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Rate the mapping technique - Round 3: 'Half-backing'

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5 - Love them!
31
14.09%
4
53
24.09%
3
71
32.27%
2
46
20.91%
1 - Hate them!
19
8.64%
Total votes: 220
kingcobra52
osu! Alumni
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kingcobra52
Round 3: 'Half-backing'



This suggestion was from Ekaru. If your first note is a quarter beat and the next 2 are eighth beats, arrange them so that you attempt a 'back and forth', except 3 will stop short. (assuming distance snap is enabled) This will create a straight line, as seen above. Can be tricky sometimes, but many mappers have used it at one point.

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rust45
1,088 posts
Joined May 2009
rust45
4. Can be tough to sightread but I am guilty of using them, and once you notice it's actually kinda fun to play.
Zekira
9,233 posts
Joined September 2008
Zekira
I'm rating it a 4. I use stuff like that on my maps, but excessive use of it makes it a bit unreadable. That's all I can say, really.
0_o
2,155 posts
Joined December 2008
0_o
I personally hate patterns like this. I can do them in-game, but they have very little flow and I just don't find them fun at all.
LuigiHann
Resident Skinner
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LuigiHann
In your example of 1/4 and 1/8, I'd probably rip my hair out, but assuming we're talking about 1/2 and 1/4, I think that's fine and kind of cool
Ivalset
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Ivalset
Going to agree with 0_o, I don't like how it flows. Rated it a 2 anyway, though, since I don't find them that terrible, just a slight dislike.

Edit: Actually, this is made with the assumption that this string continues past 3 beats. If it doesn't, then flow isn't a big deal.
Mogsy
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Mogsy
I'm rating them a 3, simply because like any technique, they can be absolutely awful if used incorrectly, but it's still not that bad of a technique. Also, I second etnas as the next topic.
Larto
4,128 posts
Joined June 2008
Larto
Rated 3. It can be pretty damn confusing if used wrongly. But if you use them right, they're pretty cool for example in DJPop maps.
Zerostarry
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Zerostarry
I dont like the flow of these. 2.
kingcobra52
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kingcobra52
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Doomsday
Featured Artist
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Joined July 2008
Doomsday
i rated a 3. they can be good if used correctly, but otherwise, not so much
Derekku
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Joined March 2009
Derekku
I gave it a 4. It's nice when used correctly, but I see people using them badly sometimes so ughhhh
Mogsy
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Mogsy

kingcobra52 wrote:

LuigiHann wrote:

In your example of 1/4 and 1/8, I'd probably rip my hair out, but assuming we're talking about 1/2 and 1/4, I think that's fine and kind of cool
Actually, I was talking in terms of music, not the actual snap divisor. A quarter beat would be what you normally tap your foot to when listening to the music. (or a white tick in osu)
Just to make a clarification key:

quarter = 1/1
eighth = 1/2
eighth triplet = 1/3
sixteenth = 1/4
sixteenth triplet = 1/6
thirty-second = 1/8

1/4 and 1/8 would make me pull my hair out, 1/2 and 1/4 is only slightly better but still not wise. It's best used with 1/1 and 1/2.
anonymous_old
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Ekaru
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Joined July 2008
Ekaru
It depends on the usage. I usually don't do it very often, but Hirari (TV Size) was an exception. I have no idea how many of these I put in there. I have no idea how many people hate me for it.

Usually I avoid it, unless it "feels" right. Rated a 5 anyways, since I made a map based on those (had even more before I changed a few on my own). <3
eee
692 posts
Joined January 2008
eee
*2*
I pretty much don't like any pattern that forces you to go back and ruins the even flow of a map.
I think I know what you mean (1/1 to 1/1 forward to 1/2 headed backwards to 1/1 heading forward), not time for screenshots and my vocabulary is pretty limited. if not, can you come up with some map examples?
CheeseWarlock
osu! Alumni
1,185 posts
Joined May 2008
CheeseWarlock
3, because they're used more often than they should be. But like I've probably said in the other two threads, it can work well sometimes and if you can pull it off, go for it.
mm201
osu! Alumni
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Joined August 2008
mm201
Meets iNiS style guides and is one of the very few "white hat" ways to add trickery.
FurukawaPan
649 posts
Joined August 2008
FurukawaPan
use sparingly, is my suggestion. Doing it once or twice can add a neat kick to your map. Doing it incessantly throughout will make the map unfun and annoying.
SteRRuM
678 posts
Joined October 2008
SteRRuM
2, It's not so cool.
YGOkid8
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YGOkid8
Don't like these, especially in this map:
Yuu - U.N. Owen was Her? [DJPop's Insane]
http://osu.ppy.sh/s/7104

2*
Gens
osu! Alumni
3,485 posts
Joined August 2008
Gens
3'd

They can be confusing, sure, but it may fit if the mapper does it correctly. I'm guilty of using this a few times.
theplayerbeta
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Joined February 2012
theplayerbeta
2/5, I don't like it.........
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