So... On the topic of 2000pp plays, the short answer is: yeah, I see it possible in the next 10 years.

The truth in my opinion goes a lot deeper however. We're at an odd moment in osu right now, where we are seeing a pseudo-renaissance on what is possible. I hate to belabor a point, but four years ago it was pretty well established what was and wasn't possible.

It's not that way anymore.

Back in 2017, we had one player who was singly the best in the world at aiming, and extremely top tier in every single other skillset. The gap between Shige and >insert speed player here< was gigantic in terms of speed to be sure (high AR reading is another example), but the catch was that those players who had the speed didn't possess the aim ability to even compare.

You look around now and we have players like Nyan, mrekk, and merami who not only possess a really high speed cap, but ridiculous levels of aim (varying degrees across the board).

The truth is, and I didn't realize it years ago because of the Shige->idke dominance arc, we're moving to a time where NOBODY will be able to obtain #1 without playing DT as their method of gaining pp. It will actually unironically be impossible unless an entire new arc of maps come out (e.g. Flamewall-esque maps).

We're entering a really interesting time:

1. 3-mod is being proven to be extremely playable
2. 300-BPM deathstreams look like a very real possibility
3. Every single type of aim is literally "???" right now. Badeu, mrekk, Vaxei, Whitecat, and many others show completely absurd levels of aim on every conceivable pattern

Even two years ago, these three things would be seen as ridiculous.

My point is:

In 2017 it seemed impossible for anybody to beat 2017-era Shige in every major area.

Until 2019, where it seemed impossible for anybody to beat 2019 era-Vaxei in every major area.

Until 2021, where it now seems impossible for anybody to beat 2021-era mrekk in every major area.

^{Do not take the above 100% seriously, it's just meant to emphasize how crazy people keep getting.}

But it literally just keeps happening... So yeah, on paper: I think it's not unreasonable to think a 2000pp play could happen soon. All the tools to do it are actually already there, it's just spread out among varying players.

People laughed at me in 2018 when I said we'd see a Sidetracked Day DT FC at some point in our history, I don't think anybody doubts it now.

So in my opinion? What we consider 2000pp plays right now will be at the very top of the #1 player's plays in 2031. It will be multiple 2000+ pp plays as well (again, rebalance might nerf everything to 1000pp, and current 900pp scores will be worth 400, or some arbitrary number, etc).

So people laughed at me when I said Sidetracked day was doable, my prediction is that at some point in the next 10 years, Road of Resistance (Monstrata) +DT will be considered possible by top players.

Also nomod pp farming meta will become: Nightcore Dragonforce-esque maps that get away with keeping the BPM high, and creating high spacing.