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

THE MAPPOOL IS SO GOOD.
So good that I think I have a chance against mineral watur

BSPower Explosion + HR = FC or choke and fail C:
i think the bs stands for bullshit xD

Till it's over = alternate + smooth cursor movement

君往何处 + HD = wtf am i even pressing, 1/4 or 1/6??? also snapping heaven

Thoughts:

NM: Generally okay choices.
Bird sprite: Straightforward map, the only tricky part is the end stream in which you might need some stamina and aim for it.
can't hide your love: AR9 200bpm, making it extremely dense and requires good AR9 reading. the OD9 makes it harder to gain accuracy on the map.
Deep Space: CS5, but overall straightforward map with some weird stream patterns (squares lmfao)
FUBUKI: Good choice for a modern map I guess, just a consistency test but be careful of the 1/3 jumps along the way.
Refuck!: I'm pretty sure Ex6TenZ chose this for the lulz. But nonetheless, 0still 5 mins, nothing special, consistency test also.
Onna to Onna: A map like Usatei, weird stream patterns, the middle part which is 210bpm requires some getting used to, and the final section with ridiculously fast sliders just like usatei.

HR: I'm liking all the HR brackets so far.
BSPower: This map was easier for me to read with AR10 imo, a lot of bursts.
Clock Strikes: Modern map so nothing really special, just very jumpy.
ODDS&ENDS: 5 mins HR also, consistency test.

HD: Arguably better than last round.
Quo Vadis: Very very tricky. 1/4 mixed in with 1/6 and weird rhythm patterns, but still a good song.
Blue Night: AR9 200bpm, extremely dense (I'd say harder than Awake), and as with most Renard songs, it's sometimes kinda hard to catch the beat (the pun lmao) so requires good hearing.
Reminisce: The least tricky map, yet the longest HD map. Real test of consistency.

DT: Difficulty step-up this time round.
Till It's Over: Literally Meikaruza. Alternates and spaced beats making it much harder, and it's of higher BPM than Meikaruza as well (This is 165x2 = 330bpm while Meikaruza is 300bpm).
Sai afure: Straightforward, but be careful not to be tricked by the intense music it's just 203bpm.
Niji no Asa ni: 225bpm, by far the highest bpm map in the mappool, but if you can do streams and bursts at this bpm then it's also the easiest out of the bracket.

TB: When you have kors k and RLC combined, the end product is always a read heavy map with a lot of tricky beats and alternates. This TB really rewards those who have good reading and finger control and consistency, unlike the previous rounds where one only needs to be consistent.

Nevertheless, great mappool pick as always, enjoyed myself to the maximum

Preparing defibrillator just in ca
.. The mappool.. is so
But hey one ok rock map.. I <3 u

AdielAdrellos wrote:

BSPower Explosion + HR = FC or choke and fail C:

https://osu.ppy.sh/ss/4277878

I think I have proven my point.

This is the 20+th try, and I've been failing this before FC.

100% will ban C:

AdielAdrellos wrote:

AdielAdrellos wrote:

BSPower Explosion + HR = FC or choke and fail C:

https://osu.ppy.sh/ss/4277878

I think I have proven my point.

This is the 20+th try, and I've been failing this before FC.

100% will ban C:

Proof that you choke 95% of the time

luck best of

GL ALL

ClawViper wrote:

Proof that you choke 95% of the time

yep lmao

Wew

OMT Week 5 Review

Here are some thoughts that I had regarding the matches that took place on Week 5. Despite there being a lot of seemingly close matchups on papers, we actually ended this week with the closest match going 5-2 - pretty unexpected!

sprItzEr 5-0 Leminine
I actually went wild and predicted the Leminine upset after taking into consideration the form of both players, but sprItzEr just played so well on that day. I felt that Leminine underperformed a little while sprItzEr has finally managed to get his consistency together and showing that he is a true threat, reminding me why exactly he is the top seed of the tournament. Even if he has changed back to mouse, he has grown into a frightening beast to be wary of, just in time for an epic clash against AdielAdrellos in the coming weekend.

AdielAdrellos 5 - 0 L u m i n o u s
Correctly predicted the AdielAdrellos victory. The scoreline might look lopsided, but the match certainly wasn't - except for one map, the other 4 maps could have gone anyone's way. I think AdielAdrellos showed his calibre to be the slightly better player for the most part and just managed to come out ahead, but it wasn't a bad performance by L u m i n o u s. I think both players played decently and the scoreline does not represent the nature of the match. AdielAdrellos looks good going up against the revived sprItzEr.

Amane- 5 - 0 sushipack321
Correctly predicted the Amane- victory. This was simply a dominant performance for Amane- but I felt that sushipack321 massively underperformed this round, being a ghost of what he is capable of pulling off. I can't help but feel somewhat disappointed, although I can totally understand how players feel in tournament conditions, being there myself last year. Amane- still looks unstoppable as the tournament favourite so far, while sushipack321 has an extremely tough challenge in the lower bracket - Rumia-. He needs to shake off his poor performance and try to get some confidence back if he wants to stay in the tournament after this weekend.

TequilaWolf 5 - 1 MiraiXu
Correctly predicted the TequilaWolf victory. His victory was never in doubt as soon as he collected his second point imo - the matchup was a mismatch in skill and although MiraiXu played superbly to gain a point he never seemed to actually stand a real chance to cause the upset. Nothing much else to add here.

Karuta- walkover Conflict
Would have loved to see this match but unfortunately it couldn't happen due to Conflict's circumstances.

Rumia- 5 - 2 Rawn
Correctly predicted the Rumia- victory. Once again I feel this is similar to the TequilaWolf vs MiraiXu match, Rumia-s' overall consistency was a notch higher compared to Rawn who still struggles with consistency issues. However, credits must be given to Rawn's superb picks which enabled him to take two points off Rumia- and not getting rolled over. Rumia- might face a stiffer challenge in the next round if sushipack321 can recover from his tough loss so he has to be more alert if he wants to defend his title.

Jeffrey 1 - 5 rch3211
Correctly predicted the rch3211 victory. I felt that the NoMod was the key to this match - Jeffrey still struggled with reading lower AR properly leading to rch3211 having a huge advantage in terms of NoMod picks, while still being able to contest in other picks. This left Jeffrey at a huge disadvantage right from the very beginning as he is forced to make every pick of his count which was 50-50 while rch has an advantage in every one of his own picks. There were maps where it could have swung either way, but I never felt that rch3211's victory was ever in doubt as soon as Jeffrey lost his own DT pick.

TheSomething 5 - 2 BlackViper2
Correctly predicted TheSomething's win. I think TheSomething has been the surprise player of the tournament for me, showing himself to be a very consistent and deadly threat in tournaments and could take games and upset anybody on their day. BlackViper2 never seemed to have the very same threat as soon as the map pool stepped up from group stage where he gave Amane- a run for his money. Strong performance and convincing victory from TheSomething.


This weekend's matchups look really exciting as well, with no clear winners in my opinion. Hope we will see close matches after the one-sided victories last week!

ClawViper wrote:

OMT Week 5 Review

Jeffrey 1 - 5 rch3211
Correctly predicted the rch3211 victory. I felt that the NoMod was the key to this match - Jeffrey still struggled with reading lower AR properly leading to rch3211 having a huge advantage in terms of NoMod picks, while still being able to contest in other picks. This left Jeffrey at a huge disadvantage right from the very beginning as he is forced to make every pick of his count which was 50-50 while rch has an advantage in every one of his own picks. There were maps where it could have swung either way, but I never felt that rch3211's victory was ever in doubt as soon as Jeffrey lost his own DT pick.

probably due to the fact that i jinxed jeff so hard omg im sorry

OMT Week 6 Review

Winner's Bracket
sprItzEr 5 - 3 AdielAdrellos
Wrongly predicted the AdielAdrellos win because I thought that AdielAdrellos' had better consistency, which was key to this match. Highlight of the match has got to be the 2x FC on o'er the Flood, sprItzEr prevailing with a breathtaking 3x100s. With both players shying away from Hard Rock and Double Time generally, it was a battle between who could get control in the NoMod and Hidden picks. Most of the maps could have gone either way (especially shown by the last second comeback from sprItzEr on Jinsei wa Hoeru) and sprItzEr just showed slightly better consistency. Could have very well been a different result on a different day (especially as AdielAdrellos complained about tablet input lag)

Amane- 5 - 4 TequilaWolf
Correctly predicted the Amane- victory. Could very well be the match of the tournament. I thought that TequilaWolf had the better grasp in the more gimmick maps such as Jinsei wa Hoeru, the Pokemon HR while Amane- had a distinct advantage in Dreamless wanderer or Eco-Terrorist in me. However, Amane- surprised me by banning the Eco-Terrorist in Me HD map and TequilaWolf also surprised with the squall HD ban. Overall, I thought that TequilaWolf had the better draft with 2 points being to his clear advantage - Jinsei wa Hoeru and Pokemon HR. However, Amane- is renowned for consistency for a clear reason - his consistency just showed dramatically in Extra Magic Hour and the eventual tiebreaker. He also managed to squeak past Hero DT with a better accuracy, and Winter Love DT, giving him two narrow victories opposed to TequilaWolf's one narrow win by 200 combo in O'er the Flood HD which made all the difference in the match. Meanwhile, his dominant performance in the surprise AR10 DT pick by TequilaWolf in 5cm/s allowed the tiebreaker to happen. The tiebreaker was just amazing, with both players slowly building up their combo and then they missed on exactly the same spot! However, with TequilaWolf breaking again, Amane-'s consistency just shone through which gives him the deserved win in this extremely close and exciting matchup.

Loser's Bracket
Karuta- 5 - 4 MiraiXu
Correctly predicted the Karuta- victory. Not entirely sure what Karuta- was thinking by allowing 3 Hidden picks through and picking 2 of them, which gifted the points to MiraiXu, but his overall consistency in NoMod pulled him back into the match, which he found himself 1-4 down after losing Crescent Moon Island. He proved his better overall NoMod consistency in the tiebreaker, thus completing his comeback. MiraiXu is definitely one to watch for the future though.

Rumia- 5 - 1 sushipack321
Correctly predicted the Rumia- victory. I think Rumia- has finally showed that he has woken up and can be considered to be a contender for the top 3 spot in the tournament. He dropped the Squall HD to sushipack321, but showed slightly better consistency overall in the rest of the maps, winning by a 1 million point difference for the next few maps. I think he really showed that he meant business when he put the nail in sushipack321's coffin with the DT pick - despite not being known for DT, he showed that he is ready to play future DT picks. sushipack321 did seem to recover from his loss to Amane-, but it wasn't enough to stop Rumia- this round.

L u m i n o u s 0 - 5 rch3211
Wrongly predicted the Luminous victory. L u m i n o u s didn't seem to adapt well to the map pool, which dramatically changed his threat level this week. I also thought that his lack of self-confidence and self-belief which I thought had been put away after sending Rumia- down into the lower bracket and taking out Rampax in the group stage returned after his 0-5 loss to AdielAdrellos. He never really played up to a level which I thought he was capable of as rch3211 sent him packing with a clearly better grasp of the overall map pool.

Leminine 0 - 5 TheSomething
Correctly predicted TheSomething's victory. Leminine, like L u m i n o u s did not seem to be able to adapt to the map pool this week, especially the spike in NoMod difficulty. He really struggled throughout the match, being a ghost of what he is capable of and was never a threat to TheSomething in the entire match.

Rumia- 5 - 0 Karuta-
Correctly predicted Rumia-'s victory. I think Rumia- just showed that he was the better overall player, whether when it comes to NoMod, Hard Rock, Double Time or Hidden which were all picked at least once in this match. Simply a dominant overall performance from the revived Rumia- and his clash against AdielAdrellos will be one to watch. The defending champion is still capable of upping his game another notch.

rch3211 3 - 5 TheSomething
Correctly predicted TheSomething's victory. TheSomething just showed his incredible consistency in tournament conditions once again, playing extremely well to race 4-0 up. Meanwhile, rch looked really lost and played really shakily in the first few maps, breaking again and again and he looked finished when it came to squall. Then, rch finally appeared to wake up from his slumber as he slowly started to earn back point by point while TheSomething suddenly appeared shaky. However, a very strong performance in Anklebiters by TheSomething managed to let him overcome the test by rch3211 in an impressive fashion.


Every week when I think that the matches couldn't get any better, it holds more and more promise. sprItzEr vs Amane-, AdielAdrellos vs Rumia- and the rematch between TequilaWolf and TheSomething is something to drool about, and also any combination between the four in the loser's bracket. Can hardly wait for the tournament to conclude to see who emerges as the champion!

hi. small complaint about week 7's mappool. there are TOO MANY maps that are way too long-

Erio o Kamattechan - os-Uchuujin(Asterisk Makina Remix) (Mattress Actress) 5:12
cillia - Fairytale, 4:53
Pendulum - The Fountain 4:36
Halozy - Paranoid Lost 5:39

and none of these are even the tiebreaker..and tb is only 5:49, which is 10 seconds longer than the halozy map. now, there's no rule anywhere stating that you can't have long maps in your mappool or anything like that, but there is a good reason why mappool selectors of tournaments shy away from overly long maps in general- they're boring (a lot of easy parts with a few difficult/climactic parts usually) and they take away from the 'hype' of the longer tiebreaker, also with too many long maps picked in a single match a few can be decided in 2 minutes and the viewers will just watch 3 minutes of 'meaningless' play (if a player keeps breaking/if a player is just the more consistent player). One aside from tb is totally fine, but so many maps that are so long, I think is not that good of an idea.

just something to consider, I love long maps anyway I just don't think they're very suitable here, all of these pretty much feel like tiebreakers. 2.30-4 is the sweet spot

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side note: The entire mappool selection team has done an amazing job this whole tournament, and I wish to commend you guys for that. Thank you very much, and good work!

TequilaWolf wrote:

Erio o Kamattechan - os-Uchuujin(Asterisk Makina Remix) (Mattress Actress) 5:12
cillia - Fairytale, 4:53
Pendulum - The Fountain 4:36
Halozy - Paranoid Lost 5:39

In round 3 there's Dreamless Wanderer, Magic Hour and goreshit (there should be long song for hr as well but from the information that I got on ffstar's map stats it seems that ppl don't like long hr map). Round 2 Refuck, ODDS&ENDS and ELISA. It was a part of the plan after all to introduce long maps more and more so that the match doesn't end too quickly.

TequilaWolf wrote:

they take away from the 'hype' of the longer tiebreaker

This is semi-final, it needs to be hype even before players entered the server.

TequilaWolf wrote:

also with too many long maps picked in a single match a few can be decided in 2 minutes and the viewers will just watch 3 minutes of 'meaningless' play (if a player keeps breaking/if a player is just the more consistent player)

2 minutes into OMT & chill and the player start giving up and draw with smoke saying 'GG' , 'SHOUT OUT TO MY BFF KEK' , 'SKALLAX N0oB MAP BLYAT' .
You just have to try your best especially when u're already in top 6, which mean you're one of the most consistent/skilled player. Throwing is a bad sportsmanship and u should get ban from it. Viewers shouldn't have too much impact/effect on how the tournaments going to play. If u watch a lot of esport matches then u know what i'm talking about (especially a 'snowball' games like doto EleGiggle).

TequilaWolf wrote:

2.30-4 is the sweet spot

I could have done a much better job, but as a someone who is 'retired' and easily getting bored with the game, it's hard for me to scroll through thousands of beatmap and test it. tbh I actually didn't properly/fully tested most of the map, atleast not until it got released. As long as I didn't get complain from the team then the map is good to go. Also would like to thank them a ton for helping me out

TequilaWolf wrote:

side note: The entire mappool selection team has done an amazing job this whole tournament, and I wish to commend you guys for that. Thank you very much, and good work!

Thanks for the feedback TequilaWolf, we just want it to be non-generic yet still good map pool. Also just want to have fun with it