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Creators, players, and interviews
C[23] The Followpoint: mrekk, the osu! Prodigy (osu! news, 6 May 2024). Official interview series run by the osu! news team; this one organised by MegaMix_Craft and written up with Utiba and DigitalHypno. link ↗ C[24] The Followpoint: WhiteCat, the Cat Who Dominated osu! (osu! news, 14 July 2024). Interview with the former rank 1. link ↗ C[25] The Followpoint: xootynator, the Biggest Full Area Stan (osu! news, 16 September 2024). Interview with a long-time full-area tablet player and World Cup competitor. link ↗ C[26] The Followpoint: Azer, the Tournament Titan (osu! news, 15 April 2025). Interview with a veteran World Cup player, captain, and organiser. link ↗ C[27] The Followpoint: Flaro, the Queen of Speed (osu! news, 29 July 2024). Interview with a top United States speed and flow-aim player. link ↗ C[28] The Followpoint: Predominador, the Grandmaster of SS Ranks (osu! news, 21 October 2024). Interview with the player behind a six-figure SS-rank grind. link ↗ C[29] The Followpoint: BTMC, the Face of osu! (osu! news, 13 March 2024). Interview with the streamer, World Cup player, and tournament organiser. link ↗ Official osu! documentation and data
C[62] osu! forum post listing every mod by category with score multipliers. link ↗ C[65] Railey2 (2017), "The reason why ‘never retry' is (probably) bad advice", osu! forum, with data gathered by abraker and a 2020 reanalysis by Full Tablet in the same thread. link ↗ C[66] jesse1412 (2012, edited to 2014), How to improve at osu! (osu! forum): the most-read improvement guide of the early 2010s, with contributions and argument from thelewa, darkmiz, kriers, tom69, winber1, Soly, Aqo and others. link ↗ C[67] Almost (around 2020), “Guide to Streaming: From Zero to Hero” (osu! forum): a staged streaming course with accuracy, flow aim, speed, and stamina training, plus gates for each stage. link ↗ C[68] osu! forum reply proposing Relax and Autopilot as diagnostic tools for separating aim problems from accuracy problems, plus drills for unstable rate on slow maps and for straight-line cursor paths. link ↗ C[69] yellowbadbeast, osu! forum reply distinguishing skillcap (playing outside your comfort zone, roughly 87 to 95% accuracy) from consistency (high accuracy inside it), and arguing for a mix of both. link ↗ C[70] Kaoru, osu! forum guide on posture, settings, audio, and grip for players at any level. link ↗ C[71] osu! forum thread on new-player practice strategy, with replies from WalkingAbacus and FrostyF on comfort zone versus skill pushing and on accuracy targets for beginners. link ↗ C[72] ScarletStory (2014), “Why you aren't improving at osu!” (osu! forum), with replies from thelewa, ethox, AmaiHachimitsu, Legxis, WOLOLOXIII and others. The second of the two most-read improvement guides of the early 2010s. link ↗ C[73] osu! forum discussion of burst vs. stream terminology. link ↗ C[164] RTINGS.com: headphone latency measurements (SBC, aptX, aptX Low Latency). link ↗ C[165] Wikipedia: osu! (genre and overview). link ↗ Something wrong with a source, or a better one? Suggest a source or correction — accepted contributions earn 🍪 Cookies.