dekoe, I have thought a lot of what you have written, and I have come to believe that you have not actually made a lot of constructive criticism.
"It's far from perfect, and it's far from milliseconds off on the beat most of the time. "
I'm quite positive that I've gotten the BPM correct to at least 1 or 2 milliseconds off. The offset could be a few off the actual beat, hence my request for help on that specifically.
"You didn't do any reading in advance when making this map. There's a lot of basics and concepts to mapping that could have easily fixed beginner flaws in your map."
I only see this as flavor text for your argument. I would like some examples of these "beginner flaws" in my map. I'm not saying there aren't, but if there are, I would like specific examples to back up your point.
"Your BPM is 87.87 The band probably didn't make the song with this number in mind. Try 88 BPM and fix this in all difficulties while fixing the offset to match. This messes up the timing and makes the whole song and rhythm feel awkward."
Like my previous post, I mentioned that the BPM I found is the most accurate that I could sense. If you feel that the BPM really is off, please give me examples of places where the current beat and the actual beat become noticeably off (besides the two you mentioned before). At the very least, I doubt that I got the BPM off by a whopping 130 milliseconds.
"You mapped to the vocals instead of the beat of the song. This makes it hard for a player that hasn't heard the song before to play it."
I have indeed mostly mapped to the vocals, but I cannot find anything that says that I cannot do this. In fact, I'm not sure why you're implying that it must only be mapped to the beat of the song (if you mean drums and such). As far as I know, not all beatmaps have to be sight readable upon the first time hearing the song.
"All of the difficulties feel very linear and also random at times."
Linear and random mean completely different things. I would like some examples to express your point as I do not understand what you are trying to convey.
"You're making symmetrical/mirrored patterns or straight line sliders that lead into click-to-the-vocals notes. The cycle just repeats itself throughout all difficulties."
I tend to like symmetrical and mirrored patterns because they are nice to look at. If you can find a source that says that symmetry is bad to use, then please do show me. Your "click-to-the-vocals notes" comment is true, but I have addressed this earlier.
"The whole map goes offbeat around 30 seconds in. You're placing notes in odd places in relation to the BPM you set just to try to match up to the vocals."
This is when I felt your exaggeration. Indeed those two points you listed were controversial (and I won't deny that the first one is legitimately off). However, "the whole map" doesn't go offbeat. This makes me feel like you stumbled across those couple of errors, and assumed the whole map was off without actually testing the notes.
"Both of these difficulties are relatively the same in terms of the way you mapped them."
I felt some hypocrisy here. You said that I need to "develop a good mapping style," but I apparently cannot map with the same style? Anyway, I actually do not see how the two are "relatively the same," especially given the fact that these difficulties were mapped over a year apart. Of course, please keep in mind that the Normal and Insane difficulties are for the same song.
"All you did was put a beat on every note while drawing patterns like ladders, flowers, staircases and fancy sliders. You also made super precise straight line jumps across the entire map for most of it."
I actually do not understand why all of this is bad. osu! is pretty, and I'm simply making an effort to make the map pretty. However, I will take this under consideration.
"It's nearly impossible to read. You have notes that come in at unexpected times because you are putting notes that you expect the player to be able to hit on the offbeats of your 1/4 beat snap divisor map."
This one, I will not deny. You are correct, and I will definitely change it so that this map is easier to read. I have asked opinions of others, and they mentioned that I should delete some of the offbeat notes, which I will. I will also emphasize when streams will occur, and I will unhide some notes behind sliders.
"You're using the most precise grid that is available which is probably unnecessary considering how you're placing notes wherever you want with no regards to flow. A more precise grid doesn't necessarily make the map harder. It makes it harder to try and play your map while trying to get the flow of it down as well."
I am a perfectionist, and I wanted some of the notes to be perfectly diagonal from each other (45 degrees), but at one point, the 2nd most precise grid didn't cut it. Hence, I used the most precise grid. I honestly do not understand why grid precision is negatively correlated with flow. Also, your comment about my "placing notes wherever I want" is a bit extreme. I will admit that not 100% of the map is mapped with a clear idea, but it is most certainly not just placing random notes. For example, I highlighted parts when he sings "the wall is breathing" and "the weight is lifted," and I placed spinners when he sings "unweaving" (Insane). I take offense to your comment because I actually put at least a little bit of thought into my Insane beatmap.
"You're hiding notes and sliders behind sliders. You're making imperfect rectangles. There is no flow, you just mapped in random directions and hoped that the player could understand you."
You make a good point about hiding notes, and I will address them like I said before. I will remove the notes behind sliders because I realize that it is purely unfair (Insane). However, the sliders behind sliders should be fine because you can actually see them (Normal).
"I understand that this is your first time but do not take criticism as an attack to you, especially when you ask for it."
I asked help on specifically BPM, but I appreciate that you took the time to take a look at everything else. However, I feel like you just skimmed through my maps and gave me vague comments about my beatmap. You only gave me 2 examples of errors (1 of which should be fine), and much of the rest was pretty much slander and redundancy rather than constructive criticism.
I should clarify - I do not mean to dismiss everything you have mentioned. Everything you have said, opinionated or not, basically points to one fact: my map needs work. You have complaints because my beatmaps can be better, and I will never deny that.
I will continuously update my beatmaps to the best of my ability, and I will consider revision for every specific criticism. Again, thank you for your time!
Hopefully, that isn't too bad of a thing to feel.
Again, I appreciate your response!