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Yolshka
669 posts
Joined April 2014
Yolshka

SirOxorsid wrote:

There is such a thing as good practice and bad practice, with osu and pretty much everything. Good practice constitutes not only playing maps beyond farm maps but is also dependent on your habits. Good practice involves not raping the restart button as soon as you miss. Doing so is an example of bad practice, and is common practice of people who just care about pp and rank (e.g. farmers).
That is interesting that you say that, i don't think i agree.
I guesss we weren't able to see a clear example of a contrary, since most people who do that get shot down before something might actually happen. Though i guess they were lacking determination to stick to their playstyle to begin with. This game requires many many hours.

Philosofikal wrote:

IDK, maybe it's just that everyone else and I have different definitions as to what it means to be a farmer.
It's probably not just you. I'm pretty sure everyone has a different definition to it, as this , and a lot of the things in this game are very subjective.

Which is fine guess, but i don't think bad habits even existed before the thing known as farming was born, even though shortcomings in different playstyles have always been there.
StephOsu
1,216 posts
Joined February 2015
StephOsu
wow a pointless thread went philosophical
typical G&R
on topic : imo pp farming is the test of your current skillset to see how far you can go.
I always repeat the cycle of skill farming and pp farming
play maps that will improve my skill until i reach a certain point of satisfaction or boredom, and then i'll check out and see how far i can go in the pp system, and once i reach my upper limit in pp gain, i'll go back to get more skill again
so i don't think that pp farm is bad at all, since i use it as a source of motivation
but seriously, does relevant people seriously make fun of these stuffs these days?
im pretty sure only the newbies and people that's still living in 2012 still thinks that pp farming is truly bad
I Give Up
1,648 posts
Joined January 2014
I Give Up
Just play for fun, or find something else to do when you don't feel like playing.
N0thingSpecial
2,355 posts
Joined November 2015
N0thingSpecial
Think of farming like a progress check.

I play what I like whether it's bullshit 7* techmap or a simple 4* TV size, I only farm when my rival buddy surpass me in rank, I'll start a farming session to see how much pp I can get in a few days, I'll stop once I hit a wall, that's why my ranking graph isn't a gradual increase, cause 70% of the time I wouldn't be playing farm maps
KupcaH
2,829 posts
Joined January 2016
KupcaH

StephOsu wrote:

im pretty sure only the newbies and people that's still living in 2012 still thinks that pp farming is truly bad
yes, it's bad and you should die


me too
StephOsu
1,216 posts
Joined February 2015
StephOsu

N0thingSpecial wrote:

Think of farming like a progress check.

I play what I like whether it's bullshit 7* techmap or a simple 4* TV size, I only farm when my rival buddy surpass me in rank, I'll start a farming session to see how much pp I can get in a few days, I'll stop once I hit a wall, that's why my ranking graph isn't a gradual increase, cause 70% of the time I wouldn't be playing farm maps
oh shit we have the same line of thought we should be friends xd
Deva
2,341 posts
Joined December 2014
Deva
What about people who say play 5 maps they think will increase their skill and then play 1 "farm" map just to check their progress?
N0thingSpecial
2,355 posts
Joined November 2015
N0thingSpecial
Then they're fukin retarded to think playing 5 maps can see immediate improvement.

Then again they're probably 6 digit if they think that
Deva
2,341 posts
Joined December 2014
Deva
I meant like seeing improvement over 10 or 20 plays on that map because that would mean 50 or 100 plays on other maps
N0thingSpecial
2,355 posts
Joined November 2015
N0thingSpecial
I think it's more likely you'll see immediate improvement on those 5 maps more than anything, despite contrary belief, PP maps are the minority when compared to the entirety of downloadable maps, it's still very likely your improvement would not translate to pp maps, so it's still retarded.

The entire idea of "improvement map" is relative, it just so happens our current ranking system favor pp maps, you play "improvement maps" cause when you stop ranking, there's a pseudo skill ceiling you make up by the fact that you can no longer farm. What people don't realize it's that the skill ceiling improvement maps can push is limited, without pp to indicate that ceiling people will continue to plunder in improvement maps without realizing they've actually hit a wall, hence I do a farming session to push up the skill ceiling improvement maps can't push.
Buster
928 posts
Joined April 2016
Buster
Do top50 leaderboard!!!
clickhead
21 posts
Joined October 2013
clickhead
If you want a mix of good skill improvement and good PP improvement, you need to play a mix of maps that are near the limit of what you can pass and maps that you have a good chance of FCing. Think of challenging maps as maps that improve your reading and speed, and easier maps to improve your control and consistency. If you get really fast and really good at reading but your consistency is lacking, it makes you a worse player than what you could be.

I know that playing easier maps than what you're used to might be boring at first, but think of it as "just chill out" time.
techno in use
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Joined July 2017
techno in use
What exactly is considered "farming"? Because as a newcomer who started a couple days ago, I'm not up to the terms and such. Is farming considered playing a map over and over again, tryharding, etc etc just for the purpose of getting higher in the ranks? Would I technically be "farming" if I played a map, pressing the retry button because I want my C rank to be an A rank? I wasn't thinking about getting up in the ranks or PP or what not, I just really wanted my C rank to go up and just to improve in game in general. :c
StephOsu
1,216 posts
Joined February 2015
StephOsu

technomelons wrote:

What exactly is considered "farming"? Because as a newcomer who started a couple days ago, I'm not up to the terms and such. Is farming considered playing a map over and over again, tryharding, etc etc just for the purpose of getting higher in the ranks? Would I technically be "farming" if I played a map, pressing the retry button because I want my C rank to be an A rank? I wasn't thinking about getting up in the ranks or PP or what not, I just really wanted my C rank to go up and just to improve in game in general. :c
you don't need to know, and you don't need to care for now
just play more and don't retry after hitting 1 miss and you will be doing fine
Edgar_Figaro
916 posts
Joined May 2015
Edgar_Figaro

technomelons wrote:

What exactly is considered "farming"? Because as a newcomer who started a couple days ago, I'm not up to the terms and such. Is farming considered playing a map over and over again, tryharding, etc etc just for the purpose of getting higher in the ranks? Would I technically be "farming" if I played a map, pressing the retry button because I want my C rank to be an A rank? I wasn't thinking about getting up in the ranks or PP or what not, I just really wanted my C rank to go up and just to improve in game in general. :c
Play the game how you want to play it, ignore anyone who tells you otherwise.
Deva
2,341 posts
Joined December 2014
Deva
I was talking about stuff like this
c-atsuit
36 posts
Joined August 2015
c-atsuit
prime example of farming:

KupcaH
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Joined January 2016
KupcaH
farming.jpeg
N0thingSpecial
2,355 posts
Joined November 2015
N0thingSpecial

HK_ wrote:

I was talking about stuff like this
That's the immediate effect I'm talking about.
FlipSide82
FlipSide82
it doesnt help much u know
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