Merry Christmas everyone!

Apologies for the month-long hiatus, some delays along with OWC and school exams have had me put this off for longer than I had wished to. Loved voting has returned as a Christmas treat and starting in 2018, my goal is to have these polls run as timely as possible.

This week will run similarly as it had to last month as we're still working around the new website's features in making this possible. Strawpoll links have been created for each individual map, which you can vote on now to see your favorite maps enter the Loved category!

All maps for this week have been previously nominated under the old voting system.
Due to complications explained in the thread above, maps which did not qualify under the old system will be given one final chance under the new system, and will not be re-nominated after this week.

We are still playing around with an approval rating required for a map to qualify, though the last group results had their cap set at 75% approval. Because this change hasn't been enacted for modes outside of standard, the threshold is still variable.

Here are these week's nominees for osu!catch!

Circle People has kindly offered to make regular map showcase videos if you want to see what each map is about and why it was nominated!
Use the timestamps in the description to jump to whatever mode you're interested in!


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Map selection provided by Zak.

LeaF - Evanescent by Krah
Vote for this map here!

goreshit - Satori De Pon! by eldnl
Vote for this map here!

Ryu* Vs. L.E.D.-G - PARADISE LOST by Kuzino
Vote for this map here!

ZUN remixed by LeaF - Resurrection Spell by osu_gangster
Vote for this map here!

NOMA - Brain Power by Razor Sharp
Vote for this map here!

Mabinogi - Uroboros 9236 by ZHSteven
Vote for this map here!

Masa - Kitsune no Yomeiri by Minky
Vote for this map here!

Blank Banshee - WAVESTEP by 119410501
Vote for this map here!

GReeeeN - Shinobi by _Asriel
Vote for this map here!

void - Club Ibuki in Break All by Drafura
Vote for this map here!

Chroma - Hoshi ga Furanai Machi by LeiN-
Vote for this map here!

Mili - A Turtle's Heart by Krah
Vote for this map here!

Charlie Chaplin - Let Us All Unite! by VelperK
Vote for this map here!

Goose house - Sedan Girl by mingmichael
Vote for this map here!

Kawada Mami - Break a spell by wairo
Vote for this map here!

Kobaryo - Attention Whore Magic [feat. kyou1110] by Withered Lotus
Vote for this map here!
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Link to threads for other modes:

osu!standard
osu!taiko
osu!mania

hey why are we putting maps in that were used and rejected multiple times

can we start giving other stuff a chance please?

Ascendance wrote:

hey why are we putting maps in that were used and rejected multiple times

can we start giving other stuff a chance please?

I've changed the way that maps are voted on since last few weeks were somewhat unfair in how voting works. You can read about those changes here.

This week is a supposed "redemption" vote for all non-standard modes for maps that didn't make it under previous voting system.

New maps are coming, this is their final shot and won't be renominated if they don't make it under this system.

Should probably specify that in the title like last time then, it's confusing :<

I've added a paragraph explaining what's up

If we're doing that, it'd be cool to have the same vote for the rounds Ephemeral ran.
Not much point in doing this if everything gets accepted, need to have some stuff rejected.

Sinnoh wrote:

If we're doing that, it'd be cool to have the same vote for the rounds Ephemeral ran.
Not much point in doing this if everything gets accepted, need to have some stuff rejected.

Why? The point of the redemption vote is to give the maps a chance under the new system.

Also why do things "need to be rejected"? Are they not all of sufficient quality?

Sinnoh wrote:

If we're doing that, it'd be cool to have the same vote for the rounds Ephemeral ran.
Not much point in doing this if everything gets accepted, need to have some stuff rejected.

This contains maps from all previous voting rounds including the ones Ephemeral ran, and maps will only be rejected if the community decides they don't want it loved.

i can't read

Thanks Toy

That's alot of catch maps
jeez...

I am big supporter of A Turtle's Heart! I hope it gets ranked

I agree!

Here are the final results!
Apologies for the low quality.

Due to the wide variety in approval for maps this week, the threshold for future rounds will be set at 75% approval, which is subject to change if this runs into issues.

According to this new rule, the following maps reached sufficient votes to be moved into the Loved category:

LeaF - Evanescent by Krah
goreshit - Satori De Pon! by eldnl
Ryu* Vs. L.E.D.-G - PARADISE LOST by Kuzino
ZUN remixed by LeaF - Resurrection Spell by osu_gangster
Mabinogi - Uroboros 9236 by ZHSteven
Masa - Kitsune no Yomeiri by Minky
Blank Banshee - WAVESTEP by 119410501
GReeeeN - Shinobi by _Asriel
void - Club Ibuki in Break All by Drafura
Chroma - Hoshi ga Furanai Machi by LeiN-
Mili - A Turtle's Heart by Krah
Charlie Chaplin - Let Us All Unite! by VelperK
Kawada Mami - Break a spell by wairo

Thanks to everyone who voted!