i said nothing against the style? i actually like shiny's visual style a lot and it's easily the saving grace of this map for me
the thing that bothers me most is all the downtime. i have actually come around on glass beach in the last few years and like their stuff way more than i used to, but as someone who likes grinding these weird maps for good scores, nearly all of the glass beach maps i've played just don't seem to be worth it.
classic j is definitely the most egregious example, both ranked versions are extremely boring through the first two thirds and it's pretty underwhelming to lose an FC to what is essentially a Big Rock Ending. yoshi's island is also pretty nasty in this area but since the ranked version is only 5.5* it isn't felt as much. most versions of bedroom community seem to follow this trend as well, thought I admittedly haven't played them all. conveniently, cold weather doesn't fit into this category since it's much shorter.
then when this specific map combines that spiky nature with such player-unfriendly patterns, i just can't take it seriously. i don't even need to cite the back-and-forths either; the entire doubles section is objectively missnapped, culminating in the ultimate sliderbreak bait 05:50:452 (1,2,1,2,1,2,1,2,1,2). even more annoying is the complete disregard to make these different buzzslider rhythms look visually different at ALL
i'm (hopefully obviously) not saying that people shouldn't try to map unconventional music, but it seems like the way people naturally gravitate toward mapping this band's songs just doesn't translate to me.
oddly, i'd probably like this way more if it weren't ranked simply because it doesn't feel like it was meant to be played. the more i look at it, the more i feel that it actually captures the essence of this song pretty well. i'm just too opposed to how the progression is handled to appreciate it any more than that.
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i said nothing against the style? i actually like shiny's visual style a lot and it's easily the saving grace of this map for me
the thing that bothers me most is all the downtime. i have actually come around on glass beach in the last few years and like their stuff way more than i used to, but as someone who likes grinding these weird maps for good scores, nearly all of the glass beach maps i've played just don't seem to be worth it.
classic j is definitely the most egregious example, both ranked versions are extremely boring through the first two thirds and it's pretty underwhelming to lose an FC to what is essentially a Big Rock Ending. yoshi's island is also pretty nasty in this area but since the ranked version is only 5.5* it isn't felt as much. most versions of bedroom community seem to follow this trend as well, thought I admittedly haven't played them all. conveniently, cold weather doesn't fit into this category since it's much shorter.
then when this specific map combines that spiky nature with such player-unfriendly patterns, i just can't take it seriously. i don't even need to cite the back-and-forths either; the entire doubles section is objectively missnapped, culminating in the ultimate sliderbreak bait 05:50:452 (1,2,1,2,1,2,1,2,1,2). even more annoying is the complete disregard to make these different buzzslider rhythms look visually different at ALL
05:54:484 (1,2,3) -
05:57:684 (1,2,3) -
06:07:284 (1,2,3) -
i'm (hopefully obviously) not saying that people shouldn't try to map unconventional music, but it seems like the way people naturally gravitate toward mapping this band's songs just doesn't translate to me.
oddly, i'd probably like this way more if it weren't ranked simply because it doesn't feel like it was meant to be played. the more i look at it, the more i feel that it actually captures the essence of this song pretty well. i'm just too opposed to how the progression is handled to appreciate it any more than that.
mayb hot take but I don't feel like this artist is very osu-friendly and it shows through experiments like this
haven't played the map myself yet but this mp3 cut feels catastrophically wrong
Senseabel's diff is more memorable to me but i get it
the replay omg
definitely the angriest Karliah map
goes kinda insane
definitely 09kami at their best
hitsounds gotta be pretty good for me to like them NGL
overwhelming
holyyyy
such a mixed bag, the middle chunk is so good but the first 1000x and the last 600x are very annoying
ok i kinda get it i think
why do some of these diffs have more omdb ratings than submitted plays
thinking about 00:30:380 (1) - in crys' diff
the masculine urge to map every sound
RED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
nice extension for rankability
this map is at its best when it's trying to be iconic, the filler is soooooo bad
this map changed my brain chemistry
i get tourneys breeding hatred for maps but nawh man not this one
i get it
MrBigOctupus
this map is surprisingly ruined by certain sections for me but the good parts are soooooo good