r/beatsaber 5d ago

News Beat Saber Update v1.45.0 with Hip Hop Mixtape 2

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Hip Hop Mixtape 2 has landed, and it brings eight fresh hip hop and rap tracks to Beat Saber. From chart toppers to genre staples, this pack packs a serious punch with well-known names like Kendrick Lamar, Cardi B, Doja Cat, and Lil Nas X:

  • Kendrick Lamar – tv off (feat. Lefty Gunplay)
  • Lil Nas X & Jack Harlow – INDUSTRY BABY
  • Doja Cat – Kiss Me More (feat. SZA)
  • JID – Surround Sound (feat. 21 Savage & Baby Tate)
  • Lil Wayne – 6 Foot 7 Foot (feat. Cory Gunz)
  • Cardi B – I Like It (with Bad Bunny & J Balvin)
  • Doechii – NISSAN ALTIMA
  • Tommy Richman – MILLION DOLLAR BABY

This pack also introduces a brand new environment, giving you a fresh backdrop to slice through as you play. 

The Hip Hop Mixtape 2 is fully uncensored:

- Meta Quest - Under 13 on a parent-managed account? Content is hidden by default.

- Steam - 13+? Use the Explicit Lyrics Toggle to set your preference.

More details at beatsaber.com/faq.

You can grab Hip Hop Mixtape 2 on its own, or pick up the Beat Saber + Hip Hop Mixtape 2 bundle if you're just getting started.

Read the full release notes below.

See you on the leaderboards!

RELEASE NOTES:

[Meta Quest Platforms] 
- Added: Hip Hop Mixtape 2 featuring 8 new tracks
- New Hip Hop Mixtape 2 Environment

[Oculus Rift]
- Added: Hip Hop Mixtape 2 featuring 8 new tracks
- New Hip Hop Mixtape 2 Environment
Level Editor:
- Fixed: Play/Stop buttons freeze in BPM menu
- Fixed: Strobe effect values behaved incorrectly when adjusted
- Fixed: Arcs appeared offset in front of the notes

[Steam]
- Added: Hip Hop Mixtape 2 featuring 8 new tracks
- New Hip Hop Mixtape 2 Environment
Level Editor:
- Fixed: Play/Stop buttons freeze in BPM menu
- Fixed: Strobe effect values behaved incorrectly when adjusted
- Fixed: Arcs appeared offset in front of the notes


r/beatsaber Aug 21 '25

News Beat Saber Updated Unity Version 6000.0.40f1

32 Upvotes

Hey players, we just released Beat Saber update v1.40.9 with Unity version 6000.0.40f1. This update delivers fixes across all platforms, along with numerous improvements and new features for the Level Editor. If you encounter any issues, please don't hesitate to contact us in the comments below or via the support email support@beat-games.com.

Please note that this is a “quality of life” update and does not include new music or feature content.

RELEASE NOTES:

[Quest 3]

- Added: Automatically swap selected controller when current controller is deactivate

- Fixed: Saber position shifts backward for one frame

- Fixed: Some songs with notes spawning earlier than usual have their first few note hit and miss sound effects muted or much quieter

- Fixed: The color of the Menu floor will change when leaving, failing or completing a song in ‘Solo’ or ‘Party’ Mode

- Fixed: Songs from the Metallica Music Pack will not be ordered alphabetically if the user searches for ‘Metallica‘ in the ‘All Songs‘ or ‘Favorites‘ menu

- Fixed: The message shown is incorrect when the user applies a filter in the Favorites tab that results in no matching songs

- Fixed: The leftmost text is partially hidden when viewing the Filter Parameters menu in any game mode

- Fixed: The Leftmost Text appears to be cut off when viewed in the Graphics Menu

- Fixed: Song preview continues to play from the point selected after the user has left the ‘Practice Mode’ screen

- Fixed: Score difference panel displayed even when ‘Advanced HUD’ is toggled off

- Fixed: Frame rate will drop considerably while playing "Lustre" on Expert+ difficulty

- Fixed: If a teen account redeems a music  code with explicit lyrics before setting parental controls, the code redeems successfully and access is granted

- Fixed: Footprints in playerspace don’t change colour correctly

[Quest 2]

- Added: Automatically swap selected controller when current controller is deactivated

- Fixed: Saber position shifts backward for one frame

- Fixed: Some songs with notes spawning earlier than usual have their first few note hit and miss sound effects muted or much quieter

- Fixed: The color of the Menu floor will change when leaving, failing or completing a song in ‘Solo’ or ‘Party’ Mode

- Fixed: Songs from the Metallica Music Pack will not be ordered alphabetically if the user searches for ‘Metallica‘ in the ‘All Songs‘ or ‘Favorites‘ menu

- Fixed: The message shown is incorrect when the user applies a filter in the Favorites tab that results in no matching songs

- Fixed: The leftmost text is partially hidden when viewing the Filter Parameters menu in any game mode

- Fixed: The Leftmost Text appears to be cut off when viewed in the Graphics Menu

- Fixed: Song preview continues to play from the point selected after the user has left the ‘Practice Mode’ screen

- Fixed: Score difference panel displayed even when ‘Advanced HUD’ is toggled off

- Fixed: If a teen account redeems a music  code with explicit lyrics before setting parental controls, the code redeems successfully and access is granted

- Fixed: Footprints in playerspace don’t change colour correctly

[Oculus Rift] 

- Added: Automatically swap selected controller when current controller is deactivate

- Fixed: Saber position shifts backward for one frame

- Fixed: Some songs with notes spawning earlier than usual have their first few note hit and miss sound effects muted or much quieter

- Fixed: The color of the Menu floor will change when leaving, failing or completing a song in ‘Solo’ or ‘Party’ Mode

- Fixed: Songs from the Metallica Music Pack will not be ordered alphabetically if the user searches for ‘Metallica‘ in the ‘All Songs‘ or ‘Favorites‘ menu

- Fixed: The message shown is incorrect when the user applies a filter in the Favorites tab that results in no matching songs

- Fixed: The leftmost text is partially hidden when viewing the Filter Parameters menu in any game mode

- Fixed: The Leftmost Text appears to be cut off when viewed in the Graphics Menu

- Fixed: Song preview continues to play from the point selected after the user has left the ‘Practice Mode’ screen

- Fixed: Score difference panel displayed even when ‘Advanced HUD’ is toggled off

- Fixed: Multiple tabs do not load when selected across all game modes

- Fixed: Frame rate will drop considerably while playing "Lustre" on Expert+ difficulty

- Fixed: If a teen account redeems a music  code with explicit lyrics before setting parental controls, the code redeems successfully and access is granted

- Fixed: Footprints in playerspace don’t change colour correctly

Level Editor:

- Added: ‘Recorder’ feature

- Added: FPS limit for Beatmap Editor when headset is not connected

- Added: ‘Delete’ level button

- Added: Custom selection window

- Added: Custom keybinds

- Fixed: After the user changes the Colour ID or RGB values, the Colour Wheel and Shader markers 

- Fixed: After pressing Play, the selected UI settings are not applied

- Fixed: When first selecting the ‘Light v2’ tab, the blue colour is highlighted even though it is non-functional

- Fixed: When using certain environments, the individual light tabs in the group info extend beyond the right edge of the screen

- Fixed: If a custom song has no title, the Favorites and All Songs lists fail to load

- Fixed: While editing in the Lights V2 tab, some text is displayed incorrectly and gets clipped

- Fixed: Inside the 'Copy Difficulty' settings, the player is able to start and stop the song they are editing

- Fixed: When using 'Split' too close to existing partitions, the numbers will overlap

- Fixed: In the Panic 2.0 environment, the names of Multiple Group Event Info individual settings extend beyond their boxes

- Fixed: When Arcs are connected to diagonal Dot Notes, their directions are displayed incorrectly

- Fixed: When creating a new Difficulty, the blue dot does not appear above the back arrow in the song Settings Menu

- Fixed: Bombs that have already been placed appear as notes when selected

- Fixed: The difficulty titles are misaligned with their checkboxes on the 'Copy From Difficulty' screen

- Fixed: Newly created Levels do not appear in the 'Last Modified' row

- Fixed: 'Use Color Override' will activate and deactivate unexpectedly when switching color tabs

- Fixed: When adding obstacles to a beatmap and entering Test Mode, the Pause Menu appears inside the obstacles

- Fixed: Dropdown boxes will open and clip through the Save Changes screen in the ‘Song Settings Menu’

- Fixed: When the user scrolls forward into stage elements, the wall placement preview remains visible

- Fixed: When deleting color schemes in the Color Scheme Mode, the Color Scheme list does not automatically scroll up

- Fixed: When a player  selects the ‘Copy‘ button on a difficulty in a custom beatmap, then switches to a different custom beatmap, the ‘Copy‘ button appears functional but does not work as expected

- Fixed: The translation options in the ‘Group Info‘ menu do not work when selected

- Fixed: The camera position set in ‘Edit’ mode persists across saves and when returning from the ‘Settings’ screen

- Fixed: Unexpected text appears on multiple ‘Lights Lane’ names when using the 'Fall Out Boy' environment

- Fixed: Open drop-down menus persist when returning back to the Level Editor Settings menu

- Fixed: Droplists in the Level Editor menu don't close after the user exits the screen

- Fixed: Aliasing is observed when viewing blocks

- Fixed: The ‘Copy’ button remains selectable but loses functionality if the user deletes the beatmap they were trying to copy

- Fixed: When the player drags the white lines to change BPM and Beats values, using Ctrl+Z to undo does not restore the previous values

- Fixed: The player is unable to select the scroll bar and scroll by dragging the mouse when changing the environment

- Fixed: ‘Screen Resolution’ changes will not be saved when exit

- Fixed: ‘Directional Arrows’ appear mirrored when the ‘Mirror Quality’ is set to High in the Tutorial

- Fixed: A long loading symbol with no warning message displays when the user selects a ‘Custom Song’ without any beatmap difficulties saved in ‘Solo/Party Mode’

- Fixed: Reaching triple digits causes the last number to be cut off when in the group event mode

- Fixed: The player  is unable to click and drag the scroll bar to navigate in the ‘Keyboard Shortcuts’ section

- Fixed: ‘Settings’ do not save after selecting the ‘Exit’ button

- Fixed: The beatmap will freeze if the user’s headset disconnects from the PC and reconnects after being returned to the ‘Meta Home’ menu during gameplay

- Fixed: Player will become stuck if they attempt to open a custom beatmap with missing or corrupted files

- Fixed: Bookmark is not saved when loading the same beatmap where the bookmark was create

[Steam]

- Fixed: Saber position shifts backward for one frame

- Fixed: Some songs with notes spawning earlier than usual have their first few note hit and miss sound effects muted or much quieter

- Fixed: The color of the Menu floor will change when leaving, failing or completing a song in ‘Solo’ or ‘Party’ Mode

- Fixed: Songs from the Metallica Music Pack will not be ordered alphabetically if the user searches for ‘Metallica‘ in the ‘All Songs‘ or ‘Favorites‘ menu

- Fixed: The message shown is incorrect when the user applies a filter in the Favorites tab that results in no matching songs

- Fixed: The leftmost text is partially hidden when viewing the Filter Parameters menu in any game mode

- Fixed: The Leftmost Text appears to be cut off when viewed in the Graphics Menu

- Fixed: Song preview continues to play from the point selected after the user has left the ‘Practice Mode’ screen

Fixed: Score difference panel displayed even when ‘Advanced HUD’ is toggled off

- Fixed: Footprints in playerspace don’t change colour correctly

Level Editor:

- Added: ‘Recorder’ feature

- Added: FPS limit for Beatmap Editor when headset is not connected

- Added: ‘Delete’ level button

- Added: Custom selection window

- Added: Custom keybinds

- Fixed: After the user changes the Colour ID or RGB values, the Colour Wheel and Shader markers

- Fixed: After pressing Play, the selected UI settings are not applied

- Fixed: When first selecting the ‘Light v2’ tab, the blue colour is highlighted even though it is non-functional

- Fixed: When using certain environments, the individual light tabs in the group info extend beyond the right edge of the screen

- Fixed: If a custom song has no title, the ‘Favorites’ and ‘All Songs’ lists fail to load

- Fixed: While editing in the ‘Lights V2’ tab, some text is displayed incorrectly and gets clipped

- Fixed: Inside the 'Copy Difficulty' settings, the player is able to start and stop the song they are editing

- Fixed: When using 'Split' too close to existing partitions, the numbers will overlap

- Fixed: In the Panic 2.0 environment, the names of ‘Multiple Group Event’ info individual settings extend beyond their boxes

- Fixed: When Arcs are connected to diagonal Dot Notes, their directions are displayed incorrectly

- Fixed: When creating a new Difficulty, the blue dot does not appear above the back arrow in the song Settings Menu

- Fixed: Bombs that have already been placed appear as notes when selected

- Fixed: The difficulty titles are misaligned with their checkboxes on the 'Copy From Difficulty' screen

- Fixed: Newly created Levels do not appear in the 'Last Modified' row

- Fixed: 'Use Color Override' will activate and deactivate unexpectedly when switching color tabs

- Fixed: When adding obstacles to a beatmap and entering Test Mode, the Pause Menu appears inside the obstacles

- Fixed: Dropdown boxes will open and clip through the Save Changes screen in the ‘Song Settings Menu’

- Fixed: When the user scrolls forward into stage elements, the wall placement preview remains visible

- Fixed: When deleting color schemes in the Color Scheme Mode, the Color Scheme list does not automatically scroll up

- Fixed: When a player  selects the ‘Copy‘ button on a difficulty in a custom beatmap, then switches to a different custom beatmap, the ‘Copy‘ button appears functional but does not work as expected

- Fixed: The translation options in the ‘Group Info‘ menu do not work when selected

- Fixed: The camera position set in ‘Edit’ mode persists across saves and when returning from the ‘Settings’ screen

- Fixed: Unexpected text appears on multiple ‘Lights Lane’ names when using the 'Fall Out Boy' environment

- Fixed: Open drop-down menus persist when returning back to the Level Editor Settings menu

- Fixed: Droplists in the Level Editor menu don't close after the user exits the screen

- Fixed: Aliasing is observed when viewing blocks

- Fixed: The ‘Copy’ button remains selectable but loses functionality if the user deletes the beatmap they were trying to copy

- Fixed: When the player drags the white lines to change BPM and Beats values, using Ctrl+Z to undo does not restore the previous values

- Fixed: The player is unable to select the scroll bar and scroll by dragging the mouse when changing the environment

- Fixed: ‘Screen Resolution’ changes will not be saved when exit

- Fixed: ‘Directional Arrows’ appear mirrored when the ‘Mirror Quality’ is set to High in the Tutorial

- Fixed: A long loading symbol with no warning message displays when the user selects a ‘Custom Song’ without any beatmap difficulties saved in ‘Solo/Party Mode’

- Fixed: Reaching triple digits causes the last number to be cut off when in the group event mode

- Fixed: The player  is unable to click and drag the scroll bar to navigate in the ‘Keyboard Shortcuts’ section

- Fixed: ‘Settings’ do not save after selecting the ‘Exit’ button

- Fixed: Player will become stuck if they attempt to open a custom beatmap with missing or corrupted files

- Fixed: Bookmark is not saved when loading the same beatmap where the bookmark was create


r/beatsaber 3h ago

Beat Map I wanna make a v3 lightning map with like Weave or other OST 5 era or up but I also wanna install Chroma and Noodle Extensions into it but Chromapper has no v3 lightning maps.

2 Upvotes

The v3 lights map look insane but I cant put chroma into it or noodle extension but other people have done it. I also wanna use a v3 lightning map for the Circle environment but its only just Glass Desert.


r/beatsaber 13h ago

Discussion How does the Rock Mixtape compare to other OST?

9 Upvotes

I’d like to know how difficult it is, how well mapped it is, how much tech it has (I like chain notes) without spoiling too much for myself. I’m making this post to see if it’s worth getting. My favourite music pack is Metallica followed by MonsterCat Volume 2, and I’d like to know if the difficulty is about there on expert plus. It’s a slightly older pack so I’m worried it will have bad mapping, which is the main reason why I’m making this post.


r/beatsaber 1d ago

Question Does anyone have tips for improvement when you honestly can't help but treat this as a dance game?

11 Upvotes

Very niche question in niche community but I refuse to convert to playing any other way and I'd still like to better myself somehow.

I do find myself improving in some ways yet getting worse in others and I wanted to know if any other people who play in a non wrist-exclusive style have any futher tips or things they personally found helpful.

I've been playing I guess maybe 5 years off and on (had back surgery at one point) and I hate being ok enough to intimidate people to play with me when I'd teach them first, but not good enough to compete compete. (EDIT: I track my beatleader score and usually rank midway, if that makes sense)

Do you watch accuracy? Track certain things I'm stupid at cause I flail around? Do you have particular mods that track things better than others? ANY MAP RECCS? I enjoy playing so much and don't want to lose ambition just due to the lack of progression I make. Any high score makes me feel champ again LOL

Thanks to anyone who has suggestions or will tell me I'm not the only one :')

Open to discord pals and such too but fellow dancies at least drop me the best maps that I 100% already have but I will appreciate you for regardless.

/spiel sorry


r/beatsaber 21h ago

Video I beat a 13 star map for the first time!

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3 Upvotes

It didn't do that good, but I did complete it without failing!


r/beatsaber 21h ago

Video Challenger by Creo (ranked, expert)

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3 Upvotes

r/beatsaber 1d ago

Screenshot Climbing the ranks :D

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3 Upvotes

queen of fiction is so hard man


r/beatsaber 21h ago

Video Unity by Rogue, Stonebank, & Slippy

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1 Upvotes

r/beatsaber 1d ago

Modding Why are all the songs I want to play on either custom difficulties or anything above easy/normal?

16 Upvotes

I've only started getting into modding, and each tutorial leads the same road. My problem is when I think of something to play it either doesn't exist (fair enough) or its difficulties are some custom "super ultra God" or anything above normal/easy. Why are nearly all mods like this, or never have at least normal difficulty?


r/beatsaber 2d ago

Video Challenger by Creo (ranked, hard)

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11 Upvotes

r/beatsaber 1d ago

Fan Art Wake up new beat Saber multiplayer mermaid oc has dropped!! 🗣️🔥💯

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6 Upvotes

I have thought for a very long time of drawing him, he originally got inspired by the level aquamarine from geometry dash by sincos and ren241 because I found the name and the vibe fit for him quite a lot so I thought why not making a beat Saber mermaid oc for that? I made this also because I love the multiplayer avatars so much!! They are very cute!! :3c


r/beatsaber 1d ago

Question crashes when i install mods

3 Upvotes

im on 1.40.8 standalone, and it crashes when i install mods. when i uninstall, it loads. what could be the issue?

EDIT: I JUST HAD TO RESTART QUEST ILL LEAVE IN ON FOR FUNZIES MODS CAN REMOVE THIS


r/beatsaber 2d ago

Video Passing the hardest part and then fumbling🥹

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3 Upvotes

Longer than fallen symphony


r/beatsaber 2d ago

Video After 40+ hours, finally cleared the map that made me start BS (Blossom)

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9 Upvotes

Blossom by Synthion (its an old map, its unranked on SS, but I was never one to care about rank and pp anyway)

It's not some crazy acc or anything, but its a start. Relaxing the arm muscles seem to help a lot with acc, although idk if I'm still doing stuff wrong...
FPV without the moe stuff: https://beatleader.com/score/34245218


r/beatsaber 1d ago

Tech Support Microstutter every 10-15 sec. How to fix?

1 Upvotes

I have a 9800x3d and RTX 5080 streaming to Quest 3 using VD. VD stats show that there is a consistent 1,1,2,3 ms latency for game, encoding, network, and decoding. My WiFi is likely not a bottleneck. Every 10-15sec, my framerate drops from 120 to 107fps it just breaks the whole immersion due to microstuttering. During these stutters, the 4 latency metrics don't change, only the framerate drops. I have tried all encoders. I am limiting my stream to low quality and 50mbps@H264+ until I can figure out what's wrong. I do not have anything running in the background. I play AAA games on this PC with no lag or microstutters. Claude and Gemini gave me 20 solutions, none of them worked.

Any suggestions?


r/beatsaber 3d ago

General Help Need help figuring out how I’m supposed to do this part

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187 Upvotes

Hello I am a fairly new player. I cannot figure out how to hit these boxes without getting hit by the big one I’m not supposed to touch. Sorry for the drawings- I cannot figure out how to get photos of it.


r/beatsaber 2d ago

General Help Replay not despawning notes on hit

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4 Upvotes

so for some reason only on replay when i hit the notes instead of disappearing like i see it on my POV they kind of just fly super fast towards the camera instead of despawning, and I was wondering what could be the cause of that

-sorry for bad gameplay.


r/beatsaber 2d ago

Video MTN Shift Gaming Experience | South African Beat Saber National Championships 2026 (Day 1 Shorts - Seeding Bracket 🇿🇦)

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5 Upvotes

This was Day 1 (28 August 2026) of the South African Beat Saber National championship hosted in Canal Walk Shopping Center, Cape Town, South Africa.

This tournament was organized by African Cyber Gaming League (AGCL) in collaboration with MTN and Canal Walk Shopping Center.

This day was prioitized for all Top 8 elected finalist, nationwide, to enter a seeding round where they had all performed one selected same chart and based on their score performances, they were seeded in the following format as a group of two players, competing against each other to start the quarter final round, that had resumed on 29 August 2026, all the way until to the grand finale (in which another short will demonstrate that as Day 2 highlights - 29 August 2026 assigned):

Group 1: Seed #1 vs Seed #8

Group 2: Seed #2 vs Seed #7

Group 3: Seed #3 vs Seed #6

Group 4: Seed #4 vs Seed #5

This rulesets (provided with media) will be more elaborated on depth on the full recorded composition of this tournament as a Youtube documentary in future highlighting each player's names to their respected seeding post the seeding round from Day 1.

For all international rhythm gamers🌎: please do dearly support the South African Beat Saber Community for being one of the most monumental rhythm gaming community, within the whole country, through their social media platforms (in which will be provided below here).

Towards all South African Rhythm Gamers and citizens 🇿🇦: if all this videography, and future ones too 👀, dearly makes you passionate to be in part of the South African beat saber community as an official competitor, learning a new hobby/passion (whether being a casual, in between or competitive (locally and internationally)), engage friendships with a nation of devoted rhythm gamers, consider joining their discord server and the community is beyond ecstatic to welcome you all with open arms!!!

Here are the South African Beat Saber Community's Social Media platforms 🔥🇿🇦:

- Discord: https://discord.gg/BZJvQfx8

- YouTube: https://youtube.com/@beatsabersouthafrica?si=LWPD07fOCNqhYPiq

See you more with shorts and the ultimate documentary!


r/beatsaber 2d ago

Screenshot How do i fix this?

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3 Upvotes

my Quest 3 wont show up on Mods Before Friday


r/beatsaber 3d ago

Question Is there a way to have a bot to test parity and flow?

7 Upvotes

I have shoulder problems which prevents me from playing. As a new mapper I’d like to test the parity and timing of my blocks and how they flow in game. I wish there was a bot that could play so I could see how the sabers swing but so far I’ve been using streamers which helps me see flow problem that’s almost impossible to see while mapping.


r/beatsaber 3d ago

Video "And Plague Flowers the Kaleidoscope" by Ne Obliviscaris

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13 Upvotes

This was the first run of the song I did, it killed my arms💀😂


r/beatsaber 2d ago

Screenshot How do i fix

0 Upvotes

In MBF Launcher on my pc it doesnt detect my quest 3


r/beatsaber 4d ago

Fan Art Made some tiny blocks for my hat

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249 Upvotes

Wanted to add some Beat Saber representation to my hat of many things and thought that some little charms would be cute. I of course had to paint them in my custom colors as well.


r/beatsaber 4d ago

Discussion Why do people kick the only player who cleared the map?

38 Upvotes

I often think about this when playing multiplayer.
Let’s say there are three people in the lobby: the host, me, and a random player. The random player, who isn’t very good, throws some absolutely disgusting map at us. Since it was thrown at me, I just play it and clear it.
But then the random player and the host both fail the map, and somehow they assume that I’m the one who picked the shitty map, even though I was the only one who actually cleared it.
So they kick me.
Like… what the fuck? I genuinely don’t understand.