hello omdb. it's time for a 1 am ramble session. i return to this comment box, after a year's time, Flower War getting ranked, and a two-star rating increase, to say that this map fucking rips LET'S GO SHINY BRAIXEN
when i saw it the first time i was hella dubious about it because it just kind of seemed like some grand experiment in throwing. random buzzsliders, strange, inconsistent rhythms, absurd slider design. i wasn't really familiar with Shiny Braixen so i had assumed the mapper was trying to put as many knuckleheaded curveball decisions as possible into a single map, and then rank it. i misunderstood the intent.
after seeing more from him (Flower War, Sorry Jack, insane gd for Just), and seeing a lot of consistencies throughout his maps, i have come to realize that, like, this is just how he maps. it is beautifully indulgent and uncontrolled in a way i havent seen anyone else do. it exists within its OWN set of stylistic rules and conventions, rather than solely conforming to pre-existing ones. (this map, as well as Flower War, do a similar thing for me as rrtyui's Rainshower does. yes, i understand how wild a comparison that is.) most mappers would just call that... you know... *having a style??* but Shiny Braixen takes it like, three steps up, and manages to carve something that is so unmistakably his into every map he makes. i believe that nobody will ever be able to replicate his style
so few mappers have the opportunity to fully develop themselves like this, *this* far away from traditional mapping, and i think we should celebrate it whenever it happens
in that one image of the two guys on opposite ends of the bus, let mom sleep is the optimistic guy on the right looking at the mountains and EVERY OTHER NIHIL MAP is the pessimistic guy staring at the cliff face
first osu map i ever saw
infinitely memorable
hello omdb. it's time for a 1 am ramble session. i return to this comment box, after a year's time, Flower War getting ranked, and a two-star rating increase, to say that this map fucking rips LET'S GO SHINY BRAIXEN
when i saw it the first time i was hella dubious about it because it just kind of seemed like some grand experiment in throwing. random buzzsliders, strange, inconsistent rhythms, absurd slider design. i wasn't really familiar with Shiny Braixen so i had assumed the mapper was trying to put as many knuckleheaded curveball decisions as possible into a single map, and then rank it. i misunderstood the intent.
after seeing more from him (Flower War, Sorry Jack, insane gd for Just), and seeing a lot of consistencies throughout his maps, i have come to realize that, like, this is just how he maps. it is beautifully indulgent and uncontrolled in a way i havent seen anyone else do. it exists within its OWN set of stylistic rules and conventions, rather than solely conforming to pre-existing ones. (this map, as well as Flower War, do a similar thing for me as rrtyui's Rainshower does. yes, i understand how wild a comparison that is.) most mappers would just call that... you know... *having a style??* but Shiny Braixen takes it like, three steps up, and manages to carve something that is so unmistakably his into every map he makes. i believe that nobody will ever be able to replicate his style
06:27:282 (1,2,1,1,1,2,3,4,5,1,2,3,4,5,6,1,2,3,4,5,1,1,2,3,1,2,1,2,3,4,5,6,1,2,3,4,1,1) - fav pattern, demonstrates pretty much everything i love about this map. unruly, imaginative, and chock-full of SHENANIGANS!
so few mappers have the opportunity to fully develop themselves like this, *this* far away from traditional mapping, and i think we should celebrate it whenever it happens
Awesome
weekly omdb punching bag [2]
finish this beatmap hypnosis ray
cmon
insane
bump
wait i had no idea this song was in that game thats sick as hell
sure
crescendolls is on my list this year dw
hello omdb nation
simple, chaotic
i dont remember
in that one image of the two guys on opposite ends of the bus, let mom sleep is the optimistic guy on the right looking at the mountains and EVERY OTHER NIHIL MAP is the pessimistic guy staring at the cliff face
02:20:734 (1) - to 02:44:140 (1) - +.5
YeYeYeYeYeahhhh
So many times, there's nothing left
There's nothing left at all
I know I'm right, 'cause when I'm gone
There's nothing left at all
i like fire trucks and monster trucks
reading that entire veto discussion and seeing it just end with scub saying "fuckin fine" hurt my heart a little
04:27:052 (1) - howl hs is almost enough to make me cry
i keep coming back to this and i like it even more each time i see it
helllll yeah
happy new year to the shittiest most piddly trumpet solo ever recorded. i love you so much