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Mod Live! (Livestream Modding Project)

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karterfreak
Mod Live! is a project started by Tasha and dkun to both encourage communication from mappers and modders and to provide new mappers and modders a valuable resource of information in a live environment. It is our belief that live communication of mods gets ideas across better and helps both the mapper and modder understand why certain decisions are made regarding mods, leading to a better map and better overall mods.

All mods done through this project will be streamed live at http://www.twitch.tv/osucommunity (Current Status: Offline)

What are the requirements for using this?

There are actually very few requirements for getting a chance at getting your map modded through this system.

  1. As this will be an english stream, a decent understanding of spoken and written english is required unless we have a translator for your language as a member of staff.
  2. Having the ability to use voice chat is required, as people who are selected for getting their maps modded will be brought into a mumble server to be given a one on one modding session.
Other than these two things, there are no other requirements!

So I meet the requirements, how do I get my map added so that it has a chance of being modded by you guys?

This is also easy. We have a simple Google document that can be found HERE that allows you to quickly get your map added to the list. There is no queue for this, maps are selected at random and according to the time the stream is live.

I'm a new mapper, can I still use this to get my map modded?

Of course! Any maps (so long as they are standard or taiko difficulties) can be submitted for us to look at!

I'm a new modder, but don't really know what I should be looking at in maps. Does this stream help with teaching to mod?

Yes it does! As the primary focus of this stream will be modding maps, there will be a wealth of information provided by reputable mappers AND modders that should help you in your own modding and mapping. We also plan on having Q&A sessions, Map Request sessions, and plenty of other fun events for the future of this stream!

What you should use this thread for:

Here are some of the things that you can use this thread for:
  1. Questions relating to the osucommunity stream
  2. Suggestions and ideas for future streams and how to improve the stream.
  3. Discussion of the osucommunity stream
What you should not use this thread for:
  1. Requesting a mod of your map. All mod requests should use the submission form HERE
  2. Berating or insulting a mapper or caster of the stream. Constructive criticism and input for casters is fine, but insulting the casters or the mappers they are working with is not and will result in your post being removed and you being given an infraction.
  3. Complaining that your map hasn't been selected. There is no priority system in place, so don't be upset if your map isn't chosen.
Is there a schedule for this stream / project that I can see somewhere?

As of right now, there is currently no schedule, so to see when we are live I suggest following the twitch channel. In the future if this gets bigger then there might be a schedule in place, but for now there isn't.

Who is currently involved in this project?

Tasha - Project Lead / Streamer
dkun - Project Co-Lead / Streamer / Tagalog to English Translator
Nyquill - Streamer / Chinese to English Translator

I think that just about covers everything for now. Please post your ideas and thoughts on the project below! We will keep people up to date with posts in this thread whenever we go live, which should be in the very near future!
dkun
Episode List (Format: Episode - Mode - Map | Modder - Mapper - Video)
  1. Episode 1: Standard - Zedd - Find You | dkun - Maeglwn | Video
  2. Episode 2: Taiko - An - ExaVid | Tasha - Dolphin | Video
  3. Episode 3: Standard - GARNiDELiA - ambiguous (TV Size) | Nyquill - Kihhou/Giralda | Video 1 Video 2
  4. Episode 4: Taiko - Tanizawa Tomofumi - Kimi ni Todoke (TV Size) | Tasha - HeatKai | Video
Please post for any questions and/or suggestions you might have!

Going to pin this for now.
Raiku
Amazing!
Lanturn
I've always wanted to do this myself (as in stream a mod and talk to the mapper at the same time) so it's cool to see other people doing this.

Good luck with your project, I'd be happy to try it out in a test run one day, as I can live stream nicely myself so you'd be able to see the changes I make XD
Lust
Nice idea!
DeletedUser_3044645
RIP non English speakers. including mysel
Topic Starter
karterfreak
Regarding the mention of being able to understand / speak english. I don't mean you need to be perfectly fluent. You just need to know enough english to convey your thoughts to the person modding your map, and be able to understand the person speaking to you. If you can do both those things then you're fine.
Setz
im in there, lets do dis.
Nyquill
I can live translate not-so fluent english speakers who speak natively chinese, there's a bit of leniency there.
Kitokofox
I really like this idea and I'd like to help participate too. I love helping out.
Ayesha Altugle
Bookmarking this until I'm finished with the two mods with my current map

can we post the map twice (i'm talking about the form) which is one for mod and one for bubble?
Topic Starter
karterfreak
There is no limit on the amount of maps you can submit. If you resubmit a map for a different reason (aka: from general mod to bubble mod) then you should mention so in the notes so we can invalidate the previous submission.
Maeglwn
i thunk thois is god idea
Aurele
Trying this out c;
Kihhou
How are people notified that they've been selected for a live mod?
Topic Starter
karterfreak

Kihhou wrote:

How are people notified that they've been selected for a live mod?
We will notify people through the game client via PM, which is why we would like times as to when you are online.
Kihhou

Tasha wrote:

Kihhou wrote:

How are people notified that they've been selected for a live mod?
We will notify people through the game client via PM, which is why we would like times as to when you are online.
If i were to miss a selection from being busy at that moment, would my map be removed from the system? In the long run, how would this system filter out old beatmaps that are no longer looking for mods?
dkun

Kihhou wrote:

If i were to miss a selection from being busy at that moment, would my map be removed from the system? In the long run, how would this system filter out old beatmaps that are no longer looking for mods?
No, it wouldn't. We'd just contact you again, or you could contact us at your nearest convenience.

In the long run, if a map is already pushed to rank, we'll mark it as deprecated request (sorry ahead of time if this happens to anyone's map! we're only human!). But as a defacto answer, we'll contact you to confirm.
Aka
/mi shai tu spik

awesome idea though, will be stalking this :3
Cherry Blossom
Gabe should be an English to French translator with his cute voice o/
Squichu
great idea! hopefully I won't miss the stream once it's online. ;_;

can't some picture show up once you start osu when the stream is online, just like with owc?
maybe just a smaller picture or just a text in a corner.. something so I won't miss the stream. |:
(dunno if that's done so easily and stuff, sorry ;o; .)

and if you ever need someone to translate eng into german and non-BAT members are allowed to do that someday, I'd gladly help out with that. o/
Okoayu
... lel

Also: I'm in, let's see what happens (if anything happens at all)
ProfessionalBox
Even though you said that there is no schedule for now, is there a time frame when the stream can most likely happen or is there a time frame when it won't happen (like when the streamers are sleeping etc.)?
Topic Starter
karterfreak
The reason for no schedule is because the stream will really only go up when a modder and mapper have time to work on a mapset in a 1 to 1 environment. Obviously the stream wont be up when the modders / streamers are asleep either.
Meowzors
You guys should turn your skype to Do not Disturb so you don't have the skype notification sound popping in the background randomly during the stream.
Atrue
Awesome and brilliant idea... This idea came to me about a month ago but my equipment (especially my graphics card) can't meet the basic requirement of living a stream, (and GFW..... You know it will be hard to see outside the world inside it :? ), so I just gave up..... Anyway good luck on the idea and hope there will be a big success.
Nyquill
I had a successful stream today! Thank you all for coming and listening to me talk for an hour and a half haha.

http://www.twitch.tv/osucommunity/b/522801838
http://www.twitch.tv/osucommunity/b/522819894 (Part 2)
waxman
WOW THAT'S SO COOL.
I'm proud of you. :D
yoshilove
nice project~ <3
Topic Starter
karterfreak
4'th Episode posted!
Secretpipe
Nice idea !
I support this project !
Good luck for that modders /O/
rhalp10
MOD PLEASE ..
"SOUND HOLIC feat. Nana Takahashi - Ha lle lu jah"
I can't delete ! how?
but thankz to your help!
vahn10
Ayesha Altugle
Please delete the post above me because

Tasha wrote:

  1. Requesting a mod of your map. All mod requests should use the submission form HERE
Phoenixphi
Nice Idea!!
I like this project!
Good Luck! ;)
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