Halfslashed words of wisdom.

Cursor pacing with sliders means awareness of what spacing between slider to another object actually feels like in play
And using that to contrast with other spacings
So for example, a good rule of thumb is
1x spacing means that the player will stop on the next object before they click it
Since leniency lets them complete the slider and
They are in position to hit the next object
This is usually the case since players mostly move through sliders faster than they are
2x spacing roughly means that they'll move at the speed of the slider
To the next object
Thus giving a feel of fluid movement

Above that, the player feels slowed down by the slider and
Ends up snapping to the next object quickly
( this is for everyone else too, its a common thing people don't consider)
But yeah, those distances are rough guidelines i use but not 100% accurate
Direction relative to screen means that
Across a given duration
Movement follows a general trend in that
It may go side to side, up to down, circular, diagonal
And if you control that as a means to emphasize certain things in the song
It makes things feel much more cohesive
Concept maps do this but they focus on it as a restriction rather than
Using it naturally lol
Screen traversal refers to
How the player moves around the screen across a set of objects
One of the key indicators of newbie mappers
Is that they cluster all of their patterns towards the center of the screen
And go in circles
Or zigzags
The average mapper covers the screen fully these days but
There is no real pattern to how the player traverses the screen
But it's absolutely noticeable
Anyways those things I mentioned are usually why
Errr
What separates good mappers from average/bad
And why even some of your favorite mappers would be ones I consider average/bad
They take patterns out of context then just throw them into a map
And can get away with it because a majority of mappers cant even see the issues with them