Osu!'s Biggest Cheater Was Finally Caught

Osu! players are insane.

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[karljobst]

This video got delayed a couple weeks because of covid. Total balls. Huge thanks to Starforge PC's for helping keep the dream alive.

[exxcoxk]

"i'm literally cheating"
-Guy Cheating

[RetroJ]

I didn't realize they invented a carpal tunnel speed run

[Heowolf]

"The two thousand pp choke" is a new phrase I wish I had heard sooner

[DeanHerbertMooCow]

i never thought i’d see you covering osu!. love your videos ❤

[fanrir]

For those who are wondering, one of the reasons Cloutiful wasn't suspected when he seemingly became a speed player overnight is because the release of the Wooting keyboard has shown that many legit players could suddenly attain way higher speeds thanks to the "Rapid Trigger" function of the keyboard. Rapid Trigger allows you to lower the point at which a button press is registered, so even when you only lightly tap a key it counts as a keypress. Going from a mechanical keyboard to a Wooting is essentially the same as going from a membrane to a mechanical keyboard. One stroke still equals one action at the moment a key is pressed you just don't have to press keys as hard, which is why Rapid Trigger is allowed while the DKS setting Cloutiful used is bannable.

[a-o-s]

Thank you, firstly for having me in the video, that is pretty cool.

Secondly for pouring the time and effort you do into creating projects about this topic and previous ones.
I have never come across someone with so much care for ensuring the validity and accuracy of the information they report on.
Many people, including my self, *do* notice, you are fantastic, keep it up.

[SDC]

At first this just sounded like negative edge in fighting games (releasing a button counts as an activation in the same way pressing it does) but the explanation that holding/releasing is an important in-game action and clotiful's keyboard settings were performing a double action on release (activate and auto-release) was very enlightening.
I can see why the keyboard manufacturer also needed an explanation!

[seifinator]

Damn never thought i'd hear the words "2000PP choke" today

[jamilfrost]

There's always a cheater around the corner no matter where you go.

[ainakamura]

that person CANNOT be called "childfangirl"💀💀💀

[HiddenZabuzaMist]

In the fighting game community, we call button presses that register on release negative edge. Negative edge can help with hitting your combos consistently.

[ouey]

Active cheaters in the top 100? You really think we would let that pass?

[SuburbaniteUrbanite]

So basically OSU is a Carpel Tunnel and Arthritis speedrun game

[shifty]

"before the consequences really matter" -Looks at Billy

[maddiemaybe]

the guy was cooked from the start, he had garfield kart installed..

[YMilkshake]

This is the first time I've seen someone outside the Osu community explain the game correctly

[kjyu]

That's honestly a very good intro to the basics of the game, done is such a streamlined way, well done!

[wpple]

As someone who has played osu since 2017 as well, you described the nuances of the game extremely well!

I think a point that is important to make is that rapid trigger technology (the setting the Wooting is most famous for) is still fairly recent in the scope of the game’s history. A reason cloutiful slipped under the radar is that we have seen players make incredible leaps in speed ability directly resulting from access to this technology. Players like Accolibed, Lifeline, and even mrekk to an extent were aim focused prodigies that adapted to speed with the help of rapid trigger. It’s awesome and scary how much people are improving now, so cloutiful’s skill progression didn’t seem too farfetched until the Snow Goose incident.

Great vid you absolute legend!

[kevinjypiter]

"2000 PP choke" 12:32. I am sure you had a chuckle in your mind saying that monotone lol