Hi,
I was recently thinking about Osu in general and how it is becoming really popular lately. However, when I think about Osu tournaments or multiplayer games there seems to be some element missing making it very boring to watch. Furthermore multiplayer games and tournaments just don't seem to be very popular for people to play.
But when you look at other games like shooters or RTS games, they seem to be really exciting to watch and it's really popular! Now why is it that games like RTS games and shooters are so interesting and exciting for people to watch as opposed to Osu?
It is because of the interaction between the players. Everything a player does effects the other and vice versa. Players can be nearly dead and still make a comeback and win the game with the usual effect of awe. Why not implement a multiplayer option Osu to make multiplayer games exciting like this?
There are many ways you could do this and I personally thought of the idea of earning counters during a match. Tetris for example also allowed for players to give each other handicaps. If you were to implement this into Osu For example: Imagine you are playing 1 VS 1 in a multiplayer game, and for each let’s say 30 300's you hit you get 1 counter, now you could click a button on your mouse or keyboard to use the counter and it will give a mod to the enemy player. Imagine 1 counter giving the enemy 5 seconds of hidden, or if you save up 2 counters it would give hardrock or 3 counters giving the enemy double time and 4 counters giving him flashlight for a few seconds. The mods do not necessarily have to be the regular ones, a few other ideas could be blurry screen mods, or cursor lag mods.
This will create a lot of interesting gameplay and WTF and LOL moments, like when you are winning but a sudden flash light makes you break your combo and the other player catches up or when a player gets flashlighted and still manages to hit all notes and wins the match creating that effect of awe. There are of course many other ways to make multiplayer more interesting I am just giving a few ideas.
I think it would be great fun with friends to be able to play a mode like this and it would also be a lot more fun for spectators to watch! And Osu tournaments would have a lot more depth to them, tactics will eventually be used for when to use what mods on specific maps etc.
I was recently thinking about Osu in general and how it is becoming really popular lately. However, when I think about Osu tournaments or multiplayer games there seems to be some element missing making it very boring to watch. Furthermore multiplayer games and tournaments just don't seem to be very popular for people to play.
But when you look at other games like shooters or RTS games, they seem to be really exciting to watch and it's really popular! Now why is it that games like RTS games and shooters are so interesting and exciting for people to watch as opposed to Osu?
It is because of the interaction between the players. Everything a player does effects the other and vice versa. Players can be nearly dead and still make a comeback and win the game with the usual effect of awe. Why not implement a multiplayer option Osu to make multiplayer games exciting like this?
There are many ways you could do this and I personally thought of the idea of earning counters during a match. Tetris for example also allowed for players to give each other handicaps. If you were to implement this into Osu For example: Imagine you are playing 1 VS 1 in a multiplayer game, and for each let’s say 30 300's you hit you get 1 counter, now you could click a button on your mouse or keyboard to use the counter and it will give a mod to the enemy player. Imagine 1 counter giving the enemy 5 seconds of hidden, or if you save up 2 counters it would give hardrock or 3 counters giving the enemy double time and 4 counters giving him flashlight for a few seconds. The mods do not necessarily have to be the regular ones, a few other ideas could be blurry screen mods, or cursor lag mods.
This will create a lot of interesting gameplay and WTF and LOL moments, like when you are winning but a sudden flash light makes you break your combo and the other player catches up or when a player gets flashlighted and still manages to hit all notes and wins the match creating that effect of awe. There are of course many other ways to make multiplayer more interesting I am just giving a few ideas.
I think it would be great fun with friends to be able to play a mode like this and it would also be a lot more fun for spectators to watch! And Osu tournaments would have a lot more depth to them, tactics will eventually be used for when to use what mods on specific maps etc.
