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Shiirn
Apr 16.2016 update:

Removed Comfort.
Buffed and nerfed Extra in spots.


I don't know what people want anymore.
Taboki
R.I.P Comfort diff :(

I can't even play it, so shouldn't have much to say.
riffy
We've done a good job with ProBox on fixing the Easy!
Ongaku

Shiirn wrote:

Apr 16.2016 update:

Removed Comfort.
Buffed and nerfed Extra in spots.


I don't know what people want anymore.

Just map what everyone wants.

PP
Zexous

nevar 4get
Side
lol good luck again
riffy
This has suffered enough. Did some IRC.

Changes:
  1. Easy is now has intro and outro correctly re-arraned
  2. Minor rhythm improvements in kiai on the Easy were done, as well
  3. General readability fixes
  4. Rhythm improvements
  5. Nice anime BG
IRC log
08:20 Shiirn: what are you planning? oAo
08:20 Shiirn: also i updated with probox's easy
08:20 Shiirn: i'm the graetest american
08:20 Bakari: I'm trying to get it bubbled
08:21 Shiirn: By you?
08:21 Bakari: Of course!
08:21 Shiirn: i seeeeeeeeeeee
08:28 Bakari: I recommend you to ask GDers if they're actually alright with renaming
08:28 Bakari: I still think it's a must for this set
08:28 Shiirn: probox you've already talked to
08:29 Shiirn: pishifat has given me carte blanche for changing his diff in any way
08:29 Shiirn: and ongaku is literally my student and we talk every day anyway
08:29 Shiirn: so that's all bases covered
08:29 Bakari: I didn't really mention renaming it to Beginner/Simple when we were discussing that
08:29 Bakari: I was too focused on 3/4 stuff
08:30 *Bakari is editing [https://osu.ppy.sh/b/908184 Camellia - Routing [pishi's Normal]]
08:30 Shiirn: hi
08:31 Bakari: 00:26:228 (4) - gets a little overlapped with the score-meter
08:32 Shiirn: http://puu.sh/olaLc/c07d6bd8f9.png
08:32 Bakari: cool
08:32 Shiirn: moved 4 up into a triangle with the previous notes
08:34 Bakari: let's see collab hard now
08:34 Shiirn: which is collab between me and ongaku
08:34 Shiirn: he mapped evens i mapped o- *shot*
08:34 Shiirn: nah i mapped the first half he did the second
08:36 Bakari: 00:18:311 - i feel like something is missing here. how about a circle?
08:36 Bakari: nevermind, I get the pattern now
08:36 Shiirn: sure
08:36 Shiirn: i mean
08:37 Shiirn: i mostly skip the bass
08:37 Shiirn: so im like "uhh if you say so it wouldnt ruin it but"
08:37 Bakari: It works your way
08:37 Bakari: So, let's keep it
08:37 Shiirn: ok
08:37 Bakari: Way better than trying to redo stuff and follow what I'd follow
08:38 Bakari: 00:27:061 (1,2,3,4) - probably a slider instead of a triplet
08:38 Bakari: I am worried about the spread, which is pretty edgy
08:38 Shiirn: let's face it
08:38 Shiirn: this song is not very spread-friendly
08:39 Shiirn: you're forced into multiple damned-if-you-do-damned-if-you-don't choices about which rhythms and instruments you follow
08:39 Bakari: 00:38:728 (4,5,6,7) - same here, sooo
08:39 Shiirn: that one has the chime sound i want to keep
08:39 Shiirn: the first i'll change cuz the noises aren't really there
08:40 Bakari: provided that stuff is confusing enough due to the rhythm alone, I wouldn't introduce such sliderstacks
08:41 Shiirn: what sliderstacks
08:41 Bakari: (4,5) being started at the same point
08:42 Shiirn: are we\
08:42 Shiirn: looking at hard
08:42 Shiirn: or normal
08:42 Bakari: hard
08:42 Shiirn: 00:38:728 (4,5,6,7) - these are all circles
08:42 Bakari: that's why I wanted a slider here :v
08:43 Shiirn: there's the chime that quite fits the mini stream though
08:43 Shiirn: the first one 00:27:061 (1,2) - i replaced with white tick -> blue to blue 1/2 slider
08:43 Shiirn: and it fits
08:43 Bakari: 00:56:645 (1,2) - 1/2 cool / 00:57:999 (5,1) - 1/4 not so cool, as it can be misread as 1/2
08:44 Shiirn: so space the first or second one you think
08:45 Bakari: the second one
08:45 Shiirn: kk
08:45 Shiirn: done
08:45 Bakari: there're more 1/2 stacks like this, and they are damn good
08:45 Shiirn: this is ongaku from now on so i'll just prod him with a log
08:45 Bakari: this is, the rest is alright
08:45 Shiirn: ongaku's already figured out a decent style for himself with stacking that i'd never be able to do
08:45 Shiirn: lol
08:45 Shiirn: it just needs some consistency work
08:45 Bakari: I'd try to tone down 1/4s a bit, though
08:46 Bakari: otherwise it might be a bit too much even for a Hyper
08:46 Shiirn: it's 144bpm and it's basically introducing alternation
08:46 Bakari: okay, now Insane
08:46 *Bakari is editing [https://osu.ppy.sh/b/908183 Camellia - Routing [Ongaku's Insane]]
08:46 Bakari: waitwaitwait
08:46 Shiirn: hi
08:46 Bakari: I forgot one thing, are you sure about tick rate 4 on hard?
08:47 Shiirn: yes
08:47 Bakari: alright then, now back to the Insane
08:47 Shiirn: the patterns basically require following the slider tracks
08:47 Shiirn: no ticks = players try to cheese it and ruin the rhythm for themselves
08:48 Bakari: 00:08:311 (1) - try to replace it with a single slider just like Extra does, seems to work better
08:49 Shiirn: k
08:50 Bakari: even though the slider makes it readable, I'd 00:39:770 (3) - still add a new combo here to stress the velocity change
08:50 Shiirn: actually i think nc would be quite important
08:50 Shiirn: the first and last ticks of that slider don't render during play so it looks like a 1/2 not a 1/1
08:54 Bakari: 01:40:186 (2,3,4,5,6,1,2,3,4,5) - can you listen to the stream here? I have a feeling it is somewhat off
08:55 Shiirn: yeah uhhh
08:55 Shiirn: don't bother trying to time the quavering voice
08:56 Shiirn: it's 1/12, 1/8 and 1/6 mix
08:57 Bakari: then I guess we'll just try a spinner
08:58 *Bakari is editing [https://osu.ppy.sh/b/877843 Camellia - Routing [Extra]]
08:58 Bakari: Now Extra
08:59 Shiirn: \o
08:59 Bakari: 00:17:478 - I'd rather have something starting here. The breat is pretty strong and a passive reverse-arrow doesn't emphasise it enough
09:00 Bakari: 00:27:999 (1,1,1) - is there really a need to use so many new combos?
09:00 Shiirn: agree. Bear in mind, Extra was mapped with Comfort being there, and thereby is intentionally "much weaker" than it
09:00 Shiirn: i'll have places where i can buff it wantonly
09:02 Shiirn: the new combo spam there is for the change in spacing and for thematic reasons
09:02 Shiirn: not really much else
09:05 Bakari: `00:55:395 - again, some clickable stuff wouldn't hurt
09:05 Shiirn: since the song is winding down i think it's fine
09:06 Shiirn: it's reaching near the end of the section there
09:06 Shiirn: before the 4 windup portions and then the kiai
09:06 Shiirn: god i know this song like the back of my hand
09:08 Bakari: tha's pretty much it
09:08 Shiirn: ok
09:08 Bakari: it even has an anime background, so it is sure to fit well with the rest of the maps in Qualified
09:08 Shiirn: pls
09:08 Bakari: Update, so I can look at stuff and bubbble
09:08 Shiirn: same bg as taiko set
09:09 Shiirn: and it fits sooo goooooooooooooooooooooooooood
09:09 Shiirn: updated
09:10 *Bakari is editing [https://osu.ppy.sh/b/908183 Camellia - Routing [Ongaku's Insane]]
09:10 Bakari: 01:40:186 (2,3,4,5,6,1,2,3,4,5) - a look of disappointment goes here
09:11 Shiirn: i never said i'd make it a spinner
09:12 Bakari: The stream feels extremely weird, though
09:12 Shiirn: let me talk it over with ongaku a bit
09:12 Bakari: Sure
09:12 Shiirn: give me five minutes
09:16 Shiirn: Updated with spinner
09:18 Bakari: Anything else you want to change/discuss?
09:19 Shiirn: uhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
09:19 Shiirn: #fuckthesystem
09:19 Shiirn: #igiveup
09:19 Shiirn: #hopethehatersarehappy
09:19 Shiirn: etc
13:37 Bakari: #nicetvsizem8

Seems good enough to have another try! Comfort will be missed, though.

Bubbled!


Edit2: the spread is tricky, gaps are really big but consistent, So, I believe it is good to go.
Luel Roseline
OMG...
Topic Starter
Shiirn
Thanks Bakari.
blizzardice
no comfort? dang. i'll still try to pass the version that i have, it's fun

GL
Mazziv
is this actually happening? sweet :v)
Luel Roseline
#1: bakari
#2: ?
#Q: ?
Have you ever seem good girlfriends?
Froslass

S A V E R Y wrote:

Have you ever seem good girlfriends?
Topic Starter
Shiirn

S A V E R Y wrote:

#1: bakari
#2: ?
#Q: ?
Have you ever seem good girlfriends?
As this is not going for approval, I do not need a second bubble. This is simply waiting for someone to step up and "take the chance" (?) and qualify it.
Crimmi

Shiirn wrote:

As this is not going for approval, I do not need a second bubble. This is simply waiting for someone to step up and "take the chance" (?) and qualify it.
Hmm, who has the cojones to do that, hmm? xD
riffy
You know, instead of hyping the thread you could actually support Shiirn and find a BN for him.
Mazziv

Bakari wrote:

You know, instead of hyping the thread you could actually support Shiirn and find a BN for him.
implying its easy to find one
Topic Starter
Shiirn

Bakari wrote:

You know, instead of hyping the thread you could actually support Shiirn and find a BN for him.
WAHAHAHAHAHAHA FINDING A BN



to be honest if i can't get one really quickly i don't think it's really possible to get one quickly without doing something fishy as I've basically got years of practice with needling people to check my maps. this is why I don't ask people to ask bns or stuff for me or really to support my maps in any way because i'm already pretty good at it and encourage people to just speak to me directly as I have way more fun chatting one on one than on forums.
like 90% of the support or criticism i receive is via forum pm or ingame (or even discord) and I like it that way

i appreciate the thought though bakari



wake me up when exams end or there's another BN round
ProfessionalBox

Shiirn wrote:

wake me up when exams end or there's another BN round
WAKE ME UP INSIIIIIIIIIIIIIDE
Mazziv

ProfessionalBox wrote:

Shiirn wrote:

wake me up when exams end or there's another BN round
WAKE ME UP INSIIIIIIIIIIIIIDE
CANT WAKE UP
Topic Starter
Shiirn

Mazziv wrote:

ProfessionalBox wrote:

WAKE ME UP INSIIIIIIIIIIIIIDE
CANT WAKE UP
MY SPIRIT'S SLEEPING SOMEWHERE COLD
Luel Roseline

Shiirn wrote:

"Mazziv"

ProfessionalBox wrote:

WAKE ME UP INSIIIIIIIIIIIIIDE
CANT WAKE UP

MY SPIRIT'S SLEEPING SOMEWHERE COLD
Damn...
Okoayu
This is my personal opinion because you asked me to check this due to no one else really doing anything

[Extra]
I'd like to see AR reduced slightly, after testing around the most comfortable thing i personally found is AR 9.3 or 9.4, 9.5 left too few objects on the screen for me to comprehend patterns correctly and i don't think it's necessary as i got much better scores with less ar on it
OD 8.8 seems really high considering the amount of unpredictable patterns you put into the diff.
i mean isnt this thing based around blankets because then half of them are lol and could be easily adjusted slightly but whatever
00:02:895 (1,2) - 00:06:228 (1,2) - 00:09:353 (6,1,2) - when you do stuff this differently like this i just feel like you took reasoning and threw it out the window
00:16:436 (2) - is nowhere near as stressed as 00:16:540 - but gets equal spacing to fuck my brain
00:18:103 (5) - judging by how you mapped 00:17:478 (3,4) - the end of 5 should be clickable and not something like a sliderend
00:21:540 (3) - not sure but i think this would capture the sound better as an 1/4 slider
00:21:749 (1,2,3,4,5) - seem to change around between mapping 2 different layers so i don't know what you're following anymore ?
00:31:332 (3) - based on how you mapped 00:30:811 (1,2) - the end ot this should be clickable ://
00:37:999 (4) - there's nothing really dominant to be focused on this sliderhead, actually the sound you might want to emphasise in some way is 00:37:895 - as an 1/2 or something but i don't get why this gets a jump
00:27:895 - isnt this 1/6 or am i dumb
00:46:853 (1,2,3,4,1) - while i personally don't struggle much with this in particular i can see how people ould hate you for that
01:14:353 (1,2,1,2,1,2) - have way more energy than "semi-stack"-streamjumps, i'd consider more spacing here because right now this feels rather like a setback instead an intense part which is quite boring for me
01:17:999 (4) - fuck you i expected this to go the other way around (so 4 and 5 being reversed in terms of direction)
01:18:936 (3,4) - why do you mess around with emphasis on slidertails this much if you don't do it anywhere before in kiai
01:29:978 - sounds more like 01:29:978 - 01:30:030 - 01:30:117 - 01:30:256 - so it's an 1/8 and an 1/3 ?
01:38:415 (4,1) - do yo ueven care about blankets in this at all
01:49:562 (1,2) - 01:50:082 (1,2) - nah i dk why you feel the need to stack these on ends just to mindfuck ppl in the end or something

[]

No idea i think this could be structured waaaaaaaaay better and besides if the diff is based on blankets you could have at least put some effort into them :/
I don't think my opinion whether i like this or not is going to change unless you do huge changes to the diff, because as it seems to me now the song makes way more sense within itself than your map within itself and that's not something i can fix for you or that mods can fix for you.

either want to reflect this in your map or you dont and if you don't, don't ask me to icon this because you can't find someone else because everyone is like meh
Topic Starter
Shiirn
I wanted checks, not necessarily an icon, and I already know you heavily disagree with how I map in general, but I'm asking pretty much everyone at this point. I've already gone over how I have mapped Routing and how the system has basically turned the set from a crazy-funtime-house-of-horrors into a patchwerk mess of "BUT IT HAS TO BE PERFECTLY CONSISTENT" while trying to keep in the spirit of the track's and map's original unpredictable and spontaneous theme. I'm fully aware that by this point it's become a disorganized mess as opposed to a structured and organized one and that's largely due to my efforts in trying to balance out Comfort and Extra so that I can keep as few people frothing at the mouths at HOW FUCKING DARE SHIIRN MAKE ANYTHING THE LEAST BIT DIFFERENT OR SPECIAL THAT I DISAGREE WITH, but that is clearly a venture that is going to bring me nothing but stress so fuck you all.

I only want to rank this so that Ongaku's very, very solid Insane can get some screentime. I'd delete Extra too, but then I wouldn't be able to rank it because I wouldn't own most of the map so I'd need to get rid of another GD and map that, or nuke half the hard and map that.

Okorin wrote:

[Extra]
I'd like to see AR reduced slightly, after testing around the most comfortable thing i personally found is AR 9.3 or 9.4, 9.5 left too few objects on the screen for me to comprehend patterns correctly and i don't think it's necessary as i got much better scores with less ar on it I'm not really one to care specifically about 0.1 AR or so, but to begin with Extra was originally meant to be 'harder' to help bridge the gap between Insane and Comfort, and upon removing Comfort, I've lowered the artificial difficulty patterns and settings and may have missed one or two spots, such as the AR or OD. Lowered AR to 9.3 and OD to 8.5.
i mean isnt this thing based around blankets because then half of them are lol and could be easily adjusted slightly but whatever I'm sorry for being abjectly and utterly shit at making blankets. I'm trying to improve at getting used to these magic three points. I haven't had years to fuck around with them like you kids. Everyone can say "Oh he's just fucking lazy" all they want to whoever they want but I genuinely do have trouble getting these things perfect and I'm trying to work on that.
00:02:895 (1,2) - 00:06:228 (1,2) - 00:09:353 (6,1,2) - when you do stuff this differently like this i just feel like you took reasoning and threw it out the window k, i'll just copy+paste the click patterns for all 3. The only one that is distinctly different is the last one and can be considered an error. I distinctly remember flipping #1 because someone bitched about the back-and-forth patterning so fuck them, it's going back to reversal. these are now consistent,
00:16:436 (2) - is nowhere near as stressed as 00:16:540 - but gets equal spacing to fuck my brain The stressing starts at 1. The spacing is 1-3 with a note in the center.
00:18:103 (5) - judging by how you mapped 00:17:478 (3,4) - the end of 5 should be clickable and not something like a sliderend Comfort had this as a triple, so here I made it a slider because it's easier to play. Extra is already obscenely hard to play because it's basically a 288bpm map that's trying to be single tappable. I gave up consistency for a less dense map, because Comfort was the one that pulled out all the bells and whistles. This is fine. Screw perfect consistency, I'm not making a google translate robot map.
00:21:540 (3) - not sure but i think this would capture the sound better as an 1/4 slider I disagree. As a sharp bass hit at the end of the beat pattern, a circle is more accurate than a 1/4 slider as the players should simply be brief tapping the last bass hit, not holding down for it. And with 144bpm, the difference between tapping a 1/2 and holding down a 1/4 is very different, especially for more experienced singletappers. (Alternators wouldn't even notice)
00:21:749 (1,2,3,4,5) - seem to change around between mapping 2 different layers so i don't know what you're following anymore ? it IS following two layers, namely ones that swap in and out. 00:22:061 (2,3) - is the piano/carnival whine that only plays for those two notes, 00:22:478 (4) - is a connector with the bass, 00:22:686 (5) - is the wub, which unfortunately ends on OMG A STRONG BEAT who cares, 00:22:999 (6,7) - returns to the piano/bassline.
00:31:332 (3) - based on how you mapped 00:30:811 (1,2) - the end ot this should be clickable :// I disagree. If you want to be perfectly consistent and map nothing but a single layer, you're going to end up with a map that doesn't capture the music, especially since this is "only" 144bpm. The biggest issue I personally see with Camellia maps is that mappers get fucking lazy and map just the easiest 1/2 1/4 patterning when shit gets wubby and wobbly. That's boring to me, I don't care how it plays or what people think about consistency. There are a thousand boring ass weeb shit maps people can play if they want to play uniform and consistent beat patterns. Camellia does not bring those to the table and that's why most camellia maps suck, because while they're perfectly playable and functional they barely scratch the surface of the music.
00:37:999 (4) - there's nothing really dominant to be focused on this sliderhead, actually the sound you might want to emphasise in some way is 00:37:895 - as an 1/2 or something but i don't get why this gets a jump yeah, 00:37:895 - should be clickable. It was part of my "lowering density of comfort" setup and it made a lot more sense when Comfort existed.
00:27:895 - isnt this 1/6 or am i dumb You're not dumb but 1/6 streams are horribly out of place in this track and break far past the border of spontaneity.
00:46:853 (1,2,3,4,1) - while i personally don't struggle much with this in particular i can see how people ould hate you for that People will hate me even if I design a map that was literally able to suck their dicks. I like it how it is, 1/6 quads are functional in this map. Single tappers actually get a use for their other finger and alternators need to speed up a bit.
01:14:353 (1,2,1,2,1,2) - have way more energy than "semi-stack"-streamjumps, i'd consider more spacing here because right now this feels rather like a setback instead an intense part which is quite boring for me These particular streams are a big problem for me. They're the biggest single avenue of fucking with the star rating for this map. If I make these jumps, I can easily spike the SR to 5.6 or 5.7 but that's just stupid as hell. I really don't know what to do with these and to be honest at this point I really don't care. I tried reversing the pairs so even if the actual movements aren't as heavy, there's still the illusion of jumpiness. I did the same for the second chorus.
01:17:999 (4) - fuck you i expected this to go the other way around (so 4 and 5 being reversed in terms of direction) I think it's fine right now, as the movement provided is fairly smooth.
01:18:936 (3,4) - why do you mess around with emphasis on slidertails this much if you don't do it anywhere before in kiai I actually had this arleady changed into two triples on the advice of another BN who was checking it but didn't get around to doing the other difficulties.
01:29:978 - sounds more like 01:29:978 - 01:30:030 - 01:30:117 - 01:30:256 - so it's an 1/8 and an 1/3 ? don't even bother trying to make the quavering voice perfect. It's practically impossible and the gameplay will not change in the slightest as long as the player is simply holding down their button.
01:38:415 (4,1) - do yo ueven care about blankets in this at all i don't even fucking see them, fixed i think it's probably uglier because i'm fucking bad.
01:49:562 (1,2) - 01:50:082 (1,2) - nah i dk why you feel the need to stack these on ends just to mindfuck ppl in the end or something ? ? ? it was fine at the start but no fuck it at the ending?

[]

No idea i think this could be structured waaaaaaaaay better and besides if the diff is based on blankets you could have at least put some effort into them :/
I don't think my opinion whether i like this or not is going to change unless you do huge changes to the diff, because as it seems to me now the song makes way more sense within itself than your map within itself and that's not something i can fix for you or that mods can fix for you.

either want to reflect this in your map or you dont and if you don't, don't ask me to icon this because you can't find someone else because everyone is like meh
sorry for wasting your time. I appreciate the feedback, but I know we disagree fundamentally on the whole "everything must be neat und tidy" consistency issues. I've completely fucked the pooch as far as this map goes and I'd just scrap it and move on if it wasn't for Ongaku's excellent insane. It was plenty internally consistent before the DQ brigade popped in and I had to basically field two dozen conflicting opinions and interpretations and suggestions for Comfort, which trickled down into Extra due to it basically being a nerfed Comfort. And now the map is shit and I would totally remap it if not for the fact that people will fucking hate what I do with it as a matter of course at this point.


I don't expect a re-check.
Okoayu
Hey, I never said i fundamentally disagree with how you map in general :D I just fundamentally disagree with what became of this Extra, if you have no Comfort to care about with the Extra then making adjustments so the extra stands "better" on its own seem logical to me.
I just thought this was based on blankets, like as a concept or something so i wondered why half the blankets are somewhat decent and the rest is lol, if you don't care about blankets im not gonna force you haha

I never said everything should be neat and tidy i just thought that was the point here somehow lol

I was bothering to try to make the quavering whatever thing perfect because it sounded horribly off to me, and could have given you a potentially very different rhythm, but ok.
If it feels like i insulted you or the map with any of this, then sorry.
i only dislike stuff in maps and say that. You have to really provoke me to dislike you as a mapper in general xD

I can leave more thoughts if you want to, sure, but I don't know how much sense this makes at this point as im aware that you seem to be rather struggling with LOTS OF CONFLICTING OPINIONS, so giving you more of mine will basically conflict with a bunch of others and that's just dumb past some point.
Also an 1/4 into 1/6 stream played fine for me as i was expecting it to speed up in snapping at the nc spam but then nothing happened and i spammed 100s, i do this over and over lol

tldr: i rarely mean any harm to anyone
Topic Starter
Shiirn
I'm not offended, just extremely tired of dealing with this shitty map. I feel as if it's not even mine anymore and I don't have the will to remap it because I'm just afraid of starting the entire cycle all over again.

You're entirely right that now that Comfort is gone, Extra needs to stand on its own legs as a standalone difficulty, but it doesn't change the fact that I put a dozen times more time and effort into Comfort because it's the highest diff and thereby the showcase. Note this doesn't mean I didn't put effort into the other ones, I easily put over a hundred hours of tweaking and pondering into Comfort, but with its absence Extra now feels like it's missing stuff rather than skipping it in favor of playability.

I care a lot about the blankets but it's extremely hard for me to get them right and I have no idea why, it takes me upwards of five to ten minutes to get a single blanket perfect and since I hate simply copy+pasting sliders or having identical-spaced blankets I end up needing to do that to every slider and it makes my eyes hurt.

I'll put more effort into Extra. I might need to just end up remapping the entire thing and hoping I don't screw it up this time. I always end up acquiescing to small changes BNs suggest but highly recommend because I hope in my heart of hopes they're going to push it forward, and when they don't, I'm left with either discarding the changes they suggested but I didn't really agree with, which seems fairly underhanded, or with having small patches on my map that would feel weird once more and more patches start showing up. That's what happened with Routing. I was simply too accepting of things I disagreed with on the hope that someone would be willing to push the whole set forward, and repeat this a half a dozen times and you're left with this.... crap. 18 pages of discussion and we've still got a pile of crap.
Ongaku
just pay me in kicks per hour and ill do your blankets kappa
Monstrata
This ended up taking a while mainly because of my exams. I really had to focus so yea, everything that I didn't manage to get done last week (during my one free day) had to wait until my next round of exams were finished lol. Now that they are, here's the recheck you've been waiting on. I can icon when you're ready.

[Extra]

00:12:270 (4,5) - Spacing here doesn't seem intentional.
00:16:020 (1,1,2) - I think it's better to start the circle jumps on 00:16:228 - . It sounds more natural to me than 00:16:332 (1) - .
00:57:999 (1) - Not going to add another slider on 00:58:207 - ? It just felt a bit empty for me.
01:16:645 (1) - Ctrl+G is more friendly. Flow's better coming out of the previous two silders.
01:26:853 (2) - Not really getting this slider. I think it's better to shorten to 1/4 and add another circle on 01:27:061 - . Using a sliderend for that beat feels wrong for me haha. It doesn't give proper emphasis imo.

[Ongaku's Another]

00:25:395 (6,8,10) - I'm wondering if you can make the spacing in between these sliders even? Right now 8 and 10 seem more spaced out than 6 and 8. I'm talking about the negative space/blanket space.
00:47:061 (2,4) - Blanket's off if you want to fix it. (It's fine if not tho, hardly noticeable, and it kinda might mess some stuff up)
01:29:978 (1,2,3) - Shouldn't this be 1/6?
01:42:895 (1) - This snapping doesn't align with the snapping in Hyper or Extra. I think Extra/Hyper's snapping is more correct, please doublecheck. Snapping should be consistent on a set except if you are trying to simply a rhythm due to difficulty (1/4 instead of 1/6 for a Hard/Insane).
01:46:228 (1) - and 01:46:228 (1) - ^

[Hyper]

00:37:895 (2,3) - Can you make this blanket more even? Change slider 2 instead of 3, since 1 and 3 are aligned.
00:48:311 (1,2) - Would be cool if these were evenly blanketted.
00:53:104 (5,1) - Spacing doesn't seem right here, looking at the slider-heads. This one's too close together.
Ongaku

Monstrata wrote:

[Ongaku's Another]

00:25:395 (6,8,10) - I'm wondering if you can make the spacing in between these sliders even? Right now 8 and 10 seem more spaced out than 6 and 8. I'm talking about the negative space/blanket space. fixed (ithink)
00:47:061 (2,4) - Blanket's off if you want to fix it. (It's fine if not tho, hardly noticeable, and it kinda might mess some stuff up)
01:29:978 (1,2,3) - Shouldn't this be 1/6? It was 1/6, but since this is an "insane," I toned it down.
01:42:895 (1) - This snapping doesn't align with the snapping in Hyper or Extra. I think Extra/Hyper's snapping is more correct, please doublecheck. Snapping should be consistent on a set except if you are trying to simply a rhythm due to difficulty (1/4 instead of 1/6 for a Hard/Insane). I think I fixed the snapping.
01:46:228 (1) - and 01:46:228 (1) - ^

[Hyper]

00:37:895 (2,3) - Can you make this blanket more even? Change slider 2 instead of 3, since 1 and 3 are aligned. fixed
00:48:311 (1,2) - Would be cool if these were evenly blanketted. fixed
00:53:104 (5,1) - Spacing doesn't seem right here, looking at the slider-heads. This one's too close together. fixed
Thanks mr. ppstrata <3

Ongaku's Another: http://puu.sh/ozkSA/63c7d655c1.osu

Shiirngaku's Hyper: http://puu.sh/ozkLd/ef7d0463a2.osu
Topic Starter
Shiirn

Monstrata wrote:

This ended up taking a while mainly because of my exams. I really had to focus so yea, everything that I didn't manage to get done last week (during my one free day) had to wait until my next round of exams were finished lol. Now that they are, here's the recheck you've been waiting on. I can icon when you're ready.

[Extra]

00:12:270 (4,5) - Spacing here doesn't seem intentional. it's not
00:16:020 (1,1,2) - I think it's better to start the circle jumps on 00:16:228 - . It sounds more natural to me than 00:16:332 (1) - . Sure. Check what I did, comment on it if necessary.
00:57:999 (1) - Not going to add another slider on 00:58:207 - ? It just felt a bit empty for me. This is another one of those "Comfort did it and now everyone's used to seeing it and now that it's gone it feels empty" things. This works perfectly fine as-is I think.
01:16:645 (1) - Ctrl+G is more friendly. Flow's better coming out of the previous two silders. I mean I guess sure but it'll purely be visual as any compotent player will simply wait-hold in the center of the slider after.
01:26:853 (2) - Not really getting this slider. I think it's better to shorten to 1/4 and add another circle on 01:27:061 - . Using a sliderend for that beat feels wrong for me haha. It doesn't give proper emphasis imo. ok
[Ongaku's Another]

00:25:395 (6,8,10) - I'm wondering if you can make the spacing in between these sliders even? Right now 8 and 10 seem more spaced out than 6 and 8. I'm talking about the negative space/blanket space.
00:47:061 (2,4) - Blanket's off if you want to fix it. (It's fine if not tho, hardly noticeable, and it kinda might mess some stuff up)
01:29:978 (1,2,3) - Shouldn't this be 1/6?
01:42:895 (1) - This snapping doesn't align with the snapping in Hyper or Extra. I think Extra/Hyper's snapping is more correct, please doublecheck. Snapping should be consistent on a set except if you are trying to simply a rhythm due to difficulty (1/4 instead of 1/6 for a Hard/Insane). Just wanted to say that this snapping weirdness was a result of a weird resnap part and then i went over it and saw they weren't stacked correctly and 'fixed' it. This was an error and it should be fixed now.
01:46:228 (1) - and 01:46:228 (1) - ^

[Hyper]

00:37:895 (2,3) - Can you make this blanket more even? Change slider 2 instead of 3, since 1 and 3 are aligned.
00:48:311 (1,2) - Would be cool if these were evenly blanketted.
00:53:104 (5,1) - Spacing doesn't seem right here, looking at the slider-heads. This one's too close together.
mainly give input on extra at 00:16:020 - and then whatever happens, happens. I'll poke Bakari as well.
riffy

Shiirn wrote:

i like to pretend that salt is an healthy part of every diet
Rebubbled per mapper's request. Let's give it another chance.
Bursthammy
tfw no comfort



at least its finally happening, bless
Ambient
ayyyyyy, feels good
Natsu
I denied a bunch of kudos (that some BN gave for unknown reasons), let me know if I denied a legit one.
Monstrata
Hmm, alright, lets try this again.

We polished up a lot of patterns/rhythms on Extra before pushing this forward.

Not gonna bother posting logs, you can if you want Shiirn. There's a lot of stuff that's not specifically related to improving the map and im too lazy to edit those out lol.
Topic Starter
Shiirn
I think I kinda said too much in there anyway. Too much to render public, if only for my own dignity.
fieryrage
i saw this being qualified and im like YEAH WE DID IT AMERICA BEST MAP QUALIFIED

slightly depressed that the hardest diff got cut but whatev
-Kanzaki
Extra :
01:42:895 (1,2) - 01:43:520 (1,2) - These are emphasized just as same do you really believe these should be emphasized as the same and you think these are both strong. I believe second one isn't strong as the first one making that flows breaking as same on both isn't really good.

01:28:415 (1) - the thing you followed with this slider 01:28:624 - is actually also here too, why leave empty

01:50:082 (1,2,3) - I don't know while what i am going to say is subjective, breaking flows this much on this sounds are way too much for me i don't think they are so strong to be like others.

00:22:061 (2,3) - 00:15:395 (3,4) - I believe these are similar sounds on the song but the spacing is really different why is that

00:18:728 (3,4) - I totally don't agree with this spacing this one is calmer than others but spaced this much as same as others not good.

00:34:561 (3,4) - This could be high spaced like 00:29:561 (2,3) - and actually 00:34:561 (3,4) - is stronger than this too.

01:29:249 (4,5) - Not strong enough to flow break like this much again.

00:47:061 (4,5) - 00:50:395 (3,4) - aren't these similar some sort of spacing again different and way too much on first

I don't know check if you agree or not most of them is subjective but generally this diff's flows are hell for me and does not plays good for me at all.
MiszczCTB
00:04:249 (1) - Not stacked tho
Osu Mapman
Extra :
00:26:540 (2,3) - no-no this is the right one i guess
Others are just suggestions:
00:31:332 (3,4) - would help keep strong beats clickable
00:32:165 (2,3) - i'd say

There was more but i can't post all of them right now, if there will be a need in continuing this mod poke me via pm or something
Topic Starter
Shiirn

-Kanzaki wrote:

Extra :
01:42:895 (1,2) - 01:43:520 (1,2) - These are emphasized just as same do you really believe these should be emphasized as the same and you think these are both strong. I believe second one isn't strong as the first one making that flows breaking as same on both isn't really good. They're slightly different and that's good enough for me.

01:28:415 (1) - the thing you followed with this slider 01:28:624 - is actually also here too, why leave empty Because the voice is a fucking nightmare to time and it's better to leave empty so it's not confusing as hell.

01:50:082 (1,2,3) - I don't know while what i am going to say is subjective, breaking flows this much on this sounds are way too much for me i don't think they are so strong to be like others. Flow doesn't matter here.

00:22:061 (2,3) - 00:15:395 (3,4) - I believe these are similar sounds on the song but the spacing is really different why is that The spacing is like, maybe a dozen pixels different and even the movements are similar....?

00:18:728 (3,4) - I totally don't agree with this spacing this one is calmer than others but spaced this much as same as others not good. Can you even play this difficulty? 1/4 spacing at 144 bpm between circles and sliders is actually extremely easy. I think you played it like once.

00:34:561 (3,4) - This could be high spaced like 00:29:561 (2,3) - and actually 00:34:561 (3,4) - is stronger than this too. The entire point is that the sharp movement is on 2,3. After that, 4 is simply ending the pattern, the spacing being low is irrelevant.

01:29:249 (4,5) - Not strong enough to flow break like this much again. Any suggestions regarding "flow" will be discarded. I intentionally break flow, and if you disagree with how I break flow, just call me a shitty mapper.

00:47:061 (4,5) - 00:50:395 (3,4) - aren't these similar some sort of spacing again different and way too much on first 50:395 has a much harder 1/4 roll after it that is the focus of the pattern. 47:061 focuses on the 1/6th roll and emphasizes that.

I don't know check if you agree or not most of them is subjective but generally this diff's flows are hell for me and does not plays good for me at all. That's just unfortunate then. I don't want to channel hollow wings here but if it plays badly for you, good. Not everyone is capable of playing maps intentionally made to bring challenges other than "1/2 jumps" and that's completely fine.
If you only play this map once, don't bother suggesting anything. As alien as it sounds, Routing is meant to be played multiple times to get a feel for how the music works. The map follows from the music. My maps are always hard to read because of this. If you want 3-retry-fcs, you're playing maps from the wrong mapper.

EvilElvis wrote:

Extra :
00:26:540 (2,3) - no-no this is the right one i guess 00:26:645 (3) - is actually representing the background 1/4 tremble. It plays fine.
Others are just suggestions:
00:31:332 (3,4) - would help keep strong beats clickable Strong beats being clickable is irrelevant. These two sliders are very simple to hit and are meant to be that way. Literally doubling the number of clicks to make sure that the strong beats "get their due" would make the experience completely different.
00:32:165 (2,3) - i'd say I disagree. I'm okay with how the current click patterns are.

There was more but i can't post all of them right now, if there will be a need in continuing this mod poke me via pm or something

In the interest of saving everyone's time, especially helpful passerby modders, let me say this:

Anything that is not directly unrankable and can be classified as "subjective" or "issues with consistency" will be subsequently denied.

Please don't waste my or your time as I have gone over every inch of this map and while I don't believe it is perfect nor that it reaches my vision of what this map can be, it is viable enough for the purposes of ranking. Anything that can be mentioned regarding consistency is inconsistent for a reason. You may not like the reason, but unless you are a QAT specifically going to DQ the map because you disagree with me, we're going to have to live with said disagreement staining our lives forevermore.

If you're disappointed in me as a mapper or you don't like this map: I don't care. This map started off as a simple happy, vibrant, barely contained explosion of energy, and now it's just a pile of conflicting opinions from people I barely respect, much less like, who forced themselves onto the map as if it were their civic duty to make me "see the light" and "accept consistency".

Routing, as are most of my maps, was about providing an experience to the player. The "issues" with consistency were intentional and brought to the player a sense of slight confusion, happy-go-lucky energy, and, if I did things right, a barely contained sense of panic while maintaining a full combo. This applies to all the difficulties (Well, maybe just Hyper and above, as that kind of experience isn't possible to give Normal level players), not just Comfort, and while a lot of my vision has been lost underneath a bunch of "mapping consistency experts" analyzing every object of my map, I've tried to make this map as palatable as possible for this poor modern community that is so obsessed with everything being structured and robotic because they're used to maps designed to give pp rather than designed to be fun.

Everyone has fun in different ways, and my maps are hopefully different enough to provide a variety of experiences to where an individual would find at least some of my maps very fun. If their tastes don't have a fit among my maps, then that's just unfortunate because they probably genuinely enjoy farming tvsize dnb maps to raise a number on their profile page.
Natsu

Shiirn wrote:

In the interest of saving everyone's time, especially helpful passerby modders, let me say this:

Anything that is not directly unrankable and can be classified as "subjective" or "issues with consistency" will be subsequently denied.

Please don't waste my or your time as I have gone over every inch of this map and while I don't believe it is perfect nor that it reaches my vision of what this map can be, it is viable enough for the purposes of ranking. Anything that can be mentioned regarding consistency is inconsistent for a reason. You may not like the reason, but unless you are a QAT specifically going to DQ the map because you disagree with me, we're going to have to live with said disagreement staining our lives forevermore.

If you're disappointed in me as a mapper or you don't like this map: I don't care. This map started off as a simple happy, vibrant, barely contained explosion of energy, and now it's just a pile of conflicting opinions from people I barely respect, much less like, who forced themselves onto the map as if it were their civic duty to make me "see the light" and "accept consistency".

Man don't discourage modders to take a look at your map in qualify category wdf, People are supposed to do mods like that, even if subjetive or anything, if there are improvement for the map they should be taked, the community is the one that report maps to QATs. Also take a look a this too for more information:


p/5068249
Topic Starter
Shiirn
People can look all they want. But I'm very, very, very tired of this map and I am outright scared of the prospect of needing to spend a week defending every object of this map again and if I can lighten the load by cutting off certain forms of modding that will be a waste of time for the modder and nothing but stress for me, I will try to do so.

I think you and I both know that there are going to be many people unhappy with this map. I can safely say that I don't care. I know plenty of people who support the map. I'd much rather have a map with polarized opinions rather than a boring, unobtrusive pile of notes nobody cares about.

And you know I'm up to date with politics.


For what it's worth, if a QAT member says "Fix X Y and Z these are unrankable to me" I'll do it in a heartbeat as long as they requalify the map afterwards. You guys can do whatever the hell you want to the map now. It's not my map anymore. I've tried to keep this map in my original vision and it's apparent that I've not made the map as palatable as possible for people who disagree with my mapping concepts. If I need to directly change half the map to satisfy them (if, and only if, they are willing to push the map back into the ranking process and they're not just slinging opinions from on high, because it's seriously offensive to have a map DQ'd and then receive no aid whatsoever to bring it back), I will gladly do so. Again, it's not my map anymore. It's the "consistency brigade"'s.
-Kanzaki
I can pass with HR if you want. I am just saying your style has bad flows and technically plays bad thats all, but this is just a comment ignore that, i showed you valid stuff on your map where you did it on somewheres that you didn't on other same parts.

But you are telling me that flow doesn't matter? You emphasize stuff with flow breaks, you do stuff when you flow break.

Shiirn wrote:

Extra :
01:42:895 (1,2) - 01:43:520 (1,2) - These are emphasized just as same do you really believe these should be emphasized as the same and you think these are both strong. I believe second one isn't strong as the first one making that flows breaking as same on both isn't really good. They're slightly different and that's good enough for me.

01:28:415 (1) - the thing you followed with this slider 01:28:624 - is actually also here too, why leave empty Because the voice is a fucking nightmare to time and it's better to leave empty so it's not confusing as hell.

01:50:082 (1,2,3) - I don't know while what i am going to say is subjective, breaking flows this much on this sounds are way too much for me i don't think they are so strong to be like others. Flow doesn't matter here. How flow doesn't matter on anywhere anyway. You are adding a feeling with that flow and it makes player get excited on here. But you say it doesn't matter

00:22:061 (2,3) - 00:15:395 (3,4) - I believe these are similar sounds on the song but the spacing is really different why is that The spacing is like, maybe a dozen pixels different and even the movements are similar....? It is not similar difficulty

00:18:728 (3,4) - I totally don't agree with this spacing this one is calmer than others but spaced this much as same as others not good. Can you even play this difficulty? 1/4 spacing at 144 bpm between circles and sliders is actually extremely easy. I think you played it like once. I am asking you why did you map this same as others while it is calmer in song. You are telling me it is also easy to play like others???

00:34:561 (3,4) - This could be high spaced like 00:29:561 (2,3) - and actually 00:34:561 (3,4) - is stronger than this too. The entire point is that the sharp movement is on 2,3. After that, 4 is simply ending the pattern, the spacing being low is irrelevant.

01:29:249 (4,5) - Not strong enough to flow break like this much again. Any suggestions regarding "flow" will be discarded. I intentionally break flow, and if you disagree with how I break flow, just call me a shitty mapper. Yea i will make screen jumps on calmest parts of the song too.

00:47:061 (4,5) - 00:50:395 (3,4) - aren't these similar some sort of spacing again different and way too much on first 50:395 has a much harder 1/4 roll after it that is the focus of the pattern. 47:061 focuses on the 1/6th roll and emphasizes that.

I don't know check if you agree or not most of them is subjective but generally this diff's flows are hell for me and does not plays good for me at all. That's just unfortunate then. I don't want to channel hollow wings here but if it plays badly for you, good. Not everyone is capable of playing maps intentionally made to bring challenges other than "1/2 jumps" and that's completely fine.
:D:D Yea its you that you cant play your own map. I always say if you cant play your map you shouldn't expect something good, there are some people can do it but not so many people.

If you only play this map once, don't bother suggesting anything. As alien as it sounds, Routing is meant to be played multiple times to get a feel for how the music works. The map follows from the music. My maps are always hard to read because of this. If you want 3-retry-fcs, you're playing maps from the wrong mapper. It is not hard to read at all.




In the interest of saving everyone's time, especially helpful passerby modders, let me say this:

Anything that is not directly unrankable and can be classified as "subjective" or "issues with consistency" will be subsequently denied. Yea really? Quality also something subjective too for me bt as you can see it is something for real on mapping and ranking process.

Please don't waste my or your time as I have gone over every inch of this map and while I don't believe it is perfect nor that it reaches my vision of what this map can be, it is viable enough for the purposes of ranking. Anything that can be mentioned regarding consistency is inconsistent for a reason. You may not like the reason, but unless you are a QAT specifically going to DQ the map because you disagree with me, we're going to have to live with said disagreement staining our lives forevermore.

If you're disappointed in me as a mapper or you don't like this map: I don't care. This map started off as a simple happy, vibrant, barely contained explosion of energy, and now it's just a pile of conflicting opinions from people I barely respect, much less like, who forced themselves onto the map as if it were their civic duty to make me "see the light" and "accept consistency".

Routing, as are most of my maps, was about providing an experience to the player. The "issues" with consistency were intentional and brought to the player a sense of slight confusion, happy-go-lucky energy, and, if I did things right, a barely contained sense of panic while maintaining a full combo. This applies to all the difficulties (Well, maybe just Hyper and above, as that kind of experience isn't possible to give Normal level players), not just Comfort, and while a lot of my vision has been lost underneath a bunch of "mapping consistency experts" analyzing every object of my map, I've tried to make this map as palatable as possible for this poor modern community that is so obsessed with everything being structured and robotic because they're used to maps designed to give pp rather than designed to be fun.

Everyone has fun in different ways, and my maps are hopefully different enough to provide a variety of experiences to where an individual would find at least some of my maps very fun. If their tastes don't have a fit among my maps, then that's just unfortunate because they probably genuinely enjoy farming tvsize dnb maps to raise a number on their profile page.[/quote]
''Can you even play this difficulty? 1/4 spacing at 144 bpm between circles and sliders is actually extremely easy. I think you played it like once.''
I am asking you why is it same as the others


I didn't mod this because it was too hard to play at least not for me but your reasonings are like , ''its my style'' or ''i dont think you cant even play it'' are not valid. And you are rude as fuck mate as you can see what natsu said its a thing now. If community doesn't checks the qualified maps everything can be ranked now if nobody checked it.
Raiden
Mind you, QATs don't have the same authority as they did before. So don't bother saying stuff like "if a QAT tells me to X, I will do X" because that's not how this works anymore.

For more info: p/5068249

Edit: it seems I didn't read Natsu's post thouroughly lol
Topic Starter
Shiirn
I was not saying I will do what a QAT asks because it's their job, but because QAT are the only people I trust to have at least a basic understanding of mapping beyond that of people who are randomly modding maps with concepts a few years beyond their understanding. (I am not pointing a finger at kanzaki, but namely the previous DQ as well and i'm sure there are people in the future who will mod this with little to no mapping experience if it doesn't get DQ'd in like ten minutes by Fycho)

This used to be my map. But by putting the opinions of everyone else over mine, this is what you end up with.


My point regarding flow and consistency is that I am bringing my own vision of what this music should be represented as. If you disagree, we're going to disagree. If it's bad enough that the community (and by that mean the vocal minority because when you involve the community it is always the loudest voices that get the attention, not necessarily the highest volume of people) wants it to never ever be ranked because it's unacceptable to have a map that is completely different then so be it - I'll led this map grave. Ongaku has given me his blessing that if ranking this becomes to much of a stressor, to give up.

And that's what it boils down to. People wanting me to give up, rather than actually make the map better. They want it better in their own opinion, fuck my feelings.
-Kanzaki
It wasn't even an usual mod. I am asking about your objects but you can't answer their reasons. Which leads to they are meant to be random placed objects?
Loctav
Sadly, you have to make an agreement with the community, not with the QAT. They won't judge your map anymore. So better put the effort to convince people raising concerns here that this creation is fine as it is or do not try to get it Ranked.
Natsu
gonna bring my opinions on this as well:

  1. 00:26:540 (2,3) - is pretty obvious that your rhythm is following the song in the wrong way, I checked your reply to Elvis mod and still don't make much sense, the 1/4 thing already started before that, following the active beats is what will be more intuitive, actually every suggestion from Elvis is not subjetive o.o, but really objetive talking about correct rhythm ofc.
  2. 00:27:895 (1,1,1,1) - spamming combos looks nice? because the stream is pretty much the smae 1/4 the only thing that changes is that is stacked, so the only NC that you need is 00:27:895 (1) -
  3. 00:57:999 (1) - 01:01:332 (1,2) - 01:04:665 (1) - 01:07:999 (1) - why are these mapped in different way ? since is the same music at both places, unless your rhythm is inconsistent on purpose, I don't see any other reason to do this. Just make 01:01:332 (1,2) - like the other ones.
  4. 01:09:665 - sounds super weird that you are ignoring this loud beat :l
  5. 01:42:895 (1,2) - Why are you doing the manual stack at this kind of patterns now, when you didn't before for example 00:02:895 (1,2) - , looks inconsistent and not something that we gonna expect from an experienced mapper, specially whe multiple people are telling you to be more consistent with this map.
  6. Also there are a bunch of inconsistencies, overall the design is poor made IMO, and there are a bunch of blankets off, I mean if your archive is to make rankable maps then is fine, but I really think you could do alot better than this, specially with tiny stuff like blankets to important stuff as is the rhythm of the song >:
Beginner:

  1. 00:08:311 (1,2) - 1,0 spacing, but 01:06:645 (1,2) - 1,10 here, seems there is a small error
  2. 01:40:811 (1,1,2) - here too
anyways gl with this
Topic Starter
Shiirn
If my opinions are outright rejected regardless of what they are, I don't see the point. It's bothersome and tiresome to need to explain every single object's existence and what I intend to bring about by using it that way and that i need to do it multiple times is just stressful as hell.


Maybe moddingv2 will improve this since the evidence that I explained things before would be much more easily viewable. But it doesn't stop people from disagreeing just because they disagree. Does that automatically make me wrong? Why is the entire burden of proof on the mapper? That's horrifically stressful.
IamKwaN
Report about the map looks valid, please achieve a consensus with the community.
Stjpa
Well that was fast...
Topic Starter
Shiirn

Natsu wrote:

gonna bring my opinions on this as well:

  1. 00:26:540 (2,3) - is pretty obvious that your rhythm is following the song in the wrong way, I checked your reply to Elvis mod and still don't make much sense, the 1/4 thing already started before that, following the active beats is what will be more intuitive, actually every suggestion from Elvis is not subjetive o.o, but really objetive talking about correct rhythm ofc. The first click is following the same pattern as the notes before it. The 1/2 after it is following the fairly subtle 1/8 triple starting 00:26:645 - and ending 00:26:749 - and at the end of the slider. Because it'd be incredibly confusing and hard to play such a combination of clicks, it's a simple slider instead.
  2. 00:27:895 (1,1,1,1) - spamming combos looks nice? because the stream is pretty much the smae 1/4 the only thing that changes is that is stacked, so the only NC that you need is 00:27:895 (1) - This NC was purely for aesthetic reasons and for further emphasizing what made these four beats different. If it's directly unrankable, go call a QAT.
  3. 00:57:999 (1) - 01:01:332 (1,2) - 01:04:665 (1) - 01:07:999 (1) - why are these mapped in different way ? since is the same music at both places, unless your rhythm is inconsistent on purpose, I don't see any other reason to do this. Just make 01:01:332 (1,2) - like the other ones. The second one starts with the DJ scratches, the rest are all the same. Consistency issues like this are intended. You want my reasoning, you've got it. Now you can disagree with it and I'll be the one who's wrong.
  4. 01:09:665 - sounds super weird that you are ignoring this loud beat :l Because the wacky slider is clearly following the scry. not every bass beat needs a click. (HEATHENRY, i know.)
  5. 01:42:895 (1,2) - Why are you doing the manual stack at this kind of patterns now, when you didn't before for example 00:02:895 (1,2) - , looks inconsistent and not something that we gonna expect from an experienced mapper, specially whe multiple people are telling you to be more consistent with this map. Originally, the "manual stacks" were different because I had a cohesive theme to the map. After the explosion of the kiai. the spacing was more rickety and less perfect because all of the energy of the song has been expended and it's now just falling apart as the song ends.
  6. Also there are a bunch of inconsistencies, overall the design is poor made IMO, and there are a bunch of blankets off, I mean if your archive is to make rankable maps then is fine, but I really think you could do alot better than this, specially with tiny stuff like blankets to important stuff as is the rhythm of the song >: name every single blanket and every single aesthetic change that provides no change to direct gameplay and i'll happily fix them if you offer to work with me to re-rank the map. Otherwise, it's clearly not important enough for either of us to get worked over on.
anyways gl with this
shARPII
Shiirn, can you stop whining here, take a break, go outside, deep breath and come back later.
You're just tilted and it doesn't help anyone here. Don't make me lock this :/
Arphimigon
Another problem here is that whenever Shiirn changes something, someone else said that the change was bad and would rather it be some other way, so there isn't really a middle ground which compromises with everyone. To be honest, I think people need to actually discuss with each other and make a general list of changes where the community have compromised with each other in the first place instead of all giving Shiirn mods which are contradicting each other.

tl;dr: Can everyone discuss suggestions instead of giving them to Shiirn here since it's clustered and contradictory lots of the time.

Tuning in with discussion now~

Edit: Nevermind he removed diffs
Topic Starter
Shiirn

shARPII wrote:

Shiirn, can you stop whining here, take a break, go outside, deep breath and come back later.
You're just tilted and it doesn't help anyone here. Don't make me lock this :/

You have no idea how incredibly frustrating it is to deal with people who reject your opinions and feelings offhand because they simply believe they know better. That's literally the only rationale both sides have - "I feel it is better this way" - and because they err on the side of consistency and order, I'm automatically in the wrong.
moki_old_1
I liked every version of this mapset, thanks for spending your precious time on mapping this masterpiece.

Arphimigon
Hey Shiirn, mind putting back the diffs up so we can -try- and discuss this?
We might be able to narrow all these suggestions into something you can accept and we all agree on \o/
Topic Starter
Shiirn
Do what you like. I'll re-fill the set. I'm just so tired of explaining myself over and over only to be offhandedly brushed aside that I'm not going to bother anymore. Don't expect me to respond to every single little thing presented because that is nothing but a tactic to wear down my force of will and I'm tired of that tactic being allowed.
Ayesha Altugle

moki wrote:

I liked every version of this mapset, thanks for spending your precious time on mapping this masterpiece.

Hi! I didn't notice you here.
Okoayu
Hm going from the average content of your posts here:

Are you satisfied with the Extra?
You said it doesnt feel like your map, but rather like a set of compromises sewn together to make a diff. There are people around here which are so confused about this that they are willing to go out of their way to spend their time wondering about this diff... And are met with the unwillingness to sew more compromises in, which is perfectly reasonable.

What i dont understand is why you seem to have little interest in making this map more like your vision of the song again and instead want to rank it as is for the sake of ongaku? I thought you cared more
Arphimigon
Anyone mind summarizing the main points into one post or something along those lines? All the mods are spread out everywhere it's hard to understand.
Topic Starter
Shiirn

Okorin wrote:

What i dont understand is why you seem to have little interest in making this map more like your vision of the song again and instead want to rank it as is for the sake of ongaku? I thought you cared more

I'd basically need to remap the entire song at this point. But I can't remap the song with the same feelings and vision I had to begin with because Routing has functionally changed for me. It was originally a casual-fun track that was always able to get my blood flowing and my energy levels up because it's just so EXPLOSIVE with energy, especially during the kiai. But now I'm just reminded of all the frustration and exhaustion associated with trying to rank it every time I listen to the track.

The song isn't fun for me anymore. My original vision is long gone. I couldn't remap it if I tried. I desperately tried to protect Comfort much as possible, but Extra I just don't care about and it was always just filler to make the rest of the set rankable. I was much more willing to make compromises and sew shit together in the hopes of moving the map forward.
Arcubin
I'm here not to argue or something.... okay i actually like to argue.

I'm not yet checking the map tho, so i don't know if it's good or bad. But reading some comment in this thread, i can assume this map is averagely good. i do agree with Shiirn who want to keep the feel of the map. But most people here concerning to it's playability, which actually makes sense to argue IF it's actually hardly played by player.

Assuming Shiirn want to rank this, i'd like to join the disscussion (after i check this ofc) cause i found some ambigous word from each person.
Ayesha Altugle
Sounds like you're incredibly depressed for some reason. Don't let it affect too much or else, you might not enjoy mapping the way you intend to. It's true that today's communities don't treat this one as fun because most of the time, they are enjoying maps that gives high amount of pp (but in reality they have problems with enjoying the game, something that they give low rating to maps that barely give any pp). It's true that the perspective of people today is different from back then. However, there are still people today who don't care much about pp and those people are the one who really enjoy the game. I'm just sharing my opinion here so it's your deciscion if yould accept this or not.

I'm sorry if you can't understand something about what I said. I'm not used to write something like this considering my whole personality.
shARPII
Please, keep this topic under control. You're here to help the mapper, not for memes (which should be on reddit or OT, if it's a good one).

I'd like to add a map isn't only a community or a mapper choice but both.
You have to learn how to use your arguments and your POV to explain properly what is the meaning of something and why you did it. If you fail here, there's probably something wrong (using "X is better than Y" or "don't kill my spirit" excuses aren't helping)

If your explanation makes sense, there's no reason to see more than 50% of users who're writing on the topic being against your opinion.
Instead of taking mods from users like a personal attack, try to put yourself in their shoes and try to understand why they think something is wrong by looking at your map with different ways.

Anyway, maps have always been approved by the community (which were represented by QATs) so you'll have to deal with it.

Good luck.
Ayesha Altugle
Glad to have this back. Let's hope that nothing goes wrong this time. Focus on the things that can help the mapper and not to cause more drama. I'll make sure to look on the map if possible.
Arphimigon
Let's hope we can get some constructive comments again this time (unlike this post).
Will put my two cents later.
Side
Keep in mind this "50%" refers to four people out of x number of overall users even if we just take into account the intended player base. I've been keeping up with this thread since shiirn mapped this (mostly since I had asked him to map this song) and for the most part these recent suggestions have all been things that have either been modified by previous suggestions or things that have been explained before. I'm on mobile atm so I can't offer much in terms of quotes and I'll try to do this when I get back from work but all in all these are mostly things that can be dismissed. No map is perfect and neither should our expectations because we're all human and we all make mistakes (see the many ranked maps with unrankable concerns) and that's fine so there's no reason for shiirn to have to keep justifying every object in his map. My reply was deleted but my points stand.
buny

Loctav wrote:

Sadly, you have to make an agreement with the community, not with the QAT. They won't judge your map anymore. So better put the effort to convince people raising concerns here that this creation is fine as it is or do not try to get it Ranked.
Not trying to start shit but why doesn't this apply to any HW maps?

I like this map a lot, I hate to see mappers forced to basically collab with strangers because of subjective matters. There are already tons of maps that are either turned into something completely out of the creators intention, or rotting in the graveyard, because mappers are basically forced to follow mods of the more expressive minority.

I skimmed the mods between the qualify and unqualified posts, and they're all mods that basically start with "well, to me, this is wrong..." This isn't what mapping is about. Mods should never be about trying to redesign somebody elses work, it should be about polishing it; catching out crap like snapping error or unintentional distance spikes.
SutiBu
Well everyone wants EZ pp thats why monstrata ranks his maps like a beast :^)
Topic Starter
Shiirn
For what it's worth, the entire point of frustration on routing is that it has a lot of inconsistencies and quirks that are very obvious when modding the map and looking through it in the editor. This, combined with people combing through it at 25% and 50% speed just looking for things to point out, means that it's very, very easy to come up with a wall of text that I must them personally provide my feelings and opinions for, for every single point. This is extremely exhausting, especially considering Routing was entirely made to be intentionally inconsistent and partially "unpredictable" to fit with my vision of the music.

Nobody can deny that this track, from a musical and compositional standpoint, is weird. Camellia loves doing this kind of thing. He's very experienced and nuanced in his repeated musical patterns and how he ties them together during repeated sections and i try to represent this by having my own patterns follow his slightly different musical patterns. This does not always play well, especially not for people who are so, so, so used to boring anime and dnb tracks which have literally identical stanzas repeated 4-8 times. Camellia will have those same 4-8 stanzas start the same but connect to eachother slightly differently.


I have naught but circles, sliders, and two buttons to provide the player with this experience.


I am not taking any individual mod on this map as a personal attack, but rather as yet another bothersome chore that is being forced upon me because it basically forces me to either explain exhaustively these concepts I listed above to every single modder, as concisely as possible, every time. Can you seriously blame me for getting frustrated and stressed out? These concepts that I built Routing on, namely, intentional inconsistency and differing emphasis, are very easy to understand if people bother looking outside of their own comfort bubble. People are getting so worked up over how each individual tree looks that they're forgetting to look at the forest.


It's tiring and frustrating that people simply discard these concepts because they disagree with them, and I'm left with nothing to show for it. These are fairly advanced mapping concepts because they break the norms of "consistency mapping" (which I believe is a tool best used for newbie mappers before they start understanding how to actually map) and it's hard to explain it in bite-sized chunks for every single modder who happens to play the map like, twice.


I understand people are genuinely trying to help and that they genuinely feel like their suggestions may posit some improvement, but they really didn't in the past, and really won't in the future. Sure there are a lot that helped, but as an experienced mapper I like to pretend that I should be allowed some leeway in knowing what to accept and what to decline. I have tried time and time and time and time again to explain how I feel and how each individual working piece of the map works with others, only to have it discarded or ignored because the person I am trying to meet halfway either disagrees with the very concept or doesn't understand.

I'm just not willing to go out of my way to extend the hand of common ground on this only for them to slap my hand away without even bothering to try and see things my way just as much as I try to see things their way.

I'm not going to bother searching out QAT or BN to re-qualify this map anymore because it's fucking insane that I can spend dozens and dozens of hours working and discussing this map with dozens of people and have the entire thing shut down by a few handful of inexperienced or narrow-minded individuals. It's a massive waste of time and effort and I hope everyone who has refused to even begin to try and understand my feelings is proud of themselves for upholding their precious worldview.

If you're still reading by this point you have my utmost thanks and respect.

I'm not even asking for people to just let me do what I want. I want to discuss things rationally and in depth because that is fun. It is fun to me to discuss mapping concepts and what people are trying to do with their maps and what they're trying to do by fiddling around with patterns or hitsounds or spacing or choice of circle vs slider or beat emphasis. But it's not fun when people are attacking my map whilst constantly asking why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why because that puts all of the effort on me, the mapper, and that's not fair.


Thank you for all the support, and thank you for any constructive criticism. I'm not going to lie and say that I'm perfectly fine with how this turned out. I'm really let down by the immediate vile response, but also very uplifted by the support shown to me directly. But I'm not going to stop mapping and I'm not going to stop making maps with concepts beyond the newbie mapper toolkit of "consistency and flow".


This is my last major post unless a BN or QAT or some combination thereof is willing to push this back into qualification, and they're going to need to come to me to start it up, which isn't likely going to happen so this is likely the end.
Voli
After reading all this I'll probably not try to rank a map ever again with these new "'community-driven" checks nobody ever wanted and nobody asked for. Seeing how ranking your map is already a very long and hard process since BNs are scarce, busy and have long queues, especially if you are an unknown mapper, the tiny amount of effort it takes for anyone to be able to DQ a map just so you can repeat the whole cycle again is just outright stupid.
Arphimigon
Tbh this would prob get DQ-ed either way from the same things, people do spam mods, QATs get attention, DQ for same reason.
No difference really \o/
buny

Voli wrote:

After reading all this I'll probably not try to rank a map ever again with these new "'community-driven" checks nobody ever wanted and nobody asked for. Seeing how ranking your map is already a very long and hard process, especially if you are an unknown mapper, the tiny amount of effort it takes for anyone to be able to DQ a map is just outright stupid.
Community-driven checks are not wrong, it's that the vocal community that are doing these "checks" have the wrong mindset. The vast majority of modders are people that cannot play the map as it is intended, and so can only judge a map through editor, which is a lot different than actually playing the map and actually EXPERIENCING it.

The community that we (I) want to do these checks are the people that actually play the map, so basically the top players who can comfortably complete this map. Those are the only opinions that really matter, in my eyes.

It's like letting other countries vote for the next US president; those countries aren't the ones that are affected as greatly as the US, so their opinion is much less regarded (as in they can't vote)
Voli

a loli wrote:

Community-driven checks are not wrong, it's that the vocal community that are doing these "checks" have the wrong mindset. Looking at a map through editor is a lot different than actually playing the map, which is the problem with difficult maps; most of the modders can't play the map as it is intended so they base all their claims in the editor.
I agree, they are not wrong, but with the current system of ''any complaints are DQ-worthy so we can discuss first, then have fun repeating the cycle again'' it just doesn't feel worth it anymore to try to rank a map. It causes stress, worry and anger more than it has positive sides. If there was a quick way to instantly re-rank a map without having to go through all this bullshit every time, maybe then it would work.
buny

Voli wrote:

I agree, they are not wrong, but with the current system of ''any complaints are DQ-worthy so we can discuss first, then have fun repeating the cycle again'' it just doesn't feel worth it anymore to try to rank a map. It causes stress, worry and anger more than it has positive sides. If there was a quick way to instantly re-rank a map without having to go through all this bullshit every time, maybe then it would work.
All this leads to is a chain of "have-to-do" mods, giving an end result of a map that doesn't in the slightest resemble the original.

maps that come up at the top of my head are tengaku and toumei elegy
Side
And see THIS is the problem. Things like this happen so often that creators are just simply discouraged and the map is left to grave meanwhile the people that caused it can go on their merry way and qats just say oh well no skin off my nose \:v/ or however that saying goes. Nothing changes and nothing will change at this rate. Safe "consistent" and "flowy" maps get ranked all the time because they're not wrong but does that immediately make maps that lack some of one or the other wrong? No and that is where the problem begins. Everyone conforms to a kind of map and expect all others to be just like it because it works but by only doing that you take away creativity all for the sake of ranking just to qualify to the "community standards "

I don't want you to give up on this shiirn but I can support if you truly feel this way and leave it up to your decision.
Voli

a loli wrote:

All this leads to is a chain of "have-to-do" mods, giving an end result of a map that doesn't in the slightest resemble the original.

maps that come up at the top of my head are tengaku and toumei elegy
That is correct. Also the whole concept of ''coming to a concencus with the community'' isn't thought through at all since the community obviously has varying opinions seeing as it consists of completely random players, each with their own opinions. Seeing this, it is impossible to come to a good ''concensus with the community'' without transforming your map into an everchanging mess of clashing opinions. Every map has people who like and dislike it.
I think I'm done here, don't want to ramble more in a map's thread. I just felt like someone had to say it.
Nyari
I just don't see why people can't adapt to the community, there are songs that I don't particularly enjoy playing, then I do not play them, simple as that.

Sucks to see this cool map go into the grave much like a lot of the other great maps in this game. I hope for the sake of not only Shiirn but the rest of the community as well that this sort of "no, that is your interpretation of a map, that's not good enough for the masses"-thinking stops. It's hurting the entire community, it would have been nice to have a nice breath of fresh air coming into the game since we really haven't had any controversial maps getting ranked in standard for a long time.
Avishay
I honestly feel like the one at fault for the current state of the beatmap is the community rather than Shiirn, I bet Shiirn wants to make as many people as possible satisfied, but that's not really possible for this one.

It is good that the qualification is even more community-driven right now, but as long as mapping is an abstract subject with so many ways of interpretation, there WILL BE people that dislike a map, be it a pattern, a structure, you can't satisfy everyone, this game is different for everyone, one might like the surprising intensity changes, another one will enjoy the huge jumps, BUT CMON, people can't agree on everything, especially on such a song and unorthodox map.

Shiirn tried his best to change the difficulties in a way that will feel appropriate for most people, but people nag on stuff that were changed due to previous suggestions, in the end it is not just Shirn's map, but just a mixup of opinions that might and might not make it enjoyable for some people.

Please, if you don't want to see this ranked, if you don't like the way it is mapped, or you just simply dislike this thread, LEAVE, if you don't want to see this map appear on your browser, tell me and I'll create a script that hides it, just for you.
diraimur

Avishay wrote:

I honestly feel like the one at fault for the current state of the beatmap is the community rather than Shiirn, I bet Shiirn wants to make as many people as possible satisfied, but that's not really possible for this one.

It is good that the qualification is even more community-driven right now, but as long as mapping is an abstract subject with so many ways of interpretation, there WILL BE people that dislike a map, be it a pattern, a structure, you can't satisfy everyone, this game is different for everyone, one might like the surprising intensity changes, another one will enjoy the huge jumps, BUT CMON, people can't agree on everything, especially on such a song and unorthodox map.

Shiirn tried his best to change the difficulties in a way that will feel appropriate for most people, but people nag on stuff that were changed due to previous suggestions, in the end it is not just Shirn's map, but just a mixup of opinions that might and might not make it enjoyable for some people.

Please, if you don't want to see this ranked, if you don't like the way it is mapped, or you just simply dislike this thread, LEAVE, if you don't want to see this map appear on your browser, tell me and I'll create a script that hides it, just for you.
I couldn't have read every post in this thread as right now I'm kinda too busy trying to be not busy, this post has gotten my attention; and for a good reason. This is a well made post that I completely agree with. With current mindset of "mappers" or "modders" its very hard to achieve such a system.

And worst of all; the more popular map is, higher the chances more people will hate on it. And it will get to a point where you can't satisfy ANYONE; yet alone everyone. I hope a change happens soon or else things are looking in vain.
_handholding
What happened to the whole "If you don't like a map, dont play it" argument?
Arphimigon
It got debunked, along with:
"You don't need to be a chef to say the food is bad."
shARPII
Ok guys this isn't the place for a thesis about the importance of users in mappers choices.
If you want to run something more serious, create a topic here and discuss freely : 56
I'll start to remove content which aren't mods for this specific map (or helping this map) under this post.
Risa
Im glad Shiirn chooses to keep this map the way it is.
This is how he sees the song. No reason to change it into something totally different just because people disagree with his views.

Just leave it as unranked if no one's gonna re-qualify it. It's fine that way. The people who can play it and enjoy the playing experience don't really need it ranked anyways. Pretty sure they'll rather have an enjoyable unranked map that follows a certain mapper's view compared to a ranked map that is a mess of different ideas from the "community" mashed into it just to get it ranked.
Plz don't turn this map into one of the latter.
melloe
I think it's nice that people are agreeing with Shiirn here, even if the post isn't a mod. Players are voicing their dissent by posting all sorts of different flow and consistency related mods, but I think that if it becomes clear that a large enough portion of the community is ok with the map as it is then I think it can be qualified again and perhaps ranked.

Even if other parts of the community don't want Routing to be ranked because it isn't the conventional jump-and-stream mapping... well, since when has a map had to placate the ENTIRETY of the community to be ranked? I think if there are enough people who understand and support the map then that's enough. Anyways, I don't think mods discussing specific parts of the map will be helpful because such things aren't the problem here; the problem is an ideological one that in my opinion can only be solved by a discussion such as this. Anything less will result in dissatisfaction on one if not both sides.


Having said that
Extra
00:59:353 (4,5,6) - requires insane control and velocity change, especially considering the direction the cursor is coming in at from the previous (3) slider. i get that inconsistency is a theme in this map but this part is so much harder than the rest of the map; i think there should be SOME consistency when it comes to patterns and difficulty.

01:35:707 (5,1,2,3) - not sure if anybody else had this problem but this is bizarre rhythmic/spacing choice and it's very hard to read. that would be fine, but there's nothing else of the sort in any other part of the map, and again i think there should be SOME consistency in the map

these are the two things that stood out to me the most, everything else is perfect imo
Chyo-Kun
Yeah this map is very controversial and became a clusterfuck of discussion for the new community-involved rankings and actual suggestions for the map itself

I've had a look at the map and some of the thread (I'm too lazy to read all of those walls) and came to the conclusion that this map is like a wild thought you have but can't explain to someone else and you're stuck between reciving "useless" help that doesn't really, well, help and tryng to materialize your idea as best as you can.
Shiirin said that the idea this song wants to represent is a fun track with a wild adrenaline rush in the kiai, hence the weird flow, the exagerated/unconsistent spacing and other things everyone seems to be fussing about. Those are intentional and aren't the problem. Ranking this map is (from a BN/QAT point of view) like tryng to fit a piece of modern art into an 1800 art exhibition, no matter how you look at it, they're too different and just aren't made to go togheter. This map is more like an idea made into a map and the ""normal"" ranked maps are, well, just circles placed to the beat

I will drop my piece of opinion about the Discomfort diff, be it ignored or not by the mapper:

00:12:895 (1,2,3,4) - I get what you're tryng to represent here and it's a good concept, but you can still keep the feeling AND nerf the jump to make it more playable.

01:13:311 to 01:25:290 - I love this part, the climax with the bigger spacing feels awesome and fits very well into the song, but 01:26:645 this next part is a little less lively yet you've kept similar spacing and difficulty, which in my opinion should be lowered to go along better with the song

These advices are really vague and would require, if applied, a partial re-map of those sections (which I can tell by your other posts aren't willing to do) but even if applied wouldn't "fix" the map from a technical point of view, it's still awkward with all the spacing/flow "issues"
Topic Starter
Shiirn

Forlornly wrote:

Having said that
Extra
00:59:353 (4,5,6) - requires insane control and velocity change, especially considering the direction the cursor is coming in at from the previous (3) slider. i get that inconsistency is a theme in this map but this part is so much harder than the rest of the map; i think there should be SOME consistency when it comes to patterns and difficulty. ( 00:59:353 (4,5) - were originally in a position closer to THIS, which I feel is much more sensible with the pattern, but it got complaints about "flow" because it's a 4,5 being fairly close together with a large jump to 6 without it being big enough to "feel" like a jump. This is one of those "Fixes" I'm happy to undo and return to its original state - but I don't always remember exactly what I did originally until someone points it out.

01:35:707 (5,1,2,3) - not sure if anybody else had this problem but this is bizarre rhythmic/spacing choice and it's very hard to read. that would be fine, but there's nothing else of the sort in any other part of the map, and again i think there should be SOME consistency in the map This is the end of the entire section and the departure of the vocals, and they follow the vocals in a very off-beat way. This is very bizarre to play, but that's intended. On Discomfort, it plays differently because the song continues the (much easier to follow) repeated click pattern. On extra, it's purely off-beat but also requires little to no movement, so it's a different sort of challenge I guess. not entirely sure what to do to extra because it's such a mess now.
these are the two things that stood out to me the most, everything else is perfect imo

Chyo-Kun wrote:

I will drop my piece of opinion about the Discomfort diff, be it ignored or not by the mapper:

00:12:895 (1,2,3,4) - I get what you're tryng to represent here and it's a good concept, but you can still keep the feeling AND nerf the jump to make it more playable. The big issue with doing any sort of spacing nerf here is that the movements lose context due to all of the notes (except 4) being on previous notes. (1 used to be underneath 00:12:270 (4) - ). The spacing is ridiculous, I totally agree, and it fits what I'm trying to do, but is just a bit crazy big. But I can't shrink it either without completely restructuring the pattern. I'll probably fiddle with this some more one day, but today is not that day.

01:13:311 to 01:25:290 - I love this part, the climax with the bigger spacing feels awesome and fits very well into the song, but 01:26:645 this next part is a little less lively yet you've kept similar spacing and difficulty, which in my opinion should be lowered to go along better with the song Due to how the song is structured, decreasing the spacing of things such as 01:27:061 (3,5,7) - would also necessitate the movement or re-structuring of 01:27:999 (2,4) - , 01:28:728 (4,6) - , 01:29:353 (1,3) - , I think you get the picture. The spacing is, indeed, large, but in a different vein from the burst of the first kiai because the second one alternates very quickly between sliders and circles, rather than the first kiai's nearly PURE circles, so the actual difficulty is lower due to the lower click density. This is one of those "It looks like the spacing is the same in editor" but "actually plays much easier" situations. I really appreciate how you noticed this, though, as it gives me a chance to explain my reasoning as to why I chose to keep such ridiculous-at-a-glance spacing.

These advices are really vague and would require, if applied, a partial re-map of those sections (which I can tell by your other posts aren't willing to do) but even if applied wouldn't "fix" the map from a technical point of view, it's still awkward with all the spacing/flow "issues"
fieryrage
want me to remod this when i get home
Topic Starter
Shiirn
not really.
Topic Starter
Shiirn
In accordance with this post, I've made the changes forcibly recommended by the disqualifying opinion presented in the box below.
Namely, the only thing I am willing to directly accept is the removal of new combos and any sort of "polishing pass" done to make blankets neater, parallel things parallel, etc etc. 00:26:540 (2,3) - has also been changed to a single slider against my actual wishes but because I simply don't give a shit anymore, fuck it let's change it.


This is a formal post requesting Natsu's, or any active BN's, cooperation. If Dis/Comfort is still an unrankable issue, I will remove it if said BNs are willing to rank the rest of the set as-is.

This is as plain and clear as I can possibly make the ranking process. Since it is very clear that Natsu specifically takes issue with the map, perhaps a direct session with Natsu, publicly shown, would be the best way to go over Extra and how every single object ties together. I think it would look very bad on anyone's reputation if they were to simply appear when a map gets qualified to DQ it and then simply have nothing to do with it until it is qualified again.

I am fully prepared to do the same for Discomfort if the chance is so presented, but somehow I doubt that will happen.

stuff

Shiirn wrote:

Natsu wrote:

gonna bring my opinions on this as well:

  1. 00:26:540 (2,3) - is pretty obvious that your rhythm is following the song in the wrong way, I checked your reply to Elvis mod and still don't make much sense, the 1/4 thing already started before that, following the active beats is what will be more intuitive, actually every suggestion from Elvis is not subjetive o.o, but really objetive talking about correct rhythm ofc. The first click is following the same pattern as the notes before it. The 1/2 after it is following the fairly subtle 1/8 triple starting 00:26:645 - and ending 00:26:749 - and at the end of the slider. Because it'd be incredibly confusing and hard to play such a combination of clicks, it's a simple slider instead.
  2. 00:27:895 (1,1,1,1) - spamming combos looks nice? because the stream is pretty much the smae 1/4 the only thing that changes is that is stacked, so the only NC that you need is 00:27:895 (1) - This NC was purely for aesthetic reasons and for further emphasizing what made these four beats different. If it's directly unrankable, go call a QAT.
  3. 00:57:999 (1) - 01:01:332 (1,2) - 01:04:665 (1) - 01:07:999 (1) - why are these mapped in different way ? since is the same music at both places, unless your rhythm is inconsistent on purpose, I don't see any other reason to do this. Just make 01:01:332 (1,2) - like the other ones. The second one starts with the DJ scratches, the rest are all the same. Consistency issues like this are intended. You want my reasoning, you've got it. Now you can disagree with it and I'll be the one who's wrong.
  4. 01:09:665 - sounds super weird that you are ignoring this loud beat :l Because the wacky slider is clearly following the scry. not every bass beat needs a click. (HEATHENRY, i know.)
  5. 01:42:895 (1,2) - Why are you doing the manual stack at this kind of patterns now, when you didn't before for example 00:02:895 (1,2) - , looks inconsistent and not something that we gonna expect from an experienced mapper, specially whe multiple people are telling you to be more consistent with this map. Originally, the "manual stacks" were different because I had a cohesive theme to the map. After the explosion of the kiai. the spacing was more rickety and less perfect because all of the energy of the song has been expended and it's now just falling apart as the song ends.
  6. Also there are a bunch of inconsistencies, overall the design is poor made IMO, and there are a bunch of blankets off, I mean if your archive is to make rankable maps then is fine, but I really think you could do alot better than this, specially with tiny stuff like blankets to important stuff as is the rhythm of the song >: name every single blanket and every single aesthetic change that provides no change to direct gameplay and i'll happily fix them if you offer to work with me to re-rank the map. Otherwise, it's clearly not important enough for either of us to get worked over on.
anyways gl with this
Natsu
Shiiirn I'm willing to go deep checking this map, but promise to take suggestion with open mind, also why is the 7 Stars difficulty back? wasn't that difficulty the reason of the first DQ: p/4896264

If you are going to work with me in a polite and calm way, I'll be glad to help you to move this forward and getting an agreement with you. Anyways send me a pm or post in the thread.

Edit: see that's the attitude that I don't like from you, can we talk like adults that we are? isn't that hard to explain your way in a calm way? I'll be back in like 8 hours, so poke me in game if you are open to discuss there.
Topic Starter
Shiirn
The difficulty is back because people wanted to see it. Millhiore has also given his blessing for Comfort specifically as of like more than a month ago, but if that's irrelevant due to your same "but diff between extra and comfort!", I'll just delete it again.


I'm willing to change every single thing you list, whether I personally agree or not, just to save us both some time and effort from all the arguing.
Secretpipe
guys chill
Enkidu
i actually really enjoy discomfort but that's just my worthless opinion OpieOP
Ongaku
As far as I know and what I can see from this, Shiirn didn't enjoy trying to rank this set, and if the creator doesn't enjoy ranking it, then theres no point in doing so. All I saw was Shiirn trying to rank this set for my diff's sake, which I'm really happy about, but at the same time upset because he didn't enjoy doing it. All I wanted was to enjoy making this set along with the others who participated in putting the set together, but it seems players didn't enjoy it. No problem with that.
Monstrata
The problem here is that this map desperately needs moddingv2. Many of the points made in these post-qualified mods have already been addressed multiple times before. I even mentioned a lot of them to Shiirn to hear his reasoning for the 50th time hoping to get him to change some stuff. We fixed quite a few rhythms, but the inherent problem is that with certain maps, this being a great example, there are always going to be patterns people find questionable. It's really draining on the mapper having to explain their reasoning so many times. If there were a way to document and pen down a mapper's reasoning for specific patterns (like moddingv2) we could reach a consensus much more easily because the discussion will ideally move away from these "why did you do this?" questions to "I agree/disagree with your reasoning and why".
DoKito
Toumei Elegy 2.0
No room for your own personal preferences. Not even in your own maps. This is how I like it. Keep it up boys.
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