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Rate the Mapping Technique - Round 50: Spiral Sliders

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Rate on a scale of 1 to 5 (Read post before answering)

5 - Love Them!
61
18.54%
4 -
60
18.24%
3 -
85
25.84%
2 -
60
18.24%
1 - Hate Them!
63
19.15%
Total votes: 329
NoHitter
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NoHitter
Round 50: Spiral Sliders


Nominated by Xgor. A slider in the shape of a spiral. It can both go start from the middle or from the outer point and can have repeat arrows.

Map(s) that use this technique
EastNewSound - Lucid Dream mapped by Leorda
Hatsune Miku - Beware of Mikumiku Bacteria mapped by Krisom
Yoko Ishida - paraparaMAX I mapped by chan

~Mapping Technique Nominations~
RandomJibberish
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1,833 posts
Joined August 2009
RandomJibberish
That example is awful (uneven, self overlapping), but these are beautiful done perfectly :P
Hazenkain
54 posts
Joined October 2010
Hazenkain
I really like these when I see them well-placed but it's hard to find a nice map with them
aston_old
aston_old
If mapped well and actually given time to think before randomly placing them, yes.
Most maps often misuse this and create chaos with silly uneven spots and general ugliness
~3
Luvdic
2,113 posts
Joined July 2009
Luvdic
Hate, they just look pretty, but it plays awful and doesn't really fits well in any song. The only spirals that i have seen to fit to the song decently are the semi spiral ones.
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NatsumeRin
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NatsumeRin
4. looks nice, but it's sad that we won't find many songs fits that super long slider.
Ekoro
3,456 posts
Joined March 2010
Ekoro
So cute <3

5'd
Mismagius
9,267 posts
Joined July 2008
Mismagius


:D
James2250
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James2250
5/5 when they are actually done correctly (which isn't too often)
1/5 when they are uneven etc

Gets 3/5 from me
Gonzvlo
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Gonzvlo

Blue Dragon wrote:

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:D
4~5/5

OP wrote:

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1/5
GladiOol
4,475 posts
Joined August 2008
GladiOol
Spirals are too easy to sliderbreak, that's why I don't really like them.
Sure they can look nice, but most important is if it plays nice :D

2/5
Shiirn
2,896 posts
Joined August 2010
Shiirn
1/5. They never suit any sort of song, and the only time they would is when you intentionally want a spinning motion, in which you'd be better off with a real spinner.
Xgor
Elite Mapper
2,534 posts
Joined April 2009
Xgor
Looks nice but plays pretty awful 2/5
Derekku
COOL DUDE
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Joined March 2009
Derekku
3; pretty much they usually don't fit and end up playing bad.

Also, they give me bad memories of 08/09 burai spiral sliders that would stay stuck in the center for a second before spiraling out, thus scaring the shit out of me and breaking combo.
OzzyOzrock
5,185 posts
Joined August 2010
OzzyOzrock
200 BPM X2 INHERIT SECTION YEAH

3 because they just... THEY DON'T FEEL ._.
pieguyn
2,020 posts
Joined May 2009
pieguyn
5 if they're used well, 3 if they don't fit or are somewhat awkward (or don't look right).

My personal favorite example:

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Unfortunately, the AR on this damn map is so high you can only see 4 notes here. Lol.
OzzyOzrock
5,185 posts
Joined August 2010
OzzyOzrock

pieguy1372 wrote:

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yeah play that with HR and tell me it's nice lol
Larto
4,128 posts
Joined June 2008
Larto
2, because these are fucking disgusting in 99% of all cases. Because people can't be arsed to make their slider art anything close to perfect. If done right, they're gorgeous and fun, but they're done wrong almost every time because of mappers' incapability.
Verdisphena
4,240 posts
Joined June 2010
Verdisphena

5/5
Sallad4ever
2,917 posts
Joined October 2009
Sallad4ever
a very hard too use slider indeed
I prefer if it goes inward to the center though

3/5
Zekira
9,233 posts
Joined September 2008
Zekira
Someone teach me how to do this

I really love these sliders...
RandomJibberish
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1,833 posts
Joined August 2009
RandomJibberish
It's the one slider shape there's literally no trick for. You just have to add plenty of points and eyeball it, which is why they take ages and everyone sucks at them
FireballFlame
280 posts
Joined May 2010
FireballFlame
Yep, they are really hard to make, but if done right, they can be fun.
ziin
2,632 posts
Joined January 2010
ziin

Zekira wrote:

Someone teach me how to do this

I really love these sliders...
well I thought I had an example using red dots, but apparently I was mistaken.
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It's easier to make these using double points (red slider dots) and make the bezier tangent to the spiral every time it crosses a major axis.

Start with a box and add points until you get a spiral.
RandomJibberish
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RandomJibberish

ziin wrote:

It's easier to make these using double points (red slider dots) and make the bezier tangent to the spiral every time it crosses a major axis.

Start with a box and add points until you get a spiral.
Please don't do this, it looks really awkward. Spiral sliders have to be eyeballed, unfortunately :(
Lilac
Elite Mapper
1,515 posts
Joined December 2008
Lilac


I FRICKIN' LOVE YOU, LARTO. T_T
theowest
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theowest
Looks nice. But who the poot uses them correctly and in a good way? They doesn't fit.. In my opinion.
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mm201
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mm201
I need to finish Space Oddity. It has a really good one.
They're used in a similar way to spinners. They can begin patterns, or end patterns. Small, rebounding ones can work in a few other situations.
Giving them enough space is always the hardest part.
Equivalent_old
210 posts
Joined October 2010
Equivalent_old
2. I dont like it >.< So easy to sliderbreak
Garven
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5,857 posts
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Garven
How did I not see this thread before?

<3
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No red lines, booya. Took forever to make, but I just made it half-size then scaled it up from there.

Also 3/5. Potential for awesome, but rarely done awesome.
Minty Gum
298 posts
Joined June 2011
Minty Gum
2. I'm not a huge fan of them, maybe because most of the ones I've seen look ugly, and I'm not a fan of really long sliders. It seems like some of them could be replaced with spinners. Maybe they're a few good ones I'm missing.
Alarido
1,744 posts
Joined September 2012
Alarido
5 when they're well (I said: WELL) made and they've a reasonable slider velocity. In fact, I like them also by they're do combo-feeding with no note hitting (:
1 when they're too fast and/or poor geometric quality (this case I do prefer spinners instead).
Kodora
Kodora
4 because people usually do not know how to use them properly
Kurokami
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Kurokami
Looks good, but nothing more.
WingSilent
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WingSilent
I like them on slow songs, or easy/normal diffs, but not on hardest ones, and yes, they have to be slow or so.
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