31/1/2015 - The osu! Malaysia Tournament 2015/2016 edition has come to an end.
I really want to extend my gratitude to the staff team who worked together with me:
ffstar0716 for streaming all the matches and taking so much time out of his schedule to do so, and also replacing me as the tournament administrator whenever I am not around. He has also done various map pool statistic sheets and gave detailed write-ups for several rounds as well!
Ex6TenZ for being the head of selecting the beatmaps for the tournament, assisted by ffstar0716, [ -Scarlet- ] and myself, and also designing a fantastic banner for the Grand Finals!
Jeffrey for being one of the most regular commentators for the tournament, taking much time out his schedule to do so.
Jeffrey, TequilaWolf, walaowey, SolarFox and Karuta- for willing to become referees for the tournament.
xsrsbsns for sponsoring the 3rd place prize!
TequilaWolf, Amane-, Karuta-, Smashy and AdielAdrellos for helping out with commentary for a few matches!
All the players in the tournament who made an effort to turn up for their matches.
All the viewers of the stream for giving their support.
Without a single one of them, this tournament would not have been possible.

Prize Winners
Champion: TequilaWolf (4 months supporter tag)
1st Runner-up: sprItzEr (2 months supporter tag)
2nd Runner-up: Amane- (1 month supporter tag)

Full OMT Standings

Other Tournament Awards
Match of the Tournament: Amane- vs TequilaWolf (Winner's Bracket Round 3)
Best Upcoming Player of the Tournament: TheSomething

Statistics/Write-ups
ffstar0716's Beatmap Pool Statistics/Review
Thoughts on Group Stage Results
Thoughts on Week 4 Results
Thoughts on Week 5 Results
Thoughts on Week 6 Results
Thoughts on Week 7 Results
Thoughts on Week 8 Results

Mappool Statistic + Mappool Review

I will give some comment about some of the maps in the mappool and make a statistic about the players' bans and picks. Enjoy





Good luck to all the players!!!

week 1 mappool thoughts : everyone ban Kagerou Days NM and L'avide HR
Insane Techniques arent bad, high win rate
Re:Call is a nice song (some says this map is too easy, I'm not too sure since I have problems with keeping combo ( or I'm just bad) )
Torikago = hidden squares
strangeatractor = consistency test ( + sudden huge jumps after second chorus)
Nichijou Decoration + Hitorishizuka = common DT maps
english song DT = jumps
maihime + vortex arc = nasty end streams

overall : nicely done, good variety

bumping for rules update

rule 11 though

Can the same warm-up map be picked for warm-up in different matches?

owlstalker wrote:

Can the same warm-up map be picked for warm-up in different matches?

Yup, no problem with that! You can use the same warm-up every time

I would like to join see my Malaysian flag here

[Toy] wrote:

I would like to join see my Malaysian flag here

hax

For anyone wondering what happened to hikaruboyz, it appears that his account has been restricted. I am now contacting the reserves to see if they can take his spot. It should not be an issue with the drawings as he was unseeded and so will the reserves.

9/12/2015 - It has been confirmed that Viores will take his place.

groupstage mappool thoughts: excellent job. very good variety, no retarded picks. HR is good, insane techniques/BMS is a bit on the harder side, torikago/wkyik's insane is a little hard, english song DT is a bit hard, but all is good. shimotsuki haruka is really nice. well done naz

where the hype at

The tournament kicks off today! All the best to all participants!

Thoughts on RO16 mappool:

Nomod: Generally nomod bracket is quite tricky.
Onigami: CS5 is not the main problem here, the bigger problem comes when the map requires a lot of alternating and good finger control since it's BPM160.
COME BACK TO MY HEART: More like take away my heart. This map is also very tricky as it has a lot of complex beats and you need to be able to read well to play it.
Aspirin: There's a part which consists a lot of alternating, pretty tricky.
Yuugure Semi Nikki: Kinda tricky to sightread because alternating at some parts, but otherwise okay.
Asymmetry: I guess this was a good choice also, prefer this difficulty from the others (where I can't even get how the rhythm works).
Usatei: LOL. TROLL MAP. Spaced (srsly) streams and ridiculously high sv at the end.

HR: Pretty standard mappool.
Guilty Crown: Real test of consistency. 5 minutes of AR10 really can set apart those who are genuinely strong in HR and those who are just able to react in time.
Idol Syoukougun: Nothing much to say about this map except the BPM might take a little getting used to.
HEAVENLY MOON: My personal favourite from the mappool. If you can stream well with HR, this map is a very good pick.

DT: Slightly tricky.
KOKIA: lel. Not very difficult since it's mostly singletaps, but just have to make sure you catch the 2 beat stacks and the surprise stream.
Harmony: A lot of 1/4 sliders. Easy to slider break if you're not careful.
Zedd: Nice EDM choice, but beware of the 1/6 beats in the song.

HD: lol
Thieves Night Trick: Alternate map. Personal favourite. If you can do doubles and 4plets well this map is a good choice.
Snow halation: lel tv size, probably easiest song in the bracket.
empty: pretty tricky map.
TB: 6 minutes xd

For some reason I'm glad I did not make it out of group stage, the RO16 mappool raped me so hard lel

EDIT: No one's gonna mention that yanaginagi and senya/Mayumi Morinaga appeared in two mappools in a row now?

holy fuk the usatei what is dat

im gonna die so hard

Best of luck.

enji game

Thoughts on some of the Ro16 Mappool maps:

RE:Utasei
Well, this might seem like a troll map at first, but I believe this is a good test on how well you can do on spaced streams(and just streams in general), ar9 jumps as well as high SVs at the end of the map. I can see players potentially picking or banning this map, depending on whether they choose to specialize in this or not.

Asymmetry
Definitely a very good map to be picked. Tests on fair amounts of consistency, accuracy, reading and rhythm in general.

Thieves Night Trick
Don't snap in this map. Don't snap or you will have a hard time. Follow the rhythm and make your cursor movement as smooth as possible.
TIP: Hit Lighting helps a lot.

Heavenly Moon
So far (imo) the easiest map(tied with I want you to know) in this mappool. I dunno about the DT maps, but this is quite easy for a Ro16 (as long as you can stream od10).

Everlasting Guilty Crown
Consistency battle and combo battle with HR on a 5min map. 's gonna be hell if you don't know how to HR and would be better off banning it instead of training for it.

I Want You to Know
Easy FC for those consistent players. LET'S GO ACC BATTLE

Aspirin
Tricky alternates just like Jeffrey said, and beware of chokes.


That's it for now.

Ex6TenZ wrote:

enji game

Viores wrote:

Best of luck.

mappool punya la susah

if it was me I'd put lost love under hidden

Firstly, why HEAVENLY MOON is on HR orz
I wish it's on HD ;w; It makes me wanna ban it orz

Maps are all good (Damn usatei lol) but the Thieves Night Trick would be a bit tricky for HD, and those sliders at starting are quite easy to have sliderbreaks D:

And the tie breaker ;w; 6 minutes... it's a bit long lol

Others are okay... so far? xD

MiraiXu wrote:

Firstly, why HEAVENLY MOON is on HR orz
I wish it's on HD ;w; It makes me wanna ban it orz

Maps are all good (Damn usatei lol) but the Thieves Night Trick would be a bit tricky for HD, and those sliders at starting are quite easy to have sliderbreaks D:

And the tie breaker ;w; 6 minutes... it's a bit long lol

Others are okay... so far? xD

>.<

Oh my god, Why Asymmetry - GuyCat's Extra in nomod. Too hard for me
Many stream, triples and short slider
I can't aim dat diff

Btw, other mappool looks good

I think I should be grateful I'm out lol

Mappool? more like Mapocean hahaheuheuhahehk

We have just concluded the group stage of OMT! Here are the final standings of all groups! Congratulations to those who advanced to the bracket stage. Bracket draws will be held on twitch.tv/osumalaysia at 10:00pm tomorrow!

Full overview: http://challonge.com/omt1516/groups

Group A
Champion: TequilaWolf, with 3 wins and a 12-1 record
Runner-Up: Karuta-, with 2 wins and a 9-5 record

Thoughts: This group went exactly as I expected, TequilaWolf putting up a solid performance as one of the tournament favourites. Karuta- would probably be seen as the middle of the pack among the runner-ups, capable of giving other champions a run for their money. This is the perfect example of a group where all four seeds are clearly separated and performed up to their expected level.

Group B
Champion: Leminine, with 2 wins and a 8-3 record
Runner-Up: L u m i n o u s, with 2 wins and a 10-7 record

Thoughts: This group is just crazy - While I expected this to be the group of death, I never expected Leminine to make it out of groups yet topping the group, by beating both Rampax and L u m i n o u s forcing them to try to eliminate each other. L u m i n o u s had a pretty solid performance in the group stage and played an extremely exciting game with Rampax. Rampax showed moments of brilliance and it is a shame that he didn't manage to progress from the group stage, and we see a top seed fall from the groups without walkovers here. All three players would have certainly made it out if they had been separated in different groups instead. Weeaboo Jones didn't seem strong enough overall to be able to compete with the others in his group.

Group C
Champion: AdielAdrellos, with 3 wins and a 8-1 record
Runner-Up: TheSomething, with 2 wins and a 9-5 record

Thoughts: No real surprises here - AdielAdrellos lived up to his expectations as the top seed and outclassed the rest of his group. TheSomething had an upset win over SolarFox, although it honestly isn't a far stretch to think that it would happen, but certainly showing that he is not one to be underestimated. It is a waste that SolarFox had to give walkovers for the rest of his matches due to family reasons, because I would liked to have seen how he fared against the other two opponents. Slyn was outclassed but he had a few good maps!

Group D
Champion: sushipack321, with a perfect group stage (3 wins, 12-0 record)
Runner-Up: Rawn, with 2 wins and a 8-8 record

Thoughts: Once again, no real surprise with sushipack321 being the dominant force in this group and topping it without trouble. Rawn had a very interesting match against T_Yozora and T_Yozora certainly came close to making it in the bracket stage, but his inconsistency held him back this time, but he definitely gave a good account of himself. D e s couldn't play his last match against T_Yozora, so it is difficult to see where he actually stands although he appears rather inconsistent.

Group E
Champion: MiraiXu, with 2 wins and a 8-3 record
Runner-Up: NaruseMio-, with 1 win and a 5-6 record

Thoughts: Group of disaster, where the top seed already gave walkovers to everyone in the group, making it a three-horse race. MiraiXu topped the group, but it was a gift from NaruseMio- throwing the match against him. However, his performance against Jeffrey certainly makes me believe that being unseeded does not do him justice, and he is a not to be underestimated despite appearing to be the weakest player among the group champions. NaruseMio- actually played really well against MiraiXu before throwing at the end of matches, and despite being low seeded he could have potentially impressed more in the bracket stage. I am personally disappointed in Jeffrey 's performance, but due to NaruseMio- withdrawing we could potentially see Jeffrey redeem himself with a more difficult mappool in the bracket stage which leads it to being less of a consistency test and where skill counts for more.

Group F
Champion: Amane-, with 3 wins and a 8-3 record
Runner-Up: BlackViper2, with 2 wins and a 11-5 record

Thoughts: I don't think anyone expected Amane- to not top the group, but what was truly surprising was BlackViper2's incredibly strong performance in the group stage, taking Amane- to a tiebreaker and beating out ZYuan. He certainly looks to shaping up to be a hidden threat in the bracket stage. ZYuan disappeared after his loss against BlackViper2, so it is difficult to tell where he stands. Viores just looked outclassed as the lowest-ranked player in the whole tournament.

Group G
Champion: sprItzEr, with 3 wins and a 12-4 record
Runner-Up: rch3211, with 2 wins and a 8-6 record

Thoughts: No surprises in this group for me. There were some question marks about sprItzEr's consistency with mouse in my mind, but I have no doubt that he is still a very strong player and he proved it by 4-0ing rch3211, FC-ing 3 maps and not even missing once (sliderbroke once in one map). I thought that chickeneric gave a very good account of himself in the group stage but his lack of mod capabilities might have held him back. owlstalker did put up a good show despite being an unseeded player by not getting stomped by any of the others in his group, well done there.

Group H
Champion: Rumia-, with 3 wins and a 12-2 record
Runner-Up: Conflict, with 2 wins and a 8-7 record

Thoughts: No surprises for me - Rumia- dropped two games, but I thought that his 4-0 against Conflict probably stamped his class over the rest of the group and sent a clear warning to everyone that he is the defending champion of the OMT and he will not just give away his title to members of the new generation. I thought that Conflict looked rather shaky in obtaining his second place spot - he has clear weaknesses but his combo ability is still a threat for every other group champion out there (2 FCs against Rumia-). walaowey and Uta - chan appeared to be really close in skill with both having their own strengths and weaknesses, but not good enough to actually threaten the big boys in their group.


I am excited for the bracket draws tomorrow!!

so group B , when are we having a party for being the craziest group

Rampax wrote:

so group B , when are we having a party for being the craziest group

June?

Live Draw VOD


Matchups are now out!

sprItzEr vs Karuta-
Leminine vs Conflict
Rumia- vs L u m i n o u s
AdielAdrellos vs Rawn
Amane- vs Jeffrey (replaces NaruseMio- who withdrew)
sushipack321 vs rch3211
MiraiXu vs BlackViper2
TequilaWolf vs TheSomething

So many things have changed over the years lel

chickeneric wrote:

EDIT: No one's gonna mention that yanaginagi and senya/Mayumi Morinaga appeared in two mappools in a row now?

im aware of that (not to mention there's 2 mafumafu in this mappool) but i really don't want this to be something that i need to care about cuz there's already soo much rules and requirements for me to choose map to make it fun, hard, varies and unique (and i don't really have huge map library ;w;). hopefully people don't find this repetitive already.

Ex6TenZ wrote:

im aware of that (not to mention there's 2 mafumafu in this mappool) but i really don't want this to be something that i need to care about cuz there's already soo much rules and requirements for me to choose map to make it fun, hard, varies and unique (and i don't really have huge map library ;w;). hopefully people don't find this repetitive already.

since you put Snow Halation I'll forgive you

Mappools nice!

Ex6TenZ wrote:

im aware of that but i really don't want this to be something that i need to care about cuz there's already soo much rules and requirements for me to choose map to make it fun, hard, varies and unique.

Don't worry I have been there, people reject my nomination just because they cannot FC on it or because it is not ranked (and then they put in unranked maps) or because I don't have a top rank of relevants mods on my best performance

but omt is much more lenient than that from what I see in the map pool

Karuta- wrote:

Don't worry I have been there, people reject my nomination just because they cannot FC on it or because it is not ranked (and then they put in unranked maps) or because I don't have a top rank of relevants mods on my best performance

That's basically saying a #10k scrub mapper/modder shouldn't map/mod a 6* diff LOL

Ex6TenZ wrote:

chickeneric wrote:

EDIT: No one's gonna mention that yanaginagi and senya/Mayumi Morinaga appeared in two mappools in a row now?

im aware of that (not to mention there's 2 mafumafu in this mappool) but i really don't want this to be something that i need to care about cuz there's already soo much rules and requirements for me to choose map to make it fun, hard, varies and unique (and i don't really have huge map library ;w;). hopefully people don't find this repetitive already.

Lol I never meant it that way, I mean I'm a huge fanboy of yanaginagi and senya/Mayumi Morinaga I'm so happy I had to mention it.

sorry for late post, shit happened irl

dropbox oi

OMT Week 4/Round of 16 Review

Overall, tons of extremely exciting matches over the last weekend, and I really enjoyed this round.

sprItzEr 5 - 3 Karuta-
I actually predicted the exact scoreline on stream (feels good man), so both players did perform exactly up to my expectations, with NoMod being a consistency battle and with whoever who has a better grasp on the other mods emerging as the frontrunner. All NoMod maps were picked! Both players put up rather consistent performances, but I felt that there is still a lot of room of improvement from both players before being truly considered as contenders to actually challenge the favourites of the tournament.

Leminine 5 - 4 Conflict
A rematch of the Round of 32 match in the OMT last year, once again in the first round of the bracket stage. This was honestly the match that was the hardest to call for me. I always respect Conflict's ability to keep a massive combo in tournaments, even if he disregards accuracy, making him a lethal threat to pretty much anyone. Was not surprised to see this go all the way to tiebreaker. I predicted a Leminine win, simply because I was extremely impressed with his play in the group stage and showing that he has begun to obtain a grasp on all the mods, making him a strong tournament player. Really thought Leminine made a fatal miss when losing his Guilty Crown HR pick, but he managed to nick back a point off Conflict when on the verge of defeat to bring on the tiebreaker. I thought the tiebreaker will be disadvantageous to Leminine as well due to Conflict's ability to keep an amazing combo, but he proved me wrong, as Conflict underperformed in the tiebreaker.

Rumia- 4 - 5 L u m i n o u s
I predicted a Rumia- victory, but L u m i n o u s really gave me a pleasant surprise this round. Rumia- as the defending champion and a dominant performance against Conflict in the group stage, I predicted his win because I thought he has the upper hand in terms of stability and overall ability. I always thought that L u m i n o u s had the overall skills to make this an extremely exciting match, but his lack of confidence and his nerves is always what prevented him from being a consistent tournament player. However, it looks like L u m i n o u s has obtained a lot of confidence after his opening loss against Leminine after dumping Rampax out of the tournament. This was an amazing match and probably the best match of the Round of 16 as the match could have swung either way, with 3 maps going within a 200k difference. L u m i n o u s just played out of his mind in the tiebreaker.

AdielAdrellos 5 - 0 Rawn
I predicted an Adiel win, but I thought Rawn would be able to nick a point or two off him simply because AdielAdrellos didn't really have an impressive performance in the group stage. Adiel definitely proved me wrong though, as he displayed a very dominant and impressive performance. There isn't really much to add to this, I think that Adiel just demonstrated the difference in skill and consistency between the two players (no offense intended), marking himself out as one of the tournament favourites this time.

Amane- 5 - 0 Jeffrey
Predicted the Amane- victory. If I had any doubts about his consistency after his very shaky win over BlackViper2, it was pretty much dispelled after he FC'd the first three maps. Jeffrey seemed to be getting more and more into the match as it progressed - I thought he could potentially nick a point but overall it is hard to see anything except Amane- being the superior player in consistency and overall ability.

sushipack321 5 - 1 rch3211
I predicted the sushi win, but I thought rch really didn't actually perform up to his potential in this match. Overall a comfortable victory for sushi although he didn't impress me as much as he did in the group stage. I thought the matches could have been a lot closer if rch actually played to what I feel that he is capable of. Didn't feel the disparity in skill in this matchup as compared to Amane- vs Jeffrey or AdielAdrellos vs Rawn.

MiraiXu 5 - 3 BlackViper2
Wrongly predicted a BlackViper2 win, mainly because I was impressed with his performance in the group stage especially against ZYuan and Amane-. That's not to say that I was unimpressed with MiraiXu, he did put up a damn good performance against Jeffrey in groups as well, but I thought that BlackViper2 was the stronger 'overall player'. That being said, although some matches did come quite close, I felt that BlackViper2 slightly underperformed today, and MiraiXu played solidly to earn himself the win. Well done.

TequilaWolf 5 - 3 TheSomething
Another surprise for me besides Rumia- vs L u m i n o u s. I'll be honest here, when I first took a look at this matchup I thought that this was a mismatch in skill with TequilaWolf having a huge upper hand. I ended up being thoroughly impressed with TheSomething's performance, being very capable of playing all sorts of mods and consistently obtaining a high combo to really put on the pressure onto TequilaWolf (I would be lying if I didn't think that TequilaWolf actually had a very real chance of losing when watching the match). TheSomething definitely had his chances though, and the last map could have really allowed a tiebreaker to happen if TequilaWolf didn't put up an absurdly good performance! Definitely worked TequilaWolf for the win instead of the 5-1 victory I was expecting.

Leminine wrote:

dropbox oi

sry ar bro lambat skit hue

Even I've won the last round, this round I'll still going to the loser bracket orz
For me, my opponent this round is simply impossible lol