Because it IS talent, along with mental capabilities. With good reaction time, tapping skills, stamina, hand-to-eye coordination, finger independence (for mania/taiko), memory etc. you get "talent". Of course you can improve this, but alot of people have a hard time of memorizing something. I don't think someone as slow as slowpoke can even play this game.chainpullz wrote:
Why are we even equating physical differences to "talent"?.
to be honest, this argument can be applied to mentality as well. scientifically, our brains are physically not the same; they are wired different, and neurons are connected differently which will in turn cause different mental capabilities. In a sense, you can actually even consider mental capacity a sort of physical phenomena. of course, there is still much to learn about how the brain works, but you can't deny that our brains are not exactly the same physically. Even one less neuron, one less atom technically can count as a difference.Mein Gauche wrote:
Because it IS talent, along with mental capabilities. I don't think someone as slow as slowpoke can even play this game.chainpullz wrote:
Why are we even equating physical differences to "talent"?.
I will read the rest later.
shortpotato wrote:
OP never said quit the game if you're untalented
I wonder how taiga would respond to this after he called Railey a retard, salty, crybaby and saying how he should be permanently banned. It's also funny how he then agreed with Railey's notion (I'm sure he still isn't aware that he did) xdshortpotato wrote:
tl;dr if you disagree with OP attack his points instead of his person? And don't misrepresent his argument to make it easier to attack (i.e quit the game if you're untalented) - thats a strawman
I wonder how taiga would respond to this after he called Railey a retard, salty, crybaby and saying how he should be permanently banned. It's also funny how he then agreed with Railey's notion (I'm sure he still isn't aware that he did) xdI never agreed with this "untalented" shitter.
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Kisses wrote:
If I start getting in heated arguments in a rhythm game forum and produce walls and walls of text at the age of 30, I'd ask someone to shoot me
winber1 wrote:
useless thread
nzbasic wrote:
I agree with your post, but keeping people determined that they can improve (ignorance is bliss argument) works a lot better than telling people that they could never improve.
I cant tell if youre joking or very stupid.astelios wrote:
Pls.
Talent doesn't exist.
Do u still believe in Santa?
Oh ... I forgot what it was like over here ...-Jukke- wrote:
I cant tell if youre joking or very stupid.
He has a very good work ethic, its disgusting that people dismiss this as nothing but talent when they wont even put a fraction of that work ethic in. If you actually believe the crap in this thread, then yeah, you just never had the mindset required to go far in this game.LoliPantsu wrote:
https://osu.ppy.sh/u/7260014
Younger people learn stuff/skills way faster due to a phenomenon named "neuroplasticity" which decays at higher age, and instead we develop more the rational part of the brain as we age. That's why most top players are around the age of 16-18. Yet they started playing at the age of maybe 12-13, in which the brain is still developing in terms of both abstract thinking and physical skills.astelios wrote:
Pls.
Talent doesn't exist.
Do u still believe in Santa?
Edit: just read the entire post. NVM, 5 years old kid logic.
BUT, I think AGE (I'm "old") does impact on the ranking/pp.
I've seen kids half my age that started to play the game stream way too faster than me
But who knows ... I'm not playing anymore
o/
could you elaborate on good work ethic, not that im doubting you or anything but for my own useithgyu wrote:
He has a very good work ethic, its disgusting that people dismiss this as nothing but talent when they wont even put a fraction of that work ethic in. If you actually believe the crap in this thread, then yeah, you just never had the mindset required to go far in this game.LoliPantsu wrote:
https://osu.ppy.sh/u/7260014
What he is saying is: The reason you didn't make it beyond 5k pp even though you played so much is, because your work ethic sucks.LoliPantsu wrote:
could you elaborate on good work ethic, not that im doubting you or anything but for my own useithgyu wrote:
He has a very good work ethic, its disgusting that people dismiss this as nothing but talent when they wont even put a fraction of that work ethic in. If you actually believe the crap in this thread, then yeah, you just never had the mindset required to go far in this game.
Close but not quite. What I am saying is, that their rate of improvement is so much faster, that it is humanly impossible to catch up to them with just hard work alone.DeathAdderz wrote:
CMIIW, but long story short,
1. Talent exists.
2. Talent + hard work >> hard work only, assuming that the amount of hard work is the same.
3. Hard work can beat talent without hard work.
4. You can become high-ranked just with hard work alone, but the effort needed is higher compared to those who have talent.
Aren't these the point of this thread? What are we even arguing about?
And also, some people (including OP, I guess) are just not interested in getting to the top, probably because they don't have the time or something. That's why Railey keeps saying that he/she won't make it to the top.
Lmao he didn't even said anything about osu. Also where are the moderators?[Taiga] wrote:
nzbasic wrote:
I agree with your post, but keeping people determined that they can improve (ignorance is bliss argument) works a lot better than telling people that they could never improve.
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Bro, stop posting when you didn't even touched real maps, you don't even know what means hard work in osu so pls xxxxxxxxxxxxxDDDDDDDDDDDDD
Play more
Be nice. Harassment or other antagonism has no place within the osu! community. Continual violation of this rule may result in the loss of ability to communicate with other users permanently.
Personal attacks are frowned upon. Criticism of all kinds is welcome and encouraged, but attacking other users personally is not allowed. If you cannot prove your point without such tactics, your point is not worth posting.edit: seems like he already got it.
In the first place, I hate the word talent, because it puts people on a pedestal. There is no clear line between talented and talentless. Everyone does things better than others, with varying degree.Railey2 wrote:
Talent is very elusive and hard to measure, but there is a simple way to do it.
Think of talent as the thing that caused the difference in skill between two players, that put the same amount of effort into the game. If we think of it like this, we can measure it just fine, because playcount is a decent approximation for effort (hitcount is even better, to be seen on peoples profiles), and pp is a decent approximation for skill. If someone gets more skilled with less effort, we can call them talented.
This one pisses me off the most. You could at least censor the name, you know? The fact that you explicitly called Rayne as untalented was totally uncalled for. That's just completely rude.Railey2 wrote:
Green would be an example of a talented player (lower playcount than everyone around him).
Red is an example of an untalented player (higher playcount than everyone around him).
That is why you can't put 'talent' as a label to determine if you can become pro or not. Fuck off.Railey2 wrote:
Keep in mind that "talented" is a relative term, which means that it only becomes meaningful in comparison. We call red untalented, because he is less talented than the reference group, other people around rank 5k.
If we went back in time and checked how red was doing when he only had 1k pp, we may have found that red was a relatively talented player.
So how did you determine that everyone in the top 100 is extremely talented? Holy fucking shit. If that's your subjective opinion, then everyone might as well be talented too, subjectively.Railey2 wrote:
So, why is this relevant?
Simply put: As soon as you find yourself in the "untalented-bracket", it is time to bury your dream of becoming a top-player. This is particularly true if you get there early.
The top-players became top-players through hard work, but they were also very talented. You will find nobody in the top100 who isn't extremely talented, and the overwhelming majority worked very hard in addition to that. As a result, you will never catch up to them, if you are "just" hard working.
Hard work may beat talent, but it can't beat talent and hard work. The top, has both.
Railey2 wrote:
But if you find yourself in the "average-bracket", or possibly even in the "talented-bracket", go ahead and play more. See how long your talent lasts. As soon as it runs out, you know that you are close to approaching your limit as a competitive player.
Great effort will get you far, but if you lack talent, it will never get you to the top.
Railey2 wrote:
Lastly, a word for people that lack talent.
Change your goals. Osu can be an extremely fun game, especially without the pressure of playing for ranks. Discover new music, play with friends, play interesting maps. It's all about what you make of it. A more talented player once said "plz enjoy game", and this is good advice regardless of how talented you are. Settle for less, but enjoy it all the way.
Good luck to everyone! It's a rocky road that leads to the top100. Let's hope that you have the talent to make it there.exceptions SPOILERThere are cases where people put effort into the game in wrong ways, such as only playing for SS. In that case, their lack of success is not necessarily a result of them lacking talent, but rather a result of a misapplication of effort. It can be hard to tell the two apart sometimes, but what I wrote above still holds true either way.
If only Gambler was here with Popcorn.Arthraxium wrote:
I haven't visited here for a few days and I get to see drama the moment I get back. This is quite amusing.
No worries, I'll pass around the popcornXyrus wrote:
If only Gambler was here with Popcorn.