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Greetings Catch the Beat community,

real soon now 2015 will be finished and a lot of events happened. The last years of osu! were the most defining ones for Catch the Beat. Together, we made it possible that CtB specified beatmaps were finally rankable. Many individuals made great efforts to help Catch the Beat receiving the credits it deserves: A game mode in its very own rights.

Nevertheless, we will probably not be able to summarize everything that happened in the last years of Catch the Beat. Instead, I decided to do an annual report from now onwards and specify on what happened during the year. As the title suggests, this thread will focus on the happenings of 2015.

January 2015

Staff Promotion & Retirement:
  1. 2015-01-14: ursa retired from the Quality Assurance Team. We thank you for your dedication in the previous months.
  2. 2015-01-26: CLSW joined the Quality Assurance Team.
Ranked Catch the Beat Beatmaps & Guest Difficulties:
  1. 2015-01-21: Marika - Knowing short ver. by Konei, GD by Irreversible
  2. 2015-01-21: Sharlo & yealina - Kakushigoto by Sharlo, GD by Xinely
  3. 2015-01-22: Kido Ibuki & Yamazaki Erii - pupa by -[ Asuna ]-, GD by FlandreScarlet-
Monthly Ranking January 2015:
  1. Click here! to see the monthly ranking charts of January 2015

February 2015

NewBNG additions:
  1. 2015-02-06: Eclipst joined the BNG in February 2015.
Ranked Catch the Beat Beatmaps & Guest Difficulties:
  1. 2015-02-02: CLIFF EDGE - Endless Tears feat. Nakamura Maiko by CLSW
  2. 2015-02-08: Goose house - 18sai by mingmichael
  3. 2015-02-16: GARNiDELiA - grilletto (TV Size Ver.) by Karia
  4. 2015-02-18: Conchita Wurst - Rise Like A Phoenix by Bakari, GD by Sey
  5. 2015-02-24: Halozy - Genryuu Kaiko by CLSW
  6. 2015-02-25: Intoxicados - Esta saliendo el sol by Manuxz
  7. 2015-02-26: Soleily - Renatus by Deif MBC#7 Winning Entry
Monthly Beatmapping Contest February 2015:
  1. Deif won the MBC#7 with his entry of Soleily - Renatus which got ranked in February 2015. Congratulations! You can see the results here!
Monthly Ranking February 2015:
  1. Click here! to see the monthly ranking charts of February 2015

March 2015

NewBNG additions:
  1. 2015-03-03: PatZar joined the BNG.
Ranked Catch the Beat Beatmaps & Guest Difficulties:
  1. 2015-03-05: AiRI - Prismic by Kowaii_ne, GDs by Riari and - Magic Bomb -
  2. 2015-03-05: u's - KiRa-KiRa Sensation! (TV Size) by eINess, GD by Kurokami
  3. 2015-03-07: Kugimiya Rie & Kitamura Eri - Holy Night by Kurokami, GDs by BoberOfDarkness, PatZar and Xinely
  4. 2015-03-16: Akitaka Tohyama - Tekken Tag Tournament Piano Intro -Massive Mix- by Sey
  5. 2015-03-27: Aoi Eir - GENESIS (TV size) by Xinely
Monthly Ranking March 2015:
  1. Click here! to see the monthly ranking charts of March 2015

April 2015

Notable events:
  1. - Magic Bomb - created the CtB Modding Group that should help newer modders and motivate to mod CtB difficulties for other mappers. As far as I can tell, this group is very successful and maybe you should try and check it out here!
  2. 2015-04-19: Spectator achieved an outstanding performance on Halozy - Genryuu Kaiko, being the first player who FC'd Distorted Scythe with a HD/HR score. This remarkable score brought 895 performance points to his account! Feel free to check it out and spectate him.
  3. Ascendance hosted the third international Osu!Community Tournament. Why don't you check it out here!
Staff Promotion & Retirement:
  1. 2015-04-30: Spectator joined as Chat moderator.
Ranked Catch the Beat Beatmaps & Guest Difficulties:
  1. 2015-04-01: Printemps - Eien Friends by Spectator, Collab by Spectator and Xinely
  2. 2015-04-07: Toni Ten - Tu ets el meu cor encantat by Hanjamon, GDs by Manuxz
Monthly Ranking April 2015:
  1. Click here! to see the monthly ranking charts of April 2015

May 2015

Notable events:
  1. Pew hosted the first official Australian and New Zealand Tournament of Catch the Beat. Are you interested to see how it was? Click here!
NewBNG additions:
  1. 2015-05-11: JBHyperion joined the BNG.
  2. 2015-05-11: ZiRoX joined the BNG.
Ranked Catch the Beat Beatmaps & Guest Difficulties:
  1. 2015-05-19: Nekono Comet - Shuumatsu no Sugoshikata yori by - Magic Bomb -
  2. 2015-05-20: NicolArmarfi - Wiosna by Krfawy, GD by - Magic Bomb -
  3. 2015-05-21: JerryTerry - U.N. Owen Was Yee? by Zak, GD by Yami Shoujo
  4. 2015-05-23: Yumi Haruna - Amai Hanazono(Game Version) by PatZar, GD by Deceitful
  5. 2015-05-27: Senritsu & Xinely - Nagi-nagi- by Xinely, CTB Collab by Xinely and mingmachel
  6. 2015-05-29: Katarzyna Laska - No Ordinary Girl by Tidek, GD by WujekGrzyb
Monthly Ranking May 2015:
  1. Click here! to see the monthly ranking charts of May 2015

June 2015

Notable events:
  1. 2015-06-14: The Catch the Beat Word Cup 2015 concluded with an exciting Grand Final: South Korea was able to defend their title against their opponent China. Germany made it to the third place. Congratulations to all participants. Did you miss to see the results or watch the record of the Finals? Click here!
NewBNG additions:
  1. 2015-06-15: - Magic Bomb - joined the BNG.
  2. 2015-06-15: Yuii- joined the BNG.
Ranked Catch the Beat Beatmaps & Guest Difficulties:
  1. 2015-06-04: Camellia - dreamless wanderer by Amamiya Yuko, GD by CLSW
  2. 2015-06-07: Yoshito Hirano - Opening by BoberOfDarkness, GDs by - Magic Bomb - and OSUjanaiKATSURA
  3. 2015-06-10: supercell - Hoshi ga Matataku Konna Yoru ni by [Teichan], GD by examination
  4. 2015-06-16: void feat. Komatsuna - Akatsuki no Tsuki by Spectator, GDs by GAMI, Frobe and [Superstar]
  5. 2015-06-17: M2U - The Queen by WildOne94, GD by Razor Sharp, Platter Collab by WildOne94 and Withered Lotus
  6. 2015-06-22: ClariS - Connect -TV MIX- by captin1, GD by Spectator
  7. 2015-06-29: Akiko Shikata - Katayoku no Tori by Deif
Monthly Ranking June 2015:
  1. Click here! to see the monthly ranking charts of June 2015

July 2015

Staff Promotion & Retirement:
  1. 2015-07-01: Kurokami joined the Quality Assurance Team.
Ranked Catch the Beat Beatmaps & Guest Difficulties:
  1. 2015-07-03: Plasmagica - Have a nice MUSIC!! by AsakuraNe, GD by Kagari
  2. 2015-07-09: yes we cant - wh by Nhawak, GD by Spectator
  3. 2015-07-10: MitiS - untitled guitar by - Magic Bomb -, GD by JBHyperion
  4. 2015-07-28: Hitsuji to Ojisan - XENO by toybot, GD by Spectator
Monthly Beatmapping Contest July 2015:
  1. ZiRoX won the MBC#10 with his entry of Hylian Lemon - Foresight Is for Losers which got ranked in September 2015. Congratulations! You can see the results here!
Monthly Ranking July 2015:
  1. Click here! to see the monthly ranking charts of July 2015

August 2015

Notable events:
  1. 2015-08-14: [224]Hyperw7 achieved an outstanding performance on Halozy - Genryuu Kaiko, being the second player who FC'd Distorted Scythe with a HD/HR score. With 2 less droplet Misses than Spectator's score he claimed the very first place. Congratulations! Feel free to watch his flawless performance.
Staff Promotion & Retirement:
  1. 2015-08-20: Chat Moderators and Global Moderation Team have been merged. Spectator joined the Global Moderation Team.
Ranked Catch the Beat Beatmaps & Guest Difficulties:
  1. 2015-08-07: Kajiura Yuki - Sis puella magica! by - Magic Bomb -, GDs by - Magic Girl - and SUBSTAC9
  2. 2015-08-23: Lite Show Magic (t+pazolite vs C-Show) - Crack Traxxxx by Fatfan Kolek, GDs by Len and Spectator
  3. 2015-08-26: bj.HaLo - Ende by ZiRoX, GDs by mingmichael and Deif
  4. 2015-08-28: UNDEAD CORPORATION - Setsugetsu Ouka no Kuni by - Magic Bomb -
Monthly Ranking August 2015:
  1. Click here! to see the monthly ranking charts of August 2015

September 2015

Notable events:
  1. [224]InsaneToe hosted a very unique tournament where participants had to dodge as many fruits as possible and win with the lowest score possible. Interested to check it out? Click here!
Ranked Catch the Beat Beatmaps & Guest Difficulties:
  1. 2015-09-02: BiBi - Cutie Panther by CLSW
  2. 2015-09-05: Reol - Asymmetry by Skystar, GD by CLSW
  3. 2015-09-11: Hylian Lemon - Foresight Is for Losers by ZiRoX, Collab Rain by ZiRox and Deif MBC#10 Winning Entry
  4. 2015-09-11: Orange Heart(cv:Honda Mariko) Neptune(cv:Tanaka Rie) - Mousou Katharsis by Lanturn, GD by - Magic Bomb -
  5. 2015-09-14: Nekomata Master - Avalon no oka by Intensity, GDs by Badis and Crystal
  6. 2015-09-14: sakuzyo - AXION by DaxMasterix
  7. 2015-09-17: Nishiura Tomohito - Omoide no Teien by JBHyperion
  8. 2015-09-18: Krfawy - Kac (TV Size) by Krfawy, GDs by BoberOfDarkness and - Magic Bomb -
  9. 2015-09-19: Hige Driver join. SELEN - Dadadadadadadadadada by CLSW, GD by Crystal
  10. 2015-09-29: u's - Music S.T.A.R.T!! by Xinely, GD by CLSW
Monthly Ranking September 2015:
  1. Click here! to see the monthly ranking charts of September 2015

October 2015


Staff Promotion & Retirement:
  1. 2015-10-12: CLSW retired from the Quality Assurance Team. We thank you for your dedication in the previous months.
  2. 2015-10-13: Krah joined the Global Moderation Team.
NewBNG additions:
  1. 2015-10-02: alienflybot joined the BNG.
Ranked Catch the Beat Beatmaps & Guest Difficulties:
  1. 2015-10-07: ARM (IOSYS) - Koisuru*Uchuu Sensou!! Abababa Mix by FlandreScarlet-, GDs by Kurokami, Frobe and Last Bubble
  2. 2015-10-07: MitiS & MaHi - Blu (Speed Up Ver.) by Ashasaki, GD by FlandreScarlet-
  3. 2015-10-08: The Living Tombstone - It's Been So Long by Tyrell
  4. 2015-10-12: sakuzyo - Scattered Rose by alienflybot
  5. 2015-10-29: Doma Umaru [CV.Tanaka Aimi] - Kakushinteki*Metamaruphose! by Crystal, GD by CLSW
Monthly Ranking October 2015:
  1. Click here! to see the monthly ranking charts of October 2015

November 2015


Notable events:
  1. JBHyperion created a thread in the CtB Forums that records the contributions of our CtB mappers and assigns a rank to them based on the quantity of beatmaps they brought to our community. Curious? Click here!
  2. koliron created a similar thread in the CtB Forums that shows the contributions of our CtB modders sorted by their kudosu quantity. Would you like to know who actually mods CtB difficulties in order to ask them for a mod of one of your own beatmaps? Click here!
  3. Ascendance established the Catch the Beat Modder Association, a team that places importance to quality of CtB beatmaps in order to qualify mapsets and enhancing the process of modding, usually with an assurance to qualify your beatmaps. Do you think that you have a beatmap that has enough potential to be qualified? Then you should check it out here!
Staff Promotion & Retirement:
  1. 2015-11-21: Zak joined the Global Moderation Team.
Ranked Catch the Beat Beatmaps & Guest Difficulties:
  1. 2015-11-02: HO-KAGO TEA TIME - Cagayake!GIRLS [5nin Ver.] (TV size Ver.) by Ascendance, GD by -C h i n o-
  2. 2015-11-02: Kalafina - believe by CLSW
  3. 2015-11-03: 8284 vs wa. - Adularescence by alienflybot, GDs by ZiRoX and toybot
  4. 2015-11-04: ARSMAGNA - Himitsu o Choudai by Tyrell
  5. 2015-11-10: ESTi - HELIX (Edit ver.) by Hollow Wings, GD by Spectator
  6. 2015-11-28: Alipio Martins - Piranha (Maffalda Reloaded Trap Mix) by Tarrasky, GD by Spectator
  7. 2015-11-28: Nana Mizuki - Vitalization by Kurokami
Monthly Ranking November 2015:
  1. Click here! to see the monthly ranking charts of November 2015.

December 2015


Ranked Catch the Beat Beatmaps & Guest Difficulties:
  1. 2015-12-02: BOSSFIGHT - Dr. Wily's Castle: Stage 1 by WildOne94
  2. 2015-12-06: Shoji Meguro - Persona Invocation by - Magic Bomb -, GDs by Withered Lotus and JBHyperion
  3. 2015-12-12: Drop - Granat by Zoe, GDs by - Magic Bomb - and murutattack
  4. 2015-12-12: suzumu feat.soraru - Zetsubousei: Hero Chiryouyaku The Animation by Deif
  5. 2015-12-17: Renard - Layers Of Shit by Snaggletooth, GDs by - Magic Bomb - and negri_sk
  6. 2015-12-18: DJVI - Can't Let Go by Aihuro, GDs by JBHyperion
  7. 2015-12-19: Halozy - Moonlight feels right by JBHyperion
  8. 2015-12-20: Various Artists - Gan Ttaemuniya by Doyak, GD by ExGon
  9. 2015-12-21: yes we cant - wh by ByBy13, GD by - Magic Bomb -
  10. 2015-12-22: SON OF KICK - Hours ft. Lady Leshurr & Paigey Cakey by Irreversible, GD by sauci
  11. 2015-12-24: Sasaki Sayaka - Zzz (Euro Star Mix) by - Magic Girl -, GD by - Magic Bomb -
  12. 2015-12-25: u's - Korekara no Someday by Spectator, GD by Len
  13. More to be added!
Monthly Ranking December 2015:
  1. Coming soon.

Achievements:

  1. Most importantly, thank you to the Catch the Beat community in a whole. With no doubts, we are currently the most stable community, providing the most activity and with a constantly growing playerbase! Without you Catch the Beat wouldn't be the same anymore.
  2. From 173 ranked CtB beatmaps in total at the end of 2015 we were able to qualify 72 beatmaps in this year. This means we mapped almost 42% of all beatmaps in a single year. Thanks to all modders and mappers that made this possible. All of you make CtB even more awesome!
  3. Big thanks to our QATs Deif and Kurokami for being one of the most active QATs within the whole osu!community. Thanks to your standards our CtB beatmaps guarantee big quality.
  4. - Magic Bomb- participated mapping in 15 ranked maps this year. This makes him the most active mapper in 2015. Congratulations!
  5. In December 2015 we were able to rank 12 beatmaps (maybe more soon, I will edit). This means in December we had the most ranks of 2015.
  6. Welcome to our newest mappers who started mapping in 2015. We hope all of you continue next year to be part of the CtB!community and hopefully rank many great beatmaps. Mainly speaking of: - Magic Bomb -, Ascendance, BennyBananas, JBHyperion, Koliron, Razor Sharp and Tyrell! (Please let me know if I forgot someone)

  1. Please let me know if I forgot something valuable enough that should be added to this list! Also, inform me of typos and broken coding, please.

Thanks again everyone for making 2015 another great year within the Catch the Beat community. Keep doing the good work.
I wish you all memorable holidays and a Happy New Year! ;)
CLSW
2015-04-19: [224]Hyperw7 achieved an outstanding performance on Halozy - Genryuu Kaiko, being the second player who FC'd Distorted Scythe with a HD/HR score. With 2 less droplet Misses than Spectator's score he claimed the very first place. Congratulations! Feel free to watch his flawless performance.
Is this really correct?

There's no my own ranked map of december :(
Ddraigon

CLSW wrote:

2015-04-19: [224]Hyperw7 achieved an outstanding performance on Halozy - Genryuu Kaiko, being the second player who FC'd Distorted Scythe with a HD/HR score. With 2 less droplet Misses than Spectator's score he claimed the very first place. Congratulations! Feel free to watch his flawless performance.
Is this really correct?

There's no my own ranked map of december :(
Yes, this is correct. Spectator has 3 droplet misses, and Hyperw7 has 1 droplet miss. so, Hyperw7 has 2 less droplet misses than Spectator.



Btw, how about CWC2015?
autofanboy
pls im new mapper of 2k15 :3

btw
1. typo of Manuxz and also some capitalizing mistakes
2. you missed to mention some GD'ers who contributed in the mapset
Topic Starter
Sey

alienflybot wrote:

pls im new mapper of 2k15 :3

btw
1. typo of Manuxz and also some capitalizing mistakes
2. you missed to mention some GD'ers who contributed in the mapset
Edit: I fixed typos and capitalizing mistakes (I hope). Thanks for the feedback!

Can you please tell me which GD'ers I forgot? It would be a great help to me!

Ddraigon- wrote:

Btw, how about CWC2015?
True, I will add this soon! Thanks! Done!
JBHyperion
Wow, this is a really interesting read, good job Sey, and well done to everyone who contributed to the game mode this year (:

Also, I did some maps and stuff, please notice me Sey-pai
/me runs
Topic Starter
Sey
Oops sorry. I thought I added you there. Fixed, thanks for your feedback!
He Ang CTB
WOW!! That's a lot of work on info Sey I'm VERY IMPRESSED!! O3O
Krah
Nice job owo
Deif
2015-09-11: Hylian Lemon - Foresight Is for Losers by ZiRoX, Collab Rain by ZiRox and Deif
This was the winning entry of the MBC#10. You should add that as well :)
CLSW

Ddraigon- wrote:

Yes, this is correct. Spectator has 3 droplet misses, and Hyperw7 has 1 droplet miss. so, Hyperw7 has 2 less droplet misses than Spectator.



Btw, how about CWC2015?
Nono, I mean the date. Probably it wasn't April 19th, sey ctrlcv'ed the explanation and forgot to fix the date of hyperw7's achievement.
Razor Sharp
Should mention BOTH ExGon and Dusk's DT FC on Spectators Oriental map!
Since you first mentioned Hyperw's genryuu score.
MBomb

Razor Sharp wrote:

Should mention BOTH ExGon and Dusk's DT FC on Spectators Oriental map!
Since you first mentioned Hyperw's genryuu score.
I came here to post this and then I saw it was already mentioned lmao
Bara-
Looks great, but it seems as if You did a few things wrong in March
The GD'ers names are wrong (for example on Kira Kira, where only Kurokami has a GD, but 2 others are listed)
Nice list though!
Xinely
Nice job sey ;)

Also
"2015-03-07: Kugimiya Rie & Kitamura Eri - Holy Night by eINess, GD by Kurokami"

Actually kurokami is the creator here
Yumeno Himiko
wow Sey you did a really great job :)
It's a great work XD
Topic Starter
Sey

Deif wrote:

2015-09-11: Hylian Lemon - Foresight Is for Losers by ZiRoX, Collab Rain by ZiRox and Deif
This was the winning entry of the MBC#10. You should add that as well :)
Fixed. Please double-check.

CLSW wrote:

Nono, I mean the date. Probably it wasn't April 19th, sey ctrlcv'ed the explanation and forgot to fix the date of hyperw7's achievement.
Fixed. Please double-check.

Razor Sharp wrote:

Should mention BOTH ExGon and Dusk's DT FC on Spectators Oriental map!
Since you first mentioned Hyperw's genryuu score.
I won't add this since it does not appear in the scoreboard, sorry. I prefer scores that directly can be found in the Top 10 or something, so user can just download the beatmap and check the replay without needing to search for it. Thanks for your input though!

Baraatje123 wrote:

Looks great, but it seems as if You did a few things wrong in March
The GD'ers names are wrong (for example on Kira Kira, where only Kurokami has a GD, but 2 others are listed)
Nice list though!
Fixed. Please double-check. (I went through the whole month of March and corrected everything.)

Xinely wrote:

Nice job sey ;)

Also
"2015-03-07: Kugimiya Rie & Kitamura Eri - Holy Night by eINess, GD by Kurokami"

Actually kurokami is the creator here
This should be fixed as well, please double check!

examination wrote:

wow Sey you did a really great job :)
It's a great work XD
Thanks examination!

It can happen when you copy and paste a lot of stuff that you do some little mistakes.

Thanks to everyone for your great feedback!! :)
Hirikoshi
Nice job, but I really miss some of CtB Tournaments, that took place in 2015.
Topic Starter
Sey

Hirikoshi wrote:

Nice job, but I really miss some of CtB Tournaments, that took place in 2015.
Can you specify which ones? I will consider adding them if they were relevant enough to CtB.
Hirikoshi

Sey wrote:

Can you specify which ones? I will consider adding them if they were relevant enough to CtB.
AusNZ CtB Tournament
Representative Osu CTB Championship 2015 <- Im not sure about that
OCT III - CTB International
Dodge The Fruit Tournament
Polski turniej CtB 2015 or Polish CtB Tournament 2015
Catch the Beat Korean Tournament #1
~ Indonesia ♥ CTR ♥ Cup (2v2) 2015 ~

If i missed some of tournaments, please write about these below :3
Topic Starter
Sey

Hirikoshi wrote:

Sey wrote:

Can you specify which ones? I will consider adding them if they were relevant enough to CtB.
AusNZ CtB Tournament
Representative Osu CTB Championship 2015 <- Im not sure about that
OCT III - CTB International
Dodge The Fruit Tournament
Polski turniej CtB 2015 or Polish CtB Tournament 2015
Catch the Beat Korean Tournament #1
~ Indonesia ♥ CTR ♥ Cup (2v2) 2015 ~

If i missed some of tournaments, please write about these below :3
I won't link to the language specific ones because I think this thread should only consist events everyone understands aka English events. I like the fact that smaller communities like Korea and Indonesia do this but it doesn't really make too much sense in a more community-oriented thread as this one. Also Representative Osu CTB Championship 2015 does not seem too serious to me, so I leave that out. Rest is added though. Thanks for your input!
Hirikoshi

Sey wrote:

September 2015

Ranked Catch the Beat Beatmaps & Guest Difficulties:
  1. [224]InsaneToe hosted a very unique tournament where participants had to dodge as many fruits as possible and win with the lowest score possible. Interested to check it out? Click here!
This headline should be "Notable Events", not "Ranked Catch the Beat Beatmaps & Guest Difficulties", just little mistake :)
Topic Starter
Sey
Fixed, I just copied the list before and forgot to change the heading. Thanks
Razor Sharp

Razor Sharp wrote:

Should mention BOTH ExGon and Dusk's DT FC on Spectators Oriental map!
Since you first mentioned Hyperw's genryuu score.
I won't add this since it does not appear in the scoreboard, sorry. I prefer scores that directly can be found in the Top 10 or something, so user can just download the beatmap and check the replay without needing to search for it. Thanks for your input though!

They can easly be found by using the ingame "country ranking" system. Also, they are by the top 250 FCs, so they can also be downloaded
Topic Starter
Sey
If that isn't reason enough for you, Razor, I only want to add the highest PP score of the year in this thread and this was Genryuu with 895pp. Akatsuki no Tsuki had 861pp. As amazing as this performance was, it did not succeed as the highest PP score in 2015.
ZiRoX

Sey wrote:

July 2015

Monthly Beatmapping Contest July 2015:
  1. ZiRoX won the MBC#10 with his entry of Hylian Lemon - Foresight Is for Losers which got ranked in July 2015. Congratulations! You can see the results here!
Foresight got ranked in September, hue
Topic Starter
Sey
Fixed, thanks.
Kagari
lol I was two months' late to notice this xD

nice review :D
Topic Starter
Sey

Kagari wrote:

lol I was two months' late to notice this xD

nice review :D
lol I was 13 days late to notice this xD

thanks :D
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