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Infected Mushroom - The Pretender by RLC

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Ranked: Feb 26th, 2013
Average Rating: 3.69 / 5.00 from 240 votes
English Rock
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lolcubes Low NatsumeRin


Rating Distribution
Rating: 3.66 / 5.00 from 240 votes
Ranking: #27 for 2013, #274 overall
simple, jump aim, streams, geometric
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Comments (66)
1yr ago

they even attended the Vile Shlomo School of Naming Sensibilities

1yr ago

I'm a musician from Israel and this is my music

1yr ago

gay mushrooms

1yr ago

i cant enjoy this map anymore. bc of woke

1yr ago

u cant enjoy this map anymore. bc of woke

1yr ago

Yay!!!

1yr ago

You win one thousand dolars

1yr ago

Sure

1yr ago

jsut give it a 5 already

1yr ago

What if i say im not like the others

1yr ago

this is one of the more forgettable RLC maps imo (ignoring its effect on the mapping meta) - it's just mapping the song with his base style

most of his later maps are more interesting because they either have much better execution (orvid, dstorv) or do something else interesting (playing with fire, bassdrop freaks, haelequin)

1yr ago

legendary map

1yr ago

this map was the equivalent of a cultural phenomenon in 2013, you need to be there to understand

1yr ago

young body with an old soul

1yr ago

Personally I was born to hate on RLC

1yr ago

Many larpers out here

1yr ago

you joined in november 2020

1yr ago

In 2024 liking the pretender is not fitting in

1yr ago

just making sure i dont fit in ⚪️⚪️⚪️⚪️🟠⚪️⚪️⚪️

1yr ago

Back in my day this map was the Bible

1yr ago

Too many woke people on OMDB

1yr ago

stop trying to be different y’all

1yr ago

rlc has better i thinks

1yr ago

so true

1yr ago

bunch of free thinkers rating this below 3 stars smh

1yr ago

keep my soul out of this

1yr ago

On everyone’s soul it’s the best map of all time

1yr ago

Thx for reminding me to fix my rating

1yr ago

first *ranked map rlc's been mapping since 2012

2yr ago

my laptop keycap fell off while playing i think thats a sign

2yr ago

I much prefer Pachiru's set for some reason.

2yr ago

meant a lot at the time but it feels fake as hell for me to rate it higher based on historical context when i don't rly resonate with it or its ideas on any level Right Now

2yr ago

legendary map

2yr ago

that’s on u for not using protection

2yr ago

she infect my mushroom

2yr ago

oh ic

2yr ago

no that was just meant as a dumb remark, I mostly agree with the point but it doesn't harm my perception of the map enough for me to rate it any lower than like 3

2yr ago

sry for having an opinion i guess

2yr ago

RLC got a weak package

2yr ago

comments on this site never dissapoint me

2yr ago

@toybot late reply but it's mostly because the map comes off to me as a pattern collection rather than a well thoughtout map, don't get me wrong tho i do see the appeal

2yr ago

Fun classic map

3yr ago

what makes this a weak package of a map

3yr ago

omdb top 50 reviewing journey - #23

i see this map more as a stepping stone for RLC as a mapper after studying the blade of dksslqj, and his craft really did improve as the time went on. i believe why people loved this map so much was because this map still had some ideas that the community wasn't familiar with or simply were never seen before, and most importantly, visuals. i still feel this map is somewhat weak as a whole package, too much of it feels arbitrary even though it might look nice and well structured. moral of the story is why not stan anhedonia instead??????????????????

3yr ago

I really liked the genryuu kaiko reference in the solo

3yr ago

the citizen kane of maps

3yr ago

she infect my mushroom [2]

3yr ago

she infect my mushroom

3yr ago

what if i say im not liek the othres

3yr ago

masterclasse

3yr ago

infected midshroom

3yr ago

It's the Seinfeld of osu maps

3yr ago

This is

3yr ago

its like im pretending to be a stream and tech player

3yr ago

You can split osu mapping into pre Pretender and post pretender

3yr ago

nephews dont respect the wilt chamberlain of osu maps

3yr ago

an undeniable milestone but it doesn't really click with me, i think RLC has maps visibly better than this

Ney
3yr ago

i like when the map is a map and it does map things

olc
3yr ago

i actually like the map and the score is agreeable but these comments are ass lol. just say what in the map resonates with u, dont act like its wikipedia page. actually i should do that now

the way that the difficulty curves upward through tangible changes to established patterns formed a lot of my design philosophy towards difficulty and repetition (especially the realization that 02:52:455 (1,2,3,4,5,6) was just the back and forth sliders and 02:59:697 (3,4,5) was just the triangle), the patterns where a shared relative angle lets patterns branch off from a 5 degree slider for emphasis e.g. 01:43:835 (2,3,4) are sick and got to my mapping secondhand (through pishifat's handlebars lmao). also i'm not sure if this is true but the vertical sliders at 03:15:904 may have awoken something in me regarding sections of vertical sliders

3yr ago

the game changer

olc
3yr ago

yall be like this map is really good because [legacy]

3yr ago

GN said it better than anyone else can, no more context necessary

3yr ago

Im pretty sure this is rng map, rlc made a map thats fun to play because he wanted to have fun and ended up making average map with better gameplay compared to the time

3yr ago

this map fucks soooo hard

-GN
3yr ago

you had to be there to understand why this map was so highly revered. it's quite different from pretty much anything that came before it, and while you can still tell there's some old map jank in it if you pay attention, it's a timeless classic.

3yr ago

the map greew on me a lot

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