this topic session can be used for many things and im sure many of you enjoy answering new players questions but they all seem so similar
in my experience 95% of all questions are basically about the same things and even get the same answers
do you guys think it would be better if we added more easily accessible large and easy to navigate treasure troves of information that always gets asked?

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So basically, an up-to-date o!m FAQ, a possible extension to the general FAQ that is already pinned (tho not in the forum ofc, that'd be unneat and confusing), or an encyclopedia of o!m questions. I mean, yea that definitely can be turned into a Google doc and be useful (and I want to contribute if it happens).

That said, I can't decide in my head if it really is better. I think people will post questions to the forum anyways. And if I were in that position then got hit by "consult the FAQ", it'd be mildly infuriating. It could be argued less people would ask frequently asked questions though if seen, making me a pessimist.

Having to look back at the forums, most frequent questions gameplay-wise are "why am I bad at/how to get good at [pattern, especially LN]", "am I good for my level", "why is [more]* easier than [less]* sometimes", "I've come back after [this time of inactivity], how do I get good again", and a few more which I can't remember at the top of my head.

This is not meant to be insulting, just a retrospective. Also I get they're a lot how-to-get-better questions, they're just the ones I remember best. Tho questions about hand pain, taking breaks, questions on skins, questions on finding maps, etc etc are on the table for frequently asked.

Edit: Also I feel that the answers to gameplay questions simply are different between under 5* and above 5*, with under 5* being a lot more generalized and above 5* being a lot more... personalized? I just think that under 5* is way more defined gameplay-wise, practicing movements. Also, small rant, Idk if this is just me being delusional, but I feel like in the infrequent moments where someone a significant higher rank than you or just the whole current forum community asks a question about improvement, you can really only go "do your best!" and just remind them to keep practicing as they are just feeling lost at the moment. That's how I feel anyways whenever I see such posts, and then i just leave it up to better players to answer.

I would like any extra thoughts extending on what I wrote.

SwagBoyOnOsu wrote:

Edit: Also I feel that the answers to gameplay questions simply are different between under 5* and above 5*, with under 5* being a lot more generalized and above 5* being a lot more... personalized? I just think that under 5* is way more defined gameplay-wise, practicing movements. Also, small rant, Idk if this is just me being delusional, but I feel like in the infrequent moments where someone a significant higher rank than you or just the whole current forum community asks a question about improvement, you can really only go "do your best!" and just remind them to keep practicing as they are just feeling lost at the moment. That's how I feel anyways whenever I see such posts, and then i just leave it up to better players to answer.

yeah i think theres a divide too. i asked before about 7k being just alot of rolls which is very boring and repetitive (atleast for ranked) and i got told that it stops around 5 star, and for 6k which i can actually comment on (as a certified 6k player who has a few 6 star S ranks) basically under 5 stars advice is "you should play map packs" and above is "you have to play map packs", and also that under 5 stars on 6k theres like barely any LN and above 5 stars is barely any not LN. for 4k, i feel like for the generalized and personalised that it could be that, from what ive seen, people start to main a skillset so because you are really good at one thing then advice may differ per main so its more personalised

A collection of guides like osu!standard has would be nice

SwagBoyOnOsu wrote:

So basically, an up-to-date o!m FAQ, a possible extension to the general FAQ that is already pinned (tho not in the forum ofc, that'd be unneat and confusing), or an encyclopedia of o!m questions. I mean, yea that definitely can be turned into a Google doc and be useful (and I want to contribute if it happens).

That said, I can't decide in my head if it really is better. I think people will post questions to the forum anyways. And if I were in that position then got hit by "consult the FAQ", it'd be mildly infuriating. It could be argued less people would ask frequently asked questions though if seen, making me a pessimist.

Having to look back at the forums, most frequent questions gameplay-wise are "why am I bad at/how to get good at [pattern, especially LN]", "am I good for my level", "why is [more]* easier than [less]* sometimes", "I've come back after [this time of inactivity], how do I get good again", and a few more which I can't remember at the top of my head.

This is not meant to be insulting, just a retrospective. Also I get they're a lot how-to-get-better questions, they're just the ones I remember best. Tho questions about hand pain, taking breaks, questions on skins, questions on finding maps, etc etc are on the table for frequently asked.

Edit: Also I feel that the answers to gameplay questions simply are different between under 5* and above 5*, with under 5* being a lot more generalized and above 5* being a lot more... personalized? I just think that under 5* is way more defined gameplay-wise, practicing movements. Also, small rant, Idk if this is just me being delusional, but I feel like in the infrequent moments where someone a significant higher rank than you or just the whole current forum community asks a question about improvement, you can really only go "do your best!" and just remind them to keep practicing as they are just feeling lost at the moment. That's how I feel anyways whenever I see such posts, and then i just leave it up to better players to answer.

I would like any extra thoughts extending on what I wrote.

true but to fix an issue such as people not viewing it would be as simple as highlighting it or alerting the user of its existence before being able to enter here
a lot of your answers are very valid but another proposal could be a document containing many theories and explanations so we could debate and enrich the ideas of how to get better what techniques exist and how to use them and all the more