this proposal would just allow people to be more lazy, and would reduce even more the content targeted for the newer players. it's a regression for the ranking criteria rules. (but i think 4:30~4:45 length approval would be okay actually)
if the player enjoys the game he will play any length. let's not assume new players would only want to play short songs.
if the mapper is not interested in mapping a full set alone, he won't, doesn't matter if the song is 4 minutes long or only 30 seconds long (https://osu.ppy.sh/s/721039 https://osu.ppy.sh/s/663138) (https://osu.ppy.sh/s/158023 https://osu.ppy.sh/s/336471). why worry about this when you can have guest mappers completing the spread?
doesn't matter if getting mods/icons for longer songs is more difficult. if you want to rank longer songs it's expected that you will have to work harder to make it happen.
if the player enjoys the game he will play any length. let's not assume new players would only want to play short songs.
if the mapper is not interested in mapping a full set alone, he won't, doesn't matter if the song is 4 minutes long or only 30 seconds long (https://osu.ppy.sh/s/721039 https://osu.ppy.sh/s/663138) (https://osu.ppy.sh/s/158023 https://osu.ppy.sh/s/336471). why worry about this when you can have guest mappers completing the spread?
doesn't matter if getting mods/icons for longer songs is more difficult. if you want to rank longer songs it's expected that you will have to work harder to make it happen.
this is the real problem, compilation maps should not be allowed anymore, or at least have reasonable restrictions, like allowing only compilations of the same album/artist/tv show/movie and don't allow compilations of less than 3 songs / less than 7 minutes, only allow compilations to be mapped as the same difficulty level each song ...UndeadCapulet wrote:
and now people are even starting to use r3 music box extensions to avoid making them