Finally passed this, quite an achievement for a scrub like me.
Can anyone recommend some quality maps in the 5.8-6.4* range, as it is quite hard to sift through all the unranked maps and I don't have many at the moment.

maru~

2345 Posts

May 04 2015 20:49 GMT

#6288

falconfan02

United States231 Posts

May 05 2015 16:42 GMT

#6289

Lowered my mouse dpi once again and finally turned off aero. Struggled at first but now my aim is actually starting to show some signs of consistency. I've gotten a couple of FC's on some >3min maps, and getting high combos on longer maps that I know are well within the range I should be able to FC, but was never able to due to the 2-3 accuracy slipups that would always occur. Had a very close sliderbreak on this map around 1100x, but still ended up being my new best play at 111pp https://osu.ppy.sh/b/315354?m=0

Single tapping speed is still atrocious and is limiting me on some maps, but my alternating has gotten much better, so hoping I can improve it to the point that I can do both with similar accuracy.

deakachu

103 Posts

May 05 2015 17:56 GMT

#6290

Thanks. Some of these are really nice.

Do the people here ever play multis together?

Cyro

United Kingdom20285 Posts

May 06 2015 07:30 GMT

#6291

I used to occasionally

there's not many of us and some (me included) are inactive right now compared to some previous times

Lowered my mouse dpi once again

To what value and game resolution? :D

60hz aero is terrible

"swamp cursor" really, really applies. From one perspective, the lag time between your movements and when you see them shouldn't change how you play at all - but in reality it's just such a different game if you make a big improvement to input lag

Frazzlehoon

United States3455 Posts

May 06 2015 20:29 GMT

#6292

Hi everyone! I was a huge fan of the DS games, and recently downloaded Osu and started playing haha.

Here's my profile:
https://osu.ppy.sh/u/Frazzlehoon

I just had some random general questions:
It seems like I'm improving (which is good), but it seems like the rate that I'm earning PP is slowing down. I've read the technical description of what it is, but was wondering for more "general" knowledge of how it works, is it basically just how high you score on a particular map compared to others?

Sometimes I think I do really well on a map, but then my PP only increases by 2-5. Could someone describe some rule of thumbs that they've seen from experience?

Also, does anyone have any strategies for gaining rank?

Cyro

United Kingdom20285 Posts

May 06 2015 21:01 GMT

#6293

Worry about skill more than rank. The fastest way to rank up is to improve your skill in significant ways, even if that's what you want

PP scales based on a lot of things. Firstly, it depends on the combo - if you play a map perfectly but your max combo is only half of the map, you'll only get ~60% of the PP. Because of that you usually need FC's, but it's acceptable to only combo like 80% of a map if it's very hard, just generally try for FC's.

It scales based on accuracy (in particular, it seems to be pretty flat scaling below ~92% - but going from 95% up towards 100% can give a lot of extra PP. That's partially based on the OD of a song - the stat that decides how strict the timing window is before you'll start getting 100's instead of 300's. Accuracy based scaling ignores sliders, as they don't have the same potential to get 100's. If you hit it, even if it's early/late, you'll still get a 300 unless you mess up the slider.

The "map length" matters - but that's measured entirely or almost entirely in the circle count of the map, and not by the length of time that it takes. That completely ignores sliders.

another important stat is the spacing of the map, like how big the average distance is between circles. Big jumps, constant small-medium jumps (this map: https://osu.ppy.sh/s/127712 is known for those) as well as streams with lots of spacing (that applies more when you can stream well) tend to make maps worth a lot.

Generally at a low-ish level you should just try to play stuff you can get ~95-98% accuracy on and FC. That's true at every level, but the more intricate details matter more at a higher level.

You should look at the PP that the individual score gives you, rather than your total PP. That tells you a lot more.

Frazzlehoon

United States3455 Posts

May 06 2015 21:36 GMT

#6294

Ooh ok! Thanks for the tips, it was a good read!

I've been working on my accuracy and combo for a lot of the maps that I've been practicing. I've been restarting if I break a combo before 75%ish. Yea, I've been looking at ther PP individually by map, but your descriptions explain why its as such. Sometimes it just seems like a song that I thought I did really well on (and is difficult compared to my higher scores) isn't giving as much PP as I thought it would when I finished the song.

Hopefully, I'll be hitting the 100 PP mark soon haha.

For songs, I've been mainly just downloading the most recent "Beatmap Pack Listings." Are there any other places to get groupings of songs that are approved/ranked?

Cyro

United Kingdom20285 Posts

May 06 2015 21:38 GMT

#6295

You can add a user (bot) called Tillerino and whisper him "!r" without exclamation mark (or other commands) which recommends a ranked map that you can probably play. There's also just grabbing ranked maps from the website

falconfan02

United States231 Posts

May 06 2015 23:04 GMT

#6296

On May 06 2015 16:30 Cyro wrote:

Show nested quote +

To what value and game resolution? :D

60hz aero is terrible

Down to 1500dpi and playing on fullscreen 1920x1080. And yeah i was amazed at the difference, for some reason I had just never bothered to try it. I do get screen tearing on my cursor during quick jumpy movements now, but doesn't really affect my gameplay at all.

Cyro

United Kingdom20285 Posts

May 07 2015 12:12 GMT

#6297

Congrats you are now at high sens

And yeah i was amazed at the difference, for some reason I had just never bothered to try it.

The gap between 60hz and 144hz is a bigger improvement for cursor feel and also makes the screen tearing much less bad. I don't think i can ever use a monitor below 100hz again

Zenith Phantasm

United States12 Posts

May 07 2015 16:20 GMT

#6298

One day I will find an affordable Sony FW900 and a table that will be able to support it and my fulltower.

falconfan02

United States231 Posts

May 08 2015 06:56 GMT

#6299

On May 07 2015 21:12 Cyro wrote:
Congrats you are now at high sens

Show nested quote +

The gap between 60hz and 144hz is a bigger improvement for cursor feel and also makes the screen tearing much less bad. I don't think i can ever use a monitor below 100hz again

A 144hz monitor is definitely on my future to-buy list. Any one in particular you would recommend?

Cyro

United Kingdom20285 Posts

May 08 2015 07:32 GMT

#6300

Hard to say ATM, depends if you want gsync or not too