As somebody who actually enjoys difficult maps and keeps in contact with people who play them, let me point out one huge flaw in BD's assumptions: most people prefer easy maps over hard ones.
He probably doesn't realize it because he's just going around being angry all day that his calm maps aren't getting as many plays as he wants; but the truth is that difficult maps are much more of a niche thing that very few players are interested in playing and the vast majority of osu spends a lot more time playing calm easy maps that they feel comfortable on.
One group might be more vocal than the other but it's very wrong to assume that all 2013 players only play hard maps and ignore calm songs.
He probably doesn't realize it because he's just going around being angry all day that his calm maps aren't getting as many plays as he wants; but the truth is that difficult maps are much more of a niche thing that very few players are interested in playing and the vast majority of osu spends a lot more time playing calm easy maps that they feel comfortable on.
One group might be more vocal than the other but it's very wrong to assume that all 2013 players only play hard maps and ignore calm songs.