Do you think you have what it takes to be the 1st King (or Queen) of Catch Mapping? This is a title which requires versatility, determination, talent, and much more to hold, as you survive a multitude of challenges against other contestants.
This is an elimination style competition, where there will be continuous challenges, and one of the two lowest scoring contestants in that challenge leaves the competition, and the last one remaining after all challenges will be crowned as the King. These challenges will require different skillsets, ways of thinking, and high knowledge of mapping in different ways with set restrictions, and will test the limits of the contestants' mapping ability as the tasks get more and more difficult and require more work as you get further through the competition.
And hopefully that covers all of it! If there are any questions, feel free to ask in the thread below. If you are interested in being staff of any kind, or making donations towards the prize pool, please also either post below, or message me!
This is an elimination style competition, where there will be continuous challenges, and one of the two lowest scoring contestants in that challenge leaves the competition, and the last one remaining after all challenges will be crowned as the King. These challenges will require different skillsets, ways of thinking, and high knowledge of mapping in different ways with set restrictions, and will test the limits of the contestants' mapping ability as the tasks get more and more difficult and require more work as you get further through the competition.
General Information
General Information
- There will be a total of 6* contestants allowed. Due to the nature of this contest, and this being the first one, I don't want the competition to be ridiculously demanding for contestants, and too many challenges (and therefore contestants) would result in this.
- Registration will be allowed until 20th January. The registration form is at the bottom of this post, however make sure to read all the information and rules before choosing to sign up!
- Every 2 weeks**, there will be a new challenge, with a set deadline, which requires mapping something under a set premise or restriction. This could be a specific song, or a song of the contestants' choice (from our selection of Featured Artists), and could have any kind of restriction from difficulty mapped, to requiring a certain gimmick to be used.
- Once the deadline is over for the challenge, all entries will be judged. Once this process is over, the bottom two will be required to speedmap a short section of a specific song to decide who stays. The decision for who stays depends on a combination of the quality of this map, as well as their performance in both the respective challenge, and previous challenges.
- Occasionally, there will be smaller mini-challenges before the main challenge. These will have no impact on either of the above mentioned points, are mostly for fun, and entry is optional, however the winner of these will have a tiny bit of influence over the challenge (As an example, they may be allowed to decide teams if that week's challenge will be team-based).
- Some challenges may be team-based, or require working with other mappers, however, unless stated otherwise in the challenge description, you will be judged on your performance alone.
*If demand is ridiculously high, this number may increase slightly, however 10 is the highest number I would ever possibly allow, and this would require an unprecedented amount of interest in catch mapping.
**Time scale subject to change.
RulesRules
- 1. This is an osu!catch mapping contest. All entrants will be judged on osu!catch mapping, and nothing else, and all main challenges will require purely osu!catch mapping. Hitsounding will be taken into account with judging, however any used backgrounds or storyboards will not be taken into account, and will be removed before the maps are given to the judges, to make sure all entries are as anonymous as possible.
- 2. Be kind and respectful towards all other contestants to the competition, as well as staff members. This is a contest to show your ability, not a contest to try and put off your competition.
- 3. If a challenge is not possible for you to meet in the given timeframe, inform a staff member before the last 3 days of the deadline. This is to make sure people don't extend deadlines purely from laziness, and to be fair to all entrants in the time required, whilst also allowing for the unexpectedness of real life incidents. This rule may only be used twice for each contestant, to avoid abuse of the ability to extend deadlines, and to make sure this is only used in emergency situations.
- 4. Each entrant must submit an entry for each challenge. The reasoning for this should be fairly obvious, and anyone who breaks this will be immediately removed from the competition.* If one of the top 3 breaks this rule, they will receive no cash prize, to avoid contestants giving up on the contest once they've reached this stage. In the case of this happening, 3rd place's cash prize will either be given to the 4th place instead, or split between 1st and 2nd, depending on the closeness of the competition. Please note that an exceedingly low effort entry will also remove the chance of a cash prize being received.
- 5. Anyone found to receive outside input before their entries are submitted will suffer immediate removal from the competition. This is to keep the entries to a showcase of the mapper's skill, rather than their ability to receive opinions.
- 6. Entrants of this contest won't be able to join future iterations of it. This is due to the nature of the contest's small participant size (and so allowing different people in future iterations). This rule may be broken in very extreme circumstances, however users would be informed of whether they fit these circumstances if/when they happen.
- 7. Accepted entrants of the contest are not decided based on skill alone! The choice of accepted entrants will be decided based on a variety of factors, including aiming for a variety of skills and experience between entrants, as well as a short interview I will give to entrants who I consider.
- 8. If you are denied from entry in this contest, you will still be able to enter future iterations of this contest. In fact, it's encouraged. If you feel as though you have the dedication required, but don't get accepted this time, we would love to see you try again next time!
*If this happens during the first challenge, a denied entrant may be allowed to take the place of the contestant who didn't submit anything.
Prizes1st Place: $50 prize, as well as 50% of donated prize pool.*
2nd Place: $20, as well as 30% of donated prize pool.
3rd Place: $10, as well as 20% of donated prize pool.
All prizes are subject to slight change, however they will not go lower under any circumstances.
*Depending on how well the contest goes, the tournament team has mentioned the possibility of a badge.
All prizes are subject to slight change, however they will not go lower under any circumstances.
*Depending on how well the contest goes, the tournament team has mentioned the possibility of a badge.
Staff
Organisers: MBomb
Judges: MBomb, Lacrima (Round 1/2), wonjae, Greaper, Absolute Zero (Round 3)
Submission Handlers: Absolute Zero (Rounds 1/2)
Judges: MBomb, Lacrima (Round 1/2), wonjae, Greaper, Absolute Zero (Round 3)
Submission Handlers: Absolute Zero (Rounds 1/2)
Donators
Daletto
To donate, please dm me either on site here, or on discord at MBomb#6972!
To donate, please dm me either on site here, or on discord at MBomb#6972!
Competitors
Jemzuu
PixelJuul
Daletto
WildOne94
Zyzyx (5th)
JierYagtama (6th)
PixelJuul
Daletto
WildOne94
Zyzyx (5th)
JierYagtama (6th)
Challenge 1 Information
Challenge Description:
Welcome everyone to the King of Catch Mapping Contest! I'm proud to announce the competition is underway as of now, with the first challenge being...
You must map one difficulty for a song from one of three featured artists listed below, **inspired by a ranked or loved map**! You will be judged primarily on the clearness of your inspiration, as well as your creativity with the concepts, how well your map follows the music, and the impression your map has on the judges!
The three artists are as follows:
- Blue Stahli
- Cranky
- Fractal Dreamers
Good luck, have fun, and may the best mapper win!
Rules:
- As with all challenges, all rules mentioned in the forum thread must be followed for this challenge.
- Maps must follow the ranking criteria, and will be penalised if they break the ranking criteria at any point.
- Song mapped must be between 1:30 to 3:30. Cutting songs is allowed, however cuts must be done in a way that fits the song's overall structure. Length mapped will have no effect on judging, except possibly in impression depending on the judges.
- Hitsounding will be judged, so make sure to hitsound your map to avoid losing unnecessary points.
- Your song choice must be kept a secret. This is to avoid judges being able to tell who mapped what based on song choice. If you map your entry whilst online, please use a placeholder artist and title (eg. ??? - ???)
- All entries must be given to Absolute Zero (0 K) when they are done. This is so no judge has any way of knowing who mapped what entry, and so that he can make sure anything that can give indication to the mapper is removed. Please include which map yours takes inspiration from in your message to him, as well as the actual name and title of the song you mapped.
- All entries must be finished by 14/02/2020, 10PM UTC (Exactly 2 weeks from this message).
Judging categories:
- Inspiration: /20
- Creativity: /15
- Structure: /15
- Judge's Impression: /7
- Hitsounding: /3
Welcome everyone to the King of Catch Mapping Contest! I'm proud to announce the competition is underway as of now, with the first challenge being...
You must map one difficulty for a song from one of three featured artists listed below, **inspired by a ranked or loved map**! You will be judged primarily on the clearness of your inspiration, as well as your creativity with the concepts, how well your map follows the music, and the impression your map has on the judges!
The three artists are as follows:
- Blue Stahli
- Cranky
- Fractal Dreamers
Good luck, have fun, and may the best mapper win!
Rules:
- As with all challenges, all rules mentioned in the forum thread must be followed for this challenge.
- Maps must follow the ranking criteria, and will be penalised if they break the ranking criteria at any point.
- Song mapped must be between 1:30 to 3:30. Cutting songs is allowed, however cuts must be done in a way that fits the song's overall structure. Length mapped will have no effect on judging, except possibly in impression depending on the judges.
- Hitsounding will be judged, so make sure to hitsound your map to avoid losing unnecessary points.
- Your song choice must be kept a secret. This is to avoid judges being able to tell who mapped what based on song choice. If you map your entry whilst online, please use a placeholder artist and title (eg. ??? - ???)
- All entries must be given to Absolute Zero (0 K) when they are done. This is so no judge has any way of knowing who mapped what entry, and so that he can make sure anything that can give indication to the mapper is removed. Please include which map yours takes inspiration from in your message to him, as well as the actual name and title of the song you mapped.
- All entries must be finished by 14/02/2020, 10PM UTC (Exactly 2 weeks from this message).
Judging categories:
- Inspiration: /20
- Creativity: /15
- Structure: /15
- Judge's Impression: /7
- Hitsounding: /3
Challenge 2 Information
Challenge 2 Description:
Congratulations to all 5 of you for making it to the next round! Let's get right into the challenge, which is:
You will be given a 190BPM blank mp3, with 1:30 of space. You must map at least 1 minute of it, however, you can do anything you wish in regards to structure, patterning, rhythm choice, etc., as if the song was anything you can imagine. A clear structure will be expected however in terms of having clear strong parts of the map, and calmer parts, and hitsounds should be used in a way to emphasise this structure. Contestants will be judged on creativity primarily, with structure, judges impression, and hitsounding being the other 3 judging categories!
Good luck, and once again, may the best mapper win!
Rules:
- As with all challenges, all rules mentioned in the forum thread must be followed for this challenge.
- Maps must be SSable, and must not use any 2B elements.
- At least 1 minute of the 1:30 mp3 must be mapped, however, mapping more is highly recommended. You may not map past the boundaries of the bookmarks (Spinners and sliders extending past the final bookmark is fine, however the start of the final object must be placed on this, or in the case of a spinner, no more than 1/2 past it).
- The mp3 given must not be altered in any way.
- All entries must be given to Absolute Zero (0 K) when they are done. This is so no judge has any way of knowing who mapped what entry, and so that he can make sure anything that can give indication to the mapper is removed.
- All entries must be finished by 13/03/2020, 10PM UTC (Exactly 2 weeks from this message).
Judging categories:
- Creativity: /35
- Structure: /12
- Judge's Impression: /8
- Hitsounding: /5
Congratulations to all 5 of you for making it to the next round! Let's get right into the challenge, which is:
You will be given a 190BPM blank mp3, with 1:30 of space. You must map at least 1 minute of it, however, you can do anything you wish in regards to structure, patterning, rhythm choice, etc., as if the song was anything you can imagine. A clear structure will be expected however in terms of having clear strong parts of the map, and calmer parts, and hitsounds should be used in a way to emphasise this structure. Contestants will be judged on creativity primarily, with structure, judges impression, and hitsounding being the other 3 judging categories!
Good luck, and once again, may the best mapper win!
Rules:
- As with all challenges, all rules mentioned in the forum thread must be followed for this challenge.
- Maps must be SSable, and must not use any 2B elements.
- At least 1 minute of the 1:30 mp3 must be mapped, however, mapping more is highly recommended. You may not map past the boundaries of the bookmarks (Spinners and sliders extending past the final bookmark is fine, however the start of the final object must be placed on this, or in the case of a spinner, no more than 1/2 past it).
- The mp3 given must not be altered in any way.
- All entries must be given to Absolute Zero (0 K) when they are done. This is so no judge has any way of knowing who mapped what entry, and so that he can make sure anything that can give indication to the mapper is removed.
- All entries must be finished by 13/03/2020, 10PM UTC (Exactly 2 weeks from this message).
Judging categories:
- Creativity: /35
- Structure: /12
- Judge's Impression: /8
- Hitsounding: /5
Challenge 3 Information
Challenge 3 Description:
Well done to you all for making it this far into the competition! We've tested a multitude of skills already so far here, but there's one big thing we haven't covered yet. Low difficulties!
However, just requiring a low difficulty would be a *little* underwhelming here, so for the first time in this contest, you will be required to map 2 difficulties, one that is EN or H, and one that is I or X difficulty. However, this isn't all. As an extra twist, your I/X difficulty must not have any hyperdashes whatsoever, as well as your H if you decide to do that as your low difficulty.
Unlike round one, there is no restriction on artist choice here. You may map any song, from any featured artist! The length however, must be between 1:30 and 3:30.
Good luck, and for the third time, may the best mapper win!
Rules:
- As with all challenges, all rules mentioned in the forum thread must be followed for this challenge.
- Maps must follow the ranking criteria, and will be penalised if they break the ranking criteria at any point.
- Two difficulties must be mapped, one being either a Cup, Salad, or Platter, and the other being either a Rain or an Overdose.
- No hyperdashes are allowed in any difficulty.
- Song mapped must be between 1:30 to 3:30. Cutting songs is allowed, however cuts must be done in a way that fits the song's overall structure. Length mapped will have no effect on judging, except possibly in impression depending on the judges.
- Hitsounding will be judged, and both difficulties will be taken into account with this judging.
- Your song choice must be kept a secret. This is to avoid judges being able to tell who mapped what based on song choice. If you map your entry whilst online, please use a placeholder artist and title (eg. ??? - ???)
- All entries must be given to our new anonymiser when they are done. This is so no judge has any way of knowing who mapped what entry, and so that he can make sure anything that can give indication to the mapper is removed. Please make sure your difficulties are named correctly.
- All entries must be finished by 10/04/2020, 10PM UTC (Exactly 2 weeks from this message).
Judging categories:
ENH:
- Structure: /18
- Judge's Impression: /7
IX:
- Structure: /20
- Judge's Impression: /10
Combined:
- Hitsounding: /5
Well done to you all for making it this far into the competition! We've tested a multitude of skills already so far here, but there's one big thing we haven't covered yet. Low difficulties!
However, just requiring a low difficulty would be a *little* underwhelming here, so for the first time in this contest, you will be required to map 2 difficulties, one that is EN or H, and one that is I or X difficulty. However, this isn't all. As an extra twist, your I/X difficulty must not have any hyperdashes whatsoever, as well as your H if you decide to do that as your low difficulty.
Unlike round one, there is no restriction on artist choice here. You may map any song, from any featured artist! The length however, must be between 1:30 and 3:30.
Good luck, and for the third time, may the best mapper win!
Rules:
- As with all challenges, all rules mentioned in the forum thread must be followed for this challenge.
- Maps must follow the ranking criteria, and will be penalised if they break the ranking criteria at any point.
- Two difficulties must be mapped, one being either a Cup, Salad, or Platter, and the other being either a Rain or an Overdose.
- No hyperdashes are allowed in any difficulty.
- Song mapped must be between 1:30 to 3:30. Cutting songs is allowed, however cuts must be done in a way that fits the song's overall structure. Length mapped will have no effect on judging, except possibly in impression depending on the judges.
- Hitsounding will be judged, and both difficulties will be taken into account with this judging.
- Your song choice must be kept a secret. This is to avoid judges being able to tell who mapped what based on song choice. If you map your entry whilst online, please use a placeholder artist and title (eg. ??? - ???)
- All entries must be given to our new anonymiser when they are done. This is so no judge has any way of knowing who mapped what entry, and so that he can make sure anything that can give indication to the mapper is removed. Please make sure your difficulties are named correctly.
- All entries must be finished by 10/04/2020, 10PM UTC (Exactly 2 weeks from this message).
Judging categories:
ENH:
- Structure: /18
- Judge's Impression: /7
IX:
- Structure: /20
- Judge's Impression: /10
Combined:
- Hitsounding: /5
And hopefully that covers all of it! If there are any questions, feel free to ask in the thread below. If you are interested in being staff of any kind, or making donations towards the prize pool, please also either post below, or message me!
