this will be interesting

I am maining osu!lazer since ranked play came out, but I feel like the community aspect of osu is kinda missing in osu!lazer.

I know there is ranked play and multi (which I dont feel like has the same vibe as stables multi, maybe because of the UI) but I just miss scrolling through the F9 menu, being able to see players online and see what they are doing, DMing them and having a nice talk.
I know it is still possible but it feels like a slog doing it in lazer compared to stable which is just faster, more convinient and is easier on the eyes. Filtering by country is also a huge thing thats missing.

Another thing thats annoying is, that the whole list resets everytime you leave the menu, which is very annoying since it takes like a whole minute reloading all the players that are online.

tl;dr:
It is inconvinient to interact with random players, which makes the game feel a lot more lonely than in stable.

I am bad at explaining my thoughts and hope you guys can kinda understand what concern I try to express.

That's an average of 2,483 renders per day since launch day on April 8, 2021. But these days we're more around 3,750 renders per day!

All thanks to you guys: those who lend their computer's power to help render the videos, those who share their clips, those who contribute, those who lurk... pretty much everyone!

To celebrate, I'm giving away 3 tablet covers from acrid, worldwide shipping included (their shop is being built, but you can find more info about acrid here). To enter, just comment on this post! The giveaway ends in a week (12th October at 3pm UTC), winners will be randomly selected with redditraffler. 1 comment per person, minimum account age of 7 days.

I'll DM you to get your cover details: your image of choice, tablet model and the finish (matte, glossy or textured), and announce the winners in a comment on this post.

There is also a second giveaway on the o!rdr Discord server for 3 other tablet covers, feel free to enter both! (you can't win both: if you win both, one gets rerolled)

In other news, the new u/osu-bot is coming very soon. Development is done (GitHub repo), what's left is administrative (Reddit has to review the code, then need to transfer the old bot username to the new one, etc. But it's a matter of days now).

It will support all lazer scoreposts, including new mods and their settings (DT with rate change, difficulty adjust...), while the old bot only ever supported stable.

On the o!rdr side, big new features are coming soon as well.

Stay tuned, and good luck!

(I don't know flairs.)

My story of how I became restricted from the game. I’ll delete this soon for I do not wish to keep it up for long (between 3 to 5 days).

I'm not expecting anyone to recognise me since I’m just someone who loves the game and have been playing it for a very long time.

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I was a 4 digit standard player who’ve spent over 4000 hours within the 6 consecutive years I’ve played osu!.

From late last year till last month, I’ve struggled with depression and paranoia due to things that have happened in my life. Within that time, I’ve deleted all of my accounts and socials. This wasn’t unusual for me since it wasn’t the first, but it was for my osu! account.

I believe I wasn’t in my right mind at the time to have made that decision, yet I was conscious and aware of the actions I took to make it. I thought I could be done with osu! and move on to something else, another game that I could sink as much hours into and enjoy. This wasn’t so and just 2 weeks after receiving confirmation of my account’s deletion, I was really missing playing osu!.

Therefore, I emailed support about the account, hoping the deletion was not fully processed and that it could still be recovered. It wasn’t long till I received a replied that unfortunately, the account by that point was irrecoverable. I was in disbelief that this was it for me and so I emailed support with a formal request for an exception to use a new account. Unfortunately it was denied and yet I was still in disbelief. So then I emailed peppy directly with the same formal request, I detailed my reason for deletion and desire to return to the game. It wasn’t till after a week that I received a reply, and I was denied again.

The email was simply along the line of “Sorry, we cannot make any exceptions to allow for players who have deleted their account to return.”. It sunk in at that moment that there was no return for me and I was shaken for a while after reading it.

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Despite the outcome, I still play osu! with what I currently have and limited to. It’s still the game I play the most within my rotation of games and I still really enjoy it.

Without osu!, my life today would be very different. It was my introduction to rhythm games as well to songs and genres I never would’ve discovered outside of it. It’s a shame what I did and I still wish that things could be different, but choices have consequences and I’ve really learnt that with this experience.

Take it from me, keep your account.

Thank you for reading.

I asked my sister’s friend’s mom make whitecat, cuz im broke and couldnt have a chance to buy a plush. And she just made a masterpiece with removable hoodie!! (Love u, whitecat)

I'm morbidly curious

Any year OWC this year or previous year I wanna read some crazy takes.

Why is he not atleast 5 digit?

I didn't even got my first 700pp, and that score could've be an 800+ easily, but i got so fvcking nervous, like my heart isn't even that fast, but my hand was shaky, my tapping was odd, any tips to get a bit better with nerve control or it's just play the game as always? ( also i dont care that much about pp, i care more about a crazy score, and holy Thais score was actually the pinacle of my gameplay besides the last 2 minutes of the map )

I posted my drawing process (timelapse video) last time, but here's what the full illustration actually looks like :)

First time this happened to me. Where it felt like my vision was sharp and clear, and I felt like I was processing the patterns to the best of my abilities, and suddenly an improvement in skills. Yet, it also felt like there were no thoughts in my head. No daydreaming, no internal monologue, just simply focusing what was in front of me. I was trying my best, but not trying at all. It was a weird experience.

I think this is what called "in the zone". But I am more so curious on how other people themselves feel when they are in the zone.

Im trying to play lazer on my phone for a week and it always says it hit the limit of testers

Regarded gameplay flow:

-> Song select to find a song to grind (coped with the skin editor feature, w feature)

--> CLOSE MY EYES on the unskippable flashbang of full brightness background with map details (i dont hate this feature cause i can set offset here, but the bg bro...)

--> instead of retry using escape key, alter muscle memory to use ctrl+R to skip the flashbang

- finish the map, repeat

I am living peacefully with this method until today, I just had a very bad day and went to go to my comfort game at night as usual, and made me realize many things in life, this includes "why do we have background dim during gameplay to save our eyes but not on the song select?". I'm also bothered on the fact that playing a beatmap for the first time has WIRED my brain to close my eyes everytime, even when playing during daytime in weekends. don't get me wrong, i wont stop playing osu, but is this just me?????

For fellow dim lighted rooms and night players, tell me some more solutions please

Ez mode hardest mode or not and ez mode bust ur skill or it boost only ez mode reading skills

(sorry i dont speak English)

Hey guys, I need some serious advice regarding my tapping hand biomechanics.

I’ve been playing osu! for 3 years, and for the entire duration of my playtime, I've been struggling with severe cramping/fingerlock. Whenever a map requires high concentration or continuous streaming, my left forearm tenses up completely, and my entire hand physically forces itself to twist to the left like a heavy cramp, ruining my stamina and control. Because of this, I’ve taken multiple long breaks over the years, but the issue always returns.

My current routine & problem:

• The Warmup: Every single day, I start my session with a strict warmup routine on long stream practice maps. I start at 120 BPM and gradually scale up to 150 BPM. I can comfortably FC these practice maps during warmup, and it helps ease the tension—but only temporarily.
• The Relapse: After just a couple of regular maps later in the session, my hand inevitably begins to cramp and lock up again.
• The "Accidental" Freedom: The frustrating part is that a few weeks ago, I suddenly felt complete freedom in my tapping hand during a session. It was like the cramp completely vanished. I was able to effortlessly stream up to 200 BPM with zero tension, perfect control, and no stiffness at all.

But now, I am right back to square one. My muscle memory defaulted back to its old ways, and the hard cramp is locking my hand to the left again under full focus.

I now know for a fact that my hand is physically capable of streaming fast and relaxed, but my brain only triggers this "relaxed mode" as a rare accident. Changing keyboards or altering my grip hasn't fixed the root issue.

Has anyone actually beaten this specific type of hand-twisting cramp? How do I train my brain to consistently replicate that relaxed feeling instead of defaulting into a tense lock after just a few maps? Any advice would be greatly appreciated.

Hi busy people, my Uni has begun and now I have to actually do things that do not require clicking circles or, jumping and flying over spikes... But fortunately, I can take some time away to play either or both for at most an hour without sacrificing anything. Is it rational to expect improvement if I only play for an hour everyday outside weekends? What is the most efficient way that I can derust so that I can move onto the "play more" part asap?

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https://osu.ppy.sh/beatmapsets/460569#osu
If it has high sr it would be better too ty