Currently we have following guideline:
Overall, this guideline is alright as it is. However, there is one problem with it. It does not allow the usage of chords at the beginning of the pattern. I noticed that it still happens in Normals which got ranked in the past weeks. I also think that having a chord at the beginning is not a problem at all. Therefore i suggest to change it to following:
The important part here is the "or". I still think especially when the 1/4 are only 3 notes long, that having them begin and end with a chord would be too much for a normal. I prepared some screenshots to show what i mean:
This gives a bit more freedom without increasing the difficulty of normals too much.
Addition: Chords in the middle of the 1/4 pattern will be still disallowed according to the wording of the guideline and this is intended.
>Avoid using chords during consecutive 1/4 note patterns. However, using a chord to end a pattern is fine.
Overall, this guideline is alright as it is. However, there is one problem with it. It does not allow the usage of chords at the beginning of the pattern. I noticed that it still happens in Normals which got ranked in the past weeks. I also think that having a chord at the beginning is not a problem at all. Therefore i suggest to change it to following:
>Avoid using chords during consecutive 1/4 note patterns. However, using a chord at the beginning or end of the pattern is fine.
The important part here is the "or". I still think especially when the 1/4 are only 3 notes long, that having them begin and end with a chord would be too much for a normal. I prepared some screenshots to show what i mean:
This gives a bit more freedom without increasing the difficulty of normals too much.
Addition: Chords in the middle of the 1/4 pattern will be still disallowed according to the wording of the guideline and this is intended.