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_Rise written by _yu68
  • _Rise is one of the mappers who came from « taiko-san jiro », which is similar to osu !taiko. He got his first ranked map in 2017 but you should definitely try his graveyarded ones too. His wide range of styles and difficulties should satisfy most of the players.
_yu68 written by Nardoxyribonucleic
  • Being the long-standing top player of the mode, _yu68 engaged in mapping for ranked starting from 2017 and focused on making harder maps like Necrophagiatoast and MANIERA. We could expect this highly skilled player to stay active in the mapping scene and bring us maps of wide variety!
-Sh1n1- written by OzzyOzrock
  • -Sh1n1- is a fantastic mapper with great knowledge of structure and an understanding of how to make said structure stay fun. His maps don't need to veer too much into being difficult to be fun in the end!
-Tenshi- written by OzzyOzrock
  • -Tenshi-'s a mapper that has been lingering in the background for a long while now, so it's nice seeing him come out with maps even now.
[R] written by OzzyOzrock
  • [R] was a mapper I personally remember making a bunch of lower difficulty GDs on other mapsets, so it's great seeing him push out sets of his own.
404 AccNotFound written by Stefan
  • Relatively new mapper in the scene but with a lot of potential and a clean mapping style. 'Okashi na Yume o Ohitotsu Douzo' is a pretty map for newer but also more experienced players but also 'Atlantico Blue' is recommendable.
aabc271 written by Stefan
  • aabc271 is one of the 'oldies' but still one of the more memorable names in the Taiko scene. Has a very decent and smooth mapping style and definitely a good call to play their maps.
agu written by _yu68
  • His ranked map in the past was only one diff and it seemed to not be very famous as a mapper engaged in the ranking section. However, his ranked map in 2017 ""ZADAMGA"" gave us a great shock! Don't take your eyes off his future works.
Akemi_Homura written by Stefan
  • Longtime mapper that made with their comeback 'Sayonara Memories' and showed no signs of rust, yet showing some neat mapping.
Aldwych written by Arrival
  • A very active taiko mapper this past couple of years providing less maps these last months, we hope to see more from him for 2018 !
Aloda written by Stefan
  • Recently joined the BNG and also around in the community for a fairly long time. Providing decent beatmaps but also good mods, you really should give his maps a try!
Alwaysyukaz written by Nwolf
  • Alwaysyukaz is fairly new to the taiko mapping scene, with Shiawase Iro being his first ranked set, having only one more guest difficulty ranked earlier in 2017 on Leprechaun. However, there is more to come and based on this map, it can only be a good thing.
Arrival written by Nofool
  • Founder of the tasuke cult, Arrival lost sight of anything that is not related to his god tasuke912. He reached a point where most of his own maps are filled with patterns copied from tasuke’s maps, may they fit the song or not… Apart from that Arrival became BN and ranked 7 maps in 2017. A notable map of those is BLACK or WHITE?, a five minute difficulty featuring some dank streams!
Ascendance written by OzzyOzrock
  • Has your tutor ever had to do your homework for you out of frustration? That's Ascendance maps!
ASPIRIN written by bbj0920
  • Rather new to mapping, an aspiring mapper ASPIRIN (haha get it) appeared in 2017. With their first own ranked map, Saifu 'Kamiasobi no Uta', ASPIRIN delivers a well-structured patterns that represent the song brilliantly, and shows a lot of potential as a mapper.
Backfire written by Nofool
  • Backfire has been mapping for quite a long time now, providing us with interesting maps over the years. He is especially known for his Taikocalypse difficulties that used to be some of the hardest maps to be found in the past. He is back(fire) this year with some ranked maps including one from his brand new Taikoclysme series, Uta.
butter0414 written by Nofool
  • Butter0414 registered only 2 years ago and managed to get his first two ranked maps this year, False Cross and Youkoso JAPARI PARK e, one marathon and one mapset respectively. He doesn’t seem very active right now, but he is still here preparing another map for the ranked section.
chaica written by Nofool
  • chaica kind of disappeared in 2017 right after ranking his map “snow blind -after-“ from fripSide, a very simple and clean marathon. Luckily, he seems to be back now and ready to make some new maps for us!
Charlotte written by Nofool
  • Charlotte is an active mapper that has been getting much better over the years. He has always been into the ranked section and he reached a point where he has more ranked than graveyarded maps. Charlotte used to mostly map anime songs, but he significantly increased his range of genres this year. We greet him as the mapper with the second-most ranked maps in 2017.
Chocola_2287 written by Nardoxyribonucleic
  • With Weave Detonator as his debut appearance, Chocola_2287 put notable effort in mapping spreads last year and managed to get a few of them ranked such as Hitorigoto and Nawatobi. This demonstrated his ability of making decent sets apart from usual technical map creations.
Chromoxx written by Arrival
  • Well known as the man with most ranked taiko difficulties this year, Chromoxx offers a wide range of music styles to the ranked section, from Drum and Bass to Rock along with Anime or Novelty, following a very specific flowing mapping style
Dargin written by Nofool
  • Dargin kind of started to get more into mapping this year after reaching a decent amount of experience in the game mode as a player. His very first (and only) ranked map is BAMF. A kind of song we don’t see much in the taiko ranked section even though its maker Pegboard Nerds is quite a popular group. Dargin is still working on other maps as of today, so we might see more from him in the future.
DarkVortex written by Arrival
  • Already quite known with a lot of unranked maps, DarkVortex keeps providing enjoyable difficulties for everyone with a remarkable Shikou no Ran set in 2017, definetly a mapper to follow !
Dellvangel written by Nwolf
  • Dellvangel, normally a mania mapper, mapped one good taiko set in form of anime TV size song Blow Out. You can stay here for 2018, our dons and kats are friendly.
EdamaMe411 written by Nofool
  • Definitely more experienced than what you might think, EdamaMe411 has been active in taiko mapping for several years with now more than 50 submitted maps. His pack contains a lot of medium difficulty maps with mainly anime, rhythm game and vocaloid songs. We congratulate him for his second ranked map this year.
Ellyu written by Stefan
  • Probably not that known for the majority in the taiko community but they brought out a pretty decent taiko mapset with 'AIWAGUMA'. Let's see what they will us in the future!
Fantazy written by Nofool
  • Known as one of the most impressive gimmick mappers this year with his spiritual brother katacheh, he recently managed to get his first ranked map. Though this is a single difficulty set it shows that he can make suitable maps for the ranked section too, we hope to see more from him.
Faputa written by Skylish
  • Faputa has a good start of his taiko mapping journey with ranking a bunch of easy, but relaxing taiko beatmaps for the community. Nice start, but it is still a far cry from ending!
FlamingRok written by Nwolf
  • First rayman OST ever ranked, and also FlamingRok's first taiko set ranked. Congratulations!
frukoyurdakul written by _yu68
  • frukoyurdakul, who became a BN in 2017, worked on making hard maps of rock genre mainly, and he created a number of hard maps for players who are not satisfied with easy maps. His style of following the drum accurately can be said to be the optimal way of taiko mapping to make maps objectively good.
Gabe written by Arrival
  • An experienced standard mapper who gave a try to taiko and was rewarded a beatmap in the ranked section ! Check out his relaxing Interlude - teatime map if you haven't already.
gaston_2199 written by Stefan
  • Another mapper that has a good sense for well-designed mapsets and mapping in general, 'Tsukinami' and 'The Pretender' are great examples.
Gemu- written by OzzyOzrock
  • Gemu- is a mapper with a lot of effort to dole out. Having been assisted by me a few times in his early mapping career, it's fantastic to see him getting maps out on his own. With simple song choices and quality maps, Gemu- brings a pool of relaxation to an otherwise hectic mix of maps.
Gezoda written by Nofool
  • Long time player, long time mapper, long time weird jokes maker, Gezoda is kind of the Jean-Claude Van Damme of osu!taiko. He registered more than 8 years ago, participated in 5 Taiko World Cup, held the BAT title for 2 years… and yet he was still here in 2017 adding some fresh maps to his huge collection. Even though his 2017 ranked maps might not be THAT memorable, Gezoda is probably one of the first who tried to push ranking criteria to their limits with maps such as Lawn Wake IV (Black).
GoldenWolf written by OzzyOzrock
  • Made a pretty simple map recently, hoping to see more complex stuff from him later on!
Grimbow written by Nofool
  • He got his second ranked map early in the year but don’t be fooled by this number: he is a very active mapper and he recently reached the 100 submitted maps milestone. His map list covers a wide range of music genres which shows how versatile he is. He might get his third ranked map soon and we are looking forward to it!
Guardistack- written by bbj0920
  • After years of mapping in various modes, this mapper finally got first own ranked map, in collaboration with 2 other mappers. The outcome is a streamy map to nicely cover the song which is intense with 1/4 piano/guitar rhythms. The mapper and two friends, have sure delivered well!
Hanjamon written by OzzyOzrock
  • From the people who brought you ""Salchipapa,"" Hanjamon is a mapper who has consistently been able to make great maps for many years now. With great understanding of patterns and structure, we can only imagine what awaits us now that he has his hands on music making programs.
HeatKai written by OzzyOzrock
  • HeatKai has always had a pretty taste for slower, simpler songs, and the sets made for them never fail to please!
Hiicantpk written by Nwolf
  • Gunshots and drums and dons. Finally another mapper who appreciates using finishers as much as I do. Additionally, their first ranked map overall. Congratulations, Hiicantpk!
hikikochan written by OzzyOzrock
  • While this mapper may not get to finish too many maps, the ones they do finish are award winning. Despite being a one-handed player, hikikochan's maps provide great flow across playstyles and have impressively structured patterns to boot. Look forward to the three total maps they'll finish this 2018!
iloveyou4ever written by Nofool
  • iloveyou4ever is a fairly new mapper who managed to rank 5 marathons this year even though he didn’t have any ranked map before, which is quite impressive. A notable one of those is True Blue [DJ Command Mix] (Full Ver.), a 6 minutes map filled with short streams that represent the song in a respectful and enjoyable way!
Invective written by Skylish
  • There are a lot of 'The Legend of the Black Shawarma' in our taco world, and Invective's takes a place. 2 years of effort made the shawarma become delicious. Unfortunately, we seldom see the chef keep producing good tacos now...
Jaye written by Nofool
  • One of the few non-Japanese players who managed to break into the top 30 of our mode, he is in fact also a great mapper! It took him more than one year to get his first map ranked but it probably was worth the wait for us players. Beware as he doesn’t seem to be done with the ranked section yet!
JBHyperion written by Nwolf
  • JBH mapped one set that was ranked on January 2nd and it's 2.12*. After that he decided to abandon taiko again. Traitor. At least he gave OnosakiHito a good playground to bring jiro difficulties into 2017, with Acceleration.
JessiChan written by Skylish
  • As one of my fellow taiko mapping community members, JessiChan puts extremely hardwork and effort on pushing his map 'O2i3 - TSLove' forward. You know what, he won't quit! His perseverant attitude is highly impressive and appreciated in the community. TaikoSuperLove!
Jonawaga written by Skylish
  • Jonawaga is known as a standard mapper more than a Taiko Nominator XD. His simple taiko mapping style remarks that taiko is an instrument, after all. I am looking forward to his new tries on mapping complicated music pieces!
JUDYDANNY written by Nofool
  • Quite the old and experienced mapper with over 100 submitted maps, JUDYDANNY has not been very active this year but still ranked one map. Even though he has been a BN for several years, he didn’t push many of his own sets to the ranked section but focused on helping others instead. We thank him for his great contribution.
katacheh written by Nofool
  • Known as one of the most impressive gimmick mappers this year with his spiritual brother Fantazy, he recently managed to get his first ranked map. A clean and simple set unlike some crazy maps we were used to, we hope to see more from him.
Kazaze written by Nwolf
  • Kazaze's first ranked set, and on a quite long pop song. Overall a nice map, and a welcome addition to 2017's ranked maps. Hopefully we will see more in 2018!
Kin written by Nofool
  • Older than what you might think, Kin has been mapping and modding for years in osu!taiko while also being proficient in osu!catch and osu!standard. He recently joined the BNG and is now an active figure of the ranking process. If you are an experienced player, you should definitely try his Bassdrop Freaks (Long Ver.) map which contains impressive SV changes and complex patterns.
Kisses written by Skylish
  • Kisses- Kisses [Kisses] A standard mapper has just kissed the taiko community! His attempts in Taiko mapping are breakthroughs for himself. Hope he can leave his lips in Taiko longer!
komasy written by Arrival
  • What a skyrocket in popularity and mapping skill this year! komasy marked 2017 with his incredible consistency at making great maps following a heavy Jiro style, with a proeminence of rhythm game songs.
Kurai written by Nwolf
  • Kurai already existed when I first started playing taiko and it shows that they know how to deal with taiko mapping. A simple map that gives newer players a good entry level Oni, and that on a French song! Also there's a cow mooing at the end.
Lasse written by Arrival
  • A very well known standard mapper and BN that gave a try in ranking a taiko map this year. The rhythms are quite well made and he probably has a lot of potential, we can just hope for him to keep mapping drums!
LZD written by OzzyOzrock
  • LZD is a very underrated mapper. He has those maps you find in the graveyard that really surprise you with their quality when you play them. If we can get this guy a few more tickets to the ranked section, that'd be nice.
mancuso_JM_ written by Nwolf
  • Simple taiko difficulties to the simple Pokemon OST Jitensha. A good map by mancuso, as every year.
mangomizer written by Nofool
  • Strong player also known for holding several months the lowest user rating in osu!taiko history with his map Moment of Betrayal. It is his first and only ranked map even though this sad record wasn’t really deserved. However, he doesn’t seem done with mapping yet so we might see more from him.
Marm written by Nofool
  • Brazil is a country that gained quite a lot of good players and mappers this year and Marm is one of them. He kept working hard on his maps and managed to get his first ranked one, Redshift Galaxy, near the end of 2017. This fast and unusual song sounds pretty hard to map yet Marm succeeded in making something interesting out of it.
maziari1105 written by Arrival
  • Even with relatively few ranked maps this year, he still marked the mode with his Nico Nico Douga songs and an amazing, TJBC winning and Spotlight featuring Din Don Dan remix that struck the month of August with an impeccable design and patterning choice.
Mew104 written by Nofool
  • Known for being the strongest European player these past few years, Mew104 is actually also a very impressive mapper. His favorite music genre being metal, he got his first ranked map this years which is Scars of Yesterday from Dragonforce. Make sure to check out his other maps if you like the genre.
Midnaait written by Stefan
  • If you're looking for weird and funny song choices with very good standards of mapping, then Midnaait is definitely your man. 'We Are Number One (Remix)' and 'sorry asap croissant' are great great beatmaps just to count up some examples.
MMzz written by Nofool
  • Even though he has not been very active those past years, MMzz is still very well known by the osu!taiko community as one of the most experienced player and mapper of this game mode. He used to be the only top player being part of the ranking process as he held the QAT title several years while also being in the top 50. He once again demonstrated his ability to map any sort of song in a cool way this year with some dank maps such as NEXT LEVEL and POWA OF DA WILDANES!
Monstrata written by bbj0920
  • The (in)famous triangle guy comes to create a map in another game mode then leaves, but the legacy is actually enjoyable. W-wait, do we count TRICKL4SH?
Nanatsu written by Nofool
  • Previously known as a top mania player, Nanatsu felt like trying out taiko mapping and ended up doing quite well. Unfortunately, he seems to be retired now, leaving us with a last ranked map this year. Make sure to check his maps though, you won’t be disappointed.
Naotoshi written by Nwolf
  • Oh my god, Naotoshi knows songs other than Harumachi Clover?! While normally a standard mapper, Naotoshi has started mapping and ranking more difficulties of the only true gamemode - osu!taiko, ranging from anime TV size to 5 minute songs. What will we see in 2018?
Nardoxyribonucleic written by Stefan
  • Long-time taiko mapper and joined the QAT last year, tirelessly producing beatmaps with decent spreads since years and also claiming the title for having the most ranked beatmaps in 2017 for taiko mode. Personal favorite: 'MY LIBERATION'.
neonat written by OzzyOzrock
  • A standard mapper dabbling in taiko a bit.
Neppu written by Nofool
  • Neppu(Jerry) actually is one of the oldest active users in the taiko mapping scene as he registered back in 2010, though he wasn’t that active the whole time and thus he didn’t submit a large amount of maps. Nowadays he seems to be hesitating between either getting more into mapping or focusing on his memer career. His only ranked map in 2017 is the opening S.M.L* (TV size ver.), back from a 4 years sleep in the graveyard.
Nepuri written by OzzyOzrock
  • While a bit new to the taiko scene, any step into it is welcome.
Nifty written by Nofool
  • Nifty is a newcomer who started to actively map in taiko this year. He is one of the few mappers who work on SV changes in order to give players a better experience. One of his notable maps from 2017 is fuego (sakuraburst remix) which provides some well-rounded SV speedups and slowdowns.
Nishizumi written by Nofool
  • Nishizumi gained a lot of attention in 2016 after ranking a particular 7 star map which was known for its high and probably not deserved star rating. It actually was his third ranked map, with the first one getting its ranked status in 2015. Nishizumi is still a very active mapper today and he managed to rank a total of 9 maps this year! Can he break his own record in 2018? Only time will tell.
Noffy written by OzzyOzrock
  • Made a Muzukashii, let's look forward to more.
Nofool written by Arrival
  • People are finally starting to notice he's using violent SVs to hide his highly deficient patterning skills
Nwolf written by Nofool
  • Long time mapper and great community contributor, Nwolf is now the oldest member of the BNG with more than 3 years in! He has been doing various things for the community over the years such as TWC statistician, osu!taiko LMS mappool selector, beatmap spotlight selector etc. Thought he never did put mapping aside since he still ranked 3 maps in 2017. One of those is Perfect Free, a 5 minutes maps with fancy SV changes that will probably please players looking for some reading challenge.
OzzyOzrock written by Nofool
  • Even though his singing is not the best, he still tries as hard as he can and never gives up, just like his mapping I guess… On a serious note he was one of the most active mappers in the past and he significantly helped our mode to grow up, we are glad to still have him here.
Pachiru written by Nwolf
  • Another standard mapper who's entering the real mode. While their Jpop Drop set is decent, but not much, there's more Pachiru taiko difficulties in pending and entering ranked section in 2018. Can't wait!
Poii written by Skylish
  • Faputa's easy beatmap partner, Poii still has a lot of potential waiting for being polished and discovered!
Prophecy written by OzzyOzrock
  • Prophecy is very consistent with his maps, being able to make nice spreads and overall enjoyable maps for songs that need them!
Raiden written by Nwolf
  • Raiden has been around for a while now, even becoming a QAT (poor guy). He's known for mapping a lot of metal songs, and being good at that and being featured with them in spotlights in several months. However, he also got his speedcore map Magical Sanctuary ranked this year, a huge change from his normally mapped songs.
Raphalge written by Nofool
  • Raphalge is a dedicated player and mapper with probably more experience than what you might think. He started to map taiko 2 years ago already, and finally managed to get his first ranked map this year: Nobore! Susume! Takai Tou. This five minutes long map provides a cool experience for beginners and more experienced players as its low bpm favors the use of the Double Time mod.
Realazy written by Stefan
  • Just started in 2017 with Taiko mapping but already has some ranked maps, some cool maps too! Talking about 'Oriental Blossom' and 'Make Magic'.
Regraz written by OzzyOzrock
  • Regraz mapped Shakira. Good job!
Remus written by bbj0920
  • With 'Fall of Fall ~ The Door Into Summer' beatmap, (and recently ranked 'Ascension to Heaven') Remus shows great ability of creating drum-based beatmaps. You might think ""Demetori, drum-based, the combination is kinda stale.."", but the map delivers amazingly. Definitely play worthy!
Rivals_7 written by Arrival
  • Mania BN that ranked three easy taiko difficulties this year and got it right.
Sanawieck written by Skylish
  • Desptie owning a single ranked mapest, Sanawieck shows his clean Japanese style in 'Yui Horie - PRESENTER'. When will this rare customer come back to our mapping family?
Sayaka- written by _yu68
  • Known for Galaxy Collapse, Sayaka- is a mapper that creates songs and creates maps himself. I hope for him to restart taiko mapping and to make the mapping community develop by his great songs.
Senritsu written by OzzyOzrock
  • Senritsu is a very skilled mapper we don't get to see enough of. Being that most of his sets are of rather tame songs, I think there's a bit of untapped potential in him.
Shinsekai- written by OzzyOzrock
  • Shinsekai- is a mapper I'm sad to admit I have let down pretty frequently as a BN. Lacking re-check patience, I started to miss out on what are actually pretty solid maps. I'm glad others were willing to give him a chance and support his never-give-up attitude.
Sinnoh written by Nwolf
  • Sinnoh enters and ruins the taiko mapping scene with two lower difficulties and a Chromoxx Muzukashii on a meme song. Yeah, boy.
Skull Kid written by Nofool
  • Skull Kid is an active mapper and player who doesn’t try to get his maps ranked very often. He has more than 60 grave yarded maps for only 2 ranked maps as of today. The second one, Fast Paced Society, got ranked this year. It is a long and challenging map which provides some quite draining streams, you should definitely try it if you want to put your reading and stamina skills to test.
Skylish written by Stefan
  • Aside from 3/16 jokes, Skylish is a well established mapper and a helpful part of the community with his position as Beatmap Nominator. 'Precious You*', his latest ranked beatmap, shows a really smooth difficulty spread and is a really good beatmap for newer players. Meanwhile I heard someone in the world yelling 'Ishukan Communication' and I have no idea how to react.
snowball112 written by Skylish
  • An inactive falling star with his resignation of BN, does not let these be barriers of his shining beatmaps. The greatest characteristic of snowball112 maps are well balanced difficult spread across the whole mapset, his 3 ranked mapsets are so telling!
Stefan written by Skylish
  • As one of the oldies in taiko mapping community, two times being a Taiko BN, with his new title osu alumni! now, Stefan performs consistently strong and active in taiko mapping. His contribution on the community has profound influence rather than his mapping style though X)
Stingy written by OzzyOzrock
  • Stingy put ridiculous amounts of effort into getting things ranked this year, so good on him for succeeding.
strickluke written by Nwolf
  • strickluke entered the taiko mapping scene this year by ranking two marathons, both with high quality, having consistent and difficult pattern usage as well as many slider velocity changes. I'm excited to see more in 2018!
Supairo written by Nofool
  • Very discreet user that you had probably not heard of before this year. He showed off some incredible skills at making storyboards and managed to win the aspire 2017 contest, now having his entry as his first ranked map! Unluckily he doesn’t seem active for the moment, but we hope to see him back for the next contests.
Surono written by Stefan
  • I think I have never enjoyed it so much before when someone creates beatmaps to wrestling men. Although I am not a fan of DragonForce maps: If you're one, then Surono can provide you very well with content, 'Cry Thunder' and 'Extraction Zone' are remarkable examples.
Sylphi written by Skylish
  • Sylphi has talented taiko mapping sense and skills. I am so surprised that he has so few ranked mapset now! What a pity. I can't wait for seeing his new maps hitting on QF section!
Taikocracy written by Stefan
  • My former mentee from the Taiko Mentor program two years ago, he improved a lot since his 'Chik Habit' beatmap. 'Intro - the other Side' is maybe not the best of his works but 'MilK' and 'TRICKL4SH 220' are really good creations by him and I am really proud of him that he's today part of the Beatmap Nomination Group.
tasuke912 written by Arrival
  • Is it still needed to present him? Former captain of the TWC winning Japanese taiko team, tasuke912 has been for a long while a proficient taiko player, his playing skill only rivaled by his mapping skill. Although 2015 is the year when he started to really shine with incredible creations such as Anima or Tiger Rampage, 2017 saw from him a lot of very high quality unranked maps while still being on top of the charts in terms of ranked difficulties! No doubt 2018 will be the theatre of even more awesome creations from him.
tatatat written by bbj0920
  • ♪....I heard you like to chill....♩....Don't let the SR fool you btw....♬
teaMblack19 written by Stefan
  • Haven't seen much yet but their 'UP UP MT. CAKE' beatmap was really impressive and got my attention to this mapper. I am excited to see more of them!
TKS written by Nofool
  • Big figure of osu!taiko, TKS has always been known for his high quality maps and was also a top player at some point (#1 in 2014). He was BN for a while and did a lot in general for our gamemode, he retired in 2015 which is why he is now titled alumni. Luckily for us he came back this year with some fresh ranked maps such as AsiaN distractive and Sky of Twilight.
toara_fict written by Stefan
  • toara_fict hasn't done much in 2017 but they're still mentionable for their mapset for '[1/5] Short ver.' which is pretty smooth and enjoyable to play. Hopefully we see more of them in 2018!
Tomoka Rin written by Arrival
  • Old standard player that also gave attention to taiko, one great ranked map this year!
Volta written by Nofool
  • After becoming BN in 2016, Volta became particularly proficient in taiko mapping, he even managed to rank more than 10 maps in 2017. Though most of those are either rhythm game or anime songs, Volta also seems to be into cleaning as he mapped a song about vacuum cleaners, Pylesos.
Weber written by OzzyOzrock
  • Well on his way to becoming a multi-mode superstar.
whosthebox written by bbj0920
  • After more than 4 years of absence from the Ranked section, but still mapping, whosthebox (now known as YUGAMI NEE NA) comes back with a tech-oriented approval-length map. The song is furioso melodia which has tons of 1/6 through and through and even a fully 1/3 gabba part, leaving big room for mappers to create a tech map. The result is a total joy for tech map enthusiasts! Mmm spicy dkdkdkd's.
World Fraction written by bbj0920
  • After a lot of graving, World Fraction finally got first own ranked beatmap, 'S.O.S.'. A rather generic anime map, but done right, and appeals to a good amount of player base.
xfraczynho written by Stefan
  • I think xfraczynho had a really hard start: Producing so much content but no sight of getting anything ranked. However, 2017 was his year joining the BNG and getting a total of three maps ranked within three months. His first map 'DioSynth' which had some problems at the begin also has some good approaches and I am excited to see what he'll release and how to excite us.
Xinely written by Nwolf
  • A Harumachi Clover map that's not mapped by Naotoshi?! After several taiko GDs, Xinely finally a ranked a full taiko set!
xtrem3x written by Skylish
  • xtrem3x' performance in taiko mapping does not go as extreme as his name indicates, that's a pity. Hope he will achieve more in polishing his mapping style in 2k18!
yassu- written by Nofool
  • Strong player and active mapper even though he appeared only two years ago, yassu- made his way into the ranked section and he got several sets of his ranked this year again. If you are looking for fast maps you should probably check his ""DJ MOKOJI"" series.
yuzu__rinrin written by Nofool
  • Experienced mapper with over 50 submitted maps, yuzu__rinrin managed to rank 4 maps in 2017. A notable one of those is eastward, a cool ginkiha song which provides a great mapping variety since several guest mappers are part of the set. Most of yuzu__rinrin maps are either anime or rhythm game songs and they cover a decent range of difficulty so if you like the genre you should check them out!
Zetera written by Nofool
  • Multimode and very experienced mapper, he ranked two quite interesting marathons this year. If you try them you will notice that Zetera often works on SV changes to support the song in a cool way. If you are looking for challenging and well-rounded maps you should definitely check his “Majin Oni” series.
zigizigiefe written by _yu68
  • His maps are hard but they also always makes players pleasant with abundance in playability. Why don't you become a drummer on his DragonForce map?
ZiRoX written by bbj0920
  • Though not necessary for getting the map ranked, ZiRoX mapped Kantan and Futsuu for 'A Bella!' mapset for wider range of Taiko players.
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osu!catch

- Magic Girl - written by alienflybot
  • - Magic Girl - certainly did not let anyone down in 2017, ranking her first collaboration project Don’t let you down along with JBHyperion. Being Touhou enthusiasts, the duo also composed the map Necro Fantasia and successfully went for the ranked status. Besides creating hard maps, - Magic Girl - is competent at mapping easier difficulties, especially Salad. In 2017, nightfall and Arcadia were pushed to ranked state with her contributed Salad difficulties. While it seems - Magic Girl - has become slightly quiet in the mapping field, I am still in hopes of seeing her great work very soon.
-Hex- written by JBHyperion
  • Anyone who has tried to rank a beatmap will tell tales of the initial difficulty involved, and many mappers rightly see their first rank as a special achievement. -Hex- is a mapper who has quietly grown over the second half of 2017, learning from their mistakes and improving day by day, managing to achieve their first ranked map, featuring Cup and Salad difficulties, in October. Whilst they haven't especially built upon this success as yet with only one other catch mapset submitted, I hope they continue to grow and I look forward to another mapset from them in 2018.
-Plus- written by alienflybot
  • Formerly known as Chara, -Plus- is an underrated mapper who has always been striving for excellence. While most may not know, -Plus- started his osu!catch mapping career in 2014, and finally got his first-ever ranked mapset in the late 2017. Despite having a short amount of ranked maps, -Plus- is a versatile mapper who can map parts ranging from soft, peaceful tunes to exhilarating, vibrant music, which can be easily observed from his ranked Undertale marathon. Breakthrough in osu!catch mapping from him is yet to come!
-Sh1n1- written by Benny-
  • As a new mapper last year, -Sh1n1- had a slow breakthrough but has made great success in 2017. With 6 ranked mapsets and 2 GDs, he's been really active as a mapper but also as a BN. He's been one of the people who's contributed the most to catch this year all in all in the mapping scene. All this experience is greatly shown in his maps; he's a mapper who prefers to perfect his maps before submitting leaving all maps with high quality and good flow, even though this might also sometimes restrict the output of maps created. We'll be hoping for yet another active year coming from -Sh1n1- in 2018!
-wwwww written by Hareimu
  • Commonly known because of her rendition of chrono diver -fragment-, -wwwww (formerly known as Fii) went ahead along with Ascendance this year to provide us with two polished-to-the-core marathon maps, the first being their overdose diff on </emotional>, a well-known dnb song by kamome sano, and the second being a rain-level diff on Hanatan's Sekai wa Koi ni Ochiteiru, both of them being extremely high quality maps on their own. She also had lots of ranked GDs on 5 different sets in all in 2017, showing the range of genres she is able to map proficiently. We all expect to see a lot more coming from her on the coming 2018.
alienflybot written by Ascendance
  • After returning from a long hiatus due to a busy school life, alienflybot's reinstated Beatmap Nominator membership heralds the return of the highest ranked osu!catch BN. Even though his 1 ranked map may not show it this year, alienflybot's extremely precise mapping style and ability to stray from the meta while still creating very high quality maps is something to look forward to in 2018.
Ascendance written by JBHyperion
  • It would not be an exaggeration to state that Ascendance dominated the world of osu!catch mapping in 2017, with almost double the output of ranked difficulties of any other mapper. He has made it his goal to break records and does so with almost frightening ease, securing for himself the largest total mapset drain and highest max combo. Add to this his triumph in March's osu!catch MBC which secured him the Elite Mapper title, and it leaves one to wonder what more there is to achieve. In any regard, Ascendance has left rather large shoes for any mapper in 2018 to fill.
Benny- written by Ascendance
  • Benny- (or known earlier as BennyBananas), is someone that's been around mapping for a pretty long time. Although only recently last year getting her first ranked map, Benny- has recently stepped up her game, ranking a few of her own maps as well as a GD. Her advancement into the BNG can't be understated either, coming seemingly out of nowhere and making a big impact on the community. All in all, with a slow but steady continuation of her activity, we should expect consistent ability coming from Benny- in the next year.
celerih written by JBHyperion
  • Few mappers have had as successful debut year as celerih in 2017, as he managed to push three separate mapsets to Ranked status. Even fewer complete their first rank with a hybrid mapset. From a humble beginning of a single Cup difficulty, celerih rapidly expanded his mapping knowledge and confidence this past year, culminating in dual-mode membership of the Beatmap Nominators. As his playing and mapping skills continue to increase throughout 2018, Overdose mapping should become more accessible, helping to round out an already respectable skill set.
Deif written by Hareimu
  • Ever active as a Quality Assurance Team member making sure everything was in order in the qualified section this year, Deif greeted us with his rendition of Demetori's Youkai no Yama ~ Mysterious Mountain, an enjoyable 5 minute overdose diff of a nice metal Touhou arrangement. He also went out of his way to rank Myosotis, a mapset in which he used some quite technical patterns not seen everyday at the time of its qualification. But his most remarkable work was his Overdose on ZiRoX's A Bella!, in which he introduced hyperjumps inside of sliders to keep up with the song's unpredictable nature. Because of feats like these is why we're hoping to see more of his maps for this 2018.
Hareimu written by Ascendance
  • Following a relatively slow breakout year with a shorter set, Hareimu forced all eyes to be on him earlier this year with DARK THUNDER, a high quality marathon map seemingly out of nowhere. Even without an extreme amount of maps in his graveyard, Hareimu's ability to map can't be understated. His strong approach to playability in maps, as well as his acceptance into the Beatmap Nominators, should turn him into one of the best mappers in the upcoming year.
JBHyperion written by Ascendance
  • The resident chair thrower of osu!catch, JBHyperion's ability to work outside the box is something to be admired. Being an experienced mapper, JBHyperion's flexibility when it comes to the editor has been proven time and time again, from his abundance of cs5 or non-standard difficulty settings to his ability to rank an all-mode set this year. Although his activity slowed down quite a bit in 2017, JBHyperion continues to be a helpful presence at the heart of our community.
Jusenkyo written by Hareimu
  • Along with Ponchiwi, Jusenkyo brought the Spanish side of the musical spectrum to the ranked section. Ever improving over his simple mapping style, he still has to show us what he's able to create when he decides to put all his effort and creativity into any song he chooses this year.
Kyuare written by alienflybot
  • Kyuare has been one of the pillars of osu!catch mapping, continuing to impress everyone. Kyuare mastered the art of employing technical patterns which consist of wiggling movements and back-and-forth jumps while maintaining excellent flow in maps. Kyuare also tends to feature the use of 1/3 and 1/6 snaps in his maps to construct compact atmospheres, namely Chronoxia and Lilieze to Enryuu Laevateinn. His skill to map out of the box is also worth mentioning. His upcoming mapping projects are eagerly anticipated by the community.
MBomb written by Benny-
  • When you see the name MBomb (previously known as - Magic Bomb -), Inferno is probably the map most people associate with him from 2017. MBomb is one of the older mappers and and is well known for his low BPM maps but with maps like Inferno and Reanimate, he proves he can map a variety of songs and difficulties. Throughout the years he's gained a lot of mapping and modding experience and this is strongly shown in his maps with the usage of well-playing hyperchains, antiflow, and snappy patterns in his higher difficulties. We'll be looking forward to what he'll do in 2018!
Myle written by JBHyperion
  • Myle made history in 2017 by being the first mapper from the Russian Federation to push a mapset to Ranked status with his rendition of the popular Shelter AMV in May. He had a quiet end to 2017 however, choosing to focus on improving his Overdose-level mapping capabilities before pushing further mapsets. With a beautifully clean style and a clear drive to improve, at least one other full-spread mapset in the Ranked category should be a more than achievable goal for 2018.
Paranoid Grapes written by Benny-
  • After nearly a year in pending, Paranoid Grapes finally managed to rank nightfall, a calm but fun mapset that elegantly reflects the music. Along with this, he managed to rank 3 GDs, so he really stepped up his game from last year. We'll be looking forward to what great mapsets will pop up in ranked in 2018!
Ponchiwi written by JBHyperion
  • Ponchiwi is a mapper who grew significantly in 2017 whilst still managing to remain close to refreshing ""older-style"" mapping roots. Additionally, along with Jusenkyo, he has heralded a welcome return for Spanish music in osu!catch, with two mapsets ranked in April and September of this year. Despite his vast playing skill and experience, he has focused almost exclusively on Cup-Rain spreads thus far; I'd like to see Ponchiwi break out of his comfort zone next year in order to round out an improving skill set.
Razor Sharp written by Spectator
  • Razor Sharp is a mapper who has been trying to make maps with challenging jumps and streams, even for top players. With his remarkable work burn this moment into the retina of my eye, he offers professional players an actual challenge with dense streams and unforgiving jumps. He tends to feature the use of 1/4 snaps with clean use of distances, and we're excited to see his 2018 works.
rew0825 written by Spectator
  • He is the new rising mapper in 2017. With clean and regular, but well-used patterns, he is increasingly recognized among users as maps such as Towa Naru Kizuna to Omoi no Kiseki that are selected in the CWC mappool. We are looking forward to see his mapping in 2018.
Riari written by JBHyperion
  • 2017 marked a rather quiet year in mapping for Riari, though his Ranked mapset of FLIP FLAP FLIP FLAP was noteworthy for the inclusion of a previously unused or obscure concept - the [Pure Illusion] difficulty progressively demonstrating features of Cup, Salad, Platter and Rain difficulties as the song progresses. A large part of Riari's withdrawal from the mapping scene can likely be attributed to his study abroad year in Japan, but come his return in summer he can be surely counted on to continue where he left off last year.
RoseusJaeger written by Hareimu
  • Fresh out of the water in 2017, RoseusJaeger came here to stay with their mapsets on History Maker, Hallucination and syncretism, all three being pretty well crafted overall. We're eager to see what kinds of things Roseus comes up with this year, and we all wish the best for them.
Sinnoh written by Benny-
  • Considering 2017 was Sinnoh's first year as a catch mapper, he's quickly become well known in the community with 4 ranked mapsets and a total of 7 ranked GDs. Although many might remember him for meme maps such as Yeah Boy - Shooting Stars and the high class stuff, we also remember his well produced and technical map Towards The Horizon which is by far his best work yet. His advancement to the BNG is also really impressive. Looking forward to see what shows up in the ranked section the following year from this mapper!
Sorcerer written by Ascendance
  • From just being known for ""Sorcerer's Platter"" to creating one of the cleanest overall sets in osu!catch with ""7 Colors"", as well as joining the Beatmap Nominators, Sorcerer's leap deserves high praise for both his efforts in assisting the community as well as his ability to map. One of the strongest points to be noted was his breakthrough into Overdose mapping, creating impressive difficulties on On the FM and When It Falls. This is definitely a mapper whose progress should be noted going into the next year.
Spectator written by Ascendance
  • To many mappers, Spectator is someone to look up to in multiple ways. Along with CLSW, Spectator paved the way for the meta as we know it today to shine, and even to this day he continues to find new ways to innovate almost flawlessly. After a hiatus earlier last year, Spectator returned in 2017 with the spotlight on him, creating masterpieces such as Boogie, and recently ranking more creative maps such as Marigold. Regardless of his ranked map count, Spectator is a mapper that anyone in osu!catch should know the name of, and his maps will make sure you'll never forget that name.
Surono written by Ascendance
  • Even though Surono's year consisted only of ranking a Cup difficulty, his efforts are still admirable. Taking almost 2 years to rank his dual-mode set, Surono's beginnings as a CTB mapper have been small but not unnoticed, and I hope that we can see more catch-focused sets with him in the future.
SYAHME written by JBHyperion
  • Mapping can be a labor of love for some, and when it all becomes too much, sometimes you need to take a step back, collect your thoughts, and make a fresh start. SYAHME embodied this philosophy in 2017, choosing to improve his command of lower difficulties and focus almost entirely on a single map, sakuzyo's ""that day"". In an effort to make 2018 a more successful year, he's recently begun large-scale remapping work on some of his older sets. A higher quality product all-round should make for a more fruitful return in the near future.
WildOne94 written by alienflybot
  • Who says a low-ranked player cannot do anything good in the mapping field? WildOne94’s mapping talent is never underestimated even though he has only roughly 2,500 performance points as a player. In 2017, WildOne94 single-handedly pushed two of his full-spread mapsets to ranked state, namely OKAY and By Design. What’s even more, 4 guest difficulties crafted by him are ranked alongside some experienced mappers in the same year. WildOne94’s maps always arouse public interest, as the easier difficulties are clean and lenient for beginners, while the harder ones are challenging yet with great flow to cater to the experts. 2018 may be the year of him reaching the top.
Yumeno Himiko written by alienflybot
  • Generally known as examination, Yumeno Himiko is an all-rounded mapper. His Rains are widely recognized due to their excellent flow and aesthetic patterning. In 2017, Kamiiro Awase was ranked, along with a Rain crafted by Yumeno Himiko. Yet Yumeno Himiko’s mapping ability is never restricted; he always pushes his limits further. His second full-spread mapset, Uncontrollable, was ranked last year, featuring a CS5 Overdose with fast-paced and bursting movements. In addition, Yumeno Himiko’s storyboarding skill is worth highlighting, with EOS (kamome sano rmx) as one of the most beautiful storyboards in osu!. Expect some more great work from him in 2018.
ZiRoX written by Hareimu
  • Even though this year was a pretty inactive year for him mapping-wise, ZiRoX steadily ranked his rendition on M2U's A Bella!, a set with a really clean mapping style that didn't leave anything to be desired, covering everything the song had to provide with outstanding precision. Personally I expect more from him this 2018, so I hope you go ahead and surprise us all!
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osu!mania

_underjoy written by Maxus
  • Showing his experience in handling high level 4K pattern in a clever and technical way, each of _Underjoy's chart have its own gimmick and distinct theme that makes it really fun to enjoy the mixture of variation that he brought each time to the ranked section. Most of his X icon chart features dense jumpstream with some of the long trill and stacks to add some technicalities and differences for the pattern. However in his latest ranked map, he proves that he can change his style really differently by bringing purely jack concept map which is really different from his previous map. The flexibility of the content he brought to the community surely deserves compliment and bigger recognition from the others.
- Aries - written by Protastic101
  • Entering the mapping scene in early 2016, - Aries - has improved and refined the simple and clean cut style of many newer mappers to create something that may not be what high level players find challenging, but is meant for casual and quick play. Even so, he's still expanding his style to include some trickier LNs for the lower skilled player.
- Ly0572 - written by Maxus
  • After started mapping in 2016, - Ly0572 - has finally started to widen his mapping experience by trying tackling into the anti-meta 5K beatmap and having unconventional electronic genre song as his choices. with the usage of LN stream combined with clean chordstream pattern really bring his map to the A game.
-[Apple]- written by Protastic101
  • One of the first mappers to rank a map in 2017, -[Apple]- finally broke through the ranked scene in early January with his map, We're So Happy (P*Light Remix) after a tumultuous two months in pending and help/wip after the first time it was qualified in September of 2016. As many novice mappers tend to do, his style is a simple mix of streams with some overlapped LNs for longer held sounds. Conventional but clean!
-SoraGami- written by Maxus
  • An old mapper that's notable for having really clean and rigid structured style mapping, -Soragami- already proves his experience in how he handle each section and each part of the song effectively. as shown in his MariannE map where he mixing unorthodox wall LN pattern and stream effectively, reflecting the song that build up slow but more intense leaning towards the end.
[ A v a l o n ] written by Protastic101
  • Veteran mapper [ A v a l o n ] wasn't as active this year as he was in the last but when he does occasionally release a map, he's sure to impress with a clean and easy to follow style that has influenced many aspiring mappers. The effort he puts in his maps doesn't go unnoticed, which has rightfully earned him and his maps much positive attention.
[Harlequin] written by Maxus
  • Despite not being stand out in the community, however his Hitorigoto map has some promising feature with complex but conventional LN mapping that following the vocal and gradually becoming trickier for each part.
[Shana Lesus] written by Maxus
  • As one of the older mapper and BN from the early era, Shana makes a rather diverse attempt and approach with her song choices and mapping, started from mapping conventional anime map into a more controversial other rythm game song. and despite that, she already makes a rather succesful map that reach multiple dimension of mapping era.
Abraxos written by Protastic101
  • Known for his unranked technical maps and quiet presence in the mapping scene, Abraxos entered the ranked section for the first time this year, bringing along his unique use of short long notes and streams. It's an interesting new perspective of mapping and it won't be the last from him.
AchsanLovers written by Maxus
  • A rather well known Qrispy Joybox Mapper that also start relatively new, AchsanLovers brings a rather simple and yet profound chart that utilize conventional LN and double LN following both vocal and background song, and it got executed rather well and player friendly.
AJIekceu written by Maxus
  • The 'Pump It Up' mapper once again makes his appearances in the ranked section after being hiatus for 2 years. Enacted his pattern style to be more anchory and unorthodox shield pattern with out of the box burst pattern for higher difficulty song, AJIekceu definitely brings something much more fresh in pretty much overall aspect into the mania ranking community.
ALEFY written by Protastic101
  • Sporting an impressive 86 submitted maps to date, ALEFY is a mapper well known for his SV and LN heavy maps. He continues to impress with a keysounded LN centered chart, a welcome addition to the ranked mappool of mania.
AlisceaSparku written by Protastic101
  • Going above and beyond when it comes to making charts accessible to players of all levels and keymodes, AlisceaSparku added an impressive 16 difficulty mapset including keymodes from 4k - 7k with difficulties ranging from Easy to Insane to the ranked section this year, with many more in the works. Here's to more multi keymode maps!
Alsty- written by Maxus
  • Having his first ranked map at the early 2017, Alsty- makes a quite distinct impression by mapping Indonesia vocaloid remix song that he combined with unusual SV progression both in calm and agressive part, and yet friendly enough to grants him a lot of positive reception and huge favourite support from the players. His first map already grants him spot in the top 10 of the Community Choice Awards 2017.
Amiichii written by Tofu1222
  • Though with only 2 maps ranked last year, Amiichii still showed his experienced skills in mapping both 4K and 7K. His maps are especially neat, and styles inside are very clear. However, unlike other normal anime maps, with key features like SVs in 4K and LNs in 7K, his maps are also fun to play.
Antalf written by Maxus
  • Despite being new in the mapping field, he already showcase his knowledge by mapping diverse keymode started from 4K to 7K with his Zen Zen Zense map. the passion to keep learning even the anti meta keymodes makes him grow to be one of the more potential mapper in the future.
Aras written by Maxus
  • Being another SDVX mapper in the community, Aras proves that he is not afraid to going aggressive but also fun with his pattern approach that utilize irregular and yet effective staircases and mini LN placement. the SV bump and slowjam that's been used in high leverage and yet proves to going with a great efficacy.
ArcherLove written by Protastic101
  • Archerlove's prominently LN based style of mapping is a prime example of never trusting SR, and he makes players work for their score. Utilizing a lot of long note overlaps and inverse patterning, it's sure to challenge how good a player thinks they might be. This patterning is not just exclusive to his 7K maps, but also includes his 4K maps, and it's always inpsiring new mappers to step out of accepted standards of mania mapping.
arcwinolivirus written by Maxus
  • An ex-BAT member that's well known for his service contribution as well as joining mania world cup multiple times since 2014, arcwinolivirus brings some of the chart that's really outstanding and got massive popularity to the point it got played countless times in its era. although he did has hiatus moment for quite long period, he always go back and rank full spread 4K and 7K difficulties, which seemed to be his preference for most of his map. Definitely his presence in the community is something that's really respectable for many players and mappers.
Asherz007 written by Protastic101
  • Not to be confused with Lazyboy007, Asherz007 first appeared in the ranked section this year in July with a simple keysounded map, kicking off his quick rise to prominency in the community when he became a BN only two months later in September. Now a well involved and integrated community member, he's shaping and moving the future generation of mappers into new and exciting fronts for the better.
Ayachi Meme written by Maxus
  • Well known for his 30 seconds and unusual america cartoon song choices, Ayachi Meme brings conventional and yet consistently friendly pattern for players that playing the game in much more casual way.
Ayachi- written by Tofu1222
  • Ayachi- ranked a lot of anime songs and music game songs in the past years, especially in 2015 and 2016. His maps feature really balanced and smooth patterns which are quite easy for beginners to enjoy. The map he ranked this year is also for a famous anime song, of which 4+7K spreads give beginners for both keymodes a sweet time.
Benzopirene written by Protastic101
  • Not one to leave out the newer players, Benzopirene's impressive 12 difficulty set includes plenty of weak SVs to introduce easy level players into harder reading challenges. This accessibility makes it a worthy introduction to players of any kind who are unfamiliar SV changes. Additionally, his unranked maps cater more towards higher level players with a focus in trickier patterning that, at first glance, some would see as messy, but in reality is an organized chaos.
biemote written by Tofu1222
  • biemote has always been an experienced 6K mapper from an early time of the osu!mania community. His 6K mapping style is well represented in this map. Concepts are strictly built on the music but are also extended and creatively applied into various kinds of patterns, where jacks and 1/8 stairs are mixed to express the culmination of this map. The community would like to see more 6K maps with such creativity.
Blocko written by Kamikaze
  • osu!mania's mascot, the ET Blocko has had a year full of dedicated QAT work, but he also spared time for selecting maps for both of this year's Mania World Cups. His mapping efforts came to fruition right at the end of the year, with his long awaited Just Hold On mapset reaching ranked status exactly at Christmas Eve.
Calcyon written by Protastic101
  • Appearing late in the year, Calcyon is a patient mapper who makes clean and simple maps more for enjoyment rather than challenge. The visuals he presents are stunningly simple and easy on the eyes, making his maps something more for the casual player to enjoy, an increasingly rare intent in today's ever evolving competitive ranked pool.
Carol written by Tofu1222
  • Carol, also a newcomer in osu!mania mapping, started his learning process with a relatively short map. Though it took indeed a bit long to rank his first map, he still learned a lot and showcased a very clean map as his first attempt. It is great to see him finally achieve his goal, and we expect him to substantiate the ranked section with more of his creations.
Critical_Star written by Tofu1222
  • Before 2017, Critical_Star was known as a famous 4K mapper, whose 4K mapping style also improved to a large extent in 2017. His first 7K map, Sennen no Kotowari, surprised many, where his insights in 7K pattern-making and music representation are well expressed in that map. 2 more creations are made at the end of last year. Though becoming gradually inactive from mapping and BN work, he has impacted many players and mappers with his maps and efforts to help others.
CrumpetFiddler written by Maxus
  • Known as Dragon Ball mapper, CrumpetFiddler have passion and drive to keep asking many other experienced mapper towards how to improve as mapper, and keep learning towards his remapping till finally ranked his first map at the later of 2017. Definitely can expect more great contents from him in the future!
Curiossity written by Maxus
  • The mixture of variation Curiossity brings into his map is quite splendid. Starting with having fast roll stream and then mixed with high BPM triple and even quad jack, not to mention the LN usage and SV bump that fits the atmosphere of the song. Definitely quite a remarkable effort.
DE-CADE written by Maxus
  • As one of the BN in the early mania era, DE-CADE has excavating his knowledge and notoriously honing his skill to keep sharp at approaching multiple dimension of mapping perspective. His first ranked map has already proven to be one of the most played beatmap in the osu!mania history with over a thousand favourite and million of play, which only few other mania beatmap that accomplish the same feat.
Dellvangel written by Protastic101
  • Dellvangel's fast paced and upbeat maps have always been able to get players excited. He took his leave from the BNG in the summer to focus on IRL responsibilities, and while it's sad to see him go, his dedication and effort towards helping mappers push their maps closer to rank has made an impact on many aspiring mappers.
dkingo written by Tofu1222
  • dkingo produces maps with very clear concepts. His efforts are finally rewarded when Perfect Lie became his first ranked map at the end of 2017.
DoNotMess written by Tofu1222
  • As one of the top players, DoNotMess has also been experienced in mapping. He learned and improved a lot in the last year, and Sheriruth, his 2nd ranked map which features well-made LN patterns, has been especially popular, which is a reason for his name appearing on the list of most played record sets.
Draftnell written by Maxus
  • Notable for both 4K and 6K maps, Draftnell leans towards more comfortable and accuracy oriented pattern that's casual player friendly. One of his more unusual genre electronic song beatmap puts him into the top 10 of Community Choice Award as of 2016.
dudehacker written by Tofu1222
  • dudehacker is always known as one of the best hitsounders in osu!mania. Besides self-made hitsounds for lots of maps, he also developed many useful hitsound tools that helped countless mappers with hitsound problems. In mapping, he aims to help beginners familliarize with 7K with his maps. Featuring smooth patterns all the way through the song, his 7K ranked maps become one of the first choices for 7K beginners.
EFP written by Maxus
  • EFP as a skilled mania player was venturing into mapping world but unfortunately needs really long time to actually got his first map ranked. He originally already got BN multiple times in the past but unfortunately all of them suddenly retired before can giving the map a proper nomination. The map itself gained a huge amount of mod that makes the mapper keep improving with each time he waiting, until finally after 2 years the map get its proper place in ranked section.
erlinadewi- written by Maxus
  • A quite phenomenal mapper that she already have one of her map in the top 10 of the Community Choice Awards of 2016. Although her forte mostly in lower difficulty mapping, however she understand how to incorporate her concept and make an accurate choices in how she wants to implement her idea. Not only that, but she also understand how to choose the song along with correct people to help her map, thus earn her the popularity.
error_exe777 written by Maxus
  • As one of the active modder and just recently got his BN position as prove of his modding skill, error_exe777 showcases a smart usage of multiple LN layering along with completely using custom bass hitsound as the base in the majority of the difficulty. Overall an intriguing concept that can be expected more in the future.
Evening written by Maxus
  • One of the most influential and knowledgeable mapper in the entire community. With so many maps he publish and even manage to be the map choices in the Mania World Cup multiple times, Evening proves that unranked section is also a fun section to express mapper's content. publishing so many diverse high level chart and elevated it in the realm that people never ever imagine before, his style forte revolves around aggressive SV that's memorable and have predictable appearances along with each of the SV transition flows smoothly, while many of his unranked beatmap revolves to be more unpredictable and fierce by even playing with red line to playing even more with SV. And yet, still enjoyable by the community to let his maps gain so much support to reach the loved section. The amount of loved beatmaps that he got so far is the most that a single mapper has ever gotten in the mania history.
ExNeko written by Tofu1222
  • Starting mapping in late 2016, ExNeko quickly grasped the basics and developed his clean style with two easy but delicate mapsets ranked in the last year. He also gives his try in 7K mapping recently, and it will be a pleasure to see more of his creations ranked for more players to enjoy in the future.
Feerum written by Maxus
  • One of the BN that pass the very first BN test, Feerum makes himself a very notable figure in mania community by providing his service to get promoted becoming QAT at July 2016. He showcases his forte in understanding low difficulty pattern and difficulty spread that's gradually comfortable for beginner player to start their improvement in Mania, also that his mastery in an effective usage of hitsound sample really brought his map to be a perfect example on what beginner friendly should like. Not to mention his mania mapping guide that also even also helps new mapper in develops their mapping technique.
FelipeLink written by Maxus
  • Already been a representative in the mania world cup couple times already, Felipe himself already charting maps that mostly from stepmania mapping, and decided to start for real for ranking. Although his chart has the issue for having similar nature with one of the older map, however he keeps looking for every hole and opportunity to give better and variated representation of the song, and thus earn him spot back into the ranking section.
Fresh Chicken written by Tofu1222
  • Fresh Chicken is one of the most famous SOUND VOLTEX mappers. After his Blastix Riotz was awarded the best of 2016, he brought to us a few well-made SOUND VOLTEX IV maps this year too. He makes good use of basic patterns and mixes many of his good ideas into his map, which are not only challenging but also expressive of music.
Frim4503 written by Maxus
  • Frim4503 is distinctively well known in the entire mania community by only ranking anti-meta 5K marathon so far. He proves that even anti-meta mapping also a fun pattern to play for casual player by providing comfortable and yet interesting layering by combining different variation for each of the section in marathon length map along with SV that utilize vocal syllable properly. 4 of his map already got into the beatmap spotlight which makes him one of the mapper with the most spotlight in mania community.
Garalulu written by Maxus
  • As the mapper with high proficiency of 7K expertise in the community, Garalulu never cease to amaze players and fellow mappers with his ability to conceptualize and bring such a highly technical pattern that keeps developing in each of the style revolving around 02Jam and BMS inspired chart. and not only he charting 7K map, but he also demonstrate that his 4K charting skill is also a top notch with bringing very heavy SV chart along with really dense and technical wall LN and tricky releases to accompanying the chart, really established himself as a versatile and multifaceted charter.
Gemu- written by Maxus
  • A hybrid mapper that doing well both in mania and taiko, he also was active in modding field by keep offering his help in both modes he proficient at. In mania he focus on difficult complex LN that increasing in difficulty as the song progress, that player needs good finger independence and high focus in reading to nail properly.
Halogen- written by Maxus
  • Being a very old StepMania player, Halogen- is really famous for his accuracy high level player and also rock many leaderboards across osu mania ranked beatmap. Halogen- starting his mania mapping by having collaboration between anti meta 6K map with taiko mode. The amount diversity and unorthodox approach on this map is remarkable. Started from having tricky long note releases along with trill that's relatively short but consistently exist across the map, challenge the player to having technical control over their play and surely not the one to be able to breeze through easily. also with the addition of keysound really bring the track much livelier like watching theater show. Surely with his very long experience in VSRG community, the possibility of concept he brings to the community would be endless.
hannanos written by Protastic101
  • Well known for his 9K maps, hannanos kicked off the new year of 2017 with a somewhat belated Christmas map. His unique symmetrical style looks easy but is more challenging than most maps in that difficulty range due to the lack of rests between hands and required coordination.
Hydria written by Kamikaze
  • More active in the first half of the year, Hydria contributed to the ranked mappool with two, unconventional, short mapsets that are unorthodox in a fun way. He's been also experimenting with mapping a lot - submitting an astonishing amount of over 75 mapsets in 2017 alone!
Ibrahim written by Maxus
  • Having many of his map oriented towards HoneyWorks song, Ibrahim breaks a leg with some of the conventional and yet well structured beatmap that really showcases his experience in handling the song in a well designed pattern.
Ilham written by Maxus
  • Well known mapper with mapping O2i3 song, he really knows how to captivate and develop chart concept with interesting song choices and comfortable touch of long note patterning that bring his map really likeable by the community looking at the amount of favourite and positive reception and feedback that players provide into the chart.
Janko written by Maxus
  • With having some of his project going into loved status because of community support, Janko also prove that his capability into handling his map in the ranked section as well. With mostly focusing on SV bump and conventional jack pattern, he understand how to do build-up pattern to support the song that's calm but also complex at the same time.
JBHyperion written by Maxus
  • A well known QAT that specializes in CTB mode, he took all the gamemodes that he never learn before, and try condensed them into one set for him to rank. The journey to make that happens of course isn't easy by any means especially when the entire gamemode set that he made by himself and also have to get approval from all gamemode BN. But nonetheless, he manages to get it done in 2 years of his effort into the map. Having mania difficulty full of grace notes and also evolve his concept into much more trill along with uncommon LN chord and releases really showcases all the experience and advises he took from his learning time.
Jesuren written by Protastic101
  • Known more for his antics in #osumania, Jesuren ranked his first map this year, a 42 second saradisk song representative of his erratic but cheerful nature. While it doesn't stand out as innovative, it's a nice play for those lazy days with simple 1/4 triplets and 1/6 bursts that come as slightly challenging for some but not long enough to become frustrating.
Jinjin written by Kamikaze
  • The legendary destroyer of osu!mania pp system has struck once again in 2017. Despite not being active for the majority of the year, he managed to get a new, record breaking mapset ranked. Doppelganger. The first ranked osu!mania map that not only crossed way above the 8* margin, barely touched by his MANIERA beatmap, but going as far as crossing the 9* mark becoming the third map in osu!'s history to do that (not counting TAG4 maps). Additionally one of his most famous maps - the 7K MWC Finals Tiebreaker - Blue Zenith - finally reached the loved status near the end of the year. With this in mind, who knows how big impact Jinjin will have on osu!mania's charting in 2018?
juankristal written by Protastic101
  • Well known for his LN style of mapping, juankristal finally made it through to the ranked section of maps last year with his uniquely noodle inspired map, FIRST. Sporting an impressive ratio of nearly 2 long notes for each short note, his map is accessible to players of all levels, further encouraging the rise of LN mapping for ranked. His contributions are much appreciated!
Julie written by Kamikaze
  • Julie, renowned for her beginner friendly style of mapping, in 2017 spent most of the year on Beatmap Nominator work. Although not as active as in previous years, she had two GDs featured on Mat's In The Garden mapset, and rounded off the year in holiday spirits with Jingle Bells. Julie's mapsets always please people who are learning osu!mania and I'm really hopeful we'll see more of her work in 2018!
JztCallMeRon written by Maxus
  • 7K anime map generally becoming more uncommonly in the ranking section, but JztCallMeRon took his own authentic approach and decided to have 7K as his primary choices in mapping. Starting the map with very long 1/2 jack along with 1/1 chord, player really need to have decent independence and finger coordination to hit them properly. The kiai structure itself evolving into something from conventional 1/2 chord pattern into a more tricky 1/2 LN stream along with 1/1 chord LN in the middle and the closing part of kiai. Overall the chart that he brings really establish his structure fluently.
Kaito-kun written by Protastic101
  • Having been around the mapping scene since 2015, with a ranked GD in 2016, Kaito-kun presents a simply designed spread with jumpstreams, handstreams, and more for players of any level looking for a rush filled 4 minutes of 200 BPM streams. Known for having some stellar meme-type mods, his positivity has made modding and mapping a truly community fueled activity that encourages and inspires others to do the same.
Kamikaze written by Protastic101
  • Already well known and established mapper and Beatmap Nominator, Kamikaze finally brought the TOKIO FUNKA saga to an end after four long years when it was ranked in March of last year. No novice to new and cutting edge styles including heavy usage of trills, overlapping LNs, and symmetrical visuals, his unique perspective on mapping has inspired many others to follow suit and push the limits of what's acceptable, and expand the wide horizons of charting.
Kawawa written by Maxus
  • Being the oldest current mania BN in the community, Kawawa is one of the most knowledgeable mapper and modder in 7K field of mapping by bringing so many high level 7K set into the ranking field. Starting from developing the very complex patterning and keeping the density while having really great playability that flows really well for high ranking player, but also have additional of the certain technical aspect that doesn't lessening the impact of the overall map that entwined with the music agressiveness. We can say that his contributions in the community are really impactful by providing many high quality charts that keeping the experienced players intact in the game.
Kim_GodSSI written by Maxus
  • Notorious for being very skilled player and an osu!mania champion 2017, Kim_GodSSI also charting so many unranked beatmaps for quite long time already with an impressive 73 beatmaps but just newly ranked beatmap in the end of 2017. His style charting being made apparent that it's from 02Jam because of the amount of dense LN he poured into most of his map, included the ranked one. the rarity of noodles 7K chart really brings his creation to be something that many high level player waiting for.
Koneko- written by Maxus
  • Despite not being an obtrusive community member, however his ranked beatmap actually has been played quite a lot in the multiplayer which makes his map quite likeable by community. Considering his style oriented towards jumpstream and also handstream oriented map that's a meta pattern in the community, not to mention his song choices from vocaloid also has a quite huge margin of popularity.
Kuo Kyoka written by Maxus
  • As a senior member of ex-BN that already serving for roughly 2,5 years , there's nothing but a full gratitude for the service he brought for the community. Kuo Kyoka with the immense experience and knowledge that he gains for over multiple years really brings him to be one of the notorious mapper from its era and even then until now. His pattern style brings a well organized and immaculate structured pattern that's really neat both in aesthetic and gameplay wise. For lower difficulty he tends to focus the drum beat and loud percussion in column 1 and 4, signify the instrument to be more accentuated.
Kyousuke- written by Maxus
  • Starting from mapping only lower difficulty, he ask many veteran GD'ers to assist and teach him the concept of mapping and modding that effectively brings him slowly to do much difficult chart. and the knowledge he gains expand into even other keymodes that he kept improved to attain even further height, definitely someone that should be kept an eye on.
laughingcomet written by Maxus
  • A mapper with having an unusually odd choices and taste, starting from the song, and also his own chart with rigid technical dense jack pattern along with complex and less predictable SV along with couple LN certainly really bring his personality and versatility directly into the community.
Lefrave written by Protastic101
  • Not concerned with difficulty, PP, or even map attention, Lefrave made a mark with his map, Lost my pieces. Rather than taking the player on an excited adventure of unique and fun filled gimmicks, they present an emotional and sentimental experience, bringing players back to times encompassing silly but life defining romantic moments. Their minimalist use of hitsounds helps to bring out the atmosphere and absorb the player into a short 2 minute emotional journey of rediscovery.
Lenfried- written by Kamikaze
  • The old-timer in osu!mania's community, Lenfried- is known as a connoisseur of old style 7K charts and his mapping style bears a lot of characteristics known from those times. His style is unorthodox, mostly with LN usage which stands out from others and makes his maps that much more interesting and that's very a very valuable trait in osu!mania.
Litharrale written by Tofu1222
  • Being another relatively new mapper in osu!mania, Litharrale quickly grasped mapping basics and ranked his first map for the famous song in osu!, Koi no Hime Hime Pettanko by *namirin. Besides, he successfully made his way to a BN shortly after his first ranked map, and contributed much efforts into helping with ranking process. It is a pity that he left BNG recently, but his contributions to the community will be remembered by us.
Lude written by Tofu1222
  • As a strong player and proficient 4K and 5K mapper, Lude did a very good job in unveiling every detail of a piece of music in his maps. It is not only about the patterns, but also about the delicate SVs in his maps that made one of his maps the #3 of MMC.
Mage written by Protastic101
  • With straightforward LNs and basic rhythms, Mage offers maps geared towards those aiming to challenge themselves without stepping too far out of their comfort zone. Short and to the point, his style is easy to follow while still bringing pleasant surprises to the player with a beginner's introduction to more advanced multi-timing LN releases.
Manwon written by Maxus
  • Starting quietly, but gain such huge attention when hits the ranked section. Memoria is possibly one of the more controversial map to date because of the very new experience having pure long stamina jack map that mania never has before. Despite the amount of layering and pattern fixing needed to blend with the song properly, in the end Manwon manage to having the map to be ranked.
Mat written by Maxus
  • Within his first ranked map however already show his experience and blow the community away with one of the most famous marathon map in mania. Although he choose a more conventional and smooth comfortable pattern in lower diff mapping, however his higher diff mapping certainly a remarkable one to gain so much attention from the community
Maxus written by Protastic101
  • Taking complex types of mapping and condensing them into a simplified form for less experienced players to attempt, Maxus contributed many of his signature accessible maps to the ranked scene this year, giving players a small taste of long notes, slider velocity changes, and jacks that aren't so easy as to be boring but aren't so hard as to be inaccessible to the majority of the player base. In addition, his hard work as a BN throughout the year was noticed by many, at times bringing more maps into the qualified section of mania than the entire mania BNG combined. While he isn't as active as he used to be, he's still around as a friendly face in the community, offering help at every turn.
MEGAtive written by Maxus
  • With having long experience of charting in stepmania back in the old times, MEGAtive charted all of his map as something that we usually call by ""anti-meta"", that's because he sought to always bring something more unorthodox into the ranking section either from less-well known rythm game song, unconventional charting technique and last but not least, not afraid to try something controversial to explore even more possibility into his mapping knowledge and style.
Muu-chan written by Maxus
  • Even with the hard times to rank his first map, Muu-chan keep trying to constantly look for mod and not giving up till he finally reach his goal and rank some more other map. His chart mostly consist of accuracy chord pattern that really focus on percussion to be stand out.
newbandpro written by Protastic101
  • Entering the mapping scene late in the year, newbandpro emphasizes playability and does well in synthesizing multiple parts into one single moving line in his easy and normal difficulties, forcing players to pick out the nuances in a song and hear how they relate with other parts. These difficulties are opportunities for newer players to practice the idea that there's more than just following the song.
Niks written by Maxus
  • A mapper with reputation being the 7K keysound mapper across his beatmap, Niks really brought hitsound into something that community even more love to have, given the scarcity of keysound beatmap that has such an appeal to be played. Although his focus is more on the 7K casual pattern, however he also confirmed to have 4K charting capabilities as well, which we can expect more great result from him in the future.
nowsmart written by Maxus
  • Not only being one of the famous accuracy player in the old era, he also actually a notable mapper with consistently blowing the ranking section each time he entered the ranking section and constantly change his pattern style and various keymode. Starting from tricky LN holds, high speed burst oriented song, anti-meta X icon mapping, and also even including some of controversial high level mapping. His presence in the community certainly also a big contribution into bringing mania mapping into fruition
Noxus written by Maxus
  • Charting mostly anime song, however Noxus understand how to incorporate the instrument with his own style into something uncommonly seen. With his pattern mostly consist of unusual LN chord and releases combined with 1/4 LN to emphasize the subtle short sound, definitely one of the fast learning mapper that creates interesting concept to have.
OscarRickyH02 written by Maxus
  • Being relatively new in the mapping ranking field last year, and yet he already provide really unconvential high level chart that's really an astonishing accomplishment to have. the map has the light jack theme based as the fundamental concept of the chart and later got mixed with a touch of Chord LN, some of the 1/8 Jumpstream and explosive SV stutter. With the amount of diversity he put into his first map, we can expect much more greater content in his upcoming map!
Parachor written by Protastic101
  • Unorthodox doesn't begin to scratch the surface in describing Parachor's odd and chaotic charts. He constantly pushes the limits of what's rankable, innovating new ideas and techniques that are rarely found in the ranked section. Signature use of short LNs, release graces, and subtle but tricky SVs define this prominent and popular style among higher level players. His maps break every unspoken rule of mania with excellent execution.
PnX written by Protastic101
  • Having spent two years attempting to rank his first map, PnX has come a long way in mapping. Simple long notes and short note combinations fill his charts, and he has a way of picking out subtle lines in the music and bringing them out fully in his maps while combining them with multiple other parts to create a mosaic of different moving lines that are still unique in their own right.
Protastic101 written by Maxus
  • Having herself dedicated in Osu!mania modding community, Protastic101 is possibly one of the most influential and hard working consistent modders in the community. Started her modding career from 2016 until now becoming QAT, her mapping style took a really diverse approach started from very complex LN wall and also utilize stutter and strong SV bump flawlessly and rather efficacious way. She also makes herself notable with being a master of hitsound and keysound, providing an enlightenment to the community on how to choose and doing hitsound/keysound effectively. her mastery in the field already be proven by having one of her set was picked by the community as the most favourite, allowing her to be the Community Choice Award of 2017.
puxtu written by Protastic101
  • Well known for his Mania guest difficulties in a lot of standard sets, puxtu's prominent LN-less percussion only style is often the first a new mapper encounters due to the large volume of players who play his maps. It's no surprise then that many take after this simple and clean style, so in a way, he indirectly influenced the shaping of Mania mapping by providing players a general idea with which to create their own unique styles.
pwhk written by Maxus
  • With such an intricate and well-flow 7K bracketstream chart, he maps all of his chart from BMS source which also a fundamental of his mapping style. The element of pattern that he adds for the variative and complexity purpose of the chart is a lot, starting from dense chordhand, staircases, either mini and long bracket, and finally some of unorthodox short burst combined with couple of grace notes. The component that he brought into mapping certainly an insight for other mapper to looked at.
qodtjr written by Maxus
  • Although not showed up often in the community, however qodtjr put up a decent creation with ranking stamina dense jumsptream pattern that have its own contrast compared with other similar map, which is putting some of runningmen and long trill as the characteristic and identity that shows how the mapper embed his own concept.
Raveille written by Maxus
  • A well known contributor in the scorewatch production, Raveille has decided to started mapping not only for ranked but to gather many mappers across the entire mania community and makes one huge collaboration in loved status that has never been seen in mania history before. the amount of passion and drive he puts toward many aspect of his project is quite exceptional and noteworthy.
Reba written by Maxus
  • One of the more conventional 7K charters, Reba took his approach into mapping comfortable linear chordstream chart with some additional LN stream on top of that. As he charted more song, he added more technicalities by adding much more bracket in the middle of the pattern, which makes his chart bring certain challenging aspect that worth many tries to nail.
Remuring written by Maxus
  • As the fans of Re:Zero anime series, Remuring expresses his passion for the song series through his chart that mostly oriented with short jack at some places, but mostly it's arranged in the way that it could be played conventionally by casual player without going over technical.
Reyzra written by Maxus
  • Whether it's ranked or unranked, Reyzra won't be separated from Love Live content which becomes his primary song choices in his mapping. His rough start in the beginning of his mapping career cause of the full spread of the full version song cost him 3 years worth of time to rank his first map. And despite that, his passion doesn't seem to fade away and that makes him to be able to reach the goal he wanted, makes him one of the most dedicated one.
richardfeder written by Maxus
  • As the senior mapper of the early mania community, richardfeder already become such an inspiration and the respected member of the community for a long time. Many of his song choices revolves around Visual Novel or game soundtrack, and his mapping forte revolves around 7K mapping with highly technical bracket stream along with unusual trill burst that requires really high pattern coordination and thorough execution. Especially for his 7K+1 BMS chart, he uses lot of classic crossovers along with long trill pattern combine with couple minijack to express the rapid 1/4 sound. Overall a really inventive mapper that becoming one of the pillar that makes osu!mania today.
riunosk written by Tofu1222
  • riunosk is a mapper that mainly focuses on creating maps for practice purpose, featuring different patterns of difficulty in his maps. Being also as a very strong player in osu!mania, he has wonderful insights into mapping, with his ranked map in 2017 featuring well-arranged LNs that made it overwhelmingly diffcult. Though it took long for him to actually rank a map, he still didn't give up and bring us with his excellent creations.
Rivals_7 written by Protastic101
  • An active and helpful BN, Rivals_7 has contributed a fair number of maps to ranked this year, whether it be through maps that he's ranked himself, or maps he's helped push forward. His charts make heavy use of slider velocities in a subtle way to avoid inhibiting the player's reading. His hitsounding is something to take note of though, as he goes above and beyond with keysounding even the tiniest wobbles in sound. He's made a positive impact this year with his contributions and shows no signs of slowing down.
Sinnoh written by Maxus
  • A hybrid BN that already contributing in multiple modes at once. Sinnoh took a really smart approach in his pattern concept from trying mapping irregular consistent 1/3 chart to having a SV-theme map with complex LN that's really challenging and complicated but completely fun and enjoyable to give the player a real sense of achievement for nailing each part properly. Really fast learning and clever mapper that will do much more great content in the future.
Skalim written by Maxus
  • As a very old mapper that already contributes into the mania ranking charts since 2013, Skalim is a notable high level player that charting some of the various keymodes chart that's outstandingly eminent in its era. His mapping structure probably one of the very few charter that has an absolute rigid and clean concept but at the same time retain its technicality to the outmost. The classic approach that he brings certainly bring him to be one of the respectable charters.
Soul Evans written by Protastic101
  • Winner of the Monthly Beatmapping Contest of April 2017 earning him the title of ""Elite Mapper,"" Soul Evans manages to spin an interesting and unique map out of a generic song containing plenty of LNs and oddly snapped bursts. While sad to say he couldn't add much else, it has helped shape his mapping style to be more eccentric and is certainly a welcome change to the ranked section.
SpectorDG written by Tofu1222
  • SpectorDG was an old mapper that has been active in 2015. With his Zettai Reido being ranked, he returned to the community in 2017. His maps make good use of basic patterns and fit with the music in a good sense with very clear concepts, which make them some of the most popular SOUND VOLTEX maps in osu!mania.
Spy written by Tofu1222
  • As one of the legendary old mappers, Spy brought us his delicate creations for a group of new and popular IIDX songs. His mapping style has always been especially clear and smooth, which has guided many other mappers after his era. It will be pleasing to see more of his creations brought to osu!mania community and inspire more new mappers.
Surono written by Maxus
  • Known as Taiko BN and also one of the forum active contributor, He started his mania mapping with the song choices that supports him to do many variative 1/6 and 1/8 guitar pattern that adds to his mapping style along with mini stream LN pattern. He has well known big contribution in taiko, and will do in mania field as well.
Syadow- written by Protastic101
  • While there's nothing that particularly stands out about this mapper, Syadow-'s style is conventional and clean with a strict adherence to the song, so what's heard is what the player gets. This makes it easy to follow and is a reason why he's a great GDer for lower difficulties as can be seen in the large number of guest difficulties he's created this year that have been ranked.
Tidek written by Kamikaze
  • Tidek's maps are a brand of their own when it comes to osu!mania's 4K charting scene. Known for his love of complex maps, SV and high HP & OD values, he struck gold once again this year with his Leaf - I map. He's a mapper willing to take risks; he's capable of making maps that are extreme, but don't force difficulty nor come across as overboard. Branching out into more and more challenging songs to map, we might see even greater maps from him in the future!
Tofu1222 written by Maxus
  • Being relatively new BN in mania, but he already makes a huge impact by keep releasing content and active in modding and icon field. having the musical background really helps him not only in providing substantial high quality map, but also in the piano keysound that he applied in some of his map as well. He also doing some of hybrid map along with mania which hopefully will bring more collaboration with other mode along with mania being more apparent in the future.
Tornspirit written by Kamikaze
  • Tornspirit spent most of the year in the mapping community trying to help out 5K players both as a mapper and modder, resulting in his first map ranked - PARANOiA Revolution, which took him almost exactly 2 years to rank.
Vampir written by Maxus
  • Entering his mania ranking for the first time by doing hybrid set, Vampir sets a big appearances when ranking Demend ~After Legend~ Which not only support his intrinsic mapping style, but also ask the right GD to support his song choices and capabilities to its fullest, which gain him recognizition from many players and mappers.
Verniy_Chan written by Protastic101
  • Most people know of Verniy_Chan as that one LiSA mapper, and for her incredibly popular 2016 map, Electric ""Sister"" Bitch, which has already set the bar high. In meeting expectations, 2017 was a year full of her classic song compilation storyboards with simple strobes and smooth transitions, while the charts contained many easy to play bursts and streams, but still managed to keep it interesting with LN transitions and slider velocity changes.
Virtue- written by Tofu1222
  • Virtue- is one of the most active mappers and modders in osu!mania community in the last year. Known as ""Halozy Mapper"", he is famous for his marathons of many Halozy songs.Though he failed last two rounds of BN application, with his gradually improving strength and knowledge in osu!mania mapping, he will succeed in the future.
Wadu written by Protastic101
  • Possibly the underdog mapper of last year, Wadu took the ranked scene by surprise with his map Grimm (Kobaryo's FTN-Remix). Utilizing strong SV stutters, jacks, shields, and more, it's a change in pace from the average ranked mania map. Not stopping there, he has continued to make extravagantly difficult maps while still maintaining a level of appropriateness for the song. Despite having appeared relatively recently, he already has a presence in the community.
Weber written by Maxus
  • Despite having standard as his main mode and relatively new in mania mode, he manages to becoming mania BN and releases chart with unusual LN shield patterning. His Tenshi no Osore map is the second map which has the full LN without a single note in HD diff.
Wh1teh written by Maxus
  • A high level player from stepmania that also actually a skilled mapper by doing so much of experimental chart that he keeps in graveyard but nonetheless showcase his knowledge in the mapping field. His first ranked map certainly shows that by doing a seldom concept of 1/8 snap jumpstream that's certainly rare to be seen in the community. It happens to be community's favourite and gaining support to have more similar concept of mapping appearing in the ranking field.
Wonki written by Maxus
  • Asking about one of the most enjoyable SV map? without a doubt, Wonki take the crown with some of the zekk remix song he charted himself with aggressive and yet convenient and have sighreadable SV. All of the SV calculation he made revolving the strong bump with chord pattern that's comfortable and satisfying to hit, something that's truly uncommon in ranking charts. Definitely something unique that players would love to tirelessly play over and over.
YaHao written by Maxus
  • Publishing his first ranked map in 2014, YaHao with the former IGN of SanadaYukimura constantly develop his mapping technique and song genre diversity and consistently publishing variative content with how many beatmaps he already ranked until now.
ZZHBOY written by Tofu1222
  • ZZHBOY was one of a few mappers and BNs who have proficiency in modding and mapping both osu!standard and osu!mania. He mapped mania with smooth note arrangements and clear logics, which made most of his maps quite popular among new players. Besides, he has mapped a few maps with delicate keysounds, which demonstrated his skill in keysounding too. Sadly he has gone inactive since early 2017, but his great efforts to help and influence other mappers and to entertain the players are always praiseworthy.
celerih
p/5829493

If only I knew where I would be now lol
VINXIS
NOTE: Comments were only made for people who RANKED a set in 2017.
Aistre
who is alphabet i only know venax loL!
Pho
That's a lot of effort you guys put into this, great job :)
Kimitakari
I hope this content would go on. Great to see this result!
Nowaie


You broke it :<
ASPIRIN
I'm very glad to see myself on this list, I even shed a few tears of happiness!

Thanks for good job! 8-)
FINGERLOCK
Kagetsu

DTM9 Nowa wrote:



You broke it :<
check it on new forums
Nowaie

Kagetsu wrote:

DTM9 Nowa wrote:



You broke it :<
check it on new forums
Too used to old one
Hollow Wings
i used to think this is a project born on a whim.

you guys really did a great job, thanks for all of your works.
hypercyte
Love the comments, hope it continues on next year
I wonder what kind of mapper i'd be in a year & what comments people have about me ;3c
Uber
Uber is probably the least fitting member on this list.

dab
Yahuri
the comments are wonderful, i'd love to see them happen again next year!

p.s. im female lmao
Andrea
This is a really cool project, appreciate a lot the comments about each mapper :)

Keep it up guys!
Seijiro
Let the dead bodies resuscitate!

Or not...
Irreversible


thanks for your effort! good job
Midnaait


Yes.
tatatat
Am really curious what taiko maps above 3.75* has 10 HP.
LMT
That's a lot of work wow, gj to everyone associated with this project!!
Joe Castle

Uber wrote:

Uber is probably the least fitting member on this list.

dab


YOURE TAKING MY SPOT DUDE
Akareh
I guess I'm an old mapper by definition, but I hadn't really tried to push my own maps for rank until last year.

Still cool to see myself in one of these, never thought I'd make it :)

Cool initiative, thanks for your hard work!
Joe Castle
I'm glad to see my name on this, it means I kinda achieved something in this game that I can say I'm proud of.

Hopefully this year will be a bit different from my usual slow stuff

Gratz for everyone and good job!

PD: the comment pishifat made is absolute gold, i love it :oops:
Djulus
was suprising to see this
Affirmation
Who is Neoskylove??????????
Enon
I am glad to see an amazing comment for me.

Even though I am a solider who isn't active on this game for now, the comment makes me wanting to back to this game someday!
Yumeno Himiko
Catch has few mappers so everyone shares a long comment uwu
Anxient
Sadly he disappeared soon after.
whoops

honored to be in this list tho holy
defiance
This was really motivating to me in spite of everything that's happening in 2018 already. Thanks to all the participants, you all did a great job!
Akitoshi
i hope i can focus on other than Normal diff for this time!1!1 who's Akitoshi lo l

cheers to all 2017 mappers and huge thanks for this project :)
EmingK
[Mahua] is supercalifragilisticexpialidocious

麻花牛逼111
-Sh1n1-
wow thank you very much for your words Lasse, OzzyOzrock and Benny- on std, taiko and ctb respectively, the comments make me wanting to map more this year, love you guys <3
Smug Nanachi
Noffy is a girl dood
Underforest

handsome wrote:

Underforest written by Fushimi Rio
  • Gratz on Underforest's first ranked Extra diff!
nice comment xd

however I thank you for your praises uwu gonna give my efforts for this 2018
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This stuff is god, best thing i've ever seen while short period of my mapping

It's free from competition, while giving every mappers good comments. I got motivation to strive for 2018 creative patterns :) thank you all
Shima Rin
In taiko section, clicking Nardo didn't go to Nardoxyribonucleic but just Nardo lol. Should this be fixed?
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Tofu1222 wrote:

In taiko section, clicking Nardo didn't go to Nardoxyribonucleic but just Nardo lol. Should this be fixed?

Same for 'Neoskylove' in std, he's now 'Affirmation'
And akitoshi
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