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osu! Beatmapping Contest #4 Results

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[Luanny]
8,248 posts
Joined April 2011
[Luanny]
I am almost sure that was because of the songs lol
The idea was nice tho, one videogame song, one anime song and one electronic song to make everyone happy
Just the choice was... weird
All the songs should have at least almost the same lenght to be fair lol

btw I hope we can have a storyboard contest soon :3
HanzeR
921 posts
Joined May 2012
HanzeR
Im not very good at mapping, but personally I didn't make any entry because well, I didn't like any of the songs, 2 of the songs were LONG and repetitive, and mapping hard/normal difficulties. For a mapping contest, rankability seems like a pretty silly thing to judge on.

Not to mention I hadn't even heard of the contest until several weeks in.

Anyways congrats to the winners, all of these maps are pretty impressive in their own right.
fartownik
2,189 posts
Joined December 2008
fartownik
Well, the Sonic song was obviously not a good choice, but the 2 remaining ones were pretty fun to map. Next time the songs should be picked via genre, not theme I guess (i.e. "anime" category should be just "japanese"). Also every aspect of the picks should be thought off thoroughly so the songs fit everyone's mapping taste.
Soaprman
1,392 posts
Joined January 2008
Soaprman
It really is kind of baffling that Rooftop Run wasn't cut. If I modded a map of that, I'd probably ask the mapper to edit a loop out of the mp3. Was it to test mappers' ability to handle repetition or something? To me, some of the incomplete maps for that song indicate a good judgment call on how long a map of that song should be. I'd probably have given them bonus points for that.

Length aside, though, it's a pretty good song choice. A shorter version would be fun to map, I think.

I like that some of the judges were willing to comment on incomplete/unrankable mapsets. I kind of wanted to enter but didn't because I wasn't sure I could make a full mapset I'm happy with in the given amount of time. Seeing the comments though kind of encourages me to enter next time. Hopefully it's not too far away!
winber1
4,520 posts
Joined February 2010
winber1
Also, the map pickers should really look into BPM and the how the song could be mapped.

We could have a song similar to Pink Nightmares, slow but complex rhythm. We could then have some relatively fast-paced and relatively streamy map (not so much that the whole thing is a death stream tho LOL). And then we could have maybe some average J-pop map.

One flaw I see is that it's not just the genre of the music, but also the fact that the beatmaps chosen are not completely different in the way that they will be mapped. I mean the most clear example would be streamy maps vs. non-streamy maps. But there could be other things to consider like songs that have very epic parts and very soft parts vs. songs that generally stay about the same epicness level.

Well that's just a rough idea.
Loctav
Popcorn Fairy
4,496 posts
Joined February 2009
Loctav
Next beatmap contest will be done with user created songs along with a composing contest right before it.

So the most popular compositions will be mapped for the contest.
I hope this idea works out good.
[Luanny]
8,248 posts
Joined April 2011
[Luanny]
...wow
that will be awesome as fuck lol

also make storyboard contest for the winner maps hue
Ekaru
3,617 posts
Joined July 2008
Ekaru

Loctav wrote:

Next beatmap contest will be done with user created songs along with a composing contest right before it.

So the most popular compositions will be mapped for the contest.
I hope this idea works out good.
Hyyyyyyype!
D33d
1,697 posts
Joined April 2011
D33d
A composition contest? Guess that means that some dubstep bollocks would win, yawn.
[Luanny]
8,248 posts
Joined April 2011
[Luanny]

D33d wrote:

A composition contest? Guess that means that some dubstep bollocks would win, yawn.
Nope
Nope
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Nope
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Nope
PLEASE NOPE
CXu
osu! Alumni
3,558 posts
Joined March 2009
CXu

Loctav wrote:

Next beatmap contest will be done with user created songs along with a composing contest right before it.

So the most popular compositions will be mapped for the contest.
I hope this idea works out good.
People won't map because not enough animu.
Stefan
Global Moderator
10,393 posts
Joined January 2011
Stefan
^ that truth
Soaprman
1,392 posts
Joined January 2008
Soaprman
Someone just needs to compose anime music.










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Raging Bull
2,785 posts
Joined June 2010
Raging Bull
Has to be tv saizu too
Loctav
Popcorn Fairy
4,496 posts
Joined February 2009
Loctav

CXu wrote:

Loctav wrote:

Next beatmap contest will be done with user created songs along with a composing contest right before it.

So the most popular compositions will be mapped for the contest.
I hope this idea works out good.
People won't map because not enough animu.
chance is high that the winning song (determined by its popularity) will be liked by majority and therefore would also be liked to be mapped by many :P
Shohei Ohtani
Shohei Ohtani

D33d wrote:

A composition contest? Guess that means that some dubstep bollocks would win, yawn.
David Grey ft. Jacob Morris - Wub Wiggity Waa Waa
Koko Ban
234 posts
Joined January 2009
Koko Ban

CXu wrote:

People won't map because not enough animu.
i think i just found a new signature
Andrea
Beatmap Nominator
16,650 posts
Joined August 2008
Andrea
I'd say that the discussion is going a bit off-topic now :P
yurunneram
682 posts
Joined January 2012
yurunneram
I will state my opinion on the low number of contestants

There is definitely enough beatmappers on Osu! to create a larger number than this. I don't think it was lack of notification as most active beatmappers are usually updated on the announcements. I believe the mapper choose not to take part. It's either they didn't like the songs, had their own maps to tend for, or anything else. Personally I did not participate as I thought that there would be too much competition, but turns out there wasn't. Really the way to fix this problem is to make the competition more attractive. At least give more time for submission as it's 3 diffs. And maybe there could be a link to the results of the previous year's results when you announce the next contest so people will get an idea of the standard they're facing ^^

But yea, that's all I got to say ._.
evanma
31 posts
Joined January 2013
evanma
these mappers be dope
Legxis
80 posts
Joined May 2013
Legxis

Soaprman wrote:

Currently compiling oszs with all entries in them. Stand by!

Here they are! The numbers in each difficulty name are the score they received. That way you can sort them by that and play them in order from the zeros to the heros... or the other way around!

Infected Mushroom - Pink Nightmares
Kurosaki Maon - Fuss Fuzz
Tomoya Ohtani - Rooftop Run (classic)

Alright, so sorting by difficulty name doesn't seem to be a thing. It still shouldn't be hard to play them in score order though!
Thanks, I was going to do something like this, but it turns out I don't need to^^

I already played all Fuss songs, to see how other people mapped it, and in my heart, wcx19911123 took first place, fartownik and Lesjuh second and Xgor third =)

Concerning the rules, I think it is totally normal not to allow skins, storyboard or backgrounds. However, I don't think that applies for custom hitsounds. Because hitsounds have a direct effect on the map and are not only exterior or decoration. Some mapping styles might not sound good unless they have their special hitsounds. So I think that rule should be re-thought about.
Ruidoso
236 posts
Joined November 2010
Ruidoso
Congratulations to all!
zeroclover
468 posts
Joined December 2010
zeroclover

Legxis wrote:

I already played all Fuss songs, to see how other people mapped it, and in my heart, wcx19911123 took first place, fartownik and Lesjuh second and Xgor third =)


fffffuuuu... im still 4th there D:
[Luanny]
8,248 posts
Joined April 2011
[Luanny]
There was enough time imo. Just some mappers decided to finish their maps in the last week.
Kert
2,079 posts
Joined June 2009
Kert
You didn't participate, you can't tell.
Though the main problem was not the amount of time, but the exams and everything in June
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[Luanny]
8,248 posts
Joined April 2011
[Luanny]
I know people who participated and I follow this thread.
Sieg
3,981 posts
Joined February 2012
Sieg
HODOR
Loctav
Popcorn Fairy
4,496 posts
Joined February 2009
Loctav

Kert wrote:

You didn't participate, you can't tell.
Though the main problem was not the amount of time, but the exams and everything in June
Exams are always. Exams are here in August, in other countries in July, in others in June, others in May, April, March, February, September, October (like I have exams in October, even if others do have them in August).

That's how it works and can never be avoided. I can't imagine any contest where no one hopped in and said "NOT THIS TIME, ITS EXAMS TIME" D:
Kert
2,079 posts
Joined June 2009
Kert
In my view one possible way to partly avoid this is to make time interval before deadline around 1 month+week or 2 weeks more (like it was changed this time)
Exam sessions rarely last for a whole month, don't they? So even if most of the time is occupied, there still will be those spare weeks to finish the mapset
peppy
19,301 posts
Here since the beginning
peppy
All prizes have been awarded. Congratulations again to the winners. Hope to run another one of these soon with bigger scale.
Tsukiro
3 posts
Joined May 2013
Tsukiro
Hooray for the winner!! :D
Kenny
23 posts
Joined November 2011
Kenny
Heheh last place, no surprises there. I never mapped before, and I never knew there was a distance snap. ^^ Time to practice! :D
eee
692 posts
Joined January 2008
eee
I am actually proud of the way my maps turned out. Although I do not recognize some (most) of the mappers, I feel pretty good as to where I ranked.
Congrats to all who participated, especially the winners (it was a no brainer Lesjuh would receive a high score, but Xgor seems to really improved as a mapper since I saw him last).

bmin11 wrote:

Entries wrote:

Gens, eee, Lesjuh
Why aren't you guys mapping regular maps?
The beatmap approval system wasn't working for me at the time. If you're really asking, I was about to make an entire paragraph of why I disapprove of the ranking system. Not really because of the BATs and mods, part of it was me being busy outside of osu! and the frequency of how much my pending maps actually got modded.

And lastly, I agree with Charles about the reason the submissions were quite low. It would be a good idea to have the community take part in the song suggestions (I think it was like that for a previous contest (?)), where users can vote or make suggestions for the song choices.
Kyoko watari
Kyoko watari
Good :)
Otosaka-Yu
1,117 posts
Joined August 2013
Otosaka-Yu
恭喜哦
CrooZen_old
1 post
Joined August 2013
CrooZen_old
Nice Job , guys
Pelly_old
7 posts
Joined December 2012
Pelly_old
Gratz everyone! :)
deadbeat
osu! Alumni
9,218 posts
Joined June 2009
deadbeat
the party is over guys :)
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