im leaning for spread requirement removal in standard specifically but idrc if it isn't removed either considering these factors:
i dont think spread req rules are necessary at all in the current circumstances of osu today for those reasons, its not broken or really negatively (or positively) affecting anything in standard so idrc either way, dont think it needs to be changed from currently or anything but i dont think this whole discussion of "accessibility" has any value anymore
BUT i do worry about mappers with the mindset similar to Sotarks and the like that dont give a shit about many things speedranking 342589349583 tv size 7 stars tho, thatd look kinda disgusting and i think if i were to see that when i open Ranked back in like late 2014 when i was just an insane diff player i would be like "this is dumb as fuck"
so maybe if there could be a way to ensure some dumbassery like that wouldnt happen id be Fully on board with it, but yea (also dunno how many ppl share this sentiment)
(Also i do think a trial period is useless considering having a long enough period to get new maps in would just basically be like as if keeping the change forever and not having a long enough period would tell u nothing considering how many of them are older maps)
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Tho I think it'd just be better to have an auto low diff generator for the modes if we really wanna still be scared about something that isnt an issue/concern anymore (accessibility) L:ol . Tho the point about affecing the social environment of osu is interesting tho, might be worth looking at if this is going to stay seriously considered
- most players that play for more than 5 maps play [Normal] level difficulties for like a week or so at most before moving on to [Hard] for the next month or so (though I could be wrong, mainly from what ive observed from players who i knew before osu who joined after me, and players that i randomly stumbled upon that were just starting out)
- players at this level are usually just searching up songs they like (and not looking at the latest ranked maps) to play more than anything, the chances of such a song they like being recently ranked are pretty low intuitively speaking in that regard already unless they are looking for the latest pop single that got released around the same time they started playing osu or something
- theres actually a ridiculous amount of [Normal] level diffs and this diff range has the highest density of all difficulty ranges in standard, to where u could might as well equal the amount of content to the equivalence of like 17 other paywalled games similar to osu
- most if not all song tastes have essentially more than enough low diffs from the past 14 years already to get players good enough to move on to the next difficulty level
- mainly functioning now as just barring maps that are fine for rank aside for spread from ranked... which to be fair doesn't really matter much anymore considering the very high flow rate of content currently
i dont think spread req rules are necessary at all in the current circumstances of osu today for those reasons, its not broken or really negatively (or positively) affecting anything in standard so idrc either way, dont think it needs to be changed from currently or anything but i dont think this whole discussion of "accessibility" has any value anymore
BUT i do worry about mappers with the mindset similar to Sotarks and the like that dont give a shit about many things speedranking 342589349583 tv size 7 stars tho, thatd look kinda disgusting and i think if i were to see that when i open Ranked back in like late 2014 when i was just an insane diff player i would be like "this is dumb as fuck"
so maybe if there could be a way to ensure some dumbassery like that wouldnt happen id be Fully on board with it, but yea (also dunno how many ppl share this sentiment)
(Also i do think a trial period is useless considering having a long enough period to get new maps in would just basically be like as if keeping the change forever and not having a long enough period would tell u nothing considering how many of them are older maps)
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Tho I think it'd just be better to have an auto low diff generator for the modes if we really wanna still be scared about something that isnt an issue/concern anymore (accessibility) L:ol . Tho the point about affecing the social environment of osu is interesting tho, might be worth looking at if this is going to stay seriously considered