Rena-chan wrote:
Reeeeeeaaaaaaaaally now ?
First off, Palette is a horrible example of the bullshit you're trying to explain. The map is easy to read both with the skin and SB.
Second, that's funny. I wonder how I can S maps with horrid skins on the first play, then ? The only time I've had to delete anything from a map in order to be able to play it, was a map that uses a mostly white background with white combo colours and AR9.
So please, explain to me how I learned not to be distracted by this "visual incomprehensibility" when you say there's no learning curve. Or am I just somehow magically better to keep focus only on the hit elements than "everyone" else ?
I explained how the objective mechanic, clicking the notes, poses a challenge in various ways. However, I cannot think of a way that having a hard time identifying what the objective is, which is what happens when a confusing skin is used, adds to the challenge of the objective.
Let's explain the diffrence through a random existing rule for mapping.
Derekku wrote:
Hitcircles must never be hidden under slidertracks. Whether a hitcircle is partially or completely under a slidertrack, it is confusing for the player to read. Insane difficulties are the only exception to this rule.
Now why is this a rule? Answer, "because it is confusing for the player to read." And confusion, is not skill/challenging/competitive etc. Same thing with skins. They are confusing. The only difference is that skins add an element of art. Which, while nice, still gets in the way.
Anytime I generally fail a map, it's because I missed, I didn't jump fast enough, I didn't click fast enough, etc. There's never a time when I didn't know what action I was supposed to preform, but rather my inability to preform that action. The exception to that is poorly made maps, or more to the point, bad skins.
Accepting this notion you S maps with hard to read skins on the first try, I assert that is is only your general skill, and not that of getting better at reading hard to read skins, that allows you to accomplish that.