eiri- wrote:
imagine u map a song that existed before the game but later on happened to be used as the op for a game
btw if this Does come to pass u may wanna edit ur proposal to say, "must" or "should" instead of "may" cuz then it sounds Optional.
I agree here. If it's optional then the results could risk unnecessary inconsistencies in the search library. Think about if there are two mapsets with the same game op and one of them utilizes the title marker whereas the other one doesn't, even though they're the same song. To my conclusion here I think that the rule should state a clear yes or a no; not a maybe.
Noffy wrote:
- all game ost would fall under this. this includes both short loop versions and full versions and more. distinguishing between these if you wouldn't want everything to fall into this would make the rule very long and complex to follow.
- video game usage is much more ambiguous between short versions of the original song, versus the game version being extended later. distinguishing these is murky at best and requires a lot of soul searching on the release history of different versions of the song at worst to determine if it was cut for the game or if the game is the original and it was extended later on. this is especially the case for rhythm games where extended versions are common, or simultaneous release for hyping the song up is also common. which is the original? how do you know? how do you define that?
more complicated than it'd ever be worth, in my opinion. tv size is fairly consistent across the board and more specific in use, while also being very popular on osu to make it worthwhile and effort-effective to standardize.
I don't know how it's distinguished between looped and short game osts, so I don't have any say in this area particularly.
However you mentioned that
"tv size is fairly consistent accross the board and more specific in use /.../" and I disagree. That's because the tv size maker should also indicate every songs that are being used in the anime similar to the game ver. marker, if we're going by your argument. I mean if osts fall into the same category as openings for game ver. songs, then shouldn't the same apply to tv size? There are plenty of anime osts mapped and ranked without the marker, so I don't see why game osts wouldn't be able to do the same.
It's also hard to believe that game osts have two of the same
original tracks, divided in a looped and a short version. But as I mentioned in the beginning of my post, I don't know how they're distinguished and when I said that, I meant primarily on this platform.
If you ask me, inconsistencies and complications are unavoidable at this point, because they already exist. This is why I believe it's valid to standardize game ver. for game openings, just like how tv size is standardized for anime openings.