How long did it take you to get "good" at osu?

jr1254

Joined January 2013

Topic Starter

jr1254 2013-12-31T03:06:54+00:00

By good I mean you could hit S or SS and move on to adding mods such as double time and hidden . I feel as if im not improving lately hopeing its just a time and practice thing.

I do have A tablet and a mech keyboard with cherry MX already guys but Cookiezi just left them and said "the rest is for you to learn on your own" =/

Last edited by jr1254 2014-01-04T09:55:48+00:00, edited 1 time in total.

Pengua

41 posts

Joined April 2013

Pengua 2013-12-31T03:29:04+00:00

QQ can't S for my life. WHY DO YOU TAUNT ME SO?

Why do I play mouse-only you ask? So I can fap while playing osu!

uzzi

786 posts

Joined September 2012

uzzi 2013-12-31T03:40:41+00:00

It probably is a time/practice thing. Also good in what standard, because I'm probably terrible in all of them!

Omgforz

166 posts

Joined November 2010

Omgforz 2013-12-31T03:49:17+00:00

By the time I stopped caring for non-stop improvement and just started enjoying songs for what they are.

shortpotato

312 posts

Joined December 2011

shortpotato 2013-12-31T03:53:17+00:00

10k plays

Talinoth

59 posts

Joined September 2013

Talinoth 2013-12-31T03:57:13+00:00

Depends on what the beatmap difficulty is.

As a general rule, Hidden is actually a good source of free points on most high approach rate maps because it reduces the visual clutter, and on high approach rates you don't have to memorise the positions of multiple objects for a long time - so depending on the situation, Hidden can make a map easier instead of harder. It depends though.

DoubleTime generally makes everything harder of course - unless the map was a painfully slow, OD 9. AR -1 map or something cruel like that. I can DoubleTime most normals and get ok grades on them, and a lot of the posters here can probably DT Hards.

Anyway, the general consensus I've seen so far is that you're "good" if you can pass Scarlet Rose. As Scarlet Rose is one of the hardest maps in the game (by my reckoning, at least) that means only a tiny fraction of the playerbase is or ever will be "good" at this game lol.

I've been playing for a bit over 4 months and a week ago I could pass maybe 40% of Hards with halfway decent scores, and get S on one or two of the really easy ones. However, I'm on a new laptop now and my skill level has dropped to where it was 2 weeks ago - not being able to pass any but 1 or 2 "Hard" (actually Normal+) maps - I suspect it's something to do with this laptop's mouse support... But that wouldn't explain why I can't sightread AR 9-10 anymore, and why all my beatmaps in general seem so much "faster" than before. Weird.

But anyway enough about me. I've long since learned that improvement in Osu takes a while, but there is a kind of satisfying feeling because you can SEE your improvement - every beatmap you play, where you get 1% or 2% or more accuracy each time you play, you're getting better.

So don't sweat the small stuff. Don't measure yourself against others unless there's real money involved! Osu is a multiplayer game, but it's also a personal journey! Be awesome in your own way!

Still though, there is a charm in striving for the position of #1...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JuYeHPFR3f0

~Talinoth

EDIT: WTF you're much better than I am. I should have looked at your profile before I made this post, lol.

Almost

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Joined May 2012

Almost 2013-12-31T06:12:30+00:00

Talinoth wrote:
Anyway, the general consensus I've seen so far is that you're "good" if you can pass Scarlet Rose. As Scarlet Rose is one of the hardest maps in the game (by my reckoning, at least) that means only a tiny fraction of the playerbase is or ever will be "good" at this game lol.

I can't pass Scarlet Rose. I'm so bad at the game.

smoogipoo

osu!dev

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smoogipoo 2013-12-31T06:23:25+00:00

I only started to really get into osu! around September 2012, but I only recently realized the difference between me then and the me 1 or 2 months later. I think being 'good' at the game isn't necessarily that you can play mods, and it's a totally subjective opinion (whether you're good or not).

I started off not being able to S insanes unless I was lucky to do so. A month later it clicked somewhere in my head how to play the game well and that was the point at which I started down the path of HR and DT, improving further but hitting another brick wall which I was unable to pass (I say 'was' because most of the skill I put into headbutting that wall is now gone, not because I broke past the wall).
It was after that first 'click' that I realized I'm above average - I could S insanes easily, read AR10.33 and HR insanes fairly easily (though inconsistently in the first 4-5 months).

So to not get off topic - it didn't take me a long time to get good at osu!, however the time that happens is different for everybody. You'll know when something clicks and you can S insanes easily.

WolfCoder

182 posts

Joined June 2009

WolfCoder 2013-12-31T08:41:35+00:00

There's no clicks, I just slowly and slowly get better. 5 years so far and counting. Not there yet.

Bauxe

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Joined August 2012

Bauxe 2013-12-31T08:45:19+00:00

S / SS with mods on what difficulty songs?

However if its by preference, I feel that I am still terrible at this game.

Sorun

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Joined October 2010

Sorun 2013-12-31T09:04:20+00:00

Bauxe wrote:
S / SS with mods on what difficulty songs?

However if its by preference, I feel that I am still terrible at this game.

Did you notice a improvement switching to the higher res? Currently 1024 myself and I've been doing fairly well except for when it comes to hr. Its like ants on my screen.

buny

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Joined March 2012

buny 2013-12-31T09:36:42+00:00

751 playcount

751 plays - Lily - Scarlet Rose [0108 style]

Coffee Hero

Coffee Hero 2013-12-31T10:45:29+00:00

WolfCoder wrote:
There's no clicks, I just slowly and slowly get better. 5 years so far and counting. Not there yet.

you don't play enough.

Soarezi

Soarezi 2013-12-31T10:51:48+00:00

Almost wrote:
Talinoth wrote:
Anyway, the general consensus I've seen so far is that you're "good" if you can pass Scarlet Rose. As Scarlet Rose is one of the hardest maps in the game (by my reckoning, at least) that means only a tiny fraction of the playerbase is or ever will be "good" at this game lol.
I can't pass Scarlet Rose. I'm so bad at the game.

But you're #100

idkhowtoclick

58 posts

Joined February 2013

idkhowtoclick 2013-12-31T11:15:36+00:00

Talinoth wrote:
Anyway, the general consensus I've seen so far is that you're "good" if you can pass Scarlet Rose. As Scarlet Rose is one of the hardest maps in the game (by my reckoning, at least) that means only a tiny fraction of the playerbase is or ever will be "good" at this game lol.

But I have passed scarlet rose and am utter crap at the game.

YukinoDesuDesu

164 posts

Joined April 2012

YukinoDesuDesu 2013-12-31T11:19:25+00:00

Buy tablet
*SS's big black + hr/dt/hd

DJPop <3

CXu

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CXu 2013-12-31T11:48:51+00:00

5 years and counting.
I still can't stream or AR10 for shit.

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Bauxe

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Bauxe 2013-12-31T12:50:26+00:00

Sorun wrote:
Bauxe wrote:
S / SS with mods on what difficulty songs?

However if its by preference, I feel that I am still terrible at this game.
Did you notice a improvement switching to the higher res? Currently 1024 myself and I've been doing fairly well except for when it comes to hr. Its like ants on my screen.

I did personally, it gave me more movement on my tablet (could have just made my area larger) but also made circles bigger on the screen. Probably doesn't change much really, but I enjoy it more.

Icyteru

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Icyteru 2013-12-31T13:18:27+00:00

if bauxe is terrible, then we are all trench tier

AmaiHachimitsu

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Joined May 2011

AmaiHachimitsu 2013-12-31T14:29:17+00:00

Regular playing:

1 year - decent player

1,5-2 years - OWC- level player (early stages)

3 years - pro

Soarezi

Soarezi 2013-12-31T14:49:47+00:00

AmaiHachimitsu wrote:
Regular playing:

1 year - decent player

1,5-2 years - OWC- level player (early stages)

3 years - pro

lies u suk m888

winber1

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winber1 2013-12-31T15:55:28+00:00

everyone is trash except cookiezi.

who's cookiezi wat

my code doesn't work still

YukinoDesuDesu

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Joined April 2012

YukinoDesuDesu 2013-12-31T15:59:48+00:00

cookiezi went to the next plain of existence

DJPop <3

[ Stellar ]

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Joined September 2013

[ Stellar ] 2013-12-31T21:42:10+00:00

about 2k play counts to get "decent"

pooptartsonas

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Joined January 2012

pooptartsonas 2014-01-01T00:09:54+00:00

It took me about 6 months and about 10k playcount to be "good" at the game (i.e. I passed scarlet rose)

But seriously, you'll improve if you just keep playing. It's really difficult to measure how "long" it took because different people play different amounts so how long you've been playing is an inaccurate measure. Different people have a greater tendency to retry so playcount is inaccurate (not to mention a lot of people play offline I think?) Don't worry about how long it takes. If you try hard enough to be good, you can get there.

Almost

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Joined May 2012

Almost 2014-01-01T06:09:13+00:00

Soarezi wrote:
Almost wrote:
I can't pass Scarlet Rose. I'm so bad at the game.
But you're #100

More like #100000...

Naikaze

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Naikaze 2014-01-01T07:34:32+00:00

Omgforz wrote:
By the time I stopped caring for non-stop improvement and just started enjoying songs for what they are.

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Mikelicious

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Mikelicious 2014-01-01T10:09:19+00:00

1 year and counting

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Revion

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Revion 2014-01-01T10:23:26+00:00

Omgforz wrote:
By the time I stopped caring for non-stop improvement and just started enjoying songs for what they are.

Though I am still newbie here, but I got fast improvement on Catch The Beat (nevertheless I don't care~)

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Stregan

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Joined November 2012

Stregan 2014-01-01T16:11:22+00:00

2 weeks to S normal 6 months to S an AR8 insane map and 5 months to S an AR9 insane map and yeah i skipped hard lol.

SammySama

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Joined July 2012

SammySama 2014-01-01T16:35:12+00:00

In my experience and the experience of a few others, it seems to be around 5k plays when you start to kick off and get top 500 scores depending on the insane map.

Soulg

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Joined February 2013

Soulg 2014-01-01T21:56:59+00:00

you never get good at osu, you just get a little better each time.