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[DONE] osu!mania Secret Santa Contest 2023

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-mint-


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-mint- and RandomeLoL

Well, what better way to get into the holiday spirit than a little bit of beatmapping fun! In this contest, mappers will create beatmaps based on each other's short text prompts. The limit is your imagination!

Schedule

  1. November 1 – Contest announcement and forum post.
  2. November 1-11 – Prompt submissions open.
  3. November 11 – Prompt deadline. Prompts distributed. For your prompt, be sure to check your osu! inbox for a message from -mint- or RandomeLoL!
  4. November 11-December 3 – Mapping period.
  5. December 3-20 – Judging period.
  6. December 23 – Showcase on the osuBSM Twitch channel (time TBD)! The top 8 submissions and more will be shown along with live commentary, along with the results.
All deadlines will be 23:59 UTC unless otherwise specified.

Rules

To ensure baseline quality of submissions, there are some requirements for joining the contest.
As of November 1, 2023, you must have at least one of the following:

  1. one ranked beatmap or guest difficulty,
  2. one loved beatmap,
  3. OR participation as a custom mapper in a badged/officially supported tournament (MWC, 4DM, etc.).

Prompt

  1. Prompt must not exceed 5 words in length and may only contain alphanumeric characters or common punctuations. Hyphenated words count as multiple words.
  2. Prompt may be a descriptive genre/style, or abstract concept/phrase.
  3. Prompt may not be a song or artist name or in direct reference to one. Indirect references are okay, but use them at your own discretion.
  4. Prompt must adhere to osu! Rules (wiki/en/Rules) where applicable.
Your prompt along with your osu! username will be passed along to another mapper, chosen at random, who has also submitted a prompt. You must create a beatmap based on the prompt you receive.

The organizers reserve the right to disqualify or request revisions for any submission, but will ensure that the prompt submitter will be informed in a timely manner. Only those with submitted prompts may participate in the contest, so disqualification for a prompt submission will result in disqualification from the contest entirely.


Beatmap Submission

  1. Submission must be in .osz format.
  2. Submission should be an osu!mania beatmap in a keymode that abides by the ranking criteria (4 to 10 keys).
    The length of the beatmap must be between 1:00 and 6:00.
  3. Submission must only contain one difficulty.
  4. Submission should have a background of reasonable quality.
  5. Hitsounds and storyboards are optional. They may be taken into account in judging.
  6. Difficulty name should be identical to the prompt received.
  7. osu!’s AutoMod should be able to achieve maximum score on the beatmap.
  8. Submission must NOT be uploaded to the osu! website until after the contest’s results are finalized.
  9. Your submission must be solely made by you. Collaborations are not allowed for this contest!
Note that all submissions will be anonymized before they're reviewed by judges to avoid bias. During this process, storyboards and backgrounds may be removed.

Judging

Judges

[GB]SuddenDeath | Abraxos | elexire
fvrex | Monoseul | Pope Gadget | Unpredictable


Criteria


Each submission will be graded out of 50 points, which are broken down as follows:

  1. Fidelity to the original prompt: 20 points
  2. Creativity: 10 points
  3. Gameplay: 10 points
  4. Conceptual execution: 10 points
Each judge gives a score out of 50, and a submission’s final score will be the standardized sum of all the judges’ scores.

Prizes

  1. 1 month osu!supporter to the mappers of the top 8 submissions.
  2. The gift of giving!

HOW TO SUBMIT

Prompt Form CLOSED
Beatmap Contest Submission CLOSED

RESULTS

Congratulations to the top 8 finishers!

Alptraum - 8.365
MocaLoca - 5.138
Disguise - 4.700
BadDragon - 4.528
Kurisu Makise - 4.380
doctormango - 4.322
[ deleted ] - 3.728
Hugged - 3.336



Results sheet

Happy holidays, and happy mapping!



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fvrex
aaaaa im jolly
Ucitysm
ah, so festive
Lott
Celebration!
Monoseul
All I want for Christmas is youuuuu
elexire
i'm feeling joyous
anatharax
:tf:
Worthlessnut9
Only 5 words 😭
staynoidedd
ah, so joyous!
Crumpey
I thought I was a dead mapper but this is interesting. Definelty something to consider bringing me back in
Topic Starter
-mint-
The following mappers will be receiving a prompt today. Please check your osu! inbox.


-Starlight
[ deleted ]
Alen-
Alptraum
BadDragon
chocomilku-
Chrisse
CuB-03
Disguise
doctormango
epic man 2
Hugged
Kurisu Makise
LN release
Lott
MapleSyrup-
Mich_
MocaLoca
Polarin
semyon422
shizehao
Worthlessnut9
Xinhong1003

Use the following link to submit your map to the contest.
anaxii
Holey moley
Topic Starter
-mint-
Submissions closed earlier today, judges should be getting to them soon! We'll post here with updates regarding the stream schedule as soon as we have them.
Topic Starter
-mint-
Judges have finalized their scores, and we've determined our Top 8! These mappers will receive 1 month of osu!supporter each.

Results will be shown on the osuBSM Twitch stream on Saturday, December 23, 2023 at 2UTC. We hope you'll be there, as there may be some surprises in store!
MocaLoca
Here before I get last place :3
Alptraum
:exploding_head:
Topic Starter
-mint-
Congratulations to the top 8 finishers!

Alptraum - 8.365
MocaLoca - 5.138
Disguise - 4.700
BadDragon - 4.528
Kurisu Makise - 4.380
doctormango - 4.322
[ deleted ] - 3.728
Hugged - 3.336

If you see your name, please let us know if you'd like to receive the one month of osu!supporter or if you'd like us to give it to someone else!

You can see the full results sheet here.

Feel free to upload your contest maps now!

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