how tf do you even rank up in this loving game. I've been at 50k for like ever and I only gain like 2 ranks for plays, only the occasional 300-500 to just lose them all in a week
if the answer is playing annoying and boring PP maps forget that I'm out
the secret is to just play for fun
i find that it's way better to just enjoy osu just because u like to hit circles in whatever cool patterns the mapper came up with, and to find self-improvement from being able to do harder maps rather than being able to increase some stupid ass pp count that isn't even accurate to difficulty anyway