(written on 30/01/24). (also read chicken_10 opinion regards lazer). Since the official release of the game (September 2007), for 16 years leaderboards stayed up as they are. As a rhythm game, you expect higher acc plays to be rewarded on top, even tho eventually you could find some lower acc scores on top of high acc scores (score v1's), but apart from that, lazer brings a whole new level of uncomfortness for leaderboard players. I'll bring some points and my thoughts on it regarding new features and why it's killing every bit of motivation I have for this game.
First of all - ranked rate changes; it might be fun when it comes to pushing limits and in terms of pp scores, but why do leaderboards have to suffer these changes? To put it into perpective, I've been grinding scores for almost 8 years (mostly high acc/SS's or #1s), to basically now see that players can just sped up the map and beat my existing scores. An interesting example is [-Griffin-], 6500 hours, 550k playcount of grinding max scores and some unique scores just to get easily beaten (most of them even beating 4mods with one mod less). You really can't expect changes on leaderboards for a game that has been released for almost 17 years, it almost feels like you spent all your effort only to get down the drain.
Secondly - slider leniency/slider acc. Same issue with leaderboards can be translated here. With the feature of "classic mod", scores being with a 0.96x multiplier ruins all the leaderboards once again; historical scores won't be visible and will get out of top50's after some time, and all the scores on that were set before lazer (aka stable), will be pointless once players start playing without classic mod. This change also includes to some mappers, now having to consider slider acc while mapping. After bringing these points, some questions come to my mind:
Does that mean all my scores are worthless? Do I have to redo all my scores in order to be able to compete again on high spots on leaderboards (specially on easy/normal/hard diffs)? Exactly. It does feel like a huge waste of time. I had fun while grinding and that's all it matters, but I can't feel anything else other than disappointment, frustration and sadness. Did we try to speak up when all of this was on development? Yes. We tried but it was pointless. We are a small minority, a silent voice, a niche community if you will. You can't expect a 10% of the playerbase to make noise, or is it really worth it for peppy to listen to us? Most of the players that agreed with all these changes are newgens, low rank players, or players barely associated with leaderboards at all. Peppy once said on a interview that "rules are not set to stone", but how can we expect that for a game that has been out for almost 17 years? Especially on a core mechanic as it's leaderboards. Don't get me wrong, I love competition. It's what I love the most about online games. But this isn't fair at all for players that have been grinding for years.
I dont like complaining/making a grudge out of all this situation, but long story short, it sucks to see the game I've loved for over 8 years getting ruined for me. I feel like im forced to quit just because they are taking away the things I enjoy doing on this game.
-Got my first #1 score: 9/11/15 (sniped the day later lmao).
-Got a Wacom Tablet: 25/12/15.
-Got my first 100pp play: 26/12/15 (Got 2 100pp scores same day lol).
2016
-Got my first 200pp play: 29/5/2016.
2017
-Started playing HD as a nomod: early 2017 iirc.
-Got 50k play count: 3/3/17.
-Entered in top 100 country: 4/7/17.
-Reached top 10000 global: 4/7/17.
-Got my first 300pp play: 6/9/17 (disgusting play btw).
-Achieved 1000 SS's: 23/12/17.
2018
-Gained a lot of consistency: early 2018.
-Stoped caring about rank/pp and enjoying game: summer 2018.
-Got 1337h played: 31/12/18.
2019
-Started playing tourneys with friends: x/1/19.
-Reached level 101: 20/6/19.
-Achieved 5000 SS's: 9/10/19.
-Started hovering instead of dragging: x/11/19.
2020
-Found a grip and learned to vibro spin: early january 2020.
-Reached 2000h played: 5/2/20.
-Achieved 5000 top global #50: 24/2/20.
-Shiori HDFL SS: 12/4/20.
-Reached 7000pp!: 27/4/20.
-Got my first 400pp play (and 6'7*fc): 10/5/20.
-Reached level 102: 27/8/20.
-Achieved 10000 SS's: 4/9/20.
-Became the spanish player with most global #1: 26/11/20.
-Achieved 10000 country #1s: 30/11/20.
-Got a 144hz and started practicing 10.3: 25/12/20.
-Achieved 10000 replays watched by others: 28/12/20.
2021
-Reached 100 #1: 20/1/21.
-Got 200k playcount: 3/3/21
-Bought Wacom472S (after over 5 years with Wacom490S): 6/3/21
-Achieved 10000 global #50: 15/5/21.
-Reached 500 followers: 3/7/21.
-Reached 3000h played: 25/7/21.
-Reached 300 #1: 27/9/21.
-Reached 15000 SS's: 5/11/21.
-Reached 8000pp!: 10/11/21.
-Reached top 5000 global: 10/11/21 (rework).
-Reached 500 #1: 11/11/21.
2022
-Achieved 100 billion score: 5/1/22.
-Reached 15000 country #1's: 5/1/22.
-Got my first 500pp play: 19/1/22.
-Achieved 50000 replays watched by others: 7/2/22.
-Reached level 103: 19/3/22.
-Changed from a membrane keyboard to a mechanical one after over 7 years (HyperX Alloy Origins): 2/6/22
-Reached 9000pp: 14/09/22
-Got 7*FC medal (had 2 but before star rate rework): 14/09/22
-Achieved 75000 replays watched by others: 15/12/22.
-Reached 15000 global #50's: 15/12/22.
2023
-Built my own pc and started playing 144hz: 22/3/23.
-Reached 20000 country #1's: 13/4/23.
-Reached 20000 SS's: 28/4/23.
-Achieved 1000 #1's: 29/8/23.
-Achieved 10000pp: 11/11/23.
-Reached 100.000 replays watched: 07/12/23.
2024
(stopped focusing on goals and playing less)
-Reached 4000h playtime: 15/5/24.
-Reached level 104: 10/6/24.
-Got 300k playcount: 28/7/24.
Goals:
SS progress:
Get 1000 SS's - Completed: 23/12/17 Get 2000 SS's - Completed: 29/12/18 Get 3000 SS's - Completed: 23/4/19 Get 4000 SS's - Completed: 2/7/19 Get 5000 SS's - Completed: 9/10/19 Get 6000 SS's - Completed: 24/11/19 Get 7000 SS's - Completed: 22/1/20 Get 8000 SS's - Completed: 11/4/20 Get 9000 SS's - Completed: 7/7/20 Get 10000 SS's - Completed: 4/9/20 Get 11000 SS's - Completed: 7/11/20 Get 12000 SS's - Completed: 13/1/21 Get 13000 SS's - Completed: 16/4/21 Get 14000 SS's - Completed: 23/7/21 Get 15000 SS's - Completed: 5/11/21 Get 16000 SS's - Completed: 2/3/22 Get 17000 SS's - Completed: 23/5/22 Get 18000 SS's - Completed: 30/9/22 Get 19000 SS's - Completed: 15/12/22 Get 20000 SS's - Completed: 28/4/23 Get 21000 SS's - Completed: 12/7/24 Get 22000 SS's - Completed: 13/12/24
Replays watched:
Get 1000 replays watched by others - Completed: 27/4/18 Get 2000 replays watched by others - Completed: 5/8/19 Get 3000 replays watched by others - Completed: 14/2/20 Get 4000 replays watched by others - Completed: 31/5/20 Get 5000 replays watched by others - Completed: 6/8/20 Get 6000 replays watched by others - Completed: 28/9/20 Get 7000 replays watched by others - Completed: 28/10/20 Get 8000 replays watched by others - Completed: 17/11/20 Get 9000 replays watched by others - Completed: 7/12/20 Get 10000 replays watched by others - Completed: 28/12/20 Get 15000 replays watched by others - Completed: 5/3/21 Get 20000 replays watched by others - Completed: 20/4/21 Get 30000 replays watched by others - Completed: 23/7/21 Get 50000 replays watched by others - Completed: 07/2/22 Get 75000 replays watched by others - Completed: 15/12/22 Get 100000 replays watched by others - Completed: 07/12/23 Get 125000 replays watched by others -
#1 scores:
Get 10 #1's - Completed: 28/2/20 Get 50 #1's - Completed: 6/11/20 Get 100 #1's - Completed: 20/1/21 Get 150 #1's - Completed: 5/3/21 Get 300 #1's - Completed: 27/9/21 Get 500 #1's - Completed: 11/11/21 Get 1000 #1's - Completed: 29/8/23
Global #50 scores:
5000 global #50's - Completed: 24/2/20 10000 global #50's- Completed: 15/5/21 15000 global #50's- Completed: 19/10/22
Country #1 scores:
5000 country #1's - Completed: 3/11/19 10000 country #1's - Completed: 30/11/20 15000 country #1's - Completed: 5/1/22 20000 country #1's - Completed: 13/4/23
killaa_old_3 for the 3 month supporter! Karma for the 1 month supporter and for all the technical support building my own pc! insomnyawolf for the 1 month supporter! Gracidea for the 1 month supporter and 1 month Discord Nitro! FriedichDG for the 1 month supporter! Fichi for the 1 month supporter! Emilly for the 4 month supporter! sanghaaaa for the 1 month supporter! NotHans for the 6 month supporter! Mikayla for the 2 month supporter! SLOTSCREAMER for the 1 month supporter and 1 month Discord Nitro! [-Marlon-] for the 4 month supporter! Zalaria for inspiring me so much and showing me that nothing is impossible if you work hard at what you like and for being such a good friend. - A N I M U - for being my soulmate on my early days.
And to all of you for the cheerfull PM's and being so good with me. You all make my day and keep me grinding for scores.
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