Whoa, this certainly got a lot of attention... Thanks to everyone for replying!
Yeah, I guess that kinda sounds like me. I have a hard time imagining me not liking the map in a few months though, or even years, since I enjoy playing it so much. However, the reason I like the map might be because I like the way the song is evolving, since my map follows that at least to some extend (and also I think it's a great song in general).
I guess the way I map is similar to how I work with art in general. I make something I like, and share it in the hope that other people will like it as well, rather than make something I think other people will like in the first place. This is probably the reason my mas don't make sense to a lot of other people (and one reason I don't like mainstream media in general).
But judging from the replies, it does seem like people might not be as biased as I initially thought, which is cool
Btw, would be cool if you or your friend had any recommendations on unorthodox maps
Cut most of the quote to save space...Okoratu wrote:
It's actually funny because you remind me a bit of myself in 2012 except that I mapped for myself and didn't make threads asking about what people think about the style I used in a certain map. But in the very beginning I thought that everything i placed makes sense with the song. My own creation seemed logical to me as I made it by playtesting it a lot and thought about the song when placing notes. Whenever I gave it to other people they went like "uhh this somehow works, but it's weird". After some time (more like after about 1.5 years of doing that) I started to mod others' maps because I hoped to find out why my own maps seem so dull and lame to me, the more I did that the more I became aware of the conceptual and rhythmical flaws in my earlier maps and started to dislike them for that reason even more, but I had a point to work from towards making something that other people can understand, predict and maybe also enjoy.
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Yeah, I guess that kinda sounds like me. I have a hard time imagining me not liking the map in a few months though, or even years, since I enjoy playing it so much. However, the reason I like the map might be because I like the way the song is evolving, since my map follows that at least to some extend (and also I think it's a great song in general).
I guess the way I map is similar to how I work with art in general. I make something I like, and share it in the hope that other people will like it as well, rather than make something I think other people will like in the first place. This is probably the reason my mas don't make sense to a lot of other people (and one reason I don't like mainstream media in general).
But judging from the replies, it does seem like people might not be as biased as I initially thought, which is cool
Don't really think I have anything to reply with, apart from your points seem to make sense, and I mostly agree with them.N0thingSpecial wrote:
Do you think anybody else, besides me, would consider my map fun to play, or am I just weird...?
Your map is like the abstract art of mapping, and right now I feel like mapping is at its renaissance period where everything needs to be justified aesthetically and practically, the "by the community for the community" mindset. i would feel like your mapping style just won't fit velvet green, it feels more like dubstep kind of mapping where there are large fluctuation in spacing, I actually have a friend who enjoys unorthodox maps, but all of the maps are unranked,
Do we sometimes focus too much on what is considered "good mapping" rather than what is actually fun to play?
As I said before, no. The "good" mapping style is like this today cause the community find it fun.
Can maps that don't follow these "rules" be fun to play anyway; are there anything that objectively makes a mad good or bad, or is mapping entirely subjective?
coughHollow Wingscough Yes they can. but if you want your map ranked you either 1) appeal to the majority 2) have fuk ton of kudosu
Is it important to know how to follow the rules, even if your usual style is consistently breaking them?
never been there, don't know how to answer this.
FYI: I have 0 kudosu
Btw, would be cool if you or your friend had any recommendations on unorthodox maps