resumes on the next measure
01:24:942 - so pattern resumes here. This one is particularly bad because you're not hitting a note when kiai turns on. If kiai is that important, it should be important enough to hit a note there.
01:45:367 - the only time it doesn't really matter is when there's a break afterwards, so this one is fine.
02:05:793 -
02:28:772 - got the bridge this time, but not the kiai.
02:49:197 -
03:09:623 - and this one is a 2 measure bridge
[52]
I recommend you read my opening paragraph too, but I'm not going to point out all the spots (though all the spots I pointed out should have a circle on it in your diff)
00:50:474 (3,4,5) - reverse this, rearrange. This puts the sliders on the emphasized notes in the guitar and piano, and gives you a circle on the downbeat.
01:00:687 (1,2,3,4,5) - stack 1 and 2 or 3 and 4, but not 4 and 5. 5 is really a new phrase, whereas 1 and 2 are the same note (bass beat) and thus the stack represents a repeated note. 3 and 4 are both quarter notes in the lyrics, which isn't normal, and could be considered repeated as well.
01:04:835 (1,2,3,4) - One of the other reasons I'm so adamant about getting the downbeat is that these are offbeat sliders. They start on the red tick and end on the white tick. It's incredibly disorienting in higher difficulties, and while it's still easy for most modders and insane players, newer players will have a harder time with it, and it creates eggpain difficulty, which is a bad kind of difficulty. It seems like a lot of your sliders are on the offbeat. If you would go through and change every other slider to be on the beat, there would be no problem. it's the repeated offbeat slider that causes flow problems.
01:22:069 (4) - no finish. This is a quiet time to listen to the strings.
02:24:304 (1) - ^
02:31:963 (3) - if you want to map the lyrics, you should split this up into 2 circles. I don't follow your NC method (I'm a fan of NC on the downbeat) but if you go by lyrics, they start there and would be a good place too.
02:36:750 (1,2,3,4) - more offbeats. Might I recommend making the first slider a repeating slider and move everything else over one?
02:44:729 (2,3) - if you use ctrl r/h/j/>/< you can make these sliders exactly identical.
02:59:410 - I just want to point out that this is the ONLY slider that starts on a white tick until 03:25:580 (3). Everything in moderation, and this is not it.
03:33:240 (3) - I don't like the fact that the timing in the lyrics is so off here. I don't know what to do, since moving back 1/6 sounds better, but is obviously not recommended. Usually when I run into these problems I put a break there, undermap it, or put in a spinner.
[hard]
[hitsounds]
just a quick note about all the doublets in the drum part. Usually it's a snare hit followed by a bass hit, aka high followed by low, aka kat followed by don. For that reason you should put the claps on the first note of the doublet, and not on the second note. Right now you're putting claps usually on the 4th note in the pair of doublets, and you should only put them on the first and third. e.g.: 00:32:495 (3,5) - claps here
00:32:601 (4,6) - no claps
you could possibly leave a clap off the first note, but you need one on the 3rd, and definitely not one on the 4th.
00:24:197 (2) - move 1/1 later, there is nothing in the song at this time and the rhythm is unintuitive.
00:26:750 (2) - ^ you'll have to rearrange due to slider
01:00:687 - add a note, this is confusing to read. And I think the 1.5x spacing is a good thing for the 1/3 spacing notes.
01:04:516 (1) - there is a reason for nazi mods btw, but it's not something someone else should have to tell you. You should nazi your own map to prevent unsymmetrical sliders like this. Use ctrl h to see what I mean. Making good lazy sliders is as much of an art as making perfect sliders, and right now you're not doing either. Check ignorethis' maps for lazy sliders, and randomjibberish's maps for perfect sliders.
01:28:559 (4) - overmapped, delete it and rearrange with 1.5x spacing
01:57:069 (6) - I think these 1/6 doublets really need to be stacked for a hard. You just had a 16th note triple earlier, you've been stacking most of the time, but not here...
02:04:304 (5) - overmapped, delete it and rearrange with 1.5x spacing
02:06:006 (2,3,4) - I don't like switching parts like this. the lyrics are straight sixteenth notes, and the drums are in swing. That means there's a note on the blue and purple ticks. You can't map both, that's just ridiculous. That means here in particular you need to use 1/4 snap, not 1/6, if you're mapping the lyrics. If you're not mapping the lyrics then it's overmapping and should be deleted.
02:09:304 (2,3) - reverse this
02:24:197 (2) - this is on the blue tick. I would recommend putting it in a repeating slider.
02:42:176 (2) - end 1/6 earlier and keep the pattern going.
03:38:772 (5) - overmapped, delete it and rearrange with 1.5x spacing
now I have to call my mom...
New combos usually go best on the long white tick. There are exceptions, but often times people slide over or onto the downbeat, and they put the new combo on the next note (beat 2). This is very much unintuitive in music, and while it doesn't really matter in single player, it does make tag a bit silly. When you omit a hard beat on the downbeat, it feels strange, at least to me, and ruins the flow of the music. Sometimes the important downbeat is every measure, or every two, or every four. It depends a lot on the song. This song in particular works best every four, so I ask you to please make sure you have a note on the downbeat of every fourth measure. The others don't matter as much, but it's always a good idea to be consistent, and there's nothing more consistent than a new combo every measure. I'll point ones you missed in easy for you.
[easy]
00:28:772 -
00:41:538 -
01:22:389 - this one is actually a 1 measure bridge, the pattern resumes on the next measure
01:24:942 - so pattern resumes here. This one is particularly bad because you're not hitting a note when kiai turns on. If kiai is that important, it should be important enough to hit a note there.
01:45:367 - the only time it doesn't really matter is when there's a break afterwards, so this one is fine.
02:05:793 -
02:28:772 - got the bridge this time, but not the kiai.
02:49:197 -
03:09:623 - and this one is a 2 measure bridge
[52]
I recommend you read my opening paragraph too, but I'm not going to point out all the spots (though all the spots I pointed out should have a circle on it in your diff)
00:50:474 (3,4,5) - reverse this, rearrange. This puts the sliders on the emphasized notes in the guitar and piano, and gives you a circle on the downbeat.
01:00:687 (1,2,3,4,5) - stack 1 and 2 or 3 and 4, but not 4 and 5. 5 is really a new phrase, whereas 1 and 2 are the same note (bass beat) and thus the stack represents a repeated note. 3 and 4 are both quarter notes in the lyrics, which isn't normal, and could be considered repeated as well.
01:04:835 (1,2,3,4) - One of the other reasons I'm so adamant about getting the downbeat is that these are offbeat sliders. They start on the red tick and end on the white tick. It's incredibly disorienting in higher difficulties, and while it's still easy for most modders and insane players, newer players will have a harder time with it, and it creates eggpain difficulty, which is a bad kind of difficulty. It seems like a lot of your sliders are on the offbeat. If you would go through and change every other slider to be on the beat, there would be no problem. it's the repeated offbeat slider that causes flow problems.
01:22:069 (4) - no finish. This is a quiet time to listen to the strings.
02:24:304 (1) - ^
02:31:963 (3) - if you want to map the lyrics, you should split this up into 2 circles. I don't follow your NC method (I'm a fan of NC on the downbeat) but if you go by lyrics, they start there and would be a good place too.
02:36:750 (1,2,3,4) - more offbeats. Might I recommend making the first slider a repeating slider and move everything else over one?
02:44:729 (2,3) - if you use ctrl r/h/j/>/< you can make these sliders exactly identical.
02:59:410 - I just want to point out that this is the ONLY slider that starts on a white tick until 03:25:580 (3). Everything in moderation, and this is not it.
03:33:240 (3) - I don't like the fact that the timing in the lyrics is so off here. I don't know what to do, since moving back 1/6 sounds better, but is obviously not recommended. Usually when I run into these problems I put a break there, undermap it, or put in a spinner.
[hard]
[hitsounds]
just a quick note about all the doublets in the drum part. Usually it's a snare hit followed by a bass hit, aka high followed by low, aka kat followed by don. For that reason you should put the claps on the first note of the doublet, and not on the second note. Right now you're putting claps usually on the 4th note in the pair of doublets, and you should only put them on the first and third. e.g.: 00:32:495 (3,5) - claps here
00:32:601 (4,6) - no claps
you could possibly leave a clap off the first note, but you need one on the 3rd, and definitely not one on the 4th.
00:24:197 (2) - move 1/1 later, there is nothing in the song at this time and the rhythm is unintuitive.
00:26:750 (2) - ^ you'll have to rearrange due to slider
01:00:687 - add a note, this is confusing to read. And I think the 1.5x spacing is a good thing for the 1/3 spacing notes.
01:04:516 (1) - there is a reason for nazi mods btw, but it's not something someone else should have to tell you. You should nazi your own map to prevent unsymmetrical sliders like this. Use ctrl h to see what I mean. Making good lazy sliders is as much of an art as making perfect sliders, and right now you're not doing either. Check ignorethis' maps for lazy sliders, and randomjibberish's maps for perfect sliders.
01:28:559 (4) - overmapped, delete it and rearrange with 1.5x spacing
01:57:069 (6) - I think these 1/6 doublets really need to be stacked for a hard. You just had a 16th note triple earlier, you've been stacking most of the time, but not here...
02:04:304 (5) - overmapped, delete it and rearrange with 1.5x spacing
02:06:006 (2,3,4) - I don't like switching parts like this. the lyrics are straight sixteenth notes, and the drums are in swing. That means there's a note on the blue and purple ticks. You can't map both, that's just ridiculous. That means here in particular you need to use 1/4 snap, not 1/6, if you're mapping the lyrics. If you're not mapping the lyrics then it's overmapping and should be deleted.
02:09:304 (2,3) - reverse this
02:24:197 (2) - this is on the blue tick. I would recommend putting it in a repeating slider.
02:42:176 (2) - end 1/6 earlier and keep the pattern going.
03:38:772 (5) - overmapped, delete it and rearrange with 1.5x spacing
now I have to call my mom...
