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Poll 25: What is your favorite beatmap duration?

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What's your favorite beatmap length?

Below 30 seconds
141
3.96%
30 seconds to 1 minute
234
6.56%
1 minute to 2 minutes
815
22.86%
2 minutes to 3 minutes
902
25.30%
3 minutes to 4 minutes
598
16.77%
4 minutes to 6 minutes
403
11.30%
6 minutes to 8 minutes
193
5.41%
10 minutes plus!
171
4.80%
30 minutes or more!
108
3.03%
Total votes: 3565
Ephemeral
Inland Empire
3,946 posts
Joined April 2009
Topic Starter
Ephemeral
Do you like short and sweet maps? Long, endurance-testing maps? Maps that are middling? Do you like them all? Let us know!

Vote for as many or as little as you like! Please try to make sure you only choose your most favorite durations, though!

If you like, link one of your favorite maps for each of your preferences in a post below!
Maeglwn
Maeglwn
voted for 30 minutes plus because I'm cool
Stefan
Global Moderator
10,420 posts
Joined January 2011
Stefan
30 seconds to 1 minute to enjoy things such as MADs, YTPMVs and 1 minute to 2 minutes for Soundtracks from videogames, etc.
silmarilen
5,582 posts
Joined February 2010
silmarilen
anything that's not tv size length.
WujekGrzyb
188 posts
Joined February 2010
WujekGrzyb
Maps below 30 seconds make biggest fun for me \o/
topecnz
Global Moderator
239 posts
Joined November 2012
topecnz
I voted "10 minutes plus!" because I want more streams :D .. for "practice"
Gochuumon
39 posts
Joined May 2013
Gochuumon
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orbital gun
171 posts
Joined January 2011
orbital gun


i didn't vote for 30+ because that's above my sanity limit
Tojfel11
28 posts
Joined March 2014
Tojfel11
What, i thought I can vote for one duration.
Saten
Global Moderator
3,866 posts
Joined August 2010
Saten
support scores above 2,147,483,647 ! :honk:
Xaele
3 posts
Joined May 2013
Xaele
Chose 4 options to be honest :x

Anywhere between 2-4 minutes is fun for me, and when I want longer maps I look between 4-8 minutes. I just don't have enough stamina to carry on past that without shaky hands ;_;
Mr Capuce
330 posts
Joined April 2014
Mr Capuce
i like 10 minutes plus!
Neil Watts
osu! Alumni
1,843 posts
Joined July 2013
Neil Watts
I like everything more than TV Size duration :D Especially marathons, because they're challenging and are generally some great songs (Anhedonia, jonathanlfj and EvilElvis' maps, Noble or even Secret sister complex :3)

(even if I think most of people will like >1:30 maps because of peppy points)
Howl
1,121 posts
Joined June 2013
Howl
Voted the following:

0 sec - 60sec is way too short. 60 sec - 120 sec comprehends TV sizes which I seriously hate.
All other map lengths (except for 6 minutes to 8 minutes because reasons I don't know myself) are great, though! ... until it comes to 30+. That goes over my definition of "sane".
-GN
Champion Above Champions
734 posts
Joined June 2011
-GN

Saten wrote:

support scores above 2,147,483,647 ! :honk:
yes please!!
Enkidu
97 posts
Joined May 2014
Enkidu
Either shorter 2-3 minute songs with lots of action, or 10+ minute songs that I can zone out and forget about life and just click circles on. It's relaxing :D
Raen
11 posts
Joined July 2013
Raen
2-15min. 2-4 min for the crazy(and tryhard) ones and 4-15min for the relaxing, tune out the world songs. Or marathons.
30min.....eh.....

1-2min imo is really short, but anime openings/endings cant be helped lel
Liiraye
1,354 posts
Joined December 2011
Liiraye

Saten wrote:

support scores above 2,147,483,647 ! :honk:
xasuma
The First Completionist
1,011 posts
Joined August 2013
xasuma
2-3 minutes with one break~
3-4 minutes wit two breaks~

Maps over 2.5 minutes without breaks I dislike~
Lach
1,118 posts
Joined November 2012
Lach
Around 2 minutes is easily the best duration for rhythm game songs because it's just long enough for two chorus sections and some interesting fill, konami music games all have songs around this format and it works pretty well, for the most part
US_2
20 posts
Joined April 2011
US_2
10+ 8-)

On them more points for ranked score! :P
sLaiNi
34 posts
Joined May 2013
sLaiNi
So I am most comfortable with relatively short beatmaps (like the length of an anime intro).
LoliPantsu
311 posts
Joined January 2015
LoliPantsu
anything after 5 minutes makes my fingers feel like they're going to fall off
VeilStar
osu! Alumni
4,773 posts
Joined April 2014
VeilStar

Honestly these are the most enjoyable durations. Not too short nor too long. I think 1m45s to 2m45s is pretty much perfect for an enjoyable map in a rhythm game.
Trosk-
Technical Support Team
5,795 posts
Joined October 2013
Trosk-
For me, 3 to 4 minute maps are really enjoyable, since they doesn't feel long at all but neither too short. Also, if they have a short break near the half of the map, it's the perfect equilibrium, personally speaking.
Mahogany
2,684 posts
Joined August 2014
Mahogany
4-7 minute maps imho are the most fun
Lay
412 posts
Joined December 2013
Lay
I think im just lazy, but less than 30 seconds is fun if its a HDDT map for the likes of myself (CTB player)
Whilst I prefer 30 seconds to a minute cause im a pleb and cant hold combos...
Pituophis
859 posts
Joined January 2015
Pituophis

just because 420

I like 2 - 3 minute maps the most. I also like 30 sec - 1 min long maps sometimes. I find quite a few 4 - 6 minute maps enjoyable to play as well. There is this one 11 minute one I enjoy playing a lot.
Blankz_
89 posts
Joined November 2013
Blankz_
Top 4. I find long maps funner

-some random guy no one knows
DT-sama
191 posts
Joined October 2013
DT-sama

osu! needs more long-ass marathons.
PyaKura
2,084 posts
Joined January 2013
PyaKura
Anything that's around 2 to 4 mins is great to me. However, if I feel like playing longer maps, I'd look into 6 mins and longer maps. I don't consider 5 minutes to be anywhere near being Marathon.
abraker
Global Moderator
8,327 posts
Joined July 2014
abraker
I chose 0 seconds to 2 minutes (first 3 options) and 6 minutes to 30 minutes or more (last 3 options). I like quick plays most of the time when I want to just speed play through the maps (which is one of the reasons I use DT a lot), but if I want to spend hours playing osu!, I would go for a long marathon and put my stamina to the test. Anything in between is meh to me. It's not too long nor too short, such that you'd expect to choke eventually and give sh*ts about it.
Kamikaze
2,898 posts
Joined November 2012
Kamikaze

silmarilen wrote:

anything that's not tv size length.
yes.
Meseki
29 posts
Here since the beginning
Meseki
I prefer playing songs around 1-3 minutes, because I'm used to it from Bemani and it's short enough that trying again and again for a clear or better score doesn't feel quite as tedious.
Malikil
60 posts
Joined August 2013
Malikil
Long maps are best maps.
Looooong maps.
7ambda
2,593 posts
Joined January 2015
7ambda
TV size is best size. ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)
Ciyus Miapah
3,028 posts
Joined June 2013
Ciyus Miapah
2 to 4 minutes song is good

yep that's my fav
CSLM
1,058 posts
Joined May 2013
CSLM

Fort wrote:

2 to 4 minutes song is good

yep that's my fav
:D
Radobot
12 posts
Joined November 2010
Radobot
For me it's
below 30s: I wouldn't even call that a map
30s - 1m: songs that are hard (eg +DTHR) but are only for a short duration and are therefore easily quickly repeatable (try-hard songs)
1m - 3m: IDK, not for me
3m - 4m: normal songs (nomod FC)
4m - 8m: relax songs (without fast jumps or fast streams)
above 8m: marathons which I think should be created with map-chaining

I know map-chaining feature has been requested a long time ago and still hasn't been implemented, but IIRC also hasn't been denied.
I think 10m+ is too much for just one song and map-chaining would solve the need for marathons perfectly.
Yuukino_old_1
Yuukino_old_1
1 minute to 2 minutes tvsize
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Natsu
8,076 posts
Joined September 2012
Natsu
3 - 4 minutes
Deterioration
66 posts
Joined September 2013
Deterioration
Everyone wants 2 minute songs because they're skilless farmers
repr1se
482 posts
Joined May 2014
repr1se
Duration doesn't matter as long as it's a PP farm map.
Reiko
59 posts
Joined December 2011
Reiko

I like to play Map compilations thats why i picked 10min+ , also i like to play 1-4min maps with DT or nomod :) ( forgot to X 3-4min :c )
rabu retaa
38 posts
Joined May 2013
rabu retaa
i just can keep up until 10 minutes long. still not that stronk :o
-Sh1n1-
3,404 posts
Joined September 2012
-Sh1n1-
3 or 4 are good for me, to feel the song :3
Kawashiro
1,525 posts
Joined April 2012
Kawashiro
1 min ~ 4min

Over 5 min is hard to make beatmap and long songs are boring or tired
Beomsan
Beatmap Nominator
1,890 posts
Joined November 2013
Beomsan
Play : over 5 min
Mapping : 1 min ~ 5min

Recent tv size map is does not much fun.

^ In the player's perspective
WingSilent
2,982 posts
Joined August 2012
WingSilent
2:34 or 1:23 or 3:45
Starfy
1,046 posts
Joined November 2012
Starfy
Depends on the music genre
5min is the best because this is the best way to express most of the best rhythm in the most appropriate during time
jk actually just because 5 min songs can be approved dude
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