Hello.
It sounded like that is what you implied when you said that you "don't agree with the idea that beatmaps are made for a target audience" and that you "just map the way i like." I'm not sure as to what else I would have made of it so...?
However, I am NOT saying that mapping is concrete or exact. I am saying that there are good/bad and better/worse options for when you are creating something, such as "does this note that is not in the song's main scale really belong at this place?" or "does this colour really fit with my palette for this picture I am creating?" There are always better options than what someone has created, and there are always worse options than what someone has created.
In terms of ranking, the BNG/staff decide if your map gets ranked, not you... but I see what you mean I guess.
In terms of the testplays, I meant that you went pretty over the top, and that you didn't really need to do that as it does not help in backing your claim anymore than simply saying "I got a few people that were within the target audience that say that it plays fine, and none of them say it plays bad".
And again, I really do not care as to what the other modders have said, since I am the one asking as to why you mapped in such a way! I will repeat again that "if modders can not figure out what the mapper is trying to do, then the mapper should explain their intentions behind their method of mapping such a way if requested. Failing in doing so shows that the mapper is either swallowed up in ignorance, can't be bothered to, or doesn't know themselves as to why they mapped in such a way." If the mapper tells the modder the reasoning, then the modder may possibly be able to suggest somethign that would help convey what the mapper was trying to do better so such questions don't need to be asked in the future like how I currently am.
I'm bothered by nothing that you've said so far, it is interesting seeing an obscure viewpoint, so I'm just curious. Plus, discussions are the only way to resolve things.
- VINXIS
ostensibly tryin to make a change :-\
It sounded like that is what you implied when you said that you "don't agree with the idea that beatmaps are made for a target audience" and that you "just map the way i like." I'm not sure as to what else I would have made of it so...?
However, I am NOT saying that mapping is concrete or exact. I am saying that there are good/bad and better/worse options for when you are creating something, such as "does this note that is not in the song's main scale really belong at this place?" or "does this colour really fit with my palette for this picture I am creating?" There are always better options than what someone has created, and there are always worse options than what someone has created.
Think of it like an endless building that does not necessarily start or end anywhere in terms of height, and that the floors are the choices. The higher you go up, the better the artistic choice. There may not be a best option (aka there is no top floor), but there is always a choice that is better than current. Such is the way of artistic choices and anything that requires creative thinking. Surprisingly, mapping requires creative thinking! What I meant to do was suggest a floor (mapping to the sounds you hitsounded to) that could be higher than your current floor (using slider tick 4 for the sake of hitsounds). It is subjective; however, there are multiple ways to see if it is better or not, such as trying it out yourself and see. I never said the slider tick 4 was bad mind you.
In terms of ranking, the BNG/staff decide if your map gets ranked, not you... but I see what you mean I guess.
In terms of the testplays, I meant that you went pretty over the top, and that you didn't really need to do that as it does not help in backing your claim anymore than simply saying "I got a few people that were within the target audience that say that it plays fine, and none of them say it plays bad".
And again, I really do not care as to what the other modders have said, since I am the one asking as to why you mapped in such a way! I will repeat again that "if modders can not figure out what the mapper is trying to do, then the mapper should explain their intentions behind their method of mapping such a way if requested. Failing in doing so shows that the mapper is either swallowed up in ignorance, can't be bothered to, or doesn't know themselves as to why they mapped in such a way." If the mapper tells the modder the reasoning, then the modder may possibly be able to suggest somethign that would help convey what the mapper was trying to do better so such questions don't need to be asked in the future like how I currently am.
I'm bothered by nothing that you've said so far, it is interesting seeing an obscure viewpoint, so I'm just curious. Plus, discussions are the only way to resolve things.
- VINXIS
ostensibly tryin to make a change :-\