History YMMV / Osu

* MemeticMutation:
** [[https://osu.ppy.sh/s/25 Airman is undefeatable.]]
*** [[https://osu.ppy.sh/s/24313 This version]] lends credence to the idea.
** [[https://osu.ppy.sh/s/5807 FOUR CORNERS OF DOOM.]]
** [[BigNo NAAAAAAAAA!]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VBZGrMqSb58 THE PEN STOPPED WORKING!]]
*** And it was at the end of a 52 minute marathon map too...
*** THE PEN STOPPED TWERKING!
** [[TheSimpsons Once you're here,]] [[https://i.imgur.com/zc4fvqF.png you're here forever.]][[note]]Referencing how notoriously difficult it is to quit the game, especially for a lot of top players who inevitably come back.[[/note]]
** [[https://twitter.com/shigetora_twit/status/650479183265529856 how about fc cry thunder first and say that me again]][[note]]In some friendly banter, Cookiezi snaps back at Happystick with this after being called out on not being able to full combo Ice Angel +HR (a comparatively easier map). Its terse delivery and poor grammar have led it to be a huge meme in the community, with it being brought up ''every time'' someone makes any sort of play on a Cry Thunder map, especially if someone manages to full combo it (where someone will inevitably say that X player can now "say that him again").[[/note]]
** Ohio State University[[note]]When you search "osu" on Google, results for Ohio State University (or OSU) will inadvertently come up instead of the game's website. This has led many to joke that "osu!" actually stands for the university's name. Students of the university have also taken notice of this, in part due to their subreddit occasionally getting posts about the game. See FriendlyFandoms above.[[/note]]
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UYNpkDrCWtA Cookiezi's 727pp Blue Zenith +HR play]], the new pp record at the time, was a choke, thus turning the number "727" into a huge in-joke in the community.
*** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eQSVuIT9wUE Cookiezi would later revisit the map]] with Hidden + Hard Rock. The result? He got 727pp. ''Again''.
** [[https://www.reddit.com/r/osugame/comments/6663hf/imperial_dead_bicycle_lol/ imperial dead bicycle lol]]
** [[https://www.reddit.com/r/osugame/comments/4vj1j3/my_thoughts_on_azer/ Azer isn't so great? Are you kidding me?]]
*** It gets even funnier when you realize that this copypasta is originally from the competitive ''[[VideoGame/SuperSmashBros Smash]]'' community, about a player whose name was ''also "Alex."''
*** Someone actually paid real money to have this copypasta recited. Azer [[https://clips.twitch.tv/LachrymoseUgliestPidgeonBCouch absolutely loses it.]]
** [=HowlWater=]'s [[https://www.reddit.com/r/osugame/comments/7qqf4m/howlwater/ doubletapping]][[note]][=HowlWater=] is infamous in the community for being one of the most blatant cheaters in the game. His "playstyle" involved double tapping, which is essentially mashing both hit keys to increase your chances of hitting the next note, at the cost of your accuracy. This was seen as a "cheesy" way to play and a poor cover-up for his cheating antics, and as such, was mocked and memed on by the entire community.[[/note]]
** [[https://www.reddit.com/r/osugame/comments/8loyvc/totoki_is_now_restricted/dzhbqyv/ Totoki Replay Editor]][[note]]After former top player Totoki was exposed of cheating, not only in solo play but [[MoralEventHorizon also in a tournament with a cash prize]], and was restricted, prominent community member Mismagius (Blue Dragon) adapted the Burger King Foot Lettuce copypasta to mock Totoki's actions, which became a copypasta in the community.[[/note]]
** The United States' tournament players are quite interesting personalities with several memorable moments to their names.
*** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-yhAncY4Aws OH MY GOD TOY, OH MY GOD DAMNIT, WHAT THE FUCK]] (sound warning)[[note]]Toy, one of the best tourney players of all time, is infamous for being unlucky during pre-match rolling, which decides who gets to pick the first map.[[/note]]
*** [[https://osu.ppy.sh/users/2644828 t[-_-t[=]=]]][[note]]The current username of an American player, the high [=BPM=] and finger control specialist Tony, who has a history of odd username changes including "legendcrazyman" and "[[JustForPun he rack]]." He made this change shortly before OWC 2019, to the chagrin of every commentator who had to explain who the man behind this FlippingTheBird username was.[[/note]]
*** fieryrage is the only player in history who has gotten the pp record [[https://www.reddit.com/r/osugame/comments/aplt9x/fieryrage_koda_kumi_guess_who_is_back_tv_size/ on their own map]].
*** [[https://youtu.be/UJK3WH-dyKM?t=125 Aireu在Lil'Slugger戰役中得到91％]][[note]]In an accuracy-based tournament, top player Aireu (then known as lain) got 91.54% on a map known as "The Battle of Lil' Slugger", costing his team the point. His team was one point away from winning the tournament, and after this throw, they suffered a brutal reversal with their opponents being able to force the tiebreaker, but luckily managed to win. His teammates then spammed this after the tournament ended as a jab towards his performance.[[/note]]
*** This copypasta has since been adapted to fit other tournament contexts, and is even used when the resulting sentence is nonsensical, such as "[[https://www.reddit.com/r/osugame/comments/jhduko/boleks_cringe_moment_in_owc_qualifier/ Finnish在OWC戰役中得到Scandal]][[note]]which roughly translates to "Finnish got Scandal in The Battle of OWC."[[/note]]".
*** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LID3iX2royY Yes, BITCH! ... ...FUCK!]][[note]]Apraxia, the USA's captain in the World Cup, infamously tried to BM his opponents by taking a screenshot of the team's 4-way full combo... and then drops the combo, and the 4-way, because of it.[[/note]]
** The Intercambing Method[[note]]Refers to top Chilean player Intercambing, who is one of the strongest tournament players in the country, with his "method" being, of course, carrying his team to victory. Usually accompanied by a Zalgo distortion for emphasis.[[/note]]
** whiteDOABLE[[note]]A tweet that was meant as a motivation post replaced the second half of players' usernames (in this case the current #1 [=WhiteCat=]) with a positive trait associated with that player. Due to how ridiculous the resulting names sounded, the community memed on them, sarcastically using them in place of the actual words.[[/note]]
** X is ''osu!'' original song[[labelnote:Explanation]]Due to a lot of songs being [[SongAssociation associated with]] ''osu!'' even if they originated in other rhythm games, a lot of critics of the game and its community like to sarcastically remark that so-and-so song is an "osu original song", with [[VideoGame/SoundVoltex "Brain Power"]] being one of the most common candidates, especially once it got removed from ''VideoGame/SoundVoltex'' where the song was first released.[[/labelnote]]

** [[https://osu.ppy.sh/s/93523 Image Material]], mapped by Scorpiour, is notorious for how difficult it is to FC. Due to its length, high BPM, and frequent streams, the best that anyone could manage for a long time was a high combo with a few misses or sliderbreaks at the end. Image Material was thus regarded as a "cursed map" in the community for over two years, until Cookiezi FC'ed the map in late 2015. There's only been one other FC since then, and even some of the best modern speed players struggle to pull all the way through.

*** "A guy who [[https://osu.ppy.sh/users/2644828 literally puts a name to a face]]."[[note]]American "speed demon" Tony is known and feared for his high BPM streaming and finger control abilities. He's also known for having some of the most ridiculous usernames in the top 500. Initially known as "legendcrazyman," he changed his name to "[[JustForPun he rack]]" (which has been a gold mine for puns) and then "[[FlippingTheBird t[-_-t[=]=]]]" right before OWC 2019, to the chagrin of every commentator who had to explain who he was.[[/note]]

*** [[https://youtu.be/UJK3WH-dyKM?t=125 Aireu在Lil'Slugger戰役中得到91％]][[note]]Pay attention to when Aireu (lain)'s score comes up. Roughly translates to what you would expect - "Aireu got 91% on The Battle of Lil'Slugger" - something that wasn't ideal, to say the least, in a tournament where the win condition was accuracy. A Chinese-speaking player would soon take notice of this blunder and perpetuate this statement whenever Aireu showed up for an important tournament match.[[/note]]

* FandomRivalry: With various other RhythmGame series. Fans of other series scoff at the excessive number of {{Anime Theme Song}}s, scoring that is based excessively on combo and modifiers, and lack of original content. Players of ''osu!'' defend the user content-based gameplay and the fact that the game is "free" (insofar that the game doesn't cost money, never mind the sheer degree of copyright infringement regarding the beatmaps).
* FriendlyFandoms: Not necessarily a fandom, but the subreddits for [[AcronymConfusion osu! and Ohio State University (OSU)]] get along quite well. osu! started as a mild source of annoyance for r/OSU due to many confused players posting osu! content on their subreddit, but the two communities have since made peace and collaborated on April Fools' jokes, where they "swap" discussion topics for a day and intentionally play into the confusion. In fact, [[https://www.reddit.com/r/OSU/comments/4cv7zy/throwback_to_cookiezis_727pp_play/ Cookiezi's Blue Zenith play]] is still one of the highest-rated posts on the ''university subreddit''. Of course, osu! players who go to OSU [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r-rkjvgKnJ8 have the best of both worlds]].

** Ohio State University[[note]][[AcronymConfusion When you search "osu" on Google, results for Ohio State University (or OSU) will inadvertently come up instead of the game's website.]] This has led many to joke that "osu!" actually stands for the university's name. Students of the university have also taken notice of this, in part due to their subreddit occasionally getting posts about the game. See FriendlyFandoms above.[[/note]]

* FriendlyFandoms: Not necessarily a fandom, but the subreddits for osu! and Ohio State University (OSU) get along quite well. osu! started as a mild source of annoyance for r/OSU due to many confused players posting osu! content on their subreddit, but the two communities have since made peace and collaborated on April Fools' jokes, where they "swap" discussion topics for a day and intentionally play into the confusion. In fact, [[https://www.reddit.com/r/OSU/comments/4cv7zy/throwback_to_cookiezis_727pp_play/ Cookiezi's Blue Zenith play]] is still one of the highest-rated posts on the ''university subreddit''. Of course, osu! players who go to OSU [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r-rkjvgKnJ8 have the best of both worlds]].

** Ohio State University[[note]]When you search "osu" on Google, results for Ohio State University (or OSU) will inadvertently come up instead of the game's website. This has led many to joke that "osu!" actually stands for the university's name. Students of the university have also taken notice of this, in part due to their subreddit occasionally getting posts about the game. See FriendlyFandoms above.[[/note]]

*** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eQSVuIT9wUE Cookiezi would later revisit the map]] with Hidden as well as Hard Rock. The result? He got 727pp. ''Again''.

** [[https://www.reddit.com/r/osugame/comments/4vj1j3/my_thoughts_on_azer/ Azer isn't so great? Are you kidding me?]] Taken from the competitive ''[[VideoGame/SuperSmashBros Smash]]'' community, of course, but it has seen comparable popularity in both communities, if not more in osu!
*** [[https://clips.twitch.tv/LachrymoseUgliestPidgeonBCouch Clip of Azer watching a paid "message in a bottle" recitation of this copypasta on stream]]. He absolutely loses it.
** [[https://osu.ppy.sh/u/2757689 Toy]] is known for not only his tournament prowess but also his abnormally low rolls in said tournaments (Sound warnings for the below clips as a certain teammate of his gets ''very'' angry):
*** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-yhAncY4Aws OH MY GOD TOY]]
*** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_BIMghSax6g He does it again!]]
** [[https://www.reddit.com/r/osugame/comments/ee08uy/spoilers_united_states_vs_south_korea_owc_2019/fbmrkf0/ Aireu在Lil'Slugger戰役中得到91％]]

** [[TheSimpsons Once you're here,]] [[https://i.imgur.com/zc4fvqF.png you're here forever.]]
** [[https://twitter.com/shigetora_twit/status/650479183265529856 how about fc cry thunder first and say that me again]]

** X is ''osu!'' original song[[labelnote:Explanation]]Due to a lot of songs being [[SongAssociation associated with]] ''osu!'' even if they originated in other rhyth games, a lot of critics of the game and its community like to sarcastically remark that so-and-so song is an "osu original song".[[/labelnote]]

** There are several ranked maps that seem to have been designed to be un-FC'able, such as [[https://osu.ppy.sh/s/216979 Apparition]] and [[https://osu.ppy.sh/s/480651 The Promethean Kings]]. No score on the leaderboard is even close to a Full Combo, as these maps are so long and so straining that they are likely above the capabilities of any of the top players right now.

*** The gradual shift from "free OBO/EBA clone for fun" towards competitive scene, and the way it streamlined ranked beatmaps, also led to CasualCompetitiveConflict, during which a lot of early players eventually migrated to other rhythm games.

** The questionable legality of all the beatmaps[[note]]Theoretically, it's possible that permission was granted to use all of these anime OP and ED songs and music game tracks for the game, but that would require ''extreme'' kindness on behalf of copyright holders and beatmap makers to be rich enough to pay the necessary royalties, especially when several Japanese record labels are notorious for saying "no" to any sort of export and routinely block [=YouTube=] users outside of Japan from viewing any videos with songs they own the rights to. Furthermore, since osu! servers are run in the United States, they usually obey DMCA letters from copyright owners. A notorious example is in 2015, when osu! received their first DMCA letter. For nobody's surprise, it was the Recording Industry Association of Japan which demanded several songs to be removed. They have also received DMCA letters of visual novel developers (keep in mind that many visual novel developers shuns the overseas market as they don't want their games to be exposed to foreigners).[[/note]], especially when coupled with the game's subscription service[[note]]Which means that the developers are potentially profiting off of piracy given that beatmaps are hosted on infrastructure that they own[[/note]], is a major point of contention.

** The questionable legality of all the beatmaps[[note]]Theoretically, it's possible that permission was granted to use all of these anime OP and ED songs and music game tracks for the game, but that would require ''extreme'' kindness on behalf of copyright holders and beatmap makers to be rich enough to pay the necessary royalties, especially when several Japanese record labels are notorious for saying "no" to any sort of export and routinely block [=YouTube=] users outside of Japan from viewing any videos with songs they own the rights to.[[/note]], especially when coupled with the game's subscription service[[note]]Which means that the developers are potentially profiting off of piracy given that beatmaps are hosted on infrastructure that they own[[/note]], is a major point of contention.

* FanNickname:
** osu! users can add their own nicknames to their "highlights" list.
** Peppy, the lead developer of the game, is occasionally called Pepsi.
** Cookiezi is often called C, or "Shige," after his preferred handle Shigetora.
* FandomBerserkButton:
** Inverted; referring to a song that debuted in another RhythmGame as a song from ''osu!'' is a quick way to draw the ire of fans of that particular game.
** Played straight when a top player- someone who holds a lot of respect and influence in the community- is outed as a cheater. Made worse if said player [[CrossesTheLineTwice cheats in a community tournament that awards cash prizes]], and/or ends up [[DeathIsASlapOnTheWrist unbanned later]] despite their transgressions.

** Played straight when a top player- someone who holds a lot of respect and influence in the community- is outed as a cheater. Bonus points if they end up unbanned later.

* GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff: This game, made by someone from Australia, has huge fanbases in North America and Japan. Even then, osu!'s community is very diverse, and you'll find players from a majority of developed countries in North America, South America, Europe and Asia, but not too many players from Australia.

*** Defenders of these maps argue that they are fun to play because they read so cleanly, and that mapping for pp is not an intrinsically bad thing because players will still gravitate towards the maps that happen to be overweighted regardless. Opponents of this practice claim that plays on "pp maps" are not impressive and that they decrease the uniqueness of players' top plays, as everyone will have to play them to stay competitive.

** Modifiers were intended to make beatmaps harder, but they can also be abused to increase the value of "pp maps". The Overall Difficulty ("OD") parameter is what scales most heavily with pp, which makes sense, as it controls how difficult it is to get good accuracy on a map. However, on a map with simple rhythms, this [[FakeBalance hardly matters to experienced players]]. If a mod increases OD, you can be sure that players will use it on overweighted maps to make them even more valuable.
*** The Hidden mod, or "HD," is also a topic of contention in the community. It only makes notes fade out, and does not actually make the map mechanically harder. Back when pp maps were not as prevalent, the score and pp bonuses it gave were fine, since [[HardModePerks putting Hidden on a balanced map does make it more difficult to follow]]. However, many argue that on many modern pp maps, Hidden is purely preference as they're so easy to read and follow that it makes no difference. Owing to this, [[https://github.com/ppy/osu-performance/issues/45 Hidden has recently been rebalanced]] to {{Nerf}} its bonus on low-density jump maps.

*** It is also required to pass this map in order to get an achievement for completing every song in the "Video Game Pack No.1" map pack. Since this is the only song in the pack with one difficulty, and passing it is not easy for Novice players, quite a bit of wrath is generated in the process of trying to beat it.

* FanNickname: Peppy is occasionally called Pepsi. Also, osu! users can add their own nicknames to their "highlights" list.
* FandomBerserkButton: Inverted; referring to a song that debuted in another RhythmGame as a song from ''osu!'' is a quick way to draw the ire of fans of that particular game.

** The pp system, that is intended to balance scores between maps with a wide variety of max combos but also makes plays that aren't Full Combos almost always worthless.
** Modifiers multiply your score. One of these modifiers multiplies the speed of the song by 1.5x to give a score multiplier of 1.12x. So, to get a top-ranking score, you ''have'' to use it, which not only [[FakeDifficulty artificially inflates the difficulty of the beatmap]], but also will probably make the song sound terrible.

** The questionable legality of all the beatmaps[[note]]Theoretically, it's possible that permission was granted to use all of these anime OP and ED songs and music game tracks for the game, but that would require ''extreme'' kindness on behalf of copyright holders and beatmap makers to be rich enough to pay the necessary royalties, especially when several Japanese record labels are notorious for saying "no" to any sort of export and routinely block [=YouTube=] users outside of Japan from viewing any videos with songs they own the rights to.[[/note]], especially when coupled with the game's subscription service[[note]]Which means that the creators are potentially profiting off of piracy[[/note]], is a major point of contention.

** The questionable legality of all the beatmaps[[note]]Theoretically, it's possible that permission was granted to use all of these anime OP and ED songs and music game tracks for the game, but that would require ''extreme'' kindness on behalf of copyright holders and beatmap makers to be rich enough to pay the necessary royalties.[[/note]], especially when coupled with the game's subscription service[[note]]Which means that the creators are potentially profiting off of piracy[[/note]], is a major point of contention.

** The questionable legality of all the beatmaps[[note]]Theoretically, it's possible that permission was granted to use all of these anime OP and ED songs and music game tracks for the game, but that would require ''extreme'' kindness on behalf of copyright holders and beatmap makers to be rich enough to pay the necessary royalties.[[/note]], especially when coupled with the game's subscription service, is a major point of contention.

** The questionable legality of all the beatmaps[[note]]Theoretically, it's possible that permission was granted to use all of these anime OP and ED songs for the game, but that would require ''extreme'' kindness on behalf of copyright holders and beatmap makers to be rich enough to pay the necessary royalties.[[/note]], especially when coupled with the game's subscription service, is a major point of contention.

* FandomRivalry: With various other RhythmGame series. Fans of other series scoff at the excessive number of {{Anime Theme Song}}s, scoring that is based excessively on combo and modifiers, and lack of original content. Players of ''osu!'' defend the user content-based gameplay and the fact that the game is free.

** The questionable legality of all the beatmaps, especially when coupled with the game's subscription service, is a major point of contention.

* GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff: This game, made by someone from Australia, has huge fanbases in North America and Japan.
** In fact, osu!'s community is very diverse, and you'll find players from a majority of developed countries in North America, South America, Europe and Asia, but not too many players from Australia. Not even anyone in the top #100 players in Performance Points are from Australia!
*** [[https://osu.ppy.sh/u/557197 Tokichii]] and [[https://osu.ppy.sh/u/557197 JappyBabes]] would beg to differ.

** ''osu!'' is meant to simulate ''Ouendan'' and EBA. Unfortunately, this includes whatever Scrappy Mechanics the source games have, including spinners (which beatmap creators seem to be obsessed with, especially when making harder maps) and the very, VERY combo-based scoring system.
** Now maps that abuse spinners are considered unrankable (it doesn't stop some maps occasionally being ranked when they have overly long spinners). Also, now there is the pp system, that balances scores between maps with a wide variety of max combos (but also makes plays that aren't Full Combos almost always worthless).

** Playing with a mouse is this for some players, particularly those who can't afford a tablet or a touchscreen, due to the worrying potential to get carpal tunnel syndrome (playing with a tablet or a touchscreen won't save you from carpal tunnel syndrome, though).

** [[https://osu.ppy.sh/s/25 This]] version of Team Nekokan's "Can't Defeat Airman" has become a meme within the osu! community itself as being "That One Song." Despite being easier than [[https://osu.ppy.sh/s/24313 Blue Dragon's]] version or [[https://osu.ppy.sh/s/24313 Sushi's version]], it is still considered very difficult to pass.

* FanNickname: peppy is occasionally called pepsi. Also, osu! users can add their own nicknames to their "highlights" list.