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Rate the Mapping Technique - Round 52: Double Spinners

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5 - Love Them!
32
8.67%
4 -
42
11.38%
3 -
105
28.46%
2 -
91
24.66%
1 - Hate Them!
99
26.83%
Total votes: 369
NoHitter
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NoHitter
Round 51: Double Spinners



Nominated by Lilac. A technique where you use two spinners in a row, usually to make a hitsound for the next spinner without the use of a circle or Pre-Spinner Note. There are ranked maps which use 3 in a row but are less common. The common usage of this technique is either before a break or near the end of a song.

Map(s) that use this technique
Dragonforce - Fury Of The Storm mapped by Lesjuh
Pendulum - Watercolour mapped by Larto
Alex C. feat. Yasmin K. - Angel of Darkness (Nightcore Mix) mapped by Lilac

~Mapping Technique Nominations~
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SYSEN
319 posts
Joined July 2011
SYSEN
i. . .
hate spinners
NatsumeRin
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4,032 posts
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NatsumeRin
2.
won't use it unless i can't find another way.
Shadow
188 posts
Joined March 2010
Shadow
I'd think it depends on the song/beats mostly.

In most cases its not such a good idea, but in others its nice.
Jarby
2,963 posts
Joined August 2008
Jarby
These are pretty cool unless the second spinner is particularly short or otherwise unpredictable. In that case, I direct the nearest screwdriver to Larto's eye sockets.
artpiggo
315 posts
Joined December 2009
artpiggo
1
I don't think it's a good idea at any songs.
There should be other ways to replace them.
Otherwise, use long spinner without fracture it.
Sure
4,220 posts
Joined February 2009
Sure

ShadowLord wrote:

I'd think it depends on the song/beats mostly.
3
Raging Bull
2,809 posts
Joined June 2010
Raging Bull
Don't really like it. 1
D33d
1,697 posts
Joined April 2011
D33d

Jarby wrote:

These are pretty cool unless the second spinner is particularly short or otherwise unpredictable. In that case, I direct the nearest screwdriver to Larto's eye sockets.
This so fucking much. If anything like that occurs to get the player all flustered, then the mapper should at least have the courtesy not to follow it, one beat (OR EVEN A HALF OF A BEAT) later, with more festive patterns.

It can be cool. I did use it in 'Footloose', before realising that I could just have spinners followed immediately by patterns. However, I often find that it's needlessly awkward and sliders could be used instead. Or even regular-ass patterns.
eldnl
Former osu!catch Champion: 2013
2,930 posts
Joined March 2010
eldnl
2
With hidden are very hard to read @.@
lepidopodus
3,548 posts
Joined November 2009
lepidopodus

ShadowLord wrote:

I'd think it depends on the song/beats mostly.
:3
RandomJibberish
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RandomJibberish
Don't use these a lot myself, but they can work very nicely when they aren't unpredictable and annoying.

readysteadygoreadysteadygo
Lybydose
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Lybydose
Best when the 2nd spinner is either shorter or longer than the 1st one. Boring otherwise.
xsrsbsns
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Joined July 2010
xsrsbsns
I generally like them because when used fittingly, they play amazingly good and really add to the song.
winber1
4,520 posts
Joined February 2010
winber1

ShadowLord wrote:

I'd think it depends on the song/beats mostly.
I've actually used this technique only once, i think, but only because it fits, otherwise this technique really shouldn't be used imo, and there aren't many places where i can think of that two spinners fit quite well either, tho i can be proven incorrect. if the two spinners are going to be the same length as Lybydose said, you could probably do something more interesting. I also don't really like seeing 3 or more spinners, and i feel you probably could do somethign more interesting, but then again, it's probably cuz i suck at spinners.
FireballFlame
280 posts
Joined May 2010
FireballFlame
Can be pretty cool, if they aren't too surprising.
4
Mercurial
Mercurial
Boring
Shiirn
2,896 posts
Joined August 2010
Shiirn
shiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiit
mm201
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mm201
They were neat in Tigerlily. You have to know when to use them and not use them out of place.
Lilac
Elite Mapper
1,515 posts
Joined December 2008
Lilac
I'm guilty as hell for liking them and using them too much...

...That said, 3.5234521134453.
Verdisphena
4,240 posts
Joined June 2010
Verdisphena
I don't think necessary this "mapping technique", just make a long spinner.

2
Sure
4,220 posts
Joined February 2009
Sure

Shiirn wrote:

shiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiit
My map has two double spinners. ;_;


SPOILER
ATTACH[Screenshot_(2011-09-17_at_10.00.21).png]Followed vocal, but there is a cymbal sound that hard to ignore.



ATTACH[Screenshot_(2011-09-17_at_10.00.58).png]WTH timing. ヾ(*`Д´*)ﾉ

It isn't shit always... :(



aston_old
aston_old
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I actually like them. 4~
if used well, plskty.
Hanyuu
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Joined February 2009
Hanyuu
I hate this :o
Glass
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Joined January 2010
Glass
lame/5
Jenny
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Joined November 2010
Jenny
Quite nice if well placed, but unfitting in most cases, so referring to the good ones: 4/5
D33d
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Joined April 2011
D33d
I'd like to add a personal note here, pertaining to when I had used triple spinners Ready Steady Go style, only to realise that I could break them up with actual patterns. My point is that, where double spinners are used, they usually skip over a solid chunk of mappable content.
Rukario
973 posts
Joined May 2009
Rukario
I like to refer to them as Larto end-map spinners. And I blame me for loving them.
ziin
2,632 posts
Joined January 2010
ziin
I voted 3. No more than 2 in a row plz. And if both of them are 2000 autos, TOO FUCKING SHORT. but if it's longer than like 5 seconds total, it's way too long.
Lilac
Elite Mapper
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Joined December 2008
Lilac
I like this guy.
mm201
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Joined August 2008
mm201
THAT'S THE JINGLE BELL
Scorpiour
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Joined May 2011
Scorpiour
I thought it is awful ....
Firo Prochainezo
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Joined June 2010
Firo Prochainezo
Depends.
nrl
1,402 posts
Joined October 2011
nrl
Honestly, they shouldn't be necessary. I find spinners on the whole to be quite tiresome, but they definitely have their place. Double spinners, however, indicate to me that the mapper was out of options, and couldn't come up with a pattern to fit that particular passage, so they defaulted to a double spinner.

Some people like them in certain songs, but I feel that a well thought-out pattern beats a spinner every time. 1/5
alex_98
120 posts
Joined August 2011
alex_98
as long as it is fitting in rythm
3
Minty Gum
298 posts
Joined June 2011
Minty Gum
I chose 4. Seems decent if it matches the song/used properly.
Kodora
Kodora
depends to song
but usually it looks bad
1.
Kurokami
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Kurokami
I dunno, its kinda handbreaking.
GiraffePants
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Joined November 2012
GiraffePants
1
Just... Annoying...
I can see if it fits the song and makes sense in the map, but I still hate it
Jinxy
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Joined February 2009
Jinxy
Sometimes for the song, when both the singer and the background are both dragging it out, it's either this or a really long slider which is dumb too. It's pretty "meh" but sometimes there's just no other way, I feel. 2.
quaternary
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Joined February 2013
quaternary
Almost impossible to rainbow in osu!mania
10crystalmask01
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Lybydose wrote:

Best when the 2nd spinner is either shorter or longer than the 1st one. Boring otherwise.
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