diff --git a/osu-framework b/osu-framework
index d00a7df902..60e0a343d2 160000
--- a/osu-framework
+++ b/osu-framework
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit d00a7df902074d0b3f1479904b7f322db9d39c1f
+Subproject commit 60e0a343d2bf590f736782e2bb2a01c132e6cac0
diff --git a/osu.Game.Rulesets.Mania/Beatmaps/Patterns/Legacy/PatternGenerator.cs b/osu.Game.Rulesets.Mania/Beatmaps/Patterns/Legacy/PatternGenerator.cs
index ad07c03b96..e6e3f1d07f 100644
--- a/osu.Game.Rulesets.Mania/Beatmaps/Patterns/Legacy/PatternGenerator.cs
+++ b/osu.Game.Rulesets.Mania/Beatmaps/Patterns/Legacy/PatternGenerator.cs
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ namespace osu.Game.Rulesets.Mania.Beatmaps.Patterns.Legacy
                 HitObject firstObject = Beatmap.HitObjects.FirstOrDefault();
 
                 double drainTime = (lastObject?.StartTime ?? 0) - (firstObject?.StartTime ?? 0);
-                drainTime -= Beatmap.EventInfo.TotalBreakTime;
+                drainTime -= Beatmap.TotalBreakTime;
 
                 if (drainTime == 0)
                     drainTime = 10000;
diff --git a/osu.Game.Rulesets.Mania/Beatmaps/Patterns/Legacy/PatternType.cs b/osu.Game.Rulesets.Mania/Beatmaps/Patterns/Legacy/PatternType.cs
index d4957d41a9..d645882511 100644
--- a/osu.Game.Rulesets.Mania/Beatmaps/Patterns/Legacy/PatternType.cs
+++ b/osu.Game.Rulesets.Mania/Beatmaps/Patterns/Legacy/PatternType.cs
@@ -15,51 +15,51 @@ namespace osu.Game.Rulesets.Mania.Beatmaps.Patterns.Legacy
         /// <summary>
         /// Keep the same as last row.
         /// </summary>
-        ForceStack = 1,
+        ForceStack = 1 << 0,
         /// <summary>
         /// Keep different from last row.
         /// </summary>
-        ForceNotStack = 2,
+        ForceNotStack = 1 << 1,
         /// <summary>
         /// Keep as single note at its original position.
         /// </summary>
-        KeepSingle = 4,
+        KeepSingle = 1 << 2,
         /// <summary>
         /// Use a lower random value.
         /// </summary>
-        LowProbability = 8,
+        LowProbability = 1 << 3,
         /// <summary>
         /// Reserved.
         /// </summary>
-        Alternate = 16,
+        Alternate = 1 << 4,
         /// <summary>
         /// Ignore the repeat count.
         /// </summary>
-        ForceSigSlider = 32,
+        ForceSigSlider = 1 << 5,
         /// <summary>
         /// Convert slider to circle.
         /// </summary>
-        ForceNotSlider = 64,
+        ForceNotSlider = 1 << 6,
         /// <summary>
         /// Notes gathered together.
         /// </summary>
-        Gathered = 128,
-        Mirror = 256,
+        Gathered = 1 << 7,
+        Mirror = 1 << 8,
         /// <summary>
         /// Change 0 -> 6.
         /// </summary>
-        Reverse = 512,
+        Reverse = 1 << 9,
         /// <summary>
         /// 1 -> 5 -> 1 -> 5 like reverse.
         /// </summary>
-        Cycle = 1024,
+        Cycle = 1 << 10,
         /// <summary>
         /// Next note will be at column + 1.
         /// </summary>
-        Stair = 2048,
+        Stair = 1 << 11,
         /// <summary>
         /// Next note will be at column - 1.
         /// </summary>
-        ReverseStair = 4096
+        ReverseStair = 1 << 12
     }
 }
diff --git a/osu.Game.Rulesets.Mania/Beatmaps/Patterns/Pattern.cs b/osu.Game.Rulesets.Mania/Beatmaps/Patterns/Pattern.cs
index cbde1f0f53..331b92f8a4 100644
--- a/osu.Game.Rulesets.Mania/Beatmaps/Patterns/Pattern.cs
+++ b/osu.Game.Rulesets.Mania/Beatmaps/Patterns/Pattern.cs
@@ -21,16 +21,16 @@ namespace osu.Game.Rulesets.Mania.Beatmaps.Patterns
         public IEnumerable<ManiaHitObject> HitObjects => hitObjects;
 
         /// <summary>
-        /// Whether this pattern already contains a hit object in a code.
+        /// Check whether a column of this patterns contains a hit object.
         /// </summary>
         /// <param name="column">The column index.</param>
-        /// <returns>Whether this pattern already contains a hit object in <paramref name="column"/></returns>
-        public bool IsFilled(int column) => hitObjects.Exists(h => h.Column == column);
+        /// <returns>Whether the column with index <paramref name="column"/> contains a hit object.</returns>
+        public bool ColumnHasObject(int column) => hitObjects.Exists(h => h.Column == column);
 
         /// <summary>
         /// Amount of columns taken up by hit objects in this pattern.
         /// </summary>
-        public int ColumnsFilled => HitObjects.GroupBy(h => h.Column).Count();
+        public int ColumnWithObjects => HitObjects.GroupBy(h => h.Column).Count();
 
         /// <summary>
         /// Adds a hit object to this pattern.
@@ -42,10 +42,7 @@ namespace osu.Game.Rulesets.Mania.Beatmaps.Patterns
         /// Copies hit object from another pattern to this one.
         /// </summary>
         /// <param name="other">The other pattern.</param>
-        public void Add(Pattern other)
-        {
-            other.HitObjects.ForEach(Add);
-        }
+        public void Add(Pattern other) => hitObjects.AddRange(other.HitObjects);
 
         /// <summary>
         /// Clears this pattern, removing all hit objects.
diff --git a/osu.Game.Rulesets.Osu/Objects/Drawables/DrawableSpinner.cs b/osu.Game.Rulesets.Osu/Objects/Drawables/DrawableSpinner.cs
index 854a9b5f49..cc5086f442 100644
--- a/osu.Game.Rulesets.Osu/Objects/Drawables/DrawableSpinner.cs
+++ b/osu.Game.Rulesets.Osu/Objects/Drawables/DrawableSpinner.cs
@@ -158,7 +158,7 @@ namespace osu.Game.Rulesets.Osu.Objects.Drawables
 
             background.AccentColour = normalColour;
 
-            completeColour = colours.YellowLight.Opacity(0.6f);
+            completeColour = colours.YellowLight.Opacity(0.75f);
 
             disc.AccentColour = colours.SpinnerFill;
             circle.Colour = colours.BlueDark;
diff --git a/osu.Game.Rulesets.Osu/Objects/Drawables/Pieces/SpinnerBackground.cs b/osu.Game.Rulesets.Osu/Objects/Drawables/Pieces/SpinnerBackground.cs
index 1c54f9f893..66cf7758b9 100644
--- a/osu.Game.Rulesets.Osu/Objects/Drawables/Pieces/SpinnerBackground.cs
+++ b/osu.Game.Rulesets.Osu/Objects/Drawables/Pieces/SpinnerBackground.cs
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
 // Licensed under the MIT Licence - https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ppy/osu/master/LICENCE
 
 using OpenTK.Graphics;
-using osu.Framework.Extensions.Color4Extensions;
 using osu.Framework.Graphics;
 using osu.Framework.Graphics.Containers;
 using osu.Framework.Graphics.Sprites;
@@ -28,9 +27,10 @@ namespace osu.Game.Rulesets.Osu.Objects.Drawables.Pieces
 
                 EdgeEffect = new EdgeEffect
                 {
+                    Hollow = true,
                     Type = EdgeEffectType.Glow,
-                    Radius = 14,
-                    Colour = value.Opacity(0.3f),
+                    Radius = 40,
+                    Colour = value,
                 };
             }
         }
diff --git a/osu.Game.Rulesets.Osu/Objects/Drawables/Pieces/SpinnerDisc.cs b/osu.Game.Rulesets.Osu/Objects/Drawables/Pieces/SpinnerDisc.cs
index 4e4d4e30b9..29d6d1f147 100644
--- a/osu.Game.Rulesets.Osu/Objects/Drawables/Pieces/SpinnerDisc.cs
+++ b/osu.Game.Rulesets.Osu/Objects/Drawables/Pieces/SpinnerDisc.cs
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@ namespace osu.Game.Rulesets.Osu.Objects.Drawables.Pieces
             if (Complete && updateCompleteTick())
             {
                 background.Flush(flushType: typeof(TransformAlpha));
-                background.FadeTo(tracking_alpha + 0.4f, 60, EasingTypes.OutExpo);
+                background.FadeTo(tracking_alpha + 0.2f, 60, EasingTypes.OutExpo);
                 background.Delay(60);
                 background.FadeTo(tracking_alpha, 250, EasingTypes.OutQuint);
             }
diff --git a/osu.Game.Rulesets.Osu/Objects/Drawables/Pieces/SpinnerTicks.cs b/osu.Game.Rulesets.Osu/Objects/Drawables/Pieces/SpinnerTicks.cs
index dc3d18d40a..4dbb6bd4d6 100644
--- a/osu.Game.Rulesets.Osu/Objects/Drawables/Pieces/SpinnerTicks.cs
+++ b/osu.Game.Rulesets.Osu/Objects/Drawables/Pieces/SpinnerTicks.cs
@@ -2,12 +2,10 @@
 // Licensed under the MIT Licence - https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ppy/osu/master/LICENCE
 
 using System;
-using osu.Framework.Allocation;
 using osu.Framework.Extensions.Color4Extensions;
 using osu.Framework.Graphics;
 using osu.Framework.Graphics.Containers;
 using osu.Framework.Graphics.Sprites;
-using osu.Game.Graphics;
 using OpenTK;
 using OpenTK.Graphics;
 
@@ -15,24 +13,12 @@ namespace osu.Game.Rulesets.Osu.Objects.Drawables.Pieces
 {
     public class SpinnerTicks : Container
     {
-        private Color4 glowColour;
-
         public SpinnerTicks()
         {
             Origin = Anchor.Centre;
             Anchor = Anchor.Centre;
             RelativeSizeAxes = Axes.Both;
-        }
 
-        [BackgroundDependencyLoader]
-        private void load(OsuColour colours)
-        {
-            glowColour = colours.BlueDarker.Opacity(0.4f);
-            layout();
-        }
-
-        private void layout()
-        {
             const int count = 18;
 
             for (int i = 0; i < count; i++)
@@ -44,8 +30,8 @@ namespace osu.Game.Rulesets.Osu.Objects.Drawables.Pieces
                     EdgeEffect = new EdgeEffect
                     {
                         Type = EdgeEffectType.Glow,
-                        Radius = 20,
-                        Colour = glowColour,
+                        Radius = 10,
+                        Colour = Color4.Gray.Opacity(0.2f),
                     },
                     RelativePositionAxes = Axes.Both,
                     Masking = true,
diff --git a/osu.Game/Beatmaps/Beatmap.cs b/osu.Game/Beatmaps/Beatmap.cs
index a64002e0b0..608b2fcd19 100644
--- a/osu.Game/Beatmaps/Beatmap.cs
+++ b/osu.Game/Beatmaps/Beatmap.cs
@@ -2,11 +2,11 @@
 // Licensed under the MIT Licence - https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ppy/osu/master/LICENCE
 
 using OpenTK.Graphics;
-using osu.Game.Beatmaps.Events;
 using osu.Game.Beatmaps.Timing;
 using osu.Game.Database;
 using osu.Game.Rulesets.Objects;
 using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.Linq;
 
 namespace osu.Game.Beatmaps
 {
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ namespace osu.Game.Beatmaps
     {
         public BeatmapInfo BeatmapInfo;
         public TimingInfo TimingInfo = new TimingInfo();
-        public EventInfo EventInfo = new EventInfo();
+        public List<BreakPeriod> Breaks = new List<BreakPeriod>();
         public readonly List<Color4> ComboColors = new List<Color4>
         {
             new Color4(17, 136, 170, 255),
@@ -34,6 +34,11 @@ namespace osu.Game.Beatmaps
         /// </summary>
         public List<T> HitObjects;
 
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Total amount of break time in the beatmap.
+        /// </summary>
+        public double TotalBreakTime => Breaks.Sum(b => b.Duration);
+
         /// <summary>
         /// Constructs a new beatmap.
         /// </summary>
@@ -42,7 +47,7 @@ namespace osu.Game.Beatmaps
         {
             BeatmapInfo = original?.BeatmapInfo ?? BeatmapInfo;
             TimingInfo = original?.TimingInfo ?? TimingInfo;
-            EventInfo = original?.EventInfo ?? EventInfo;
+            Breaks = original?.Breaks ?? Breaks;
             ComboColors = original?.ComboColors ?? ComboColors;
         }
     }
diff --git a/osu.Game/Beatmaps/Events/BackgroundEvent.cs b/osu.Game/Beatmaps/Events/BackgroundEvent.cs
deleted file mode 100644
index 215373bd3b..0000000000
--- a/osu.Game/Beatmaps/Events/BackgroundEvent.cs
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,13 +0,0 @@
-// Copyright (c) 2007-2017 ppy Pty Ltd <contact@ppy.sh>.
-// Licensed under the MIT Licence - https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ppy/osu/master/LICENCE
-
-namespace osu.Game.Beatmaps.Events
-{
-    public class BackgroundEvent : Event
-    {
-        /// <summary>
-        /// The file name.
-        /// </summary>
-        public string Filename;
-    }
-}
diff --git a/osu.Game/Beatmaps/Events/Event.cs b/osu.Game/Beatmaps/Events/Event.cs
deleted file mode 100644
index 3af3909462..0000000000
--- a/osu.Game/Beatmaps/Events/Event.cs
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,13 +0,0 @@
-// Copyright (c) 2007-2017 ppy Pty Ltd <contact@ppy.sh>.
-// Licensed under the MIT Licence - https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ppy/osu/master/LICENCE
-
-namespace osu.Game.Beatmaps.Events
-{
-    public abstract class Event
-    {
-        /// <summary>
-        /// The event start time.
-        /// </summary>
-        public double StartTime;
-    }
-}
diff --git a/osu.Game/Beatmaps/Events/EventInfo.cs b/osu.Game/Beatmaps/Events/EventInfo.cs
deleted file mode 100644
index 3ba3d5ba03..0000000000
--- a/osu.Game/Beatmaps/Events/EventInfo.cs
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,33 +0,0 @@
-// Copyright (c) 2007-2017 ppy Pty Ltd <contact@ppy.sh>.
-// Licensed under the MIT Licence - https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ppy/osu/master/LICENCE
-
-using System.Collections.Generic;
-using System.Linq;
-
-namespace osu.Game.Beatmaps.Events
-{
-    public class EventInfo
-    {
-        /// <summary>
-        /// All the background events.
-        /// </summary>
-        public readonly List<BackgroundEvent> Backgrounds = new List<BackgroundEvent>();
-
-        /// <summary>
-        /// All the break events.
-        /// </summary>
-        public readonly List<BreakEvent> Breaks = new List<BreakEvent>();
-
-        /// <summary>
-        /// Total duration of all breaks.
-        /// </summary>
-        public double TotalBreakTime => Breaks.Sum(b => b.Duration);
-
-        /// <summary>
-        /// Retrieves the active background at a time.
-        /// </summary>
-        /// <param name="time">The time to retrieve the background at.</param>
-        /// <returns>The background.</returns>
-        public BackgroundEvent BackgroundAt(double time) => Backgrounds.FirstOrDefault(b => b.StartTime <= time);
-    }
-}
diff --git a/osu.Game/Beatmaps/Formats/OsuLegacyDecoder.cs b/osu.Game/Beatmaps/Formats/OsuLegacyDecoder.cs
index 772c0e9c07..04208337c7 100644
--- a/osu.Game/Beatmaps/Formats/OsuLegacyDecoder.cs
+++ b/osu.Game/Beatmaps/Formats/OsuLegacyDecoder.cs
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ using System;
 using System.Globalization;
 using System.IO;
 using OpenTK.Graphics;
-using osu.Game.Beatmaps.Events;
 using osu.Game.Beatmaps.Timing;
 using osu.Game.Beatmaps.Legacy;
 using osu.Game.Rulesets.Objects.Legacy;
@@ -217,18 +216,12 @@ namespace osu.Game.Beatmaps.Formats
                 case EventType.Background:
                     string filename = split[2].Trim('"');
 
-                    beatmap.EventInfo.Backgrounds.Add(new BackgroundEvent
-                    {
-                        StartTime = double.Parse(split[1], NumberFormatInfo.InvariantInfo),
-                        Filename = filename
-                    });
-
                     if (type == EventType.Background)
                         beatmap.BeatmapInfo.Metadata.BackgroundFile = filename;
 
                     break;
                 case EventType.Break:
-                    var breakEvent = new BreakEvent
+                    var breakEvent = new BreakPeriod
                     {
                         StartTime = double.Parse(split[1], NumberFormatInfo.InvariantInfo),
                         EndTime = double.Parse(split[2], NumberFormatInfo.InvariantInfo)
@@ -237,7 +230,7 @@ namespace osu.Game.Beatmaps.Formats
                     if (!breakEvent.HasEffect)
                         return;
 
-                    beatmap.EventInfo.Breaks.Add(breakEvent);
+                    beatmap.Breaks.Add(breakEvent);
                     break;
             }
         }
diff --git a/osu.Game/Beatmaps/Events/BreakEvent.cs b/osu.Game/Beatmaps/Timing/BreakPeriod.cs
similarity index 70%
rename from osu.Game/Beatmaps/Events/BreakEvent.cs
rename to osu.Game/Beatmaps/Timing/BreakPeriod.cs
index 78e33f2fbb..fb307b7144 100644
--- a/osu.Game/Beatmaps/Events/BreakEvent.cs
+++ b/osu.Game/Beatmaps/Timing/BreakPeriod.cs
@@ -1,27 +1,32 @@
 // Copyright (c) 2007-2017 ppy Pty Ltd <contact@ppy.sh>.
 // Licensed under the MIT Licence - https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ppy/osu/master/LICENCE
 
-namespace osu.Game.Beatmaps.Events
+namespace osu.Game.Beatmaps.Timing
 {
-    public class BreakEvent : Event
+    public class BreakPeriod
     {
         /// <summary>
         /// The minimum duration required for a break to have any effect.
         /// </summary>
         private const double min_break_duration = 650;
 
+        /// <summary>
+        /// The break start time.
+        /// </summary>
+        public double StartTime;
+
         /// <summary>
         /// The break end time.
         /// </summary>
         public double EndTime;
 
         /// <summary>
-        /// The duration of the break.
+        /// The break duration.
         /// </summary>
         public double Duration => EndTime - StartTime;
 
         /// <summary>
-        /// Whether the break has any effect. Breaks that are too short are culled before they reach the EventInfo.
+        /// Whether the break has any effect. Breaks that are too short are culled before they are added to the beatmap.
         /// </summary>
         public bool HasEffect => Duration >= min_break_duration;
     }
diff --git a/osu.Game/osu.Game.csproj b/osu.Game/osu.Game.csproj
index acc6fd4abe..1631311ef6 100644
--- a/osu.Game/osu.Game.csproj
+++ b/osu.Game/osu.Game.csproj
@@ -74,10 +74,6 @@
     <Compile Include="Audio\SampleInfoList.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Beatmaps\Drawables\BeatmapBackgroundSprite.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Beatmaps\DifficultyCalculator.cs" />
-    <Compile Include="Beatmaps\Events\BackgroundEvent.cs" />
-    <Compile Include="Beatmaps\Events\BreakEvent.cs" />
-    <Compile Include="Beatmaps\Events\Event.cs" />
-    <Compile Include="Beatmaps\Events\EventInfo.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Online\API\Requests\PostMessageRequest.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Online\Chat\ErrorMessage.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Overlays\Chat\ChatTabControl.cs" />
@@ -91,6 +87,7 @@
     <Compile Include="Rulesets\Beatmaps\BeatmapConverter.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Rulesets\Beatmaps\BeatmapProcessor.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Beatmaps\Legacy\LegacyBeatmap.cs" />
+    <Compile Include="Beatmaps\Timing\BreakPeriod.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Beatmaps\Timing\TimeSignatures.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Beatmaps\Timing\TimingInfo.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Database\BeatmapMetrics.cs" />