[Dynam0]

My original post way back was focused on DP/RATO oops. But on the issue of the actual thread:

It's been said that Crowdpleaser ranks aren't an accurate measure of skill due to 'gimmicks' being needed to FC the file. This is true and I myself have only FC'd it once by vibrating it. Improving your max vibration speed is totally doable but it requires hours upon hours of practicing it, so it seems much more efficient to learn the overlay method. 99% of the FC scores are not with a conventional technique, however I would argue that it is still a valid skill; the only issue is that it is only useful in really special cases like learning to read with a terrible background. As it stands now, I would move this to token lev ranks.

As I said earlier though, the much more important issue at hand is how scores are calculated. Giving a percentage of the scoring to combo is intuitive but the weight is absolutely atrocious given that boos do not break your combo. If we were to fix the combo-scoring issue, it would remove the stigma around ANY hard files being in the game (but I don't mean 'special' cases like Crowdpleaser). It would be an enormous step in the right direction and is a much more urgent issue than this less involved Crowdpleaser debate which will likely be resolved soon in the blink of an eye.