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Is the game harder when muted?

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Hazlexnut
2 posts
Joined April 2013
Topic Starter
Hazlexnut
Hiya,
I just restarted playing Osu a couple of days ago and can do beginnerish maps I guess or anything < 3 stars. However, for every other game I play I constantly mute all sounds, and I've been doing that with Osu. However, I am finding that I am having trouble hitting ?streams? on some of the more difficult maps. Will playing with the sound on make it easier to keep up with the tempo?

Are there any other disadvantages to playing on mute?
Thanks!
sayonara_sekai
376 posts
Joined November 2010
sayonara_sekai
is this a joke?
uzzi
786 posts
Joined September 2012
uzzi
It's a rhythm game, so without the music it'd be hard to hit notes accurately. There's a buttload more disadvantages, but I honestly don't think they're worth mentioning, they should be quite self-explanatory.
Raniemi
337 posts
Joined December 2013
Raniemi

Hazlexnut wrote:

Hiya,
I just restarted playing Osu a couple of days ago and can do beginnerish maps I guess or anything < 3 stars. However, for every other game I play I constantly mute all sounds, and I've been doing that with Osu. However, I am finding that I am having trouble hitting ?streams? on some of the more difficult maps. Will playing with the sound on make it easier to keep up with the tempo?

Are there any other disadvantages to playing on mute?
Thanks!
Of course you are going to have trouble keeping the rhythm without your sounds! You should definitely play with sounds from now on and even get a skin with nice hitsounds that you can hear. Playing on mute is basically hindering yourself.
Hazlexnut
2 posts
Joined April 2013
Topic Starter
Hazlexnut

Raniemi wrote:

Hazlexnut wrote:

Hiya,
I just restarted playing Osu a couple of days ago and can do beginnerish maps I guess or anything < 3 stars. However, for every other game I play I constantly mute all sounds, and I've been doing that with Osu. However, I am finding that I am having trouble hitting ?streams? on some of the more difficult maps. Will playing with the sound on make it easier to keep up with the tempo?

Are there any other disadvantages to playing on mute?
Thanks!
Of course you are going to have trouble keeping the rhythm without your sounds! You should definitely play with sounds from now on and even get a skin with nice hitsounds that you can hear. Playing on mute is basically hindering yourself.

Er, regarding skins, how big of an impact do they have on playing? I've just been using the default thing
CXu
osu! Alumni
3,558 posts
Joined March 2009
CXu
Why not just give it a try? And see for yourself what's easier/harder.
Sophia_old_1
266 posts
Joined December 2013
Sophia_old_1
Some skins have no combo bursts, giving a clear play area ; they also may come with invisible 300 notes, which means your screen is also less cluttered. Otherwise, they're just good visually - I use a darker skin because I play at night, on a not-so-bright monitor, and don't want my eyes to die out of all the flashes.
Maxis
151 posts
Joined May 2013
Maxis
IMO there are so many disadvantages to playing with mute and not really any advantage I can think of.

I'll just list a few off the top of my head:
-Your accuracy will be poor, as the only way you can judge when to hit a note is by approach circles, which you may even find yourself ignoring one day as you get to harder maps.
-If you 50/100, you'll be unable to tell by sound whether you hit too early or too late, since you won't be able to hear any hitsounds compared to the music.
-You will be unable to instinctively tell when the song will get harder/faster (slider velocity will increase, more intensity in the map in general) because you won't tell when the chorus or the 'high point' of the song is coming up.
-Not being able to distinguish the BPM will also result in poor accuracy, as even if you may have an idea of the BPM in your mind, it's often too fast or too slow.
-A bunch more I'm too lazy to list.
-Also, clicking circles just because they're there sounds kind of boring, y'know? The addition of music is a part of what makes this game so great (it's a rhythm game, after all).

You may be able to do Easys/Normals without sound, but you'll find the disadvantages I listed above will become extremely prominent and impossible to play with as you move on to harder maps.

Honestly you can give mute a try, but I really don't recommend it. It would surely be interesting however if you were able to advance pretty efficiently playing without sound.
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Vuelo Eluko
5,484 posts
Joined October 2013
Vuelo Eluko

phonics wrote:

is this a joke?
winber1
4,520 posts
Joined February 2010
winber1
osu! is a funny joke

i laugh whenever i see it.

hahaha hahah this logo is funny
ztrot
osu! Alumni
4,378 posts
Joined February 2008
ztrot
wow this is a thread?
nrl
1,402 posts
Joined October 2011
nrl

Hazlexnut wrote:

Er, regarding skins, how big of an impact do they have on playing? I've just been using the default thing
As a beginner, they probably won't make a huge difference. Playing at a high level the quality of your skin is much more important, especially for playing with hidden.
Bauxe
1,624 posts
Joined August 2012
Bauxe

ztrot wrote:

wow this is a thread?
g&r
Hamster Only
51 posts
Joined July 2013
Hamster Only
muting the game? plebs

try muting the game AND listening to different songs from itunes/whatever while playing
Kaeru
302 posts
Joined February 2013
Kaeru

ztrot wrote:

wow this is a thread?
SPOILER

HamsterCurry wrote:

muting the game? plebs
try muting the game AND listening to different songs from itunes/whatever while playing
That's a hilarious idea, actually. I should try that sometime.
KagamiHRS
87 posts
Joined May 2014
KagamiHRS
Such joke post
Playing on mute is just a "stunt", making it unnecessarily hard... But not too hard still, if you can keep your internal BPM and utilize approach circles.
buny
3,435 posts
Joined March 2012
buny

HamsterCurry wrote:

muting the game? plebs

try muting the game AND listening to different songs from itunes/whatever while playing
What is sad is that a lot of maps are actually very plain in general, and a lot of them will fit in with another song as long as they have similar bpm

also from natsumerin's profile
Lach
1,118 posts
Joined November 2012
Lach


It's much the same with most songs with the same beat pattern and signature. You can in theory map to sounds that aren't there. That way your map is not only not fitting to songs of the same bpm, but the song itself.

Also, this thread shouldn't exist. It's painfully fucking obvious that a game that requires timing to music is easier with a backing track, even if it is only used like a metronome.
Mikelicious
337 posts
Joined September 2012
Mikelicious

phonics wrote:

is this a joke?
Trauter
213 posts
Joined March 2014
Trauter
Playing osu with muted sounds is like peeing with closed eyes
Insyni
281 posts
Joined July 2012
Insyni
I personally don't notice much difference between playing muted/ un-muted if I'm not spamming. Most songs that I can't pass muted, I can barely pass un-muted.
xch00F
156 posts
Joined October 2012
xch00F

- [ U z z I ] - wrote:

It's a rhythm game, so without the music it'd be hard to hit notes accurately
if the bpm is constant then hitting notes without music is trivial
Aileefangirl
Aileefangirl
It's actually not that bad playing muted, I don't see too much of a difference. But nonetheless it is harder still.
[-Cloud-]
438 posts
Joined June 2013
[-Cloud-]

Trauter wrote:

Playing osu with muted sounds is like peeing with closed eyes
Challenge accepted.
Friendan
229 posts
Joined April 2014
Friendan
Unless you play at your optimial AR, then yes, it will be a lot more difficult.
nooblet
630 posts
Joined December 2011
nooblet

Choofers wrote:

- [ U z z I ] - wrote:

It's a rhythm game, so without the music it'd be hard to hit notes accurately
if the bpm is constant then hitting notes without music is trivial
You'd be surprised how hard it is to keep a slow beat with high OD.

Without music is one thing, completely muted is a whole different feeling, because you lack the hitsounds as well.

@Topic Playing the game muted will probably make you rely on approach circles so much you'll kill yourself later.
Noobsicle
674 posts
Joined October 2013
Noobsicle

nooblet wrote:

Without music is one thing, completely muted is a whole different feeling, because you lack the hitsounds as well.
ez solution: use cherry blooz
xch00F
156 posts
Joined October 2012
xch00F

Noobsicle wrote:

nooblet wrote:

Without music is one thing, completely muted is a whole different feeling, because you lack the hitsounds as well.
ez solution: use cherry blooz
this man knows what's up
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