At last, the waiting is over, the judging is complete, and we can announce the winners! It was a pretty close contest. And the winners are...

Masashi Hamauzu - Showing Heart "Dance of the Cornered Rat"
6 judges voted 0-10, so points are out of a possible 60

1. First place: lesjuh, with 50.05 points (83.4%) (download the winning map!) (mod the current revision!)
2. Runner-ups:
   
   1. Gens, with 48.80 points
   2. Shinxyn, with 48.80 points

Yoko Kanno - The Real Folk Blues
5 judges voted 0-10, so points are out of a possible 50

1. First place: m980, with 44.00 points (88.0%) (download the winning map!) (mod the current revision!)
2. Runner-ups:
   
   1. MetalMario201, with 41.00 points
   2. 0_o, with 37.75 points

The Mighty Mighty Bosstones - The Impression That I Get
5 judges voted 0-10, so points are out of a possible 50

1. First place: lesjuh, with 43.25 points (86.5%) (download the winning map!) (mod the current revision!)
2. Runner-ups:
   
   1. MetalMario201, with 42.50 points
   2. m980, with 42.00 points

Special congratulations to lesjuh, who won in two different categories, thus creating an awkward situation which I was hoping to avoid! Also congratulations to m980, for getting the highest average score out of any map in the contest. And a round of applause for all entrants. The first place winners will be contacted about their prizes in the next few days.

A results page, featuring breakdowns of all the scores, comments from mappers and judges, and downloadable .osu files for all entries can be found here:
http://osu.ppy.sh/p/contestresults

Big thanks to all who participated, as mappers or judges. Stay tuned for the next contest in a few months!

Note: Please do not submit your contest entry maps until after the winning maps have been ranked

God that was hard to judge

lesjuh hax

Congratulations to all who participated!

Funny, I thought there'd be more entries. Especially for The Real Folk Blues.

Lol. Congrats to the winners, and better luck next time to all others~

oh you, lesjuh

nyaahahah

nyahah.
nya.

I surpassed Larto, and for that I'm happy. P:

lesjuh you damn pro! xD And congrats to m980 too :3

I hope the comments page will be available soon, I'd like to see what people thought of the maps

lesjuh > *

And thus lesjuh's awesomeness becomes official ^_^ (you too m980 ) Looking forward to seeing the winning maps.

Stay tuned for the next contest in a few months!

That soon eh? Sweet.

Hahahaaha lesjuh <3

'Grats to everyone! :O

nvm~

Each judge gave a score out of 10, and they were added, I think.

Congrats everyone.

Gladi wrote:

Hahahaaha lesjuh <3

Rofl now you can't hit me, take that xDD

I thought there were going to be more entries Congrats to Lesjuh and m980!

TITIG by lesjuh and MM201 better have been super fucking epic D:

wow two First place, gratz Lesjuh, and to others winners =)

Gratz to everyone o/!
Too bad i couldn't finish mines ;-;

So will the next contest be like this one or will it have a twist like allowing storyboards?

Hell yeah, sletjuh <3

DawnII wrote:

I thought there were going to be more entries Congrats to Lesjuh and m980!

I agree, and congrats to Lesjuh and m980

I'm just glad I made it in time, the Japanese and Instrumentals were made in a week, more or less, and TITIG was VERY DIFFICULT TO MAP, I didn't really like how it turned out, but... it was a'ight

Congrats to lesjuh for 2 times and congrats to m980 as well

It was really nice to judge all of this maps!

Congratz to everyone

And big applause to Lesjuh and m980
Can't wait for them map, I want to play them

Blue Dragon wrote:

lesjuh hax

^
Congrats to m980, though I can't say I'm surprised

Most people got pretty nice scores
Anyway, nice job lesjuh and m980~

m980 has submitted his winning map. Please mod it! viewtopic.php?t=28280

sweet lesjuh
Flying Netherlands

Last, as expected XD
Anyway, I've the best score among the last <.<

Last

Anyway, i hardly had some time to map

These results at least were much better and close than the first Beatmap Contest. At least there weren't any entries that submitted a COMPLETELY different song, nor extremely gigantic differences between the best and the worst.

I hope my comments aren't bad. x:

No offense, but I think the song choice was a bit too special (I guess the number of entries supports my view).

gz to the winners :3

Actually, 29 * 3 = 87 beatmaps where made for this contest.

As opposed to not nearly as many for the first one. It was 20 to 30, wasn't it?

The main reason there weren't so many entries is due to the mapset requirement. It requires much more work than just making a Normal or a Hard.

87 maps isn't anywhere near a bad turnout, though, so if anything it proves that the songs were good enough for plenty of people to make 3 maps per song, especially when they weren't likely to get anything from doing it.

Two seconds? FFFF---

Lesjuh's TITIG better be fucking epic.

Congrats Everyone

lesjuh's winning maps are now both submitted as well! please go mod them!

Showing Heart: http://osu.ppy.sh/s/14913
Impression That I Get: http://osu.ppy.sh/s/14912

Also, in case you missed it, m980's winning map:

Real Folk Blues: http://osu.ppy.sh/s/14849

gratz ... not fantastic but nice maps ..

lesjuh stole 2 "elite mapper" title at once

I won't name names, but I've seen many of the top mappers on each of the lists acting more like sore losers than the people at the bottom. I really hope we don't have another contest cause the attitude is just awful. What complete garbage.

If people are sore over this, wait until they read the judges comments..

mtmcl wrote:

I won't name names, but I've seen many of the top mappers on each of the lists acting more like sore losers than the people at the bottom. I really hope we don't have another contest cause the attitude is just awful. What complete garbage.

I claim full responsibility for this.

It won't happen again.

I think he meant me actually P=

Note the plural.

If it were just a single person, I wouldn't be as upset about it, only slightly disappointed.

Wait, I beat someone? How the hell did that happen?

RandomJibberish wrote:

Wait, I beat someone? How the hell did that happen?

with skill/luck

Well obviously, I was joking.

congratulation lesjuh !!

A bit late, but here is the results page including each judges' comments for every entry. Enjoy!

http://osu.ppy.sh/p/contestresults

k, next contest with good songs please~

The judges comments are... wow

Then again I'll look forward to the next beatmapping contest

Just wow, it's out of my imagination there are so few mapper get into this match

It's nice to know what the judges thought about everybody's map and it shows that they have pretty different taste.

Some things was a bit rushed in my contest map (Like the hitsounds) and I'm tried something new but I think I got a pretty nice score

Anyways, can't wait for the next contest, (Hope it's during a time when I had more time that this contest)

Bah my mapping style has changed a little since I made my contest entry, and I don't really like some of the stuff I did, but meh

I'll be entering the next contest for certain. Without making an insane XD

The Real Folk Blues:

osuplayer111 wrote:

I was going to rate this with a 9, but I can't because some unsnapped notes on Easy. So, I'll rate this with an 8.

I believe downvoting for nazi reasons makes no sense in this environment--especially unsnapped notes in fluctuating-BPM music. It's the kind of thing you should bring up when a map is in pending because it's very easy to fix and it's best for ranked maps to be as perfect as they can before they're frozen, but it doesn't have any bearing on a map's composition, enjoyability, or quality, especially when the differences are minor enough that they don't impact playability.
In other words, failing to click one menu option prior to upload isn't worth a whole point of loss. Had all the judges thought this way, it'd be a MASSIVE FIVE POINT LOSS, which is ridiculous in a contest where one point means the world.

Ephemeral wrote:

Easy is pretty boring - which makes the otherwise commendable effort of full-length beatmapping a detriment to your score instead. Perhaps instead of aiming for length specifically, you could have made Easy a little more interesting?

I would never shorten the length of Easy. That's stupid, and is something I would never consider an option for anything I would map. I'll replay my TRFB [Easy], but nothing stood out as being inferior to the other difficulties. It followed the exact same structure. Easies are naturally sparser, so will be less interesting to experienced players. They do allow for more creativity with slider shapes and object placement, and I thought I did a pretty good job here. I count myself among the few who actually enjoy mapping Easies.
Furthermore, consistency of feel across difficulties is one of the specific points brought up at the onset of this competition, so why would I break consistency so badly by shortening one of the difficulties?

Cyclone wrote:

Damn, if only this wasn't half copy-pasted, it'd win for sure.

In my case, copypaste of the second verse in TRFB was a matter of time. Copypasting the second chorus is something I wouldn't have changed, and its repeat is different. The other small units of copypaste, such as the streams, are awesome, and IMO it would be worse without them.

The Impression That I Get:

Cyclone wrote:

Very nice, just a little too copy-pasted.

The repeat of each chorus could have used to be more different. (In an earlier version, it was TOTALLY identical!)

CheeseWarlock wrote:

A bit of beat strength trouble, unnecessary kiai refountains and an Easy that was asking for larger circles take away slightly from an otherwise impressive map.

The Kiai stars were a last-minute addition because it previously had none. I didn't want Kiai to be on too much so I just put it on for "Never had to knock on wood", then took it off.
I always keep my circle sizes consistent. I was considering reducing the distance spacing for Easy (especially, "knock on wood," which seems quite harsh for an Easy), but I opted instead to keep the distance spacing consistent across difficulties, as in EBA.

u mad?

O NOES, MY MAP DIDN'T GOT #1 NOW I HAVE TO WHINE BOOHOHOHOHOHO
seriously man, stop the whining.

Dude, I don't agree with almost everything negative the judges pointed out. But I'm not making a big deal out of it. (Ok, I won, but still...) Just keep it in mind for a next contest.

Are the mapper comments going to be available soon?

Also, yay mustache sliders

Gladi wrote:

O NOES, MY MAP DIDN'T GOT #1 NOW I HAVE TO WHINE BOOHOHOHOHOHO
seriously man, stop the whining.

Just who's whining here?

I was being plenty polite. A little discussion never hurt anyone.

Yes. I'm nazi, sorry.

MetalMario201 wrote:

Gladi wrote:

O NOES, MY MAP DIDN'T GOT #1 NOW I HAVE TO WHINE BOOHOHOHOHOHO
seriously man, stop the whining.

Just who's whining here?

I was being plenty polite. A little discussion never hurt anyone.

But a discussion over every little thing (AHUM LESJUH'S TTITIG MAP AHUM) is really a pain in the ass.

Gladi wrote:

(AHUM LESJUH'S TTITIG MAP AHUM)

When was that ever mentioned?

People, be civil.

And don't reply to me saying "oh hey I was being civil" because if you were being civil then I wasn't talking to you. But nonetheless, tone it all down. We're all friends here :)

MetalMario201 wrote:

Ephemeral wrote:

Easy is pretty boring - which makes the otherwise commendable effort of full-length beatmapping a detriment to your score instead. Perhaps instead of aiming for length specifically, you could have made Easy a little more interesting?

I would never shorten the length of Easy. That's stupid, and is something I would never consider an option for anything I would map.

Well, there's your problem.