The Story Behind the Craziest Cheating Scandal in osu! History

[@SirCleric]

As a non-osu! player, opening the video talking about "pp plays" is WILD 😭

[@Anna_Evan]

I still have no idea what pp plays is but the video has been interested

[@spandexturtle]

​@@Anna_Evanpp means performance points. So like the higher the number the better the performance

[@SteampunkDream]

@@Anna_Evan PP is performance points. Basically it is a measure of overall accuracy including milliseconds of deviation from a perfect hit. On the bottom of the game the bar displays overall deviation from perfect being the center white line. This is based off of overall map difficulty which is measure by AR(approach rate of notes) OD (Overall Difficulty), and CS (Circle Size). To get higher PP modifiers can be put in place such as hidden,Double time/Nitecore,Flashlight, etc. There is more to measuring overall PP, but higher PP=Better play. There are work arounds to higher PP such as farm maps but this is a whole other topic.

[@sammerwammer]

@@SteampunkDreamnon osu player my ass

[@SteampunkDream]

@@sammerwammer I never said I wasn't an osu player.

[@redactdead]

good video but those "normal distribution" curves physically hurt me

[@VulpesVoce]

I flinch everytime 'bell curve' is said and then a parabola is drawn around the data (and the comment about outliers lol)

[@stuffz4040]

Normal distribution as in normally they should have a different distribution

[@ReSuKi.]

What's really sad is that he actually had a real potential, he maybe wasn't a good speed player which would have prevented him from reaching such ranks at that speed but he was good at dt aiming and was improving kinda fast. It's just pretty sad to see that a whole osu career was ruined because he didn't wanted to grind speed on his own, and who knows, he could've maybe improved in this skillset if he tried, but i guess we will never know or at least not for a long time

[@Fahad-21]

It's weird because he made great improvement on his cheated playstyle. So much that it improved his aim and flow aim while being restricted to this wrong way of playing the game. And anyone who isn't a 2 digit using the same setup won't be able to set scores using that cheated technique that easily.

[@DoomSolar]

Nanomachines son

[@kevin12522]

So his Brazil plays were legit?

[@as1m__]

@@kevin12522 yup, everything besides speed is legit.

[@Fowomy]

he just build his skill with help of rapid trigger, it shouldnt have considered as hacking imp

[@UtibaOfficial]

Wake up babe, nerdiness came back to life and is no longer dead

[@karlor5599]

63 is the new 727 🗣️🗣️🗣️‼️‼️‼️‼️

[@Forest2TS]

George Russell moment

[@bajhi_]

when you saw it

[@midnight4x185]

@@Forest2TS You are cultured

[@wxddd]

​@@bajhi_ when you tap it

[@BlueGoat3175]

No

[@Hzxt.]

spaceuk of osu

[@BenedekLevai]

i cant react otherwise i'm gonna cough so much

[@caringegg759]

He even has his own meme phrase like space "I'm unironically cheating" "I can't react otherwise I'm gonna cough so much"

[@MindLoafer]

as a gd player i feel accepted lmao

[@charlielance5979]

ngl tho spaceuk was so far ahead of his time and changed the game forever, this didnt change the game forever and wasnt even #1

[@JustMatchmaking]

@@charlielance5979 How was SpaceUK ahead of his time? The only reason he got as far as he did was because the cheat he used was so ancient it fell under the radar.

[@GaNzY_404]

Bruh, I remember I was in a vc with cloutiful and Merami. Merami was like “Wait, cloutiful, how have you not been accused of cheating, yet? Like, sytho has been accused of cheating multiple times but you haven’t had any cheating allegations?” Then literally 2 days later, he gets exposed for cheating using DKS. Like, WHAT!?!?

[@crumplehornedsnorcack]

0:22 I’d say I didn’t understand a single thing you said, but I’m already hooked

[@Nirux]

fire video First time I ever saw him in the top 10 I just had the feeling something was off about him. He was sus in my eyes from Day 1. Good to see I was right

[@NikuNicole_RikkuX5]

I (badly) played Osu around 2010 and was so surprised to see this video on my recommendations. The sudden feel of nostalgia was immediately bonked with funny drama. Had a great time watching it and I'm a bit happy to see the community still active

[@Enzo_1098]

waiting for alexT to say "im the cloutiful of tetris"

[@sheepcommander_]

WHAT

[@theguywhoaskedlmfao]

lmao

[@balbar_b]

what

[@alexthach276]

im the cloutiful of tetris

[@jennifercheung6464]

@@alexthach276omg it’s the cloutiful of Tetris

[@xx_pyr0]

15:41 bro i'm studying data science that's not a bell curve 😭 edit: wrong timestamp

[@justin9744]

I HATE streamers that scream “YOOOOOOOOOOO,” over and over. Is mad annoying.

[@couchrep5270]

I barely know anything about osu and the fact that this type of game can have metas and playstyles is crazy

[@justin9744]

Do you…..do you not know what meta even means? Literally EVERYTHING that is competitive has a meta.

[@couchrep5270]

@ ok

[@dopamine_man]

Have I ever played osu? No. Did I watch this entire video? Yes.

[@reidleblanc3140]

Ok i gotta hand it to him for figuring out that no matter how fast he “improved” and openly said he was cheating, nobody would suspect him, and running with it.

[@bunnibomb]

user "childfangirl" said like it was nothing caught me so off guard LOL

[@electricnezumi]

this is a good video but uou do not know what a bell curve looks like lmaoooo

[@squarrildog1803]

I already knew the whole cheating situation but your video still managed to be enjoyable. Good work

[@hevilmate]

Same

[@opphone1247]

Was gonna study for summer school, friend dms me of this video and procrastination is winning rn

[@SilverMK]

1:28 no way he predicted akolibed #1

[@cskillers1]

no it's just that there was a play of akolibed on other over the top's difficulty which gave a ton of pp just a bit before this video was published , it clearly was a big talk in the community at the time and thus was added into the vid for the memes

As a computer science student these "normal distribution" curves are hilarious

[@bobito3861]

i mean he tried to warn everyone before the big reveal 🤷

[@Themaincharacter-cf7fr]

20:21 u and k for space UK

[@cernthegreat]

Ngl I don’t know anything about this game but the editing of that intro absolutely sold me into watching the rest. Thanks Algorithm (for once) Keep up the good work my friend!

[@hevilmate]

"I'm cheating" quote is my favorite osu fumble of all time

[@SixDigitOsu]

"I'M NOT OVERSTREAMING 222BPM!!!!" "I SHOULD'VE DOUBLETAPPED" "WAAASSSS?????" "HE'S OVERSTREAMING!!!!!" "WHEN YOU SEE IT" _"his maps suck don't play it"_

[@hevilmate]

@@SixDigitOsu these are great, but my opinion didn't change

[@SixDigitOsu]

@@hevilmate WELCOME TO THE NEW ERA

[@hevilmate]

@@SixDigitOsu i missed the moment sadly. i had a dream about akolibed setting 1.4k on bocchi the rock map and thought that it was real

[@dontbeasimpontwitch]

My friend vcd with him back in early 2022, and he literally could not burst 270 , bro would mash it and fc the jumps 😭

[@ventikoi]

nerdiness really didn't pull his punches on the production quality of this video, i love it!

[@zykoe]

Holy shit worth the wait, banger video

[@craigtempest]

I still see 63 in my nightmares

[@fortnitehero3579]

Atleast bro didn't cough so much🔥🗣️🔥🗣️🔥🗣️

[@kourtneytesfaye3959]

ive really wanted to get a wooting one for trackmania and dead by daylight had no idea it broke osu with doubletaps

[@incendio00]

Do I play osu? No Do I know anything about osu? No Will I watch this video? Yup

[@ZnxTech]

Another banger n3rdiness video

[@justin9744]

Should have been a huge red flag how fast he rose through the ranks.

[@fugi_the_fugi]

I never played and never will play this game but this is actualy so hype to watch

[@loserotaku273]

and you all doubted me... yet i was right.

[@elrit6]

im sorry💔

[@maxdragonsoul5553]

you have accused pretty much every player of cheating loserotaku finally got a score on the board 🔥

[@sheepcommander_]

LMAO

[@amai-w8f]

You are NOT Chicony, lil bro.

[@synexiasaturnds727yearsago7]

99-1 after so long

[@SpookyMinx.]

I hate cheaters, but it somehow makes me sad to think about how his/ and his fans world crushed down. I hope everyone understands how crutial cheating is for your fans.

[@Livvie_osu]

sick video man, lets go

[@3bs501]

1:26 "over the top"

[@Xspen-0]

I’m in summer school rn and I might get my phone taken for watching this but I’m still doing it

[@SixDigitOsu]

did it get taken?

[@nonsencephilosophy]

now hes on speed stamina grind and in 1 year he will unleash liveplay and take #1 spot

[@Themaincharacter-cf7fr]

W new vid and the editing at the start was great

[@Glitch-uzy]

bruh....my good sir is back....and hes already two digit

[@Sad-Lesbian]

I've never played osu and I don't care about it, but I enjoyed the video nonetheless. Fuck you for using Mother 3 music at the end though. Did not need to cry today.

[@twotruckslyrics]

its always mother 3 😭

[@HoodieCuber]

As a GD player i started yelling out “SPACEUK, ITS SPACEUK”

[@TwistedWolf6]

Nice to see you back on KZbin!!

[@skidooqt]

Active cheaters in the top 3? You really think we would let that pass?

[@kjooni]

I'd say Osu is very popular yet they don't seem to have a strict cheating detection software, I feel bad for the players he jumped over while cheating, if you're a truthful player and really loved the game, invested thousands of hours perfecting your technique and style and yet cheaters go around claiming to be in the top 3, isn't that the developer's big f u to the players? I'm more irritated to the game (for the true players) than the cheater in this case...he was jumping ranks cheating undetected for aaaaa whileeee

[@novamkl2316]

new nerdiness upload I will be there no matter what.

[@bedlesscircle1128]

LETS GO HES BACK

[@hudson951387]

Yay osu! Video!

[@fyve2806]

WE ARE SO BACK

[@vickyy1405]

wait so cloutiful could’ve literally still been top 50 with just his aiming ability right or am I sped

[@SixDigitOsu]

most likely

[@untaken1618]

Ye

[@lawd_b]

ABSOLUTE CINEMA

[@No_True_Scotsman]

Those are not bell curves or standard distributions, those are parabolas I think.

[@frixgameclips]

On his Yami No Mahou Shoujo play, I was the only person spectating him set that play and we spoke about it in osu messages lmfao (10/19/20203) (5:32)

[@shinryusaiha]

Is there an English version of this video?

[@nightflare27]

I just realized, bro went from single-tapping to single-tapping; never even improved

[@That_Emily]

This video taught me im not mature enough to not at least go 😏 whenever he said peepee

[@ryanzdral8895]

n3rdiness is my favorite osu youtuber

[@felixgg]

welcome back bro

[@cazadon]

Tbh he wasn't trying to hide it he kept saying that he was cheating

[@Folsomdsf2]

FYI it's VERY VERY easy to stop this cheating.

[@bed_destroyed]

i mean it WAS stopped

[@peacecontrolclip2142]

Bro finaly remembered to upload

[@chip6070]

banger video man

[@Vplaytg]

I'm still defending the case that this could not have been considered cheating at the time and the ban is not warranted. There are two inputs activated by two fingers, with no extra input given or anythign. While the community is right to feel that this is unfair and cloutiful was clearly abusing a broken mechanic, it was allowed by the rules of the game. You cannot ban someone because of something that was not restricted by the rules of the game at the time. For example: Playing jump farm maps on a touchscreen was absolutely broken at the time. Does it warrant a ban because it it unfair to farm jump maps on a touchscreen? no. That is because despite it being an unfair advantage and a broken mechanic it is not a bannable offense. The solution was adapting the rules and the pp system to account for it. So, dynamic key stroke is a bannable offense now? Great, so he cant use it from now on, but unban him. I am worried that the community is responding this way to the situation. Also, despite what this video claims, dynamic keystroke is NOT a macro. The switch just actuates on the way up and not down.

[@shadowakakxqzi9132]

i agree

[@Snarf679]

Just came ou that someone in top 20 allegedly paid the mods a large amount of $$ before the ban How strange

[@shutup3338]

It can be a macro even if it only activates on the way up. He knew it was considered cheating and still used it, it is a massive advantage that works similarly to that of a macro etc

[@JNDeaux]

14:50 I guess you meant "preconception," because "prenotation" isn't even a word.

[@shutup3338]

prenotation is a word. basically meaning a feeling based on intuition instead of facts

[@theydontknowmeson737]

6:30 I think I saw something🧐

[@qeqw1234]

hes back!!

[@Guffaw_02]

He returned!

[@lexs5771]

MY GLORIOUS KING IS BACK

[@Verschlossener]

the goat is back

[@littlemanjack1683]

this is so epic for no reason at all

[@amanthatchangedhisnameover7153]

peppy will not let this slide bru 😭😭

[@gladisess]

a lot of people didnt consider this cheating though

[@bed_destroyed]

what are you talking about lol everybody considered this cheating

[@Autumn-lol-0]

Im so glad your back #best osu creator

[@chloe333x]

first 15 mins of the vid: literally everything about cheating other than cloutiful the rest: cloutiful

[@Zyrexia]

At least the cheater forced n3rdiness out of hibernation

[@miroslavbulldosex]

great video

[@darkowo_]

not now i'm watching akolibed get his #1!!!

[@m1m1m1m1bushogama]

my sweet honey bear n3rdiness is back

[@FlaskDad]

moral of the story cheat 62 times

[@TOAST-ku4xi]

Can someone please tell me the name of the music in 17:45

[@riceravager]

HE’S BACK

[@Panguk]

63 mentioned

[@squarrildog1803]

Kinda wish he made a new account and started playing again. He was legit a good player without cheats. Sad

[@lodies2680]

Sad thing that he was actually good but had to cheat his speed scores

[@underfrag_]

osu rewinds gonna be wild. owc, mrekk pp record on september 20, and cloutiful drama

[@neilsui]

We need speed aiming back😭😭😭

[@nitro6599]

DKS IS ON MY NAME!

[@Greyreal.]

Does anyone know what pen tablet cloutiful was using?

[@marikafukuroi86]

Noone was fucking praying for anyone. People are vultures for drama

[@paqoe]

this is so cool

[@rikisanity6045]

Ok now do the CC24 grand finals incident

[@oldmanestimanjr]

IM NOT OVERTAPPING 63MS!!!

[@ambassadorofbadtaste]

20:19 Holy fuck, guess I'm lucky with being a 6-digit and also tapping diagonally (I use s and c keys cuz that's more comfortable for me. This is because I like to tap to the beat when I listen to music, and over time, tapping diagonally got more comfortable for me)

[@oscardominguez9241]

Haven’t played osu since I was like 12 my ahh would use cheat engine

[@GdMan11.]

Geometry Dash player here… first time?

[@elrit6]

osu had cheaters before gd even existed

[@traviis]

sad because he would’ve been top 10 in the current meta