The end of the MAT

Ephemeral

Inland Empire

Joined April 2009

Topic Starter

Ephemeral 2013-04-23T08:52:41+00:00

It has been a long road, and a hell of a journey. From the team's beginning as a measure to help address the slowing ranking cycle many years ago, the MAT have gone through a number of changes to become what they are today.

Or rather, what they were.

Effective immediately, all previous MAT have been promoted to members of the Beatmap Appreciation Team with full privileges and permissions, and the Mapping Assistance Team has been permanently dissolved, gone forever.

Members of the MAT who had a particular role (such as mania-only MAT or taiko-only MAT) will adopt that role amongst the BAT, and their forum titles will be updated in the coming days to reflect this.

No changes have been made to the ranking cycle. A map still needs a bubble before it can be ranked, and approval maps need at least two.

Let's all welcome the following 27 members to the team!

bossandy
Byakugan249
chonicle
DJPop
Elly-chan
Entozer
Frostmourne
Gabe
happy30
Jacob
Kei
Kenezz
Leorda
lovhin456
LunarSakuya
Makar
Melophobia
Nymph
Nyquill
popner
Roddie
Shulin
spboxer3
Strawberry
Teara
wcx19911123
xxheroxx

vipto

716 posts

Joined May 2011

vipto 2013-04-23T08:53:07+00:00

WOW
That is something new...

:^)

Raging Bull

2,809 posts

Joined June 2010

Raging Bull 2013-04-23T08:53:10+00:00

first?

well fuck guess not.

Yay DJPop finally BAT!

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HeatKai

osu! Alumni

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Joined April 2010

HeatKai 2013-04-23T08:53:43+00:00

Hah ^

Natsu

8,076 posts

Joined September 2012

Natsu 2013-04-23T08:55:11+00:00

oh i see hope this gonna be better

deadbeat

osu! Alumni

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Joined June 2009

deadbeat 2013-04-23T08:55:55+00:00

may i ask why this has happened?

eveless

2,080 posts

Joined April 2009

eveless 2013-04-23T08:58:10+00:00

Congrats to all you, the time back to 2010 and 2008 now

a bit busy now.

Colin Hou

osu! Alumni

4,456 posts

Joined November 2009

Colin Hou 2013-04-23T08:59:03+00:00

luckily I used to get some proto-bubbles and kept working as MAT for 2 years.

bye-bye MAT.

Rumia-

2,533 posts

Joined July 2012

Rumia- 2013-04-23T08:59:13+00:00

woo Entozer n chonicle \ o /

Ephemeral

Inland Empire

3,946 posts

Joined April 2009

Topic Starter

Ephemeral 2013-04-23T08:59:21+00:00

deadbeat wrote:
may i ask why this has happened?

this was a response to role dilution over the past few months which very rapidly thinned the barrier between what MAT were expected to do and what the BAT actually did. a MAT was effectively a BAT that couldn't rank, but was trusted with assessing maps as rankable, which was a complete contradiction from the very start and only a stopgap measure introduced to help the staff team better identify maps that were slipping between the cracks in the ranking cycle.

with this change, the former MAT now have full access to all the tools they need to perform their jobs properly as they were doing before, and we get a bunch of fresh blood and new opinions in the team to boot.

wmfchris

osu! Alumni

5,072 posts

Joined March 2008

wmfchris 2013-04-23T09:00:21+00:00

I hope all of you guys enjoy the BATship and don't forget to contribute more to the community

Colin Hou wrote:
luckily I used to get some proto-bubbles and kept working as MAT for 2 years.

bye-bye MAT.

Liked the pubble icon lol

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DeletedUser_1417202 2013-04-23T09:00:58+00:00

Wow..

Kirino Kousaka

655 posts

Joined November 2010

Kirino Kousaka 2013-04-23T09:01:36+00:00

okayface.png
Now it's harder to be one of them
congrats to all \:D/

I wanna catch up for what I missed for now.

deadbeat

osu! Alumni

9,218 posts

Joined June 2009

deadbeat 2013-04-23T09:01:52+00:00

personally i feel that having the MAT was a better idea, but i'm willing to see how this works out. though i'm still unsure if this is really a good idea or not.

Kanye West

2,222 posts

Joined July 2011

Kanye West 2013-04-23T09:02:19+00:00

frostmourne BAT yay

Mara

4,906 posts

Joined November 2009

Mara 2013-04-23T09:02:30+00:00

Oh snap.

Does this mean my map will get ranked?

Gratz.

Luna

2,355 posts

Joined November 2010

Luna 2013-04-23T09:02:37+00:00

Oh, wow!
Congratz to everybody, I'm sure you'll do great work! I'm especially happy about the increased amount of Taiko BATs

Mythiax

637 posts

Joined August 2012

Mythiax 2013-04-23T09:03:04+00:00

gratz to everyone

Frostmourne BAT \:D/

Natteke

6,538 posts

Joined August 2009

Natteke 2013-04-23T09:03:15+00:00

James2250

osu! Alumni

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Joined July 2008

James2250 2013-04-23T09:03:30+00:00

Mara wrote:
Does this mean my map will get ranked?

Sorry but still no. *Ahem*

Congrats everyone

Zelos wrote:
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Flanster

5,938 posts

Joined August 2010

Flanster 2013-04-23T09:04:39+00:00

Congrats to everyone!
The BAT Cave needs some extending.

Catninja

33 posts

Joined June 2012

Catninja 2013-04-23T09:05:39+00:00

Great....

– "They serve the purpose of changing hydrogen into breathable oxygen. And they're necessary here as the air is on Earth."
– "But I still say... they're flowers."
– "If you like."
– "Do you sell them?"
– "I'm afraid not."⁠⁠⁠⁠
– "But, maybe we could make a deal.”

[-Google-]

[-Google-] 2013-04-23T09:07:36+00:00

Congrats to everyone~

Kirino Kousaka

655 posts

Joined November 2010

Kirino Kousaka 2013-04-23T09:09:02+00:00

deadbeat wrote:
personally i feel that having the MAT was a better idea, but i'm willing to see how this works out. though i'm still unsure if this is really a good idea or not.

I have to agree with this btw. lol

I wanna catch up for what I missed for now.

Pokie

osu! Alumni

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Pokie 2013-04-23T09:13:14+00:00

Congratulations!

_(:3 」∠)_ _(:3 」∠)_ _(:3 」∠)_ _(:3 」∠)_

Ephemeral

Inland Empire

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Topic Starter

Ephemeral 2013-04-23T09:13:38+00:00

those of you with aspirations to join the BAT will still be considered - we'll be opening up applications to join similarly to how the MAT was handled the last few times as well, so don't be discouraged! if anything this is an opportunity for you to prove yourself amongst your peers!

Raging Bull

2,809 posts

Joined June 2010

Raging Bull 2013-04-23T09:14:03+00:00

Loli flan admin again

And nice new picture Pokie. \:D/

Maiz94

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Maiz94 2013-04-23T09:14:33+00:00

Same reaction.

Spoiler

Natteke wrote:

yeahyeahyeahhh

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yeahyeahyeahhh 2013-04-23T09:14:46+00:00

lol

Ask me questions
http://ask.fm/pattycakez

Fan of YOU ㅇㅅㅇ

69653863

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69653863 2013-04-23T09:15:17+00:00

Natteke wrote:

Welcome to my userpage!

Tony

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Joined July 2010

Tony 2013-04-23T09:16:22+00:00

we still need to get a bubble before ranking right?
congrats to all o/

Maiz94

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Joined June 2010

Maiz94 2013-04-23T09:18:12+00:00

This needs an update.

https://osu.ppy.sh/wiki/Beatmap_Appreciation_Team

Sieg

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Sieg 2013-04-23T09:19:18+00:00

well, congrats to all

Dark_Ai

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Dark_Ai 2013-04-23T09:20:38+00:00

Natteke wrote:

yeah this reaction but grats everyone anyway x33

<- click

zeroclover

468 posts

Joined December 2010

zeroclover 2013-04-23T09:23:30+00:00

forced BAT (?)

arien666

6,290 posts

Joined May 2009

arien666 2013-04-23T09:23:32+00:00

Good luck for every new BATs hehe.

- aru, ex-MAT -

Yup, just signature meow

Kirino Kousaka

655 posts

Joined November 2010

Kirino Kousaka 2013-04-23T09:24:43+00:00

Ephemeral wrote:
those of you with aspirations to join the BAT will still be considered - we'll be opening up applications to join similarly to how the MAT was handled the last few times as well, so don't be discouraged! if anything this is an opportunity for you to prove yourself amongst your peers!

SPOILER

I wanna catch up for what I missed for now.

[Luxord]

503 posts

Joined August 2011

[Luxord] 2013-04-23T09:25:04+00:00

Aww. I would love to work as MAT though, being a BAT sounds way harder :< But anyway, Farewell MATs, welcome BATs!

Question, now we have to apply for BATs directly or the application system will change as well? Inb4 MMzz

Xgor

Elite Mapper

2,534 posts

Joined April 2009

Xgor 2013-04-23T09:25:08+00:00

Purple 4 ever

Currently not active in osu! Focusing on my studies.

Azure_Kite

osu! Alumni

3,217 posts

Joined February 2009

Azure_Kite 2013-04-23T09:31:00+00:00

Good luck to all new BATs; may your experience prove you well in this new world of greater power!

~~Gosh darn, if only I were still MAT, right? :p~~

Andrea

Beatmap Nominator

16,650 posts

Joined August 2008

Andrea 2013-04-23T09:32:27+00:00

So many ex MATs posting here, hehe.

Congratulations everyone, enjoy your stay.

Kuria

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Joined May 2011

Kuria 2013-04-23T09:35:50+00:00

mmm actually i like this way better than that MAT-related stuff, everything is way more flexible for us (at least to me) now XD

grats everyone, especially melophobia, lunarsakuya, gabe, frostmourne, and byakugan!

riffy

osu! Alumni

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riffy 2013-04-23T09:40:02+00:00

All I can say is "wow, that's great!" and "congratulations, new BATs".

Cygnus

1,517 posts

Joined December 2011

Cygnus 2013-04-23T09:48:52+00:00

Well, fuck this. <3 I love it!

EDIT: I thought this was like the end of MAT Application. Scew this. XD HAHAHA!

Andy Chen_old