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How to Tell if a Beatmap is Bad

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birdie_byte
I've been playing Osu! on and off since this January, so I'm not amazing at it and still have a lot to learn. Sometimes I'll play a beatmap of I song I know pretty well and I try to play the song to the beat, but, to me at least, it doesn't seem to be mapped properly and is off, hence I fail. I'll do perfectly fine on similar and higher difficulty songs. This might seem like a dumb question but how can i tell if these maps aren't really that good or I just suck. I mean I guess if I was pretty good at the game I could still hit the notes even if they were off. I generally play songs that aren't above 3 stars cause I'm a noob.

idk if I should post some of the maps I'm talking about cause I don't want to be a jerk.
xenal
Mapping is subjective. There's no real answer because what actually matter is what you want. Everything in the ranked section as been checked by other mappers for "quality". After that, it's about personnal preference. Some prefer asthetics, others flow, others rhythm, others emphasis, others old school mapping (can be said for all mapping eras), others only care about pp (you sick firetrucks).
The time it was mapped is also to consider, for instance standards in 2007 were pretty low (new game, no maps, pretty much everything was fine to get content in the game). Mapping had multiple eras.
One last thing that is subjective : how is it mapped. Mostly vocals, mostly drums, guitare, etc. Once again, it's personnal opinions.

In unranked, kinda different, so would say it's about lack of experience of newer mappers and failures to apply proper mapping concepts.
Psychicbagel
1. Map isn't timed properly, so it doesn't follow the song's rhythm.
2. Elements in the map is impossible/hard to read, because there's a slider or a circle right underneath another slider or something, so you can't see it
3.the beatmap is made by Sotarks






3 is a joke
Topic Starter
birdie_byte

xenal wrote:


Thanks man, that a really good answer.
Celine
if its made by Celine
abraker


^ See, these maps are bad


https://osu.ppy.sh/beatmapsets/8987#osu/36361

^ Maps like this are good
-Atri-
Just remember: all maps before 2014 are bad :P
KupcaH

Firis Mistlud wrote:

Just remember: all maps after 2014 are bad :P
ftfy
-Atri-

KupcaH wrote:

Firis Mistlud wrote:

Just remember: all maps before 2014 are bad :P
ftfy
Fixed that for you too :)
Buster

Firis Mistlud wrote:

Just remember: all maps before 2014 are bad :P
no.........
7ambda
don't listen to anyone except the first reply, and maybe Abraker
Justified

abraker wrote:


No title is a great mapset though
worst fl player

Firis Mistlud wrote:

Just remember: all maps before 2014 are bad :P
Are you trying to bait people because its not working
xenal

Firis Mistlud wrote:

Just remember: all maps before 2014 are bad :P

Just remember: all maps after 2015 are bad :P
lewski
haha yes mapping is dead
Aiseca

lewski wrote:

haha yes mapping is dying in the process

ftfy
sisig
if it doesnt have a consistent pattern = wtf u doing
untimed = dude use timing analyzer
bad rhythm = listen to song pls
bad SV = T_T
sliderstreams = wait no
"first map" = lol
2b = gay
bad flow = make triangles instead pls

and old maps are nice stop discrimination
lewski

Aiseca wrote:

lewski wrote:

haha yes mapping is dying in the process

ftfy

my entire point is that it isn't


Sisig wrote:

make triangles instead pls

really makes me fall asleep
Nao Tomori
Mapping Fucking Dies
Rikii
If you can't fc the map than that map is bad.
dennischan
Old maps are good what do you mean @Firis Mistlud
Hawnta
actually all maps before 2010 are bad don't @ me.
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