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Monstrata

UnLock- wrote:

From your M4M Q

[UHHH]
  1. 00:34:933 (1) - Move to x48 y124 because of DS with 2 ehh enough ppl point it out, i'll fix
  2. 00:48:737 (2,3) - This part has the change of melody, but this gap is weird to this changing. how about copy 00:49:623 (2) - it to here? fixed
  3. 00:51:346 - Del this timing point and change 00:51:250 - here to 283 bpm. and replace 00:51:346 (2,3,4,5,6,7,8) - them. i think it is correct bpm I disagree
  4. 00:54:828 - ^ ^
  5. 00:56:971 (4,5) - Too close. ehh why not change it to linear flow
  6. 01:34:417 (6,7,8) - Move to x136 y164 because I think to make harmony with this pattern and song, 01:34:523 (8,1) - this gap have to has harder DS than 01:34:311 (5,6) - here. i prefer no harmony xP
  7. 01:37:469 (4) - Del this note. i think you should keep same beat in 01:36:344 (1,2,3,4) - here with 01:37:201 (1,2,3,4,5) - here. i think it fits here tho
  8. 03:08:850 (3) - Change to circle slider is better
  9. 04:41:302 (3,1) - NC swap huh no :P
Thanks for the mod!!
Topic Starter
Monstrata

Trent83 wrote:

From your queue [/color]

(=>w<=)/ M4M \(=>w<=)


[Stop! Stop Winny Upload!!]

Stop! Stop Winny Upload!! diff
00:00:838 (1) - i think here it's better to remove the whistle sound, because in that part of the song the music isn't that strong to add a whistle, only a recommendation, why not to add a Custom Hitsound?. sure why not.
00:19:486 (1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12,1,2,3) - I think that in this part you can be more creative because this triplets ruin the sthetic of the map at that point so, why not to add more sliders?. No... this is better imo.
00:30:836 (3) - i think that this can be pretty confusing. I think so too.
00:59:022 (1) - from this point to 01:02:330 (8) - this point you ignore some sliders it will be easier for me explain this if you see this point of the map 00:57:293 (1,2) - . Yea. I want to focus more on the drums now, creating a transition out of the vocals.
01:32:289 (2) - Ctrl+G?. Better not to
01:41:058 (3) - its better to add a streamer than this. I prefer this to a stream xP.
01:56:103 (1,2) - its better to make a whole blanket Not here.
02:50:353 (1) - change the pattern, no? aww... No
02:51:908 (1) - ^ ^
02:53:686 (1) - ^^

thats all :)

Really cool song!.
+ 1 Star

:)
Thanks for the mod!!
Topic Starter
Monstrata

DoKito wrote:

00:19:486 (1,2,3) - I know you are going for a 'messy' kind of map, but this pattern is just very ugly in my opinion. It reminds me so much of 2009-2011 maps where they just randomly placed circles with DS. It's more of a subjective suggestion. Mmm... I kinda like this actuallly lol.
00:40:172 (3) - I would make this slider 1/2 beat longer, so you start clicking into the jumps on 00:40:172 with the strong beat. It feels better in my opinion. Made some c hanges here along with stuff from previous mods, should work now
00:49:623 (2) - This reverse feels kinda out of place. true. changed it up
00:59:022 (1) - I would stick with some sliders in this section, like you did before. wanted to transition from vocals to drums here.
01:37:469 (4) - For me this section sounds exactly the same as all those before, so I'd remove this circle. hmm fair enough
01:41:058 (3) - Maybe you could split this slider here 01:41:272. i prefer a longer hold
02:36:517 (1) - Wasn't able to sightread this... Not in the slightest. I don't think this is even possible to sightread. Maybe try to alter the shape into something where you don't have to travel too much to stay in the followcircle. hmm. i like this tho. i don't think its necessary to make everything sightreadable, and i think this is one pattern where its fitting once you know the sv's
02:50:353 (1,1,1) - This part is much fun to play. It doesn't really match the rhythm tho. Not sure about this. Should be fine i hope xD.

I am not sure if our mod4mod agreement is still valid. If not, then just take this as a free mod.
Thanks for the mod!! Also, it's still valid if we already pre-arranged. I forgot your map though,
Yoshikawa Hoshi
Whatever made you think that smuggling an unfunny and absolutely dead meme with no entertaining value was a good idea is wrong. It absolutely ruins the entire set in terms of user perception, as the playerbase will see nothing but another attempt to be funny. Moreover, this brings a good deal of inconsistency in the set, as the names do not match well.
Topic Starter
Monstrata
Whatever made you think I was smuggling?
Battle
septuple post
KASUM1
good luck
Spork Lover
Saw this on your profile and thought "wtf why not do a random (Insanely challenging 'cause weird style xD) mod :^)" Here we go!

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General

I saw the AR being discussed, and I agree that 9.7 is suitable because of the slow section lol :^)

Stop! Stop Winnie the Pooh!


00:00:838 (1) - I find it weird that this first slider is pretty, when the guitar is insanely distorted ;o (And you carry the "purposely mapped ugliness" onward as we get further into the map :3)
00:31:049 (5,1) - This might sound stupid, but maybe consider making the overlap awkward on purpose? 'cause with the 1-anchored long slider, it looks surprisingly pretty xD (I guess something like could work idk lmfao http://osu.ppy.sh/ss/5434789)
00:43:047 (4,5) - I donno if it's intentional that it isn't consistent, but maybe change sliders like these to 1/4's? (You do stuff like that on 00:48:192 (3) - )
00:50:710 (3,1,2) - Aren't some transitions like those very annoying to deal with playability-wise? I know it's probably intentional, but just giving a heads up ;o (Considering sharp angles with low spacing)
01:22:624 (1,2,3,4,1,2,3,4) - I love that you intentionally didn't make it symmetrical xD I'd maybe even go as far as to Ctrl+G 01:22:841 (2) - to make it even less symmetrical, so 01:22:624 (1,2) - ISN'T mirrored with 01:23:928 (3,4) - :3
01:26:077 (7,1) - Switch NC my friend :3
01:27:791 (7,1) - Hi :3
01:29:505 (7,1) - Eh
^I'll stop rambling about those NC's lol

01:36:022 (5) - Doesn't the sound that you're trying to follow start on 01:35:915 (4) - ?
01:37:630 (6,7) - Same
01:39:344 (5,6) - Same (This would be hard af to fix lmfao)
^ I'm mentioning those 3 because you actually follow that same exact sound on spots like 02:27:612 (1) - and 02:29:313 (1) - :^)

02:13:512 (2,3) - Oh my, this will cause some very awkward 100's I think because of the timing point lol (Maybe do some stacking with the slider or something idk D:)
02:33:171 (1) - I think this slider will 'cause some very messed up chokes on a sightread attempt, if it doesn't at least have a few red anchor points.
02:40:244 (2) - Consider moving it a bit to make it asymmetrical :^)
02:49:895 (4) - I donno if NC'ing this will cause trouble :^)
02:53:686 (1,1,2) - This transition is really weird imo considering the angle.
04:45:303 (1) - It's kinda pretty now, the map, so why is this heart still asymmetrical ;o

I hope my (Unexpected?) mod helped just a tiny bit with a few things lol xD Looking forward to see what people are gonna say about the map :D
Topic Starter
Monstrata

Spork Lover wrote:

Saw this on your profile and thought "wtf why not do a random (Insanely challenging 'cause weird style xD) mod :^)" Here we go!

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Red = Unrankable if unchanged
Black = Normal Suggestion
Blue = Strong Suggestion
Pink = Comment or a question


General

I saw the AR being discussed, and I agree that 9.7 is suitable because of the slow section lol :^)

Stop! Stop Winnie the Pooh!


00:00:838 (1) - I find it weird that this first slider is pretty, when the guitar is insanely distorted ;o (And you carry the "purposely mapped ugliness" onward as we get further into the map :3) I want to start off with a neat slider. The sound is jarring, but its very consistent, and i want to emphasize the difference in vocals between the metal/moe part so this doesn't fall into that category since it's a guitar.
00:31:049 (5,1) - This might sound stupid, but maybe consider making the overlap awkward on purpose? 'cause with the 1-anchored long slider, it looks surprisingly pretty xD (I guess something like could work idk lmfao http://osu.ppy.sh/ss/5434789) I already used a bunch of overlaps before and after this, so i think putting anything here will become an unnecessary playability issue.
00:43:047 (4,5) - I donno if it's intentional that it isn't consistent, but maybe change sliders like these to 1/4's? (You do stuff like that on 00:48:192 (3) - ) Actually these are the consistent ones, the 1/4's is the inconsistent one that i only use once for emphasis. Usually the 4th repetition i'll do something more difficult.
00:50:710 (3,1,2) - Aren't some transitions like those very annoying to deal with playability-wise? I know it's probably intentional, but just giving a heads up ;o (Considering sharp angles with low spacing) Did something, but the angle is generally fine.
01:22:624 (1,2,3,4,1,2,3,4) - I love that you intentionally didn't make it symmetrical xD I'd maybe even go as far as to Ctrl+G 01:22:841 (2) - to make it even less symmetrical, so 01:22:624 (1,2) - ISN'T mirrored with 01:23:928 (3,4) - :3 I like it as is lol.
01:26:077 (7,1) - Switch NC my friend :3 Did some NC reworks here
01:27:791 (7,1) - Hi :3
01:29:505 (7,1) - Eh
^I'll stop rambling about those NC's lol

01:36:022 (5) - Doesn't the sound that you're trying to follow start on 01:35:915 (4) - ? I'm going for the vocal, not the guitar, apples to all below xP
01:37:630 (6,7) - Same
01:39:344 (5,6) - Same (This would be hard af to fix lmfao)
^ I'm mentioning those 3 because you actually follow that same exact sound on spots like 02:27:612 (1) - and 02:29:313 (1) - :^)

02:13:512 (2,3) - Oh my, this will cause some very awkward 100's I think because of the timing point lol (Maybe do some stacking with the slider or something idk D:) You're right. I'll just NC to remove the follow point so ppl are more aware.
02:33:171 (1) - I think this slider will 'cause some very messed up chokes on a sightread attempt, if it doesn't at least have a few red anchor points. Well, i ended up redoing a bunch of stuff here, so maybe this fixes what you mentioned lol. But its the same slider speed. There's now a flow-break so players are more visually aware of a shift.
02:40:244 (2) - Consider moving it a bit to make it asymmetrical :^) I'm good lol
02:49:895 (4) - I donno if NC'ing this will cause trouble :^) Good point.
02:53:686 (1,1,2) - This transition is really weird imo considering the angle. I think the angle is fine.
04:45:303 (1) - It's kinda pretty now, the map, so why is this heart still asymmetrical ;o It doesn't have to be symmetrical to be pretty xD

I hope my (Unexpected?) mod helped just a tiny bit with a few things lol xD Looking forward to see what people are gonna say about the map :D
Thanks for the unexpected mod :D.
Pereira006
we did make more ugly, Shame question where you from ?

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20:36 Pereira006: LET'S DO THUS
20:37 *Monstrata is editing [https://osu.ppy.sh/b/978026 Maximum the Hormone - A-L-I-E-N [Stop! Stop Winny Upload!!]]
20:37 Monstrata: 8.5 stars lmaooo
20:37 Monstrata: ahahahah
20:40 Pereira006: 00:48:737 (2) - that ugly lol
20:40 Monstrata: xD
20:40 Monstrata: make it uglier?
20:41 Pereira006: yes like this 00:42:090 (3) -
20:41 Pereira006: pls
20:41 Monstrata: looool
20:41 Monstrata: oka
20:41 Monstrata: y
20:41 Monstrata: :D:DD
20:43 Monstrata: http://puu.sh/pzPLu.jpg
20:43 Monstrata: am i doing this right?!
20:43 Pereira006: GOOD JOB
20:43 Pereira006: 01:41:058 (3) - i suprise you didn't hat NC
20:43 Pereira006: WHY ?!"
20:44 Monstrata: oh
20:44 Monstrata: right
20:44 Monstrata: omg
20:44 Pereira006: TELL ME
20:44 Monstrata: do you think i should NC 01:41:272 (5) - too?
20:44 Monstrata: xD
20:44 Pereira006: 01:46:531 (2) - well BPM change is huge
20:44 Pereira006: NC ?
20:45 Pereira006: i don't know, there lot jump actually you don't NC
20:45 Pereira006: bu you can that NC
20:45 Pereira006: 01:49:654 (4) - ^ same NC
20:46 Monstrata: okay
20:46 Pereira006: well just saying missing NC
20:46 Pereira006: example 01:48:572 (1) orz
20:47 Monstrata: ya
20:47 Monstrata: its hard here cuz of all the bpm shifts
20:47 Pereira006: ya i know
20:48 Pereira006: i wonder other why didn't NC example 01:53:585 (2) -
20:48 Pereira006: but actually that is fit song ...
20:48 Pereira006: i don't know... i wonder other BN see that
20:48 Pereira006: or qat
20:48 Pereira006: OR LOCTAHV
20:51 Pereira006: lmo
20:53 Pereira006: that all
20:53 Monstrata: o lol okay gimme a sec
20:54 Monstrata: bonsai mention 04:37:266 (3) - is too early so im going to get a better offset reset
20:55 Pereira006: ayy
21:00 Monstrata: okay moved it to 04:37:276 -
21:00 Monstrata: +10 ms
21:00 Pereira006: ónly that ?
21:00 Monstrata: should be enough
21:00 Pereira006: ARE U REALYIDFSIFDGBSF SURE =!
21:00 Pereira006: ?!
21:01 Monstrata: and also 04:37:763 (1) -
21:01 Pereira006: lol
21:01 Monstrata: shifted offset for the "stop"
21:01 Monstrata: cuz i told pishifat i wanted to follow instruments
21:01 Monstrata: but i guess for those S T O P sliders i want to follow vocals
21:01 Pereira006: i don't you follow
21:01 Monstrata: the song's vocals and instruments are on different offsets so im just shifting them to vocal offset instead of instrument lol
21:01 Pereira006: but the bpm or offset
21:01 Pereira006: should be snap correct
21:02 Monstrata: yep
21:02 Pereira006: if there beat
21:02 Pereira006: then Beat > allthing
21:02 Pereira006: if no beat, only instrumental
21:02 Monstrata: well, it depends what you want to follow tho xD
21:02 Pereira006: then instrumental > all things
21:02 Monstrata: Vocal beat and Drum beat is like 10 ms different
21:02 Pereira006: ya i know
21:02 Pereira006: but is better if you put snap correct is beat
21:02 Monstrata: but yea 99% of map is following beat/drum beat/ instrument beat
21:02 Pereira006: well if you wanna snap vocal or instrumental
21:03 Pereira006: is risky guidelines
21:03 Monstrata: i just change for 04:33:754 (1) - 04:35:730 (1) - 04:37:763 (1) - 04:39:787 (1) -
21:03 Monstrata: everything else is beat. just those 4 sliders are vocal
21:03 Pereira006: did u update ?

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Spork Lover
That was fast o.o
Topic Starter
Monstrata
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Okoratu
can you switch to a tad brighter combocolors before moving on the dark ones wil probably make ppl ignore them cuz DIM
Sonnyc
01:58:499 - Is this finish intended?

Uhh.. The quality of the dark combo part feels.. not good for me compared to your other maps.
Topic Starter
Monstrata

Sonnyc wrote:

01:58:499 - Is this finish intended?

Uhh.. The quality of the dark combo part feels.. not good for me compared to your other maps.
Intentional.

Hmm... I think the combo colors are fine, but I think I can make the purple one lighter. the blue/red/green are quite readable with the current bg though. I think using background dim as an excuse to using lighter combo colors will restrict the range of values available for mappers to use... But if its too dark relative to the background i've selected, then i'm fine with making the color lighter.
Henri
Mazzerin mapping 4Head
zoesan

huono_tuuri wrote:

Mazzerin mapping 4Head
I don't even remotely agree. Maybe on the most superficial level it looks slightly similar. However, when looking at mazzerin maps, every note feels like it was placed there for a reason. The flow of the map goes with song structure insanely well.

This... well, this not so much.
Bunnrei


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deathmarc4
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Kaine
Congrats on rank
Weber

zoesan wrote:

However, when looking at mazzerin maps, every note feels like it was placed there for a reason.
This... well, this not so much.
yeh i agree he's really good at mapping anti-flow xdddddddddd

new hardest rank map hype
Shiirn
Suggestions
Major suggestions
Unrankable issues

Well.... we did have an agreement.


Extraterrestrial
  1. I am 90% sure that parts of this are inaccurately timed, especially the vocal-focused areas such as 00:35:790 - . On first pass I didn't see anything iffy but for that one section in particular, but maybe a couple of checks by... a few more knowledgeable and experienced modders would be a good idea.
  2. I understand that you intentionally made a lot of this map look messy to fit with the theme of the crazy bullshit going on. But there are many points where there are clear oversights as opposed to intentional departures from reason.
  3. 00:00:946 - The whine doesn't actually start up until around here. Have the start of the slider be of lower volume and use alternating custom sets with increasing volume to cause the slidertrack to increase in volume over time as well? It's a neat technique.
  4. 00:30:198 (3,4) - It's weird for these to be unstacked but 00:30:836 (3) - is manually stacked.
  5. 00:31:903 (3,4) - somethingsomething crappy blanket, i do this all the time whatever
  6. 00:36:647 (1,2,3,4) - The blanketting for this pattern is off. While you're at it, maybe make the endings for 1 and 2 naturally sit in the middle of 3 and 4's slider tracks.
  7. 00:38:997 (7) - This... isn't like you at all. Try putting it under 00:38:570 (3) - ?
  8. 00:40:066 (1,2,3) - Stacking makes this look a bit weird. Manually move it over so 1 is at x:103|y:264.
  9. 00:41:771 (1,4) - Stacking is off by a few pixels.
  10. 00:45:734 (3) - This is clearly intentionally ugly, but it's so intentionally ugly it's just hideous and doesn't feel right at all. There's nothing special about the voice here to warrant it either.
  11. 00:56:650 (2) - Another one of those weird sliders. I know you're doing the whole "just sometimes they're fucking crazy!" thing but there are points where they fit and points where they don't. This is just random.
  12. 00:58:150 (1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8) - Found one of the SR jacking sections. Brave new world was just DQ'd for having dumb back and forths where they didn't fit the music at all. Most notably, there are points in this section where they could arguably fit, namely, where the vocalist is having a seizure, but these jumps continue even when there are just the normal, boring drums are going and it just generally feels completely disconnected from the music. This particular section could really, really use a do-over.
  13. 01:29:719 (1,2,3) - bbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbblankets. Like, if they were clearly meant to not be blankets, that'd be fine, but they're right at the level where they almost blanket so it looks like an oversight rather than intentional.
  14. 01:30:576 (4,5) - suddenly a psuedo-catmull? Sometimes linear nodes get separated into two bezier nodes if you're screwing around at the wrong timing snap. I think these sliders were intended to be linear. Of course, if you intentionally did that weirdo bug then it's fine. I did it myself on Routing.
  15. 01:34:630 (1,1) - weird stacking issues caused by stacking under 01:35:808 (3) - ?
  16. 01:36:772 (5) - If your mouse is randomly clicking things, please consult your doctor
  17. 01:37:469 (4) - There actually isn't a beat here. Just... fyi, i guess?
  18. 01:41:219 (4,1) - hahahaha fuck you. But really, this makes zero sense. at least 01:41:433 (4,1) - is A) circle->slider, and B) a new section so it actually fits.
  19. 01:53:257 (1,2) - hngggh it's so ugly
  20. 01:56:760 (1,5) - hngggh it's so ugly
  21. 02:13:512 (2) - Doesn't this slider fail to be a burai slider by like a pixel? ew.
  22. 02:20:580 (5,1) - these aren't even like the others are. But i doubt anyone would notice.
  23. 02:26:362 - this section: uh yeah whatever lol
  24. 02:30:599 (9) - there is an actual new stanza here but whether it needs a new combo or not ehhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh you had new combos and even a new pattern previously but you didn't do it here, and the musical patterning is the same.... holy fuck is shiirn about to say "consistency"? Heck, for the entire section, you had sets of 8,4 then 8,4, but the next two are just straight 12 long. Choose one and stick with it, it's a normal, typical 4-repeat pattern.
  25. 02:44:346 (2,1) - overlap made specifically to trigger people, make it overlap more or don't overlap at all?
  26. 02:51:908 (1) - These will always play like ass, and I would be disappointed to see this map be ranked without changes to these sliders. I'm also 80% sure they're timed wrong, so even if a player is correctly bobbing their cursor they still might break because it's not accurate.
  27. 03:08:850 (3) - Remove whistle from end.
  28. 03:25:972 (2,3,4,5) - These aren't accurate triangles and that's unlike you. If you don't care, proceed as usual.
  29. 03:55:342 (1) - The drum whistles here don't seem to be following any particular instrument, nor are they following any particular pattern. Are they really random?
  30. 04:01:581 - From here on they're fine.
  31. Cute "S T O P" you got there.

In summary, the map is fairly okay, but poses three significant issues of contention:

1. The jump section starting at 00:58:150 - and ending at 01:02:466 -

It doesn't seem to follow any sort of musical pattern within the song whatsoever, except that it's at the end of the chorus, such as it is. It doesn't follow the vocals (e.g. being much larger when the voices are gargling gravel, smaller when it's just drums), and following just the drums leads to weirdness as there are clear vocal stanza changes at 00:58:793 - and 00:59:444 - and every 4th beat after that. Logically, the first one is the big problem - it starts on the third beat, not the fourth beat, so it throws off the entire thing because it means you can't do pretty 8-note sets anymore. But that's your job as the mapper to figure out; it's lazy to just throw down the most basic musical pattern that "sort of fits".


2. The back-and-forth sliders from 02:50:353 - to 02:55:353 - . Let's just ignore the completely pants-on-head retarded jumps after them.

As far as gimmicks go, it's an interesting one to have the player need to bounce their cursor back and forth in rhythm with a slider. But if you want to do that, make sure they're timed correctly. And given that the guitar and drums are audibly out of sync, this poses a significant problem: Namely, that the sliders are meant to follow the guitar strumming, but they follow the timing of the drums. There are several places where they are very out of sync, namely in spots such as 02:51:491 - , 02:51:741 - , 02:52:491 - , etc etc etc. It really sucks, but these should probably go back to the drawing board. Let me be clear when I say I really like the idea and concept of these sliders, but I don't think they can really be done well here. And finally,

3. A map that is intentionally incredibly ugly is still, in the end, incredibly ugly.

"Duh", you think. But it also means that you're intentionally forgoing what normally amounts to "quality control" and only serves to make you look like kind of a tool. I'm as much of a Big Fan of theming and intentionally going against the grain as far as simple aesthetics go, but this is kind of pushing it, especially since it will gain a lot of attention as an 8* potential map.


Thanks for your time.
Topic Starter
Monstrata

Shiirn wrote:

Suggestions
Major suggestions
Unrankable issues

Well.... we did have an agreement.


Extraterrestrial
  1. I am 90% sure that parts of this are inaccurately timed, especially the vocal-focused areas such as 00:35:790 - . On first pass I didn't see anything iffy but for that one section in particular, but maybe a couple of checks by... a few more knowledgeable and experienced modders would be a good idea. I'm almost always following instruments. The vocal focus will almost always also be on an instrumental note. I did change the timing slightly for sections where i wanted to follow vocals because with a track like this, understandably, some parts have a different offset based on what you want to follow. I basically asked pishi to time everything to instruments as that's how I would naturally map.
  2. I understand that you intentionally made a lot of this map look messy to fit with the theme of the crazy bullshit going on. But there are many points where there are clear oversights as opposed to intentional departures from reason.
  3. 00:00:946 - The whine doesn't actually start up until around here. Have the start of the slider be of lower volume and use alternating custom sets with increasing volume to cause the slidertrack to increase in volume over time as well? It's a neat technique. i want to keep it because the guitar whine or whatever you call it is already jarring enough. I don't think it requires any hitsounding. Rather, hitsounding would only detract from the sound by creating more noise.
  4. 00:30:198 (3,4) - It's weird for these to be unstacked but 00:30:836 (3) - is manually stacked. Reduced stack leniency to 6
  5. 00:31:903 (3,4) - somethingsomething crappy blanket, i do this all the time whatever Made it worse
  6. 00:36:647 (1,2,3,4) - The blanketting for this pattern is off. While you're at it, maybe make the endings for 1 and 2 naturally sit in the middle of 3 and 4's slider tracks. Fixed slider 3, the rest are fine for me.
  7. 00:38:997 (7) - This... isn't like you at all. Try putting it under 00:38:570 (3) - ? I want to create a second revolution in terms of flow. Basically a 5 point counterclockwise flow, then a 3 point, going into the second pentagon. The idea is to have the flow as well as the placement become more chaotic as the pattern spirals out of structure.
  8. 00:40:066 (1,2,3) - Stacking makes this look a bit weird. Manually move it over so 1 is at x:103|y:264. Did a manual stack
  9. 00:41:771 (1,4) - Stacking is off by a few pixels. Fixed
  10. 00:45:734 (3) - This is clearly intentionally ugly, but it's so intentionally ugly it's just hideous and doesn't feel right at all. There's nothing special about the voice here to warrant it either. I dislike it too.
  11. 00:56:650 (2) - Another one of those weird sliders. I know you're doing the whole "just sometimes they're fucking crazy!" thing but there are points where they fit and points where they don't. This is just random. It contributes to the general theme. I'm not going to normalize a slider just because it doesn't need to be weird :P.
  12. 00:58:150 (1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8) - Found one of the SR jacking sections. Brave new world was just DQ'd for having dumb back and forths where they didn't fit the music at all. Most notably, there are points in this section where they could arguably fit, namely, where the vocalist is having a seizure, but these jumps continue even when there are just the normal, boring drums are going and it just generally feels completely disconnected from the music. This particular section could really, really use a do-over. We just have to disagree then, because I think these fit perfectly well with the instruments. Actually, I would have made everything past 00:55:579 (1) - into single tap jumps, but I'm already doing that on quaver so i'll leave this be.
  13. 01:29:719 (1,2,3) - bbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbblankets. Like, if they were clearly meant to not be blankets, that'd be fine, but they're right at the level where they almost blanket so it looks like an oversight rather than intentional. Im glad theyre triggering people :D
  14. 01:30:576 (4,5) - suddenly a psuedo-catmull? Sometimes linear nodes get separated into two bezier nodes if you're screwing around at the wrong timing snap. I think these sliders were intended to be linear. Of course, if you intentionally did that weirdo bug then it's fine. I did it myself on Routing. Yea its intentional xD.
  15. 01:34:630 (1,1) - weird stacking issues caused by stacking under 01:35:808 (3) - ? Fixed with the stack leniency decrease
  16. 01:36:772 (5) - If your mouse is randomly clicking things, please consult your doctor yes
  17. 01:37:469 (4) - There actually isn't a beat here. Just... fyi, i guess? I like it. at 100% the vocals really sound like there are 1/4's so i didn't bother slowing down. Maybe the beat doesnt exist, in which case i'll just tastefully overmap because of the vocals at 100%.
  18. 01:41:219 (4,1) - hahahaha fuck you. But really, this makes zero sense. at least 01:41:433 (4,1) - is A) circle->slider, and B) a new section so it actually fits. I'm told this is the hardest pattern in the game. It must deserve a place in the hardest map to be ranked.
  19. 01:53:257 (1,2) - hngggh it's so ugly Thanks
  20. 01:56:760 (1,5) - hngggh it's so ugly I got anti-blanket mods.
  21. 02:13:512 (2) - Doesn't this slider fail to be a burai slider by like a pixel? ew. yes
  22. 02:20:580 (5,1) - these aren't even like the others are. But i doubt anyone would notice. Doubt anyone will, but theres a hihat here too.
  23. 02:26:362 - this section: uh yeah whatever lol whatever xD
  24. 02:30:599 (9) - there is an actual new stanza here but whether it needs a new combo or not ehhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh you had new combos and even a new pattern previously but you didn't do it here, and the musical patterning is the same.... holy fuck is shiirn about to say "consistency"? Heck, for the entire section, you had sets of 8,4 then 8,4, but the next two are just straight 12 long. Choose one and stick with it, it's a normal, typical 4-repeat pattern. This one's not so much an NC of rhythm but one of flow and intended movement. Where i don't NC, its just one consistent back/forth movement. Where i do NC< there is a change of flow/intended movement.
  25. 02:44:346 (2,1) - overlap made specifically to trigger people, make it overlap more or don't overlap at all? nah i prefer to trigger people
  26. 02:51:908 (1) - These will always play like ass, and I would be disappointed to see this map be ranked without changes to these sliders. I'm also 80% sure they're timed wrong, so even if a player is correctly bobbing their cursor they still might break because it's not accurate. I like them. You're prompted to play them, but here the player can move the slider up and down independently, without actually following the slider. Rather, if they just play it based on rhythm, it will feel like the sliderball is following their cursor instead, and thats why I really enjoy this. I can actually get 300's every time i play this using that mindset lol. The wave slider is useful for maintaining momentum going into the jumps too, because traditionally these repeat sliders are played with minimal movement due to slider leniency. You'll notice the length of the slider is about 0.75x the length of the jumps (for scaling reasons with the previous two sliders). It's done to allow players to wind up and prepare for the jumps.
  27. 03:08:850 (3) - Remove whistle from end. Hmm... I like it though...
  28. 03:25:972 (2,3,4,5) - These aren't accurate triangles and that's unlike you. If you don't care, proceed as usual. Rhombus pattern
  29. 03:55:342 (1) - The drum whistles here don't seem to be following any particular instrument, nor are they following any particular pattern. Are they really random? Main melody here ;o. Which is basically "what i would hum"
  30. 04:01:581 - From here on they're fine.
  31. Cute "S T O P" you got there.

In summary, the map is fairly okay, but poses three significant issues of contention:

1. The jump section starting at 00:58:150 - and ending at 01:02:466 -

It doesn't seem to follow any sort of musical pattern within the song whatsoever, except that it's at the end of the chorus, such as it is. It doesn't follow the vocals (e.g. being much larger when the voices are gargling gravel, smaller when it's just drums), and following just the drums leads to weirdness as there are clear vocal stanza changes at 00:58:793 - and 00:59:444 - and every 4th beat after that. Logically, the first one is the big problem - it starts on the third beat, not the fourth beat, so it throws off the entire thing because it means you can't do pretty 8-note sets anymore. But that's your job as the mapper to figure out; it's lazy to just throw down the most basic musical pattern that "sort of fits".


2. The back-and-forth sliders from 02:50:353 - to 02:55:353 - . Let's just ignore the completely pants-on-head retarded jumps after them.

As far as gimmicks go, it's an interesting one to have the player need to bounce their cursor back and forth in rhythm with a slider. But if you want to do that, make sure they're timed correctly. And given that the guitar and drums are audibly out of sync, this poses a significant problem: Namely, that the sliders are meant to follow the guitar strumming, but they follow the timing of the drums. There are several places where they are very out of sync, namely in spots such as 02:51:491 - , 02:51:741 - , 02:52:491 - , etc etc etc. It really sucks, but these should probably go back to the drawing board. Let me be clear when I say I really like the idea and concept of these sliders, but I don't think they can really be done well here. And finally,

3. A map that is intentionally incredibly ugly is still, in the end, incredibly ugly.

"Duh", you think. But it also means that you're intentionally forgoing what normally amounts to "quality control" and only serves to make you look like kind of a tool. I'm as much of a Big Fan of theming and intentionally going against the grain as far as simple aesthetics go, but this is kind of pushing it, especially since it will gain a lot of attention as an 8* potential map. This is largely just aesthetic. I'm confident my flow choice and rhythms are strong, whereas most "ugly" maps are ugly because they don't use well-supported rhythms or contain really harsh flows. Basically, in terms of clicking and moving, the map is done in the highest quality I am capable of.


Thanks for your time.
Thanks for the mod!! I'll update with the changes when BN #2 comes around, unless Pereira wants me to update first.
deathmarc4
you were supposed to quote me and say "what award" so i could be really snarky and reply with this

Shiirn
For reference re the first slider:

Alternating custom sets allows the slider-slide hitsound to dynamically increase in volume. The default behavior is that slider-slide is a constant volume for the entire slider, but alternating custom sets causes the volume to actually change.

In essence, it'd be like -
Start of slider - 20%, also contains thesliderstart hitsound, no custom set
1/8 later - 22%, custom set 1
1/8 later - 25%, no custom set
1/8 later - 30%, custom set 1

etc until the whine is at full volume. This is how you can have a slider-slide hitsound increase or decrease in volume over time. I phrased it badly by implying that there should be actual custom hitsounds, I didn't mean that, just the default.


Would still be very disappointed if you pushed this through using the lowest quality mods possible.
Topic Starter
Monstrata
Yea, I know what you mean xD. I've done that for maps in the past. The slider-slide just isn't necessary on that first slider.

Also, I don't think those mods are low quality :P. I did receive a lot of player and mapper input outside of this thread as I typically do.
EEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
please no
Topic Starter
Monstrata
Ended up fixing some other stuff from Shiirn's mod, including redo'ing the jump section. I'm quite adamant about those repeat sliders though xD. Thanks for the feedback guys! Now im out.
Topic Starter
Monstrata
!!
Enkidu

this is a legendary map, have a kudosu star, this deserves a rank, arguably the best map i've seen in my two long years playing this game : ^)

edit: i'm serious i want to see this ranked lol
Seni
xd wtf
Spaghetti
lots of double posting y tho
Enkidu

Spaghetti wrote:

lots of double posting y tho

some guy made a post between monstrata's two posts there and it appears to be gone now
Reddit
As the official account of the Reddit website Kappa , I must add that this is literally the worst serious attempt at a ranked map I have ever seen and I've seen plenty of maps from brand new players who don't even know how the fuck to map. I actually like the song but Jesus fucking Christ actually try to map to the song instead of mapping for star rating.
Kayla

Monstrata wrote:

Also, I like to play 8 star maps for 3 minutes and then have two minutes of 2.5 star mapping. So now you know at least one person who enjoys it :D.
rank 26k. highest pp score 150pp on a 51 second 3.1 star DT map. likes playing 8 star maps for 3 minutes.
im sorry but do you even comprehend 8 stars? you can barely read 4.6 after 70,000 plays.

maybe the problem with you is you simply dont comprehend your own maps.
maybe thats why theyre bad. (except the delta triangle map, but thats unrankable too imo.)
Kayla
story of my wife for best ranked map 2017.

to be fair i dont think structure is the problem with this map, i think the difficulty is incredibly overkill i dont think a 20k player should be mapping 8.5 star maps (or anyone for that matter.) they clearly have no idea what theyre doing if theyre submitting an 8.5 star map claiming they play it. i dont think any of those kick sliders are remotely necessary even if they flow its just sliderbreak central with how sliders work in this game. humans are humans not robots. the full screen full speed squares are bonkers. the 1/4 stream jumps into slider. a lot of things are just unreasonable for ranking in my opinion. i think this sort of map pushes the bar too high, and i think HONESTLY if maps have a majority pass in the top 50 being halftime there is always a problem with difficulty.

also i dont think this song lends well to osu at all but whatever.
Topic Starter
Monstrata
I think you guys might enjoy this map too! https://osu.ppy.sh/s/423527

Coming to a pp farm near you.
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