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- Not often do you find newer mappers opting for a clean and simple style that focuses less on being Extras and Ultras, but instead more on catering towards the intermediate crowd. _DT3 examplifies this with a collection of easier guest difficulties, along with a relatively mild, but interesting, mapset.
- His maps are pretty cool in general - you can expect varied challenging-to-play technical patterns in his maps.
- _orange is a young and fresh newcomer to ranked status, with his first mapset being ranked in the last month of December. His style stays true to the songs he maps with uncomplicated patterns and smooth gameplay.
- Despite his sparse track record, he'll outperform himself oftenly, delivering beatmaps with very logical rhythm and clean visual design , for example Aozora no Rhapsody.
- Modern and clean, - Frontier -'s ability has only been somewhat demonstrated in the later half of the year with M2U - Marigold. However, he manages to exhibit proficiency in understanding gameplay and music representation by sprinkling in his own creative touch into his mapset.
- As a skilled player, he highly emphasizes playability in his map, delivering clean mapsets that bring a comfortable gameplay experience. Tremendous improvements can be seen in some of his latest mapsets and we can definitely look forward to him in 2018!
- A pretty good new generic mapper, has only been mapping since April of this year but his first ranked map is already surprisingly decent.
- 1 of the only 2 banned mappers of 2017 who seemed to rank only 1 map in 2017, and it is the only ranked map of theirs in the span of their mapping career. Not even any GDs. Not sure what happened to them since no one I asked seems to know who they are, but they were decent at mapping nonetheless based off of their only ranked map. Possibly multi? Oh well, I hope for a speedy unban!
- Being relatively new to mapping -Aerith- managed to finally rank a map during the second half of 2017, showing some appreciation for cute slow songs.
- A new mapper that managed to enter the ranked section near the end of the year with another qualified map soon after, will be interesting to see what 2018 will bring.
- -GN shows off his intricate osu prowess not only through unorthodox plays, but through unorthodox maps as well. Fury of the Storm is an impeccable replica of nostalgic Lesjuh maps, and his guest difficulty on Polygon exhibits a solid and smooth style.
- An elite mapper who needs no introduction! He's been around the community for longer than most, contributing maps in an ever-evolving style that always stays ahead of the game! Be sure to look out for his maps of complex electronic songs, since those are definitely his strong suit.
- Known mainly for his Normal difficulties, Akitoshi sports a clean style with various different slider shapes scattered about and caters towards a large audience with his simple yet effective interpretations of songs.
- A very enthusiastic mapper who runs his own youtube channel and uploads videos monthly introducing theory of mapping. Regarding his mapping, he will occasionally produce some exceptionally cool unorthodox work e.g. Zetsubou no Fuchi, implementing specific ideas inside a difficulty and in-between difficulties extremely consistently.
- Mainly focused on mapping eroge songs, Nanaka's maps were a little bit different from traditional Japanese style maps. It's easy to recognize his map by the symbolic N-shape jump and crossing sliders. Although he has been less active this year, I'm still looking forward to his new works!
- Although considerably less active this past year, you can always count on -Nya- to deliver consistent and simple mapsets of your favourite anime songs.
- Don't let his ...collection of low guest difficulties fool you, as -Rmdy's very own mapset of hakushu kassai utaawase demonstrates his full potential. His decision to go with a less-common large circle size is a daring one, but he pulls it off maginificently by topping it off with interesting gameplay as well!
- Despite being mainly active in ctb and taiko (as mapper and bn), he still managed to get a few ranked standard difficulties this year , which is pretty neat.
- A mysterious individual who drops in every once in a while to help out with guest difficulties, modding, or to rank his own map. His proficiency in low difficulties is apparent, with clean visuals and structure abound.
- This is a BIG year for Tochi as he finally got unbanned! -Tochi is undeniably one of the best storyboarders in osu!; he excels in creating storyboards with complex background effects - that are suprisingly made with the in-built editor in game instead of coding! He is currently very active and we definitely can look forward to more -Tochi creations in 2018!
- Mainly focusing on instrumental songs, Scarlet has a relatively clean placement style. His latest work Halcyon shows his prowess in stream design, utilizing the various technqiues to effectively express differences in the song with cursor motions.
- Tackling such an eccentric song as his first map is brave, to say the least. Despite that, [ IWeenox ] succeeds spectacularly with smooth and fluid depiction of Mercy X - Caught Fire. Expect greater things from him in the future!
- Pretty much disappeared from the mapping community after ranking a neat 3 minute set right at the start of 2017.
- A newer mapper, he focuses on a clean and simple style, staying to the conservative side of spacing usage.
- Pretty nice hitsounding for a newer mapper. Got his first ranked map pretty late into 2017 and you can definitely tell it's far from a usual beginner map.
- It's always great to see experienced players take the dive into mapping, and [C u r i] has done so relatively well. With 7 juicy ranked sets this year, his provision of the kawaii uguu's are always within arm's reach!
- Previously known as [Crz]sword. He has been mapping since 2016, but didn't rank many maps because he paid more effort to playing rather than mapping. And he also plays Taiko and Mania.
- [Kamiya] managed to rank 3 mapsets this year. Significantly, he has matured his mapping style in a short time. And he has very interesting patterns in his latest maps.
- His work is pretty interesting using unusual rhythm choices and old-styled patterns. Though some of his hitsounding work is rather controversial, some saying they don't fit the song well, I'm personally in favor of his hitsounding since he's willing to use less generic hitsounds, especially the hitsound work he's done in the Ling Yuan yousa - Ben Se mapset mapped by z1085684963.
- An old mapper who ranked two maps in 2014 then suddenly quit mapping. He came back to rank a map, which had been graved for two years, and then disappeared again.
- Embodying the core of osu!'s fanbase, 0109- has contributed a few anime/eroge opening maps to the ranked section!
- Known as the MCA rookie last year, 09kami first showed his talent with a number of challenging maps featuring songs from different genres. Additionaly, he is open to different ideas, even critics on his map, which help raise his mapping skills to a higher level.
- A boy who really, and I mean really, loves his low difficulties!
- Not to be confused with the creator of the 52 minute Unforgiving marathon, A r M i N is osu!'s #1 proponent of anime prohibition. Through his work on various short maps and his highly played difficulty on Yubi Bouenkyou ~Anime-ban~, he's definitely made a name for himself in 2017.
- One of the bigger surprises I've had the pleasure of observing this year! Aeril demonstrates his broad skillset by mapping two drastically different songs, in two drastically different styles! His entrance into the ranked section was definitely an explosive one, and he does it all on top of being a pretty good player himself!
- Another practitioner of the Triangle Temple, Neoskylove puts full effort into performing the Anime Mapset technique as frequently as possible, to ensure that the hunger of the Player Clan is always sated.
- With two ranked maps this year, after only getting his first ranked map in late 2016, Agatsu has helped satisfying the never ending demand for simplistic, easy to play anime tv size insanes.
- With only a handful of submitted maps, ailv's career as a mapper has only just begun. By breathing new life into the old classic LANA - Kiroku no Kakera -, his modern spin on it will definitely be met with praise.
- After more than two years of mainly mapping for grave AIR finally came back to the ranked section at the end of the year, utilizing a very expressive style with really unique movement and visuals.
- An older mapper, Akareh returned this year to make sure people would remember his legacy by ranking a pair of approval length mapsets. He mainly focuses on simple yet organized placement choices for a relaxing play experience.
- alacat was one of this year's losses to the Quality Assurance Team. Throughout this year he's been ensuring maps had correct metadata while mapping a few sets on the side. It's sad to see him go, but we hope he continues to produce maps occasionally as an osu! alumni member!
- As part of the big group of older mappers that were inactive during 2016 and even most of 2015, Alarido came back to bring some nostalgia to the ranked section by picking a set up again that was submitted in 2014.
- Alheak is undoubtedly one of osu!'s most capable mappers. He's shown proficiency in mapping some of the most rhythmically complex and dynamic songs osu! has seen with coherence only achievable by the best of the best. His technical knowledge definitely shows in his mapping and I can't wait to see what he'll make next.
- New mapper who started mapping in late 2016 and was very active in mapping GDs this year. Alphabet sports a clean and fluid mapping style spiced with smooth deathstreams and constantly shows improvements in his mapping. Hoping to see more work from him in 2018!
- A male vocal only mapper. Yeah, he loves yaoi anime.
- Ambient is a man who clearly loves collaboration. 2017 saw his first and only two ranked maps, both of which are marathons worked on by him and his friends!
- Known as yink in chinese community. Compared with most beginner mappers, Ametrin‘s solid foundation let his map stand out this year. And he is a big fan of TK from Ling tosite sigure.
- Despite his activity gradually declining over the years, Andrea's name has been cemented in osu! history as one of the most prominent mappers and modders, with 220 maps ranked and 2337 kudosu awarded. His momentary activity this year was a few guest difficulties and mapsets, but they are still hold up with his characteristic symmetrical style!
- AnimeStyle ranked his first map in 2014, and then disappeared until 2017 to rank a nightcore map with an anime bg. Seems to be quite the meme.
- Anxient has a simple style with a twist: he actively avoids using curved sliders in his maps. Towards the earlier half of the year, Anxient contributed a set of a Danganronpa ED and participated as a mentor. Sadly he disappeared soon after.
- Anze, better known as Ayalis, brings us a seemingly average anime marathon as his only contribution this year, but even that one map has its own fair share of interesting patterns!
- A very active mapper who's been in the scene for years now, apple never fails to amaze mappers and players of all kinds with every new map he churns out and ranks. Although he may not be in the front of everyone's mind at all times, he could very well be considered as influential as captin1 in more recent times.
- More well known for his Hello Zepp map. (Hello eZpp!) Arf focuses on mapping relaxing songs with a more old-school style. Keep an eye on him if you are looking for beatmaps of low-bpm songs!
- Aprhimigon has a fairly variable style, typically focusing on thematics for his various works. Normally seen contributing guest difficulties, Arphimigon took it upon himself to rank two sets this year, including a remake of the old classic Beat Juggle. Also, make sure to go to him for his signature Lab Aesthetics mods.
- Asahina Momoko is probably one of the best technical mappers out there, with a very expressive and clean mapping style that complements the song extremely well. Many of his peculiar patterns also give life to some of the most interesting and creative maps in osu!, one example in particular can be found in Transform, his entry for the aspire #2 beatmapping contest.
- A newer mapper who ranked his first ranked map in late 2016. Managed to create some enjoyable simplistic double bpm style maps this year.
- Easy GD slave btw.
- Even though his account was created back in 2010 it seems like he only really got into mapping this year. According to the map description, all of his own difficulties on his first ranked map ""were designed for CTB mode"" which is quite interesting.
- 2014 player who only recently started mapping (and got their first ranked map this year). Although he's only made lower difficulties for his sets and is relatively new to mapping, I'm hoping to see some steadfast progression from this mapper as 2018 goes on!
- A new mapper who managed to rank 7 maps with the first one being ranked in spring 2017. Asuka_- uses a fairly simplistic style that improved noticeably over the course of the year.
- Recently changed name from ""Toshino Kyoko"" under which he also ranked his first and only ranked map so far. Even though ranking a collab with multiple other newer mappers is quite challenging Atalanta actually managed to do exactly that.
- Although he didn't make outstanding maps, Atrue was known by his contribution to the community. During this long period as a bat or qat, he helped a lot of mappers and brought new bloods to the bn team. He has encouraged many conservative mappers to see and mod others' maps; this is his greatest contribution in my opinion.
- Atsuro has always sported a design style that looks odd among ordinary ranked maps. His maps have a major focus on straightforward polygons and symmetry without sacrificing gameplay in the slightest!
- Older mapper, came back to rank an over 3 years old map at the start of the year, then sadly disappeared again.
- Previously known as Priti. Though he became less active this year, he still managed to produce 2 mapsets and 4 gds. His maps have very distinctive mapping style, having a combination of high sv with simple slider shape. His maps are enjoyable to play as he manages playability well in his maps despite making it rather challenging to play.
- Known for his eccentric music choices dissimilar to what's usually seen in osu!, Bakari has consistently delivered quality maps and his activity shows no sign of decline. Also famous for having one of the highest kudosu counts in the game, his legacy of helping out many mappers along their journey will definitely not be forgotten!
- New mapper who has just gotten his first map ranked. While his mapping style could still be better, it's pretty good for someone who has just gotten into the mapping scene, with a simple yet fitting style which does the job. It's also worth noting that he produces his own music, so if you're interested you can check his works out!
- A new mapper who just began mapping in 2017. At the beginning his mapping style was kind of affected by PinkHeart's maps; for example, using many head-overlapping sliders. Now his maps have more diversity, and I'm sure his own talent will show through.
- Taking inspirations from older mappers, Battle sports a simple yet organized mapping style, heavily focusing on using low rhythm densities and highly varied placements to create larger contrasts in his maps. This year they definitely showed that more standard songs aren't all they can do with their map of Re:End of a Dream.
- Became completely inactive in the game after ranking the Flower Flag mapset, which is his only ranked mapset in 2017. Hope to see him make a comeback for 2018!
- An anime mapper that reduced his activity this year. Although he has a little difficulty communicating with others in english, he still tried hard to rank maps when he was active. Also he is willing to help with others' maps, if not doing english mods.
- Despite having lots of maps submitted since starting to map in early 2016, bite you death only started ranking maps during the second half of 2017 where he got his first two ranked maps. Will be interesting to see what 2018 brings.
- You can always count on BoatKrab to deliver enjoyable maps of your favourite western song!
- An experienced mapper that became less and less active in mapping this year. Usually very unique song choice, often with less ""meta"" mapping to accommodate it. Apparently loves timing.
- An old mapper who made a short comeback in early 2017. She is undeniably one of the mappers who successfully defined what is ""not to map for fame, but to map for fun"" by creating a bunch of simple but engaging to play lower difficulties.
- BOUYAAA is mainly known for his mastery of western rock songs with a fairly organized style, sure to bring an enjoyable experience for fans of the songs.
- Although she has quit, her modding has helped and shaped many new mappers' journeys immensely, as well as leaving behind several simple but fun maps.
- A founder and administrator of osu! International as well as organizer of the related mapping contest, C00L is a fairly new presence in the mapping community. He brings a fairly simple style with a preference for higher density yet straightforward rhythm, perfect for players who are new to playing electronic maps.
- Even though he's hasn't been very active this year, only managing to have some of his guest difficulties ranked as well as a ranked set, captin1 still deserves a shoutout as one of the most dedicated mappers osu! has known, delivering incredibly solid maps which many players and mappers alike still love.
- Primarily known for being a member of the osu!catch community, celerih is a relatively new standard mapper who sports a clean and organized style. He also contributes as a BN and a moderator of r/osumapping.
- Ever since getting more into mapping in 2016 Cellina has been ranking a few maps every year, this year with some big diversity in song length by ranking an approval map and a nearly 4 minute set, together with the obligatory anime tv size.
- Although he was more active in 2016, Celsius still managed to rank a ton of great guest difficulties this year! He also ranked his own Halozy marathon to mark the end of the year for himself. A very consistent mapper in terms of his mapping speed and quality.
- Cerulean Veyron is osu!'s K-pop cute boy representative. He's mapped various maps to help promote his presumably favorite music genre, while also helping out others as a Beatmap Nominator and spending his time judging various mapping contests across the community! 1/5
- Having mapped for 5 years now, CET 6 is surprisingly unknown by most players. All of his ranked maps are relatively simple Chinese songs that make for simple yet enjoyable maps!
- New Polish mapper who got his first ranked map in 2017. Albeit being one of the newer mappers, his maps already show some polish (pun intended) and follow their songs pretty well, which is impressive for someone who didn't start mapping long ago.
- Chaoslitz is a very experienced mapper who is good at revealing details of the song by using complicated rhythm, while balancing the playability and visuals of his maps well.
- Even though he only mapped the easy difficulty for his first ranked map, it seems like he started working on Insane and Extra difficulties as well, so it will be interesting to see what the following years will bring.
- Once being active in 2015 to early 2016 period, cherry blossom has finally presented a new mapset - dreadnought - this year. His style remained like that of his older maps, making proper usage of large spacing streams and symmetry to keep things simple but fun to play.
- A former BAT and older figure in the community, Chewin returned this year, ranking two mapsets in a clean and nostalgic style. Additionally, Chewin also contributed by returning to his former task as a BAT by joining the BN.
- While not being known too well outside of Japan's community, Chirony has made and ranked a few maps every year since 2014, and while his maps don't get too much traction, they are simple in nature and fun to play once in a while.
- A formerly well known anime mapper that started to slowly fade out of existence ever since 2015. Ranked one map (which was also submitted in 2015) after being barely active for all of 2016. ""probably last mapset, hope you like it.""
- Very new mapper that I randomly stumbled upon in #modhelp one day; however, he's been improving at an alarmingly fast rate! Can't wait to see what he has stored for 2018!
- His love for EDM is unmatched, with plenty of ranked guest difficulties and mapsets just for that genre alone! Come[Back]Home has been an active modder and mapper ever since his entry into the mapping scene back in late 2013, and he has returned recent after a brief hiatus to push forward more maps!
- You rarely see people rank English songs, even less so ones that allow for Insane and higher difficulties, but CookieBite actually ranked two of them this year, adding some musical variety to the ranked section, while also ranking some Geometry Dash songs.
- A mapper that's been recognized mostly for his english undertale maps in 2016. Cosmolade has started to deviate from that this year, branching his mapping to touhou and ""novelty"" english songs. You can't dispute that what Cosmolade is bringing to the ranked section is definitely unique.
- Crimmi drops by this year with a pleasantly simple map. His veteran experience of almost 10 years can be seen with a solid, structured style reminiscent of the old days while managing to still feel modern.
- Cryptic shows the world that there's more to anime songs than meets the eye, sporting an interesting mapping style that brings together a large range of techniques to express songs to the best of his ability. Earlier this year, Cryptic contributed as a mentor, Beatmap Nominator, and for a short while, a member of the QAT.
- Crystal is famous for his great performance on OWCs and CWCs. Apart from his playing skills, he also showed his talent on mapping, especially on alternate maps like Take no Hana or Ryoushi no Umi. Hope he could keep active in 2018.
- Straight outta 2015, they've been mapping more and more frequently as the years pass by, making 2017 their strongest year yet! At this rate, 2018 will be even better for him.
- Other than being a fantastic player, CXu is also a very experienced mapper who has been in the mapping scene for a very long time, and this experience can be seen very well in his works, which are all very solid.
- After ranking a lot of maps in 2016, Dailycare became rather inactive this year, but still came back for a short amount of time in November to rank one more of his 2016 senya maps.
- A newer face in the mapping community, DakiniBrave shows his passion for j-pop by mapping it with a simple yet reflective style. If his recent map is any indicator, he's sure to capture both the hearts and playcounts of players with his future mapping.
- Moving away from anime tv sizes after ranking two of them in 2016, DavidEd became one of the few mappers to provide harder maps for English songs by ranking four of them in 2017, mainly focusing on on 5+ minute Extra difficulties.
- An older figure in the community known for his BMS mapsets, Dax sports a heavily pattern based style, focusing on symmetry usage. His recent map shows that even under heavy visual restrictions, a fun experience can be provided for the intended audience.
- deadpon3 came into the scene early this year, ranking just 2 sets throughout 2017. He has much to learn, but he is growing at a decent pace, making 2018 possibly a great year for himself in improvement and results.
- With only a single mapset ranked this year, Del05 has been slowly fading away from the mapping scene. However, his contributions in terms of guest difficulties and ranked sets, most of which are anime songs, are numerous!
- Maps by Delis truly stood out in 2017. His unique visual style may be offputting to some, but it provides a feeling unlike other ranked maps, earning them a noteworthy position among the masses of ranked maps!
- After starting to map in 2015 Depths has improved his mapping skills a lot, managing to become a very solid technical mapper. While his works aren't exactly innovative, they are very well structured and fluid, expressing the song very well.
- DeRandom Otaku is one of the mappers who favors a large variety of music ranging from Japanese to Kpop, as well as the occasional electronic, appealing to many different music tastes. As a beatmap nominator, he contributed greatly through modding.
- While he seems to have left the game by now, diraimur has been until recently an active mapper, who often took part in conversations in #modhelp and had quite a lot of graveyarded maps. His maps, while simple, were effective and very enjoyable.
- A mapping pioneer, DJPop came back earlier in the year to rank his yearly christmas mapset. He's primarily known for his rhythmically challenging maps and grid based style, but his recent map showed that he's been able to keep up with the times quite well. Looking forward to seeing his contributions in further years.
- New mapper who decided to rank a Harumachi Clover one day! Also seems like they are trying to rank another One Room song as well to start off their 2018 mapping spree.
- DoKito is one of the few highly skilled players whose knowledge has transferred over to the editor! With his one famous 8 star ranked map this year, commonly referred to as Yomi yori, DoKito changed the competitive game for some of osu!'s top players. Will we see Cookiezi's potential 900pp score on this map become a reality in 2018? We'll see!
- Although not the most active individual, his sole ranked map of this year demonstrates his ability to create polished and elegant patterns that accompany the charming nature of the song wonderfully.
- Creator of the hit mapset of Hitorigoto, Doormat continues to show his love for anime by organizing mapsets of the cutest songs the ranked section has ever seen. His simple and organized style brings joy to many players each time he publishes a new work. Doormat contributed this year as a BN, making sure maps are as polished as they can be for the ranked section.
- Doyak is one of the main contributors towards an organized environment for artists and titles of maps. His work as a QAT is highly appreciated, along with the equally well-organized maps that he's added to the ranked section.
- M god M117 has kept active for more than 2 years and this number seems to still be growing. The most prominent point of his maps is the polished flow. His flow combined with common rhythm choices and clean placements made his maps very comfortable to play. Additionaly, he is always helpful to other mappers, especially beginners.
- A man who really loves to map to drums for really long and hard hitting songs! Drummer is also a very new mapper that only managed to rank his first difficulty this year. He may probably stay in the mapping scene in the future as well, as he has been very active in mapping through the whole year, and it sure doesn't seem like he's stopping anytime soon! See you in 2018.
- dsco is one of this year's greatest contenders for the Rookie of the year category. He only ranked his first maps this year, however you'd never believe that at a glance. Each map is its own standalone piece of work showcasing dsco's variety of ideas and technical capabilities!
- Despite starting to map in 2015, DTM9 Nowa only ranked his first map in 2017. The experience he gained in those years can be seen in his recent works, which are well designed albeit a bit simple in structure. He definitely shows a lot of potential as a newcomer!
- Dubturt first exposed himself to the ranked section near the end of 2017. He's got room to develop his mapping, but he's shown he's still pushing to improve himself with his latest pending maps!
- With roughly 30 submitted maps EijiKuinbii has been very active this year, even though only one of these was pushed into the ranked category. It will be interesting to see what 2018 brings.
- Being involed with over 20 sets while being restricted is no easy task, but eiri-, also known as Ayyri, has done the impossible! Her dedication to the game shows no bounds with guest difficulties in both osu!standard as well as osu!taiko. Although we included people with only ranked sets, I think she deserves a special mention for her enormous contribution to the game in 2017!
- Ekoro is undoubtedly a very experienced and active mapper who can tackle many different mapping styles with ease. While he's mostly known for his Everything will freeze, he has an enormous amount of maps under his belt, both unranked and ranked, which deserve recognition and are mostly wonderfully executed.
- Known as 'handsome muscle'. He is one of the few mappers that mapped a song that he composed by himself. Just like a composer, he is also good at hitsounding. The hitsounds in his maps were as natural as a track from the song itself.
- Famous for his Tower of Heaven map last year, eLy is definitely becoming a very prominent mapper in osu! for players. He's been able to create maps with great lore that many players love to play. As he ranks Re:TrymenT at the end of 2017 after a long battle with many other mappers, he's set to (possibly) rank many more in 2018!
- Famous for his top-tier playing skill, Emilia shows that his mapping is nothing to scoff at either. Best described as flexible, his mapping style is capable of fitting numerous genres, all the while maintaining the fluid gameplay and clean aesthetics he is known for! Not to mention the dab.
- Because of the college entrance examination, Enjoy had to afk from mapping for a long time, and she even hasen't come back until now. Her maps have really natural flow and rhythm —— just like her username, Enjoyable.
- Similar to his Korean predecessors, Enon sports a heavily player focused mapping style, applying clean aesthetics and comfortable flow into his maps. He is currently working with Dailycare on the new version of image material, which is definitely worth looking into!
- New mapper who debuted in 2017, almost 2 years after starting mapping. While he's got only one ranked map at the moment, we can already see how much his style has evolved over time, having now a reasonably clean style.
- Seems like he's recently trying to map more interesting things, after ranking a short easy diff, so it will be interesting to see how Est-'s mapping will develop from here.
- Along with Natsu, her name is synonymous equivalent to K-pop in osu!. Always working with Natsu to introduce more awesome K-pop songs to the community.
- Known for his flashy storyboards, Exile outdid himself by bringing the audio personification of his hobbies to the ranked section: Mili's world.execute(me); The level of detail and amount of code involved in creating this storyboard goes beyond the limits of what was thought possible with osu!'s storyboard engine, featuring complex foreground and background effects as well as a continuous story to accompany the song.
- ezek is a mapper whose influences clearly draw from a long-gone generation. Considering he's been involved in mapping for longer than most mappers today, that's only to be expected. Alongside his mapping, ezek has been heavily involved in the modding side of osu!, resigning from the Beatmap Nomination Group just a few months ago after over a year of work. His time as one of the BN boys will be remembered!
- F D Flourite has been mapping for about 4 years. He is one of the few mappers that focus on male vocal songs for years. It is interesting that he made several difficult maps when he just begin mapping. But after his mapping style matured, he turned to make relatively easier maps. Additionaly, he has contribuded a lot to the community as a BN.
- Relatively new mapper who started around mid-late 2016 and has created many popular EDM mapsets since. Fanteer just seems to be ranking songs he likes, and not really trying out new stuff, but I hope they try to branch out and seek new ideas for mapping in 2018! Definitely lots of stored potential for Fanteer imo
- After nearly three years and countless disqualifies, Fatfan Kolek finally managed to rank his well known ME!ME!ME! set this year, including guest difficulties for every game mode.
- Feb's mapping has improved drastically throughout the year. His latest ranked map of SiM's LET iT END provides an experience that stands out above many of the other ranked maps this year, so his future work may be something to look forward to!
- felys has been mapping for a while, with lots of submitted maps going back all the way to 2014, but only ranked his first map this year. You can clearly see the experience gained in all this time since it doesn't look like a ""first ranked map"" at all.
- Thought you can only find conventional music in osu! ? Here comes Fenza introducing one of the Beethoven's masterpieces! Fenza has successfully established a pretty good start in the mapping scence by introducing the Sonata No.14 in cis-Moll, Op. 27/2 - 3. Satz mapset. Hope to see more from him in 2018!
- fieryrage has progressed steadily in mapping, being extremely active in creating mapsets and guest difficulties this year. Hope to see even more improvement from him in 2018!
- Only managing to break into the ranked scene in the second half of the year, one might expect inexperience from Finshie. A quick glance at his recent works will tell you otherwise, with a well-structured style that blends perfectly with the kind of songs he chooses to map.
- One of the newer mappers of 2017, whose first ranked map is... interesting to say the least. His mapping style seems to be solid, despite showing some areas which can be improved. I'm definitely looking forward to his future maps!
- Formerly known as KuranteMelodii, Firis has presented several mapsets and GDs to both the ranked and loved sections this year. Though people might be mainly familiar with his usage of evenly spaced triangular jumps in those ranked and loved difficulties, his technical maps in the Pending section display outstanding usage of very expressive slider art. I wish to see more work from him in the future!
- "If you want to make a good map, go copy Dear You."" This is my first impression of Flower. It is hard to descirbe his maps in a few words because he changes his mapping style frequently. As an old mapper that has been mapping since 2012, sometimes his placements seems hard to understand. But overall, his maps still have decent quality. He was also an helpful modder and BAT when he was active.
- A mapper who tried to branch into the realm of highly difficult maps in the beginning of 2017, only to settle down to simple insane level mapping once again. He got his first ranked map
thislast year, showing amazing improvementfrom his previous set from last year.Hopefully, FoxyGranpda continues to grow as we move on to 2018!
- Very solid mapper, with a visually appealing and fluid mapping style which effectively underlines the song's features through a clever usage of spacing. Definitely one of the most consistent ones out there.
- A household name in the osu! community that still manages to keep up with the times. His style, while still reminiscent of his older works, has evolved in a way that makes it appealing to the modern crowd. A shame that his activity has been slowly declining recently.
- Pretty cool mapper, extremely good at handling symmetrical patterns.
- With only a handful of difficulties ranked this year, it's no wonder a name like this isn't recognized more in this generation. A well-known mapper from back in the day who has managed to evolve his style to fit modern standards, while keeping the soul of his maps intact.
- Another new mapper, who got his first ranked map in 2017. His maps seems to be already incredibly solid for a new mapper, with a very clean style which uses well elements such as blankets and overlaps.
- Previously known as imoutosan, Fushimi Rio focuses on eroge songs with a primary focus on smooth and expressive cursor movement. His recent map shows mastery in this regard, with slider designs and patterning that matches the feeling of the song in a unique way. Frequently collabs with his soul sister, PinkHeart.
- Gabe is a well-known community member for his countless mods as well as his work as a global moderator. But let's not forget that he has his own mapping contributions as well, with a multitude of genres being ranked over his 5-year run!
- Gaia was super active this year comapred to last year, taking part in around 20+ ranked sets compared to around half of that last year. Gaia had always succeeded in creating quality beatmaps for any kind of song at satisfying levels! He never fails to please players in any circumstance. Furthermore, Gaia has started to take a very noticeable influence from his favourite mapper cRyo as his newer maps are starting to resemble hers! 2018 may be Gaia's best year if he keeps up.
- Garden used to grow really fast when he was a new mapper. Now he has a matured mapping style, which contains his stylized sliders and aesthetics. In particular, his combination of straight and curve sliders seems natural and plays well. Moreover, he is a very helpful modder and an active BN.
- Hong Kong mapper making his debut into the ranked maps scene in 2017! Ranking some well known and great anime songs. Also created tasteful guest difficulties here and there for others.
- Gero is the modern incarnation of symmetry based mapping styles popularized years ago. Reminiscent of the ever-famous Andrea, his maps have a distinct feeling that separates them from other ranked maps, especially in this day and age!
- While this guy may not have many ranked maps, those in his catalog are worth a look! His first is a collaboration with RLC, one of osu!'s most well known mappers, and his second is a solo marathon of a rhythmically complex song. Care is clearly put towards expression of the most subtle aspects of intense music in both of his maps, making them especially engaging!
- He hasn't done much in mapping for years, but came back to rank a Demetori map in 2017. Despite being a 2010 map, it's still surprisingly fun to play, mainly because of the comfortable flow and clean visuals.
- A mapper who's practically associated with Demetori at this point, and for good reason. GoldenWolf showcases impressive activity this year with 6 ranked sets, 5 being of Demetori, all of which are pinnacles of metal mapping in their own right.
- A new, but low-key mapper who has never really explored past Easy difficulties in the ranked section, but has managed to contribute storyboards to various other mapsets!