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**TC_Halogen** · 12-19-2010, 09:37 AM

Well, one of the biggest differences in play counts can be the release date. You have to figure that DP was released MUCH later down the line than Revolutionary Etude was (when there were more users). Death Piano has a tendency to be in the top 10 daily played songs. However, when comparing the top ranks of the songs, you'll have a lot of newer players (and newer elites/pros) who care about playing/scoring well on a file that is genuinely hard (Death Piano), in comparison to one that contains artificial difficulty (in Revo's case, background, all blue note, etc.). If you want the best comparison of difficulties, you might want to compare two files that have near the same release date and have the near the same difficulty level.

Alternatively, there might be people on alternate accounts tearing up the ranks of newer songs as well.

There could be other factors though - I'm not sure. Great topic, it's definitely something that I wonder now.

12-19-2010, 09:37 AM	#2
TC_Halogen Rhythm game specialist. Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Bel Air, Maryland Age: 34 Posts: 19,376	Re: ranks Well, one of the biggest differences in play counts can be the release date. You have to figure that DP was released MUCH later down the line than Revolutionary Etude was (when there were more users). Death Piano has a tendency to be in the top 10 daily played songs. However, when comparing the top ranks of the songs, you'll have a lot of newer players (and newer elites/pros) who care about playing/scoring well on a file that is genuinely hard (Death Piano), in comparison to one that contains artificial difficulty (in Revo's case, background, all blue note, etc.). If you want the best comparison of difficulties, you might want to compare two files that have near the same release date and have the near the same difficulty level. Alternatively, there might be people on alternate accounts tearing up the ranks of newer songs as well. There could be other factors though - I'm not sure. Great topic, it's definitely something that I wonder now.