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Naitoshi written by Halfslashed
Naitoshi written by Halfslashed
- Not to be confused with Naotoshi, Naitoshi is a mapper who showcases an incredible twist on electronic music with his mastery of cursor movement and complex rhythm control. His latest ranked map shows a unique twist on a rhythmically complex song, showcasing a high level understanding of all aspects of movement with sliders, creating a very bouncy and enjoyable play experience for experienced players.
- Namki's definitely a pretty skilled mapper who can handle different genres without any problem, with a style which is partly similar to Jounzan's (or Evilelvis's) one, especially when it comes to her usage of jumps and slider velocity. It will be certainly interesting to see her future works!
- Not to be confused with Naitoshi, Naotoshi is a newer mapper who rapidly improved, now able to masterfully handle of a simplistic style, having a more refined handling of rhythm and movement than most mappers using the same style. This year he contributed heavily by starting off the year as one of the most active BNs for a lengthy duration of the year. The most important thing of all that he contributed was multiple sets of your favorite 2017 tv size song, Harumachi Clover.
- narakucrimson is not a name anyone was expecting to see associated with 2017. His prime period was 2011 and his mapping shows that he has drastically different design philosophies from mappers of today. Who knows what we'll see from him later on!
- Even though his activity might have dropped compared to former years, Narcissu still managed to rank a well made approval map this year. Which, despite the song already being ranked multiple times, still feels like a unique addition to the ranked section, mainly due to making it more accesible for less skilled players and a cute take on difficulty progression throughout the map.
- While not being too active in the mapping scene, Nathan still managed to squeeze in and rank a few maps here and there at the very beginning of 2017. Looks like he may repeat it next year as well with Sengoku Hop.
- Natsu has consistently been one of osu!'s most active mappers and modders. His maps have a visual style that can be discerned at just a glance and his mods over the years have helped tons of mappers on their path towards rank.
- One of the few newbie mappers who has successfully established an original mapping style. His maps are very impressive in terms of visual design with his excellent usage of varied slider designs. Gameplay experience of his map is great too since he uses alternating patterns and high sv wisely making his maps even spicier.
- A k-pop (and deez nuts) mapper who has been active for quite some time, making maps which are simple but usually express the song very well, with some clean visuals as well.
- Other than being very knowledgeable about dojin music, neonat is a very experienced mapper: he can handle a lot of different genres with ease, with a mapping style which is simple yet effective. He also deserves a shoutout for his work as a BN, which has been very consistent.
- A very solid mapper who has improved greatly since his debut in the mapping scene, with a very clean style and an intuitive map design. Definitely one of the best newer mappers, especially considering his technical maps.
- Nevo achieved his first ranked map at the very end of 2017. His ideas clearly draw from early Monstrata maps through hexagonal tessellation, so you can bet his future maps will be some of the most well-organized you can play!
- New mapper who's apparently started mapping in 2016 and has shown a very noticeable improvement in his works, getting his first ranked maps in 2017. His style appears to be already quite solid, with a clean structure and an efficient use of spacing, which is why i'll definitely be looking forward to his future maps.
- Formally known as My Angel Kanan, nextplay has been dabbling quite often in the normal and easy difficulty levels of ranked mapsets. hope to see what he brings to osu! in lower diffs (and maybe in higher diffs as well).
- Nhawak is barely active in the mapping scene this year, however he still managed to rank a really popular dnb mapset: Whatever I Do. His mapping is pretty clean in general. Not much to complain.
- After getting his first ranked map in 2016, Nitrous has continued delivering anime maps up until now, managing to underline the songs' features with a simple but fitting mapping style.
- Very old and experienced mapper, with a simple yet incredibly elegant mapping style. His latest work shows that even older mappers can be up to date and make maps which are up to modern standards.
- While she hass made worthwhile efforts in successfully ranking six maps in 2017, Noffy's work extends beyond map creation. Being part of a few Ranking Criteria discussions and involving himself in metadata work, he's helped the community more than we deserve!
- More focused on the side of modding, Nokashi's efforts as a BN have definitely helped and guided many aspiring mappers on the right path!
- It's hard to keep track of mappers when they change names so often. Formerly known as Reya and LunarBlossom, Nokris ranked a more modern version of Sally's ""Remind"" with a clean high bpm mapping style.
- A very strict and unorthodox mapping style, contradictory to what a newer mapper would usually create, but oh boy is it a fresh and entertaining one. non-one has shown to great effect that mapping isn't about sticking to the norms at all!
- Very experienced mapper who can deal with many different genres. His mapping style is simple yet well done and fitting, resulting in very solid and clean maps. He also deserves a special mention for his work as a BN, especially considering how he's been active since when he joined the team back in 2016.
- Nyquill has played a far different role from most mappers in osu!. He contributed to the game as one of its developers years ago, and he continues to contribute to the growing library of featured artists through his work on the Mappers' Guild! Perhaps he won't be in the foreground of the mapping community, but he's definitely making a difference behind the scenes.
- While he hasn't been very active in 2017, managing only to rank 2 maps, Nyukai still remains a very consistent and experienced mapper, and the experience from his years of mapping are surely shown in his maps, which are usually very well realized and clean, with an excellent usage of symmetry as well.
- Mapping almost exclusively anime openings and endings, Ohwow fits in perfectly as one of osu!'s mappers who debuted to the ranked section in 2017.
- Known for most of the year as Okorin and under many different avatars, Okoratu, a QAT leader, has contributed immensely to the game this year. While he only brought one mapset to the ranked section this year, it was certainly a memorable one with a focus on low AR and bezier curve design, bringing a modern twist to older design paramaters for a unique experience across the entire mapset. Most of his work this year has been through spearheading a great deal of new Ranking Criteria drafts, leading the Community Mentorship Program, nominating various mapsets, and going back and forth with developers to ensure that the community's needs are met. Additionally, without him, we wouldn't have the great oko_hand emoji to show appreciation for each other's company.
- A familiar name for the modhelp regulars and appearing in the ranked section last year on a collab difficulty, Ongaku puts out his first ranked mapset this year. YoiYoi Kokon sports a clean and organized style with fast paced gameplay, definitely worth checking out for fans of alternating maps.
- A classic example of a mapper that maps his favourite songs, and pairs it with a soothingly fluid map to go along with it! We appreciate you guys!
- While still being a new mapper, osuskrub has improved his mapping skill in a very short time, even managing to get a ranked map not long after his first work. It will be certainly interesting to see how he will improve over time, given his current maps.
- Ovoui has ranked a Normal difficulty. That's about it.
- No stranger to the mapping scene, P A N has remained consistent in his mapping throughout the years. Although only having a handful of maps in 2017, his usage of acute jumps and clean organisation showcases his expertise in mapping. Not to mention being a true hardcore APink fan.
- Knew him since he starrted mapping since he wanted my input for a map of one of my songs. He's been leaning more towards taiko recently, but he is very active nonetheless. Expect to possibly see many more taiko/std hybrids from him in 2018!
- A new mapper that improved a lot over the year. Ranked some enjoyable to play Insane and lower difficulty maps in the last few months of 2017 that often feel reminiscent of great older Russian mappers.
- As he said, there will be improvement in his next map. I‘m waiting to see.
- Staying away from mainstream mapping, Pata-Mon makes relatively easy maps and puts more effort into mapping lower diffs like Hard or Normal. He is strict to his maps' aesthetics in a mathematic way, especially spacings.
- Pentori has been around the community quite a bit this year. His work as a Beatmap Nominator has helped a variety of mappers and he earned the winning spot in Modhelp Mapping Contest #3. He may not be the most active mapper, but his work is nonetheless impressive!
- I really respect Pereira006 for his contribution in helping the mappers back in the days. He was barely active this year, disappearing from the mapping scene after ranking his last mapset. Although he is not too involved in this game anymore, his good work will never be forgotten.
- With his first and only ranked map being produced near the end of this year, PeterEU has stepped his foot through the door to the mapping world. We're looking forward to what he can create in 2018 with all the experience he'll be gaining!
- Pho is known for an interesting design approach to mapping, focusing on a very solid structure and interesting visual designs. He typically pushes mapsets of high speed utaite covers which, when paired with his mapping, leave behind a rewarding play experience.
- Known for eroge mapping, PinkHeart is one of the few mappers who are able to tie together a stunningly beautiful visual design while showing mastery of cursor control and rhythm on a level rarely matched by others. Her recent mapsets utilize blanket designs to their fullest, keeping the player spinning around at high speeds paired with complex shapes to show off prominently held sounds, providing a highly rewarding gameplay experience.
- Pretty good.
- Long term mapper that always manages to adapt his style well to current standards and also seems to have been experimenting more and more with different styles over the course of the year. Sadly not very active with his own sets in 2017, but made some interesting, often more reading-focused guest difficulties.
- The first mapper who often comes in my mind when talking about double BPM maps is pkk, and for a very good reason: he's been one of the most consistently good mappers when it comes to this category of maps, with an incredibly fluid and intuitive style which makes his maps very fun to play!
- Despite being new to the mapping scene, Plaudible has stood out from other new mappers by establishing a very fluid mapping style and achieving a role in beatmap nominator. His latest work - JINGO JUNGLE is particualarly impressive as he mangaged to utilize fast sliders very coherently.
- New mapper who has dramatically improved his mapping skills over the course of just one year, managing to rank 3 maps in 2017, an impressive feat for someone who debuted in the mapping scene so recently. His mapping style, while still being a little bit rough around the edges, is very interesting, and could lead to something amazing in the future.
- Really only getting into the groove of ranking this year, ProEzreal's korean influence is clear with strict placements and an obvious focus on structure. Watching different styles from different regions is always something interesting to observe, especially when every mapper has their own individual spin on it!
- Top tier aesthetics.
- After not ranking anything for over a year, Pururut came back to the mapping scene earlier this year to rank a map that has been submitted since 2015, just to disappear again after doing so.
- Famous for his love of Linkin Park and... long maps, pw384 succeeds Guilty All The Same, a 9-difficulty 6-minute mapset, with a 36 minute marathon, Living Things. Wait, not just a 36 minute marathon, a 36 minute marathon with two difficulties, all mapped by himself. To top it all off, the difficulties are all well done with consistent applications of both symmetry and repetition!
- It's not often that a mapper ranks a map, then disassociates from mapping for 5 years only to come back with higher activity levels than anyone else! Realazy has modernized his mapping flawlessly, making it hard to believe he was ever involved in osu! in 2012.
- Reazen made his debut in 2017 with a simple enhi set having the top 2 difficulties created by guests. Seems like a new fresh face in osu!mapping and I hope to see how he grows and improves as time goes on!
- While he hasn't been hugely popular, ReFaller has been constantly making new maps with a very clean and structured mapping style, handling different genres with ease. His graveyard section in particular shows how much effort he has put into mapping since when he started, containing 43 maps which were all done in the span of 3 years.
- Regou's surely become one of the most interesting technical mappers of this year, thanks to his very peculiar usage of sliders (and slider velocities) and to a very creative style which makes his maps stand out from most of the others which are present in the same genre. Some of his best works can be seen in maps like AsiaN distractive and Key of timepieces, but in general all of his maps are very good and worth playing!
- Definitely one of the biggest Yaoi fanatics in the osu! community who has been creating a series of yaoi beatmaps! As a beatmap nominator, Regraz has contributed much on helping the mappers on pushing their mapsets forward consistently. Aside from modding, Regraz is also a skilled mapper who handles a simplistic style nicely.
- Priorizing low difficulties can be demotivating, as not many people appreciate the work put into them. However, that hasn't stopped Renumi! He's produced quite a few mapsets featuring low difficulties with no sign of stopping any time soon, so if that's up your alley, check him out!
- Loved by many Japanese people, Repl4y is a very new mapper who only started mapping seriously this year. His tremendous following and recognition has been growing very rapidly (especially within the Japanese mapping comunity), and he doesn't plan to stop as we head on to 2018! A man who truly loves to map his favourite anime songs.
- Rin Desu's dive into a variable BPM map as his first ranked was definitely an adventurous one, but to a player it would be practically unnoticeable due to his careful usage of sliders and circles! Definitely a job well done and looking forward to future stuff!
- PP-ology expert who delivers extremely aim-heavy beatmaps to the ranked section. If you are looking for challenging jump maps, Riven's maps are exactly what you are looking for.
- A kiwi mapper who is getting better and better by the second. He's been actively mapping for a couple or so years now, but due to his health, he is forced to take an indefinite hiatus. Hope you get better and come back for 2018!
- Pretty much a household name in the game at this point, Rizia has consistently shown utmost proficiency in handling the editor. With almost 50 ranked mapsets under his belt, its no surprise that his understanding of gameplay is almost unparalleled. Ask anyone, and you can bet they'll sing praise to Rizia's collection of fun and enjoyable maps.
- While not being too active in the latter half of the year compared to the first, RLC still managed to create and rank some timeless beatmaps. Although he hasn't played an active role in the community recently, RLC always manages to influence many mappers with his extraordinary yet pleasant style in most maps he creates; however, he has recently decided to change up how he maps, so we might see a new face of RLC and his maps next year... some of his new work shows his new style as well!
- You'd be out of luck if you tried finding another mapper from India, especially at a skill level comparable to Rohit6. He's a mapper with capabilities that seem underappreciated by most mappers, but worry not -- your work is not going unnoticed!
- rs_fadeaway is one of the mappers whose main interest is not in ranking his maps. He's been in the beatmap creation business since 2010, but only in 2016 and 2017 did he rank his only two maps. It's clear that rs_fadeaway isn't swayed by the mapping ideas used in most maps today -- he's got his own preferences which result in maps that are undeniably engaging!
- While Rumia- is not too focused on ranking beatmaps this year, he keeps up his good work on creating mapsets with clean and intuitive style. From his pending mapsets, I can see that his mapping is evolving tremendously as he managed to combine the strength of his mapping style with more technical patterns, making his beatmaps far more expressive. Make sure to keep an eye on him in 2018!
- Definitely a style more befitting of older mappers, with strict polygonal placement as well as the occasional usage of symmetry. But what if I told you that RVMathew was a newer mapper? With a perplexing mix of old and new concepts, what does he have in store for us in the future?
- RyoKazuka is perhaps one of the least viewed mappers out there. While he only has two ranked maps, one of them was the winner of an official mapping contest that earned him the title of ""Elite Mapper,"" so you can be sure his maps are top notch quality! He's still active in creating maps, so I expect more from him in the coming year.
- As one of the newcomers this year, Ryuusei Aika managed to rank three maps in 2017, with one of them even being a higher difficulty extra.
- S o a p's beatmaps are simple but interesting to play as they place a great deal of care on spacing.
- Known for his anime sets and non-standard mapping sahuang has established himself over the years as a prominent member of mapping in osu! and 2017 was no less compared to his past years!
- Sakurauchi Riko's maps have definitely improved throughout the year. His earlier maps were rather disorganized, but with his latest map of Quynh Nhu's Don Coi, anyone can see clear progression through neat object placements and interesting gimmick implementation. He's got a fair few maps aiming for rank right now, so expect to see his name throughout the next year!
- A fluid, gameplay oriented style reminiscent of various American and Japanese freestyle mappers back in the day! And he's mapping the same songs to boot!
- Definitely a name you wouldn't expect seeing in 2017, but believe or not, Saten is still around as a Global Moderator. However this doesn't mean he's no longer interested in the mapping side of the game! With a revival of the ever-popular Zetsubou plantation map, he marks his return to the ranked section, his first mapset in almost 4 years!
- While debuting in 2017, Sauziteoi seems to be already quite experienced with mapping, considering how he's already started doing it years ago. His only ranked map shows how he's already developed a pretty fluid mapping style, with an interesting use of overlaps. It will be interesting to see where this mapping style will lead for sure.
- A new face this year, Komore has established themselves with a simple style taking roots from earlier years. Manages to consistently create varied and representative maps for each song he comes across.
- A fairly new mapper, sdafsf's maps show a very high level of organization, quite unlike his name. His ranked map barely scratches the surface of his ability, so make sure to check out his guest difficulties to see his unique approaches to various songs.
- A newer mapper that ranked his first map early into the year, followed by a few GDs later on, all with a very modern feeling clean mapping style.
- New to the ranked section but not necessarily to mapping, Sebu shows a promising style that borrows heavily from modern electronic styles. He performed quite the feat this year in pushing forward polygon, which was featured in OWC due to its heavy usage of stream jumps. Hope to see more from this mapper in 2018.
- Despite slowly declining in activity in the past years Secretpipe still managed to rank multiple maps for electronic songs in his usual clean mapping style this year, helping him stay one of the more well known dnb mappers.
- An old name in the community, Seikatu sports an organized mapping style with an older feel to it, typically sticking to Insane difficulties. This year he participated in quite a few different mapsets, showing off his versatility as a mapper quite well.
- Seni definitely stands out from most of the new mappers this year. He established himself in the mapping scene by ranking a 7-star difficulty, which is a reworked version of Foreground Eclipse - From Under Cover (Caught Up In A Love Song). Hope to see how he does in 2018!
- He has continued to map and rank anime maps very actively until the last quarter of this year. Some of his maps are pretty interesting, with unusual usage of high sv and excessive jump patterns.
- Sharkie may not rank most of his maps, but he has experience and a unique design style that makes him noteworthy among mappers today. His latest ranked map, an English rock song marathon, is probably his best yet. It's got a mix of different BPM sections and an interesting design that makes for a map worth giving a try!
- New to the scene, Sharu has achieved much with his mastery of the modern mapping style in the past year, even placing third in one of the #modhelp mapping contests. Definitely a name to watch out for in the coming years to see how his style develops.
- While not being often noticed sheela still remains a very talented mapper, so talented that he's even managed to win a french beatmapping contest back in 2016 with a very interesting technical map, Holystone. We should also remember his work as a BN, which has been consistent except for the last few months!
- One of the older mappers in the community and a pioneer of more freeform mapping, Shiirn's style shows he has adapted well to modern times. He continues to bring forward several of the more unique electronic mapsets with his usage of weird slider shapes as well as a uniquely harsh play experience.
- Far from being a newcomer to the ranked section, ShiraKai has been ranking stuff for a few years now and 2017 is no exception. WIth two ranked WALKUERE approval maps, both in collaboration with N a s y a, he has been showing how well their mapping styles work together to create a cohesive feeling playing experience.
- Shiranai is a mapper whose work appeals to a small niche of players. He maps mainly calm instrumental tracks which set a mood unique alongside most maps!
- A new mapper, Shiratoi shows a clean and composed style and has brought a couple Japanese pop songs to the ranked section. It will be nice to see how this mapper's style develops over the next year.
- With over 70 submitted maps since 2012 Shizuku- finally managed to make his debut into the ranked section with nothing less than a near 6 minute extra difficulty that manages to utilize some interesting ideas.
- Shogud showcases his discipline by not enough making an Insane for a song that most would throw Extra and Ultras at! Your efforts will not go unnoticed, keep doing what you do!
- New mapper who debuted in 2017 with his first ranked map, who seems to be mapping mostly easier difficulties, ranging from Easy to Hard. Despite starting mapping in 2016, his maps seem to be already very polished and fluid, while also being very fitting to the song.
- It's noticeable that Shurelia mostly chooses slow and elegant songs to map. According to his song choices, there were just simple and relaxing patterns in his maps, which fit well with the songs. Additionally, he is a member of the GMT.
- Truly one of the bigger surprises this year, with a style so well constructed and precise you'd think he had been at it for a real long time. Genuinely looking forward to his future endeavours!
- Not only is Sidetail an excellent mapper with coherent design sense, but he's also made a name for himself as one of osu!'s most competent storyboarders. Most people may know him by the name ""BetaStar,"" under which he created a number of intriguing visual experiences for players who play with less than 100% background dim to enjoy!
- Sieg was very active from 2013 to 2015. He was one of the few English songs mappers that kept active for a long time. Without tricky patterns, his maps were simple but fun to play. Apart from mapping, he also contributed a lot as a BN.
- 1 of the 2 only banned mappers of 2017 who was very active at 2016 and early 2017. Not sure what happened to them, but it seems like they were banned early on in the year. They did make some great easy, low-level, and laid-back difficulty mapsets however that are worth checking out!
- More commonly known as Snepif, Silleth is a mapper whose maps you've definitely played before. He's made countless classics throughout the years and advanced his mapping alongside the norms of current map design. If you're looking for something difficult to play, his 7 star ranked map this year of BLOOD STAIN CHILD's MOON LIGHT WAVE is exactly what you're looking for.
- Silverboxer's only ranked map this year was the first one of 2017! He's been a part of the mapping scene for quite some time, though most of his maps remain unranked. We'll see what more he can produce in this coming year.
- Sing is a pretty solid mapper, and continues to deliver beatmaps with fluid flow and decent aesthetics. Some of his work such as Future Cider is spectacular as he managed to use peculiar SV changes which gives an unique and engaging gameplay experience.
- It's surprising how much of a name Sinnoh has made for himself in the short time he's been on osu!. All 7 of his ranked maps have been from 2017 and he's achieved the role of being a Beatmap Nominator in both osu! standard and osu! catch. His dedication to the game is incomparable.
- In my eyes he's easily one of the best when it comes to technical mapping. He has an incredibly clean and varied style, which takes advantage of the song while being very intuitive for the player as well. It's a bit of a shame that he's not very active right now!
- Sjoy is a typical mapper that focuses more on gameplay rather than the aesthetic of his maps. As a touhou songs mapper, his mapping style and these songs were a really good fit. It's a pity that he has been afk now.
- Basically favorite mapper of your favorite mapper.
- This guy apparently really likes calm songs, just like in 2016 he ranked a set for one of these, while also contributing to the mapping community by being a semi-active modder.
- Mainly known as a top player, Smoothie World is a crowd favorite due to his focus on electronic songs and smoothly playing maps. His recent Camellia map provides a coherent and player friendly take on the song, showing his talent in making chaotic songs accessible to a large portion of the playerbase.
- As he said, there's no more rabbit jump style after his first ranked map on May 2016. SnowNino_ has made a transition from an unranked ultra maps maker to a quality mapper. Now he makes various kinds of maps and has kept ranking maps actively this year.
- Often praised as one of osu!'s best modders, Sonnyc has been an essential member of the mapping community. His work towards modding as a Beatmap Nominator has been appreciated by many and his highly organized mapping reminiscent of maps from a few years ago is a breath of fresh air
- Just as he was in 2016, Sotarks has undoubtedly been one of 2017's most prolific mappers. He's practically a mapping machine considering how many mapsets and guest difficulties he's created in his time on osu!. Without his work, we'd have a fairly lower number of ranked maps this year, and for sure fewer maps of fhána's music!
- Other than being an active BN, squirrelpascals is also a pretty solid mapper despite getting his first ranked map only in 2017, with a very clean style and an interesting usage of high circle size. It will be surely interesting to see how his mapping style will evolve in the future!
- With his first map ranked in 2015 and none in 2016, SrSkyPlayer came back to the ranked section this year by picking up a map again that was first submitted all the way back in 2014, showing that sometimes it's better to just leave a map and get back to it after improving as a mapper.
- "Increasing the number of sliderbreak plays, one map at a time."" - Starfy 2017
- Aside from creating general anime beatmaps, Starrstyx has been experimenting in beatmap contests quite a lot this year, trying to use more technical patterns such as high svs and cut streams in his beatmaps. Really hope to see how he does in 2018!
- Although he was really only active in 2016, Stjpa did rank his final and possibly his best map at the beginning of 2017 before leaving the BNG by the middle of 2017. He has uploaded a handful of maps since then, but he doesn't seem to be as active as he was in 2016. Hope to see him possibly make a comeback for 2018!
- Strategas is most well known for his well-organized drum 'n' bass mapping, culminating in his impressive 2015 and 2016 Liquicity Year Mix marathons. Near the end of this year however, he's shown a newfound interest in mapping japanese songs, proving that every osu! mapper is an anime girl at heart.
- A new mapper, Suissie shows promise with his expressive style that shows great handling of awkward motions to reflect the song. It will be interesting to see what else he produces in 2018.
- New to the scene, Sulfur ranked his first mapset this year as a remake of an older classic. His style is fairly straightforward with a few interesting placement choices that separate him from other mappers, making him someone to look out for in 2018.
- A promising new mapper. His mapping has improved a lot in this year. In general, his newer maps have very cool aesthetics and decent rhythm choice, which was not revealed in his first efforts. Notably, he also won pending cup #5.
- Relatively new face in the mapping community who started mapping in 2016. He had an extremely active year, ranking 7 mapsets, which is incomparable by most of the new mappers. Surely he still have room for improvement but I believe he'll improve tremendously if he keeps up in 2018.
- Peaceful and harmonic mapping to go along with a similar song. SyraxAxoJaxco is still a newcomer and his journey has only just begun!
- Mostly known for his 2015 sets, Tarrasky came back from a year hiatus in 2016 to rank even more mapsets and GDs for players throughout 2017! Hoperfully he stays for good this time, pleasing mappers and players alike.
- He's a taiko guy with some ranked low standard diffs. That's pretty neat, I guess.
- Apparently 2017 is the year of new russian mappers, and Testo is one of them. After improving a noticeable amount over the course of the year he got his first ranked map in November and qualified a more interesting one right at the end of December.
- Ranked their first map ever including GDs this year; a Game of Thrones beatmap added to the ranked section, bringing in more diversity to osu!'s ranked category!
- Despite being a (relatively) new mapper, TheMefisto has developed a pretty clean mapping style, which is simple yet very fitting and solid as well.
- Coming on strong in 2017, thzz brought out Labradorite which may have been one of the best maps of 2017. He did wane in activity for std as 2017 went on, but he did manage to map and rank a few beatmaps over the course of the year as well. He has made some other notable maps in the mapping scene for std such as Hengen Jizai, but it looks like he's leaning more towards taiko lately.
- When it comes to Russian mapping, TicClick is definitely one of the mapper who you'd think of. He has been inactive for a while, yet made a short comeback this year, ranking nachi - bellow that is done back in 2016.
- Hard to believe this guy sprung up out of nowhere in the last quarter of 2017 with 4 whole ranked mapsets! Absolutely charming is how I'd describe his style, which accompanies the songs he maps perfectly.
- As another newcomer to the ranked section this year, tokiko shows his love for touhou arranges by ranking multiple of them, including a nearly 4 minute set without any guest difficultuies.
- Praised by many for his stable and fluid style, toybot continuously delivers with a multitude of sets and guest difficulties ranked this year. A reliable, and consistent mapper, it's no wonder plenty of people ask him for guest difficulties.
- While he's been mapping since 2015, it's taken until 2017 for Toyosaki Aki to begin ranking his maps. He's been slowly but steadily working to improve his maps throughout the years and as he continues, expect to see more maps from him!
- Trust is an old mapper who is starting to get more and more active after his disappearance in 2015. As part of the legendary/legacy group known as ""nagifukers"", Trust has always shown exceptional skill when creating quality beatmaps. He may be considered one of the greatest anime mappers if not the greatest anime mapper of all time as well!
- A fairly old name in the community, tutuhaha continues to bring forth several mapsets in an older style, which heavily features a bias for vertical axis symmetry. His recent ranked map takes us back to the times his mapping developed with a fast paced song from wowaka, which shows us that even though the style is older, it can be still be an enjoyable experience.
- Having only mapped an Easy difficulty for Harumachi Clover, Uber is probably the least fitting member on this list. However, that also means he's successfully dedicated his mapping career to a meme, so it's undeniable that he's got potential as a mapper!
- No stranger to the mapping community, Ultima Fox finally ranked his first real mapset (no easy sets don't count)! His experience shows with a serene yet thrilling map of Nekomata Master - Greening!
- New to the ranked section but definitely not to the mapping scene, UndeadCapulet has brought forward several works that test the values of mappers and modders alike with his unique ideas. His latest mapset shows an interesting take on an english pop song, featuring several mapping techniques heavily utilized by an older generation of mappers, yet tied together with a modern design philosophy. None will forget the day he brought forth the twenty second long slider, and who knows what we'll see from him in 2018.
- A newer mapper who finally got some ranked maps during mid/late 2017, after attempting it multiple times before, showing that sometimes you just have to move on to the next map and if you keep improving it's going to work out at some point.
- Gratz on Underforest's first ranked Extra diff!
- Having some old maps graved for years is common to most old mappers. But Urushi38 has managed to rank these graved maps like FAKE PROMISE or The World's End. His maps are adorable to players, and players are glad to wait for years until they get ranked.
- After only joining the game in December 2016 Uta became the second newest account to rank a map this year.
- You may have seen vanucik in sets by shmiklak/marvollo or russians, but vanucik himself came out in 2017 to rank his very own mapsets, with one even gaining more than a million playsr total (Snails & Pegboard Nerds - Deep In The Night)!
- Not a mapper you'd call particularly active, but Vell still had his own fair share of interesting maps this year. On top of Kalafina, Vell chose to add goreshit to his list of mapped artists, a pretty odd decision to many considering his tame, calming song choices in the past. Despite that, he handled the song brilliantly with smooth and fluid patterns all around that made for comfortable gameplay. With a subsequent Kalafina map that returned to his roots of calming yet thrilling marathons, Vell proved that the extent of his ability knows no bounds.
- Even though he only got his first ranked map late into 2016 Venix managed to rank a lot of maps during 2017, including the legendary double easy diff 30 second map ""pi"".
- Veridian's strong admiration for a select few artists is pretty clear from a quick glance at his collection of ranked maps. You can't help but smile when playing his maps though, especially with the accompaniment of the adorably goofy songs he adores so much!
- Most of Vert's maps possess a strong personal style: they seem to not be not polished enough but play well. Also, he is able to handle complex rhythms and add suitable hitsounds to his maps. This made his maps stand out from a bunch of random jump maps.
- After his first works, which date back to 2015, Voli has managed to dramatically improve his style: his maps are now very clean, with a structure which is fluid and very pleasant to look at, and with a good usage of symmetry. Let's also not forget about his work as a BN, which has been pretty consistent!
- Although possessing a very, very sparse track record, wa_ is a name known by many for his various contributions to exceedingly popular mapsets. He possesses a stable and fluid style with a touch of originality, a perfect fit for the songs he chooses the map.
- Wafu has contributed primarily through modding in rather than mapping this year, holding a special place in the hearts of all mappers aiming for rank!
- After being very active ranking wise last year, wajinshu's activity dropped a lot in 2017. Very solid mapping of Insane and lower difficulties.
- His resume might not be the most impressive so far, but his dedication surely is. Waku's a guy who definitely loves mapping, and you can see it very clearly from the stuff he makes!
- A devout disciple of the Triangle Temple, walaowey spends his free time honing the fine Art of the Hexagon and occasionally displays his ability with the popular technique, Anime Mapset. Inoffensive and consistent, this style of mapping has been done over and over again but each disciple provides their own interesting spin on it.
- New italian mapper who managed to get his first ranked map in 2017. He shows a lot of potential, as his map already shows a pretty solid structure and his works could evolve into something very interesting in the future.
- Better known as wasinkingspeedq, his love for K-pop knows no bounds. It's really great to see K-pop slowly getting bigger over the years! Here's to an eventful year for K-pop in 2018, 화이팅!
- "Random stuff sometimes makes the map better."" As his activity was significantly declined since late 2016, this sentence dramatically became his most noticeable point of 2017. Wcx ranked his first map in 2011, and he kept his activity until 2016. During this period he had also been a MAT/BAT for around 2 years. It's hard to judge of his maps' qualities, but it is certain that he has his own theory of mapping, and he is good at sliderarts.
- You rarely see newcomers rank full songs as their first map, even less so if they happen to be without any GDs, but William K did exactly this by ranking a nearly 5 minute long solo ENHI set early into the year, followed by another (much shorter) set later.
- Pretty new mapper that ranked banger songs as his debut. He really loves his symmetry and repeating jump shapes, but he is also very new, so I am hoping to see some skill development in regards to mapping in 2018 from him!
- WISPG_G ranked a 10 minute collab right at the start of the year, where he mapped over 7 minutes, after that he only submitted a few maps over the course of the year, but didn't try to rank any of them.
- Mapped and ranked the incredibly popular Cycle Hit. Though it's rather generic, it's very satisfying to most players since he mainly uses simple patterns.
