Proposal: Nerf pp if a large amount of players has the same play with mods
ShinyNT opened this issue · comments
Explanation: we all know what maps are called "pp maps", and how overweighted are them. My proposal is the following: if the map has more than 50% of the player with the current mods FC, nerf the pp exponentially.
This means for example, if there are 1000 players that has HDHR a "X" beatmap, which 40%~50% or more of them are FC, pp should be nerfed in a short percentage. This could be also applied for SS in particular, nerfing even more the pp (in the same case if SS's were more than 50% of the plays in the map with the current mods)
Maybe I could explain it more detailed but in short words this is my proposal. I know it's easier to say it than doing it, but I guess it's actually the best way to balance the overweighted beatmaps.
One core value of the current pp system is for each score to be rated fully independently from the scores of other players. This has multiple reasons. To name a few:
- It prevents maps from being over or underrated exclusively due to popularity.
- Players' pp does not constantly change without them doing anything.
- It makes the technical realization of pp significantly simpler. A system where scores are rated in a mutually dependent manner requires constant reprocessing of all available data, which unfortunately is infeasible with the large number of scores osu! currently has.
Unfortunately I am not willing to compromise on these reasons with pp. If a more directly competetive system were to be implemented I would like to see it as a separate system which fully embraces the concept (perhaps similar to an ELO rating).
yeeah the map popularity thing was already attempted with ppv1 back in the day and it was pretty broken