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第五届 Newspaper杯 组委会（排名不分先后）

1. Steering Committee：
   Mafumafu | [Mahua] | Imakuri | Pachiru
2. Judges Committee：
   DreaM117er | F D Flourite | Pata-Mon | Ryuusei Aika |
   Koiyuki | Loneight | bossandy
3. Sponsors：
   寻求赞助中。欢迎各位老爷赞助！

mwah

是我最爱的Vtuber歌

Newspaper Cup Discord Group: https://discord.gg/fVgU9pA

English version of rules: (A big thank for Mariko Sakuragi for translation!)

Current Phase: Contest Begins!

Please share your opinions and participate in the vote about Speed Mapping Contest! If the song selected for speedmapping has a length approximately 2 minutes, how much time would you consider giving the contest participants to complete their map?

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The Rules:

Please read the rules carefully. Participants who violate the rules will be in risk of losing points or, under certain circumstances, have themselves disqualified from this contest.

1. Participants are not allowed to submit their map after the deadline.
2. Participants are not allowed to submit incomplete or unreadable maps.
3. Participants are not allowed to make any changes to the Timing, Title, Artist, MP3, Source, and Tags of the given map.
4. Participants are not allowed to add any background, video, skin, or storyboard.
5. Participants must create the map individually. No collab maps are allowed.
6. Before the result of the contest is announced, no ID of any participants or submitted maps are allowed to be leaked or spread in public. Participants must not give any information that could help the judge identify the creator of a submitted map.
7. No registration is required. You can directly submit your entry.
8. Multi-accounting is strictly prohibited. No smurfs are allowed.
9. Participants are assumed to agree to all rules above if they chose to submit a map.
10. New rules are being implemented in this Newspaper Cup. If there happen to be any controversies around the rules, the staffs will have the authority to make the final decision.

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The Process:

The Song for the Contest
1. The contest will be introducing two groups of songs. Participants are able to compete in both groups, but participants may only chose one song from each group to attend the contest.

Instrumental Group:
01 Fractal Dreamers - Celestial Horizon
Download Link: https://osu.ppy.sh/beatmapsets/1110459
02 モリモリあつし - 粉骨砕身カジノゥ
Download Link: https://osu.ppy.sh/beatmapsets/1110441

Vocal Group:
03 ヰ世界情緒 - 共感覚おばけ
Download Link: https://osu.ppy.sh/beatmapsets/1110454
04 米津玄師 - 春雷
Download Link: https://osu.ppy.sh/beatmapsets/1110451

Map Creation:
1. Participants have to change the Beatmap Creator in song setup to your OSU! ID, such as "Mafumafu." Before submitting, please delete the "beatmap id" and "beatmapset id" in the .osu file of your map. We strongly recommend participants to complete this step before starting the map to prevent losing all the progress by clicking "Update to newest version".
2. Participants may create 1 difficulty. If more than 1 difficulty is submitted, only the top diff will be evaluated.
3. Custom hitsounds are allowed.
4. Custom combo colors are allowed.
5. Only standard diff names are allowed. (Easy/Normal/Hard/Insane/Expert)

Map Submission:
1. We only accept .osz format submissions. Please rename your .osz file using this format: Mapper - Song ID - Submission Attempts.
For example: Mafumafu - 02 - 3rd Attempt
2. We only accept submissions using sharable links by puush, Google Drive, or BaiduPan.
3. Please submit to Mafumafu via Forum PM. Please change the subject of the Forum PM to the same as your .osz file name.
4. There will be a list of all submitted participants. Your name might not be on the list immediately after your submission.
5. Participants may submit up to 3 attempts. Only the latest submission is effective.

Judging Criteria:
1. Every judge will judge a map individually.
2. Judges will not know the corresponding OSU! player that a participant ID represent. That is, all maps are anonymous to the judges.
3. Judges will judge a map on Consistency, Playability and Innovation.
> Consisency Score (10 points): Is the map consistent in rhythm choices, patterns, and hitsounds?
> Playability Score (10 points): Are the patterns suitable for gameplay? Do the patterns fit the song?
> Innovation Score (10 points): Did the map implement any original or creative concepts?
The sum of all points above is the map's Original Score.
4. The Actual Score of the map is the standard deviation of the Original Score, that is:
S* = ( S - S(average) ) / SD
S* is the Actual Score.
S is the Original Score.
S(average) is the average of all Original Scores that a judge has given throughout the contest.
SD is the standard deviation of all Original Scores that a judge has given throughout the contest.
5. After judging all submissions, the staff will announce the list of scores and all submission maps. This list includes the corresponding OSU! player of each participant ID and the score of their map.
6. For each song group, participants will be sorted in a descending order according to their Actual Score.

Ranking and Prizes (Not finialized)
- This NPC uses a new ranking system. Ranking will be split into two groups: Instrumental Group and Vocal Group. The two songs in each group will be ranked together. Rank #1 of each group (which is the winner of each group) will be awarded osu! Supporter (or prize money with the same value) and a profile badge (pending.)

- Additionally, a Rookie Mapper who got Rank #1 among other Rookie Mappers with an overall ranking above 40% in his/her group will also be awarded osu! Supporter (or prize money with the same value) and a profile badge (pending.) If a Rookie Mapper got an overall Rank #1 in his/her group, the highest value prize amongst the abovementioned two will be awarded.

- You are considered as a Rookie Mapper if:
> Your account is created before December 1st, 2019.
> You did not rank any map before January 1st, 2019. You did not rank more than 1 Insane (according to the OSU! website star rating system) or higher difficulties (including guest diffs) before January 15th, 2020.
> You did not come out third place or above from Pending Cup, Newspaper Cup, or any official mapping contests (Aspire, Mapping Olympiad, Monthly Beatmapping Contest, etc.) before.
> You are considered novice in mapping by the staff.

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The 5th Newspaper Cup - Staff Members (not listed in any particular order):
- Steering Committee:
Mafumafu | [Mahua] | Imakuri | Pachiru
- Judges Committee:
DreaM117er | F D Flourite | Pata-Mon | Ryuusei Aika |
Koiyuki | Loneight | bossandy

Sponsors:
Still hunting for sponsors. You are more than welcome to support us!

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Submission Deadline:
March 20th, 2020. 23:59:59, UTC+8
Results Announcement (S.t. Change):
April 9th, 2020. 23:59:59, UTC+8
Thank you all for supporting Newspaper Cup!
Best wishes!

是我最爱的Vtuber歌
https://osu.ppy.sh/beatmapsets/1145140 (幻视)

这届塞爆杯开始了（

话说不是娱乐组跟新人组了

那我还是新人组吧

在鹿上了 保证不鸽

米玄律师?

请勿透露谱面四维等有助于辨识谱面的信息！

瓜子哥 is watching you

Big Regarz (now Mafumafu) is watching you!

米玄律师?

粉骨砕身 ✅
粉身碎骨 ❎

- You are considered as a Rookie Mapper if:
> Your account is created before December 1st, 2019.

Is this correct info? owo

Sonnyc wrote:

- You are considered as a Rookie Mapper if:
> Your account is created before December 1st, 2019.

Is this correct info? owo

Yes, this is to prevent accounts that are way too new (possibly Smurf account)

京了 vocal第一个的本家是我刚开始作图的时候想作的歌

哇哦

围观

准备参加（

哇哦

Yue Cat wrote:

哇哦

更新了一下提交名单
Updated the received entries list

今年又没时间参加只能围观了（

加油

更新了一下提交名单
Updated the received entries list again

We would announce a deadline extension for the submission to 2020.03.20 23:59:59 UTC +8 because of the recent coronavirus outbreak. I hope you and your family can stay safe and healthy during this tumultuous situation.
Also, I would like to clarify some questions you may have.
Q1: I am not qualified as a Novice mapper according to the criteria, can I still get the prize?
A1: Yes. You can compete as a regular mapper. If you come out as the first amongst all participants in vocal or instrumental group, you will be awarded a prize and badge (if osu!team approves). You can ask me if you still do not understand about this policy.
Q2: How to send PM via old forum?
A2: Please visit: https://osu.ppy.sh/forum/ucp.php?i=pm&folder=inbox Note that this is subject to change as osu! is going to replace the old forum pm system soon.
Q3: Am I allowed to add preview time and set combo colors?
A3: Yes. These two settings can be change, but please obey the corresponding ranking criteria.

非常时期别出门了，游戏不好玩还是图不好做——rsak

更新了一下提交名单
Updated the received entries list again

更新了最终提交名单 Updated the received entries list

We are happy to make all the entries public! The results will soon be available as we are collecting and calculating the scores from the judges.

You can download the NPC2020 Entries at: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1qJR6WJo7dD2ksB_fmp4DjvFlnAA7xApy/view?usp=sharing

NPC2020 作品集锦： https://pan.baidu.com/s/1dX8xOLROZXmMcnE9L-dL7Q 提取码：tap2