1. [[-Aphobias-]]'s Something Big (4.94 stars, 563 notes)
2. Hard (2.74 stars, 278 notes)
3. Insane (3.73 stars, 407 notes)
4. Normal (1.8 stars, 186 notes)

PLEASE RE-DOWNLOAD AS OF FEB 28 2017 for SB changes

1. Normal
2. Hard
3. Insane
4. -Aphobias-'s Something Big

Available to do M4M, just let me know

Nevo wrote:

To begin there are a good amount of problems in insane but since its a first map its fine :^)

00:10:889 try to not skip loud beats // most of the time (if a song is timed correctly) and loud beat will land on the big white ticks.

*This doesn't mean always but its a good rule to follow when first starting out.
00:12:362 (5) - There isn't a beat here I would remove.
I kinda redid the rhythm here starting from 00:09:818 (4) - and ending 00:13:032 (1) -

*rhythm is the note placement on the actual timeline. (what most mappers call note placement they mean by location on playfield)
I didn't know that when I first started

00:14:103 (3,4,5,6) - Rhythmically its ok but when a player comes across this the may become confused

General Tip while I'm looking through the map it seems you kinda just randomly made slider shapes, which is ok but it makes the map seem "ugly" and "unorganized" This basically means copy (ctrl +c) sliders, and try to keep sliders consistent. inverness made a pretty lengthy guide on making neat sliders. It's a bit dated but its a very helpful read Making common sliders neat

00:36:603 - There is a very loud beat here I say add a 1/4 slider** and shorten the first slider so it ends 00:36:335 -

Little Slider Lesson
**1/4 sliders are
**1/2 sliders are
**1/1 Sliders are

00:42:228 (1,2,3,4,5) - Rhythmically wise ok but when you make the jump from 00:42:630 (4) - to 00:42:764 (5) - it feels weird because every jump prior is bigger.
00:43:032 (1) - This rhythmically wise is perfect but 00:45:175 (3) - is the same noise and thus should be the same slider shape
00:49:460 (5) - try to avoid sliders that go into each other it's hard for a player to tell whats happening.
refering to this slider


00:51:068 - There's a beat here so i suggest shortening the slider.
00:59:639 (3) - the flow here can be improved

if you see the red line the flow of the sliders is counter clockwise then on the three it switches, then goes back to counter which can slider break a player.

Easy fix would be to click on 00:59:639 (3) - and press ctrl + g which replaces slider head with slider tail.
Ends up looking like


01:03:389 (2,3,4) - this is good :^)
01:06:068 (6) - try to not have sliders overlap objects like this.
01:14:103 (1,2,3) - Mentioned earlier but same thing, when you overlap like this it can be confusing for players.
01:14:907 (4,5,1) - try to keep spacing the same.
01:15:175 (1) - and 00:30:175 (1) - try to not have such a huge sv (slider velocity) difference it's unexpected.
01:28:568 (1) - there's a lot of beats in this sliders I recommend mapping them.
01:30:710 (4) - same thing that white tick in the middle should be a clickable object too.
02:06:068 (2) - fix the over lap
02:16:916 (2) - same
02:19:996 (6) - beats in the slider 02:22:139 (1) - this one does it right
02:28:032 (5) - same

Now that we're through the extreme obvious things lets get a little bit more technical :^)

The map has ONE extreme flaw and that's its overall structure.

Structure consist of many things such as:
- Flow
- Aesthetics
- Rhythm Consistency
There's prob more but that's how I see it

~~~Flow~~~

Flow in beatmapping is a concept that doesn't have a true definition - many mappers have varying opinions on what flow is and how it should be.

- Charles445
In my eyes flow is how does each object "flow" into the next as shown in my picture from before

Here when transfering from the 2 to the 3 the "flow" of a players movement is broken because they have to switch directions to hit the slider
(It is a very short slider so most people wont break but it's the easiest example)
The guide Charles445 made is actually really good and I would recommend reading.
Analyzing Flow in Beatmaps


If you rather watch a video Pishifat has a excellent flow video that explains this concept much better than I can.
also he's smarter than me. flow+sliders
and flow + circles


Aesthetics
Aesthetics in a beatmap are what I find challenging to explain because in my eyes it means "Does your map look good?"
Which "Good" is very subjective a general rule I follow is if it plays like a map from 2008 it needs work
Pishifat explains Aesthetics A lot better in his video
aesthetics


Rhythm Consistency
Ok this can be hard to understand but to keep it EXTREMELY simple
Do the same exact sounds look the same in the editor.

The End
Now I'm not exactly a good mapper but these are somethings that thought me a lot.
Beatmapping/Modding: Guide Compendium

Pishifats' YouTube Channel

I recommend to map more and don't give up.


As for this difficulty I recommend honestly remapping as it has many flaws that if I pointed out would take a lot more space.
I can't mod normals so I'll leave that for someone else.

This is my longest mod BY FAR

Don't give up on mapping it may seem hard at first but you'll get it eventually
m4m map - https://osu.ppy.sh/s/573601

(´・◡・｀)/

Smolboi wrote:

Doin my half of the M4M

Normal

AR and SV feel a bit high for a normal

00:08:210 (4) - sliders should never end on loud sounds like they do here, since clicking a button has more impact than releasing a bu

00:10:889 to 00:13:032 - there are a ton of prominent sounds on white and blue ticks that you aren't expressing here

01:02:853 (1,2,3) - long sliders don't fit the intensity of the section here, the whole map prior and after is based around 1/1 sliders preceded/followed by 1/2 singles or 1/4 stacks, so having these long sliders doesn't really fit in

01:25:889 (2) - I'm not sure why you chose to shape the slider like this, and it doesn't look like the red nodes are meant to emphasize any particular sounds
you do this with a couple sliders

02:21:068 (6) - there is a very strong sound in the middle of the slider which could be better expressed than a with red node by halfing the sliders length and making it a repeating slider

Most of what i talked about applies to the insane as well (And i'm lazy) so i won't bother. Overall, i feel like you need to focus on the rhythm of the map. As it stands, i can't really make out any discernible patterns. For example, imagine there were some places where i would normally expect there to be a 1/1 slider, because all the previous times that the sound that the slider is expressing showed up in the music, it has a 1/1 slider on it, so it would feel jarring if suddenly there were a 1/2 repeating slider on it instead without any justification. If you haven't already, i would strongly suggest watching these two videos basic spacing and basic rhythm. these do an amazing job at explaining the basics of rhythm and spacing and I personally learned from these videos when i started out

Good luck

1. You need an Easy and Hard diff for the spread, (Lowest diff must be lower that 2*)

1. as you're mapping Low diff, you'll need to turn on this for consistency on the spacing to not confuse the players.
   
   Example, your spacing aren't equal on 00:02:853 (2) - (Prev: 1.44x | Next:1.54x) in case you're wondering where we can find those spacing between prev. and next notes.
2. CS4 or higher settings isn't recommended as normal, please decrease them at least 3.5 i guess
3. Also Reduce OD and HP by 4.
4. 00:00:978 (2,4) - stack (they should be on same area)
5. 00:02:050 (4,2) - please avoid overlaps as it's low diff, these can be confusing for new players.
6. 00:09:282 (5,6,7) - sure bpm is pretty low, but don't use 1/4 rhythm... it's still way too extreme, (you're doing it many times so uhm...)
7. 00:12:496 (6) - avoid multiple reverse, since you're using such 1/4 chains (but 1/4 chains are not rly recommended as normal diff too)
8. 00:14:103 (9,2) - avoid overlap
9. 00:54:550 (2) - avoid multiple reverse too, it's still 1/2 so might confusing the new players (and also all other multiple reverses on the diff cuz you did it a lot)
10. 00:58:568 (2,4) - this is still overlap, avoid them please. (maybe you can find other overlaps so ye i won't point them anymore.)

1. OD 7 as the diff is Insane, OD 6 is for hard diff tbh
2. 00:03:389 (1,1) - remove New combo as I heard something "One two three four" on 00:02:317 (1,2,1,1) -
3. 00:04:460 (1,3) - messy overlap, might can be avoided (reverse on 00:05:532 (3) - is hard to see cuz 00:04:460 (1) - is covering them)
4. 00:08:746 (3,4) - ok so many modders wants to point blanket (this includes me) so here's a tip : turn off Grid Snap and reshape your sliders, so you can perform an almost perfect blankets, sample > https://osu.ppy.sh/ss/7400782
5. 00:32:318 (2) - 01:17:318 (2) - add new combo as you entered the kiai section.
6. maybe i will put some quick guide for adding new combo with consistency (since I don't want my bullets become wall of Add/Remove New combo), it can be useful or idk, im bad at explaining things lol http://puu.sh/ufUlx/d451ea9462.jpg

1. Check distance snap at AiMod. Also distance spacing on normal should be between 0.8x to 1.2x
   
   AiMod

   
2. Normal diff cs should be CS3-4 but id suggest to make it less than 4.
3. 00:11:425 (2,3,4,5,6) - i feel like this is too much for normal. Nerf it maybe?
4. 00:13:032 (7) - New Combo
5. 00:14:103 (9,2) - hard to read
6. 00:40:085 (6,7,8,2,3,4) - same thing being too much for normal.
7. 00:48:925 (3,4,5) - ^
   ]/*:m:1337]
8. 00:49:460 (6) - NC
9. 00:54:550 (2) - the sound here is the same on the previous section so why a reverse slider suddenly?
10. 00:56:960 (5,6,7,8) - not gonna mention all of them now since i feel like you use it to the rest of the map. What you could do with these 1/4 stacks is to make them 1/2.
11. 01:15:175 (1,1) - Spinner recovery time should be at least 2 beats so the next note should be at 01:17:853 - . What you could do is put a nc note to where the slider starts and have a small pause.
12. 01:18:389 (1) - remove NC
13. 01:28:032 (4) - NC
14. 01:33:389 (2) - um.. also this section has too much slider. consider putting notes.
15. 01:21:603 (5,6,7,1,2,3) - same about too much slider
16. 01:38:746 (7) - NC
17. 01:40:889 (1) - remove NC
18. 02:00:175 (1,2,3,4,5,6) - sliders too much i think.
19. 02:08:746 (1,1) - same thing above about the spinner recover. My suggestion would also work here.

1. 00:11:424 (2) - not snapped
2. 00:03:389 (1,1) - i dont think nc is necessary here or atleast remove just 00:03:925 (1) -.
3. 00:05:532 (3) - move this somewhere where the sliderend doesnt overlap to other object
4. 00:14:103 (3,4,5,6) - really hard to read. spread them out
5. 00:18:121 - you can try something like this
6. 00:34:996 (1,4) - messy overlap. move 4 somewhere
7. 01:30:175 (7) - NC
8. 01:33:925 (2) - move this to where the previous slider is pointing. its too close to the slider imo.
9. 02:19:996 (6,7,8,9) - messy overlap.
10. 02:20:532 (7) - NC
11. 02:36:603 (5) - end on white line

Finshie wrote:

m4m

[Normal]

1. Check distance snap at AiMod. Also distance spacing on normal should be between 0.8x to 1.2x
   
   AiMod

   
2. Normal diff cs should be CS3-4 but id suggest to make it less than 4. Done
3. 00:11:425 (2,3,4,5,6) - i feel like this is too much for normal. Nerf it maybe? Done
4. 00:13:032 (7) - New Combo Done
5. 00:14:103 (9,2) - hard to read Done
6. 00:40:085 (6,7,8,2,3,4) - same thing being too much for normal. Done
7. 00:48:925 (3,4,5) - ^ Done
   ]/*:m]
8. 00:49:460 (6) - NC Done
9. 00:54:550 (2) - the sound here is the same on the previous section so why a reverse slider suddenly? Because personally it would look repetitive if I didn't if I just made another long slider.
10. 00:56:960 (5,6,7,8) - not gonna mention all of them now since i feel like you use it to the rest of the map. What you could do with these 1/4 stacks is to make them 1/2. Fixed
11. 01:15:175 (1,1) - Spinner recovery time should be at least 2 beats so the next note should be at 01:17:853 - . What you could do is put a nc note to where the slider starts and have a small pause. I just removed the slider
12. 01:18:389 (1) - remove NC Done
13. 01:28:032 (4) - NC Done
14. 01:33:389 (2) - um.. also this section has too much slider. consider putting notes. Done
15. 01:21:603 (5,6,7,1,2,3) - same about too much slider Fixed a few of them
16. 01:38:746 (7) - NC Done
17. 01:40:889 (1) - remove NC Done
18. 02:00:175 (1,2,3,4,5,6) - sliders too much i think. Personally I think the sliders fit the difficulty since some new players have a hard time hitting normal notes imo
19. 02:08:746 (1,1) - same thing above about the spinner recover. My suggestion would also work here.

Didn't exactly understand what you wanted me to do with the sliders so I just added a quick little break

[Hard]

1. 00:11:424 (2) - not snapped Fixed
2. 00:03:389 (1,1) - i dont think nc is necessary here or atleast remove just 00:03:925 (1) -. Didnt realize, I wish editing this map before and making changes to the patterns and must've hit the NC button accidentally. Fixed
3. 00:05:532 (3) - move this somewhere where the sliderend doesnt overlap to other object Fixed!
4. 00:14:103 (3,4,5,6) - really hard to read. spread them out Fixed
5. 00:18:121 - you can try something like this Done
6. 00:34:996 (1,4) - messy overlap. move 4 somewhere Done
7. 01:30:175 (7) - NC Done
8. 01:33:925 (2) - move this to where the previous slider is pointing. its too close to the slider imo. Done
9. 02:19:996 (6,7,8,9) - messy overlap. Done
10. 02:20:532 (7) - NC Done
11. 02:36:603 (5) - end on white line

Done

Are you using distance snap at all? i feel like you dont. If so please do especially on close objects. you hold ctl while placing the object and you can change the distance spacing on upper right corner. The NC placings confused me too and i dont know where exactly to tell you where to nc except for the obvious parts where the number is over (9).

Akitoshi wrote:

m4m
poor english lul, sorry if my grammar is bad

General

1. You need an Easy and Hard diff for the spread, (Lowest diff must be lower that 2*)

Normal

1. as you're mapping Low diff, you'll need to turn on this for consistency on the spacing to not confuse the players.
   
   Example, your spacing aren't equal on 00:02:853 (2) - (Prev: 1.44x | Next:1.54x) in case you're wondering where we can find those spacing between prev. and next notes.
2. CS4 or higher settings isn't recommended as normal, please decrease them at least 3.5 i guess
3. Also Reduce OD and HP by 4.
4. 00:00:978 (2,4) - stack (they should be on same area)
5. 00:02:050 (4,2) - please avoid overlaps as it's low diff, these can be confusing for new players.
6. 00:09:282 (5,6,7) - sure bpm is pretty low, but don't use 1/4 rhythm... it's still way too extreme, (you're doing it many times so uhm...)
7. 00:12:496 (6) - avoid multiple reverse, since you're using such 1/4 chains (but 1/4 chains are not rly recommended as normal diff too)
8. 00:14:103 (9,2) - avoid overlap
9. 00:54:550 (2) - avoid multiple reverse too, it's still 1/2 so might confusing the new players (and also all other multiple reverses on the diff cuz you did it a lot)
10. 00:58:568 (2,4) - this is still overlap, avoid them please. (maybe you can find other overlaps so ye i won't point them anymore.)

Insane

1. OD 7 as the diff is Insane, OD 6 is for hard diff tbh
2. 00:03:389 (1,1) - remove New combo as I heard something "One two three four" on 00:02:317 (1,2,1,1) -
3. 00:04:460 (1,3) - messy overlap, might can be avoided (reverse on 00:05:532 (3) - is hard to see cuz 00:04:460 (1) - is covering them)
4. 00:08:746 (3,4) - ok so many modders wants to point blanket (this includes me) so here's a tip : turn off Grid Snap and reshape your sliders, so you can perform an almost perfect blankets, sample > https://osu.ppy.sh/ss/7400782
5. 00:32:318 (2) - 01:17:318 (2) - add new combo as you entered the kiai section.
6. maybe i will put some quick guide for adding new combo with consistency (since I don't want my bullets become wall of Add/Remove New combo), it can be useful or idk, im bad at explaining things lol http://puu.sh/ufUlx/d451ea9462.jpg

also, I would like to share the non-final result of ruleset towards the mapping, this can help you a lot! t/517731

good luck~

xNyamx wrote:

not good english.


Normal
00:14:639 - add circle? Done
00:42:362 - remove it. too hard for Normal diff. Done
00:47:318 - please notes! Done
01:05:934 (5) - remove it. Done
01:08:076 (2) - ^ Done
01:26:960 (3,2) - bad overlap Done
01:34:460 - change slider? →　

try

Done
01:38:746 (5) - bad overlap. move x40 y127?? Done
02:04:460 (4) - NC Done
02:19:460 (5,6) -

try

Done
02:35:934 (7) - start in 02:36:068 - Done




Insane
00:30:175 (9) - NC Done
00:33:121 - circle? Added, however there wasnt a beat there but I guess you could use the vocal that is there
00:37:139 (6,7,1,2,3) -

try

same part 01-22-675 (2,3,4,5,6) -

Done
00:39:550 - circle? Done
00:40:353 (1,3) - switch NC I dont know what you mean by swift NC for those two notes?
01:06:871 - circle? Done
01:20:532 (4,5,6) -

try

Done
01:43:032 (1,2,3) -

try

Done
01:51:603 (1,2,3,4,5,6) -

try

Done
01:58:032 (5,6,7,8,9) -

try

Done
02:00:175 (2,4,6) - stack? I moved some notes around so no need to stack
02:04:862 (7,8,9) - start in 02:04:726 - I dont hear anything beat on the red tick and also its 728 not 726
02:07:005 (4,5,6) - start in 02:06:871 - Fixed sort of
02:20:532 (1,2,3,4,5) -

try

Done

gl~

Gokateigo wrote:

ayy

insane

1. The diff should be named Hard, it's only 3* I mean there are some difficulties that are 3* but still called Insane and also I want this AR to be high so I made it Insane
2. 00:12:362 (5) - There isn't any sound here There actually is a sound
3. 00:30:175 (9) - NC (SV change) Done
4. 00:48:925 (2,3,4) - This is overlapping the slider Done
5. 01:02:318 (1) - remove the nc here and add one here 01:03:389 (2) - Done
6. 01:17:318 (2) - NC Done
7. 01:22:005 (7) - this circle overlap the following slider, it looks bad Done
8. 01:39:818 (1,2,3) - don't stack this Done
9. 01:47:853 (6) - overlap the slider Done

Shad0w1and wrote:

Insane
00:02:050 - missing beat Fixed
00:05:532 (3) - does not really need a reverse It looks good that way imo
00:11:023 - missing something Done
00:17:719 - missing Done
00:26:826 - could fill Done
00:58:032 (7) - nc Done
01:34:059 - missing Done
01:55:219 - missing Done
02:17:318 (4) - nc Done
02:27:630 - missing Done
your NC pattern is broken in general, it is better to nc on every downbeat.
your rhythm choice is also problematic. map more and you will get the idea. Thanks for the tip My NC pattern broke because I forgot to pay attention to the Combos when I was taking suggestions from some mods xD I'm trying to fix it as much as I can and anyways ty for the Mod!

Togetic wrote:

-Aphobias-'s Something Big

General - the ncing seems really random and doesn't make sense. usually you would nc at any sv changes and every downbeat, but the ncing in this diff is spastic and isn't warranted in any way that i could see/hear. not only that but there are many instances of slider shaped that do not work structurally. a lot of the slider shapes use varying degree angles and random curves in an in-cohesive manner (meaning not warranting the placement). this is bad because not only does it not provide any real sense of structure throughout the map, but it can cause unnecessarily awkward reading, differing forms of flow (which do not fit this song in my opinion), unpleasant aesthetics that don't fit the song, etc. so please take note of that and try to fix any spots like that. speaking of differing flow, this diff has a lot of it. when making certain aim patterns or the such, keeping a consistent flow throughout similar sounding parts is key. I think the flow is a bit awkward, but i like the awkwardness of it as it differentiates from the other maps as well as maps that are similar to this song. It's fairly unique, however i do understand that uniqueness still needs to be correct and good. I have a lot of different flows because just going in figure eights and circles the entire map is boring. And as an insane/expert/another difficulty i think having star jumps, square jumps, and back and forth jumps is fun and exciting. I tried making the jumps big - as i wanted it to in reference to the tilted "something big".

i've decided to break some of the parts that showcase some of these errors pretty evidently (note: these are all near the beginning, but they are still able to show mostly everything that should be fixed):

00:00:978 (3,4) - the slider shape does not support how the jump flows into it. not only that but the slider shape doesn't provide anything structural wise. Can you elaborate a little bit more on this? Just say doesn't provide anything structural wise is a bit vague. As it's a triangle ending with a curved slider going into another triangle jump into some more sliders.
00:04:460 (5) - there could be more emphasis on this beat considering it is fairly heavy compared to the previous bit. maybe a more spaced circle or a slider with higher sv and/or a more rough slider shape would fit that beat better. Added a faster SV to give more emphasis
00:07:139 (2,3,4,5,6) - the transition from the circle pattern into the sliders are unnecessarily awkward and rough (appearance wise and aim wise). also, the use of different angled sliders in most cases do not work mainly because it provides little structure to any pattern and does not look good aesthetically. i would recommend changing that. I can see how this part in particular looks unpleasant aesthetically, however aim wise i don't think it's awkward at all. Most people don't follow short sliders all the way through, especially at this slider tick rate. (Blue being general cursor movement, red following center of notes. https://puu.sh/uoCcT/e2d69c09fa.jpg I did however change the note after the 5th slider (in the picture) to be on the left and follow the curvature of the other notes behind it.
00:10:889 (1,2,3,4,5,6) - the previous note flows very strangely to this pattern because of its placement in general. in addition, the pattern itself contradicts the type of flow you've been building for the whole map until now, so it's a harsh change in flow that is unwarranted and does not make sense. A lot of the flow is a curve that switches unexpectedly. I purposly try not to make the switches in the similar parts of the song because i don't want it to become expectable like "oh it's the intro to the chorus, there's gonna be a switch/star jump coming up. I did change the last note leading into it as said in the previous timing above.
00:30:175 (1) - this choice of rhythm does not go with the music. the music's rhythm changes to 1/3 but you used a 1/4 repeating kick slider to represent that part. please correct this. Fixed to singles where the distance snap lowers as the notes draw out and get quieter.