Rename "Double time" to "2x speed" [invalid]

Explorer09

Joined November 2009

Topic Starter

Explorer09 2009-12-05T11:31:06+00:00

These 2 mods' names are quite confusing.

For example, "Double time" means the song length are doubled, thus the song should be slower. However, it became faster when enabled.

Therefore,
"Double time" should be renamed into "2x speed"
"Half time" should be renamed into "0.5x speed"

Sinistro

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Sinistro 2009-12-05T12:19:49+00:00

Unfortunately, Double Time does not actually double the speed of the beatmap, and Half Time does not halve it. They're just names that make you think of faster/slower speed. So your suggestion, if implemented, would make things even more misleading/confusing.

I guess an alternative suggestion could be to change the mod names so that they don't have any mention of numbers...

rust45

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rust45 2009-12-05T12:22:24+00:00

I find this completely unnecessary and a waste of time on plenty of skinner's parts. It's pretty easy to figure out what half time and double time mean since double time is in the row of mods to make the game harder, and halftime in is the row of mods to make it easier.

Besides, in music terms, "time" is basically the tempo of the song(Please correct me if I'm wrong, I know I'm on the right track) thus double time and half time make sense in word usage.

deadbeat

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deadbeat 2009-12-05T14:39:50+00:00

rust45 wrote:
I find this completely unnecessary and a waste of time on plenty of skinner's parts. It's pretty easy to figure out what half time and double time mean since double time is in the row of mods to make the game harder, and halftime in is the row of mods to make it easier.

Agree

LuigiHann

Resident Skinner

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Here since the beginning

LuigiHann 2009-12-05T20:20:26+00:00

In Tae Bo, when they speed up, they call it Double Time

Also, you can see a description of each mod if you hover your cursor over it, and really, the very worst case scenario is that somebody starts to play with the wrong mod, in which case it should become immediately obvious what that one does, and by extension, what the other one does.

Nakata Yuji

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Joined April 2009

Nakata Yuji 2009-12-06T03:57:44+00:00

I'm going to have to say that this is useless. After all, which sounds more appealing, double time or ....2x...speed...

Atmey

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Joined October 2008

Atmey 2009-12-06T06:09:36+00:00

I some times tend to change it on skin level.

peppy

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