Is there an optimal OSU setup?
TL;DR: lower mouse weight, red switches, higher resolution, and higher mouse polling rate are all better.
OSU is a game where you click circles on a screen to a beat. Rather simple, but some people take the game pretty seriously and there is a small competitive scene around the game that prides itself on being able to clear insanely hard beatmaps, like this one.
For this game, the optimal mouse and chair for a 12 year old girl will be different from those that would be optimal from the average American man. I assume that the same applies to sensory settings like volume or color contrast. But, on average, there should be settings that will reliably lead to better results in the game.
Somebody has gone through the effort of adding the OSU settings of notable highly skilled players to a spreadsheet, which encompasses a total of 844 players (excluding banned players and honorable mentions) ranging from rank #2 to rank #139887. It also lists their pp, which are points that are given for good performances on beatmaps — it can be gamed by playing certain beatmaps or with certain settings, but it’s a pretty decent proxy for skill, so it can be tested whether certain settings lead to systematically better outcomes.
The most important osu settings are:
Multiplier: changes your sensitivity relative to the rest of the PC — 0.5 reduces it by half, doubles it.
DPI: the dpi of the mouse.
Raw input: whether the person has raw input enabled, which takes away mouse acceleration.
Windows sens: their sensitivity in windows.
Resolution: the resultion of the game.
Mouse: the mouse they use.
Mouse polling rate: the frequency at which the mouse updates.
Keyboard switch type: red is smooth, blue is clicky, and brown is bumpy. There’s a few other types of switch, but I used code that simplified it to these three types, rubber switches, geniune not sure.
These are the averages for all 844 players:
First, I’ll test if pp depends on the multiplier they use in-game. It turns out that players with multipliers that differ from 1 tend to be better, though it’s a small correlation and I suspect that it’s largely because better players are more willing to play with a unique setup for osu.
Given that most players play on default windows sensitivity, mouse accel disabled, and with raw input, their true sensitivity can easily be calculated by multiplying their dpi by the in-game multiplier (which I will call truesens). There is no correlation between sensitivity and skill, though it should be noted that very few top players play with sensitivities above 2000.
A similar pattern repeats where players who choose default settings like 800 or 1000 seem to have lower levels of skill, though the p-value here is fairly marginal: 0.04. And it could also technically be a genuine trough effect, where having a sensitivity at that particular level decreases your skill.
Mousepad area does not seem to matter.
Mouse polling rate seems to be legit: more is better.
Higher resolution is also better, though the relationship is a bit weaker, and potentially a fluke:
According to the regression model, it’s almost impossible that the particular mice that players use and their skill level are uncorrelated, though it’s hard to estimate the effect of individual mice given that many mice only are used by a few pro players. These are the averages by mouse:
`Mouse Model` pp n
<chr> <dbl> <int>
1 Logitech G502 SE 25825. 1
2 Logitech G102 (G203) 21513. 1
3 Darmoshark M3 18454. 1
4 Glorious Model D Wireless 18428. 2
5 Logitech G502 Hero 18084. 2
6 Endgame Gear OP1 18022. 1
7 VXE Mad R Major 8K 17863. 1
8 AJAZZ AJ199 17227. 2
9 Razer Basilisk Ultimate 16744. 1
10 G-Wolves HSK+ 16692. 1
11 A4Tech Bloody V8 16257. 1
12 Oklick 845G Acheron 16172. 1
13 Attack Shark X3 Pro Wireless 16111 1
14 VicTsing MM057 16073. 1
15 Finalmouse Classic Ergo 2 15775. 1
16 Logitech M105 15695. 1
17 VXE R1 Pro Max 15451. 2
18 Razer Basilisk v3 15383. 1
19 Logitech G703 Lightspeed 15268. 5
20 Redragon M711 Cobra 15115. 1
21 Razer Basilisk v2 14886. 3
22 SPC Gear LIX Plus 14582. 1
23 Endgame Gear XM2we 14257. 2
24 Attack Shark X3 Wireless 14222. 1
25 Ardor Immortality Pro Wireless 14171. 1
26 Endgame Gear XM1r 14102. 3
27 Mchose G3 14095. 1
28 Steelseries Rival 105 14071. 1
29 Logitech G502 Lightspeed 13873. 3
30 GALAX XANOVA Mensa XM310 13787. 1
31 Corsair Harpoon RGB 13433. 1
32 Razer DeathAdder v3 13321. 1
33 Endgame XM1r 13297. 1
34 Razer Deathadder Elite 13178 1
35 Xtrfy M4 13128 2
36 Zowie FK1+ 13117. 1
37 Steelseries Rival 3 13041. 2
38 Zet Edge 12765. 1
39 Logitech G102 (203) 12714. 1
40 Logitech G603 12698. 2
41 Xtrfy M42 12415. 3
42 Razer DeathAdder 12354. 1
43 Logitech G700s 12346. 1
44 HyperX Pulsefire Haste 12333. 3
45 Glorious Model O Wireless 12243. 2
46 CoolerMaster MM710 12163. 1
47 Razer Viper v2 Pro 12111. 3
48 Razer Deathadder v2 12103. 4
49 Redragon K1NG Pro 12076. 1
50 G-Wolves Skoll 12019. 1
51 Asus TUF Gaming M4 Air 12017. 1
52 Corsair Raptor M40 11983. 1
53 VGN VXE R1 Pro 11933. 1
54 Cooler Master MM710 11926. 3
55 Razer Naga Chroma 11895. 1
56 Finalmouse UltralightX 11888 1
57 Razer DeathAdder V2 11827. 1
58 Logitech G203 Lightsync 11815. 3
59 Pulsar Xlite v3 Mini 11759. 1
60 ARDOR GAMING Agile PRO 11731. 1
61 Razer Naga Trinity 11726. 1
62 HAVIT MS732 11722. 1
63 Steelseries Rival 310 11713. 4
64 Zowie EC2 11699. 1
65 Logitech G Pro X Superlight 11697. 42
66 Razer Viper Quartz 11694. 1
67 Endgame OP1 8k 11657 1
68 G-Wolves Hati S 11654 1
69 Zowie ZA13-DW 11605. 1
70 Logitech G Pro 11407. 14
71 Azza MOD935U 11238. 1
72 Glorious Model D 11235. 5
73 Tecware Torque 11227. 1
74 Logitech M100 11207 1
75 Logitech G305 Lightspeed 11181. 1
76 Glorious Model O 11133. 17
77 Razer Mamba Tournament Edition 11123. 1
78 Razer DeathAdder 2013 11070. 1
79 Zowie EC1 eVo CL 11063. 1
80 Logitech G403 HERO 11041. 7
81 Logitech G Pro Wireless 11038. 25
82 Razer Viper Mini 11027. 14
83 Zowie EC2-A 11010. 7
84 Steelseries Rival 110 10932. 3
85 Genius DX-100 10919. 1
86 Logitech G604 10908. 1
87 Kensington Generic Mouse 10897 1
88 Dareu EM915 10862. 1
89 Logitech G1 10856. 2
90 Steelseries Aerox 3 Wireless 10831. 1
91 Logitech G502 HERO 10799. 11
92 Razer Viper Ultimate 10795. 14
93 Pulsar X2 v2 Mini 10783. 1
94 Razer DeathAdder Elite 10782. 6
95 Microsoft Intellimouse 1.1a 10764. 1
96 Xtrfy M42 Wireless 10692. 2
97 Endgame Gear XM1 10689. 2
98 Logitech M90 10668 1
99 Steelseries Rival 600 10652. 4
100 Zaopin Z1 Pro 10646. 2
101 Zowie EC2-B 10643. 1
102 Logitech G300 10626. 1
103 Roccat Kone Aimo 10599. 1
104 Skydigital N-Mouse 4K 10590. 2
105 Logitech G502 Proteus Spectrum 10582. 1
106 Glorious Model O- 10530. 5
107 Logitech G305 10506. 19
108 Logitech G303 Shroud Edition 10499. 1
109 Lamzu Atlantis Mini 10422. 2
110 Endgame Gear OP1 8k 10373. 2
111 Logitech Pro X Superlight 10359. 2
112 Logitech G203 (G102) 10353. 3
113 Logitech G Pro X Superlight 2 10309. 2
114 Logictech G Pro 10294. 1
115 Steelseries Prime 10285. 2
116 Logitech G403 Prodigy 10282. 1
117 Razer Abyssus 2014 10260. 2
118 Zet Gaming Edge Pro 10258. 1
119 Zowie EC1-B 10257. 2
120 Razer DeathAdder 3G 10242. 1
121 Pulsar X2 Mini Wireless 10233. 2
122 Steelseries Kinzu v3 10190. 1
123 New Link MO306 10185. 1
124 Razer DeathAdder Chroma 10164. 11
125 Cooler Master MM712 10164. 1
126 Logitech M100r 10139 1
127 Cooler Master MasterMouse S 10132. 1
128 FinalMouse Air58 10130. 1
129 Logitech G304 10116. 6
130 Logitech G903 10114. 1
131 Logitech G304 (G305) 10062. 3
132 OEM mouse 10055. 1
133 A4Tech XL-760H 10014. 1
134 Razer DeathAdder v2 9997. 9
135 Logitech G403 9938. 13
136 Logitech G Pro HERO 9935. 3
137 Ninjutso Sora 4K 9934. 1
138 Roccat Kova 9917. 1
139 no name 9858. 1
140 Logitech G102 Lightsync 9835. 2
141 Razer Deathadder Essential 9830. 1
142 Corsair Harpoon 9826. 2
143 Logitech G703 9797. 6
144 Logitech G100S 9771. 1
145 Logitech G203 9748. 26
146 Lioncast LM20 9748. 1
147 Corsair M65 Pro 9715. 2
148 Vaxee Zygen NP-01 9690 1
149 Logitech G402 9657. 31
150 Razer Viper 9633. 3
151 Zowie EC1-A 9579. 2
152 A4Tech X7 XL-747H 9576. 1
153 Razer DeathAdder v2 Mini 9565. 1
154 G-Wolves Hati HT-S Ace Wireless 9534. 1
155 Logitech G400S 9488. 5
156 Steelseries Rival 700 9475. 1
157 Razer Viper 8K 9457. 1
158 Razer Deathadder 9446. 2
159 Roccat Kone Pure Military 9445. 1
160 Razer DeathAdder Essential 9438. 3
161 Steelseries Rival 300 9411. 8
162 Logitech G502 9354. 30
163 Razer DeathAdder 1800 9314. 1
164 Darmoshark M3 Pro 9302. 1
165 Darmoshark M5 Pro 9288. 1
166 Roccat Kone Pro 9264. 1
167 Logitech ???/Razer Mamba 9257. 1
168 Razer DeathAdder v3 Pro 9239. 1
169 Logitech G102 9205. 19
170 Razer Abyssus v2 9201. 2
171 Motospeed V60 9190. 1
172 Razer DeathAdder v2 Pro 9188. 2
173 Zowie S2 Divina 9180. 1
174 MCHOSE AX5 Pro 9176. 1
175 Bloody V7 9161. 1
176 Elecom Pop Grast 3 9108. 1
177 Razer Viper V3 Pro 9093 1
178 Corasir Harpoon RGB 9093. 1
179 Zowie FK1 9060. 5
180 A4Tech OP-520 9045. 1
181 Minox Venator 9041. 1
182 HyperX Pulsefire Surge 9032. 1
183 Trust GAV GXT 101 8992. 1
184 DM2 Comfy 8969. 1
185 HP Generic Mouse 8939. 1
186 Cooler Master CM110 8888. 2
187 Pulsar Xlite V3 Medium 8839. 1
188 Logitech G602 8829. 1
189 Zowie FK2 8767. 8
190 Steelseries Kinzu v2 Pro 8767. 1
191 G-Wolves Hati HT-S 8742. 1
192 Ducky Secret 8726. 2
193 NA 8719. 158
194 Dark Project ME-1 8700. 1
195 Razer Abyssus 8656. 3
196 G-Wolves Skoll SK-S ACE 8588. 1
197 Roccat Nyth 8540. 1
198 Logitech G300S 8527. 3
199 Sharkoon FireGlider 8502 1
200 CoolerMaster MM711 8494. 1
201 Logitech G903 Lightspeed HERO 8493. 1
202 Zowie ZA12 8428. 2
203 James Donkey 112 8423. 1
204 Steelseries Rival 8422. 4
205 Cooler Master MM711 8411. 2
206 Attack Shark R1 8390. 1
207 Logitech G400 8385. 2
208 Razer Viper v3 Pro 8373. 1
209 Zowie FK 8373. 1
210 ABKO Hacker MA10 8366. 1
211 A4Tech OP-35D 8344. 1
212 Logitech G MX518 8342. 1
213 Finalmouse Air58 Ninja 8309. 1
214 Steelseries Rival 3 Wireless 8238. 1
215 Razer Abyssus Mirror 8224. 1
216 Xtrfy M4 RGB 8175. 1
217 Ninox Aurora 8123. 1
218 Logitech G300s 8107. 1
219 Nixeus Revel 8075. 1
220 Roccat Lua 8075. 1
221 xtrfy M4 RGB 8037. 1
222 Finalmouse Ultralight Phantom 8027. 2
223 Genius NetScroll 120 8017. 1
224 Steelseries Sensei RAW 8016. 1
225 Zalman ZM-M600R 7925. 2
226 Logicool (Logitech) G300S 7874. 1
227 EVGA TORQ X10 7858. 1
228 A4Tech X7 F3 7772. 1
229 Logitech M-BT96A 7645. 1
230 Razer DeathAdder 4G 7620. 4
231 Microsoft Intellimouse 3.0 7597. 1
232 G-Wolves Skoll Mini 7510. 1
233 Finalmouse Ultralight 2 7474. 1
234 Corsair Katar 7449. 1
235 TteSports Theron Infrared 7419. 1
236 Steelseries Kana v2 7404. 1
237 E-Blue Puntero 7398. 1
238 Steelseries Rival 100 7379. 2
239 Roccat Savu 7314. 1
240 Razer DeathAdder 3.5G 7305. 2
241 G-Wolves Hati-S Wireless 7185. 1
242 Razer Taipan 7175. 1
243 Corsair Dark Core RGB 7115 1
244 Maxtill Tron G10 7105. 1
245 Logitech G420 7082. 1
246 Mionix Castor 7065. 1
247 DM1 FPS 7056. 1
248 Logitech G303 7040. 3
249 Dharma Tactical Mouse DRTCM37BK 7032. 1
250 Steelseries Sensei 310 7004. 1
251 Corsair M45 7002. 1
252 Zowie ZA11 6867. 1
253 Razer Trancehead Tournament 6827. 1
254 Asus ROG Sica 6773. 1
255 Skydigital NMouse 4K 6725. 1
256 Corsair Glaive RGB 6400. 1
257 Bloody T70 6346. 1
258 Roccat Kone Pure EMP 5179. 1
259 Zowie ZA13-B 4181. 1For mice, lower weight is better, which is the consensus in the community:
Mouse width does not matter:
And neither does mouse length
Switch type and skill level are also clearly correlated (p = .002, based on a anova model I ran), though the same problem of there being too many different types of switch is evident. Red/brown seem to be better than blue, which makes sense as osu involves clicking very quickly, which is easier to do with red switches.
> print(g, n=300)
# A tibble: 5 × 3
trueswitch pp n
<chr> <dbl> <int>
1 red 10688. 262
2 brown 10407. 95
3 something else 9848. 395
4 rubber 9831. 62
5 blue 9631. 30
> print(g, n=300)
# A tibble: 116 × 3
`Key Switch` pp n
<chr> <dbl> <int>
1 Gateron KS20 27575. 1
2 Geonworks Raptor HE 18454. 1
3 RAESHA 16111 1
4 Various 16102. 1
5 LK Blue Switch 15675. 1
6 Drunkdeer Magnetic 15029. 1
7 Red/Blue/Brown 14611. 1
8 DrunkDeer 14445. 1
9 Red Helios 14222. 1
10 OmniPoint 13713. 2
11 Gateron KS-20 13479. 2
12 Outemu Red 13320. 3
13 Lekker L60 13292. 31
14 HyperX Red 13165. 29
15 Kailh Brown 13113. 1
16 Razer Red 12861. 3
17 Aqua 12684. 2
18 Gateron Jade 12653. 2
19 Gateron Red 12519. 9
20 Gateron Milky Yellow 12356. 1
21 Gateron Yuki 12181. 1
22 NovelKeys x Kailh Cream 12170. 1
23 Akko Jelly Black 12106. 1
24 Gateron KS-20 White 11933. 1
25 Omnipoint 2.0 11888 1
26 Gateron Magnetic Jades 11827. 1
27 Some Type of Zealios 11758. 1
28 IROK NA87 Yellow Magnetic 11731. 1
29 Lekker L45 11657. 7
30 Gateron Baby Kangaroo v2 11610 1
31 Akko Wine Red 11377. 1
32 Mechanical 11207 1
33 MX Low Profile 11178. 1
34 Kailh Box Blue 11159. 1
35 Yellow Milky 11109 1
36 Optical Blue 11029. 1
37 Gateron Brown 10954. 8
38 HyperX Aqua 10833. 1
39 Akko Jelly Whites 10783. 1
40 Raptor HE 10776 1
41 Razer Purple 10712. 3
42 Yiqing Red 10706. 12
43 Red or Brown 10671. 1
44 Akko Rose Red 10625. 1
45 Gateron Silver v2 10624. 1
46 Romer-G 10529. 6
47 Kailh Box v2 Red 10499. 1
48 Speed 10399. 2
49 Brown 10396. 82
50 Topre 45g 10364. 1
51 Topre 10330. 1
52 Red 10284. 180
53 Silver 10231. 20
54 TTC Red 10225. 1
55 Gateron Silver 10207. 1
56 Gateron CJ 10198. 1
57 Gateron KS-20 HE White 10196. 1
58 GX Blue 10137. 2
59 Gazzew U4T Boba 10135. 1
60 Red/Black/Clear/Brown 10132. 1
61 C³ Tangerines 10114. 1
62 Lekker L60 v2 10055. 1
63 Drunkdeer 9997. 2
64 Keychron K Pro Red 9858. 1
65 Rubber Dome 9856. 61
66 Black 9850. 12
67 Razer Mecha-Membrane 9798. 1
68 Romer-G Tactile 9678. 1
69 Gateron Yellow 9648. 4
70 Razer Green 9589. 17
71 Mech-Membrane 9573. 1
72 Cobalt POM 9534. 1
73 Red/Black 9512. 2
74 TECSEE Purple Panda 9482. 1
75 LK Red 9414. 1
76 Green 9258. 1
77 Outemu Lime 9239. 1
78 Blue 9201. 21
79 Silent Red 9198. 8
80 GX Brown 9184. 2
81 Gateron Magnetic White 9176. 1
82 Browns 9170. 1
83 Kailh Red 9169. 2
84 NA 9004. 219
85 Kailh Box Black 8971. 2
86 White 8969. 1
87 GX Red 8969. 2
88 Halo Trues 8863. 1
89 Razer Optical Linear 8821. 1
90 Akko CS Crystal 8641. 1
91 Kailh Blue 8611. 1
92 Razer Opto-Mech 8606. 1
93 Outemu Pink 8588. 1
94 Kailh Silver 8493. 1
95 Akko Cream Yellow v3 8390. 1
96 Rubber Dome (Pantograph) 8309. 1
97 Romer G 8224. 1
98 Tealios 67g 7947. 1
99 Brown? 7890. 1
100 Kahil Red 7747. 1
101 Ergo Clear 7645. 1
102 Tealios w/ 55g SPRiT Springs 7616. 1
103 Steelseries OmniPoint 7552. 2
104 Varmilo EC Sakura/Rosery / Topre 7474. 1
105 Outemu Sky 7408. 1
106 Kailh low-profile Red 7401. 1
107 Kailh low-profile Blue 7394. 1
108 TECSEE Jadeite 7360. 1
109 Cherry MX Silver 7348. 1
110 Custom 7196. 1
111 Razer Orange 7076. 1
112 Omron D2FC-F-7N 7032. 1
113 Orange 6974. 1
114 Outemu Blue 6961. 1
115 Red (35g springs) 6677. 1
116 Gateron Black 6186. 1
How feasible is it to replace k-12 education with a series of video games? Would this result in a society run by anti-social/autistic people? Is there any useful information that cannot be taught in the form of video game?
One possible consequence of a Gamer Revolution in education would be female apathy. Currently, K-12 education is social: a teacher at the front, students sitting down, listening. It is a social scene. Females engage with this because they have a greater average desire for social conformity. If there was no classroom, but just a series of video games, I think females would be less interested in learning if there was no social enforcement mechanism.