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Do you use sliderticks to help you read slider speed change?

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Do you use sliderticks Do you use sliderticks to help you read slider speed change? help you read slider speed change?

Yes, always.
8
8.99%
Sometimes, it's useful and could help me in some parts.
17
19.10%
Seldom, i mainly read slider speed change by knowing the music and the map.
26
29.21%
Never. It's much easier to know the song than to notice a slidertick.
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42.70%
Total votes: 89
NatsumeRin
osu! Alumni
4,032 posts
Joined August 2009
Topic Starter
NatsumeRin
just curious.

Edit: see, slidertick is born not a good indicator of slider speed change, it's useless for 99% of the time. i don't know why you MAT/BAT/GMT even bother to discuss that here
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xsrsbsns
1,936 posts
Joined July 2010
xsrsbsns
I never do, and always get combo broken by speed changes on first try :(
OzzyOzrock
5,185 posts
Joined August 2010
OzzyOzrock
I try to, but I can never tell.
Luna
2,355 posts
Joined November 2010
Luna
I try to but never realize in time :<
If I know the song I just go by what I think feels right and that usually works...
mm201
osu! Alumni
4,495 posts
Joined August 2008
mm201
If mappers are using speed changes well, this is unnecessary, but yes I use it for those maps that abuse speed changes.
Mismagius
9,266 posts
Joined July 2008
Mismagius
No. I don't even care. Now hate on me, iNiSfags.

Actually, I don't even use slowdowns/speed up parts for single sliders or so. I guess.
mm201
osu! Alumni
4,495 posts
Joined August 2008
mm201

Blue Dragon wrote:

iNiSfags.
???

iNiS rarely if ever use speed changes. I think the sliderarts on the slow songs are the only important examples.
Mismagius
9,266 posts
Joined July 2008
Mismagius

mm201 wrote:

Blue Dragon wrote:

iNiSfags.
???

iNiS rarely if ever use speed changes. I think the sliderarts on the slow songs are the only important examples.
I meant at how most of #modhelpers (which are mostly symmetryfags and iNiSfags) try to force me to NOT map like that. : p
mm201
osu! Alumni
4,495 posts
Joined August 2008
mm201
No wonder m980 left.
Ekaru
3,617 posts
Joined July 2008
Ekaru
I usually just react to the speed of the slider ball - I focus on nothing but the slider ball, so speed changes rarely screw me over because I react to each slider individually.

Kinda hard to explain, but that's basically how I do it.

edit: and I agree with what mm201 just said. My brain, my brain...
Mismagius
9,266 posts
Joined July 2008
Mismagius
omg this guy doesn't make sense haha he must be reason every bad things happen xdxdx
KRZY
Former osu! Champion: OWC#3
4,848 posts
Joined May 2009
KRZY
Know the music. It's how you do it.
bmin11
5,438 posts
Joined October 2008
bmin11
It helps a lot actually >_>
pieguyn
2,020 posts
Joined May 2009
pieguyn
Not really. Sometimes I will if it's obvious, but if it's not I react to each slider individually (which generally works well).
Krisom
osu! Alumni
2,867 posts
Joined April 2009
Krisom

bmin11 wrote:

It helps a lot actually >_>
Specially when you don't know the music beforehand. Wich happens very frequently considering that osu! has a wide variety of songs mapped from a wide variety of musical tastes. It's imposible to know all the songs that will be mapped/ranked before they are uploaded or before playing the map itself.
I won't deny that some methods like feeling the slider itself or the sliderball might be accurate in some cases, but, at least for me, in fast paced songs it's quite impossible to read speedups or slowdowns with no ticks or not knowing the music/map before playing it, making me combo-break on first (and sometimes second or even third) tries. Specially if the slowdown/speedup doesn't follows the music at all (wich, sadly, happens a lot lately, and that's not measurable because that's ""subjective"")
07 Ghost
93 posts
Joined July 2010
07 Ghost
Its automatic for me sometimes.
Shiirn
2,896 posts
Joined August 2010
Shiirn
If two sliders of the same length have a different number of ticks, there's obviously something going on.
SapphireGhost
osu! Alumni
2,618 posts
Joined June 2010
SapphireGhost
I only use sliderticks to help me read speed changes when it's actually possible to tell.
CheeseWarlock
osu! Alumni
1,185 posts
Joined May 2008
CheeseWarlock
I find it's often a good guide, in those cases when it's not intuitive through the music. Though it's hard to trust slider ticks after all those times they've tricked me. :|
Lybydose
osu! Alumni
2,024 posts
Joined January 2009
Lybydose
Never. I always guess based on how long I think the slider should be (I'm really good at guessing). If it appears to be shorter than what I think it should be, it's probably slow.

Slow sliders are harder with more ticks because you break combo instantly, rather than having a second to reorient your cursor because you started hitting it too fast.
Lizbeth
osu! Alumni
1,731 posts
Joined August 2008
Lizbeth
I never use sliderticks to determinate speed of slider. Too much thinking, specially when you are playing a very difficulty map. I just flow with the music and if I break the combo is probably because the velocity change is used badly.
DeathxShinigami
1,176 posts
Joined November 2008
DeathxShinigami
I just hope that the slider speed change is "properly placed" within the song. That said I never use sliderticks to help me read slider speeds.
Wishy
2,974 posts
Joined September 2010
Wishy
I never even look at slider ticks.
Sure
4,220 posts
Joined February 2009
Sure
Nope. Feel the music! :D
Kodoshi
81 posts
Joined May 2010
Kodoshi
what is a slidertick
Waryas
Waryas
I didn't even know we could do that, my slider ticks are invisible, their hitsound silent.
NoHitter
osu! Alumni
3,785 posts
Joined June 2009
NoHitter
No. I just "feel" the music at that part and try to discern if the slider would change speed or not.
That's why I dislike it when mapper change slider speed with no musical indication whatsoever.
Raging Bull
2,809 posts
Joined June 2010
Raging Bull
Nope. Then I usually get 100 for not catching up to the slider ball or going faster than the slider ball and already on the next combo.
Card N'FoRcE
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Here since the beginning
Card N'FoRcE
Unles two sliders are next to each other and with the same exact shape, i have no way to let my mind notice sliderticks, expecially with high Approach rates and/or fast paced maps.
So it's basically 99% Never.
Gabi
2,554 posts
Joined December 2008
Gabi
Who the hell looks at sliderticks?? How do you have time to check the slider ticks on a fast paced map lol. My eyes are usually only focused on circles and approach circles.
Pizzicato
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Joined February 2011
Pizzicato
i didnt even know that it could be used as guides :V
NotShinta
1,021 posts
Joined September 2009
NotShinta
Yes, I do. Of course, knowing the song is a helpful indicator, but the slider ticks almost 'confirm' it for me.
ouranhshc
2,338 posts
Joined July 2009
ouranhshc
NOPE
koki_old_1
87 posts
Joined May 2011
koki_old_1
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Lissette
osu! Alumni
1,496 posts
Joined July 2008
Lissette
Never O:
Avedas
68 posts
Joined February 2011
Avedas
Nope, never.
XPJ38
osu! Alumni
3,570 posts
Joined February 2010
XPJ38

Lybydose wrote:

Never. I always guess based on how long I think the slider should be. If it appears to be shorter than what I think it should be, it's probably slow.
This.
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EvianBubble
339 posts
Joined October 2009
EvianBubble
I picked the third option, because I rarely notice them. If used correctly I would have chosen the fourth option ... I hate random slow downs when the music indicates none whatsoever >:(
FireballFlame
280 posts
Joined May 2010
FireballFlame
I don't.
I kinda want to, but I tend to forget about them when I am playing. So, when playing an unkown map, I mainly use the song and try to predict them from the part of the map that has already passed.
blacksymbian
585 posts
Joined December 2008
blacksymbian
Dunno about slide ticking but I'm just depending on the music. If I miss then I'll retry, at that point you already know when the slider gets fast/slow.
whymeman
osu! Alumni
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Joined November 2008
whymeman

mm201 wrote:

No wonder m980 left.
.....WHAT?!
yeahyeahyeahhh
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yeahyeahyeahhh
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