Hello. Here from requesting a M4M. I did most of the mod yesterday before your recent update, so I apologize if there's any useless suggestions because of that. Hope this helps!
[Hoen's Bronze Solo]
00:14:328 (2,2) – These are pretty close and so look a little cramped, try rotating 00:17:662 (2) - to space these out.
00:49:662 (3,1) – These are not perfectly parallel, do copy paste and ctrl shift s
01:14:995 (1,2) - The rhythm here is a little confusing what with red ticks and white ticks. A simpler rhythm like this fits better imo:
http://puu.sh/kV7et/4b8a898c6e.jpg01:37:662 (1) – I'm concerned that the spinner is too short for an easy player to do. Perhaps consider a rhythm like this?
http://puu.sh/kV6Ra/91cfb0c1d5.jpg[SrTarras's Silver Duo]
00:09:662 (3) – Move the end point to 398, 273 to blanket 00:11:328 (1) – better
00:20:995 (4) – moving this to 344, 122 gives the pattern better curvature imo.
00:33:328 (4,2) – spacing these out by moving (2) to 262, 87 could look nice
00:44:328 (1) – moving to 114, 309 makes a nicer blanket
00:55:662 (3,3) – looks odd imo, why not stack these?
01:56:995 (1,2) – This is the only instance where you use two ½ sliders instead of a reverse slider to express this unique part of the music, so it felt off. I like the pattern you have, but I think reverse slider fits the rhythm better, so see if you use that instead.
01:59:662 (2,3) – I'm not sure if you wanted to go with the DS of the next timing section, so I thought I'd just point this out that your DS is not 1.0x
02:05:162 (2,2) – This overlap looks odd to me, see if you can move 02:05:495 (3,1) – (so that 02:05:162 (2,1) – have a DS of ~1.0x) so that 02:05:162 (2,2) - stack
02:07:662 (2,3) – Due to the auto-stacking, your DS is not consistent
[Talrrasky's Gold Duo]
I can't really tell that it's a colab from the name. Maybe try Kousky's Gold Duo?
00:04:495 (2,3,4) – A more curved flow feels more natural to me:
http://puu.sh/kVdEz/5ca5c1089c.jpg00:04:995 (4,1) – The spacing here implies a ½ distance. I think a larger spacing transitions into the slower section better.
00:13:328 (3,4,5) – Make this linear since it's so close to being so.
00:15:995 (3,1) – blanket this since it's close to blanket anyway?
00:18:995 (1,2,3,1,2,3,4,1,2,3,4,1) – A bit of a pet peeve of mine. This is all clockwise flow, and there's so much it's a little overwhelming and trivializes the music. Going counterclockwise at 00:22:995 (1) – feels expressive since it goes with the stressed lyrics, but going counterclockwise at 00:22:328 (3) – is probably a better place to go counterclockwise since it feels like the right time to do so and it gets rid of the awkward 00:22:328 (3,2) - overlap
00:41:328 (4,2) – These being so close looks odd, try rotating 00:41:662 (1) – clockwise to give you some more room.
00:44:995 (3) – Try making this clockwise since that feels more natural. The idea is something like
http://puu.sh/kVc1F/5a8fcb9f08.jpg , but obviously you would need to make more room by changing what comes before this
00:56:995 (3,5) – The curvature being so strikingly different looks odd to me. I would take the average of these curvatures and make them both that, or I would use a different flow that gives a reason to change the curvature like maybe this rough example:
http://puu.sh/kVco3/d4e5b56a64.jpg01:01:662 (1,3) – Space these out a little more to look nicer
01:10:328 (3,3) – I'm not a fan of this overlap
01:15:328 – Missing the vocal here feels odd when 01:13:662 (1,2) – follows the vocals so well. Try making this a ½ slider and deleting 01:15:495 (2) - .
01:21:662 (1) – Obligatory make your spiral slider better.
01:34:328 (3,1) – (minor) this overlap is a little awkward to me
01:49:662 (1,2) – The way you make the 1 slider, you're asking for these to be blanketed. Blanket these or change the slider or make 2 in a position that doesn't ask to be blanketed.
01:51:495 – Missing the note at felt a little odd to me
02:01:328 (4,1) – Make this jump a little bigger, like 1.4x
02:04:328 (1,2,3,4) – Due to slider leniency, the effective spacing of this is very small. Go for something more like
http://puu.sh/kVcOM/c7f81d81e7.jpg02:08:328 (1,2,3,4) – Similar ^
General opinion: the direction/curvatures of your sliders in addition to some odd overlaps produce some awkward looking patterns, but the map is good as a whole.
[Platinum solo]
00:37:662 (1) – looks a little odd to me, try having a more obtuse angle like this rough example:
http://puu.sh/kV5Yd/d1e7c4733e.jpg00:38:662 (1,2,1) – Get more opinions on this, but this was a huge spike in intensity that didn't feel intuitive. Consider ending the slider at 00:39:662 – and putting a circle at 00:39:995 – as well as reducing the general level of spacing
01:13:662 (2) - Try slanting this so that the player can see the slant more clearly like:
http://puu.sh/kV631/c5574902df.jpg01:16:328 (3) – Similar ^
From 01:41:662 (1) – to 01:45:995 (2) – you prioritize counterclockwise flow a little too much and it feels a little repetitive when it shouldn't be. Try breaking up the counterclockwise flow at 01:43:662 (3,4,5,6) – to alleviate this issue. For a rough example:
http://puu.sh/kVzvi/a807eebbf2.jpg .
02:02:328 (4,5,6,1) – I like how you build tension with the ½ stacked notes and release the tension with jump sliders. It does a good job of expressing the music here.
[Irrelvis' Diamond Duo]
01:04:328 (1,2) – This spacing is awkward. Right now it just feels small, but increasing it could lead to misinterpreting the rhythm since 01:04:162 (4,1) – is a huge jump, so I don't know exactly what to do. I tried stacking these and it felt okay but yeah idk.
01:13:662 (1,2) – This isn't symmetric with itself (along the lines the slider head to head and tail to tail). Take a look at this for a more symmetric slider arrangement.
http://puu.sh/kVyy6/a85e6d73a8.jpg For convenience I've included the code if you like it:
170,46,77662,38,0,B|234:55|234:55|248:82|248:82|333:91,1,172.799994726563,4|0,1:0|1:0,0:0:0:0:
412,91,78329,2,0,P|414:62|416:26,1,57.5999982421876,4|0,3:0|0:0,0:0:0:0:
01:22:996 (1) - Making a tiny hole in the center of this like
http://puu.sh/kVaJi/0542dbb3a2.jpg makes the slider make more sense and looks better to me.
01:46:996 (9,1) – (minor) These could be more parallel
02:01:995 (2,3,4) – I know you're going for symmetry here, but the reduction in spacing felt off when playing. Try keeping the same flow but make the spacing around 1.3x. Right now, the symmetry is less noticeable than the spacing issue.
02:08:329 (1,2,1,2,1,2,1,2,1,2,3,4,1,2,3) – That the spacing here is less than that at 02:02:995 (1,2,1,2,1,2,1,2,1,2,1,2,1,2,1,2) – is poor pacing to me. Make the earlier one smaller or the later one bigger or both.
02:10:829 (1,1,1) – This high energy section creates a controversial point of pacing. 02:10:912 (1) – is overmapped (which isn't a problem by itself, but it gives a solid argument for an interpretation of no stream here, leading to a player easily misreading and not agreeing with the high spaced stream), and in my opinion, the music doesn't support the high spacing, especially when there is no build up in the map to such an intense moment. I had a very sour experience playing this, so I highly encourage you to reduce the spacing to ~0.9x so that this acts more as a resolution to the song instead of a climax.
Besides this last point, this was a very fun, well-designed map. Good job!
[Challenger Solo]
00:06:995 (2) – this is not symmetric to itself since the last third is shorter than the first third. Try a more symmetric one.
00:30:328 (4) – This is awkward to me in the rhythm. In particular, 00:30:662 – is a strong note that is mapped weakly. Try a different rhythm (I like three circles).
00:35:995 (6,1) – This jump could be a bit bigger to emphasize the strong vocal here
00:42:328 (3) – In the diamond difficulty, these were ½ sliders which fits the staccato nature of this sound byte. I apologize for making the comparison, but in comparison there is something lacking here by not capturing this staccato rhythm.
01:29:662 (1,2,3,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,1,2,3,4,5,1,2,3,1,2,3) – The long sliders/rhythm makes this part too weak. See what you can do about increasing the note density here. I know that's kind of stupid without going into specifics, but that's how I feel when playing.
02:04:995 (5,6,7,8) – The spacing here feels too small. This is the climax of the first half of this section, so I would go with a spacing more comparable to 02:05:662 (1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8) – and then make 02:05:662 (1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8) – have more of a “rest” feel to it.
And that's it from me. Good luck!