[General]
Are you really sure you want to waste this map as an approval? Cutting the score a bit to just <20m by using a few more (repeat-) sliders instead of circles/streams should be no big deal. Add a 3,5 star normal-diff and get this mapset ranked!
[Insane]
Beatplacement suggestions:
Some parts are just disconnected 1/2 spam and could be improved to match the actual song (combine beat + vocals/melody) by using (repeat-) sliders. Only a few examples to get the idea but you don't have to follow those:
00:29:137 (1,2,3,4) - weird timing, (2,3) don't match the melody/vocal follow the player would expect from the combo before this; maybe try something similar to the placement you used @02:41:551 (1,2,3,4), or try this: http://puu.sh/pJMs
01:35:344 (1,2) - delete (2) and add a repeat to (1) so the slider fits both the beat and the vocals
03:58:965 (7,8) - maybe delete (7) and move (8) back by 1/2 and add a repeat to it, same beatpattern but has a better flow regarding the beat+vocals mixup in the song
04:09:482 (5,6) - ctrl+R to match the actual song, the player would expect the slider to start on 04:09:482 since the long sliders before that all matched the melody. Also fix hitsounds afterwards (remove whistle + clap from sliderending and add to the circle). It is ok to slide over this downbeat here because it is not dominant at all (the one before and after this one are).
04:10:172 (7,8,9) - maybe turn these into two 1x repeat sliders to match the melody flow: http://puu.sh/pK2r
Readability issues:
00:50:689 (5) - maybe add NC here to improve readability of this pattern, or you could place (5,6,7) like this (higher difficulty) http://osu.ppy.sh/ss/292343 (ctrl+R (5,6) for lower difficulty)
02:58:534 (8,1) - a jump mid-stream? I'd say it is not necessary, hard to read and just confusing (almost trolling the player who doesn't know this because he didn't map it
). If you want to keep that gap maybe delete (8) or just use a normal stream. For me personally it plays and feels best to delete 02:58:534 (8) and 02:59:224 (8) aswell
I did like it the first time I played it back then and it is even better now. Still some room for improvement, especially to make the map fit both melody and beat at the same time (I know this is miuch easier said than done). Overall I think it would be sad to waste this for approval only. Maybe you can think about making this rankable instead.
Are you really sure you want to waste this map as an approval? Cutting the score a bit to just <20m by using a few more (repeat-) sliders instead of circles/streams should be no big deal. Add a 3,5 star normal-diff and get this mapset ranked!
[Insane]
Beatplacement suggestions:
Some parts are just disconnected 1/2 spam and could be improved to match the actual song (combine beat + vocals/melody) by using (repeat-) sliders. Only a few examples to get the idea but you don't have to follow those:
00:29:137 (1,2,3,4) - weird timing, (2,3) don't match the melody/vocal follow the player would expect from the combo before this; maybe try something similar to the placement you used @02:41:551 (1,2,3,4), or try this: http://puu.sh/pJMs
456,140,29137,6,0,B|456:96|456:96|440:48,2,9500:39:137 (2,3) - delete (3) and add a repeat to (2), add a circle where (3) used to end to match the actual flow of the vocals and beat at the same time
377,199,29655,2,0,B|361:290|361:290|328:328,2,142.5
280,232,30344,1,0
01:35:344 (1,2) - delete (2) and add a repeat to (1) so the slider fits both the beat and the vocals
03:58:965 (7,8) - maybe delete (7) and move (8) back by 1/2 and add a repeat to it, same beatpattern but has a better flow regarding the beat+vocals mixup in the song
04:09:482 (5,6) - ctrl+R to match the actual song, the player would expect the slider to start on 04:09:482 since the long sliders before that all matched the melody. Also fix hitsounds afterwards (remove whistle + clap from sliderending and add to the circle). It is ok to slide over this downbeat here because it is not dominant at all (the one before and after this one are).
04:10:172 (7,8,9) - maybe turn these into two 1x repeat sliders to match the melody flow: http://puu.sh/pK2r
Readability issues:
00:50:689 (5) - maybe add NC here to improve readability of this pattern, or you could place (5,6,7) like this (higher difficulty) http://osu.ppy.sh/ss/292343 (ctrl+R (5,6) for lower difficulty)
02:58:534 (8,1) - a jump mid-stream? I'd say it is not necessary, hard to read and just confusing (almost trolling the player who doesn't know this because he didn't map it
). If you want to keep that gap maybe delete (8) or just use a normal stream. For me personally it plays and feels best to delete 02:58:534 (8) and 02:59:224 (8) aswellI did like it the first time I played it back then and it is even better now. Still some room for improvement, especially to make the map fit both melody and beat at the same time (I know this is miuch easier said than done). Overall I think it would be sad to waste this for approval only. Maybe you can think about making this rankable instead.
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