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Welcome to
10K+ Playstyle Spotlight 1
- TopRow -
The 10K+ Playstyle Spotlight is a new monthly event designed to shed light upon lesser-known 10K+ playstyles by encouraging you all to create maps for them. Each month, we'll curate a map pack with any submitted maps made for the respective playstyle. After 3 weeks, the pack will be uploaded, and players will have a chance to set scores, which will be tallied for a score attack portion of the event.
This month, we're putting TopRow in the spotlight! TopRow is an interesting playstyle that exclusively uses the top row of keys. It's unique among other 10K+ playstyles due to being fully dynamic, as there is no "resting position" or "rows". You just let your fingers flow on the keyboard. The main way to play is to use 6 fingers and treat it like a weird variant of 6K where you can move your hands around, but beware that there will sometimes be patterns that encourage the inclusion of pinkies, making it 8 fingers!
Example Keybinds by DealerOfMelons
This playstyle was pioneered by Nivrad00 in the map Maxo & Ehiorobo - Bedside, which was made for MaMaChaCha PHASE FIVE. Later, Nao - Make It Out Alive ft. SiR was also made by Nivrad00 for MaMaChaCha PHASE BETA. Go check those maps out if you want a good example of the roots of TopRow.
...Or you could watch this awesome showcase of Bedside, played by Dessie!
But that's not all, Dessie and I have created a brand new mapset just for this spotlight! The map is Akira Complex - Infinity Stage Theme and features a few difficulties. The harder difficulties are intense, so they might not be the best to start off with, but don't worry, we're not total monsters — we added some easier diffs for newcomers to enjoy and get a taste of the playstyle too! Here's a play of the hardest diff in the set, again done by Dessie.
On another note, you may know that there was some unfortunate news regarding the artist of this song that we were only made aware of while creating this map. However we have decided to complete this set in honour of them and their music.
This event is open to anyone with 10 or more fingers. If you want to participate, simply join The 10K+ Discord Server and make your way to the Playstyle Spotlights category. There you will find channels to post your maps and scores, and you can also chat with others about the playstyle or get feedback on your maps. Any participants for the map pack will also receive a special role on the server to show their contribution!
If you would like to play the event maps, first download one of the skins from this sheet. You can then try out one of the previously mentioned maps, or any of the maps that have been submitted to the "Maps" sheet. Also, the map pack has now been uploaded, so you can just download all the maps here!
If you decide to participate in the score attack, your scores will be added to the sheet and your scores will be put against others for some friendly competition! More on that later.
If you would like to participate in the TopRow map pack, here are a couple things to know:
- Set the style to 7K Co-op in the editor for 14K.
- Design your map so that it comfortably accommodates 6 (and sometimes 8) fingers.
- Utilize note placement to guide finger positioning, making sure that it's easy for the player to understand where their fingers should move on the keyboard to hit your patterns comfortably.
- Post your maps in the designated mapping channel and ping Konomi or Dessie to have them added to the sheet.
- You will have until the 21st UTC to complete your maps. Late submissions will still be added to the pack but won't be part of the score attack portion.
10K+ Rhythm Games Discord
Sheet for skins and maps
Maxo & Ehiorobo - Bedside by Nivrad00
Nao - Make It Out Alive ft. SiR by Nivrad00
Akira Complex - Infinity Stage Theme by Konomi and Dessie
The map pack
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A big thanks to Dessie and DealerOfMelons for their huge contributions to this event!