It's mainly due to a different approach. Last year the focus was more on consistency whereas we try to put more focus on the difficulty curve. Maps get harder as the stages progress. That's our goal.Ace3DF wrote:
Maps look a lot easier to the point where I wouldn't be surprised if 99% of the players SS'd (or 1 100x off)
It's definitely challenging to read, but I wouldn't necessarily call that a bad thing.PortalLife wrote:
That Red like Roses map is terrible :l
Good maps are good. It's that simple. That's why they get used.LoGo wrote:
Yep, compared to the last year, these maps look way more easier and theoretically players should have been progressed and become better... How many thousand of maps there are, i think that's one of the main reasons why it's kinda weird to see same maps in the mappool. Well, accuracy wars here they come.
AR7 pleasedarkmiz wrote:
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AR9 DT is not something you will ever find in the first stages of this tournament. Later on, who knows.darkmiz wrote:
There is a serious problem with this mappool: lack of approach rate variety.
All maps are AR9 , all DT maps are all AR8.
this year osu! introduced the new feature, and we have all sort of cool AR9.2, AR9.3, AR9.5 maps
and I would like to see some AR9 DT maps.
Good maps are good. I've played nearly every single map ranked in 2014 I'd consider viable in terms of difficulty for the group stages and this is what I found. The amount of TV Size maps is shocking really. I cannot use those maps. Anything that's below 2 minutes in length is no-go for me by definition. I prefer maps to be over 3 minutes or have over 1000 combo.Kert wrote:
AR7 pleasedarkmiz wrote:
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I don't see any problem with easier maps. OWC atmosphere kills your play stability anyway
So yeah go try FC during a match if you think it's easy
About mappool: Please don't use already used maps, there are plenty of others
This was mentioned the previous year and nothing changes : (
TV Saizu + HT plsGladiOol wrote:
Good maps are good. I've played nearly every single map ranked in 2014 I'd consider viable in terms of difficulty for the group stages and this is what I found. The amount of TV Size maps is shocking really. I cannot use those maps. Anything that's below 2 minutes in length is no-go for me by definition. I prefer maps to be over 3 minutes or have over 1000 combo.
Hmm.. Is there a problem with choosing older maps? Obviously not too old because the audience will be angryGladiOol wrote:
I've played nearly every single map ranked in 2014 I'd consider viable in terms of difficulty for the group stages and this is what I found ...
