I mean, let's take a look at this.
Now, let's take a look at what most people probably saw instead.
Now, there's room for supporters with lots of friends, room for top and upcoming players, room for beatmappers, room for skinners, and room for other people with skills to improve the game, but is there really any room for lonely and poor performance players like this guy who keep hitting their skill ceiling and never really getting anywhere but frustrated at their poor performance? It feels like the game is hostile by design to the unremarkable players, which isn't the fault of the devs, just is an unfortunate side effect of being a competitive game. I thought of recommending a "performance points neighbor" leaderboard but then realized, once again, who's going to go to all that effort and coding work to please talentless players who will move on once they hit their peak?
I remember there being something on the front page that specified that if you were a good player, beatmapper, skinner, or otherwise useful to the community, you were welcome. So where does that leave bad players?
Now, let's take a look at what most people probably saw instead.
Now, there's room for supporters with lots of friends, room for top and upcoming players, room for beatmappers, room for skinners, and room for other people with skills to improve the game, but is there really any room for lonely and poor performance players like this guy who keep hitting their skill ceiling and never really getting anywhere but frustrated at their poor performance? It feels like the game is hostile by design to the unremarkable players, which isn't the fault of the devs, just is an unfortunate side effect of being a competitive game. I thought of recommending a "performance points neighbor" leaderboard but then realized, once again, who's going to go to all that effort and coding work to please talentless players who will move on once they hit their peak?
I remember there being something on the front page that specified that if you were a good player, beatmapper, skinner, or otherwise useful to the community, you were welcome. So where does that leave bad players?