Hello!
Welcome to the 3rd iteration of the osu!catch Mapping World Cup. I'm back again for another year, but boy last year's event really came down to the wire. Combined with the addition of drafted various countries teams, the level of competition was insanely high, as favorites fell early and new stars rose to the challenge. In the end, it was a powerhouse South Korean team who rose to every challenge they faced to secure the title of mapping world champions. Who will take the crown this year?
For now, the tentative start date of the event is July 18, 2021.
Sign-ups will end on July 4, 2021
You will be able to register for this year's competition HERE
Discord Link (REQUIRED!)
If you're interested in judging, please DM me on discord: ascendance#7599
a friendly reminder that signing up does not mean you'll make it onto a team, there will be a selection similar to CWC where the captains will choose their team.
Prizes tentative, rules are subject to change until the day of the contest. I probably forgot stuff too so this post will probably be updated lol
Welcome to the 3rd iteration of the osu!catch Mapping World Cup. I'm back again for another year, but boy last year's event really came down to the wire. Combined with the addition of drafted various countries teams, the level of competition was insanely high, as favorites fell early and new stars rose to the challenge. In the end, it was a powerhouse South Korean team who rose to every challenge they faced to secure the title of mapping world champions. Who will take the crown this year?
For now, the tentative start date of the event is July 18, 2021.
Sign-ups will end on July 4, 2021
You will be able to register for this year's competition HERE
Discord Link (REQUIRED!)
Changes from last year
- Backgrounds will not be taken into account in the judging process.
This was creating some issues last year, so upon submission, teams will be asked to remove backgrounds entirely from their submissions. - Teams will be required to conduct all CMWC business in their respective discord channels.
This is to ensure competitive integrity. All passing of .osz/.osu files and any discussion about the map itself must be done in their country's channel. - The Various Countries draft will now automatically assign members of the captain's country to it.
Since countries without 3 mappers in it are eligible for a VC draft, this means that two mappers of one country won't end up on different teams. This assignment will affect who drafts first if one team has an assigned player while the other does not. - Various Countries teams will now have a maximum team size of 4.
This is to prevent unfairness when it comes to "balancing" these teams, since there are some single-country teams that cannot reach 4 or even 5 members strong. Due to this, there may be more Various Countries teams allowed.
Rules
- The osu!catch Ranking Criteria and General Ranking Criteria are in effect for this contest.
No mapset submitted must be intentionally unrankable. Mistakes happen and points will be deducted for them, but this is a regular mapping contest, not aspire. - To complete a team, you must have 3-6 members on it from your own country.
For countries that do not have enough members to participate, captains will be selected to participate in a team draft in which 2-4 additional teammates will be selected from a pool of those in a similar situation. - At least two (2) mappers must collaborate per song.
This is a team-based competition. Collaboration is necessary to determine the strengths of each participating country as a whole. We want to avoid pure carry situations amongst teams. Collaboration does not include hitsounding or anything other than mapping. - At least three (3) mappers must participate in the final product each round.
Same as above, this is to prevent, for example, a 3-man team but only 2 members doing both songs. Again, participation only applies to actually mapping, not to hitsounding or anything else. - If a mapper on the winning team does not participate in 3 out of the 6 songs given, they will not receive their badge reward for the contest
Plain and simple, we don't want a case of someone joining the team just to get a free carry, so this should incentivize participation from ALL members on a team. - Submissions will not be accepted after the deadlines.
Just don't procrastinate.
General Information
- This is a country-based team tournament.
For consistency, we'll be using the flag on your profile to determine your team. - Captains will be determined by the Organization Team and given a list of interested mappers to choose from.
If this person wants to give up their title as Captain to a teammate, they are welcome to do so. - Various Countries teams will be formed by a draft selection and will have a maximum team size of 4.
Selected captains will roll to determine pick order and will draft in a 1-2-1-2 format out of a pool of participants that do not have eligible countries. - The tournament will consist of 14 teams in a round-based elimination format.
Round 1 will have 14 teams, the bottom 6 scorers at the end will be eliminated. Round 2 will have 8 teams, bottom 4 will be eliminated. The final round will have 4 teams, in which 1 team will win the contest and a badge. - Each round will consist of two (2) songs to map.
Both of these songs will be completely different from each other and will feature some of osu!'s very talented Featured Artists. - Each team must produce at least one (1) difficulty for each song.
Due to the sheer amount of entries there will be, as well as to maintain interest, only one difficulty per song will be required. Any difficulty is fine, as long as it is labeled correctly so judges can do their jobs properly. If more than 1 difficulty is submitted, the highest difficulty will be judged. - Custom additions such as hitsounds and storyboards are allowed.
However, storyboards will not be taken into account in the judging process. Judging will be based purely on mapping skill.
If you're interested in judging, please DM me on discord: ascendance#7599
a friendly reminder that signing up does not mean you'll make it onto a team, there will be a selection similar to CWC where the captains will choose their team.
Prizes tentative, rules are subject to change until the day of the contest. I probably forgot stuff too so this post will probably be updated lol