Currently, there is nothing on entire Ranking Criteria that talks about the ''Applause'' file (the file plays on ranking screen right after you finish playing a map), which means that there is no rules/guidelines at all about it's usage, so I propose the following additions for rules and guidelines about it on the General Audio section:
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Those are my thoughts, any additional input or correction would be great
Example: If we compare the Applause file from This map with This other map, you will notice that the first map has a .wav applause with 14 seconds duration and 2,42 MB of filesize which is half of the mp3 of the song that has 3 minutes lenght. While the other map has a .mp3 applause with 32 seconds duration and only 754 KB of filesize.Possible rule wrote:
Applause files must use the mp3 file format. Applause files usually have long durations and .wav files have unecessarily big filesizes when compared to .mp3
I don't really have an example of this on the ranked section, but would be good to have something that could address this to avoid it since the concern is pretty straightfoward. For example: literal applause or similar congratulatory sfx overlaying the end of a song would be acceptable. A cut of a song overlaying the map's song would be strange and not a good addition to the experience.Possible Guideline wrote:
Applause files should be tastefully done. They can not be excessively long and should not sound poor at the ranking screen. Poor usage includes: Audibly overlaying in the outro of the song mp3 in an unpleasant way, or abruptly cutting in or out.
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Those are my thoughts, any additional input or correction would be great