[Game] Osu! - Page 75

On September 29 2011 23:12 Bobbias wrote:
Well I totally agree with your line about how the song should dictate the map. I played stepmania a lot, and that sort of idea came to me way back then, actually. I saw some people making stepfiles that were just utter bullshit and didn't fit the music very well. But the community in SM quickly moved away from that for the most part, and become very technical (trying to match every occurance of a sound, sometimes tailoring the patterns to the melody, etc.) And the maps get harder because of following the music even more closely than before. That that was also partly because of the fact that the overall skill of players was improving, so the stepfiles got harder to compensate.

On September 28 2011 10:10 MegaManEXE wrote:
Am I the only one who thinks Gold Dust is one of the most overrated maps ever

Seriously the spacing makes no sense

It's fun to play I'll admit but that still doesn't excuse the random ass spacing

On September 29 2011 08:57 MegaManEXE wrote:


I like old maps :/

Not 2007 old, but some 2008 and a lot of 2009 maps, and a few 2010 ones

Most of the 2011 maps I've tried feel too similar, they're either generic anime songs using the same boring, uninspired patterns, or they're just stupidly hard for the sake of being hard, which is sadly the direction this game is going it seems. What ever happened to mapping for fun or because you liked the song? Too many maps nowadays don't really suit the song, they're way too hard for songs that shouldn't be mapped that difficult. It's like half the mappers want to be that one guy who makes the map that Cookiezi can't beat or something. The song should dictate the map imo, rather than the map being forced.

Maybe I'm just too old-school and don't "get it" with these new maps or something lol

On September 30 2011 08:23 cabarkapa wrote:


I can agree with your sentiment about the anime songs or the songs that are hard for the sake of being hard, But I think that really a lot of the songs from any time are hit and miss. There are some awesome songs prior to 2011, but a lot of mediocre ones. The difference is that the mediocre maps from 2011 seem to be more playable or fun to most people. I've played maybe every single beatmap from packs 1 through 112 so far, I can really say that there is a lot of crap to get through, but I've certainly enjoyed a lot of the songs as well.

On September 30 2011 15:49 Yoshh wrote:
I don't recommend black switches for osu!. It's difficult to tell when your key registers when you press on it since it's non-tactile which can really screw up your accuracy. I used one for a week before switching to a keyboard with blue switches and it feels a lot better imo.

On September 30 2011 15:54 cabarkapa wrote:

Yeah I'm probably going to get a Das keyboard with either blue or brown.

On September 30 2011 16:43 prototype. wrote:

Why not get a leopold from elitekeyboards.com since you're in US?

On October 01 2011 09:49 ebacho wrote:
For Osu you basically have 2 viable choices if you want a mechanical keyboard - Cherry MX Blues or Browns. I've heard some say that MX Reds are great (read: dlovan), but linear switches suck for Osu due to a lack of tactile feedback. When you play hidden or FL or anything that limits your vision, you're going to want to know when you hit a note and whether it actually registered.

Before anyone calls me out, I'd like to back up my claims by saying I've played Osu with over 6 different switch types and MX Browns and Blues are definitely the best. Pics of my mountain of boards available on request, I guess.

EDIT: Forgot about build quality. Basically anything that's mass produced today has the same OEM for the most part and are plate mounted, which decreases variability among the different boards. Just pick whichever one looks better to you and whether you want a numpad or not.

On October 01 2011 20:07 cabarkapa wrote:
Oh god it feels so good to finally clear that one map you've had for a long time and could never quite beat.

On October 01 2011 09:49 ebacho wrote:
I've played Osu with over 6 different switch types