Approved isn't going to happen. Restricting Approved to marathon maps is the first step in eliminating the category in the first place, peppy ultimately wants Approved gone.
I agree with agka on this one. There is no magical 'correct' way to map. If you want to follow the music in a technical sense, then most easy difficulties are wrong, because they very often place notes in incorrect timings in order to simplify the timing for newcomers. Beyond that, you could consider them undermapped too.
Mapping is an artistic expression, and should be treated as such. A map is the mapper's interpretation of the music, not some technical transcription of the music directly into notes. If you want that, go play keyboardmania or something. Or go play an instrument. There is an art to overmapping that people here are not acknowledging.
The single most important thing about a chart/map is whether or not its enjoyable. There are certain qualities that go into making a map fun which still apply whether something is overmapped, or uses some other gimick like teleporting notes, stops, mashes, etc. etc. Making it so that mappers are not encouraged to experiment will discourage the better mappers, and will mean that most maps will end up feeling the same. One of the big draws with o2jam is that many of the most popular charts employed some sort of gimick in a way that made the map unique.
Again there is no 'correct' way to map. What's important is whether or not it's fun and unique.
I agree with agka on this one. There is no magical 'correct' way to map. If you want to follow the music in a technical sense, then most easy difficulties are wrong, because they very often place notes in incorrect timings in order to simplify the timing for newcomers. Beyond that, you could consider them undermapped too.
Mapping is an artistic expression, and should be treated as such. A map is the mapper's interpretation of the music, not some technical transcription of the music directly into notes. If you want that, go play keyboardmania or something. Or go play an instrument. There is an art to overmapping that people here are not acknowledging.
The single most important thing about a chart/map is whether or not its enjoyable. There are certain qualities that go into making a map fun which still apply whether something is overmapped, or uses some other gimick like teleporting notes, stops, mashes, etc. etc. Making it so that mappers are not encouraged to experiment will discourage the better mappers, and will mean that most maps will end up feeling the same. One of the big draws with o2jam is that many of the most popular charts employed some sort of gimick in a way that made the map unique.
Again there is no 'correct' way to map. What's important is whether or not it's fun and unique.