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Ascendance's Ultimate osu!catch Mapping Contest III [FIN]

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Ascendance's Ultimate osu!catch Mapping Contest III

September - October 2018



Discord Link: https://discord.gg/hacdQgF
Contest .osz Post: https://osu.ppy.sh/forum/p/6793969
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Introduction & Changes



Hi everyone! Sorry for being late, but welcome to another iteration of Ascendance's Ultimate osu!catch Mapping Contest. After a pretty significant drop in participation for the last contest, which was a collab contest, I've decided to space out the contests a bit more and return to a single-participant based competition.

Compared to the last contest, here's what's changed.

  1. UCMC III will return to a single-person contest. Entrants cannot collab and must participate based solely on their own skill.
  2. The song will be anywhere from 2:30 - 4:30 in length.
  3. The scoring system will be changing (most likely) to create a more balanced method of scoring.
  4. Winners from UCMC II's Novice Competition will not have to comply with the rule that states "Cannot be a Winner of a previous Novice competition".
  5. The winner from UCMC I, however, will have to respect that ruling.


The Schedule



  1. August 21, 2018: Announcement and judge recruitment / supporter donations
  2. September 1, 2018: Song selection and rule change cutoff / .osz release
  3. September 1, 2018 - September 23, 2018: Mapping Phase
  4. September 23, 2018 - September 30, 2018: Judging Phase (subject to change based on entries)
  5. October 7, 2018: Winner announced

The Format (Copypasted from 1 and 2)



Well Ascendance, what the hell is goin' on around here, I'm not quite sure I follow! How can a new mapper stand up against an experienced mapper in a contest?

Well never fear friends! In this contest, there'll be two "divisions" of judging - new mapper, or the Novice category, and experienced mapper, or the Expert category. These two categories will allow mappers to square up against people of similar abilities to them and test their limits in a way that won't make them discouraged.

For people in the Expert category, you won't need to worry. Novice category mappers will not be able to win the same prizes as the higher echelons of competition, simply because it wouldn't be fair. We aren't undervaluing the newer mappers, but rather promoting mappers to aim for the top in the highest level of mapping.

To qualify as a Novice, you need to fit the following criteria. Breaking any of these criteria will cause you to be moved into the Expert category:

  1. No Ranked Maps (osu!catch)
  2. No Ranked Guest Difficulties (osu!catch)
  3. Under 40 submitted osu!catch mapsets
  4. Cannot be a Beatmap Nominator (osu!catch)
  5. Cannot be a Winner of a previous Novice competition
The prizes are as follows (Subject to Change):

Expert:

1st place: Profile Badge (tentative), BN assistance in the ranking of the map
2nd place:

Novice:

1st place: Profile Badge (tentative), Additional assistance through the ranking process
2nd place:


In addition to the above, the winning mapsets are encouraged, but not obligated, to incorporate other contest entries into their mapset to showcase the best that the contest has to offer!

Judging Criteria (Subject to Change)

  • Judges will first be voting individually based on the following criteria:
  1. Creativity (10 points) - The creative portion of your difficulty. This can come down to simple things such as aesthetics, or something more advanced such as an overall theme or unique patterning.
  2. Structure (10 points) - Did your map fit together well or did it feel random? Are the ideas you introduce consistent throughout the entirety of the map?
  3. Expression (10 points) - How accurately does the difficulty of the map represent the song? Points in this category are awarded based on the cohesiveness of the difficulty as a whole, as well as determining if your map fits the song at all stages.
  4. Hitsounding (3 points) - Does the hitsounding of your map make sense? Does it add or detract from the difficutly and do the various settings make sense (samplesets, volumes, etc)?
  5. Judge's Opinion (7 points) - This category is based on the judge's personal opinion of your difficulty. There is no innate criteria for it, but the judge may have their own personal criteria to fit the 7 points.

Rules



Registering to participate:

  1. You must join the Discord using the link at the top of this post!
Mapset Criteria

  1. Maps will consist of 1 difficulty of ANY level, but be reasonable. Lower difficulties will not score as many points as generous attempts at higher difficulties. (Platter and above is recommended. With the winning mapset, staff members will be willing to fill out the lower difficulties of the set before it is pushed for rank, if the mapper desires). Example set - The top diffs are all other participant's entries, the other diffs are filled by the winner's friends and staff members.
  2. Submissions must have their difficulty name set to be the intended difficulty of the map. (Cup, Salad, Platter, Rain, Overdose). Anything else won't be looked at.
  3. Submissions with more than 1 difficulty submitted will have only the highest difficulty judged.
  4. Maps are allowed only to use default hitsounds. No additional custom sets will be allowed, and the presence of custom sets will detract from score.
  5. Maps are to be submitted through .osu format only. This means storyboards and custom backgrounds will not be permitted until the contest ends.
  6. You must map adhere to the ranking criteria. Unrankable maps with the intent of being unrankable (mistakes are fine) will not be scored.
  7. The map only needs to be submitted once. If you submit multiple entries, only the most recent one will be scored. Example: (UCMC III SUBMISSION: ASCENDANCE)
  8. Mapsets cannot be submitted until the winner of the contest is announced. Submitting your mapset or sharing your entry with any other participant is grounds for a disqualification.
  9. All entries must be sent directly to Ascendance via Forum PM. Submissions by any other means will not be accepted.
  10. Mapsets submitted past the cutoff date (UTC+0) will not be accepted whatsoever.

Staff



Organizer: Ascendance
Judges: ZiRoX | Deif | Kurokami | JBHyperion | JeirYagtama | AJamez
Supporter Donators: Support is welcomed!

As always, PM Ascendance with any questions you may have <:
Aurele
yess
Pachiru
results are announced on my birthday lol
Topic Starter
Ascendance

Pachiru wrote:

results are announced on my birthday lol
happy birthday!
Pachiru
:P
Topic Starter
Ascendance
fixed a buggy discord link :)
JBHyperion
let's hope for another absolute banger /o/
Himari_JP
hmm
?
...
koemada

JBHyperion wrote:

let's hope for another absolute banger /o/
Topic Starter
Ascendance
Contest .osz is here: https://puu.sh/BobCN/210ee05534.osz

The song is World Vanquisher by Void (Mournfinale)

Again, please join the discord for more updated information on the contest! Good luck to everyone!
Yuii-
Good luck folks! Ascendance is the greatest of all time
Benita

Yuii- wrote:

Ascendance is the greatest of all time
Himari_JP
zucc
Topic Starter
Ascendance
congrats to [_-Kukkai-_] and Sinnoh for winning this edition of UCMC and congrats to all the podium finishers! see you next time!
Jemzuu
Sorcerer didnt win.

This contest is completely rigged.

on a serious note, congrats to everyone who finished on the podium!
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