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How osu! ruined my life
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- čas přidán 4. 03. 2023
- ...and how I should've played a different game instead.
This is just my own personal experience and I don't expect everyone to relate to this, but I hope the video empathize to the people that do.
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The styles included in the video consist of:
First-person perspective
My own style (used in existing videos)
Sketched animatics (Similar to Tokaku's older videos)
Internet Historian's PNG animations
Photoshop Animation (like in Leafy's videos)
Talking over Discord DMs
Mapping my voiceover in osu!
Playing in Valorant
Talking over a powerpoint presentation
Keyframing my character over a TED Talk
A pretty chaotic video retelling my experience with struggling to fit in with the cool, normal people because of osu!. I hear the same video games that everyone else played like Valorant, Genshin Impact, League of Legends and more... that I couldn't force myself to play, which led to me drifting apart from friends.
It's pretty isolating not being able to talk about something you have a strong interest to, and experiences like this led me to become more of a reserved person irl. I'm hoping the video can let people in the same position to ignore what everyone else is doing and reach out to more like minded people.
The mix-media style was originally a scrapped video idea, but I decided to add to a video like this to make the storytime format a bit more interesting as well with challenge myself creatively to find different way to express myself. Cause topics like these, you can just add some random video game in the background which is lazy.
Super relatable, my IRL friend group that I spent the most time with throughout COVID I slowly started distancing from as they played more League and I got hooked onto osu. Found myself feeling lonely until I met new friends that played osu! as well.
Seriously, well done with the video though!! Love the editing style of the video and creative avenues of storytelling, as well as the attention to audio in the TedTalk bit
I've always been amazed with your creativity within your videos, so your nice comments means a lot. Thank you soo much!!
Hey i know you (i say that everytime i see you on tiktok)
I wish i could find friends that play osu...
@@neocollinsch.3040 can't you find them in osu chat? or do you mean irl friends?
oh hell no
If your “friends” left you just because you stopped playing a certain game, then you weren’t friends to begin with. They were just mutuals with the games you guys played on.
REAL. I saw them a while ago and they don't even recognize me anymore
Exactly
by this comment, that would mean that i have no friends
@@dylansisnawan5923i mean, as it turns out, quite a few people don't ever make "true" friends.
@@dylansisnawan5923you don’t
Except for the content side of things, everything in this video relates to me aswell. My friends would play on consoles (PS4, XBOX, etc.) but i would be playing on my PC alone. Still, i found people i enjoy playing with through osu tournaments and such. I don't think quitting osu to play video games you don't like is a good idea, so i did just like you, and stayed on osu. imo, this video represents alot of us in the community, but we still enjoy the game in different ways! Great video!
Thank you so much! I'm glad the video resonated with you
Pc master race lets gooo fuck consoles
Imma say it, players who enjoy music usually appreciate music alot more than the general player. It’s how I got into it. I personally played Cytus growing up, realized I loved the way songs are structured and created, and Osu became the next logical step in that journey. The beatmap creators are part of that community, and are huge on music appreciation. Hell, making a map for a song you like is like the pinnacle of appreciating music and expressing yourself artistically
You're right, I used to play osu and it helped me understand music more. I saw how maps were created and then started mapping and I had to listen for every part of the song separately, especially when hitsounding. Now I don't play osu anymore but I play the guitar, and I feel like it's osu on steroids. When I play the guitar I'm literally the one making the song, I've never been as close to music as now. Try playing an instrument I'm almost sure you'd like it
Osu is full of hyperpop or electronic music
@@kittatro ive attempted it man, i attempted to learn piano but it just wouldn't connect at all. So I then took music theory and appreciation and it went much smoother.
100% the music is definitely the part that made me like osu, as well as the way certain maps are done. Just the feeling of your fingers moving at a nice pace. Plus once you've played it enough you can just zone out to the music and the sounds of the tapping on the keyboard
i used to be that guy who play popular competitive games until one day my group of friends (who is unfortunately not the same anymore) played a game called piano tiles and lo behold i have a friend who is really cracked at it and that shit was just fun competing against them until it just isnt.. and now i am completely alone with a new set of friends that i probably wont meet but had good connections with
Damn, people do be growing on their own and might diverge onto different paths. It's just so hard to let go when you have so many amazing memories, especially from your formative years as a teenager. Damn. I think I have to think about myself after watching this video now. Thank you, very inspiring!
I was osu royalty back in the day, that's how good I was. Fast as lightning and with a never failing sense of rhythm. After 12yrs of not playing though, I tried it again and found myself such a slow and clumsy abomination that I almost threw myself through the window. Osu is the most addictive game I have ever played, because you have to maintain your skills coooonstantly. And you've got to clock in an insane amount of hours to get even a little good in the first place. It's video game crack and demands your full attention for you to get god-tier. And once you get there. Man, well you never want to come down. A social life is not an option with osu though. Not a chance.
Thank you for making this. I feel this exact way about the game, when somebody walks up to me and asks “what video games do you play?” I just get nervous and don’t know how to answer the question, so I just say some random popular game. I never really knew how to pinpoint it, but yeah this really hit the nail on the head.
Yeah i used to feel the same way as well. I would say csgo just so I could have some conversation with them about a video game
You dont know how to be social?
@@imslightlybetterthanyou8365 imagine being so infatuated with yourself that you feel the need to comment on other comments by stating that you are better than them. Get a life, and stop making yourself feel better by pulling others down, and instead focus on yourself and improve upon it by means that don’t harm others.
@imslightlybetterthanyou8365 it's moreso that osu isn't known very well so you kinda have to figured out how to explain it. Plus anxiety is a real thing too it makes you worried that people are gonna hate you for liking something because it's not "normal"
Lol so relatable man osu mania is my game
But
Are we not gonna talk about the fact that he literally mapped his voice at 3:37
Like wow
You're right, it's not easy to find friends when you play non-mainstream games, i experienced this. But friendship can be formed out of alot of things/hobbies, the older you get the more irrelevant gaming in general affect your life. For me, friends who simply ignore or straight up kick you out of the group just because you no longer share similar interest is not your real friend, just "temporary for entertainment friend", i like to call them that.
osu is not as popular and it's very rare to find someone really enjoys it in the public, but if you do, it's like you just hit a jackpot and they no doubt will be your great friend cuz they themself also is in your situation. They understand and appreciate this rare relationship more than others.
That's all from me, stay safe and keep being yourself, good things will come eventually.
"temporary for entertainment friend" I've never heard of that term before but that's a really good way of describing those types of people. I've met some people that has played osu recently irl and it was easy to connect with them, which i feel like I can tell that they will be a long term friend.
@@SaowAngel would you say they’ll still be your friend if you stop playing osu? Are they just another temporary entertainment friend or a true friend?
@@yourallyJust my 2 cents: A true friend is someone you enjoy spending time regardless of what you're doing. If you're only friends with someone because you play a game together it doesn't make you two very compatible. If you friend stopped playing osu! but talks to you and still invites you to play other games or hang out, then I'd say they're a good friend. If you're interested, I'd recommend watching "They're not your friends" by Hamza Unfiltered
@@yorha.a2 yeah i agree! that's why I'm asking Saow whether or not they have truly made a friend or just found someone who happens to play the same game as them.
In my opinion, this is why people say you shouldn't get too absorbed into gaming or more like trying to make virtual 'friends'. I know this is really hard for some, especially with the pandemic. I, myself have fallen into this trap because I moved out to another country and as such the only way to communicate with my 10-year friends is via Internet. None of them however even play osu! or share the same passion as I do. This made me feel quite lonely since I couldn't speak French at the time and I wasn't able to make friends, and I didn't really like csgo or val. However, more people have to realise that life is not just Discord and Leah Kate. There's much more to it, and it is your endeavour to find what you want to do. I just focused on getting extremely high grades at school and learning the language. And of course, I still play the game almost on a daily basis for that dopamine :). Just make sure you are on a happy medium, and remember that being alone is not always bad, but you can take advantage of it. Superb video, I liked the editing :p
truly based comment
"life is not just Discord and Leah Kate" get this man a True...
@@puppeteer3964 Thank you kind man I now own a True,,,, Also hi Reisen
whats a leah kat
Holy shit what a relatable video, we are deadass living the same life. I also love the different formats of presentation in the video lmfao. From Valorant to google slides to the TED talk!
As someone who had a strong interest in playing Osu, it was difficult to connect with my friend group who preferred to play popular games like Valorant. While I tried to play these games to fit in, I quickly realized that they weren't as enjoyable for me as playing Osu. As a result, I found myself slowly drifting apart from my friend group as we no longer had a shared interest. It was isolating not being able to talk about something I was passionate about and these experiences led me to become more reserved in real life. However, I learned that it's important to be true to yourself and not force yourself to do things that you don't enjoy just to fit in. Instead, I began to seek out like-minded individuals who shared my passion for playing Osu and was able to form new friendships based on our common interest.
Goddamn great video not what I was expecting seeing the title lmao, i just wanna put my short story, idk why but just felt like it especially after watching the ending
I went from 'yea this is relatable' at the start to 'yea and this vid is funny' and ultimately to 'I'm feeling really sad right now this is too relatable' at the very end of this vid
I can resonate and relate with the many points you put out, I'm a mania player actually but I do dive into all other gamemodes (mainly taiko atm) and I do love many other rhythm games, back to mania though I did find out early on how special osu was and I could and I did make many good friends, something I couldn't really do for so long, I quickly found good friends due to constant multiplayer games and also being involved in tournaments all while improving in skill, slowly I became somewhat of a known and respectable player (well at least in tourney groups and locally). And I experience the exact same thoughts, what if I played a different game and was more sociable? What if I got a different hobby instead? Could I have gotten a part time job by now? How would my teenage life could have been?
Despite that I'm glad I stumbled upon this rhythm game world and always wished I did sooner, 6y into my rhythm gaming journey now osumania being my main one, I've played with many people, had great meetups and also played in extremely high lvl tournaments like mwc. While I always do feel like I lost valueble time and things I could have experienced I'm still happy that I chose this path.
Nobody will be playing a game forever but when you're playing it do remember to cherish every moment of it, because you'll miss it after you proceed to adulthood and that life. Once again amazing video, hopefully great things will come by for us rhythm gamers who has these similar experiences
I used up 20 minutes writing this thing I hope someone reads it 💀
Worth the 20 mins, what a nice story
Nice story, you should have felt proud of yourself 🙂
Oh look it leon.
Setting that aside, I also play mania and spent like most my teenage year playing. Then i got wrist pain which prevent me from playing like a year.
When i comeback, my skill is sh*t. Feels like those osu years gone to wasted. All those 4 years which i can use for my life but instead i keep playing osu gone like that. If only i didn't touch that game and just made friends in other game, i won't be this lonely.
Well, now i play valo and got some "friend"s which i usually spent time with, but occasionally, i play osu. I won't give up my dream to reach rank 2 in mania. Eventhough my peak rank was 7k now got knocked to 10k. But thankfully, i finally start to derusting
Btw, leon et
had a simillar situation where i started playing the game with my friends but after few months nobody played osu except for me. Was tough not to have anyone to play with or even talk about the game and when i tried they just brushed it off or didnt even reply. Made me play less so i can play more mainstream games to socialize with others even tho i wanted to focus on osu and become tourney player at some point. Luckly things werent like that for long and after few years im here now happy as ever. Seeing how many people had the same experiences lets me know that this is how it be with niche games and what not. Good vid and editing as always, also glad i could make you think about the message of the vid more with my message. Cheers
as an ex-osu player that moved onto adofai, i agree to this
yeah i would see adofai would be worse consisting how small the game is
This hits really close to home. Like you, I had a friend group that I would play with on a normal basis. We soon drifted apart after I got more into this circle clicker simulator game, while they hopped on the more trendier side of gaming. Even though I may not have the contact with my friends that I had back then, I found other friends with a similar taste and hobbies through osu. I do not regret it one bit. Amazing video as always bro! :D
The Ted talk montage was awesome ahah
On a more serious note, great video. I rarely post in comments but I felt the “me missing out on things because of osu!” altho I put that on human nature seeing more of the bad than the good. As you said I also met same minded people, got to truly enjoy a game for what it is, grind, map (which helped me understanding what putting work into sth you like is) and much more which made me into the person I am today.
Thanks for bringing the subject up !
i think my favorite part about the video is it being 7:27 long
very relatable, especially the part about league. it's just smth about it that takes your friends away from you when you don't like that game. I wonder if there's a deeper meaning to it
TF2 BASED!!!, also I love this meme-y editing style so much.
Damn, this is so relatable. I too got many people asking why don’t I play/stream more popular games so I could grow my channel faster and easier. But like, if I have to force myself to do something I don’t enjoy, and it’s playing video games of all things, why even do it. I play or do whatever that makes me happy. Sure, I’d love some clout but I’m never gonna be a sellout!
Making videos in a niche community makes you stand out better. So keep making videos about things you love!
The first year of osu! I was kinda addicted, like you said "playing other games felt like a chore".
But after the second year I started to distance myself from osu! because there was really no point to continue to play it. I'm getting back into it a little bit because I still enjoy improving while I still can.
also wysi
same for me, but instead i got used, nowadays i work 12h in a constructor, but when i get home, like 18pm i do some workout and either study or play something like sekiro, osu, dont know, but literally, many of my months was just about playing osu and because of that, my group of friends, that played together, was kinda relied on me, cuz i was the one giving the drive to play stuff, and because of that and everyone now workong or doing some self development, we dont have the same energy. i do have a girlfriend which makes it worse, i dont have even time to play osu, BUT I MANAGED, and im changing, playing every satuday till sunday 4am, life is hard, but the love you have makes it worth
Genuinely have felt the same way, main friend group all plays tarkov, Warzone and League and I am the only one who plays osu! I found getting to know your local / countries community on osu to be allot better and have been fortunate enough to meet many of the UK players and friends I have made on multiple occasions at Lan Events, but other than that, with how big of a community osu has it does feel like you kind of have no one around and no one to enjoy the game with. I played apex for 2 years after 'giving up' on osu, played that daily and enjoyed it but then once I got back into osu after apex getting so dry and boring on content I haven't touched that game properly in like 6+ months. One of the main things that has kept me connected with my main friend group tho is doing stuff that isn't gaming related like some TV nights, just chatting on call for hours about random stuff and just more so enjoying sports like NFL, NHL and F1, it's kinda weird how a friend group has adapted from gaming only to doing everything but I have just had to accept that osu! is completly seperate from my friend group, not hidden but just my own little thing even though it takes up allot of space in my own life. Also have had to get used to hearing the group all playing one game and just doing my own thing but listening out to keep up with the convos, I normally don't even bother to play osu in call as it's distracting + i used push to talk so it's hard to keep up with the convo.
ANYWAYS Long Story Short, You kinda learn who your main group of friends in as you grow older (i say that as I turn 20 next month -_-) and even if you don't enjoy the same games you can still enjoy a convo :)
i relate heavy to the distancing of friends based on the games we play, but mine started wayyy before i got into osu 2 years ago. i have odd tastes in almost everything, food, games, music, content creators i enjoy watching and even anime. so ive always found it hard to find a good group of friends that enjoy even 2 or 3 similar things to me, but i eventually found a group of friend that i just genuinely enjoy being around even if we arent playing anything. i mainly play osu and genshin and not a single one of them play but i still go into the chat and hangout because i enjoy their company and they dont care if im playing a different game. obviously it matters if you have at least 1 game that you can play together(for me its valorant) but finding a group of people that you dont even need to play games with to have a good time is very essential for us niche gamers. it also might help that im very very introverted and have gone months without interacting with any friends online or in person during covid.
This is pretty relatable for me. Except instead of osu, I just play a lot of genshin. People don't really like genshin that much since it's the 'pedo' game and a lot of my friends just play valorant a lot. I find it hard to join in with them even though they totally would be fine with me joining them, it's just that I'm not very good at shooter games and whenever I play everything in the game just seems very hard. As a result, I just play a lot of genshin by myself and have begun to get more distance from my friends.
I've had a similar experience as I also went to osu instead of valorant and now i am lonelier than i ever have been (i quit osu and im still lonely pls help)
it's ok buddy, life will get better
@@SaowAngel thanks man im sure it will
Relatable. Very good video. Keep up this type of content!
This video really resonated with me as a high level beat saber player too. I do feel like I grew apart from old friend groups who play those multiplayer games together. But at the same time, I’ve found a family in the beat saber community and I’ve met many amazing people through the game, many of whom I hang out with offline pretty often too. So I’d say beat saber has been a net positive on my social life despite all
This video is so relatable to most of the osu! community and even to myself as well, i stayed to osu because it was a game i enjoyed playing and i actually made friends and met friends irl from osu, but most of my irl friends while i was playing osu didnt really mind as well, some of my irls actually played osu cause of me and they’re hooked like all of us in the first time we got hooked as well. Im very happy i met alot of people in this community, if it was in tourneys and random discord servers.
Update (this video got recommended to me again): i got into maimai in mid-may this year, and i found a new community and i have been welcomed to a new perspective of rhythm games (only played osu and cytus), i really loved maimai and i still play it alot to this day, im already 14.5k starting from a beginner in may and never played osu alot since, i think this video just reminded me how i made my friends from osu and them transitioning to maimai, and me transitioning to maimai and the friends i made in the first place. maimai is a retirement home for osu players fr
lucky, i have no friends and just play osu all day. Been playing for 2 years and only ever had one person ask to do multiplayer with me. At least osu has chat so I can talk to other equally lonely people
Man, you are so good at editing
REAL
you are underrated, such a good video
Thanks!
Really good video. I find it pretty relatable but for me the case is a little different. In highschool i would barely find any people that actually played video games so sometimes i had to fit in with different topics that were pretty meh. And even after highschool the friends i have rn all play osu but they are slowly drifting away from the game. Im probably gonna be the last one standing since i make content for it 😅. Anyways great video bro keep it up 💪❤️. Cant wait to see your next project 😮
Yeah I've experienced that with my older osu friends. Like the players in my first tourney video (IVC) have all quit the game 😭.
But glad you enjoyed the video. I better be in your next collab 😂
i know the feeling you have. i have it too, you at least still enjoy one game. i dont really enjoy gaming anymore, i became more invested in music production, but from time to time i enjoy a few games of Overwatch, CoD and recently heartstone. id like to find a game where i can meet new people again but sadly in most games there are too many toxic people and before i could even meet cool people i get frustrated and continue working on music. why did multiplayer gaming change so much in the last few years? idk, maybe i just changed.
honestly i relate to this a lot, every secondary schooler on this planet either wants to play a fps game, fortnite, or some bumass football videogame, and so its very hard for me to find games in common with them (except for very specific stuff, like minecraft (everyone in this planet knows what that is!!)), so yeah, while my friends were playing cyberpunk i was beating demons on geometry dash 💀
So relatable. During quarantine my friend group mostly played Roblox games but for some reason one of us started playing osu! actively again and we all hopped ship. Fast forward a few months and now I'm the only one that plays actively but they're still playing Roblox games. I enjoy talking to them but a lot of the time I'm in a Discord call with them and I'm completely silent clicking away at circles.
I don't think I regret choosing osu! as my main game but sometimes it is really frustrating trying to talk to people about what games I play. No one knows about osu! and most people who do don't think much of the game. Most of the time when people ask me what games I play I just respond with "rhythm games." I really hope I can one day find a group of friends who also enjoy osu! as much as I do because it's 100% the game I love the most.
this video is actually too relatable
i used to be in friend groups that i played csgo, rust, and roblox with but eventually i came across osu and found it more enjoyable than other games
i talked to less people and eventually ghosted the friend groups i used to talk to because i wanted to play osu more than anything else
i was able to find a couple friends who also play osu and occasionally talk and play with but i definitely dont have as many friends to talk to as i had before
being also at the age where looking for a job is important and graduating soon doesn’t help either
good video man
you ghosted your friends just because you don't like similar games? you could've at least talked to them.
@@loganrh my bad, theres a lot of things i left out that led me to ghost them like them having racist humor or making fun of people who play osu and dismissing it as a weeb game, they weren’t exactly the friendliest bunch around
@@r1n548 ah. thanks for clarification
This video can be applied to more things in life than just OSU... Thanks for making this wonderful video.
damn this video hit home. almost everything here applies to me too. nice editing as well btw, good video
This video resonates with me so much, but the good aspect about playing osu is the pure amount of people that I met from other countries from around the world, and I'm still getting more of them. All the people I met in this game have similar traits or hobbies, as in my other friend group the only thing that connected me to them was the same games we played and the fact we speak the same language. Different cultures affected me as a person a lot and I learned to speak English more fluently as a result of needing it to communicate with others. If it wasn't for osu! I would've probably still sat in a vc with your typical raging, racist and homophobic Polish people and not even speak English at all.
Great video tho, I enjoyed it a lot and can't wait for more content from you, keep it up! :)
unironically the aspect of meeting people around the world from osu made me more interested in geography and different cultures. I wouldn't even known about some countries existence if it wasn't for meeting people around the world
@@SaowAngel same, I learn so much about different countries just from anecdotes that my friends tell me and all the stories they have. Also with different people, you have different viewpoints on the world and you can learn a lot from each one of them.
I can't really relate to the last sentence tho, cuz I was forced to learn every countries geographic location for my geography classes at school lol
Ain't no way bro made this 7:28 long 😭
we do a bit of trolling
That's incredibly relatable! It is sort of sad, yet I don't enjoy mainstream shooters, so it's a tough dilemma.
Short version: It's Osu
EDIT: By the way I know the feeling. This feels like I wrote this video, but replaced Geometry Dash with Osu.
It’s been a while since a video has resonated with me in such a personal way. I have some friends/acquaintances that I could become closer with/become friends with if I played Overwatch, but I really don’t have any interest in it. I love osu, but I started realizing how unhealthy the addiction was for my wellbeing and my grades, so I slowly dropped it. I’ll probably end up going back to it eventually, like I always do, but for now I don’t have a game I can escape into and I feel like part of me is missing. Maybe I should just made friends that play osu, but I struggle a lot with making and keeping online friends, so I don’t even bother anymore.
I hope the video helps you reflect and hopefully you can change for the better
Just do whatever you like, it doesn't matter what other people think, you can always find a place or people to fit in
I relate to the part where I reject the norm, but I do not lose social interaction, because I am able to talk to friends easily just due to me knowing stuff and usually being the one who asks questions. When I get asked the question, I say what I want, osu, I love the game (along with GD of all games) and will not lie about this stuff, cuz it's worthless, even then I usually divert convos to things both parties can understand and all is well. So all in all, I don't lose social interaction, more gain actually because I'm forced to think on the spot about what the person likes.
Thanks for making this video. I've recently been thinking a bit about the stuff you went over, its sort of nice seeing other people have similar situations to mine.
I feel the exactly same with For Honor. It Is a game that is sooooooooo not noob friendly, with such a cruel community that nobody wants to play with me. I've been playing the game for the past 3 years and there's a mission that's like "play with a friend" that i can never do and that just makes me remember how bad this game is but i keep playing.
This was me and then osu gave me trigger finger in all of my possible tapping fingers. Now every game that I am capable of playing just doesn't fulfill me as much as it used to.
I just started playing 4 days ago and was concerned after seeing your title
this is quite relatable, I do find my self playing games that I find boring just to connect with my friends and I didn't know that I wasn't alone in this. Good video :)
cool video! applicable to so many games and people i'm sure
This is all true. I can put myself into your position, as I'm in the same case as you. Sad that many people just don't care about the game you play, and just say "I don't give a f***, leave me"...
honestly I understand this. and sometimes this is just an issue of having bad friends. but sometimes you just need to move on
What will I be doing outside of OSU!
1.Continue doing youtube
2.Just go outside more, climb a mountain, drive in places you didn't visit
3.Gym, this is my best "time killer"
4.Watch podcasts (like huberman's)
5.Try out some random skills like doing a wheelie on a bike, ice skating, card throwing
6.Spend time with people that you like
7.Meditate (this lowers the baseline to dopamine, so you need less to fill fulfilled by a task)
8.Read
After you finish your daily tasks (that you put in) you can play games, and you will enjoy them more.
Games numb us. For most of us they make us feel empty.
this is so relatable. At some point I played just osu for pretty much the whole day and would get constantly made fun of for playing a clicking circle game and not some mainstream one like Valorant as you mentioned. It got to the point where I had to pretty much learn how to play valorant and thank god I was into it else I would genuinely have no friends lol. now whenever people ask me what games I play I just say valorant or some other game and hope they don't catch me playing osu.
As an avid player of the video game geometry dash which I have found has similar effects on its players as osu my trick to having a social life is to hide the fact I play this game from everyone I know
i play osu mania... sometimes, a lot of games fell off to me, i played fps shooters a lot, altho rhythm games really are my favorite type of games, i have a good friendgroup, we all play different games but still meet up in the middle a lot of times throughout, playing whole new games to all of us every once in a while, these are the type of friends to help you with relationships and get you through tough times. this is the type of friend group everyone needs but not everyone has.
when the pandemic started i was playing valorant and i meet a lot of people, but then i discoverd osu and i felt the exact same way that you felt in the video, but at the time i just didin't care that my real life friend group started to move on and played other games, but then i meet incredible people in the osu comunnity and then they become my new irl friends. I used to thougth that osu ruined my life, but actually made me a better person and made me meet people that i actually relate to. i hope u get the same way as the time pass and don't keep it like a life ruining moment. hope u the best!.
I can't believe the video's length. Instantly subscribed
This feels like a coming out video except you come out as an osu player. Especially the part at 5:58
the video 7 min 27 sec long
true work of art and efforts
u very pogchamp
Honestly amazing video! If i'm being frankly honest, I can't relate too much to this video because I never had any friends to play games with in the first place when I started osu! so osu taking up potential time I could be spending with friends was never an issue for me but despite that I can understand your points of views and perspectives! And the editing of this video is extremely engaging, please, if you were to switch to another game like valorant, keep your editing style or have it similar to this editing style, because I really do think its that good!
This is exactly how I felt about video games in general. I didn’t understand why I even played some games anymore, except that my friends played it. Then came osu! and although only 1 person I knew played it, it was fun. They don’t really play anymore, but I still enjoy the game.
this video's great!! thanks for this :D
I used to slave at a bunch of games with my friends that I didn’t enjoy or had lost the joy of playing them just so I can fit into a group and feel like a normal kid. Siege was getting stale, Minecraft wasn’t as fun as it used to be, forza got boring after a while, convincing people to play battlefield was like telling a rock to do a flip, etc. Once I began playing osu I stopped playing other games just because I enjoyed osu more. My friends either didn’t have a pc or weren’t interested in the game at all and at times even teased me for playing, but I just ignored it and played alone. Yes it’d get frustrating at times and yes I did feel like quitting on a few occasions, but that’s a cycle I’ve gone through almost every game. The thing about osu is no matter how many times I put down the pen, I’d find myself playing shortly after just because I genuinely do enjoy the game. And it’s thanks to this that I’ve found a community that I can be a part of. I’ve met people and interacted with them without feeling like I have to fake wanting to be there. Yes it seems childish to say I click circles all day outside of school and yes the weird looks are warranted, but at the end of the day it’s what I enjoy doing and to me that’s all that matters and that’s all that that should matter.
Usually when someone asks me: What games do you play? I just answer: I don’t play popular games, I play cold games(games that ppl doesn’t even care or see) because I enjoy them(e.g. Trailmakers Scrapmechanic, osu). Usually people just left me alone cuz of how they heard osu as a “circle clicking rythm game”. People who actually gets hooked into osu is when they started osu and then start failing 2 or 3 stars, normally people will just be like: this game is trash why would anyone play that(it’s called skill issue dude) but people who like osu will think that it’s challenging and fun. I actually convinced one of my friends to try to play osu just by showing replays of me playing osu, he thought it was cool(he’s a non anime person but he got hooked into it anyways idk why) and he said he would try it when he gets a better setup. The thing that triggered me into osu is actually for aim training. I am a pretty good fps player in my class but I still wanted to get better and since I’ve seen a few videos on osu I tried it out. But as soon as I played a few maps I realized that this is a rhythm game and a GOOD ONE. That’s how I got into osu.
Oh yea, there’s a saying that I saw once that is pertty funny and it’s true. (Insult and swearing warning)
Osu players don’t get bitches.
My friends were super cool about my osu addiction. We are all very busy so by the time we started getting together again to hop in discord I was already getting FCs on some 5 star maps. There were some nights where I just straight up didn't feel like playing whatever game they were, or was unusually skilled on that day, and I'd say something along the lines of, "I'm good for tonight, probably just gonna hop in the call and play osu." Not only were they cool with it, they would ask me to stream without being prompted so they could watch, and be amazed the entire time since none of them played themselves or even heard of it before. It probably helped that I would always ask if there was any maps they wanted me to find, but it also helped me immensely with gaining consistency as our sessions would last up to 8 hours at times, with me sitting there blindly hitting circles not really paying attention to the fact that I was becoming better because of it.
If your friends don't support your crippling rhythm game addictions can you really call them friends?
I feel like everyone just plays the popular shooters these days. I've tried to get into them but they just aren't as enjoyable as games like osu, project diva, and story/rpg games to me. When someone asks me "What games do you play?" I already know how it's gonna turn out lol. Someday I hope to meet someone that likes the same games as I do.
If osu ruined your life (or any game in general) you are either too young or too privileged.
I've been in the same exact scenario but with beatsaber. No matter how hard I try, I just don't seem to enjoy playing anything other than beatsaber anymore
I just dislike all videogames, they are so boring and meaningless. That was me until I discovered Osu and Geometry Dash. I still hate videogames in general, those are just the few exceptions, and I hate that literally anyone bothers to play the best games in history just to be in the trendy side of the industry. I don't have friends lol
Basically everything you said relates to me. I've played with my friends on CoD, then Fortnite, then Rocket League, etc. But now, with osu!, I don't really know anyone who plays it around me, so I don't really have anyone to talk about osu!. I already was a person struggling to make friends, but now I have even less. But since I was used to it already, it didn't affected me. osu! made me discover so many songs, genres, artists (I fell in love with Camellia songs) etc. and I just love the osu! community and the other ones close to it so much that I consider osu! as the best game I've ever played. I have so much fun playing the songs I like (especially since music really means something to me). I've never had so much fun playing a game.
So thank you ppy, for creating this game, and thank you Miraie, for making me discover osu! and play it.
Really great video man !
Have a nice day !
have a nice day as well
So many people relate to this video, me included. I dont regret my decisions though. I enjoy playing league of legends with my highschool friends from time, and I actually actively enjoy playing rocket league now, so thats an easy conversation starter. I wouldn't replace my online friends I met through the game for anything in the world though
super relatable,i play modern tetris and osu and just enjoy the game but feel very akward when im being asked what game i play because alot of time people now days only become friend because of the same game they play or interest.After few year or so quite many of the people i know which i used to play with move on playing other game leaving me behind which i honestly feel sad but i still play the game because i like it.
Thanks for making this video cuz I’m experiencing something similar, so this is like therapy(???) for me. After watching this video I feel more confident in my taste in games that I genuinely enjoy playing.
Video length
ive been playing osu! for close to 5 years now and i do not regret any part of it! 50% of that i used to be very ashamed about talking about this circle clicking game but i somehow after a while got used to it and don't feel embarassed anymore since i'm proud of the game i play, i respect btmc when he advertises/talks about osu! outside of the circle i used to feel cringe when he does it but now i just really respect him.
Wow! I've never played osu before, but this wad still such a well made and relatable video to watch. Thanks for making this!
I relate to this on a personal level.I'm a huge persona,dj max(specifically the portable series),Lumines and beatmania iidx fan and bc of this it's hard for me to make friends.When I come across people that play video games(which is quite uncommon here in Romania) they usually play generic popular games and it sucks bc I just want to make friends that like the same stuff that I do. Every time I finally get some one to play persona they quit saying they don't have enough time and every time I try to talk to someone about beatmania they just brush me off.
The quality of this video is insane keep It up
Yeah I struggle with the exact same problem. I making it my mission to find osu friends that I can enjoy just being around either it be a discord call or just a multi lobby
Same is with ffxiv, as i started playing this game, I already became addicted (9 yrs ago), same was with osu and tekken, don't play this kind of games if you're not sure what you will be addicted to it, cuz of this i lost my old friends and didn't wanna to play games i play, but there was an exception, i found another friends what i trust much more than old ones, so it depends on your luck
Yeah it's all about putting yourself out there to meet new like-minded people and I'm glad you were able to find that
TLDR - osu has caused me pain, and I used it to improve my life.
I don't relate to this video too much, but I see where it's coming from.
My experience has been a little different, and it overall made me realize my nature and change my perspective in life into something positive for the most part.
To start, I personally experienced that disinterest in playing other games with my irl friends and it made me struggle a lot with what I should do.
When getting into the osu community, it taught me the difference between something real and fake, what kind of environment to be in or not, and the good and bad side of people online. There were times where I would cry due to the problems I battled within myself when talking to people on osu.
The game itself has been a problem at times as well. I loved gaining ranks and just going full mode on maps. But when I start to struggle throughout multiple days, it takes a toll and makes me think if its worth it to continue playing.
Throughout time though, I think I reached epiphanies and saw the repeating cycle of both my social life and mental life because of osu.
I have since then tried to just stay passive and neutral, really distancing myself from the community and trying not to be involved in specific groups for too long.
On the mental side, I slowly changed my mindset to something more positive and it helped me cope when I struggle.
Now, I'm in a good spot when it comes to relations with school, friends, family, and my physical and mental health, and I dedicate part of it to osu.
Honestly, this is just relatable as fuck man, even my friends don't care about me cuz i don't like watching animie and just... play some video games and even hell! The game I like, most of the people wouldn't even know cuz it's a more popular in japan and the game is brawler/beat 'em up/ an open "hub" world game. I mean the game is popular in western as well... but for my country which is bangladesh/west bengali, like not even a single "gamer" played it, like I showed an clip of Akirya Nishkiyama boss fight from yakuza kiwami without spoiling anything and he thought it was apperantly a "GTA clone" even tho it was a fucking beat em up and showed him the goffyness of yakuza kiwami 2 street fight's and he thought it was even more gta clone cuz you face off gangster's and yakuza's and other types of crime related people, and then he just gave up. One day i showed an street fight on convinence store yakuza kiwami 2 clip and he had the most potential to understad that it's a hidden gem, and even played Yakuza 0 and completed most of the early substories, mini games, sidestories. When everything looked good, he got carried away by one piece and yah, this is where i am at, hell most of the people dont even know me irl but as just some dude without life.
my internet operator ruined my life, if not him i would no have 200 ping jumps 10 time in a minute and enjoy playing multiplayer games
dam this video is super relatable. im currently in the stage where all my friends started playing league and i dont have anything to do with them.
playing osu is that one clip from the angry birds movie where everyone is distancing themselves from red
I got addicted to osu! but then found SDVX, went down to the one arcade in Manhattan that has it, met a really cool guy, and now I'm part of a group of NYC arcade-goers
Also, a few weeks ago, I went to this arcade in Vegas (Game Nest, holy shit they have EVERYTHING) to try out the SDVX cab there, watched someone play Chunithim, asked them about it, and now we're friends I guess (and I'm addicted to Chuni now)
IMO going to similar games is fun, and it being at an arcade is even funner
amazing video!! wish you the best in future ventures!
I left osu about 2 months ago so there's the reasons: yes, I became more lonely than before bc I had to sit at home and spent so much time for play this game; to keep progressing you have to play osu regularly, so I was getting angry every single time when I didn't see really noticeable changes or even got worse on some maps; in the end of the way I've rarely felt happiness while playing even after some days/weeks without osu; so if u want to train ur skill u have to play osu very often, and now I can't enjoy the game while being at the same skill lvl so I can't just sometimes play osu and get happy, everytime when I see a rude mistakes I understand that I'm just not good enough, and I want become better and the only decision here is not to play osu in this situation because I DO NOT want to play osu very often and I DO NOT accept mistakes that I can deny if only trained my skill. I got 2k pp with Tillerino and quit w. That was interesting experience anyway. My goal before quit was an fc 6* I Can't Wait by Celldweller, but I realized that I need one more year or even more to get this score so I Can't Wait. That much:) my life period is really important and it would be a huge mistake to give myself to osu just for that goal, and then I got the idea: the jokes about touching grass and not having a gf isn't the jokes anymore. This is harsh reality
this is so accurate lol
good video!
Alright ,all beside that .Why no one talk about the video length is 7:27?
Been playing Osu! Mania for almost a decade now (2014) as well as other rhythm games (love live, enstars, guitar hero series, adofai, o2jam, deemo, blackstar theater, hypnosis mic, cytus, many other rhythm games) and a lot of what you talked about really resonated with me. It's hard fitting in when you play games like this bc rarely anyone plays it irl. Then when you do get someone into it, they get frustrated due to the learning curve, or get bored fast.
Also the comment at the beginning about not knowing a woman's touch if you play certain games is always so funny when you're a woman yourself
*never been touched by a man
This happens to me to, I think it’s called being a HEAVY introvert.
I don’t mean heavy as in weight.
Good Video. Good editing style and background noises.
Osu! Feels best when it's not forcing to play. Valorant doesn't need to be an alternative when you don't like it. Do something where you have fun and get to see something outside of gaming (Real life). Could be easier to talk about something when it's not especially gaming related.
Great video! So relatable, i need to find someone who enjoys playing osu too
Amen brother stay strong and like always see you next time.
That's kinda weird, now I don't play video games at all anymore but my friends group is still the same as when I did. Sometimes I join their discord call even though I'm not playing the game with them and they're okay with that, and we meet quite often so I don't feel lonely or anything
This is me but I hopped from osu mania to beat saber and I have a crippling addiction
the second you download osu its like you just signed a contract to never leave
saying why i should quit osu and making this video 7:27 minutes at the same time. it doesn't match at all...