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Noctali
84 posts
Joined October 2013
Noctali
I've always wanted to map songs that I love or find myself fond of after some time listening to them.

I've actually tried to map a few times, but it has always ended with me giving up... That's because, once the notes are on the timeline, I'm not imaginative enough to create patterns, or I'm never satisfied with what I do.

I wish I'd be able to.
Lanturn
osu! Alumni
3,912 posts
Joined March 2012
Lanturn
Still actively mapping to this day.

For those planning to one day, make sure you choose something you personally like! Start out with the basics and work your way up.
Natsu
8,088 posts
Joined September 2012
Natsu
I currently map actively~ still is fun for me after several mapsets~
Lavender
Beatmap Nominator
892 posts
Joined January 2014
Lavender
I will be back on vacation, busy with school things for now:(
Renrane
27 posts
Joined August 2013
Renrane
I am mapping currently. But sometimes I get bored of mapping.

I am currently training my mapping skills.
Ayesha Altugle
3,091 posts
Joined October 2011
Ayesha Altugle
I balance my mapping skills with my playing skills so I can also improve at testplaying.
BeatofIke
Beatmap Nominator
4,175 posts
Joined September 2011
BeatofIke
I still make maps today, but I don't really play osu! anymore (unless I'm bored or test-playing)
AncuL
1,114 posts
Joined March 2013
AncuL
i usually map maps that is on my level (5.5-6.5* mania maps) so i can rate it personally. but sometimes i can go crazy :^)
Okoayu
Nomination Assessment Team
4,999 posts
Joined May 2012
Okoayu
Currently I'm trying to take the stuff i like playing and stuff them into different styles to make my solo sets more interesting

I guess that counts as actively messing around with the editor
Duskyui
206 posts
Joined May 2014
Duskyui
I'm a fairly active mapper, still learning but I'm getting there. Right now I mostly map to improve on my mapping style, also trying to map cs6 every now and then.
Histoire
482 posts
Joined December 2013
Histoire
Mapping is a really great way to express how you portray what a song would feel like, let it be overmapped 1/2 spam triangles or intricated rhythmic patterns, its a blank canvas with the only brush being your mouse and keyboard.

but i suck xdxxd
xxdeathx
2,661 posts
Joined July 2013
xxdeathx
How else can you better express your passion for a song
Sieg
3,981 posts
Joined February 2012
Sieg
no longer, that was pretty fun experience tho
Ovoui
995 posts
Joined January 2013
Ovoui
it's fun to map because you can play on every music you want imo
Seijiro
osu! Alumni
3,438 posts
Joined April 2013
Seijiro
No mapping no (osu!)life :P
J1NX1337
248 posts
Joined February 2014
J1NX1337
What I like about mapping is to produce playable charts of my favorite songs for one of my favorite games, and then hear what other people think about them. Feedback keeps me motivated to keep doing it, and it's a really great feeling to improve at something that you like doing. :)
Arcubin
689 posts
Joined September 2013
Arcubin
no longer mapping,

don't ask me why.

my map is tu gud `^`)=3
Haruto
1,815 posts
Joined December 2013
Haruto
Currently still mapping~
It become one of my hobby these days, as i can improve and learn cool things about mapping. And i can make my own ppmap :> /jk
PyaKura
2,084 posts
Joined January 2013
PyaKura
Playing and mapping o!m on and off, but I can say I tend to spend an equal time doing both nowadays.
xLolicore-
636 posts
Joined June 2014
xLolicore-
Mapping is a happy meme thing imo although I can't rank shit xd
Christopaz
11 posts
Joined July 2015
Christopaz
I oh so want to map! but I don't have the time to learn mapping techniques.
I wanna map to rank (It's like "Death is the best form of cc" kind of philosophy)
When I love a song so much, I wanna map it then get sad because I suck at mapping and probably never rank anything
XiMerx
384 posts
Joined March 2014
XiMerx
I love to map, but I can't find nice songs and have time constraints so I don't really map actively
792161
792161
i want to map some songs in future, and i hope i can rank it. but i don't know how to map and rank a map
Nozhomi
Global Moderator
4,575 posts
Joined May 2013
Nozhomi
Want to map more than I map right now :c
But still I map :3
dylansantosh
313 posts
Joined February 2015
dylansantosh
While I have seen quite some maps that ARE oriented towards triangles and super easy high star rating maps, I still think that mapping can be an expression of the song. Of course there's only so much you can do with circles and sliders, but that's where creativity comes in.

By all means i do not see myself as a good mapper, But some mappers out there are really good at showing what a song can mean with just circles and sliders and the additional spinner.

I myself want to map, Not because to get anything ranked really (not that i think ranked isn't good, because that'd be great, Ranked AND being a really good map) But so that I can make a beatmap that other players may enjoy.
Rizumu Tenshi
613 posts
Joined May 2011
Rizumu Tenshi
I was mapping a bit actively until this General Secondary Certificate came.
Just as plenty of users said: Need to improve my mapping style. I can map and hitsound, but if I want to get it truly done right, I need to improve my mapping style. So far I've got one song done well, but it was the Expert that was done well, and I need to get the other difficulties done as well as the Expert.

I was trying to map a Love Live song by the way, but I decided to scrap that since I quit Love Live. Now I don't know what to map to continue improving my mapping style... (that is not Fuzzy Future, since I'm already working on it as a means of improving my style)

tl;dr:
  1. Mapping style to be improved
  2. Need to learn to map other difficulties below Insane and Expert
  3. Relieve me of this General Secondary Certificate and I will continue improving
Ciyus Miapah
3,028 posts
Joined June 2013
Ciyus Miapah
no longer map, because (you know right now what happen to me lol)
dionzz99
677 posts
Joined April 2013
dionzz99



you can say that i mapped too much :^)

i do enjoy the mapping.. sometimes.. (there's this boring part where i have to put repeated SVs over and over manually. i wish the editor can have like program preset or something)
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Arphimigon
1,681 posts
Joined December 2014
Arphimigon
Full-Time memer 24/7
Full-Time mapper 24/7
Nothin' better than letting lose those inner memes into circles and watchin' people click those memes, it's truly inspirational.
Anxient
1,573 posts
Joined June 2014
Anxient
do i map? yes
do i enjoy it? sometimes
do i like my creations? watch me love it for 1 week and then proceed to gradually hate it as time passes.
do i enjoy watching people suffer as i put unreasonable 300bpm jumps? yes

can i meme? 5/7 of the time.

do i enjoy looking for BNs? end me

but i seriously think people would go into mapping a bit more if the community was a bit less rude

A-kun wrote:

jesus crhist what is this overmapping

M-san wrote:

not enouhg triangles 0/10 pls remap

V-kun wrote:

l i t e r a l l y u n r a n k a b l e

B-sama wrote:

end urself

C-dono wrote:

caner map
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bibilicu
3,578 posts
Joined October 2013
bibilicu
Yes I am mapping and it's fun but sometimes boring xD
JBHyperion
osu!catch Paragon
3,885 posts
Joined September 2014
JBHyperion
Probably 90-95% of my time spent on osu is in the editor, either mapping, modding or testing. I really enjoy the freedom of creativity, and if, at the end, you have something you can be proud of, something that other people like, it's a great feeling to know that you contributed to the growth of the game.

Currently mapping mostly CtB as we lack in maps and modders but also some Std, plus that one all-mode set that I will rank eventually... stares into the distance
Secretpipe
3,316 posts
Joined December 2012
Secretpipe
mapping = all

mapping dnb = the best
Mahogany
2,684 posts
Joined August 2014
Mahogany
I map when I feel like it, but don't find it worth it to try and push for ranking at any point
domSaur
1,273 posts
Joined December 2013
domSaur
i used to.


i still actually consider myself mapping. it's just that i can't find the song that motivates me alot..
Kamikaze
2,898 posts
Joined November 2012
Kamikaze
I'm relatively close to retiring from mapping, but I would count as active still
Bursthammy
1,254 posts
Joined May 2015
Bursthammy
mapping standard is so fucking time consuming and the ranking process amplifies this struggle so hard

i'll start for real when this shit gets easier

#implementautomaticblanketing2016
tochiii
Elite Storyboarder
1,444 posts
Joined November 2013
tochiii
I currently map actively :)
I still have goals to obtain, and i will keep making more maps until i don't have more time to play osu.
If i always have time for osu, then i will still try to improve and make maps!

It's fun to share my maps with people, and see them play them and hear their thoughts on them.
My friends are the reason to why i still want to map :)
ColdTooth
1,106 posts
Joined June 2012
ColdTooth
I wish I can pick the last two options, it's on and off for me
Rizen
1,666 posts
Joined August 2013
Rizen
No longer
Surono
7,197 posts
Joined November 2013
Surono
Mapping for fun! or interesting on song...
Mao
Elite Mapper II
2,963 posts
Joined December 2012
Mao
I map \o/
Andrea
Beatmap Nominator
16,650 posts
Joined August 2008
Andrea
I no longer map, but I surely plan on getting active again.
Shiirn
2,896 posts
Joined August 2010
Shiirn
wahahahahaha yep
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Halogen-
Former osu!mania 4K Champion: 2015
574 posts
Joined September 2009
Halogen-
This poll could have been expanded a bit more to accommodate for those who primarily map in one mode, but have intent on mapping in another. For example, I primarily map for mania, but I'm slowly tinkering around with mapping standard/Taiko as well, haha.
Kibbleru
osu! Alumni
5,846 posts
Joined August 2013
Kibbleru
another year goes by.

still placing circles on the monitor..

life still hasnt gotten anywhere...

orz....
Endaris
5,282 posts
Joined June 2010
Endaris
Can't call the shit I'm producing maps so I chose that I plan to map in the future.
Mismagius
Beatmap Nominator
9,335 posts
Joined July 2008
Mismagius

Kibbleru wrote:

another year goes by.

still placing circles on the monitor..

life still hasnt gotten anywhere...

orz....

my life atm
Bonsai
1,212 posts
Joined July 2011
Bonsai

Kibbleru wrote:

another year goes by.

still placing circles on the monitor..

life still hasnt gotten anywhere...

orz....
first year over for me \o/..
Makeli
932 posts
Joined October 2013
Makeli

Bonsai wrote:

Kibbleru wrote:

another year goes by.

still placing circles on the monitor..

life still hasnt gotten anywhere...

orz....
first year over for me \o/..
few months and it'll be first year for me too weeeeee

EDIT: Actually just one month away from a full year
DarthBrainus
3 posts
Joined February 2015
DarthBrainus
I'm trying to map, but i don't submit my beatmaps. I'm just sure they are total crap and noone will even mod them. Especially easy and normal diffs.
sakebi
243 posts
Joined October 2015
sakebi
Mapping is really fun, I just need to learn how to make my maps not bad.
Halliday
181 posts
Joined July 2015
Halliday

deetz wrote:

mapping is fun (sometimes)
Deetz nuts
DestinySonata
460 posts
Joined September 2011
DestinySonata
Mapping is really fun.

Ranking however... is a different story.
DeletedUser_4329079
DeletedUser_4329079
I try to map as much as I can but I always end up getting stuck so I can never finish anything.
Grim Rapper
197 posts
Joined February 2015
Grim Rapper
The only thing that prevent me for mapping (because I'm no professional)is mainly:
1. Manual BPM setting (so tedious, is there any alternative I wonder...)
2. Abbreviation and other things that I didn't understand(SV, 1/2, 1/3 I don't understand)
3. There's so many things to do, but can't really tell the actual phase of it (like step-by-step or something)
4. Unwritten rule about certain things (maintaining the flow, set a fitting AR, CS, and OD for each difficulty [FAQ is not related], and other)

Is there anything that can help me solve this problem, then I'll map right away
Rhonin
84 posts
Joined September 2015
Rhonin
do you even map bruh?
Come[Back]Home
1,790 posts
Joined October 2011
Come[Back]Home
Well atfer school mapping is my 2nd life. I map whenever i have i some freetime and feel like it. Why do i map?
Because there are so so so many good songs out there which deserve a Map, and since there are so many japanese songs already im mainly focusing on House, DnB, Hardstyle etc.
Mapping can be really fulfilling as well, whenever you start a new map youre like "How the hell am i supposed to map that" then you map it like 2 times and just now how to map it. Its an awesome feeling. And the feeling to contribute something to the game itself is really amazing, and thats where all the fun comes from, as a mapper youre actually keeping the game alive. Mapping is love, mapping is life.
Yuudachi-kun
5,434 posts
Joined August 2014
Yuudachi-kun
I never plan to map or interact with that terrible community.
[Paradoxum]
171 posts
Joined August 2015
[Paradoxum]
Tried to map back then. But because of the difficulty in fixing things, timing, etc, I gave up mapping. If i had the talent in mapping and if I'm just persevere I would have made lots of beatmaps. Edited:[Didn't even published my beatmaps cuz the community may pass by and give out critics, which I'm not good to handle.]
P.S. I think you need kudosu to advertise your maps or something like that and many in the beatmap threads don't accept newbie modders so you can't earn much. ? >.< I think[?]
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[Paradoxum]
171 posts
Joined August 2015
[Paradoxum]

Grim Rapper wrote:

The only thing that prevent me for mapping (because I'm no professional)is mainly:
1. Manual BPM setting (so tedious, is there any alternative I wonder...)
2. Abbreviation and other things that I didn't understand(SV, 1/2, 1/3 I don't understand)
3. There's so many things to do, but can't really tell the actual phase of it (like step-by-step or something)
4. Unwritten rule about certain things (maintaining the flow, set a fitting AR, CS, and OD for each difficulty [FAQ is not related], and other)

Is there anything that can help me solve this problem, then I'll map right away
Gotta agree with this :D
Grim Rapper
197 posts
Joined February 2015
Grim Rapper

Khelly wrote:

I never plan to map or interact with that terrible community.
What happen? o.O
Anxient
1,573 posts
Joined June 2014
Anxient

Grim Rapper wrote:

Khelly wrote:

I never plan to map or interact with that terrible community.
What happen? o.O
look for mods/suggestions probably

or maybe coz memes
Shiirn
2,896 posts
Joined August 2010
Shiirn
The mapping community is an ever-evolving mixture of people who know what they're talking about, don't know what they're talking about, who know the mathematical basis of all modern music, those who don't know what a stanza is, people who map for attention, people who map for creative expression, people who map because they crave accomplishment.

Music, and thus to a necessary lesser extent, mapping, has been since its conception a race between creativity and formulation: A never-ending, self-fulfilling ouroboros of interactivity and mutual competition more relevant to the human psyche than any sort of spiritual or material experience.

And we're all just along for the ride.


Oh, and there are people who make penis sliders. They're the real heroes.
N0thingSpecial
2,355 posts
Joined November 2015
N0thingSpecial

Khelly wrote:

I never plan to map or interact with that terrible community.
It's hardly a community, when basicly if you're new you're alone, since little people will be willing to spend their time to teach you, if you have experience you don't really need the community to rank your maps
-Gutah-
24 posts
Joined October 2014
-Gutah-
I tried many times to map but I can't create any maps which can follow the rythm of the song. Sooo, it's really annoying for me to map, it needs too many practice and time.
Garygoh884
196 posts
Joined May 2012
Garygoh884
I was constantly thinking of mapping but it got me back. By the way, which songs are good to map in nature?
J1NX1337
248 posts
Joined February 2014
J1NX1337

Garygoh884 wrote:

I was constantly thinking of mapping but it got me back. By the way, which songs are good to map in nature?
Anything with clear, consistent beats so that you can time them without too many problems and that you actually have something to place notes on. Also songs with variety so that it won't get too repetitive and boring, which is one of the reasons why DnB songs are often cut in osu unless it's a marathon.
Yuudachi-kun
5,434 posts
Joined August 2014
Yuudachi-kun

Anxient wrote:

or maybe coz memes
Is everything a meme to you now or can you not understand I hate the community
Depths
681 posts
Joined January 2014
Depths
still mapping actively tbh =w=
Anxient
1,573 posts
Joined June 2014
Anxient

Khelly wrote:

Anxient wrote:

or maybe coz memes
Is everything a meme to you now or can you not understand I hate the community
i understand why you hate it and i added memes to one of the reasons why. is something wrong
zenithlight
49 posts
Joined May 2013
zenithlight

Grim Rapper wrote:

The only thing that prevent me for mapping (because I'm no professional)is mainly:
1. Manual BPM setting (so tedious, is there any alternative I wonder...)
2. Abbreviation and other things that I didn't understand(SV, 1/2, 1/3 I don't understand)
3. There's so many things to do, but can't really tell the actual phase of it (like step-by-step or something)
4. Unwritten rule about certain things (maintaining the flow, set a fitting AR, CS, and OD for each difficulty [FAQ is not related], and other)

Is there anything that can help me solve this problem, then I'll map right away
The first one is something you can solve, by using a bpm analyzer. It's sometimes not accurate, but gets a good bpm pretty often, from what I hear.

The second one I think can't be solved. For any task, words people will use a lot will become abbreviated, it's just life. But normally you can ask the person about it and they'll tell you. (Oh, and just for completeness: SV = slider velocity, how fast the slider goes. 1/2 and 1/3 refer to a number of beats, e.g. half a beat, one-third of a beat, etc.)

For the most part I agree with the rest of your post. Mapping if you're new is like swimming for the first time and being pushed off a 12-foot diving board. I know of a couple people who are putting in effort to make the mapping community a better place for new mappers, and others who have expressed interest in creating tutorial series to help people learn technique. I'm far from experienced, but if I had any advice to give, it would be focusing on creating something that's fun for you, instead of basing your opinion on your work on what other people think about it.
Monstrata
Elite Mapper: Aspirant
4,642 posts
Joined May 2013
Monstrata
If you're planning on mapping, I wonder what's been stopping you from pursuing it so far ;o.

Timing can be quite a hurdle for new mappers, but I recently discovered statementreply's timing analyzer: https://osu.ppy.sh/u/126198. It's surprisingly accurate when the song is a single bpm but won't work as well on variable bpm songs. (Generally speaking though, mapping variable-bpm songs as your first map isn't the best idea)

I'm hoping to see more new faces in the qualified section xD. I can't really name any "2016 mappers" that weren't also 2015/2014 mappers aswell.
[Paradoxum]
171 posts
Joined August 2015
[Paradoxum]

Monstrata wrote:

If you're planning on mapping, I wonder what's been stopping you from pursuing it so far ;o.

Timing can be quite a hurdle for new mappers, but I recently discovered statementreply's timing analyzer: https://osu.ppy.sh/u/126198. It's surprisingly accurate when the song is a single bpm but won't work as well on variable bpm songs. (Generally speaking though, mapping variable-bpm songs as your first map isn't the best idea)

I'm hoping to see more new faces in the qualified section xD. I can't really name any "2016 mappers" that weren't also 2015/2014 mappers aswell.

Mapping is good, and fun. But maybe, people often aim making it rank or qualify. While some just want to map for the justice in not finding a good mapset, some focus on getting "fruits on their labor" or something like that XD
LastExceed
Master of the Fade
394 posts
Joined March 2015
LastExceed
I map alot, but I find it very hard to find modders (or even playtesters o.O) for hard mania 4k maps .-.
Ayesha Altugle
3,091 posts
Joined October 2011
Ayesha Altugle

Monstrata wrote:

If you're planning on mapping, I wonder what's been stopping you from pursuing it so far ;o.

Timing can be quite a hurdle for new mappers, but I recently discovered statementreply's timing analyzer: https://osu.ppy.sh/u/126198. It's surprisingly accurate when the song is a single bpm but won't work as well on variable bpm songs. (Generally speaking though, mapping variable-bpm songs as your first map isn't the best idea)

I'm hoping to see more new faces in the qualified section xD. I can't really name any "2016 mappers" that weren't also 2015/2014 mappers aswell.
I happen to use that program since the past 1 or 2 years.
ouranhshc
2,338 posts
Joined July 2009
ouranhshc
ehh, mapping is fun. except the ranking part of it
Sharkie
343 posts
Joined May 2014
Sharkie
Back into mapping since my pc has been fixed~
Yuudachi-kun
5,434 posts
Joined August 2014
Yuudachi-kun

Anxient wrote:

i understand why you hate it and i added memes to one of the reasons why. is something wrong
That the term meme is overused and that that would be one of your presumed reasons because apparently it exists?
Misericorde
2 posts
Joined August 2013
Misericorde
I'm new but I don't really have any plans to do mapping
Pituophis
859 posts
Joined January 2015
Pituophis
I try to map sometimes. Not very good at it, though.
DeletedUser_3821342
DeletedUser_3821342
Currently mapping more than playing.
felys
403 posts
Joined July 2012
felys
mapping started as a fun thing when I was bored with playing but then became an interesting thing to follow and practice with
Xayler
629 posts
Joined November 2013
Xayler
Started to map actively around a month ago. Currently trying to achieve my first ranked map which seems to be a hell of a hard achievement to get so far.
Winnie
1,343 posts
Joined November 2013
Winnie
soontm
12Jan21
12Jan21
I map right now... but I map something, that some (actually all from cz & sk) people call "shitmaps"... C:
Pope Gadget
osu! Alumni
328 posts
Joined January 2013
Pope Gadget
I chart a decent amount for osu!mania, albeit mainly stupid tournament warmups, but on occasion it's a serious thing.
I'd probably do it more-so if the editor wasn't to be so annoying to use, yet that's why I'm anticipating osu!next.

Trying to find willing playtesters is a pain, though, without trying to annoy people.
Chupalika
149 posts
Joined September 2012
Chupalika
I map mostly for myself for fun, and because osu needs more video game songs :)
I'd also love to get them ranked but ranking is such a pain...
Bara-
11,979 posts
Joined April 2013
Bara-
Mapping since 3 years ago
Had a break (no inspiration) 2 months ago, but I'm back now ^_^
Secretpipe
3,316 posts
Joined December 2012
Secretpipe
baraisbackbois
Score_Under
103 posts
Joined June 2009
Score_Under
I tried mapping, but I never submitted it. I've seen how some high-profile maps that I'd call absolutely flawless get unranked again and again, so as a complete newbie what chance do I ever have of getting something ranked? It's a complete waste of time, so I'm not sure if I actually want to map anything.
DeletedUser_2024727
DeletedUser_2024727
I stick to mapping strictly for o!m
don't really enjoy playing anymore but mapping has always been therapeutic for me and I enjoy mapping esoteric and just generally leftfield music
Nyquill
osu! Alumni
1,781 posts
Joined February 2011
Topic Starter
Nyquill
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