(In this post, an "in-between" difficulty refers to a difficulty level that is between two common, clearly defined levels, such as an Advanced being between a Normal and a Hard.)
I was curious about this since it's up to interpretation: Would using two in-between difficulties without the difficulty in between count as skipping difficulties?
For example, say that there is a map with the spread Normal, Advanced, Hyper, and Insane.
This could be interpreted as skipping difficulties since there is no Hard;
but it could also be interpreted as acceptable since there is no gap larger than one difficulty level (the difficulty difference between an Advanced and a Hyper is the same as the gap between a Normal and a Hard).
(Personally, I think spreads like the above should be fine since they follow the intent of the rules, which is to give new players easier difficulties to enjoy.)
I was curious about this since it's up to interpretation: Would using two in-between difficulties without the difficulty in between count as skipping difficulties?
For example, say that there is a map with the spread Normal, Advanced, Hyper, and Insane.
This could be interpreted as skipping difficulties since there is no Hard;
but it could also be interpreted as acceptable since there is no gap larger than one difficulty level (the difficulty difference between an Advanced and a Hyper is the same as the gap between a Normal and a Hard).
(Personally, I think spreads like the above should be fine since they follow the intent of the rules, which is to give new players easier difficulties to enjoy.)