Welcome to osu!taiko Mapping World Cup (TMWC)!
First winners decided: congratulations!
We are delighted to announce that the first iteration of TMWC will be held starting June 2024. This is a country-based, multi-stage contest to crown what nation is the best at creating taiko beatmaps.
First winners decided: congratulations!
We are delighted to announce that the first iteration of TMWC will be held starting June 2024. This is a country-based, multi-stage contest to crown what nation is the best at creating taiko beatmaps.
- The osu! community rules are in place at all times during this contest.
- The osu!taiko Ranking Criteria and General Ranking Criteria are in effect for this contest. No submission must be intentionally unrankable. Mistakes happen and points will be deducted for them, but submissions that cannot be ranked without major changes will be disqualified.
- A team must consist of 3-6 players from the same country. For countries that do not have enough members to participate, teams will be formed by the organizational team based on geographical location. Countries are defined as per the flag on your user page.
- At least one team member must join the contest Discord Server
- 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. We want to avoid situations amongst teams where some members get ‘carried’. Collaboration does not include anything other than mapping (note placing/sv).
- At least three (3) mappers must participate in each phase. Same as above, this is to prevent, for example, a 3-man team but only 2 members creating all maps. Again, participation only applies to actual mapping.
- A mapper on the winning team must participate in a minimum of 2 out of the 6 maps produced to receive their badge reward for the contest.
- Submissions will not be accepted after the deadlines set for each round.
- Captains will be determined by the Organization Team and given a list of potential teammates to choose from. If this person does not want to be captain, a replacement will be selected. The captains will be responsible for selecting their teammates. If more than 6 people sign up for a single country, more than one team may be fielded. In this case a captain will be delegated for each team.
- We expect everyone to conduct themselves with a sporting attitude and with integrity. If you share your creations outside of your team channel before judging is complete, or attempt any form of leaking confidential information, you will be disqualified.
- The following is written assuming 16 teams will participate. Round 1 will have all 16 teams participate, and half will be eliminated. Round 2 will feature 8 teams, and half will be eliminated. If more teams end up participating the format will be adjusted. Every team will get to participate.
- Every round’s judging criteria will be the same.
- Rounds will have varying numbers of maps required to be produced. Each map in each round will be produced according to a specific modifier that focuses on what skills we expect mappers to display. You do not need to adhere to this theme but will lose points for failing to do so.
- When choosing the songs you will map during a round, the songs must be chosen from the osu! Featured Artist Listing. If a specific song is provided, you must map only that song.
- Each team must produce one (1) difficulty exactly for each song unless otherwise stated by the round specifications. If more than 1 difficulty is submitted, only the highest difficulty (star rating) will be judged.
- Custom additions such as hitsounds and storyboards are allowed but will not be considered in the judging process. Judges will only get access to a .osz file containing the audio, background, and the singular .osu difficulty. You will not get points for background choice.
- Flow/Playability (5): Points will be assigned based on a clear correlation between hand movements and the song, as well as how the map plays.
- Judge Impression (5): Points will be assigned based on the judge's opinion of your submission.
- Ranking Criteria (5): Points will be assigned based on how well the map follows the Taiko Ranking Criteria.
- Structure (10): Points will be assigned based on consistency and how well the difficulty curve is constructed.
- Creativity (10): Points will be assigned based on how the submission uses creative and fitting elements to make itself stand out.
- Relevance and modifier (15): Points will be assigned based on how well the map fits the song and how well the round modifier is incorporated.
This schedule is an estimate and subject to change.
Each round will consist of a 2-week mapping phase and a 2-week judging phase. We hope that with this alternation people do not feel constantly under pressure from this contest and that our judges can judge efficiently without being overloaded.
Stage 1
Round 1 - Mapping: 15th June - 29th June Judging: 29th June - 13th July
Round 2 - Mapping: 22nd June - 6th July Judging: 6th July - 20th July
Round 3 - Mapping: 29th June - 13th July Judging: 13th July - 27th July
Final results of Stage 1 announced on 27th July.
Stage 2
Round 4 - Mapping: 27th July - 10th August Judging: 10th August - 31st August
Round 5 - Mapping: 27th July - 10th August Judging: 10th August - 31st August
Final results of Stage 2 announced on 31st August.
Stage 3
Round 6 - Mapping: 31st August - 22nd September Judging: 22nd September - 20th October
Round 7 - Mapping: 31st August - 22nd September Judging: 22nd September - 20th October
Final results announced on 20th October.
Contest points will be available throughout this contest, and will help people reach Elite Mapper title if they are victorious. The exact rewards are to be confirmed but will follow the following idea:
1st place: 3 Contest points, profile badge, cash prize equal to 55% of the total prize pool
2nd place: 2 contest points, cash prize equal to 30% of the total prize pool
3rd place: 1 contest point, cash prize equal to 15% of the total prize pool
Organizing team
Hosts: ikin5050
Design: Jerry
Spreadsheet design: Axer
Judges: Nifty
Maimaing