Yep, it is relatively easy to get #1s in the old days.Giorgos wrote:
Well, in my opinion, it was fun to play in 2009-2011, because everyone had an equal chance to get #1 on maps, top players were tough at that time,but with some practice everything was possible Here is an example : https://osu.ppy.sh/p/beatmap?b=47686&m=2
I was the second man who made FC with no mods here, the first one was kenji, and we all would NEVER ever think, at that time, that someone will make not just Hidden, but Hidden+HR !!!
Now it's very hard to take #1's, because players became too strong, and ExGon has some kind of monopoly here, in my opinion, which I salute, I'd do the same if I could, and actually, for example, because of me and Louis long time ago many beginners quit this game, because we were taking all their places It was fun, it was exciting, and it became a motivation for many players to increase their in-game abilities and improve their skills Now I feel myself just like these guys, who gave up, because nothing is eternal and it's a normal thing, cause each era has it's own heroes - There was a talented HD+DT player mikhe (who spoiled himself and became a FL cheater, screw him), there was kenji, there was Darksoul, misa, LirsRosso (another cheater) and many many other players..then came joynama, then Shana, then Velperk - each of these guys had his own time but most of them quit now..I am proud to call myself a good old player and I hope that this monopoly will fall one day, and I hope, that there won't be any cheaters anymore
I remember I got like ~400 #1s back in 2010 and 2011, then I went afk for 8 months around 2013, and boom I lost like 300 #1s.
However it is not really important to play for #1s or pp but for fun.